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BANGOR iSOTES.
BANGOR iSOTES. Bangor and district; 'had not many enter- tainments on Christmas and Boxing days. The onlv attractions on Christmais Day were a junior football competition and a free con- cert in the evening under the auspices of the Male Voice Choral Society. On Saturday, the BangoT foctfbail team 'gained fuilbher hon- ours bv defeating Chirk. w ::> Amongst the prize winners at Chester Eis- teddfod on Boxing Day, was Miss TVmnie Owen, of this city. Miss Owen, who is a voung contralto, has a voice of exceptionable "power and richness, and is deservedly win- ning much popularity bOLh in and out of this city. The news of the loss of the schooner "Mary A. Mitchell" will 100 received with great regret by local mariners. The full account of her wreck has not as yet been received, but it is understood that she is a total wreck on the coast of Holland, and! that the crew have all been saved. The "Mitchell," as she was familiarly called, was undoubtedly the finest schooner belonging to 'Port Penrhyn, and much sympathy will be felt for the owners at the less of such a fine vessel. By the way, the shipping at (tthie port has now became "non est," owing to the strike, and it will cause much distress in the neighlbourhood of urh d, Hirael, which so largely depends on the port. Of course, the talk of the week has been the published correspondence between Lord Penrhyn and the Board of Trade. It has now apparently "become hopeless to 'expect a re-approachment between the two parties. i 1 On The result, no doubt, will be the migration of the quarrymen and their families to other quarry districts, to the detriment of local business. How is it that Bangor has not been asked to contribute its "quota" to the quarrymen's fund ? I am sure it is not on account of any unwillingness to subscribe on the part of local people. On Tuesday evening, a ball was held, un- der the auspices of the Workingmen's Con- servative Club. There were a numerous and distinguished company present. Our Conser- vative friends are very active what has be- come of the Liberal caucus ? The movement for the establishment of a local Liberal Ciub has once more, 1 am afraid, died out. The various colleges will once more resume duties next week. The University College will have, on the 12th inst.. a new and pe- culiar style of entertainment, called an Eis- teddfod, though there is nothing on the list of subjects which would uphold the use of that title, except, perhaps, the offer of a prize for the best awdl on "Euclid." Strange to say, this entertainment will be under the auspices of the Students' "Welsh National Sow ciety, which recently evoked the postcard from Mr Gladstone.
LLANDUDNO "DISTRICT NOTES.
LLANDUDNO "DISTRICT NOTES. Christmastide has come and gone, and tha new year will have set in before many of my readers will have had an opportunity Of read- ing these notes. lAs ta Ohristmalsltide, though the weather was far from being seasonable, which, no doubt, prevented many from carrying out their original plans, still, the hotel, restaurant, and lodging-house keepers, and, indeed, the tradesmen in- directly, had the satisfaction of realising that more visitors spent their Christmastide in Llandudno than had been the case for many a year. The weather, it is true, waa un- settled, but the climate was salubrious. » Apropos of Lord Penrhyn's snub to thr Board of Trade. Hitherto, &3 far as Llan- dudno and district was concerned, the pre- ponderance of public opinion was decidodly on the side of his lordship. But, now, that the official correspondence between Lord Penrhvn and the Board of Tradei has been published it is surprising to note the sudden change m the attitude of those who were previously the warmest supporters of the capitalist side. They not only condemn the autocratic tonel of Lordl Penrhyna letbar-s but they resent the very principle that un- derlies every line of his epistles. All classes agree in arguing that the times are 'too fat advanced for any ,-nan-lioweveor poor lie might be—to be a mere slave or a human machine, woiked to enrich others without any consideration whatever as to the condi- tions of labour and their own comfort. Had it not been the wrong season of the year, the, collectors of the Bethesd!a quarrymen would havo met with a hearty response from all classes of the community. But, even, under such adverse circumstances, the two men that visited the town during the week met with a -far financial support than they had dared to anticipate, and left fully con- vinced that the town will do much more, if there is any prolongation of the strike. I feel confident that the workimgmen. of Llan- dudno and district will organise a concert or an entertainment in favour of the quarrymen. < The LlandudnoSwifts EootlbaiE dub re- tains an honourable place on the League list, and their friends sincerely trust that by hard work alley will carry the cup by taking the premier position. 'The committee b#ve, done all they. could to organise a team worthy of the town. But that could not be accom- plished -without. money. Subscribing freely themselves, they must to some extent rely on the generosity of the public and it is to be hoped that the public of the town aind I the lovers cf the good old game wil nob be sbw to give some tangible proof cf tlieir enthusiasm bv supporting the local club. < I have been informed that the Liberal Association is about to be reorganised. That this is much needed goes without saying. There are many staunch, good, and zealous Liberals at Llandudno, but it is rather too much to expect of them to- bear all the brunt of the fight and at the same time provide the ways and means. If some scheme can be propounded by which the. Liberals of the town can be united in one strong party, I much, no doubt, will have been achieved. 'I But why not go in for a rattling good club, whence all the force-s couild sally forth when called upon ? I am generous enough to give the same good advice of my Conservative friend. In summer time, there aTe no end of amuse- ments, and the need of a club is not So much felt. But, in winter time the working classes and others have to while away their leisure time as well as they can. By the way, would it not be well for the tradesmen to take up the suggestion thrown out by Councillor W. O. Williams at the annual dinner of the Llandudkia Guardian Society, by having a club where ialøy oouli met to discuss and! organise) .everything per- taining to the trade of the town ? Their prosperity is that of Llandudno. Therefors, to is of the utmost importance that they should give iihe cue and urge their local coun- cillors on the right path. I heartily congratulate! the member" of the St. Tudno Mutual Benefit Socdeity upon its flourishing condition, and the fact that. it was able to pay a dividend this year of £ 2 14s to its members alter meeting ail th* sick pay and other incidental expenses. It is to be hoped that the working mem of the j town, in particular, will take cos;m#anca of this fact, and iibereiby place a shilling a. whk aside to meet any unforsoen sickness. To do this is far more honourable than to rely on the ratepayers, when no other meams are available. I am told, that there is a sign already of a large acquisition, to tho ranks of the society next vear. The Conway National Schools not 1-" in supporters. However m-vh one may wish it waa nob a denominational school, it must be admitted that its teachers I are second to none, if results are any proof, so far as the district ts concerned. Last week, the married ladies gave a tea and Christmas Tree in aid of the school funds and cleared upwards of £ 25. Now, we have it announced that the unm arried ladies, with Miss Duttoci, of Vii& Castle Hotel, as chair- man ess, intend giving a "superior tea" to- wards the same abject. The ingenuity of fair ladies has no end, especially, when the '^pinsteiH" aire brought tcf majka a show atgadnstt the "'marifei" ifefi. EQesiae the school must benefit financially. The Market Hall, Conway, thouigh looking much better after being renovated in accord- ance with Mr Farrington's instructions, is a disgrace to civilisation, and! the wonder ia that the oottpofration should not take,up the loan which they have been empowered to make in ofrdet to ereob a new building. If the town had a decent building, respectable people who attended the Eisteddfod held there on Christmas eve would have been spared the disgraceful scenes witnessed in the sixpenny seats. Though there were two ,,h constables inside, it was more than they could do to keep order, and prevent many an "uncivilised" visitor from going on the booze openly before all. If this cannot be obviated in the future, the clear duty of the denomination under whose auspices the Eis- teddfod is held, is to sacrifice the little profit they make for the sake of common moralitrv and abandon the affair. Now, I hare done for this week. While thanking my readers for many a hliit in the past, and for the support they have given me, I promise them to continue my notes next year, and shall be glad of any communica- tion addressed to "Glyndhvr,"Herald" Office, Llandudno. Meantime, I wish you, Mr Editor, your otafff—the oomposditors in particular—for the. patience they have shown in' wading through my "classic" hand writing1 (written far too often, with a. beastly stump of a grey lead pencil on paper of the same tint) ~HAPPY AND MFJBIHY NEW YEAR.
--------------------CONWAY…
CONWAY TOWN COUNCIL. An adjourned meeting of this town council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Dr R. Arthur Prichard) presiding, to discuss the in- quiry by the Local Government Board as to the proposed loan of EWOO for the extension of the mains in the Llysfaen and other dis- tricts, in connection with the Cowlyd "Yater Board.—It was decided, on the proposal of Alderman Hughes, that the matter should be considered in committee, the Mayor stating that there was a strong feeling against Oon- wa.y, already heavily rated, being called upon to contribute towards the additional expendi- ture.—Mr Thornton Jones (Bangor) attended on behalf of the Conway Corporation, and, after some discussion, It was agreed that he should instruct Mr Bryn Roberts, M.P., to oppose the application for the loan. school, it must be admitted that its teachers are second to none, if results are any proof, so far as the district ts concerned. Last week, the married ladies gave a tea and Christmas Tree in aid of the school funds and cleared upwards of £ 25. Now, we have it announced that the unm arried ladies, with Miss Duttoci, of 'Che Castle Hotel, as chair- man ess, intend giving a "superior tea' to- wards the same abject. The ingenuity of fair ladies has no end, especially, when the, '^pinsteiH" aire brought tcf majka a show •agadnslt .the "marxfed" ifefi. EQesiae the school must benefit financially. The Market Hall, Conway, thouigh looking much better after being renovated in accord- ance with Mr Farrington's instructions, is a disgrace to civilisation, and! the wonder ia that the corporation should not take,up the loan which they have been empowered to make in order to erect a new building. If the town had a decent building, respectable people who attended the Eisteddfod held there on Christmas eve would have been spared the disgraceful scenes -witnessed in the sixpenny seats. Though there were two constables inside, it was more than they could do to keep order, and prevent many an "uncivilised" visitor from going on the booze openly before all. If this cannot bp obviated in the future, the clear duty of the denomination under whose auspices the Eis- teddfod is held, is to sacrifice the little profit tihev make for the sake of common morality and! abandon the affair. Now, I hare done for this week. While thanking my readers for many a hint in the past, and for the support they have given me, I promise them to continue my notes next year, and shall be glad of any communica- tion addressed to "Glyndhvr,"Herald" Office, Llandudno. Meantime, I wish you, Mr Editor, your otafff—the oomposditors in particular—for the patience they have shown in' wading through my "classic" hand writing1 (written far too often, with a beastly stump of a grey lead pencil on paper of the same tint) ~HAPPY AND MFJBIHY NEW YEAR.
CONWAY_TOWN COUNCIL.
CONWAY_TOWN COUNCIL. An adjourned meeting of this town council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Dr R. Arthur Prichard) presiding, to discuss the in- quiry by the Local Government Board as to the proposed loan of £ 9000 for the extension of the mains in the Llysfaen and other dis- tricts, in connection with the Cowlyd 'Water Board.—It was decided, on the proposal of Alderman Hughes, that the matter should be considered in committee, the Mayor stating that there waft a strong feeling against Con- way, already heavily rated, being called upon to contribute towards the additional expendi- ture.—Mr Thornton Jones (Bangor) attended on behalf of the Conway Corporation, and, a»fter some discussion, it was agreed that he should instruct Mr Bryn Roberts, M.P., to oppose the application for the loan.
LL^YN^STRiaFcOUNOIL.
LL^YN^STRiaFcOUNOIL. After the meeting of the 'board of guard- ians on Wednesday, an adjourned meeting of the rural district council was held.—The Clerk stated thai he had received an intima- tion from Mr Bodvej-Roberts, cLerk to the County Council, that the Madiyn Bridge, concerning the oare of which there was some dispute, had 'been (built under the name of "Adwynant" in the year 18158. This, he thought, would remove the cause of the dis- pute between the county and this council, as to who "was responsible for its repair, and would' make it unneccessary for the appointed committee to meet the county highway com- mittee. — Some of the members, however, thought that the committees had better meet as previously arranged, so as to thoroughly thrash out this question, as well as others, which had been entrusted to the sub-com- mittee of this council.—It was announced bhaft the Ll&nietftyn Parish Council had com- plained to the Local1 Government Board that the Lleyn District Council refused to pay at- tention to a certain bridge which was in a dangerous condition.—iSeveffal expressed sur- prise at this complaint, and the clerk was in- structed to inform th'e 'Local Government Board that there was not the least foundation for it.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, BANGOR.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, BANGOR. The Royal Commissioners for the exhibi- tion of 1851 have forwarded to the college a report which they lhave received from a sci- entific expert, to whom the accounts of the work done by Dr E. Taylor Jones during his tenure (with special renewal) of the 1851 Exhibition Research Scholarship, to which he was nominated by the University College of 'North Wales. The report speaks in very high terms of the work done by Dr Taylor •Tones. His papers, containing accounts- of the researches on magnetism carried out by him, were characterised as important addi- tions to our knowledge of magnetic pheno- mena, and as proving that the author pos- sesses great power as an experimentalist and mathematical physicist. Dr Taylor Jones is at present an assistant lecturer in the physical department of the college. Mr J. "W. Horse- man, a formeir student of the college, has 'been appointed private assistant to Professor W. Ramsay, F.'R.S., of University CoLege, London. Mr Horseman is engaged in as- sisting Professor Ramsay dn certain original investigationis in it he domain of 'pin fical chemistrv. Two students (Mr T.. Grif- fith and Mr LI. LI. Foster) in the electrical engineering department of the college have, after serving a term of about nine months as unpaid 'assistants in an engineering works, been appointed to salaried posts.
THE EISTEDDFOD OF 1898.
THE EISTEDDFOD OF 1898. On Tuesday night, the executive commit- tee of the above held its ordinary meeting, at the Girls' Higher Grade School, Blaenau, presided over by Mr Owen J ones (Erw Fair). Jit was announced that Mr G. It. Ellis, J.P., of Penymount, had consented to act as treasurar of the Eisteddfod.—A letter from the hon. secretary of the Newport Eistedd- -,I. fod, asking tne committee to do a.l in its power to induce choirs and other competitors to take part in the 1897 Eisteddfod, was read, and it was stated that the well-known Moelwyn Male Voice Choir and several other competitors from the neighbourhood would compe.te.-The report of the arts' committee, which has appointed Dr Richard Jones as chmirman, Mir John Bowen as vice-chairman, and Mr J. Cadwaladr as secretary, was re&d and confirmed.—iSeveral prominent savants, such as Professor Herkomer, Mr Preece (of the General Poet-office), and others, had promised this committee every assistance-- Mr R. O. Jones said that he had seen Mr I Thomas Elis, M.P., in regard to this sec- tion, and he was glad to say that their mem- bar was enthusiastic on the subject, and assured him that the Eisteddfod misrht count upon his heartfy support.—The report of the musical committee, the chairman of which is Dr Roberts, was read by Mr J. Jones Morris, the secretary, and adopted, as was also that of the literary committee, whose chairman is the Rev J. Rhydwen Parry. In the latter report, it was announced that it had been decided, aifter some discussion, to adhere to the ancient rule-of giving the oak chair, with a suitable money prize, for the best -,twdl.It was also stated that a crown and a money prize would be awarded for the best pryddest, or non-alliterntive poem.
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ST. AS ihti BO lfiD OF AKDIA…
ST. AS ihti BO lfiD OF AKDIA • S. RATING FARCE: aPPEAL AGAINST LANDLORDS TO QUARTER SESSIONS. At Sc. Asaph jBonrd of Guardians, on Thursday, Mr E. Morgan presiding, the Clerk presented a report with reference to the recent appeal by the surveyor of taxes against the decision of the St. Asaph As- sessment Committee, bringing certain land within the union under the operation of the Agricultural Ratings Act. He said that ail the appealsi at the different petty sessions had, with one exception where the justices had disagreed, been decided in favour of the assessment committee. The result of the ap- peals would be- an increase of the Govern- ment grant to the union of about £ 75 per an- num for the next five yeais.-The Chairman said that the assessment committee had re- ceived intimation that the surveyor of taxes intended to appeal against the recent magi- sterial decision to the Court of Quarter Ses- sions, and the assessment committee asked the board to authorise them to retain counsel to represent them at the hearing of the ap- peals.—Mr Jacob Jones thought they should leave it to the landlords, who were the parties immediately interested, to retain counsel.—The Chairman said that could not be done.—The necessary authority was given to the committee to oppose the appeals.
THE COLWYN BAY CONGO INSTITUTE.
THE COLWYN BAY CONGO INSTITUTE. A matter of considerable public interest in connection with the above institute, which is supported aiimost entirely by public sub- soriptions, has during the last few days been the subject of arbitration at the Lecture Hall, Oolwyn Bay. The parties to the dispute weret the Rev Dr Theophilus Edward Samuel Stihoies, a graduate of the Edinburgh Com- mittee of the Congo Institute, and the Rev WfiKiam Hughes, director and founder cf the institute.-Dr Scholes was represented by 13ir Amphlett, of the firm of Messrs Por- ter and Amphlett, Colwyn Bay, and the in- stitute by Mr Hignett, solicitor, Colwyn Bay. —From the opening statement of Mr Am. phlett, last Tuesday, it appeared that Dr Scholes had been engaged to carry 011 mission work in connection with the Congo Institute in South Afiricaiat a certain salary, a certain amounft being ..also (allowed for expenses. In pursuance o, his labours, he alleged that he incurred celiain expenses which had not been repaid to him, and he now sought a decision on his claim for a, sum of J3199 odd', moneys paid for and on behalf of the Congo Institute, including salary. Evidence was given on behalf of Dr Scholes on Tuesday, last week, and for the greater part of the following day the umpire and arbitrators were engaged in going through the accounts, which were of a voluminous character. The hearing was then adjourned till Monday morning, but at the opening of the proceed- ings the solicitors on each side, with their clients, had a prolonged conference, as the outcome of which a settlement was arrived at, and on the basis of that settlement an awaird was signed by the arbitrators and umpire to the following effect:—"Whereas it is agreed that the matters referred to arbitration by an agreement dated 18th August, 1896, and made between William Hughes, Edward Jones Da-vies, and Thomas Griffith Williams of the one part, and Theophilus Edward Samuel Scholes of the other part, shall be settled on the following terms, viz. :—The pariliea of the one part, on behalf of and so as to bind the committee of the Congo In- stitute, shall pay to the said T. E. S. Scholes the sum of B56 5s forthwith, and the balance (viz. eloo) by one month's bill of exchange. Th sums respectively of 268 10s 6d (or whatever the guarantee of the consul may be), £ 18 to Ben Jumbo, the sawyer, and Si Is 4d, amount due to one Bennett, shall be paid by the Congo Insti- tute, who hereby exonerate Theophilus Ed- ward Samuel holes therefrom. The costs of the 3Irbitraiion shall be paid as follows Each party paying their own costs and the arbitrators, the umpire to be paid equally by both Parti* As witness our handa, (signed) F. J. Warmsley, umpire; John Blud, arbitrate*; Edward S. Heap, arbitra- tor."—The following addendum was, after discussion, agreed to be added to the awao-d "The question in dispute is merely one of accounts, and allegations by either side are hereby withdra:wn.
THE PHEASANT ROBBERY AT COLWYN…
THE PHEASANT ROBBERY AT COLWYN BAY. CASE DISMISSED. On Tuesday, at Ociwyn Bay Police Court, before the Rev W. Venables Williams (chair- man), and other justices, John Thomas Jones and Thomas 'Rogers, Park-road, and Morris Jones, Old Colwyn, were charged on remand with stealing sixty tame pheasants, the pro- perty of Samuel Edwards, The Pheasantries, Oolwyn Bay. Mir James Porter prosecuted, and Mr Cartwright, Chester, appeared for the pri- soners. Mr Porter s&iid that since the previous hearing, the police had found that the pri- soner Morris Jones was elsewhere on the night in question, and they therefore asked that he should be discharged. The evidence taken at the hearing last week was then toad over as aigainst the other two prisoners, nd was to the effect that on the night of the 17th December, sixty-five tame pheasants were stolen from The Phea- santries. The fUrisoners were seen by John Henry Clutton, at about half-past two on the morning of the 18th, in Palrk-road, on a shandry. It was a bright moonlight night, and ne recognised and he identified the pri- soner Thomas John Jones having his face blackened. There was a third man, whom he did not know. He had some conversation with the pfrisftners, who said jthey were driving "to the Junction," but as long as he heard the trap it vrent in the direction of Old Colwyn: Sergeant Jones and Inspector Roberts (Abergele) deposed to going to the houses of the prisoners subsequently. Their boots fitted the footprints in The Pheasantries found on the morning after the robbery. Further examined, Sergeant Jones said that when the prisoner Rogers was apprehended, he said, "If I had known it was coming to this, I would have run awav." The "Prisoner; I did not .say that. The Chairman We cannot have two advo- cates in the Mr Cartwright: lit is 'human nature, sir (laughter). Ann Jones, wife of William Jones, a driver in the employ of Thomas Davies, crame deal- er, stated1 that on the night of the 17th inst., the prisoners, irlio lodged with her. came home with her (husband at half-past ten. All three were drunk, atnd nothing was said about driving to the Junction. 'She thought they were too drunk. She did not see the prisoners go to bed. She retired at about 11.30 with her husband. She heard a dis- turbance in the bouge at albo-Lit two on the morning of the 18th. The prisoners were in the house at seven that morning, when she called them for breakfast. This was all the evidence obtainable, and Mr Cartwright, addressing the bench for the prisoners, submitted that there was not a scrajp of evidence on which to commit the prisoners for trial The shoeprint and cor- durov theory was of no value whatever, and was no evidence. The police had ntfprl-<T failed to prove that the men were in the neighbourhood of The Pheasantrios at all that day. After consultation, the Bench decided that the evidence did not warrant R committal.
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THI' LLANDUDTsO
THI' LLANDUDTsO THEE DEFICIT FROM A COCKNEY POINT OF VIEW. One of the conceited young cocks of the "D. T. having nothing better to do just before 'Christmas, scribbled the following, which we reproduce as an amusing farrago of nonsense A wail of infinite melancholy poured fcrth at Llandudno, and, reverberating from the Great Ormes Head, has been wafted across the Midlands to the careless capital of the Sassenach. The bard of the Cyniry—same who resisted "haughty Edward's power"—is unable to make both ends meet. A heart- rending deficit of five hundred and ninety pounds appears on the balance-sheet of the is National Eisteddfod as the result of the last merry meeting of patriotic minstrels, and the executive committee by which these festivals are organised has agreed to make a call on the guarantors under their bond of one thousand two hundred pounds to the stirring tune of nine and eightpence in the pound. This is rough on the ouarantois-as rough as their native mountains it is much too near fifty per cent. on the sum for which they have become sureties to be pleasant, even to the most devoted son of gallant little Wales. No doubt, however, it would be doing them injustice to suppose that it is their pecuniary loss which they will most severely feel. It will probably give them much greater concern to be reminded by this demand upon them that the movement which they have supported has failed, and that the Welsh bard, like the prophet, is not 'duly honoured in his own country. He has piped, or, rather, harped, to his com- patriots, but they hove not danced attend- ance, or not in sufficient numbers to pay ex- penses. This is a sad discovery, and to those who have been so constantly assured of the pride taken by the Welsh in their native tongue and their national poetry it will be surprising as wel as sad. It has always been believed, even by the most unsympathetic Sasvsenach, that the Eisteddfod was an in- stitution dear to the popular heart in Wales, and not only so on account of the number of Welsh 'Homers which it annually produces, but because it ensured the perpetuation of their ancient tongue. Now, however, it would appear that the Welshman appreciates neither the bewildering multitude nor the complicated wealth of his consonants. Judg- ing from this disheartening balance-sheet, he would not. care if no Cambrian minstrel ever again poured out his poetic imaginings in "pennillion," nor any of his countrymen over agais expressed their prosaic thoughts save in some language capable of being articulated without danger to the vocal organs ? Can this be the desolating truth ? Is it possible that there is no reality in the alleged at- tachment of Wales to that formidable Celtic dialect which, according to a venerable tradi- tion, was used as a warlike missile in the heroic defence (of the country against its Saxon invaders, and that the movement for the perpetuation of the language is merely the "fad" of a few dilettante scholars ? That the Welsh vernacular shows greater tenacity of life than either Erse or Gaelic is no doubt true; but it would be disappointing to dis- cover that the reason of this is not that Welshmen cling to their original Celtic speech more lovingly than the Irish or the High- lands Scots, but merely that a larger pro- portion of them happen to be unacquainted with the English language. It may be, of course, that the Eisteddfod committee have simply had "a bad year." Possibly the Welsh Land Commission has had something to do with it, and the farmers of the Principality have been too busy in rehearsing their grievances against their land- lords to have time to attend poetical com- petitions. If, however, the apparent decline in the popularity of the Eisteddfod should prove to be real-and we seem to be within measurable distance of the Say of the last Welsh minstrel-the situation will be a ser- ious one. It is no light matter, especially in view of the !present glut of the poetry market on this side of the border, to have a large body of Celtic songsters thrown suddenly upon the community. Yet what is the un- employed Welsh minstrel to do? What, if we may be excused the vulgarism, is to be his next "lay" ? It would hardly, we fear, be possible for him to return to the primitive practice of the bard in ail countries, and to seek a subsistence by wandering from one to another of the houses of the great, en- sconcing himself in the ingle-nook, and re- paying the hospitality extended to him with an impromptu rhapsody in the Welsh ver- nacular. He might have a brief success, perhaps, at receptions and "at 'homos"-a word of pathetic irony for the exile—in the London season. His strains, after all, would not be more unintelligible than those of many of our minor poets, nor need his performance be more prolonged than that of the common or drawing-room reciter. This employment, however, could not in the nature of things hold out to him any assured income. In a few months' time lie might find-himself dis- placed in. the favour of society by an "ar- tist" possessing the accomplishment of exe- cuting opcratic airs with feeling and ex- pression on a pocket-comb. Some industry more independent of the caprices of fashion must be found for him, if he is not to sink into indigence, or, wh-ot would be worse, drift into politics and (such occupations do not, of course, suggest themselves on the spur of the moment. Fortunately, however, there is a temporary refuge open to him. T,he season of the "waits" is now with us w I and a Irirge immigration of Welsh bards,- with their wild liarrps slung around them- would formidably reinforce the ranks of our Yuletide musicians. A little Eisteddfod held at two in the morning in one of the London squares would be at any rate* a. striking novelty. The predominant partner who has acquired the knack of sleeping^ through the music of his native land would doubtless spring from his couch and fling largess—or perhaps a big D-at the harmonious exiles. He would not, it is true, understand their language but the difficulty in that respect would be mutual; and perhaps it would be as well that they should not perfectly com- prehend his. The Welsh bard wo-tild be, in more senses than one, the rage of London during the next few days; and such an en- gagement as we have suggested would at 1eas.t enable him-- he himself would enable the awakened hcuseliolder-to "turn round."
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CARNARVON BOARL) OF GUARDIANS.
CARNARVON BOARL) OF GUARDIANS. The meeting of the above board was I1"ld on Saturday, Mr C. A. Jones, presiding. THE •CHRISTMAS TREAT FOR IN- MATES.—The Master reported that donations lia<d been received from the following ladies and gentlemen towards the inmates' Christmas treat: —Mrg Taylor -'Morgan, Councillor Jones-Hughes, Rhostryfain; Messrs* L. R. Thomas*, Morris and Davies, O. W. Jones, Gamon-street; Mr and Mrs Owen, Tyooch Miss K. Owen, do. ;i Mr Henry Parry, Cli,apel-stree,t; Mrs Roberts), Craigle; Miss Sampson, Mis Hubert Sampson, Hon. 1r8 Wynne Jones, Mr D. W. Davies, Tdrs Pug-he Griffith, and Mfc* C. A. Jouies (chairman of the board), who gave each inmate (100 in number) a 3d bit. The inm«te<s< thanked the chairman and the guardians, master, and: matron, and all the offioers, for their kind- 1 ness on Christmas Day.-Hearby thanks were passed to the donors. THE LLAJNDWROG RATE COLLEC- TOR'S nOSD. letter was read from the Local Government Board, askin, o for immedi- ate information as to whether the sum of £ 442 181 gdl due to the board from the late rate collector for Llandwrog., Mr Evan Wil- liams, had been paid.—The Clerk replied that the money had not been paid, but that Mr Morris Owen, solicitor, had written to the sureties asking for payment, and had aocit him a letter to be read to the. board which he had received from MeissK Carter, Mostyn Roberts andl Co., Carnarvon:—4, Church- street, Carnarvon, re Evan Williams.—We have written to the Official Receiver to re- turn the pass book containing the overs eera' accounts, and wh,efn wei have had an inspec- tion of the same and the -monthly statements, we think we shall 'be in a position to advise our clients. As the holidays intervene we are afraid we shall ndt be ready for the next meeting of the guardians, but we will let you hear from us definitely before the followung meeting. Meanwhile^ pl,eas,e, let us have, a reply to our last letter, and oblige.—Yours faithfully, Carter, Mostyn Roberbs, Vincent, and Co.—'Mr D. P. Williams proposed that they ask their chairman, olerk, and solicitor, to see whether the sureties had sufficient reason for asking that the enforcement of the bond be dielayed, and if not, that the Wriitl diemanding the payment of the money be put in foroe.-Thia was unanimously 11<k<;Sed. THE LLANBEfKLTG IR,IATE COLLEC- TOR AND HIS .0 UTIER-Anotheir lotlter waa received from the Local Government Board encilosfing a letter they had! received from Mr Evan Williams, 9, Segonbium- terrace, Carnarvon, with reference to the alleged fact -that Mr Thomas Thtomas did not go round the ratepayers' houses to-collect the bu-t sent the demand notes, &c., through the post, and invited the ratepayers to corae to his office to pay. The Board, re- quested to be furnishedi with the observa- tions of the; guardians on the subject of the enclosed communication. The letter Was as follows —"9, .Segonttlum-tarraoe, Carnarvon, November 21st, 1896. Sir,-l bag leave to suibmit the following facta for your considera- tion, and will thank you to favour me with your reply relative thereto. I am a rate- payer in the Carnarvon Union, and as such, duly wsessed, for the various rates levied. In common with other ratepayers I feel I have good cause to complain as to the ir- regular manner in which the rates are ap- plied for, and desire to be informed whether it is not incumbent upon the collector to call personally to collect the rates. I en- close the original demand! not-a for the rate made May 30th, 1896, posrtrad to me on the 11th September, as shown 'by the postmark on the envelope marked 'A.' The collector did not caill for the amount, which would have been readily paid, although hiia office is not 150 yards distnance from my residence, and believing itfe to be his duty to do so, I made no response to the posted demand1. On October 9bh, a "final application'' was posted to me in a similar way, as ohown, by ihe envelope marked 'B,' which I also dM- regarded as the icoU'ector had not called. On the 18th inst., the .circular letter marked U was posted to mel threatening ilegal pro- ceedings if the rate be not paiid witihin, four- teen days. I wiouild submit that the official, from whom these documents issue, is a 001- lector and nob a receiver, and if my inter- pretation is correct,, I wish to' be informed as to whether he is empowered to adopt this I mode of dl; charcring his duties, and if it is permisisible from him to address opeci letters of this description to annoy ratepayeirs upon whom he never calls. In addressiing this communication I am not, by amy peirsicnal amimiodiltty oil vinr'/cibivorjess, but simply with a view of remedying what I regard, as gross irregularity clll,the pare of a public official!.—I have the honour to be. &e., Evan Willianis.The Clerk then read the following reply he had received from MT TliomiaJs Thomtais :—Pfaiiiish cif LlanbeMig, Casltle Chambers, Castle-square, Carnarvon, December 22nd, 1896. Dear s-T,-I aim much obliged to you for allowing me to see the copy of the letter sent to. the Local Government Board by Mr Evan Williams, Segontium-terraoe. The guardians maiy, refer the letter to the overseers 'as the authority more directly concerned in the quetstion of the collection of rates, and of the method to adiopt for such a purpose. But should information be asked for at the- meet- ing next Saturday, I think you may venture to say the fc.,Ilowin,(r -Tha)t, the office of overseers has been open to receive the raties for over 23 years. That, no ralbe- paver has ever been, presisedl to doliveir the rates at the office. That afteT a reasonable time has elapsed, after the, first application, a personal call is made upon such as have not paid, indeed, too many calls have been made upon some ratepayers. That no serious step has ever been. taken to compel payment until more than one personal call has been made for payment of the rate clue. That it to not oosy to Tealise the pra>ctical importance of the delicate difference between collecting and receiving rates, which seems to trouble Mr Williams. As most of the guardians know, I, also, am the collector of the taxes, the enclosed deimand note form, printed bv the authority of the Government, as you will see, oalls upon the taxpayers to bring their money to thei collector's office, and an officer cannot go far wrong by following such a I precedent. In conclusion, I venture, very respectfully, to point out thlaitj whatever method has beeni adopted to collect the rates in this parish during the 28 yearsi I have the honour to hold the appointment of collector, tha union andal11 other precepts have been met with fair promptness, and1 that not a penny has been lost otherwise than were declared leatally irrecoverable. With regard to_ Mr Williams himself, I may say that I to understand why he should complain. I am aMe to prove, if necessary, that I made two personal calls upon him (or at his house and no one in) for the rates bofore the printed notice, to which his letter refers, was soot to Kim—Yours faithfully, Thomas Thcons.- P.S.—Even wihen I called yesterday at Mr Williams's house Mrs Williams asked for a. few dlaiys more, that she was not quite pre- pared. T. T. In reply to Mr Mlenmios, the Chairman said it waa not, legally necessary that the collector should call more than once on ai ratepaver. and then he could take pro- ece-din,i,A.-Mr Thomas Jonea thought the; rait should be "collected" in the parish once a yea.r.-V--r .T. Griffith, Brym. believed it Was very important that Mr William^s^ letter should be sent to the committee appointed to taike the application for an increase of Mr Thamas,"6' salary into consideration. He haia been a ratepayer for 11 years, but had nob once seen the collector near hisi premiilseft He proposed that the letter, be handed over to the committee.—'OatpfMn Jones Wn.lliams seconded, a.nd tihouicrht Mr Evan Willi aims had done good service to the rateTwyers in bringing this matter forward. He thought the demand for the rate should be made by the collector direct-, and not sent through thei pcosb.-Ml' D. P. Williams, AS an amendment, proposed that the letter be sent to the over- 1 seers, as they as guardiatis had notliiing to do with the mruk.or.,A gersie-ral discussion fol- lowed, during which it. was easy to find that the majority of the .guardians were in favour 01 u.3 oviieo1 or pcRwmilly caiLing upon the ratepayers, and llOir, sending the demand notes Jiroiigh the posh.—In reply to Mr T. Efas Joees, the Chairman said' that it was the boaru who engaged the rate collector. Then, said Ail Jopes, the guardians ought to see that he performs his duties.—The Clerk was then asked to read a section of the Act re- ferring to the duties of rate collectors in sending out demandi notes, and it was seen that the section reads1 tnat thei demand1 "is to be left with the ratepayer."—Several of the guardians were of opinion that sending- demands through the post was not in accord with the section.—Tlio original motion was passed by a, large majority, only three voting- for the amendment. THE GUARDIANS AND THEJIR DINNER.—The Clerk reported that the auditor had surchargedl the master for the llm of E12 8s 6d, the cost of goodis taken by him from the union stores to provide dinner for the guardians, and as there was no legal right to spend the ratepayers' money in 'this way, the, auditor disallowed the. sum.MT Mienzies proposed that the cLeik her asked to write to the Local Government Board asking tihem to allow the sum n,aimed.—Mr H. Parry, Glan'rafon, seconded.—Mr Henry Parry, Carnarvon, proposed that they, as guardians, make the sum up out of their own pockets'. It was not rhht. for the ratepayers to pay for a dinner for them.—Mr Owen, Dwyran, seconded.—The original moMon was passed by a large majority.—lb was decided that a sum of 3d be paid for the dinner henceforth, until an understanding is arrived at with the authorities. Û
PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WALES
PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WALES THE APPOINTMENT TO THE CHIEF IN SPECT ORSHIP. PROTEST BY MR T. E. ELLIS, M.P. At a meeting off the Liberals of Bal-a, on Tuesday night, Mr Ellis said lie took that earliest icpportunity of registering1 their pro- test. and his against the appointment of a monoglot Englishman to the chief inspector- ship of the primary schools of Wales. Of course they would asi usual be taunted with advocating Wales fcr the Woish. But it was idle if not impertinent to charge with pro- vincial narrowness these who strenuously ad- vocate, and make some siacrifioe in proof of the sincerity of their advocacy, the widesi extension of matronal ■eohncaitd-on in Wales. They had established seventy-five interm-ed- iaifce schools in Wales. Eve,ry coie of these in?fctution« was mainly an institution to im- part a ready and resourceful knowledge uf English. There were in these schools nearly 500 t.rained masters and mistresses. Eve-rv one of them was a public official to teach Eng- lish. Between 5009 and 6000 children attend- ed these schools. Broadly their training was the acquisition of English. Why did they condemn the appointment of Mr Legard to the ohief inspectorship of Welsh primary •educa- tion? Because sucih an appointment was iiv flagrant conttradiction to the policy deliber- ately adopted by ithei Education, Department, embodied in its code, and in the instructions to its Welsh inspectors, and pursued in the vast majority of schools in Welsh-speak ii • g Wales. This policy of employing the homo language as an instrument of education was fully discussed, was partly adcopteitt in -U, io, Dyke Codes of 1891 and 1892, and morn fully adopted' and encouraged in the A eland Code of 1893 and 1894, and now formed a normal feature of the, cod'e in its relation to Welsh schools. Welsh was used in hundreds of schools aa an instrument of education in all standards, and in a cer-bain number ol schools as a class subject. It is a subject m the examinations for Queen's Scholarships and in the training colleges. Yet a chief inspector has been appointed who is as ignor- ant of Welsh as the Georgian bishops who were planted in Wales. These bishops, the effect and cause the jobbery and nepotism, nearly Anglicised the Church in Wales out of existence, and helped to create iJ.I.0 anost In- tensely Welsh movement since the days of Glyndwr. This pitchfoitkinig of Mr Legard into Wales was not' an educational appoint- ment. It was a social andi political job. What made this unjustifiable job more wanton was that there are in Wales quite as good inspec- tors as Mr Legdrd, quite apart from the In- dispensable qualifications of a, knowledge of Welsh. Why should they allow every tor acid sub-inspector, and: assistant mspeotcrr in Wales to be slighted by the Duke of Devonshire and Sir John Gorst, 'or by either? Why should primary teachers in AA ales h1,0 to labour with the feeling that the head d the inspectorate is I). man who does not under- stand their difficulties, i, iignarant o¡f t.ho{, methods adopted to 'overcome those diffici>i_ ties, and is rvrobably imbued with the or. dinary prejudice cf English Philistinism, 9 to the language and literature of Wales..Of late years, there had been a growing cordiality between, the Education Department itnct Wales. But this flagrant d-isreizgard of el.sh opinion would! dfetuirb if not destroy th^ cordiality. Nor would it be restored except by the return of Mr Legard to work for ivb,), lie was probably eminently fitted, and Ius de- parture from a position in which he has he-en superi<HipCiPe.|} upon a staff of men each Df whom is in,fiilitcly:mo.re fitted for the wlark to be done in Wales. Wales had, as OL no Education Department of its own, and Eng- lish Ministers might persist in forcing thin pointment upon them. But Sir John would find, as Mr St. John Brodrick 'had al- ready found, that e sh members had Jong memories and ready wit, and that, skilf'-JV handled, they were very effective Parliamen- tary weapons.
ANOTHER APPOINTMENT-
ANOTHER APPOINTMENT- A correspondent writes;—Mr n. E. Hughes, of ihe Science and Art Depa^hrient,. South Kensington, was on Tuesday ap- pointed an inspector of schools for \\ra,es. Mr Hughes, who, I believe, was born at Barmouth, is a thorough Welshman- Jle re- ceived iiis early education at the ^ationnl School, Llanidloes1, and tlna Oswestry High School. Gaininsr scholarships at the Univer- Rity Colleges at "Aberystwyth and Ordaff, he became. a student at the former coB^e1, and subsequently/ a scholar of Jesusl CoiUege, Oxford. Having obtained a first-elass 'n science at Oxford, and Worn. his B.Se. at tha University of London wcth (Ioablel ho became an assistant demonstrator at. the Oxford laboratory. He spent two years as a scientific teacher ait Eastbourne1 College, and for a further term of two years he hM been an examiner for South ^em^imgicni Science and Art Department, WHERE J,JS merits were greatly appreciated by Sir John Donelly an other heads of the DelPattm:cn.t. Mr Hughes, who is thirty years .of <^e r:, i married j is a memb^af the Chean&cai1 Society, and the author of several important pa,per3 on scientific subjects,. His candidature the inspectorship, which has a salary of £ 400 rising to E800 a year, was wainhly supp0rred by Professor Rhys, Principal of J øsru. Col- lege; Mr March ant Wi'liams, ^incipall Viriamu Jones, Principal Roberts, Principal Edwards (Bala^- # Archdeacon '^lliam^ (formerly of Llanidloes), and other known Welshmen-
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