Rhyl Journal

THE GENERAL ELECTION. It is one of the unique features of this election that from the first the Radical op- position has fought a losing battle, has admitted that it could not win. and that its hopes are limited to r duciog the Unionist majority by one-half. That is to say, their most sanguine expectation is to gain thirty seits, which would reduce the Unionist majority from one hundred and twenty-eight to sixty-eight. To gain a majority over the Unionist party they must win eighty seats. But this is assuming that the working alliance with the Parndlites cotitinueso l nat alliance, however, is imperilled. Half of the Radical candidates before the con- sntuencies are declaring against Home Rule, fh u°i half have hesitatingly admitted that while they are still Home Rulers they cannot undertake to support Home Rule in the new Parliament. Consequently to obtan a working maioritr In Parliament the Radicals require, as their \Vhip has sensibly seat, T' h° °ne huudred sixty seats, {such a gam is obviously impossible seeing that m Irehn I p r 1 PUS)i"Dle» vpntnrpH tn lrelanJ Radicals have not ventured to run a candidate of their own while in Great Britain thoy have left over a 17, ^mon.,st. s««ts uncontested. Be yond this the elect,on is remarkable for the fact that the appeal made by the Govern- ment to the country has been admitted by the Opposition. Public opinion has forced them to become supporters of the policy of the Government HI South Africa. 'j'bev have had to fall back on vain and petty objections. They have, for instance, ob- jected to a dissolution in September, because it will "disfranchise" the new electors who I will not be entitled to vote till next January ignoring the not unimportant circumstance that if the election was put off till January,j thousands of electors who are now entitled II to vote would be "disfranchised," as they II call it. Then they have bitterly denounced the Government for not making riiore adequate military preparations before the war, trusting that the public memory has forgotten that when the Government, in anticipation of an attack by the Boers, ordered ten thousand men from India, th: y were bitterly denounced for provoking the Boers. Sir Henry Campbeli-Banuerman, worgt offender of all, has had the audacity to reproach the Government on this score, although he wect about, up to the last moment, declaring that he saw no occasion for war preparations. Sir William Harcoait's case is similar. After taking credit to him self for voting supplies, which he dare not refuse, he has denounced the Government hotly for spending sixty or seventy millions over the war. Points like this are significant in showing that the pretence of acquiescence in the policy of the Government is insincere. If the Opposition leaders honestly accepted the war as a necessity forced upon us, they would frankly accept its consequences, and instead of cavilling would tender their support aud advice in carrying on the settlement. Then they might have earned the respect of the country. Now they have incurred the contempt of the country, which will, we trust, be shown by the emphatic way in which they are spurned at the polls, as being unworthy to be trusted with any controlling share in Imperial affairs.

UNIONISTS AND THE FARMERS. Last session the Unionists passed seven Acts which are of special interest and value to the agricultural classes. They are :— C, The Diseases of Animals Act. The Agricultural Rates Act. t, The Chaff-cutting Machines (Accidents) zn Act. The Land Transfer Act. The Sale of Food and Drugs Act. The Improvement of Land Act. The Agricultural Holdings Act. To these may be added two other measures as being connected with the agricu!tu;»' interest, namely, The Tithe Rent-charge (Rates) Act. The Workmen's Compensation (Exten- sion) Act. Admirable measures these are, but, strange to say, two of them in particular are not to the liking of the Radicals. These arc the Agricultural Rates Act and the Tithe Reut-charge (Rates) Act. The latter is characterised as a sop to the clerical party—a Kind of thank-offering to the Church for assistance rendered to the Unionists at the last general election The measure is nothing of the kind, of course it is merely an act of justice to a class of men who were made to pay double rates— both on their incomes and on their glebe land. The Agricultural Rates Act in the same way is branded in Radical speeches and organs as a sop or a "dole." The Act was parsed with a view to relieve the land of half its rates. That is, where the farmer paid Is in the £ formerly, he now pays only 6d. Nothing is clearer than that the Act was meant to benefit the farmer, and nothing is mjre patent than that f irmers all over the country have been benefited to the full exrent by its provisions. But the Radicals, though they know it is a fact, are unwilling to admit this. They maintain, for good reasons, of course, that the Act In is a mere piece of political jugglery or make-believe, passed in the name of agricul- ture, but really intended as a present to the landowner. Itisan old Socialist charge revived. According to Socialist teaching, whatever pecuniary advantage or benefit the working- man receives goes into the pocket of the capitalist. And so of the reduction of the agricultural rates. Every sixpence you pay less," they tell the farmers of England and Wales, goes into the long purse of the land- lord. The Government only wanted to benefit him in your name." But English and Welsh farmers do not believe that the Unionise Government were such acrobats aud jugglers as the Radicals try to make them out, and for a good reason. Farmers will sooner believe their eyes than the sophistry and chicanery of Radical orators and prints. When the ra' 8- collector comes round he only carries il away, where he would have carried L2 before. "Oh" contends the Radical, but that .£1 left by the rate-collector slides imperceptibly into the pocket of the landlord,in the shape[of increased rent." To this insinuation the farmer gives an emphatic denial, and says, I tell you no: I pay the same rent now as three years ago, and the XI saved from the rates goes to the bank." But you don't get any abatements now, as you used to when the audit-day comes round the landlord has you there," further insinuates the mischief-maker. "What if I don't?" replies the farmer. Times are good, and I am better off than I have been for many years." In this way the Radical would, if he could, argue the farmer out of his belief and senses, suggesting malicious thoughts, with a view to poison his mind against the landlord and the Government. But there is not much chance that this political dodge will succeed. The farmers of England and Wales arc not such simpletons as politicians believe. The Act has been to them a boon and a blessing, and the present election will afford them an opportunity to express their gratitude. zn

MR BALFOUR S APPEAL TO THE ELECTORS. THE POSITION AND CONDITION OF THE LIBERAL PARTY." On Wednesday night in the St Andrew's Hall —the largest hall in Glasgow-a great demon- stration was held under the auspices of the National Union of Conservative Associations (Western Division) and the West of Scotland Liberal Unionist Associations. The chief speaker was Mr A J Balfour. Two hours be- fore the proceedings commenced the hall was crowded. The building is computed to hold 5,000 persons, but applications for tickets to the number of 15,000 had been made. As Mr Balfour appeared upon the platform he was greeted with deafening cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs. Mr Balfour, who on rising, was again received with loud cheers, said he came for the purpose of asking every man and every woman who could influence he poll on the morrow to use that influence in the direction of what he con- scientiously believed to be the Imperial inter- ests of this great Empire and he was en- couraged to make that appeal to that great community, and even more immediately to that vast audience, by the fact that he had come directly from a community not Jess in numbers than that of Glasgow which had just declared by an overwhelming vote what view it took of the duties of the voter of the present time (cheers). Manchester and Salford were, physically and materially speaking, but one great city. They returned nine members to the House of Commons. Had they polled 27 more votes in one division they would have returned nine solid -(clieet,:i) —and all the eight that were returned by incomparatively larger majorities than they received when even the tide was flowing in their direction in 1895, when they returned the same number but by much smaller majorities. ] There were two dangers that they had got to fear in any part of the country. The one was < apathy the other was that of a kind of tradi- ] tional adhesion to party—highly respectable, I 0 no doubt, hut sometimes extraordinary un- reasonable. He had nothing to say about apathy in that great hall. There was no evident apathy in Glasgow. Whatever else might contribute to the morrow's result the indiffer- enee of that great population to the most important interests of the Empire need not and would not be counted. As for the other cause —that blind and not always intelligent adhesion to traditional connections—he did not know that he could say very much, because in truth their opponents themselves had shown that practically they knew their case was not a case to be argued (laughter). They never did argue it. They said that they did think that it was a very wrong time to have a general election. They said that there was to be a policy of doles. Indeed he did not quite remember all they said. (laughter). They read extracts from a monthly review (laughter). But really he did not think that even the most conscientious and attentive student of the various speeches of the leaders of the various sections of their opponents could for one moment in conscience pretend that they could be said to argue their case before the country. Their opposition was almost an impossible one. Imagine Mr Gladstone coming back and asking his successors oil the front Opposition bench how the Liberal party stood and what its programme was. He need not refer to Mr Gladstone, but supposing any politician who had left active politics six or seven years ago, just before the last general election, was to come back to the scene of his former activity, and to go to one after another of the various members of the front Opposition bench, and ask how things were with the Home Rule and Radical party, and also ask what was before the country, and how in general matters were with that Home Rule and Radical party. Suppose he went to Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman and put the question to him how Home Rule stood. What would his answer bel Then he might go to Sir William Harcourt and ask him how matters stood. He gathered from Sir William Harcourt's utterances that he was deeply depressed over the evident anxiety of the ijioeral candidates to escape from every- thing that used to characterise the Home Rule and Radical party. Why had some of them called themselves Imperial Radicals ? The reason was this—that their old Liberal garments having been torn to shreds and tatters, these unfortunate persons were obliged to conceal their political rags in the ample folds of the Union Jack (laughter and cheers). Their opponents did not try to deny that upon all great questions connected with the origin and causes of the war there was a hopeless difference of opinion, not merely between this or that relatively insignificant member of the party, but between all their leading members on their front bench. They could not talk of the war, which was only just drawing to its conclusion, as if it was a historical event, com- parable to the Armada or the Peninsular War. People might differ about the authorship of the lettjrs of Junius or the character of Mary Queen of Scots, and yet be very well suited to work together in the same Government, with the same policy, towards the same ends. But they could not hold that difference about the war still going on in South Africa, and pretend that they were fitted to agree with those with whom they fundamentally differed on the war when they came to settle the terms of peace The war was not a remote, historical fact, to be handed over to the judgment of the historians. It was a living and still a present reality with us—a reality which must affect the judgment they formed with regard to the ainngements to be come to when the war v,m over (cheers). Where were the Irish in all this business ? He meant by the Irish not the Irish nation but the 80 Home Rule politicians who came to Westminster. Were they part of the Opposition, or were they not part of the Opposition? Were they among the supporters whom Sir Henry Camp- bcll-Bannerman, Sir William Harcourt, Sir Edward Grey, and Mr Asquith counted upon if they came into power, or were they not among their supporters I They were to form part of the working majority, without which no party could for long, with credit to itself or profit to the country, retain the reins of power. That showed how absurd it was for any man with a spark of common-sense in his brain to think that lie could promote the interests of the Em- pire by voting against the present administra- tion. Because what did it mean ? It meant that Harcourt, Bannerman, Asquith, Grey, and the rest of them, if they formed this strangeparti- c dourcd Government, would have to depend for their South African policy not upon their own followers, but upon the Unionists (cheers). He hoped that that argument, which was his concluding contribution that night, would sink into the minds of every elector in the constitu- encies (cheers). He hoped that every elector would feel that the destinies of South Africa at this great moment should be entrusted to a Government whicb, whatever its faults or fail- ings, was at all events dependent for its strength upon its own followers, upon their unity of conviction, and upon their loyalty of purpose, and did not draw its strength for those high purposes from the Opposition. If in an un- happy moment the electors of Britain should decide to reverse the decision of 1895, and again put into power the men whom it rejected at the last general electian, it could not but be that these men, however high-minded and patriotic they were, must from the very nature of the Parliamentary machine, depend for everything that was good upon the Unionists, while they would be constantly tempted into what was evil by those who had no loyalty towards the British Empire (cheers). [Glasgow yesterday returned six Unionists, and two Radicals were thrown out].

UNIONIST MEETINGS AT RHUDDLAN AND ST. ASAPH. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF MR LLOYD PRICE. The Unionist campaign in Rhuddlan and St. Asaph is progressing splendidly, and on Wednesday evening Mr Lloyd Price, the candidate for the Boroughs, had capital receptions at both places. He spent the day in canvassing, and everywhere was well received. Meeting at Rhuddlan. A meeting in support of the Unionist candidates was held in the National School- room, Rhuddlan, presided over by Mr W Conwy Bell. It was the best meeting of the kind held in the town for many years, and with the exception of a few small boys, who blocked the entrance to the room, the audience was most attentive and enthusiastic in its reception of the speakers. There was a pre- ponderance of electors. After the Chairman had made a few openinc remarks the Vicar moved a resolution pledging the meeting to support the candidature of Mr Lloyd Price and Colonel Howard, and up- holding the policy of Lord Salisbury. Mr It C Enyon seconded. Mr Lloyd Price then addressed the meeting in English and Welsh, He said be had to thank the electors of the Flint Boroughs for the splendid and cordial reception he had received, and he felt that he was in a position to tell the Liberal Party that he intended to win that election (loud applause), He came before the electors as a supporter of the policy of Lord Salisbury—(applause), and he chal- lenged Mr Herbert Lewis to say who was the leader of the party he followed (here, here). The Liberal Party, if such it could be called, was in a hopeless state, and it had neither a leader nor a policy (laughter and applause). The Unionist Party had not only the finest leader of the century, but it had a policy- (applause)—it had a record of good work behind it, and it had before it a glorious prospect (applause). The Liberals taunted the (jrovernment with having dissolved and gone to the country before the war was over, but he contended that it was the right course to pursue. The Unionists believed that they were acting rightly, and they asked the country to support what they had done (ap- plause). Mr Herbert Lewis complained that le (Mr Lloyd Price) had charged him with not being faithful to his country, but why did not r the Liberal candidate explain why he wrote a I letter to a Pro-Boer meeting called for the purpose of sympathising with the Boers ? (applause) Why did not Mr Herbert Lewis explain his presence at the Pro-Boer meeting held at Carnarvon ? (applause). Until he did so, he (Mr Lloyd Price) pronounced Mr Herbert Lewis to be a Pro-Boer (loud applause). The country should return Lord Salisbury, not only because he would bring the South African difficulty to a satisfactory settle- ment, but he would retain the open door in China (applause). Let the Liberals say what they liked, the great question before the people of the country that day was that of South Africa, and he contended that it was Lord Salisbury who was best able to deal with it (applause). What would have happened had such men as Mr Herbert Lewis been called upon to deal with such a gigantic question ? (hear hear). Could the people forget what the Liberals did years ago with the Boers '? (applause). Could the people forget what the Liberals had been doing while the country was face to face with a terrible war? (loud applause). With that knowledge, would they send back to Parliament men who wrote letters of sympathy with Pro-Boors (Cries of No ") The country at a terrible sacrifice had won the war in South Africa. They had won it despite the actions of men who sided with the Boers, and the electors were asked to return Unionists in order that what the country had won might not be lost by means of bad statesmanship (applause). He came before the electors, and said that he would support the Unionist Government (applause). He was not in favour of Church Disestablishment and Disendowment (loud applause). He maintained that there was sufficient work in the Christian field for every denomination—Church, Nonconformists, and Roman Catholics—without quarrelling amongst themselves (applause) He would also support the Voluntary Schools, and he would never be a party to imperilling any school (applause). They were going to win that election—(cheers) —and there were no people who realised that fact more than did the Liberals. He had visited Overton, Flint, and Mold, and was sure that he had a majority in those places (applause). He was equally certain of Holywell, while St Asaph was Unionist to the core (cheers). Rhuidlan would not be behind those places, and he believed that that town would be loyal to the Empire (cheers). He believed that the electors would by their votes support the lads who went to South Africa to fight the Kruger gang that some Liberals sympathised with (cheers). They in Rhuddlan would never consent to sending back to the House of Commons men who wrote letters of sympathy to Pro-Boer meetings (Cries of No "). Let the electors be loyal to the Empire, and Lord Salisbury would continue to bring prosperity to the country (cheers), Mr P P Pennant next addressed the meeting, and pointed to the great improvement in trade that had taken place under the Unionist Government. He appealed to all who had voted for him at the last election to put their X opposite the name of Mr Lloyd Price. They should not forget also to tight for Colonel Howard, who was in South Africa thrashing the Boers (cheers). Mr J Marsden (Mold) then spoke. He hoped that the electors of Rhuddlan were not going to be gulled ac that election and marched to the poll like a flock of sheep (" Oh, oh "). He did not mind the jeers of a lot of little boys, but he told the sober-minded electors of Rhudd- lan as a lawyer that no one could tell how they voted at the election (applause). It did not matter what their employers, fathers, and uncles told them, the ballot was secret, and electors could vote for Mr|Lloyd Price without anyone knowing a word about it (" Oh, oh" and hisses). He did not care for the interruptions of the beardless boys, as he knew that their fathers were sensible, and would vote "Blue" (applause). He knew that the Liberals had stolen the Union J ack, and said they supported it, but the electors would know that they would serve their best interests by putting their X to the name of Mr Lloyd Price on Satur- day and to Colonel Howard's name on Saturday week (cheers). He did not speaic without knowing something. On Tues- day he was at Flint, and saw that the town had changed colour. It used to be yellow, but now it was blue from end to end, and the only Radicals he saw in it were Mr Herbert Lewis, Mr J L Muspratt, and two others (laughter). The people of Rhuddlan did not want to have anything to do with men who supported the Pro-Boers, and why did not Mr Herbert Lewis tell them why he supported Mr Bryn Roberts and Mr Lloyd George (applause and hisses). He was glad that the little boys at the door shouted, but he hoped that the voters would remember that it was from Rhuddlan that the soldier lads went away to South Africa to fight against those Boers who some Liberals would support (cheers). He asked the electors of Rhuddlan to vote for Mr Lloyd Price and Colonel Howard, and not to support the rag-tag and bob-tail party who called themselves Liberals. Mr Marsden was repeatedly interrupted by the "small boys," and concluded by suggesting the following as a suitable epitaph for the late M.P. for the Flint Boroughs :— Our flag and country we alike adore I At election times only, but not before Elections o'er both are alike requited, Our country forgotten and our flag slighted. Mr H. A. Tilby had an enthusiastic recep- tion, and said he came there that night to fight for the flag that the soldiers in South Africa were so gallantly upholding. (Cheers.) He did not doubt that the working men of Rhudd- lan would do their duty, and would not allow the flafoC to be trampled upon by Pro-Boers or any- one else. (Cheers.) He hoped that the electors would not forget that it was the Unionist Government that had done so much for the working men. They had given to them the 11 1 >V orkmen s Compensation Act that would be the means of keeping many a widow and her family from going to the Workhouse after the death of the husband and father. It was the Unionist party that passed the Act which enabled trade disputes to be settled without strikes. The women of Rhuddlan knew that strikes did no good to anyone, and should be avoided where possible (applause). Then again it was the Unionists who had so improved trade by good government that work was plentiful. (Cheers.) He hoped also that it would not be forgotten that it was Lord Salisbury's Govern- ment that had helped to give the people better houses, and helped the schools so that the children of Rhuddlan could have a good educa- tion. He did not quibble over the question as to whether the people were represented on the j school management committee or not he was more concerned in knowing that the money for the better staffing of the schools was voted by the Unionists, and that it was the children of the workmen who benefited by it. (Cheers.) Rhuddlan people should not forget that, nor should they hesitate to send to the House of Commons the men who fought for their country either by supporting Lord Salisbury's Government, or by going to South Africa, as Colonel Howard had done, to fight the Boers side by side with the volunteers from Rhuddlan (Cheers.) The electors of that town should not on any account vote for men who sided with the Boers, but should not hesitate to put their X to the names of Mr Lloyd Price and Colonel Howard..(Cheers.) A show of hands was then taken in support of the candidature of Mr Lloyd Price and Col. Howard. There was a splendid response, and not one hand was held up against the resolu- tion. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to Mr Conwy Bell for presiding, Mr Lloyd Price afterwards drove through Rhuddlan on his motor car, and was enthusi- astically cheered en route. Meeting at St. Asaph. The Infant Schoolroom at St Asaph was < crowded for the Unionist Meeting, and Mr J Lloyd Price was supported on the platform by I one of the Denbighshire Yeomanry who has returned from South Africa. Mr T Howes Roberts presided. Mr Lloyd Price, in the course of his address, said he had found in St Asaph many genuine old friends, pnd he was pleased that he had so large an audience, while the Liberals at their meeting in the other schoolroom were talking to empty benches (laughter). He believed that in St Asaph the Unionists would poll five votes for every one recorded for the Liberals (cheers). He had determined to win the election, be1, ev- ing that the people of Flint Boroughs were loyal to the Empire and opposed to its enemies (cheers). He then reviewed the situation, and asked that the electors would support Lord Salisbury by their votes. Mr Pennant proposed a resolution in favour of the candidature of Mr Lloyd Price and Colonel Howard, and said there was no doubt that Lord Salisbury was the best man to settle the South African Question, as they did not want any Majuba Conventions (cheers). He hoped that the people of the Flint Boroughs would support the Colonists of the Empire, that they would oust the Pro-Boers, and give Mr Lloyd Price and Colonel Howard a large majority. He did not think that' guerilla warfare would end until after the election, as the Boers hoped that the Liberals would gain a few seats, and so force considera- tion for the people who, in the moti cowardly manner, under the protection of the white flag, shot down the soldiers in South Africa. Colonel Howard was fighting aloug with Baden Powell and he wanted the electors of Flint to fight for him (cheers). He appealed to the people not to send back to Parliament any one of the old gang who would support Mr Kruger (applause). Mr Marsden said that after a lapse of 73 years, the electors of the Flint Boroughs were going to re-paint their houses, and blue was the colour now (cheers). On Saturday the Pro- Boers would get such a shock that they would not for years again dare to write letters to those who wanted to make England as little as them- selves. He believed in a fair fight, and why did not Mr Herbert Lewis face the music on the war question (cheers). The Unionist candi- dates were better men than those put forward by the Liberals. Mr Lloyd Price was loyal to his Queen and country, and he (Mr Marsden) had been told since he came to that meeting by a "gentleman in karki," who had just re- turned from South Africa, that when the steamer Mexican was wrecked off Cape Colony it was Colonel Howard who was the first man in the lifeboat to go to the rescue of the crew (cheers) That was better than writing letters to Pro-Boer meetings (cheers). Then they were told that in the fight- ing in South Africa the Colonel had proved himself to be a brave soldier. That was better than going to a Lloyd George-Pro-Boer meeting at Carnarvon (cheers and laughter). He did not usually give advice for nothing, being a lawyer, but he 1 11 did tell the people of the Flint Boroughs to vote blue this time, as he knew that dozens of Mr Herbert Lewis' and Mr Samuel Smith's supporters at Mold, were disgusted with the Liberal tactics that they would not go to the poll (cheers). Mr Tilby also spoke, and said that the promises of the Liberal Party were as sub- stantial as puff paste (laughter). What was the use of offering the hungry electors such things. The Liberals had done but little in the past, and with a weak party they could do less in the future. The men to £ •3 the South African question through were those who had to carry out the war, and undo what the Liberals did years ago (cheers). Let the people remember Majuba, and let them vote for Colonel Howard and Mr Lloyd Price, The Parish Council Act was a specimen of Liberal legislation—(loud laughter) —and the people wanted no more of it. Let the electors of the County and Boroughs do their duty and all would be right. Let them do their duty in the same way as the Reservists and Colonel Howard had done (cheers). Several other speakers also addressed the meeting, and a unanimous vote in favour of Colonel Howard and Mr Lloyd Price was cairied.

MARRIAGE. JoxES—GfmERT.—On the 25th September, 1900, at S. George's Church, Worcester, by the Rev G M Isaac, M.A., assisted by the Rev Gerald Kenyon, M.A., the Rev J Edward Jones, son of William Jones, of Rhyl, to Agnes Sarah, youngest daughter of the late John Woodward Gilbert, of Shrewsbury. DEATH. September 10th, at New York, suddenly of pneumonia, Robert Owen (Bob), second son of Mr T Roberts, 14 Gladstone Villas. He was interred at Chicago, September 16th. IN MEMORIAM. In loving memory of James, the beloved son of Richard and the late Ann Simcox, who died October 4th, I SOS. Min-y-dou Cottage, Rhyl, October 4th, 1900.

The Railway Widening. Dispute as to the Value of Land in Milibank. Yesterday, at the Westminster Hotel, a court was held by Mr J Cullimore, Acting Under Sheriff for Flintshire, and a special jury, to decide the value of land compulsorily acquired from Mr E P Griffiths, Sussex Street, by the London and North Western Railway Company, for the widening ofjtheir line at the back of Millbank, Rhyl, The proceedings were held under the Lands Clauses Act of 1845. The court was alsi asked to determine the amount of depreciation caused in the value of the property by the carry- ing out of the new works by the Company. Mr Marshall, Q.C., and Mr Ellis Jones-Griffiths (instructed by Messrs Bromley, Jones & Co.) were Counsel for Mr Griffiths, and Mr Honoratus Lloyd (instructed by Mr Mason) appeared for the London & North Western Railway Company. Evidence was called for the owner of the land, in which it was state-l that the Railway Company had returned the quantity acquired as 5088 square yards, and it was stated that Mr Griffiths had I intended laying it out as a new street to be called by the name of Rosebery, but he was prevented doing so by the action of the Company. It was also alleged that the value of his other property had depreciated through the increased vibration of trains, the line being brought nearer the houses. Some of the tenants of the houses already built had complained of this annoyance and had threatened to leave. Various estimates as to the value of the laud were given, ranging from 7s to 10d, and the depreciation of the property was calculated at CIO:per house. The evidence for the Company was to the effect that the measurement of the land was 4890 square yards, and the value of it about 3s 4d per yard, with 10 per cent added for compulsory purchase. The land it was contended was of little use commercially, and the depreciation in the value of the houses in consequence of the carrying out of the works was denied. Aflier a hal iflg lasting about seven hours, the jury awarded Mr Griffiths a total sum of £ 1460.

HE DREW THE LTNE. 'My answer is fin;il,Mr. \V lisiclt st.er," hiuightily replied I.Ile young woman. The idea is absurd f' Haven't you any use for me, Miss Gertie ? Kone, sir! What, have you ever seen in me thai, has led yon to suppose I would listen to a proposal of marriage from you?" t I don't, know," answered the young man reflectively. "Wllnt have you seen ill me that causes you to reject, me so scornfully ? I think I nlll not mistaken in the conclusion that you reject me with more or less scorn." rOil nre not, mistaken, 1\1. VTlmckster, and I am perfectly willing thai, you should know the reason. You seem to have no worthy ambition, no definite purpose, no object in life. You are a drone in society. You have wasted in trivial amusement, the years that other young men in your station would have devoted to fitting them- i selves for a high and iioble destiny. You have no conception of I.Ile joys that reward the man who consecrates himself to a lofty ideal. You know absolutely nothing of the pleasure of the thinker. Content to drift, along on the surface of things with no wish or ambition to control the course of events and leave your impress on the age in which you live, you are a man with whom no high-minded, sell-respecting, intellectual woman could think of linking herself without, n. shudder!" "Perhnps 1 am," rejoined the young man, reaching for his hat and confronting her as lie rose to go with a look as proud and haughty as her own. Perhaps I am, Miss Gertie i'llillliitt, but s I don't wear a pink shirt! k

RHYL DISTRICT. t ROOSE AND Co's SPECIALITIES.—These are all per- sonally chosen with due regard to quality, and if you have not tried these we confidently invite you to do so. Always fresh, exquisite flavours, and at keenest market prices.— S.P.Q.R. Stores, Que-n Street. THE Annual Event of Special Interest. For the first 15 days of September only, Genuine Clearance Sale of Drapery goods in all departments. Immense Reductions will be made to effect a clean swep we shall make it worth your while to visit this sale. Please note the only add:'ess-HuBBARD's, Commerce House, 4 & 25 Welling- ton Road, Rhyl. For c. ome.:nade Bread" and Confeelionery, you can't do better than call at JONES BROS', Liverpool House, Prestatyn. STILL LEA Dl,G. -Lloyd's Vienna Bread has met with an extensive sale on its merits. It is baked in the latest and improved ovens. Send your orders for Vienna Bread and for all kinds of high-class Confectionery to R. Lloyd Bodfor Street. FOR Finest Creamery Butter at Is. per lb. go to the S.P.Q.R. Stores, Queen Street. JONES BROS, Prestatyn, still lead with their Challenge Blend Tea and are unsurpassed with their Bread and Cakes. NOTICP. TO SMOKERS.—Geo. Brookes' establishment, Club Building, Market Street, is the cheapest and best house in town for tobaccos. Post orders attended to with promptness. The Breakfast Car. We regret to state that the London and North Western Railway Company have decided to dis- continue the breakfast cars which they have attached to the early morning trains running throughout the summer. It will be remembered that after a great deal of agitating this concession was gained from the Railway Company and handsomely fitted cars were attached, and were equipped with all that was necessary to enjoy a breakfast in the train in comfort. An extra staff was of course necessary and the company incurred considerable expenditure in their en- deavour to make the experiment a success. Unfortunately, the expectation of those who, like ourselves, agitated on behalf of the breakfast cars have not been realised and we understand that the Railway Company have lost heavily on their venture. We are afraid that the chief reason for the lack of patronage has been the fact that the public were not sufficiently aware of the existence of these cars. Soholastic Success. Amongst the successful candidates in the Entrance Scholarship Examination of University College, Bangor, T {Ralph Dingad Davias has gained one of the two Tate Exhibitions. Deserving of Pity and Consideration." At the Bangor Court, on Monday, the Judge granted more than was asked in the discharge of Mr Daniel Evans, of this town. The Judge thr ;ht, having regard to all the circumstance?, which are reported fully in :another column, that he was deserving of pity and consideration," adding If I suspend his discharge for a day it will be like punishing him for what he has not done." The discharge was then granted forth- with, and without penalty. Football. Rhyl Pickwichs v. Rhyl Hotspurs.- -Played on the latter's ground on Sept. 27. The Pickwicks pressed from the start, and scored after 15 minutes' play, adding another soon afterwards. The Hot- spurs then scored, R MacWalter doing the trick. Half-time arrived with the Pickwicks leading 3-1. The second half was much the same as the first, the same number of goals being scored by each side as in the first half, and thus ended a very good game in a victory from the Pickwicks by 6 goals to 2. Volunteer Prize Shooting. The annual prize shooting for "C" and "I" Companies, 2nd V.B.R.W.F. (Rhyl, St Asaph, and Rhuddlan), will take place on the Foryd Range on Saturday (to-morrow), commencing at 9 a. m. Dress-drill order. Competitors who are not on the Range before 3 p.m. will be disqualified. Theft by a Servant Cirl. At a special police court held on Monday, before Mr S Perks (in the chair) and Mr W Elwy Williams, Beatrice Brookes, a domestic servant at 30 East Parade, was brought up in custody charged .with stealing two rings from Miss Daisy Ludlow, daughter of a minister at Smethwick. The evidence was to the effect that the prosecutrix while staying at 30 East Parade missed two lings which had been left on her dressing table. The mistress of the girl taxed her with having taken the rings, but she at first denied it, subsequently admitting that she had given one of the rings to a young man in town, and the other ring was con- cealed in her cap. Information was lodged with P.C. Hughes, who took the prisoner in custody, and the rings were subsequently recovered.—The Bench dealt with the charge as if it related to one ring only, and sent the prisoner t3 gaol for 28 days with hard labour. Property under the Hammer. On Tuesday Mr Wallis, at the Royal Hotel offered Engletield Cottage, the residence of the late Mr Stephen Roose, for sale by auction. Mr Percy Williams (Messrs Gamlin and Williams) read the conditions, and replied to enquiries. He stated that there were no restrictions preventing the erection of a new house. The highest bid was £i50, at, which the property was withdrawn. The attendance was numerous. Choral Sooiety. On Monday evening a representative meeting was held at the Town Clerk's Old Office, Town Hall, for the purpose of forming a Choral Society for the town on strictly neutral lines. Mr W J P Storey presided, and it was decided to form the Society. Mr R Bromley was appointed Con- ductor Dr Sneyd Torney, Hon Secretary and Mr Brodie Griffiths, Hon Treasurer. It was arranged to hold the first meeting of the Society on Tuesday next. Hockey Club. The Rhyl Hockey Club, which has in the past bsen very successful, has commenced practicing for the season. The first properly arranged team practice is fixed for Saturday at 3 p.m. on the club ground in Grange Road. The first match takes place at Rhyl on the 13th, against Llan- dudno. The Committee expect to see a good attendance of intending members at the first team practice. A Pleasant Drive. On Wednesday, Miss Williams, Alexandra Hotel, gave a splendid drive to the inmates and nurses at the Alexandra Hospital and the Con- valescent Home, through St Asaph and the Waen. Six waggonettes conveyed a party numberingabout 100, and who greatly enjoyed the genial autumnal country air. Benefit Concerts. On Monday evening at the Town Hall the mem- bers of Herr de Mersy's Promenade Band had their benefit concert, and were assisted in the carrying out of the programme by several local ladies and gentlemen, and by members of the Rhyl Orchestral Society. There was a large attendance, and a capital entertainment was pro- vided. During the interval Herr de Mersy thanked the audience for the support the men had received, and said he hoped that the band would be liberally patronised during the winter.—Next Monday at the Town Hall Mr Tom Price, the popular vocalist at the bandstand, will take his benefit. The Minstrels. The minstrel season is drawing to a close, and next week will see the last of the Merrie Men for sometime. The troupe has worked well together, and Mr Williams is to be complimented on the class of entertainments he has provided for the visitors despite the indifferent weather which at times handicapped him considerably. He will give a farewell concert at the Grand Pavilion on Thursday evening next, when it is hoped that he will receive the support of his fellow townspeople. S. Thomas' Church. It has been known for some time that the roof of this church is in an unsatisfactory condition. Mr J Oldrid Scott was consulted, and he has drawn plans for the expenditure of about 9150. The contract has been let to Messrs D Griffiths and Son. The vicar and the wardens of the church are now appealing for funds to preservejthis beautiful edifice unimpaired. The Rhyl Coif Club. The Ladies' Medal Competition was played on Monday, October 1st, Miss Haynss being the winner with the score of 91 gross, 8 h'cap, 83 nett. The following ladies competed :—Miss Mainwaring, Mrs Duncan Miller, Miss Pennant, Miss G B Pennant, Miss Knollys. Record of Bright Sunshine at Rhyl. The following is the record of bright sunshine at Rhvl duriner the week ending October 3, 1900 n. M Thursday 2 40 Friday 7 15 Saturday 7 45 Sunday 3 0 Monday. 6 15 Tuesday 5 0 Wednesday ••• 5 50 Total for period 37 45 Unionist Meeting. This (Iriday) evening Dr Girdlestone will pre- j side at a meeting in the Town Hall, to be addre 8#1 ( 3y Mr Toijdinson, M.P. for Preston,

FLINTSHIRE CONTESTS. UNIONISTS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. The "Chester Courant" states:—Some- thing in the nature of a political transforma- tiou is being effected in Flintshire, wbere Mr Lloyd Price and the representatives of Colonel Howard are wooing the con- stituencies with an ardour worthy of the great cause they represent, Without a doubt the Unionists are making headway, both in Flint Boroughs and Flint County, reports of a most encouraging character coming from all parts of the constituencies. For his part, Mr Lloyd Price has thrown himself into the contest with remarkable spirit. His energy is surprising, and with such a worthy champion, it is no wonder that his workers are also engaging in the fight with marked keeness, and that as a result Radical prejudice is being overcome and erstwhile supporters of Mr Herbert Lewis are seceding in considerable numbers to th.1 Unionist ranks. As an instance if the piogiess which Mr Lloyd Price is making in the boroughs, we may mention that at Flint, where there is an extraordinary strong feeling in favour of Mr Price, a meeting of workers was so enormously attended that, when the canvass was appor- tioned, each canvasser had only six or seven houses to call at. "I am confident of success," were the words Mr Price used to our representative on Monday evening in the course of a conversation as to his prospects, and we believe he had good grounds for holding such an opinion. His activity certainly indicates a determination to carry the Unionist flag to victory. And while the electors of the Boroughs will have an opportueity of deciding whether a Pro- Boer or a Imperialist shall represent them in the new Parliament, those of the countv will have the choice betwean one who is serving his country in South Africa at the head of a contingent of gallant sons of Wales, and one who is allied to a party which can boast of neither a leader nor a policy. The selection should not be difficult to make.

THE GENERAL ELECTION. FURTHER RESULTS. PRESENT STATE OF THE PARTIES. "THE FLOWING TIDE IS WITH US." UNIONISTS CAPTURE 21 RADICAL SEATS, AND THE RADICALS CAPTURE 14 UNIONIST SEATS. At the polls on Wednesday the Radicals won four seats-two at Derby, one at Leicester, and one in Dublin. The Conser- vatives snatched Sheffield (Brightside) and a seat in Sunderland from the Radicals. In Merthyr Tydril, Mr Keir Hardy, Labour Candidate, displaced Mr Prichard Morgan, Liberal, by 5745 to 4004 votes. Among the unopposed returns were Mr Moss (R) East Denbighshire, and Mr C Morley (R) Brecknockshire. The parties stood at the close of the day as follows :-Unionists, 211 Radicals, 50 Nationalists, 28. Yesterday, the fourth day of the polling, was the most satisfactory to the Unionist party, for not only were their majorities in the greater number of cases enormously increased, but the gains of seats from the opposite party were more numerous, being eleven against three gains by the Liberals, giving the latter the benefit of their return at Stockport, where Sir Joseph Leigh takes the place of Mr George Whitely, who, being elected as a Conservative, changed his politics without giving his constituents an opportunity of expressing their opinion upon the change. The Right Hon W H Long has been returned for South Bristol by a majority of 596 over his Liberal opponent. Professor Stuart, the principal proprietor of the notorious pro-Boer news- paper in London, and who had represented the Hoxton Division of Shoreditch since 1892, has now been sent into retirement, the Hon C G Hay having defeated him by 251 votes. Another member of the same school, Mr P. J. Stanhope, who has been lately making himself conspicuous by his virulent attacks upon Mr Chamberlain, has also been relegated to the ranks of the defeated, the Burnley electors having by 633 votes expressed their preference for a supporter of the Government. The Labour representative of Stepney, Mr W. C. Stead- man, is another of the late members who will not be seen in the House of Commons when it reassembles, he having been placed second by a majority of 1,069. Dr Conan Doyle made an unsuccessful attack upon Central Edinburgh in the Unionist cause, but in the Southern division of the same city a Unionist, Sir A. N. Agnew, replaced Mr Dewar, a Liberal. In Glasgow the Unionists gained two seats, and in South- hampton they gained one. Of the 370 members elected up to the present there are- Unionists 270 Liberals 70 Nationalists 30 Several.of the results of yesterday's polling will be declared to-day. FLINT BOROUGHS ELECTION. This takes place to-morrow (Saturday), and 1 if the Unionists will put aside apathy and indifference, their victory is assured. All who can do so should poll early, by so doing they will be able to lighten the labours of canvassers. It should be needless to add that the ballot is secret, and affords complete protection to all electors. This evening Mr Stuart Wortley, M.P., and Mr S W Higginbottom, M.P., are to speak for the Unionists at Flint. It is said that in that town there will be a tre- mendous majority for the Unionist Candi- dates.—The poll will be declared for the boroughs to-morrow Dight.

The Opinion of every Englishman s that liberty of sptech and action is the birthright of every free man. Britons never shall be slaves is one of the most popular of our national songs, and, as a matter of fact, it is imposible for slavery to exist under the protecting shadow of the British flag. In the same manner, men cannot remain bound by the tyrannic shackles of disease, if they will place themselves under the healing influence of Holloway's Pills 'and Ointment. Their success in all parts of the world is now a familiar story, and it is only necessary to say here, there is no known disorder that annot be speedily cured or relieved by them.

LIST OF VISITORS. Marine Hydro (Mrs A M Bagley, Manageress)- Miss Walker, M'ter; Mrs Whitworth, Chester; Mr and Mrs Sykes, Cookridge Tower, Leeds Miss Acton, Wrexham The Misses Muir, Brough- ton Park Mr and Mrs Wade, Cheater Mr an Mrs Williams, Moseley. 9 Queen Street (Mrs Jones)—Mrs Roberts, Whit: ford; Mrs Jones, do; Master Cecil Jones, do t Rev J E Jones, Pontlottyn Mrs Jones, do Rev J Roberts, Mrs Roberts Mr & Mrs Parry, Mold*

RHUDDLAN. The "Hampshire Chronicle publishes an appreciative notice of the late Mr Thomas Hughe, who resided in Winchester for many years. said to have taken an interest in the social an public life of Winchester, being active always o the Conservative cause here. JL>uring hi8. residence in Winchester he made hosts of ^ei?. and his old employers regarded him "'S The news of his death came as a sad surprise^ the many friends, who, remembering his staU°n(j friendship, his frank and genial manners, a qualities, regret the loss of Thomas Hughea exc ingly,"