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Nodion Llywarch Hen Mae rhyw baienau anamgyffredadwy yng nghymdeithas gwledydd, ac jmgoilla'ir eiithaifion yn ei gilydd am bell dro. Pan fo'r awjir chlywir ambell air yn suo fel saeth i gadw'x gwilwyr rhag hepian a bod ysgafala. Etto, pan fo angen, bwxiant eu harfau i lawr, ac egyr doiau tnugiaredd led y pen, er i luoedd brawd- garwch a dyngarwch gael heol rydd. Dyna'r teyxnasoedd yn anfon eu llo-ngau rhyfel, a'u mor- wyr, a'u milwyr, nid i ladd, ond i yimgeleddiu a chadw yn fyw. Pa ddarlun harddach na hwn, caxiad yn hwylio llongau llid i gario clwyfedig- ion, amddifaid, a'r digaxtxef, gweddiU y ddaear- g¡ryn ofnadwy. Pwy 11.a cballodd ddeigryn wrth ddadlen hanes yr alanas, a phwy na choùlodd ddeigryn glo-y wlon wrth weled dyngarwch ynl cyf- ranu ac yn aberthu er mwyn eraill. Tyf ar finiorn yr anialwch hwn rosynau Saron em cariv-d at ein gilydd, a gwaith anhawdd i ddymiora fu'n CydiSrychu dagrau'r amddifaid, fydd cydym- gynulL drachefn i ladd a diniist-rio'r naill y llall. Pain welaist leidr cytuinaist ag ef," a beth ond hanes Hadron yn cytualJO a'u gilydd i dafeHu tíÚogaertbau cydjrihyingddynit yw hanes prif deyimasoedd Iwrop ar hyd yr amseroedd diwedd- ar yma? Bui Twrci anyniad yn ysglyfaeth dden- iadjol i'r eryrod am flynyddoed-d. Gwiliemt ei cthyfansoddiad yn braeou, er fod ei drygsiawr fel drygsawr gwedi h-adnt, a dal-ient eu dwylaw yn bared i ruth.ro am eu rhan. Siomwyd eu go. bedtbion rheiibus ac eisteddiasant i s'uro a sori. Daeth rhyw fath. o fywyd mewy-dd i'r hen gorffyn gwahanglwyfus hWinw a cbeasda drefnu 0i dy i amcanion gwell. Gw.naeth lawyer galanas ofn- ,adwy heb olfnti neb, a rhiestr ofnadwy yw ed restr o ladd a llosgq. &W3'daai'r llwynog a.m ffoitdd i yru'-r cwn i ymiadd a'u gilydd. Ei fudx-waith diweddaf yw gwerthiu Boisrnia am ^'2,500,000, gweorthiu teyrnas fach. o eneddiau fel gwientbu diadeill o ddefaid. Difwynodd eu brcintiam o'r blaen, cwtogodd eu rhyddjad, trocibodd ei ddwyiaw yn eu gwaed, a gwsnaeith eu, gwiad amwyl fawr anigein na mynwent mextih- Jiron. Mynodd gyflog am eu llywodraethu yn anynol ac amiwdol. trwy en g-wentihin i dcach- wantwyx eraill. Cant well bywyd o dan eu meistri newydd, ond bmd dan iau fydd ar y goreiu. Paham nla fwriodd y teymasoedd, sy'n bosrtio o'n cyfiawnder, ymaith eu heiddigedd, a arhoddi i'r wlad feicihan hon y dafell 0. gyfiawndier glan, y mae hir ornias wedi gwasgu ei henadd i lefai am clani, sef ei hanibyniaeth. Mae'r Lilys a gosba ladxon teymasoedd, gwetthwyr eneid- iau, a rheibwyr breiiiitiau? -Nl,ae',r ysbryd Putrf- tanaidd, a gryn wirth feddwl am ddaeargiryii fel tooau o anfoddlonxwydd Duw? Mae'r Dreth Addysg yn codi, a dychmygaf glywed llawer cbwyrnfa o'r achos. Druaii o'a:- Oyrngor Addysg, mae fel pentewyn pentan gof, a'r tanau o'i ddeutu. Yr Ysgolfeistri yn ymladd am eu hdawinderau a'u cyflogau yng nghudd a chyboedd Bwxdd Addysg Llundain yn hawldo adedladau; da a llu o wialliantau eraill; y treth- dalwyr yn c.wyno o achois y dretih; a'n brodyn: Eiglwysdg yn liysdo^'x tiretthdalwyr i gwyno gyda'r am can. arnball drro o gael chwaneg o'r Tretha eu hiumaiin. Ymbwyllwch a deliwch eich gwiamu i'r gwiail, daw eich ymwared yn ei dro. Fe y:sgafllllha'if Pensdwin ychydig ar y dreth. Mae xhai o honom ax fedr codi rhyfel newydd a'i galw yn Rhyf--)l y Ceir Gwyllt." A rhoddi at addysg edn pltnt v rhan o'r direth dalwn i gy- wtedrdo'r ffyrdd am eln bod yn methu cael hwyl air dalu treth i gadw ffyrdd da, i fod ddim am- genacih Ilia rhyw 11 Park Walks i Gear Gwyllition ein rn,a-ioii-m,awxion o esstroindaid i'n gwilad mi. Nid ydym yn cwyno yn exbyin Mioduron ein gwl.ad ein hraiadn, rhyw ychyddg y fill ydyirut hwy o'u cydm,aru a rhyw ferchedach gwylltion sy'n bod-dio eu rhysedd yn y wedd bom. Rhaid i'r wlad gael addysg, a phan eilo"r baich yn rhy drwm, troer i'r conglau lie rhodddr tal mawtr am waith bycban a tbefeller i wlad yw ysgolion da, benddth gw.lad yw atbrawon tedilwng, a mantais i wlad vw cael pob peth priiodol i gariio'r add\'sig ymiaen. Felly myn,er bwy eir eu coisit, a ohostier Had ar bethau dd- ctigberuraiid. 1** Er nlad ydym yn cadw gwyliaru Saint, na chyfeddiach gwjdmabseintdau, mae rhyw afiaet-h gwyl ynom o hyd. Y Rhyfelwyr biau'r blaein am glod, ac ar gofio rhyw lanas rhyfel y mae bias. Dichon hefyd nad yng nghalon y wlad mae'r esfoomiad, end yn ei bamgylchdadau. Y mawcrion fel rheol sy'n arwain yn rialti'r wyl, a gwyl o glod i'w ea;redigionneu en henafiaid ydyw. A'r werim feddal yn dilyn unxhyw fugail a'u haxweinio i gynefin He 00 blewyn glas. ET eiin hymdrech 01 blaid addysg yr ydym yn edn brys i ddilyn minteioedd y tabyrddaui, yn angbiofio cerig mdlMixoedc1 ei hanes. Mae sefydil- iadau Addysg yn heneiddo, a deuant bellach o un i un yn bethau camnlwydd. Canxdf a chwaneg yn ol, yn, 1807, cododd un Mr. Whdt- bnead yn y Senedd, a chynygdodd fod Ysgol Elfeinol yn cael ei hadeil,adu ym mhob plwyf a dwy flynedd o ysgol yn cael ei rhoddi i bob plentyn. Gwrthodwyd ei gynygiad heb ail feddwl yn ei gylch am ei fod yn rhy gO'S.t>u]s, ac am fod rboddi addysg i weithwyr yn ei gwneyd yn anfoddlawtU i'w safie ac anufudd i'w dyled- swyddau Gan mlynedd i'r flwyddjm dddwedd- af, sef yn 1808, sefydlwyd Cymdeitbas yr Ys- .gpl,ion Birytamaiidd." E:u cwrs oedd addyag g'refjrddol Feiblaidd acanellliwiéldJÜll yng nghyd ag addys,g fydol. 'Roedd llu o glerigwyr yn ym- ladd yn ofnadwy yn eu hecrbyn. Yn 1811, sefydlwyd yr Ysgolioa. Cenedlaethol," a'u bana'Cajn ruwy oedd dysgu Athixawiaeithau'r Beibl ac egwyddordon Eglwys Loegr. Ni chelid eu hanican y pryd hwnw. Yn wir, eu hamcan oedd eu clod, ar eu, cosit eu humain v gwinant hyiny, a bron yn ddiedtbrdad eu plant eu bunain ddysgent. Amser ac amgylchiadiau droes amcan yr Ysgol- ion hyn yn asgwxn cynen—eu dysgu i blant rhai na hoffent yr egwyddorioin Eglwysig, a'u dysgu a,r go-sit rhfai eraill yw'r drwg ddaeth. Beth bynag ddaw, miae rhyw aflonyddwch ynglyin a Chyimiru. Nodiir Dirprwyaeth ar ol Dirpirwyaefth i ohwdloita i fewn i'w chysyllltiadau. ViI" olaf yw Dirpxwyaeth yr Hen Bethau," ynteu beth yn briodol y gellir ei galw! Restru relics hanes wna hon a ehroniclo peth oTu hanes. Bryd arall galaru uwch ben ben olion yr ar- ddwyd eu sylfaend gan y bydol a lie tyf porfa'r ych yn ddaear wexdd. Rhyw lechu yn Llundain maent a danghoisant beth awydd i gadw yn eu Hochesi. Dowch i Gymru, cbwi wyr o hanes, mid yw ollld beoban. Cfewch ynddi ysbryddaeth i'ch nwyd farddol a thanwydd i dan gwlad- garwch eich calon. Mae',r dyffryinoedd yma yn fritbion o feddau enwogion, a'r lleithrau yn llaAvn olion traed arwyr, heb ddim i nodi'T man- ,au ond enwau. lleoedd-yn dai, bryniau, pontydd a cherig. Mae ein hen geurfeydd rhyfel yn aros, er yn ddirylliog eu muriau ond mae hen loch- esau crefvdd-yr hen fynacbdai wedi. diflanu o flaenrrruaw Buxdtanaidd y Diiwygiad. Nid oes ynom fawr gariad at y naill na'r llall, eto grestyin eu colli o'r tir. Danghoisant beth fuom gynt- y Cu.sanau a'r rhwymau fu shorn a gwledd- yddiaeith arall ac a chrefydd arall. Edoh ad- gofio am deuluoedd mae enwau Lloegr, ond eich adgofio am bersomau unigol, yn feirdd, doethion, gwlad wyr, a Saint, mae enwau: Cymru. Rihwydd hynt i'r gwyr hyn,, bydd eu hadroddiad yn wiir ddyddorol, yn arbeinagol, os gwelant yn, ddoeth moddii i ni ddarlundau o'r hen adfeildon, cyn i amsetr a rhaib gymexyd ymaith y gar eg oiLaf. Yn ol y si hieddyw, nil bydd lie ym Mhabe1,1 Eisteddfod Colwyn- Bay ond i 10,000, saith mil i eistedd a thadr mil i sefyll. Ni byqd gan y Pwyllgor felly hawl foesol 1 werthu tocynau and i saith mil, os am beidio rhoddd eu hunaiin yn agored i'r cyhuddiad o ainonestrwydd. A,chan- iataiu y gellir gwasgu 10,000 i'r cwt chwareoi, beth am yr 8,000 neu 10,000 arall a hoffa gael He, rhai miloedd o bon3rnt wedi teithdo o edtha'r De' i Edsiteddfoda. Tybed vr aiff petbau drosodd heb lyfel a chiolli byjvydiau dan amgylchiadau moi xhyfedd. Wedi gofyn a chael yr Eistedd- fod, mae'x genedl yn hawlio trefniadau tedlwng o'r amgylchi.Td..Swan y trefniadau ceindog ddoeth hyn fydd, anighysur i'r Edsteddfodwyr, pexyglu bywydau, pacrtysiu'r gweitbrediadau a cbolledu'r Pw}rHgor Gwasged angen fel y gwasgo. A'r miloedd gwerin er pob ai gen^ar ol eulunod eu chwantau. Un o brif dduwdau'r Saeson yw'r Bel Dxoed," hi yw prif eulun y werin. Dydd Sadwrn oedd un o'r prif wyliau, dydd c^ita'r chware am y Gwpan. Yr oedd yn bresenol yn eclrych 407,736 a tbailasanit yn aberth am yr awr a haner hyn y swm hardd o £13.434. Yn nhollbyrth II o'r gorchesition, am weied 22 o glybiau'n ohwareui rtalwyd ^7,654; yr hyn rydd gyfartaledd o /31 12s. 6%c. ar gyfel pcb chwareuwr. Prawf hyn nad chwareu ydyv:, ond dull elwgar dynioll1 bydol i helia arian gwerin wirion i'w coffrau eu buinain. Cwmniau sy'n cyfiogi'r dynion fel rhyw wasanaet/l arall. A pha was arall a enilla rhyw £31 i'w feristr, unwaith os nad dwywaith wedtbiau yn yr wythnos. Pa le mae Sosialaeth yn lIe codi ei l'lef yn eLrbyLi y rhaib hwn? w R. T. E."—Ydyw, mae Tiefriw o bentref byahan, yn meddiu enwogion gwir dedlwng. Dylecli heb ymdfroi, gau'x fomwenit sy'ng nghlanol y pentref, a phlanu mangoed bythol-wyrdd i'w throi'n ardd a chuddio'r beddau. A hyn fe gy- tuna Mr. Gower yn rhwydd, gan ei fod wr rhes- ymol, ond ei gymeryd trwy deg. Anhawdd i ddyn beidio colli ei hwyl pan fo gwedlch direidus y Cynigor Dosibarth yn cellwair i foddio eu haf- iaith eu hunaiu. Un o'ch anghendon yw colof.n hyd neu colofn goffa fel y deallo diedthxiaid haf am eich gwyr enwog gymt. Colofn i gofio am Syr Thomas Williams., yr ben Eiriadurwr Cym- ra,eg a Lladin am Dafydd Jones, un on har- graffwyr cyn.taf yng Ngogledd Cymru; am leuan Glai-i Geirdonydd, awdwr Ennyxiau'r Afon"; ac am Wilym Co-wlyd, can.gen o'r tun gwreiddyn o waed ac athrylith. Pwy arall? Breuddwyddon C'owlyd yw'r efengylau ofnadwy am hen 13^1 tawel Geirionydd. A hiwyrash mai breuddwyd- ion rhywyn yn flaenorol yw'r son am Lewelyxi a'i wraig. Mae'r rhain. yn freuddwydion digom xtat'jxdol, oherwydd bu Llewelyn lawer tro yn ymlochesu yn y bryniau., i wilio'r gelyn yn Ne- ganwy a Chonwy. A pha le 'roedd iddo gongl dawelach na "Thref yr Yw," i fwrw ei ludded yn ei dywydd blin? Chwi godwch do o wyr glew yn srwn y son am enwogion. Mae llawer rhy fach o hyn, hyd onid ydym rhy Iwfr i godi ein penau a bawlio 01'1 rhan a'u He.

Congl yr Awen. ER COF Am y Diweddax Barchedig R. Rowlands, Abergele. Arhoswn yn ddisitaw i wirandaw sibrydion, Rhy lawn yw ein mymwesi guredig yn awr, Mor anhawdd yw geirio yng nghwrnod angyl-ion, Pan ddeuaoit i dioci'r pren ffrwythlawn i lawr Goxilifa ein calon gan alar hiraetblawn, Gwr Duw a adisgyinodd rhy gynaiar i'r bedd, Ein Rowland anwvlaf, hoff, tyner, a ffyddlawn, Ei goxff ef ddisgynodd. Gorffwysed mewn hedd. Llifeiirianit o ddagrau sy'n golohi edn gruddiau, Pryd cilia nos hiraeth? Pa bryd daw y wawx ? 0 rhifed y nefoedd^ ein dwys ocheneidiau, Fe waeda ein calon dan golfed mor fawr; Ditrifoil bregethwx, a ff3^dd,lawn ddirwestwr A phur efetn.gylwr diflipo yw ef, Aberithoidd ei fywyd yn llwyr i'w Waredwr, DangihDsodd i filoedd heirdd lwybxau y lid. Clywisom lais Ditw 'n ei ysprydol leferydd, Prr.egethai "r gwdxionedd heb ofni cael croes; Rb.ybuid,d' ailr ieuenctyd rhag ddnistx ac aflwydd, Tar anai yn erbyn pecboidau. yr oes; DTO,s d-diirwest fe frwydxodd yn ddewr ac yn irymius, A llawer arch-elyn djd,ymchwelodd o'i sedd, Dylanwad ei gj-nghor am oesau a erys, Gweithredoedd yr uxuiawn raid oes iddynt fedd. Weddw alarus a'th wyth dyner anwylion, Nac wylwch, ystyriwch ddoeth arfaeth eich lor, Eich priod caredig, a'r tad tynex galon, O'i gystudd ddyrchafwyd i blith nefol g6r. Heb ofid mae'n CaJIlU ger broo ed Waredwr, Ei olaf gynghorion. Chwi goldwch ei lef, Yng Ngwynfa mae Rowlands yn ddedwydd ei gyflwr, Gwisg goron y bywyd yng ngwynfyd y nef. Llanddiulas. GLAN TEGII).

Nonconformist Chapels. In the forthcoming issue of Y Geninien," the Welsh quartehy, edited by a Nonconformist minister, will appear a remarkable signed article from the pen of the Rey. W. Monrds, D.D., an ex-Preaidetnt of the Welsh Baptist Union, and owe of the foremost Free Church leaders, in the Principality. The: axtdcle is a jeremiad on what Mr. Morris declares to be the obvious fact that the edu- cated and oultered classes in Wales are turning their backs upon the Nonconformist chapels which secured for them their educational ad- vantages." Where men of culture remain identi- fied with the Free Church activities they are the exception the muile is that the college trained youith of Wialesi to-day forsake the, path of their Nonconformist parents, sever their connection with the chapel and its teaching, and dissociate themselves entirely from all religious obser- vances and activities. Dr. Morris says that he has lived for forty years in the midst of the d-einse industrial popu- lation of the Rhondda Valley, and is. intimately acquainted with the ccndtftionis obtaining in eNery denomination, and is driven to the conclu- sion that a college career and a liberal educa- tion), as a rule, lead to practical agnosticism on the part of those who before thev entered col- lege were among the most active workers, in the Free Churches. Tic-day," adds Dr. Morris, tO their ever- lasting credit, be it said, practically all our Free Church officers are working men; while the educated and cultured classes wash their hands of everything appertaining to Christian and philanthropic work."

The Vale of Conway and District Fanciers' Association. This Association has fully maintained its go- ahead propensities again this year, and its excel- lent committee, with Mr. H. Eastwood in com- mand, is already contemplating a really big open show later on. In the meantime, however, the committee desires, by means of local delegates, toi make the influence of the Association felt throughout the whole of the rad,iti(s-now the five most northern counties of Wales,—and the Secretary (Ir. A. T. Johnson, Walden, Ro Wen, Talycafn) will be glad to hear of anyone who will help the society to attain this object. The mdrdmum subscription is only zs. 6d., and the adivantageis offered to members very great. It is hoped that Mr. C. G. D. Asbeton-S-mith, J.P., D.L., of Vaynol, will be President for the year, and the list of Vice-Presidents to date include Sir R. Willi am, s-Bulfceley, Bart. (Lord-lieu- tenant of Anglesey), Mr. Henry Kneeshaw, J.P., D.L., Colonel the Hon. Henry Lloyd Mostyn, Captain E. A. P. Brooke, Mr. H. Eastwood, the Mayor of Conway (Dr. M. J. Morgan), Lady Augusta Mostyn, Mrs. Swinford Wood, Mr. R. Norton, Mi. H. W. Sheldon, the Rev. Francis Jones, and others.. As the Association is now concerned with the feathered section of the fancy only, the magnificent Sir Charles McLaren Challenge Cup has been transferred by the donor to the poultry section.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Quire. 1/1^2, 2/9.

Coffee: From Plantation to Cup. (BY ROBERT COLLIER.) a drink called coffee. This drink comfoxfeth the brain and heart and lueilpeth digestion,. "BACON. I In the day when Francis Bacon wrote these words, coffee was a luxtuy, and as such was appreciated to-day, because coffee has become a domestic- commodity within the reach of the very poorest, we take it for granted. We see it every morning on the breakfast table, and every evening after dinner, and it is just—coffee. Because it is -so easily within, our reach, we for- get that to-day just as hundreds of years ago, coffee" .comfoa:tetih th-e brain and heart and heipeth digestion. and for these virtues, in .addition to many others, we should appreciate it, as did Bacon. Indeed, England particularly lags behind other nations in her seins,a of appreciation of this, one of the most beneficial and valuable gifts of a gracious nature. We draink coffee and enjoyed -it, bene in England, when the Red Man roamed at large throughout America. And yet to-day practically every American who- visits this country expresses amazed wonderment at the cuxioiuisi fact that England, as a nation, drinks very little coffee, makes it very badly, and, in short, fails- lamentably to appreciate the many benefits of the nutritious bean. In his own country the American) takes coffee at every meal, for tea dnimking is a fashion which America has not adopted. Goffee, however, is a national habit in the States, and it is largely due to this habit of ex- tensive coffee drinking, combined with certain climatic conditions, in the opinion of many medical scientists, that Americans possess so much energy and vitality to-day. For, undoubtedly, the coffee plant is one of those rare gifts of nature to mankind intended entirely for our use and benefit. It is practi- cally impossible to abuse coffee, whilst in its use it is not only one of the most valuable of natural products as a food, but is a stimulant of great potency with none of the ill after-effects of alcohol. The nation, therefore, which does not ■make a sufncient daily use, of coffee, is over- looking an. important adjunct to the national health. Modern indifference in England to a beverage which had everything in its favour, and had already been enthusiastically adopted, is almost inexplicable. It is possibly to be explained by the fact that English people to-day do not realise the niecessity of u,s,i.1,g a branded article, that is to say, an -article which -they know to be of guaranteed purity and merit because it bears the sitamp of .a reputable- importer, but are con- tent to have foisted,-Lipon them all varieties of coarse berries intermixed with flavouring adulterants. If we in this country had in the past been able to obtain oiur coffee direct from the Fazenda or plantation on which it is grown, to-day we should rank among the largest consumers in. the world. But we buy coffee with high- soin-da'ng names which is probably nothing but an inferior berry from another quarter of the globe, do not even know how to make it properly, and natur- ally fail to appreciate it as anything more than a very ordinary accompaniment to a meal. England, indeed, might almost be termed the only great nation in the 20th century which does not value coffee in its right measure. It is scarcely extravagant to say that outside half-a- dozen well-known restauraints and hotels, it is limppissible to get a cup of coffee, made as it should be made, in London. And yet English doctors recommend the use of coffee. One famous physician tells us that coffee is a highly important and valuable food and stimulant. It produces a feeling of buoyancy and exhilaration without any after collapse. It lightens fatigue and sustains the strength under I severe mental and physical exertion." It is in view of the growing importance to the world of San Paulo coffee that the Government of the State of San Paulo, the Fazendas of which produce the most perfect berries, have decided to take matters int-o- their own. hands, and have inaugurated an interesting and far-sighted policy of becoming their own coffee merchant and dealer. (Hand in hand with the most prominent planters, a corporation has been formed to put the coffee of San Paulo on the markets of the world under its true name. That there shall be no doubt of the genuineness of this coffee, the apt title of Fazenda has been chosen by the Government of San Paulo, to hall mark it for public IDIS>e, and in this business-like manner they will introduce to the United Kingdom their national industry. The methods bv which the coffee will be ex- ported and packed guarantee a perfect coffee, free from any adulterant, and to insure that Fazenda shall be the actual San Paulo pro- duo t J and shall come straight from plantation to cup," it will be packed in hermetically sealed tins bearing the Official Seal of the Govern- ment, so that when a tin of "F azenda" is opened the coffee it contains will be as fresh and as pure as the day it left the plantation. In this way England may revive its former love for the fragrant cup, which, in the famous I philosopher's words, comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion."

Mr. L. W. Carder's Affairs- I On Monday, before His Honour Judge Moss, the Official Receiver (Mr. Llewelyn Hugh Jones) made an application to the Court for approval of the payment of a composition of 7s. 6d. in the offered by Laurence Wilfred Carder, mining engineer, Glan Mo-rfa, Conway, and carrying on business at Conway and Penmaenmawr, and at Cemmaes, Anglesey. In his report, the Official Receiver submitted the terms of the composi- tion, which were as follows :—"That payment is in priority to all other of my debts of all debts directed to be so paid in the distribution of the propert3* of a bankrupt shall be provided for as follows: By payment in cash to the Official Re- ceiver within seven days of the acceptance by my creditors of this proposal for a composition." The sum required to ..satisfy the composition was to be guaranteed by Mr. G. L. Stiebel, Cefn Gwyn, Penmaenmawr. The proposal was car- ried by the statutory majority of creditors, when proofs -of 21 creditors for ^415 IOS. id. had been tendered, and 20 of such pidofs for sums amounting in the aggregate to £ 297 3s. 3d., were admitted for \oting purposes. Of this number of creditors, 18 with proofs amounting to ^250 ns. 1 id. voted for the proposal, being a major- ity in number of in value. Mr. Chamberlain appeared for Mr. Stiebel, and disapproved of the composition, and said that his client had offered to pay the composi- tion on behalf of the debtor, but he found out that the amounts were larger than, he thought, and he wished to withdraw. The Hability had increased 100 per cent. He did not think it was right that he should be called upon to meet them. He was assured that, the amount was £ 420, but now there was an additional amount of £4°0. Mr. Stiebel gave evidence, saying that he and Carder were in the same lines of business. He aSlked Carder whether he had any more debts, and he said No." And it was on that condi- tion that he agreed to pay the composition. In reply to the Official Receiver, he said that the morney was to be paid back to him by Carder. The Judge thought that in a case like-that the guarantor had been deceived unintentionaHy. He declined to sanction the composition. Stiebel was ordered to pay the costs of the present application.

Fashionable and Interesting Weddings. ROBERTS—CREBER. Yesterday (Wednesday) a pretty wedding took place at the Douglas Temperance Hotel, Bath- street, Glasgow, when Mr. Her Wyn Roberts, Llandudno Junction, Agency Inspector of the Century Insurance: Company, and second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Roberts, Metropolitan Baník, Llangefni, was married to Miss Ellen Creber, third daughtex of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Creberr, Gorbals, Barrhead. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Duncan Cameron, of Barrhead Established Church, and the bride was given away by her father. The bridesmaids were Miss Grace Creber (sister of the bride) and Miss Emmie Roberts .(sister of the bridegroom). The bride was attired in a dress of new cream satin cloth in the Ddrectoire style and trimmed with cream net and silver galonn. She wore a viel lent by her sister-in-law, Mrs. E. J- Creber, of Castle Douglas. The bridesmaids wore dresses of elephant grey and pale blue. The chief bridesmaid's frock was of elephant grey satin -cloth made in the Directoire style and trimmed with copper gold and elephant grey galonn and cream net. Her hat was an elephant girey chip picture shaped, trimmed with Large buckle and pale blue and ostrich feather. The second bridesmaid was attired in pale blue sdlik in the same style,, and wore a hat of the same material, pale blue silk trimmed with eleohant grey -chiffon. The bride and bridesmaids car- ried charming bouquets., the gifts of the brides -groom. The bridegroom s gift to the bride was a pearl-diamond pendant in the shape of a star, and to the bridesmaids a gold bangle each. The best man was iMr. R. Lloyd Roberts, brother of the bridegroom, Metropolitan Bank, Newcastle Emlyn, South Wales. The presents were numerous and costly.

The Service. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. (FROM THE GAZETTE.") ARMY SERVICE CORPS. North Wales .Brigade Company, Welsh Div- isional Transport and Suppty Column Lieut. Theodore John Rouw, from the 4th Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to be lieutenant.

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