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Prestatyn Urban District Council. The Fire Brigade. Council's Claim to be Persisted in. THE -mcnfMy mie'efAiiig of the Urban. Distridt Couacil was- held on Monday evening at it be Council Office's, Ma" J. :13. Uimnell pre- siding. There were .preseuSt: Messrs W. H. Cowai'd1, T. Janes,. T. J3. Giiiifficbs, iT. Parry Williams, T. J..Scott, J. Pritchard, J. Cuasniahi, Tbos. WjliiaimB, J. H-ugbes (clei%), and W. Th 0:111 as .(surveyor). North Wales Electric Power Bill. The Cbairrrjan antnouinoedi that a. lelclter, had been reeeuved from, Mr R. Briomleyj clerk tOo tli.9 Fliratshir elC ounty Connici!,pointing oiit that a Bill, known !as ¡Vhie- No^tib WTale!S Eiedcnic- Power Bill, was1 being promoted, in Parliament. Co nsider- ing tba Bill 'a,ffedcd the, wbole of the1, county, and The respective.' Dis:trildt Councils, -he con- sidered itlher ,mos!t effectual way to .deal witih the maltster wouild ibe by a jciimit iconferenloe1 of t'he several authorities laffectied, and be wa.s1 im- s'hluotedi to ask- ,that Council if they were: pre- pared lco send: -two reipresienta'tiveis -and the; clerk to, Attend a meeiÜng ¡be at Rhyl Town Halil, cm Thursday, fbe 2H'sit inistiant. lit was -explained Ith!a,t the Coumty Council were tiafalnig steps to protect their inlteTC's'tS' as' welll as th.b.s.e. of othiers. The Obairman slaidl he 'they should elect two m'embeT.s of that Board to ait;Lend the conference at Rhyl. It was absolved It'baJc ibe. Ohainnna and Mr Tbamas Williams sboifld be tihe repre'scntatives to attend the conference. Stagnant Watercourses, Elc., The minutes -of the Public Health Com'mi.ctee indiicat.e.d that the .sanitary iinispector bad been •imstaruoted to dar-eaic his (-.aitt^irJt'iion: To certain ■stagnant walterco-urses. lii, ilespeot 10lf tlhe ini- 'Sianitairy condition of the yards at itbe relar of the: premise's known. a,s Humt's-teirrace, it was repiorted .'that only ftwo of the four bouses, were I I properly parlviÜoneod off from, the yairdsi, and it was resolved that tlhe, inspe'atocr wriitei to. the .owners of ¡t'ble, property and, request Itlhem t'o remedy 'matters by paving the passages. The minutes were confirmcdi Meliden Road and Land Near Public Offices. Upon, Irhe proiceeding.s o'f the Road's anid' Im- provement Committee, .i't appea,re,d the, surveyor had been instrucited to, repair Melide'n-road forthwith. As to t'hie land ait the rear of the public offices, 'it was decided that the clerk, shlQould write to tbs vicar, iinfoffltnaing Inim tbait -after oareif.ul amsidienalaioa tihe iB'oard" t'houghit t'nat the amounlt asked, viz., ^15, was rather hilglh, and they offered ^8 per annum. It wa,s also resolved that the Vicar be asked tibe name of- the parity with whom itlhie -13c)-ird sh-oiild c.orre.s- p-ond- respecting thei stile leiading from, Higli- sitre-et. The minutes were adopted. Railway Station Wa er Supply. At a mieeltiixiig of1 the. W.ateir OomimiiHt.ee, it was resolved 'that tbe clerk write: to the L-aindon and -Noith-We's'tern Railway Com/pan) in regard, to Che) station water supply. This action was. cottfirm'ed. Finance. The Cisrk reported that during -tbe past month tbere had been coils-cited: General district rate, £ ^26 15s Set; water rate, ^"311 is and private street w'orks, ^'36 iSs jd; total, 6294 14s nd. T'be toitial rap ito diate- was ^'I-,9SI 2-s. 4d. Public Works. Ait a meeting of the Roads Committee: i't was resolved' that in relation to the proposed widan- intg in; front oif Myrtle House, tbe spot should be inspected as- well as the ro,ad leading from Sandy-lane: towards the railway, plans, having been; received, and ia fenloe oonisiidered daniger- ous by ttlhe use,1 of -barbed wire along the public footway. In Tegard to PEmdlref Estat:el the plans. were fuTth.er consi-derecl, land after discussion: i't was re,s-ollv,eid thale 'the Council be recommend,ed to absttaict the 12-inch sew-er and fill the length at Fifmddlia:s c'onditiianally (the owner of the estate would -under!aake; t!o widen, the road for;thwith as shown on; t'be plans, 'and also- to kerb, channel, 'amdlaspha:lit'ô' footway, and making' provision for iibe stneet in contiin.uia.tion of Poplar-grove. It wias funltber resiolved that ,Mr Thos. Dowell, of Victoria Buildings', be a.skedi ,to. remove, the wall, wbiich was b-u-ilit contrary- to the conditions ?o?f ;t(bje [P' ans f,,Dr -'?he V' It!oria B;uitldiings, in, iSgS. L lic The proceedings, were approved. Rhyl and Prestatyn Councils at Loggerheads. THE FIRE DISPUTE. The Clerk said he did not thitnk that Council sboul-d allow TO pass -unnoticed the remarks miade at the last meeting -of the; Rlhyl Council in raTeirence to tihe charges made by the Prestatyn Co-urMl for tbe -use of the Fire- Briiigad-e at the Rhyl fire. Wlhat was stated a:t)fh.e Rhyl meeting were- not facts. A.s to the remark th,at the Pre's- tatyn, Council thanked the. Rhyl Counlcil for their advice,, (he said ftfbeare was simply an ac- knowledgment of their letter ,in tih-eir usual cour- teous way. He. was sure he was right in saying that his GoiUnicil ha'd no diesire -whatever to be alt loggerheads' with -tiheir ne-igbbo-uiring Co-uncil, and that :their claim was a justifiable one- ('hear, hear)-il1 view oif (the fact that their bri- gade .attended at t'he request df the officials of ,the Rhyl Council. He was quiite, su-re that if the ciircumstanc'ss-. were reversed,tbe Prestatyn; Coun- cil would deal with the: matter in, a. fair and more honourable way than, they had he,en, treat- ed. The gratis advice that was referred, to oon- sisted in: drtawing his Council's' .attention, to sec- tion! 33 of t'hei 'Town Police Clauses Adt, 1847. Unfortunately for Khyl, the Prestatyn Council had a copy oIf (Jhie Act land had consulted it, as the channel from which their services were re- quisitioned, 'made, it doubtful las to whether that Act applied. He -mentioned 'tlbaJt a similar case had recently a,rise,n between the Penmaemmawr and Con way Councils. Th'e-C'orJway Brigade rendered services within the urban district of Penmiaenm-awr, -and ,a?,al,ural'ly.?t,,h,et iclai'm was made a 'gain,st .,the P-on- h maien?miaWT C?O'LT?l!'C'I, ;tlh?e re,su,l,t that I?, ?e claim: was paid, although ,no one in connect ion with- the- Üounlcil ha-dl -ordered the -services. If suclh: a contingency were to happen afgain -in Rhy-l, he dlouibtled very much! whether Ithey could reckon ünl the Prestatyn Brigade's prompt re- sponse, as was recently given., lit was -an, ac- knowledged. fact that 110 insurance company was liable: for services, rendered by any brigade, and suich being the case, the least thirfg tbait !¡he Rhyl Council could do- was to take the risk upon themselves, -and present thlerir claim- 'allon:g' with ■their own. Ini the event of a refusal by either the owner of the property or the insurance com- pany, they should, pay the just demand. If the Rhyl Council had done so, they would only have done their duty to an obliging and a faith- ful neighbour. (Hear, hear, and applause.) ::v1,r T. In. Griffith said: he supported their clerk i,n hi-s statement. The action of :the Rhyl Coun- ci.l was most unjustifiable. The Rhyl COUlnlcil clerk seemed1 to think 'their clerk was in his points of law but as far as he GOluld see, he could not agree with him. (Hear, (bear.) U was a simple case, and idheir afction was dliear. If they had ;i.-n -uprn the- insurance Ciom- pany what: would have to sue the cap- ,?ain ?of tl,.c T3ri,gade, as hl6'?a!,clt;ed as, tl?,a s-e:rv;ari:t ?c,i ??liyl C.ou.ncil. ib;u(t -'?t s,e,e,m,e,d' to i dia:te,d, il?:h,e! hi,,m that ?tlie i?ti?Tl C,ou,nc,?,l ?r-p?u' of the captain, to call assistance. He -supported the diailll1, and hei thought! ithey would be right in sueing Itbe Council for the- money. (Hear, hear.) Mr T. Parry said he also sup-ported the clerk, and was pleased at the, manner in which he had brought the maltiter forward, tie thought it was ionly right tbJait the country should know that that Council were not depen- dent upon-the advice of Rhyl's loical "Sir George Lewis," and- that they had quÜe as. good a "Sir Georige Lewis" -amongst themselves. Ha thought if ithe Prestatyn Gounici'I bad! taken the advice of the Rhyl "Sir George Lewis- they would have- been) 'v:eriY' niudb misled, frolm, whalt he gathered'. He thought it was only right that the money should come from .wihere it was due. ,h Mr T. Jones said that the iclaiin having been made and repudiated, he thought their Council should proceed in 'a, le'g-al way. Theire. was no- thin.g else left for them to do. The Rhyl Coun- cil knew very well thley were Itbamselves as a hody responsible. 'If they attacked them (-the Rhyl Council), they would have to pay. Afitler further discussion, Tihie Chairman said he thought iit was high time; -to -see- whether they could make them pay. The captain of the- Rhyl 'Briigtade oal'ledi far toe assistande; and after the rem-aiiks wbiich had b!e?e!n made, ;tlh.ey sh,oul?d pult ilt i,n th,e hand,s of l,h.eii,r -Iaiov ,e,r as soon as, !p,os,sible, and hiav?e thi?- matter -ended. He did' not think they should proceed to discuss the matter further. This was -agreed upon, -and! tibe matcter was not proceeded with further by way of discus,sio.ni.

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Abergele Urban District Council. A Disgraceful Road. "Reckless Expenditure." A MEETING of the above was held on Monday evening, when there 'ware present Messrs- J. Pierce (chairman), J. Edwards, J. C. Knight, 1'. D-avies, J. Hannah, J. C. Morris, Thos. Evans, Ed. Williams, Thomas Williams, Dr Wols'ten- 'holme'i, with the. clerk (M.r E. A. Cr-abbe), and the surveyor. The Roads. The: Surveyor reported that about 30 tons of rniaeaidiam had been IIaid to repair P-wll Coeh. road. Th-e roadway 'Bad improved, and was now in a, fa':x c'onditaon. Ab-o-ut 22 tonis of miacE-dani' ■hiidi ateio- been laid -to: repair- ;St. George's-roa-d. About 33 tonls of macadam had been laid- to repair the roadway from Ty Gwyn -to rensarn. Market-stre^ir and LlarJair-r-oad, had been re- paired. The State of Jenkio Street. The: Surveyor said that Jenkin-street and the adjoining roadig, were very badly in. need of re- pair, and that he had called upon the owners of property ,theTe to -take, joint, action with the Council in improving' the same. They had all responded, with one exception, and he awaited' the instructions- of the Council. "\I,r Ed. Williams remarked tbait Jenki-n-streeit was fin? a wi:e,lch,ad? s(.Iiat.e, a:Lnd he pr?o? os--?d,? thia!t ?p the Council take steps at cnice to compel rhe- owners yo act. -Nfr Isa,a'c e?c-o,r,?d?ed. St Mr H. E. Pr'itcbard moved that the recalcitrant be written to, as to take -action now wouilcii me/an additional expense to those owners who were willing to act with the: Council. Mr Pierce Davies seconded itbe amendment. Ultimately, it was decided tiO postpone: the matter for a week, and if in that tiiime. the ow.niex stall proved, obdurate., the Council 'should take action. A Dangerous Road. The Surveyor called the ¡a!t'ten\kon of theCoun- tcil to the: Lfalcit that r¡o irall.i,n(g:s, were being placed by the L. and N. W. Railway Company along the 10-foot .road leading over the c-reslt of the railway embankment down to the shore. It was very necessary to place railings there, for the- safety of traffic. lit was decided' that the- clerk should write to the, -railway authorities on the matter. Reckless Expenditure." At ,thel last imeetting of the, Council, it had been decided1 'that -additional lamps be placed in various- paIlls -of the town. The Finance; Committee now re'-commended that this, be niclt: done. 'fT Hannah remarked that, as the whole-Coun- cil had de'eiidedi od the matter, it was mot right ■for a committee to afterwards- over-rule them. The Chairmiam of the Finance. Cammilltee ex. plained -that the action! was taken- in view of th3 heavy exple,nid;ture and1 oni the score of econ- omy. Mr Isaac Mlorris also callied the attention of the Council to :the very heavy expenditure: c: £ late. Dr WiGlstenbolme remlarked tbait such items of expenditure ias nhe laibove should came before t'he Finance Committee first, for their approval and recommendation. The whole Council could then ac;t,up;on itheir reconiimendation,. Tbiis con- tinual increase of expenditure over income was .1 a serious malUer. The Chairman: It will go on for ever. Dr Wols:te,nbolm,e Then we want a strong man who can put a stop to this sort of thin'g. It is absolutely reckless expenditure. The Chairman -suggested that the matter be deferred until the next financial year to be deallt with. Mr Ed-. Williams imoved that the question of putting up new be deferred. Dr Wolst'enholime seconded, and bhe motion' was carried. 4

Disgraceful Charge Against Colliers. Shocking Illtreatment of a Woman at Ruthin. THE hearing cf a particularly odious and revolt- ing charge ms,de against three so-called respect- able young men, has been occupying the attention of the Ruthin justices for several days, and con- cluded on Saturday. The defendants, Ishmael Williams and Evan and Robert Peters (brothers) are colliers, and all reside in the neighbourhood of Llanarmon, and were charged with committing an indecent assault upon a married woman named Ha inah Jones, Bryncaralon, Tryddyn. Mr Aneurin O. Evans, of Denbigh, appeared for Sergeant Woollam (nominally the prosecutor), the prisoners being defended by Mr J. B. Marston, of Mold; whilst Mr A. Lloyd Jones, Ruthin, watched the case on behalf of the owners of the Rose and Crown Inn, Graianrhd. According to the evidence of Hannah Jones, supported in the chief particulars by other witnesses, the three prisoners, after leaving the Rose and Crown Inn at Graianrhd, on Christ- mas Eve, at closing time, found her at the back of the licensed premises. Robert Peters and Ishmael Williams there committed the outrage alleged, after which the three defendants dragged her to a river some thirty yards away, and threw her in face downwards. Having pulled her out again, they stripped her clothes off her body by means of a small pocket knife, leaving her with the exception of her boots and stockings, in a nude condition. Thence she was forcibly dragged to a barn near by, where the assault was renewed. This was done in the presence of a young man named John Jones. The prisoners afterwards applied lighted matches to her body, and left her there for the night. Dr J. Medwyn Hughes, Ruthin, said he ex- amined Hannah Jones on the 6th and 11th inst., and found a scar two inches long over the right kneecap, and another on the right leg above the ankle, the bone being exposed. There were also bruises on the right knee, and on the side of the head. Considerable violence must have been used to cause such wounds. He also found un- mistakable signs of her body having been singed. The wom&n complained of great pain, stiffness, and soreness, which was quite consistent with her story of having struggled with tbe prisoners. Police evidence having been given, prisoners were formally charged, Mr Marston in.imating that they bad nothing to say except that they reserved their defence. Prisoners wer, then committed for trial to the assizes, bail being refused, the magistrates remarking that the case was far too serious An application by Mr Marston for an allowance under the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act to enable prisoners to prepare their defence was alao refused.