The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

HAVEEFOBDWEST FANCIEBS' SocxzTT.-A general meeting of the above will be held at the Coffee Tavern on Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. All fanciers are cordially invited to attend. QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIP.—We are glad to find that as a result of the examination held at Christ- mas for Queen's Scholarships, W. P. Gooding and J. A. Phillips, of this town, have each obtained a place in the First Class. They were prepared by heir master, Mr T. C. Rees. DEATH OF AN OLD INHABITANT.—By the death of Mrs Evani;, widow of the late Mr T. P. Evans, saddler, High Street, after a few days' illness, on Wednesday week, another old and respected inhabit- ant. has been removed from our midst. The funeral took place on Sunday. WOUNDED AT DRIEFONTBIN.—Private J. Sullivan, a Militia reserve in the Welsh Regiment, is reported among the severely wounded in the battle of Driefontein. This is not, as was supposed, the husband of Mrs Sullivan, daughter of Mr Lloyd, butcher, Castle Back. HUNT MEET.—There was a meet of the Pem- brokeshire Hounds on Monday at Roch Bridge. A fox was found in a cover near by and a good hour and a half's run was the result. A now. storm, however, allowed Master Reynard to make good his escape, the field then returning home on account of the severe weather. VIEWS.—Mr Ll. Brigstocke has just got out a new Album of views of Haverfordwest and other portions of the county. The pictures are by a new process, are beautifully executed, and are most striking and realistic. Exterior and interior views of the Haverfordwest Churches are shewn, whilst some exquisite coast scenes, including the Havens, Fishguard, and Milford Haven, also find a place in this wonderful shilling's worth. SACRED CONCERT.—A service of sacred. musiM vocal aud instrumental, took place in St, Martin's Church on Friday night last The following formed the programme :—Organ, Haydn's Andante," Mr F. S G irton cornet, Golden City," Mr J. Lewis solo, 0 Rest in the Lord," Miss Skinner; solo, Queen of Angels," Mr S. Bowler; cornet, "Sun of Righteou.-ww," Mr J. Lewis; solo, Calvary," Miss Davies; -olo, Be thou Faithful," Mr George Lewis or"an, concluding Voluntary, Mr F. 8. Garton. Each item was well rendered in the presence of a good congregation. Mr D. O. Evans had kindly promised to give two pieces on his violin, but he was unavoidably detained in London. It is nevertheless hcped to have his valuable services later on. CONGREGATIONAL TWENTIETH CENTURY MOVE- MENT.—Special services were held in th Tabernacle and Albany Chapels on Sunday, at f ■-

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TOWN COUNCIL. THE CONSTANT SUPPIJY TRIAL. 300,000 GALLONS IN 24 HOURS! WASTE OR LEAKAGE? ANOTHER PUMPING SCHEME. The monthly meeting of the above was held at the Council Chamber on Tuesday evening. The Mayor (Sir Charles Philipps) presided, and there were also present :-Ald. T. Rule Owen, Councillors W. H. George, William Williams, J. H. Bishop, T. L. James, R. A. G. James, John Evans, W. J. Jones, James Reynolds, and P. White. The Mayor said be had received a letter from the Town Clerk stating that he had to attend the Assizes at Cardiff and asking that his absence from the meet- ing be excused. COMMITTEE REFOBTS. The reports of the Borough, Gas, Water, and Sanitary Committees contained nothing but routine matters. At the meetings of the Boro and Sanitary Committees there was only one member present, Mr Jones at tHe former and Mr Bishop at the latter. SAN II A ET COMMITTEE'S CRUTCH. ¡ Mr Bishop in moving the adoption of the Sanitary Committee's report, which suggested a general district rate of 2s 6d, said this rate would leave a deficiency of £ 236 on the estimated expenditure, but, that was proposed to be met by a gratuity from the Boro' Fund, which was meant to be employee in a re-, duction of tho rates. If that assistance from the) Boro Fund was not forthcoming the rate would have. to be raised. Mr William Williams did not object to the Boro i Fund bearing all the burdens it was able to bear, but) he objected to the spending Committees spending money simply because they could tbrow the burden of the expenditure upon the Boro' Committee. And, if the Sanitary Committee was going to control the Boro' Fund, the Boro' Committee bad better be; wiped out altogether and the Sanitary take its place. He was perfectly willing that the Sanitary Com- mittee should have from the Boro' fund whatever I that fund had to spare, but he did not like the idea of l i Committee other than the Boro' Committee con- trolling the expenditure of the fund. The Mayor said the Boro' Committee was a sort of Finance Committee for the other Committees to draw upon. But at the present moment it seemed that Mr Bishop sitting by himself had had to call upon Mr Jones sitting by himself, which was a very amiable position of affairs—(laughter). Mr Jones said the Boro' Fund was at present in a very feeble condition and had an adverse balance. He would like some other means found for finding this money without continually drawing upon the Boro' Fund. He was also tempted to say that they were rapidly falling into the habits of what might be called a "spending Town Council," and he thought the time had come when they should curtail their ex- penditure, and lay out nothing unless they could point out that they were giving the ratepayers some real and lasting benefit for the money. He was almost bound to say that at the present time he could not trace that permanent benefit that the ratepayers had a right to claim. The Mayor said the estimates would have to be considered presently, and this matter could be dis- cussed then. Mr Williams thought if the Sanitary Committee's recommendation was passed the Boro' Committee would be bound to hand over this sum. Mr Bishop—What are you going to do with an income of twelve or thirteen hundred a year ? The Borough Accountant thought they would find that the difficulty had to some extent been got over when the estimates were considered. The report was agreed to. REPRESENTATIVE ON TASKEB'S. On the motion of Mr W. J. Jones, seconded by Mr T. L. James, the Mayor was elected to represent the Council on the Local Intermediate School (Tasker's) Managers, in place of the late Mr T. J. White. ESTIMATES. The Boro' Accountant presented the estimates for the coming year. The expense under the general district rate was placed at 2.516, requiring a rate of 215 6d, and for the water Zi,559 was put down, ne- cessitating a raie of Is 6d. The sum mentioned by Mr Bishop under the sanitary heading was treated as a de cienoy, as it was thought that at the end of the year it might not be so much, and then the of the year it might not be so much, and then the Boro Fund could contribute what was necessary. Mr Bishop considered that the proper way was to provide for what the estimate said would be required, and not assume that some of it would not be needed. The estimates and rates were passed. RIPARIAN OWNERS. The Mayor said the letters to the riparian owners requesting "sheir sanction of the Little Newcastle water scheme had been sent out, and some of the replies had been received. But some of them were not in a satisfactory form, and it would be better to postpone consideration of the matter until it could be dealt with fully. CONSTANT SUPPLY EXPERIMENT. Ald. Rule Owen said he understood that within the last day or two the suggested experiment of keep- ing the water on constantly had been made, with the result that the reservoir was emptied. lie could not help thinking therefore that there ratst be a precious deal more water wasted than used, aed he would like to know the cause. He had thought that with a constant supply people would draw from the taps direct, and then turn them off, hut. it was apparent- that the amount of water wh;ch had gO£1e through the pipes could not possibly have I>enl' consumed by lair play during the time it was on. Mr George said that, from a btJitement furnished him by the Surveyor, he found that the water was turned on at 8.30 Monday morning and kept on for 24 hours. Tho reservoir was full at the start an': contained only one foot of water at tne cud ot Hie time. Besides this, 60,000 gallons were pumpoJ during the day, 30,000 gallons were rinwn fro-n the Fountain reservoir, as well as the 40,000 -dadv yielded by that source, so that in ail some gailons were consumed during the 24. hours, inde- pendently of the supply from the old reservoir. There would, therefore, have been over 300,000 used Lba.t, day, showing very clearly that the pipes must be in a bad state, haviug," no doubt, underground leak- ages. It was accordingly impracticable at the present lima to furnish the town with a constant supply. lima to furnish the town with a constant supply. Furthermore, the pumping apparatus again went, wrong the previous night. The Medical Officer said he found on going his rounds that a great- many people had not the slightest idea about the soustani supply being kept on, and if the) had been in the habit of leaving on their taps there must have been an immense quantity wasted. Mr George said the crier was sent vouni t,lic town warning people of it and the inspector and waterman visited *?s many houses as possible. The Mavor said there must have been a great leakage from the pipes. Did the waterman discover an v ? The Waterman said he found a great many pipes leaking, but tney had been mended by to-day. Aid. Rule Owen-There must be something radi- cally wrong somewhere. The Mayor—We have just heard that the pipes were leaking. Mr Williams thought it had been decided that previous to their giving a constant supply they should see that all topswere in such a position that the householder could not allow the water to run to waste for his own satie. Until that was done, no matter what supply they had. they could not keep it on constantly. Mr T. h James said the average for the first t,w.. hours was 9,000 per hour, but the average for the 21. was 12,000 per hour, so that,more water must have been running at night than in the day. The Mayor said if it had been warm weather he should have attributed it to tho exuberance and joy of the townspeople at having the water again, so that they all had a bath—(laughter). He had no doubt that the Water Committee would take what- ever steps were necessary. The subject tbon dropped. CROWHILL, VICE BARNSLEY. Mr George said if he thought it was going to delay a gravitation scheme for a single month he would not move his resolution for the sinking of a well at Crowhill to substitute that at Barnsley. But he did not think s'). His aim was to improve the present supply at a small cost whilst waiting for the larger scheme. At Barnsley there was an iron strata and the water would never be satisfactory, but at, Crow. hill there was no sign of the ii on. The Surveyor's estimate for the necessary work was 17s. A well would have to be sunk, and pipes laid to connect it with the main in the road, and the pumping machinery would have to be moved down from Barnsley. A trial could be made for a week er two, and if satisfactory the machinery could remain there for good. The pumping would be at least one horse power easier. The reason that the well was not sunk there before instead of at Barnsley was the existence of the paper mills, but they were not now working. Mr William-? seconded. If the iron could be eliminated from the water it would be very satisfactory for the town. Mr Rule Owen agreed with Mr George that if this proposal would delay gravitation he wonld fight agaiusfc it. They had. seen enough and heard enough of the Little Newcastle soheme to know where they had a fair chance of getting a good supply. And if they could not get it by fair means there were other means of getting it besides depending upon the whims of certain parties who supposed a difficulty where no difficulty really existed. Mr Jones felt constrained to give expression to his opinion even though he stood alone. He objeoted on principle most strcngly to a further throwing away of public money upon what was admitted upon all liauds to be a perfectly useless and unsatisfactory soheme. The Surveyor's estimate for this work was £100, but he could venture to assert that that would not by any means cover the outlay tint would be incurred. In face of the fact that the majority of the people of IIaverfordwost were admittedly opposed to any further tinkering with the Barnsley pumping scheme, he was bound to oppose this proposal, anu would not be doing his duty unless he did. They were told that full pressure had been put upon the ilamsley supply on Monday, and a most miserable ample they had had. And to come there as berious illen of business and as representatives of the rate- payers, and ask for more money to have a further supply of this useless water, would be to disregard their duty. It was better to go on as they were until they could get a permanent supply by gravita- tion. Mr George, in reply, said the water .at Crowhill was quite different to that at Barnsley. It was analysed as perfectly free from iron. Everyone knew he was an advocate of gravitation, but he wanted to improve the present supply in the mean- iluio. The Mayor than put the resolution that a well be sunk at Crowbill, pipes be laid to connect with the main, the pumping machinery be brought down from Barnsley, and the pumping at the latter place be discontinued if the new well proved satisfactory. Seven voted for and three against, the motion being therefore carried. The minority were Messrs Jones, Reynolds, and Evans. FEINTING- CONTRACT. 01 I lie motion of Mr Jones, seconded by Mr Hishop, it was decided to invite tenders for the Council's printing for three years. GAS ACT SUMMARY. An estimate was read for printing the summary f the Gas Act prepared by Mr T. L. James. The was put at Y,3 10s., and at the suggestion of the who said he would pay for it rather than it should not be done, the work was ordered to be carried out. This was all the business. t

Haverfordwest Board of Guardians The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday, Mr T. Llewellin in the chair. RATE COLLECTOR FOB LLANWNDA. Applications were received for the poet of rate collector for Llanwnda parish from Bbeneeer Griffiths and James Evans. The former submitted no testi- monials but claimed to have the support of the two (r'lardians, while the latter sent six testimonials, in- ending a very favourable one from one of the Guardians, Mr James Llewellin. Rev. T. Mathias-The two guardians must be very at rongly supporting one man because neither of them was present—(laughter). The voting resulted in Evans receiving 28 and Griffiths 2. Rev. Mathias—The two guardians !— (laughter). Chairman—Oh no. Mr Evans was then called in and informed of hit ap- pointment, for which he returned thanks. CONTRACTS. The various contracts for the supply of groceries, &0., to the House were lot for the ensuing half year,

TOWN RELIEF FUND. [To the Editor.] Si r,— I ha.ve been instructed by Sir Charles E. G. Philippe, Bart., the Chairman of the Com- mittee of the above fund, to forward you the fol- i 't lowing information. The Chairman and Com- mittee desire to thank all who have given their kind assistance to the movement, thereby making it so eminently successful. I remain, yourt; faithfully, R. W. ESMONDE WHITE, Lieutenant Colonel, Hon. Secretary. Haverfordwest, March 22nd, 1900. Prendergast, No 1 District (East side, Back Lane, Tan Bank, West side, Church Lane, Alley, Prendergast Hill), f6 3s. Old Bridge, No 2 District (Bridgend Square, Prospect Place, and side of Salutation Square to Cartlett Mill and Scotchwell), £ 5 15s 8d. Salutation, No 3 District (Picton Place, Cam- brian Place, Marsh, Cartlett, Narberth Road), A;8 17 1. Old Bridge, No 4 District (Swan Square, Bridge Street, Castle Square, Holloway, Gloster Terrace, Ebenezer Row, Kiln Lane), fl2 9s 6d. Castle Back, No 5 District (Church Stieet, Castle Terrace, Chapel Lane, North Street, North Gate, North Parade), E4 19 3d. St. Martin's, No 6 District (St. Martin'# Place, lower Spring Gardens, Tabernacle Row, Crescent, and City Road), jE7 Os 6d. Spring Gardens, No 7 District (Barn Street, part of Fountain row, Brewery, Mariners' Square, Dark Street, Upper and Lower Tower Hill), £ 13 9s 6d. Victoria Place, No 8 District (Victoria Place, Quay Street, High Street), fS3 13s 6d. Dew Street, No 9 District (Part of Fountain Row, Dew Street, Horn's Lane, Market Street), £ 11 I4s 5d. Hill Street, No 10 District (Goat Street, Hill Lane, Hermon's Hill, Upper Market Street, Church Lane, Birch Row, Back of Albany, Rose- mary Lane), JE9 9s lid. St. Thomas' Green, No 11 District (St. Thomas' Green from the Infirmary, Shipman's Lane, Merlin's Hill, Merlin's Bridge, Milford Road), £ 3 16a 8d. No 12 and 13 Districts (Albert Street, Ruther Lane, Searrowseant, Hawthorn Villas), f4 17s 7d. Total street collections, E122 6s 6d. Lodged privately in Banks:—Lloyd's JE28 10s 6d; National Provincial, 970 4s; London and Provincial, f,19 17s; Metropolitan, fl Is; total, £ 119 12s 6d. w The Committee have also received from Colonel Roch half proceeds of his lecture, 97 10s from the Wesleyan Choir, £15; from Mr Llewellyn Brigstocke by use of Gramophone, El 2s 2d by Coroner's jury fees, fl 6s 6d; from Tasker ■ School, 15s from the Fire Brigade tea, f,31 17s 5d; and from the Cleddy Lodge of Oddfellows, L-10; total, £ 67 Us ld. Grand total, f,309 10S Id. There is also one street (Hill Street, in No 10 District) yet to be collected. TOTALS: -Private in Banks £ 119 12 6 Street Collections £122 6 6 Gratuitous 267 11 1 Grand Total f,309 10 i

which the details of the Twentieth Century i movement were placed before the congregations, i As the public are aware, the Congregational Chnrches propose to raise a fund of half-a-million ] guineas to be devoted to the building of new churches, where required to the repair and maintenance of existing ones; to the assistance of Home and Foreign Missions and to the provision i of an efficient ministry in the poorer districts. Rev. Lewie James (Narberth) and Rev. Sirhowy Jones delivered sermons at the morning and evening services. The names of all subscribers of a guinea and upwards to the fund will be in- scribed on a Historic Roll, a copy of which will be kept in each church and handed down to posterity, whilst subscriptions may also be given in the names of deceased peraoits so that the names of the latter may be entered on an In Memoriam roll, and kept in a similar manner. The fund will close in August, 1901. FUNERAL or MR ISAAC ROBERTS. The funeral of the-late Mr Isaac Roberts took place on Mon- day morning. The coffin was carried by deceased's fellow church members from the residence, St. Martin's Cresent, to Bethesda Chapel, where a laige gathering of townspeople assembled. An impressive service was conducted by the Pastor (Rev. O. D. Campbell). Prayers were offered by the Revs. Gough Griffiths and James Phillips, and the Rev. F. N. Colborne read the burial service. Mr Campbell delivered an affecting address from the words The steps of-a good man are ordered by the Lord-and he delighteth in his way" (Psalm xuvii. 23.) In the course of his remarks he said that whatever were the failings or imperfections of Mr Isaac Roberts he was a good man. That was the keynote of his life-he went about doing good—and it was upon every- one's lips that he was a good man. Many who were poor would be poorer still because of his death, while Bethesda had lost its most constant and earnest supporter.—After the pronouncing of the benediction by the Rev. Owen Jacobs, the Dead March was played on the organ by Mr Price, whilst the audience remained standing. The coffin was then placed in a hearse and the mournful procession wended its way to Macpelah where the last solemn rites were abserved. The mourner* were Mrs Roberts (widow), Mrs Eynon (sister), and daughters, Mr David Roberts (brother) and family, and Mr Rees. Some very choice wreaths were placed on the coffin, including one from the Pastor and members of Bethesda. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr Lewis, New Bridge.