The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

Rhyl Church Guild v. Old Colwyn Albion. THE 'albove match was played at Rhyl on Satur- day last on ithe Guild ground! in E-rneisit-sltreeit. The Gulild lloislt Itihe toss, and had to faide the sun and a very stiff breeze. The following Lined out for the Guild:—W. Griffiths, goal; W. Robert's and C. Norman, ■backs; B. R. Colliis, W. Evante, and T. Evams halves; W. M. Hugheis, J. Parry, W. M. Jones, F. Nieiwing, and T. 'Wiililiiams, forwards. The Guild kicked off, and alt once imiade for the visitors' igo'a'l, and in tlhie firSit ten minutes scored. 'The visiiitiors tried, very htard. ito equal- ise, buit the home halves and backis were in fine form, and kelpft Old Colwyn1 ouft. At last, hoiwiever, they isaoireid. Givie-,antd-itak,e play then ensued, anld 'alt' itihe interval thle score sltoiod two each. 'I On refstu,mding, the Guild at onbe took the ball down to the visitors' end, and! gave their backs and golailkeepler plerJty to d'o. The home for- wardis fwiere in fi,n,e trim, aindl siimply ran round the Old Colwyn defence, and whein the siignail oamie for full tiimiei tlhie sc'orie had risen, to Guild, ten goal's; Old! Oolwyn Albion, thflee. The G,uiiild are, playing S't. Asaph to-morrow at Rhyl, and a good gteume is expected1. (Football Mcpcrts continued on Page 13).

Rhyl and the Education War. County Council Representatives. Liberal Candidates. IN view of the proj,eiC!beida.aViÜ'n in Noirt-h Wales in opipbsiitiilon, to the Edudaitioin Act, and in order tal secure represemaitives' to contest each of the ward's in Rhyl at the 'forthcoming' Cbumty Council elections, a largely-attended and repre- sellitia;tiv-e meeting of the iLilbexal Partly was helld at the Liberal G1ulb, iHigh-stneeit, on FrliclJay evening. Mr R. Llewelyn Jones., C.C., presided, in tble, ahslence ot M'r Samuel Perks, C.C., wlhio for- warded a letter, seating he ClouQid molt aittend in consequience of t'he serious illness, of his wife. He, however, intimated Ms willingness to, offer his serviiaes once, mioirte if tlhie meieitiing selected him for the East Ward. After sipeedhes 'having special Te.,f,e-rianice; to tnte occasion >of the convening of the ,me,elaiing, i't wiais resolved unanimously Ito adopt Mr Pedes as the catndlidaite for the East Wlard. The Chairman, was also, unanimously select.ed) for the South Ward. As to ith,e representation of the West Ward, the names, of several prominent residents' were put forth, Ibu(t as (these, gentlemen declined lit, ilt -was decided1 to. pioslcponei the sellielcitliio,n until to- night, when, a special meeting will be held- at the clulh for the purpose. A resolution, approving of the action of the County Council in reference to the Education Act was passed. Conservative Candidates. Mr F. J. Gamlin, having intimated hei Would not seek re-election, it is understood ithait Mr J. H. Ellis, will be the noiminiee of the Conservative Party for the West,1 Ward, wlhiiilslt it is said that Mr H. A. TiIlby will probably oointesit the Soulth Ward in oppositron to Mr R. Llewelyn: Jones. Tihenamle of Mr W. J. P. 'Storey is meintliloned in connection with the East Ward. .0

Vale of Clwyd Educational Difficulty. Sequel in a Police Court. THE educational deadlock at Gyffylliog, near Ruthin, culminated on Monday in proceedings before the Euthin justices, when Mr J. T. Lloyd, chairman of the Parish Council, and a member of the School Board, summoned David Jones, a local farmer, for assault. Mr A. 0. Evans, solicitor, appeared for the prosecutor. According to the evidence the present school premises at Gyffylliog were condemned by the Board of Education, and it became necessary to repair the school premises, or erect new buildings. The rector of the parish, as trustee, declined to grant a new lease of the premises, and hi3 refusal for a time led to a deadlock. The difficulty was removed by the action of the Board-of Education, which gave the Setwol Board permission to buy land, and erect now buildings. The Trustees of the Parish Charities sold the necessary land' for the purpose, and out of the purchase money the poor of the parish were to benefit. The money was distributed, but the defendant was dissatisfied, and committed what was described as an un- provoked assault on Mr Lloyd, who is the chair- man of the Trustees. Evidence was called to prove the assault, and the defendant was fined 20s. including costs, with 10s. 6d. advocate's fee. +

Captain Cole and His Hunter. ■' Costly Collision at St. Asaph.. Heavy Damages for Injuries. AT the Rhyl County Court on Friday, before Judge Lloyd, Captain Cole, of Llysmeirchion, near Hen- ilan, the deputy lieutenant for Denbighshire, sued William Henry Erdey, of Bagillt, for the sum of X50 damages sustained to his horse on the 2nd of October. The detailed particulars of the damage mounted to 264 10s., but were reduced to X50 so as to bring the case within the jurisdiction of the court. Mr S. Moss, M.P.(instructed by Mr A. O. Evans), appeared for plaintiff, and Mr F. E. Smith, Liver- pool (instructed by Mr Cope, of Holywell), for the defendant. Mr Moss said that on the 2nd October plaintiff's groom was going from St. Asaph to Vachwen. He was taking two hunters for exercise, riding one of the horses, and leading the other, both being valuable animals. On the way the groom had to pass over a bridge called Pont Dafydd, and just before he got to that bridge he overtook a groom from Vachwen, who was walking his horse at a slow jog trot. He saw in the distance a pony and trap which was being driven at a very rapid rate in the direction of the bridge. Coming to the bend of the road the pony was hidden from the sight of the groom by the hedge but he could hear the pony being driven very rapidly, and he kept to his proper side of the road. After turning the corner of the bend he saw a few yards in front of him the advancing pony on the wrong side of the road, and being flogged by the driver. The groom kept as much as he possibly could to his proper side of the road, the led horse beiug right up to the hedge, when the pony dashed right into them, the shaft of the trap striking the right flank of the hunter, the I)oint enterinv the thick of the thigh for a distance of nine inches. Mr Smith, on behalf of the defendant com- mented upon what he termed the grossly improper suggestions in the evidence so far put forward that the occupants of the trap, or one of them, were drunk. On the date in question the pony had been driven from Bagillt, a distance of 13 miles, and all that defendant had to drink on the way was a small whisky at one place and a glass of beer at another. Defendant and his Bon would tell the Court that plaintiff's groom's story was an untruth- ful one, and they would deny that they were driving at a rate of more than six miles an hour. It was plaintiff's groom who was doing the gallop- ing on the wrong side of the road, and he made no signals to them whatever, but just as the trap got near him he swerved his horses right across the road, with the result that the horse he was leading backed violently into the shafts of the trap. They drove on because the groom said there was nothing the iuatter. After evidence by defendant and his son and daughter-in-law, his Honour, in giving judgment for plaintiff for E-43 10s., said his opinion was that defendant was solely responsible for the accident.

A const-able in the Barrow police force was committed for trial this week charged with com- mitting perjury in. an affiliation case. —— There were onily two deaths last year in the village, of Alerrow, Siurrey, the population ■of which, is 1,500.

North and South Wales Bank. A Prosperous Concern. Sympathy with Welsh Farmers. THE 68th annual meeting of the shartholders of the North and South Waits Bank, Limited, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Law Association Rooms, Cook street. Mr Thomas Brocklebank, chairman of the board of clit ectors, presided over a numerous attendance. The report of the directors showed that the gross prohts, including a balance ot ^24,022 os 5d. iruin last account, after deducting interest due to deposuois, rebate un bills not citic, iiiuKiug provision tor ioise. were 4291,129 n 3d. Deduct- ing the total expenditure of the head office, 77 'branches, and 19 sub-branches, including sa'l.a<r- 's, directors' fees, renlt, tiaxes, and ofaher ex- penses, amoiunltinig to £1211,361 14s 8d, a sum was leifit of CI,69,767 6s 7d. Dividends' paild to pT'Oprietoiris at ten per cent. per annum- for half- year ended June' 30th, 1903, £ 37,500 bonus ait 4 percent., Z15,000 dividend at ten, percent, per annum, for half-year ended December 31'sit, ^37,500; boinuis ait 8 peer cent., ^30,000 income- tax piaidl by bank, £8,906 17s 7d; written off blank premises, 62,0o0; officers' penis/ion fund, ^2,000; appropriated in nesipeicit of depreciation, in railway and other ;in;v.estrnte-niis, Z 15, 000 to/tiai, ^147,906 17s 7'd, ieav.ng /,21,8'bo 9s to be carried to next account. The direictoirs s.iaite the shrinkage in the price of consols' and other first-clia'ss securities has been a feature in the history of the year, and, in ordiex to make due pirio'vision, for the. depreciation in the bank's in- vestments in these securities, the directors' have transferred £ 25,000 from the reserve fund (leav- ing a balance fco the credit of that fund of £ 500,000), and aptpropiriated 615,000 from the working .profits loIf the year. I The Chairman's Address. 'The Chaifrman., in 'the .course oif his speech, said The, fall in, the value of first-claiss securi- ties its the only unisaitisfa'dt'oiry feature- in the year's worMimg, and we, in common with other blanks, have been obliged, -to, provide far this depreciation. Your directors have- therefore faced the position, and have done so, as yo'u see, by transferring £ 25,000 firioim reseirve fund, to write down Consols Ita 8716, and out of the profits of t'he year, 'which can well affordl it, have allotted Z15,000 to, meet the, fall an. railway and other securities. Our investments conse- quently now stand in our (books well below the .market prices oif the diay. I need hardly re- mind yro u that the income' derived from. OlUT in- vesitmenits is in no way affected by ichiiis change in capital value, Which, latter, we hope, is only of a temporary mature, and will adjust itself when the large issues of Go'vermmen/c stocks- conse- quent on the- war 'expenditure and, the extensive borrowings by municipal and other public bodies have been absorbed by investors. We hia-v,e opened neiw branches at Llangefni amdi Ludlow, and Prestatyn thlas been creaited a full bra-nich. The branch, ait Ludlow, wihlilch wais opened ifior business, on Monday morning, is in the; mlididle olf a rich diibltalktt, audi we have every hope that ilt will add miaite'Diailly to our already .es'caiblilshed connection in, Shropshire. Your direc-tans continue -to be halokeid: by the st&ff lin a most efficienit manner; OUIl" general manager and hiis subordinates are. unitliriinig in their zeal and! energy for the. welfare oif their bank, samiettimies 1-,feiair ait itlhe risk of their heiallth. Our staff now numtbers 494, of whom 128 -are aipprenitioeis. To siholW (that Mbe service hiais lost nothing of its popularlilty, I imaiy siay tihlalf 23 apipreiniticiels have this year siiigmed their indentures, haviinig paSisled both the educational and medical examinations ira a siaitistfaictory man- ner. I (think thiis is a flitting -opportunity of ex- pressing our sympathy with those farmers- in the Principality who have .suffered from thie, bad harvest of last year, and I iaimi certain, you will j'0iin_ with me iin expressing the hlopie idhat the coming season may be more propitious and that theiir losses may be recouped. (Applause.) Mr Joseph Beausire seconded itlhe mlotion, which wais carried. On the mioltion of Mr E. Rlale, seconded by Mr JIOS. 'Wiilson, Messrs Hanrrnood Batnnetr and Son were re-appointed auditors ait a fee. of 400 guineas. Thank's -were accorded, ito the msanager and other officers of the bank on the m'oitiion of Mr Biibby, seconded by Mr Pdfclhiard, and a violbe of thanks was also passed to the chairman, on the proposition of Mr H. Bulkeley Priice, seconded by Mr John Morris. » —

Under Protection. Ll,,j a John Bright's Maiden Speech in the House. MR JOHN BRIGHT 'walS elected M.P. for Duifham July 26, 1843, and he mlade: his maiden speech on. August 7 of ithat yetar. In the course of it he. sÚdl CIIime has often veiled itself under' the name of viritue, but of all crimes against the laws of God 'and the true interests of man none has ever existed more odliious anidtnlare dielsltructive than' that which has assumed the amiable term of Protection. Later on in the same speech, he observed!: — I protest against the injUistilice off a law which enriches the rich, and canes niothing for the paar; and if during the p'erSo-d I may have a seat in thiis House I sbouk-d ever directly or indirectly give any support to a system so manifestly contrary to sound poKilcy and so destructive of the welfare of the giretalt body of the people,, I 'should be ashamed to hold uip my head in any assembly of my countrymen. -<I "IHlanslaa:td' s.P,arlílamen'tary Delbalt'es." Tiliird Series, viol, lxx-i., col. 339.) 0

A Century=Old Business. THE occurrence is not altogether unique per- haps, but iife is at all events, a proud moimienit for -a tirade soman oif to-day when he tcan poiintt to hiis place 0f business and say with pardlonlable pride "In these very premises my ancestors worked, 100 years ago." Melssrs Lowe and Soinls, of Chester, the well-known jewellers, are in this enviable position, for in the; current issue of tlhe "Chester Courant" the firm, reproduce e-n ad- veitisement which was published in their columnis on the 18th of January, 1804, by Mr George Lowe, who announces his removal froim the Cross to the preimises, in 'Bridge-street Row, now occupied1 by his descendants. The firm have gradually enhanced their reputa'tion, and after a century's exp'eirientee in. gold anid silver jewellery can,we think,;fairly oliaiiin-to fcnow.soane- thing ablouit the trade.