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The Education Act in F, 11 O,tponeloe,Ot' Another P cil ('00 'Cotill lc3tl PC ?lty oltio, t I THE Clerk of the Flints;bire COu' coal tb? Cl' d l?ichard Bromley) has i-ecei%'e on no the, rI 5 frc)iii the Board of Educati jet APTDI appointed day for Flintslijre U,,l fi-otp.6, of, tion Act of 1902 has been POstponed ?s,- t 0 V as rilay firs (o to June 1, or such later da'?e the is communication will be laid before, %v hich ing of the newly-elected G,,ul]Cili lic.:d at Mold on We(.Inesday next'

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Flintshire County Council. Mr J. W. Summers Elected Chairman. The New Aldermen. ON Wednesday, the annual meeting o:f the Flint County- Council was held' .at Mold. Mr E. S. Taylor proposed' tdhie re-election of Mir P. P. Piein!nfant a,s chairman. Lord MiostY'll siEcanidietd.. Mr R. Ll. Jianias (Rhyl) proposed. Mr J. W. Summers'. Tfosey -very much appreciated the work of Mr Pienman-t, but looming in the dis- tance wao the threat. of the. Govarinmemt, and possibly the cba rrr:an might bis called; upon by thie, chief aoinistiable to -mairclh, ÍJOI the Tower of Landtoui'. (Laug-bter.) He would .nlo\e like to see the chairman oif the Quarter Sesislionis taken charge of .by t;h:e chieif-co'nista.blie for mot carrying out wihat th,v decided, by a,TI\ oVlelI"iwhielm;ng ma- jority was am unjust Act. (Lauighitleir.) Mir J. A. Parry ('Buckley) eeoomdedL Twenty-eigihit voted far Mr Summers, a,nd: 14 for M'r Pienmant. Mr E. S. Taylor, of Sanely croft, wiasi elected vice-cbairman1. Vok'e'.s of thanks wete .passed to1 Mr Betninainft and1 Mir G. A. Paitry (retli,r,l--ng \Icle,-cih(air;mian) for th(e:ir in' (the, ipa.st. The following: WeiDe elected aldeirmien Messrs W. Da-vies (Caorgwrle), Dr Easterby (St. Asaph), H. H. Hughes-- (C>aergw!rlie), J. L. j^Iuspraitt (Flint); M. A. RalJii (R(hyil), W. E. Wiiliiam's (Rhyl)', and H. Lloyd Jonesr (ilo-ld). Thie Clerk iraport'ed that the Board! of Educa- tion; h!ad pbstpomieå 4thei "a-pspoAnted' day" from April i (to Jumiei I. Dr Williams (Flint) moved thal1. they ciall thie, -attein-tiiloini of the: Board of Education rto <Jbe over- wheilmiing opiinio-ni -of Wales' wit'h reigaxldt -to- the E:d<uicatioin -Adt, and "fe-aic it was the diuity- oif thie GiovleiDDlment to ami^nd' t¡4¡e Act iso ais: to bring Lilt in -uinison wiith iflhe feeldin'gs of ithie, (people. Mr R. Li. Jlanieis :siecontded. Mr U. Bromley (Holywell) moved1 that they proceieid with the. nlext business. Tbe Rev T. M. R-ees, Bu-ckleiy, .ssoon'ded, an/d the -pro-p-asitian •wteus carried.

An Abergele Dispute. AT thie: la'st Rhyl Couinty Court a case was heard in wlhi-ch: John Hughes, builder of Abergele, sued Em,ma Jonas, of Abeirgele, for the of £ 8 5:3 5'd for wo-rk done. His H-omiGtur then pOSit- poned judgment 'unidil he' had heard lanother cable, aglainist- defandiamt by another .suiboa: which it wa-s s'tiaitied was- iim ipeispiact of the same1 work. On Friday iaist the case. was proceeded! with, the plaintiff bsin-g1 Samuel D'avms, and he dalimfeld Zi 159 'for -work done- and. m-ateii-rail sup- p?, 'I'r E. A. Ciriabb,e was f,oir the pla.inittiffs Iled. in both cases, Mr H. Percival Williams for the diefeindian/L. The Plaintiff tsaidf ltihat thie claim, was for mate-rial 'supplied- ,and- work dome to .a porch in ■defi&nidant's hio-uisle,. He wasi ocdlered to do the work by John Hughes, the plaintiff in the pre- vlllou's case. Hie saw the .diefelIltdtanlt ..ulerseLf in tHe course of thie work and' ishe- .ailso 'sent heir little g¡ilI"l'se.vle,ria,l/¡ù¡mleIS to give inst-ructdions. Mr H. P. Williiams1 said that thie, defence was that the plaintiff in the second' action was a sub- cottitea-ctoir :and thtat he rieceiv-e.dl his orders from the plaintiff ini the previous, action, and that he acted :as his ageiit :al'l kh.ro ugh. No orders weate to him by ithie plai/ntiff. No orcters were ahsdllutely ruothriimg to do with it. On the f-aoe of it., it was prepostarous that a man should S'enid iin a bifll of £6 17151 5'dl in mespaat of this porch, and' which the diefend'aint saiid was above the tesfimlate, aind that anothler man should send in a bill of Zi Ithfe srumle work. Miss Jo-rues, the idefenidlant, -said -slbe had1 in- structed John Hughes to do the porch, and had received him a, bill of £6 17s 5rd in respect of it. Shfe 'd/i-d mot instruct Sa,muiel Davids Ito d'o any work. The Judge said that the defendant in the first cass expected- !the porch to be dame for £5, aind Hughes hlad! charged1 66 179 5d. He thought that the work doiie by Daviieis ought to be in- cluded in that charge. He wo-uld give judgment for Davias for £1 15s id, and d'ediuct rit from' t!hte claim of £8 5s Sdl by Hughie-s, giving a net judgment iin -the latter case of £ 6 ias 4-d. 4,

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Wales and the Education Act. Interesting Debate in the House of Commons. Strong Government Majority. IN the House of Commons on Monday Mr Lloyd-George moved the reduction of a vote for the Civil Services in order to call attention to the administration of the Education Act, particularly in Wales. A general debate, in which the Prime Minister took part, followed. The motion was rejected by 248 votes against 128 majority 120. Somewhat unexpectedly, Mr Lloyd George submitted his- case in- a -speech of conspicuous moderation. After a,13, the facts were strong enough to speak for ibemselves. All that re- mained' for the orator was to .marshal hi,s evi- dence, and this, said the Parliamentary corres- pondent of the "Manchester Guardian: he did with a skill that gave fresh value to. every point, whi'j'e at the same time enforcing" a genteral im- pression .of official iiTeptness from which Sir W.m. Anson himself must have found it hard to escape. Occasionally Mr L'loyd George per- mitted himself the,, relaxation of a characteristic sally. Mr Long's discovery of last year that the ?a,w?ie,ssne,ss ol i 1 the P!r.1m,e 'Ii!nist?e-r a;nd oth,e?l- eminent motorists offered: am argument against the'existing law yielded not only a -useful ar:gu- menta,t;,ve parallel but ail so an opening for the shrewd gibe t,hat that wa's not the only occasion on which Mr Balfour had' suffered from per- mitting himself to. be driven by a headlong chauffeur. Again, there was the reply of a dignitary of the: Church to an accusation of un- fairness towards1 the Nonconformists- in- -a cer- tain-parish in Wales. "Oh," retorted the cleric, "this is a parish 1,200ft. above the- srea-lrevel"- as if that were a justification-, added the whim- sical commentator, for placing iit at the sa.me height above ordinary ideas, of fair-play. As to the position in Carmarthen'shire, responsibility for the threatenedi coercion of tlh-e County Coun- c:?l by mandamus was t!r,ace.d,to th(e aC?7'on, of the ,)I hishops, wlh-o were character is e-di as moire vin- drktive than, the Government—"the Government that goes to (the- mineowners for the views of labour in South Africa and to the bishops for Nonconformist opinion in Wales." I find-, how- ever, that I am emvhas;s.:in,, perhaps a little uindul-y the polemical points of a speech of which the characteristic: was- its persuasive quiality, the restraint of ilts, utterance, the earnestness of its plea for -statesmanship, the- grave dignity of its protest against police, action. These: were: the considerations that weighed wi-th Mr Haldaille in seconding Mr Lloyd George's motion. "You .cannot mandamus a -1-raition any more thaJn: you cam draw a,ni .against a peoplle," de- dar,edi this unbiassed educationist, who, as he reminded u's, has always sympathised with the underlying purpose of the Education Act. The Mandamus Remedy. A different viiew appears to be held by the Education Department. At all events, S 'lir Wil- liam Anson, in describing the scope of the in- quiry -which is to be instituted into- the condi- tion of affairs in Carmarthenshire, looked for- ward with buoyanit optimism to the -possible effect of what he called "remedy for mandamus," adding- that in the event of failure he might be compelled to ask for further powers. To this dark threat the Welsh members respomdedi with ;1_ ribald la,u, it, r and ,?hou,ts of,dl,-fian,ce, T,e?ne,w,e,d a moment later on a cornplaiint from the milrd- mannered Minister t'hat they were encouraging their Couinty Councils in methods of barbarism. For tihe rest, Sir aTg,u,m:en,t was neatly and! not unfairly -summarised! by Sir Edward Grey in an appe:atl to the friends of the Cham- berlain propaganda to say what they thought of the new doctrine- that no -movement with a political motive: could he .genuine nor any organised mo-vem,enit, sincere. While Sir John Gorst differed frcim his successor to the extent both of acknoiwledging Mr Lloyd George's con- rng, terms o, compromise, Dr. Mfacnamara put forward an attractive proposal for a settlement in the de- lightful siugg/e-stion that Lord! Hugh Cecil and Mr Lloyd George should be locked in a room together, and.' only released] when tlbey had reached a soUution of the problem. "I ami .doubtful," he grimly confessed, "which would come out alive." To be> -candid, nei)ther of thie sugigested gladiators 'seemed tol,.s)h,aire the- dlotubt, Iwhille their respective' parties, equally confidenlt ira the prowess of their champions, raised' cries for the instant execution of the idea. In the 's'ubsequent discussion, The ATTORNEY GENERAL s,aid The wais afraid Mr Lloyd George was largely responsible for the .miscarriage of the- proposal of the: Bisaop of St. Asaph. (Oppositionl cries of "No, no.") The hon. m-eimlber insisted that d'eno:m:i'na'tiÎo!il'al teaching should not be given, in sichooi hours. Mr LLOYD GEORGE If that was. the reason why it was refused that- reason was not assigned by the clergy at the time. (Hear, hear.) I read out our acceptance of all their conditions as to- religious education in. most unqualified terms. (Opposition- cheers.) Tha ATTORNEY GENERAL If you had! this instruction p)ut out of scho,ol hours the tempta- tion would be strong to keep, the child away from attendlance at the appointed hour, anidial;low, hiim to amuse himself or ito do ,something- which would bring in a profit to the. parents. ((Ministerial cheers.) Sir MI'QflAEL FOSTER s'aiid: that in order t-har religious stitrife might 'be: hushed as soton as passi- ble, he would' wish to see- some amendment in the Act. (Opposition cheers.) 'The: State could not well and, truly handle til-Ose things, about which there was- large and bitter division. (Opposition cheers.') The State should therefore- confine itself to such teaching, as was the' basis of all differenicie beitlw-elen might a.nd wrong and man's duly to his neighbour,—and allow each denomination Ito comei in and teach at its own cost its own particular tenets. That was- the only solution. (Hear, hear.) lit must came sooner or later, and the so-oiner the better. (Opposition cheers.)- M.r HUMIPHREYS-OWEN saiidi the clergy ought t0 recognise that the time had now come whlen they shoul!d give .up the conltlrlol of the schools. (Hear, heaT.) He would not himself be a party to any compromise on either popular control or the abolition of tests. (Opposition cheers.) „ At the evening sitting, Mr HtJMPHREl S-OWEN, continuing his speech, .s,ai,dlltlhe question was, whe-thiex the Gov- ernmient would, remedy am admitted1 grievance' or wh-ether they toy the stupid- plan- of repres- sion., which would simply increase: the difficulties on both snd.es. In the end they would certainly have to give way. I The Bishop and Mr Lloyd George. 60 it, -?l,r fG. T. KENYOIN, spe,ak?n, :as,O", t of i ,presi.-?d,t?dd 'ClhiuTclirr,,exi in -the ?nIOTther" e. 60, P,rl?nc,lpaility, t?h,a?t in the, daYs lef? called coil) co!r,-4,at 1,1,oyd George' f?Ct, fr,ie,n,dly wl;-th I.-?ie Bis?llo,? of St. AsaP he fa-ncied his '17,Lo,r,. friend tiho,u!g!ht h,e' d to. turc,d the ?Bu(t the :b?shio,.p be capl-Lure!d, ai??di fro,-n what ih,?-; h,2,,d tjo S'Lnice he b-It?ev!ed the b,i,,?. ?op? 'ra,,I-ie:r (La?119 g, ,?le!h.ad ica!p!tuxeq -?Ir Lloyd George. GOVV.P Tlhe 'b,rol.:e, o,n t. eof Temp'lle clia?u!s,e. C?,hiurch wer,e to, co,i-i,ce c t ,h ,c t,ep,r ),f t,, a, i?,:ris by a j c nt bo,ard, e?ace, n: OD Couin?L,Y,(,o,uinc.11 a?2a!d the di:,oce,sa,, c feci?, Iate 7e de they ?i!nsi,s)teldi t''h,at they m,usit-h, aioo dr n ties fox ite?achin, Chu?rclh; ch 1, e fdur,i,n, c-?c:h;o!o' hou,rs. -Alr T-L,O?YD (?EOI??]?' saidi -?,tr Ke,Y-01" 51 the p;erfe?ctly we!.Lrl that there were two, ?c;l-,ild-r'll the Bo;a,r,.d Sic!liio-o'ls W?a!le,s, for every 0'rlle tboo ,nom?lin,ait'.ioin,al scho?ol. "?'Vith reg,ard tO 6?g, !c,hil,dyr.e?ii we, !?,a!e ai g,ua,r-a.iff;ee for e,ne-ral bg. i,ous ;nstru,c??Lioii, u?r-i accordance wi'tl, Che, 5Y f 51, d;et,rila?ii,dle?d by the, diocesan; repre?-feilltat:v?6-9 ii, s,aph, an,d'v,,e- ?VeTe als,).,pre,par?eld to ""e ,t?ieis for di,-inoi,.a?:n,ational tE,aic!hEt," ill '!he 5,?t Ot .icall'Y COD Sc-h,oo)",S. so. Ion,, a.s -t wa-s gi-v?en tech. t sc-hcjol h(ours. Surely thiat is an sideratd,on." (Oppos,;??fl?.)o?n c,h,e?eTs.) r,,i4ho9 \IT KENYOIN read !a Iiette,r ?ro,in the St. Asap:h, ir,which Fnie, s,a".d that r,,o far co,?i,cerned,th?e, ccn:ccr,??at broke- d,o,w,n 'a.id ?off?-reld! were i,ns;ec?UTe. It Ifnp'an"' bal?-e -Al,r Ke,nyoii, n??o. fac?,I,it';e, -w:hi(ch 'Co' lid tl? "i b e ciii o ff er,eid c,o u'd? lia v?e b e e n se,c u'r e??d' wa aof abrogia;t-!o-n,ci ,h Cf)wpea:-TEimi)le?,c"I'aulse' t L'lo,y.d Geor- 'L?c)ld,,the-m )tb?at hle never d?r" to 'o as,se.nti,n?,to that. 1'eTs,onal.1y, he V,-s b, say.ith;at 'he, atten,deld? the: in! reig the co!n?corda?t w-?_ith? gteqt irelitcitla,D,c.,e,, 'd-i;d ?no-t ?ee;l :th,at --L ?vag po.ss'p'bile, T11. lem?pe,r of ?,Niales, to ari,,ive a!t,a,n,?, after tl-iie hubbub hadl passed' a:way h& ail. p,ofs?s'-Ible that ?,arrkve, ?at no op' tan,t da,t,e, at s?o.-ne solilit?io!n. if tbic lo s,tr t the do -r mi' -were: ?then pre,pare-d':to in:e.e I to people:, as they seemed willing .and some t,'Lm,e -a,o, a:n,d? if thfy? tri?e,d' tc)- Pl te -ri fair a,,ntd rea:szontab'e c!o,mipr?omi-se 'h,, id,?i,d? I e,c fl 00,1 ,sp?air of a set!tlem?e,n,t being atr'ived at- -\I?r Lloyd Geor-e on b,,s -Ira,tu'late,d ,P,rogr;e,s,s throu?l-h ?the Prinic,iP2.ity' Sn?o,wdo,n hie co-Lild? riow,su:rvey the, 1. ,nl at 00"0' c)ill,,s -of Wa,es, pract,i,c,ally 11 11 tte "to But wa,s ;it Nvorth a,l' the i?nveetlve, a 't ble, all tih,e, motor-car jo,urneys-(Ia"O 5'4 ,O?ols OfI diz-ldrfl;ve the? po?c?,,L, c?-i!:Icl?reiii irl, the sc wo-r?h of 'as or 5s. 6,d, WOTth of ele 11 book,s, for it.,h,at was the ',hon. triumph. (!Cheers.) 11 e a d'm ire d? tlh, tiema,i'.s abi?1,4?t?'e, a-?2,d hiis inve,ctive-'i? it e?r ,of ?tih,e assets of the, Ho,iise. (L-a u,, o wra")t it?ll the, iv,"heel of fortune trrne,d 10'. t, .?,,d: the 'h,o,,n. meiaibe,- f.,oun(,J, hiii-n,elf -he che Treasury, Biench-(cJheer?s)??vhe.r.e all welcome h?m as, Iloril,e, S,eere,,tary, 'in,d, le,al?ty ',n these realni.s. p?e:ate ?,V,o,u,l,d, !he, advocate, a iio-rate P,OJ?'CY14,0 .part of the Couiity,;Co,uncils of W,ales,? DO%' gratula.t:ed ?ihe C?overn;m,en:t that, ait,e,r s-011160. f tb,6 0. tation, th.,e? had, lalen a li:n,e, worthy I tt, '\fr 1,L?OYD GEORGE: Very w?olthY'O «

Sixty. Miles an Hotir, An Electric Train's Rull- Trial Trip Between Liverpool Southport. A COPIZESIIO,DE-\T Will,) travelled betweell tfA'' tric pool and Southport on the new c ec 5ayst,?e i d which ran for the first til-ne on Satu ayl rs The appearance of the strange-lookin gf 0,,i 9 t I Exchanle Station, Liverpool, yeste da. b he r i great interest, and the crowds ar vi other trains thronged to -aze at the ?teal ,ure ioO d??part absence of an engine makes t the spac %vi?? to the eyes of practised travellers, but ,eet cr?. t)ess and comfort of the cars seemed to lily od ,rt3l A general approval, and the design is 1-c c?, the C) 10 attractive. Tlie tran left at eleven il)31? r?, among the passengers were Mr J. F, ?'spd lorfi managing director of the Lancashire ?e ])ick, f the sliire Railway, -.LNIR Flett, of Messrs 0 io and Co., and many i-nember, of the staas tr? ,),Ctric tcoo railway and the contractors. The harl tile ssooo acquired speed much more quickly t gers oce, expresses do, amd the observant pa8?sen at P for ,1 9" ligbt"tfjc noticed that they were travelling at ry s11 Yet the evidence of motion was Ile very t? id, io there was virtually no vibration ?ll ell oscillation and even the technical 'T) vel party were surprised when told that the reached 54 miles per hour. t'd by,. 006 The journey to Southport, interrup tes I?5 signal-stop, was accomplished in 24 tvirl or Of Z, attained in places. Nevertheless, the cbotdc re 31, the passen,ers was complete and the 10 'Villivp doubt that the travellers on this IIDC that new system a great improvement Oll will supersede in a few ?veels' titile. ,,d the?l-r? The fine power station at Formby, t station for the conversion of the curre.,t 11 5 to' cletay ,e dale, were inspected, and though tllcs, j?l V? III COO 10' up much time the visitors were back ?i-in again at 1-15, 'lost of then, with the revope tion that they had assisted at the birth Of avv'jl tllc tion in transit. The teii i-ninutes' Se'rvice Yet ?t of great advantage to the district, O'tld .t'l?o?e With less tvotlblc,Ofl C traffic will be carried on .stqtj. 11 ja the present time. At ti,e ExchaDge Wl ef?' ain I OV, i arrival and departure of an electric 11 5*'03 el place with only two tractive and four q f) four jil re the tions, while a steam train needs olle is Of ji6 respectively. The work has bee" vetverltot,s le time, rivalling even the fabled achie ritr3c 5io Yankees in construction, for the Co es not begin till April last, an 4 IDii erc track had been converted and trains %V 0.. he running in De«ember.. ut>11; w' X' The conversion does noc affect the traiII9 t tr3,lj lines for steani traffic, and the goods ,sell the tor, drawn by the locomotives over the P d 311 0 But the rnotor-n-ian has come to -It"Y'. bes r? locomotive engine-driver inahes the of t Ot i5 man. In his little cab at tile be4d d t 50 with his band on a sin-,Ie lever? I" i t,0 1-1 Ile g 06 t ready to apply the vacuum brakc, d t? silent train with the utmost eas all f?O trust in him have a sense Of e"rity beginning. ts Ire,