The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

DEVELOPMENT OF COTTAGE I INDUSTRIES. VWHAT THE RURAL LABOURER THINKS. I [The country people in Germany, Austria, and Hungary occupy their spare time with profitable hobbies. They make in their own homes all manner of wooden and stuffed toys, fancy leather goods, fretwork, bent iron work, hammered metal goods, wood- carving, lace. embroidery, needlework, etc., and no less than £ 10,000,000 worth of the goods thus made are annually imported into this country. It is desired to develop this pro-litable spare time occupation in our own villages, and the war, by preventing the importation and hampering the production of the Continental workers affords an un- rivalled opportunity for our country folk to add to the interest of their lives and to increase their incomes in this way. All who may desire to assist in this admirable effort to improve rural life should commu- nicate with the Secretary of the Rural League, Strand, London, IV,C.] Domestic industry of the kind that has proved so profitable on the Continent natur- ally depends for its success upon the enthus- iasm and persistence of those engaged in it and those who take upon themselves the patriotic task of organisation The question, "What do the labourers themselves think of the proposal to revive domestic industries?" is answered very in- structively by Mr J. L. Green in his book on "Village Industries." He has interviewed villagers in alll)arts of the country, and the following are a few among the many practi- cally unanimously favourable statements made to him by rural workers. In one remote village he found an old man, who, after working hard for many years as a farm labourer, was stricken with a malady which has permanently disabled him in his lower limbs, but left him otherwise sound and hearty. "If he cud only do a. bit o' basket making or anything like that," said his wife, "'t.wouidn't be so bad. He can eat and drink as hearty as anybody, and he can use his hands, but he can't gid about." '\Vtlll, I be cheerful,' exclaimed the old man; 'tidden no good to worry. I d' clean the neighbours' knives and boots, and I wish I had more to do.' 'How I've managed, I doaft't know,' con. tinued his wife. 'He ve a-never gied I more'n ten shullins a week, and he always kept a ehullins for hisspif. Sometimes he paid his club and sometimes he didden.' 'Be that as it may,' interrupted the old man, 'a better master and mistress than I had no man could have, and if I can't do anything now it's as -much my fault as their?; The profit and consolation such as n man as this could secure from some interesting light work which he could do at home can easily be imagined. In another part of the country another fa.rm labourer declared that, "If only something like thit could bo done for us la bourers, it would be a godsend. We've got no spare time in the spring or t'h0 summer, but when the crops are h-a?v»st«« P-nJ during tlva winter we have many an iclie hour; and sometimes we go to bed to save the burning of coal and oil! They should the children in the schools, and they should teach the folk who've left school, how to rp.al.e tiecful. H-e-re am I night uftc-r nigilt with little or nothing to do, and here's my daughter juit left school wanting work. I e'pose 6he'1l go out to service. A year or so ago Harry started teaching eom-o things here; but they used to have fine goings on with 1im, and he stopped teju-hlog. He couldn't disci- pline the youngstere; they knew him too well. If it had been a stranger, or somebody belonging to squire or parson, it would have been all righi; but it isn't much good to put anybody from our- selves over us, because we shouldn't heed him much. 'hat I should like to know,' he proceeded, 'is why our people should want to buy these things from foreigners instead of from us poor f-oik? We want the money badly; auid I'll be bound th-e-ro would be n-o lack of workers if there w-as work to do. A few extra shillings a. week would make a powff of difference to me and mine; and there be a good many more like us.' Another man had known better times. Tn his gard-an was a pigsty, and the stone flags and boarded sides were green with moss. Elsewhere was a. building that once accommodated a flock of poultry. Thtfy were empty. He had been un- able to carry on. 'I wouldn't have minded,' he said, 'if I oould have afforded to hold on for bettor timce; but when you work year after year for nothing and lose the bit you have, it's dis- couraging, isn't it?' 'Now.' he went on, 'if I could have mada a bit indoors -I'm handy with tools—I should have had something to start with again when prices got better. Why, I could make a. lot of ho things they &eli in ——'» &hop. If eamebody would lend me tbo money for proper tools and materials, I believe I could make something straight off. Look at that bookcaea and at that camp stool I made them." They were, indeed, excellently made. Another ma.n quickly appreciated the benefit that would be bestowed on the rising rural gen- eration by a revival of "Home Crafts. 'They'd be all the better for something to do,' he said, in somewhat abrupt tones. 'Keep 'un out of mischief. I couldn't ha.ve done what I I' hava w'out the few shillings extrv I've earned at mending boots. Here's he' (nodding to his son) 'want's to dD something and C).<¡;n't because there's nothing for him to do in his spare time.' 'I can mind the time when people wern't above any kind of honest work. Now some of them think good craftsmanship beneath them. I AU the same, there be many who would be <-nly too glad to earn something in thdr ep?re time, md eo much the bettar h ior them if they oould: "The old man paused to relight his pipe; and, in the interval, his son slowly remarked: 'And thaas a fact 1'" Mr Groan found the of the labourers quite aa keen-as their huihtmd^ for something which they c.:>uldd.ü v jA'-r tbe general stock, of I oom£o.rt in Ihsir homes, and he romin<? us that "we should remember- that t!'? 'homM of a nation are i5 stron?st?rts;' but that we cannot h?va a?,.ch hom?a or such forts unlem HM nten und women occupying titc.:? arc cn?b?d to live con- I tented and happy iivy?.

OUR LIBRARY TABLE. THE APRIL "PEARSON'S." I Is this J-kely to be tne lat great war? The queeiiioa is asked and answered by various well- known people ir. th April number of "l'car.ion'a Magazine." Perhaps tho most startling reply comes from Sir Hi-ram Maxim, who says, "iu the hundred years that it will take Europe to recover from 17er present troubles the UiJted States will not annex Canada, an gome pe'vpie suppose, but Canada- and the United States • together will, by that time, have annexed tho British Empire, and .„ if any of the European principalities wish to go to war, they ill have to obtain a licence from John Bull and his brother Jonathan before they can commence operations." Major-General Sir Alfred Turner, Admiral Sir E. R. Fremantle, Sir Herbert Max- well!, Lieut.-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell. 1 Mr Arnold White, Mr Norman Angeli, and, Mrs Elinor Glyn also contributo to the discussion. Mr Hilaire Belloc continues his notable series ol military articles. Another contribution, of a military nature is "Saps and Sappers," by Col. F. N. Maude, C.B. This is illustrated with a particularly well-arranged series of drawings. Sir John Jellicoe is the subject of a clever char- acter sketch by Mr A. G. Gardiner.

MR. A. E. STODDART. I TRAGIC DEATH OF A GREAT CRICKETER I Mr A. E. htoddart, the welil-known enctketer and Rugby footballer, and until recently Beore- tary of the Queen's Club, committed suicide late on Saturday night'at hie residence, Clifton Hill, M?'da. Vale, by shooting himself 'vYt? & i?vojv?r. Ho w?s found dc?d in nie bedroom by his wife It was stated at the inquest on Monday that lie had lost all his money through the war, and had become moody and depressed. This is the eeoood international Middlesex oriekefcer to com- mit-suicide within a year. A. E. Trobfc. who joined Mr Stoddart in many a. fine innings, died in the game way last July.

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TRAGIC DEATH OF AN I AMLWCH SOLDIER. REMARKABLE BATH :r ACCIDENT AT I LLANDUDNO. At the Cottage Hospital, Llandudno, on Monday, Mr J. Pentir Williams, Coroner for North Carnarvonshire, held an inquiry rela- tive to the death of Owen Pryce' Jones, a private in the 13th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers stationed at' Llandudno, and son of Mr Morgan Jones, tobacco manufacturer, of Amlwch, who died kt, the hospital as the result of injuries received from scalding while taking a bath at the Neville Hydro, Llandudno, the previous Monday. Mr George Newman was appointed foreman of the jury. Mr E. W. Johnson represented the family of the deceased, and Mr J. E. Hallmark the proprietors of the Hydro. Edward Lewis Jones, of Eithinog, Amlwoh, tobacco manufacturer, said that Jones was his brother, and was 36 years of age. At the time of his enlistment he was a purser on Board ship. iSince November he. had been a member of the North Wales Pals" Battalion. At Christmas, when the witness last saw him, he was physically lit and cheerful, but he complained that the training was rathet heavy work. At one time there was talk of his giving up the army, but he was deter- mined to "stick it." Olive May Evans, one of the nurses at the hospital, said that Jones, who was admitted suffering from scalds, died while she was on duty. Replying to Mr Johnson, the nurse said that Jones was hardly conscious. About mid- nignt on Thursday he became worse. He was strapped down owing to his being rest- less. When the change took place the matron was called, and the straps were unloosened and he was given a dose of adrenalin. By the Coroner: He was very violent until midnight. They had been told that his con- dition was desperate, but they did not know that he would not recover. HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. Richard Nickson stated that he was a bath attendant at the hydro. About five o'clock in the evening of March 29th Jones came to the h'ydro for a bath, which the witness pre- pared filling it about three parts full of water! The temperature of the water was 83 to SO degrees—about the usual tempera- ture for a warm bath. Then the witness went to attend to another patient. About twenty minutes later he heard Jones call out, and the witness ran to him. He found him seated in the bath with his back at the back of the bath and his legs over the side. The water had run out. and the hot-water tap was turned on. The water from the tap would be about 170 degrees. The plug was pulled, so that the hot water was running out as it came in. Jones was lifted out and Dr. GoOfldy was sent for. As far as the witness knew, Jones had not been to the hvdro before. There was nothing peculiar about his appearance when he came. By Mr Johnson: The bath was similar to the ordinary house bath, there being five alto- fether on the same balcony. The man had bee]! in the bath twenty minutes, which was about the ordinary time in witness' opinion. The witness was satisfied he heard Jones' first call, and he was on the spot in two or three seconds. There were three taps—sea water, hot fresh water, and cold water. The sea-water tap was distinguished from the other two, but the other two were not marked It was not for the visitors to turn on the taps, the attendant was usually asked if more water was required. Jones came with a friend, who also had a bath in a.nother part of the building. Witness said that when he responded to Jones' call he immediately turned off the hot water and lifted him out of the bath. Witness did not hear him say anything but the head bathman heard Jones say "I am all right, as though to make it appear that it was not serious. Mr Johnson: As a brave soldier should do. Nickson proceeded to say that he laid Jonea down on a clean sheet and rubbed olive oil over him, and then sent for a doctor. The skin was partly off the back. Jones' comrade came to him, but the witness did not recol- lect that any conversation occurred between them. By Mr Hallmark: When Jones called out, the witness was in the next compartment at- tending another gentleman, only half a dozen yards away, and there were no doors to the compartments. Before the shout he heard nothing unusual. FIRST ACCIDENT OF THE KIND. John William Levis, head attendant at the hydro baths, said the doctor arrived in about eight inimites. Witness had been at the hydro for 21 years, and had never known an accident of this description to happen before. Nothing like it had ever occurred in his ex- perience. The valves were not named, but they were easily distinguished by the at- tendants. They were ordinary valves, and might be turned on gradually. fnreply to Mr Johnson, the witness said the water was kept hot owing to so many baths being required. Over 1100 recruits had been supplied with bathe, and they were al- lowed to use the cold shower bath, and were not expected to turn on the water for them- selves. Jones was suffering from shock, but made a remark about being all right. He seemed quite conscious, but appeared partly dazed. Dr. E. S. Gooddv said he was called to the Neville Crescent liydro about five o'clock on the date in quesl-io-n, and found about two- t-hiras of Jones' right side and the whole of his back scalded, as well as parts of the arm. Asked how it happened, Jones did not say, and witness thought the man had quite enough to do to bear his pain without talk- ing. After dressing him, the witness sent him in charge of his comrades to the hos- pital. He did not attend the man at the hospital, but went to see him in a friendly way the next morning, and asked him how it happened. He understood him to say that he wished to turn on more water, and so slid himself round in the bath, so that he was sitting across it at the top end, with his right side towards the tape. He reached over with his left hand and turned on the hot- water tap, and then the scalding water came. The witness said to him, "Why did you not hop out?" Jones said the shock of the hot water rendered him incapable of doing any- thing. "I turned the water myself," the doctor informed the jury, on the day I was called to the Hydro, and it was quite hot enough to cause the injuries. At the time I expressed the opinion that the surface of the man's body affected was 60 large that the probability was he would die. It depends on surface rather than on depth. I came in the night before he died. Dr. Nicol was there be- fore me. Jones was delirious, and the u.-aial straps which are used in the case of delirium had been put on. Straps are much better than manual restraint. If the delirious patient feels that a man is holding him down he waits until the man's attention is diverted or his muscles relaxed, and then begins an- other wild struggle. The Coroner said it was as well that the doctor should make that explanation, as otherwise the statement about the strapping might be misunderstood. Dr. Gooddy, who is an officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, went on to say that he had examined Jones twice in the course of his army duty. He found him in good health, with his heart somewhat weak, and "a little old for his age." Re complained that he was unable to stand the strain or the military training, and the witness recommended him for his discharge from the army, which was granted about a week before the accident. Dr. William Nicol, honorary surgeon at the hospital, who attended Jones at the institu- tion, stated that deceased was admitted to the hospital with,very extensive burns, and suffering from Bhock. Be could not sleep on account of the pain and developed delirium forty-eight hours before his death, which gradually increased in enormous severity. He became so violent that he was obliged to be put under restraint, and he died from shock as the result of the burns, which induced heart failure. The Coroner then briefly summed up. The accident, he 3aid, if as a very unfortunate one. When it occurred the bath attendants ap- peared to have acted very wisely and promptly but experience of such cases taugnt that there was very little chance of recovery. It was rather surprising to learn that the tap§ at the hydro were not labelled, but it ap- peared there was nothing unusual in that, and no accident had ever occurred before, and the na £ B, according te PJ. Gooddj, appeared

MOTOR FATALITY AT I ST. ASAPH. PARTY JOURNEYING TO RHOS I BURIED UNDER OVERTURNED CAR. I While on their way to Rlhos-oivSea for the hoFdaY8, on Tiirure-clay, Mr Robert B. Sharp, master printer, of Aubum-street, Manchester, and Ivyhuret, Heatem Moor, and a party of four were practically buried under a touring motor-oar, Mrs Sharp, who was 50 years of age, wife of the owner of the car, being killed* instantan- eously. The facts were related at an inquest conducted by Mr F. Llewelyn Jones, the coroner, at St. Ai-iipn, cn Saturday. Mr R. B. Sharp, tihe husband. said he k-ft Heaton Chapel, on Thursday, in a L-ant-ia 25 touring oar. His son Alan was driving, and his wife was sitting by li/s side. The wit-n-eas was at the back with his two daughters. His son. who was 21 years of age, was an experienced driver, and had an absolutely clean record. They pa,-se,d .through St. Asaph, but instead of taking the road past the Marble Church, they went for the coast road by Rhudd!a.n. The reason for this waa that the other road was out- up by the miLi- tary encampment works. They were on tiie-ir way to Rhos-on-Sea. The ear travelled at various speeds, flowing down from 20 to ten miles an hour. When halfway to Rthuddian, on a curve, the car began to sway from side to side, ran on to a graos bank, and overturned. For a t:me hig mind was a blank. He next found himself trying to lift the oar off his wife, wli<«i> hr-ad was pinned to the ground. She was dc-ad when they released her. The Coroner questioned the witness as to the speed round the corner, and he said it was not 20 miles an hour. lie afterwards noticed that one of the tyres was flat, and came to the conclusion that a puncture had caused the ear to swerve and to interfere with the steering. Immediately a tyre went flatt-he driver could not oonlro-1 tlio steering. THE SON S PAINFUL STORY. Robert Alan Sharp, the eon, who was driving the our, ea,d the car began to swerve first to the right and then to the left. lie turned the wheel and found it would move easily. The oar then ran on to the jgrass -at the side of the road, the right-hand wheels seeming to strike a mound or a stone and the ear then felt over. He crawled out from underneath, and then saw the oethers trying to lift the car off his mother's head. Questioned by the Coroner, the witness said he liiad only pad the corner once before, and he tbo'U-g-h<o he was travelling at 20 miles an hour. Twenty ndRn hour round a. sharp corner is a preity good rate?—It would have been all right if nothing bad happened. It was not a dangerous corner. A weak tyre is more dangerous on a sharp cor. ncr?—Y es, but I believe tiie puncture happened when the oar swerved. Do YOil tihink it possible that the rate you were goong caused the skid, and the puncture cam alter wards?—No, I think the punotu.re was tha oauee of the skid. TIb:) road lis preitv good juot. there?—Yes. The jury questioned the witness aa to why li-e 'd net .a¡)¡J:,y IKS brakes, and he paid it would have been more diingeroug when the oar Mr R. B. Sha.rp said he had examinetl the road, alld he saw siigus of where the type had flattened and the sik'dding followed. Dr. Henry Lloyd, St. Asaph, said that Mrs Sharp woo killed inf tisntly, her head being crushed very badly by the car fallinig on her and pinning j h-er to the ground. The Coroner You use that corner as much as anyone, and you will agree that it is a danger- ous corner?—Not as dangerous as many in the district.. EFFECT OF A PUNCTURED TYRE. Do you think 20 miles an hour a propfr speed to take-it at?--It is rather quick, especially if any. l-li> ng else is ooming loDg. "llie doctor agreed that if there was a punc- tured tyre, with ijlje oar travcllintg as stated, there would be a tendency to pull the car to g ra so side of the ro-ad, and to cause it to topple over. Coroii,-r -a,- d that w h ilo In summing-up, the Coroner *aid that wMo they all sympathised with tihe family in their greait trouble, tdiey could not ohut their eyes to the ?c.t that th? car vas tr?'?Lin? the full 20 miles limit, and that #, a, corner whir'h ths driver had only been round once before. He sug gested that danger-posts should he erected. T'ha jury returned a verdiici of accidental dentih, and added a rider asking the County Council to éeot. danger-signs at the corner.

MR. LLOYD GEORGES POST BAG. OVER -70,000 ABSTINENCE PLEDGES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's post-bag, already of huge bulk, -continues steadily to increase in size. In response to the advertise- ment which appeared in last Friday's papers inviting the public to communicate to Mr L!oyd George in favour of the suspension of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor during the war thirteen well-tilled mail bags had been received up to Monday evening. Each bag contained from 5000 to (iIJOO letters, so that the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer had received over 70,000 letters. Many of the letters, Mr Davies (Mr Lloyd George's private secretary) said, contained simply a printed cutting from newspapers on which the sender has signed his or her name declaring himself or herself in favour of the prohibition, and semetirnes there were a large number of signatures attached to the cutting. In one case a whole regiment signed it, and another contained the signatures of all the workgirls in a factory. Among individual letters one had been sent by a very high- placed official and another had been received from a well-known and widely read writer of fiction. Hundreds of magistrates had sent letters. As may well be imagined, the sort* 1ng of this huge budget was no light task, and a special staff of from eight to a dozen had been working hard at it throughout Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

CARNARVONSHIRE COM- PENSATION COMMITTEE. REFUSAL TO CONFIRM NEW LICENCE. 1 A meeting of tho Gairniai'vonshire Licensing C'j:ii,pori<a!tior) Committee WAS luakl nA the County Hall. Carnarvon, on Wedaresda-y. The Loid-Lieu-ten.un't (Mr J. Ernest Greavce; presided, and the other .maffis'lirates preeenii were Jadso Bvvn Roberts, Sir T. E. H.obm.s. Mseers Norman Davies. Wvnn WiJ'ianis, Ric,:i,-trd Jones, Issard Davief, J. Evan Roberts, Robert Hughes, Maurice Jones, Hughes, John (Portimadoc), and Jolm Griffith Jones. NEW LICENCE REFUSED. M.r Thomas Griffith Hughes, of the Pharmacy, Hiigph-s&reefc. Eb-c-nezer, who was reprcennied by M,r M. E- Nee, applied for the co-nfiirnikit;oii of a new licence granted by 1 £ k* Carnarvon county justices to sell wine by retail a.t tdje Ilharmaey. It was s'la-tc-d that the holder of a dmdnr licence at not apply for dts renewal, and this grant was praebKKilly in substitution for it. Mr JJai,,i.d;;ncrwic, gave evidence in (support of the appkcation. The Chairman: Why do you oxisidec Uhle- licence neoceeary?—If anyone wanived wines by dooto.s'* orders, it would not be necctsary for them to go to a public-house. The Chairman announced that Ollie Oommfi were unable to confirm tlie decision of the Court below. COACH AND HORSES INN, RHIWLAS. t Mir Nee in&imaited that the siha-rcs of the com- pensation money in respect of t?e Coa?i and Horses Inn, Rhiwlas, had b?-' aU?abeJ ? M- lows:—Me«ws GiwnaU Wi^.t-Jey and Co., owners, £414. and Mr G. J. Jones, tenant LO. !———?————— ?'

CONWAY BOARD OF I CONSERVATORS. SINGULAR ALLEGATION BY THE I CHAIRMAN. I.' ATT-EMP'l' TO MONOPOLISE THE II FISIIING. LENGTH OF FISHING ROD. Arising out of the minutes Mr Con-ncli Saiiitli asked if that Board had the power to rc??'a.be the s>ize of the fis'hintg rod as had been done at ?,Z(, of tilk, ti?V?j,IAg i-(?d ar, ha<i bceii doile at The Chairman replied that the resolution was passed under the proper surveillance of the clerk, and that ii-s object wws to prevent- those taking out only trout tickets from fishing for salmon. RIVER WATCHERS' REPORT. The river watellers presented their reports. Both pointed out. that owing to the ooldnees of the weather no fish of unusual size had been taken. The various mines in the district had been visited in view of complaints of pollution. Mr David Jones said t.hat be had paid several yís!its on tJli. account to Coedmawr Pool Mine, Befctwsycoed. The manager prom sed to have the sluices1 cleaned during the Easier holidays, bur. he regretted to liay chat t.he promi&e had not been fulfilled. The company now working the mine was a new one. Mr R. Parry stated that t-lierc was very pro- nounced evidence of pollution from this mine, the river being discoloured for a considerable distance. Mr Isgoed Jones said that both in the into rest of Bcttwsyeoed ajid their own they should move ill this matter without delay. The oxide of iron and zinc lution discharged into the river from mi nes were most harmful elements, and absolutely poisonous to fish. He prop-aged that t.he clerk write to the company calling t] el'i- at,- tention to the matter. On Mr COT MI oil Smith was unanimously agreed upon. PROVISIONAL ORDER CRITICISED. The Clerk produced for tho Board's approval the provisional order issued under the Salmon and Fresh-water .Fisheries Act, 1907, with a view to the improvement and development of the salmon and fresh-water fisheries in the Board's area. Under the order the owners of fishing rights will be assessed, according to the annual value of their rights, for contributions towards the cost of conserving and developing the fishery, and the powers under the order will be exercised by an authority elected by the County Councils, the owners of the fishing rights, and tho various ola.ssffi of fishermen. The Chairman said he did not quite understand the position. He was under the impression that t.he order liad been finally disposed of at a former meeting. The Clerk explained that there were submis- sions to the Board of Agriculture. It was their duly to prepare. the order. The Chairman: I must say at once that I am very siispic ous of this order. It jõ; significant that this order and the Conway Fishing Aaeocia.• ticlI were mooted at tho same time. I fear there is all lUtempft on the part of the woaithy to monopolise the fishing at the expense of the rank and file. I understand that a bittor feeling txiHte locally ill this matter, and I say now straight that unlets; it will he mad e clear to me that tlvs order is not to the detriment of the rank and file—whom I have been ap!>ointed to repre- sent- by th-e County Council—i shali oppose it tooth and nail. Mr Conneli Smith said he re^n-ied the Chair- man's view. The Association, had been formed to assist that, Board in the improvement of the fishery. Elsi Lake hud been rc-stooked at a cost of B250. A number of free tickets were given bo resident* who took tilie trouble to apply for theim. What else they did want he d!;d not know. El.si Lake was never fished be fore the Association took it -oaer. £ ,ir Colonel Gee said it was strange that a gcnile- mam should take the office of ^chairman of the Board if lie was not in favour of the aphonic for the development of the river. Either they wanted the irvers with fish in-li iem, Qritdle.7 did not. At present they were not wortuV-ftshin^g at aill; one could fish, all week without oa-tshing any. thing. On the motion of Mr 0. Is>goed Jgones, the objecLons and the points refwi-ed to by the Chairman were referred to a committee for con- sideration and report-. The Chairman said he did not wish to object to the order in its entirety, bu-t. only to the ex- tent of doing justice to the raiik and lilc. In reply to Mr J. S. Foster, "it was ata-ted ih-at there was nofchrng to prohibit Sunday jisinri<^ in the order, but the members of the lViard agreed that Sunday fiehing was objectiona-bie. •

PE^MAENMAWR URBAN COUNCIL. A PLEA FOR ECONOMY: 4. The monthly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday, Mr R. D. Jones presiding. l'iwre were also present: Col. C. II. Dafb shire, Messrs R. D. Owen, P. H. McClemeht, S. Williams, D. Jones, G. Roberts, Thomas Roberts, and the clerk (Mr J. W. Post). 11 THE CHAIRMAN'S APPRECIATION. I At the outset the Cn a irman" referred to the termination of his term of office, and said he wiehMi to convey to the members his deep preeiation of and gratitude for the manner they had accepted hu ruling -ea,- of office. He also felt deeply grateful to the officials for their r&u,dy M-u?-u?c. psppc?liy Mr Hughes, the 9urv?y<?r, who had undertaken onerous duties the 9-arv?.v,)r, )v'iio 1,1.a(l CiLlt?iCSI pn, y?t without causing him to neglect too lat- ter (appiause). Stnco thf arrival of the troops n the district cn March 16th, ho had taken keen interest in them. lie had seen a large number of thor;s with whom they were billeted, and he was delighted to find they gave an excellent ac- count of them. Indeed the townspeople had roaaor. for self congratulation ,i-i;at such well be- haved iiad been billeted in the .locality. NEED FOR ECONOMY. Osl. Z>arb1sh.'ro explained that the Council in UMiir c?n?to had provided £ 300 lOw'aiMs meet- ? ??' ?)? Joint Hospital Board's call, or an increase of £ o0 on t? prevKyu?yea-r. &?nce then, how- ever, tho Board had t'm in a. demand for £ 391. In view of the fact that the estimatei were L'J- ready adopted, t.he Finance Commutes recom- mended that a letter be sent to the Board point- ing this out, and suggesting the adoption of economical measures such a period a.s the present. It was forrunate that the Conned had decided to levy a rate ot 5j th £ ;i>, as the 210 weekly increase in the men's wages would amount to JE172 in twelve months, .die urged upon chairmen of committees the importance of economy, otherwise they would be in financial trou ble before t,he year was out. PENMAENMAWR AND TIIE RECRUITING STATiSLlCS. I Col. Darbishire reported that lib had accom- pauied the Chairinaii to the Recruiting Com- mittee meeting held in Carnarvon, when General Owen Thomas explained the measures he Had adopted. Those measures were, he thought, most ?tL&factory. s,,t ivar, be The Chairman said Mr H. R. Davies 'a6 the recruiting agent for the counties of Anglesey and Carnarvon. It appeared to him t.hat Penniaen- mawr was left out of the recruiting -statistics owing to the fact that the men enlisted at Llan- fairfechan and elsew here. He con-tended that a recruiting officer should be appointed for Pen- maenmawr. He felt convinced that this would be done if they made representations to the pruper quarter. On the motion of Mr McClement,seconded by Mr R. D. Owen, it was decided to write to Mr II. R. Davies inviting him to appoint a recruiting offic-er for the district.

CHESTER FIRM'S PATRIOTIC SCHEME. MESSRS BROWN'S NEW PREMISES. To mark the opening on Tuesday next of the important extension to their premises, Messrs Brown and Co., of East gate Row, Chester, have arranged to give one-half the gross takings on that day to the local war relief funds. This patriotic scheme, which will afford the public an unique opportunity to help," is being heartily suppdttcd hy a number of ladies, including the Mayoress of Chester, Katharine Duchess of Westminster, Marchioness of Cholmondelev, Lady Arthur Grosvenor, Lady Lloyd Mostyn, Lady Mac. kinnon. Lady Lettice Harrison, and otliers. With these ladies presiding over the various, departments in order to assist in the sales, Tuesday next at Messrs Brown's will uilklotibt-te, edly be a great day for the Chester war re- lief funds. The proceeds will be equally- divided between the British.Red Cross Seciety, St. John Ambulance Association, Clie-ster- WaI": Fund for Soldiers and Sailors, and the Ches- ter Council of Social Welfare s- Tbough some of the large London firins have assisted patriotic movements in this way," Messrs Brown and Co., of Chester, arc pro- bably among the first of provincial business houses to carry into effect a scheme which, under distinguished patronage and sii]>{K>rfc, will iiiatei-ially help the local war relief funds., .«

SALE AT BRYN* EURYN. I MR R. E. BIRCH'S STOCK REALISES HIGH;, PRICES. On Wednesday and Thursday last week Messrs Frank Llovd and Sons conducted a sale at Bryu Euryn, Colwyn Bay, for Mr It. E. Birch, J.P. The live stock was sold on \Yednesday, and the produce implements,* gears and dairy vessels on Thursday. On each day a very large number of agricul- turists trom all parts partook of an excellent luncheon, provided by Mr Birch previous to.; the sale. J'jhe weather was beautifully line, und everything conduced to a good sale, • the results being far above expectations. Altogether in the two days 700 lots werol odd. The prices were very ,ocd. are some of the prices :tlay mare, thread years, ISogs.; black mare, 1JOgs.; t wO-Jear- old fillies, up to í8gs.; yearling fillies, up to :>5gs.; store pigs, up toOt):lii 6d; sow and pigs, up to .£15; roan cow, £ 28 5s; red cow, £:j 6s; roan cows, £ 26 15s, £ '26 5s, £ 27 15s, and JC26 lis 6d; culvers, X23 5s, JE26 2S 6d, X24 lOt. and t23 10s; two-yenr-oId heifers, £ 21 15a, £ 28 12s 6d, t21 7s 6d, and £ 20 lis; bulls, 5s, .£Z.¿; 15s, and .£23 10s; fat cows, 125 5s; fat heifers, £ 23, and X22 lOs; store bullocks, in bunnies, £ 10, £ 15 15s, and £ 14 15s; store heifers in bunches. £ 13 15s, t £ 12 10s; year tings, up to £ 12 15s Every- thing was cleared off in good style, and t,he sale was a credit to the vendor and the auctioneers.

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