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FIRST THINGS FIRST.
FIRST THINGS FIRST. Mr Lloyd George's speech to the Carnar- vonshire Women's Liberal Association main- ly consisted of ail attempt to vindicate his consistency in relation to the suffrage ques- tion, and such references as he made to tlie political situation were chiefly of interest not so much because of what he actually said, ad from the hints which he dropped concern- ing the future. His only reference to the House of Lords was an incidental description of it "as an obstacle in the path of reform," but while he kept faith with his colleagues in refusing to discuss the question "at the present moment," the opening sentences of the speech were scarcely suggestive of any strong liopa that a settlement would be reached. With regard to the suffrage ques- tion he denied that he had gone back on the pledge given at the Albert Hall. For that pledge had two conditions attached to it- first that the Bill should be a democratic one, and second that there should be some ividence that women really asked for it. He attached supreme importance to the first of these conditions, and said that it was becau&e the E-il was not a democratic one that he refused to support it. Mr George went on to oontend that if the Bill becaln-e law its jffecfc would be to give a vote to every lady I property—if she chose to take the trouble o qualify; but that, on the other hand, it would give a vote to only one-tenth or one- fifteenth of the working women of the country. It is certainly not surprising that "the Chancellor's attempt at personal vindica- tion nas only increased the irritation of the suffragist leaders, for the Conciliation Bill was an honest attempt to effect a com- promise, and the omission of the forty- ahilling freehold franchise was a definite con- cession in the interests of the democratic principle. The only measure which he would deem worthy of support is an adult suffrage Bill, which would confer the vote on every man and woman with a fixed residence. Married women, as well as their husbands, would be placed on the register, and the im- mediate effect would be to much more than double the electorate and to place the pre- ponderance of political power in the hands of the women of the nation. No one knows better, of course, than Mr George himself that such a Bill has no chance for many a long year to come of obtaining the sanction of Parliament. In objecting to a partial measure of enfranchisement the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer contended that already there were too many artificial obstacles in the way of progress, and among them he enumerated the House of Lords, the congestion of business in the House of Commons "owing to the very cumbrous and rather unintelligent Parlia- mentary machinery," defective registration laws, and the plural voter. With regard to the last "obstacle" of the four, the Chan- cellor committed himself to the rather fanci- ful opinion that if it had not been for the plural voter the Radical and Socialist forces of the country would have had a majority at the last election of pretty nearly 1,000,000 votes, instead of about 400,000, and instead of a Parliamentary majority of 100 the Government would have had a Parliamentary majority of 200. It need scarcely be said that these figures are quite unreliable, for on the borders of most of the large towns there are very many small freeholders who are pro- bably as divided in the opinion as the rest of the community. And it may be noted that Mr George appears to be quite unconscious of the substantial reasons which may be adduced for a system that slightly adds to the voting strength of the business and pro- pertied classes. But though Mr George ostensibly based his objection to the Con- ciliation Bill on the ground that it was not democratic, it seems clear from the closing passage of his speech that under present political conditions he objects to any sort of franchise Bill being pressed upon the notice of Parliament. In his opinion the question of the House of Lords must first be dealt with. It was the paramount issue of the hour, and he would not put anything in front of it—not even Welsh Disestablishment or Home Rule or the women's question. He added that the Government had undertaken to get a settlement of that first of all, and "honestly ho was amazed at the light- heartedness with which some of his Liberal friends put other questions in front of it." Unionists will not be disposed to complain of this declaration, for they recognise, in common with the Chancellor that the first issue to be settled is that -which, for better or for worse, has been raised by the present Radical Government. And it will be well for the Unionist rank and file throughout the country to realise that though a compromise is possible, the chances are on the side of a renewed conflict in Parliament and the con- stituencies. From the suffragist standpoint, however, Mr George's declaration that first things must stand first is open to the obvious criticism that this being so he should have ibstained from giving any sort of pledge to the women's movement. I
DENBIGHSHIRE HEALTHi RETURNS.I
DENBIGHSHIRE HEALTH i RETURNS. I In one or two respects Dr. Stenhouse Wil- liams' report upon the health returns of Denbighshire for last year is reassuring The two improvements favourably com- mented upon are "the excellent water and sewerage schemes" of Colwyn Bay, and the results of the steps taken to ibodfctnise dairies and cowsheds in the Wrexham rural district, which, he states, have been revolu- tionised. Incidentally he refers to the fact that "the. fall in the death-rate has been a.gain maintained," the average falling from 14.28 in 1908 to 13.8. This is gratifying, more especially when we are told that it is "largely due to the diminution in the num- ber of deaths of infants, which numbered 55 fewer than in 1908." An analysis of the figures places Colwyn Bay in an exceedingly favourable light. In 1901 the death-rate there was 16.2 per thousand of t4p popula- tion; in 1901 it was 14.6; whereas last year, after deducting the deaths of strangers, it was 7.8, which was far and away the best re- turn from either urban or rural districts throughout the county. In fact there appear to be very few towns of the same population in the kingdom that can favourably com- pare with Colwyn Bay in this respect. It is significant that the considerable drop in the death-rate at Colwyn Bay synchronised with the completion of the extensive and ex- pensive water and sewerage schemes, to which Dr. Stenhouse Williams specifically refers, and the figures should afford much satisfaction to those have to bear the expenditure upon those undertakings. Speaking of the county generally Dr. Wil- liams directs special attention to the ravages ot tuberculosis and points out that "tubercle killed one in every twelve of those who died in the county during the and n-carlv four times as many as all the infectious dis- eases added together. Ou reading such a statement one can-,ot help reflecting upon the manner in which Colonel Cornwall is West's sanatoria scheme was rejected some time ago. for whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the cfficacy of the sanatorium treatment itself experts are now agreed upon the enormous educative influence of such institutions. In this connection Dr. W illiams also dwells upon the importance of the bacteriological examination of milk and deplores the total absence of such work in the county. The reduced infantile mortality was, un- happily, counteracted by the diminution in the birth-rate. The county of Denbigh is taking part in the general decline of the birth-rate, "the rate of 25 per thousand being considerably below the average of the years 1899-190S, and slightly below the 1909 rate for England and Wal-es." The statistics point to a somewhat curious state of things. For instance, the urban district of Colwvn Bay shows the lowest rate, 13.3, whereas W rex ham borough stands highest, even when the rural districts are included, the rate there being 29.9. No doubt insufficient em- ployment for young people in the district and the influx of middle-aged people partly account for the position of Colwyn Bay, but it is difficult to understand why Colwyn Bay should have a higher death-rate amongst in- fants than any other part of the county. One-third of the deaths among children occurred during the first month of life, and it is probable that the general adoption throughout the county of the Notification of Birtha Act would have a desirable effect, be- cause medical and nursing attendance would thus be ensured at an earlier stage of child life. This is in any event a matter which warrants the serious attention of the authori- ties, because, as Dr. Williams remarks, a steady diminution in the infantile death-rate means not only lives saved to the nation, but improved physique generally, for it is to be remembered that the death-rate only represents a portion of the damage done; the remainder and probably the greater part is to be found in the crippled lives of children who have just strug-g-led through.
ABERGELE COUNTY SCHOOL.
ABERGELE COUNTY SCHOOL. Now that it is practically certain that the Colwyn Bay Higher Grade School is to be elevated to the status of a county school Abergele educationists are putting up a stiff fight for the retention of their own county school on a sound basis, and all interested in the welfare of the children in the dis- trict will wish them success in their efforts. It would be invidious to suggest that the County Education Committee contemplate to elevate the Colwyn Bay School at the expense of depreciating the one at Abergele. But if the new scheme were adopted in its pre- sent form there can be no question, but that the committee would be acting unwisely. The scheme provides for the conversion of the Abergele School into a miniature agricul- tural college with a syllabus described as "hopelessly elementary and absolutely use- less for the ordinary purposes of agricul- ture." As Mr D. Mac. Nicoll pointed out at the County Council meeting on Friday, Abergele's geographical situation renders it altogether unsuitable as a centre for such an institution, and the mere fact that out of the ninety odd scholars in school at present only two or three boys intend taking up farming for a livelihood proves there is no demand for an agricultural school in the neighbour- hood. Moreover before any such school could be successfully administered the whole of the staff arrangements would have to be altered, because the several subjects would have to be taught by persons who had specialised in their respective departments. It would be a mistake from all points of view to make any such use of the Abergele School. There is, however, reason to believe that that part of the Joint Committee's scheme will never materialise. At the County Council meeting an effort was made to obtain the Council's expressed opinion upon the matter, and, though the discussion was ruled out of order it was plainly seen that there would be a strong opposition to the scheme. The Council have temporarily deputed their powers in the matter to the Education Com- mittee, but the latter will, under the cir- cumstances, no doubt realise that unless some material amendments arc introduced the prospect of the scheme being carried to a successful issue is very dubious.
Higher Rates in Denbighshire.
Higher Rates in Denbighshire. The Denbighshire Council, on Friday, de- cided to levy a rate for the next half-year of &Jd for general county purposes, 5»d for ele-mentary education, and Id for higjher education. This means that the rate for the year amounts to Is lld, as compared with Is ICjd last year. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn pertinently asked whether some reason could be given for the rate having increased l- £ d in the pound, in view of the pledge of economy given by the Council six months ago, when, it will be recollected, the County Council election was being fought. Mr Cromar, the chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, proferred the explanation that the increase was due to "the extra expense in- curred upon the roads in order to enable people to enjoy the luxury of flying about the country in motor-cars. It should be remembered that road expenditure comes under the head of "general purposes," and when is said that the rate for general pur- poses was iod in 1908-9, when the total rate waa 3s in the pound, as compared with 9Jd for general purposes this year when the rate is only a farthing less, the reason assigned for the increase seemingly falls short of the mark. Half the increase in the rate is, no doubt, due to extra expenditure on education, for the elementary education rate has gone up from lid to lljd, and the higher educa- tion rate from lid to 2d.
— ——— - Railways Under Tariff.…
— ——— Railways Under Tariff. » It is clear that the prosperity of our rail- ways must depend on the general prosperity of trade. The more prosperous trade is, the more goods there will be to handle and carry, and, of course, the railways as the chief distributing agents in the country will be the first to feel the effects in a largo increase of traffic. This will mean not only better dividends for shareholders, but hrore demand I for the laoour of railwayman, and this again will mean better wages for the workers. I Now, it is the first principle of Tariff Re- formers that their policy will increase trade. It will do so, as in the case of other tariff countries, by increasing home production— agricultural, mining, and manufacturing— by increasing exports, and by increasing im- ports. As the home trade is more re- munerative to railway companies that the import trade, any improvemeat, even with- out an increase in the volume, would help dividends. Moreover, by gradually changing the character of our imports from manu- factured articles to raw materials—a prime object of Tariff Reform—the railways would again benefit, because a pound's worth of raw material, being greater in bulk, pays more for carriage than a pound's worth of finished goods.
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PERSONAL. Mr and Mrs J. Lloyd Wiliums celebrated their silver wedding at Ruthin 44b Thursday. ■ ■■■ q iii. ■ I Tho Earl of Powis icffc the Cattle on Monday for grcuse shooting, as the guei t of Sir Powiett MUIbank, at Birmingham Park, Barnard Cattle. Th.3 Hon. Laurence A. Brodrick and Colonel Howard, C.B., were at the Shrewsbury Show yesterday. -<V-- Sir Sava.ge and Lady Lloyd Mostyn- enter- tained the inmates of St. G 1 Heme at Mae- v n-aiut 011 2Ylonday. The Duke of Lord Harlech, and Lofd Trevor wore "amongst the prize-winners at -the Shrewsbury Horticultural Show ycftte-rday. — -■ ■ 1 ■ ■ ■'»» The Hon. Richard C. Grcsvonor has been appointed to rev lee the lists of voters far th,e county of Flint. <t Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., 11:15 been tUaying with the Earl and Countess of Powis at Powis Castle. $ — The Earl of Denbigh and Lady Mary Fielding were among- the pa> senge.rs by the steamship "Aaro," which has sailed for Stavan-ger, Bergen, Aaleeund, Ciiristiansamd, and Dronthem. T Mr Walter Long continue,; to make good pro- gress. Among the calers on Sunday were Mr and Mrs Asquith, who drove to Rood jW- iton from Western Birt. — <p> Lady JuLct Doff has contented to distribute the prizes to the students of Charing-cross Medical Hcspita. College, at the owning of the winter session, on Monday, October 3rd. Lord and Lady Wihoughby die Eresby were amongst the party entertained by the Baron- ess Von Eckharditcin at Pcfcwood, Woodhall, Spa, for a fete in aid of the Alexandra Hospital and GentLewomen's Home. Mr Jui-t.oe Jelf is now permitted to leave his bed daily for a short time. Sir Arthur Jelf was on circuit at Mold in June, when 00 was attacked with illness, and he has since bean ly- ing in a serious üondition at his residence at Putney. $; Mr Lloyd George left Criccieth for London on Wednesday afternoon, making the journey to Llandudno Junction! by motor. Tho Chancellor leaves London on Saturday for the Continent, whore he will remain until the second week in September. Sir Vincent Evans has selected as the subject of his addrers at the opening of the sea-ion of the Birmingham Welsh National Society, of which he is president, the question of "The better preservation of Welsh antiquities." ,— <3>—1 — ■ ■ Mr Trevor Char.'es Hughe." Squire of Glas- ooed, Carnarvonshire, and patrcm of Trevor Hall Chapel. Denbighshire, has appointed the Rev. Daniel Thomas, B.A., curate of Llanrug, his private chaplain; Mrs Trevor Hughes his private secretary, and Mr Hugh C. Vincent, B.A., sole agent for the Coed Helen Estates, with whom he is now inspecting the houses on his estate. Viscount Ebrington, the elderst son of Earl Fortescue, and nephew of Lord Harlech, has met with another accident, again breaking his leg. On this occasion the accident happened in the hunting fie'd. After a draw of the Devon and Somerset Hounds at Kennilford Cress, Somerset, his lordship was about to mount to he p the Master to lay on the pack, when his horse kicked him on the leg, breaking it. Lord Ebrington w.a3 immediately taken by motor to Simonsbafah and medically attended. He is doing well.
L. & N. W. RAILWAY COMPANY.…
L. & N. W. RAILWAY COMPANY. RESULTS OF POOLING ARRANGEMENTS. Some striking remits of the pooling arxange- ments which have been made by the great rail- way companies were cleariy demonstrated at the half-yearly meeting of the London and North- western Railway Company, when Lord Stal- bndge repo,-t-ed Receipts increased by £ 225,892. Expenses reduced by £ 5,015. Working coat reduced from 66.94 per oent- to 64.86 per cent. Nearly a million more passengers. Three quarters of a million more tons of goods. Decrease of 171,000 goods train miles. Net revenue increased by £ 248,067. Dividend increased1 from 4 to 5g per cent. Capital expenditure ( £ 157,893) lowest on record. Lord StalbridgC described his statement as more satisfactory than had been possible for some years past. "This result has been brought about," he said, "in the first place by increased traffic, and in the second place by the exercise of the strict- est economy by all concerned, a-TBisted by the ar- range ments with our friends, tho Midland and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies. "In other ways we are still profiting by the agreement, and shall oomtinue to do so. We are no longer spending money on capital account in wasteful competition with those companies, and the general manager and officers have been abLe to devote virtually the whole of their time Po developing our own system, giving increased fariliti-es to the public, axid thoroughly review- ing the work of every department. "In addition to the interavailahility of ticket arrangements, goods stations, offices, oollecting vans, etc., the new through services, where the combined routes offer advantages to the public have not on.y been a boon to the public, but have proved eo succsesful that by giving the faciSrhos, we have created a new traffic."
NORTH WALES WILLS.
NORTH WALES WILLS. Mrs E. Wareing, Llandudno £ 3907 F. G. Townsend, Mochdre, Ck>lwyn Bay J65052 Miss E. Roberts, Colwyn Bay £ 1520
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Denbighshire (Hussars).-Lieut. Edward t». Griffith to be captain. 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiiiers.—Surgeon Captain Richard Drinkwater resigns his commission. 6th (Carnarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.—Private John ard Anthony to be second lieutenant. 7th (Merionioneth and Montgomery) Battali ,'1 the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.—The under-mentioned officers to be lieutenants:—Second-Lieutenants W. J. Evans, Edward W. Lloyd-Jones, A. G. I Reed, Owen Owen, D. 0. Davies, and Ifor O. W. V\ illiams.
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Cheap watches may now be posted without re- gistration. Only watches of which the cases ;-re entirely or mainly composed of gold or silver will be subject to registration. An interesting experiment, carried out under the auspices of the Amiens Carrier Pigeon Society tends to show that pigeons are*swifter than a biplane, but less swift than a monoplane..
SHREWSBURY'S FLORAL FETE.
SHREWSBURY'S FLORAL FETE. YE&TER&AVS SUCCESSFUL SHOW. Old Shrewsbury kept its famous festival of flowers yesterday, under sunny skies, and thousands of visitors Hocked to the town by excursion trains from Wales, the Midlands, the North, and Scotland. Tlio Shrewsbury floral fete, now thirty-six years old, is the Temple show of the Mid- lands. Its flowers are not surpassed in Ixmdon, and its fruit and vegetables have no rivals anywhere. So this display, under several acres of marquees, in the picturesque park of the Quarry, so delightfully situated, in a bend of the livtr, is the finest general •show of garden prcduoe which our islands SCO. The northern seasons lag behind the southern, and while the northern growers pour into Shrewsbury all the floral wealth of la tea:- June and July, as southern grot era know it, the latter, coveting Shrewsbury awards, send to the fete prime things of summer's last weeks. You read, therefore, of Shrewsbury's daz- zling marquees the whole summer's story of Brix-ain-'s gardens). Colour is heaped Oil colour, beauty on beauty, sweetness o'n sweetness, till the mind grows faint o,nd d zzv with the effo.vt to receive and compre- hnld it all, and with the wonder of man's triumph in the cultivation of flowers. DUCAL EXHiBITORiS. The good things of our most princely gar- dens are lavished on Shrewsbury. Take the hothouse grapes alone—a regal display. rihe Duite of Westminster, the Duke of Suther- land, L-ord Trevor, Lord Harlech, Lady Henry Somerset, and Captain Hey "wood Lonsdale were prominent in the list of jsrize-winners. Perhaps the most imposing ieaturc of the -show was the class for thirty dishee of ripe fruit, competing for the 25gs.' champion cup and the gold medal, and £ 20 in cash which go with it. Here two dukes aijd an earl were a.mcng the rivals, each of wheaa filled a long tahe lightly canopied with choice ivies, carnations, a-neL snowy Francoa R.imow. wivJi the most Jujcioua poaches, nectar- ines, pears, apples, meiens, figs, grapes, and aprioats. Such fruit had not been scan be- fore even at Shrewsbury, and the judges tcok nearly three hours to make their awards. They gave the coup to the Duke of Westminster, and tho sccond and third prizes respectively to the Eari of Harrington and tho Duke of Portland. None tho Ic-sc, proudly for theeo overwhelming ducal triumphs did the cottagers of Shropshire regard their own produce in -,ri adjacent mar- quee. Their fruit and vegetables were a very fine display, .and some of their flowers were scarcely bettered on the nuireerymen's stands. Thene were hrilliant African marigolds here which measured ten inches across their domed headw and some beautiful pansies, alters, carna- tions, and ph'oxes. A CHARMING EXHIBIT. M'øs A. Lovefct's first-prize bauket of mingled heather, honeysuckle, harebells, f.c.rget-jl1<?-no{." water lilies, and other treasures of the wilds, set off with fine grasses and trailing f.praye of ground ivy, was an exceptionally iignit and dainty exhibit. Tnree Jiarge gold inedala were awarded to Messrs Veitch, of Chelsea, for a sumptuous g-roup of orchids and store greenhouse plants; another to Measirs Riveav, of Sawbridgeworth, wiw staged a small orchard of fruit trees; and the third to the King's Acre Nuirfierles, Here- ford, for a gtand exhibit, comprising roses, phloxes, fruit trees end pot vines. Awa rd i of merit for new flowers were granted to Mr WiJhaim Angus, of Penicuik, for the new bolder carnation Mrs Angus, to Messrs Storie, of Perthshire, for Iceland poppies and a vari- coloured coxcomb; to Mr Hugh Aldersey, <A A'darsey H-al, Che.-hire, for the sweet paa weill- called Tortoiseshe'l; to Messrs Dobbie for a new scabious; and to the firm of Kelwav fCT the Gladioli Snowdon and Delieata Kelways. DAZZLING DISPLAY. Everywhere the eye roamed' in this amazing ^bow there was some- bold display which caught and dazzled—the herbaceous borders of Messrs Gunn, of Olton, and Messrs Baker, of Wolver- hampton, the latter stretching away on either side of a lily pool fringed with Yek,,$P-s; the wonderful delphiniums of Mr Amos Perry, i-lie roses shown respectively by Alexander and Hugh Dickson, the foliage plants and orenids of Air Cjpher (with oncjdituns like a. swarm of yellow moths hoverng around handsome eorksevw- leaved crotons), and the flame-co'oui^d' mont- bretias, in which Mr Wallace specialises. These were only a few of the exhibits when set the marquees ablaze with petal flame. The Manchester firm of Dickson and Robin- son won honours for a delightful group com- posed of dahlias, carnations, and lilies. Here were three unna-mejd cactus seedlings of bronze, deep bronze, and deep roso respectively, and also a selection of the new cactus pom pom dahlias—pretty little thing's, wheh are rapidly increasing in popularity owing to their free, flowering hiab-t and the fact that they require very little attention. The Duke of Portland, the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, and the Marquis of Northampton wen prizes in the vegetable classes, where as much care had been given to artistic arrangement as in any other £ ect-ion of the show.
SIR J. PRICHARD JONES.
SIR J. PRICHARD JONES. TO RECEIVE THE FREEDOM OF CARNARVON. Sir John Prichard-Jones has consented to ac- cept the Freedom of the Borough of Carnarvon The announcement was made on Friday even- ing at a special meeting of the Town Council, when the Mayor explained that he and Council- lor Lloyd Carter had interviewed Sir John on the subject. The Mayor added that the honour was offered Sir John, not only by reason of -s nationality, but also because of his princely muni- ficence to the cause of Welsh education, and th'j fact that he was born in a part of Anglesey which had intimate business relations with Car narvon.
J SCENE AT LLANDUDNO' THEATRE.
J SCENE AT LLANDUDNO THEATRE. What might have ended in a panic occurred at the Grand Theatre, Llandudno, on Tues- day night. It appears that one of the flex- fble wires near the connection with the main suddenly fused, causing a. momentary blaze, a. cloud of smoke and a strong smell of burning insulating material. It happened that there was a strong wind blowing, and as soouais tOO curtain went us this drove the fumes of burning gutta-pexcha into theaudi- torium, and there was soon an apprehensive movement amonp- the audience. Someone called out "Fire," and the people in all parts of the house roso and moved towards the exits. The stage manager, Mr Lynes, came forward and assurrcd the audience that there wa.s not the least cause for alarm. Last night, when the performance was repeated the exhibition scene TO not illuminated.
RESTORATION OF MOLD CHURCH.
RESTORATION OF MOLD CHURCH. The examination of tho fabric of the historic parish church of Mold by Messrs Protheroe, PhiJIpot, and Barnard, ecclesiastical architects, of Chelteruham, has bean completed, and their report revealls the fact thalt the condition of the buildixiig is more serious than was anticipated. It has been decided to proceed with a certain sceton of the work as soon as possble owing to the conditioii o!f the walls. Tho subscriptions already paid or promised amount to nearly £ 2000, a.nd inohidle a donation of E100 from the Load Bishop of St. Asaph.
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Major-GenCTal Richard Fitzgerald, late of the. Welsh Regiment, died at Kingstown, Dublin, on Tuesday. A seam of the best quality anthracite coal has been struck at Pontyates, in the Gwendraeth Valley, by the Rhof'Colliiery Company. It is expected that in a very abort time the output will be 200 to 300 tone a day. An arbitration treaty between Russia and Spain has been signed at St. Petersburg by a re- presentative of the Russian Government and Count de la Vinazi, the Spanish Ambassador. The Chinese Government hais telegraphed gro&tirags of welcome to the German Crown Pnlnoe, who is to visit Qiina on his forthccamnig :i tour to the Far East.
THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD PROGRAMME.
THE NATIONAL EISTEDD- FOD PROGRAMME. SOME INTERESTING DETAILS. An advance press copy of the official pro- gramme of the Royal National Eisteddfod of WaJea to be held at Colwyn Bay on September 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, is already to hand. Hitherto, copies have not been available usually until within two or three days of the festival, and the despatch with which the work has been carried out on this occasion speaks well for the work performed by the untiring General Secre- tary (Mr T. R. Itoberts) and the publishers (Messre W. II. Evans, Sons and1 Co., Chester), who are also complimented upon the general get-up of the volume. The book (it is nothing else for it con-tains 333 pages) supplies practically all the information the average eisteddfodwr re- quires, and a good deal of matter which should help him the better to appreciate we beauties and -good qualities of Colwyn Bay as a health and holiday resort. It is freely illustrated with portraits of all expected to take part in the eisoddiod, the chairmen of the respective com- mittees, and the officials, as well as local views. The time-table is arranged a" follows:- MONDAY. 8.0 p.m.—Cymmrodorion Society Meeting', Eng- lish Presbyterian Chapel. TUESDAY. 8.15 a.m.-—Procession to form at Town Hall. 8.30 a.m.—Gorjedd a.t Rydal Mount Field. 10.0 a.m.—Procession thence to Pavilion. 10.30 a.iii.-First Eisteddfod Meeting. 1.0 p.m.—Ladie. Choirs Competition. 2.30 p.m.-Dhief Choral Competition. 5.0 p.m.—Welsh BibLograph.cal Society Meet- ing. 6.30 p.m.—First Concert, "Saul of Tarsus." WEDNESDAY. 9.0 a.m.—Cymmrodorion Society Meeting, Eng- lish Presbyterian Chapel. 10.30 a.m.—Second Eisteddfod Meeting. 12.30 p.m.—Orchestral Competition. 1.30 p.m.—Crowning of the Bard. 2.30 p.m.—Second Choral Competition. 5.15 p.m.—Welsh Folk-Song Society Meeting. 6.3U p.m.—Second Concert ("Psalm of Lite," "Blest Pair of Sirens," and Miscellaneous). THLRSDAY. 8.15 a.m.—Processuon to fonn at Town Hall. 8.30 a.iii.-G-orscdd at KydSrl Mount Field. 10.0 a. Ill.- thence to Pavilion. 10.30 a.m.—'l'hird Eisteddled Meeting, 12.3C p.m.—Chairing of the Bard. 1.30 {J.lIl.-{;hildren's Choirs Competition. 5.0 p.m.—Joint Meeting' of Gorsedd and Ka- tional E-steddiod Association, jjinglish Con- gregational Chapel. 6.30 p.m.—Thud CoiK>ert ("The Messiah"). FRIDAY. 8.15 a.m.—Procession to form at Town Hall. 8.30 a.m.—Gorsedd at Rydal Mount Field. 10.0 a.m.—Procession thence to Pavilion. 10.30 a.m.—Fourth Eisteddfod Meeting. 2.30 p.m.—Male Voice Choirs' Competition. 6.30 p.m.—Fourth Concert (Miscellaneous). SATURDAY. 12 noon.—Quick Siep Competition. 1.0 p.m.—Brass Band Contest. 6.30 p.m.—Popular Welsh Concert. It is announced that the inaugural meetings of the Oymmtodorion section of the Eisteddfod will bo held on Monday evening, September 12, ill the English Presbyterian Ciiajjel, under the chairmanship of the lIon. W. U. A. Ormsby- Gore, M.P., when an address will be given by Major-Geneial Sir Ivor Herbert, M.P., on "National Heroes and their Memorials." The Archdruid (Dyfed), Mr Ihos. Matthews, M.A., and others, will contribute to the discussion. On Wednesday, September 14, at 9 a.m., in the same pi ace ot worship, under the chairmanship of Sir J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., Mr W. J. Evans, M.A., Abergele, will reed a paper on "A Welsh Schools' Employment Bureau." A practical schemo we are told, will be submitted lor consideration, aind several leading educa- tionists will take part in the dseusson. There will be no charge for admission. Tlio joint annual meeting 01 thei Gorsedd and the Eisteddfod Association will be held in the English Congregational Chapel, Abergele-road, at o p.m., oil Thursday, September 15 (chairing day), under the presidency of the Archdruid and Sir Marchant Williams. On the previous Tues- day, the Welsh Bibliographical Society will have its annual meeting at the English Presbyterian Chapel, when Sir John Willirtras, K.C.V.O., will preside. A paper on fh.l National Library of Wales in relation to other libraries and institu- tions will be read by Mr John Ballinger, M.A. (librarian of the National, Library of Wales). The annual dinner of the Dafydd ap Gwilyin Society will take place at the Hotel Metropole on Wednesday evening', the 14th September. Tho meetings of the Welsh Folk-Song Society will be held during the same day. The exhibition of Welsh Industries and Crafts and raro and interesting objects of art and anti- quities relating to Wales, rogether with the works of art in the various competitions will be held in the Infants' School room, Douglas- road, and this will be opened by the Countess of Dundonald at 3 p.m., on August 26. The special artistes will be:— Soprano: Miss Edith Evans, Miss Perceval Allen, Miss Amy Evans, Madame Laura Evans- Williams. Contralto: Mis Ada Crossley, Madame Edna Thornton, Miss Dilys Jones. Tenor: Mr Ben Davies, Mr L!oyd Chandos, Mr David Ellis, Mr Gwilym Wigley, Mr G. Hughes Macklin. Bass: Mr James Sauvage, Mr Ivor Foster, Mr David Evans, Mr David Hughes, Mr James (Jolemaji. Pennillion Singer: Eos Bar. Harpists: Miss Bessie Jones (Telynores Gwalia), Ap Eos y Berth. Reciter: Deiniol Fychan. Aocx>mpanists: Mr D. D. Parry, A.R.C.M.; Mr Bryan Warhurst, A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M.; Mr T. Osborne Roberts, Miss Nellie A. Roberts, Miss Gwendoline Roberts. There will be a full orchestra with Mr Horace HaseJoen as leader. The Eisteddfod Choir (numbering 250 voices) will be conducted by Mr John Williams, Car- narvon. The presidents will be:—President of the Eis- teddfod, Sir J. Herbert Roberts, Bart., M.P. Tuesday.—Morning Meeting: The Hon. Laur- ence A. Brodrick, Major-Gcneral Sir Ivor Her- bert, Bart., M.P. Concert: The Right Rev. the Lord- Bishop of St. Asaph. Wednesday.—Morning Meeting Sir J. Her- bert Roberts, Bart., M.P. Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart. Concert: Mr W. Whitehead, J.P. Thursday.— Morning Meeting: Mr R. A. Yerburgh, M.P.; the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P. Concert: Mr Fred H. Smith, Queen s Lodge, Colwyn Bay. Friday.—Morning Meeting: Sir J. Prichard Jones, Bart.; the Right Hon. Lord Mostyn. Concert: Mr James Amphlett. Saturday.—Morning Meeting: Mr D. Gamble, J.P. Concert: Mr A. Emrys Jones, M.D., J.P. Mabon (Mr W. Abraham, M.P.), Llew Td, and! Llifon will be the eisteddfod conductors, with Mr Llew Wynne as stage director.
NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD GOSSIP.
NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD GOSSIP. During their visit to the National Eisteddfod at Colwyn Bay, Mr and Mrs Lloyd George will be the guests of the Bishop of St. Asaph, ano they will probably attend the gathering on ,r.,e or two days in additi to the Thursday when the Chancellor will preside. « « The Ogmore Vale Juvenile Choir (one of the eleven children's choirs entered for the National) have just been awarded first prize at an Eistedd- fod in South Wales, where 21 choirs competed. # • « At a brass band contest, held a few days a >o at New Brighton, four of the ten bands which have entered for the Colwyn Bay contest were competing, the test piece being the same, and they were placed in the following order:—First, Foden's Motor Wagon Works, Black Dyke being second; third, Perfection Soap Works; fourth, Wingates Temperance, and sixth, Goodshaw Prize Band. It will be interesting to see how they fare under a different adjudicator at the Eisteddfod. • • • • The official programme will be on sale in a few days. Hitherto, it has been fvund impossible to publish the programme until within three or four days of the Eisteddfod, so that its appear- ance a fortnight or three weeks before the event marks a new departure. • • The Archdruid ("Dyfed") is to be the guest of Mr J. Watkin Lumley; "Cadvan" of Mr L. Gwynne Thomas, Christowe; Sir Marchant Wil- liams of Mr David Lewis; Sir J. Prichard Jones and Sir E. Vincent Evans of Mr T. J. Williams; "Gwynedd" of Mr Wm. Jones, N.P. Bank; "Pedr Hir" and "Eifionydd" of the Rev. Wm. Hughes; and "Gwylfa" will stay with "Penllvn" at Old Colwyn. • • • • By request, Mr James Sauvage has agreed to jung the plaintive melody "Morfa Rhuddlan" at the Welsh concert on the Saturday evening. Needless to say, the audience have a treat in store. The pavilion has now been practically com- pleted, and reflects the greatest credit upon the architects (Messrs Darbyshire and Smith, of Manchester) and the contractors (Messrs L. H. Woodhouse and Co., Nottingham). It is not often that a building of this size is put up in seven or eight weeks. Many were the prophecies that it would not be ready in time for the Eis- teddfod; these have now been falsified, .md there remaius ample time for decorating and lie installation of the electric light. » # « We think it will interest our readers to hear that the Arts and Loan Exhibition in connection with the Royal National Eisteddfod promises this year to be one of the finest ever got together, aa the organisers have been able to obtain promises of objectl3 which have never been exhibited be- fore, and of unique value. Amongst th wo have specially rioted the unique Celtic bell, i-v.o- ly purchased for the National Museum of a.es. The University Library, Bangor, is also lending a remarkable series of rare books and maps, which should be highly interesting to the visitors at the Eisteddfod, and which comprises some of the only oopdes of Welsh books in existence. The Victoria and Albert Museum, South Ken- sington, is lending four very fine cases of uiter- ci'ti.Tifr embroidery meta.1 work and porcelain ex- hibits. Tiic Grensvenor Museum, Chester, tne Welsh Museum, Cardiff, and the University Museum, Bangor, are also sending valuable «JX- hibits, which should greatly enhance the educa- tive value of the exhibition. A gruesome relic "The Hand of Glory," i5 being ient by Mr Elcock. This is the tiand of a and is the actual hand known to have committed the murder. It is Bad to be regarded with super- stitious awe in the North-West of Ireland, and is said to be a specific for nervous aiimente. It has been roughly chopp-cd oft with an axe, and has been dried up in the smoke of a peasant's ingle. It is being Jeiit as an illustration of peasant superstition. Such relics are known in Yorkshire,, and in fact are met with all over the world, under different names. Sciverai. rare and new finds in the locality, of particular antiquarian interest, should aiso at- tract archaecLOgists and students of by-gone his- tory of the Principality, full as it i\3 of romajico and poetry. It is to bo hoped that a particular effort will be made in the district to sujiport in every pos- sible way this exhibition, it it is considered that pessih y the finest remit of the Eisteddfod would bo the establishment in the district of a home arts and crafts movement, which would briner employment during tho winter months to those who depend entirely on the summer profits. It is thought that if they could' be employed at .3 dliri. remunerative home ind-uirtries during the winter months, the products of their labour could lie soJd dunri..? the sea-son by the various shops in the district, and tkus would ecrvo to do wme- thing to obviate the hardship wheh is often the serious lot of many townspeople at present. Local residents will gee that the exhibition does not loee m any way by lack of their support EISTEDDFODWR.
THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW LAND…
THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW LAND POLICY. TYRANNY OF TENANCY. Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., in the vigorous let- ter to the "London Express" printed below, points out the unsoundness of the principle that underlies the Government's scheme tor the crea- tion of credit banks. He shows conclusively that no bank of standing would lend money to men who are merely tenants, and have, therefore, nothing at stake. On the other hand, if a class of occupying owners were set up they would have sound security, on the strength of which they would be able to obtain cheap credit. Sir Gilbert Parker writes:— Does the Liberal Government really believe that by announcing its intention of establishing credit banks it has initiated a policy which will lure the agricultural voter to fresh confidence and hope? If so, it has gone one better than the ostrich. Credit banks for tenants—that is indeed a lew proposal. Certainly only a Government as in- different to extravagance and to sources of in- come as the present Government could make a proposal so cynically or ignorantly unbusinesslike and uncommercial. A CONUNDRUM. A well-established bank like Barclay's might lend money to a Raiffeisen Credit Society com- posed of men who owned their land, and all the improvements they had made to that land, and its buildings and equipment; but what bank of standing would lend money to tenants who have nothing at stake; who pay as high a rent yearly as they would pay by annuity if they owned the land; who do not cfwn their improvements, -,a ve such as the County Council may approve; and who arc tied to the soft they work by nothing ex- cept a contract which they can abandon at any moment ? Small tenants cannot succeed without credit banks, and small ownership can only succeed through co-operative credit; but a Government cannot afford, any more than a private individual, to lend money to a body of men who have so little at stake, and who do not provide even that security which responsibility for ownership oru- vides. It will not work; it will not lure; it will not satisfy it is bad business; and it is bad political policy, because it is only part of a whole plan that must be put forward in its entirety, or it will do no more good than a stool with two legs will keep upright. Ownership for the man upon the land provided by a National Land Bank which provides the purchase money at as low a rate as a Govern- ment could do credit societies, or Raiffeisen vil- lage banks, which would get their money from a National Land Bank to assist tho man when he is on land to develop his little estate, and the Government guarantee behind all, with propjr representation on the board of the National Land Bank-that is an intelligible, a sound, a work- able, and an appealing policy. Existing great banks doing general business would not oppose a National Land Purchase Bank because its operations would be strictly limitjd to agriculture and, the land. It would not hate branches throughout the country offering ordi- nary facilities for banking to be used by far- mers; but because it would enable men to go upon the land, and would thereby add to the local wealth, every local bank would benefit. RESERVOIRS FOR FINANCE. Besides established local banks would act as agents for the National Land Bank where neces- sary. The National Land Bank would be a re- servoir for the finance of agriculture; it would inspire that confidence which is felt in the Bank of England. It would be a British National Land Bank which would, by a consistent busi- ness policy and a progressive efficiency, unbroken by changes of administration, do effectively what a Government at its best could only do ill, effectively. But National Land Bank or not, the Unionist party offers ownership instead of tenancy. They offer purchase instead of perpetual rent. They do not take all men's labour on the land, :¡nd the land itself in the end, and give him nothing for it, although he has paid a rent which covers the cost of the land. Unionists will be prepared to do for colonising small owners and for occupy- ing tenants what has been done for occupying tenants in Ireland. The Liberals are welcome to the segment of a fresh circle of policy which th.y have filched with an eye to an autumn campaign. The whole policy is Unionist policy; it will ap- peal, and it will prevail.
DENBIGHSHIRE VETERINARY INSPECTORS.
DENBIGHSHIRE VETERINARY INSPECTORS. The following veterinary surgeons have been re-appointed veterinary inspectors under the Dis- eases of Animals Acts for the county of Denbigh For the Colwyn Bay Petty Sessional Division, Mr Frank Booth, Colwyn Bay; the Isaled (Den- bigh) Petty Sessional Division, Mr J. H. Wyune, Denbigh; the Isdulas (Abergele) Petty Sess'orvJ Division, Mr E. Kyffin, Abergele; the Uwe"i(lu. is (Llanrwst) Petty Sessional Division, Mr J. Rhyd- wen Jones, Llanrwst; the Uwchaled Petty Ses- sional Division. Mr D. Evans, Pcntrcvoelas; 'he Ruthin fetty Sessional Division, Mr T. J. Simp- son, Ruthin.
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The number of accidents by fire or explosion reported in connection with the use of explosives last year (according an official return issued cii Tuesday) was 543, causing sixty deaths and in- juring 445 persons. The number of accidents is above the average. Mr W. G. C. Gladstone, of Hawarden Cattle, has just. presented about two thousand yards of land, valued at E400, to t.he Quoensferry Liberal Club as aJ site, upon which a new: clubpremiscs J axe to be erected.
; MUSICAL NOTES.
MUSICAL NOTES. By Peter Edwards, Mus. Bac {Pedr A law)) Rhyt. y MISS MABEL HUGHES. This excellent Rhyl pianist appeared at 3 recent Sunday concert at the Pavilion and ga.ve ra vc an admirable performance of Beethoven* "Pathetique" Sonata. It was greatly apprecia- ted. Miss Hughes is a busy teacher. She a': is organist at the Rhyl Roman Catholic Church DYSERTH TEST CONCERT. Our friends in the quiet but picturesque village of Dyserth are about to give a test conce Wrould/ it not be well to confine the to non-professional singers within tho c,oullty, It would certainly encourage local talent, a. that should be the chief object of any tes-t <*> cert or Eisteddfod which is not a "Nation^ one. It is a pity singers—almost professi°,^f ones—go from one piaoe to another seeing test concert prizes, cups, and medals. 111 THE ENGLISH FEST IV A-L. ut I have previously written in this C<)I.Z-nn about tho indifference of the Welsh people g'ie1'" the English Musical Festival; aiso of the a j3 tude of the bulk of the English people l<3rta,i)0 the Welsh Eisteddfod. I attributed it to. sy- different taste of each nation; tho W elsh ,a tution being many centuries old, the peoPbe:¡. love of it is undying; they have transmitted love from one generation to another,—ari continue to do so, let as hope. The bØ Festival is comparatively new and seems to j j-uit what suits neighbours, so they do trouble about another festival, such as a,n -41 teddfod. But a famous writer has recently ^a0jj another and, doubtless, better reason whv nation, marches on its own way. I George Meredith, who, in his last work, and Saxon" writes:— d "He, too, whom you call the \\elsh deride for his delight in eooig-ful harps to wild Wales, his Cambrian ^u°n,,oUglj and not to Engiand. You have not yet, tu he is orderly and serviceable, allured ito imagination to the ideal of Engiand. 0f tho passion for his mountains and the b°° your raising of the interdict (within a hup years) upon his pastors to harangue him 1 ) native tongue, he gladly slips himself across fl waters traversed by his Prince Madoc of j| tion, and becomes contentedly a fta li atlantio citizen, a member of strange sects"'j j is so inveterate in faithfulness to the hoar I legendary! Anything rather than Anglican- 1 Cymry bear you no hatred; their affection wise is undefined." MUSIC AND MATTER. These may at first sight appear to bear a'?-eCif lationship to one. another, nor does the su0J strike one as being interesting; but a wntC^j one of tho weeklies proves the relationship gives to musicians and others something new to think about. I commend the to the consideration of readers; and if they follow it cloeely, it is likely to deepen their teresi in science as well as m music—the grea of the arts. 'The wriier in question rightly i>oints out- all matter is reducible to certain elements constructed from them in various harmonies combinations. For example, salt, is 3: 1. tcral porary accident," like a chord. When it 9 longer salt, there is a fraction of metal an portion of gas, sodium and chlorine. All arc but compounds—compounded from eleio aad finally reducible to them. Then these j rnonts liave each a certain character. (JI5iJ called its atomic weig'ht. An excellent and tile convenient method of sotting out a scale 01 elements would be to start from hydrogen al! set out to, and away beyond, gold—Ironi^ Lightest to the heaviest, from lowest to hiS11 In sound, wh.en one lias travelled v'r to set of seven notes, one then strikes f 110 that awakens vivid memories of the hrs^ tlie seven. It is not the same note; 1 easily and entirely distinguishable fr010,,1 J yet, it suggests it, and is therefore ca,ej; its octave. What the first of the ea,t seven did, the first of every subsequent 6CV will do, only more so. So with mat was discovered that the whole gamut o:f elements were bandied in sevens C- • being manifestly the octave of ma.gnesil1 titanium being the octave of silicon, c Lately, science has discovered that these < l' ments of matter seem to 'be after waves in the medium of ether, and -qfnxn that musical notes are waves in "tho of air. The writer alluded to, in referring to s as "a temporary accident," merely n1'6 that it is salt now; later on, when no Iong salt, its elements will be recognised SCPirate- ly. Here I desire to briefly state with gard to salt that its bitterness may be cloo. pared to discord in music. We cannot without salt. It preserves life. If we COIIA imagine the sea without salt, it would be deadly as a stagnant pool. So with di-scor<j in music: it is that which keeps it fresh makes it ever interesting. Salt is no accident. It is a number of elements J1lO:> wisely compounded—each element havingi.^ certain character and bearing a oe1't relationship one to an-otlier. Do you, reader, think a composer of -C111^ finds his discords by, as it were, feeling groping for them? No; they arc as esseii"1^ to music as the sweetest sounds. In & you tighten a string and strike it, prod ing a sound or note, you produce many notes than one—though your ear may n. detect them. The string vibrates strong X just where you struck it, but it also vibr^tf" in other parts. Record your prominent note or sound. Strike the string in other Placo and you can produce all the notes of a sc^- each producing many accompanying, thoUg undistinguishable, sounds. In every chord music, if you build above the first three music, if you build above the first three notes you arrive at discords, and as a oolnp must so build, discords are essential. sides—and this is interesting—if one 16oks far enough, one will find that a | which may be discordant with one set notes, will sound well with another notes, will sound well with another in tila 1' same series. In fact, your discord CàJl made a basis upon which you can build new chord. So that to every sound in there is a right place; it has a certain character. Discord, therefore, is essenti«Wj What is wonderful is that music, produce** as it is 'by the operation of air-waves, call.l| arud is used for the uplighting of the and the soul—particles of disturbed matte influencing that which we are taught to 1°° upon as divine 1 LIVERPOOL BOXING-DAY EISTEDD- FOD. The Welsh people of Liverpool hold a cessful Eisteddfod annually. As many singrS from Wales compete there, I call attentiOO to some oK the items. The chief choral pleoe is Dr. Parry's anthem "Mor hawddgar y 1 Dy bebyll" ("How amia-ble are Thy taber- nacles"); children's chorus "In the snoW; quartette "God is a Spirit" (Bennett). I & glad to observe one item from the pen of sweet singer, the late Owain Alaw, namely "Bob boreu y deuant o'r newydd," from 1118 oratorio "Jeremiah." Good solo prizes re also offered. » » • • SWANSEA MUSICAL COMPETITIONS. At the recent "Celebrations" there, twenty' one children's choirs entered, of which si;e" teen turned up, but one had to leave singing in order to attend another Eisteddfod on the same day. Fifteen choirs is about » record! Verily, our friends in South WaleS are trying to make up for our apathy in th-0 North. » < < FRANZ ABT. This well-known German composer diou twenty-five years ago. lie was born at Eilne- berg, "near Leipzig. His townsmen haN now decided to erect a memorial to him. In this matter they have been very backward, as the people of Brunswick—where he spent most of his life,—erected a memorial in the year 1891. Abt was an excellent melodist, and his music, although not in any way pro- found, is always popular.
"WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION.
"WELSH CHURCH COM- MISSION. POSSIBILITIES OF REPORT BEING DELAYEOt The Londoti correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" sa.y,; :-I believe eomo members of the Welsh Church Commission speak of their work M "done." Memoranda, however, may be delivered until October 1st. The Cofli- rnW-ion has not yet seen all the --e proposed mem- oranda, and it is obvious that some of them riiar call forth counter-memoranda. For this reason it is by no moana oiear that the Commission ■» at the end of its labours