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Oswestry Farmers' Union. I SECURITY OF TENURE. ) The chief business before Oswestry Farmers' Union, at their meeting in their Smithfield offices. on Wednesday afternoon, was the ques- tion of security of tenure. The Chairman, Mr. D. L. Ðebb, presided over aovery large attend- allee of members. Referring to the Land Sales Restriction Act, the Chairman said the Government considered they had done something for security of tenure by this Act, but they as tenant farmers contend- ed that the Government had done nothing. The Act was a pretence to do something, but really it did nothing. For years they had agitated for security of tenure for men who farmed their land to the best, of their ability and to the advantage of themselves, their familic,6, and the tomminiitv at large. Nine out of ten of the agreements were not worth the paper they were written on. He moved tho following- re~ol iti n That the Oswestry consideè's the provisions made respecting security of tenure in the Land Sales Restriction (Notice to Quit) Act of 1919 as tot i J nadequate, and urges the Board of Agriculture to initiate such legislation that would provide absolute' security for those farmers who farm their holdings ,n manner conducive to txfn e production, 'sc'1 that the confidence of those engaged in agricul- ture may be restored and impetus given to still greater effort to increase production." At the present time, he remarked, there was no confi- dence for agriculturists. Mr. J. W. Humphreys seconded the motion.) -IL-ANI)LORD AND TENANT. Mr. George Kempster suggested that the reso- lution should also urge that adequate compen- sation should be given to the tenant. That would make far greater security, because a land- lord would not turn a tenant out too quickly if it was going to cost him a couple of thusand I pounds. Under the present system, the landlord got most of the advantage out of the good farm- inLt of the tenant. 1 Mr. B. Jones asked, if anything could be added to the resolution in regard to a. landlord who did not fulfil his part of the contract be- tween landlord and tenant. The Chairman said that was a matter of agree- ment, not of law. Mr. J. Scott Bickerton said their grievance was that they as tenant, farmers did not reap the benefit of the agreement ai binding oi-i the! landlord, but the landlord reaped evety benefit of the agreement as binding on the tenant. He would give them au instance he was short of 26 gates. His landlord was bound by the agreement to find him gates in the rough I material, but he had not got them How could any decent, tenant farm without gates to his fields? For vears the, tenant fanner had been! .-ijzhting for free sale, fair tenure, and fixity of tenure. Mr. A. Parish said they ought to go in for fixity of tenure for all they were worth. Up to now all farmers had been the victims of bad law. The resolution was put to the meeting and j carried unanimously, and the secretary was in- structed to forward it to the Board of Agricul-' tare. A report was received from tlio, General Com- mittee, stating that thev had arranged a dinner for members early in December, an d it \Vm3 hemed Mr. W. C. Brids-eman. M.P., wQ* uld be raresent. Sab-commtttees were appointed to deal with various m?tt?rs affecting members as tenant farmers. i

Welsh Farmere Union. i FIRST MEETING OF CENTRAL COUNCIL. 1 The first meeting of the Central Council -of the newly-formed Welsh National Farmers' i Union was held at Barmouth last week, Mr. G. l H. Robert-3, president, in the chair. The Prime Minister's reply as regards the controlled price of Welsh butter not being- considered satis- factory, it was decided to appi^ach the Min- istry of Food, wi,'tli a view to a free market to" Welsh butter. Mr. J. W. Thorns. Holvhead. proposed that the Welsh Union should ni-k the Food Alinlister-to do awav wi "i I the preeent grad- ing system, and ,ha^e an open markêt ior «il cattle. It was high time to do awav with the officials galoie.—W jlliam Jones, Mold, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. -It was decided to urge the Government to establieli e. separate Agricultural Wages Board for Wales. A deputation, consisting of Mess e J. W. Thomas (Holyhead), William Jones (Flint}, i Langley Lloyd (Lianrvvst), and Thoma", PhiJIips j (Cardiganshire), were appointed to meet the i Ministry of Food in London, and also to ask all members of Parliament for Wales to support the I Welsh Union's demands.-It was decided to thank the Gover0 nment for establishing a \Vëlsh. agi'icultujal oiffce at Abervt twyth. The council ccnSrmed the appointment of Mr. D. MoranJ,amea. barrister, Swansea, as *er 'etary. a:, ? <salaa? ?of B400 and expenses, and of Mr. John R. 'Chambers. LIanrwot, as Welsh I oraniser,ata -aiarv of ;C30? and expenses.—It was reported that Sir Robert Thomas, M.P.. had contributed £ 500 towards the expenseci of i the union. Mr. J. W. Thomas, Holyhead, proposed that the union should send a strong protest against the proposed forty-eight hours' week for farm workers, and this was carried unanimously.— Mr. Phillips, secretary of the Merionethshire branch, said there were twenty-five farms in one district -at present without farm labourers, i ovying to this proposal of forty e/ht hours.— The council decided to insist that Wales should have a special advisory committee.-It was re- ported that the secretary fcnd organiser would visit South Wales in. due course. with a view to having: South Wales ipc-lucled in the Welsh National Union. Over fifty delegates were pte-i sent, and great enthusiasm prevailed through-j out the meeting. "I

At the South Carnarvonshire hiring fair at Pwllheli a large number of young farm work- ers failed to secure employment. Special classes, guell as Qownien, horsemen, and bailiffs, are paid 92 6s. a week of 58 honrs, compared with 17s; per week pre-war wages, and men under 21 years are paid E2 a week. The Farmers' Union have agreed to pay wages every fortnight instead of every six months. The Cheshire County Council have agrted to the purchase of the Wrenbuvy 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 420,000 towards the scheme, and the Ministry of Health have intimated that the Treasury will sanction the increase of capital grant from E90 to £ 180 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.

Are Milk Prices "Criminally Excessive"? 1 LLANFYI.LIN DISAGREE WITH • OTHER FOOD COMMITEES. Disagreement with resolutions from a number of Food Control Committees describing the con- trolled price-, of milk as tuireasonable and in fact criminally excessive," was expressed by the Llanfvllin Rural Food Committee at a meet- ing, on Thursday. At a previous meeting the committee had recommended that the retail price for the winter months snould be at the flat rate of lOd. per quart right through, but as the registered retailers in the district ,had not re- j plied to letters either expressing agreement or Cieagicement with that price, it was reported that the Divisional Food Controller hrii inter- vened and fixed the following- retail prices per gallon—October, 2<s. 8d.: November, 3s.; De- cember. January. February and March, 3s. 4d.: Ap-Ji, 2a. 3d.-ALI-7. D. L. Bebb pointed out that the retail price of 3s. 4d. during four months was only ld. a, gallon above the wholesale price. No one, he thought, would distribute milk for Id. per .gallon.No motion to euggest an altera- tion in the Divisional Commissioner's prices was made, and they will accordingly and. THE COST OF MILK PRODUCTION. On the subject of milk prices geymrally a crop of resolut-ione was received calling for joint action. Ilford Committee contended that the retail price should not be above lid., and urged an immediate inquiry with a view to reconsid- eration the pricea nxed by the controller.— eratioit i_ of the prices fixed bv the contro l ler.- No action was taken. Nottingham Committee wrote stating that from evidence they had collected from whole- sale and retail milk sellers they wore convinced that the prices allowed to. the producer, which averaged 23.9d. a gallon from October to April was reducing consumption, which was detri- mental to public health, stopping the making of butter, and preventing the feeding of calves and jeopardising the rearing of live stock. They asked Llanfyilin to support this view.—Mr. D. L. Bebb said he did not agree with the resolu- tion. The framers of it did not know anything about the cost of milk production.—No action. Another resolution declared that the prices fixed were criminally excessive, and urged tha' t they should not exceed 100 per cent, over pre- war prices.—No action taken. A communication from the Rhyl Committee stated that a committee of investigation had been appointed leprceenrng North Wales dis- tricts. and they asked the committee to an wer; a number of questions relating to the cost of milk production.—Mr. Bebb, taking from his pocket an account for £ 100 for five tons of feed- ing stuff, said that that was evidence that feed- ing stuffs had advanced over 300 per cent in price. The producer had satisfied the Food Con- troller. who was a member of the Labour Party, that the cost of production necessitated the prices fixed. They could not undo that. Any- one with a, gran of sense knew they could not produce milk at a less price to make it pay. The cost of labour was 150 per cent. up and the hours of labour 50 per cent. down.—Mr. John Jones igaict the supply of hay was. 100 per cent. below the normal tlilq year. and there were no roots' worth mentioning. It was as much as people would be able to do tok-eop their cattle alive through ^the winter, let alone feed them for.! rr.lk. M>, Maurice Bebb: It will be, a. c-triiggle to RPt, through.—Mr. D. L. Bebb: The Food Controller has seen that it is only by fixing a reasonable price that there is any chance of get- ting milk -prod u,ed. Tones. They will find out by February that milk will be very scarce.— It was decided to reply to the Rhyl Committee giving figures of increased cost mentioned by Mr. D. L. Bebb. j BUTTER ANDCHEEgE. "J in reference to a cornplaint by Llangynog shopkeepers that they were unable to supply their legwtered butter. Mr. M. Bebb said there was no sense -in the price of butter. He thought the committee should pass. a. resolution urging thefixin of d Li*,Lei price to encourage more butter making.-—TLe Clerk said a good deal of j t#e (shortage was due to the Government encour- aging the establishment of c factories all over the di->tii ?,o ac rion was decided on. Rarc-tstic ku-r t«r s-ueted the announcement i that the Ccmnro"oner had allotted the district 2 cwt. of cheese a month. Among the 70 shop keepois it was said it was equal to about 31bs. a month, per ret.ailer.TMr. D. Jones, Llan- wddyn, eaul there were great complaints in his district that the people did not get enough rats. SUGAR "OFFENCES." 1 ihe Lierk said he did not know how, many -people he had offended over the supply of pre- serving sugar. He was conscious that it was a big-, number. He disclaimed responsibility, how- ever, and in fact had questioned the Divisional t ommisnioner «o much to obtain supplies that the uommissiojifcr iiad finally written him stat-, nig: It is cLange you should write me about Di-e?e.rv i nr,? Pi ng v.hen f am at mv wit's end to get_ j.oi yiffflttu.- use. (Laughter).—Sev- eral mtm ts^a la g eat deal of fruit had been t;,Ocilt ;)reserving sugar had not been <ava,uaoie.

J LLANGOLLEN PROPERTY SALE. I Further important property in L1tt:ngOlletlwas II ?d for sale at the Hand Hotel, LIan?oUen on Tuesday, by Messrs. Jones and 'Son. Lot 11 consisted of the freehold detached residence known as Glandwr Abbey R?d, LIan?en. Bidding started at ?,200 and was sold at m.210 to Messrs. Eihs and Jones, Manchester. Lot 2 adjomed lot one and wa9 known as "Thcmleigh." A?bey Road, Llangollen, bic ?a.g started at ?550 and at ?800 was bought bv .Jr. A. Dmg-ory A piece of pasture land over one acre at the rear of the two s lots comprised Lot 3 and was I bought bv Messrs. Ellis and Sons, Ivlcinehestpr, for £ 7o. Lot 4 comprised, two freehold dwelling houses with garden1: known as "Abbey View Llarttysiho. idding started at ?200 and ?r T,ittleiohn, L!?it.y?li.&, ?.a..8 the buver at £ 430. TI? ^lasrt iV lot oi the ?ale compri?d two ernj- I freehold r?tdences known as "Wood- crctt and "Idns House," Abbey Road, Han-! gollen.? bidding started at ?1,200 and the mopeitx was withdrawn at £ 1,300. Messrs. Orford and Jones Manchester, and Messrs. Minshall and Co., Llangollen, were the vendor's solicitors. LLANOOLLEN SMITHFIELD* M6?rg. Jones and Son held their fortnightly i ?radin? sale at the SmithMd on Tuesday, when 20 ca,'tt?le, 600 fat shee,) and 10 fvt e?'CT?Y, %vheii penned. pig?o were I

Skating was indulged in during the past few days in some of the uplands of North Wales. Actions for libel by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Walter Long and the Gecldes 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. ?

BRYNKINALT ESTATE SALE. BR -YN KINAL T E, REMARKABLE PRICES FOR LAND. Messrs. Frank Lloyd and Sons, of Wflextam, con- ducted a capital sale by public auctiou at the Bridge- water Hotel, Ellesmere, cu Tuesday, aad obtained extraordinary prices, There was a large company present, mLl competition was ke«B. The chief prop. erty offered was 1S5 c-cres of the outlying portions of the Brynkinalt Estate of Lord irevor, which brought in a total of £ 8,706, one lot only remaining unsold, 4iud sorn i paste laid fetching as much as £ 170 per acre. Nine lets of Bagtey property, belonging to Mr. Reynolds, about 27 acres, realised 83,775. Pentre- coed, Dudieston Heath, which was put uj> on bekaVf of Mrs. Hiillyar Chapman, a cottage holding of 2S acres of pasture land, which started at R460, was with- drawn from sale after it had reached the remark- able figure of or £ 535 an acre. iSeventmD acres of Hordley glebe lands at Baggymoor, entered the and rose, to £ 690, at which figure it was withdrawn on behalf of the vendors, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. For .H the above-mentioned propert- ies Mr. H.R. Giles was the solicitor. Another lot which was also Withdrawn, and for which the solici- tor swere Messrs. Longueville and Co, Oswestry, was some cottag: property at Cockshutt, couistingot six houses and a shop, offered by direction of Mrs. H. Rogers. The starting bid was £ 400, and the with- drawal figure £ 590. BRYNKINALT ESTATE.. The first lot to come under the hammer was a noted freehold dairy farm of 1021 acres, Criftins Farm, occupied by Mr. William Holland, which found a starting bid of £ 4,COO, and rose by hundreds and fifties to £ 3,650. at which price it was acquired by }¡1r. Hughes, New Crickett. Bay Cottage, Ifton Heath, a holding of four acres, occupied by Mr. Job Stokes, began selling at £400, and at £500 was knocked down to Mr. Noah Jones, St. Martins, An accoBinio-datioffi pasture field of ii acres at Ifton Heath, te-nanted by }1r. T. Preston, was sold to Mr. John Jones, Glyn Mortals, for £ 1S0, having reached that figure by keen competition from an initial bid of RSO. Two pasture fields at Ifton Heath, occupied by Mr. J. Harris, and containing an area of 1 acre 30. peTches, were eagerly sought after, and were event- ually purchased by Mr. ITorman 13veson, 3t. Martins, for £ 170, the opening bid being j670. Amotber pas- ture feU at Ifton Heath, also in the occuaption of Mr. J. Harris, extending to nearly one acre, starting at £60 rose to zCl40, the purchaser being Mr. A. Potter, Bronygarth. A pasture field of four acres, also situate, nt Ifton Heath, tenanted by Sir. C. Harris, rose irom £ 300 to zevf)o, P-t which figure It was bought by Mr. George Williams, Weston Rhyn, who also secured a, freehotd croft of nearly three qu aff-ters of an acre, situate ot St. Martin's Moor, in the, oc- cupation of Mr. W. Baines, the initial bid was R40 and the selling price jECl. A freehold accommodation field of pasture I.and, nearly four acres, adjoining the canal at 6t. Martin's "-or, and occupied by Mr. James Gregory, began tit ZCISO, and was knocked down to the Two freehold accom- modation pasture fields of Igi acres., situate at St. Martin's Moor and occupied by Ml's. Lawrence, were put up at a bid of £400, and after close competition, were knocked down to Mr. John Edwards, Church Farm, 5t. Martins, for £ 670. A pasture field of Si acres, in the occupation of Mr. John Edwards, and situate at St. Martin's Moor, was put into the bid- ding at jS150, and rose to £ 280, at which figure it was sold to the tenant. A Rhosweil block of four freehold cottages and gardens ktnown as Trevor Cot- tages, found a start at £250. but the property was withdrawn at £ 340. Trevor Cottsge and garden at Rhoswiel, in the occupation was Mrs. Davies, was sold privately to the tenant for £ 120, and a freehold pasture field ot cne acre, situate at Hhoswiel, was 'also sold privately to the tenant. Mr. A. E. Glitlltlw, for BAGLEY PROPERTY. The Pox Inn, Bagley, a fuli.v-licensed inn let to the Wem BreweTy Company, was put. intothe sale at B400, and the Company secured it for £6(.(L Hordley Grove, a desirable residential holding of 4J acres, In the occupation of Mr. T. C. Price, started at E500 and went up to RSW, at which price it was knocked down to the tenant. Honeysuckle Cottage holding, Bagleyl Marsh, containing nearly flV". LaereS, in the eccupa- tion of Mr. Wi{.!iam Biggs, began atæ800, and R400 was soid to Jar. Lewis Hay ward, who also bought [Rose Cottage holding of 5^ acres, in the tenancy or Mr. Williams Iteeves Bagley jMarsh, for £ 420, the üpeningbid being £3CtO. Well Cottage hblding, an. other Baciey Marsh property of 61 acres, in the oc- cupation of Mr. Herbert Sherry, was put up at, P-400 and at £ 530 was knocked down to the tenant. Yew Tree Cottage holding, l| acres, in the occupancy of 3Ir. John Jones, Bagley Marsh, after finding an initial bid of R180, went to Mr. Hinton, Chain Oaks, for S235. Sycamore Villa, Bagley Marsh, a, cottage holding of Si acres, in the occupation of Mrs, J, Evans, was knocked down to the tenant at her oWn bict of £850. Mr. Hinton bought Bagley Post Office, tenanted by Mr. William Parry, for £196, the initial bid being £ 150. Yew Tree House, Bagley Marsh, occupied by Mr. H. Bellingham, startingitt R-l)00, ras sold at 2205 to Mr. But-leT, Hordley.

t -———" <?..— Public Bodies and their Employes. PROPOSED CONCILIOTION COMMITTEE. A proposal to establish a Provincial Council for the six counties of North Wales to act as a coneilatkffl committee between public authorities and their em- ployes was the subject of a conference at Newtown on Tuesday. Represetlltatives to the conference had be-en summoned by the chairman of the county Council from each of the rural anr urban councils ill the county, but the attendance betrayed a good deal of apathy the only representatives present being the chairman of the Council Council, Mr. Rd. Jones (presiding), Capt. Naylor (Forden). Messrs. Alfd. Jones (Welshpool), E. Ramer (Llanidloes), J. M. Breeae (Machynlleth), Joseph Davies (Caersws), and D. C. Evans (Newtown), with Major Harrison, clerk to the Council Council. It was explained that the Pifovincial CctfBeil was to consist of twelve labour repreMnta' vfs who had already been appointed and two representatives from each county to represent the local authoMMes. ENSURE AMICABLE SETTLEMENTS, Capt Naylor said information had been so vague that the councils had Dot considered -what- they were committed, to in aprointing representatives on the proposed Provincial Council. Would the fiBdtegs of the Provincial Committee commit the loeal author- it,ies,i Mr. D. C. Evans said that though the findings 'would not be legally binding it was intended that the parties represented on the PrcviEeial Council shoal-d be ia honour bound to adopt such findings. In his opinion such Councils would, go a long way to settle .<»mie- abiyanydisputes that might aTise with the employes of riublic, bodies and perhaps. WGtdt help to 4top » great, deal ofüllrest in other directions. It was eventually agreed to defer the appointment gi de!Lgit,-s until th? local authorities have had @A i opportunity of coMideriBg the proposals.

GWERSYLLT.. ■MEMORIAL SERVICE.—A service in mem- ory of the otRcers, wan'ant o&cers. N.C.O.'s and men. from the parish who laid down their lives during the war was held on Sunday afternoon. It was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the fallen. The ex-aetvioe men of the district met in their respective neighbour- hoods and inarched to church under the command of Capt. N. W. Harrop. A most impressive service was held during which the Rev. George Roberts, S.C.F.. delivered an eloquent oration Go tiw Morifiot* of the Mien.