Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

Sunday Excursions. LLANGOLLEN CATERERS' VIEWS. A meeting convened by the Town Improve- ment Association, at the request of the licensed victuallers of Llangollen and district, was held at the Town Hall, on Thursday, May 1, to dis- cuss the future attitude of local caterers towards the possible resumption of the Sunday trippers' traffic to the valley during the summer months. Mr. A. J. Price (chairman of the association) presided, and alluding to the protests that had been made at many Welsh holiday resorts in pre-war days against large incursions of trippers oil Sundays, whose behaviour in many cases was not in accordance with Welsh ideas of Sun- day observance, said he hoped Llangollen would take action in time, with a view to preventing a renewal of the evil. Mr. Crohill (Bridge End Hotel) said hotel- keepers were very strongly opposed to large parties coming to Llangollen on Sundays. In many t-asog they brought quantities of drink with them, and Llangollen licensed victuallers were held accountable for scenes for which they were in no way responsible. He thought he expressed the views of his fellow-traders when he said that if they could not live by working six days a week it was time they gave up. He proposed that those present should pledge themselves to 'use every means in their power to check and curtail the catering for parties coming to 'Llangollen by large motor char-a- bancs on Sunday during the coming holiday I teaaon. and to endeavour to persuade the orga- nisers of such excursions to arrange their visits for weekdays, Mr. S. R. Johnson (Royal Hotel) seconded the resolution, which was adapted unanimously., j ————— ————.

Sir. Robert Thomas, M, P., and I the Army Service Bill. » Sir Robert J. Thomas, M.P. for Wrexham, took the opportunity while addressing a mass meeting of colliers at Rhos, on Thursday, at which his opponent at the last election (Mr. Hugh Hughes) also spoke, of defending his vote for the Military Service Bill. The Act, he pointed out, was only a tem- porary measure, and did not settle the mili- tary policy of the country, as it would only remain in foroe until the end of next April. It was brought into being because the neces- sary men could not be obtained in time to arrange for an Army of Occupation on the Rhine. Volunteers were coming in, and as they did so the conscript army was being released. The Government was pledged not to call up a single man who was not already in the Army; it was pledged to release first the men who were first 'to join, and to retain only the men who joined last. It was also pledged not tc utilise any conscript for aggres- I give purposes in Russia. He considered that this temporary measure was necessary ;n order to put an end to conscription. (Ap- plause). In voting fair this bill he (Sir Robert) acted in accordance with his conscience, and, j he believed, the conscience of the iuajoi-ltv of his eonstituefaf*. i Applause).

r LLANGOLLEN URBAN I COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of this authority was I held on Thursday niht. Mr. H. Birch presiding! and there being also present Messrs. C. E. Craw- ford, A. J. Price, J. S. Shaw. W. P. Williams, A. Lettsome, Richard Jones. A. Edwards and E. j H. Lloyd, with Mr. J. W. Hughes (surveyor) and I Mr. E. F, Jones (clerk). MOTOR AMBULANCE WANTED. I In their report the General Purpose.: Committee I stated regarding the communication of the Local 1 'Government Board, asking, local authorities to formulate their requirements in view of the dis- tribution of surplus war stores it was decided, on the propolSition of Mr. Crawford, to ask that Llangollen may be allotted a motor ambulance. -The council unanimously approyed of the pro- posal. CERRIG-Y-LLAN PATH. I Amongst other matters, to which the General Purposes Committee recommended early atten- tion should be paid was the satisfactory upkeep of the Cerrig-y-llan path, and the council issued instructions to the Surveyor to attend to it. HOUSING SCHEMES. I The Chairman said that the Hou-cijig Com- mittee had mot and considered various matters, and as time was rather pressing, and, according to rule the sub-committee, would have to report to the General Purposes Committee before any- thing is done by the council, and as it was desir- able they should go forward with the scheme as soon as possible, he thought, in order to expedite matters, they might deal with the report of the' eub-committee that night. The Housing Com- mittee had afcked an expert to report on certain plots of land and to sugge-st schemes for laying it out for building purposes, and if this were to wait for another month for confirmation by the • General Purposes Committee., and afterwards by the council, they would be very much behind time.—Mr. A. J. Price proposed that the matter be dealt with at once. and this was seconded by Mr. A. Lettsome. who reminded the council that, if the committee had been formed of all the members, as he suggested, the difficulty would not have ai,isen.-The, report of the Housing I Committee waa then read. It stated that they had received the report of the Surveyor in regard to various sites which he inspected, and the in- formation which he gathered as to the prices asked by the various owners. There was one at Glenwood, one at the back of the Abbey-road known as the Tenter's Field, one along the river side and another by Aberadda. It wag decided to recommend that the council should entertain a scheme for twenty houses, an amendment in favour of one of thirty being defeated. It was also recommended that the surveyor prepare block plans of these different plots, and that the council lay tnem before an expert architect, and I that the Clerk write and ascertain the prices and conditions of sale. and communicate with the Secretary of the Wroxham Garden City to ascer- tain the name of an architect who would be pre- pared to lay out the scheme, a maximum figure being named as his fee.—-Mr. W. P. Williams l r. W. P. Williams thought they should leave out the portion of the report as to engaging an architect. He would like to know what the architect would be sup. posed to do for the fee.Mr. Crawford said that the fee mentioned would be well spent if they obtained the services of an expert man who would show them how to lay out the plots to the best advantage. All the objection he had to the scheme was that it wae too small; they might have had a larger one. with the same man for the same fee.—Mr. W. P. Williams thought they might have the land that continuetI from Glen- wood. There was land above for eale right round to Whitegate, and they could consider the whole thing.—Mr. A. Edwards s?d that; rather than have any further delay, as the Housing? Committee would tell the expert what he had -to do, the.+ should adopt the report eus presented.— Mr. Richard Jones seconded, and said that he did noo on the understanding that they adopt the twenty houses plan only as a ist&rt.-The report was adopted. I FINANCE. 'I Tho Finance Committee reported that at their first meeting they had elected Mr. J. S. Shaw as their chairman for the year. Cheques sub- mitted and ordered to be paid amounted to J3156 after paying which the balance due to treasurer amounted to £ 149 14a. 4d.—Mr. A. J. Price sup- ported the adoption of the minutes of the report with the exception of the amount of 225 Is. 8d. paid to the returning officer and moved to this effect.—Mr. A. Edwards seconded the amend- ment. and said they would have an opportunity., of dealing with the item at the meeting of the Corwen Guardians the following day.—The amendment was lost, and the committee's report adopted as read, on the proposition of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Crawford.Mr. A. J. Price said he would like to explain the reason why he op- I posed this payment. They had had elections of urban councillors and Poor-law guardians both held on the same day by the advice of the higher I authority. That advice must have been given to them for some reason: and he suggested the "I reason watt" to cut down expenses. Instead of this they, as a council, were paying the full price and tho Guardians were asked to pay a like I amount, so that they were paying double fees for the same work. Personally, he thought that they should have found out what their position I was in the matter before they passed the ac- count.—The Chairman: Corwen will deal with their own account; we have dealt with ours.. I PUBLIC LIGHTING AND HEALTH. 1 ,It was decided that the whole of the members I of the council comprise the Lighting Commit- | tee, the Chairman &ta.tin? that the committee ,? had very important duties to perform, and that, now the war restrictions were removed, these would be of additional responsibility.-W was also decided, on the motion of Mr. Shaw, that the whole council comprise the Health Com- mittee. I LLANGOLLEN'S WAR TROPHY. The Clerk reported that the War Office had allocated to Llangollen as a war trophy a German field gun and a trench mortar. He had written several lettens inquiring as to the date at which the trophies would arrive, but, so far, had heard nothing definite.—The Chairman: It would not be bad if we oould have them down in time for the celebration for -the soldiera. I trust fchLs may be I I PLAS NEWYDD: THE COUNCIL'S ATTITUDE. I The Chairman said that before they finished i the business of the meeting there was a matter j that he thought he should bring forward, in ac- cordance with a pledge given at the old council, so that they might not be blamed by anyone in ,connection with it. They had all, he dare say, seen on, the public hoardings bills announcing that Plas Newydd was to be offered by sale by auction. Member,$ of the old council would re- collect they had several special meetings to con- sider whether it was possible or desirable to ac- quire the property on behalf of the town. Nego- tiations went on for a considera-ble period, and, on February 24, a resolution was adopted, after a letter received from Mr. James King had been considered that, having regard to the fact, that a' new council was about to be elected; al. I though thev themselves were in favour of the purchase, thev Varied it might stand over until j tne new council had an opportunity of In;: the matter. The resolution was .vent to- Mr. King, and, in the reply received from him, he j expressed his regret that he was notable to leave j his offer open to the council for any further period. In order to avoid tho breaking up of J the estate, he told them they could attend the j sale and bid as private individuals. He (the chairman) felt that the present council should have an opportunity of saying whether, in their opinion, there was any prospect or hope of their becoming the owners of the property. It was a big undertaking and a question whether they could consider it at all. They, as a council, had big things in front of them: but. as the previous council had gone into the matter, he felt that it was his duty to bring it forward.—Mr. A. J. Price. as one who had advocated the purchase of Plas Newydd for the town, said he would like tp find the means to do so without putting an excessive burden on the community. He had strong hopes of finding the money by means of private subscriptioiie. and he still felt that they could have done this if they had put sufficient energy into the matter. He felt very disappoint- ed things have ended up as they had done, but he felt that, with the great responsibility in" fi-oilt c) f t l iein, it wout front of them, it would not be right to put any burden of magnitude on the rates.—-Mr. E. H. Llovd: Did Mrs. Watson offer the property to the council before Mr. Harrison bought it. It might have been well to entertain the, offer be- fore. This is like locking the stable door after the horse has gone.—The Chairman: The pro- perty was offered to, the council years ago.—Mr. E. H. Lloyd: Thirty years ago by General Yorke.—The Clerk: General Yorke offered it for £ 5.000.—Mr. J. S. Shaw: I think it was offered afterwards for £ 15.000 with certain reser- vations and 217,000 complete-—Mr. W. P. Wil. liams: A committee was appointed to meet the valuers and they never turned up.—The Chair- man said it was a well-known fact that the place was hawked all over the country. It was adver- tised on the wails in Llangollen for two auctions, and it was an astonishing thing to see the money i realised at the sale of the contents. I do not | think the late council is to blame.—Mr. Craw- j ford: Do not you think it would be possible to ¡ ascertain what is the public mind on the que-s- j tion? I can readily understand that natives may be anxious that it should be purchased, al- j though I do not see clearly how we are to do it, ¡ but it may be well to sound the people.—Mr. Shaw thought the matter was one for private enterpriae and the purchase should not be a burden to the town. It would be much better worked by a company who might desire to make pleasure gardens of it.—Mr. Rd. Jones said he felt keenly about the Old Maids' House, and would be sorry to see it demolished and perhaps taken to America as they have done in some cases. He thought the council had power to ex- tend assistance to any private cornpanytaking the property, and that they should do so. Un- doubtedly. it was a great centre of attraction to the locality, and if they could forego the rates or msiit in any way in this direction, until they got on their feet, it would be a very wise course to pursue. As a council. It might be they could not entertain the purchase which could burden the ratepayers too much. but there was no reason why they should not act as he had suggested.— Mr. A. Edwards said they had had this matter before them for eight months, and he had ad- vocatod the calling of a public meeting of towns- people to consider the purchase, and he thought there was still time to adopt this course, so that the ratepayers might let them know what they desired the council to do when the sale took place. There were eighteen or twenty allot- ments let out at Plas Newydd to the public, and possibly they might be purchased, if not the house. He proposed that a public meeting should be called to consider the matter.—Mr. A. J. Price said he would gladly second this if Mr. Edwards would defines what was to be the pur- pose of the public meeting.—Mr. A. Edwards: I .believe there may be an excellent chance of I securing the allotments.—Mr. E. H. Llovd: But Mrs. Wilson expressly stated that she only placed the land at the disposal of the allotment holders during the war.—-Mr. R. Jones said that. he would second the motion. He thought it was very desirable that they should know what the views of tho townspeople were on the matter.— Mr. Price said he would support Mr. Edwards. At the same time he made the reservation that he did not think any ratepayer would ask the council to acquire valuable land like that at Plas J Nowydd for allotment purposes.—The resolution was adapted, and the Chairman was authorised to summon a public -meeting of the ratepayers on Wednesday evening. May 14, a week prior to the date fixed for the isale.NLir. E. H. El. d- And suppose the ratepayers are in favour of tne coun- I cil buying the property would that bind us?—No answer was given to this question, but Mr. A. I' Lettsome said he thought that the suggestions of the old council should be stated. and the Chair- I man said that it was authoritatively stated at a special meeting that the price asked was E8,000, and that the vendors were prepared to give I LI,000 if the property wore acquired by the | council, bringing the price down to £ 7,000. It i was suggested at the old council that they mliould endeavour to raise G4,000 by subscriptions and £ 3,000 should be obtained by/loan. Several I gentlemen in the neighbourhood were asked to support the movement, and they had one or two i'offens which practically ran to £ 1,000, and the matter stood in this position when the council S caine to the end of its life. I RAILWAY FACILITIES. j Considerable discussion took place in regard iI' to railway facilities t the town in view of the recent concessions by" the G.W.R., which were unanimously declared entirely inadequate, Mr. W. P. Williams complaining that, whilst addi- tional trains arc granted to Llangollen, Corwen. is entirely overlooked.—It was decided, on the proposal of Mr. Crawford, who fully realises the I great importance of securing the most effective railway service poesible to the Valley, both in the interests of trade and tourists, to ask the district superintendent of the line at Chester to receive r a deputation from the council to lay before him details as to their requirements: and also to approach tho Member of Parliament for the division with a view to his bringing pressure to bear upon the authorities in London in order to ascertain if concessions might be secured in this way.

1, Montgomeryshire Horticultural Committee. Committee. A meeting of the Montgomeryshire Horticul- tural Committee was held in the Town Hall, Welshpool, on Saturday, when there were pie- sent Mr. W. Forrester Addie (chairman), Mm. I Forrester Addie. Miss Howell Evans, Mrs. ld- munds, Major-General Sandbach. D.S.O., and Messrs. W. Spence and A. Swain. with Mr. Rees Price, secretary.—Tho Chairman proposed a vote ox sympathy with the Rev. T. H. Dunn, Mont- I gomery, on the death, of his wife. and this was carried in silence.—The question of the provision of lectureB and demonstrations in food produc- tion and fruit preserving was considered, and pn the motion of Mr. Swain, it was decided to ask the Food Production Department if there I was a lecturer available for the county. It was also agreed to inquire of the W. W.A.C. whether they desire to have lecturea on fruit preserving and bottling.-M-r. Swain mentioned that at Newtown some of the lectures had been attend- ed by as many a? ( 80 People. T?e hope was .ovcr--fU' rhiit" similar lectures in fbe,- pa??ts of .cti.?- ''r.?t.slTnIIaj !<ctu;'os :n othe'' parts of

Out of Work Pay Fraud. CONVICTIONS AT WELSHPOOL. A case of considerable interest was lieari at Welshpool Borough Petty Sessions, vII Tuesday, before Messrs. T. J. Evans, J. Tryce Jones, Wm. Humphreys and D. Lioyd, when Edith Lilian Taylor, a young girl, was charged with obtaining out of work donations by falsely representing herself to b above the age of 15 years, and her mother, Liliau Frances Davies, 9, Powell's Bow, Welshpool, was charged with aiding and abetting her,- Supt. Williams appeared to prosecute on be- half of the Public Prosecutor. He said the young girl was the daughter of the woman defendant by a first marriage. The substance of the charge was that e3 2s. 6d. was obtained as out of work donation for the girl through an alteration of a birth certificate which was made to read that the girl was born on March 14, 1903, whereas she was actually born, in 1904.The certificate was handed in and the Chairman remarked it had obviously beon altered.—Supt. Williams added that the Lan, ager of the Exchange was suspicious of the certificate when it was handed in on December 16. On January 22 the woman defendant came to the Exchange again to register a sou and the particulars she then gave were to the effect that the qon was born in May, 1903. Obviously the two children could not have been born at different times in the same year, and after inquiries were made the matter was reported to the Public Prosecutor, who gave instructions for the proceedings. After hearing evidence the Bench --ed the girl 10s. or seven days' imprisonment, and the mother R3 or a month. On the fines being .announced the older defendant" created a sensation in the crowded court, and said that she, her young baby, and the girl defendant would all go to prison before she would pay the fine. An offer by the Clerk of time fo pay the fine was scornfully refused, and de- fendant left the court shouting; Come and fetch me in the morning,

Oswestry Comrades. KNOTTY PROBLEMS DISCUSSED. The monthly general business meeting of iiie Comrades was held ax tile ChureVHouse, Oswestry, on i Wednesday evening, when the Chairman, Major Parker LeighVn announced that they had maiuged to get the Vicarage hall temporarily as an otnce, and that a discharged soldier attended there three times a week to transact business for the comrades, Con.siderab discussion ensued on the questions of State workshop the subsidising of employers to em- ploy du. b,ct men, and making it compulsory for em- pioyejs to empioy a certain numbw W disabled men. Mr. F. H. Hosier said that he and General Montgom- ery and Major Parker Leighton had been round tryiuj to find employment for 30 disabled men who were iu urgent need of work, and the difficulty they had uiec with was that the employer did not want a man who could only do light work. Only patriotic employers would engage such men.—Mr. L. Denney suggested, that a joint meeting of employers and comrades should be arranged to W* over these matters-—Mr. J. Thomas said that if they wero going to get work for discharged soldiers, they would have to make it compulsory on employers to take a certain proportion and pay them trade." union wages. Patriotism was already wearing oil.—Mr. C. Cross said an employer should pay > dii,-ai>led man th" fuU rate of wages, and be subsidised by .the Government for the ditfereace in the amount earned and the amount paid.—Mr. J. L. Jones said it was a very difficult question for Oswes- try; as tae majority of employers were small em- ployers. The qui.t'cm of disablement allowance of 2Q per cent. for mala.3a. vas introduced by a comrade, who said it was a much too inadequate compensation.— Hie Chairman said he believed Uiat men subject lo malaria wouid probably get rid of it after they bad been in Kuglaud a year or two.—A comrade aalU it, took aeven years to get malaria out of the s.v u a> Mr. Bettell mentioned the difficulty of gett..ade- quate compensation, and said it was impossible to get a pension on merits. They would get a medal. (Laughter). But as to anything else, they would have to fight fc, i- -it. They had to light harder for their disablement benefits than they did to beat the Germans. After further discussion, it was decided not to pass any resolution on certain schemes for the empioy- ment of the disabled soldiers, but to bring the sub- ject up at the next general meeting, when it was hoped that decisions would then be arrived at. On the motion of Mr. J. L. Jones, seconded by 3Ir. Radcliffe, it was decided to invite employers to meet discharged soldiers and talk over the question of finding employment for disabled men. A vote of thanks was passed: to the,comrade officials who arranged the dance at the Drill Hall, from which £ 3 15s. 7d. was raised for the comrades' funds. Mr. Wally George was also thanked for giving a matinee performance, whereby he raised £ 5 16-. 2d. for the comrades. Mr. Hundley mentioned that the branch had now between 300 and 400 members. It was decided to dis- continue wnding-a card to each a -mber, -la-i to hold i the gooeral meeting the last Wednesday in 'each month, to advertise it in the Advertizer," and. publish it on the Coinradtfc' notice board. Printed and published by William Thomas, of Wrex- ham, and Charles Pesritsn Gasqcoinb, of Oswestry, under the style of WOODALL, MINSHALL,, Thomas & Co., at the Oaxton Press, Oswestry, and on, sale every Friday morning at the Advertiser" Office, Castle Street, Llangollen, and of all newsagent*. All advertisements and communications- are re- quested to be addreseed to the Adv—Ti^f. iMice^, Llangollc-n o- Tnth/' ^"vtr.n si[-y. ,I

$irth.?, JHarriagw ant) lta [h. IN REMEMBRANCi: HUG:aE.B.-In loving memory of our dear boy, Pte. W. T. Hughes, 3rd R.W.F., who passed away May Sth, 1916.-Ever remembered by Father, Mothw, Bisters and Brothers, 11, Princess St., Llangollen. One year has passed since that sad day, when one we loved was called away. His loving voice and smiling face, Not one can till our dear one's place. HUGHBS.—In loving memory of our dear nephew, William Thomas Hughes (Willie) who passed away May 8th, 1918.Ever remembered by his dear Graud- inotfher and Aunties, Betty, Lucy and Sallie. 'Long days aaid nights you bore great pain, To wait for cure, but all in vain, Till God above saw what was best, And took you home and gave you reSL. A light from our lives hai gone; the voice we loved is still, A place Is vacant in our hearts, which aone can ever fill. THANKS DAVIES.—-Mm. Davies and Family, desire to Teturo sincere Thanks to all kind friends for the many ex- pressions and tokens of sympathy which they re- ceived in their recent sad bereavement.—The Stables/ Llantysilio, Llangollen.