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CAERSWS BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
CAERSWS BOARD OF GUARDIANS. DEPLORABLE WIFE DESERTION CASES. The monthly,meeting of too Board was held at Caersw8 on Wednesday when Mr R Evans was in the chair. There were also present: Mrs R. Bennett, Mrs D. H. Lewis, Messrs Evan Morris, 1A. D. Humphreys, William Alderaon, Joseph. Davies, Prvoe Pugh, Edward Davies, D. T. Francis, Won. Jone-s. Thos. Mills, J. P. Fran- cis, Richard Bowen. Daniel Higgs, Evan Wil- liams, and Samuel Powell, with the clerk (Mr Teylor) and other officials. THE WORKHOUSE ENJOYABLE ENTER- TAINMENT. An entry in the visitors' book over the signa- tures of Messrs John H. Evans, Evan Morris, and Francis Mills, was to the effect that they fiad visited the House and found everything clean. There were no complaints. They ex- amined the store,^ &n<l found all correct; The Master reported .tlta.i the number of in- mates in the House during the lust week of the month wae 81, aa compared with 78 Last year, and the tramps relieved during the month, was 90, tM against 97 last year. On the 18th in&t. the Newtown Silver Band gave their aauiual con- cert at the House. The concert was much ap- preciated by the inmates and officials. Two ounces of toibaeco and a pipe for each of the men, lwlb tea, and lib of loaf sugar for the women, and sweets and biscuits for the chil- dren, were presented by the Band.' During the pest month the services conducted at the- House were as follows —September 5th, Mr R. Jones September 9th, Rev J. S. Derbyshire Roberts September 12th, Rev T. Williams; September 19th, Mr T. R. Bridgwater; September 23rd, Rev J. Jones (vicar); and September 26th, Rev R. Jones. Votes of thanks were (accorded the Band, and the gentlemen who conveyed them there (Messrs F. Beale, Breeze, and Manuel), on the motion of Mr S. Powell, seconded by Mr Whitticase. INSPECTOR'S REPORT: EXCEPTIONAL, WIFE DESERTION CASES. The Clerk submitted an interesting return by Mr Williams, the Local Government Board In- spector. The rateable- value of the Union in 1905 wa« £113,823, in 1909 £ 120,167. The num- ber of paupers relieved during the year ending March 1905, was indoor 74, out-door 624, total 698; for the year ending March, 1909: in-door 85, out-door 615, total 700. It would be noted, the Clerk said, that whilst the number relieved outside the House was going down, those in- side were going up, and he thought that was characteristic of all the returns which were published by the Local Government Board. The percentage of pauperism on the population in 1905 was 3.3, and it was the same in 1909. The amount expended in maintenance in 1905 was Y-1798, and in 1909 £ 730; out-relief in 1905 amounted to JE4,045, and in 1909 to £ 4,315; total for 1905, E4,843, and for 1909 £ 5,045. The cost of in-door and out-door relief maintenance per head of the papulation was 4s. 7d. in 1905, and 4s. 91..d. in 1909. The average had gone up all over the country during the last year. Mr Evan Williams: The new diet? The Clerk: Partly due to the in,creasein the cost of provisions. Return B. dealt with the number of wives who were paupers. In section B5, it would be noticed that the wives deserted by husbands were stated. In Forden Union there was only one such wife, but there were seven orphan ebjildren.; in Llanfyllin Union there was one wife and three children depend- ent in Machynlleth there were three wives de- serted and six children dependent; in their Union there were 13 wivefi deserted and 38 chil- dren dependent (cries of "Oh"). Relieving Officer Lewis: Well done, New- town (laughter). THE CLERK AND THE COUNTY RATE BASIS. A letter was read from the Llandinam Parish Council inquiring who were the representatives of the Union at the Conference when the new County rate basis was settled, where 'and when they met, and did they submit their decision to the General Board of Guardians for confirma- tion. An interesting discussion followed the reading of this letter.—The Clerk said that the new scale of deduction had caused a good deal of misunderstanding and false statements—state- ments that were not always complimentary to the officials of the Board, or to the Board itself. He had been told repeatedly that it had been said by men of high standing and position that M. was the work of the clerks of the assessment committees and the overseers in combination. Such, statements were a slur and an insult upon an honourable public body and officials. The question of rating was always difficult, and the offida.1s had done their duty in this respect hon- ourably and above board. The staitements were not only insults to the officers concerned — but to the Boarda of Guardians, especially to the Assessment Committees, as if the statements were correct it would appear as if the commit- tee did not know their own business. If he knew anything at all of public authorities he would say that there was. iio,bodv in the countv who did their work more carefully than that Board. Regarding the LLandinaim letter Mr Taylor said that notice wa,s sent by the County Council to the Board's Assessment Committee stating that a conference had been decided upon to consider the question of adopting a uniform scale of deduction in arriving at the rateable value of property throughout the county. The committee received the letter on the 14th A pril 1908, and they appointed Mr Evan Williams 6 (chairman), Mr Samuel Powell, and Mr Thos. Whittioase to attend the conference. There were also in. attendance at the conference a number of members of the County Council, and representativeis from the Llanfyllin, Forden and Machynlleth Unions. The new scale was recommended for adoption by the various Unions. On the 13th May a meeting of the Assessment Committee was -held at which a report of the conference was submitted, and it was unanimously decided that the recom- mendation made at the conference be adopted. At the end of last year the annual report of the Assessment Committee was made to the Board. The question of the new valuation was mention- ed and also the ,;n,erease as the result of the valuation according to the new scale.. That re- lport was unanimously adopted by the Board of Guardians. Mr Taylor added that a gentleman of high .standing in the county came to his office the other day and particularly wanted informa- tion. about the new valuation and the new scale of deduction., He gave a, full explanation as, to how it had been worked out and carried through in connection with the County Council. That gentleman's reply was.: That's good; it is all straight for ward and above board." The Chairman said that their .business had h -vi! done above board. He could not see how anyone could grumble at the proceedings at all. According to the explanation given by the. clerk at the last meeting there was no room to grum- Bie at all. They were quite as well off as they were before. Mr Evan Williams said he thought the, clerk should simply answer the letter stating that the new county rate baisas was arrived at at a con- ference ibeween the County Council and the Unions of the county. He moved that. The Vice-Chairman (Mr Pryce Pugh) said 't'here was no doubt about the clerk's, explana- tion.. Ever since it had been given he had not heard a complaint. The Clerk said it was a. pity when people were in a fog about .anything they did not- make inquiries, instead of making false statements •and try to damage the reputation of other people. If the ratepayers realised the, work that was done by the Assessment Committee they would not find fault. with the members of the committee. Mr D. Higgs: Is there any advance in the I rateable value? The Clerk On farms it advances the rateable value 5 per cent. Mr T. Whitticase,: Newtown and Llanidloes, I think, allowed 15 per cent,, and the others 10 per cent. The County Council forced us to a uniform basis. Mir D. Higgs: Farmers grumbled that the rates advanced and they did not know the rea- son. The Clerk said there was no doubt that that Union had not paid its quota to the county for some years. Mr Williams' motion was carried. RELIEVING OFFICER DISSATISFIED. Relieving Officer C. R. Lewis wrote atpplying for an increase in his salary. He said it was estimated when he took the office that the sal- ary would be Y.70 and C25 for vaccination fees. He had received £ 70 as relieving officer, collec- tor Cl4 14s., amd vaccination fees £7 16s.; total F.92 10s.. or equal to about 35.s. a week. As lie had to live in Newtown where rents amd rates were higher than in rural districts this re- duced the affioirat for the bare necessities of life to about 26s.—Tna matter was referred to the Fin-ance Committee, CONVEYING A TRÂMP, Mr E. P. Davies, Red House, wrote in regard to the Guardians' refusal to pay him 5s. for conveying a sick tramp to the workhouse at the request of P.C. Hamer. He said he was sorry he did it. If it was not worth 5s. it was not worth anything. He should not accept anything less, Mr Joseph Davies Who would care to take a tramp into their trap? I should not like to do it. Mr Powell moved that the 5s. be paid.—Mr Whitticase seconded, and the motion was car- ried. ESTIMATES FOR HALF-YEAR. The Clerk submitted 'the committee's esti- mates for the ensuing half-year. Mr Taylor ex plained that the expenditure practically was somewhat smaller than what it was 12 months ago. On that occasion he estimated £ 4,060, z, now it was £ 4,019. Thereccipts from rele..tives he estimated to be £ 180; to be received from the County Council for maintenance of lunatics £ 500 from the County Council for salaries of officials, £ 1,370; also from the County Council for payment of the registrar of births and deaths. £22. They received under the local taxattion account, being grant under the Agri- cultural Rates Act £ 783; making total receiipts of £ 2,855, and leaving the net expenditure for poor law expenses of £ 1,164. The floating bal- ance of lid. in the £ would provide £558. mak- inga. total to be provided of £1,722. From that account they deducted the balance in hand which he estimated at £703, leaving £1,019 as against £ 1,092. This was equaJ to 2fd., as against 3d. in the corresponding half-year a reduction of td. Then they had to provide for the county rate of 7d and education rate of 3d., making lOd. a.gainst 9 id. The amount spread over the Union would be £4,739 wheh was equal to a rate of Is. 03d., or the same as 12 months I ago. The county rate w.as! up Id. in the £ owing to the assessable value, of the Union be- ing considerably increased. Mr D. Higgs moved the adoption of the re- port.—Mr W. Alderson seconded, and the mo- tion was carried. TENDERS. The following contracts were placed :—Flour Mr Benbow, Rhydlydan, 32s. 3d. meat, HaIDler and Co. Llanidloes, beef 4fd., mutton 4fd., a-nd suet 2d. coal, Mr George Morgan, Caersws, for best Quaker, 17s. z,
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-+- TERRITORIALS AS JURORS. Questions of the eligibility of members of the Territorial Force to serve on juries were raised at the Feltham Police Court this week, when Mr F. O. Jones, a memiber of a local Territorial corps, claimed to have his name struck off the Sunbury list on this ground. Mr Weston, the assistant overseer, opposed the application on the ground that there was nothing in the official instructions issued to assistant overseers which would justify him in leaving out the name of a person because he belonged to a Territorial re- giment. The opinion of a legal journal in favour of exemption was quoted. The Bench called for a, copy of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, section 23, sub-section 4 of which was found to specify that no officer or man of the Territorial Forces shall be liable to serve on any jury, and the claim, therefore, was allowed.
GOLFIANA.
GOLFIANA. NEWTOWN CLUB. The annual contest for the Powell cup came off last Saturday at the Gro links, and attracted much local interest aind a large -number of en- tries. The winner's performance in going round with a score of 83 was a very creditable one, and wiae only eclipsed by two of the very best men of our district — tb& ever popular "W.E." and Mr C. T. M. Taylor. Fifty-one entered. The best scores were: — Gross. H'oa$>. Net. J. Wall 83 14 69 W. E. Pryce-Jones 80 10 70 C. T. M. Taylor 81 7 74 G. AjstLey 94 18 76 Capt H. M. Westby 89 12 77 O. D. S. Taylor 84 7 77 J. A.Lame 90 12 78 A. W. Pryce-Jones 88 9 79 J. A. Jones 94 14 80 Rev Jones Williams 88 7 71 S. p, Powell 87 6 81 I J. Thomas 98 17 81 P. Wilson Jones 90 f S3 1 D. H. Lewis 99 16 83 H. E. Breeze 101 18 83 H. Harper 94 10 84 G, Thoauds 99 14 85 • ,VISIT OF S. J. COOPER. Arrangements for thisim.port,anit eveut are now complete, and a great treat is in store for local golfers. The programme, both at New- town on October 4th and at Welshpool on the 6tli, wall be as follows: A singles match with the pro." in the morning and in the afternoon, a. foursome in wihich Cooper 3mdapartner will oppose the home pro." and another. For fur- ther pBirticulars see this paper's .advertising columns. The Welshpool Greens Committee Jones Williams and Mr S. P. Powell, and at have been busy all the week getting .the course into apple-pie order. The gentlemen chosen to play in the Newtown fours,ome are the Rev E. Welsb,pool the captaiin .and vice-oaptenn. MACHYNLLETH CLUB. The autumn meeting com,meniced on the 20th inst. and ended on the 25th inst. The foursome event is to be replayed shortly. The other events consisted of Lord Herbert Vane-Tem- pest's challenge cup, the ladies' competition, a.nd the Club Cup, the following being the re- Z, sults — Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest Cup (played on 24th September) Mr David Jones (winner) 75 Mr J. 1. Jenkins 77 Mr H. E. Morritt 82 Mi-S.C.&agarPugh. 83 Gaptaini Fuller 83 Mr J. G. Jenkins 86 Mr A. O. Davies. 86 Mr R. H. Jones-Evans 86 Mr C. L. Jones-Evans 92 'Major Blunt 94 Ladies' Competition (played 24th September) ¡Miss Davies a-nd Miss G. Davies (tie) 84 Mrs Morritt 99 Mrs A. O. Davies 110 Mies Jenking, 110 Miss Evans 118 Miss Gillairt 119 Club Cup (played 25th September). — There were 18 entries for this Bogey eomrpehblon., aind some very excellent cards were returned. The result was a tie between Messrs R. H. Jones- Evans and J. I. Jenkins which. will be replayed very shortly. The early part of the tournament was somewhat marred by inclement weather, but the last day was idecltl and was greatly en- joyed by the numerous competitors. The course as la whole is in exeellent condition. There were several interesfted spectators present. It lis proposed to ihold the competition. at am earlier date next year. Tihe new green. (No. 4) is having a good rest..and is shaping well for Inext season's play. The mother greens are being given the. attention advised by the open cham- pion when he visited the course, in July last. The course has also been, visited by several out- siders during the season who have expressed their sa-tisfttetion in a way that reflects (much credit upon the officials. A large sum havq been expended in improving the course during the year and the committee propose arranging some- thing in the, way of a concert or otherwise whereby the funds of the club may benefit amd .the powers of .the committee widened as regards labour 1011 the greens and course generally. The club h(ive,now a team, of players which will take a lot of bea/ting, amd the hoD secretary would be glad to hear from neighb ouring clubs with the object of arranging m.atohes at an early date.
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» » » GOLF MANNERS. Rule 1 in the section General and through the greens" contains the following most im- portant sentence A single player has no standing, and sluaU always: give way to .a. match of .any kind." It says much for the good name of the game that nowadays although golf has become such a popular land ailmost universal in- stitution one rarely hears of such la gross breach of etiquette, and indeed such a want of com- mon courtesy as, I am informed, took place re- oonttlyon one of our local links. If the facts- are as vouched for by the two players who were the victims., then I should strongly advise the cul- pri,t to at once set about studying the etiquette and rules of golf, and also to undergo' a severe and strict course of training in the matter of ordinary elementary courtesy to his fellow crea. tures. It appears that this, player was going round alone and playing two and sometimes more bails. Two ladies playing a match were following. The single player, irnstea,d of allow- ing them through., .calmly went on with hiB putt- ing, and so delayed them considerably. At the next tee he had two drives., and losing one of the balls the ladies drove. As they got up to their drives, he found the lost ball and calmly played on the green1. The .Ladies then calling fore," one of them played short and the other on to the green. The hero, having holed both his halls. turned round, struck the lady's ball off the green, and told them in a very .superior tone that they had no right to play on, etc. The rule I have quoted is a very simple and indeed a most. necessary and reasonable one, and I have never before known it to be wilfully neglected. <:1 LOCAL FIXTURES. October 9—Newtown v. Welshpool.
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MONTGOMERY TOWN COUNCIL.
MONTGOMERY TOWN COUNCIL. NEW SANITARY INSPECTOR APPOINTED The moantlhly m(ee<ting of the Montgomery Town Council was held on Thursday morning, when the Mayor (Alderman N. W. Fairies- Humphreys) presided, and there were also pre- sent Alderman A. Vaughasa, Councillors C. P. Davies, H. Janes. C. B. Williams, T. Howard, and Maurice Owen, with Mr C. S. Pryce (clerk), Mr W. J. Jones (assistant clerk), Mr W. P. Hole .(surveyor), .and Dr T. D. Kirk (med- ical officer). WATER QUESTIONS. T'he Clerk reported 'with regard to the lease of the water supply that certain, alterations had been made in the original dra-fts 100 sent to him, and on considering tihem Mr Addie thought he would like to go over the .ground again. He did so, and he (the clerk) subsequently got from Messrs Harrisons and Winrtall further condi- tions, etc. He had asked theim for the draft lewo, but they had replied saying Mr Addie was from holme. The clerk added that Mr Ad- die was agreeable to give them really all that they inserted in .the and showed a dis- position to help them, in every way; Mr C. P. Davies suggested that they should get through the preliminary work as quickly as possible and defer the Work of construction .until the February meeting. Tihe Clerk reported tha<t the analysis of the water had not ibe-en completed. The Local Gov- ernment Board requiired a complete analysis, and Mr Blumt, the analyst, required another sample of the water. The Mayor: I think we had bette,r get Dr Kirk to send Mr Blunt a sample of waiter as soon as is ,convenient to him. Afterwards the clerk would get .a draft of the lease. The Surveyor thouglht it .would be a good thing to adjourn the work of oonstruetMmi until the spring. The daye were getting very short now.—Tiiis was agreed to. Mr Vaughan afterwards asked if there were -t.ny plans of the water schema all over tlietown, in existence. Those who knew the position, of the pipes, etc., were, bound to dift some day, .a,nd the younger generation would have no gnide.-It was agreed that this should be pre- pared after the work,of the new Wiater s.upp'> had bieeoi carried out. WORN WATER PIPES AND LEAKAGES. The Surveyor reported that since the last meeting two very heavy leakaiges Iliad been dis- covered in the pipe lines1 supplying the Old Castle Farm and the Comer House, aind only for the prompt action of Mr Lucas their general supply would 'have been very much, reduced as the leakage in the latter was at the rate of 2,500 gallons peT day. In itihe case of the Old Castle leakage it was discovered that the lead piping was so bad that after consulting with the Mayor he decided to relay ifc with one-inch galvanised pipes. That 'had cost £ 2 4s. 5d., and he awaited their instructions with regard to the Corner House. Mr C. P. Davies also called attention to the fact that the pipe outside the Town Hall tead- ing to tihe Corner House was in a very bad state. Tbe Surveyor: It is very bad, and it is of no use to patch it. The CbaimMMn: Is this matter urgent? The Surveyor: At the present time the water is out off entirely from the Corner House. The Chairman: How has the leakage been caused ? The Surveyor: I should think the pipeis are pretty well worn out. They are very thin and the weight of the water has burst them. They wre lead pipes. The best .pipes to have would be galvanised ones. It was .agreed that Mr Hole should carry out the necessary work at once., and it, was also de- cided to inform Mr Addie that the .pipes were to be re-laid, to the boundary of the Corner House. The Surveyor also reported that the danger r i shortage of water had for this season pomoed hub he would impress upon the Council the ,ad- viittibil'ity of having a periodical inspection of tanks, mains, reservoirs, standpipe-s, etc., for whilst walking down Chiribury road on, Saturday last he observed two stand pipes discharging water. That was caused by the rebound be.ing too weak to force a stoppage amd should be at- tendied to.—The Council ordered the repair of all standpipes that were leaking. IN CASE OF FIRE. The Surveyor further reported that he wish- ed to draw the attention of the. Council to two service tanks oin the property of tihe Earl of Powis. One contained 2,100 gallons, and the second, the property of the Mayor, contained 1,000 gallons. Both of those tanks or reser- voirs could, he believed, be secured for the. use of the Town Council free of cost. If so, it would be a great advantage in ease of fire or short supply of water (even after the new reser voir was comple.ted), for in case of fire the man in dharg-e could release the flow of those tanks in quarter of the time that ;he could reoch the new reservoir, and the total cost of connecting with the mains would not exceed £12. Mr Hole added that both the tajiks were in very good condition, and looked as if they would not require t6 pemny-piece expended on them during -f), lifetime. The Mayor .said he was quite willing for the Council to have his tank. Alderman Vaughan proposed that the work be done at once, and that the cost come out of the new loan to the new supply.—Mr Williams seconded and this was agreed to. MR HOLE AND A TIMBER CONTRACT. Tlhe Clerk reported that he had written to the .surveyor asking him to ia-ispect. the 'timber at the Flos which had been supplied by contract by Mr Evans, Llegodig. He had ;afterwards re- ceived a letter from the surveyor saying many of t:he, piles were not ait all satisfactory and fit- ted,for the work that was to be dooore with them. They were too short and were quit*- umadapted for the making of a fence. The rails and gate were, also not good enough for the work and there was only ,one gate instead of three. The Chairman This doesn't correspond with the tender. Mr Vaughan Where is .the material? The Surveyor Lying on the ,g.roumd. Z, 9 Mr Vaughan.: Isn't it liable- to get washed a,way by a nood? The Surveyor: I should think so. The Chairman The question is whether we had the timber supplied to UfJas it was, coin- tracted for. The surveyor says that a great part of it is inferior material, and the. gate is faulty. ° Mr Howard We have taken possession of it. The Clerk: Oh, no. Mr Howard We fetched it, from Llegodig. The Clerk Mr Evans knew the purpose for which the piles were required. It was also stated that oak piles were requir- ed and Mr C. P. Davies said if they were not oak piles they should certainlv be Slent back Mr Mitchell and himself called "at Lle^odio- one day and Mr Evens' s'on showed them the timber What 'he showed them was good enough for fetnaimg. Tihe. gates were exceptionally good < T u' £ hf,n' «<>nt to Llegodig again, and saw the stuff, and Mr John Williams, the ten- ain;t,of the Flos; agreed to fetch it. and did so On the last fair day the clerk slhowed .him the surveyor's letter, and he called Mr Williams and asked the clerk to read iihe letter to him. He had not seen the stuff since it was sent to the Flos, but if it was not up to contract, it should be sent back. Two or three members should go amid inspect it. Mr Vaughan I propose that. we abide by the decision the surveyor gives us. Mr Davies.: I should let the clerk write to Mr Evans amd send him .a copy of the surveyor's letter. Mr Vaugham.: Ask him. to replace tihe piles with proper oak piles. The Surveyor What is the use of a four feet pile on a place like the Flos? Mr Vaughan Not a bit of good. They would be washed away by the first flood. The Mayor: The tender :is for three gates, and only one has been delivered. The Surveyor: I think thev have been de. livered since I went the're. If you like I will meet Mr Evans on the spot and show him what I want and what I don't want. The Chairman Would it not be better for the clerk to ftsk Mr Evans to meet Mr Hole on; the gromnd &nd them Mr Hole could decide to what would go back? This was agreed to. SANITARY INSPECTOR APPOINTED. 'Several applications were received for the post of sanitary inspector,ata salary of S 10 a year, and the clerk explained that some of the applications which oaane from. places as far off as Scotland had evidently been sent under a. misapprehension. The vacancy had been ad- vertised in the local papers, but had been copied1 by Samitary" and "Building" papers, who however, omitted to state the salary- There were three .applications from local men, vizv William Davies, The Beeches, Berriew; Robert Turnibull, Lymore; and Morris Jones, The Brad/es, Montgomery. Voting took place by ba-Uot, and Mr Turnbull was appointed. PROPOSED SKATING RINK. A fetter was received from Robert Beddoea saying he had been lasked to open the Town' Haili a skating rink on one or two days 180 yveek, iand asked the Council's permission to do BO. The Mayor said hie did not approve of having skating on the new floor Upstairs, amd suggest- ed that if those who wanted the rink had the ground floor concreted they should be allowed the use of it.—Mr Vaughan said no doubt a skating rink Wlrus a very good thing a^ it kept the young people out of the public houses and other mischief; but he thought it would injure the new floor, and he agreed with the' ,iii;âÿor' a suggestion.—This was agreed tb;
WELSH SCHOOLBOY'S SHOCKING…
WELSH SCHOOLBOY'S SHOCKING DEATH. Norman Templeton, nine years of age, son of a workman living at Llandulas, has died at the Colwyn Bay Cottage Hospital as the result of a shocking accident. The circumstances were investigated at an inquest held by Mr Robert Davies deputy coroner. Templeton and other children were walking home from school when t they met a traction engine and two loaded trucks travelling up the hill at a rate of be- tween two and three miles an, hour. Despite the efforts of the flagman, the children per- s.is.ted in playing around the trucks. After hay- ing driven them away more than once, the flag- man, named Joseph Graham, returned to the front of the engine, when he heard a scream; upon turning round, he saw the front wheel of the last truck passing over Templeton's arm and leg. He pushed the lad under the truck, so as to prevent the heavy hind wheel from further injuring the body." The engine was stopped, and the boy taken to the nearest house where he was attended to by Dr Elliott, of Llandulas. There he told the flagman, who asked how the accident happened, that he had been pushed under the train by some of his companions. The injuries were of such a ser- ious character that it was deemed advisable to remove the lad to the Colwyn Bay Cottage Hos- pital, and in the carriage on the way he made a similar statement to P.C. Rowlands. The boy died the following morning. The Coroner and the jury expressed the opinion that no blame was attached to either engine driver or flagman, and they accepted the statement that the boy had been accidentally pushed under the wheel tby his playmates. A verdict of Ac- cidental Death" was returned and a vote of sympathy with the family was' passed.
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CAERSWS DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THE WATER SUPPLY. Mr Joseph Davies presided at the monthly meeting of this Rural District Council on Wed- nesday.—Mr Lowcock, the civil engineer who inspected the sources of water supply in 'Caer- sws, wrote stating that Mr Thomas had sent him his measurements of the flow of water at Penrallt up to the end of August, .and he was glad to see that the flow was very regular, and the quantity would be quite sufficient for the wants of the village. It was decided that the committee meet to consider the matter. The S. Alban's Council wrote stating that in. their opinion the payment of compensation for the slaughter of diseased animals should be ma-dle from Imperial funds, and asking the Council to support that view. The Council decided to do so.—-Mr Wm. Jones moved, ac- cording to notice that Dr Rees be, re-appointed medical officer of health at the usual salary ( £ 90).—Mr Thomas Mills seconded, and the motion was carried. — The Surveyor was in- structed to erect a footbridge over the brook near Cwm, Carno, at a cost of £ 3.—Inspector Humphreys reported a defective water supply at some property at Clatter. The owner had defied him in regard to the matter.—Mr Wm. Jones He has any amount of money wasting. Let him provide it.—The usual order to com- ply with the inspector's requirements within 28 days was made.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR. A "FREE TRADE" IMPOSTURE. To the Editor of the OBSBBTBK. Six,-It is gratifying to Tariff Reformers to find that Free. Trade principles can. now only he supported by means of grossly misleading cbaibemefnts instead of arguments. Whether it wain be equ'aJ:ly grati-fying to Radical Free Trad- era to find these unltruths exposed remains to be seen. As. a "horrible example of such, tac- tics nothing worse Ihoaa ibeen pn blished than tihe posters and li,a,-n.dbills headed A grocer's' bill 70 years ago and the sltory it has to tell us," re- cently issued by a Stockport newspaper owned by S-ir James Duckworth, the Radical member for the Borough. The handbill purports to .give a grocer's bill of 70 years ago, side by side with one of to-day. The 70 years.' 'old bill is not dated and is. ist-at-ed to have been that of R, and T. Walmsley, 1, Sandy Lane, Heaton Nor- ris. The items eensist of s iger, rice, ^ago, cur. rants raisins, coffee, dandles, starch, Bode. nuL meg, 'mustard, pepper, lemon peel, .and chicory. This handbill is marked Copyright." En- quiries have been mooe 1m1 London, and it can- not be found that any such Ihandbili has been copyrighted. Thij. -iff. however, comparatively unimportant. Although the handbill aays orig- inta-le may be seen at the Chesihire County News office," enquirers call ir. vTin. Mr John Bury) of 48 and 501 LOIng Millg Manchester, and "Mr T. Hunt, of Stockport, called oni MOTI; d.ay 2nd August,. and were told that they would be afforded an early .opportunity tt) inspect thfe original bills. Two or three weeks later they reminded the publishers of their promise and have been contemptuously ignored. Mr Sibson S. Rigg, of 6, Molesey Street, Manchester, has also called, and two Stockport liberals, whoee names are known to the writers, ,ha VB! .oalled. All these gentlemen alike have failed to obtain even a glimpse of the original grocer's bill of 70 years ago," aa promised. There does not ap pear to have been any such firm, at No. 1, Sand; Lane Heaton Xorris, as R. and T. Wain: whose so-cailled grocery bill" is quoted. An inspection: of the oldest existing register of the ratepapers of Stcckport dated 1845 fails to re- veal the names of the mythical R. and T. Walmsley," at which date', however, one Isaac Pennington resided at the address given, and from reliable .authority had done1 (,'0 for many years previously. It is a "spicery" bill such a,s no "Nvoman in England" or elsewhere would under any conceivable circumstances have dreamed of incurring 70 years; ago, lalnd more- over the prices' of all the .air.ti.cles. axe grossly exaggerated, for instance sugar and 'nutmegs. An old retired grocer, 87 yeats of of Man- chester, informs the: writers that. brown sugar was Inee Vr mor-, than 8d. a. lb., or nutmegs metre than 6d. per oz. within his memory. These are quoted at Is. 2d. iand 3s. 6d. respectively. Strangely enough thie alleged biill of 70 ye.ars ago comtains not orae "protected" article. True there are some, articles, whicth then ag now are taxed f'CT revenue purposes only, which is not Protection..But on the other hand it is still more strange that the 1909 bill does, contain one "protected" article, viz., chicory, which pays a 10 peT cent. "protective" duty under a Free Trade Government mow. whilst even stranger yet this article 70 years, ago paid neither one nor the other under e. Protectionist Govern- ment. The publishers of the posterg evidently do not knovY the difference between protective ,and revenue duties. The last line of the hand- bill, "Vote for Free Trade and no tax on. the children's food," is funny indeed. Imagine the state of a. dhild fed for a week ,on candles, starch, sodai, nutmeg, mustard, and pepper. Why even the establishment of ,a,ny of our wealthiest dukes does not consume 1 oz. nut- meg in a. whole month, and no one is more, cognisant of this fact than the junior member for Stockport, Sir Jas. Duckworth, whose name appears on the backs of thousaaids of the handbill, and yet a food for the chil- dren contains an item of 1 oz. nutmeg, 3s. 6d. We have pleasure, in offering Ra.dic.al voters several bills which we hope will lead them fur- iously to think." Their attention' is particular- ly called to the rloolfood bill of 1843, under a, Protectionist Government, mainly selected from prices given1 in e. book called The Hungry Forties. whiClh ,OO,sl a preface, signed by Cob- den's daughter. s. d. 4 lb. Loaf, English 0 6 1 lb. Cheese, English 0 2 1 lb. Butter, English 0 7 1 lb. Baeon, English 0 3 1 lb. Beef, English 0 4 20 lb. Potatoes, English 0 2 20 Eggs, English 0 8 2 8 All British products employing British labour and paying British wtt-geg under a Protectionist Government. Contrast the .preceding with the following under a so-called Free Trade Govern- mtent. Real Food Bill in 1909. s. d. 4 lb. Loaf, mostly foreign. 0 7 1 lb. Cheese, mostly Foreign 0 8 1 lb. Butter, mostly Foreign 1 2 1 lb. Bacon, mostly Foreign 0 10 1 lb. Beef_ English 0 10 20 lb. Potatoes, English 0 10 20 Eggs, mostly Foreign 2 0 6 11 Mostly foreign products ,employing foreign labour to the ruin of our own agricultural in- terestts. Under Free Trade these food stuffs in 1909 cost 4s. 3d. more than, the same food-stuffs under Protection in, 1843. Heire is a grocery price list from San Fran- cisco, giving the prices .to-day in that country of Itihe very articles mentioned in the h,aindibill to which we have referred — s. d. 6 lb. Brown Sugar 1 0 2 lb. best Rice 0 6 1 lb. Sago 0 2 2 Ijb. 'Ci^rrajnts 1 0 1 lb. Raisins 0 3i Tb. C-offee 0 31 2 lb. Tallow Dips 1 0 1 lb. "Adamantine" Candles 0 9{l $lb. Starch 0 If 2 lb. Soda 0 2 1 oz. Nutmeg 0 11 2 oz. Mustard 0 1 t 2 oz. Pepper 0 It 2 oz. Lemon Peel 0 1 4 oz. Chicory ■ 0 2 6 6 The above list is from. a highly protected coun- try, where they do not put duties on goods they -cannot produce, but upon those they can pro- duce, thus protecting their own workmen. That the "grocer's bill of 70 years ago, and the story it has to tell is a clumsy attempt to hoodwink people is apparent on its face. It, gives neither the year, month, nor date of pur- chase; it is slim pI y "Paid same day, John Smith." Poor "John Smith," what base uses are your numerous namesakes made to serve in works of fiction. In conclusion we desire to state that not a scrap of evidence has 'been od- duced by the author^, of this bill, which could be accepted as the slightest proof of its authenticity. The bill is a fitting fina,le to a long list of Liberalism's mendacious achieve- ments, and deserves to rank in the category of "Chinese slavery" humbug, long slilllice exploded. (Signed) JOHN BURY. SIBSON S. RIGa. THOMAS HUNT.
+■ NEWTOWN YEOMAN lit DlNMEft.
+■ NEWTOWN YEOMAN lit DlNMEft. MAJOR WALTON ON THE ANTI- TERRITORIALS. The post prandial proceedings in connection, with the annual shoot of the C Squadron, on Friday evening last week, were of a most inter- esting and enjoyable character. The Chair- man, Major Walton, after giving the loyal toasts, commented favourably on the shooting •that day, and also referred in plain terms to the efforts made in some quarter to discourage recruiting. He saad it was diffic-ilt to give an opinion about the shooting a.s they were leav- ing the old system of hull's eye shooting and coming to the more national and more usetui method of figure shooting. The scoring was really very good considering the conditions. A marksman had to get 65 points, a-nd ihe consid- ered 57 very good. Everyone managed to pass. The New Mills troop came first with an average of 61 points, 4 points below marksman; Mont- gomiery troop second with 56; Llanbrynmaiu third with 55, and Newtown troop fourth with 54. The recruits shooting was very good, Pte Clayton with 70 out of 80, doing well. Pte Bridgwater was only one behind. He noticed how very much the shooting had improved and how much greater interest was taken, (hear, hear 'and cheers). This was very encouraging for the officer of the squadron. Now the old cup had come to an end. It had Ibeen wander- ing about many years, and it had settled at the Gilfach. Sergt Howells was disqualified by the rules from holding the new cup foran,othet two years. He actually had the highest score that day, but could not take the cup. He toofc the pair of binoculars for the best score at 500 yards, whilst Sergt-Major Grice, who was first on the list, took the special prize of a silver mounted and engraved walking stick, presented by Mr H. Beale. They ought to be all grate- ful to Sergt Andrew for the success of the shoot, as he had really organised the thing (hear, hear). He had done all the clerical work and had also been the means, with the collectors, of securing the handsome and gener- ous subscriptions to the funds. Coming to tl'O question of recruiting, they had been' asked try to fill up 'by Christmas. a matter fact they were already full up. That did 310t say they need not recruit any more, and he hoped that those who had suitable recruits iB vieiw would do their best tOo 'bring them up, ,!18 they were allowed to be 10 per cent over strength. As for this year's training, he though^ they had a pleasant and useful time. He Montgomeryshire should be very proud of tbO Yeomanry, as in regard to discipline ernl good behaviour and smartness in the field, they held their own in camp and he hoped a bit over (loud cheers). It was also satisfactory that the squadron had the prize for the best four years old charger in the regiment. At a later stage in the programme, Major Walton reverted to the question of recruiting. Ile, said that certain people had taken trouble t* prevent recruiting, and to prevent men' who were already Yeomen from doing their duty- It was a regrettable thing to do. They would know to whom he re- ferred, and he felt very strongly on ttbs point. If these people did not do their duty, they should allow others to do theirs (heeJV hoar).-Capt Whittaker gave the toast olftJbe "Navy and Army." He said that it was of tfr-e most vital importance to the country to good Navy and Army. The defence of th0, country had been absolutely thrown upon by the present scheme, and the more quickly their friends fitted themselves for the defence- of the country, the better. The toast was heartily drunk.—Sergt-Major Grice next sub- mitted the toast of the President of the Shoot- ing Club (Major Walton) and the officers of tn10 squadron." He said that they would ag¡:ee with him that they had the best officers in th regiment (cheers). iMr Stable had to go, the Hon. Mr Joicey had, they were sorry say, not recovered from his recent ,acmd.ent. Major Walton in responding, said that the offi-cers took an interest in the squadron. 1P:11d the men gave them very good reason for doroS so.—'Sergt Major Holloway proposed health of the Sergeant-Major and Sergt An- drew, their secretary." He said the Sergt-" Major was the finest in the regimen^ (' cheers). The health of these two gentleme was heartily drunk, and that of their wives an families.—After Sergt Parry had proposed t toast of the Press," to which our represent tive briefly responded, Sergt Howells gave Health of the Visitors," to which Mr W- /r Lambert and Mr E. C. Jones responded. Lambert said he was proud of the Yeoi#anr;' which he had known for upwards of 35 yeaIfj and it had always been a pleasure to himi help them. Mr Jones said that should negotiations in regard to the YTe.omanry to Newtown to c-amp next, year, Ibe successful* wag sure the town would give them a l hearty welcome. The toast of the Host Hostess" was also submitted and heartily ceived.. The .prizes were distributed by the the following being the winners —1 Major Grice 2 Sergt Howells, 3 Sergt J- Davies, 4 Cpi Corfield, 5 T.pr R. Thomas b M. H. Price 7 .Sergt T. H Davies, 8 Tpr_ E. Benbow, 9 Tpr R. M. Owen, 10 Tpr 11 Tpr J. H. Hughes, 12 Cpl Rogers, 13^ Latngford, 14 Sergt J. Parrv, 15 Cpl T. 16 Cpl H. Jones, 17 Tpr Reynolds 18 Lewis, 19 Sergt Hilton, 20 Cpl M. J. 21 Sergt-Major Holloway, 22 Tpr Evan J r 23 Tpr T. Mills, 24 Tpr E. Owen, 25 Tpr Clayton (also Recruits' prize), 26 Tpr A ,).. 27 Tpr T. Morgan, 28 Tpr Rees Evans, 29 J. H. Andrew, 30 Cpl S. M. Jones, 31 -M? j, Griffiths 32 Tpr Wainwright, 33 Cpl V case, 34' Tpr M. Hollowav, 35 Tpr ^*7?. 36 Tpr H. Davies 37 Cpl J. Evans, 38TTi P },e9. Jones, 39 Tpr R. E. Watkin, 40 Cpl T. Hug1 0 41 Tpr A. Humphreys, 42 Tpr Haver kin, 45 Tpr D. C. Davies, 44 Tpr R. E. Lewis, W. H. Corfield, 46 Tpr J. Williams, 4< G. L. Jones 48 Tpr J. H. Jarman, 49 fp Q G. Farmer, 50 Tpr E. Harding, 51 Tpr_;J,'s, Humphreys, 53 Tpr D. Lewis 54 Tpr W- f* 57 55 Tpr D. E. Williams, 56 Tpr Bridgwa" ti_ Pte Gwynne. Morris Tube shooting c° 9 <f,nv tion No 1 Troop, 1 Tpr T. P. Morgan, 1 J. Jonesi; INo 2 Troop, 1 Tpr M. H. ¥' Cpl Rogers-, 3 Tpr D. C. Roberts; No o 1 Tpr J. H. Hughes and Tpr D. Hughes 3 Tpr D. Andrew; No 4 Troop, 1 Sergt D 2 Tpr E. Jones', 3 Cpl Whitticase.