Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

"TIPYN 0 BOB PETH." I t" Do lfOT KBCSBSAKUY SHAKE not OPINIONS BUUIIED BY Wig-TZRS IN THIS COLUMN-) Hwfa the Coals> 1. I Comments made in this column, last week, f regarding the attitude of Llangollen Free Churches to. what they regard as the correct itoefchods of Sunday observance and the reso- lutions they" adopted calling upon the author- ities to put a stop* to motor cycle trials in the Valley on the; nrat-day of the week, appear to have caused, some resentment, to judge from reports to hand. The writer has been condemned from the pulpit, doubtless with obvious-sigjits of approval from the Seiat Fawr, for venturing to express his view on, i; the subject; or .rather for being unable to see eye to eye with /the ministers of all denom- inations." It is really very unfortunate that, at Llangollen, so soon as the season com- mences this question of Sunday observance appears with the regularity of the cuckoo 1 amongst the hills.; and it .always generates ill- feeling in quarters. where, above all else, one would-desire brotherly love to abound. Why > is this? Obviously because, with the advent ef summer visitors from outside flock to the Valley, whose views and methods of spending their time and money differ from others whose: good fortune it is to live amid the qgietude and seclusion pf the hills and a point that must be borne in mind is that these people are desired at Llangollen for certain reasons and are welcomed to Llangollen by eome classes, of people, but, for other reasons and by other people, they are not desired. But let us look at this matter from a broad, common sense standpoint. ?ommon Bel?se staifdvoint. Our Vigilant Police, I Whether these people come to Llangollen from Liverpool, Birmingham, or anywhere else, however they come and whatever may be the purpose or class of vehicle that brings them, they must obey the law of the land. The King's law is strong enough, and those charged, with, its administration are quite com- petent to see that it is obeyed. From some years' experiences" of the manner in which the police do their duty at Llangollen, and know- ledge of the manner in which Chief Constable Edward Jones keeps his force keyed up to concert pitch, the writer is aware that it is altogether unnecessary for Free Church Councils, or any other similarly constituted bodies, to stimulate them by resolutions to do their duty. The public welfare and safety are in fairly good handst and there is certainly a humorous side to the attitude of the wee frees in seeking to gather together the af- frighted natives; under their wing for protec- tion; The Free Churches protest against public peace being disturbed and public safety endangered; the rightful authorities will see that this is not done, or if the law is broken, justices sit on magisterial benches and not in Seiat Fawrs to punish those respon- sible for such breaches! There is, of course, the other-world side of the question; and the responsibility which ministers feel, for the safety of their nocks in the face of what they consider flagrant violations of a. divine com- mand. This opens up a very big question; too big to be discussed in this column. The points that may be emph,asizedc.re. that, if these visitors transgress- the temporal law they are not likely to escape unpunished; and, if they transgress against any higher code, they may rely upon being judged" by a juster Judge than here, What might Wave been. I This talk of Sabbath observance recalls a memory of Stevenson's north country Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are calling." It was a day flooded with the brilliance of God's good sun; and .the dour elder led his bit. laddie to the.kirk. They had trudged far over the bonnie heather when, overcome by the glory of it all, the bairn exclaimed from the fulness of his heart: '{ Eh ihon but ? the be auty ? of the dav .J Whisht, laddie," came the solemn, sad, re- proof: "Is this a day to be talking about days?^ Enquiries made inform the writ-er that a considerable proportion' of the young men who participated in the hill-climbing tests at Llangollen are demobilised soldiers. Some, for four years, have had a rough schooling in Sunday observance; and, but for their glor- ious Sabbath desecration," on those memor- able Sundays when the thin barrier that stood between this country and things unspeakable bent and almost snapped, there would be no sunshine in England to-day. Not for a mo- ment is it urged that these lads should be permitted to break the law they: have done so much to preserve—if they break it the bench and not the Sciat Fawr will be their judges—but the time would appear somewhat inopportune, ere the dark clouds have yet cleared away, for straining at gnats and mak- ing mountains out of molehills. From Malt to Milk. 'To turn to more absorbing topics. The an- nouncement is to hand that, in the near future, there may be no more Tanqueray's beer at Llangollen, the fanious brewery on the Holy- head Road having been sold to a local trader who intimates that' it is Ms intention to estab- lish a dairy on the premises that, for certainly orer a century, have been devoteol to brewing the famous Llangollen ale. It is a striking commentary upon what some folk WiAh, for the tendency of the times to be that milk should be ousting malt, and that the new proprietor, reported to be effecting the transformation, is a prominent metbodist, and a, well-knotn exporter of Welsh mutton. Milk, mutton and methodism W; three capital M.'s, but, how many thou- sands of visitors who flock to the Valley in f.tltltre, TeaIra.will realise that Memory is the ogly thing that grief can call its own when they eall for Tanqueray and have, perforce, to be refused. Mutton, milk and methodism may provide incomplete' substitutes for their favourite brew; but memories of other days, and the fine old English gentleman,-there.can he. net second Mr. Tanqueray at. Llangollen— and the honest compound of L malt and hops witbhTèh hw name will be lastingly cherish- ed in rthe Vale, are ineffaceable as the. hills. Tlirmngup old guld6 books to Llangollen, and perusing references to ,the industries of the valley, the reader will note that these include the brewing of good ale," and it was. the late Mr. Avelyn Tanqueray who brought this branch of local enterprise to the highest level I of perfection. Even that fine oldjudge of the Welfeh brew, George Borrow, was bound to Admit thai the erw dda of Llangollen was strong and pure and, to adopt Jack Lon- don's phrase, it had not a kick in it." .I ■■ ■■■«■■ »■ ■ Beside the Bier. ( The writer recalls conversations with the late Mr. Avelyn Tanqueray during the morn- ing walks that he made to the brewery to within a comparatively short time preceding his death, on the eve, of completing his hun- dredth year. The old gentleman was one of the-most popular figures in 'the Valley, and was in deadly opposition to the tied house system—the only licence Tanqueray's held was that of the little inn below the brewery where the famous ales were retailed-and his. con- stant theme was a pure beer bill would con- found the tee-total fanatics; we use nothing but malt and hops, and water from our fine artesian well" and it was so. The brewery for lialf-a-century and more, on New Year's morning, was a centre of festivities, the scram- bUng for new coppers, attracting crowds along the Holyhead Road to the premises where, piled up in one of the spare spaces, repose the round tins in which, at Christmastide, square meals were, at one time given to the poor, under the late Mr. Nanson's generously organ- ised scheme. One might fill many columns, with memories, more or less associated with the brewery and the little white house beneath it, alterations at which are symptomatic of the passing of the old order and the coming of the new; during the day; whose sun is 'setting, there was plenty of milk-the true milk, of human kindness ladled out at the Llangollen brewerr; let us hope that, /under the new order, it may be liberally represented in the stock-in-trade. Although none may be living who watched by the cradle, when Tanqueray's first brew was prepared, a great' army to-day will mourn beside its bier. i I HWFA GLYN. 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BORDER NEWS IN BRIEF Denbighshire At the Ruthin'Town Council, on Thursday, it was stated that dealers who had attended the market for years complained that they got no produce in the Market HaU, as it was sold privately in the streets and in hotel yards, where no tolls were paid. The Town Clerk said he was inquiring whether the Council could charge tolls on goods sold outside the market, and as a preliminary step it was de- cided to call the attention of the-police to the obstruction caused by cars which the,outside buyers left on the streets. Merionethshire. At a public meeting at Blaenau Festiniog, on Thursday, the quarrymen accepted the quarry owners' offer cf Is. 9d. a day bonus to all classes of workmen for three months, the working hours to be 45t a week. At Merioneth Assizes, last week, Ram-an- andah Omma-h, described as an Indian doctor, and Walter Yelin, a Pole, were each sentenced to three years' imprisonment for a serious offence at Harlech. Ommah claimed to be the eldest son of the Maharajah of Nepal. I Montgomeryshire. Mr. Richard Owen, relieving officer for the Llanidloee district for -58 years is retiring next September. Complaints were made at Machynlleth Urban District Council last week of insects in thewatrand tadpoles in the pipes, and it was decided to have the pipes flushed. It was agreed to spend £ 241 10s, on the roads. Major David Davies, M.P., .has been elected patron, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest presi- dent, Mr. Rd. Gillant vice-president, and Mr. J. W. Lane, hon. secretary of Machynlleth Bowling Club. Major-General Sandbach, C.B., D.S.O., presided at a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Montgomeryshire Comrades at Caersws on Wednesday, when it was agreed to refer complaints as to the alleged treatment of discharged men at the County Infirmary to the Ministry of Pensions and the Infirmary Board, and Mr. Tomley was asked to reply to the Board's letter refuting the allegations. Delegates were Appointed to the Welsh Grand Council, and the Secretary and Mr. E. E. Jones were elected to serve on the Disable- ments and Pensioins Appeals Committees. Flintshire. The prize .winners at Tryddyn eisteddfod on Thursday included Mr- E- Jones, Cefri, bari-" tone solo, and Mr. Watkin Dodd, Rhos, chal- lenge solo. Miss Kate Jones, of Festiniog, was awarded £ 30 damages for breach of promise against Llewellyn Jones, at Merioneth Assizes. The eagageinent, lasted eleven years. The defend- ant, formerly a ministerial student, went to France in 1917, and subsequently wrote to, the plaintiff complaining that her letters were in. frequent and presuming that her love had cooled. Letters to "a lonely soldier" re- ceived by him from a Fulham lady culminated in marriage. Shropshire. A new origan in the Parish Church is to be the principal war memorial to be provided by the parishioners of Hope near Minsterley. The sum of £ 61 raised by 4he recent benefit football match, Whitchurch v. Stoke, is to be handed to Mrs. Hewitto of Barton Hdj Whif- church. Cheshire. The Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem have benefitted by £ 46 realised by Malpas Doll Show. The gross receipts of Chester races this year were 938,718 against £ 14,903 in 1914, which will yield to the Government £ 4,894 in entertainment tax over and above the ordinary income tax, and to the Corporation of Chester 4:41229 apart from the sum received in rates. The Mayor of Dudley was flned &5 at Buox- ton on Tuesday week for driving a motor car to the danger of the public on the Whitchurch Road. It was alleged that defendant ran -otor and killed a retriever dog accompMying Capt. Aldersey who was riding along the road. Notice of appeal was given.

BORDER MILITARY HONOURS. ORDER OF THE BATH. Col. John Edward MeUcr, chtirmam Den-, bigh Territorial Force Association. ?,-

Sunday Motorists. I "HWFA GLYN" CRITICISED. At Llangollen Urban Council, on Thursday night, Mr. Hi Birch presiding, Mr. H. Lloyd said he wished -to enter a strong protest against the disgraceful heading, Wild Cat Sentiment," in the Llangollen Advertiser last week, about the petition signed by the Free Churches arid sent to that Council against the conduct of motor cyclists, on a particular Sunday in the town: That head- ing and following paragraph was repulsive to all Christians of all denominations. He moved that an appeal be made to, the police not to allow motor cyclist-s to congregate in front of any place of worship on Sunday, and also that an appeal be made by the Council to the Chief Constable for ettra police assist- ance'on Sundays" Personally he greatly ap- preciated and complimented the local police on their untiring efforts in the past and any. sane, man could see that the work noW was more than they could expect them to cope with effectively, especially in view of the greatly increased motor, traffic on Sundays. Thatthe petitioners had just cause for com- plaint, was proved at the police court last Monday when two motor cyclists were con- victed for reckless driving, and he had been personally told tbat it was quite unsafe to be on the Pengwern Valley Road on that partic- ular Sunday. He did not wish to stop motor- I ists GOming into the town on Sunday, but he did claim that they were entitled to a peaceful Sabbath and to worship undisturbed. If the existing bye-laws of the town were insufifcient1 to secure that end, it was high time they should move to higher powers. He was con- vinced a great number of motor cyclists ex- ceeded the speed limit through, the town, and also they neglected putting the silencer on their machines. He was sure all members of the Council were convinced 'or the intolerable nuisance of motor cyclists back firing and starting, and he could prove that four were running their engines at the same time in front of Rehobeth Chapel between ten and half-past on Sunday morning. He was sure the friends at Rehoboth were not complaining without cause. The motorists could easily approach the Badv from the Tvndwr side. thev were quite entitled to risk their necks trying to get over the Bady but they had no nght to do so* by causing annoyance to peaceful people worshipping in a chapel. He trusted the Council would give the matter serious con- sideration, and if any solution of the matter could be found the inhabitants and ratepayers wonld be ever cratefnL i ?7 Mr. Lettsome, in seconding the resolution, said he was a keen Sabbatarian and he re- gretted that others did not spend their Sab- baths as wa3 his custom. He admitted he could not make others do as he did, but he would like them as a Council to take a. broad vision on the resolution before them. Every man had a right to live and do on the Sabbath according to his own will so long as he did not commit a nuisance and create annoyance to others. > There was another ground, the moral ground, but he did not think that they as 8J. Council could act on that ground, except to emphasise the fact that the sentiment of the Welsh people was keenly on the religious observance of the Sabbath, and deeply resent- ed any movement towards Continentalisation of the Sabbath.' It was a bad policy to start, the motor cycles in the Victoria Square. There was a chapel there and the motorists must have known it was there. If they had gone 100 yards further on where there were no houses they could have gone up Allt-v- Bady without making a nuisance. He agreed i with Mr. Lloyd that they could compliment the police in their efforts to suppress the + I'll, 1J _u '1 .J. 6 ri JuuwriBtb couia spena ineir Sun- days as they liked but they-should not, create a nuisance. r Mr. Jones, in opposing the resolution, said he did not know where the Council could interfere. The motorists were nearly all working men who only had the week-ends at their disposal. If they tried to stop them cpming it would be injurious to the town, and especially to the caterers. They would dine at Chester and all the money spent by them in Llangollen would be spent elsewhere, and he- was one who believed in getting every penny he could into the town. He thought they would do better if they approached the motorists from another direction and they would do more good. They ought to help them by finding a place for them. Morally there was no complaint and he did not know of any complaint being made previously during the last ten or twelve years. At Holywell he knew that a road had been made with the object of getting motorists there. He did not think the council had any jurisdic- tion in the matter.—Councillor Crawford eaid he did not think they wanted to keep people out of the town on-Sundaya. but he considered that they should a<sk the police for extra assistance on Sun days. --Couno"llors Price and Williams also spoke, the latter flaying he thought they were doing 4 duty to the town by trying to keep them away. If the noisy people came to the town thev would drive other visitors who etayed in the., town away. On besntr put to the vote Mr. Lloyd's resolution wao carried. fThe remainder of the report of the proceedings at the Urban Council meeting will appear in next week'e Advertiser.

f Lord snd Lady H^rleeh Arrived last week at 48, Park St., London, for the remainder of the season.,

Welshpool Magistrate's Sudden Death.  THE LATE LIEUT.COL. TWYFORD. A DISTINGUISHED CAREER. The death took place very suddenly early, on Monday morning, at his residence, B- wylfa, Welshpool, of Lieut.-Col. Wm. JoUffe Twyford, who had resided in the borough for between 40 and 50 years, and was one of the best known and highly respected gentlemeB in the district. Lt.-Col. Twyford, who beloiig- ed to a very old English family, was an Indian Mutiny veteran who took part in much of the severe fighting in the Oude province, and was present at the Siege of Lucknow of that mam- orable campaign. For his 82 years Col. Twy- ford was particularly active, though the degth of his ward and nephew, Capt. Warren John- son, who was torpedoed on HiM.S. Cressey, had proved a very great shock to him. deceased came to Welshpool as adjutant of the Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles, and siace his retirement from the Army has taken an active interest in local affairs. He was seniOT magistrate and for the past 15 years or more had been chairman of the county justices. He had also acted as a borough magistrate. He was chairman of the Welshpool Gas Co. and Welshpool Savings Bank up to the tima of his death. In conjunction with the late EarJ of Powis he founded the Borough Free Library and Reading Room, in which he always took the keenest interest, and for over 20 vea" had uninterruptedly acted as chairman of the Free Library Committee. Col. Twyford bacl, also occupied the mayoral chair of the borough and was a. past chairman of the Forden Board of Guardians. He was a keen sportsman and great traveller, an excellent shot, was vioe- president of the Welshpool GTolf Club, and an active player almost to the end. Being of » particularly kindly disposition he will be greatly missed from the district. Much FM., I pathy is extended to his widow-, Mrs. Twyford, who survives him. A vote of condolence vrith Mrs. Twyford was adopted by the, Welghpaol County Bench on Monday.

I A Plea for Christian Unity. I THE EVILS OF COMPETITION. Archdeacon Grimaldi Davis opened his visitation in the Montgomery Archdeaconry at Welshpool on Monday. Speaking on the Welsh Church Act, he raid there was ample room for revision of the dis- endowing clauses and they could look forward with every confidence to their modification on a just and fair basis. In the course of a plea for Christian reunion the Archdeacon said that the disunion of the churches was the most fruitful source of in- fidelity, doubt, and indifference, and was of incalculable waste in labour, machinery, and money. How, many places were there where, under conditions of unitv, one minister and one church would suffice, but wherr there wera now three or four half empty churches or ch&pels and three or four half-starved minis- ters of religipn? Far worse even than, that was the spirit of jealously, rivalry, and ili- will, which sprang up when different Christian. bodies were doing the same work in the same Area. It was almost impossible to avoid thaA spirit under conditions which provoked eom< petition.

I GLYN CEIRIOG. OBITUARY.—-The death occurred at Deli- ver, Colorado, on May 8, following an oper- ation, of Mrs. Joseph Jones, sister-in-law of Mrs. Burns, Glynceiriog. Mr. and Mrs. Jones formerly resided at the W&en, Llansantffraid. Mrs. Jones joined her husband at Mankato i* 1913, and lived there for a time6 but on doct. or's orders they went to live further west, de- ciding upon the beautiful city of Denver. During the last 12 months Mrs. Jones had been in failing health, and succumbed to the after effects of an operation. The funeral was a very large one, both Mr. and Mrs. Jonei having made a host of friends. Sympathy goes out to the husband, who in the last seven months has lost brother, sister, and wife—and to the two sons, aged 10 and 15 respectively.

Merioneth County Council have increased their rate by 64d. to 4s. Id. Mr. Richard Barnett, county surveyor of Merioneth, has been presented by the county officials with a silver tea service and iiiscribei parchment on his recent marriage. The Festiniog Village War Memerial Com- mittee have collected £ 120 towards erecting < memorial statute on the Penybryn slope, which is the most prominent spot in the dis- trict. The Archbighop of Canterbury introduced the Enabling Bill in the House of Lords da Tuesday last, and the debate was adjourned till after the Whitsuntide recess. The No Treating Order, long a virtual dead letter and always a farce, has been for- mally revoked. Flintshire Education Authority at Mold ca Wednesday instructed the Agricultural Com- mittee to prepare a. scheme for the establish- ment of a farm institute for the county. The Rev. J. S. Jones, Calfarca and Seion, Baptist minister, Blaenau, Festiniog, has; cepted, a call to the pastorate of the Veliki Baptist Church, Colwyn Bay. A parliamentary group has been formed at the House of Commons with Sir Clifford Cory, M.P., as chairman, to combat any proposals I to nationalise the coal industry.