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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
''.-*'1 . I Royal. Salop Infirmary.I
1 I Royal. Salop Infirmary. I AN OLD SALOPIAN'S GIFT. i Mr. Alfred Mansell, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Royal Satop Infirmary, has received the following :— Dear Sir,—As an old Salopian I have pleasure in enclosing my cheque for one hun- dred guineas as a donation to the funds of your worthy institution. Perhaps in con- sideration of this you will make me a Life Governor.—Yours faithfully, Predk. Eley. The Grange, East Sheen, S. W. I Mr. Manse HI has sent the following reply to Mr. Eley :— "Dea.r Sir,Reooipt of cheque for one hundred guineas was reported Ap fclatf weekly meeting of the Board held tCMiay, and I was requested to tender to you the most grateful acknowledgments of the Directors for this munificent contribution. Being an old Salopian you will be proud to hear that the County Hospital has not only maintained its I normal service, but wider obligations have been undertaken by the treatment of wounded soldiers. The knowledge that the Royal Salop Infirmary retains your generous support is ex- ceedingly gratifying, and we are convinced adequate funds will be forthcoming to enable us to surmount the financial difficulties arising from the continuance of war conditions. I have much pleasure in informing you, that, in- accordance with the rules of the Infirmary, you have been elected to a Life Governorship, with the right to recommend eight patients annually. Enclosed please find official re. ceipt, together with the recommendation forms to which you are entitled, also a copy of the last available report of the Institution.- Mr Eley is a brother of Mrs. W. Toye and of Mrs. 7 Withers of Shrewsbury, and is a i ipint manager of the National Provincial Bank,
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British airmen have successfully bombed Constantinople. Marriage offices have been established in Saxony (Prussia) to promote marriages be- tween war widows who desire to marry and to continue their dead husbands' businesses and discharged soldiers. While dig g a grave at Wirnborne. Dorset, nematery. the caretaker unearthed three Roman cinerary, urns similar to some which he found 27 years ago, and which were pro- nounced- by experts to have been made some time between A.D. 150 and 400. An extraordinary affair at Handforth, Cbe- shire, is reported. Pte. Hathaway, who is home on leave, took the family for a holiday, and while out his house collapsed. All the furniture was destroyed the roof fell through i the bedrooms to the kitchen, and the ends of the house also fell, inward. Had the famit" been in allwoonld probably have been killed. Kissing has its dangers as well as its de- I lights A French bricklayer fell ill of a nigh- 1y contagious Russian fever. Before his death his wife kissed him and also took the disease and died. Meantime her two children kissed their dying mother and they, too, have sicken- ed and succumbed, while the parents' funeral takin- place.
IBerrington War Hospital.…
Berrington War Hospital. I SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS, I Saturday afternoon was a time of great things in sports, fun and frolic amongst the hundreds of patients at Berrington War Hospital and with the large company, of visi- tors attending., A committee bad arranged a tip-top programrne, of atjiletic sport5, the prizes for which in handsome silver and elec- tro good.s had filled for a week or so one of the large display windows at Messrs. R. Maddox and Co. In addition to the sports, the clever and amusing company of the Army Pay Frolics gave some of their capital enter- tainments the Band.. of the Shropshire Regi- ment, under Bandmaster R. Jones, played, and clever conjuring turns were given to those in the wards unable to get out. by Mr. Lee, Axon of Shrewsbury. The excellent catering for the afternoon was done by Sister Hughes and Miss Fulcher. The object of the effort was to raise money for the Comforts Fund connected, with the Hospital, and-great, success attended the event. It was all under the direction of Lieut.- Colonel Rundle, R.A.M.C. The chairman of the executive committee was Major J. E. Power; the Vicar of Atcham and chaplain to the Hospital, the Rev. G. H. Bainbridge, was treasurer; and, the hon. secretaries were Sergt. F. A. Millar and Sergt. H. 0. Home, son of the late Rev. Silvester Home. The judges were Colonel T. F. Kynnersley, Col. Bundle, Capt. G. C. King, Capt. E. C. Ibbotson, Messrs. Wm, Swire, C. A. Holt, H. Holt and G. Holt; starters,. Capt. L. G, i B. Kersley, Mr. Sydney Yates and Q.M.S. C. A. -Scott. The stewards were Major R. M. Fenn. Major D. F. 0. Ke\ly, Capt. C. A. Ba-rton and Mr. W. G. Fulcher. Mrs. Kynnersley distributed the prizes, and was heartily thanked, on the motion of Col. Bundle. Amongst others present were Mrs. Van Bergen, Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Urwick, and I Mrs. Rowan Robinson, who was in charge of a. houpla. stand. Results :—• wrestling on horseback—I, Pre. young- husba.nd and Pte. Toner 2, Pte. Hanby and Pte. Hvnd. Tug-of-war (opfm)-l, Berrington B Team; 2, Berrington A Team. Hurdle race—1, L. Edwards; 2, Pte. J. M. Edwards. Band race—1, Finn; 2. Ridler; 3, Camp- bell. j Boot race (patients)—1, Pte. Steen; 2, Pte. II Dunk; 3, Corpl. Carter. Egg and spoon (ladies' staff) (presented by Mr. W. Swire)-I, Miss Lyons; 2, Nurse Townle y. 440 yards (open)—1, L. Ed-wards; 2, Hib- bert; 3, Lieut. Hudson. Three-legged race (ladies)—1, Misses Dun- ham and Byers; 2, Misses Reeves and Dodd. 100 yards' ladies (open)—1, Miss N. Birch; 2, Miss E. Jackson; 3, Sister Rigby. Obstacle race (open)-I, N. D. Davies; 2, F. Kinder; 3, A. H, Palmer. 200 yards (staff)—1, Corpl. Hyde; 2, Pte. Jopson; 3. Corpl. Carter. Wheelbarrow race-1, Pte. Andrews and Pte. Kirby; 2, Corpl. Crowther and Corpl I Carter. ilat, trirnming, (wounded)-— Pte. Landles (Berrington); 2. CorpI, Stephens (Attlng- ham); 3, Pte. Ban (Baschurch). Obstacle race (sts "ff )-I, Sergt. Wheeler; 2, Pte. Andrews. Slow cycle race—1, Miss Tuthill; 2, Miss Healey. 100 yards (optli)-I, E. H.Wyness; 2, Lieut. Hudson; 3, Pte. Stephens, Egg and spoon (wounded)—1, Pte. Steen (Baschurch); 2, Pte. Bowles (Baschurch). Relay race (staff)-I, Corp). Hyde's team; 2, Pte. Edwards's team. were cult ,-v ated.-The Chairman said ,hat if Mile (open)-l, 2nd A.M. Hibbert; 2, Flight-Sergt. Hatt; 3, F. Kinder. Long jump—1, Pte. Edwards; 2, Pte. Jobson, Walking race. Square to Hospital-Men: 1. F. Partridge 2, C. Wyness; 3, J. Nicholls. Women 1, Miss Parker; 2, Miss "Croxton; 3, Miss Key. Sack iàce-l, Pte; Steen; 2, Pte. Bowles; 3, Pte. Hughes. Tug-of-war (Billets)—1, Berrington Rec- tory 2, Hospital quarters. Tug-of-war, ladies (open)-I., Berrington G.S,, V.A.f). 2, A.P.C., No. 1 (R.W.F.). Prizes for patients unable to leave the wards—1 (presented by Mrs. Wilkes). Pte. Fri, 2, Pte. Mortlock; 3, Pte. Butterworth. War Bond numbers—250, 249, 252. 772, 983, 962.
IBORDER NEWS IN BRIEF.
IBORDER NEWS IN BRIEF. Denbighshire. t We nr? glad to hear that Dr. E. D. Evans, of Vuri^liain, is recovering from his recent illness: Between- July 19 and August 15, electrical ;a q, qr. sasto ÇúS ut paptAOjd s-eia iuatulea-ii electro- therapeutic department of Croes- I newydd Auxiliary Hospital, Wrexham. At the meeting of the Denbigh Rural Coun- cil the sanitary inspector reported two cases of overcrowding in one village. In one case nine members of a family slept in one small room, and in the other seven slept in one room. The death of Mr. John Rogers, 3, Welling- ton-road, Wrexham, took pace on Aug. 28, at I the age of 79. Mr. Rogers was a native of But- i tington, nea-r. Welshpool, and came to live in Wrexham 43 years ago. He leaves a widow, a son and three daughters to mourn his loss. His son is Mr. J. W. Rogers, borough frea* surer of Wrexham, Merionethshire. I Two women and four children, visitors from Manchester, were caught and surrounded by the tide at Barmouth, on Thursday, and were rescued from their perilous position by boat- men. Mr. R. Guthrie Jones, solicitor, of Dol- gelley, has been appointed by the Merioneth County Council county coroner, in succession to the late Mr. R. Owen Jones, at a. salary of £ 140. Mr. Jones is the son of the late Dr. Edward Jones, is clerk to the Dolgelley Board of. Guardians, the Merioneth Insurance Com- mittee, and agent of the County Liberal Asso- I ciation.- He has appointed Mr. Edward Jones, solicitor, of Biaenau Festiniog, as his deputy. I Flintshire. I The inhabitants of Caerwys have given Pte. David Jones £ 14 in recognition of the gal- lantry which won him the Military Medal. Mr. John Marsden, of Holywell, has boen presented with a cheque for Clll on resigning the position of assistant overseer and rate collector which he has held for 50 years. The death is reported at his residence, Bryn Awel, Halkin, Holywell, of Mr. Peter Jones, a magistrate for Flintshire, and one of I the senior members of the Flintshire County Council. Mr. Cuahmaji, of Rhyd-y-Mwyn, has been I appointed stationmaster at Llanfairfechain in I place of Mr. Haverson, who is retiring after I 44 years' service with the London and North Western Railway Company. An appellant, asking for medical re-exam- ination at the Flintshire Appeals Tribunal, said he had spent £ 300 on doctor's fees, which led the Chairman to remark "They appear to have benefitted more than the man. It was reported to the St. Asaph Board of Guardians la,st week that during August there had been fewer inmates in the work- house than at any period since 1S47, and that the number of vagrants was the lowest ever known. The Rev. Owen Lloyd, who ba-q retired from the pastorate of the English Presbyterian Church of Caergwrle and Hope, has been pre- sented with a wallet of Treasury notes. Dur- ing Mr. Lloyd's ministry at Caergwrle a church hall and a manse have been erected at a cost of £ 2,500. At Flintshire Police Committee, last week, Dr. J. Humphrey Williams, Flint, said he learned that drinking among women had be- come one of the most serious questions of the day. The Chairman said publicans had no power to refuse women who ask for drink, and the Chief Constable said he believed Flint- I shire compared favourably with other counties in regard to the diminution in drunkenness. I Montgomeryshire I Sergt. Charles Bryan Williams, B.F.A., Montgomery, has been presented with a case of Treasury notes in recognition of his win- ning the Military Medal. A well-known figure in Machynlleth has dis- appeared with the death of Air. John Owen Williams, builder, and contractor, Rhianfa. He had lived in the town fifty years, and was the son of the late Mr. John Williams, former- ly of Dolanog, wood steward to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn. Mr. Williams was a noted eisteddfod winner as choir conductor. At Thursday's meeting of Newtown Urban District Council Mr. Richard George, who is relinquishing the finance clerkship, repudi- ated a rumour which he said had got abroad that he was responsible for the Council's financial position. He criticised the Council's policy in regard to finances and on rising to leave he said; "I wish you a prosperous year. I don't envy you." Shropshire, v I I Whitchurch Urban District Council have I decided to sand the streets daily in slippery places during bad weather. The charge against John Parry, of Shrews- bury, and formerly of Wrexham and Oswestry, of indecently assaulting his wife's grandchild was again adjourned for a fortnight by the Shrewsbury magistrates on Tuesday. i The funeral of Mrs. Davies, wife of Capt. C. T. Davies, who recently died at Wrexham, took place at Wellington Cemetery on Tues- day W^ek. Apiotig the, mourners were the husband, Mrs. Arlington (mother), the Mi8-J Adlington, Pte. H. G. Adlington, Mrs. H. Davies and Mrs. J. Davies. The bearers were six sergeants from Wrexham. The annual meeting of the Shrewsbury and District branch of the National Association of i Discharged Sailors and Soldiers was held at Shrewsbury last week. An increase of 400 I in the membership was reported, the officials were re-elected Mr. A. V. Winfield being I chosen secretary—and a number of resolutions ¡ protesting against unfair procedure, request- ing enquiries into local administration, etc., were adopted. While Alderman R. E. Jones, of Shrews- bury, was motoring from Ditheringtop on Tuesday week, his lady chauffeur being in charge of the car, a lad named Sydney Gwilt (7), of Spring Gardens, suddenly appeared in front of it, running from behind a dray. He was knocked down and one of the front wheels parsed over him. kid. Jones hastened to give the boy assistance. He was conveyed to the Infirmary, where it was found he had sustain- ed a fractured thigh and slight bruises on the
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
NEWS OF THE WEEK. A Wigan woman has lost two husbands by the fall of roof in a colliery. A ten-year-old girl told the Greenwich magistrates that she had never heard of vod or the Bible. She had been in a home under the local Board of Guardians Lenin, it seems, was" killed rather too hastily by the Press last week He was shot, but not mortally at the moment, though his condition ga.ve rise to grave anxiety. The London Letter writer of the Man- chester Guardian denies the accuracy of statements in some Sunday papers that Mr. Asquith intends to resign the leadership 01 the Liberal Party. At a sale of British Friesian cattle, at p 5 Hall, Beecles, Suffolk, last week, the eel-i- brated cow, Golf Sietska the Tenth, sold 4,500 guineas. This is a record for the king- dom. Lieut.-Gen. Maxwell, speaking at York last week, said that up to last Marcji it could not be said that Germany had not a sporting chance of winning .the war. Now he though that she had not a. dog's chance. At the sale of Lord Stalbridge's estate fit Dorset last week Messrs. Knight, Frank and Rutley announced that the greater part of the town of Shaftesbury had been sold to Mr. James White, it being a condition of the con- tract that the town was first offered to the Mayor and Corporation for a week at a reasonable price. The absurdity of the new Franchise Act was demonstrated in a London registration court, last week, when three men claimed for busi- ness premises for which they paid £ 26 per annum. As this was not. enough to enable them to qualify for a Parliamentary vote, they were put on the local government register, but their wives got a Parliamentary vote Immediately on the outbreak of the polica strike Sir George Cave, the Home Secretary, tendered his resignation to the Prime Min- ister, who declined to entertain it. Sir George proposes as soon as possible after the meeting of Parliament to make a full state* ment in the House of Commons as to circum- stances leading up to the strike. The Government have published the names of the commanders of the 150 U-boats which the Prime Minister some time ago declared had been "disposed of." Of these 117 are dead, including the men who sank the Lusi- tania," the Belgian Prince," and tLe Arabic." Only,one of the 150 managed to escape and return to Germany when his bc..t was sunk. As a consequence, of the violation of the British Embassy at Petrograd and the murder and outrage of a British Attache, the British Government last week sent an ultimatum to the Bolshevik authorities demanding immed- iate reparation and complete satisfaction on penalty of holding all members of the Soviet Government individually responsible, and treating them as outlaws in Entente countries. M, Litoinoff, the Bolshevik representative in London, and all his staff, were at the same" time placed under preventive arrest pending developments. The following ar- the latest dates on which parcels above the postal limits of weight should be despatched to troops serving abroad (other than in France and Italy) in order to secure delivery by Christmas -India, Sep- tember 20; Mesopotamia, October 1; South and East Africa, October 10- Salonika, Nov. 1; Egypt, Nov. 1 Malta, Nov. 1; Gibraltar, Nov. 1; North Russia, October 12. Such paroels, which must not be under lllbs. nor over 56lbs. in weight, should be sent to the Military Forwarding Officer, Avonmouth Docks, except those for North Russian Ex- peditionary Force, which should be sent to the Military Forwarding Officer, No. 9 Shed, Royal Albert Dock, London. The Trade Union Congress at Derby last week had an animated discussion on peace terms. The Grouping Committte, in what was intended to be a composite resolution, re- affirmed the declaration of the Blackpool Con- gress last year (which favoured the idea of an International Conference, after an Inter-Allied Labour Conference should have agreed on its own aims), called on the Labour and Socialist parties of the Central Powers to answer the statement of war aims which an Inter-Allied Labour Conference has since framed, and urged the Government to establish peace ne- gotiations immediately the enemv, either voluntarily or by compulsion, evacuates France and Belgium." At the end there was a reaffirmation of faith in The Internation- al as the safest guarantee of the world's peace. The Congress at a later session dis- cussed a resolution of the Sailors' and Fire- men's Union in favour of refusing intercourse with the German mation for five vears after the war unless the people took full contrel over the Kaiser and Government and make full) reparation for the crimes committed, and eventually on a card vote the previous ques- tion was carried by a large majority. The proposal to form a purely Trade Union Labour Party was defeated by 3,815,000 votes to 567,000, and among resolutions passed were those demanding Irish Home Rule and re- affirming faith in the principles of Free Trade. I The Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation have issued a series of resolutions to be submitted at Manchester on Sept 26 a.nd 27, when Mr. Asquith will speak. They include support for the idea. of a League of Nations, and for the claims of soldiers and sailors on the national sympathy after the war, a demand that bureaucratic control of trade and labour and the Press shall cease as soon as possible after the war, and a declar- ation in favour of a firm stand on the prin- ciples of Free Trade. On the Irish question it is resolved that there can be no settle ment except through the establishment of Home Rule," and further resolutions are to the effect that professions should be open to women on the same conditions as to men, and industrial councils should be established in accordance with the proposals of the Whitley reports, that the land laws should be drastic- ally revised in the interest of the nation as a whole, that the development of the prosperitv of agriculture should be a prime object of national policy, that a comprehensive nation- al housing scheme is a primary need, that full popular control of the liquor traffic be secured, and that no satisfactory system of national education can be established until the griev- ances created by the Education Act of 1202 have been remedied and all schools maintain- ed by the public are controlled and managed '9¡ the public.