The Barmouth and County Advertiser and District Weekly News

.M! OUR NEW NAVAL SQUADRON. WHEN it becomes permissible to review the work done in the construction of new ships, it will be seen that new squadrons of capital ships, of light cruisers, and many flotillas of small craft, and very many miscellaneous types of war craft have been added to the navy in two years, as a consequence of the con- centration of all our mental, physical and mechanical resources in shipbuilding and marine engineering, all the works being directed almoat exclusively to the increasing of the emciency of our sea force. In the science of naval architecture Britain has led the way, alike in merchant and ngbting ships; and to this tradi- tional superiority there has been added the knowledge gained by a close analysis of the information available regarding the innuence on design of modern tactics, as well as by an investigation of the effects of attack. Thus it may be accepted, without our entering into details, that the newer ships are greatly superior in every element of Sghting efficiency to those of former days. Beyond this it would not be prudent to go. As to the rapidity of construction, the achievements have far sur- passed those of peace time. Some of the greatest ships yet con- ceived have been built well within 18 months from the date when the tactical conditions to be met in design were nrst enunciated by the naval authorities; in normal times the period required would ha,ve been quite double. This result in rapid construction has been got Rrstj hi the organisation of the shipbuilding works in order to economise labour, to ensure that the maximum number of men may be employed on the ship without each getting in the other's way, and by the co-ordina- tion of the work in different departments, so as to ensure the maximum of output in a given time. Again, in the building of smaller craft, those nrms having experience have played the patriotic part in contributing readily to the needs of inexperi- enced, although otherwise com- petitive firms, by guiding them in the execution of work which was entirely new to them. Many shipbuilding nrms are to-day turnfng out most satisfactory warships who before the war had no knowledge of Admiralty con- ditions. This has been achieved by the inter-change of valuable hints, and even by the transfer of experienced workers from one yard to another.

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A CLIMB UP CADER. It ie not everyone's good fortune," 8&ys Horace, "to visit Corinth 1J cor indeed is i& everyone's good fortune to climb Cader Mris—not, at any rate, in such merry company as I did last Saturday week. For three weary weeks we bad been Attempting to sea!e Parnassus, and finding, it rather an arduous ciimb, it was s!ew!y forced upon ua that we might have a better chance of success were we to choose & more material and less elevated heights. fPerhaps tt wa.z the chance raising of eyes from the smalt print of a musty tome—seeking & momentary relief in a glance at the broad expanse of the Mawddaob shimmering in the briUiant sunlight, and the b!ae hazy mountaics far beyond. Perhaps it was a Bprig of beatbe!' that slipped from &moBg the pages of a seldom disturbed volume; perhaps it was merely a time-honoured tradition. Be it as it may, the idea was there]. We would go up Cader. And go up Cader we did Tbaa it came about that about 8.30 a.m. on that particular Saturday, three and twenty in a company assembled M Arthcg railway station. From the pointed spikes of our sticks, from the signiRcant g!eam in our eyes, alt the wodd might see that we moanf business. Ad Astra t That was to be our motto for that day. At 6rst our path was rough and steep, sbadei by tall and sombre pine-trees. Soon it wound amon!; fields fragrant with tbo scent of now!y.mown bay; aow it skirted the edge of a babbling brook. The sao, which bad hitharto been obscured, now emerged in all its sp!@ndour. Those of us who carried kiitos or kodaks greatly rejoiced thereat. On a!! sidea one heard but the click of innumerable shutters, or the sly wink of our all.recording lens. Two hours more or !e8S steady climbing brought us to the top of Tyraa Mawr, where we sat down to enjoy an iUicit mcah But wind we up the heights!" scon we were once more cHmbicg. Once we stopped at a iibtie wpH, protected from the sun by a rough but!t wail. Having quenched our thirst with some of its delicious Hmpid water, we preened steadily on, and at precisely 11-44 a.m. our bancer (composed of abankerchief and walking-stick) was proudly planted on the summit—2929 feet above sea ieve!. Sprawling on the stone-cairo we ate owr lunch, and iazUybegao tb!ook for the view. Unlike writers of guidebooks (who presumably bring imagination to the help of binoculars) we saw little on account of the haze. But the time passed pleasantly enough. [Strange to say, Miss A., spoke not a word of gtaciers or." faulbs.11 Not did Miss D., voice exhilaration in terms of Shakspeare. We were duty grateful]. We had at ready decided to return by Foxes Path, and then make for Dotge!iey. An attempt to describe the ctimb down Foxes Path to him who has never made the descent would be as futile as trying to dscriba aa electric shook to a Chinaman. It cannot be described. It must be experienced However, we reached the bottom safely [with the exception of a certain young tady, who had the misfortune to lose the heel of her boot. She lost her heel indeed, but not her sole," as ebe her- self afterwards exciaimpd]. Ab 4 80 p.m. we reached Do!gel!ey, where we bstd a. most dejicioue tea. Some boare were epent in admiring the beauties of that historic town, but oar appearance served to roase the sapiciosa of & poiieeEoaa &M the cariosity of the townspeople, and a cortMO eurprisicg story gained tBach credit, namely that we bad been landed on Cader by a British a,irebip, having been rescued from a 8abm&rine in the Eataa.ry, where we bad managed to send 10,000 Germans to watery grave! I However, we maimged to catch the last train for Barmoath, to the evident relief of the town in general. AU of ae bad spent ? most enjoyable day, with the exception of ooe, who complained that be never s&w tbe chair, to say no- thing of Idris, and that he had not encountered & single vuipine be&st whiiadMcending Foxes Path. 11 —KRONICL08.

I II CORRESPONDENCE. I We <Xo not hold ourgelveg regponsible (Ot tho ojJinionBol our correspondents. TO THE CHAPMAN AND MEM. TO THE CHAtBMAN AND MEM. BER8 OF THE B.U.DC. D,&f' Sir.- ? I aoa pleaeed that the OoaBci! are eoooomiBicg. I noUce in yoar lawti re- port of the Coaaoi! meeting a, very wise saggeatioa' to s&ve JB7 by dropping the cyc!6styUcg of the Comcoittee reports. FifOBa wbat I g&tbep this bM cot fulfilled tte porpota. Why fthoa!d the Urb&B Coaaci! epead i.7. wbea tbe Coaaty Schoor Governort hat ve to do withont the!F cyclostyling coimmittee reports. Aa I bjtve act yet recovered over the beat wave, gent!emeo, yoa wii! be&r Ctore about different ta&tters next week. MYNACH. UBGET OALrJFOR MORE RED CROSS NT:IltS'I:-N'C,, MEMBFRS. I To, Ell?iitor. I'l Sh-,— ? ? ? A real and ut'gect necessity has arisen for more Narges, V.A.D. Narsing Members (women), and V.A,D. Gonorai service meMbere in Military and Auxiliary Hospit<&!9 &t home. The demands made upon us by the Military Aathoritieo are very heavy, and caacot be met out of the extiHg.SuPpJy.Tb;f3l'e must still be many women, who are Hot giving the whole of their time and service to the w<n', and who ba.ve no ties which prevent them from doing so. We earnestly caH npoa these wcmen to come forward and help as in tbisemer. geacy, and tbos enab!e os to answer the ca!! of the sick and woanded mon. Soitabie women who are willing to help in the hospital may be attached to existing Volaotary Aid Detachments for immediate service in the bo6pita!s. FnH iaformation on this poiat may be obtained from the County Director, Hiltoa Kershaw,, E4 pq,, Abertafoi, near MacbynUetb. Yoarefasthfnny, ? (Signed) ARTHUR STANLEY, Chairman of Executive Commitee, of the British Red Crosa Society. RANFURLY, Director o! the Ambatance Department of the Order of St. John. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR THE I ) SICE AND WOUNDED. Dear Reader,— Imagine yourself lying in & stifling t@B&, covered with nics by day And mosqaitoa by night-think of the long hot hours, the weariness, the pain- thick of the patience, courage and hero- iam of oar sailors who endure it all. AJettar came to uatbia week: "We sba!i b!ess the name of the War Library for ever I do Mot know what we shou!d do without your booka." We have ¡ supplied an the Naval and Miiitary sick i &nd wounded sicce Aagast 1914. E&st i Africa., Icdia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Salonika and Malta need weU over 20,000 a month. Weaappiy 180 hospitals monthly in Prasce, and above 1800 1 British lares hospitals get a!i they a.sk for. We receive 10,000 magazines and books & week from the Post OBSce Scbecae, and need 20,000. Each day coma cables and iettem, Send books and gamee—we want as many as possible—the nefd is urgest." Kind reader, pause for a moment and think of the suffering m&a. Pioase send penny Novelettes, threepenny, sixpenny and sevenpesny editions, and as many magazines as yoa can, to The Secretary, Brititb Red Cross & Ordet of St. John War Library, Surrey Bonser! Marble Arob, London, W. Yoarw truly, H. M. GA8KELL, C. BÅGBRG WRIGHT. Hon. Secretaries. I I' I To the Editor. I Si! ?-. The second anniversary of this great and terrible war is to be celebrated tbyoughouti the British Is!es by an urgent national call to prayer end repeatanoe. Undoubt@d!y,the ca!! ie of God. I, After another year of war—unspeak- able in its Lorrof of slaughter, in the VHstness of its operations, in its barbaric anpnra!!ejcd tBetbod of wnrff).re—-we a:'a sti!! fa.ce to face with great social Rnd economic problems. We 6od an ic. creasicgty love of pteasure, and It m&rked iuot'eMe in driakiog—nation&Uy &cd locally. There is a great need fnr self -eximinsi- tion, penitence and prayer. None, who b&ve beeu wlltching trend of things lately, RVt'n it) this tov;n, can fail to view with equanimity the tragic consequences which may resuit. to the moral and spiritual welfare of this town by the continaa! desecratioo of the Lord's Day, and also the disregard of the consensus of opinion among the in- habitants ofBarmoutb on this matter, t such opinion baring been conveyed to each and ail the houses in the town. I ask frankly, in the name of humanity, are these trend of things worthy of the sacrifice and devotion of our brave and gallant soldiers and savors? Let we put it in a. more concrete form. The !ove of p!et6ure is on the inctease, while men ara siaia by the thousands. Brink prospers, while thousands of our brave and noMe men die on the b&ttle'neid MiUions of men live day and nigbt on the border-line of iife and death, and yet we have amongst us a number of people who are consecrating themselves purely and so!e!y to ma.ten&i interests. Their chief object it matena! gaia—self aggrandizameni—the making of money. I put it to all who are guilty of thee* ains: are year actions worthy of suffering humanity, as yon find them ie the homes of the nation, as woit as on the battle-field. Are they worthy of the self* sacrince and the self-devotion of our gallant soldiers. I hope aad trcst that no one is suSenng from what, Shakes pears called the disease of net iistenicg." The pleasure boatmen have honoured aad respected the feeUngs and opinions of the churches of this town by doing away entirely with Sunday pleasure boating. Oar Belgian gaests, who were guilty of fishing on Sundays, <tt our feqaest abstained from this form of pleasure. We tmst that the disewM of not Hateniog is Dot ineurilble. We witnt to re-create in our midst ? Bee!' aoci&! &ad national conficience-ft conscience tb&t is a!ive &nd keen to the moral and spintual welfare of the corn" maaity. I have stated tbeso facts &? evidence of the need for self-exaraina6tiort, penitence and pra-yer, locally, I do Dot for a moment presume that these stato of things are limited to oar owa town. It is prevailent everywhere, bat oar need locally is great. We have 8o!diers and Bailors on active service, M well M in training. We d$ep!y moorB the !oss of brave gaUaot naeo. "They are not dead! They have, but passed beyond tha mists tba,t bind ue here, icto the now and larger life of that serener sphere." Wo have homes faU of anxiety and sorrow, the shadow of the cross is upon them. We pray that of the shadows the presence of Christ, the man o% sorrows, aqsaintad with grief, mayoome to cheer and enrich each desolate heart. May we with them be made proadm their gtief, proud because of their sacr<- fice, their contribution to the saving of Europe from its sins. Wemustprayfot peace, for steadmess and prudence* Arrangements b&VR been made to bold ncitpd aervises for prayer and penitence .cm $'iJay (to-morfow) as well as oo Sunday tftet,nooti. The services are t& beinEnglish and Welsh. On Fdday "07!30 pt-i EogHsb service witi be be!d ;-d. Christ, Cliurel). The Welsh seF- vicc wiii he beid at Snoam Chape!, to commence at 2 o'c!oo?, a.nd on Sunday afternoon at S 3()at the EagHsb Congre- gationa! Cbatcb. The Welsh service w: be held at Cuersa.iem Chapel at 7.30 ,j\J.¡"y I be :).!}owed to urge on aH and visitors alike to make '<ne io ordet to make these, services a great success. Let us do ouF shopping early to-morrow, so that the shopkeepers, who are desiring of facing in line with these arrangements, may have an opportunity to do so. Let us remember the good old maxim: "The highest right is to forego one's right for others." God s&ve the King. God save the nation. God save our boys. God comfort the sick and wounded, the grievfd and the, desolate at heart. Let an the peop!@ of the town say Amen.. I EL J. PARRY, Epwmtbyi!!&. E. J. PRRY

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