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LONDON TIME-TABLE ANDI RED-RAIL…
LONDON TIME-TABLE AND I RED-RAIL GUIDE. The current issue of this popular publication it. on sale at all railway bookstalls and leading newsagents. The "London Time-Table and Red- Rail Guide," of 3, Kingsway, London, extends fco nearly 600 pages and deals with over 3000 railway static-is, and as it is sold at Twopence the publishers may fairly claim that it. is the best and cheapest Railway Guide ever published- It oontains, in addition to the Railway Time-Tables, a ir-ass of information that is .mvalua.ble not only to Londoners, but to all visitors to London; and altogether it is a surprising Two- pennyworth.
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Leave to presume the death of Mr Francis P. Clements, brother and heir-presumptive of Lord Leitrim, to whose title there is now no heir, was ffiven by Mr Justice Low in the Probate Divi- iian on Monday.
| 297 COMMISSIONERS.'
297 COMMISSIONERS. EVER-GROWING NATIONAL SERVICE I STAFF. There are in all twenty Com miss ioneirs, ten Deputy-Commissioners, and 267 Sub-Commis- sioners foe- National Service in Great Britain, Mr Stephen Walsh, the now Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of National Service, atated on Monday. Eight are temporarily loaned by other Govern- ment departments and 234 (the traded commis- sioners) are volunteers. The Agricultural Commissioners' duties are much more extensive. They are mositiv of the land alleni class. Their salaries are: Twelve com- missioners at E500 per annum, two deputy and thirty-eight sub-commissioners at JE200 per annum, and one sub-commissioner at 2150 per annum.
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I>r. ftederiok Taylor has been re?el?cted Pre- ? oi&nt of the &¡aL College ? P?yaicMu?
IUNIVERSITY OF WALES AND THE…
I UNIVERSITY OF WALES AND THE STUDY OF WELSH. [ CENTRAL WELSH BOARD SUGGESTIONS. (PROTEST BY BANGOR COUNTY SCHOOL [ GOVERNORS. At a meeting of the Bangor Local Governing Body, last week, Dr. R. W. Phillips presiding. Sir Henry Lewis opened "a discussion on certain points in the evidence which the We" Central Boa.rd propose to submit to the Royal Commis- sion on Welsh University and Secondary Educa- tion in Wales, which resulted in the passing of an important resolution by the governors. Sir Henry said that with the evidence to be given on behalf of the Board he, as. a member of the Board, disagreed, and he had written to the secretary of the Board to say so. Ho thought, however, that public attention ought to bo called to that evidence, and that the govern- ors should have an opportunity of expressing their views on the subject. If they disagreed with the officials of the Beard, they might com- municate with the Commission and make their protest. lie pointed out that in the first draft of the evidence certain suggestions were made, from which it might be inferred that the policy of the Central Welsh Board was:—(1) To make Welsh compulsory in Welsh ma tries; (2) To make a knowledge of Welsh obligatony on all teaclnecB serving in Wales; (3) To insist that Welshmen only should be appointed to pnofessLorsa} ohairs in Welsh University College; (4) To teach Welsh in the colleges, not as an academic, but as a spoken lainguage, and in such a way ae to attract Welsh- speaking studemte for "certain" classes of whom Welsh lectures would have to bo provided, those "certain classes" being presumably monoglot Welshmen; (5) To make a knowledge of Welsh in couinse of time obligatory for all degrees. These five suggestions, said Siir Herury, we<re not stated in so many words, but he maintained were fair inferences from the clauses in the precis of the Board'3 ev idence issued, and appeared to indicate clearly the policy underlying tne recom- mendations of the Board. In the final draft of the evidence several clauscs wore modified, and the cnudenees of the first suggestions was not so apparent. Sufficient was, however, Wt to justify the goveniors in appre- hending that -tat4eme?nU would be made on behalf of the Board which, he maintained, did not reflect the- considered opinion of Wales. If the policy indicated were followed, the Welsh University would become provincial, narrow, and exclusive, and would forfeit all claim to be a "university." Sir Henry, however, agreed that neverthele-a "a university of Wales" should give expression to Welsh aspirations and national characteristics, but it was a mistake to suppose that that object could be obtained only by forcing a knowledge of Welsh on unwilling stude-nts (hear, bear). He moved a resolution to the effect that the Bangor Local Governing Body protested against the suggestion contained in the Board's "statement of evidence" that the studv of Welsh was not en- couraged in the W&lsii colleges and by the Uni- versity, and pointing out that however desirable it was to give further encouragement to the use of Welsh as a spoken language, there a.re also other ways in which the spirit of Wales may find expression and the ideals of its people cherished and encouraged. AN ILL-ADVISED PROPOSAL. Principal Harris, of the Bangor Normal Col- lege, in seconding the resolution, said that the proposal to make Welsh a compulsory subject in the Welsh University either at matriculation or aftorworde, was ill-advised and unnecessary. It failed to recognised the extent to which Welsh was now taught in Welsh schools and colleges. A quairter of a century ago the professors of Welsh in the Welsh University Colleges had so little to do that though they professed Welsh they mostly taught other subjects. The encourage- ment given to Weigh studiies by the foundation of the Welsh University was great beyond all ex- pectation, both in its influence upon the students at the colleges, and through' them upon the secondary schools. One result was that over half the students now enteiring the Bangor Nor- mal College elected to take the course in Welsh, having paseed the senior examination in this sub- ject a.t the ititptTr.edia.cfe schools before admimon. Considering that 25 per cent., of the students at the college oame from across the border, and that siome came from pa.rts of Wales where Welsh was not the vernacular, that fact was a rem ark able testimony to the encouragement given to Welsh in their secondary schools. Again, tho proposal was ill-advised because it represented a separating tendency by raising a. barrier between the Welsh and British pelopr c-s. They could cherish a love for their own laii,guage and litereuture without compelling-all who settled a.nd worked among them to apen-k and rt-,id it. Suoh a barrier would not only keep English students and teachers out of th&ir adliools and colleges, but would of necessity etand in the way of Welsh boys and girls who sought careers be- yond An obstacle of that kind would act both way-?, and'their childiren not thank tshem for raising it. Similarly, with regard to the proposal to rnake, ability to speak Welsh a condition of holding professorships cx higher educational posts in Waeo. In e ff"d, it would mean that the best quaIiJScd men might often be debarred from eppfymg. They would then have to accept the second best, end the youth of Wales would be denied the liighost ad vantages of specialised university traching. Language was a very important, butt not the only test of nationality; the spirit of Walec, end t.ho ideals of Wales were possible of interpretation and expression through other ebarneki, A too vigorous insistence on the language test was to be &p.eatc-d on national and imperial as well as on <nlucaticnal grcund3 (applause). Mies Ma-son, headmistress of the Bajigor County School for Girls, said it was a r;ota.bIe thing that of EnglisJi girls in her school bad taken up Welsh, considering it a privilege to do W, and finding it an excellent mental discipline. But she considered that from a purely practical point of view, to make Welsh a compulsory sub- ject wouid be a most suicidal and retrogressive step in every way. Lira GLynn Jorea endorsed Miss Mason's con- clusion on this-point. ) CREATE FRICTION AND RETARD PRO- GRESS. Tho Ch?ijrm?n said he had received the precis of evidence in its final r?vis&d form, and bad noted the aepiratioRs of the writer, and bad wondered who,t sort of reception it would have. He was very glad to have heard Principal Harris's opinion on the subject. A great advance had been made in the teaching of Welsh in a com- paratively short time, and it was quite poseiMe, h?e thought, to have Professor Morris Jos de- liver his lectures on some subjects in Welsh. That was a tremendous arrvanoo on tho state of things at tho beginning of Welsh 'VEJdty life, when professors of Welsh could h-a.rdly get hear- ers, and they had only to turn to the num- bers of young meii who were now writing Welsh I ? S, We -M poetry and prose to see the immense effect of tho teaching of Welsh in the schools and colleges, and they had only got to read English periodicals publishoo in Wales to see how Wekih sentiment and a critical appreciation of Welsh in Wales was coming to the front. The WeJsh Outlook" was an English publication, published in Wales, and .)t was strongly Welsh in eefntknent. It eoomod to iiim that in trying to formtbe pace in the mnj-iier now complained of was doing a great disservice to the purpose in view. The Weigh language was making progress. The ex- perience of the Norma l College sihowed that if this matter was pufched to the cxtnemes to whioh some peopie would like to go it would orea to fric- tion and i-e-tard progress even if they did not get a breakdown. They must rl-inember that Welsh Wits not the vernacular in the large por- tion of Wales; there wero hundreds of thousandfl of Welshmen who did no-t spook W-eohh, as there were bundTeds of thousands of English pcop-lo in Wales who sympathised most h.ea/rt.ily with Welsh spnttHneTita, ideals, and a-gpiratioris. He sup- poited the resolution. There was a possibility of tho nation being self-contained in this matter; that everythiiiig- should be done in W-clg*h. There was also the poseibility of young people speak- ing one hinguage, having another imposed on them. It seamed to be diesined tliat Welflh should occupy the position in Wales that French did in franco. But that was to ignore tho fact that there was a large p?»portion oi tl-ie people of Walee who did not ppeak Welsli. Tliey dee-fored to show that taking all these things into con- sideration Welsh was getting fair play. What he felt was that the precis of evidence proposed to be laid before the Commisisiion as the expression of the feeling of the Central Welsh Board ignored the immense work done by the Welch University in this matter. Sir H. Lewis: They don't seem to know what is going on {hear, hear). The Chairman, continuing, said he felt the attitude represented by the niemorendum was in j
I DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTERI 'SESSIONS.
I DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTER I SESSIONS. I ALLEGED THEFT OF WELSH FUSILIER I TROPHIES. f MONS HERO FOUND NOT GUILTY. I The Denbighshire Quarter Sessions were held at Denbigh, on Friday, Mr J. W. Jelf Petit pre- siding. Mr Vincent S. Wrigley, Erriviatt Hall, took the oath", on qualifying as a magistrate. t ASYLUM CONGESTION. I A letter was received from the North Wales Counties Asylum Authority stating that they had reason to deprecate the admission to the in- stitution of patients of extreme age, mostly suffer- ing from senile mental complaints, whom they felt might preferably have been maintained at home, or in workhouses, under suitable care. They appealed to the justices to refrain, as far as possible, from sending such patients to the asylum, unless absolutely necessary, with the view of re- lieving the pressure on accommodation in that institution, and thus obviate, for a time, the necessity of providing further asylum accommoda- tion. It was decided to send the letter to the justices of the various petty sessional divisions in the county. I DIVERSION OF FOOTPATH. I On tho application of Mr Artemus Jones, the Court agreed to the diversion of a public footpath in the parish of Llanrhydd, Ruthin, the diversion having become necessary owing to the develop- ment of land for building purposes. I ASSESSMENT APPEALS. I The appeals of Mrs Ellen Barnes, Weston Rhyn, against an assessment by the Corwen Union, and of Messrs. William Lee, R. B. Baker, and others against assessment levied in the Con- way Union were respited until the next Sessions. I THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM. I The Cliairman, in charging the Grand Jury, regretted that they had been called together within three days of the suspension of the Grand Jury system, and particularly so to deal with only one case. Probably, the system would be done away with altogether, and personally he hoped that would be the case. He had done his very beet to obviate the need of calling the Grand Jury together on the present occasion, but red tape prevailed. I SOLDIER IN THE DOCK. I Harold Alfred Brown (25) a sergeant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and described as a clerk, was indicted for stealing in January last four silver cups, one pair of silver-mounted horns with clock attached, and two silver sugar tongs, the property of the sergeants' meee of the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ho was further charged with receiving the property knowing it to have been stolen. Brown pleaded not guilty to both charges. Mr R. 0. Roberts (instructed by Mr Llewelyn Hugh Jones) prosecuted, and stated that prisoner had been wounded in France and was invalided home. Having spent some time as an inmate of Fazakerley Hospital he went to Litherland, and then was sent to Wrexham, where he became clerk in Major Cleaver's oiffce. The prisoner had been negotiating with a Mr Hunt, financier and moneylender, of Coventry, for a loan of money, and eventually he wrote Mr Hunt stating that articles of silver, which lie and his father had won at shooting would be deposited as security. On receiving the silver cups, etc., Mr Hunt be- came suspicious and communicated with the police. The silver articles were the property of the Royal Wel&h Fusiliers, hence the charge. Major Cleave, in cross-examination by Mr Artemus Jones, said that the prisoner was in the retirement from Mons, and was badly wounded. Ho was an intelligent man, had borne an ex- cellent character, and even now witness had every confidence in him. Mrs Morfey, Wrexham, said that the prisoner admitted to her that he had rubbed the names off the cupa. Albert Hunt, financier, Coventry, stated that the prisoner asked him for the loan of R,20, pro- mising a quantity of silver as security, and re- payments at the rate of £1 per month. In a form which he filled up the prisoner described himself a "Chief Clerk, Ordnance Depot, 2 years." On receiving the cups, etc. (now pro- duoed), witness said he noticcd that the inscrip- tions thereon had been tampered with. He then informed the police. .:fled the c,ip-s p?oduced A sergeant-major i,.in'uified the cups produced as the propertyof the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The prisoner's story was that he received the articles from Sergearit-Major Stevens. since killed ii France, as security for money lent. Some time afterwards he opened the box containing the cups, and found that inscriptions thereon had been erased. When negotiating with Hunt for a loan he was not in need of money, and his object in writing to Hunt was to get rid of the cups, about which he had become uneasy. The horns and the clock he bought from a man named Ed wards. The jury found the prisoner not guilty on both charges, and he was discharged x
I THE VOLUNTEERS-I
I THE VOLUNTEERS- I I WEARING OF KHAKI UNIFORM NOT I COMPULSORY. Mr Forstor, in a written reply, says the wear- ing of khaki uniform clothing by volunteers is not coir puusbry. Permission to wear kiialti was given on receipt of numerous representations that it would be economical for ex-officers of the Regulars and Territorial Force, who already possessed it. In a written reply regarding holders of allot- melits who are volunteers being compelled to attend volunteer drills on Saturdays and Sundays, Mr Macphea-son says th ere is no compulsion upon volunteers to attend drills on Saturdays and Sun- days. They must perform a certain number of drills under certain conditions, but this should not appreciably interfere with their week-ends. There ought to be time for both forms of ac- tivity.
I IF A CHILD IS CROSS, I FEVERISH…
I IF A CHILD IS CROSS, I FEVERISH AND SICK. I LOOK, MOTHER! IF TONGUE IS COATED, CLEANSE THE LITTLE BOWELS WITH I "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS." I Children love this "fruit laxative," and no- thing else cleanse? the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not &top playing to empty the bowels, and the result is that they become clogged with waste, the liver becomes sluggish, the stomach is disordered, and then your little one beoomo cross, reverish, and does not eat, sleep or behave naturtdly. Often the breath is bad, and system shuffy" with a cold; the child has aoro throat, stomach-ache, oar diarrhoea. Liefeen, Mother! See if tongue ie coated, then give & teaspoonful of "W?if4D?ilia Syrup f and in a few hours all the constipated wnate- matter, sour bile and undigested food pass out of tho system, and you have a heaithy, playful child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never fails to act on' the stomach, liver and bowda. Ask your chemist &r a bottio of California Syrup of Figs," wfcich has full directions for babies, children of alE ages, and for grown-ups plainly printed on the: bottle. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company," and sold by all leading chemista, Is 3d and 2s psr 1 bottle. fief use any other kind with contempt.
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THE TASK OF THE NEW I DEPA…
THE TASK OF THE NEW I DEPA MENT, National Service Week is over; but the appeal still continues. Indeed, it is even more urgent than before. Mr. Bon<ar Law told the House of Commons on the 29th ult. that the recruits for the Army since tlie beginning of this yeaa- had) fallen short of the number esti- ma-ted by 100,000. Therefore, there are 100,000 men- to be taken from civilian life to fill up the deficit, and the places of these 100,000 must either be left vacant or they must be filled, by National S-ervice Volunteers. And Mr. Bonar Law has adanitted, that the Government is waiting to see what is to be expected of the National Service scheme. The central point in the appeal to the count- try during National Service Week" was the appearance of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Director-General of National Service, before Manchester and Liverpool audiences on Tues- day, the 27th ult., to explain and defend the Department's scheme. The main burden of the Liverpool speech was the necessity of Substitution." Hitherto, Mr. Chamberlain pointed out, we have kept up our drafts for the Army without interfering with the out- put of munitions. But, with our reserves of man power running low, the case is different. From now onwards we shall have to find our drafts in the munition works, the mines, and the other industries that have hitherto been protected from military recruiting. If we take out of the Munition Works the young men we must find substitutes for them —substitutes who will endeavour to make up for itneir physical inferiority by their patriot- ism, their goodwill and determination to leave nothing undone to keep up the supply of munitions." As with munitions, so with ship. building, so also with the labour to supply the place of those things we lack through cut- ting down of imports. To find substifitutes, for the men of military ape and fitness now required, as their first duty, to form the drafts for the armies ia France and elsewhere, and to provide labour for the reinforcement of industry, that we may extend, if need be, out output of muni- tions, and produce those things at home which we no longer feel able to import from foreign countries—these were the two rftx-cma Mr. Chamberlain gave for the existence of the National Service Department. This is wh, who aire employed ira one of the less essential occupations, are eeked to en- rol yourselves as National Service Volunteers. By doing so and going to an essential oca- tp,.Y.n of those brought to your nx?oe wflren you rertd, the Form of Offer—you, in the words aiready quoted, "'endeavouring to make up f or phyercal inferiority by patriotism, your goodwi101 and determination to leave nothing undone," can help in the system of substitution wthi-ch, will release for the Army those men whose task it is to end the war. With regard to Volunteers' prospects under the scheme, Mr. Chamberlain assured his Manchester hearers that "it was never con- templated that Volunteers should be sent to jobs which give them e. considerably lower rate than that to which they had been accus- tomed it was not intended to make a big difference in a. man's standard of living; and there was certainly no desire to send skilled men to unskilled work." Manchester has shown no signs of timidity about enrolment under the scheme, having provided so far 8,000 more Volunteers than wc,ld, ill responding to the wppeail which is no fl son why other towns, great or small, nor f country district either, should be back- d In responding t'o the appeal which 16 now -learly made to all not actively nghting for the country to enrol for Nati-r'nal Service.
AGRICULTURAL WORK OF THE I…
AGRICULTURAL WORK OF THE I DEPARTMENT. The appointment h" been announced by the Director-General of National Service of eleven Agricultural Coarmiss-ioners and twenty- eight Agricultural Sutv Commissioners for England and) Wales. Tlic po-w-ers and duties of these officials teckide the encouragement of the enrolment of Volunteers suitable for agri- cultural wails; giving advice as to the appoint- ment of ddstTwt committees to examine sueh Volunteers, and- discover the exact work for which they aire qualified i ascertaining the de- m.%n. d- fo- I mand forr a-griouliurtfl labour in each county the making of arrangements wifch'the Employ- ment Exchanges as tooallilig up and transfer- ring from non-essential occupations the bast availa'hile Vciuciteers tor agricultaral 4wbour in each district; the consideration of em- ployers' appeals aaaamst the trensfe-rene-? of their employees; the superintendence of the distribution and mployment of agricultural Volunteers requir-ed for forestry, road-mak- ing, and other work of national importance, when not needed by the farmers; and co- operation. with tlie mdldtary authorities in the distribution, of any agric-ultural workers dia- charged. from military service for employment on the land. Generally speaking, the work of the Agri- cultural Section of the National Service Department is to supply civilian volunteer labesir ifor agriculture, to meet the demand which wiS. be made by the War Agri-eu,iihu-al Gorwrmfrkes in each county, a on behalf of Mrs Boa-rdi of Agriculture. It is proposed to appoinf, a considerable number of -honoraty ISUb-Comm-irei-(>ners to lmtt -t.hoR: OtJh,TB mho catwi-ort. visit every part of their district frequently, owing to their widfc? extent. Lin-co lush ire, for instance, which is a single Sub-Commissioner's district, had, according to the 1911 Census, 65,000 a-gric.uJt.uraJworke'M spread oyer 420 square miies. The lionor-wry Swb-Commissioners will work im the districts vflhaeh they themselves know best, fro as to take full advantage of their local experience. The expectation is that, when hitherto ex- empted agricultural workers are called up for military service, the farmers will apply for N"ioiia Service Volum triers as substi- tutes. But it is pointed out in the note, accom- panying the 'list <H Commissioners and' Sub- Commissioners tha.t fanners must not think > that their exempted men are called up because a Volunteer is offered by the National Service Department. It is the military call which com-es first, and the Department endeavours to find a substitute for the man who joins the Army.
MUSCLE AND PLUCK. J
MUSCLE AND PLUCK. J We are reaching the climax of the war. Are you confident,Hjat we shall win? You have confidence in our armies and in the leaders of our Armies. You have conft- in the Navy and our famous sailors. From them comes the demand for support-for more fighting men. You have no right to rest on your hopes--confidenc, means nothing without effort. It is for you to release a young and fit man for the front by doing his work. It is for you to help in piling up munitions, or in building ships, or in cultivating the land. Germany has caned upon her civil population her armies are stiH powerful and determined to fight to the end; her navy, though diminished, is still strong. There is a grave danger, .in over-confidence, in thinking that trouble will not come till it is on you and overwhelming you, and it is too late toO do anything. Why should you have confidence that the fighting men can achieve everything, if yon have not got the spirit, the energy, the determination to do anything? Summon your will-power, be ready with your muscles and pluck. If you want to be conscious of coming victory, contribute to it. It is only by realising the terrible danger that is facing us that we can realise our inflexible determina- tion to overcome it. Come forward now < A form for an offer of service can be obtained at all Post Offices, National Service Offices, and Eni-olovnieni Exchanges. Get one tad enrol to-day."
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P—en—BgiwiMiiiinniiEacsBg—— st j t 3 NATIONAL (MmS) SERVICE 1 10,000 omen Wanted at Once I to Grow and Harvest J '.1 the Victory Crops. 1 .j Send your application at once to 1 The Dyir ecto r6eueral,Nati on"!40rl- j vice, St. Ermlns, Westmfnst(. 'Ir, s on a form which must first be < obtained at your local Post Office 1 or Employment Exchange. -«4* == ? Women who enrol to-day will secure:- 1 I. A free outfit, high boots, breeches, overall ahd hat. r l\1.aí!!t91\0!:e dunn? tyaiain?. | P TraysiQng expenses (0 connection with the '? -6, | 4' Wages l8/- per ??, or the district rate, |  ?.  O ,? ^hevgristKeing ?. m ,Pnance during Scrm ofunemploy ?ent.  6. ousing personally inspected and approved | ?y the Women'? Coun?y Committees of xe J3par of Agriculture. A' 7. Work on carefully selected farms. J 8. I?rom otlon-good work rewarded by pro- rnotion and nl,er a. 9. After the War, special facilities for settle- ment at home of ovrSëS.  T??e are M?anfe? ?o-?ay ?— $ 5,000 M 1c r; 3 4,000 Field Workers 1,000 Carters DON'T DELAY! ENROL AT ONCE IN THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY. | fJ' Offices and Employment Exchanges .?j?C?'M Fo?MS ? <T? Pos?f Oj?CCS ?/? ?'?70???;? E'.VC??Mgcs.
WELSH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL,
WELSH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL, PROHIBITION DEPUTATION TO PREMIER. The executive of the Welsh National Free Ohuiroh Council met at Shrewsbury, on Monday. Mr Beddoes Rees (president) in the chair. The Secretary (the—Rev. John Roberts) re- ported that he had sent out 1800 National Ser- vioe forms to ministers in Wales, and he had re- ceived 400 back. The form issued was prepared by himself and approved by the Director-General, who had ffianked the organisetion for its valuable assistance. Practically one in four of the ministers in Wales had already offered themselvee for na- tional service of some kind. Many had offered to assist in teaching, and these offers were being sent to local education authorities. Other offet-s were for chaplaincies for service abroad-with the Y.M.C.A. The President stated that the main object of the meeting that day was to consider proposals for sending a deputation from Wales to the Pre- mier with regard to prohibition for Wales in about a month's time, the intervening month to be ured for formulating and organising the feeling of Walet upon the matter. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. Gwilym Davies, M.A., and Professor Miall Edwards were unanimously appointed aa hon. organisers.
FULL-WEIGHT TEA.
FULL-WEIGHT TEA. LIKELY INCREASE OF PRICE., When the fixed minimum price for tea comes into force on May 1st tea buyers will also get full weight, but it will mean an increase of 2d a- E?uni on Lord Devonport'a original prices of 2s 2d, & 4d, and upwards. It has been calculated that the practice of weighing the packet of tea means a loss of be- tween loz. and 2oz. to the purchaser. The full-weight order will be issued immediate- ly, Captain Bathurst said in the House of Com- mons, on Friday, It will be to the following efteot On and after May 1st it will be illegal to pack tea. unless eaoh package of 2oz. and up- wards contains the net weight of tea mentioned on the package, and after a reasonable period to enable retailers to clear stocks it will be illerral to retail tea in packets except under the same conditions. I think I ought to add that it will necessarily involve the raising of prieea to some extent," added Captain Bathurst. Lord Devonport's fixed minimum prices, it ia understood, will be raised to 2s 4d and 2s 6d.
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SIR J. HERBERT ROBERTS AND YOUNG WELSH SOLDIERS. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Sir J. Herbert Roberts asked the Undor-Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been drawn to the case of Private Hugh Gwilvm Hugihes, No. 24,500; whether he was aware tb.t he joined the 63rd Training Reserve Battalion on the 13th February, 1917, being subsequently tmnsferreil to the King's (Liverpool) Regiment-; whether he had already been sent overseas, al- though he would not bo 19 years of age until the 6th September next; and whether, in view of tho Parliamentary pledge that those under 19 should not be sent over&aas for active service, steps would be taken for his transfer to this country, upon the usual evidence as to age being submitted. Mr Macpherson: I am not a-wnre of the cir- cumstances of this case. A report has been called for, and if it is the case that this lad has been sent overseas in error be,fore he became of the ace of 19 y&ws Instructions will be issued for Ea immediate reca to thia country.
IUNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH…
I UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. I TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF AGRICUL. t TURAL CLASSES. A special meeting of the Council of the Uni- versity College of North Wales, Bangor, was held on 'Thursday, the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, K.O V.O., in the chalr. A vote of sympathy was adooted with the re- latives of the late Rev. Daniel Rowlands, M.A., one of the original members of the Counoil, who had given long and faithful service to the col- lege until his retirement from the Council in 1905. It was reported that the synchronised clock system was being successfully run by means of current from the town electric mains. The arrangements made with the Corporation for the letting of a. part of the College Park for allotments to increase the food supply were con- firmed. A res-oltition was passed congratulating the Acting House Mistress (Miss G. J. Anderson) upon her new appointment as sub-warden of University Hall, and expressing cordial apprecia- tion- of the efficient service which she had ren- dered to tho College. Upon the report of the Agricultural Executive Committee, it was resolved to appoint Mr Lewis Williams as assistant horticultural instructor for the counties of Denbigh and Flint. Professor R. G. White, who is himself giving part-time service in London to the Board of Agri- culture in connection with the. food production campaign, recommended that, in consequence of the demand for the services of students at their own homes, the agricultural classes should be suspended during the summer term, and this course was agreed to. Attention was drawn to the progress of the North Wales War Memorial movement, and it was resolved to appoint a committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Kenyon, to consider pre- liminary steps in connection with the proposed new science buildings
I SEVEN YEARS' SCALP ECZEMA.
I SEVEN YEARS' SCALP ECZEMA. I ONLY ZAM-BUK COULD SOOTHE AND HEAL. After seven years of terrible suffering from scalp disease, little Beatrice Barker, the daughter of Mrs Barker, 20, Kent-road, South Tottenham, was marvellously cured by Zam-Buk. "When between five and six years of age," said tlie grateful mother to a London reporter, "Beatrice had scarlet fever, which left her with ;■ thick scurfy growth at the back of her bead and neck. The outbreak grew worse, and was accompanied by extraordinary irritation. This caused Beatrice to constantly scratch the affected parts to that they bled. The raw patches then developed into nasty running sores A doctor told me Beatrice had eczema. Foir weeks and weeks I used the doctor's ointment. but could not see the least little bit ofdifferenoe in my child's condition. At length I tried an- other medic-al man, for the irritation was so terrible that the girl could not sleep at nights. Many a time I have li-.d to get up to tie her hands so that she could not scratch the awful places. "When the sores did seem a bit better they only broke out again as bad as ever. Poor little,, girl. She cried dreadfully. I shall never forget the ageny of those days. A friend urged me to try Zam-Buk. I truly "A friend ur k e d me to tq hat imprewd me ,o bless the day I did so. What impressed me so greatly from the very first was that when Zam- Buk was applied Beatrice at once got relief from the shocking and intolerable irritation. After a few days of Zam-Buk treatment, the crying and moaning had ended. Her happy smiles returned, as Zam-Buk freed her from the awful itching. "So thankful was Beatrice for the relief tha.t she used to be-g me to put Zam-Buk on her heoa I did not need any urging, for it was a joy to see the places cease discharging and then die away, leaving new, healthy skin behindtl
IUNIVERSITY OF WALES AND THE…
-J effect a serious reff--rA* n upon the work of such. men—professors of Welsh—as Mcrri*s Jon.ee> Powell, and thp late Sir Edward Anwyl, and to force the pace in this matter as proposed would not only prove costly, bu.t would be futile (hear, hear). The resolution wafl unanimously adopted, a.nd ordered to be sent to the Comirrisssoneirs.