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^taw— nIB. Mr. J. CHAS. McLEAN, F.R.C.O., (Formerly pupil of Sir Walter Parratt and Sir Frederick Bridge, etc., at the Royal College of Music, London). Lessons in Organ, Piano, Singing, and Theory. PORTMADOC, ABERDOVEY. and BARMOUTH visited during the week. Parkhill, Buarth-road, Aberystwyth. Mr. CHARLES PANCHEN, ORGANIST and CHOIRMASTER, St. Michael's Parish Church, Aberystwyth; Hon. Local Examiner (Scholarshio R.C.M., receives pupils for SINGING, ORGAN. PIANOFORTE, FLUTE and HARMONY. —— 80, NEW STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. ARTHUR C. EDWARDS, MUS. BAC. (Oxon), F.R.C.O., Organist and Choirmaster of Holy Trinity Church, some time Deputy Organist of Llandail Cathedral, gives lessons m ( ORGAN PIANOFORTE, SINGING £ a<hes or Boys' voices), and all branches «?f Musical Theorv Pupils prepared for examinations. PortS app?y at Clyde House, Queen's-road, Aberystwyth. Mr Edwards visits Lampeter three times weekly. EDUCATION. COUNTY ^SCHOOL, (THE DOLGELLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL) Dr. Ellis' Endowment. A.D. 1665. MAROINC and DAY SCHOOL FOR 10Y8. Ricellent General Education and Training uorlded, with special preparation for the Uni- nrdtlea. the Civil Service, and Commerce. Boarders received at the Headmaster'. House For Prospectus, Fees, etc., apply to the Headmaster. COUNTY SCHOOL, BARMOUTH. Headmaster: EDMUND D. JONES, M.A Staff: JOHN LLOYD, M.A. Miss MARY DAVIES, B.A. Miss C. E. HUGHES, B.A. i "Ming M. A. BOWEN. ( Waiting Teachers in Drawing and Painting, Cookery. Shorthand, and Music. I L ^tLEwgNOWEN, Clerk. Dr. WILLIAMS' SCHOOL, DOLGELLEY, ENDOWED HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (Boarders and Day Pupils). Preparation for the Central Welsh Board, Oxford Local Examinations, London and YVelsn Matriculation, and University Scholarships. There are three Leaving Exhibitions tenable at places of Higher Education, which are awarded annually upon the result of the year s TJ&e Buildings and Grounds are excellently adapted to secure the health and comfort of the girls. A large new wing was erected in 1910 to meet the demand for increased accommodation. Fees: Boarding, E33 per annum; Tuition, E5 5s. Tennis, Hockey, Netball, Badminton. For Prospectus apply to the Headmistress, or to Mr. R. Barnett, Dolgelley, Clerk to the Governors. MEITHRINFA, PREPARATORY and SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, ———— NORTH ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH. Principal*: ID88 Trotter and Miss Ballard Williams, M.A. Boarders received. Prospectus on application. Glenvyl House School, PwUheli. BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Principal Miss PRENTICE. Prospectus on application. n589 Towyn County School. THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS are large and commodious and include the ordinary Ulus Rooms, Music Rooms, excellently-equipped Chemical and Physical Laboratories, Science Lecture Room, Workshop, Kitchen and Laundry The Headmaster's House is specially arranged for the accommodation of Boarders, also arrangements are made with one of the Masters for the accommodation of Girl Boarders. Pupils are prepared for the Universities, Pro- taaslon and Commercial life. SUCCESSES. London Inter B.Sc. London Matriculation — Wales Matriculation » College of Preceptors, Medical Prel. 2 Central Welsh Board. Honours Certificate 1 Higher Certificate. 1 flonlnr Certificate 11 Junior Certificate. 19 Pitman's Shorthand, Advanced Grade 1 Pitman's Elementary 1 Associated Board of R.A.M. and R.C.M. Higher Division 1 Lower Division 3 Trinity College of London. Junior Division Preparatory 2 Bendel Exhibition, E10. County Exhibition, 810. Entrance Scholarship into Cardiff Univer- £ 15- Daring the last thirteen years scholarships to the value of E,1,645 have been gained by pupils tbeet from the School. For Prospectus, Boarding Fees, etc., apply to a. Headmaster, or to E. J. EVANS, Clerk to the Governore- THE FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, Great Darkgate Street, BEST VALUE IN FURNITURE J LEWIS" BTT-A-iTS. CABINET MANUFACTURER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKER Begs to inform the public that he has always a large Stock ofFurniture, &c. made on the premiseB 7. LOVEDAY, Registered Plumber and General Decorator 22, Chalybeate Street, ABERYSTWYTH, Telephone 21 P.O. This Season's Pattern Books sent out immediately on application. BY ROYAL WARRANTS OF APPOINTMENT -H *KLMG GEORGE V »°™ THE sl&m I BUT. DISINFECTANT

:r Y Golofn Cymraeg. CYNI'R GAD. Ar un o fryniau Gwalia Ym mhell o ferw'r dref, 'Roedd cartref hoff y bugail mad Dan wenau mwyn y nef; Pan ruai storm y gaeaf Ym mrigau'r derw braf, 'Roedd aelwyd glyd y bugail lion Fel darn o ganol liaf. Yn hedd ei fwthyn tlodaidd Caed llawer orig fwyn, 'Roedd dyri mel y deir-res hoff Yn llanw'r lie a swyn; Chwareuaîr plaI.J.t yn ddifyr Yng ngoleu'r tanllwyth mawn; 'Doedd neb tfedwyddach yn y byd Na theulu'r bwth to cawn. Ond torrwyd hedd y bwthyn Gan alwad corn y gad, Ac aeth y bugail dewr i'r rheng I yxnladd dros ei wlad; 'Roedd asbri byw y mynydd Yn llosgi yn ei fron, Tra'n dysgu trin y gwn a'r cledd Cyn croesi'r arw don. Ar un o fryniau Gwalia — Ym mhell o ferw'r dref, Mae gweddw ieuanc gyda'i phlant Dan bwys y ddrycin gref; Mae arwr mawr y teulu Ym medd yr estron wlad, A dagrau'r weddw hoff a'i phlant Sy'n dweyd'am gyni Ir gad. Aberystwyth. Hywel Myrddin. WYTHNOS DAWEL. Nid oedd fawr o ddim cyffrous i'w groniclo yr wythnos ddiweddaf o Ffrainc, a'r tanio mwyaf a fu yno oedd y tanio cyson rhwng y gynnau majwrion o'r naill ochr a'r llali. Eithr a chyfrif popeth at ei gilydd y gelyn a ddioddef- odd fwyaf yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, canys clywsom am y Ffrancwyr a ninnau yn cipio sefyllfaoedd oddiar y gelyn mewn ysgarmesoedd bychain mewn gwahanol fannau ar hyd y Ilin- ellau. Disgwyl mae pawb yn awram gychwyn y trydydd ymosodiad mawr, canys bernir yn weddol gyffredin mai hwnnw fydd yr ymosod- iad sydd yn mynd i droi'r glorian o blaid y naill ochrneu'r llall. Mae'n annichon synio y gall yr Almaen fod yn gryfach mewn unrhyw fodd yn y dyfodol nag y mae ar hyn o bryd, ac felly gellir bod yn weddol sicr oni enillo ryw- beth sylweddol yn y dyfodol agos, na bydd gobaith ganddi am ddim yn rfes ymlaen. Yn awr y mae'r America yn dechreu taflu ei nerth i'r ymgyrch, ac yn fuan iawn bydd gennym oruchafiaeth bur amlwg ar y gelyn mewn dynion ac adnoddau. Mae pawb yn gobeithio, felly, y gwelo'r flwyddyn hon ben ar y gyflafan sydd weithian wedi dal yn ei grym yn agos i bedair blvnedd. AWSTRIA YN PARATOI. Ychydig iawn o newyddion o unrhyw bwys a ddaeth atom o ogleddbarth yr Eidal er ys tro, ac yr oedd popeth fel pe'n aros yn ei unfan. Ond ceir pob arwy.ddion y dyddiau hyn fod y gelyn yn dechreu crynhoi ei filwyr at ei gilydd i daro unwaith eto. Y dvb gvffredin yw fod a fvnno'r cydymgynghoriad diweddar rhwng Brenin Awstria a'r Caiser a'r paratoad newydd hwn, ac er y gwneir .pob ymgais i gadw'r cyn- llun ynghudd, yr ydys eisoes wedi casglu digon o wybodaeth ei fod yn mryd Awstria i ymosod drachefn ar fyrder. Cesgiir y wybodaeth hon trwy wasanaeth ein llongau awyr, canys mae hedegwyr yr Eidal, gyda chynhorthwy y Pryd- einwyr, yn llawer iawn yn drech na hedegwyr y gelyn yn y parthau hyn, megis ag yn Ffrainc a mannau eraill, ac ofer yw pob ymdrech o'r eiddo'r gelyn i'w rliwystro er cyhihyddu ohono rif ei longau a pherfleithio ei gynllun am- ddilfynnol ymhob rhyw fodd. Mae'r sefyllfa fewnol yn Awstria yn dal o hyd yn bur ddi- frifol, a dangosir llawer iawn o anesmwythter ymhlith y dosbarth gweithiol yn arbennig. Yn Trieste, y portliladd hysbys sydd gan Awstria ar yr ychydig arfordir sydd ganddi yn ffinio a.'r Eidal, mae llawer iawn o dioddef, a dywedir fod amryw yno yn marw o eisieu bwyd. Er hynny i gyd nid oes sicrwydd fod y sefylifa yn Awstria gynddrwg ag yr oedd rai misoedd yn ol. Wrth gwrs ni cheir namyn ychydig iawn o newyddion ynglyn a'r Stefyllta fewnol os gall y gelyn ei atal mewn rhyw ffordd neu'i gilydd, ac mae'n rhaid i ni yn ami farnu yn ol yr ychydig hanes a ddaw hyd atom o wahanol gyfeiriadau. 6 DAL I CHWYNNU. Yn ol y mynegiad sy newydd ei gyhoeddi gari y Bwrdd Amaetllyddiaeth mae'r Bwrdd hwnnw a swyddogion y Gwasanaeth Cenedlaethol yn awr wedi°dod i gyd-ddeal.ltwnaeth gyda golwg ar ryddhau deng mil Oar hugain o weithwyr am- aethyddol ar gyfer y Fyddin. 0 dan y cynllun hwn y bwriad yw ceisio cael cynifer ag y gellir rhwng .pedair ar bymtheg a thair ar hugain mlwydd oed, eithr oni chefiir y rhif angen- rhtidiol o fechgyn cymwys yn yr oedran hwnnw, bvdd yn rliaid'codi'r oed i up-ar-ddeg ar hug- ain. Yn ychwanegol at y rheiny a artaethir i'w cael i lenwi'r bylctiau o bTTth y merched, am- cenir hefyd i ddefnyddio nifer fawr o garchar- orion rhyfel i gymryd lle'r gweithwyr a elwir i'r fyddin. Mae'r Bwrdd Addysg yntau wedi dod i gytundeb a'r awdurdodau i ryddhau pob athraw o dan yr banner cant oed ag a fyddo wedi ei ddosbarthu yn y radd fiaenaf gun y meddygon. O'r ysgolion, "yn ogystal, bwriedir cymryd yr athrawon tan ddeuddeg ar hugain oed sydd wedi ei rhoddi yn yr ail radd, ac, mae'r rllain i gyd, megis y gweithwyr amaeth- yddoi, i'w galw o hyn i ddechreu Meiiefin. Dy- wedir fod dros ddwy fil ar hugain o athrawon eisoes wedi ymuno a'r fyddin, a diau y bydd y cvnllun newydd hwn yn effeithio yn bur drwm ar ysgolion y wlad ac ar addysg ein plant. BEDDAU'N MILWYR. Yn awr pan fo cynifer > bechgyn yn gor- wedd yn nhir Ffrainc a I- n-!ers mae'n gysur mawr iawn i deuluoecM traliodus wybod fod y Lly wodraeth Brydeinig wedi yingymryd a chadw claddfeydd ein milwyr ymadawedig mewn ffordd deiiwng, gan godi meini cymwys ar yr hall feddau cyn belled ag y mae hynny'n bosibl. Yr ydys eisoes wedi gwneuthur paratoadau hel- aeth ar gyfer y gwaith hwn, a chyflogir gwyr cvfarwydd i benderfynu ar y cynllun mwyaf liwylus i sierliatir canlyniadau goreu. Mae'n hysbys ddigon fod yr awdurdodau yn gwneud popeth diclionadwy i gael bedd cymwys i bob milwr a syrthio yn y brwydro, eithr gan gym- aint y gyflafan yn ami ar ol ffrwydriadau rnawrion y mae degau lawer yn cael eu colli ac yn cael eit claddu neb fod neb yn cael y fraint i'w gosod i orwedd yn eu gorweddfa olaf, na neb yn gwybod yn iawn ba le yr hunant. Ond pan "fo'r amgylchiadau yn caniatau ceir digon I I) ddwylo parod wrth law yn disgwyl eu cyfle i ddwyn y meirw a'r clwyfedigion yn ol i ddio- gelwch a cha'r sawl a fyddo wedi rhoddi ei fywvd dros ei wlad, le teilwng i orwedd a dwylo caredig i gadw ei feddrod yn larL Bycld Ffrainc byth mwv, a phob gwlad arall sy U cuddio wyne-bau ein dewrion, yn annwyl iawn gan y mwvafrif o deuluoedd ein gwlad. NEWlD CARCHARORION. 6u Llywodraetli Prydain Fawr o'r dechreu yn erbyn cyfnewid carcharorion a'r gelyn, hynny vw Y carcharorion oedd heh eu clwyfo ac yn abl i gymryd arfau drachefn ar ol dychwelyd i'w gwlad eu hun. Y rheswm dros hynny, wrth gwrs, oedd fod cynllun o'r fath yn naturiol yn hwyhau'r rhvfel. canys po mwyaf y newidir hwyaf i o-yd y byddai pob ochr yn medru dal 1 ymladd°v Dyna, hefyd, oedd cvnllun Ffrainc a phob gwlad arall sy'n perthyn i'r Cyngrair, eithr erbyn hyn dywedir fod Ffrainc wedi ail- ystyried y peth a'i bod yn awr wedi dod i gy- tundeb a'r Almaen i newid yn agos i dri chan mil a hanner o garcharorion. Mae'r cwestiwn, felly, yn gw'isgo agw'edd wahanol yn ei berth- ynas'a Phrydain, ac nid yw'n syn, o'r herwydd, fod y mater yn cael ei ail-agor gan ein Llyw- odraeth. Nid oes dim dros gredu, tan yr am- gylchiadau, y gweithreda'n hawdurdodau ni yn groes i Ffrainc, a chan y cymer y cyfnewidiad lawer o amser i'w sylweddoli mae'n anodd credu y dylanwada'n fawr iawn ar gwrs y rhy- fel. Yn wir ym marn amryw o'n milwyr blaenaf nid yw cyfnewidiad milwyr, pan fo'r rhif yn gyfartal, yn mennu'r gronyn lleiaf ar barhad y rhyfel, ac mae'n ddiau gennym y bydd yn Uawenydd mawr i'r bechgyn sy weithian mewn caethiwed, a hwnnw'll gaethiwed digon annifyr, glywed fod gobaith ganddynt am adychwel yn fuaji i'w gwlad eu hun. HIL YR ELLMYN. Dywedir fod ymhell dros hanner can mil o filwyr yr Almaen yn garcharorion ym Mhrydain Fawr, a bod y rhan fwyaf o'r rheiny yn gwn- euthur rhyw wasanaeth ne.u'i gilydd. Defnyddir y rhain, gan amlaf, i weithio ar y ffyrdd o dan ofal y Swyddfa Ryfel, a cheir nifer fawr hefyd yn cael eu defiryddio i hvrwyddo amaethyddi- aeth mewn gwahanol ddulliau. Y mae hefyd I yn ein gwlad njfer fawr o Ellmyn wedi eu rhoddi tan arolygiaeth swyddogol, nid milwyr, eithr y sawl oedd wedi cartrefu yn ein plith o wlad y gelyn, a'r Llywodraeth heb feddu digon o ffydd ynddynt i'w gadael yn benrydd i wneud fel y mynnent. Y tebyg yw fod y rheiny yn tynnu'n agos am ddeng mil ar hugain, ryw bum mil ar hugain yn Ellmyn a'r gw-eddill yn perthyn i Awstria. Mae yn agos i ddwy fil o'r rhai hyn drachefn allan tan drwydded ac yn cvflawni gwasanaeth cenedlaethol mewn rhyw ffordd neu'i gilydd. Wrth gwrs, mae'n ddigon posibl fod y' mwyafrif o'r dynion hyn yn liollol

Aberystwyth Agricultural I Committee. DEFIANT SLACfcE.lS. Aberystwyih Agricultural Committee met on Monday, Mr. J. Bunce Morgan presiding. There were also present Mr. Evan Hughes, E. R. Davies, clerk; D. J. Morgan, H-Sc., agricultural organiser; E. J. Evans, machinery officer; Daniel Lloyd and J. Williams, cultivation officers. The Chairman impressed on the cultivation officers the urgent need of a speedy compilation of a complete list of all farmers and small holders who had not completed their ploughing orders, with a view of their being compelled to plough the remainder tor autu.nn and winter crops. These men who had proved defiant were having a most unfavourable effect on their neighbours, and unless the Executive took strong action, the result would be felt in many quarters next year. Mr. John Williams said the Food Production Department demanded certain particulars which would entail personal visits to each farm and holding and a careful survey with maps. The 'hing was impossible under any. circumstances. At the least it would take a month to complete.—The Chair- man agreed and remarked that it vas es(utial that the services of the cultivation officers should be retained if progress was to be made for the autumn and winter. Mr. E. J. Evans said the tractors were at a. standstill in the Aberystjwyth djstricfe, and there was little prospect of summer fallowing owing to the number of sheep being kept in the higher district. In many cases the soil was rocky and uneven, unsuitable for tractor ploughing, while in the lower district it was wet. He suggested that German prisoners or soldier labour should be requisitioned for the improvement of the land, while the cultivation officers. if their services were retained, could render great assistance in carrying out the scheme. Mr. Evans added that thousands ef acres which were capable of being made to produce foodstuffs were now derelict, producing heather and ferns.—The Chair n m agreed with the suggestions made and a resolution embody- ing the suggestion was adopted to be sent to the Executive Committee at Lampeter.—Mr. E. J. Evans said there were seven tractors in the Aberystwyth district and much could be done if labour was procurable for preparing the land. The ploughs with caterpillars had done remarkably good work. Where complaints were made the failure was dixe to the inexperience of the men employed. « Mr. D. J. Morgan warned farmers that the prices of fertilisers would increase monthly. It was therefore essential that orders should be placed with the approved agents at once.

LLANON. Mrs Lewis, widow of Mr Jenkin Lewis, Jasper House, passed away on Friday at an advanced age and after a long illness. Two of her sons are at the front. Favourable news has been received from' our boys on land and sea during the week. The wounded and suffering are progressing satisfac- torily. News was received from Staff Sergeant- major J. D. Thomas, M.M., Belmont House, stating that he had been operated upon in Germany, where he is a prisoner, and that the bullet was taken out. The choir members of Siloh Chapel mustered well for their annual musical festival held at Aberayron on Friday. The following passed the junior examination in tonic sol-fa at the festival :-Eleanor J. Evans and Sarah M. Evans, Penmorfa; Catherine Jane Davies and Ellen Davies, Trialbach; Maggie E. Vaughan and Evan Vaughan, Morawel; Gwyneth Evans, "Tyncoed; Islwyn Evans, Chapel-street, and Annie Myfanwy Davies, Plas Cottage. These were prepared by Mrs. Lewis, Star of Isle, at the chapel during the winter evenings.

WELSH COUNTY COURTS. It was officially reported on Sunday that his Honour Judge J. Bryn Roberts has been trans- ferred from County Court Circuit No. 30 (Swan- sea District) to Circuit No. 29 (Chester and North Wales), in place of his Honour Judge Moss, who died last week, and that Mr Rowland Rowlands, barrister-at-law, has been appointed to succeed Judge Roberts. Judge Bryn Roberts, who is seventy-five years of age, represented South Carnarvonshire in Parliament from 1885 to 1906, when he was appointed county court judge for the Swansea district. He is deputy chairman of Carnarvon- shire Quarter Sessions and a J.P. and D.L. for the county. The new Judge (Mr. Rowland Rowlands), is a member of an old Rhondda family, being a son of Mr. Moses Rowlands, colliery proprietor, of Penygraig, who now resides at Porthcawi. Mr. Rowlands read in chambers with Mr. Upjohn, K.C., the well-known Chancery coun- sel, and Mr. Rowlands himself has practised at the Chancery Bar for a number of years, having a large connection in town, but he rarely appears on the South Wales Circuit. His country house is Elwis Cottage, Newton, Porth- cawi, and he has chambers at 2, New-court, W.C. Mr. Rowlands's younger brother is a partner in the firm of Wrentmore and Son, solicitors, of Bedford-row, London. The new Judge married a daughter of Mr. Gwilym Thomas, the well-known baritone singer of Ynysliir. Their only son, Second-lieutenant Franklyn Theodore Rowland Rowlands, S.W.B., reported missing in November last, has be reported to have fallen in action.

Correspondence. THE LABOUR PARTY AND WAKE-S Sir,—At the present moment when leading statesmen of allied countries contend that the war is being fought in the interests of the small nations of the worlcf, it is instructive to uote the attitude of the Labour Party towards Wales and her national claims. It requires no prophetic vision to perceive that, in common with their brethren in other parts of the king- dom, labour in Wales will demand a far more determining voice in the coming elections and in the government of the kingdom than it has yet done. The following brief record of the past week's pronouncements by labour leaders and organisa- tions deserves consideration :— 1. North Wales Quarrymen's Union.—The annual conference at Bethesda. May 6th, decided unanimously to urge the National Labour Party to secure for Wales a measure of home rule on federal lines." 2. Welsh National Labour Councfl.—At its annual conference at Wrexham, May 11th, the North Wales section of the Welsh National Labour Council unanimously adopted a resolu- tion supporting the demand for Welsh home cule. 3. The South Wales National Labour Council. —Though this organisation held no meeting last week it is known to cordially support the demand for Welsh home rule. 4. The National Labour Party.—In its official resolution 3 (vide Labour and the New Social Order"), the National Labour Party emphatic- ally demands home rule for Wales "along with the grant of home rale to Ireland." 5. Mr. Arthur Henderson, t-s-n ember of Mr Lloyd George's War Cabinet, adnrtsising a great labour demonstration at Wrexham, May 11th, declared that Wales had a right to autonomous government and that the Labour Party would be pledged to support that claim. 6. Mr. Barnes, Mr. Henderson's successor as the representative of Labour in the War Cabinet, speaking the same day in London, endorsed Mr. Henderson's views. 7. The Secretary of South Wales Labour Federation.—There exists no more sturdy a Nationalist than Mr. William Harris, secretary of the South Wales Labour Federation. He has for years favoured Welsh home rule. Writ- ing last week on the present situation, he says: We are informed that a Welsh Nationalist Party is to appeal to the electorate at the next election seeking the support of the people as home rulers. Let the workers ascertain how much in the past these Nationalists assisted the workers in obtaining the freedom to live that fuller life we all so much desire." Mr. Harris is quite right. The best friends of Welsh nationalism are the Welsh working men and the best friends of Welsh Labour are those who are Nationalists by conviction and not by mere profession at election times. As a consistent supporter of the claims of Labour and of the cause of Welsh Home Rule for over thirty years past on the platform and in the press, I venture to submit the above facts to the earnest consideration of every friend of Labour and of Welsh Nationalism.—I am, etc., Beriah G. Evans. Carnarvon, 15th May, 1918.

i Aberystwyth Rural Council LLANBADARN WATER SUPPLY. Aberystwyth Rural Council met on Monday Mr. David James, Penrhyncoch, presiding. The Council made a grant of milk and sugar to a necessitous family at Talybont, on the recom- mendation of Dr. James. The Council decided, on the proposition of Mr J. Bunce Morgan, not to send delegates to Llandrindod conference on Welsh autonomy. The Clerk (Mr. Hugh Hughes) said that in- spectors representing the Road Board and War Office had been over a number of roads where timber traffic was heavy and received a good impression of their condition. As a result he believed the authorities would contri- bute substantially to restoration. The surveyors had been instructed to make returns of ex- penditure already involved, with an estimate of future needs.—The Chairman hoped the sur- veyors would be very careful in making the returns, which would go through the County Surveyor. They had been specially warned to be careful, and he hoped the schooling had been effectual. Mr. David James reported on ilis visit and that of Mr. J. Thomas to Cwmerfin and said the difficulty was that the parties interested were not in agreement. It was therefore difficult to recommend any policy.—Mr. Thomas said the proposed new read would be a public conven- ience; but it was another question whether it was so necessary as to justify construction at the present time when labour was so scarce and material expensive. He suggested that the old road should be repaired as a temporary measure.—The Chairman said the difficulty was the position taken up by the former owner of the land who, it was understood, was not pre- pared to give anything. It was for the parties involved to first compose their own differences. The Council could then be asked to consider the matter.—The report was adopted. The Surveyor (Mr. Isaac) called attention to the dangerous condition of Pontcefnllwyd foot- bridge and said that recently a funeral at Penrhyncoch had to pass over the bridge which, while strong enough for one or two persons, s' was quite unfit for heavy weights. Possibly if an accident occurred the Council would find itself liable for damages.—On the proposition of Mr. E. J. Evans, the Surveyor was directed to furnish an estimate of the costs of putting the bridge in proper order. The Clerk said a bill had been received from the Town Council for 1;18 7s. 4d. for water supplied by meter for Llanbadarn Village. That charge was for the last quarter only. Usually the charge per quarter was about E4. The Rural Council was aware that the Town Council had accepted S16 in settlement of their previous charge of E36 odd. If the costs of repairs, etc., was included, the water account for the half-year would be about £70, a tremendous amount for a poor community in which the bulk of the ratepayers were working people. There was no doubt that there was serious waste going on without let or hindrance, as the man who used to supervise the work had joined up.—Mr. John Roberts inquired if the Inspector (Mr. James Hughes) said the taps got stop* taps could not be made self-closing?-The out of order continually. The whole system should be overhauled before winter as the slightest frost affected the stop-taps. There was, however, serious wastage going on, and the attention of the ratepayers should be called to it.—The Clerk said the local water rate would be an exceptionally heavy one. He suggested that the Parish Council should be asked to appoint representatives to meet members of the Council and the Inspector to consider the matter in all its bearings.—The suggestion was adopted and the Clerk was asked to attend. On the proposition of Mr. R. Ll. Lewis, the Council decided to appeal for the exemption from military service of their workmen above forty-three years of age. Mr. Lewis said it was most important that the Council should take prompt steps to retain essential men. The civil community also had needs which had to be attended to.—Mr. D. Davies, surveyor, said he was short of men already and was unable to fill up gaps. The Clerk submitted the estimates for the ensuing half-year, amounting in rtie total to 22,670, as compared with £1,136 in the corres- ponding half-year, and entailing a rate of Is lid ill the pound.-The estimates were adopted.

SALVATION ARMY WAR FUND FLAG DAY. The Salvation Army expended its special funds for war work. To meet immediate and pressing needs the authorities have consented to a Flag Day the end of May and the beginning of June. From August 1914, up to and including April 1918, 34,116,584 visits have been paid by sold- iers to Salvation Army Huts at home. Writing of this work Sir Douglas Haig says: "The Sal- vation Army workers with the British Armies in France have shown themselves to be men of the right sort, and I value their presence here as being one of the best influences on the moral and spiritual welfare of the troops at the bases.' The Salvation Army keeps this War Fund, which is registered under The War Chari- ties Ast, 1916. and is subject to Government audit, entirely separate from its ordinary funds.

REVIEWS. It Pronter's Pie." This popular volume was on sale on Monday and the usual abundance of jokes and cartoons have again appeared. It is excellently put to- gether and is well worth the sum paid for. it. All copies purchased should be sent on to soldiers or sailors at home or abroad. "Royal Academy IHustrated," London; Walter Judd, Limited, 97, Gresham-street; 2s. 6d. Messrs. Judd, Limited, have again this year I produced a beautiful selection of Royal Academy pictures in sepia photogravure. From a Welsh standpoint particular interest attaches to reproductions of the work of H. Hughes- Stanton wtil) has painted a very fine scene i Welsh hills near Barmouth, showing the Estuary in the distance. His picture of Cader Idris is another fine piece of work, and the process of reproduction has brought out the very fine cloud effect. A striking work is that of Miss Mar- garet Lindsay Williams, "The Triumph," a picture which may be called a sequel to Miss Williams's "Devil's Daughter" of last year. Miss Williams is a South Walian and was a student of the Cardiff Art School. To those unable to visit the Academy the volume is all that can be desired and those who are fortunate enough to have seen the originals will find in the new book a record well worth preservation. "To Rome or the Bible;" London; United Protestant Council, 57, Berner's-street; 3d. Already 20,000 of this valuable booklet have been issued in reply to the recent advertTsed "Message" of Cardinal Bourne. There is no doubt that four-fifths of the nev-oaper readers did not wade through Cardinal Bourne's five column advertisement which appeared in the leading dailies; but nevertheless an answer to it is none the less necessary for the writer in careful phrase and veiled reference strikes at the very roots of Protestantism. the very roots of Protestantism. In issuing this answer the Council has evidently secured the services of a skilled his- torian who is none the less a fair-minde l critic. He attacks the Message" and its writer in no half-hearted method and points out that the I' Cardinal chose a most opportune n rment for the launching of his advertise-nent. After showing how mischievous the letter is in its terms and how misleading in many of its asser- tions, he exposes the real intent of the message —to offer in the clothing of the lamb the wolfish control of Rome. He throws out in clear relief the insinuation of the Cardinal that all the ills from which civilisation is suffering are due to the Reformation, and from the leading his-' torians gives the lie direct to the Cardinal's description of affairs prior to that great and glorious movement. He asks has Rome ever proved by acts that she is worthy of any trust in matters affecting the workers, either as to condition or wages, and describes the horrible scandah and sweated labour which went on within the walls of the Convents of the Good Shepherd—such conditions as led the French to take the drastic action they did to- rid the country of such spurious "religion." To Wales the book should come as a breath of the old- time spirit and it should be read by all who value religious liberty and freedom of speech and thought in spiritual affairs.

Camp Reflections. (By a Sentimental Wallah). The gladness and the sadness of one's thoughts, the consoling and the depressing moods, have their cause and effect which appear casually at odd moments in reflections varying accord-O ing to the topic, or the individual, or the tem- porary environment, or it may be the rations. Reflecting thuswise from my individual posi- tion, I was pondering over the official routine when I noticed the following criticism by Sir Herbert Rambling at a meeting of the Im- perial Association of Commerce:—"In a Gov- ernment office," lie observed, "on some small matter you write some small minute. That starts on a pilgrimage, and in a month or six weeks, when the subieet has altogether escaped your memory, your minute comes back in a jacket filled with reports of all kinds. At the end you still find that no decision has been arrived at." As that is the case in the civil service, other Government offices suffer quite as badly from the complaint known as circumlocution. "Passed to you, please, for necessary action" is a common formula, or as an alternative, "Forwarded for your information and future guidance, please." It was and is still, perhaps, just as bad with public bodies who have a habit of referring matters to committees and of transferring responsibility to others in order to cause circulation and delay The difference between the methods of public bodies and those of Government departments is that the latter have more of an eye to polite- ness. "Please" is an indispensable and unfor- gettable word, whatever the underlying feeling may be. An insinuating, or sarcastic, commu- nication will inevitably be found to contain "Please" formally I at least once or twice. I have heard such politeness" expressed in lan- guage less formal, but more blunt and pic- turesque, by respectable public men in times before the war. The administrative formality in the civil and military departments grates on those stirring reminiscences of local administra- tion. At other odd moments life seems to go on monotonously with a continual run of routine; but the monotony is enlivened occasionally by various changes. At a certain camp there had been several changes in personnel and organ- isation. When there came at last a new officer in command whose name happened to be Brook, the question aptly arose whether Tp.n-:fson's famous lines to "The Brook" would apply to him or not- "Men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." The army is noted for its peculiar changes which have their comic or tragic results affect- ing the administration or individuals concerned. An instance of the latter occurred in the career of a young American who held a commission in the British army before America entered the war. On the occasion of his marriage he in- vited a general to the ceremony, but the storv goes that he omitted the colonel of his bat- talion and eventually the subaltern was obliged to resign his commission, whosevers fault it was. Undaunted, he rejoined the ranks as an ordinary soldier. What a fall that was and what a change! All his efforts to be reinstated failed, though he appealed to the highest quar- ters. Worse than all, his wife believing his degradation to be of his own doing no longer acknowledged him. There is generally a tragic background to the official Gazette announcements—"His services being no longer required" but there is plea- sure and joy in knowing that the time will come when one's services will no longer be required in the army, when the blessed word demobilisa- tion will become a personal fact, when Tommy will get his "ticket," and when my longings to return to Wales will be realised-it will be a jubilee unequalled on this earth. The old Welsh hymn has hobler ideals and expectations than those in its spiritual fervour, but it is strikingly appropriate to one's natural longings now:- Disgwyl 'rwyf ar hyd yr hirnos, Disgwyl am y boreu ddydd, Disgwyl clywed pyrth yn agor A'r cadwynau'n mynd yn rhydd, O! na wawriai Boreu hyfryd Jiwbili. Amid uncongenial military activities one never forgets to reflect on the expectations of better days to come, days bf freedom, of peace, of goodwill, of more congenial surroundings, and less restricted living. Who will say that life is not made easier for him, or her, in the pre- sent circumstances by the buoyancy of those expectations and hopes? When those days come one may hope to escape the abnormalities, the perplexities, and sorrows so poignantly expressed in the couplet— "Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn," which was unconsciously paraphrased in the Russian wireless message of the then loquacious Bolsheviks fiom Brest-Listovsk on January 12, 1918—"At the same time, when this country is paying with large numbers of invalids, what is only a necessary consequence of the supreme evolution of militarism—every home has its dead—she is feeding with her blood a dung-heap of vermin: military millionaires, who are transmuting the tears of the people into pearls for their wives." The Bolsheviks ruined themselves and their country; but our expectations of freedom and peace are based not on theoretical conciliation, but on the confident and iust determination to finish this war victoriously and to bring all militarism to an inglorious end.

A Local Government Board communication states that the date for the publication of the electors' lists, fixed by the Order in Council for 15th June, will be postponed until 29th June. It is of the utmost importance, it is added, that all practicable steps are taken to ensure that the electors' lists arc complete. The house-to- house inquiry must be as thorough as possible, and to that end registration officers are em- powered to employ additional staff for canvass- ing purposes and to incur reasonable expendi- ture, even though this may involve the pay- ment of sums in excess of the authorised scale. A further communication will be issued with regard to consequential alterations of dates beyond that of the nublioation of t,hA lisfc

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(continued from previous column). ddiddrwg, eithr ni ellir bod yn sicr ar y pwnc hwnnw, a gwell eu cadw fel hyn yn ddiogel na dangos gormod o drugaredd at genedl sydd mor hyddysg yn y grefft o ysbio a defnyddio pob gwvbodaeth yn eu meddiant i hyrwyddo am- canion iselwael eu gwlad eu hunain.