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THE LABOUR PLATFORM.
THE LABOUR PLATFORM. [OOXTBJBUTIOira TO THIS COLU3JLN IfcMJ IN- VITED F~3M OF LABOUR. BUT WE DO NOT JfBCESlSJLRILY SHAKE THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY THEM.] Why we Stand for Independent Action. The Wrexham and East Denbighshire abour party have long ago decided upon independent political action and many of us are interested to see the attempts that are being made in a neighbouring constituency to induce our Comrades to combine with the Liberal party in the selection of a candidate for Parliament. As far as we are concerned we have finished with Tories and Liberals; ke are now out to secure a Labour Govern- ment by direct independent action. We have relied in the past on the older political parties, but the time for that sort of thing is past. To admit the principle of co-operation now, would be to stultify ourselves and to cast a stone at our own national Labour party. We have our own party organisation in the House of Commons; we made greater progress at the freak election of December last than any of us dared to expect; and next time we hope to sweep the boards. We cannot see what the Liberals have to offer us more than the Tories. They both stand for the old order. We exist to set up an entirely new social order and we believe that it is better to lose a few seats, and even to postpone general success for a few years, than to return to the old position of affairs. The Liberal Platform. j J-nera are many planks in the Liberal plat- form with which we are in entire agreement, but we feel convinced that our cardinal points are not yet acceptable either to Asquithians or Coalition Liberals. When the great Liberal wave passed over the country in 1906 and C.B." was returned, we expected much, but oar Labour members had to be constantly prodding the Government of that day to carry oat its election pledges. There are still too many Whig traditions about the Liberal party and the Radicals often have to swallow vest- ed interests as freely as the Tories. We of the Labour party have only one vested in- terest and that may be summed up in four words—>the people who work. We are out to help them, and to see that the way of the idlers and the profiteers is hard. We really mean what we say when we declare in favour of placing the burden of taxation on the Shoulders of those best able to carry it, and as we really represent the vast majority of those who live in these islands we think we know their needs quite as well as the landed or propertied classes in whose hands the reins of government have remained too long. Perhaps these few lines may catch the eye of those who see a view of the land of promise through the Liberal-Labour window, and I shall be interested to read what they may have to say next week. Among the Teachers. j uurmg the past week or so there has been a really remarkable increase of the Trade Union and professional spirit among teachers. A little while ago the N.U.T. passed its reso- lution demanding full self-government for the profession as against the dubious status grant- ed by the Whitley Report. The N.U.T. has also decided to admit uncertificated tèachefS to fell membership, which makes the Union an all-embracing union for all teachers, the special needs of each section being met by the appointment of special committees. Now the National Union of Uncertificated Teachers has decided to alter its name to the National Union of Class Teachers, and is forming a political fund to enable the Union to affiliate to the Labour Party. The London Teachers' Association has adopted by ballot vote the principle of equal pay for men and women. The meeting of the Irish National Teachers' Congress was strongly in favour of support- ing the Limerick Trade Unionists, and only agreed to refer the question to the Central Executive because of the objection of the Ulster delegates to what they considered a political resolution. The Irish Teachers are already affiliated with Labour. Pledges of the Government., The Minority Report of Mrs. Sidney Webb)- which is appended to the report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry, deserves to be very widely known through the Trade Union Movement. It is perfectly clear from this report that not only have the Gov- ernment repeatedly broken their -pledges to the. trade unions1 that women employed on war. work in substitution for men should receive the same pay as the men they replaced, no Government Department having carried out this pledge in its entirety, but the persons who gave evidence to the Committee on behalf of the Government have repeatedly contradicted themselves and made a very bad show in at- tempting to escape the conclusions of the Re- port. They asserted that the clause shall not affect adversely the rates customarily paid for the job applied only to men and not to women, although the clause makes no distinc- tion between male and female labour. Fur- ther, they urged that it did not apply to-time rates but only to piece rates, as though an employer could by employing a man on time rates pay him any rate he chose, however small; and they stated that the pledge only applied to work in the- Ministry of Munitions, whereas the pledge itself formed part of the Treasury agreement which was signed before there was such a thing as the Ministry of Munitions, and According to the words of Mr. Lloyd George himself, applied to all war work of any description. Finally they asserted that it only referred to women on skilled work because subsequent orders issued by the Ministry of Munitions appeared to lend some colour to this statement, although the orders were merely orders of the Ministry and were binding .upon nobody but the Ministry itself, whereas the Treasury agreement is a solemn agreement entered into by both parties. Those who are still tempted to put their faith in • Government pledges could not do better than this R-eport very carefully, and ponder upon it.
BANGOR ISYCOED.I
BANGOR ISYCOED. CHURCH ACCOUNTS. The Church. wardens' accounts show a balance in hand of V-,47 14S. ifd. ENTERTAINED. Through the kindness of Major Peel, a free entertainment was given in the Schools, on Wednesday, consisting of pictures depicting Poethlyn's journey from 1 start to finish in the Grand National. At the conclusion a hearty vote, of thanks was accord- ed Major Peel, on the proposition of the Rector, seconded by Mr. John Mort,
I NEWS OF THE WEEK.
I NEWS OF THE WEEK. There is to be a three-days' conference on Welsh autonomy at Llandrindod in Whit- week. Mr. R. T. Briggs, who has just been ap- pointed town clerk of Tamworth, is under 30, and probably the youngest town clerk in the country. An effort is being made to effect an amal- gamation of a number of big trade unions affiliated to the National Federation of General Workers. The Lord Chancellor says the Government will assert any degree of fouce necessary protect life and property and to maintain law and order in Ireland. I Hawker and Grieve, the intrepid airmen who attempted to fly the Atlantic have Veen picked up by a Danish steamer. They cover- ed just over 1,000 miles of the 1,800 miles journey. The House of Commons on Friday reversed its former verdict in favour of Sir Frederick Banbury's Dogs Protection Bill, and carried an amendment authorising restricted vivi- section on dogs provided that proof is given that such experiments cannot otherwise be performed. The Allies have issued their reply to the German Note on the economic effects of the Treaty terms, in which they point out that these terms are not as harsh as Gerniainv imagines, and that Germany will have ade- quate resources on which to rebuild her pros- perity. The death of Mrs. D. W. Rawson, wife of Dr. Noel R. Rawson, of Wynford, Pentre Broughton, Wrexham, and younger daughter of the late Alfred Sharpe, of Malvern Link, and Mrs. Alfred Sharpe, 19, Charlton Rd., Keynshan, Somerset, is reported to have taken place at a nursing home in Chester. It having been pointed out to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that Mr. Acland's proposal of a capital levy was deterring business men from investing money in War Loan Mr. Chamberlain has replied that he is altogether opposed to such a scheme, but he points out that, if adopted, it would not render Govern- ment securities less safe. William Graham, a working miner, of South Shields, and formerly of Wigan, has patented an invention for locating explosions in coal mines. It is also claimed that the apparatus extinguishes an explosion by the fumes of its own production, and that it can also be used for isolating gob fires underground, while it prevents an explosion in one part of a mine spreading to adjacent parts of the same mine, or to any adjoining mine. Lord Clwyd, Mr. Hadyn Jones, M.P., the Rev. Canon Lewis, and others, headed a de- putation representing the North and South Wales Temperance Association which waited on the Central Liquor Control Board and the Welsh Parliamentary Party, last week, to lay before them arguments in favour of the con- tinuance of the liquor restrictions in Wales. They received in each case a sympathetic re- ply. At a meeting of master printers in North Wales and Border Counties at Chester, on Saturday, it was decided to form a Master Printers' Association Alliance for .the North Wales Group Area (which includes Oswestry and Ellesmere) and a representative com- mittee was formed. The sum of £ 100 was promised in the room for expenses of organi- sation, which it is proposed shall be main- tained by a levy based on the amount of wages paid, in each works. The Chester Master Printers generously entertained the delegates to lunch and tea. For some time past the secondary school teachers in North Wales have been organising with a view to a campaign for an improvement in salaries. Associations have been formed in Flintshire, Carnarvonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and Anglesey, and at a meet- ing at Llandudno last week, it was decided to form a North Wales Association. Mr. J. H. Cooper (Wrexham) was appointed chairman, with Mr. John Parry (Bethesda) as secretarv. Miss Cooke (Flint), Miss Price (Carnarvon), Mr. D. B. Jones (Denbigh), Mr. Clegg (Angle- sey), and Mr. Ellis Evans (Merionethshire) were elected an executive committee. Arrangements have been completed for the summer school of Library Service to be con- tinued this year at the University Col- lege and the National Library, Aberystwyth. As a result of the experience of the past two years it is intended this year to try a limited curriculum, and to extend the number of lec- tures and classes. Three subjects will be taken: Cataloguing, by Mr. Hutt, Borough Librarian of Portsmouth; commercial and technical libraries, by Mr. Pitt, City Librar- ian of Glasgow; and archives, palseograptiy and diplomatic, by Mr. Johnson, of the Public Record Office. f On behalf of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain a scheme for the nationalisation of mines and minerals was presented to the Coal Commission last week. The proposals include provision for the establishment of a mining council with a Minister of Mines as president, and the appointment of ten Com- missioners to assess the purchase price on a basis of the average annual tons raised during the five years preceding August 4, 1914, such price to be paid in Guaranteed State Mines stocks. The twenty-first, and last, clause of the draft bill embodying the scheme provides that it shall be the duty of the Mining Council to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of fuel at reasonable prices throughout Great Britain." Mr. Edgar Chappell, of Cardiff, Housing Inspector for South Wales to the Local Gov- ernment Board, has been appointed Deputy Housing Commissioner for Wales, with espe- cial responsibility for the Northern half of the Principality. Mr, Chappell, who hails from the Swansea Valley, and was in early life a school teacher, is one of Wales's leading ex- perts in housing t Formerly secretary to the Welsh 1-tousing and Development Association, he acted as secretary to the Government in- quiry into industrial unrest in Wales, and his good work in connection therewith, together with his' intimate knowledge of the question, led to his appointment as Housing Inspector last year.
! RHOSYMEDRE. II
RHOSYMEDRE. I I ?SCHOLASTIC.—Mr. John Jon«, !a? master of the I Na.MouaJ School, Asb, has commenced duties in th: National School as headmaster, in' place of Mr. Jos. Grimshaw, resigned after 43 years' service.
) THE CHURCHES. I
) THE CHURCHES. I I c. M. S C RIP T U R E EXAMINATION. I LLANGOLLEN RESULTS. I The resu.t cf tto Scriptural examination, in con- nection with Eait Denbighshire C.M. Monthly Meeting, has just been issued, me Rev. R. R. Parry, Ruthm, was the examiner. The following names aro in the Llaafo.»en district:—Class*; over 21 years, maxi- mum mars 90: Thomas Davies, Glynceiriog (1st prize;; Richard W Mora's, Namyr (2nd); Ann Eliza Davies, Poatcycylltau; and Morris Ll. Hughes, Garth. Class under 21 years: M. E. Davies, Uywarch, L!an- ?rmon; Madge Joue&, Tregeiriog; Ceridw?n Shone, Penycae; W. Henry Oritt, Nantyr; Eleanor I A. Lewis, Pentredwr; Gwendoline Shone, Pen- yeae; Mary Roberts and Cissio Hughes, Tre- geiriog; E. E. Thomas, Llwynmawr; James Frederick Jones, Trevorl Edith and Joseph Jones, Trevor. Class under 16: Hannah Mary Jones, Cefn; Dorothy E. lbulkes, Acrefasr; Biodwen Thomas, Groes; GwiIym Williams, Garth; Gwenfron Roberts, Acrefair; W. D. Roberts, Vroncysyllte; Doris Roberts, Garths Katie Jones, Acrefwr; Annie .d. Ev.ns ata Katie Evans, Llwynmawr; Dorothy Ellen Davies, Glynceiriog; Owen Hughes. Garti; Eleanor Jare Hughes, Trevor; Mary Lizzie Roberts, Glyn; Maty Evans, Penllyn, Llan- gollen; Gwla it Jones, Trevor; Elsie Lloyd, Nantyr; Idris Williams-, Garth; Dora J. Roberts, Glyn; Madog Roberts, Glyn Arthu Jonefj Garth; Nellie Lewis, Trevor; BlOawen Morris, Trevor; Doris Price, Trevor; Gertie iones, Garth, J. R. Morris, Vroncysyllte; Annie Blodw^n Evans, Trevor, and Ernest Francis Lewis, Trevor; and Biodwen Morris, Nantyr. Class under 13: J. Ll. Jones, Cefn; Gwilym Row- lands, Acrefair; R. Meirion Roberts, Vron; Francis Benjamin, Garth; W. Rowlands, Acrefair; Ivy Martin Jones, Ruaton; Berwyn Roberts, Glyn; Bleddyn Jones-Roberts, Penycae; Sallie Evans and Mary Evans, Acrefair; Madog Griffiths; Glyn; J. Tysilio Ellis, Garth; Lizzie Ann Hughes, Garth, lorwerth Jones, Glyn; John William Daves, and Lily Jones, Glyn; Sydney R. Burton, Nantyr; Samuel E. Morris, Vron; John Goronwy Edwards, Rehoboth, Llangollen; Cissie Griffiths, Glyn; Idris Morns. Vron; Morfudd Edwards ¡ and David Ellis Edwards, Rehoboth, Llangollen; Trevor H. Lewis, Pentrfdwr; Idris Roberts, Acre- fair; Ivor Williams, Garth; Edward P. Davies, Trevor; Jennie Davifs, Garth; Oiwnr. Davies, Vion; Florrie Morris, Vron; E. H. Owen, Acrefair; Jana Ellis Jones, Garth; Florrie Davies, Penllyn, Llangollen; Gwen Williams, Garth; A. H. Edwards. Rehoboth, Llan. gollen; 3i. E. Evans, Vron; Ieuan T. Edwards, Re. hoboth, Llangollen; and John Wm. Kyffin, Rehoboth, Llangollen. Llangollen Free Churches. I A DAY OF THANKSGIVING. I I ALLEGED SUNDAY DESECRATION: A STRONG I PROTEST. I A united meeting of representatives of Free Churches of Llangollen was held at the Memorial Hall, on Friday, Rev. W. Fosikes occupying the chair. Rev. T. C. Aiiwyl explained that the object of the meeting was to make arrangements for a day of long discussion it was unanimously decided that a thanksgiving on the declaration of peace. After a special day be set apart for this purpose after the declaration ot the peace, and that bi-lingual meetings be held iL the afternoon and evening, at. which speeches Will be made in English ana Welsh. It was decided to ask Mr. W. G. Do<kl, Penybryn, and Mr. Allen Lettsome to address the meetings. Attention was then called to proceedings in the town. on the previous Sunday, and to the fact that & large number of the Birmingham and Liverpool motorists essayed to ride up Allt-y-body to the danger of the public. Rev. D. R. Owen said a strong protest had been passed at Castle Street Chapel on Sunday e vening and a copy sent to the Denbighshire County Council, the Urban Council and the Chief Constable of Denbighshire. Alter further discussion it was unanimously decided to send the following resolution to the authorities on the matter and the delegates were asked to read it at the various churches on Sunday evening. At the various churches of Llangollen, on Sunday evening, May 25th, 1919, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:—" That wu strongly protest against the desecration the Sabbath by occasional visitors, such as we witnessed on Sunday, May 18th, who dis- turb the pea-re ot the inhabitants on the .Lord's Day. 2, that we rejoice that the Urban Council is moving in the matter, and earnestly hope it will be able to deal effectually with the question. The Rev. John Ellis, Cefnfaes, Maentwrog, a well-known Congregational preacher, died last week in his 87th year. The Rev. J. Vemon Lewis of Liverpool com- mences his ministry at Salisbury Park Congrega- tional Church, W rexham. this week. The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Hugh Jones of Bangor, a famous preacher of the Welsh Wesleyan Connexion. He was at one time stationed in the Llanfyllin circuit and hae occu- pied the positions of secretary of the North Wales District previous to itA division, and of the Second District afterwards; chairmanship of the North Wales Whole and Second Districts; presidency of the Welsh Wesleyan Assembly, comprising the whole of Wales, and presidency of the Free Church Council of Wales; editorships of the Ccnnexional magazines Y Winlla.n" and Eurgrawn." He was a member of the Legal Hundred, an honour rarely held by a Welshman, and steward of the Welsh Wesleyan Rookroom, Bangor. He lived in Bangor 20 years. He was the author of "Hanes Weeleyaeth Gymreig," in four volumes, a commentary on the Epistles of St. John. which is regarded by the best commentators as a standard work; a volume of sermons, Welsh Nonconformity" (now out of print), and a biography of the Rev. R. T. Owen. He also contributed articles to the Welsh Encyclopedia on various subjects, and also to the TraethOldydd" and Geninen."
i , ?BORDER MILITARY HONOUR?.I
i ?BORDER MILITARY HONOUR?. I O.B.E., MILITARY DIVISION. I Capt. L. Wynne Davies, B.A.M.C., was awarded the O.B.E. (Military Division) for distinguished .services in Mesopotamia (Sup- plementary Gazette," March 3, 1919). Capt. L. Wynne Davies is the fourth sou of the late Rey. D. Davies, Vicar of Llansilin, and of the late Mrs. Davies, of Olinda," Oswestry. He has been mentioned in despatches on more than one occasion. i
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The centenary of Walt Whitman is being celebrated this week. To enable ther4 to continue their work of providing for the disabled men, the North Wales Joint Disablement Committee have decided to ask that under the new decentral- isation scheme they shall be constituted the Regional Council for North Wales decided on at the Cardiff Conference. Mr. E. D. Jones, N. W. Commissioner, Mr. G. G. Lerry, secretary of the Joint Committee, and Mr. Llewelyn Davies, secretary for Carnarvonshire, have visited Llandudno to inspect the Plas Tudno Auxiliary Military Hospital, which it is proposed to convert into an institution for disabled men.
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m" Mil ■■■■■■III* ■ III— M II PIIJIIIUIILI Ill III ■ FACTS AND FANCIES Selattyn, Denbighehire. According to the Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury Selattyn has been transferred to Denbighshire. Needless to add the parish- ioners are unaware of the fact, and still re- gard themselves Proud Salopians." «• # Guarding National Treasures. The story of how the most precious of our national treasures of art and literature were protected from a possibility of damage by air raids was given in the report of the Lihrwian (Mr. John Balling,er) to the Court of Govern- ors of the Welsh National Library at a meeting in London last week. The property was en- trusted to the Welsh Library at Aberystwyth for safe keeping, and included the most valu- able possessions of the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Corpor- a,tion of London. They were removed, stored, and returned without a single mishap. Special trains were used for their conveyance, and a day and night guard was kept at Aberystwyth, Famous Coach Sold. Among the interesting lots offered the other day at Tattersall's was the historic Old Times coach which Jim Selby, the famoup whip, drove from London to Brighton and back for a wager of £1,000 to £ 500 on July 18, 1888. Starting from the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly. Selby accomplished the journey to the Old Ship, Brighton, and back in seven hours 50 minutes, winning the wager with 10 minutes to spare. In Tattersall's Yard, the old-fashioned yellow and black vehicle was an object of great interest, and many old sports- men and coaching men came to inspect it. The chief bidders were Lord Leconfield. and Mr. J. B. Aspinall, and it was knocked down to the latter for C78 15s. m m. What Men Say. If the young men ruled the State more mis- takes would be made, but if the old men ruled nothing would ever be done.—Lord Bryee. The impoverishment of Germany can never add to the riches of England.—Lord Hugh Cecil. Would I be correct in saying that the vast body of Civil servants are practically unani- mous in their opinion that the only inefficient person in a Department is the head of the Department?—Mr. Smillie. I shall not be satisfied until the Church oi England and the Wesleyan Church are united. —The Bishop of London. The mirage of super indemnities never will materialise. Yet all the endless uncertainties and friction of the attempt to secure them [in the Peace Treaty] jeopardise and post- pone that recovery of general confidence which must exist before there can be a solid basis for the prosperity of the world's business.- Mr. Garvin in the Observer." I agree that private gain is an incentive to men, and that it has the effect of getting the best possible out of them. There's a, lot of human nature about us.—Mr. Charles Edward Rhodes to the Coal Commission. House Hunting Arts. An amusing, but highly improbable, stor) is going the rounds to illustrate the shortage of houses in the mining districts. Dai Jones, a collier (so the story runs), was about to get married, and he searched in vain for a house. Meeting his crony, Will Thomas, he suggested they should search together. Will agreed, and a whole day was spent house-hunting by the pair, but without success. Returning home tired and footsore, they saw a crowd on a canal bank, and, making for the spot, fo.und a man had been drowned. Dai" at once jump- ed in, pulled the body out, and then walked away rapidly, followed by his crony, who asked him why he did not stop and help to carry the body home. Tawsone, mun," says Dai, I put my hand in his pocket and I've got his address. Come quick. They hurried to the deceased man's house, and, keeping con- cealed from the widow the fact of her hus- band's demise, asked and obtained the ad- dress of the landlord. Away they sped, end, finding the landlord in, Dai broke the news that his tenant had been drowned, and asked if he could have the house. Well," replied the landlord, "you deserve something for your smartness, but the man who pushed him in has been here before you, and he's got the
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