The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

Rhyl Domestic's Heartless Theft. An Old Colwyn Offender. YESTERDAY, an. a- special police,-court at the Rhyl Town Hall, before; Mr W. Elwy Williams! and! Mr G. A. Tavemer, a widow, named Constance Em,ily Parker, of Ca'diwigan-road, Old Colwyn,, wais cihargeid on remamid wdith 'Sfteliaiing a dress; bodice valued at 30s, the; property of Mrs; Anin'ie Joimeis, Dalowen, Bath^street, Rhyl, -o;n the; S'tih inst. Prosieicutrix stiated' that on I the' -day manned she miisseidi the bodice' from, (her room, and' informa- tion wa,s given to fehe police. The' bodlice pro- dueed wais her proiperty. l'lrisoneir had. been, in emplloy as a domestic servant abomt a fortnight, and .she had engaged her upon a dharaoter whicih, was evidently" fictitious. By prisoner I did mot ask' if you; knew anyone' who would buy old clothes., amd I deny having ig.ivein you ithe bodice. Police-Inspector Pearson, replying iffo the Bench., said! the 'letter ,as a character, was ad- mi.ttedi to have been, 'writ'ten by piriisonar's mother, and it was -false. P.S. McWal'ters said hie proceed'ed to Colwyn Bay, where hes'awp,ristO'nle,r,whio dieniieidi having 'stolen the bodice. PriLstoimer -said had been given her by NIms Jones, in coimsidera-tiion! of her wages bteinig low. She admitted- having the bodice. Prisoners wages were- 417 per year. Prisoner handled' it-o the B,elnfc,h a sftatemenit which sthe had, written im- -prison, -the purport of which was that Mrs Jane's had gT^em her the bo-dice, andi that it was und.erstoOid she was to receive -somiei old artiicleis of clothing! as part of her wages. She w_ais sorry for what she had, dione, ias she. had a youtrag bo-v to -support. whs J ones stated that the whole of prisoner'-S statement as to the; bbdiice was a fabmiaatioin. In ,ain-siwier bo thie .formal charge, prilsiointeir said, "I su,ppose I did take it." Inspector Pearson produced a memorandum book, which showed' that prisoner "had been col- lecting for al WaIr Fund. She .'had been previ- O'usiy cointvicted at Idand'u.dnb ,3Jrud Aberyst- wyth. The -miagistraitesi sail' there was no d.oubt pris- oner was a bad character, and she was seating her boy a ba-d example'. She must igo to ga,oil for two months with hard labour.

The Board of Education and the Welsh County Councils. MR HERBERT ROBERTS, on Monday,in the House of Commons, asked the grounds upon which the Board of Education had issued a notificaition to the clerk of the Denbighshire County Council further postponing the appointed day under the Education. Act, 1902, fxoim the- 11st April to the 1St June in Denblighshire. Sir W. Anson said the Board had received offi- cial information, that the Denbigihislhiire County Council had passed1 a resolution "not to apply any rate for the -support of Voluntary schools within the county unless such schools arte sand- ed over uncondii't'ionallyAo the education author- ity for 'the -area wathiS the jurisdiction of the D-anbighshire County Council." The Board had postponed the -appointed day on account of this -declared intention of the- County Council not to carry out the Act in its initeigrity.

A noted Welsh character 'has just passed away in the person of Mrs Ellen Jones, widely known throughout the Vale of Clwyd and the uplands of Denbighshire as the "Queen of Llannefydd." She was a woman -of huge stature, amd wielded considerable -influence in the district. Drying the anti-tithe war of 1886-7 Mrs Jones often led ithe anti-t,ithexs in 'their opposition to the bailiffs and police, and it was in consequence of the prominent part she took in, these riots that the appellation of "Queen" was givelll her.

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St. Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District Council. Workmen's Dwellings Question A MEETING of the St. Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District Gouncilwas heild at the S-t. Asaph Workhouse on Friday afternoon last, Mr J. D. Jones presiding. Liverpool Epileptic School The' Clerk (Mr Grimsley) mentioned a letter had been received from the Education Committee of Liverpool asking the Council to make a con- t n,ds of t,h?eit Epileptic Sc.hooll iTi b?u t," on to, the fu at West Kirby, where there; was an inmate from Bettws, Abergele. After some discussion, it wa's resolved to con- tribute' one guinea towards the expenses. Llannefydd Landslips. A letter- was, submitted from. Mr Griffith, of Gam, in reference to the landslip n,eta,r Ty Gwyn, Llannefydd, and who stated thiat unless a re- ta,],n,.ing wall was u:'It to p,revenic, furthei lan,d?- b i slip he could not allow the soil to. be removedl from that -spot. The Clerk -explained that the soil had been re- moved by the surveyor prior to the receipt of Mr Griffiths' letker. According to an opinion given in the "Justice of the Peace,it was theduty of the landowners, to remove the obstruction, but if the su-rveyor did it without giving notice Ito the land- owner he could' not rec.over tlhe cos'ts of removal. The clerk was instruoted: t0, write Air Griffiths. Llansannan River Bridge. Thechair-ma,n was authorised to affix the seal of the Council to the agreement wildh the County Council as to the construction of the- bridge over the River Aied at Lllansannan. A Medical Officer's Report Wanted. The Clerk informed the Council that a letter from the Home Office had been addressed! to. the medical officer of health asking for a copy of his report under the Factory and Workshop Act, 19°I. Dr. Lloyd Roberts (medical officer) said he did not consider it part of his duty to furnish the report, but if he' did' the work he ought to receive some -remuneration, for it. The Clerk said it was a duty placed upon all medicail officers of health by the Act of 1901. Dr. Roberts stated1 his appointment, however, dated from 1:875. There had been -a great many additionaJl duties placed upon him: since he was « appointed 'without a corresponding remunera- tion. Several members reminded the, medical officer thail he; was appointed hom year to year, and to do the sa.me work. The Clerk stated that the report for 1902 was wanted by the Home Office immediately, and the report for the past year was also due. I Eventually, it was -decided' that ithe medical ofEcer should make- 'enquiries as to. what the cost would be, and to make the report'. Llanddulas Parish Council and Workmen's Dwellings. The Clerk read a letter received from the Llan- ddulas; Parish Council respecting the recent cor- respondence received from- the Ian downers, etc., as to the want of oofctage accommodation in the parish. The letter stated thNE the Parish Council having considered the letter from that Council de.. sired to point out that about half .of the liabouir- dn-g class ratepayers were employed at Pemtre- gwyddel and, Llysfaen QuarÚes-25 at Messrs Knees'haw, Dupton and CO"S.,Mld six at Messrs Raynes and Go's., 0r 3.1 in all, as against 28 in fhe" Llanddulas Quarries. Cons-equnetly, there was plenty of accommodation for the workmen required in that parish. The want of cottage accommodation was caused chiefly :by the num- ber of Messrs Knee,shaw and Co.'s men living in that parish; and the, Parish Council thought it would be a great hardship to their ratepayers if they were to be put \io the expense of provid- ing cottages, if or the workpeople of firms outside their district. They considered it was the firm's duty to 'builld for theic workpeople's housing. The Council knew1 nothing about the quarries, and could not interfere if they stopped working at any time, and left the 'Council to pay for the empty cottages. They, therefore, hoped' that the District Council would take other means of remedying any overcrowding. He (Mr Gr,im,s- ley) had, noft yet forwarded the correspondence to the 'Local Government Board, and he suggest- ed that a copy of that letter, with the- replies from the quarry- owners, should be sent as, soon as possible. Dr Lloyd Roberts (medical officer) Did not the Parish Council commence this agitaicio.m? The. Clerk (Mr Grimslrey): Yes they started iit. Dr Roberta: And now they are trying no re- pudiate it. The meeting decided that the whole of the correspondence should be forwarded to. the Local Government Board. A Quarry Company and Water. A letter was received from the: Llanddulas Quarry Company, asking for permission to make -a connection with the water main to a steam.1 boiler. The Cilerk intimated the Council had no power to deal wit'h the matter. Llanfair Sewerage Works. The Clerk s.tated a letter had been received from the Local Government 'Bo air dI as to the in- quiry recently held' in reference to the proposed .sewerage works at Llanfairtalhaiarn) and the application to borrow £580 for the purposes of sewage disposal of rche parish. They did not see the necessity of certain: proposals such as the covering of a septic tank. It was consid- ered advisable that the District C-ouncill s,nio,ixl,d -enter into an -agreement for the acquisition of cer- tain land) in connection with the scheme. The clerk was instructed! to. write the Local Government Board informing them what had been done, and what was proposed- to be done to obtain an additional quarter of an acre of land. Proposed Water Scheme at Llanfair. A communication was received1 firom, the Local Governmenit B,oard-in reference to an applica- tion! for a loan to carry out lal watleT scheme at Llanfair, stating they were not satisfied that the springs" wOuldl yield a sufficienit sup-ply, and suggesting that a thorough guaginig should he adopted during ithe summer months.

News in Brief. A mtatiionial oanfeirience of all Welsh Councils ohax-ged wi th the- administration, of the Educ a- tion Act is to be held ,aJt Llandriindod 011 Tues- day" Apriill 5th. The Bishop of Bangor as .staying at his favour- ite seaside xesort, Pantydoll Hall, Aberd'o<vey. He has been a visitor there for several seasons Thie Rev. Gwynioroi Da vies, a well-kinowm Cal- vrinistic Methodist -minister, .of Barmouth, -is re- ported to be seriously ill. He has been confined to his bed for some days. The Rev. J. Rowlands, curate of Rhondda, South Wales, has been appointed curate of St. David's, Vroui, Llangollen, in succession to the Rev. Eviain Thomas. In the House of Commons, on Tuesday, Mr Osmond Willi-aims presented a petition from the Corwen Parish Council in favour of the Public Libraries Bill. The Rev. Peter Price, of the Great Mersey- street Welsh Congregational Church, Liverpool, has accepted the pastorate of ille Bethania COon- gregational Church, Dowlais. Mr Haniry Croamptom, formerly clerk of assize on the Wei'ish Circuit, died suddenly at his nesa- dence, Churt House, Faxnhiam, ytelsterday. He was a, wieQl-kmown Poisitivis'D. The "-v. Frank James, the vicar of Rosslett, near vVkxham" has just sent to the his resiignaitdon of the, living, and, he1 will probably leave the district iabout September. Mr Jalme-s has been at Rosisett since- 1892. The Bishop of Bangor has conferred the living of Amlwch on the Rev. T. P-richard, vicar of Llanhadx.ig~(Cemaeg Bay). 11 Mr R. D. Roberts, ;Bro.nyg'raig, Corwen, the High S'her,iff of Denbighshire, has appointed Mr J. Parry Jones, of the firm of Messrs J. Parry Jones and Francis, solicitors, Denbigh, to be his under-sheriff for the ensuing year. 0 The High-Sheriff of Carnarvonshire (Mr Llewelyn Parry, of Dorchester and Beddgelert) has appointed Mr H. C. Vincent, of the firm of Messrs Lloyd Carter and Vincent, Carnarvon and Bangor, as under-sheriff for the ensuing year. .owing to the state of the ground it is re- quested thai: piexsons who airs not members of Siir Watkim Williams -Wytnm'is: h:ouinidis, or who are not riesc dients within the limits of his; hunt, will abstain from following these houndis' for the reimaindler of the season. The new High-Sheriff of Anglesey, Major W. W. Glynne Massey, of Cornelyn, near Beau- maris, who made the re'q-uired declaration, before Colonel Hampton Lewis, at Beaumaris, on Sat- urday, has appointed Mr John S. Laurie, of the firm of Messrs J. Rice Robert's- and Laurie, solici- tors, Beaumaris and Llangefni, his under-sheriff. The Bi,shop of St. Asaph held his 'annual visitation at the Parish Church, Flinlt, on Thurs- day. One hundred and nineteen cahaadates for confirmation were presented1 from various parish- es, and of these 84 were from Flint; of those presented from Flint 3 were adults, and of these 22 were married. During the last ten years 1,067 candidates for confirmation have been pre. sented from Flint parish -alone.