Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

0 UG Courhs and are UDwelcome at Xmas as they are difticalt to get rid oft With. box of Pep. handy, however, the germs that start these chest troubles are ban- I ished from the home and kept at bay. I The Peps medicine is breathed direct into B the lungs, and is free from harmful drags. I • Kendal, inline Si Co., MANCHESTER. ANNUAL XMAS DISPLAY — IN — ALL DEPARTMENTS. €oenitid Gowns, CDeatre Coats, furs, CDlidren's part? Dresses. GENTLEMEN'S COMPLETE OUTFIT READY-MADE AND BESPOKE TAILORING. I BOYS' SUITS, &c. KOVEIiTIES SUlTRBliE IzOtt CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Illustrated Booklet sent post free on request. Kendal, iniSne$Co., Deansgate, MANCHESTER.

OLD CARNARVON VOLUNTEERS 'In the enrolment book of the 3rd Carnar- vonshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, commenced the 8th March, I860, the following na-mes appetar Thomas Llewelyn llees, David, Hugh Wil- liams, printer; R. J. Davids, land survey- or: Richard Jones, painter; R. D. Wil- liams, jun.; John Jones, boilermakteT; (Pierce Hope, Wm. Roberts, innkeeper; Wni. Hamer, broker; Etvan Stephens, inn- insejper; Wm. Fayiuter, printer; John O. JSanee, printer; Thomas- Windsor, inn- keeper; George lOwen, grocer; Wm. Clew- low, gunmaker; R. Roger Williams, build- er 'Nm. Owen, Owen Ellis, hairdresser; Wm. Rdberts, conjfeiotioner; Griffith Da- nes, innkeeper; Owen Roberts, engineer; John Pieroei, -oclper; Thomaa Snead^1. cabinet-maker; George Rolbinson, type founder; Hugh Jones, mason; Peter Ellis, Oadwaladr' Evans, Robert Abel, butcher; Jioliin Parry, bliackeimith ;f JAmeo Joaiie £ s, boilermaker; R. M. -Jonies, chemist; Ri: xshard Jon'es, smith; Griffith Wiillilams), join«r; Owen Morgan, tailor; Thomas Mor- gan, tailor; John Lloyd, innkeeper; Ellis gan, tailor; John Lloyd, innkeeper; Ellis Thomas, saddler; John Thomas, moulder; .• John Hughes, railway clerk; John Rogers, commercial traveller; Win. Roberts, joiner; John J cues, plasterer; Thomas Laurie, printer; Joihn Morgan, Gaiffitih Griffitba, bavid Hamer, printer; Jeffrey Jonee, Ho bert Wm. Griffith, David Morgan, ship oaiijpe^eti'; Wmf. Joined, ipVnteir; Eviaini Evans. David Parry, blacterndth; Thomas Humphreys, joiner; Thomas Owen, boiler- maker; John G. Hope, hairdresser; David Evans, Rdbert Rdberts, printer; John Ro- berts, Wm. Hayden, professor of music; Albert H. de Burgh, John Hugh Jones, printer; John .Sarauiel Mioilgan, pitinter; Jacob Jones, Tooktinàar; Edward Jones- fitter; Wm. Thomas, tftter; Pxy^ theroh, joMwr j ORdbert Jones, moulder; David Davies, bla-clceimith;( Daniel Curry, bookJbinder; Wm. Hope, clogger; William Dittott, cabinet-maker: Edward Hughee. cabitiet maker; William Pritoliard, joiner; Griffith D. Morris* medical Student; Thomas! Mjorris, [printerLewis Jones, printer; Thomas Roiberts, blacksmith; Wil- liam Turton, cabinet-maker; John Jones, } tstono cuttter; James Ratcliffe, clogiger; John Jon^s, moulder; HoOOrl; Wm. Griffith, printer; WTm. Owen, printer; Wm. Oriffith Jones,' printer; Wm. Jones, clerk; Hugh P^itchard. dtonei cutter; Owen Evans, joiner; Thomas Roberts, joiner; Edward Davies. moulder; Wm. Jones, moulder; I Hugh Jonea, joiner; Edward Owen, smith; John Jones, joiner; Heiirv Roberts, joiner; Wrri. Morris, ^oitner; R^idhiard Williams, joiner; Thomas Trope, clog mater; Wm. Williams, na,inter; Da-vid Eldlwairds, fitter; 'Robert Williams, gardieiwr; Wm.. Hughes Parry, fitter; Wm. Henry Jones, fitte>r, and Richard Williams, gasman.

It is stated that the directors of the Col. wyn Bay Victoria Pier will consent to extend the concert poason next year provided they receive sufficient financial support from the public. It is a public concern, and the dir- ectors are perfectly justified in laying down tho conditions upon which they will meet the, demands of the general public. But it does appear somewhat inconsistent to cur- tail the early season, and at the same time appeal for financial support for the autumn concerts. In order to make the concerts a success, a first class orchestra of 45 or 50 performers-should be engaged, together with good vocalists and well-known humorists. Moreover, better local feeling towards the directorate should be cultivated. —————mm! ? ———.—

HOLYHEAD'S SUNDY VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION. The Holyhead Urban Council touched a very delicate question last week when they embarked upon a discussion relating to the sale of newspapers on Sunday. We publish below some correspondence which has reached us:— SUNDAY NEWSVENDORS. To the Editor. Sir,-l read that the Holyhead Council insist on the strict enforcement of Section o of the Sunday Observance Act, 1677, in in order to blot out the ugly sight of news- vendors and street -paper-selling on Sundays. The offenders are to be punished because they "work" and are "seen dealing" on the Sabbath, whilst identical business is being carried on "out of sight" in the aell- in,, of magazines and tea tickets in chapels. The milkman collects his money, the chapel stewart his magazine subscriptions, and the pastor his stipend, so why begrudge the working man his Sunday newspaper? His only chance of reading the happenings of the week is on the day he rests. OBSERVER. MR W. D. JONES CONGRAT ULATED To the Editor. —Pctaiit me to congratulate Mr W. D. Jonea upon the hold front he showed at the last meeting of the Holyhead Council during the discussiopi on the question of Sunday newspapetrs. Mr Jon-is did what was right, and I was somew/tat surprised to find from the reports in tne local papers that he was not better supported. Many things are being tolerated at Holyhead on Sundays, and it is high time they should be put a stop to. Mr Jones I-as taken the lead. Of course, Mr Jones only supported the recommendation of the General Pur- poses Committee, the members of which, I ajn glad to state, are alive to their -dutift. I earnestly hope that the police will take the matter up, .and will pat an end to a practice which is a great eye-sore to people who regard the Saibibath as something differ- 1 ent from the other six days of the week.- I am, yours, etc., CHAPEUGOEfR.

A "SLIOCKED" CORRESPONDENT. To the Editor. Sir,—Your report of the proceedings of the Holyhea,d Comical at their last meeting affords interesting reading. Amongst the many subjects dealt with was- that of selling newpapers on Sunday-a, practice, or cus- tom rather, with which I have no sym- pathy. I am not a supporter of Sunday labour. It is the duty of all men who pro- fess Christianity to keep the Sabbath day holy. If some men can earn a. living wage in six days I fail to see! why some news- agents should1 not be satisfied with what I they earn during the same period. I aay "siame" because there are newsagents in Holyhead who would never dream. of qpeID- ing their shops on Sunday. I went down to the railway station on Sunday between 12 and 1 o'clock, and I was greatly shocked to find the bookstall open. Several differ- ent newspapers were sold, and there were many buyers who were residents of Holy- head1. rnt is argued that the bookstall! ia opened for the sake of passenigefs, who cross over from/ Ireland. That may be so, and though I am reluctantly prepared to ad- mit that railway passengers should have something to amuse and interest themselves whilst travelling on Sunday, I see no reason why papers should be sold to Ho]yhead people.—Yours, etc., RATEiPAYiER.

HOLYHEAD COAL CLUB To the Editor. Sir,-This club whicc was started some years ago, has for its object the distribu- tion of coal amongst the poor of this town. It has done a. great deal of good in the past, and I am glad to find that about JB60 ihas been collected this year. This money will be divided this week in coal tickets to the poor by Mr Tom Johnson, Penrhyn Marchog, and all applications for tickets should be made to him and the other mem- bers of the committee. Mr Johnson de- serves the thanks of the town for the excel- lent work he is doing on behalf of the poor. I —Yours, etc., A FRIEND OF THE POOR. I

FLLIMAN'SI brocati^ "Uj^P^KOYA i. fo »» X^IMAL^-UJI I Scs tlie Fliiman E.F. A. Booklet f UNIVERSAL foe* HUMAN USB i See the Eiliman R.H.P. Booklet Tvfound enclosed wiih bottles of Elllman's >f Tihe Name is Elliman ELLIMAN, SON8 ft CO.. SLOUQH. ENGLAND.

I LLANDUDNO COUNCIL ST. THOMAS' CHiAIRITY. I STRANGE ACTION BY THE VICAR OF LLANRHOS. (Mir E. E. Bone, J.P., presided over the proceedings of the monthly meeting of the )Ltejidudii(0 Urban District Council, heid on Friday evening, the other members pre- ensfc being: Messrs Sam Chan/trey, David Dtoviee, T. W. Griffith, Pierce Jones, W. .0 ts Henry Joner., J. J. Marks, Robert Roberts, F. J. Saraon, T. Smifth, Wm. Thomas A. E. Vollam, W. 0. Williams, Hugh Edwards, Thomas Thomas, Alfred Conolly (de-rk and solicitor), Walter Wood (accountant), and other ofhciaLa A lettetr had been Kceived from Messrs Evan Hughes and Son wit-h reference to tjM withdrawal of their tender for construct- in4z the publio convenience on the West Shore. They considered it unfair that they should be debarred from tendering for two yeairs, as it was not their fault, but the fault of the Council in not keeping to the conditions of the ajdveirtisement to com- merce the work on the 1st October. Mr W. O. Williame contended that it was the Council whicfa had broken the con tract and not Messrs Evan Hughes" and Son. He proposed that the matter be re- ferred1 back to the committee for recon- uideraftion Mr J. J. Marks seconded. The Ch-airman expressed the opinion that the committee were punishing the tender- ers for the Council's fault in not receiving sanction to the loan in time. Mir Sam Ctba-ntimy, chairman of the Works Committee. was willing to the course smg- geteted. The committed did next feel very utrongly on the matter either way. The motion was then agreed to. MOTOfRi OHtAiRABANGS IN DEMAND. The Bye-Laws Committee reported that a letter hadl been received from the secre- I tiary to the Llandudno Motor and GA-age Co Ltd., stating that last season the six motor charabancs licensed by the Council were insufficient to cope with the public demand!. The company, therefore, proposed to -haw six more charabancs made, but, in view of the heavy cost, and the fact that the makers require five months within which to make them, they would be glad to be assured that the licenses would be granted in due course. The Bye-Laws' Committee had deferred) oonsid^ratyion of the matter ,.rr until their next monthly meeting, in order to afford an opportunity to any other resi- dent to make an application if Tie desired. VIOAR RElECE REBUKED. THE CHARITY COlMMISSilONEIRS TO BE CONSULTED. LNir Wm. Thomas, who is the trustee ap- pointed by the Council to join the Rev J. F. iReeoe, vicar of Llanrhos, and other trustees appointed by the vestay of that parish to adimdnistQr a charity called' the St. Thomas's Charity, rep-orted to the Council that he had not been -allowed to have his dua share in the work of administering the fund, the annual income of wihicJi is doled out to poor people on St. Thomas's Day. Sir Thomas said that the manner in which the charity was managed at present was very unfair. In 1907 he attended a distribution; it was the first at which the present vicar (Mr Reece) was p(resent. That was also his (Mr Thomas's) first meeting after his appoint- II ment by the Council. The list of previous recipients was before the trustees. There were several vacancies in it caused by deatn, and th* vicafr himself inserted two or three new names in the place of those of the per- sons who had died. He struck off also two or three names of persons who had received doles in previous years, and these persons were told at the end of the distribution thfat there was nothing for them. The day was stormy and the ground: covered with snow, and some of these people had come long distances. With a view to avoid that sort of thing again, he asked whether the trust- ees could not in the future meet a week be- fore St. Thomas's Day, in order to go over t'he list and decide who should be ass.isted out of the fund, so that none need attend the distribution who would be sent away empty hamded. That was agreed upon. and a week before St. Thomas's Day, in the following year, he WJfore to remind the vicar of the matter. but the vicar took no notice of has postcard. On St. Thomas's Day he attended, and found' that a number of names had been struck off again and new names had been put in. The new reci- pienta had beep invited to attend by the vicar. and consequently it raslted! upon him fMr Thomas) to deteidfe whether they should be sent away without anything He re- minded the vicar again last year, and as he got no reply he did not attend the distribu- tion. He wanted to suggest names, and found that he had no opportunity of doinig- so. Ten days before the distribution he wrote te the vicar and, asked whether he would not this year comply with the ar- rangement entered into. The vicar replied that there would be ample time to go over t-he list on the mdrniTug of the distribution. and in reply to a further letter the vicar said he would not give Mr Thomas an op- portunity of meeting the other trustees aiiy sooner tihan on the morning of the distri- tion. (Every dfistjribution the vicar invited four or five new people, who attended with tickets containing their names. He did not consult Mr Thomas at all. The position of the publio representative was purely far- Mr Robert Roberts moved1 that the Conn cil ask the Charity Commissioners to insist upon the scheme being parried out- Undfa- the schfme there must be two meeting evefry year, and the portion of the sair.e charity dealt with in the Lia-ndudno parish was administered in the most satisfactory and amioaible way. The trust was not am ecclesiastical one at all. [Mir Oonolly, the clerla, said that he wrote to the Commissioners at Mir Thomas's re- quest to inquire whether the trustees ap- pointed by the Counci1 had, equal power with the other trustees, and the reply was vary definitelv '"Yes." The Commissioners might be asked! to put the matter right by ihe appointment of other trustees and the removal of those who did not do their duty, or otherwise. Mr A. E. Vollam seconded the motion by Mr Robert Roberta, which was carried unanimously. SUPPLY OF WATP7R. FOR LOOK-UP SHOPS. Mr F. J. SaNon had a motion with regard I to the albove matter, but before he pro- ceeded with it a letter was read from Messrs H«rfdemsorv and Ba.llmaa!k. solicitors, re- questing the Council to receive a deputa- tion on the matter. The deputation in- cluded Messrs J. E. Hallmark, W. S. WiI- Uams, C. H. Bevan. — Evans (manager of Messrs Boots), and — Williams (Russells), The Chairman ruled that the deputation t could only be received in committee, an/0. Mr Sarson proceeded with his resolution, which was as follows:-—"That havintg re Rard to the igreatly reduced charges levied in many cities and towns in Great Britain upon loclr-up shops keepers in the supply and use of water in their sbo-pa the Water p-nd Gas Committee be instructed to lower the expense of water supplied to Llandud- no lock-up shoo keepers. so as to conform with the reduced charges that obtain in the .1.NV9 cities and towns." Mr Sarson de- ftmlbed the existing svstem of water rentals M most dishonest to the keepers of lock-un ehon*. The present water rate—Is 4Ad in the B—wae most unreasonable to the olrvoB whose interests he represented. They not obiect to Day a reasonable charge, but thev protested aersinst being compelled ton nay for what they did not. receive. Mr J. J. Marks, in seconding, said that t.1,4> wa* not a r-on^idpnaiVile numfben" of lry>V-iw> s-holos in T.landudno. and there sVvuTd be no di^mltv in doing them iuw- ti. Were t'he CVurwil croir" to do in t,bpir tihov would be ashamed to do in their individual capacity? Were they going To continue and charge people for a. eammodity which they did not obtain? It wasn't honest; it wasn't fair. They were bound to put aside the question as to whether the water concern was a pay- ing concern or not. Their duty as a local authority was to do justice to all concerned. -Mr Wm. Thomas, chairman of the Water a-nd Gas Committee, said that the com- mittee were entirely in sympathy with the proposal, and would be glad if it were pos- sibly—without doing am injustice to the ratepayers as a whole-to meet it favour- ably. The committee admitted that. at the proper time, it would be their duty to re- vise and re-arrange the water charges. An important concession had been made al- ready in the water charge upon lock-up shops; instead of paying on the gross value of the property they were charged on the rateable valu?, which represented a reduc- tion of 20 per cent. If any further con- cnB«i-o»s were possible thejre were others who had a stronger claim. The large hotels and houses on the promenade, whose rate- able value amounted to £ 15.683, as com- pared with £ 4784 of the i ck-up shops were charged, not upon the rateable value, but the full gross value, notwithstanding the fact that for seven or eight months of the year,, they were practically closed, while the shop-keepers continued to do a fa-ir business. They could not pick out isolated cases like that. and' come there to argue. that they should be exempt from this and that charge. Let them looki at the rate- payers on the Orme. They contributed to- wards the sewers' rate and water rate, and the public lighting long before they partici- pated1 of those commodities, and they now contriibuted by way of general improvement rate for several things that thev did not and could not hope to possess themise-lves. It was not convenient at present to rearrange: the charges. The water undertaking had to meet annually a payment of L2800 towards the original loan of £ 50.000, aind in con- sequence of that heavy annual charge, the undertakinig showed a loss every year of £ 1341. If the- resolution was tarried that bur- den would be increased to JEM472. How- ever. that loan, with its heavy burden, would ?om^ to an end in 1912, and the < water undertaking would then be a profit- able one. Mr W. 0. Williams said that the water ?concern had been constructed for the benefit of the whole town. and every individual deceived a. benefit from it. That being so. he could not see how they could differen- tiate between lock-ufp shops and other busi- ness establishments. Mr S. Chantrey conitended tha-t the> should take a. broad view of the matter. Water was a common commodity, and the proprietors of what- were called "company shops," which were usually of the lock-up kind. should take their share with other oc- cupiers in the cost of providing water sun- ply, without which the town could not hold its position as a health resort. Mr R. Roberts was not. in favour of press- ing the committee to take the matter into consideration before the time was ripe for it 'But he would say that lock-up shop keepers had a grievance. Mr D. Davies could not see where the honesty of the matter came in. Thev were changing people for water which they did not get. Mr W. FI. Jones said thiat. 9 out of every 10 ratffpayers paid more for water than the amount they received. iMr T. W. Griffith said that the time was most inopportune to discuss the matter, and he felt, that if they qoened the door at the present, moment, other interee-ts wTojrld come forward. TTnon a. division five voted for the motion and eight aerainst. UNSATISFACTORY PENNY STAGES. The Electric Tramway Company wrote informing the Council cf the new penny stages now in force. They are obliged by the order to charge at the rate of not less than half a mile for Id and the stages range fcom 0.52 of a mile to 0.74 of a mile. The shortest distance is that from Deganwy- street to Conway Shore, Llandudno. Mr H. Edwards said it was, hardly fair to drop the Conway Shore passengers down at Deganwy-street, although the cars now inn from Dale-street, Conway Shore. The stage ought to be as far as Most-yn^-street. ALr W. H. Jones said it looked as though the end of the stage was fixed so as to ma.ke it as inconvenient as possible for the West Shore people. The Chairman said that the clerk and himself recentlv met a director of the com- pany, upon whom they urged the import- a.nce of the penny fare bringing passengers into the heart of the town both from Craig- ydon and from West Shore. However, the Council had' before them an application from another company for licenses for motor 'buses, on which more satisfactory penny stages would be provided. Something on that kind would 'bring abo-ut a change in t,he attitude of the Electric Tramwav Com- panv more quickly than any moral suasion which the Council nught endeavour to exercise The Clerk (Mr Conolly) read a letter from the Board of Trade enclosirug a communi- cation received bv the Board from the Elec- tric Tramway Company suggesting that the new pennv stages had the approval of the Council The Chairman: That is incorrect. The two stages I have mentioned did not meet with our approval, although we did not make much objection to the others. lit was decoded to reply to that effect to the Board of Trade. Mr Robert Roberts remarked that the matter was a very urgent- one, and that the Council should take effec- tive measures without delay. The Chairman We will persist with our representations to the Board of Trade. The gentlemen whom we met were very polite and they arguieid the' matter in- cessantly, 'but they were not prepared to make any further concession. Air James Marks: We ought to license somebody else. That is the quickest re- mooY. MOTOR OMNIBUS LICENSES APPLIED FOR. A letter was read from Mr G. W. Browne, the manager of the Uandudno Garage and Motor Company, applying for licenses for four motor vehicles to ply for hire between Oraiigydon and GloddaeMi-street, Llandud- no, the far Ms to be Id from Nantygamar- foad to Vaughan-street and from Queen's- Iroeid, Do doddtaeth -st/re#. Mr Browne stated that he had received a memorial from 450 adults residing in Craigydon, east 01 tho theatre, asking him to apply for these licenses. f The matter was referred to a meeting of the Council to be held next week in com- mittee. A further application from the same firm for licenses for six additional motor chara bancs wa-s deferred for one month, lhe ap nli«i-nt stated that the charabancs in use last season wenet insufficient for the num- ber of persons desiring to join the tours Mr F. J. SaTeon. the chairman of the Bye-Law Committee, said that there was xsome grievance, fancied or other, existing in tbe, town about the time when the first motor charabancs were licensed, that, other people in a position to apply for license? for such Vehicles had not had an orrpor trinity to do so. The committee, there- fore. desired him to say that the question off eranting additional licen-ses would bs considered a month hence, and that on that occasion all applications for such licenses would be considered. PROPOSED REORIEATION HRiOUNDS. The Chairman announced that, with other members, he had had an interview with Lord iMoPtvm. who nromiised that within six months, he would submit- proposals for the sale to the Council of the cricket field, pro- bably including a somewhat enlarged area, -and also for the sale or lease of another re- creation ground in the neighbourhood of, but not necessarily identical with, the Council field now rented from the estate (applause).

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HOLIHEAU TO DUBLIN. HOW THE CHANNEL WAS URO&SED IN THE OLD DAY'S. Events follow each other so quickly nowa- days that what amazes to-day becomes a commonplace to-morrow; and in a. short time recollections off the thrills caused by the new invention are lost. But those of us who are not yet old nor apjproa-chiiig old, and who have been used to travelling by land, and water, can compare the ship of to- day with that, of a while ago. As for myself, I was but eight years old when I made my first trip over the Irish Sea in a Scotch paddle steamer long since scrapped. I well remember her crude ac- conimodiatioai, her want of speed, and the ancient man, who has been succeeded by .the modem mechanical engine-room tele- graph, who stood by the skipper and took his orders, bawling down through a grating to the engineer, "Slow," "Stop her," "Back her," and. so on. The paddles went flip- flop, and the crew were pleased and "up- pish" when the craft reeled off ten knots in the hour. A dozen years- elapsed before I made my next sea trip in the Chamel-thir, time in one of the crack boats ef her day--the 'BafiijSihe^ IWhalty a diffetren/cef the Jew years had made Gone was the occupation of the old chap who had bawled the orders, and his place was taken by the telegiaph instrument on the bridge. Speed was doubled, there was a well upholstered and ctomffortable salocm., thoroughly ventilated 1 and deserving of the title "swagger." In that dav those who travelled between Dublin and Holyhead were certain thait the "Banshee" and her sisters, "Lily" and "Violet," were and would be the last word, in the Channel Stclannship business. But they were fer wrong1. The; present ves- sels have left those boats as far behind as thay had left the ancient Glasgow-to-LDub- lin steamer that I mentioned in setting out. J have travelled far and in many shops since the "Banshee" carried me^ and re- cently it was my lot to cross by one of the present up to-da-te twin-screw express boats from Hblvhead. They are a still further advance on the most up-to-date of tne other day. with every appliajrce that makes for safety of navigation. Nothing uettful tha £ the thoughtful inventor has provided for the shipmaster is not to !be found on the bridge and albout the ship. 'At night the captain or officer in charge has under his eve a device that tells brim at oncd if a navigation light has gone out; overhead on the foremast is the gear that semis and receives the wireless message, Below is the submarine signal which ;n fog warns the skipper of the neighbourhood of a light- house' or lightship that employs that useful instrument to make more safe the sa-fety of those who go viown to the sea in ships. Not a single device that IhaB been tried and found useful 'but is to be discovered on these express boats. Then as to speed. When the ships are van,n,ing, down below the twin engines are working with almost the rapidity of a pair of sewing m>aichj neft. Thety g!rind out aj speed that puts to shame the best efforts 01 the quickest mail boats of ten or twelve years ago, when three hours and a half to four hours was the time consumed.1 in run- ning the course from Holyhead to Kings- town. Now the express boats do the open sea journev in two hours and three-quar- ters! Sitting on the deck of the "Sootia" and watching the water race by, I realised that the only time I was on a faster vessel was when on the trial trip of a destroyer ten years back. The travellea" craves for speed nowadays, and with speed he likes luxury. He finds it on the Holyhead express boats. What ships in home waters offer more luxurious saloons, smoke-rooms, amd cabins? And in what hotel ashore are you better catered fet i.. The Channel voyagd was once a thing undertaken by most passengers with dread, and it got a bad name in consequenoe. But now the slur may be taiken from the silver and blue streak that separated us from Ire- land. You embark at Holyhead. and na- turallv stav on deck until the( Stack has been passed. Then you go below and have oss a well-served meal. and p ibl- write a 1ette,r or two. or make use of the picture rxMStJanrds provided free bv the company. Then yon promenade the deck again or seek the smoke-room to burn vour idol and chat, and before you have finished vodr cigar you find yourpelf off Kish LisrhtshiV in Diib liti Bav. fifteen minutes afterwards passing betwoetn the pie-rs. if bound to Kingstown. or between the North Bull and P^e £ lights, if marine for North wall. Dublin. Tet the Channel be as had as it may, you have the maximum of steadiness so far as the inventive geniulS of man can provide it. For the bonts carry trirnnnn.cr tanks that oaji be filled P-rd emptied, so that, the skipper may bluff the seas and rave his passem-erers from t'he discomfotrt/s of the rolling shin p.nr.onnter°d bv th* passengers on els that 3re not up to date.—"The North-Nvest- IIern News."

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St. THOMAS' DAY CHARITY MEETING OF TRUSTEES AT LLANRHOS. COUNCILLOR W. THOMAS SPEAKS OUI. Wednesday being St. Thomas's Day the trustees of the endowed charity distrioated on that date each year in the parish of Llan- rhos, Lianduano, aseembleo at the Llanrhos Parish Church Vestry. They were the Rev J. F. Reece (vicar), Col. ii. Lloyd Alostyn, and Mr Joseph Winter (church„.d Mr Wiiliam Thomas, repr.^tnui^ uic Liaa- ckidno Urban District c-wncii. ihe full body of trustees under the order ot the Cjiiciiity Commission, it appears, snouici be six, the parish of Penrhyn on the border of Llandudno, and forming pa.rt of the Llan- rhos ecclesiastical parish, being entitled to appoint one trustee, and the Conway Cor- poration another in respect of the portion of Llanrhos parish within the Conway bor- ough. The Parish Council and the Corpora- tion, however, have not exercised their rights in this respect, so that the adminis- tration is now in the hands of the Vicar and his wardens, and Councillor Thomas. Mr Thomas informed his co-trustees That he proposed to tell them exactly what he told the Council on Friday night last so that there could be no suggestion of lie acting unfairly. He desired to complain bitterly against the harsh, and even cruel, way in which the Vicar had acted in dis- continuing the annual payments to old par- ishioners. Old people, from 70 to 78 years of age, who had walked from Penrhynsi de, a.nd some from Llandudno, had been, in his presence .abruptly told at the last moment that there was nothing for them to receive. He called that hard, especially as the Vicar knew beforehand, before the old folks started from their homes, tha.t they would have to go home empty handed. If the suggestion he had made had been carried out, all that suffering might have been avoided. The grievance was all the more deep for the rea- son that old people had had their names struck off in order to substitute the names of less eligible people. The Vicar, in fra letter, had raised an objection to two names he had suggested, that they lived outside of the parish. As he had explained in his let- ter to the Vicar, they were persons who had happened to call while he was writing, and h6 said he did not know much about them, but simply submitted the names for consid- eration. The Vicar was actually guilty oi giving grants from the charity to poople who lived outside of the parish. The Vicar asked for names, and Mr Tho- inas mentioned the name of David Evans. Mr Reece claimed the old man as a parish- ioner. but after some discussion as to the rather tortuous boundary of the parish it was agreed that in fact David Evans's cot. tage was in Llandudno parish, but just on the border. Continuing. Mr Thomas said that- the order contained a clause to the effect that. if people already on the list at the time of its coming into force were in receipt of par- leh relief, no exception to them should be taken, but no new names were to be add"d of persons in receipt of parochial itbef. But two or three of the persons granted amounts from the charity in 1908 were re- ceiving poor law relief. The Vic-ar had cut off aged and respectable old people, and hak put on in their places comparatively young and healthy people; aud he had cut off people who had resided in the p:.rish for over 70 years, and had put on oeoph v ho had only been in the parish for 12 years. Mr Thomas complained further that he had no effective opportunity of bringing for- ward the cases of deserving people whose names were given to him by his colleagues on the Council. He was not going to advise applicants who were from 70 to 78 years of Age to go to Llanrhos 011 the morning of the distribution on the off chance of his being euccessfu1 in securing grants for them. While the meeting for the selection of the beneficiaries being on the morning of the distribution, if he did bring forward names, he had no opportunity for him to communi- cate with the successful nominee^ in time for the distribution. He raised the further ob- jection that there was no minute book kept, and he did not know whom to address as chairman. Col. Mostyn The Vicar is the chairman. Mr Thomas asked where wa.s the minute (if his aFpomtment as chairman, and went on again to object to the way in which the lis- tributton ticket was drafted. The object of his election on that charity, or one of icm. was to demonstrate to the public that it was not an ecclesiastical, but a parochial charity. The card contained the names of the trustees printed in this way: "J. p Reece, vicar; H. Lloyd Mostyn, and J. Win- ^Wa/dens: W" Thomas." He hought that the words "representing Llan- dudno I rban District Council" should be printed after his name". The Vicar said that was a mere oversight. Mr Thomas said he would accept that explanation, but had the meeting of trustees been he.d a week earlier, he would have been able to make the correction so that people would not be misled as to the charac- ter of the charity. He objected, further, to the words at the foot of the card, "This ticket must be presented at a shop in Llan- rhos parish." He considered that in the nature of a return to the truck system. • H16 wae s?me discussion as'to the de- sirability of this restriction,Mr Thomas con- tending that the poor people should be al- lowed to spend the money to the best ad- vantage to themselves. If the limitation were not made they would be able to take + j j tc> t,^le shoP where they usuallv He recolIecte<3 when he w:as a boy that the people at Deganwv, which was in this parish. used to go to Conway to shor because things were cheaper there. They might- still wish to do the same thing. In the end, the trustees decided to omit the line in question. The list of recipients last year was then revised. The Vicar had a list of 36 names, ten more than last year. Mr Thomas said that he must press for the reinstatement of l-ic names of the old people struck off in 1907 and 1908, without just cause. After some explanation this was agreed to, the new names to which Mr Thomas objected were omitted to make room for the oM ones. The distribution was then proceeded with. 26 persons being presented with tickets en titling them to make purchases of the value of 7s each in any shop. The people were seated in the church awaiting their turna, and some who had come up from Tywyn had to depart at the end of the ceremony with- ont having received anything. i he trustees then considered the question of future procedure. Mr Thomas asking that there should he a preliminary meeting to determine who should be re'ieved that the persons To be assisted should be notified by post card that thev should attend at Lia'n- rhos Church on the distribution day. and that those, if any whose names were struck off the old list should get a similar notifica- tion. The Vicar said he did not think the sys- tem would work. The people would attend just the same Mr Thomas replied that if they did 00. after an official n^'fi~ation. it would be their own fault, an'1 Ihe trustees couLd not be charged with cau! any needless hard- ship. As his co-trust--es seemed, in some respects, to be unacquainted with the order governing the charitv. he proposed that next year. at any rate, there should be a preli- minary meeting, when they might all be conversant with tbç, order, and when they could select names find pass resolutions. I Col. Mostyn said he had no objection to that course, and it was accordingly agreed to.

and national defence, and on that ground he unhesitatingly appealed to all Welsh pa- triots for their support to tha movement (cheers). The Mayor, in the course oif a short speech, assured the. commandting officer that the Corporation of Carnarvon afforded their employees every encouragement to join the territorial forces. As to the selection of a camping ground, he urged upon the autho- utiee the claims of the Snowdon district, where he felt sure tihore would1 be no diffi- culty in finding a suitable ground, and where also the brigade would receive a most cordial welcome (cheers). Ajeneral Sir Francis Lloyd,, referring to the flavor's remarks, explained: that the solocitioii of the camping ground did not lie with him. The authorities had selected Pambroikeisfoiire for next year for ceait-ain re/iusons which had something to do with the defence of the Umtted Kingdom, and he had merely been ordered to inspect the county. Re was most pleased to go to any part ot Wales, but the real difficulty was to secure a. manceuvrinig gro-and, and what was re- quired at the present moment was enclosed country. iSnowdonia was excellent in many respects, and he knew of two wonderful stajf rides carried out there with very satis- factory results. Colonel Dunn also spoke. Hie said that he did not think it was- fair that a small percentage (.f yonng fellows and middle- atsod men should give their timei and their money t > ensure the protection of their na- tive country, while there were many hun- dred's and thousands who took advantage of their patriotism, and did not lift a finger to do thfir duty (cheers). Hie was the last man in the world to advocate conscription, but he believed that everyone ought to be able to defend his heafrth and home if called upon to do so. and the best and simplest way to learn how to defend; hearth and home was to join the territorial force (hear, heat),. :He appealed, to tihasie present to e^oonraige the temtorial forte/ by evefry mea.ns in their power (cheers). Gajptiaiin John Evans, on behalf of the company, thanked the visiting officers and others for their attendance:. During the evening songs were rendered by Miss Gwennie Jones and Miss Tasiker, the accompanist being Miss H mneT. y