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If TIPYN 0 BOB PETII." II
If TIPYN 0 BOB PETII." I rs bo got mosiULi nuu the opinioks izpbxssbs Vt wt=s IN tm6 COLCMJi.J Some remarks penned last week regarding the alleged discovery- of .gold in Merioneth- shire and the suggestion that there is plenty of the sovereign motai-in the long stockings of that county, may be read in conjunction with a further announcement ia the daily papers that a valuable vein of copper with indications of silver is stated to have 1 een dis- covered on Crown land a. few miles from Barmouth." The tale appears q-uite complete —Copper,silver and gold "Eradburys" are now the only desiderata of that -ysterious county with, perhaps, the discovery of a vein of humour. Writing on the subject of precious metals, reminds one of a striking contrast between the Bala Vase, of solid gold coated with lac- quer, to which allusion was made the other week, and the Kaiser's trophy, that Mr. Gerard spoke of in a recent speech at New York, in drawing a parable from the discovery that the solid gold trophy presented by the Kaiser to the winner of the Ocean Yacht race in 1905 was, in reality, a pewter cup with a thin plating of gold. The fraudulent nature of that cup," said Mr. Gerard, proves the kind of sport the Kaiser is, and you may be- lieve me when I tell you that the great mili- tary force of Germany is like that cup. Break it once, and you wil iand it is no good. Smash it and you will find it pewter." May not a similar parable, of course the other way about, be'drawn from the Bala Vase? < SoGlyn Cèiriog is to have a new v; ater supply—Mr. Green Davies is seeing to that. According to the report of -ie proceed-ngs at last week's meeting of the Chirk Rural Dis- trict Council the. reservoir capacity. under the new scheme, will be 30,000 gallons, and the population to be supplied 700 to 800. If it were not the season at Llangollen it might be suggested that the capacity of the Yivod reservoir and the population of the urban area might be considered in connection with the Glyn standard. It is, of course, quite true that Baptists are in the majority at Glyn-therefore. more water may be required -whil-st Calvina are the predominant partners at Llan. or The water problem, at Corwen, however, judging from what passed at last week's meet- ing of the Parish Council, possesses distinctive features. A member reported that the water had been turned off the town one night last week without notice having been given to the public, the excuse made by the manager of the water company being that there were no means I of letting the public knew that night as there is no town crier now. Upon hearins this tl e l Council at once decided to appoint a tempor- ary town crier, so that the natives will now have due notice of approaching drought. With this momentous announcement local water topics may be turned off with the slight addition that, at Llangollen Parish Council meeting, Garth parish pump -was reported to have been damaged. Llangollen Urban Council apparently be- liev-e in a policy of pin pricks no far -as the Denbighshire Cfeunty Council is concerned; and, last week, called them to account for persistently neglecting to send out the water cart and to tar spray the main roads com- mitted to their care, dne member stating that, if something be not doon soon, the dust nuis- ance will cause an epidemic. Llangollen rate- payers are a long suffering race but there are limits. to their patience and. really, now thai motor traffic has all but vanished from the road, and the Urban Council have be- come a happy family of seven once more, there is no possible excuse for kicking up a dust. # It must, of course, be borne in mind that the Urban Council also have their water cart for use on rainy days. If memory serves it • is the mysterious vehicle which the Surveyor reported to the Council he hact discovered in the Smithfield, the ownership of which could not be traced. He said he could remember, Ion one occasion, that new shafts were put on it, a year or so later it was furnished with a new pair of wheels, and, on a subsequent oc- casion, the old body was replaced by a new one. The old familiar watering cart, of course, then remained only in the imagination, "lost to sight it was to memory dear," but-quite capable of doing all the watering that was attempted at Llangollen otherwise than on rainy days. From the watering cart to the roads and roadmen's wages is not a far cry, and it; is cheering to see the cause of labour finds a" champion at the Urban Council, Mr. Price, who went in on the democratic ticket, plead- ing for better wages for the roadmen em- ployed by the Council. Without the precise figure's paid to these employees it is not pos- sible to write very much; but from the iact that the amount of 27s. weekly paid by the County Council to their workmen is alluded to in a spirit -of reverential awe, presumably it does not greatly exceed the guinea, under which conditions it is hard to discover the logic grumbling very much regarding the manner in which things are tidied up in the st,re(ate, Of course the usual argument is ad- vanced that, though small, the wage is regu- lar that no deduction is made for rainy I days," and that they have their money just the same in winter as in summer. However this may be there is quite a lot of truth in the argument that, unless and until, there is a readjustment of the roadmen's wages it is somewhat futile to complain of the condition of the rords. Llangollen appears to have been a good deal in the picture at Oswestry during the past few day?. On market day, last week, a couple of lambs, stated to be the property of a dealer from Usngollen, made a short cut through a large plate glass window in a fur- niture establishment, but, beyond disfiguring a zinc uk, by kicking it—they survived tfee'operation, by the way—they did no geribus t h e'. opera ion, damage to the interior of the store, although of course,the window was demolished. The remarkable part of the storv is that, on Monday, a frisky horse, that. klso has Llan. gollen associations, backed the trap to which it was attached through the other window of the same place of business. Evidently tuey need leigone, on the genuo art of controlling ,t Lla^ollen.. Allusion to controlling leads up to remarks made at the Urban Council, the other evening, and the protest formulated rgainst the butt; hawker, who is described as going from aoor to door vending "the best Welsh." This is an old grievance at Llargollen, I one won-: ders how long it can continue in these days when eveiry dealer is supposed toba registered. Not only is -the grievance an old one with traders who, having., to pay rates, resent the procedure, of the commercial froc-lahces, but the sensible and only reniedy li a-, been fre- quently suggested. A suitable placi should be provided where these good folk may expose, their wares, in which they xaast pay for stand- ing room and comply with regulations. An attempt was made to achieve soino^hing in this direction by throwing open. the entrance, of the Town Hall on fair fays, apd previous attempts, on a more elaborate scale,- by pro- viding booths hear the' Smithfield, but both proved ineffective. And so wiy anv future attempt prove unless the authority, having a bye-law against hawking, see that it Is rigor- i's rigor- ously .observed. HWFA GJUTK.. ——— ———
,.Oswestry Rural iDistrict…
Oswestry Rural District Council. Mr. N. W. 'Wiltbew'presided 'at a meeting of Oswestry Rural District Council, on Mon- day, when there were also present Messrs. A. Peate j vice-chairman, E. Fox Davies, W. E. Frith, J. Edwards, A. Pricej J. Phillips, T. Ward Green, J. Boyle, J. Prioe, F. E. Boughey, Horace Lovett, H. O. Stokes, E. W. Humphreys, and J. Vaughan, with Messrs. C. H. Bull, clerk, E. Roberts, assist- ant cferk, R. H; Richards, sanitary inspector. and acting surveyor, and Dr. Beresford, medi- cal officer. The Chairman said he was sure it was the wish of the Council that he should extend a hearty welcome to Mr. Boughey on his return after a severe illness. (Hear, hear.) I: VARIA. Referring to the credit balance in the hands of the Council, Mr. Peate said be thought they were in a position to invest £500 in the War Loan.—The Clerk was directed to inquire into the matter. Arising out of a letter from Lord Trevor's agent, the Surveyor said he had written to that gentleman asking him to make an ap- pointment to inspect part of the Glynmorlais road, which he considered should be repaired. A letter was read, from Llanyblodwel Parish Council stating that there were, many con- venient sites in that district for building cottages after the war, provided they could be obtained at a price. They considered that a better scheme would be to reconstruct, existing cottages. Quite three-quarters of these required, rebuilding. The Clerk said Mr. Edward Evans did not wish to continue a district councillor for the Tjlanforda ward of the rural parish of Oswes- try, and it was decided to ask the Parish Council to nominate successor, who will be co-opted by the District Council. The Clerk stated that the estimates for the district water supplies were exactly the same as last year. Referring to the closing of Whititingtoii school by the County Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Bcresford said it was not due to the sanitary state of the school, which was cleansed weekly and was one of the cleanest schools in the district. As to theffoding of the lower part of Llan- ymynech village, Mr. Fox Davias said there was no doubt the nuisance was caused by the I bad state of a culvert, which must be attended to. A lot of loose stones had. dropped into I it, and the obstruction should be removed and the watercoarse in the field beyond the cul- vert attended to. Either the Cambrian Rail- ways Company or the County Council were responsible for cleaning out the culvert,which was a big job.-The Chairman: The culvert undoubtedly belongs to the railway company. —The Chairman agreed to make an appoint- ment with the engineer to the railway com- pany to discuss the question of responsibility. THE INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL: 0' OSWESTRY TOWN COUNCIL'S REPRE- SENTATION. I It was reported that a joint committee of representatives of the Oswestry Board of Guardians, Qswestry Rural District Council, Oswestry Town Council, and Chirk and Llan. silin Digtrict Councils had met and con- sidered the question of taking over and maintaining the workhouse infectious hospi- tal, which contains accommodation for 17 patients, and can be enlarged to accommo- date 24, and which the Oswestry Guardians will surrender for the benefit of the district on payment of a nominal rental of one guinea a year.—The Chairman said the whole of the joint committee were in agreement with all the proposals put forward, except Oswestry Town Council, who considered that their representation on the new joint committee was not sufficient. Under the proposed; scheme Oswestry Guardians would have two represenativei on the committee, Oswestry District Council three, Oswestry Town Coun- cil two, and Chirk and Llansilin District Councils one each. Oswestry Town Council representatives expressed the view that O swes. try Guardians and District Council were prac- tically the same in constitution, and it was not exactly right for them to have five repre- sentatives between them. He (the Chairman) considered that a far-fetched objection for the District Council and Guardians were simply out to do their best for the district in that respect. (Hear, hear.) He believed the Town Council would make' a great point of that. objection.7--Dr. Beresford, who, is, also medical officer for the. borough, said he did not think there would be much opposition. The Chairman said he was distinctly informed there would.—Mr. Ward Green said it was not very vital in any case.—Mr. Peate Do Oswestry Town Council wat à. majority on the committee ?—The Chairman: I don't.i know.—Dr. Beresford The Town Council J ought to be thankful to the Board of Guar- (hansfor the use of the hospital in |»ailfr years and for the offer of its use in the [utUN.K r. Peate: If the Town-Council don't, wish: to join we can proceed with the other | aufchorities.The Chairman :The Town Coun-1 oil will bo greater users of the hospital than, anyone else.—Dr. Beresford That is quite so, and I will fell them what I' Wnk. *-It was unanimously decided to approve of "the I gcheny* ■
jBORDER NEWS IN BRIEF.I
jBORDER NEWS IN BRIEF.I I Shropshire. '$:- t Belas Magna parish church collection for the £ .S.L.i. Prisoners of War Ft^ad realised, Mtli some sa6sc -i ;CIS 2s. 2d. • Bishop's Castle Town "Council hav levied a rate .of ;4s. 6d. in the L to cover f estimated deficiency of £ 1,1.17 due; to unforeseen eX- penditure. In a case of a. Shrewsbury woman who had threatened, to take her life and fell through .a >.window the; doctor said he -i- idered she/ was suffering from She new disease, botulism. "A further meetiB.g of the District Wages Committee for Shropshire wa3 held at the Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, on June 8, when re- commendations to the Agricultural Wages Board with regard to minimum rates of wages j for women and girls employed in agricultureg were decided upon. < I Montgomeryshire, j Mr. W. P. Phillips, proprietor of the j co MoritgomeryÔire Express, Ne wn, has f been appointed a member of the County Ap- peal Tribunal. J Mr. John Richards, Llynclys, has resigned his poaition &s a member of the Me ;óomel'Y-1 shire War Agriculture Committee as a protest against a telegram sent to ihe Board of Agri- culture which he alleges suggested that he had misled the Appeals Tribunal concerning the power of farmers to appeal. Regret was expressed at Mr. Richards's action and he is being asked to reconsider it. At Newtown Urban District Council on Thursday a letter was read from the General Manager of the Cambrian Railways regretting he could not make suiy alteration in the sus- pension of certain trains owing to the small use made of them by the public, but under- taking to provide a post box outside the plat- form (now closed to the public) if arrange- ments could be made with the postal author- ities. The Medical Officer denied the truth of rumours that the town water was impure and. unfit for drinking. Congratulations were sent to Col. Sir Edward Pryce-Jones, M.P., on the baronetcy conferred on him- I Merionethshire. I The Merioneth County Council last week, at Dolgelley, decided to levy a raxj of 3s. tid. in the pound, as against 3s. lid. last year. This is the heaviest rate ever levied in the county. The addition is due to increased teachers' salaries and the reduction of the ratable value of Festiniog owing to trade de- pression. At Barmouth Council, last week, it was re- ported that Belgian refugees who had been granted boating licences indulged in Sunday boating, which the townspeople strongly re- sented. Mr. Edward Williams sr.id the Coun- cil should stop Sunday boating. ales had for generations upheld Sunday observance. Motor vehicles should also oJe stopped Mr. Francis Morris said visitors cominj for out- ings also indulged in Sunday boating. It was decided to approach the boat owners and ask them not to allow Sunday boating. At the Merioneth Appeal Tribunal, on Tues- day week, thirty-four agricultural appeals were refused out of forty-five. Farmers present strongly resented the decisions and interrupt- ed the proceedings several timps. During an argument between the Chairmr r and the National Service representative they cheered loudly and stamped their feet, the Chairman I threatening to clear the court if order was not restored. Later the farmers held an open-air meeting, when it was decided to send a tele- gram to the authorities in London protesting most strongly agains farm hands being taken I when they were required for the harvest, and appealing to the Government to intervene. I' Flintshire. I Mr. R. Frank Jones, Rhyl, has been ap- pointed Road Transport Officer for Carnarvon and Anglesey under the National Service De- partment. It was stated at the Flintshire al ri- bunal, last week, that a roadman who had j taken a hillside farm at Cwm, near Rhyl, had this year ploughed up no less than 11 acres of land which were previously covered with gorse. Pte John Jenner, aged 18, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour at Ruthin Assizes last week, for killing Pte. John Victor Hawkins, of Heywood, at Kinmel Park Camp. The jury found Jenner had no intention to kill and recommended him to mercy. Early on Friday morning a serious fire oc- curred at Prestatyn, resulting in two cottages being burned to the ground. The occupants Mrs. Griffiths and Mr. John Hughes, had verv narrow escapes. The cottages, which were old landmarks, and were often described as the last remains of old picturesque Prestatyn, often formed the subject of picture postcards. At the monthly meeting of the Mold Coun- cil, on Tuesday week, a rep" 7 was read *rom the Lord Chancellor's Committee on County Court Districts in response to the resolution of protest from the Urban Council, who feared that Mold, along with Flint, might Ye -tached to the Holywell County Court district, stating that the committee had never contemplated doing away with the County Court at Mold. The only. change thay had in contemplation was that Mold might be much more advanta- geously consolidated with Wrexham than with Flint, as at present. A reply to the codmit- tee was approved, asking that before any such arrangement was carried out the Urban Coun- cil should be given an opportunity of It!l?g heard.
-GEUFFORDD-".1-I
GEUFFORDD 1 I SALE OF WORK.—A 8uful eale at work WM heid here on Mursday. The are to b< uaed in t both demnng i? remadnMi? &bt on the C?Wvinig6o M?t)ho<6et''s property a?d ctning and d?cora?iang the ch?peiL Tl? sale WM opened by Dr. Lewie, HeMsam?rajd, ?ho was aocomtJtt-nMd 1? MM. Le-?M; M)d ji? WM suP.b-v.¥Ø9$r8, Joseph D&vœ Mount, MMt Pryoe 'Gn<nt<bs, S&rm,&LL A!d. David Fryo& preisr,d-ecl. and the chairmen of the e&ncer? -weM: Meem. Aahford Da.v. Llynech, and D. Bebb, Buttin.' The artistes WM'&: — Mim, Thomas. MiaM Owen (Oarnarvon), Ella WiMitama (Meifod); WnN&md Bebb, Branwen Jones, and aiigwt Sraith- (Usnea.,ntff-rai?d) Mr. S'TiolMr ,m,es and Mr. Humphreys (W?hp<M'I); &e E?dne and S?M<m parties. TRh?y wwf aooom? I pMujed by Miss FriLu* L.L.C.M.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WEEK. Sir George Alexander, the famous actor, lefb LOO,672, net personalty £ 60,058. Sir James Campbell has been appointed Irish Lord Chancellor. German U-boats last week reached the American coast and sank a number of crsels. A Tredegar collier, against who t a. judg- ment summons was sought, was reported to be earning C12 weekly. A coalfield, containing 200,000,000 tons, in the Neath Valleys, formerly owned by a. Ger- man syndicate, has now been acquired by a party of Glamorgan mine owners. M. Branting, leader of the Swedish Socialist Party, has intimate I his acceptance of the in- vitation to attend the Labour PartJ Conference in London on June 26, 27, d 28. The Rev. Evan Davies, a Mcthodwt minister, offered at Pembrokeshire Tribunal to go to the Army instead of a twenty-one- year-old farm worker whose mother and sister are very ill. A further series of public, notices dealing with food and produce appear in our columns to-day, including a very important order rela- tive to surplus potatoes, issued by we Food Controller. Mr. Asquith delivered the Romanes Le\J.l'8 in the Slieldoriian Theatre, Oxford, on Satnr-. dry, taking as his subject, Some Aspects 01 the Victorian Age." There is an .-udiesiat of between 3,000 and 4,000 persons. The Dutch vessel Koningin Reg^ntes hat been torpedoed by a German submarine. The British ship Sindoro, on .which the British delegates to the Hague conference on the ex- change of prisoners were sailing c-ie to t, rescue. It is now stated that the man who was Ian& ed on the Irish coast from a German sub* marine and has since been imprisoned in the Tower of London is a lance-Ljrporal in tb4 Connaught Rangers who was a prisoner-of-wai in Germany. Derogatory remarks were ade at Worcestet County Council, on Monday, concerning the distribution of honours to certain of their members under the Order (f the British Em- pire, whi_ ch were described as "a poor riH ward for the services rendered. The Executive of the National r-iion al Railwaymen have decided to apply for an ilk. crease of war wages for lads and women em* ployed in railway shops, the increase to M equivalent to advances gained by the :2-1 polt cent. award. Much interest has been aroused in the die* covery of a new'" star." Some astronomert hold the opinion that it is a collision of two stars, which gives the appearance of a neW, star, or an explosion of incredible magnitude, and not a star at all. The German offensive has again developed with great intensity, the liontdidier area, near. Amiens, being selected for the new push. The enemy has gained some ground, but }; Î8 being stoutly resisted by the Allies, and such gains as he has been able to secure have beea at enormous cost of life. Major Hunt, M.P., speaking in I ondon at a mass nieeting organised by the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, said our leading politi-r cians were afraid of the influence which fight- ing men would wield after the war, and they would probably try to check it. Tha fighting men should therefore combine, net only to secure their personal rights but also i •> protect the interests of the country and the Empire. In reply to a question by Colonel Wilirfd Ashley, M.P., the Minister of National Ser- vice announces that discharged men who were engaged in a one-man business before they enlisted, and 0 resume the same businesa on discharge from the Forces, will be con- sidered as engaged in work of national im- portance-the same as men who received whole or part wages from their .ormer employers while serving and who return to the same em-i ployment on discharge. A meeting in London, last week, of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain unani- mously decided that a request should be made for a further increase of the war wage of Is. 6d. and 9d. for men and youths respectively. The question was referred to the Executive Committee to press forward as expeditiously as possible. It was reported to the confer- ence that ;),n order had been issued by Govern- ment under which young men between the ages of twenty and twenty-three were not allowed to appeal for exemption from military service, except in case of the last surviving son of a widow who had lost at least one son in tha war. Indignation was expressed at what the conference described as the inhumanity of such an order. At the recent meeting of the Governors of the National Library of Wales it was suggest- ed that the Library should invite persons in possession of letters received from men on active service which contained fust-hand ac- counts of actions and incidents at the front to send the letters or copies for preservation in the Library. Acting upon this suggestion, Mr. George Eyre Evans and Sergeant-Major Fenn, of Aberystwyth, ha13 sent about 4,000 such letters received from officers and man on'active ser ice on the sea and on all fronts covering the years 1915-1918. The writers are mainly natives of Aberystwyth, to whom parcels I.L-a been regularly sent. With' the letters are about 1,000 autographed envelopes. These also will be preserved, and they will form a valuable record of the postal censor and other organisations. The Librarian will be glad if other persons in possession of lettc's willoom. municate with him.
PANT.
PANT. OPEN AIR CONCERT.-Music loren on. i. oyed a treat on Thursday evening, when an cpen IDir concert; was given in Mr. A. Janes's field, the Powis Arms, the majority of the items being sustained by artistes from Park Hall Camp. A collection realised £ 3 8s,, which was handed over to the K.S.L.I. Pris- oners of War Fund. LLANFECHAIN. AUUtDENT. As Miss Mabel Hughft South View, was taiking Mr. OpeJljlhaw honeo, to thq meadow on Monday, one beca.me restiya and tnrew her to the ground. She- was struct on i-he temple by tie horses' hoof, euat-aimngr eenous injury. Mr. Openshaw immediately summoned Dr. Lewis and, und&r hie care-, Ul. patient ia making saiTafoctorjr progzttft.