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BARMOUTH COUNCIL. I
BARMOUTH COUNCIL. I SPECIAL MEETING. I Local Government Board and Cellfechan Farm. RESULT OF THE ENQUIRY. I Llanaber Road Improvement. I A special meeting of the above Council was held on Monday afternoon. Pre- bent :-Mr Rbys Jones, J.P. (chair- man), Mr J. Pryce Jones (vice-chair- man), Dr. J. Pugh Jones, Messrs. John Morgan, R. G. Moore, William Owen, Henry Freeman and Robert Lloyd Williams with Messrs. R. Llewelyn Owen (deputy clerk) and T. R. Parry (surveyor). CELLFECHAN FARM. I The Deputy Clerk reported that the Local Government Board bad agreed to sanction the purchase of this farm for purposes of public walks and pleasure grounds at the price of £ 2,800. This sum bad been divided by the Board as follows:— £ 1,730 for the purchase of the land repayable in 60 years R270 for the purchase of the Ffridd repayable in 10 years C300 for the purchase of the Buildings repayable in C25 years. The Chairman—That is quite satis- factory. Mr John Morgan—Why 'don't they give us the same period for repaying all the monies. Mr William Owen-The Ffridd is out- side our district. The Chairman—What is the next step to take ? The Deputy Clerk—Will the Council give instructions for the purchase to be completed and for the loans to be nego- tiated ? Dr. J. Pugh Jones—What rate of in- terest did Mrs Williams ask if she al- lowed £ 2,000 to remain on mortage ? The Chairman-31- per cent. Several members expressed the view that as a long period had been granted for repayment it would be cheaper to effect mortgages fcr the periods granted by the sanctions rather than take an advance of C2,000 from the owner and have to repay that in ten years. Mr Henry Freeman-Can we get the money in the market at 3t per cent. now ? The Deputy Clerk-No. The Treasury has recently decided to charge 4 per cent. on loans not exceeding 30 years and 41 per cent. on loans not exceeding 50 years. Mr J. Pryce Jones-The Clerk will include Mrs Williams amongst those of whom be will be making enquiries as to the money. It was then resolved to' leave the matter in the hands of the Clerk to deal with. THE LLANABER ROAD IMPROVE. MENT SCHEME. < 1 The Deputy Clerk reported that a letter had been sent to Mr W. W. Greener asking him to meet the Council to discuss the above matter, and a letter had been received stating that represen- tative of Mr Greener would meet the Council on Monday, and therefore the meeting bad been called for that after- noon. Mr Greener was represented at the meeting by Mr Leonard H. Collier and Mr Round, solicitor. The Chairman said he was pleased to see Mr Greener's representatives pre- sent, and he trusted that they would be able to get the scheme through success- fully. If the scheme was not proceeded with, the money would be taken away from the town. The Deputy Clerk then read Mr Greener's letter on the proposed im- provement, in which be stated that he should be compelled upon giving up the I land for widening to make a condition that a footpath of a minimun width of i three feet should be formed on one side or the other of the road and proppdy curbed so far as this scheme extended, and that the surface of the l'oad- Lbe whole way-would be properly made and finished with tarmacadam or as an alternative tar sprayed, such work to be carried out immediately the widening was completed and subsequently that) it should be kept properly cleaned and watered. In order to facilitate the matter and to assist in bringing it to a successful issue, he suggested that the Surveyor should prepare a plan showing the improvement lines to which he should be willing to agree, his costs in the matter being charged to the scheme. A letter was read ftom Mrs Parker Smith stating that she was instructed by the Trustees to say that they were not willing to give any land until the road bad been made of the proposed with from Barmoutb Station to Ty'r- graig. The Chairman—That is monstrous. Mr Round said Mr Greener was quite willing to give the land if the Council could see its way clear to carry out the conditions as stated above. He under- stood that Mr Greener bad written to those interested in this improvement, and he would do his best to bring his family into line respecting the portion of their land which was effected by the proposal. Mr Henry Freeman enquired who were the landowners who bad already given land free for the proposed im- provements of widening the roads. The Surveyor said the Council had al- ready had the consent of Mrs Bayliss, Mr Francis Morris and Mr Robert Lloyd Williams. In reply to Mr Robert Lloyd Wil- liams, the Surveyor said there was no- thing provided in the scheme towards the construction of parapets, but he thought that same could be carried out the same time as the widening of the roads. In reply to Mr J. Pryce Jones, Mr Collier said that the plans which he pro- posed to carry out would include the parapets, and he did not think that his estimate would exceed the estimate al- ready made by the Council's Surveyor, it might be less, but not more. In reply to Mr R. G. Moore, Mr Collier said that his charges for preparing the plans of the proposed improvement would not exceed twenty guineas to the Council. Mr Henry Freeman said whatever pay- ment the Council would have to give to Mr Collier it would have to come out of the rates, as the amount would not come out of the grants received. The Council then discussed the various points at some length, and it was understood that the parapets would be constructed if the Council bad power to construct, and that the Council intended in the near future to tar macadamize or tar spray the road in question. Mr Collier informed the meeting that Mr Greener would like the Council to take into consideration of extending the gas main as far as Plas Llwyd and also to have a speed limit for motor cars along the Llanaber Road. I HENDREMYNACH PATH. Mr William Owen drew attention to the fact that he understood that the footpath leading from Graigfawr to the Beach was to be let open for the public .during the summer months, which bad not been the case during the previous summer. He had understood that Mr Greener had promised to let the foot- path open during the summer months. Mr Round said he would bring the matter to the notice of Mr Greener.
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CYHOEDDIADAU PREGETHU Sul…
CYHOEDDIADAU PREGETHU Sul Cyntaf yn Tachwedd, 1915. Caersalem, am 10, Parch. P. H. Lewis am 6, Parch. Edwin Jones. Ebenezer, am 10, Parch. S. T. Hughes; am 6, Parch. E. Afonwy Williams. Sion, am 10, Parch. Gwynoro Davies am 6, Parch. Glandwr Morgan. Siloam, am 10, Parch. E. Afonwy Wil- liams; am 6, Parch. S. T. Hughes. Park Road, am 10, Parch. Glandwr Mor- gan am 6, Parch. E. J. Parry. Christ Church, am 11, Parch.E. J. Parry; am 6.30, Parch. P. H. Lewis. Jubilee Road, am ll,Parch.Edwin Jones; i am 6-30, Parch. Gwynoro Pavies,
WITH THE BARMOUTH TERRITORIALS…
WITH THE BARMOUTH TERRI- TORIALS AT NEWTOWN. Newtown, Oct. 20th. J New recruits are coming in every day, but there is room and equipment for many more. There are present here now close upon four hundred, including both Imperial and Home Service men. It did us good to read the Rev. Gwyn- oro Davies' letter, and to understand that the little town of Barmouth is sending more than its quota according to its population. We had a march to Caersws on Wed- nesday last, covering a distance of about fourteen miles. Captain Oswald Davies (Greenhill) was in command. He is very popular, not only amongst the Bar- mouth Boys, but with the lot of us here. We had a halt at the village and we soon cleared the few shops there of everything in the way of buns, ginger beer, etc.,—they were caught unpre- pared, and rueful were their looks on account of not being able to meet the demands of the hungry Terriers. The distance back was plodded along at a good pace, the spirit of the boys being up to the mark, singing intermixed the National Anthem, Its a long way to Tipperary," "Beth sydd i mi yn y bvd," and Rule Brittania. We cover the distance unawares as it were, when we are singing with a gusto. Its speaks much for our training and condition when on a march of fourteen miles there was not a single laggard lett be. hind. On Thursday and Friday' we had to diill in the streets-to the amusement and annoyance of others—on account of the football field being a veritable quagmire. Saturday morning we had "kit in- spection," when those who bad a full complement received the allowance of ten shillings. After being paid at one o'clock leave was granted us to go any- where we liked as long as we would be back in our "billetts" by ten o'clock, advantage was taken of the leave, it being a fine Saturday, the towns round about being visited. By the way, all here praise their billetts as being first- class. Mr T. W. Piggott, J.P., was here over Saturday night and Sunday morning, he presented all the Barmouth boys with cigarettes. If this letter comes to his notice, will he please accept our best thanks for his kindness, as some of us were not present to personally thank him. All denominations, bar the Church of England, were paraded on Sunday morning at 9.30 for Church parade, while the Established Church parade was not till 10.30. Many being fond of the extra hour's rest sank their denomi- national fervour for the time, the con- sequence was a very paltry attendance at the various Non-conformist Chapels and a record one for the Parish Church. Not being in the know, I would like if anyone could throw light on a subject that puzzles me. Why does the bugle band play before those who attend the Church service, while we Nonconformist have to go unheralded and unsung? On Monday we were marched to Welshpool, 13^ miles off, in order to re- cruit, and a good few enlisted. On the march we were accorded a warm re. ception wherever we wen't, school chil- dren standing at attention, singing pat- riotic airs, and waving flags. At Rbiw Bank, about half way to Pool, we were treated to a fine meal in the Park. T.T.'s falling out on the right and beer drinkers on the left. I am sorry to relate that our number was about equal on both iides, whereas one would have thought the T.T.'s would have carried the day by a long way; nevertheless they all conducted themselves in a manner proper to the new tradition which the British Army is fast gaining for itself. Cigarettes were distributed at the close of the meal to all present. About a mile before reaching Welsbpool we turned again at Powis Saw Mills and bad another champion feed, plenty of lemonade, sandwiches, etc. We arrived, none the worse, at Pool a little after three in the afternoon, at five we had tea in the Market Hall, to which full juctice was done. We also slept, or rather tried to sleep, there on clean straw, but as it was a very cold and draughty place it was very little sleep that we were able to snatch, on account also of the noise created by some of the men. It was laughable in the extreme the way we went about doing our beds of straw, one man pinching straw from under another, whose bed which he had tried to steal straw for, had completely vanished, and, of course, recrimination followed. At short intervals during the night a lot of us were running round the hall in order to circulate our blood and then pop on the straw to try and sleep again. But it was completely out of the question for us to sleep, as when on the point of closing our eyelids to sleep a roar of laughter would rouse us from our half awake half asleep attitude, as some poor fellow or other bad ventured too near the bank of the bench or stall and fall down—to the great amusement of the lookers on and their own discomfiture. About three-thirty all efforts, to sleep were abandoned for the night, when we strolled about from stall to stall to while away the tedious hours of the morning. A little after five crowds of us were on the canal bank attending to our toilet the best the circumstances would permit. I had heard that sleeping on hard beds was good for the hea lth; but I myself would prefer getting my health on a feather bed. But what have we to complain of ? when our poor soldier brothers are in the trenches half-soaked and half-fed for days at a stretch. Their's must be indeed a very hard time of it, they are worthy of all our best efforts on their behalf. I am pleased to understand that Barmouth is doing its share of the good work. We returned on Tuesday and arrived at Newtown in the early afternoon, when we were dismissed for the day, and right glad we were too. A concert was arranged on our behalf on Friday by Mr Bell, the leading light of the musical world here. The pro- gramme was very high-class one, we all and sundry enjoyed ourselves immensely and we sincerely thank Mr Bell and his helpers for entertaining us so nobly. The Barmouth boys were also enter- tained by Dr. Morris to a supper and concert the latter end of last week. A soiree was also held on Thursday at which Mr Herbert Aspinall delighted the audience with the rendering of a fine tenor solo. —R.H.R. P.S.—Should the news reach Bar- mouth again that some of us are in prison, please don't take it too seriously and think that we have done a great wrong, as prison in the military.sense is an award for those who love their bed so well that they can't leave it in time to be on parade at seven in the morning, and for various other trifles. My reason for adding the postscript is on account of my having beard that the story was going round Barmouth causing great annoyance and unneeded anxiety to many parents.-R.H.R. [This letter was to be published in our last issue, but bad to be left over owing to lack of space.—ED,]