Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

The Hon. Eleanor Francis Susan Douglas I Pennant, of 16, South Eaton Place, London. S.W. who died on September 13, daughter of the first Lord Penrhyn, has left estate of the value of £ 26,284, with net personalty £ 25,979. The will, dated January 4, 1918 is proved by Claud Douglas-Pennant, of 1, Temple Gardens, London, E C., nephew, and tne Hon. Pamela Georgina Mostyn, niece, of Bodysgallen, Llandudno, Car- narvom. The testatrix leaves £ 6,000 to various charities, inoluding £ 1,000 in trust for St. Wini- fred's School. Bangor; 2300 to St. Michael's Theological College, Llandaff £ 200 to the Bangor Clerical. Education Fund; £ 200 to the Carnarvon and Anglesey Irtfinnary; and 2100 to the Ban- j gor Diocesan Widows' and Orphan Fund-

Llangollen Profiteering Committee. | COMPLAINT AGAINST A CHEMIST DISMISSED. Llangollen Profiteering Committee sat last night to hear the firit complaint brought to the Committee since it adopted the Profiteering Act. Mr. H. Birch presided, and there were also present; Mrs. T. C. Davies, Messrs. R. Jones, A. J. Price, S. W. Jones, D. Hughes and 12. E, Bobert*. At the outset the Chairman referred the members to a clause in the scBeduie regarding the admission of the Press and the public to the committee meet- ings.-On the motion of Mr. R. Jones, seconded by Mr. D. Hughes, it was decided that the meetings of the committee should be open. to the public. THE COMPLAINT. I Mr. John Powell, Elder Cottage, Acrefair, wrote complaining that on October 31st he presented to Messrs. E. D. Jones and Co., Medical Hall, Llangollen, a prescription to be made up. The charge made ia that case was Ss. 6d. On three previous occasions compdainanthad bad the same prescription made up at other chemists and the charge did not exceed Is. 6d Since the occasion he bad made inquiries from a leading Wrexham chemist who said his charge for the prescription, including the bottle, would be Is. 6d. The Chairman said there was one thing to which he had to refer. The letter of the complainant was dated November 6th intimating that the alleged over- charge occurred on October 31. He directed the members attention to one part of the schedule stating that the complaint had to be made in writing and delivered to the clerk of the committee within four days of the date of the sale or transaction which was the source of the complaint. Complaints delivered after the expiration of the fourth day shall be dis- missed. The complaint before them was dated Nov. 6th and would be delivered to tie clerk on Nov. 7th, which was three days after the date in which the complaint should have been laid. In L' view of that fact he must rule from the chair that the case before them would be dismissed. ) AN EXPLANATION. 11 I Mr. Bayn&rd on bebalf of Messrs. E. D. Jones and Co., stated that the complaint was correct regarding the excessive price charged. The complainant brought the prescription into the shop and one of the items upon it, at a first glance, lie read as Joz. instead of J dram. The drug in question cost 6s. an oueice. Be gave the prescription to his dispenser to make up and told him to charge fe. 0d. He, then left the &bop himself. On investigation later be found that the item was dram instead of J oz, and he was sure anyone looking at the prescription at the first glance would read-it as J oz. He was refunding the overcharge. II FUTURE CASES. I The Chairman said that that, was the first occasion that they had had a case before them and he would like u to go out that it was not the committee's tn. tention to help tradesmem in fllegitmate trading. If they had a complaint proved before them the com- mittee could take action and impose lines up to R200. If they had a reasonable case they would, go into it rigorously and impose severe penalties if the cases were proved. Some of the fines for food profiteering had not, in his opinion, been half severe enough, and he hoped that when, a case did come before the com- mittee they would impose severe penalties to make it impossible for profiteers to carry on. He considered that in accordance with the schedule a sub-committee should be appointed to deal direct with any food cases that came before them. Mrs. T. C. Davies, Messrs. E. W. Jones, D. Hughes, E. E. Roberts and A. J. Price were appointed.

New Sheriffs. i The following nominations of high sheriffs were made on Wednesday SHROPSHIRE, Henry EmMt Whitaker, Ludford Park, Ludford; Captain James Whitaker Winsley Hall, Shrewsbury; Colonel John Robert Howard McLean, Aston Hall, Shifnal. DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel John Edward Mellpr, Tan-y-bryn, Abergele; Sir Albert Ed- ward Herbert Naylor Leyland, Nantelwyd Hall, Ruthin: John Frederick Burton, Denbigh. FLINTSHIRE.—David Falconer Pennant, Nantlvs. St. Asaph; Lieutenant Colctfiel Henry Bodvel Lewis Hughes, Kimmel Park, Abergele; William Buckley, Hafod, near Mold. MERIONETHSHIRE.-Owen Morgan Owen, 1:1, St. Petersburgh Place, London.W; Thomas Williams Piggott, Barmouth; William Owen, Plas Newydd, Blaenau Pestiniog. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—Major Gen. Arthur Edmond Sandbach, Bryn Gwvn. Bwlchyeibau; Gilbert Whitlev Owen. Fronfraitih, Abermule; I Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arthur, Wilding, Penbryn Hall Churchstoke.

I CORWEN. ERRATA. In our report of the Guardians meeting in our last issue, through a printer's error, it was inadvertently stated that in the County Court case judgment was given against the Guardians, thia should have read judgment was giveii. for the Guardians with costs. SCHOOL MANAGERS.—Mr. T. Lloyd Jones presided at the monthly meeting on Friday. Dr. Lewid Lloyd, the county medical officer of health, spoke on the medical section of the new Education Act.—The Attendance Officer pre- sented iiia report of? the attendance ia the dia- trict as follows .Bettws. 89.2; Carrog, S7; Corwen, 93.1; Cynfal, 90; Cynwyd, 96.6; G dyfrdwy, 95.9; Gwyddelwern, 95.9; Llandrillp, 94.3; Carrog N.P. 86.1; Corwen, 89.66; and Plas Adda. 76.7. The following appointmentt were reported :-Mig% Roberts, Llandrillo, to Carrog School; Mr. J. W. Price to Cynfal School; Miss Blodwen Jones to Corwen School in place of Mr. D. J. Williams, who haa taken over the head- ship of Glamrafon. 1 EDUCATION ACT.—A conference on the new Education Act took place on Friday, when there was a good attendance. Mr. H. Haydn Jones, M.P., as chairman of the deputation, stated that under the Education Act, 1918, it waa necessary for each local education authority to prepare a scheme of education for its area, which had to be .ubmitted to the Board of Edu. cation for confirmation. This amounted to loœll option in education, and it was up to each auth- ority to prepare such a scheme as would be & credit to the area covered, and meet the require- menta of each locality. The conference that day had been called to obtain the views of Cor- wen and district upon the question of continu- ation schools and the subjects to be taken there. The deputation would be glad of the views of those present upon the subjects, num- ber of continuation schools and centres, age of students and teachers.-—After & discussion, it was decided that. under the new scheme, the school age should be risen from 14 to 15 yeans, to be followed by one year's attendance at the continuation schools. No children could be ex- empted from school. Children must aiio remain at school until the end of a term.

LLANGOLLEN SMITHFIELD. I At the fortnightay, safte of Mfssrs. Jones mnd Son at the Llangollen Smithfield on Tuesday, Nov. 11, sup- plies were rather smaller but SOO fat and 400 store pigs were disposed of. Calving cows made up to 940. Cows in milk made up to R45. Small store pigs 'l fetched up to 15s., and good store ai^a mad>s up to £9 17a.,

I- LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. I Tolstoy's widow is dead. Mr. T. Arthur Acton, of Wrexham, has been elected a member of the Court of Governors of the Welsh National Museum. Major-General Seely has, resigned his office as Air Minister owing to objection to dual control shared by the War Office. The Lancashire and Cheshire Comrades of the Great War have petitioned the King for the annual observance of Armistice Day by way of solemn services. In view of the firm attitude taken by the United States Government the American miners have called off their great strike, and negotiations were afterwards re-opened. Earl Brassey, who died on Wednesday-as a result of being knocked down by a taxi-cab a few days earlier, married Lady Idena Nevill, daughter of the Marquis of Abergavenny, but there is no heir and the title becomes extinct. Some Industrial Workers of the World I fired on a procession of ex-soldiers on Armis- tice Dav in the small American town of Centralis. They were arrested and the ring- leader was captured by the crowd from his gaolors and lynched. Actions for libel by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Walter Long and the Geddea Brothers against the Daily News" for a statement concerning these ministers' Russian investments ended in an apology by the de- fendant newspaper and the payment of dam- ages. The Prime Minister, to whom fifteen ques- tionsonRussianpoicy had been put from all quarters of the House, on Thursday an. nounced that at an early date an Allied Con- ference is to be held to consider the various grave outstanding peace problems, among which was that of Russia. A man who, instead of observing the Two Minutes' silence on Armistice Day at a Fleet- wood engineering works, sat down with his hat on and whistled the Red Flag was, on refusing to apologise, ducked by his mates in a tank of water, rolled on the floor and finally kicked out, of the works. j Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson was carried by a crowd of rowdy medical students, who had seized him at a meeting in the Essex Hall, through the streets of London on Thursday, amidst hilarious cries of we've got Pussy- j foot." Eventually the police secured his re- lease from this strange captivity, A patriotic citizen who hides his full identity under the initials F.S.T." has cancelled ?150,000 of 4 per cent. Funding Loan as a gift to the nation. He says it is 20 per cent, of his estate which he gives as a thank- offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have such a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time." At the South Carnarvonshire hiring fair at Pwllheli a large number of young farm work- ers failed to secure employment. Special classes, such as cowmen, horsemen, and bailiffs, are paid £ 2 6s. a week of 58 hours, compared with 17s. per week pre-war wages, and men under 21 years are paid £ 2 a week. The Farmers' Union have agreed to pay wages every fortnight instead of every six months. The Peers Committee who have been in- vestigating Miss Violet Douglas-Pennant's case have found that the charges brought by her against certain officers and others of im- morality or encouraging immprality at Hurst Park Camp are not substantiated. Writs for libel have now been issued against Miss Douglas-Pennant by two of the officers named in her charges. Sir Alfred Davies, Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Department, Board of Education, and Lady Davies have returned to London in the Adriatic after an extended tour in the ¡ United States and Canada, in the course of which Sir Alfred represented Mr. Fisher, the Minister of Education, at the Convocation of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, recently held at Albany. The Cheshire, County Council have agreed to the purchase of the Wrenbury Hall estate, at a cost of £ 18,000, for the establishment of a training colony for tuberculous patients. The British Red Cross Society has offered to give £ 20.000 towards the scheme, and the Ministry of Health have intimated that the Treasury will sanction the increase of capital grant from £ 90 to JE180 per bed. A scheme for the division of the county into eight areas and the appointment of a whole-time rat- catcher for each has been adopted by the Council. j The Lord Mayor of London, on Thursday, I presented to the City Corporation, on behalf j of the Hon. Mrs. Laurence Brodrick, of Coedcoch, Denbighshire, a. portrait of Sir Thomas Thomas Exmewe, Lord Mayor of London in 1517. The portrait, which is un- signed, but believed to be a Holbein, is painted on an oak panel 21in. by 17in., and was fully described in the Rev. Lewis H. O. Pryse's memoir of Sir Thomas, published in the Journal" of the Cambrain Archaeolog- ical Society for last July. Mrs. Brodrick occupied a seat on the dias in the Council Chamber during the ceremony. The annual meeting of the Royal Denbigh Lodge of Freemasons was held on Thursday, when Bro. P. W. Brundrit, of Ruthin, was installed as W.M., the Installing Master being W. Bro. F. J. Ganllin, assisted by W. Bro. W. A. Lewis and W. Bro. T. F. Evans, ad- dresses Fere, given by' W. Bro. T. Redfern, rector of Denbigh and canon of St. Asaph; W. Bro. E. Lovegrove, and W. Bro. R. V. Johnson. The new W. M. appointed and in- vested the following as his officers :I.P .M., Canon Redfern; S.W., Bro. the Rev. Lewis Pryce, P.G. Cha.p.; J.W., W. Bro. E. W. Lovegrove, P.P.G.S.D. (Lines.) Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. J. G. Roberts; Treasurer, W. Bro. W. M. Jones; Secretary, W. Bro. T. F. Evans; D. of C., W. Bro. F. J. Gamlin; S.D., Bro. G. C. W. Westbrooke; J.D., Bro. E. Griffith Jones; I.G., Bro. Robert Davies; S., Bro. Edward Parry; Tyler, Bro. R. W. Lloyd.

I IN REMEMBRANCE. -1 I I JONES.-In loving memory of my dear husband, Pte. Robert Edward Jones, who died in France, Nov. 11th, 1918.—-Never forgotten by wife and child, Minnie ap.d Dilp Jonw, 4, Cross Lane, TJangoilea. Thy will be done.

CORRESPONDENCE. [WE DO HOT NECEMARILT 8HABB THE OFISIOKS EXPBBlUD BY WSIXBSS IN THZSB COLO MSS. J CORWEN GUARDIANS & MR. E. FOULKES JONES. SIR,-I regret to have to call your attention to a misleading report of the meeting of the Corwen Board of Guardians which appeared in your last week's issue, relating to a communi- cation received from Mr. Aneurin O. Evans, solicitor, Denbigh, with reference to the charges erroneously made by Mr. E. Foulkea Jones of Llangollen in connection with conduct- ing the ioint election of Urban District Coun- cillors and the Guardians for Llangollen Urban in Aoril last. It i8 well known that Mr. Foulkea Jones charged full fees against both authorities in- stead of one-half against each in accordance with the Election Orders governing the charges, but which the Guardians declined to pay, and were sued in the Wrexham County Court by Mr. Foulkes Jones, who was represented by Mr. Graham. Barrister at Law. After reserving judgment, the worthy judge at the last court gave his decision in favour of the Guardians upon all the points raised, with costs on the highest ecale, viz.. Scale C against Mr. Foulkes Jories.-I am, etc., E. DERBYSHIRE. Clerk to the Guardians. Union Offices. Corwen. 8th November. 1919. FA note in another column explains this error.- ED.1 THE "LEVY ON CAPITAL" ILLUSION. SIR,-Frottl his speech at Aberystwyth last week it would appear that Mr. Aaquith is some- what impreeeed by the capital levy proposal. Thiii scheme, which originated from the Labour party, is more heroic than sound and practical. According to this plan a certain portion of everybody's property and capital is to be can- fiscated by the Government. Unfortunately, for the capital levy scheme, however, manufac- turers and captains of industry do not keep their "capital" locked up in a safe; they are continually employing it in carrying on the busi- ness and indiiati-ieie, of the country. If, then, so much of a manufacturer's oapital were con- fiscated, he would bo deprived of the meatus of buying raw materials, perhaps, or of paying wages, with the result that his business would be brought to a standstill, thousands of workmen turned into the streets, and the machinery left to rust! To adopt the "capital levy" proposal would be simply- to drive a coach-and-four through all the laws of political economy! Instead of these wild-cat schemes, what the country really needs as increase in production, unhampered private enterprise, and a good understan-clinic between employers and vmployod —I am, etc., S. SIJCPSOX. Birkenhead, Nov. 8th. 1019. POLICE COURT PUBUCITV. Sir,—At the conclusion of your report of tt. proceedings of the Llangollen Petty Sessions t?o ere ap fears a footnote intimating the desire of several defendants to suppress the publication of the charges brought against them, and your refusal to do so. It is rather unfortunate that this observation follows an account of my case. Obviously the inference is that I am one of those who sought a deviation from "your strictly enforce d rule." I feel confident that you do not wiah to do me an injustice in the matter. I shalli therefore, feel grateful if you will give the same publicity to the fact that I did not ask vou to withold anything from the publio, and that I did not ap- proach you in any way upon the subject.—I am,, etc., HENRY, LODWICK. r I,.— A HOUSE TO LET." SIR,—Is it possible for your "Philosopher of the Prowl to furnish a few, more details of the i house to let at Darwin (Australia) appearing in his article Hands Across the Seas,' in the copy of the" Advertizer." dated September 10th. 1919? If so, I should be glad to see same appearing in your next ime.-I am, etc., I 1919. AN I?QmREB ACBOSS THE SEA. !J' Oct. 10.1919. rWe have referred our correspondent's inquiry to "A Philosopher on the Prowl," who re- grets that the only particulars he has are those mentioned in his article, where it was stated that rpeNlons wishing to secure the house should apply at the office of "The Northern Territory Times an d Gazette." or to T. A. Mackellor, Bennett-street, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.—ED.]. f

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