The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

Lampeter Council. -INCREASED GAS CHARGES. Lampeter Town Council met on Thursday, present, Alderman Evan Evans (mayor) pro_ siding;' A'-dermon Lewis Jone?^ Walter Davies and Lewis Jones; Councilors David JOIK*, T. S. Morgan, J. Ba-rtlett, D F. Lloyd and David Davies; Messrs. E. D. Roes, assistant c'ork; and W. Ashman. surveyor and inspoctor. I Mr. Ashman read his monthly report which, was satisfactory. Mr Davies. Glasgow House. had been notified to remove agricultural implements in Markat.street at tho rear of his premises. A complaint had been received that the drainage of a boue in Noi-tli-road was rlefectiyo. the water percolating into ad- joriqing premises. It was decided to givo notice to the owner to rectify the causc of complaint. It was decided to annul the order given ior 60 tons of coal. owing to lack of a place to stl). it. I connection with the new buildings at the Market P'ace. it transpired that the Architoct (Mr Lewis, Talyfedw) cciild not be released from the army for some time and Mr Tyssul Evans, Llandysaul was appointed to carry out the -work. Mr W. Lewis. Arfryn> read a balance shoot of pcaco celebration day, and announced tlipt a balance of ClS d remained in band. Mr Lewis and big committee and aU who had rendered assistance were heartily thanked, and it was decided to give the £18 towards the Memorial Fund. Letters were read from the agent of Peter- wall Estate a.nd Messrs Smith Brothers re. padiating liability for da.mage to tho road by haulagO.—T^e consideration of the matter was deferred. Th Mayor and several members expressed Sorrow at the departure of Council "or Evan Davies and family f r Carmiuthei- an wj^e'J. them every b'essing in their new home, and 1 the Town Clerk was directed to write expressing the feeling of the Council. a In future the fee for holding saW, at Vic- toria Hall will be El per day rnd not 5s. Ib was announced that the Gas Company had appealed to the Board of Trade for por. mission to charge 8s. 6(1. per 1,000 cubic fee-. of ga-g instead of 6s. 3d. Alderman Lewis Jones proposed that an eisteddfod shouH be held next summer in aid of the Victoria Hall fund and the Mayor wai asked to call a public meeting to consider the proposal. It was decided to place a new lamp at the corner of Drover's.road loading to New.st'.eet. and ho r«|»e>t that a Commissioner from the Ministrv of Health be invited to visit the borouq-h and advise the Council as to tie suitability of certain sites for housing.

Soldiers as Teachers. RESULTS OF TRAINING AT ABERYSTWYTH. In the work of reconstruction it has been found desirable to utilise) every available channel for the return of ex-service man to civil lifo. and it is pleasing to hear that the scheme for training scldiers as schoolmasters has achieved considerable success. In the current issue of the "War Pensions Gazette" Mr J. H. Davies, M.A., registrar of the Univer- sity College of Wales, Abeystwytli, describes how that institution has been able to assist the Government in the matter Mr. Davies states that in October. 1917 sixtfeen men were admitted to the special two yfe*rs' course at the College. Amongst those admitted were teak blenders grocery assistants newspaper re- porters, commercial ,travellers, clerks, en- gravers, compositors, regular soldiers and un- certificated teachers. All those hav-g now com- pleted their two years course and mcst of them have been granted the Board of Education certificate. The remainder have been granted provisional certificates which will enable them to obtain positions as certificated teachers. con- ditional upon their passing an examination within a given time. Six of the men have shown such diligence and ability that they were recommended to pursue degree courses and to graduate in the university. Fifteen more men were admitted in October, 1918 and thirty men were admitted at Easter, 1919. It is proposed to admit forty students in October, 1919; but for the future only men who are not qualified for admission to residential train- ing colleges will be considered. "There is no doubt at all," says Mr Davies, "that the scheme has been an unqualified suc- cess. The most satisfactory feature is found in the success of men who had no previous con- nection with teaching. Not on,y did they work hard, but they showed a real interest in tho subjects of study and a detfi-mination ie pass the qualifying examination at the end of their course. Several of tho men have lost limbs others have lost the use of their arms or have been permanently lamed. To such men the opening up of a new occupation has been an untold blessing. Under a recent circular of the Boa-d of Education 1101, issued on April 3rd, 1919, men disabled by military service and desiring to be trained as certificated teachers are qualified to receive a special grant of such an amount as will bring the total grant for maintenance up to a sum of C104 for each year of training. The Government also pays the I fees of such candidates."

COCtNAN. l IN THE STATES.—A correspondent writes in "The Druid" I went to E izabcthtown, New Jersey, to see my former Wilkes-Barre friends, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 0. Jones. I lived with Mra Jones's mother, the late Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, in Wilkes-Barre. Of courso, we had some Welsh singjng here. Mr. Jones comes from Goginan, near Aberystwyth. I also visited the homes of their children. I had a delightful time here, and was taken for an automobile ride through the town which has fine residential d'stricts. I left for New York, the metropolis of our country, where I was Ibcated with my friflnd3, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morgan, of th Universal Hotel. They were glad to see me. as I was glad to see them. This hotel is a delightful place to stop at, as it is modern in every respect. They have been in the hotel business for years, and if any of our Wyoming and Lackawanna Cymry contemplate visiting the city, thev will make no mistake in stopping here. Those about to cross the "bis pond" for Gwalia Wen wiL find in Mr. Morgan a congenial Cvmro who will be able to impart to them information of much value and importance. Mr. Morgan comes from Devil's Bridge, a romantic spot near Aberystwyth.

Mrs Shaw of Blanche Croft. MELBOURNE, near DERBY. Newspaper readers may recalLj.he facts of Mrs Sha.w' ramarkable oa^e—published far and wide ten years ago. Time proves the statements, made, so gratefully, were more :han justified. "I am well hearty even yet, despite the fact that seven physicians saw no hope for me ten years ago." said Mrs Shaw as reoenty as 15th Aoril. 1919. 'Doan's Pills account for What Mrs Shaw said in 1909 On 4th February, 1909, Mrs Shaw said:— "For nineteen months no one could decide my complaint—though now I know weak kidneys were the cause. I was in pain continually-my back, my sides my limbs and my head-I got weak and un-nerved with it all. Then urmary trouble gave me a cluthp. bladder did not fill—and I submitted myself for an operation- stone being found in the kidneys. Some months later the stoppage recurred—and again I was stone being found in the kidneys. Some months latter the stoppage recurred—and again I was operated upon, this time *o dram tne nuiu from my system. Only a passing relief was achieved, and seven physicians thought my ca.c;e incurable. "Their opinion decided me to try Doan s Backache Kidnev Pills-and this saved my life. I amazed my neighbours as well as my doctor and nurse, by getting up and out of the house within a fortnight from the time 1 started with Doan's Pills. I got better every day after 4-hat, and in the end was cured-rid of each symptom of kidney complaint-and well in everv way. (Signed) Jane Shaw. Don'1! ask for kidney pills or backache mils Insist upon DOAN'S Backache Kidney Pills- the kidnev medicine Mrs Shaw recommends All dealers, or 2s. 9d. a box from Foster-Mc- Clellan C^ 8 Wells-staaet, Oxford-street, Recommended by the People for the People

Police Pay. CARDIGANSHIRE OPPOSITION. A specixl meeting of the Standing Joint Committee for Cardiganshire was held at Lampcter on Thursday, present Alderman R. J. R. Loxdale, Castle Hill, chairman; Colonel H. Davies-Evans^ Highmead; Coional J. Lewes, i Lampeter; Messrs Charles Lloyd, Waunifor; W. Inglis Jones, Derry Ormond; J. M. W. Inglis Jones, Derry Ormond; J. M. Howell, Abarayron; C. M. Williams, Aber- ystwyth; Thomas Morgan, Ysbytty; U. J. W.i,liams, Tregaron; F. It. Roberts, clerk; J and Edwatd Williams, chief constable. The object of the meeting was to consider letters from the Home Office with reference to tho report of Lord Desborough'a Commission on Police Servico and to fix an increased rate of pay. Before proceeding with the business, Mr C. M. Williams entered a strong protest against convening that special meeting. Seeing that tho ordinary meeting was due to 00 neifl on October 9th and that members had many other I engagements to attend, ho thought it would have been sufficient if the Chairman had directed the Clerk to inform th„ Home Office that the question would be considered at the ordinary meeting and that if necessary any steps taken could be made retrospective. Out of twenty-four members nine only were pre- sent to deal with most important business which had not been considered by a com- mittee beforehand. If all that tho Com- mittee had to do was to accept the Government scheme there was no need for members to attend and the Home Office had better relieve them of their duties and take over the main- tcnance of the police. He took it, however, that it was the Committee's duty to consider the matter thoroughly. If the. Government ever dreamt of enforcing a flat rate, consider- ing that the same conditions did not apply in Cardiganshire as in London and large 1 industrial cities, them it was time that the j Home Office and tho men connected with it j should be changed. The Ch-'rman ^plained that the effect of the lexers wao that an answer was required in September and the ordinary meeting in 1 Octobc-r would be too late. j Mr. C. M Williams said if the Clerk had f written that the ordinary meetin? would be I held on October 9th lie felt confident lliat the Home' Office wou'd not ask the Committer for a decision before then. If he were chair- man he would have had no hesitation in ,,k. in. the Clerk to forward that explanation, whirh h* felt confident would be accepted- Tho Chairman said the letters were so im- portant that a special meeting was necessary to consider them. The Clerk—As to the ner-sitv for a special meeting, when I received t,110 Wt^rs from the Home Office T consulted the Chairman in the nsnal W"?, Tt A^rea^ed to me that, it was necessary to have a sneeinl meeting and to a ereat e" t-nt I am responsible for convening the meetinsr. Mr C. M. am "ot, hlam:rt'» yo" but T th'iV +.hf> matter cou'd have been de- 'e^d vTitil October. The Chai-mau then nroee^d^d with tl,, b'!s'ne=s and "Xl the TT^me OPVe Jetrq in >~>n••unction with the report of Lord Dbor- on<rh's Commission. Mr. J. M. TTnfnTl fskrrt if the poli,. A,.t, 1-eeentl.T r»^s-<^d had in anv wbt "hr'nsred the 'mmme^d-i+ion' msdc by Lord Deebrv-ousrh's Commission? Were the recommendations in- corrorat-'d in the Act? The Chief Constable explained that the Act empowered the Home Secretary to make regu- lations with which police authorities were required to comply. .Nfr. TTow(,I]-Ts the new scale oblig-atory under the Act? The Chief Costabl- You may take it to be so. The regulations have not been issued; but tho Home Secretary asks that the recom- mendations should be adopted before the regulations i-e issued. Mr Howdl-Ts the sca.'e recommended by the Committee the minimum under the Act? The Chief Constable—Yes. The nome Secretarv will not approve of a lower scale. Mr. Charles Lloyd—What is the use of ns sitting here? Hf. is kincr. Mr C M. Williams-itar" than king lie is a kaiser. Mr. Howell snid members of the Committee who represented the County Council were in the poition of being in direct communication with and directly responsible to the rate- payers. Other members representing Quarter Sessions were also morally responsible t6 the ratepayers. It was said in discussing financial problems concerning the police tha.t the Gov- ernment met the rateoayers half way and that the ratepayers contributed to the extent of fifty per cent. only of the cost of police main- tenance. and that the remaining half came from imperial funds; but imperial funds after all were contributed to by the ordinary rate- payers. including the big landlords and small shopkeepers iike himself. Income tax officials found out everybody who had to pay, so that all classes were really therefore on the fame platform. He had always wndeftvourod to follow regulations which tended to irribrove" the conditions of public service; but in deRl- in? with the now police pay he found himself faltering in trying to do what he hfld always endeavoured to do on behaif of the police in the past. He did not know whether the Com- mittee would have the courage to revolt opo-ily and allow the police and Home Office to do as they liked; but the Comrnittoe ought to ascertain how far the county could be accommodated on the economical side to the conditions of the new Act that were obligatory. Tt would interest the Committee to know that if the new scale would he adopted twenty-two constab'es would immediately become entitled to the maximum pay, amounting to £4 10s. each per week, or E234 a year. That was more than the average scale of salaries for teachers, who worked as hard as the police and required a greater amount of preparation to attain their positions. County School teachers would not attain the police scale, except in few in- stances for all their life in Cardiganshire. Curates and preachers would be nowhere compared with the ordinary constable. Clerks doing responsible work in offices would also receive iVies pay. The COU!1 ty Surveyor re- cently appointed, a man of high standing and great qualifications, who had spent a long apprenticeship in Liverpool, was glad to re- ceive a commencing salary of E200. An ordinary constable coming from the plough, or fiom humble circumstances, would receive £232, a salary with which people in moro responsible positicns could not compare. The Chief Constable would surely ndmit that the County Surveyor held a more responsible posi- tion than a second-rate constable. He (Mr. Howell) asked himself and asked tho Com- mittee to consider how was it possible to carry on county government in that way. He shuddered when thinking how to face the future. The Chairman—The Act has now become law and we cannot help ourselves. Mr. Howell-I am speaking to London, or anywhere else you may like. Let my words go to the end of the world. I am beginning a' campaign. The Chairman asked that a proposition should be submitted for discussion. I Mr. Howell said he was putting the matter as it appeared to the general body of .rate- payers and as it would have to be faced in actual circumstances. Though half the extra cost would ostensibly come from imperial funds, there would be a considerable adranco in county rates to meet the new expense at a time when the country was facing a slump. The new salaries would So left high and dry, whiie the ordinary peoft who would have to pay them would have to meet the difficulty of finding adequate means to maintain them- selves in food and clothing. The country was coming down hill to a lower level of ?fvmg and would have to face salaries at tojsnost figures. He would like to find out the possi- bility of framing as economical a pcac nn possible within the boundaries of the Act- It was evident that in passing the Act the con- ditions of the Metropolitan Police caffie first and foremost. It was legislation in a hurry. Mr Thomas Morgan-It was due to fear of trade unions. Mr. Howell said the difficulties of the future would depend on what happened in the case of police pay. He proposed that the matter should be referred to the Finance Committee to consider how fair the circumstances ot Cardiganshire could be met. Cardigasshire differed from other counties. The inhabitants were able to live more economically and cheaply than in any other county in the king- dom. They would not be dragged at the heels of London and other large centres. Mr D. J. Williams seconded the proposition to refer the question to the Finance Com- mittee. Mr. Howell said that after the chastisement which the Chairman had endured from Mr. C. M. Williams it was only right to say that the Chairman had done good service in con- vening the meeting because it meant a step forward and would enable the Committoe to prepare a reasonable scale in time for the next ordinary meeting and in time to ask the Home Secretary to approve of a suitab'e seaJe for Cardiganshire. The Cliairmin-Tt seems to me you ar only deferring consideration of the matter. Mr. C M. Williams said that in a letter from the Home Office dated August 11th, there was n. kind of saving clause whfch en- abled the Committee to prepare an alterna- tive scale for submission to the Home SJecre- t,arv. Assuming that was not so, it wis time that the Welsh counties should art jointly and stronglv against the nroposed flat rate throughout the country. Tt would mfnn ruin. The Act was the result. of police agitation in T-ondon and was passed in a hurry to ippea-ge tho aeitator*. He gave way to nobody in his anxiety to tre<lt the police well. He }¡'a.d sup- ported reasonable increases all along; Jut now there had come a climax in that mervellotis Act. He did not really consider that the Act was in force, because in his opinion it was open for each county to prepare a scale. Constables were now paid 40s. a week and the war bonus of 10s was continued. Sergeants went up to 57s., inspectors up to £ 206 a year, and superintendents receive at present—D.C.C. Williams, £390, and Superintendent Phillips, C310 10s. Od. The bulk of the con- stable agreed to the existing scaie. Under the new Act they would be entitled to E4 15s. per week, amounting at a glance to £ 247; sergeants to £5 12s 6d., or £ 292; inspec- tors £7 per week, or E350.-D.C.C. Williams, with his present allowances, would be entitled to £600, or Cll 10s. a week, and Super- ijitendept Phillips to E520 10s. Od., or £10 a. week. It had never been con- templated in appointing inspectors that they should reach that amount. They were pp- pointad in recognition of past services. Thero was an inspector at Lampeter and one at Aberystwvth. The question would arise if the scale was adopted under the Act, ct I having to re-arrange the whole force—whether it was necessary, for instance, to have two superintendents and two inspectors. That question wculd ariss when a vacancy woul-1 occur and the whole range of salaries would have to be revised. Cardiganshire had hitherto dealt fairly with the force. Loc.u conditions were different to what they were in large centres. Only people running mad could have overlooked tha.t difference. Corn- prrel with Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Lon- don, living was cheap and the strain of work was infinitely less. No constable would pre- tend to say .that the wear and tear in Cardi- ganshire was anvthing like what it was in populous centres. A man of seventy in Car- diganshire was active and looked remarkably well. The Pmaiint of pay did not depemd on what a mrvn got, but on what he could -save. Any sensible man would prefer coming to Cardiganshire at a lower salary than serve elsewhere at a higher salary with greater stress of work and harder life. He supported the proposition to refer tho question to the Finance Committee with additional members appointed. He did not wnnt the Home Office to think the Cardiganshire members were running away afraid. The Committee had fought the Home Office successfully on several occasions and beat it. He hoped the Com- mittee would make another stand. Cardis did not begin to fight until they had good ground to start from and when on the right ground they were prepared to make the necessary sacrifice. He was prepared to increase police pay as far as possible, but was not prepared- to go as far as the Act required. The Govern- ment made a great cry to reduce public ex- penditure and the Home Office told police authorities to increase expenditure by thou- sands of pounds. Could it be imagined that it wa>3 possible for men to act in that way'f Prices would come down nearer normal. Farmers had already found that store cattle did not sell so well as they had been selling. Instead of acting in a panic after the discon- tent and excitement, let the Committee pro- ceed in a deliberate and reasonable way. Ho did not excuse those who did not attend the meeting, but believed they kept away because they were disgusted. Their feeliDg was that. if the Home Offio acted unreasonably their remedy was to ask the Home Offico to take over the polico and relieve the Committee ot tho responsibility. He did not know if the Committee had been asked to appear before the Police Service Commission which apper- tained more to largo centres than to rural counties; but he was endeavouring to obtain a m-nuts of the evidence taken and thought it would be interesting information as to how counties like Cardiganshire were repiesented. As far a* rural aspects were concerned, Car- diganshire was unique In Carmarthenshire ha-f the ratable value was industrial and that was partly the ca.use of discontent. Brecon- shire bordered on Glamorganshire and in counties like those the people did not know what to do with the money they earned. It was not so m V./arciigansnire. xxo u-u mui wish to be stingy but let the Committer con- sider the rates for the next half year. In Aberystwyth the rates would be lis. in the pound. Borough rates would not be more than 4s. 6d.; but the county rates had in- creased onormously. Since the current rate wai made, thousands cf pounds had been spent and he anticipated there would be a deficiency. He dreaded to think of the coming budget for the county. Without, however, making a bogey of the rates, he wanted the Committee to consider the preparation of a scale which woud be fair and just to the police as well as fair and just to the ratepayers. He had heard no complaints from the police. Several had told him that with the recant increase and war bonus they were satisfied. Supposing the war bonus was continued it meant E2,900 a year more than the scale which was in exist- ence in 1917. Mr. Thomas Morgan said that &8 it had been ploposed to refer the question to the Finance Committee he did not wish to speak further, but in reply to what Mr. J. M. Howell and Mr. Williams had said regarding cheap and frugal living in Cardiganshire he wished to emphasise that the standard of liv- ing would not be the same in future as it had been in the past. It was true that they had been living in the county at a low level. The standard of living would have to be raised and Cardiganshire would not go on livin" with low wages and hard hfO- ac* cording to Mr. Howell's .statement, mcome tax was naid by all classes, it would not be fai to fix the police pay in Cardiganshire below ether counties because the taxpayers of Car- diganshire would have to pay a share of the ^m" C^M* Williams said nobody wished to go back to old conditions of living. He was ns warm a supporter of better living as Mr. MMraninghs Jones thought it would be pre- ferable if rural counties were placed on a different sea e to large towns Mr. Charles Lloyd said it would be inter- estin«» to know what evidence was given be- fore the Police Service Commiss.on. He under- stood that the members of the force con- sidered they were well t-eated and there was no reason why Cardiganshire ghouldbll told to accent recommendations made at a time. of Xic «:sewh«e. Tenr.nts a** todlorib .hke had to pay taxes. All classes felt the effects of increasing expenditure and n thev couid sympathise with each othe tVa, hanpie' on "J'™ happily and contented. They kne^ how to live in Cardiganshire and they did not w be dictated to by outsiders who thought they klMr Thomas Mo-ga.n asked if anv evidence was oivpn before the Police Service Commission on behalf of Cardiganshire force? The Chief Constable renlied that members of the force were invited to give evmence being tvpicallv representative of tM rural forces of Wales. Evidence was given by an inspector. sergeP.nt. and C0T1, The Chairman and Mr C. M Williams agr 4hit mem s of the Committee shoull a.so hflve been invited to give evdence. Mr. J. M. Howell sa:c] he did not wish Mr- Morgan to have the unique position of being the sole champion of the worki-g classcs. Did n-t Mr. Morgan think that C150 11. year -as a fair salary fcr an ordinary constable in Cardi- ffnrshire ? .r- Mr Morgan—I rm not he e to answer mr. Howell. I did not rere" to osalaries. ITaviner be^n informed by tin Chief Con- stable that the hicrVe't rate of pay ti a con- stable was £156 Mr. Howell said that s-emed to him a fair advance to meet the claims ot the working classes f ~r better 'ivin?. Colonel Drvie~-Evfc«i=;, the lo-d lieutenant,, liavint support^ it was rnanimoudy agreed to refer the rmestien to tho Fir>anc~ Com- mittee. and additional rr embers werC „ prom ted. including the Lord Lieutenant, Messrs Charles Llovd and Inglish Jones. On the suggestion of Mr. C. M. Wi the Clerk was authorsed ti appl" for mrnutes of the evidemce given before the Police Service Commission In a letter dat-d 1ul 21st the Home Secre- tary, referring to the scale of aTowanc s adopted 'at a previous meeting, statt11 that even in the case of a sergeant or con-t-ble the allowances suggested did not *flt s<"y the* recom- mendations made by the Police Service Com- mitter The rcale was approved prov s^nally, with a view to its being further revised when there was time for fuller consideration.

ARCHAEOLOCICAL FINDS IN WALES. With the view of preventing dispersal of antiquarian finds in Wales, the Cambrian Archaeological Association is anxious that effect sliould be given to the resolution passed at the annual meeting at Dolgclley, express- ing the opinion that finds of special interest ought to be deposited in the Welsh National I Museum rather than in institutions outsuto ine Principality. All the finds of the Association are now housed at the National Museum and the literature at the National Library. Any finds handed over to the Association will be deposited at the Museum as the property of the Association.

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Comrades Column. (By F. S. Trufant, hon. sec. Aberarth Branch). (Contributions to this column are invited from rfU interested in the Comrades move- Eg,XI Sf from M «*■*« Montgomo-yshire Divisional Council of the Comrades of the Great War, at a meeting o-elr which General Sandbach. (1 R r> H n presided decided to protest to the Ministry of Health against Porden Board of Guardians appointing a relieving officer without axtver. tisi-g the vacancy and giving ax-service men ? chance of applying; also to write to thq Board of Agriculture complaining that the County -Council had refused the Comrades direct representation on the Small Holdings Committee!; and to ask Montgomeryshire and Merioneth Wages Board to explain why service man were overlooked in the appointl nient of a secretary. Men who enlisted voluntarily and joined for continuous service prior to, July 1st 1916, are eligible for demobilisation as soon as the exigencies of the, service permits, stategt an Army Order recently issued. The dispatch for roease of thefe men will be cornpleteu by November 1st subject to thej ratification of the Peace Treaty by Germany. The Order includes all so!dicyrs serving on an attestation form and thw excludes those caMed up und<v the Military Service Act who took no oath of allowance and were enrolled on a. reocrfd service paper Army Form B. 2513. The decision to hand over the whole of the Army oantcfsn profits to General Byng for disposal in the interest of discharge men and dependents follows very closely, on the advo. caoy of such a course in this column a fw weeki ago. The only possible print fcr criticism with respect to General Byng's admirably straightforward and businesslike, statement of his proposals concerns itself with the polo, portion of the funds to. be devoted to the various c'asses concerned. Ordinarily, the officers, for example did not deal at the can. teens at all, or at any rate, not until the later stages of the campaign in Franoe and in the same way the A A C S, W R N S and others, were numerically almost insignificant when com_ pared with the millions of men who servqd. Will the amounts to be allotted to these two classes be in due proportion? Again, why such a marked devotion to the serving soldier? Of all the millions who contributed to the ruihd only a few thousands are now serving and it is difficult to see how their interests could be promoted without also promoting the interest of men in their regiments who- never contributed onQ penny to. the fund simply because they have joined up since the armistice. It would have been better to have allowed the serving men to draw a larger rebate from their cante.cn fundi to-dav. or. I I I better still to reduce the excessive prices of ogrtain canteen articles rather than devote large sums to sports.

College Principal. ABERYSTWYTH VACANCY. A" Special correspondent writes in the "South Wales Nefws'One of the most widely- discussed questions in Welsh educational cir cles at the present time is that of the appoint. rnent of successor to the late Principal Roberts of tho Aberystwyth University College. The College authorities have decided to advertise the appointment. Provision "has also been made for adding to the list of applicants the names of qualilied persons who may not for various reasons deem it desirable to apply in tha ordinary way. As in the case of numerous other appointments recently been made in Wales, advertising the post appears to be merely a form, and it seems certain that the principal appointed will be one of a small group of favourites whose qualifications are well known to the members of the College Council. Among the names most freely mentioned are those of Professors J. Morris Joncss and J. E. Lloyd, of Bangor; Mr. C. Bryner Jones (of the Board of Agriculture); Professor Gftrmon Jonas Liverpool; Messrs J. H. Davies, registra.r of Aberystwyth College; and Thoma.s Jones,- secretary to the War Cabinet. The two favourities are tho last mentioned. In all probability neither of them will submit formal applications in reply to the advertise- ment; but there can bm no doubt that both names will be included in the final list to be considered and unless some arrangement can be arrived at for the voluntary withdrawal of one op the other, it seems probable that a serious cleavage will arise amongst members not only of the Council of the College, but also of its teaching staff which will be exceed- mgiy injurious to tHe :ksi interests ot tne institution. Both possess high academic qualifications, both have had wide adminL strative experience and both have rendored great services to tbe, college*. Both also have great ideas for the development of the College but their policies defer widely, and in scmo respects are antagonistic. Consideration of policy, as well as personal considerations, are therefore like,ly to weigh with the members of the College Council when. they have to decide on the merits of the two candidates. Piquancy is lent to the contest that is now being silently but assid. uously conducted by the fact that Mr. Tom Jones is a close friend of the Llandinam family who have been most goncrous benefactors of the College and is also said to be receiving the support of the Prime Minister. His sup. porters argue that tho success of the College largely depends on finance, and that Mr. Jones will bo able to influence substantial financial support both from private and pub. lie sources. Mr. Davies's supporters, on the other hand claim that it is inadvisable that a national educational institution should have even tho appearance of being controlled by moneyed philanthropists or popular politicians. Both have influential friends on the College Council, and some are enthusiastic partisans. A considerable proportion of the members, however, while they fully rocognise the claims of both men, are much perturbed lest the appointment of either might militate, against the best interests of the College. It is urged that the way out of the difficulty lies in the appointment of a third party. Prof. Morris Jones is mentioned as suitable but it is thought that he will await the retiremoint of Sir Harry RCJiehel and become principal of Bangor. Mr Bryner Jones is also mentioned as suitable, but as he is an assistant secretary of the Board of Agriculture, as well as Agri- cultural Commissioner for Wales it is denrmed unlikelv that he will become a canoidata. Prcf. Garmon Jones, Livcrpcol who made an impression on the Cardiff College authorities, is likelv to receive support. It is not im. probable that an effort will be made to induce one of the persons named to decline nomination.

YSTUMTUEN. MINISTERIAL.—The newly-appointed Wes- ieyan minister (the Rev. H. R. Owen) arrived on Thursday and took up residence at Glyn- tuen. The rev. gentleman has qualified as barrister. He is a native of Corris.

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