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"TIPYN °__808 PETff." I twx BO NOT KBCESBAJULT SHARK THE OPIRlOJiS iXPREilUDI 07, wsrrgRg IS THIS CoLumai-I A wise sage, of old time; is reported to bave gone out with a lantern, in broad daylight, in search of a honest man. This philoso- pher's methods- were recalled during a recent visit to Llangollen, by observing the illumin- mt in a street lamp unextinguished at noon. It's a trav we have at Llangollen a friend- Iv native informed me. W if!' What may be termed a "striking illustra- tion of this tendency was supplied at the Urban Council the other evening, when mem Vers discussed the Town Hall clock. A. mem- ber is reported to have observed that the clock had not been striking for some time. where- upon another replied that permission had been given for the clock to strike in the day- time but not at night. The same idea is common to the two ex- amples. In the day-time ratepayers can pee the face of the clock-at any rate the major portion af them are within easy reach of it- there let the clock strike: before nightfall they are, or should be, able to see their ways fairly well, therefore leave the street-lamp burning. Drogenes might learn a thing or two a.t Llangollen. ■s The pedigree of Sir J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., begins with Beli Mawr, 72 B.C., and the line was carried down t-o Kyhelyn and Madog Goch. From the same stock sprang Geiriog and Richard Hughes, the founder of the famous Wrexham publishing firm. .j In their search for old Welsh folk songs the members of the Welsh Folk Song Society have discovered some interesting and long- lost Irish airs. A member bagged two Irish songs at Harlech entitled What shall we no with the herring?" and "Tittle Jimmy Murphy. On Thursday the daily papers -or a con- aigipra",ile. number of them—announced that, after seeking for a quarter-of a-century, pros- I pectors have discovered a rich vein of copper in iifferioneth. What, agall1; It is only tftree months since a wounded Australian soldier, after extended search in the county, was re ported to have discovered gold in paying quan- tities. Since then the only gold there has been about it has been an eighteen carat silence, which, of course, is golden, « Quite an interesting romance might be -written concerning the metals of Merioneth- shire and, certainly, if but a tithe of these periodical discoveries," were transmuted into paying propositions, Mr. Haydn Jones would represent, in Parliament, a county far more ricMv mineralized than the main reef at Johannesburg. Unfortunately these dis- coveries never materialize which invites the reflection that, the only copper they ever pro ctuee is that which the penny-a-liner periodic- ally extracts for his paragraphs to the daily press. press. In his remarkable hook" A Poet's Pilgrim- age (Melrose), Mr. W. H. Davies, the poet. insists that the Welsh are not fond of walking, and that they will take a long circuitous jour- ney by train when a, walk by a short cut would bring them to their destination sooner. He makes the point in regard to -South Wales, but is it not true also of the North? Whether they are fond of walking or not, the North Waliaas' certainly seem to be exceptionally fond of railway travelling. Such is the im- pression of at least one visitor, according to  & coBtempofary. 9 # Llangollen's "White Elephant" as Mr. Graham once termed the Town Hall—and his description has not yet been forgotten locally —is in a fair- way to become a Golden Calf. The Town Advertising Committee, having rented it for thirty pieces of gold annually, have been able to illuminate and clean it. provide the interior with luxurious lounges and visitors with a pleasant form of enter- tainment. and then, having a, sum of £ 250 at their disposal, to acquire a. piece of land on ) the banks of the Dee, to enlarge the local j promenade, j Incidentally, of course, they have also pro- ded.the Urban Council with a lesson in business methods-bút let that- pass. It is, however, somewhat curious to find. and alto- [ gether impossible to appreciate, the type of ) mind which, desiring to have its cake, also ] wishes to eat it; and, while rejoicing that the town should be doing so well out of the Town Hall, and proposing that the rent should be doubled, still bewails that Llaneollen will then have no public place of assemblv. Of course, now that an election is in the 8,lr,. and doubtless representatives of the two sections of the local labour party may be de- sirous of airing their views one section may feel ft particularly hard that the other has cut the platform from under its feet, so to Speak., And what will "the mayor do sup- posing he is requisitioned to call a public meeting? Of course, there are a good many emntr chanels. Hwfa GLYN: I  I

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