The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

EHYL MOTOR ACCIDENT. JUDGE MOSS DECIDES FOR THE PLAINTIFF. Yesterday, His Honour Juùg-c Moss forwarded to Mr Fcima, the- Registrar of the Rhyl Cownty Court, has decision in the m-otor ca.r collision case which. bad occupied the attention ot t.ho court on pamtitf was the Rev. Iht.mavs Jenkins, Iteotx>r oi' St. Geoi-ge, Aber- g-e.>, and tii-e defendant Mr EcKvard Wood,head, < Aadovw, ne-ar Cheetciiicki. The piainiai't daimoJ £ i9 9s 6d dajnappets to his car, a<nd tiio defiejidaiit, c-ountei-ciaiuK'^t E7, 14s 3d. V\ hen ah« case vvius fit- -,t heard at the Rhvi C'ouritv Court, in September, Mr F. J. G;im in airsfxNidped for the piaantilT, and Mr Ellis Jonas Gi'itiith, M.P. (iwitiTucted by Mr Viiioeat JL.hn- ron, of Ruthin), \i\<1 for tao defendant. On occasion, alter iiearinff the evidence, llie iloiXAir aid he wished to ucar a witness as to the <lama.^crj to the ear. tiicrs? a direct con- liiet- cf e\ Kite rive by tiio parties as to what had iiapfieaeJ. He «<xxiNiing-ly adjourned the case unui Friday jane ui order that Mr Pierce, of A-U>rgcie, niiv-ii <1 be catted to descnibe the iu- jar^tsi .to the p.iai-ntiff's car, lie having repaired tiw iuiie. LNIr Pierce wsws beard last Friday, and stated that- in iiia opiruon at the time of the acc'iacui: bctih cat's must- have been goang in tiic diretauii. deiieindajst's casa was that tne piaaiwiff atiuck hIi car at right angies. The pis-iiKiiif's car must have been struck jn the mr.clu'part of the rjfrht fiont wjicei, as liie "pokes were driven in and t'op,¡J1Ia're.t!, although lie couid not av wnstlkea tiicre were any dents in the rim. Tile figut back wa^ aJ-;o darn- agc-d, the flpukm bomg broken, and the fcyure biLTft. rJ he rignvt iamrp and ihe right wing was aJ.c..o œm41g"oo. JUdge oaid he wou.:d defer his jiidgmerit until JK> had agajn read tihrouigii tJw evidence, and akx-oi-d:i 'I.voil Wedneeday he sent his writ- ten decision to the Reg-saar. H.i.3 Honour expiajrwd tlie ool.i-:ion took place on May 24tri last, and a^'tfioagfla the plain- tiL- s car was st nousiy dasnaged iorbunatcly no one was gra-ite-usiy injured. 'i lie pia-inri,-f nad aJ- that the oojJjfiion was due to the ncg igei.ee the dietf"endamt's d'river. while tiue (k<etidaut> OIL tno otSser liaia, contended: tihaK it ww t-n-e wIa who TO} to biame. In his evidence tine had been corroborated by the oUier oc- cy«pants of the car, and he aJeged fcuat ler a dvA-irure ot eodne 80 yuifdts bt-iore reaciung tJie eroiG ¡"ado; f.-on St. George ,to Jthyl 1¡.e liuki wjufidod hu hooter, knowing that he was pacing ever a. (ÜvngerCJud crossing, road a.t tfcait jjoiii* liiveuing tae imam read irom RL-,udd.an to A^er- geic. l'.<un;t.!it also said that Jie seundted h,is until the ccJa-sion actually place. PiairjtifY was traveliin-g ait wrbafc he described' as "a eraw.;>ng and 011 his ngiit was a waii nhgiji. leet Jugh so thviit fubc. c-eoupiwaia of his car COIMJ net see tirc.ee in the dtJendaut S car., Widen [iiainiiif arrived at tlie crucs roa.d. lie saw the dcien-danro's car coming at a rate of SO miks an hcur, and was t.h^ri ten or tweoiy yardfi ircni him. Io avc;d a odiuwcm he turned! tiis oar iu the d.reotion of Abfff^eie, buc tfue other car struck him winii such force on the side as to turn lei car complete, v round. ti>at it. faced Si. George, ine point of impaot bacaine a mut^Tiai q"C¡-eölt,ion in the oaee. '1'jl defiemdaut's driver, on the otfler hand, gave <|iute a different ver, -i c.f the accTd-eni, ar-O SZd he was go-ng ait- a. rat-a of ii'oout 2U rii*it>j an liour, ajid Ohau, when he came to a. ciangor tngnal 58 yardc from the centre of tho cross roads he laiz his haiKl brake on and put tihe car oui of gear, letting k ru-n slowly to the cross roads. Ho wa, taitn level witii waJ, and was oniy gemg at the raiic of IG or 12 indies an hour, lIe sa,w the p.axntitfoar when about 15 yards away, and, &iikl that it wa. going a.t about tI;oc same rate as 'hms own car, or ■ r- hthija a iittle fiistCT. He swerved to avuid. orie i-nnpatt Wo.dii tho plaintiif's car. but was struck by Mr Jonkins) car in the eeriire of his own. The drrver contended tnat pinintiif's front. wtieel struck his and 'bobh turned round) facimg St. George. Defendu-ni's driver »«o said that plain- tiff had led ccntrol of his car, but he h-ad ad- mitted :n crosj-examiriatrion. rIl. ilftt lie did lJú4; &ouTid his horn until he was wjthm ten yards o<f tho crotw xoadB, nor did he hear the i^siimtill's hem sounded. A Mr Mortiraer, one of tiio occu- pants of the defendant's oar, gave a like acwouni of what liad happened, saying the piaintiii's car stru<4f their footboanL and that plaintiff caiine st.rajgiitf. at tihem, h.is radiator ranji-ing into t!ho.r footJbcsud. b; he thought the nwar front srusak car first. IIIn trie vvitjie s had said tih-at he (bd not thimk t-hat the plaintiSf turned at all to the left. Now, con- tinued I lis HoiiKXir, if the defendant's version wa.s correct, one woukl expect to iind itliat the two front wheels of tthe pJau'afciff's car woud be damaged; more purtjeuJariy tihe nocar froni "ivheel and radiator, and it was for that iroasen that he j,Ld adjourned tlie ease for the attendance of Mr Fierce, wf!x> repaired the oar.l'hait Vvitorss wi>oke poskivel.y a,'3 to the hmpaoi being in the mekLo part of the front rrhee'i on the right side. J hat meant t-iie off-side of tilie pJ'ainfciff's car. The front .right wheel hed been broken, the spokes driven in, and sj>!initered, but the left side was not touched, nor wacs tihe radiator dtun- aged. Tile right haixl back wheel was also damaged by beuig .-ip.inteivxl, and the tyre was puncuured Lke the front one. To his mind- that evidence was abso-'jfJeiy conclusive as to what had taken place at the time of the collis-cn, and tlie defendant's driver and tlie occupants of his cejr must have been eitf.iro^'y mi taken aj to wha.t .y ini-W,,kei, to i had occurred. Alm.rt. from the evidence of plaintiff and the cocupian'te of his oar they had the evidence of two indep-audent witneases as the plaintiff ha\ jn funded his horn when ho was Aipil>roaohiing the crCdo rca.(k They altso spoke as to the Stiow i»tes at which he was travelling. In his opinion the collision iva« due entirely to the negligcnce of the dcfendajit's driver in negiectutg the wanning signal and in approaching- the cross roods with a blind wail on his ldt, <3o that he couid nut free what, was oorninr,r" especially at the great SJKXXI at which lie was going. Nor did he teund his horn in time, so that- when he got to the cross roads lie had no ooiiitrol over hits ca.r- owing to the he was traveiliikg—to avoid the accident in question. Ho could net al ow tlie plairetiif the ela.im of L6 10s for depreciation, and he gave j Jain- tuff judgment for L- 22 19is 6d and ooeite. He a so gave juElgmcnfc for the plair.tiif on the cou-nter- claim. with co <ts, but the plaintiff would have to pay the oosits incurred by the non-preduction of the witness Pierce at the fint hearing. He also allowed t'he plaiifl and the fee off one swrvevor qualified to give evidence.

I EHYL COUNTY COURT. The above court was lield otn Friday, before his Honour Judge Moss. WARNING TO LATE COMERS. The Judge, add re sing a pla.i.rutilf who had ar- rived «te, gave him a lesson on lyanctmaliitv. riaimtiiT asked that his cases might be reinstated, as tlwy were struck out during his airxxice, and he exjpktmed that he bad lost his "oonn-t.-c.t,ion" at dwstiiv. Tho Judge r«marked that lie took the trouble to come there in time, and he othov.s to do the fMime. Very often he put him;eif to gTeat incenwMiierjce, and in turn he ox.pec.tedi liti- tXMU to be pomctual, no matter what inconveni- ence they were, put to. It waa a iga.r&Ii p for hiin to come there that day by a special train, as he had done, and thc-in to find that the liti- gant* had not. turned up, so that lie wasted his time. He agivvxl to reinstate the oewse, hut the pjaantiff woui.d ha.ve- to pa.y Lie C(},<;t,; tJie dav ENFORCING A L5 FINE. M.s Brett Wynn, Rhyl, appeared before the Judge res[.>eat of a fine of £ 5 which had: been imipoxxi by Ili. Honour in consequence of her faihire to attend w,hon ordfrpd to do so. Tho Judge ZG,A she woukl have to pay the fine, as eoeoned de-termiived to sot the court df-iiance. He would make am order of £ 1 psr nKmth. The court was not to be defied, and people iiko her might occasion a gros raijc«r- f <! aiTo of ju.it.ee. If peop'e did not attend court wh/n .vu.b;>oc'itx! they wouid have to take the coneoquerjcies. If sluo did not new iiay JB1 per inon-th would be ocammitted for seven dan;. NO SECOND-HAND EVIDEiNCE. Duri.n.g the heaiing of a judigonowt summons IIls Honour deohrxxl to aorcpt evid.'rKe sam.?6hiivg the v: itneer^es liad1 been, told by pecpe. He said he could not accept eeeond-lwuid evidence > n judgment summon any more (, th-a-a he would take it in ordinary matters. A MONEY-LENDING TRANSACTION. I.n trso of a diefenn-lant. in a moniey-lendiiig t'rarisacitic-n, in which the caini was for £20. Mr Scott (Messrs Bromiev, Jones and Co.) urged tha.t the- defendta-nt had paid £ 5 on account, but in settlement of t.ii,- c'aim he now only offered £1 per niohh. H, in. truc,tion« were tthia.t the fendant w ax making about £ 250 aso that he could well affürd to pay E.5 tier month. defendant urged that he had had a. poor Aea-on, and as a m-atter of fact he was iiow doin g nctth.i: so thcit hp rf t, inak-e an ofifor untii ho secured an appointment. His Honour m&d? a-n {..(i.r for let. per maatih and remarked that dcfcndar.-h be able to pa,y thar.. as 't was only half of what ho had offered himself.

A partial edijkse of the sun. invi&il;e at Gjieemwich, took place bdtween 11.51 oai Tues- day night and 4.26 on Wednesday moirai- iaag.

RHYL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. THE EVENING CLASSES. I WELSH A POPULAR SUBJECT. t The monthly nsoeting of the Rhyl and District School Attendance Committee was held on Tues- day afternoon at the Town Ilall, Rhyl. Mr S. Perks, J.P., presided, and there were also pre- sent Messrs G. A. Taverncr, J.P., J. H. Ellis, J.P., Thos. Wiitiams, J.P., W. j. P. Storey, J.P., A. M. Ilalli, J.P., W. Conwy Hell, J.P., C. F. Hatters, J. P., 11. A. Tilby, H. A. Cleaver, W. A. Lewis, F. J. Garnlin, F. Llew. Jones (sec- retary), B. Evans (director), and Messrs Evans, Robert;, and Parrv (attendance officers). THE "ATTENDANCE. The Director explained that when he sent out the monthly return to the members he was un- able t i include particulars of the attendance from Rhuallt, as tiic return for the month was not to hand. The Chairman said he considered that this was a scrions matter, as there existed a resolution t.hat all returns should be completed by a certain date. He considered that the Director should w ritj to the parties responsible, pointing out that the Committee would insist upon the reurns be- ing sent in by the proper date, as otherwise they would not be able to transact their business pro- perly." The returns for the whole or the district are as follows:—Average on books, 3018.8; average attendance, 2633.3; percentage, 87.3; attendance at the corresponding period last year, 2636.5. It was reported that the attendance for October was 87.3, as against 89.1 in September. The decrease wa.s due; to epidemic sickness. In Itlivi the figures were 84, as against 87.5; Prestaiyn district, 89, as against 88.6; and fet. Asaph, 92.2, its against 93.3. The Chairman said that in comparing the fig- ures for the whole of the county, it would be found tbat out of 13) schools no less than 52 were below the average. The Clerk explained that he had issued a num- ber of warning letters, and that in the St. Asaph district, although the attendance officer had been away on sick leave, there had been a decided improvement. TEA PARTIES. Reference was made to the fact that in consc- quence of a tea party being held in the Trelagan district, there had been a reduction in the aver- age. The Clerk was asked whether steps could r.ot be taken to impress on those responsible the desirability of holding such gatherings during the holidays, so as not to interfere with the attend- ance at schools, and the Clerk replied that, some (ime ago, he had sent out a circular letter which had had a beneficial effect. THE DYSERTH NATIONAL SCHOOL. A letter was read from the headmaster of the Dysernt National School pointing out that one of the uncertificated assistants had left, and, as his wife was only recognised zs an uncertificated teacher, the school was now understaffed. It was decided to refer the question to tho managers of the schools for their observation. THE TEACHING OF WELSH IN EVENING CLASSES. A discussion arose as to tho teaching of Wetaii in the evening classes, and it was stated that there were now 40 on the books, with an attend- ance of 36. An application was received from Mr Hugh Edwards for permission to his daughter to attend the Welsh classes, she being a pupil of the County School, and, as such, was not allowed to attend the class. Mr Edwards said he was very anxious that his daughter should attend, and he undertook £ hat it should not interfere with her home work from the County 8dlOo!. It was decided that it was a matter which the General Committee would have to decide, as th.'y had passed the resolution prohibiting County School students fro.,ii attending the evening classcs. During a discussion in reference to the Welsh cks-es it was pointed out that there was a large number of students for this particular cIass, with the result that the other classes were low in attendance. Mr Tii by proposed, and Mr Gaiiiiin seconded, Ise fhafc the eoimrut'.ec do not- recognise any class UIJ less there were 15 on the books and, ani aver- aattendance of 12. This was agreed to, although it, was explained' thai in the ease of advainecd classcs this rule did not- apply. R AND NEWMARKET CLASSES When the return, from tfhe Newmarket classes were received it was pointed out that t:he pre- paratory classes did not eome up to the r«|U"ire- irw-iW-s, all(li Mr Ralli moved; that it be discon- tinued. Mr Gambit seconded'; and. it was deci- ded that all oases where the average atten- dance not reached within the first six weeks C-,o classes b discontinued. In the case of Rhuddlan, it was stated that the typewriting and shorthand class- was below the re<fuired number. Mr ('Vwrvvy Bell stated that all the pllpils-lwd gone through a ooune for several years, and were- very prcfic.cnt. in. their work. It was a class that was a credit to the county (hear. hear). It was agreed that this class should be en- couraged in every jiossible way. SUCCESSFUL COOKERY CLASS. The report from the Rhyl cookery class was that there were 10 on the books. The attendance was excelkrk, and good work was being done.

NORTH CAMBRIAN GUILD OF NEEDLEWORK. ANNIVERSARY MEETING AT OLD COLWYN. The fifteenth anniversary of this Guild was celebrated in the Assembly Iloom, Old Coiwyn, on Tuesday. The room was well filled with ar.'C'ia^ee and friends of Guild, w ho were much gratified by tho siglht of the warm bin. ::ets and other clothing provided for the benefit of the poor. Tho articles numbered 1489, an advance ot 132 upogi the number sent in last year. These garments have been allotted to the fol- lowing parifvies and hospitals:—O.d Coiwyn, Coiwyn liay, lAandnILo, Ijrynymaein, l'lan Coü:wa.v. G h.Aiiei-htti. L.!a.Lo:.(1li..t: l/-y:aaen, Abergele, St. George, Towyn, Cohvyn Bay Sick Nurse, Old Cohvyn Sick Nurse, DCIJbigh Infir- mary. Rhyl Poor liope, Cced Coeh, Llan- fairtalhaiarn, Queen's Nurses, Penygroes, Tro- farth, Retlws, Llangernicw, Panmaenmawr, Rhesyer.e, Prestatyn, and Conway, The Hon. Mrs L. A. Brodrick, presdent of the Guild, took the chair, and she was accom- panied on the platform by the Rev. J. J. Grif- fith (vicar), Mrs Re vain Duvies, secretary of the Guild; lloratio Hughes, of Kinmel, trea- surer to the Guild; and the Branch Secretaries; Miss Brigss, Coiwyn Bay Miss Pendlebury, Old Colwym; Mrs Mae. Nieoll, Coed Ceeb; Miss Br ttain, Glan. Conway; Miss T. lfc*rues, Pen- mae-jimawr; Mrs Meredith Hughes, Pretatyn; Mrs Morris Jones, Gyffin; Mrs Roberts, Con- way; and Miss M. Roberts, Llanddula.s. Mrs Brodrick, the Rev. J. John Griffiths and Mrs Bevan Da vies addressed a few remarks to the I meeting, alter \\11ic11 tea was kindly provided by the Old Oolwyn Vice-Presidents.

NORTH WALES PROPERTY MAUKET. SEVERAL LOTS WITHDRAWN AT RHYL. There was a large attendance at tiie Queen's Hotel, Rhyl, when Mr C. Ha-hvm offered for sale by auction several lots of freehold pro- perty iui ithyl, Moliiden and K.iiudd.an. Mr F. J. Gamlin, Mr Swayino (Mcetsr.s Go'd Edwards and Co.), and Mr J. Pierce Le-wij were the solicitors to tihe vendors. The auctioneer described the y-arious JoL- and remarked that now wan the ii irm to tiUY property, as tine market was undoubtedly rising. As to the future of the d'Btriet he riiid not think there was any need for him to :s|jeak ait length, as .pve&DJvt knew Whitt was taking p>ace. The ks lot su!bm.;t>ted contained 3664 square }<ùfJS of buhdng iand near Me>iden afcaition, and it was w.ithd:awn at £ 260. For four freehold dwolling- houies at Rhuddlati, known as Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Higlifield-terrace, Hyls<s Bach, the bidding (Started at £ 400. and ai JC685 tihe Jot. was with- dra..vn. For the semi-det-aehed viaas "San- down and "\VcodO{';lrc.ug.h." Hvias-road, Rhudd- Lan, the, luglieist bid; was J6560, and the s kJit. was also witiidniwn. Tiieire was keen bidding for two freeliold cottageft, Nos. 3 wLO 4, Bui-gcdin- t.erraco, Par.iiamenit-street, Rhuddiain, and at £ 20-5 the pi"Cfls«rty was purchased by Mie-is Jenes (one of the tenants). The six freehold liouses, Ncs. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Roeehi hterrace, MiUbank, Rhyl, wout up to £ 1050, and were, w.tihd-rawn at that mm, No. 1, Kinmel- tc-.rraee, South K,iiranel-stre«t, Rhyl, was with- cf awn at £ 205.

The AichL-iimlw p o-f Yoak (DT. COOMO Gor- don Lang) oeiebrsat-od his foa'ty-Kixth Irithday QE Monday.

ODDFELLOWS CENTENARY INTERESTING GATHERING AT RHYL. Iin celebration of the centenary of the Man- chester Unity of Oddfellows tlie members of the. Lcyal Britannia Lodge, Ithyl, held, an intei'cat- iug- gartering at the White Lion Hotel on Thursday evening last. The chair was occupied by Mr It. Bromley, Clerk of the Peace, and the vice-cihair was filled by Mr G. A. Taverner. A.mon £ tbosa preecmt were: Mr F. J. Gamlin, Dr. Goodwin, Mr II. A. Tilby. Mr E. G. Evans, Bros. Llew Roberts, P.M., E. D. Ro-bsrts, N.G., Hugh Parry, V.G.. Jones Parry J'lieo. See., Geo. Cain, P.P.G.M.. Per. See., W. H. Parry, Assist. Sec.. Joiues and Donton Davies ('t'rusit.'cs), F. Ilordley, P.P.G.M.. D. W. Pritchard, P.P.G.M., Fred Wall is, P.P.C.M., G. W. New- ing, P.G., g. Roberts, P.G., E. J. Nelson, P.C., T. Ed'wards, P.G., Alec. Edwards, Tyler. Ilugih Ediwardfi, and Tom Edwards Visitors). The g-UCKS numbered about seventy, and an exoelient repast was piaced before then) by Mr and Mrs Wallis. A-iter the tables had bo'Hi cleared, the PresidiMit gave the loyal toast, and MI submitting- that of "The King, Mr Brocnley rcjferrcd to the great interest which the late King always took in friendly society work, and eaid he felf; thaifc in King George they had a worthy successor to King Edward. The Man- dhcfiiter Unity or Oddfellows had in exist- ence for 1(iO years, and during that two there had! been no more loyal body of men than they. He was wure that the sarn,e. loyalty wh;.c.!i had to build up the society, and to make it the Colossus of fristidJy soektiee, would j kewise help to extend tlie EmrÙe. To their King- and their country the Manchcslcr Unity < Oddfel- lows would ever be loyal1 (applause). W.th re- gard to the other members of tthe. Royal Family they; had read with deep regret, of the death- of Prince Francis of Teek, aixfi their sympathy was t^xte-nded to Queen. Mary in her bereavevnent. With regard to the Prince of Wales all were del.gin:ed that he was to be invested in Carnar- \on (applaurve). It would be all unique coerc- niony, and they hoped that it would bo the only one of its kiind that. they would: s^e in their lifetime, as they w.tihed the young Prince a lioril" arid, happy life (applaure). The toasts having been duly honoured, iha: of the Army, and Auxiliary Forces'' was proposed by Mr Polkinghorne, in the absence of Mr A. L. Views. It was responded to by Ex-Clr.-Sergt. Iloscoc, I who "aid he had been with the colours for 24 I y >ar. and felt that the real need of the country was to maintain a. strong Navy. The Army was small, but efficient, and spr aking as one who had seen the working of American, European, and Japanese troops he fcit that the British soldier more than he:d his own. Undoubtedly the Japanese were the best organised force. As to the Territorials he regretted that employers did nit give young men more facilities for servbig the country, in order to be prepared, in times of peace, ior any emergency. The TerritoriaJs should be properly maintained, and employers couid help in that direction by allowing their em- p'oyces to attend drills and camp. Dr. Goodwin proposed the toast of the "Bishop, Clergy, a.nd Ministers of all denominations," and in doitig so said he felt that in the Bishop of St. Asaph they had a lighting leader, and one who was very broad-minded in his views. He was sure that they all admired Bishop Edwards, for not permitting politics to interfere with pri- vate affairs. The clergy and ministers were a. fine body of men, each doing their work accord- ing to their own light", with the same attain- ment in view. Mr Lewis Jones, as the senior churchwarden of the parif-h, was the first, to respond to the toast, and remarked amid laughter that he v/as a bit of a preacher himself, but his sermons, although perhaps dry, were delivered to a larger oongre- gation than any minister had on Sundays (laugh- ter). Mr Denton Davie.s, speaking as a member of the Wesleyan body, remarked on the need for a. change in the present circuit system of the body, urging that three years was too short a time for a minister to remain in a district. Mr G. A. Taverner proposed the toast of the evening, "The Manchester Unity," and in doing so, said that he was speaking as one who had been an Oddfellow for 50 years (applause). He had al o been connected with a large number of other friendly societies, and had been instru- mental in founding several lodges. lIe never lost an opportunity of impressing on young iswm the need tor joining a friendly society, as they not only helped themselves, but all connected with them. While not wishing to boast, as he was a very modest man, he felt it a great honour to be it.sked to propose the toast on such an occa- ion. He believed that a man was better for being an Oddfellow, and he never regretted hav- ing joined. Ttfe Order gave every inducement for a young- man to better himself, and to make provision for times of sickness (applause), Mr Fred. Wfcffis XKSopcdded to the toaofc., amd e.aiid he had 'betrrni an. Oddfellow tar 30 years. The Mantthastar Unity claimed <0 h, tlhtp*. largest tfirkocEy fcoaktty ri-n the wcrfd, ,,¡:;d although th-py were divided 4tto, i'll. dlividuvil lodges thie-y 'me um-ifted, -a-nd no m;:i.ll:er where a maai wsnit fcev he werZd alv.eys find a branch of the Order. la beCceigiiog* to tllw, Usririty they were tiofc giiving charity, but when, a, m>:oi'bcsr pedd Itis fifubaoript.-oa he -felt ilihait he was making- pro- vk-ioni f"r hirms>3i!.f. cinxl doo for ethers. It was a prevkiioai for ,3. JrificAcoi!?, sis they dtd not fced m.csnibrrs to c.,ct-t,.r out 'wSiein they i'?aclii:d a ceitain -age (applanite). G-rc&t crcdit W- dU0 to offieers of ithe Order, as they hcti worked hard i.-i -ft to ifc» pri??»:rt posiition. He believed] ttihEft a. mctin. wsvs a bettor hiusbaaid acd faithircr thrr.High l>e-Io-r^- ling io their Order, land, ihe hoped Œ¡;è,t mtrny mere veu-ng mCill wonCd >bcoome mernixTB jiviaiitw Mr F..7. gave- swiaet of the Leva! BTii.ta.nnia Lodge, amd xenxurked iL.t he'hr.d joined sit eome 30 yeare ago, allld was stiil 1 :1 honorajy merm'beT. Tfh", po&itciOD of tihe Lodge s-ho-wed b,.id wetr-ked tha-t da.y thfeiy had X2210 at hacks, while ^6210 .b.:<d toeta pa.id out ion eick pay during the ) -twelve mewthft. Bro. E. D. Robec'ts, N.G., rtcpoadcd, and urg-cd the r.ietnhers to atttend ihe Lodge imacit- iia^gis more regularly. Bro. Caiui, the srerctary of ftJte Lodge, alee re^tponded, -and earid thCut tihe Maaicheetcr 1:hli:lty !h-;ul now about eCI) mi.II:ICIJ1: momfctTS and a cai{>i1;al of 15 mil'liio-ns. The oldetit ."Lic!r of tJlw Lodge was Mr Robert H-ughew, of Crowe, who joined 61 yeairs ego Mr KordiLey, who was prcsemft, had btxu a member for 52 ycaxs (apjilauae-). Th<. Lodge W';4"1 Jf'omtded 69 yxw-rs ago, aiTid that dtiy had 175 menibeirs. They had X2100 ca^^e&ted, a:d d,ii,i tlie- parft hve years had peed out in eiek aaid funeral benefits = £ 1094 13s> 4d, EIJ ¡:d:1¡i!ticu to pa-yiing other lodges residing in lihyl sitm of money. No jEsutteir where theia* went to re- «id.e they eould 'belong ito the Lodge-, and would have the befn.j'fits of the Oocdor. They had, It the presemt tii me, members in Caaiad.a- and Australia, who regaiGariy cosrumunieat<d wiitCi the offieers amd reeeaved. tiliieir benefite. Mr t'ailn tlhsBi gave particulars of tihe bentefits of ithe Lodge, amd poiuited out that the octa- tenary gaitiheriug was .io-teaidcd to 'britig the objects of the Orcka- miore pronumcntly to the notice of n011.ffi.e-mbora. aaid it was bev bev,«l that there wou'd \00 a Ii-g,, additicein ito-their tanks. He thanked the genCemein who had visited them that evening, as wea as cfeii'&rs who were lhemo:-a.ry meimbers. MT 11. A. Tlilby proposed tihe toast of "Tho Towm Trade of Ithyl," and urged on ie- aidenuts the dcsdrabtilitj' of be.i-ng as loyal to their tow a as wore .fht3> .mc-anTxrs ef that Lodge to ilfhitdr Older. K they worked togethetr tfn;e*e wais a bright vuture for Rhyl. Mr E. G. Evans c-cnp-ocdcd, aaiii expreewd the belief that nj pouted of prceiperiity vv ilt.hr'n Tee.rih ce"R'h.yi. llbo t.o.acit of the Prci'di.'cfc was atoo gov-rai Mo: Tilby, tElt'husiacu'teJ'Iy rcce.i'vcd. "It nas a3rnc>u5ic:d tihot- 4ih-o V of lthyl aind Mr Ct«-ws we.re unalVio*; to "be pacfctxit lihat evening, but they asked to h: avowed to !> cotnbD honorary m«m'beais os the Lodge. Daring the evtarag s.» exccUemt TmtsiceJ •progra:mrne WFJ> car>rkd through by Mear.s d. D. Atfter, E. W. Parry, R. IleoiLcn, T. Wills .Tones, H. K. Oaberne. end W. PMTy.

November was ushered in by a severe ;r<ile. New Brightoi;, Houyihead, aind Penmon '.li'e- 1x:a: WCTC oailkd out. As there is mo church in the po.rE.-J) 0.1 Beeaton, St. Andtrew, Norfolk, the induction of the new rector hzs been held on a sma.i-1 pieoo of glebe Iiajid in the cevnbix> of a main gel field. "What aro you ? asked a Bangor man when he met a local reporter. "I'm a gäél collector," wae tine repLy.

CORRESPONDENCE. TEMPERANCE IN THE DAY < SCHOOLS. (To the Editor of the "Pioneer.") r, -Will you kindly grant me space in your columns to reply to a statement made by the Rev J. Glyri Davuw, secretary of the North Wales Temperance Federation, at a public meeting held in Mold on the 13th tilt. The statement is as fellows :At the present time there is not, one te.ichor in Hint shire fully competent to teach tem- perance." At a meeting of the- Flint County Teachers' Association held on the 22nd ult., over 100 Flintshire teachers being present, the state- ment was d:scnssed and a resolution was passed requesting me to communicate with the Rev Glyn Daviejs asking if he is correctly reported, and if so on what grounds he made such a sweeping 1 assertion. I have written to the gentleman, but he ignores my request that, the letter and his re- ply shouJd be published in the press. I am there- fore only at liberty to say that he does not deny authorship, but apparently endeavours to evade the point at issue by an attack upon the attitude of the Flintshire Education Authority. It is somewhat curious, in fact it would be annoying, were it not so obviously amusing, titat whenever a gentleman has some pet theory in his head, which by the way he terms an ideal, but which others call a fad, he imnwditeIy sets about trv.ng to introduce it into the curriculum of the elementary schools as a "special subject!" We have had number, of them, quite an epidemic in fact, and still survive. One speaker wishes to make the day schools "Hands of Hope." There is no need,Sir. They are "Bands of Hope" already in the broadest of the word. Would he restrict and narrow that meaning? B it when the ltev (Iyn Davies, chaiing at his inability to get his ideal placed upon the school time-table, turn., round and says "Not one teacher in the county k competent to teach my ideal!" the worm cannot be blamed if it turns. Only a fort- night ago ( heard a curate in the course of one of his sermons deplore the fact that the Bible was being driven out of our schools, but. I for- gave him, for he knew not what he said. He had not even troubled to read his diocesan report! Let me Siy, however, that I believe the Rev Giyn Davies has one aim only in view, the spread- ing of the noble cause of temperance throughout the whole of North Wales. It is his work, for which lie is paid, and he is justified in using every means in his power, on the platform, in the pulpit, and by lectures to further the in- terests he nas so much at heart. But in his zeal for temperance he should be careful not to make an attack upon a profession the members of which are doing equally as noble a work in our elementary schools. What the Rev GJYD Davies apparently means in his remarks is that no teacher in Flintshire possesses the diploma issued by th N.W. Temperance Federation. qualifying him to teach. Let me relate a little storv which has the merit of truth. f A certain young man, who held a position as clerk in a large office, had the misfortune to go out of his mind owing to family trouble, and was confined in an asylum. He, however, re- covered his mental balance and returned to his duty in the office. Frequently his felknv-elerks in the, e good-humoured bantering way chaffed our friend with having been in a lunatic asylum, but he always smilingly retorted, "Well, anyhow, e" rt I've got a certificate to prove that I'm sane. and that's more than you have I presume the Rev Glyn Davie-) has a certificate qualifying him to teach temperance! Does he mean to say that no teacher is capable of teaching any subject un- less he has a diploma in that subject? The idea is preposterous. Why, their salaries would not suffice to purchase the portfolio which would contain so multifarious an assortment. The teachers' diploma, granted by the Board of Education after a severe tost in very ma.ny subject. of which science, especially hygiene, in- variably forms a part, stamps the holder as being capable cf imparting instruction in all the sub- jccts of the school curriculum, and temperance is one of them I venture to say, and I know Flintshire schools and Flintshire teachers as well ae most people do, that temperance in some form or other is taught in every school in the county I do not mean by that, Sir, that you could go into every school and find temperance put down on the time-table at a certain time durmg the week, but that in every lesjon, where it is pos- sible, in reading (many schools have temperance reading books, all have health readers), history, domestic economy, hygiene, scripture, and object lessons among others, no opportunity i.s lost for inculcating lessons in sobriety and temperance. In my humble opinion, far more real good is done in this way than by the so-called temperance lectures, given under a temperance regime. I do not for one moment deprecate the kind of teach- ing the Rev Glyn Davies would have given in the schools; it is excellent in its way, but the other kind, the incidental, everyday kind is bet- ter, the results are more lasting. Another point. Sir, and I have done. Many Flintshire teachers, I believe the majority, are total abstainers. Some of them have done aCt- mirable work on tcmpcrance platforms. One, I know, was for some years the secretary of a very large federation, similar to the one which has recently celebrated its anniversary in Mold. Surely these, who might be termed extremist^ can be trusted, even without a diploma, to give temperance teaching, for they, above all others, arc men and women after the Rev Gh-n Davies' owr. heart. hinally, [ understand the meaning of the word temperance to be moderation in all things, even in speech. (Jan the remarks of the Rev Glyn Davies, re the teachers of the county, be taken as temperate? I trow not.—Yours. FRED PHILLIPS, Sec. Flint County Teachers' Association.

RHUDDLAN PARISH COUNCIL. THE TARRING OF ROADS. THE VICAiR S LLLNESS. i Booting cf tiiiis Council tswie he'd on Mon- oav. 1 here were p-reeent: Messrs Won. Morris (o.jairman), John Blsn-ston (vke-chair'ina.n). Jdr ii m 'flh?nm-s Huberts, E. R, Beech, 'lhoni^s -il-ughee^ R. C. Enyon, Ro.be.ifc Evans, II. Bair- nett, and W. Conwy BelJ, widi. the Oksrk (Mr Joimer, h.drier). ( SYMPATHY WITH TITE VICAR. Tiiomas Ilughctj referred' <0 tihe illness of the Vicar (lwv. '1'. W. Vaugihan), and' eaki he was sure that the whole Council and the par- isihsoncrs giaieraily west?, -iuixiuus Co see him taking up his duties a/gain. lie moved' that a Yvt-ø. e?>mf,'atihy be borit to tlhe Vicar his f ,Mn ¡:¡'V. 'J'h:i: C,a:n¡,a,n, in &3cw:diK- dw motion, said Mr V a^hdu had done a gm;i deal W the pay. IJ.I, and had been irawctb irnascd durntg his id- nets. IJe had' bee.n very active, in toe discharge c* van-Kans duties, and was a very valuable mem- ber of the Par* a.1 Cciuiivd for jwme years. They all grossly a;p-j>reciaitotd evrv;ec» as chamnan of vairicius parish mecfongu. He was making a good, itroverv from ilho operation, which he re- cently ban to undergo, and wa.R n(lw a h., 1") that- lie wcu:d soon be albie to g-tt i aibcu.t (hear, hear). iiioi:on was agreed to VOTEB OF CONDOLENCE. The CilJÓrman. in pressing a of condol- ellee with their co-lieagmo. Mr Robert- Evans, in the great, bcreavf.menrt he h^d it.ri.ined by the deatti of his brother, Mr Richard Evans, of St. Asa.ph, said tihe -d«ceaocd a. not've of ilhudd'iau, and a it wlio'in they an knew and re^iecte<J vc.ry muek (ho>a.r, hear)". The Yiee-Chairnian .sccondcd, anil the motion was parsed. Tho Chairman next p-rciKi5<d a vote, ct coixioi- once with the .relatives of tfi»ir late colleague, Mr Richard Owen, who .pa,-ised asvey 1><) suddenly since the.r last metting. Ali- took n. d'ecp interest in the welfare c-f ihe par- id.. and wa; a very able' If northern end. By Mr Owen's death he (tiie Chairman.) had lest- a eilcco pe-«nial friend, whoiu it would be very difficult to refiJaee. The Viee-Chairman scocnded t.ii<>. 1,011 add- iiiig that Mr Owen s iCfcti wv,'u.d b> fe-lt in many ways. Mr ftKmias IT-ughes added his tribute to the memory "f the kce couue-iiic.r, aril the motion was agreed to. THE TARRING OF ROADS. The Clerk rcrsertedi thc.it he lied been in com- munkatic-n the CVxwaty (.otmeil en -the sub- ject of a grant for tarring the read from Peny- palnvvrii creusing the br.dge, 1£0 as to mitigate the- dust iiukanee. He had now received a letter from the eierk of the t'oiuky (Jouncil (Mr Riah- ard Brom'o;) rtn'inrjr trhat- the Co-unfy Council ceaid not acced'> to the rc«j.ue:.T.s. as -t!e «rtima«« for the yea.r were ec<ltlcd before b> aippiica-t-ioa wa* received. The Chairman eajkl he had reae-i.ii to believe thai fA 1:13 would be taken to tar this road and cchers in the district. 1-1¡' Ttt.,b.,rt. Evan; it. was a. that oorxiekun^ JI tilnti direation bad not been done

Late Advertisements. S 5I! M PS.—,For Sttle two London Ptwnpe; one 4iia., the otibC'i* 6in., by Taahgy»a&; sold to make room for larger painps.- Apply, E. Ellis and Son, Ltd-, Ruthtn. p

UNIONIST MEETING AT HOLYWELL. NAVAL SUPREMACY. LORD MOSTYN AND THE COUNTRY'S SAFEGUARD. Speaking at a Unionist meeting at He-lywelJ on Tuesday evening, Lord Mostyai said the great fact dominating tlie political atmosphere was blio Conference sitting with closed doors on the important Constitutional criss. Their earnest hop'} wa-s that it may result in a definite solutioa of t.he great question. One could hardly be- Ikve it {xsesible that after to many meetings and all the work would be barren. He thought a. great gain, had b:n aciliieved from tlio mere fact of tlie- jxwasible existence of a Conference a.t all. Even dtlhe Conference failed in its effori to bring about a in-odus vivendi b2twCI!J the two Houses, yet it would do good by bringing" the two parties together, and may pave the way for further concikaticiM (cihers). It seemed tOo him a disaster that the question of tlie supre- macy of the navy should always be a political one. The whole Empire depended upon the eocistence of a strong navy. The working- classes were constantly being toldl to regard the navy a-s a wicked and' costly, luxury, 5tancLng in 1" the wav of their own advancement. Those pcoplo forgot, that tho first interest of tlie work- ing classes must be national security in whiab to work out tiher own destiny, and without which security scihemes of old-ego pensions, sick- ness, and unemployment assurance were not worth the paper on which tibey were drafted. To-day the supremacy of the navy was mor important than it ever was before, and the two- Power sta-ndardi must be maintained. Canada knew the importance of having a navy, and in. drue couraa WQUld; have a fleet of ita own, and they will not stkt too money. As to a naval loan, if the money could not be found out of inoom^ ;t must come in another way. The. Imperial Maritime I .ear Me had. initiated a pub- lic appeal to t'he Prime Minister for the loan, and had, asked for one hundred mJiions for na- tional defence. If that sum wa4 wisely expend- ed would it not, his Lordship a&ked, be a final warning to the world that Great Britain refused to be outdonec in the struggle for national and Imperial lindependeBce ? When they looked as the vast su-ms of money Germany was spending on the navy, when they looked at what their a.mee were, prepared to spend, surely England must see that that. great question shexuld ba be- 'c6 yond the »{jlhere of party politics (applause). The lion. Orm-sby Gore, M.P., Colonel Howard, aaid Mr S. Thompson addreseed the meeting.

PAINFUL SHOOTING FATALITY NEAR DENBIGH BODY FOUND IN A FIELD. Mr Joseph Holland Roberts, deputy ooroneit for West Denbighshire, held an inquiry on Fri- day into a painful shooting fatality, which oc- y curred on the previous Wednesday in the neigh- bourhood of Prion, and which created a painful sensation in the neighbourhood. Mr Samuel Jones, Prion Isaf, was foreman of the jury. The det-ails of the sad occurrence were made known in evidence. The deceased, Richard Evan. Davies, was a threshing machine engineer, 26 years of age, who lived with his wife and wt-i young children at Tanygrocs, Prion. Annie Davii-s, the widow, said that on nesday, the 26th ult., her husband left the house shortly before mid-day to look for a rabbit, tak- ing with him. an old muzzle loading gun. The gun had been charged before he left the house but the cap was not 011. I)eceased said ii, v,u;d return for dinner in three quarters of on hour, ut failed to do so. She instituted in |iiirie3 as to his whereabouts. No one had seen him, and "h came to the conclusion that he hat kiriel his biother, and gone away for the day. He ciirl lIot come home that night, and the following rvuming she renewed her inquiries, being rubsG- qt ently told that his dead body had been \> illiatn Williams, brother of the last wJtnerSj said he discovered the body in a field oh Vacn Goch Farm, earlv on Thursday morning; and Mrs Win. Jones, Nant, proved having heard "a muffled sort of gun shot" shortly after mil day on \YedLeS(bJ- Supt. Woollam said he examined the body, and found a severe wound in the right chest. th clothing having been blown into it. Deceased lay on his back about 16 yards from the hedge- In the hedge he found a gun (produced) witti t! o muzzle pointing in the direction of -ho deofaje'J. His (witness') opinion was that, being a tres- p.eser, and having no licence, deceased tried ti !.i 'e the gun, and that the trigger caught in toe briars. the Deputy Coroner having summed u,\ the returned a verdict of "Accideital death," •Iii.i passed a vote oi sympathy with the widow uiu1 family.

MID-FLINTSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY SCHEME. CONFERENCE AT MOLD. Yestercliay afternoon, at the Mo!d Town Hall, a cciifepence of ropresentativoe of local authori- ties and of gtontkauen interested in the Mid- Flintshire Light Railway scil.ern.e was held for the purpose of considering what steps it might- be advisable to take wth regard to the further- ance of the Flintshiie Light Railway scheme. Mr Thomas. Watorheviso. chairman of the Holywell Urban Council, presided, and explain- ed that it was rather beyond the eoope of thafc conference to with engineering difficulties. They suggested, that, a strong and representative committee be elected, in addition to the small committee that. had* already been acting to deal with this matter, and to cbtain the support of the urban and rural authorities and others whose districts were interested in the line. Having done that, it waa proposed tike committee ap- proach the County Council showing what mea- sure of support the scheme had. lie might add there was r.c attempt to go behind tho work of the County Council, or to suggest anythiavg like a rival scheme. Mr Marston said the result of the interview with the L. and N.-W. Railway Company was considered highly satisfactory. A projiosaitiori. was carried that a committee be formed to take the whole matter into eoaicsidor*. tion.

for Pi lxkd('Ln before. lie hoped the tardineee of the County Council would be borne in iniixl bv r<i.'tq><lY<'l"1'>. MARCH ROAD. The CItark i*epoi-tcvi that tie had been in com- munication with Mr A. Foulkes, tne Kinirnel E&- tate agent-, w ;;th regard to the repair off Maich- mad. Both the KÜm;ct and Boiiei'wyddi'J.n: ji&' tales had been a. ked' to cc-ntrifcni'te to tlie co^fc cif this work, and on the- strength of their pro the work had. been put in hand. Mr Fouikes now wianced to knoA- wuietlier the Ruiral D.'j.ici*iciu Oo'U.neil wou-ld adopt ithe road on ka he. lJg put in order. Ine fIliUtiter was deferred. THE OLD PINFOLD. A letter was read from trie Ck-rk of t'he Comi- ty Council p!,u,,ii thai the qateetion wh.ie>b .had raised! with regard the old pirofoiid w ii 1 receive attent-ien. TOWN SANITATION. Mr B&rnctt a,gain initrcdnccd this subject, and atsktd how lit was that tlie Parisli Council htxi net- been furnished with tlie d strict sanitary eur- xeyar's refjort- thereon, as promised. The Chair/nan said a, reiport was to oomc front the Rural Distnkt Council. That point had fcee-n settled at. last Friday's meeting. At the •ttiiie tirrjr he ought to state ,th.nct the qucfSticn -A the Gxainage of the town was one over svhk*- t'ne Parish Council really had no iur- The Rural Disstrkt Council were -re«pon»i]e the drainage of the whole distrkt, .md the p Council i&f, ii-o night- to the. report to which Mr Bamet-t had wfea-red. 1\6 a matter of coua-- tesy, however, the report. in-ould be sent to Mr Kiinor in due course. Mr Barnott said ho eortaiiwiy thcrbg-lit the Par- ish Council had! a. rrgHht to look into thet sanitary affairs of the pariah. If the Rural District (Coun- cil neglected their duty in the inLtter-wd ho mail-tamed it wae not, receiving the ait.tcn-tion that- i, merited—-the.11 tliey should oali t.he at-tciiAioii of the Ixica 1 Government Re-.ud. FOOTPATHS. Mr Robert Evans said they were a long timo in getting satisfaction with regard to the state- of Plas Madoo footpath. The Cliairman replied thait the Rural Disiriofe Ccurcil had been going inito the questioai of liability for the repair of the footpath, and hHY- ing found that it was a public footraith they had decided to put it m order.