Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

LLANGOLLEN SMITHFIELD. I Messrs. Jonea and Son conducted their fortnigluly auction, here on Tuesday week. The supply was not so numerous, but "htlb was a great, advauce in thi* prices as on the previous occasions. The entrr of j fat cattle was not so numerous, but some good prices madte.. The auctioneers' prize of a gwne?a for tbe bast dairy cow was taken by Mr. Allen Thomas, Glyn, the cow being sold for X-37 5s. .0t,her prices were: Messrs. William*, iNanlyT. X,36 15s.; audi Jones, Tower-, £ S3 7s.-6d. Calvers ,014 up to £ 28, .arrudi store cattle as fallows: MfeagTS. El-Its, Llaaiitysilio, zVl7 2?. 6d. and .€15 2s. 6d. Lloyd Rob. erta. Glyndyfrdiwy, zcll. There was a grand tirade in fat aheep and lambs, with an all-round advance in prices:—-Messrs. Evans, Haitoa,, lambs X2 12s. ed., £ 2 45'. fA., ewes je2 10s. Jones, Bryneglwys, lambs, £2 Morgan, TMnbren, £ 2 Ss. 6dl, zCl lSs. ed, tl, 17a. fid., £1 14s. 6Q:. Williams, Wexnlssa, jE2 6s. 6d„ £ 2 45. tJd.; Walker, Din!bre:n. £23¡: Jbnes Pwlltffidd, Bryincglwys £ 2 2s. 6d.: Hughes. Trevor I £2 gl. 6d., £ 2 Is.; £3 4s.; EdJw.ards" 6dL: Miss Drinkwatt v, GeufPOn, ewes, lainibs £ 2 7s.,0cL; Edwatxls, f2 1 & I)aT? s. Brynoerog, £ 2 lSs.; Pa,vies, Llantysilio, £ 2 30s. j Calves made up 1.0£6. There was a very Email supply of pigs, especially of fat, but small pigs sold wellEdwards;5 Tynyfron, Corwen, selling at, £ 2 3s. lid.; and Davies, Vron reba, £ 2 8s. and R2 2&. 6d., others ranging from Ri nlywarclis. Messrs. Jone:s an(L ScJln conducted R .special lamb sale in the Smttbfie'd. on ,.F'r1day when prizes were offered In various classes. Although, thanks to the energy of the- auctioneers, a, thoroughly representa- tive attendance of buyers attendisdi from all parts of "kingdom— there being aspecidfy strong con- tingent present from the Englfeh Midlands. The «tbck penned was disappoinitSjngly small in Dum-I her. though prime in quality. The prize.winners were:—Bc-st pen of twenty lambs (soM for £2 16s. eac-b), Edwardis, Plas Offa, CMrik. Best ten (sold for £ 2 15s. each) Williams, Pehypanc, Ohlrk. Other prices were: H. Lodwick, Llyn, k2 lis., R2 10s.; Evansy Dinb r en:, .£2 Ih;.6dJ., £1 19a.; Maxwell, Tal- fryh. £ 2 lis.; Maxwell, Bank Farm. £ 2 10s.Evans, Blaen Bstche., R2 Jones, Giaig, Llandegla. R2 7s. ed £ £ 2 Ss.: Jones, Bryneglwys, £ 2 !?s. ¡ Capt. } Best, £268.£2; Thomas, Cilmedw, 92 Os. 6d.; Morgan, Diniane^n, £1 18s. 6d-,

[ ELLESMERE BABY SHOW. ine pram parad-e and baby show at hJlfiS" mere on Monday was a huge success. By two o'clock the Square was packed with a dense crowd of friends and admirers of the babies, who were drawn up in a double line in their prams, many of them decorated with pink roses, sweet peas, ribbons and flags. The mothers and babies bravely faced a fierce fire. from the kodaks and cameras which snappEd and clicked right, left and in front of them- There were also some remarkably large babies (with deep bass voices) in giant prams (po: [ sibly bath chairs) who attracted a great deal Of attention. They, too, were elab'oratelY dressed in muslin caps, and wore sashes and ribbons galore. Each was pushed by a stalwart "mother" or "nurse," and we might have j been shocked to see these ladies and. babies smoking cigarettes if we had not recognised that they all hailed from Trimpley Hall, Elles- mere Cottage Hospital, and Oteley and tho Seven Sisters Convalescent Home. At 2.30 the real babies and mothers mareheu off in double column through the town to Cremorne, where the judging took place. !t was extraordinarily pretty to look back dOW-II the street and see the winding line of gay and laughing baby faces, in their flower setting, waving tiny arms (and sometimes legs) and crowing with delight. The judges were Dr. C. E. Salt, Chirk, frs. Hunter, county health lecturer, and Shea, the Grange, West Felton. They had 9 terribly hard task to decide between themefltj of the little competitors, who were divide2, into classes by 'age, with one extra class for special strangers. The judging took all the afternoon; but we believe it gave genera satisfaction, and the proud mothers seemed de- lighted with the winners' rosettes and caxd$, which were quickly pinned on to the pralVS and. babies. In the meantime, Mrs. of Hardwick, and Mrs. Hugh Parker ",erâ judging the wounded soldier babies, and found it almost as difficult to decide. One of the" nurses" was so well disguised that several people thought he was the real thing Below we give the list of the winning babies* In Class 3 the three first relinquished th" money prizes in favour of tite three nest on the list. Best turn-out pram or go-cart (with baby)- 1, Mrs. James, Lee Cottage, Ellesmere; 2P Mrs. Greenhouse, 42, Watergate-street, Elles mere; 3, Mrs. Hugh Parker, Ellesmere House; r, Mrs. Kenrick, Church-street, Ellesmere. Babies under six months—1, Mrs. Criffiths, Willow-street, Ellesmere; 2, Mrs. BiggOt Victoria-street, Ellesmere; 3, Mrs. F. Sp08' ton, Grange-road, Ellesipere; special prizes. Mrs. Skitt, Lee, Ellesmere; extra prize, bir& Bedson, 10, Watergate-street, Ellesmere. Babies between 6 and 12 months-— Mr8* Egerton, Oteley Garden, Ellesmere; 2, MrS^ Greenhouse, 42, Watergate-street, Ellesmer, 3, Mrs. Ryder, Dick Whittington Cottai" Tile Newnes; special prize, Mrs. James, Lee. Cdot- tage, Ellesmere; extra prize, Mrs. Moc y, Canal Cottage, Ellesmere. Babies between 12 and 18 months-I. i; Hugh Parker, Ellesmere House; 2, Mrs. SeO-ttr R The Lymes, Ellesmere; 3, Mrs. Rees. oteley). n l oad., Ellesmere; r 2, Mrs. Wynn, Newtoib Ellesmere; r 3, Mrs. P. Sproston, Grange road, Ellesmere special prize, Mrs. Hanpsolli Tetchill. 1 Special strangers—1, Mrs. Jones, Frankt??' 2, Mrs. Greaves, Hanmer; 3, Mrs. Ha^e Criftins; special prize, Mrs. Roberts, Duaeo ton; extra prize Mrs. Evans, Cockshutt-. Wounded Soldiers Babies" and the Nurses "—1, Pte. Douglas, Canadian I??'?Q<<' trv (babv). Pte. Extend, Canadian Infatr! (nurse), Trimpley Hall Hospital; 2, Driqer Page, R. F A (baby), Pte. B.. Leicee? age, .1.' d. a ),e. ral11nel., ..eH te Regiment (nurse), Oteiev Hospital; 3, P' Miiiington,. K.S.L.I., and Pte. Virgil, No? s umberland Fusiliers (twin babies), Pte. H1. mens, Dorsets, and. Pte. Brickels, Royal  j' (nurses). Seven Sisters Hospital; 4, Pte. ?" ?J Royal Warwicks (baby), Pte. Fox, York 9 Lanes, (nurse), Cottage Hospital. r- -After an excellent tea, a ø craft;" was given by Dr. Salt. One could s If by the interested faces of the audience  much they were struck by his vivid a-i-id ill I spiring words ou the ideals and dutieS f motherhood. Mrs. Hunter spoke next, urgl 1 Ellesmere to rise to still greater heights, tt-J1t to form a? Infant Welfare Centre or Se.b 00I for Mothers. She mentioned that she and other judges considered that the babies hibited were a particularly fine lot, espeC? ?? those up 10 12 months old; but urged t at even the most careful mother could I e a rn a'1011 from an experienced nurse, such as they ^° find at the proposed. Babies' Welcome. v- The prizes were given away by Mrs. BrD WO, low Tower, and then the proud babies Wellt home to bed while their admirers turned a dance till 9 o'clock to the music of the J3l:IO of C Batltery R.F.A. from Bettisfield, 0 most kindly gave their services. ?. Mrs. Elkrton, the Vicarage, Ellet mere pro, poses to open the Ellesmere Babies, weiCO)OO on August 9th, and will be glad, to give f? particulars to any mother wishing to joí: 0 The wounded soldiers from Oteley. the S ?i Sisters, Trimpley Hall and Ellesmere 'C??g? .ft.?.. Hospital were all, entertained to tea by Brownlow Tower. -T- PU?bil,SheabY--VV ILLIAm-Ho)dAS. Ca ii h&m? and Charles Penkhtn Gasqcoine, of C-?'?eg <?' ?der &he style of WOODALL, M.MBHALL. TaP*"?? j] Co., at the Caxton Press, Osv?try, aD? i[f1 <v<*y Friday mOTi?ng at t?e "Adverti??' II Cast?e StM?t. L?TSoUetD-, Dd of &U .U 01,.e All a?eTT.iMBi?jxt's and comrmaunlogtions ? O..Olol QUtSted to be addressed to the "Ativertit*0^ 1 Uan??-a. t to the Cax?n .fr<="" O??A0.1 U FRIDAT. AFGtaT S. 1»17. M

LLANGOLLEN AGRICULTURAL I SOCIETY. THE FARMERS' FUTURE. NO SHOW THIS I YEAR. -1 A weu-attended meeting of tihla Society was herd on Tu&sday night, Mr. Trevor Lloyd; Jones preei-d" ing, and those present included Messrs. H. Birch (Cherry Tree), Charles Williams (The, Wernj, Hughes (Trevor), Blake (Groowen), E. M. B. Edwards (Bryn- howelj, W. Wyse (llhyiccg;, and T. J. Edward* (Secretary) The Chairman, at the outset, ailwled Co the great success that had attended the work of tbe, Society, of which the Llangollen and District Agrlcttlturai Show was the offspring, since its formation ten years ago. The show, he pointed out, was the re- sult oi the inspiration provided by a series of agricultural lectures given in the town by a leaiied professor; and. during the p-erdod of its working, it. had .fully justified its existence, as was shown by the all-round irnprovemenft that had taken plac,- in farming in the district. To obtain proof positive of this. they had only to visit any of the live-stock sales in the, district, examine the quality oi the animals that came under the hammer and compare it with that which 'existed in the past. Thsre was, absolutely, no comparison and the high educative value of the Agricultural Show and its <ttrect in-! fluence upon the improvement of ianning, had been proved beyond all question. The series cf shows started well and the progress hiadi been ni'irk-'d ry stead, all-round impiovement in all departm-pnts, j the show of 1913 feedng, at any ratoefTom the po?r.t, of view of the stock exhibitelCl if not in all other respects, far and away the best of the ae:r**s Then came the war rvnd, in common with other societies throughout the country they-bad to face the diScct problems which, Tfare there presented to She fanners j and it was decided., after careful thought,, to dSs- ccxi'tinue the fihow, andl to store the field impedi. I menta, etc., until happier times. Unfortunately, these had 1)ot yet arrived', and the, prolonged strug- gj", had produced other prCiblftms for the farmer to face and grapple with, making ever increasing demands upon his time, energies and resources, so they had, that night, to face the future from an even more s-mSous point of view. The cultivation of the land, in accordance with legislative require- merits, wc, u. id make much larger clalls upon tho.set responsible for it. in the futone than it had done in the past. To begin with, it bad been definitely laid down that an additional 81,000 acres in Dienihigh- shite alone must come under the plough.. He had carefully studied the statistics of the- Board of Agriculture and, from these, he found that they musit, in Denbighshire, plough, ab lea-st one-third at: the land suitable for cultivation; that was, if they were to contribute their quota to the national store. •, This, of course, meant that the "farmer must stick more closely to Ms work on the: land, and agiicul- tural shows, fair-days and holidays might have to be greatly cursailed, if no*, entirely saoriificedi, in favour it every possible effort be:ing dievoteidl to Sie. curing the best possible results in other directtona. Whaft did they find in Germany? That they ploughad th;Ke-qu:ai't€TS of the cultivated land, the wisult beSng that, in that country, they could main- tain a. great inany more people by the land than we could, the proportion being 75 to each huntfred, • acres in 'Germany, compared with, õû in Great Britain. j Then there was another point and this was one in which .agriculturists were deeply interested; It v<&a j that tlle more land they cultivated up to a certain limit the more stock they could keep and the better reaulits they could obtain lilltbis way. It was quite true misapplied economic pirnciples ted, to the paso, bean nespoositole for diiswuraging tihe British, farmer .to raise cereals. He need not discuss the details of this. and! whilst "i: his opinion the only completely satisfactory and permanent improvement would be a refor-m in our present system of land tenure, the guarantee wMch the GoveimmieiKt had cooiceijed was a rough and ready remedy, which farmers everywhere were quite ieady to accept the loyal spirit in which it was offered1. To be patriotic was their first impulse, and the Govern1 ment, having cleajily indicated wlrnt it. inquired at their bands, they were prepared to do it to the best of their ability, even though t-bte involved the sac- rifice, fyr the* time boing at any rate, of participa- tion in competitions at agricultural shows and ol;hercognatfo exhibitions. Therefore, it had been decided1 to advise'the Society net to hold a show this' year and to go a step further than this to realise their asset's to the full and at, as was estimated would be the case, a balance remained in hand, to I leave this in the hands of the treasurer until, in happier tiroes, St Blight be found possible- to revive the shows that- had proved, so highly successful a v feature of local J'ife in: the past. In conclusion, he alludied to thoe. excellent work which Mr. T. J. Edwards, the energetic secretary, had done for' the' shows and for the- Society., and to the very able body of workers who had' been associated1 with him. (CheeaVi. Thoc. Committee's reoommfondiation to discontinue tbe shows for the present and to dispose of the other effects, was agreed to, it being stated that when this has been done, a balance of £ 15 would remain wit.h the treasurer as the nucleus of a fund for future shows when the time came to revive them. I 1 ——

Wales and Recruiting, ) J A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT) WANTED. i A meeting of the Welsh Army Corps Com- mittee was held on Tuesday last, the Ea.rl of Plymouth in the chair. The following resolu- tion was passed:- That. this committee has noted .with satis- faction the recent statement of the Secretary of State for War in regard to the recruiting of the army. It welcomes the promise of a larger devolution of the powers hitherto exercised by the military authorities to the civil administra- tion, as being in accord with the reforms intro- duced before the war in connection with the ■Territorial, force and as suitable to the national character that. the present war has given. to "he armed forces of the Crown. The committee further hopes that in such measures as may be introduced for carrying into effect this_ pro- ,r,ra-mi-ne indicated hy Lord Derby the individu- ality of Wales will not- be lost sight of, and that the recruiting areas included in the thirteen (counties of Wales (including- Monmouthshire) may be grouped into a single administrative unit.

Llangollen Urban Council. 1 Ar. th# monthly meeting of this authority on Wednesday night, Mr. A. Edwards presided, and there were also present:—Messrs. C. W. Richards, A. Lett-some, W. P. Williams, H. Birch and T. C. Davies, with the Surveyor (Mr. J. W. Hughes) -and the Clerk (Mr. E. Foulkes Jones).—The Clerk reported that, at a. meeTing of the General Purposes Committee, the letter of Mr. A. George (assistant overseer), in which he protests against a reduction of his salary, asks for an interview with the authority to dis- cuss matters, and states that the two members who wrote to the Local Government Board re his actions were responsible for gros-s inaccur- acies and misstatements of fact, was read. and it was decided that the Council would hear Mr. George, but that, prior to their doing so he should indicate in writing the misrepresentations he complaim of, to be supplied to members of the council two days before the meeting for their consideration.—Mr. Georjye, it wsjS further stated, by the Clerk, had written to the council promising to attend that nueeting, his letter making no allusion to the request for informa- tion as to the alleged gross misrepresentations and untrut.Tl}e Chairman said he must rule that until Mr. George complied with the request of the council in this respect he could not be he^ard. He felt tha.t he had insulted him as chairman and the council as an authority.—Mr. Richards said he had not the slightest personal feeling against Mr. George—they were old neighbours—but he was glad the Chairman had ruled'as he* had-—Mr. Birch said that the only possible way for the council to place itself legally in order to de.al with Mr. George's salary was to carry a proposition he previously made and give him three months' notice to, resign- then they would be in a. position to deal with ,oos i t???on to deal wth him. To do this need ca,-t no reflection upon the official, and he moved a resolution to this effect. They had deferred coming to a decision far too long.-—Mr. Richards seconded.—Mr. Williams -and Mr. Lettsome protested against the resolution as unjust to Mr. George, who was in attendance but was not called, and upon a vote being taken three voted in favour of giving him three months' notice to resign (Messrs. Ed- wards, Richards kind Birch) and three against (Messrs. DAvies, L-et'fcsome and Williams), the Chairman. giving his casting vote in favour of the motion, which was declared carried.

Killing Wild Birds for Food. I The Board of Agnculture have made an Order authorising in England and Wales th-F-I killing on and from August 1 until the next close season of certain migratory wild birds with. a view to increasing the food supply of the country. The birds to which the Order applies are curlew. knot, whimbrel, golden plover, redshank,- god- wit, snipe, woodcock, teal, widgeon, mallard, shd-veler, pochard, pintail, brent goose, barnacle goose, pink-footed goose, white-fronted goose, and grey-leg goose. The Order (as the Food Production Depart- ment explains) does not authorise persons to kill such birds in contravention of their tenancy agreements or on land or water on which they are not entitled to kill the birds, nor does it ex- empt. any person from the provisions of the Gun Licence Act, 1370.

Norsemen at Llangollen. -1 A party of Scandinavian timber-fallar-s, num- bering fifty odd, arrived at Llangollen on Mon- day night, and proceeded to the mouh aim slop'cs of the Berwyns, on the Vivod. estate, where they have formed a camp and are engaged in "fall. ing" the surrounding trees. They came to Llan- gollen from Aber, where they have been similarly engaged, via Bangor, and are under contract with the Government to per- form the work which, it is stated, will take about, six, months to complete. Light rails are tp be laid down the slopes to facilitate the haulage of the timber to the point selected at which to entrain it for its destination, and unwonted activity prevails on the uplands. A fully-equip- ped commissariat accompanies the party, mem- bers of which, in conversa-tion with our cor- respondent, describe the country as grand and the timber some of the best they have ever handled.

Fishing Restrictions Modified. I The Food Controller empowers the Board of r Agriculture to authorise the taking of sea flak in tidal or territorial, wafers by any method or RP- pliance, the use. of which is now unlawful, to use tte-e methods or appliances at times and places and m circumstances otherwise unlawful and to permit the sale oi the. fish tafcon. Any such order may be made, to apply generally or partly, and to contain such conditions and re- strictions as appear to be necessary- The use of fixed .nets, stake nets or other erec- tions may not be authorised on tidal without the-consent of the. Board of Tnade, aibdi a. similar consent has to be obtainod from the1 Commissiione.rs Of w(¡pet" and Forests for such erections on the foreshore under the control of the Commissioners.

PENYCAE. I SOHOLASTIC.Pte. George Jones, lately on the staff, of the Council Sohools, has passed the King's Scholarship Examination. He ioinedup a, few weeks ago and is at Kinmel Park.

Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., addressing a meet- ing of workers at Sheffield, on his recent visit to Petrograd, said that the present situation in Russia should be a lesson to pacifists ia this eouatry, • I

CORRESPONDENCE. DENBIGHSHIRE VOLUNTEER REGIMENT. Mr. John Mossop, Hon. Secretary, write?. osS ,behalfof the Committee of rhe Llangollen unit of the 1st Ban. Denbighshire Volunteer Regi- ment to deny the accuracy of "reflections on their late sergeant instructor at the recent.. Llangollen tribunal."

^tVirth?, 4Hairi;ti3C0 DEATH. A ROBERTS. Jeii-nie Roberts, died Julv & 23 years, only, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roberta, Dee Mill Place, Llango11elL THANKS V X ROBERTS.—M.r. and Mrs. I?jLc Roberts Son desire to Thank aJl kind friends fort;J. ¡, sympathy shown to them in their I bereavement.. Dee M-sll Place. LlanoroJlen. j N I