Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

I SCIENTIFIC SIGHT-TESTING FOR SPECTACLES, Private Room Lighted by Electrioity. ¡ Perfect Up-to-Date Appliances. Tt/TR. FRANCIS begs to thank the Residents and Visitors of Llangollen for the extensire patronage accorded him, hut regrets that, owing to his numerous engagements at Wrexham, he is reluctantly compelled t) p To Discontinue his weekly visits to Llangollen. MR. FRANCIS will be glad to allow return railway fare to all Llangollen clients who can make it oonvenient to call upon him at Wrexham. Appointments may be made by Letter or Telephone (No. 5, Wrexham). Ai LL, FRANCIS, F.S.M.G., Certified Refractionist, 22, TOWN HILL, WREXHAM. I — ILID H. THOMAS, ACCOUNTANT & ESTATE AGENT. BOOKS of Manufacturers, Tradesmen or others, posted and balanced. Rents and Debts Collected. Income Tax Returns prepared and carried through. Loans negotiated. Mortgages arranged. Debtors affairs expeditiously adjusted and settled. Agent for the Northern Accident Insurance Co., Ltd. Mr. THOMAS will attend when requested upon any person throughout Llangollen and the District. Prompt and efficient attention devoted to all matters, and will be dealt with in strict confidence. Charges moderate. 1, CHAPEL STREET, LLANGOLLEN. SEASON 1901. PRIVATE CHRISTMAS CARDS AND FRIENDLY GREETINGS. SPECIMEN BOOKS of the LATEST DESIGNS by the BIliT MAKBRS. OUR STOCK OF ENGLISH & WELSH DIARIES AND FANCY CALENDARS IS NOW REPLETE. "ADVERTISER" OFFICE, Castle Street, LLANGOLLEN. PUBLIC BAKING, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays—2 o'clock., at R>. Howards's, 47, Church Street, Llangollen. FOR SALE, Cheap, Dick Kerr's f h.p. Gas Engine. ROWLANDS, Confectioner, Llangollen FOR SALE, a good second-hand open 4 foot Kitchen Grate, with Self-feeding Boiler. Apply —T. A. JONES, Bailder. (8200) FOR SALE, Hand Chaff-Cutter, by Bamford with improved lever for cutting two lengths' treadle and large fly-wheel, in good order.-LLOYD JONES, Tirion-y-mab, Llantysilio. (8175) FOR SALE—Useful Cart, Set of Light Iron Harrows, and Young Useful Sheep-Dog. Apply —R. ROBERTS, Plastirion, Glyndyfrdwy. (8220) WANTED, Experienced Nurse, for one little boy. Also several good General Servants, Apply—Miss OWBN (Agency), 3, Arvryn, Llangollen. North Wales. (8149) IT YTHAM.—FURNISHED APARTMENTS. L Holiday-makers seeking a quiet seaside and rural resort on the Lancashire coast fix on Lytham (six miles from Blackpool). Those requiring Apart- ments would be quickly accommodated by inserting a small advertisement in the Lytham Time/l :-32 words Is., or feur insertions for 3s. 9d. This journal is the only one printed and published in this flourish- ing district. Address-Manager, Times Office, Lytkan. (9496) LLANGOLLEN RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the Accounts, duly made up and balanced, together with all Account Books, Deeds, Contracts, Accounts, Vouchers, and Receipts mentioned or referred to in such accounts of the above-named Rural District Council, will, on the 28th dav of December, 1901, be deposited in the Union Offices, Corwen, and will be open between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to the inspection of all persons inter- ested until the 6th day of January, 1902; and that WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Esq., the District Auditor, will attend on the 6th day of January, 1902, at the hour of 2 in the afternoon, at the Board Room of the Guar- dians, Corwen, to audit the accounts for the half-year ended 30th September, 1901, of the said Rural District Council. Dated the 18th day of December, 1901. THOMAS HUGHES, Union Offices, Clerk to the said Council. Corwen. (8225) TO BE LET, MAESMAWR HOUSE, Llangollen- Apply—MORRIS & HUGHES. (7708) "rO BE LET, SUNNY BANK and MINAFON. Llangollen. Apply-ED. EVANS, Builder, Woodville, Llangollen. (9146) HOUSE TO LET, with 3 Sitting Rooms, 6 &.i Bedrooms, W.C., Bath (H. and C.), usual Kitchens, &c. Pleasant and healthy situation, 10 minutes' from Carrog Station. Easy rent to suitable tenant.—BUSHBY, House, &c., Agent, Llangollen. TO LET, immediate possession, WALTON HOUSE, Llangollen. Apply—Mr. BYERLEY, Tanybryn. (7954) TO LET, Furnished or Unfurnished, 1 or 2 Rooms—would suit married couple, or serve as offices-central. Apply—X.Y., "Advertiser Office. (8191) TO LET, lBt May, GLANYNYS," Abbey Road, Llangollen, containing Dining Room, Drawing Room, 2 Kitchens, 5 Bedrooms, &c. Apply -22, Regent Street, Llangollen. I WANTED, Housemaid-Waitress—wages, £ 11 —age from 18 to 20; also good General Servant. Apply to Miss OWEN (Agency), 3, Arvryn, Llangollen. (8222)

MR. H. LEWIS ON THE TRAIN G OF WELSH TEACHERS. A meeting of the Newtown and V -ipeo! Teachers' Association was held at Newtown National Schools, on Saturday, to hear and address on Our professional difficulties and their reme- dies," by Mr. H. Lewis, member of the N.U.T. Executive. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Stourten, National School, Forden. Mr. Lewis expressed his thanks to the Association for the confidence reposed in him by his election to the highest post which his profession could favour him with. He valued their kindness not for the honour attached to the post, but on account of the opportunity it afforded to do some good in f uthering the cause of education, which was the main object of the National Union of Teachers. He had been asked to address them on Our professional diffi- culties and their remedies," and that he considered a very wide subject, so wide that he would only be able ta deal with a few of those difficulties. He would not deal with the unsuitable buildings, the defective equipment of those buildings, the deplor- able attendance at Schools in Wales, the inadequate and poorly qualified staff but he wished to say a few words on the training of pupil teachers, which he considered most important and urgent.(Cheers.)--Thequestion was important from the standpoint of the head teacher who was already overburdened with work, and could not possibly after a hard day's work bring a clear active mind to teach the pupil teacher in the evening it was important from the standpoint of the pupil him- self, for the demands of education at the present time claimed the best qualifications, and how could young boy or girl after teaching for five hours a day in school, and receiving instruction from his head teacher for another hour, then go home and study for some hours more. How couldsuch a teacher expect successfully to compete with those who only worked in the schools half the day, and for the other other half attended classes at a centre where they were instructed by specialists. —(Applause.) The question was also im- portant from the standpoint of the schools. Child labour was not only wrong in principle, but it was not the right thing to allow young children to experiment upon other children of equal age and attainments. No doubt the correct thing was to have pupil teachers taught at pupil teacher centres, but such centres could only be arranged in populous districts, and in such places such centres did excellent work. But what about the scattered country districts, such as existed in North and Mid Wales? It seemed to him that the instruction of pupil teachers came well within the province of the county schools, and those schools were so numerous as to be within fairly easy reach nearly of all districts. Wales had the oredit of being a very Liberal country, but when any reforms were brought forward, even in Liberal Wales, they were sure to meet with opposition, and all manner of difficulties would be raised. The most important difficulty in connection with the training of pupil teachers in the county schools would be the financial difficulty, but he did not consider it insurmountable. Certainly concessions and sacrifices would have to be made both by the county school authorities and by the primary school authorities, but the gain to educa- tion would fully r&pay that sacrifice.—(Cheers).— Primary school teachers rejoiced at the success of the county schools. It was their duty to give them every support, and he felt sure that such support would be given so long as the county schools kept within their own sphere of labour.-(Applause.)- Primary school teachers had every right to expect the same treatment from the hands of their brethren in the county schools. Mr. Lewis then called attention to a scheme which had been drawn out by a committee appointed by the Denbighshire County Council for the training of pupil teachers in the county schools. Foar school boards in the neighbourhood of Wrexham had adopted the scheme, and he knew that others in the county had also done so. By this scheme, probationers for pupil teacherships were sent to the County Schools by the Managers of primary schools from the age of fourteen to sixteen. At the age cf sixteen they were apprenticed as pupil teachers for a shortened period of two years, during which time the County School authorities agreed to give them seven hours' instruction per week, while the primary school teachers undertook to instruct them in practical teaching, school management, music reading, recita- tion, penmanship, dictation, drawing and needle- work. As to the financial position of the scheme the primary school managers agreed to pay a fee of £5 a year to the County School authorities for two years, while the parents entered into an agreement to refund the money if the child at the end of the two years decided not to become a pupil teacher. Business was business, and school work must be conducted on business principles. It was wrong to ask the child of a parent who could not afford to refund this money to become a teacher. The teaching profession was one of the learned pro- fessions, and all who wished to enter into such a profession must be ready and able to make sacri- fices. (Hear, hear.) If the parent were ubable to refund the £ 10 paid to the County School authori- ties, what would that parent do when the child entered college, when an admisssion of Z20 to C25 had to be paid, and then the young teacher had to be maintained for two years in College ? Further, the pupil teacher and his parents had to enter into a bond to refund to the College authorities the sum of Y,200 if he or she left the profession before serving in a school for two years after leaving college. Every parent should consider these facts before they allowed their children to enter the teach- ing profession; if bonds were demanded at themiddle and at the end of the training, what objection could there be to entering into a bond to refund the d610 paid to the County School. If the Managers decided to pay the probationer a salary, as well as the County School fees, he would consider them very liberal indeed, but he did not think parents could expect this from any managers. Head teachers knew that probationers were of no good in the schools as teachers, and no teachers would think of entrusting a class of twenty children to a child of fourteen. It was true that the code reckoned a probationer as equal to an average attendance of twenty, to make up the minimum staff, but they were only really counted in large schools where a certificated assistant was employed. The assistant counted for sixty scholars, but often had a class of from eighty to one hundred, and then a probationer or a pupil teacher was appointed to help him. Thus, really, the probationers were not wanted in the primary schools, and there would be no need to increase the staff in order to allow them to go to the County Schools. The scheme worked thus they had now a pupil teacher in the school starting his apprenticeship, and he would be leaving two years hence; they fixed upon a probationer who was likely to make a good teacher, sent him to the County School for two years, so that when the present pupil teacher left for College, the probat- ioner from the County School would be ready to enter as pupil teacher. When he started teaching, another was sent to the County School. Now, the salary usually paid to the probationer was 2s. a week, or C5 4s. for the first year, and 2s. 6d, a week or £ 6 10s. for the second year, while the Managers were bound to supply him with books, whether in the primary or County School. The cost in the County School would be the fee of £ 5 a year or £10, and thus while the young teacher derives much benefit from the instruetion, the primary school managers also gained £1 lis. in salary. According to the scheme, when the young teacher left the County School, the authorities of that school agreed to give him seven hours a week instruction, whether for an hour and a quarter a day, or seven hours on one day depended on the arrangement between the local managers and teachers, but they agreed to give this instruction c.i cc tion tht, thi recer the Government grar- or pupil t aheLo of £ 2 to £5 a year. This won < 'ean no loss to the primary school manager, as they now distributed this grant between the head teacher and the pupil teachers. Thus the pupil teachers would be taught in the County Schools without any additional cost placed on the primary school managers, while surely the primary school teachers could carry on the schools for the seven hours a week without any increase of staff, by taking simultaneous lessons or recapitulation. Mr. Lewis claimed that the scheme was workable and economical, and one well suited to the require- ments of Welsh rural districts, for while it entailed no burden on the primary school managers, it provided for the papil teacher the very instruc- tion which would enablehim to compete successfully with his more favoured brother in the large towns. (Applause.) Mr. Lewis then dealt with the subject of teachers' salaries, especially those paid in rural schools, and quoted statistics from the Government Blue Book, which proved them to be miserably low. A hearty vote of thanks was given Mr. Lewis for his address, and the meeting terminated. ♦

GRAND CONCERT AT GLYN- DYFRDWY. A concert was given at G-lyndyfrdwy, on Friday evening, under the patronage of Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B., Sir. H. B. Robertson. the Hon. C. H. Wynn, Major and Mrs. Tottenham, Mr. E. O. V. Lloyd, &c. The following artistes were engaged, and secured for themselves unqualified praise for the artistic manner in whieh they rendered the various items forming the programme:—Miss Alwena Williams, soprano; Miss Ethel Waite, contralto Mr. Roberts, R.A.M., tenor Mr. Arthur Davies, baritone; and Professor Bryan Warhurst. accompanist. The following programme was admirably sustained God bless the Prince of Wales," Mr. O. Roberts song, Yr Hen B6st Milldir," Mr. O. Roberts song, "The Valley by the Sea," Miss Ethel Waite, encored, The Zuyder Zee;" song. Merch y Cadben," Mr. Arthur Davies, eneored, "Rhyfelgyrch Cadben Morgan;" song, The Swallows," Miss Alwena Williams, encored, "Mae Robin yn Swil" duet." Excelsior," Messrs. Roberts and Davies song, The Raft," Miss Waite, encored, Soldiers in the Park quartet, God is a spirit;" duet. Howel and Blodwen," Miss Williams and Mr. 0. Roberts (encored), "The Soldiers Song," Mr. Arthur Davies (encored), Mentra Gwen duet, Home to our Mountains," Miss Waite and Mr. 0. Roberts song. Fy man," Miss Williams (encored), Deigryu ar fedd fy mam;" song, "Perl fy nwyfron," Mr. O. Roberts (encored), 0 na byddai'n haf o hyd;" duet Tell me, gentle Stranger," Miss Williams and Mr. Arthur Davies; quartet, "Sleep, gentle lady;" finale, God Save the King." The proceeds were in aid of the National School funds. We are pleased to learn that a handsome surplus will he presented to the managers. During the interval the Rev. T H. Vaughan expressed their gratitude to Mr. O.- Roberts for the manner in which he brought together talent of the first order year after year to delight them.

THE WAR. Super-Captain B. H. Piercy is gazatted Captain on the establishment of the Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry, and Super-Lieutenant C. E. Wynne- Eyton, Captain and to remain Supernumerary. A Welshman writing from Kimberley says that recently a small party of the mounted infantry of the Welsh Regiment were in contact with some Boers, and three of them, one being a Welshman, were wounded. When the Boers came up to them the wounded Welshman was surprised to be spoken to in Welsh, and told that he ought to be at home with his mother. The Welsh Boer, a young man, was a commandant, but he did not say who he was ♦—

BAZAAR AT CEFN. A Bazaar was held on Thursday and Friday, and continued on Saturday evening at the Cefn Free Church, in aid of the funds of the church. After devotional exercises, the bazaar on the first day was opened by Mr. Hampden A. Poyser of Wrexham, and on the next day by Mr. J. Culey of Cefn Mawr. The stalls wero laden with a large assortment of plain and ornamental articles, and were in charge of the following:—1, the Misses M. S. Powell, M. A. Powell, aud Winnie Phillips 2, the Misses S. A. Tomkins, J. A. Jones, and Ada Tomkinson 3, the Misses J. S. Tomkinsan, M. Richards, and Maud Meredith; 4, Mrs. Evans, the Misses E. Meredith, A. Tomkins, and May Powell; 5, Messrs. J. Culey, C. Davies, and T. Machin; 6, Mr. and Mrs. W. Hayward. The refreshment stall was in charge ef Mesdames C. Powell, Tomkins. Tomkinson, Owens, W. C. Powell, and C. Davies. The officers of the committee were -Hon. secretary, Mr. J. Machin assistant secre- tary, Mr. C. Davies chairman of committee and treasurer, Mr. J. Culey. The proceeds amounted to about £ 30.

THEFTS BY A CORWEN PORTER. SEQUEL TO MEDDLING WITH DRINK AND GAMBLING. At Corwen Police Court, on Friday, before Mr. Foulkes Jones and other magistrates, Thos. Hugh Morris, railway porter, was charged on remand with stealing money, the property of the Great Western Railway Company, from the booking-office at Corwen Railway Station. Mr. R. S. Richards (Llangollen) prosecuted on behalf of the Great Western Railway. He said that prisoner had been for the last three years in the service of the company, that moneys were missed at various times from the till in the booking- office, and that coins were marked and found in Morris's possesion. Twelve months ago an employe of the company was brought up on a similar charge and ordered to pay £ 10 and costs, and it was thought that this would be a deterrent against similar offences. It had not proved so, however. Prisoner had access to the booking-office on Friday night, and was able to open the till with a kpy left in the ticket press, and when Mr. Richards, the statiomaster, eame on to the platform on Saturday morning he ordered all the employes to line up and hand over their money. Prisoner had a marked half-crown and two shillings in his possesion. Detective Plumb, of the G.W.R. (Chester) was wired for and took him into custody, and he pleaded guilty to having committed the theft,and admitted, further, that he was responsibe for other thefts in the past. Geo. Martin, N. H. Jones, and Jos. Egerton booking-clerks, and Mr. J. H. Richards, station- master, gave evidence in support of the charge. Inspector Jos. Plumb said that when he took prisoner in custody he at first denied and subsequ- ently admitted the offence. Prisoner pleaded guilty and elected to be dealt with summarily, and after the Rev. Robert Edwards, rector of Bettws, and Mr. Edmunds had spoken as to his previous good character, the Chairman said that the bench, seeing that a fine recently imposed had not acted as a warning, felt compelled to send prisoner to prison for a month with hard labour. They were determined, he said, to put down offences of this kind, and they were aware that prisoner had been led to do this through meddling with drink and gambling in public-houses, a matter of which the police authorities should take due note when the right time came. They also thought that precautions should be taken to keep keys out of the way of employes at the station who had no right to use them, and the stationmaster said that steps had already been taken in this direction

ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The Times séI,Ys :-Dr. Mosty Catholic Bishop of Menevia, a embraces all Wales withtheexceb, ganshire, has entrusted the new miks. to his French priests from St: Mal( both acquired a thorough knowledge o tongue. Their arrival in Wales is ths of a new movement organised by the Menevia to reach the people of his CL.V. country in their native tongue. It is essen Welsh enterprise, and thd Welsh tongue v used to the exclusion of al! others except the L of the Church.

3-n I THE LATE MR. WILLIAM CHAMBERS. It is with sincere regret that we have this weel to announce the death of Mr. Wm. Chambers, which took place somewhat suddenly on Tuesday, at hit residence, "Hawthorne," Abbey-road, Llangollen. The deceased gentleman, who was 67 years of age, had resided in the town for nearly a quarter of a. century, and was widely known and highly respected not only throughout North Wales and the border counties, but in localites in Scotland Ireland, and the West of England where he had also served as an excise officer. Some years ago Mr. Chambers retired from active life in the Government service, and settled down to what it was hoped might have proved an extended period of leisure. This, however, was not to be. Develop ments following upon a cold which he contracted early last week caused him to keep to the house, and heart troubles rendered his condition precarious. Up to the day of his death-although risking a good deal in doing so-he was able to get about the house, though not venturing out of doors. On Tuesday afternoon he taw several friends at Hawthorne," and appeared bright and cheerful; and it could have been little more than half-an- hour after the last of his visitors had departed that the maid-servant was alarmed to find her master, ly- ing apparently insensible, in the kitehen. An alarm was raised, and a neighbour came in, but only to perceive that life was extinct. Dr. Drinkwater was speedily in attendance, but the deceased was then beyond human aid, having evidently died from heart disease. Mr. Chambers leaves a widow and several married children, some of whom are at present resident in the Colonies, to mourn his loss. He will be much missed in many walks of life in Llangollen for his circle of friends was a wide one, and whilst he readily commanded confidence and esteem he ever steadily steered clear of anything calculated to cause injury or pain to those with whom he was brought into daily intercourse. As a member of the English Wesleyan Church he was ever a most devout and regular worshipper at the Chapel in Market-street; and the pastor of that place of worship was one of the last to hold converse with Mr. Chambers on Tuesday. Taking no active part in local politics, the deceased was ever a generous and impartial critic of affairs, his purpose always being to distinguish the good which men strove to promote rather than the harm for which it might be possible to hold them responsible. Few men in Llangollen had a more intimate knowledge of the past history of the town and its people, and few took a keener interest in their welfare. We extend sincere sympathy—in which we feel sure we are joined by all who knew him— to the widow and family. The funeral will take place to-day (Friday), at" 2 30 p.m., the interment being at St. John's Churchyard. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM EVANS. The remains of Mr. William Evans, of Upper Cefn Mawr, were interred in Trefynant Cemetary on Saturday afternoon, amidst every manifesation of respect. The officiating ministers were the Rev. John Thomas, C.M., Aorefair (past"* oj! U.<> churoh to which Mr. Evaes belonged), and the Rev. Edward Jones (Wesleyan), Cefn Mawr. The Rev. R. Jones, C.M., Rhos, was also present. The bearers were Messrs. J. Humphreys, Robert Owens, William Jones, D. Roberts, D. Williams, and J. Jones. The chief mourners were the widow, Mr. John Evans, Groes, brother, Mr. Edward Hughes, Mr. John Hughes, Mr. David Hughes, Miss Hughes, Mr. Theophilus Williams and Mrs. Williams, Cefn, Miss E. Williams, Mr. Thomas Williams, Groes, Mr. D. Hughes, Llangollen, Mrs. Evans, Groes, Mrs. Jones, Street Issa, Mr. John Evans, Rhos and others. The coffin was of oak, with massive brass mountings, and the plate bore the inscription.—" William Evans, died 12th December, 1901. Aged 75 years. Mr. Evans was a native of Cerrigydruidion, but had lived at Cefn Mawr for a number of years.

-Virtbe, lbarrtagee, anD KUiTIIS. Dec. 17th, the wife of Mr. E. D. Jones, Medical Hall Llangollen, of a daughter. Dec. 18th, the wife of Mr. —. Pattle, Penlan Cottage Llangollen, of a daughter. Dec. 12th, the wife of Mr. R. W. Roberts, builder, Ffrydan-road, Bala, of a son. MARRIAGES. Dec. 18th, at the C.M., Chapel, Llandrillo, by the Revs J. Wesley Hughes, Chester, and J. Jones, Llan- drillio, and Mr. D. P. Davies, registrar, Mr. R. Lewis Jones, G.W. Railway guard, to Miss Margaret Jones, Pentrebach, Llandrillo. Dec. 14th, at the Baptist Chapel, Llangollen, by the Rev. H. Cernyw Williams, Corwen, and Mr. James Clarke, registrar, Mr. Robert Davies, Brynmelyn Stores, Corwen, to Miss Jennie Roberts, Coppa'r Derw, Cynwyd. Dec. 11th, at St. Elizabeth's Church, Dolyddelen, by the Rev. J. Davies, vicar, Mr. Wm. Jones, junr., Elen Castle, Dolyddelen, to Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Owen Roberts, TaLor, l'enmachno. DEATHS. Dec. 17th, aged 67, Mr. William Chambers, The Hawthorne, Abbey-road, Llangollen. Public funeral this day (Friday), at 3.30 p.m. prompt. Dec. 10th, aged 57, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, 25, Berton- terrace, Acrefair, and sister to Mrs. J. Davies, Bryn Derw, Fron Bachau, Llangollen. Dee. 13th, aged 74, Miss Sarah Edwards, Brynllys, Garth, Llangollen. r, T Dec. 10th, aged 71, Mr. Ellis Maddocks, Sun Inn, Trevor, late of Penrhygfryn, Llangollen, Dee. 17th, aged 60, Sarah S., widow of Mr, Thomas Blackwell, Dolhyfryd, near Denbigh._ Dec. 18th, aged 4 months, May, infant daughter of Mr. W. Stephen Davies, Aqueduct-terrace, Vron. C^Dec^l2th, agedJ74, Mrs. Hannah Jones, Brongyll, G lynceiriog. Dea. 12th, aged 75, Mr. William Evans, Upper Coin Mawr.

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