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Llandudno School. COUNCILLOR R. FISHER ON MR. RICHARD CONWAY'S FIGURES. County Councillor R. Fisher has addressed the following letter to the "Manchester Guard- ian" Sir,-ln a short letter of explanation which you were good enough to insert in your issue of the 10th ult., I undertook to deal with Mr. Richard Conway's criticisms of the County Edu- cation Committee in respect of the inadequate staffing of non-provided schools in this district, as compared with Council or provided schools. Muich has been heard of "the starving of Church schools," "punishing the little children," and so forth, and asi charges -based upon a. portion of the 'truth only may, if constantly reiterated, come to be accepted as true statements of the facts, it is time that the public should know the whole truth. Whether the Education Committee has beein o-uilty of discrimination, or not, it is certain that Mr. Conway shows a fine discrimination by quo/King only certain schools in the district, and dwelling upon the disproportion. in respect of p p certificated teachers only. He is himself a mem- ber of tha (Conway-cum-Llandudno) District Education Committee, and it is obvious that the only fair way of making even a local comparison is by dealing with all the schools in that area. This I propose to do. I find that in ten non- provided schools in this district there are 1,640 scholars on the registers, with 19 certificated teachers, 19 Article 50, 12 Article 68, and six ex-pupil teacliers and monitors or a total of 56. In seven Council schools I find 1.450 scholars, with 24 certificated teachers, 7 Article 50, 7 Article 68, and six ex-pupil teachers and monitors, or a total of 44. Theste figures reveal an advantage in certifi- cated teachers in favour of the Council schools but a great superiority in numbers in favour of the Church of England schools. In the former there is a teacher to every 33 children, in the latter one teacher to 29.5. Where is the dis- crimination? The nion-p,ro,vi-ded schools have teachers qualified to teach no less than 2.300 children, or 60 more than appear on the regis- ters and a much -greater number in excess of the average attendance. Where is the starva- tion? The teachers, in provided schools are qualified to teach 1,970 children, or only 514 above the minimum. The only schools which are staffed at, or jusit under the- minimumv are the Llandudno Junc- tion (mixed and infants' departments) and the Gyffin School. The former is a Council school with 299 children, and the latter a Church of England school with in only. If I were concerned, as Mr. Conway appears ,to be, to point out individual cases of great dis- proportion in salaries, I should be able to prove that in a Church of England school of 190 child- ren the head teacher receives £ 200 a year, whereas in a Council school of 215 children the head teacher receives only 2r12D a year. d But how do the non-provided schools stand to-day in these particulars compared with their condition on the appointed day? I have only been able to obtain: figures in respect of two of the local schools. On the appointed day Bod- •afon School (which has figured prominently in Mtr. Conway's- com(plaints) had two certificated teachers one pupil teacher, and one moniitresis, whose total salaries amounted to Z232 10s. To- day there are six teachers, three of whom are certificated, receiving in all Z452 5'5. It is only fair to add that when the present supply teacher is withdrawn, and another teacher (now adver- tised for) appointed, this amount will be re- duced to Z330. There wil lithen be a staff quali- fied to teach 245, whereas the average attendance (as on the appointed day) is about 150. Surely there is no ground for com.plaintt here. In the St. George's infants' department there were on the appointed day three teachers, receiving alto- gether C147 1 os. to-day, with far fewer child- nn, there are four teachers, earning ^185. I imaintain that I have made it perfectly clear, as far as the comparative positions of these schools can, be explained by figures, that al- though the Council schools have an advantage in respect of certificated teachers, the non-provided schools have, on the other hand, a marked ad- vantage in the total number of teachers and the number of children they are qualified to teach. -Yours, &c., Penarvon, Deganwy. RALPH FISHER.

Abergele Temperance I Campaign. SPEECH BY MRS. HERBERT LEWIS. I MR. J. HERBERT ROBERTS, M.P., ON THE STAIN OF INTEMPERANCE. A great temperance meeting was held at the Wesleyan Chapel, Abergele, on Monday even- ing, presided over by Mr. J. Herbert Roberts, M.P. After the singing of a hymn and a short prayer by -the Rev. Morgan Davies, The Chairman, speaking in Welsh, said that they were fortunate to have with them for the first meeting of the winter temperance cam- paign Mrs. Herbert Lewlis, a lady who was de- voting a great deal of her time land energy to every good cause up aind -dOW11 the country. He was glad that the first meeting of the winter was- being held iin the Church of God which was a proof that the temperance party had come to realise, that the cause had a direct call upon all 'Christians. He w,as afraid that in these days too much time was being wasted in arguing about the ladvalnltagelSi and so forlth of various creeds and sects, at the expense of forgetting the true mis:sion of the Church. They must LOOK BEYOND SECTARIANISM far the means of uplifting fallen humanity. (Ap- plause.) If Wales was to be exalted among the natioin-s of the world to a pinnacle of honour, then Welshmen would have to make- up their minds to remove: the stain of intemiperance from the lives of the people. (Applause.) He was very sanguine concerning the new Bill which was to be introduced 'into Parliament during the -next .session by Mr. Asquith, especially tho.se clauses in the Bill which affected Wales. (Hear, hear.) Ait the same time, he was be- coming more convinced than ever that their sal. vation lay a good deal nearer home than Par- liamemt. The .remedy was in the hands of every single: individual who had the cause of temper- ance- at heart. (Applause.) Public meetings such, a,s they were having that evening were all right in their way, but they would have to ad- mit that the very people whom they wanted to get hold of were conspicuous by their absence from such meetings-. That being so, the only alternative was to go, out to the highways and byways and talk to the people. It wasn't -enough for them to be total abstainers them- s-elves they must have all the virtues of Christ- ianity, so as to. be able to SYMPATHISE IN A PRACTICAL WAY with those, who were slaves to the craving of strong drink. In -conclusion be would exhort everyone present to make it a rule in life hence- forward to hedip fhose who could not help them- selves. (Applau-se.) Mrs. Herbert Lewis, who was received with loud applau-s-e, commenced her -sparkling little speech by remarking that from outward ap- pearance the au-dience .looked as if it meant work. She was glad that in the prese-nt day ministers: of the Gospel were taking -such keen interest in temperance- matters. Twenty years ago-, to her -own. knowledge, it was an exception to see even their ministers happy in the real isation of being total .abstainers. In these days, however, it wais. an exception to see a minister who was not .an..abstainer. (Applause.) The Church and State also were taking interest in the temperance cause. And although the last Government -brought in a Bill which was avowedly for the benefit of the brewers, the Bill had undoubtedly done a great deal of good, more by accident than design, perhaps. But she hoped thait. the next Bill would get at the very root of the evil. (Appl-ause.) She had read recently of a public-house coimpein,siaftion case in which the brewer received £ 200 and the poor licensee, who 'brought grist to the mill, as it were, only received £5. (" Shame ") Weli, that was not the kind of Bill they ex- pected from thei p-reseniti Government. Nowa- days most of the medical men of the country condemned DRINK AS A MEDICINE in all its phases. A few years back the idea of treating the drink question, on scientific lines would have been scoffed at. But thank God such was, not the oase now. In furthering the temperance cause- no less than 6382,000 was slpeni annually by those good people interested in the work. (Loud applause.) The stories they read in books- and pamphlets concerning the horrible- -drunken, OTgies an-d brutalities in London were not ini any way exaggerated. She had visited the worst slums in, the Metropolis herself, and she had witnessed -some of the most horrible degradations imaginable, and that in broad daylight. And loth as 'she was to ad- mit it, women were as bad, if not worse, than me,i,. Even in. the little town she livleid in there- were no less than, iseven public-houses. She was glad that Abergele was improving din that direc- tion. It was a pleasing sight to the eye to see the new Ship Cafel at the corner of the sftreet where -once- stood a different kind of house, although it had not changed its, name. (Ap- plause.) It was. through tb-e, kindness of such men -as- Mr. Herbert Roberts and Mr. David Davies, Llandiham, that such institutions were built -as 'Counter attra-ctitttiis (Applause-.) Grocers'licenses were certainly not conducive to sobriety amfong women. A steip in the right direction for progress was the training of girls in the arit of cooking and pacifying naughty and noisv babies. A NOISY BABY would drive a man. from his home to the public- house before anything el-s-e. (Laughter and ap- plause.) The social problems of the day had a great deal to do. with temperance. Let the rising generation be t,aughit,tihe great benefits derivable from plenty of fresh air, soap and waterr, and cleaner homes-, then there would be much less drunkenness in the country. (Hear, hear.) It was, the duty of every mother to inculcate the virtue of self-control amongst heir chiLdiren. She was afraid that they were trusting too much to the day schools, and even to the. Sunday school in that direction. Let the children be taught that ,alcohol was a, deadly poison.. Show them that the public-bouses sold nothing but rank poison. (Applause.) She knew of a tavern in London which was appropriately enough called the "Red Demon." The picture of the demon on the sign outside, holding its sides with laughter, was very suggestive. A great many people tunned to drink when they were not feeling very well. She personally knew of three confirmed inebriates who- had been driven to that state through -taking drink as a medicine. Let children have plenty of g,ames so as to. give vent to their activities-. Give them anything as counter attractions- to the public houses. (Ap- plause.) The most successful organisation in the world to-day in fighting the drink: enemy was. the Salvaltiion Army. They went to live amonisr the people, treated them wiit-h kindness and pity, instead of telling them how very, very bad they had been. Theirs, indeed, was a labour of love. Let those present that evening remember that in dealing with the reclaimed drunkard, a, kind word was a great deal heltter than any tract or temperance sermon ever written. (Applause.) Like Caleb of old, when he was So years of age, let their text and mcltto in life be Dyro i mi y mynydd hwn" it sounded better in Welsh, than English. (Ap- plause.) Caleb took the mountain with all the giants- thereon, with. God's help.

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to make no conviction against him. There is a recent reported case, Irony v. Callow Park Dairy Company, which was almost exactly simi- lar to this, the only difference beinsf that proper notice of the warranty was given. We do not dispute this analysis, but only say that we sold the milk as it came from the cow. THE DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT. The defendant, in the course of his evidence, said he dealt with about 200 gallons daily, and he always sold it in exactly the same state as he received it. There was no other milk except that from Morris Jones in stock when the Super. intendent called. It had been in his possession about three minutes. It had not even been taken inside the shop. There was no possibility of Vaughan doing anything to the milk. He was in the act of emptying it from the churns into the hand- ca ns. Witness admitted the talk about the Superintendent coming in the season when milk was scarce, and believed he added some remark about "bringing some Turn with him." (Laughter.) He knew of his own knowledge that milk did vary in quality. He had seen several case's of the kind. To the bast of his knowledge the milk .sold to the Superintendent was pure milk. By Mr. Orabhe: He was positive- there was np water in the hand-cans. He was not aware that seventeen other samples were taken that morning in the town and analysed, and that his was the only unsatisfactory analysis. By the,Chairman: Why -didn't you mention the warranty to the Snuperinten-dent?—I didn't know it was neoEislsary until I found that the milk was wrong. By Mr. Morgan I didn't say anything about the warranty, because I had no fear that any- thing would be proved to be wrong. George Vaughan, the milk-seller, swore that; there was no water in the hand-cans. By Mr. Crabbe The milk sold to the Super int-enlent was sold from the SUT'"lV he was tak. ing around ,fer -delivery. THE FARMER'S EVIDENCE. Morris- Jones, farmer, Ty Newydd, Llanelian, said he had made a contract to supply the de- fendant with milk daily for a certain period. On the day in question the milk was sent direct from his farm to the defendant's shop. He be- leived it to be pure and good. It was exactly the same as it came from the cows. Since these proceedings had -been commenced he had had other samples of the milk from his cows ana- lysed, and the certificate was the same- in each case. The milk was, the same now as before. By Mr. Crabbe: Do you milk the cows dry? —Yes. How do you account for the deficiency on this day?—I cannot say. By Mr. Joseph Smith: I milk eleven cows daily. Aftier consultation with his colleagues, The Chairman said We think the case has been. proved. You have absolutely infringed the law, and it is our province to. protect the pub- lic. We fine you £ 2 and costs. Mr. Morgan I ask you to state a case on the evidence, as it is an important matter, not only to .my client but also to other milk-sellers in the town. The Chairman Very well. On the application of Mr. Crabbe, the Bench allowed the analyst's fee and also the advo- cate's fee.

During the winter months she would advise her hearers to do as much mission work as pos- sible. Have plenty of -singing, -reciting, and speakiag. Some of (them, perhaps, would ask what they would get for their trouble. Well, that was a very sordid view to take -of the mat- ter. They would have their reward by seeing SOMEBODY'S LIFE MADE BRIGHTER by entering into- the joys loJthe Lord. The little (that they would do would probably bring some men from their drunkenness, women from their degradation, and children from their misery. (Loud applause.) The Rev. R. Rowlands -also- made a telling ,c little speech, in which- he said that during his pastorshitpat Holyhead he visited -a -sick man who was lying on. nothing better than a heap of rags, on. the brink of eternity, and from whose- back his shirt was taken off and pawned for the pur-pose of raising money to buy drink for himself and his wife. A few dray's after- wards he was dead. This mighty curse would have to be obliterated from the lives of the people. The word impossible was not to be found in the dictionary of a soul on fijre with zeal for temperance reform. (Applause.) On the motion of Mr. Edward Ell-is, seconded by Mr. H. E. Priehard, Mrs. Herbert Lewis was heartily thanked for her presence at the meeting and for her timely speelch. Mrs. Herbert Roberts, in supporting the vote of thanks, isaiid it was nice for them all to think of what they- were going- to do during the winter months 100 uplift the fallen in Abergele. If everyone in the meeting was only determined enough Abergele would be a very different place in the course of a few mionths. (Applause.) On the motion of the Rev. Morgan Davies, Mr. Herbert Roberts received the thanks of the meeting for presiding. The meeting terminated with the singing of a hymn. SEARCHLIGHT.