Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

Wrexham Teachers' Demands CONFERENCE WITH AUTHORITY. Representatives of the teachers whose notices to resign expire at the end "1 this week attended a special meeting of the Wrexham Education Authority on Friday, for the purpose of an interview: in regard to the new scale of salaries. They were accompanied by Mr. Pegram and officixis of tha National Union of Teachers. Mr. Pegram, stating the teachers' case, submitted the following scale, which he suggested would satisfy their u-em-ands: Certificated assistants (men) 4120, ris- ing by annual-ncrements to £ 300; women. tilo to £ 250; uncertificated teachers (men) £90 to £ 170; women, iSO to £150; head teachers (men), grade 1, to a maximum of £ 400 grad, 2, to a maximum £ 370; women, grade 1, £300, brade 2, £ 260. Dealing with the argument that the rates had been based upon the committee's scale, he contended that the adoption of the alterna- tive scale, while involving an increase in salaries of iC2,000, woula affect this year's expenditure in the local rat". to the extent c iE-500, the rest being con- tributed from uhe National Exchequer,or saved in other ways, -ch as the departure of teachers for college. Moreover, he understood ihey began the financial year with ?. working balance of £ 1,500. In a list of :o scales in various parts of the country, he found that Wrexhart stood eighty-first. The Chairman (Mr.' Robert Sauvage) remarked that this meant that while 80 authorities had a higher sea; ilitni Wrexham 159 had a lower scale, and added that there was a war bonus as regards Wrexham which was not included.. Mr Pegram said the teachers. were anxious to get a settlement. The Chairman: Exactly, while the cost of living is high. Mr. Pegram: I am afraid it is not going down very much. After considerable discussion the committee ad- journed until Monday. The Committee met again on Monday and Mr. Pearson saia the teachers were anxious to facilitate a settlement but unless there was one by Friday he could hold out no hope that the notices would be withdrawn. The teachers' deputation having retired, an effort was made to appoint a committee of four to meet the teachers, but the number could not be obtained, those refusing to act saying they would serve if the teachers withdrew their notices. With matters in this position the committee broke up.

Wrexham Town Council. SUGGESTED SUNDAY BOWLING. I The monthly meeting of the Wrexham Town Council was held on Tuesday, the Mayor, Coun- cillor L. B. Rowland, in the chair. Considerable interest was aroused by a notice of motion which had been given by Councillor Horace Blew, who took his seat for the first time as the newly- elected member for the South Ward.—Coun- cillor Blew moved that the public bowling greens in the park be opened for playing on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 5. He said the better cla¿:s people played golf on Sunday, and those who had tennis courts played' tennis. The working man had neither of those privileges. Consequently, in warm weather there was nothing to keep them in Wrexham on Sunday. Large numbers went to Farndon or Chester, and it was a disgrace to see them come home from these places. The people did not really want to go for beer, but they told ham there was nothing to keep them in town. Bowling was a very innocent game and was not taken part in by very young people. It was taken up by those of maturer years, and if the game was played on Sunday it would not allure the young from the Sunday schools. The older people to whom it would appeal would be able to judge for themselves whether they ought to play on Sunday or not. It had been sug- gested to him that the proper course to follow was for the matter to be referred to the Parks Committee for consideration, and he was quite willing to do this.—Alderman Edward Hughes said he was quite in sympathy with the motion provided no labour was involved. If it was healthful to play on week-davs it was healthful to play on Sundays.—The Mayor said he would very much prefer to see men bowling on Sun- day than leaning against the walls and spitting about the pavements of the town.—Councillor Stanford. chairman of the Parks Committee, said if it mas going to be discussed he would have something to say, but if at was going to the Parks Committee bo would rwerve his remarks. I -It waa unanimously decided to refer the ma.t. 1 ter to the Parks Committee for consideration. I I CORPORATION ELECTRICAL I UNDERTAKING. I It wias reported that the consulting electrical ) engineer appointed to report on the Corpora- tion's electrical, undertaking had begaA his work. -Councillor Sauvage, chairman of the Electricity Committee, said he did not wieh to gay anything on the general question until the report was issued, but a good many wild cat statements were being made about the electricity undertak- ing at the present time. He would further like to sa.7 that 1 ast ve ar the town lost £ 2,734 on this department. This had swallowed up the reserve fund, and it must be remembered'that the elec- tricity was a trading concern, and they had to be prepared for the UPêI and downs of business. Last year their coal bill amounted to £5,600 as against £ 1,347 in 1915-1916. I VARIA. I It was unanimously decided to consider the question of laying bowling' greens in the John Jones Recreation Grounds. Rhoeddu. It was also decided to co-operate with other public bodies in approaching the Government* with a view to the putting up of an aerial ata- tion at Wrexham. A special committee was appointed, to inves- tigate the whole of the expenditure for the year with a view to effecting economy. Councillor Jarman called attention to the fact that the colours of the 13th Pals Battalion of the R.W.F. were to be deposited at a church at Llandudno. The Pals Battalion was initi- ated in Wrexham during his mayoralty, and the colours ought Certainly to be placed in Wrex-' ham Parish Clidrch.—It was decided to wire to the authorities on the matter at once requesting them to carry out Councillor Jarman's sugge,-tion.

CEFN, I BtiTnEb BAfURl utiArvb.-A iecuure was given bere On Wednesday evening by the Rev. J. Arthur Jonas, Colwru Bay, on The Wit andWisdol11 of the O H. SF?rge?n," to a. good a.udi€ac? over > iioh I Alderman Sr.u?r! o Roberts prasMed. A cordia) vofê of thaaks to the lecturer was proposed by Rev. B. X. Joofcs, seeonde by Alderman Christmas Jones, and carried. The proceeds were in aid of the building fund. PENYCAE. I I C.M. CIULDREN'S MEETING.-At the recent meet- ;ng for children, held in Trinity Hall, Acrefair, in I connectton with the Llangollen Division of the C.M. Monthly Meeting, a large number of children attended from Penycae and were entertained to tea at Acre. fair Schools. Miss Ceridwen Shone, Penycae, was one I of tho accompanists. In the ca-techising which took oace the young people of Penjcae came off very successfully,

WREXHAM RURAL DISTRICT 1 COUNCIL. HOUSING PROBLEMS. I -The Council were engaged fox nearly three hours on Fhijrsday in considering tht housing requirements of the industria. disttict. The- Building Sub-Committee 9f the Housing Committee reported that careful con- sideration had been given to the immediate require- ments of the ■'arious parishes in the whole of the Council's area, an. L'he ten ency in select'on appeared to be, in favour of localities already sewered or with- in reasonable distance of a sewerage system. March- I wiel, for instance, would have to be sewered if it weav decider to erect houses there, while, with re- gard to Penycae, the engineer condemned a proposal jby the Parish Council that the houses should be scat- tered instead of being confined to one or two sites. This nllage -also is not sewered, and owing to the levels, etc., it would be very expensive to instal a system, and the engineer suggested that it would be better is consider together the housing needs of Peny- MA BuAbon and Rhos The sub-committee recommend- ed that pngineer be instructed -o make further in- quiries regarding a field at Marchwiel, to investigate particulars as to land near Ruabon Grammar Schools (in reference to the Penycae-Ruabon-Rhos solution), while the consideration of sites at Brymbo should be deferred until all the epor.s were received olll the adjoining parishes. The clerk was authorised to as- certain from the Inland Revenue the present value of all sites for which the Council are entering into negotiations for housing schemes. The engineer was instructed to proceed with the plans of the proposed schemes at Rhos and Rhostyllen, and to obtain for the comml'tee at its meeting all the necessary in- forma.tion required to complete the case for sub- mission to the Local Government Board. THE NEEDS OF RHOS. I In the discussion on the minutes, Dr. Sh&re Jcjees observed that while it had been laid down that le- lative degrees of urgency made Rhos first, Brymbo second, and Cefn third, the little villages were more forward than the big ones. Mr. E. J. Williams (Stansty) did not care who got the houses so long as they were put up. Stansty wanted l20 Louses, but the engineer was proposing to build only 50.. Sir Watkin appealed to the Council to let the engineer get on with the work they had already given him. He was overburdened as it was, and by giving him extraneous orders they were only postpon- ing that which they were all anxious to see an accom- plished fact. Instead of the engineer being able to ooncentra-te upon one definite. scheme, they were get- ting him to review this, that, and the other. They would never get hold of the contractors if they went on like this. Dr. Share Jones referred to the importance of con- sidering whether they should adopt a policy of eelec- Ing sites which would be equally convienent for tuch ueighbouring villages as Cefn, Penycae, and RU-ábon, or whether they should go in for single sites in the heart of where the house famine existed. Mr. Arthur E. Evans pointed out that it was hoped the provision of SO houses in Rhostyllen would relieve the pressure at Rhos, because many people who lived at Rhos worked at Rhostyllen-at Bersliam Colliery. Dr. Share Jones thought the people preferred to remain in the localities with which they were familiar. RHOS PREFERRED TO JOHNSTOWN. I 1. Mr. Samuel Roberts (Rhos), refeTrmg to me pro- posed site at Johnstown, supported this view, declar- ing tbatRhos people likdRhos better th= John- stown. As a mattI of fact, the collars wished to Jet away from the collieries when they went home They did not want to get any nearer than they were I now. "As soon as we leave the colliery," he said, we want to go up and live on the hills." He seconded an amendment by Mr. Robert Williams to raHejr back the whole question with the exception of Rhos and Rhostyllen. Sir Watkin again urged the Council not to riio anything that would delay their present schemes. Eight voted tor the amendment, which was de- feated- Dr. Share Jones moved that it be an instruction to the architects that wherever practicable building materials from the Wjexham district should be vsed in the construction of the houses. This qualification .would give that elasticity which business men re- quired. If there was one commodity for which that dis- trict was pre-eminent, and in which there was so little employment at the present time, it was brick- inaking; and it was necessary to guard against the idiosyncracies of archittets who might specify briiAs made elsewhere. Mr. J. W. Williams, in seconding, pointed out that several brickworks in the district had been idle for years and were still idle, although there were hun- dreds of men wanting employment there and at pres- j' ent receiving out-of-work pay. The resolution was carried unanimously, and all the Housing Committee's recommendations were j adopted. MEDOIAL OFFICER'S DUTIES. I Arising out of correspondence with the Wrexham I Town Coincit and the Denbiglishire, Education Author- ity suggesting that arrangements, should be made as soon as possible to enable Dr. T. Roberts, the acting medical officer for the borough and rural district, to I give the whole of his time to his county duties, the Health Committee resolved, in order, to secure a number 01 competent find qualified applicants who may be at present serv?ag with the forces, to recom- mend theappomtment of a locum tenens for 8ix or twelve months, and to consider a germanent appoint. ment afterwards. Dr. 6. Edwards Jones objected to the delay in the permanent appointment as unnecessary, and suggested that a locum tenen3 wcula not be altogether satis-, factor*; but Dr Share Jones pressed his committee's resolution on the ground that it would enable many desirable candidates to take their D,Ph. and so qualify fully tor thu post. Only four voted for an amendment favouring an im- mediate permanent appointment, and the motion was agreed to.

RUABON PETTY SESSIONS. Friday. Defers Messrs. E Lloyd Jones (in the chair) R. R. Jones O. Morgan, Isaac Smith, J. Tysilio Jones, D. A. Roberts, Jonathan Griffiths. MISCELLANEOUS CASES, A. Edwards, S, Marse Street, Rhos, was charged wita riding a bicycle on the footpath between Ruabon and Johnstown.—Fined 2s. 6d. T. J. Jones. Merlin Street, Johnstown, was charged with riding a bicycle without a red rear light.—Fined 2s. 6d. Robert Williams, 12, Vinegar Hill, Rhos, was charged :with riding c. bicycle without lights.—Fined 2s. 6d. Daniel Evan, Owen's Lane, Rhos, was charged by his wife, Sarah Ann Evans, with persistent cruelty and applied for a separation order. She had only been married two months and during that time had been thrashed repeatedly.—The case was adjourned for a iorfciight. DURING PROHIBITED HOURS. William Thomas, 47, Johnson Street, Ponkey, baker, George Edgar Hughes, 21, Brooj. Street, Rhos, school teacher, Matthew Henry Williams, Maelor House, Hall Street, Rhos. grocer. William Henry Roberts, Osborne Street, Rhos. grocer, were each charged with being on the premises of the Feathers Inn, tiall St., Rhos, on April 18 last, during prohibited hours. Acting-Sergt. Roberts, Rhos, said that a. quarter past midnight on April IS he heard the sound of voices of mea co-ning trom inside the kitchen of the Feathers Inn. At half-past twelve he heard the sound of corks being drawn. and bottles being placed on the table, and the clink of money. Witness con- fronted four 3 cll a" taey came out and asked What's the meaning of this?" Matthew Henry Williams on- of the defendants, replied: We have just been having a chat with BIT. and Mrs. Har- greaves who are old friends." Witness then went into the .kitchen and on the table were three empty stout bottles and three empty glasses, which ap- peared to have been recently emptied. When he came outside again, Roberts said: It is nearly 12 months sinci I was in the placo and thank goodness 1 had nothing to drink,1 The other three men said nothing.-By the Clerk..Whtn you confronted the rner wher the; came out, did they understand that you were charging, them w-th being on licenced prem- ises during prohibited hours?—Witness: Yes, 1 sup- pose they did.-Did they make any refutation or re- ply?—M. H. Williams replied that they had been having a chat with Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves. The other three m;cie no repty-By Mr. Cyril 0. Jones: Williams lives next door, and Mr. Hargreaves is the fathe: oi Mrs. Phillips, the wife of tha licensee. Mr. Hargreaves was sitting in the kitchen. Mrs. Har- greaves nas a daughter who takes part in concerts, and who is much interested in singing. The defend- ants were also much interested in music and were invited to have a chat.-P.C. Roberts corroborated. For the defence, Mr. Cyril 0 Jones said there was abwlutely not attempt at concealment. If there. %u & breach of the law ther?? would be no light, aT.d the voices would have been hushed. This place was one of Sissons' best conducted houses. The defend- ants were certainly on the premises, and they were there, not for the purpose of committing a breach of the law, but of having a chat on musical matters with Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves. He submitted that the licensee had the same right as any other ntm- ber of the community, and if a licensee invited i friends to his house he had a perfect right to offer them a drink if he stood the expense himself. On the Thursday before Good Friday, two of the defend- 1 ants had been working late, and after eleven o'clock, meeting the other two friends, the four of them v-c-ni for a walk up Stryt-y-Plas. When they came tack from their walk, and as passing the Feathers Inn, they saw a light burning in the houses. They knocked, at the door and went in. Inside they saw Mr. Har-I greaves, and had a. conversation with him. White he admitted that defendants entered the premises, he submitted that it was not for -n unlawful pur- pose. The four defendants were interested in music, and the chat fist followed was a discussion of sing- ing and music general. After hearing evidence, the Bench retired to con- sider the case. On their return, the Chairman said they had decided to convict in this ease. Defend- ants would be Oned tJ, each.

ACREFAIR. i wE,sL,EYAI-T CHAPE.L.-A social was held in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening, presided over by Mr. R. Darlington, Llangollen, supported by Rev. T. C. Amwyl and others. The programme was as follows: Pianoforte solo, Miss Matthews; duet; Mrs. G. T. j Davies and Miss Davies; solo, Miss Gertrude Green; violin solo, Miss C. Vaughan; solo. Miss Bessie Parry; action songs by Mr. John Wright's Party. The ar- rangements were ably carried out by Miss K. L. and-Ur, J, E. TC47arde.

WREXHAM BOROUGH POLICE COURT. Monday, before his Worship the Mayor (Mr. L. B. Rowland) in the chair, Messrs. w. J. Russell, J. B. Francis, T. B. Taylor and W. J. Williams. ASSAULT. Margaret Gahagan, 1, James Street, was summoned for assaulting Clara Moulton (aged 13) of 14, James Street. Complainant stated that on May 16 defend- ant shook her by the hair and threw her down without a cause.—Defendant, who said she shook the child for giving her cheek," was fined 10s. RECKLESS DRIVING. S. H. Claude Leader, The Old Hall, Wem, was charged with driving a. motor-bicycle recklessly and also with driving the machine without a '.o-Ao.e. Mrs. Elizabeth Ilalef, 66, Kings Mill Road, said that on the evening of May 5 she saw defendant driving a motor cycle in the direction of the Barracss at a very dangerous spee.d No horn was sounded, and there were a lot of people about.. P.C. Chinnock corroborated and added that defend- ant failed to produce his licence. Defendant pleaded guilty to the first charge, but with regard to the second said that his licence had been sent in for renewal in the ordinary way, and that be had since received his new one. He war. fined 218. on the first charge, and the second summons was dismissed on payment of tests.

I After War Reflections, I ARCHDEACON FLETCHER'S ANNUAL VISITATION. Archdeacon Fletcher made his annual visita-' t-ion to Wrexham Parish Church, on Monday, and in the course of his charge to the clergy and deacons said that unless he was wrong the per- spective in which the war stood in our minds to- day had altered and was altering. Sanguine optimism was giving place to a more sober judg- ment of the situation. After referring with satisfaction to the con- 1 stitutional readjustment which had been so quickly and successfully achieved following the disestablishment of the Church in Wales, the Archdeacon touched on the Question of stipends. There were many bard-working curates, he said, who in the ppst; had been miserably underpaid. There were few things which were more injuri- ous, more undermining, than a clergyman in a parish who was getting into debt, and nothing more likely to tear the efficiency of his mental and ministerial work than his having the worry of how to make both ends meet.

WREXHAM. ST. DUNSTAN'S FUND.—The whist and dance held at the Drill Hall by members of the R. A. Order of Buffaloes (Eureka Lodge), Wrexham, on behalf of St. Dunstan's Blinded Soldiers' Children's Fund realised. 936. SHOP ASSISTANTS' HOUItS.At a meet- ing of the Wrexham branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, a resolution was unani- mously passed Supporting the shop assistants, in their effort to obtain a working week of 48 hours. THE EAST WARD.—Another municipal by-election is in prospect, this time in tha East Ward. The cause of the election is the recent appointment of Councillor R. C. Roberts as Regional Director for Wales under the Ministry of Pensions. ACCIDENT.—Thomas Lloyd Bewley (44), of 15, Park-street, Rhosddu, has sustained in- juries to the chest, caused by a fall of roof at Rhosdd-u Colliery, where he is employed. He is in the Wrexham Infirmary, and is progress- ing satisfactorily. WAR MEMORIAL INFIRMARY.—At a meeting of, the Employees' Organising Com- mittee in connection with the Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Infirmary, held at he Church House, Wrexham, Mr. Garfield Wright was appointed hon. secretary in succession to Mr. J. T. Edwards. THE PALS.—It is announced that the cadre of the 13th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusi- liers, which, as the Pals, was formed in Wrex- ham in the early stages of the war, and greatly distinguished itself at Mametz Wood, pilkem, and many other desperate engagements, is due to arrive at Southampton, and. will proceed to Newmarket. The 14th and 16th Battalions are also due at Newmarket. SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. Mr. G. W. Harding Griffiths, son of Mr. Harding Grif- fiths, Rhosddu, has topped the list in practical chemistry, at the Manchester University, of which he is a student. Mr. Griffiths is well known to scholars at Grove Park, at which school he made a record for chemistry in 1917. He has just been demobilized from the Army, and will be playing shortly for the University team as left full back. THE MEMORIAL INFIBMARY. -The people of the district are responding to the appeal of the committee of the Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Infirmary in a very handsome manner. The list of sub- scriptions which is published in oar advertis- ing columns to-day, shows that about £ 12,000 has been subscribed, and the donations include very generous contributions from the em- ployees of the various collieries and works in the district. PRO PATRIA MORI—The Committee re- sponsible for the erection of the War Memo. rial in the Parish Church at Wrexham have issued 'a circular giving some interesting in- formation. The entire cost of the memorial is £1,474 7s. 3d., and the receipts to date -21,243 10(9. 4d leaving a deficiency of about £ 230. The work of erection has commenced, and will be completed by the end of June. A space at the east end of the north aisle has been set apart for a small Memorial Chapal. It measures 16 feet by 13 feet, and the surface of its main wall will be covered by a large monument with five panels in bronze, on which will be inscribed the names of the 366 fallen heroes, who gave their lives for their country. —-

Bangor Isycoed War Memorial. PROPOSED VILLAGE INSTITUTE. A meeting was held on Thursday evening, at the Schools, to consider the best means of commemorating the services of the Bangor lads during the great war. The Rev. R. J. B. Paterson Morgan pre- sided, and there were also present, Mrs. Paterson Morgan, Miss Mackenzie, Mrs. Pit- cairn Campbell, Misses Lloyd Jones, Mrs. Antley, Mrs. Goswell, Rev. D. Manuel, and Messrs. Oliver Orrnrod, Pitcairn Campbell, J. Davies, J. Lewis, Wm. Dickin, J. Mort, E. Dunbabin, J. Carr, Ed. Griffiths, etc. The Chairman said that a preliminary meet- ing had been held at the Rectory, at which it was suggested that the commemoration should be in the form of an institute, or an institute with green attached, and also a granite tablet erected in the parish. He read a letter from Mrs. Fenwick, who suggested a social club, towards which she or more if required. She also made further suggestions with reference to the club in order to make the lives of the young people pleasanter. (Hear, hear). Dr. S. Edwards Jones said he would fall in with any thing the meeting decided. But whatever was established as a memorial to the fallen and those who served in the war should be placed in the vicinity of the old parish church, as there would eventually be changes appertaining to education and other things. The Rector went on to say that out of their small population Bangor ecclesiastical parish had sent 240 men to the colours, and of these 24 had fallen in their country's service. He believed that their lads had won nearly every distinction with the exception of the Victoria Cross. (Hear, hear). They, therefore, could not better perpetuate all these glorious sacri- fices and deeds than in the manner suggested in order that they who came after would kno IV what Bangor parish had done in the greatest struggle of history. (Hear, hear). He hoped they would come to an agreement without any friction. For his own part he thoroughly believed in an institute, for the lads seemed lost for a meeeting place in the land of their birth, after their experiences of the Y.M.C.A. and huts of other organisations. He knew of a site that could be had for the nominal rent of a Is., but that was only for the building of an institute. On the proposition of Mr. Jno. Lewis, it was proposed that that meeting fall in with the proposals made at the meeting at the Rectory. This having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The following wete appointed on the Com- mittee :-Secretary, Mr. John Davies. Pick- hill Miss Fearnall, Messrs. O. Ormrod and J. Lewis. Sesswick; Mrs. Fenwick, Rev. D. Manuel, Mr. F. Cheetham. Ruyton and Ev- ton; Miss Lloyd, Mrs. H. Roberts, Eyton Bank; Mr. Wm Dickin and Mr. Harrison. Bangor: Mrs. Campbell, the Rector, and Mr. Arthur Rona