The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

LONGER HOLIDAY SEASON FOR OUR HEALTH RESORTS. BRITISH FEDERATION. I NEW MOVEMENT LAUNCHED. I An important now morennent, one of the main object of which ia to make the health and holiday resorts of lingkmd and Wales better known, at hoirrw aa well tus abroad, was sveoos.sfulily launched in London to-day week. For the purpose of carrying out tho aims which tho new propaganda has in view, there has been formally organised upon a repre- sentative and thoroughly businesslike basis a Federation of British Health and Holiday Resorta, woo*, purpose will be to brizlm the charms of our health and beauty spots much more prominently before the attention of the community than has hitherto been practic- able. Not only is the foreigner to be ac- quainted with the attractions which this country haa to offer the visitor in pursuit of health and recreation; but our people at home are to be converted to the beauty of their own land, so often neglected. Another and not less important purpose the new organisation lias in view i¡,; tho extension of our a.nnual holiday season. It was at a representative conference hold a.¡; the Guildhall that tho Federation was forma-i.lv established and its constitution adopted, but prior to this conference the dele- gates from all parts of the country were entertained to luncheon in Do Keyser's Hotel a.- the gruests of Lord Burnham and the Hon. Harry Lawson, M.P. Mr Lawson himself presided over a company which. included, in athLition to the representatives of local com- munities. th-e leading officials of some of OUT chief railway corporations. Many interest- ing speeches were delivered, by the chairman and others, their main trend being that a movement established on so representative a basis, and so largely embodying the principle of co-operation and -combination, could not but prove of great good net only to the popular resorts immediately concerned, but to the community at large. Mr Lawfxm's advioe to the founders, "Stand together, act together, advance together," was warmly endorsed by the entire assemblage. Among the Nort Wales representatives were: Sir E. Vincent Evans, Mr R. Feiron, Lomdon and North-Western Railway Co.; Mr H. W. Wil- liams, Cambrian Railways; Mr Eva.n R. Da vies, Pwllheli; the Mayors of Carnarvon and Conway; the chairmen of the following District Councils, C'ol wyn Bay, Crecieth, Llaiulrindod Wells, Llandudno, Llanfa.irfoeh.an. and Portmsadoo; Mr Llewellyn, Aberystwyth; Rev. Gwynoro Davies and Mr R. G. Moore. Bat-mouth; Mr W. Williams. Crioeiet-h; Mr B. H. PtilLa.n, Bcttwsy- coed; Mr P. H. McClement, Penmaenmawr; Alderman Anthony, Pwllheli; Mr E. Allen. 001- wyn Bay; Mr P. J. Aslifield, Rhyl; and Mr T. J. Owen, Llanfairfechan. I SYMPATHY OF THE RAILWAY COM- PANIES. Colonel Burn, M.P., in proposing the toast of "Tho Railway Companies." said he was entirely in agi*eemer»t with the scheme for which the federation stood, bccausc he felt it was ineeeesary above all things that they should make the health resorts and the beauty spots of tho United Kingdom known not only in OUT own country, but throughout the length and breadth of the bear). What they weeded in order to eecuro the suocees of suoh a scheme was eo-oparation. and very necessary co-operation was that of tho railway companies. Most of the railway journeys he made were from London to what he considered one of the greatest beauty-spots in the country; and he OOould assure them that nothing could be nicer or better or morc oonvenient than the train servioo between London and Torquay (latiglitor and cheers). They got into tho train at 11.50 a.m., they lunched on the way, and before they knew where they were they found themselves at Tor- quay (renewed laughter). Mr W. Forbes (liondon, Brighton, and South Coast Railway), in returning thanks, assured the gathering that the railway companies were thor- oughly in sympathy with their movonvent (cheers). The companies wore perhaps as inte- rested as any of those present in furthering the objects the federation had in view. It was to them a source of gfoat difficulty to give satisfac- tion to the travelling community in thoso very few weeks which were now regarded as the holi- day period. If the fed-ora,tion could by any means alter the existing custom so that the holidays might be spread over a greater period thev would be relieving the railway companies of an enor- mous responsibility and give them a groat doal more freedom. The amount of good that. W43 accomplished by constant advertising was surprising. They did a great doal in the way of advertisement, but even then it was nothing to be compared with what was dono by the fc»roigiier. He was delighted, therefore, to find that a bill was being intro- duced into Parliament, by Sir Thomas Roe, to enable towns to advertise and to impose a rate— not exceeding Id in the £ —far the purpose. What was the good of having trams, water supply, gas light-ing, adid eo forth, if they could not get the people to oome to them? It appeared to him, therefore, that Parliament ought to "realise this, and he sincerely hoped that Sir Thomas Roe's bill would have the success which it deserved. He was sure he spolce on behalf of all his col- leagues when he said he wished the ffederation every success, and that, so far as Lay in their power, they would do everything to assist and support the movement (cheers). RAILWAY POSTERS. I Mr C. F. Graseman (Londom and Norfch-West- cra Railway) also responded. Alluding to the re- marks of Colonel Bum, he said he only hoped that that geaitloman had lived on the North- Western system in order that ho might have given it a.s excellent an advertisement as be had' given to the Great Western (laugfetor). The North-Western liad. a-q « matter of fact, long ago realised the necessity of advertising- very oxton- sively. lie thought most of those presont must have seen their two sea pictures by Mr Normam Wilkinson, which, ho thought, represented a new- mode of advertising the riilwat, s of Groat Bri- tain. Tihey used to get an enormous ship and no scva; now they had a great expanse of Boo. and hardly any ship (laughter). The North-Western had done a great dieial in connection with North Wale3, Central Wales, the Lake District. Scotland, and Ireland. They had come in contact with local bodies, and had' spent a good deal of momcy themselves in help- ing those looal bodies to fill their hotels and their bathing machines (laughter). He was greatly struck by the phrase used by the chair- man when he said that what they had to do was to stand togeter, act togethor, and advance to- getlier (cheers). So fat- as the N-ortlt-WK-itern was oonoftrned, they were going to do everything they possibly could, with tho holp of their friends the Piress. to tm- courage this movement. The Great Western and the North Wester n were always in competition, but on this subject they wore lying- down to- gether like the proverbial lion and limb (cries of Whos the lion?") The lion was t-he pranlier line (great laughtor). His company would be only too glad to do n U in thosr power in afford- ing facilities to the foreign Press representatives who were soon to arrive i,n this country. He thought they might adopt an advertisement on revue lines, bearing the word, '-Come over here (laughter and cheers). Mr Lawson acknowledged the toast of the chairman, and in conclusion proposed the health of ta-e socrctarj, Mr L)&vJJ0.S. AIKI the trostsiw-er Capt,ain Larking (cheers). But for the labours of these gentlemen, he did not think the com- pany would have been there that day. They had hoth done an immense deal to erasune the success of the day's proceedings. In the words so often used in the City, might they live long and pros- PCT. Mr ir, his ret)? l y. Mr Davies, in his reply, said Mr Lawson had | remarked in his opening address that their move- ment might be considered a great national irumr- ance scheme. All he would was that the father and fcunde-r of the other National Insur- anec, scheme Was a Welshman, and that the, father .and founder of the present scheme also happened to be a Welshman (clieors and laugh- ter). GUILDHALL CONFEPvENCE. I PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. I In the afternoon the delegates of the Federa- tion of British Health and Iloliday Resorts met in confei-rnoe in the Council Clamber of tho Guildhall, for the ptwpose of inaugurating tho federation, and furthering the earlier holidays movement. Mr John Hinds, M.P., pi^ided. and among those supporting him on the platform ?7rc thoHos.Horry Lawson, M.11., Sir Thomas Roe, M.P., Sir Nerval Holme, M.P., Mr Now- man. ( raig M.P., Mr Rupert Gwynne. M.P., Mr Hayon Jones, M.P., and Mr Evan R. Davies rwilheij. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings said, meet :n,g Jn that hall, they had the boit tra- ditions of the City of London behind th.rom in their movement. He moved the adoption of tho report of the proviVorva-l committee* which was formed last October for the purpose of drawing' lip a constitution and doing all that ivaa naoes- sa,ry to bring this movement into existence. Tih.ev represented sixty well-known resorts, with a rate- alilt, valito One of their objects was to get earlier liolidays, and he was glad to see that in Liverpool they intended in future to start their school holidays at the be- ginning of July. If instead of haviog all thci school holidays throughout the country crowded into six. or seven weeks they could double that time, it would be a very great gain. Then, with regard to excursion and touring facilities, all the railway companies were 00- operatunig w:th them, and the full saason railway services would commence tJ1ü" year very mauy weeks earlier than ever before. One vory imp portant matter in which they were deeply cAn,- cerned was the Health Resorts Ackverti&ing Bill. Thia bill bad boon many times before the House of Commons, and in this matter tht-y liaj had a very good friend in Sir Norval Helme, while 8:<r Thomas Roo had done great service in bring the bill season after season before the Ilouae. Ho hoped that before Parliament rose this year tho bill would Ike an Act of Parliament. Mr Evarfi H: Davies, Town Clerk of Pwllheli, and secretary of the orovisional committee, sec- onded the motion, and qilln.oml«'(t that since the issue of the report five new h,ealfh resorts had come into the federation—Bexhiil, Windermere, Ambleside, Grass mere, and Llanwrtyd Wells. Tho towms whioh had joined within thx> last fortnight had expressed concern ias to the pox-a- bility of arranging for tho foreign editors t.o visit thosoo places which had come in at the last mo- ment. He beliovcd, however, that they would bo able to extend tho tour to covor a. period of three weeks, and he thought this would make it pos- sible. Mr Harry Lawson, M.P.. had expressed a desire on behalf of the proprietors of The Daily Tele graph to provide the foreign editors, after a laborious day and a Government bwifjuet, with <an all-night- sitting at The Daily Telegraph Offices; and he was ,tire that such an indication of the interest taken in the tour by the Press of this country would 1>0 deeply appreciated by tho editors from France and Belgium. Margate had voted £ 200 to its mayor to assist him in enter- taining these visitors, and he commended the ex- amplo to the attention of other towns. They had already got sixty places in their fede- ration, and ho thought this was something of a.n achievement, seeing how short a time they had been at work; but there were in the country an- other sixty resorts whioh ought to come in.. Ho believed that certain railway and othor interests in Franco wore organising a publicity campaign in this country this year, and were spending £ 1-0,000, and the question was whether 'British re- | sorts wore prepared to rise to the occasion and provide a like sum to inform the people of Franco about the attractions of this country. If tho fHlf),rat,¡c)fi .üibta.inod the adheTemoe of all tho re- sorts in England a.nd W-ales they would speedily realise their aspirations. OBJECTS OF THE MOVEMENT. I Councillor Aveling- (Southport) submitted the draft constitution of the federation, in which its objects were thus set forth;— To promote legislation to ensure recognition for and to cahaiiec the status of health amd holi- day resorts, including powers to raiso fundo; from the rates for advertising their attractions. To undertake, organise, promote, and develop schemes for giving wider publicity and }nromi enoe to British resorts, both at home and in foreign countries, and for that purpose to act in conjunction with Government authorities, transport companies, and others. To aid and promote movements for reorganise- j tion of holidays so as to extend the season over a longer period of the year. To provide increased facilities for touring in the British Isles, and iu Ptrt Ic-ular to improve such facilities from foreign countries both as regards efficiency of travel and economy of faros. To pronioto the interest of British resorts at inter- (national and other exhibitions, and if and when necessary to promoto or to aid the promotion of exhibitions specially designed to further the claims and interests of British resorts. To organise Press campaigns in British and for- newspapers and journals and by inter change of visits and courtesies. To assist in preserving places of historic itit-orest and in improving the amenities and enhancing the attractions of all British resorts. To organise and conduct schemes of co-oporative advertising. To conduct a Press bureau. To establish, conduct, organise, and develop a bureau of information, with offioes at suitablo and convenient centres, for the advancement of the interests of tho ^deration. To enter into arrangements with tourist firms and Other combinations to safeguard :and develop the interests of British resorts in all parts of the world. To organise improve hotel .and other hospi- tality arrangements at British resorts aad,, t( known the If itthwtiaIU and claims more wide!y •J/'J™ Provided that the federation ghoulJ oon- Si6t od iepresf-ritativec, of towti3 and orgaS.2' appoinh-d on the ba61S of ^representative for eac-h £ £ 11000 0.0M00 O or fract(ion thereof of raOOabl Prov'^ that no <-<??t should bave more than throe Mpr?cntativ?; and the annual subscription w&s fix?d a? fon?w? -—R??h]f?? undM- B10,000. 23 5s u?rM?onnf?' under £ 100,000, £ 10 10s; .nd?2?.?l?"' "?'?t ?50.000. 221; over ?M.oao £ 26 5, In mov?K the a.doptMn of the constitution Councillor Aveling said they bad pimposeiv made it very wide; and there was nothing in it. &P.- tagonistic to anyone. AMcrmMt Simmons (Eaetbourne) seconded the mo  a brief discussion on some points of ck resolutlon w? p? and cairied unani mUllsb'. I OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE I Aiderman Bickcrstaffe (Blackpool) moved that tl- off"O'ers &nd should l»e app^mted I as President: The Duke of Argyll. Vice-Presidents: Lord Aberoonway. Lord Burnham, the Hon. Harry Lawson, M.P., Hit ( hfford Ury M P., Sir Francis Edw.ards, M P 8ir Hubert Rol-jorts. M.P., Sir Thomas Roc, M.P., Sir Norv,*al I-It'llyw.. M.P., Colonel C. R. Durn, M.P., Major Dalrymple White, M.P Mr Ern,(sst, Pollock, M.P.. Mi G, Hay Morgan M.P., M. Douglas Hall, M.P., Mr Norman Craig, M.P., Mr C. 8. Goldman, M.P., Mr Ruoort Gwynne, M.P.. and Sir Richard Staplev P,,upo Chairman Mr John Hinds, M.P. Treasurer: Captain Albert Larking. Secretary: Mr Evan R. Davies Executive Committee: Representatives oi Brighton, Bournemouth Eastbourne, Folkestone Hastings, Soutlisea, Shanklin. Loweotoft, M-u- gate, Norwich, Romsgatc, Scarborough IlfrA rombc, South Devon, Torquay, INr eston-oiiper. Mare, Blackpool, Isle of Man, LaJte District. Southport, Aberystwyth, Cambrian resoi-ts Col wvn Bay, Llandrindod, laantiixino North Wales Board, RhyI. lieamington, Malvern, and Tun- bridge Wells. Councillor A. L. Adutt (Margate) seconded the motion, and it was unanimously adopted. j HEALTH RESORTS ADVERTISING BILL. j Mi- F. S. Hex, Town Clerk of Torquay, movod That this Conference of British Health and Holiday Resorts appeals to members of Parlia ment to support the Health Resorts Advertising Bill, which is scheduled for second reading in the House of Commons on May 1st; submits that the matter is one of grat, urgency owing to the serious inroads made upon British holi dsyr traffic by Continental resorts, which are extensivoly advertised at the cost of public funds. and also because it is imperative that the claims of British resorts should be brought to the notioe of the holiday public in foreign countries; and urges the Government to pro vido facilities to pa.1S the Dill into law during the current Parliamentary session. The object of the Bill, he said, was to sanction tho advertising of health and holiday resorts 1n thoso authorities which might choose to avail themselves of its powers, by moans of newspaper advertisements, placard s, posters, and in any Iva 5 they might think desirable, but with this proviso, that the amount to DO raised by "the rate for the purpose must not exoeed Id in the pound of the rateable value of the district. The measure had the support of tlic. Association of Municipr Corporations an-d of too Urban District Councils' Association, while many local authorities had separately petitioned in favour of it. Mr R. G. Wood (Folkestone) seconded the motion. In I145 town, lie said, a penny rato would produce £ 1000; and he tliougftit they ou-Wit to vote 25 per cent, of this to the federation Ibis measure had boon too long delayed. Sir Thomas Roe, M.P., in supporting the motion, expressed a trong ?opp for the BurN'Sf; motion, Bill. H? had for ye%ra been aasocia.t?d with a similar Bill. He held in his hand a Bill which ho introduced in 1908, and ever since then he had been pegging away at it. Sir Norval Helme, M.P., said his native county, Lancashire, had many very attractive watering-places, catering for the teeming' null i ons" of Lancashire and Yorkshire. and tihere- fore he had a personal interest in this Bill, Mr Norman Craig. M.P., said he would do in his humble power to get the measure made effective at the earliest possible moment. EARLIER HOLIDAYS. I Captain Larking (Early Closing Association) iiiovclj:- That the conference reoords with satisfaction the generous and widespread response extended to the appeal made in support of the oarlier holidays' movement by railway companies, publio bodies, and in the Press, and re- affirms its conviction that, the efficiency ftrii economy of the holiday service throughout t.he country would be enormously advanced if the holiday season ivero spread over a longer period of the year. June, he said, was absolutely the most beauti- ful month in which to take a holiday. Ho con- demned tho dumping-down of tliousands of Terri- torials in the first fortnight of August. Mr J. T. Co we 11 (Isle of Man) seconded felte motion. Dr. Sarolea, in supporting said the Eng- lish health resorts had been too mod est in tthe past. There were two forms of patriotisni-tlio British form, which planted colonies in all palrts of the world, and the French form, which at- tracted people from all parts of the world to France; but tho two forms worn not incom- patible. The resolution was carried. On the motion of Mr R. P. Culley (LJan- drindod), seconded by Mr Sidney Jones (Town Clerk of Scarborough), a vote of thanks was accorded- to tho City Corporation for the use of the Guild Hall; and Mr H. I). Roberts (Brighten) proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by Dr. R. Hmrd- field Jones (Leamington).

A thrush's nest containing four eggs was found by Mr George Rowley, Whitehoirst, Oliirk, on March 10th. Tho nr",t was built against the wall of his house. At tho Liverpool Stadium, last week, Private Johnny Bash am, oW ,P^l Welsth Fusiliers beat Dick Nclw in a fiftr r (

POULTRY ON SMALL HOLDINGS. 1 It is not unusual that poultry tarros and sina.tt holdings are not ao satiatactory in the rt-uft,s they yield as they might be, and their owners foei that the labour involved in work- inig them is not sufficiently compensated by the returns they give. And every county, or, ono might say, every p&rticui&r holding, has ito own individual charact-eristiics whicb have to be taken into consideration in order to obtain the best results. As a rule, the. small holder or [xvultry farmer onters theee things both eagfrly and tn(i gene. rally without n.ny guidance from any autho- nty upon the subject, and it. is through this very oagemess that he otten overlooks the natural advantages which arc great essentials to labour saving, and which a loss biased authority would be able to point out. The equipment of a gnlall poultry farm is all expensive affair, butthe.re are majay ways of eoonomis.ing in both fendng and timber without sacrificing any acocssory to the birds' welfare. Sorno of theoe economies may be touched on, but all of them could not be men- tior-ed, as th<,y will have to be met by the particular need of ewh small holder, one time poultry faring-as poultry farms pure and simple—wore mitoh sought for, but opinions gradually veered round under tho conviction that the poultry farmer had further opportunties than he could use for the fowls, and that poultry farming in connec- tion with market, gardening promised to be a more fruitful source of euocesft, M, in the latter case, the "oggy are not all in 01W basket," a,nd. althougih it is not proposed to offer any guidance on the market garden side of tho cstablishimonit, yet it is a fact that those merely growing gioon food for tho aaltc of the birds, thus sweetening and purifying the land, aro able to faMu a great numibor of birds to the acre with less probability of the failure and diaea&o that resutts from ovet- crowdiag. Havimig arrived a. THE SMALl, HOLDING, j take a comprehensive survey of tho land; per- haps one part may be more stony and less productive than another. It so, this is the plaoo whore tho stores and permanent build- ings should be situated in shaping things out. a general idea is to have a central 8itle pas- sage from one end of the plaoo to the ot-Wr. Thon fix the site of the fruit treos, whether they be gooseberry, or etirrant. bushes, or fruit trees of a larger growth, they will be more or less perman-eait fixtures when planted. The poultry cannot run under these fruit trees during the fruit season, but they might with considerable advanta"^ to the trees, and the Kind, and lastly to tSemseives, be allowed to forage underneath them for a few months each year. Poultry, Wh,n not pampered or overfed are most assiduous hunters of grubs of every kind, and tlioy rid the trees and land of para- sites which would be detrimental to them, be- sides cultivating ami bringing the land into finer particles thaai the poultiy farm-ar would eveir have time to do. Having decided, then, that the fruit trees are to be considered a fixture and that the birds can only run under them from November to March, tho piece of land adjoining this lot suioutd be settilled <ou for winter vege- tables. This arrangement leads up to the thought that if the poultry house were placed oui tho path between these two plots and a d-oor put in the fe-n>ce, it would be a wonder- fully simple matter to ELHow for the birds t » be put out on either one sÍidle or the other without the laborious feat of catching the fowls and m-ovimg the house. They can go to bed as usual and a trap door by which they enter can be closed, and the door on the oppo- site side can be opened, and they will be at liberty to enjoy a fresh run 11114ier the bushes, whilst the vacamt pl.ct of land is ready for a crop of cabbages or other seasonable winter greens. In thw oase a grass run for poultry does not oome under canssdoration, as in a market garden., tkctae is an albundanoe of waste green plotter for the fowls* use, and earth runa need not be so large as gTass rims,, particularly when they are laid out in this l hygienic manner. If one part of the holding is especially damp and unsuitable for poultry, do not overlook I THE CLAIMS OF DUCKS. ) Unlure poultry, they require only a low fence,, and if iogai^-berriee 0If blackberries were. trained on a alitht railing, it would appear as a very staitisfacitkvry fence, from which oould be gathor+d an enormous crop of the berries in question. Anyone who has not tried tibia method can have no idea.of the giant berries tihat are produced from briars in the vicinity of a duck run. As many black- berries "have 'beem taken a shoot hedge under twenty yatrdø long as would have been gathered only from a mile or two of natural hooge. Here, as with poultry, it vould be advisable to have the duoks one side of the fence one year and the* other side of i*. the next year. If there is a gliass house on the holdiiisg, and tomatoes are part of the crop, a better manure foe theim than poultry maiwure could not be found. It is beneficial to a-I crops, and the prejudice which once existed against it. is rapidly dying out. The fcncinff of a emadl holdiMjg should be of a riiovawo charaoter. The jiurdies should be -ix feet «qua.re, Willi a point of a foot extra. 1-,1) plaint in the ground, and they should be boarded up two feet from the ground, the remainder of the hurdles beimg covered with "iu,c,h wire nettkwg. Two bold-holders shou Id Ix; bored in each -upright and the holie sfoould 1" thorougHy tarred, amd. if the bolts are well oiled a fence of this description is easily carried about from one vacant plot of land 4 to another. I SATISFACTORY REARING. It must mot be overlooked that soil r i c-limafe affect poultry reairing considerably, which will often account for profit or loss, Mr Farer, of Biodlovr Ridge, Bucks., on tlh Saunderton Land Estates, where poultry farm- 'n? is extensively corned on, f;ends imterc?. ing imi<)r-tiom to Chantickw on the roar. and hatohing of dhickens on h?6 farm. The ?TMl M a suitable dry chalky SMi, 800 fwt eea level, where ¿ tlK- at!iioapheax> is clean ajid healthy, and great- suoceisB is attained by poultry rearnnjg, the chickens enjoying an Miimunity from disease. hatching largely by inoubators, strongly breeding only from titock birds hatched und-er hens. wKielx, he contends, en- sures strength and health, and a,n abeeiice of ] klioato chieiens. The only remedy against w in the stock is to hatch as' many birds as possiblo by natural methods, and use principally hm- liatchcd stock in the breeding pens. At Bled- low Bridigie such operations have proved most iuccesstcul, -I,ud lit-t-Ie or ino Icasies experienced. h this duck-bre<e>dintg diistriot a great nuIA- ber of birds are kept, which are all hatched' under hens, and often batches of 17 to 18 may be seen; whilst in most instances t-he :tock ducks have no water to wwim in, but he eggs prove most fertile. The very great. difference scon in th, growth of oliic-ks hatched under hens and bred from stock that have for generations never seen an incubator is wonderful, and the losses sustained a.re very small. It is a well known fact that chickens for the market were very. scarce this year, owing to the mortality with rearing, which may be remedied if vigorous stock birds wore always Utied in the breeding pen. Such weli- e-x pressed sentiments, supported by exper- ience,. are very welcome to Chanticleer and win 00 mad with interest by chicken rearers. There is Jlmoh, however, to be urged for and against, artificial hiatelxinig and rearing, which 1. most eess»e.nrtia l if the poultry industry is io make progress, but it is generally recog- nised that, the sac-ret of success in the pro- pa_gation of all kinds of live stock is careful selection and vi:«K»ur in the breeding pen. )) itliout fear of donial (-liaaticl-oer asserts that artificial-hatched chickens from suc-h pella in the hands of experienced breeders de- velop into tho strongest, of fowla, and this opinion wi 11 lK. endorsed by my readers in all part", of Great Britain. Chanticleer will be pleased to give FREE advico by post to interested readers of the North Wales Chronicle. Stamped directed envelope must bo enclosed. All communica- tions should be brief nnd loiters endorsed Poul- try" should be addressed Chronicle Office, Bangor. Government booklets on Foods, Feedings, Appliances, etc., cent GRATIS to ats- pirants to Poultry Culture

NO APPETITE FOR FOOD. i When you have no appetite for food, or w'(\n food is distasteful to you, no matter how attrac- tive or wholesome it nwiy be, then you can tako it for granted that something is amiss with your digestion. j,Wluat you need ia a. good t-mir. for tho stomach. liver, mbd bow-els. And there i? nothing better than MotHier Seigel's Syrup. It roo-n sharpens -up the appetite, and regulates, tho entiro digestive system. Then you relish your food, and dcr.s the proper amount of nourishment from it,, without which you cannot hopo to enjoy really good health. After a few dosaa of Mother Beigel's Syrup you can oat hoartily, and oat wh,at is prepared for you with- cut fear of pains to follow. Mother Seigel's fiyrup really does tone up nnd strengthen the ^estive -ore-am an^ ^1 arP?lta

SAILORS' INSTITUTE FOR I HOLYHEiD. PRESENTATION TO MRS LLOYD I GEORGE. A NMiSON RELIC. I Fur -maniy years giaslt the British samd Foreign Sailors' Society has been giving sl)c,cival att-onition to the neodis cf various of the seapcirts of Wales. A few jvars aigo, through the ganeimruty of the late Mr John Cory (Car- diff). a Siiillors' In-stiture w.as built at Milford Havon, aitd was opened by MM Lloyd George. The society is concentrating- its attention upon HOlY hood, where a mis.-aona.ry isas been l,bbo,trin,- for or-or sixty years, by mcajis of visits to vessels in the harbour. But it has been felt that the time has arrived when a bold forward movement should be tafoen to provide an adequate building. With the ob- ject of a,iding tifte movement initiated by the late Lord Stratheonia, who subscribed £500, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs Lioyd George invited some 300 gtwst6 to a drawing-room at 11. Downinig-sjtrcet on Wed. nesday afternoon. I<ord Pontypridd ivre^kled, and among those present wore Mr Ellis Grif- fith, K.C.. M.P., Sir J. Ilerbort Rot>crts, M.P., Mr David Davies, M.P., Sir Clifford Cory, Bart. M.P., Sir Vincent Evans, General Sir Own Johns, Mr T. W. H. Idris, the Revs. Dlavid Oliver, J. Hartwell Jonos, Gwynoro Davies (Barnw^uth), and Peter Hughes Grif- fiths; Lady Stafford Howajd, Mrs J. Herbert Lewis, Mrs Ellis Griffith, Mr T. E. Ellis, and Mrs Llewelyn Williams. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S HOPE. I The following telegram was received from Quean Alexandira:—"I am desired by Queen Alexandra to thank you for your telegram of this momimig, and to express hor Majesty's oope that- every may attend the move- ments NOT the beinofit of tllw British and Foreign Sailore' Society, in wihioh society her Majesty always takeo a interest.— Comptroller," Lord Ponitypridd, who pr&sided, aid ladies always had been supl)ortom of the British and Foreiign Sailors' Society movement. The first tiling- ho remembered about it was the open- ing of the institute at Cardiff given by the then Marchioness of But, iind now Mrs Lloyd G eoiTg<e was helping forward the special move- ment as affecting North Wales. The IWv. E. W. Matthews (secretary of the British aloo Fcireilgn Sailors' Society) delivered an addrcvsH. Sir Chas. Tarring (chairman of the Finance Committee.), having made a brief .statement-, the Chairman oallied mpon My hon. friend, M.r Griffitih, whom I hope soom to oall my right hom. friend," to propoiac a roaoluti<xi reoogniaing the inddbtedneisa of the nation and empire to its afamcm, and approving the special objects of erecting a,ii institute in the port of Holyhenid and the pro'sentetion of replicaa of tliio society's flag to the school-> of Wales. MR ELUS CRIFR, MI. I Mr Griffith satitd he naturally regarded Holyhead as the ohief of the Welsh porte —(laiiigthteir)—although be could not romcim- bar it whon it had only orae-fifticth of the aailores frequenting it at the present day, Tha.t was because ho camo not from tho pro- gressive aouth. but from tho conservative north ili, knew of no worthier objeot to support than the provision of a sailors' refuge for Holyhead. and in the name otf the |>e>c»ple of Anjg^e.sey he eordiialdy ffupportod and commended the srihamo. Mr David Davies, M.P.. (supported tlie re- aolutioai, and it was adopted -unanimously. Sir Clifford Cory propowed, and the R. T. Eyniom. Datvi<y< seconded, a. vote of th-amks to Mr and Mrs Lloyd (4eorge. Si.r Frnckirick Green, (treasurer df the ^( vLety) 'Jrs L. OeoTge to accept, a souvenir in the form of a bust of Nelson, uipon which was the following inscription "British ami Foreig-n Sailors' Soeie>ty. Patron, his Majesty King George V. Pre- sented to Mra D. Lloyd George as a souvenir of appreiciation of welcome by the Right Hon. D. Lioyd George, Chained!or of the Exch«K|iiar, to meeting held at I)ow,n-inc,ot.rept London, on Tbahia/lif of soctety's statiomis in Walesa in the centenary year of its Bethel flag. Oak and copper from Nelson's flagship J VictoTy. Mamh 13, 1914." TREASURED SOUVENIR. j M TR Lloyd George personally ret-urned thanOoa, and Etaid she would always treasure the historic f.-onivonir just- handed to bc.r. The holding of the meeting there was in purswawoe of the promise she gave to the secretary when she opened the institute at Milford Haven, aDd dine earnestly hoped i-ne outcome of the gathering would be to enable the opening- af the Holyheajd Institute free of dobt. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society was doing executant work in all parts of the world, and she had received information of at loa&t one •co nor ate c;u^e—viz., that, of a sailor stranded in a Black Sea. pwt-who was helped and eared for by the eociety. The following donations towards the insti- tute were. among others:—Late Lotrd Strath-cona, £ 500; Mr R. Nk-boll, .£100; Air J. H. Listor, Barmouth, £ 50; Sir Clifford Corv, £ 50; Mr David Davies, = £ 50; Mr A. J, Tiibrook. Milford Haven, £ 50; the Marquis of Bute, £ 50; Mr Richard Cory, j650. A programme of Welsh music was reiwiered by Miss Diiys Jonea and Mr Walter Glynne. Juat a. t proceedings closed Mr Lloyd George, who had besen pressingly d-etainotl tat the House of Comamonfi, intde his appaa»rfl.nioe, and had a groat ovation; but' in rosponse to criea for i, spoeoh** the Chancellor entered upon the pleasant duties of 1,-Min(r his guevsfcs to the sumptuous refreshment, tables.

ANGLESEY FARMER'S ) SUICIDE A WIFE'S DISCOVERY. I Mr Thomas Own (junT.), Treban Mill, Libamibeulan, Anglesey, farmer, connn it-ted suicido by hanging himself in a. stable at an early hoar on Saturday morning. According- to their it-nial custom Mr and Mrs Owen had break fas-tod shortly aftor six o'clock. Aftorwarde t.he deceased aniaouaoed his iaitonition of going out. for the purpose of sotting the mill in motion. Some time later his wife, funding the mill net working, be- came alarmed, and went in search of her hus- band. She proOONk-d to tlvo stable, and dis- covered that the door was WTted from the, rtskie. Sho looked through the keyhole, and was horrified at seeing feer hutsband siunpeoded from a beam over one of the horse boxes. In a state of ooM/apee Mrs On ran shouting to the house, and later the stable door was forced open. The body was quite warm, a.nd was in a. doubled-up ition, tho knees almost, touch- ing tho ground. Rotind the deceased'3 neck was a rem tightly drawn. THE INQUEST. Dr. J. R. Prythenoh (Deputy Coromor for I Anglesey) held th? inqu ?M. 4-,?u TiM?K?y ?torn- kmgl Mr Richard I Rowlands, draper, Bryn- gwraiii, being fumma,ii of thf) jury. Mra Eldzabotli Owen, tho widow, was the first witn,sa callodi, hut she was so overcome wit.h emotion that it was some time before she was able to give her evidence. She stated the facts mentioned above, and abided tliaf when deceased left the house 011 the morning of the tragedy he waa, to all appearances, in good spirits. Half an hour had elapsed be- fore Rhoe- -went out in search of him. Jolm Hughes, labourer. Penrhos Plnce, Bodedern, said that he had been working with the deceased for about a month. On the morning in question he arrived at the house a 7.30. He saw Mrs Owen coming from the direction of the ooaich-house, and he went to 111H her. Just when he reached lier she fairnted. and he then wont for her brother, John Hughes. Tho Deputy Coroner; Did you then know what had happened? Witness: Yes. I had loo tlirough the keyhole of the stable door, a.nd saw him hanging. In further reply to the Deputy Coroner, witness stated that he was too frightened at what he saw to do anything but, run for Mrs Owen's brother. He did not attempt- to break open the door. Mrs Owen's brother returned with him, by which tima she had rcowered ooiii=:oiousnes», and went to the hofus?. Tlney them forced open the door, and' took clown the body. The man waa dead, but his body was warm. His knees were froan 12 to 15 inches fiom the ground, and his toes wore actually touching the groumd. The Deputy "Coroner: If you had burst the door opeai at first you might h- tv.L- saved him. Witness I was too frightened. Mr Pierco (a juryman): Could you have ojiened tho door by yourself? Witness: No, I oould not. It was a very strong door. Tlieje watS no one at the hoarse at the time. Tha Foreman You say you sa w him through the keyhole? Witness: Yea. U^lyixvg to a juryman, tho witness stated that when lie first SalW -the bodv it was quite rigid a.nd motionless. I>eceat»ecL did not ap- pear to bo in his usual spirits on Thursday and Fritchy. He seemed very low-spirited, and would not. speak a word, lie would only eat very littfe. Questioned by the Deputy Coroner, witness said the dmoased was worrying about- his aunt's will, of wfhieh ho was an executor. He had told witness of this. The Deputy Coroner: Was there anything el-- troubled him? Witneas: Only the illwww of his father. The Deputy Coroner: Anything else? Wi.br.ess: I think that, somothi-ng in connec- tion with tho Rhosneigr "Wafer Bill was worrying him, but not so much as the other caowasi. The Deputy Coroner: What was this about the R.h<s-.i*;e>iigr water? A\ritneias: Some people wore here a few days n., They wanted to take the water from htis mill, and he had put in a claim against them. John Hughe?i, Treban, a brother of the Viidorw, testified to beting eaflod by the last witneiw. He took his sister to the house and then ran back to the stable. They had some difficulty in forcing the door open. When i they took tho body down the deceased was quite dead. Replying to a jurym'an, the witness Raid that the provicms witness could not ItaveI. opened the door by himæM. In sumani-ng u) ) the Deputy Coroner re-1 ma.i'kod that possibly th? droeascd's life would have baeai saved had the door been forced open as soon as the body was .seen, but t-hat was only a.n assumption. A vwdiot of "Suicide du.ritiig temporary ir«sanaty" was returned. The jury also passned a vote df the deepest sympathy wit.h the widow and the deceased's aged fatLlwT in their sad bereavement.

WELSH CENTENARIAN. I QUITE HAPPY IN WORKHOUSE. At the Fedtiniog Board of Guardians, on Tues- day, Mr Cadwallador Roberts referred to the presence in the wcxrkjvott-t, of Mrs Burke, 101 veairs of age. whose Imisb&,rbd &iea thi,oo y-eftxs ago, aged 104. He had asked the old lady whether she would like to leave the workhouse, and slip promptly replied, "No, thank you. I am quite happy here. I don't want to Jc?vo JHre exoopt to ?o to ho&von" (laughter a.nj ?pl&uae?.

Bough, scaly patches, pimples and B B blotches. and painful cracking should be I ■ tal,-on D-s symptoms lndic&ting that the skin ■ fij urgently need. revitalising by Zim-Buk. I ■ Zam-Buk is far better than toilet creams I ■ which clog up the pares of the skin and I ■ aggravate the trouble. There are active B ■ medicinal ewncH present in Zam-Buk H which are absorbed deep down beneath the ■ H outer layer of skin. When usedfor an Spring I B skin troubles, Zam-Buk dispels disease and I growl now skin.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASF AT CONWAY. MODIFICATION OF ORDER. No further oases of foot and mouth diseme have been traced in the district since the one at Conway WM reported, and the Board of Agricul- .Iure have now modified tho order, as it affecta certain areas on the outskirts of the district in- cluded in the original order. The zone referred to comprises the petty sessional division of Bangor (excluding Aber and Llanfairfechan), and the parishes of Capel Curig and Bettwsyoood. Tho parishes of Abergele rural, Abergelt urban, St. George, Gefn, Llannefydd, Llanaan* nan, Llanfair-Talhaiarn, and Gwytherin, and suoh portion of tho parish of Llanrwst rural aa lies to the south And oast- of the road (and in- cluding that road) from Llanrwst to LlangernieW (via Plais TJdhaf), in tho administrative oourtty of Denbigh, the parish of Ii<>delwyddan. The oixler sta." that "When an inspeotor of tho local authority considers it necessary or ex- pedient. that an animal in his district should be permitted to be moved for any purpose from premises in the zone to any other promises in the zone, he may authorise such movement by • mov em ent i icenec."

SAID NO HOPE FOR BABY. ACUTE BOWEL CONSUMPTION CURED, WHEN" OTHER MEANS HAD FAILEDt BY DR. CASSEU-'S TABLETS. Hew is a story which shows how little suffering infants, often wasted to the last degree of eiiraciation, are made well, aud big-, i and. honny. by the wonderful healing Wet of Dr, Oawsell s Tablei Scan recently by crar sj»ecial reprosemt ative, Mrs Shoram, of 1G5, Castle Street, Groat Grimsby, said: "When only a lew weeks old my little Philip began to wafte away till he h. was so thin it was pitiful to see him. Everything that skilled treatment could do was done to save baby, but it was I in vain. We t. Babv sliorain, (Ircat Grimsby were told it was consumption 01 tee 00we.a. and that there was rot a ray of hope left. He .seemed always in pain, and cried day and night. I was afra-id to leave him, and for quite four months never knew what it was to have a night's rest. But when I commenced, giving Dr. Cassell's Tablets, what a blessed change. In a few days there wa.s improve- ment. You can imagine how earnestly I per- severed with the Tablets, and the result is that. m." child is spared to 111c. Nine months old, he is now a bright, bonny baby, alwaye laughing." The woud-erful power of Dr. Cassell's Tab- lets to c-tira nerve-failure, stomach and kidney weakness, and general vital depletion in old and ycuag, makes them the surest remedj ever devised for Nervous Breakdown, Ameroia, Debility, Nerve Pains, Heart Weakness, Kidney and Stomach Dia- orders, Children's Weakness, Spinal and Nerve Paralysis, Brain Faa, and all run-dowa conditions. Send 2d to-day to Dr. Cassell'a Co., Ltd. (Box 53), Chester Road, Manchester, for a free sample. All Chemists sell Dr. Cassell's Tablets at 10d, Is qd, and 2. 9d. the 2s 9d size being the most economical.

Mr George Wcstinghouse, the eminent engin- eer a.nd inventor of the air brake, died at New- York on Thursday from heart failure. The question of expending the sum of orft 210.450 on the erection of publio buildings, the installation of electric lighting for the district. and otliet- public improvements was discusse d at a special meeting of the Connah's Quay Urban Council, lust woek. It was decided to apply for a loan.

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