The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

TEACHING OF DOMESTIC I SCIENCE. MRS LLOYD GEORGE'S APPEAL TO I PARENTS. Wo have Nec-eived the following letter from Mrs Lloyd George :— (To the Editor). Sir,—In recent articles in the Press there have been presented the lines on which the young educated girl of the day might develop to her own advantage and that of the country at large. Certainly", imagination has been quickened, and, to take advantage of this new birth, new chan- nels of activity must be provided, or much of "Jlie boundless energy of youth may be lost. It is for the older generation to rea.lise that svery giri, like every boy, shouid have a pro- fession, and that a thorough t.raining in a sub- ject, no matter what the subject may be, makee for development of character and in 110 way de- tracts fiom the finished whole. There is room in The world for all types, and scope for everyone with youth and health, opportunity, and encou- rag-eomen t. a t her back. Wealthy parents, no less than their poorer neighbours, will be wise to take full advantage of the careers open to women. Nursing, medicine, architecture, horticulture, banking, departmental work, teaching, give end- less variety of choice, but the greatest, of taese is teaching, calling, as it does, for all the best qualities of heart and brain and hand. Never was the cause of education so much in people's minds, never was there such a call to save to the uttermost the children of the nation bodily, m('ntlly, and epi.?tua.Hy, and never wore hopes centred so high as they are at the i3ref4'e,iit time. E<htcation ha? been for so long the <?m- derella of the professions, badly equipped, badly endowed, nobody's child but our eyes have L-on opened, and all classes a.re calling out for more light. Among the manv branches of eu 11 cation aa work, none has deserved better of the public at large than that of domestic science. It is helping in this time of crisis in every cor ceiv able way and has penetrated into evory stratum of sooiety. I On the women of this country no less than on the niMi is laid the necessity of fighting enemies of sterr stuff—in the case of the women, want arid hunger fo.r themselves and theLr children, unless scientific knowledge is brought to head on the question. The various food campaigns organised all over the country have done much to opon tho eves of the people to short,a.ge of food and the national defect of ignorance in cooking; but the brained people who are wanted to present the truth in a convincing and incontrovertible "wav a,re comparatively few in number, and many have been lent by education authorities to other departments requiring help in practioal food ques- tions. a letrge. There is needed at the present moment a large army of women qualified by training and natural gifts to undertake the teaching of domestic eco- nomy. The supply is not. equal to the demand, even now, when for schools have been pouring a steady stream of intelligent qualified women into the ranks of the teaching ptofession. Now when more, and -,till more, are required, the numbers coming forward for training are lamentably short. The facilities for training in cookery and domestic economy both in London and the provinces are ample, and are not at the present time baing used to anytai-ng like their full extent. 1 would, therefore, ask parents who are weigh- ing the future of their daughters to consider whether they could not usefully be trained for such work as described above. Work in offices and banks, labour of all sorts (most of it of a transitory nature) are deflecting into blind alley occupations the girls 011 whom the educational future of the children depends. is no one to sound the alarm. The terrible mortality of infants and children duo to improper feeding is a scandal to our civilisation and could be mini- mised. if knowledge of this important branch of education were more widespread. The subject ia* worthy of grave consideration, a.n.d we are looking- forward in the hope that in future more consideration may be given to the domestic subjects, both for their own educa- tional value and for the sake' of tlu raoe. Yours fa.ith full v. M. LLOYD GEORGE. I 10, Downing-st., S.W., Sept. ht.

v It is announced that s ilver war badges are to J be distributed to officers and seamen of merchant ahip.3 who by reason of wounds received through enomy action or by reason of illness attributable to war service are compelled to give up their em- ployment in the mercantile marihe. The number of words telegraphed from the Birke:*head Head Post Office in connection with the Eisteddfod amounted to ovar 40,000 in Prees messages alone. A large number of private tele- grams were also dealt with at the special Post Office in the pavilion grounds.

^0 Are you a Green Band member? Are you on National Service? In other words-Are you a Smoker of -BLACK CAT Extra Large Cigarettes? BLACK CAT Cigarettes have been doing National Service since the war began. They give every smoker one- tenth more tobacco than the Control Board requires for 4d.. or in other words, you get the value in tobacco ef an extra cigarette in every packet of ten you buy.. That's why you should emphatically demand BLACK CAT Cigarettes with the Green Band round the packet. Every time you go to yourtobacconist's you know you are getting the greatest value and quality for your money, if you see the Green Band on the packet. JO!N THE GREEN DA tit) LEAGUE TO-I>Al" by smoking BLACK CAT Extra Large VIRGINIA CIGARETTES. ) 10 for 4d. i /S) CARRERA9, Ltd., Arcadia Work*, City Roftd, London, E.C. (Cttd. 1768). (j) I I I .BLACK CAT Medium Cigarette*, 10 for 3jd. I < ,BLACK CAT Medium Cigarette., 10 for 3;d. I ?  b.,?t ? p..e ? ..? J f

ALONG THE CAMBRIAN COAST (By R. o Fadeg). Mr R. T. Jones, secretary of the Quarrymcn's -it oil Ili-, been appointed assistant food con- troller for Carllanomhire. Ho is a r-ativo of Blaenau Festiniog, and was for a time a member of the Urban Council < 1 find that the appeal to the Merioneth County Council by the Festiniog parish overseers for a re valuation of housa property in the parish has been acceded to With the serious depression in the slate trade there is also a great decreaso in the value of house property there. I lately visited seveial places in Mancd, Fourcrosses, Blaenau, Glenypwll, R'niw, and T'iiiygrisiau, and saw scores of empty houses, many of them in a very dilapidated condition, and a very large number of shops. About two-thirds of the work- men employed at the quarries have left. Many have joined the army and others have gone to work away from the district. « » » » It is only fair to point out that Portmadoc butchers have kept down the prices of meat be- low the amounts specified by tho Food Con- troller, though they are ttill beyond the reach of many workingmen families. » t • • Some of the Belgian refugee children in the district arc amongst the brightest scholars in tho elementary and county schools. One of them has won a scholarship at the Barmouth County School. ■• • • • The Quarterly Meeting of the Lleyn and .Eifionydd Congregationalist has decided to pre- sent a framed illuminated addres-) to the Rev. Hugh Davies, Abererch, who has just retired from the secretaryship after about 30 years' service. < t The police in JJcyn and Portmadoc Divisions have been recently very successful in discovering the offenders in several cases of theft whi,n have been reported recently in the district. Supt. Thomas Owen, Pwllheli; Sergt. D. M. Jones, Portmadoc; Pol ice. constables Lloyd Pritchard, Trent;adoc; Evans, Morfa Nevin; H. Thomas \iOI, Criccieth, and David Jones (76), Portmadoc, descn ç credit for the manner in which they carried out their investigations. A little orphan girl found a valuable docu- ment on the street the other day, and, after making considerabl e enquiries, discovered the owner. She was lewarded for her trouble and honesty with "many thanks." » The bereaved parents of Ellis Evana, tho soldier-shepherd who. won this year's bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod, have received many letters of londolence. Y sgwrn, Traws- fynydd, is a small farm standing amid surround- ings that would well inspire a poetic imagina- tion. There are live bardic chaii-s in the old homo, the first being wor. when Evans was 20 years of age. A letter sent by Ithel Lewi=>, fen of Gwilym Ardudvvy, last year to his parents was lost at sea, but it has since been recovered and for- warded to the parents. In it the writer de- scribes Greece, and incidentally remarks that the inhabitants of the rural parts of the country are lazy and not much given to cleanliness. In Greek cities and towns, he says, there are slums ten times worse than any in the large cities of tills erunti-y. An anoi ymoiw donor has presented an in- dividual communion service to Ivhiw C. m Chapel, Blaenau Festiniog. Private John Williams, B.A.. son of the Rev R. J. Williams, late (f Bowydd, Festiniog, has been awarded the Military Cross. < < The potato disease li I ioivr. as "the black scab" has destroyed many crops in the Festiniog area. The- disease appear* to attack certain species of potatoes, while ot hers are immune. It behoves local authorities vho provided seed potatoes this year to see that the rig! kind of seed potatoes are obtained next year. • • • In Nant Gwyrant district the prices of sheep in 1813 were as fo!!ow: -Largo wethers, 178 per head; small wethers, lis; ewes, 7s. • # The late Mr and Mrs Pierce Roberts, Bedd- gelert, left a legacy of £ 100 to the local C.M. Chapel. » Private Wm. Giiffith, son of Mr Evan Griffith, Efail Ddu, was killed last July in France. His mother died a few weeks ago » The corn harvest has commenced throughout the district, and the farmers are anxiously hop- ing for favourable weather to garner the harvest. « • • m The inhabitants of Nant, Lleyn, are arranging for the winter work in connection with prepar- ing comforts for our soldiers and naval men. • ft • • Farmers whose holdings are on the sides of Moelwyn and in the valleys below have sustained considerable losses during the last fortnight owing to the cataracts on the mountain sides, swollen by the heavy rain, causing the water to rush over the fields and sweeping away and de- stroying the corn. < » « « Festiniog Urban Council have passed a ro- solution congratulating Private Geo. Hughes, 56, High-stieet; Sergt. Arthur Wynne Evans, Rhiw; and Corporal T. R. Evans, Old Trefeini, on having won the Military Medal.

CARNARVONSHIRE WAR PENSIONS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY. I Mr Llewelyn Davies, Portmadoc, was on Satur- I day, out of a large number of candidates, ap- pointed seoretary to the Carnarvonshire War Pon- sions Committee, at a salary of J6250 a year. Mr Davies is a native of Aberystwyth, and has been on the staff of the Cambrian News for quarter of a century' eighteen ycalrs of which has been spent as their North Wales representative at Portmadoc. He has been identified with the public life of Portmadoc for some veaiy*. fil-&t as founded- and secretary of the Portmadoc Im- provement Association, and latterly as a member of the Urban District Council, being now vice- chairman. Recently he "was appointed dhairman of th-3 Carnarvonshire Jmumnco Committee. When war broke out he became genretnrv of the Portmadoc Recruiting Committee, and wlia after- wards appointed recruiting officer for Portmadoc ttnd district, and succeeded t.ho late Sir John Ro- berts as clerk to the Carnarvonshire Appeai Tri- bunal. He also acts as organising secretary in t South Ca.rnarvonfilhj.re for the North. Wales Heroes' Memorial, towa.rds which about £ 3000 nave been subscribed in his district.

AGRICULTURE, CROPS IN NORTH WALBS. The Board of Agriculture, in their report on tho .I.c)ps for tho last month in the counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Flint, Denbigh, and Mer- ioneth, state:— Corn.—Rough weather and heavy rain3 pre- vailed during- the greater part of tho month, so that crops have been sevciely laid and twisted, And harvesting has been delayed. Wheat is thin but healthy, and appears to be standing better than barley or oats The yield is expected to bo rather under average. In spite of adverse condi- tions ami of tho possibility that sprouting may become prevalent, barley and oats promise an average crop. Potatoes.—Disease is reported in places, but generally the plant) look vigorous and healthy, and a yield of 5 per cent. in excess of the aver- age is expected. Roots- are overywhere reported as looking well and as having benefited by tho rain's. The yield is likely to be about average, turnips and swedes being somewhat under, and mangolds somewhat over, the normal. Pastures and Live Stock.-The rain has im- proved pastures considerably, while stock are generally in fair condition. Sheep have, however, suffered somewhat. Labour.—If an immediate r/pell of favourable weather comes, short-ago of labour for harvesting operations will be seriously felt. Women and soldiers are rendering assistance to farmers.

I PRIC'},' OF BEEF.! I FARMERS AND THE COST OF I PRODUCTION. In reply to Lord Rhondda, the S'hropfhire County (iommd-t-tea of the National Farmers Union have drawn up a statement indicating the actual cost, of production of a buUcek fiiiit- able for slauffhiter on Jan. 1. The figures ohof-.v a los3 to tho feeder of £ 11 7s. 7d. The com add: "We note your remark tha? Jie price of 60s. per cwt. Tvtbioh yen have fixed for beef cattle next. January i08 63 per cont., above that prevailing in January, 1914. Although Imed upon the prices whiich prevailed in Shrews- bury market, this increase is only 33 1-3 per (-.ent.-hu:t ,\ish t.o point out that foodstuffs are from 250 to 300 per cent, higher than t,hry were then; and there is also an increase of at least 60 per cent, in the cost of la bour Your policy will in our opinion, have the effcq. of stopping tho production of beef during next winter, as it cannot profitably be fed a.t anything I ke the price of GOs."

I BOYCOTT OF AUCTION. AT LINCOLN. There wa-» some excitement at the Lincoln fnt stock market- on Tuesday when ihe local butchers, wjlO had lesolved not tG buy by auction, attempted to purchase r-heep before the sale at a price which would work lint at the Controller's maximum price for the carcase of 3s ou per stone of Elbs The offers were refused, tho majority of the farmers preferring the gamblo of thn auction ring. The butchers did not bid, and it was estimated that the prices obtained exceeded the Government r -oximum by about ld per lb. The act-on of the butchers, however, enable a num- ber of middlemen to get supplies, with the re- sult that later some of the batchers weakened and entered tho lists, prices rising appreciably above the Controller's maximum. The butchers contend that the farmers must bo compelled to sell at a fixed rate, or the retail shops wili have to close.

I WARNING TO BUTCHERS Lord Rhondda, the Western M ai understands, is prepared to take strong measures against those meat salesmen and butchers who .1ce a i c!nIJting (0 evade the Meat Orders. Evidence of menipulation of supplies with tin object of making it a.s difficult as possible to sell at Food Control prices will be acted upon at once, and Lord Rhondda, it should be remem- bered, has sufficient .power in his hands to deal efficiently with defiant traders

I NRXT YEAR'S POTATO CROP. The Food Production Department announce that a movement is on foot in Wales and certain southern and south-western counties in favour of the spraying of potato crops being made com- pulsory next year. Small growers of potatoes living in areas scheduled as infected by wart disease will ba in- terested to learn that the Food Production De- partment has arranged to provide them with 10,003 tons seed potatoes of immune varieties for planting next spring.

I THE HARVEST IN IRELAND. In a speech to plotli,-)I(I-rs in Dublin, Sir Thomas Russell, Vice-President of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, said that in the present year 10,000 plots had noert laid down in Ireland where hardly one exited before. Bad weather had done considerable damage to the Irish crop's but it was not irrepatable Oati were a good strong crop, and potatoes had scarcely been JIl- jured at all.

I FARM NOTES. The farm and garden produce exhibited at Lianrwefc Show wore a reveilation to the v isitors, demonstrating wall the value of high cultivation. The onions awarded first prize turned the scale at 31be., and the swedes were of enormous size and of excellent quality. The ex- hibition proved that both the fairmor and the gar- dener realise the imparlance of subjecting the land under tlieir care to the highest form of cultiva- tion. No serious loss is anticipated to corn orops in tho Conway Valley after the rooent wet weather, for the dry, sunny conditions prevailing last week enabled the farmer to cope with, the situa- tion. The high tides of last week, supplemented by the flood rushing down the Conway, submerged the adjoinin.g meadows, and out corn and hay floated in the eddies, silent witnesses of the diffi- culties attending this cultivation of land near the banks of this erratic river. There has been a bijg rush for sugar during the past few days, and many farmers and small- holders have learnt to regard their fruit trees in a new light, and, it ie hoped that in future, they will exercise more oare in the cultivation of fnii.t-a feature of his work which the farmer has so sadly neglected in the past. Although mushrooms form valuable orops on rrany farms, they are utterly neglected by many agriculturists, who allow their more disoea-ningj neighbours to trespass upon the land and gather one of the best paying orops his soil can possibly yield just now. There is always" a ready mar- ket for mushrooms jl-ud well-made ketchup com- mands good prices. Many cllltivat.ors have reason to regret having planted so many early potatoes instead of depend- ing upon the ma.in orops, as the early tubers a.re smaller in size and more susceptible to the influ- ences of the weather. The sheep-dog tiials held at IJanrwfet, when 124 competitors entered '.h3 list, proved that the shepherd lias ic-At norhe of his cunning nor his dog his wisdom. Somo of the dogs dis- played en amount of intelligence that astounded those who had never prevLoi-ely scou such opera- tions. They obeyed the various keys in their mast-ore' whistles with machine-like promptness, and devoted their whole attention to their work with utter die-regard to the thousands of specta- tors. The Rhyl and District Education Committee, in answer to a request from the Bodfa-ri School At- tendance Officer, have dockled to allow farmera to employ boys over 12 years of age. It was stated that in thia district 60 children were ab- sent when tlie schools reopened, and that the majority of them were engaged on the land. I should like to direct the attention of farmers to the fact that arrangements have now been concluded with ihe banks under which credit will Ire given, on the recommendation of County Agricultural Executive Committees, for the pur- chase of any requirements iiece#ary for the ii- crease of food production including seeds, arti- ficial manures, working horses, machinery and implements, but not for the payment of wages. Application should 00 made to the Secretary of the .Agricultural Executive Committee for the administrative county within which tho appli- cant's L-t-n d is situated, on a. form to be obtained from the Committee. On the approval of an application by the Com- mittee, the applicant vvjl bo authorised to order what he requires, and to send the bill to the bank nominated to make the advance, Tho bank will settle tha account, and trea.t the amount as a special overdraft, repayable under Government guarantee, taking from thp applicant a" promis- sory note in tho usual foim. Overdrafts will bo charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and will as a ride be granted for a period of nine months, but at the expitation of that period may be rc- newed for a further peiiod. Co-operativo so- cieties equally with- individual applicants are eligible for the grant of credit under this schema. The food production programme for 1918 aims at sccarkkg three milhon 'additional acres under corn, pob.to8-:3, and mangolds. Thia additional acreage 1.h.ey hope to obtain by breaking up two million nore03 of grass land (not five million, as stated in some newapape-rs), and by converting one million acres now devoted to crops of lecs national importance (e.g., mustard for seed, hops, etc.) to food crops. A remarkable situation has developed in the Birmingham pig market, the largest in England. There are normally QQOO pigs for sub on Monday, but this week" there were oely 20Q, Some wholesale firms suspended business. A 1m-go meeting of dealers and butchers p?s?d a resolution caHing th attention of Lord Rhon- ,t re%o l titioi I C,? atix-jitio,i Lord fl h cii- dda to the r-ced for fixing a basis price for live pigs, and suggesting J 73 Ud per score. All pig,3 to hi) ncnt io auctions instead of to dealers. The Government restrictions on meat prices were last week reflected at the various stock by somewhat lowe. prices. Strong protests are heard every v here. Farmers declare that if they arc not cancelled, beef production will d'«tti)fl>u5h and a scarcity of meat will result. Commenting on the January price of 6J3 per cwt., an Anglesey farmer says: "I contend that with the present trices of feeding stuffs, a Welsh steer or heifer cannot ba reared and fed to sell at 60s. I am not sure if there is much profit in it at 80s." "For A i,glosey: which is a great cattle- raising county, this scale as fixed by the Food Controller is a set-ioui matter, but I am not without hopes that tho figures will be modified in the interests of the public, if not of the farmer. In Anglesey I have heard ominous rumours of the condition of potatoes Disease has broken out badly in several parts of the island ow ing to the excessive humidity, and the winter crops are being got up in iiia-ziy places. It is satisfactory to hear from aH sides that the first reportj of wholesale damage have been exav(tetate d iiiij thr.,ugh t!ie, I (iiinina- exaggerated, and though tho slightest diminu- ttor. of productive-ness cannot, faiJ..J;o be serious at the present time, we are much more optimistic i than this time last week. The low temperature has helped to prevent sprouting becoming gene- ral. and as the crops are being rapidly got iri-- farmers work till dark-confidellce is restored. Speaking generally, the fuller information now I received from tho Government Commisaionors as to the effect of the wet woat,her on the harvest is of a. moro 111Cla&Sturing oha<-acter, and there arc good hopes of saving the bulk of the oorn har- vest. The sale of Lord Crewe's Sandbach estate by Messrs Frank Lloyd brought pricc s which aver- aged £.55 ier acre, quite all unprecedented figure.

VALE OF CONWAY FARMERS' UNION. SPEECHES BY MR R. N. JONES, MR ELLIS DAVIES, M P., AND OTHERS. "NO BETTER OFF NOW THAN BEFORE I THE WAR. A very successful meeting of agriculturists was held at the Church House, Llanrwst, on Tuesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Llanrwst and Geirionydd Farmers' Union, the hall, de- spite the fino weather and the harvest demands, being full of local farmers—a material proof of tho keen interest evinced by them in the union. The president of the union, Mr O. Isgoe,i Jones, J.P., presided, ane: he was accompanied by the vice-president, Mr John Davies, Bryniog Ucha; the treasurer, Mr W. G. Owen, J.P.; Messrs Ellis Davies, M.P., R. N. Jones (Live Stock Officer under the. Board of Agriculture), and Mr H. W. Palmer (general secretary of the National ParmerW Union, Lincoln). The Chairman, referring to the large attend- ance, said he was pleased to. find that their past policy of isolation had been abandoned and that at last they had grasped the meaning, power, and importance of unity (applause). Mr R. M. Jones dwelt upon the great advan- tages of education in agriculture and the neces- sity of urging the authorities to give it a bias in tho county schools. He could not think of a district in more need of unity than that of the Conway Valley and a place more adapted to materialise it. The farmers met in one market and one fair, and were well known to one another, and were thus-afforded constant oppor- tunity t oexchango vie-vs on vital matters apper- taining to their industries. It was essential that farmers should be represented in Parliament by men who knew their requirements and under- stood their difficulties and capable of placing their demands before the Government in a tan- gible form (applause). He wanted them- in North Wales to prove that they could not only raise the amount of produce expected of them, but far ex- ceed those expectations. The speaker urged the necessity of paying tho farm labourer a just wage, and wiicl he felt confident that no farmer would object to do so proyided he obtained ade- quate prices for his stock and produce tapplause). Some farmers resided in palatial residences, but some of tha upland farmers lived in houses un- fit to keep animals in. If the- landlord failed to do his duty to these unfortunate people, the Gov- ernment would have to step in and tell him that the life of his tenant and his servants were as j valuable in the sight of the Almighty as his own (loùd applause) Every farmer should be com- pensated when leaving for improvements made oti their farms. Security of tenure was also an absolute necessity Cappiause). Then there was the question of game. When tho tenant paid rent for his fan, he should be allowed to take everything it produced and maintained {applause). FARMERS AND LAWYERS UNPOPULAR Mr Ellis Dav ies, M.P., who was accorded a hearty reception, said that to-day farmers and lawyers were both unpopular, and unjustly so. Lawyers were supposed to be accomplished iiars, but jf the truth were known it was quite un- necessary for them to lie as their clients usually did so for ttwm (laughter). It was very possible that farmers had profited during the tirst two years of the war, but he did not think they did so now (hear, hear). He did not believe the farmer was better oif to-day than he was before the war (hear, hear). It appeared to him they were crushed between the landlord and the buyer. 'lhat was one of the reasons why unity was necessary (appiause). Up to the present the Gov- ernment had been influenced by the big farmer, who did not desire a lease on his farm, preferring to b3 in a position to leave it or come to an agreement with his landlord. He (the speaker) did not think they would accomplish wonders in tha Commons by bending a practical farmer there. What they v> anted was a man with a clear under- standing and judgment capable of influencing Committee;! and the House. One of the greatest diiffculties facing the farmer was the !( k of sympathy evinced between the big farmer and his sn ailer neighbour. A' strong union should embrace agriculturists large and small (applause) He had once favoured the purchase of land by the Government, and thus give the farmer recurity of tenure, but latterly he had somewhat changed his views being now in fav- out of Government assistance- to agriculturists to purchase tLeir own land (applause) He was con- vinced the farmer would cultivate his own lr-nd to better advantage than he would cultivate Government land, as it was natural for him to look afterlhis own He did not believe the Corn Act was a defence against an increase in the rent; it merely specified that the rent must not be raised bccause there happened to be a rise in tho price of corn There were other aspects where an increase in price might happen which' would let in the thin edge of the wedge (hear, hear). Mr II W. Palmer spoke of the work already accomplished by tho National Union and the great work before it. On tho motion of Mr John Davies, seconded by Mr J. 0. D. Jones, J.P., a resolution was unanimously adopted pledging the meeting to do its utmost to further the interests of the union and its ideals.

I CONWAY CATTLE MART. I Messrs Wrn. Dew and Son and R. Arthur Jones disposed of about 850 head of cattle, sheep cuid lambs, on Wednesday, when there was a good attendance and a quick clearance at recent- rates. A bunch of six good cattle from Mr E. Owen, C'efngarileg. sold at £ 34 15s, £ 33 2s 6d (twice), £ 34 2s 6d, £ 31 12s 6d. and Ty Blatters, ;t;26 10s; ot,hN sellers up to ling cattle from Mr Owen, HenHyf, E21 12s &d, 5d, £ 38 7s 6d, a-nd S17 12.s 5d. Fat iambs: Mr W. Baclaw, 506 3J, 43s OJ, and 43s 9d; Mr Ellis, Tai'rmeibion, three pens, up to 42s; Major Erie Piatt, three peas, up to 423 9d; D: Cawthorne, Llechari leaf, 376; Colonel H. Lloyd Most-yn, up to 64s (ram lambs); and Mrs Jones, Glyn, three pe-ns, up to 38s 9d. Fat sheep from Mr Ellis, Tai'rmeibion, made up to 46s 9d Mr Davies, Baclaw, 40s Major Eric Piatt, up to 44s; Mr Owen, Henllys, 46s 6d Dr. Ardall, Brynyneuadd, 386 9d; Ains Jones, Glyn, 38&; Mr Bibby, Plas-yn-Roe, 41s 3d; and Dr. Cawthorne, Lleohan Isaf, 46s.

l VALLEY SMITHF1ELD. Messrs John Pritchard and Co. report a good company of buyers, but very little stock at this centre on Monday, chiefly on account of the farmers being busy in the corn. There was quite a hood entry and had the weather been unfavourable for harvesting there would have been a real good sale. There were plenty cf buyers, including strangers w ho had made a long journey, and several of the regular buyers who have attended all this year had to go on to Llangefni to make" up their numbers. Prices ruled high for catti > sheep and lambs, best beef making from 70s to 76s pt-r cwt., and sheep and lambs wore quite 10s ahead dearer than they were a fortnight ago. Best bullocks made from £ 30 to C35 ?Cs; heifers, £ 25 to L30 178 Ld; fat cow3 to 28; cows in calf to C27 10s; largo ewes, 45i to 54s; Welsh ewes, 28s to 34s bd; fat lambs, 358 to 45s 6d' For the benefit of itie Soldiers and Sailors' Rest Room at Holyhead another LIO 18S t'd was realised with only three lambs, one of which, purchased in the first instance by Mr J. Row- lands, Bodcdern, was re offered three times and made £ 5 ] 5s. The doiiox-3 tc; tho fund were Mr Williams, Penrhyn; Mr Griffith, Piasyglyn, and Mr Roberts, Biyntog; the buyers being Mr George Morgan, Holyhead; Mr Hughes, Llan-. faethlu; Mr John Rowlands, Bodedern; Mr Davies. Bothan; Mr Owen, Valley; and Mr Fletcher, Manchester,

LI. ANERCIIYMEDD Messrs John Pritchard and Co. held their usual fortnightly sale at tho above centre on Wednes- day, when there w as the usual large attendance of distant and local buyers, and a first class sale resulted. Good quality fat cattle were badiy wanted, and mado up to 76s per cwt., whilst tho trade for stores was decidedly better, and almost a total clearanco was effected Thero was a marked improvement in the trade for fat sheep and lambs, and the auctioneers regret there were not three times as many there, as buyers were disappointed they could not get the number they required. Tho auctioneers emphasised the im- portance of always having a good show of stock, and that they would do their best to get the buyers, as a good catalogue always meant a good company of buyers. The following are the chief quotations: Cows in calf, £25 to jg33 heifers in calf to £ 24 15s- fat heifers from Beudy Gwvn, to £32; Pensarn £24 17s 6d; Nantanog, £ 26; Pen 5s; Bryn Fudbas, £ 23 12s 5d; Mar-i^wyn E21 OeldlO and Road, f;22 5s; Rhosgooh IIZt,'Il cii 178 6d: and others to £ 20. Fat bullocks rvoduolwyngioes, to £ 31; Maemgwyn, £34 153; Mr Lewts, Bwlan, had seven veiry nice bullocks w-hioh averaged about hie, l>œt pnoe being, £ 32; Rhosydd, to £ 27; Rhwybol, to £29 10s; Bryn iudhes, to £32 15s; CeiK" Road, je22 53 ;Peny:ro'-sedd, to .£27, Strorxg z,tore bullocks, £ 24 to to 222 10s; store heifexo: Xr.7 to £25 each, smaJk,r, £16 103,. La-repe aross- bred ewes, 60s to 75s; wimlkir, to 55s; fat cross lambs, 40s to 52s (Hafodonen); WelSh ewes de-ar 25s to 383 6d. The next sale at this centre takes piaco on Wednesday, September 261 and will be the sale of tihe season for well-finished oattle and sheep and Lambe. With regard to Menai Bridge, on Monday, the entry comprises 263 oattle, and 1500 eherp and lambs.

BEE SMITHFIELD, ABERGELE. I Mr RIeliard Pearoe reports for Monday last an entry of 79 cattle, 14 calves and pigs, and an en, 900 sheep and lambe Trade was very good throughout, and supplies not equal to de- mand. Forty-six fat cattle all cleared. Bullooks, loewt., P,31 7o 6d; co-ws, llcwt., £30; heifers. lOcwt., 234 17a 6d. Top price on weighbridge, ICewt., 719 4d, L26 7s 6d, or about 12s 3d. Fair average grass-ted. 66a. Eleven dairy cows and heifers sold dear, £36, JEM 2s 6d, and £ 30 3s 6d. Tbexe were 22 store oattle and proved in good demand, selling to ?16. B15 7s, £ 13 Ibs. £ 13 66, and C13 128 M. Pig made up to £ 9 13s 6d; fat calves, 95 r,axert3. 80, Sheep and lambs were of fino quali,ty, the bast shown this year Pens lambs eold to 499 3d; small lots, 64s. The major- ity averaged nearlv 40s, and 121 from one faxin averaged 40s 9d. Klaximum prioes were reached for nearly every lot. Welsh ewes, 42s 9d; breed- ing ewes, 429 3d; rams, £ 7 10s. One lot of lambs only remained uncleared. Buyers from large English firms bought for London market. A speeiaJ sale of hordes and oattie takes plac-e to- day (Friday). The sale will start one hour earlier next Monday—close of summer time.

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HOLYWELL CATTLE MART. Mr Walter 0. Jones was favoured with good supplies at the Mart on Monday. Good entry of beef, finished beasts being in demand, making up to B32 10s. A small entry of dairy stock. Dairy cows to JS57 5s, calving heifers to £ 25 10s, store cattle to JE14, calves to f,6 3s. An excellent entry of sheep and lambs sold at higher rates. Fat sheep to 62s. fut lambs to 47a. A big entry of good pigs met a fast trade, and every pen sold, making up to £ 12 15s.

ENGLISH MARKETS. I CATTLE. I SALFORD September 11th. — At market: Oattle 1968 (increase 230); sheep, 9182 (decrease 354); dairy cattle, 203. Quotations:-Cattle, Is 2d; sheep. Is 4d; lambs, Is 3d to Is 5d per lb.; dry catt-le, L28 to £48 each. A good demand for cattle and sheep, but lambs again could not be bought at the Controller's prices. BIRMINGHAM, September 11th. Business was again practically suspended on the pig ma.r- ket, not more than 120 pigs being on offer, and thœc were snapped up at thç maxImum price of 23s 9d per score. The action of the Food' Controller is anxiously awaited in order to put an end to the present position, which is driving supplies from Birmingham into country districts where auctions a.re held. There were 11Q cattle on the market. LIVERPOOL, Sept lOtli.—There were 42 head of oattle on offer, the whole being cleared at last wreck's prices, best sorts making up to Is 2d. per lb. BIRKENHEAD, September 10th.—Cattle were in larger supply, the number totalling 2400. More buyers were in attendance, a.nd a firmer trade was experienced at increased values, best bullocks and heifers realising up to Is 2id, and bulls and oows 9d to Is Id, a clearance being effected. Sheep and lambs were in short- num- bers, and &old readily at the equivalent of con- trol pric* In the dressed beef eection supplies were good. and with a brisk demand there waa a clearanco at the following quotations: Is Old to Is Oid per lb., or 8e 2d to 8s 6d per stone of 81b. CORN. I CHESTER, September 8th.—Market quietly steady with very restricted offerings. Feeding etuSe are in better demand than &Upply, and all ? i-1ioft are fully maintained Ma.ize not offered. Flour Quiet, unchanged. WOOL- 1 BRADFORD, Monday. ~<»n,di tibna pricti- cally unchanged, and user-• still hositate to commit themselves. Good 'JHjairv *■ botany yarns, but spinners are unwilling to accept oi ders at present.

Blyth railwaymen have decided to ask Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., and Mr W. Hudson, M.P., to urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to revert to B160 as 'he income tax exemption limit, 111 view of special hai dships felt by workers through the high cost c.f living Major-General R. Owen Jones, R.E., C.B, who is a J.P. for Merionethshire, and Lady Alfred Mond, wife of the Liberal member for Swansea, are amongst recent subscribers to the Duty e and Discipline Movement. The first batch of repatriatd prisoners of war who have been recuperating for a while in Swit- zerland, arrived in London on Tuesday—thirty- nine officers and 376 non-commissioned officers and men.

I- WEST MERIONETH METHODISTS. I LIVING WAGE FOR MINISTERS. At the West Merioneth Calvinistic Methodist monthly meeting, held at Blaenau Festiniog, Mr E. W. Evans, Dolgelley, secretary to the Sustoista-tion Fund to.provide a liv.r.^ wage to miiraiAers, presented the first ieport ot the work- ing- cf the scheme. lIe stated that tho object cf tho scheme waa to secure a uniform wa.ge of 30s per Sunday for each minister in the oi-rcuit, and to assist the weaker ohurche.s to ha.ve a regular supply of prcacher&. The committee hadVotained aocurate icturns from the ministers of wha.t they received and their expenses in travelling to fulfil their engagements for the past six months, and ;t. would be surprising to know t.ha.t a large number return home on Monday morning with only 153 in their pocket. There was &ome opposition to the scheme, which be was sorry to s.uy'was main- ly from vvealfeiy deacons. The scheme, however, WM progressiiiig, and several churches have given their hearty co-operation, and already in- creased their coIJtribution. to 308. Reference was made to the death of the Rev. Robert. Thomas, Talsarnau, Messrs J. J. Thomas, TalscLmau; and R. W. Jones, Rhiwepardy, and a. vote of condolence was parsed with the families in thei.r bereavement; The next meeting to be held at Aberdovev in November. The Rev. Ellis James Jones, M.A., Rhvl, at- tended the meeting on behalf of the Home Mis- sion, and appealed for fuirnber help.

WELSH MARKETS LLANRWST, September llth.-Fresh butter, 2s to 2s 2d per lb.; fowls, 6is to Bs a couple; ducks, 6s to 8s a couple; eggs, 4 a-tid 5 for la; beef, Is 4d to Is 8d per lb. mutton, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb. veal, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb.; pork. Is 6d to le 8d per lb.; lamb, Is 6d to Is 8d per lb.; fat piga, lOjd per lb.; suckling pigs, 40s to 50s each rabbits, lOd to Is each. DENBIGH, September 12fh.-F<.m Is, 7s to 9s 64 a ooiuple; ducks, 8s to 10s 6d a couple; eggs, 4 and 5 for Is; fresh butter, 2s Id to 2s 2d per lb. email tubs, 6s per lb. beef, Is 3d to Is 7d per lb.; mutton. Is 2d to Is 6d pe,r lb.; lamb, Is 4d to Is Bd per lb.; fat pigs, lOid per lb.; rabbits* 2s 2d a couple; English wool, Is 5d to Is 9id per lb.; Welsh wool, Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. PWLLHELI, September 12th.—Butter, whole- sale, Is 9d per lb.; retail. Is lOci per lb.; eggs, 236 per 120; fat pigs, 10jd per lb.; porkerts, 30e to 35s each beef and mutton, L= to Is 8d per lb.; pork and veal, lid to Is 7d per It).

The trial of Lieutenant Malcolm 011 the charge of murdering Anton Baumberg, known as Count de Borah, was concluded 011 Tuesday. Sir Joha Simon, in a striking speech, urged that the shooting of Baumberg was clone in ft-.If-defenoo. The jury took this view and returned a verdict of not guilty. Malcolm was accordingly acquitted. Replying to a correspondent suggestion that the tax on dogs should be iniertaiad and, in the case of women's lap-dogs, made prohibitive, the Board of Agriculture states that action regard- ing anum ber of dogs ill the country is being considered by the Government. ( Glamorganshire school teacher. dissatisfied with a new saJary scale, decided at Port Talbot, on. Saturday, to ask a conference with the Education Committee, and failing an agreement to call an- other meeting with a view to tendering no ticca. The teachers contend that while the committee receive P,43,000 under the Fisher Scheme the in- crease given cost £ 20,000.

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