The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

LIDBETTER & LONGMAID, I Family Grocers, Bakers, and Provision Merchants, Abergele & Belgrave Roads, COLWYN BAY, Sole Manufacturers of Montgomerie's Patent Malt Bread. Finest Danish, Irish, and Welsh Butters. Special Agents for Colombo Ceylon Tea, 2/- lb. Families waited upon for Orders daily. 157- LLANDUDNO EISTEDDFOD. J. Jones: This ought to be a grand Eisteddfod. W. Williams: Why? J.Jones: Well, they have the best of talent coming there, they have a splendid Pavilion, and, at the entrance to it, Peri Co. Eryri Crated Water Works (Colwyn Bay), Have taken TWO STALLS to sell their Mineral Waters, and they are bringing out a SPECIAL DRINK (after the style of the old Druids' Drink), made out of HONEY, so it's SURE to be good W. Williams Well, I can't get the "chair" there, it's certain; but I must have some of that. PERI CO., ERYRI WORKS, COLWYN BAY. JOSEPH DICKEN. Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, Etc. Dining and Drawing Room Suites from 5 to 29 Guineas, full Suite complete. Bedroom Suites from 4 to 35 Guineas, full Suite complete. Oak, Walnut, and Mahogany Sideboards, from 3 to 21 Guineas. Inlaid Rosewood and Walnut, Overmantels, from 16/6 to 9 Guineas. Bedsteads, Bedding, Carpets, Linoleums, &c. Drawing and Diningroom Suites reupholstered and made equal to new. One of the largest and most complete stocks in Wales. Estimates Free. Furniture carefully Removed by Road or Rail. Estimates Free. Station Road, Colwyn Bay. 287-52 BOSTON HOUSE, CONWAY ROAD, COLWYN BAY. IEMZFL W 4(> COOK AND CONFECTIONER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. CATERING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. APARTMENTS WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD. 367-50 ¡:. 0-yt? -:q(' J., «.f, ve ?>H "j.; mix URVEYO;pk JOHN JUN h cromsr JOMES, FAMILY BUTCHER, GHOUI1Y COLWYN BAY, (OPPOSITE ST. PAUL'S CHURCH) HOME-CURED HAMS AND BACON, AND GENUINE PORK SAUSAGES always on hand. CORNED BEEF. PICKLED TONGUES. Choicest Quality of Meat only supplied. 157- NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Ir. A. Alford Sarson, L.D.S., DENTAL SURGEON, Has Removed to HEATHFIELD, (OLD POST OFFICE). ATTENDANCE DAILY, 10 to 6 O'CLOCK. OlE, 8ma 801188" SUB POST OFFICE, ABERGELE ROAD, COLWYN BAY. Germ, Constitution, and Fresh Bread Daily. PURE KIEL AND DENBIGH BUTTER. HOME CURED HAMS & BACON. SEA VIEW TERRACE, COLWYN BAY. A. JENKINSON & SON, SEEDSMEN,* FLORISTS AND FRUITERERS. Landscape Gardeners, &c. Garden Work of all kinds undertaken. 364-6 HOMEOPATHIC ( ATSON & ————————— WATE'S.) MEDICINES AND PATENT MEDICINES, AT LONDON PRICES, SOLD BY S. EVANS, THE STORES, ABERGELE ROAD, COLWYN BAY. 369—5' VICTOR ALBERT, HIGH-CLASS WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN, CONWAY ROAD, COLWYN BAY. N.B.—Agent for H. Lawrance's Spectacles. 365-52 To Builders and Others. r n ur n- uarr Bryn Euryn Quarry COLWYN BAY. THE BEST LIME STONE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. Building Stones, Rock Road Stuff and Metalling, at Reasonable Prices and Ready Loading. 353- Now, gentlemen, upon the unmistakeable facts which are before you, you can have no hesitation in finding as your Verdict that JOBI WILLIAMS" Boots and Shoes are the very best value that money can buy. Men's Boots from 3/11 Women's do. from 2/11 NOTE ADDRESS:— 12, Station Road, COLWYN BAY.

Rural District of Conway, in the Administrative County of Carnarvon. I FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Rural District Council for the above-named Rural District, for the Year ended on the 31st day of March, 1896. RECEIPTS. s. d. L s. d. Receipts other than from Loans:- Balances transferred from other Local Authorities: Parish of Penrhyn—Highway 5 3 4 Liechwedd- 0 10 0 ————— 5 13 4 General Expenses 597 3 1 Special Expenses-Under Section 230 ot the Public Health Act, 1875 690 o o 1287 3 1 From Water Rates, Rents, or Charges within the District for other than Domestic Purposes 280 From the Council of any County out of the Exchequer Contribution Account in respect of- Salary of Medical Officer of Health 16 16 4 Salary of Inspector of Nuisances 56 14 5 ————— 73 10 9 Petty Cash Account (Fractions) 0 0 1 Total Receipts other than from Loans 1368 15 3 Balance at the end of the Year 1442 1 5 Total Receipts (other than from Loans) and Balances L2810 16 8 MEMORANDUM AS TO HIGHWAYS. L s. d. Rateable Value of the District 28329 o o Average Rate in the L 006 District Roads kept metalled-68 Miles. £ s. d. Balance due to Treasurer 441 11 6 Total L44, I I 6 PAYMENTS. s. d. L s. d. Payments other than out of Loans:— Net Balance at the commencement of the Year 861 8 3 Balances due to Surveyors of Highways at closing of their Accounts 44 2 6 Sewerage Works 836 Sewage Disposal Works (including Sewage Farms, Fields, Gardens, and Outtall Works) 21 4 o Waterworks 676 8 II Loans L s. d. Principal repaid 126 13 4 Interest (including Income Tax) 108 10 6 235 3 10 Salaries and other Remuneration of Officers and Servants 207 13 o Establishment Charges not included elsewhere 196 19 10 Contributions or Payments to other Local Authorities:- Carnarvonshire Medical District—General Expenses 628 Highways- Maintenance and Repair of District Roads 553 10 2 Total Payments other than out of Loans. 1905 5 II Total Payments other than out of Loans and Balances L2810 16 8 L s. d. Payments out of Loans :— Waterworks 421 1 6 Net Balance 20 10 o I Total Payments out of Loans and Balances L441 n 6 Summary of the Receipts and Payments shown in the Foregoing Statement. Receipts other than from Loans:— Public Health and Miscellaneous 1363 in s. d. £ s. d. Payments other than out of Loans :— Public Health and Miscellaneous 1351 '5 9 Highways 553 10 2 -1905 5 n Payments out of Loans :— Highways 421 1 6 Net Expenditure on which Stamp Duty is Payable Z2326 7 5 T. E. PARRY, 22nd day of April, 1896. Clerk to the Rural District Council. L s. d. Total Payments other than out of Loans 1905 5 11 Total Payments out of Loans 421 1 6 Amount allowed at Audit £ 23*6 7 5 I hereby certify that I have compared the entries in this Financial Statement with the Vouchers and other Documents relating thereto, and that the Regulations with respect to such Statement have been duly complied with. I hereby further certify that I have ascertained by Audit the correctness of such Statement, and that the expenditure of the Rural District Council during the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1896, included in such Statement, and allowed by me at the Audit, is Two thousand three hundred and twenty six pounds, seven shillings and five pence. 4th June, 1896. E. MORGAN, District Auditor.

Rural District of Conway. LOAN ACCOUNT. Statement with reference to Loans obtained by the Rural District Council of the above-named Rural District. Year ended the 31st day of March, 1896. ''ill Amount of Principal Mode of Principal repaid during' Amount of Amount of Amount Date of Amount Date of original For what Rate of Repayment, lowing at the1 the Vear Interest paid Principal Sane- Sanction. originally Borrowing. FOR WHAT OBJECT. Period. Interest, whether by commence- otherwise during the owing at the tioned. Borrowed. Annuity or mentofthe than bySink- Vear. end of the otherwise. Year. ing Fund. Year. £ £ Public Health and £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ Miscellaneous. £ j £ Public Health and s. d. Z s. d. s. d. Miscellaneous. Waterworks— r75° 3""d Nov., 18861 1750 16th Mar., 1888 Llangystenin 30 years 3^ half yearly 1362 o o 60 o o 47 2 10 1302 420 9th Dec., 1889! 420 5th June, 1891 Llysfaen 371 o o 14 o o 20 9 2 357 Sewerage Works— 1580 27th May, 1891 1580 3rd June, 1891 Llysfaen 11395 13 4 52 13 4 40 18 6 1343 Totals^3128 13 4126 13 4 [IOS 10 6 3002 T. E. PARRY, Examined by me and found correct, the 4th diy of June, 1896, 22nd day of April, 1896. Clerk to the Rural District Council. E. MORGAN. District Auditor.

Rural District of Glan Conway. LOAN ACCOUNT. Statement with reference to Loans obtained by the Rural District Council of the above-named Rural District. Year ended the 31st day of March, 1896. Amount of Principal Mode of Principal repaid during- Amount of Amount of Amount Date ot Amount Date of original For what Rate of Repayment, owing at the the Year Interest paid Principal Sane- Sanction. originally Borrowing. FOR WHAT OBJECT. Period. Interest, whether by commence- otherwise during owing at the tioned. Borrowed. Annuity or ment of the th in by the Year. end of the otherwise. Year. Sinl«ingFund| Year. ¡I, otherwise. Year. Sinl«ingFund| Year. £ £ Public Health and £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Sewerage Works :— Yearly In- 700 129th June, 1877 700 31st Aug., 1877 Llansantffraid 3oyears. 3^ stalments. 390 62 24 8 o 13 13 3 365 18 2 80 '13th Dec., 1879 80 30th Jan., 1880 £ yearly,, 40 o o 2 13 4 1 9 6 37 6 8 Totals £ 430 6 2 27 1 4 15 2 9 I403 4 10 T. E. PARRY, Examined by me and found correct, the 4th day of June, 1896, 22nd day of April, 1896. Clerk to the Rural District Council. E. MORGAN, District Auditor.

Conway Board of Guardians. At the Conway Board of Guardians' monthly meeting on Friday, June 5th, the Chairman (Rev. W. Venables-Williams) presided, and there were also present the Vice-Chairinan (Mr John Davies), Alderman Hugh Hughes, County-Councillor Hugh Owen, the Rev. David Davies, and Messrs John Porter, J. Allanson Picton, Edward Williams, Richard Jones, Daniel Phillips, Robert Evans, Hugh Caraher, Owen Williams, Thomas Roberts, J. E. Fincham, G. O. Jones, W. F. Jones, Robert Ellis, and Henry Williams, and the Clerk (Mr T. E. Parry). THE CHAIRMANSHIP. The minutes having been read relative to the election of Chairman at the previous meeting, the Chairman said,—I was not aware until now of the state of the voting on the appointment of Chair- man. Three voted for me and two against. I am very reluctant to occupy the position with such a majority as that. Mr Porter There were very few in the Board- room. The members had not arrived owing to the hour of meeting. The Chairman If there is any unanimous desire to appoint another Chairman, I will not in any way whatever stand in your way. Several Members: "No" and "Certainly not." The matter then dropped. THE COUNTY RATE. Demands were received from the Carnarvonshire County Council and the Denbighshire County Council for £ 994 and £ 414 respectively, as the Board's contribution to the County Rate.

THE ESCAPE OF "DAVID HARDY." Mr Allanson Picton reported that a lunatic (known as David Hardy ") had absconded from the House. He was found after a search, in the pouring rain, on the mountains in the parish of Dwygyfylchi, but when asked to come home lay down on the grass, and said that he would have to be carried home. [Laughter]. It was not known where he was now, but the police had been communicated with. He (Mr Picton) supposed that the Board was liable for the man's safety. The Chairman asked the Clerk whether that was so. The Clerk said that the Board was liable if the man was a lunatic. The Chairman But is he ? The Clerk Well, we class him as such to keep him in. [Laughter]. A TREAT FOR THE ADULT INMATES. Request was received from the Ladies' Com- mittee to be allowed to give the adult paupers in the House a treat, in the form of a day's outing. The Master (Mr Edward Jones) pointed out that if the adult paupers were taken out anywhere it would be necessary to spend a sum of £6 15s on shawls and bonnets for the women in order to make them look decent. Mr Caraher objected to the suggestion being put into effect, as it was not for the Board to create envious feelings among people by clothing these paupers in gaudy attire, in spite of which everybody would know who they were. Alderman Hugh Hughes thought that if the inmates had not suitable attire the question should be considered, and on his motion it was referred to the House Committee, the request of the Ladies' Committee being granted with thanks.

A WASHING-MACHINE REQUIRED. Mr Caraher alluded to the washing of the clothes from the Infirmary, and proposed that the House Committee be instructed to report on the purchase of a washing-machine. It was desirable for sanitary reasons. The Chairman said that it seamed to him a proposal for washing to be made easy. If these people were outside they would have to wash without machinery. The Rev. D. Davies seconded Mr Caraher, and the motion was carried. THE HOUR OF MEETING. It was resolved that the Board's meetings should in future be held at 11.15 a.m. THE MATRON'S SALARY. Mr Picton moved that the Matron's salary be increased by ^5 per annum, and produced com- parative statistics of the amounts paid in other Union Workhouses. The Matron had not made any formal application, but he thought that it would be a very graceful compliment and testi- monial to a very capable public servant, to increase the Matron's salary without a formal application. Mr Porter had much pleasure in seconding, and the motoin was carried without amendment or opposition. THE RELIEF-LISTS. Mr Caraher said that he had noticed that some Guardians hurried away, to catch trains, or to do other besiness in town, before the relief-lists had been dealt-with. There were five families in Llandudno who had had £65 in out-relief during the last half-year. In one case an outdoor pauper was going about on a bicycle, and in other cases families ot outdoor paupers were increasing. The amounts of outdoor and indoor relief from the Llandudno District had greatly increased, and he thought that they should investigate the question thoroughly. He moved that in future the relief- lists be taken before the general business. Some system should be adopted to reduce the waste in the Llandudno District. The Chairman questioned Mr Jesse Jones (Relieving-Officer) as to the bicycle case, and he said that the case was that of a Llandudno young woman who hired a bicycle, and whose mother received outdoor-relief. The young woman was in employment, and dressed rather gaudily. The Vice-Chairman I suppose she is obliged to. The Relieving-Officer Yes, but she is not obliged to ride a bicycle. [Laughter). The Chairman I suppose she thinks she must follow in the wake of the other ladies. [Laughter]. It costs is an hour to ride a bike." LaughterJ. Mr W. F. Jones seconded the motion. The Chairman feared that the reporters would stay away from the Board's meetings, should the motion be passed. The motion was carried, 12 voting for it.

A VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. The Chairman said that he quite understood the reason of the absence of Mr John Roberts, who httd last month given a notice of motion. He now moved that the Board pass a vote of condolence with Mr John Roberts in his bereavement, by the death of a daughter. This was seconded and carried unanimously. INTEMPERANCE AND OUT-RELIEF. The Chairman said that he would take up Mr John Roberts's notice of motion, and moved that no outdoor-relief be granted in cases where destitution was the result of intemperance or improvidence. Mr Picton seconded. Mr Caraher and the Rev. David Davies opposed, on the ground that the proposed resolution could not practically be applied. The latter asked what they would regard as improvidence. It would be hard to compel some people to come to the House. It would mean that the families of drunken people, if they asked for relief, would bj brought to the Workhouse and there were cases in which it would be a great cruelty for a wife, who has done her best, to be refused relief on account of the drunkenness of her husband. Mr Robert Evans proposed as an amendment that notices be published threatening that the Board would not give outdoor-relief to any cases where intemperance had caused the application for relief. Councillor Hugh Owen thought that notice should al-o be given that relief would be reduced where outdoor recipients went to public-houses. There were in Llandudno people who earned a lot of money in the summer and spent it on drink. Their relief ought to be lessened. The Chairman: That's the fault of the Llandudno Guardians. [Laughter]. Ultimately, the Chairman accepted Mr Evans's amendment, and the motion as amended was passed, 11 Guardians voting for it. Councillor Hugh Owen gave notice of motion to the effect of his suggestion. THE YOUNG BICYCLIST AGAIN. In considering the Llandudno relief-list, the Relieving-Officer gave further particulars as to the young bicyclist. She lived at home with her mother, who was helped by the bicyclist daughter or by someone else, and who paid 5s a week rent. The bicyclist was aged 16 or 17. The Board instructed Mr Jesse Jones to make -1 further inquiries.