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TIPYN 0 BOB PETH." in to NOT HBCBSgARTW IDBHTIFt OCRS ELVES WlTB THE II OFXKIOHB Of CUB COaKBEPOSEEHTj. 'Alderman W. G. Dodd considers in reference to suggestions made a, fort. i night ago in this column, to the effect that under existing circumstances the present increase and the possible further increase in the special rate payable by Llan- gollen in respect of the County. Schools-tbe new buildings are becoming a white eiephant. If Mr. Dodd will re-read the notes he will find that it is not the expensive buildings and equipment, qut. buildings and equipment, that is suggested are becomIng a W hit.e ele- chant ■ but an establishment of the kind may certainly merit such a title when durnpe upon a comparatively poor communitj a.d, 11 mlh- tfapv are required to support it. I mSv" not s'av St Paul's Cathedral proves ?qSya"^whit, elephant if, by £ y poss, b??i? could be transported to ?.?'?y! and local churchpeople were asked^ to keep the ecclesiastical pot boiling? Not the "gift horse" but the conditions under whICh It is given justify uS "looking it in the mouth and 60 long as th Denbigh Coun?y Council! choose to maintain the school at Liangollea, nay, even if they choo8e further to extend it, there is 00 particular  inhv local rate- ,'psyers should complam. It IS when the County oSSSl *22? of sperial rat-es that they mav have something to say, and It was in this onnection the words t,?e 'gift horse' by what'may be likened wa frea.k of nature, threateus to become a '««» eleph»at' under our ey," were written. Alderman Dodd will notice that the school is not stated to have already ???. ?! elephant what ? ■#■*» that It threat? to become one, and. eo it>, ff that is Ü those, against whose proposals it is oSy ?? to state Alderman Dodd has don' ?uou? battle,have t?eir way-:as it ^ppear, al too possible they may do. It is clery a case of either bleeding the schoools whiter bleeding local ratepayers white, and one may need AOmthing sl1ght.y more nimble than eLe- phantine wii to choo;e the better  A?llSrm?-?d  tha? only 19nor- ance as to what is gping on at the schools, Idof gtbe activities in pro- sress at the technical wing, can explain 00 ™ SSons with the p? plantigrade. Even If this ?o. who is responsible for such ignor- Si? Why are not the schools boomed, ad- vertised, and all that they are able to do and prepared to do made known through the usual I channels for acquiring publicity. Admit- t.edlv the situation selected for the school is an "ideal one, even admitted that, so fax as equipment &nd general design go, it is the verv latest word in what an establishment should be, how are the public generally to make themselves acquainted with the fact? If it is to be made a paying proposition-wd it must be, in some way or other—its claims must be brought to the notice of a far wider circle than that which at present is cognizant of the school's existence, and there is only one way of doing this. In many parts of the country, including Denbighshire, proposals are under consider- at-ion at to how it may be most suitably pos- sible, in a permanent manner, to indicate recognition of the inestimable sacrifices and services which our noble army is rendering to the cause of justice and humanity in the great war. There will, of course, be a national memorial, there will be county memorials, and each town will have its own separate method of paying tribute to its local heroes. Hcrv is this to be done at Llangollen? The matter has not yet been discussed at a town's meeting; d^ubt/less, in due course, this will be done. Some few weeks ago the sug- gestion was thrown out in this coumn that a schema of hospita extension might be oon- sidared; but in a small community, a project of the kind. necessarily bristles with difficul. ties and is not to be lightly contemplated. At the same time there is no question that this is a direction effort is likely to take; find that whatever may be attempted, the raising of funds to augment the income of the present institution must be the necessary prelude. Owing to the opening of a multitude of other channels, efl calling for subscriptions to causes having insistent claims, this year the fuuds of the hospital will require all the Btrenatbening that a generous public can afforif them. To maintain the institution at its present level of capacity for useful work is the first need; and it is imperative that this should be accomplished before anything akin to developments are even contemplated. This much is written in view of an appeal that may shortly be made to those feelings which, during the present struggle, have been so greatly touched by the, splendid work which hospitals are doing for humanity in so many ways, not only in the stricken field but I in other directions where the call for aid is scarcely less insistent. And what finer tri- bute, or more appropriate acknowledgment of all that our brave army is doing, can there be than to keep the flag flying over every I hospital in the land, whatever other form of activity may have to be dispensed with? Mr. Ralph Darlington, who has just returned from France, gives a soul-stirring story of what he saw of the working of our wonderful hospital system at the front; and during the privileged tour that he has recently made he collected a mass of material of quite excep- tional interest, all of which lends force and cogency to the claim of our hospitals to rank amongst the greatest of civilizing and human- I ising forces at work to redress the disfigure- ment with which Europe is stricken. In the l form of a lecture, or a series of lectures, there is more than a possibility that this will fcboitly be placed before local audiences and t*he piooetds devoted to the Cottage Hospital fund, This may well be the first step in the way of providing a suitable war memorial at Llangollen. The Llautyfiilio Parish Council have deci- ??d to adopt a somewhat remarkable line of Procedure, and one which may or which may lot be symptomatic of the time by deciding dispose of tho parish hearse, and to let for ?ther rp oses the structure that hitherto hou,,dpuit Enquiries made with a view to discovering the reason for this departure elicit that the vehicle is not suited to serve ;be mournful purpose for which it is designed ? a mountainous locality; and, in the past, has more than once been upset at a funeral ?wing to the Bohdlty of its construction. It "s wuk?4$, it e. i? a build?g near to The Conqueror, a famous inn in the neigh- bourhood, whose name has a mournful but withal a not inappropriate significance to the purpose which the hearse is intended to serve. Llantysilio is a remarkably healthy locality— it cau give points, at times, to Llangollen. Here, for several months last year, according to official statistics, not a single death was recorded.. It would, however, be premature to suggest that this is the chief reason why the hearse is being disposed of. It has been a conspicuous figure at many local funerals, hallowed associations cluster around it, and now that, having assisted in the final stages I of the departure of others, it is to depart itself, it should be speeded as an honoured gu,r,t. I HWFA GLYN. I

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