The North Wales Weekly News

It was stated at the Colwyn Bay Eisteddfod that the adjudicators were not unanimous in their verdict in the male voice choir contest. We hear, however, that they were all agreed. The four were Dr. Coward, Dr. Roland Rogers, and Professors David Jenkins and David Evans.

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_n TARIFF REFORM HUMOUR. THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE claims to be a non- party organisation. In order to emphasize that alleged fact, the Colwyn Bay Habitation held their garden fete in the grounds of the Con- servative Club. As a further proof of their de. tachment from party politics, their principal speaker was Mr. Sam Thompson, the Con- servative working man candidate at the last General Election. And in order, finally, that there should not be the slightest doubt in the public mind about the League's non-partizan character, they invited only the subsidised, spoon-fed Press of the Unionist and Tariff Re. form party. If, after this, there should be left any of our readers who are still not quite ready to endorse the League's claim, then surely they must be very hard to convince! The gather. ing, it appears, would have been quite success- ful, were it not for two drawbacks. In the first place, having achieved such a hopeless failure in his attempt to become a legislator, Mr. Sam Thompson tried to be funny. Mr. Sam Thompson, the Tariff Reform candidate, is at least tolerable on a public platform. Mr. Sam Thompson, ihe garden fete humorist, is something too dreadful to contemplate. It was bad enough that he should essay to be amusing. It was worse still that his style of humour should be of such a gloomy cast. The speech—such as it was—especially in its humorous passages, instead of reflecting the sprightly gaiety of such a convivial occa- sion was reminiscent of the scaffold and the tomb. There was talk about a man paying for a rope to hang himself." How the ladies present must have shivered! There was talk about a funeral and an undertaker, and, grisly thought! about "a willing corpse''—whatever that may mean. What with the rope for hang- ing and the sepulchral allusions to the funeral, and the undertaker, and—precious phrase-the willing corpse "-the knights and dames must have felt their blood run cold. How thankful they must have been for the grateful sunshine, which proved such a welcome anti- dote to the icy chill of the Thompsonian I humour, so cryptic in more senses than one. Why did the speaker (borrow his figures of speech from such a dreadful quarter? If he I thus sought to contribute to the gaiety of nations and to increase the public stock of I harmless pleasure, then he cannot be compli- mented on his success. If, on the other hand, like the fat boy in Pickwick," he wished to make the ladies' flesh creep, then he has reason to be proud of his performance. But whatever the intention, and however amiable, Mr. Thompson's humour, new style, is not well suited for garden parties. He was more at home in his old style of humour, the pre- election sort, of which he gave a pleasing re- minder by his allusion to Mr. Alexander Ure as the modern George Washington." That is the kind of facetiousness suited to the nursery and ,the Primrose League. Mr. Thompson found fault with Mr. Ure for de- claring that Tariff Reform is dead. But a greater than Mr. Ure has said the same thing without incurring Mr. Thompson's wrathful satire. It was none other than the founder of the Primrose League who said that "Protection is dead, and not only dead, but damned. That full-blooded utterance seems to have escaped Mr. Thompson's attention. So also has one of the truest of many true things said by his present leader. The words of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain were:—"Protection would swell the profits of the capitalists who were fortunate enough to engage in the best protected industries. But it would lessen the total production of the country, it would diminish the rate of wages, and it would raise the price of every commodity of life." Would Mr. Thompson like to wax facetious over a statement such as that? But while we have no use for Mr. Sam Thompson the wag, we like Mr. Sam Thompson the cynic. He pretends to believe that the wealthy classes will escape the new taxes and be able to fasten them on the shoulders of the poor! But even supposing that to be the case, which it most certainly is not, why should he complain? Would it not be strictly in accordance with the whole his- tory of Tory taxation, and therefore to be ap- proved from the Thompsonian point of view? Tariff Reform humorists must try to be con- sistent, however futile their attempts to be funny.

PERSONAL. Among those who have entered Xewnham College, Cambridge, this term is Miss E. Matthews, a daughter of Mr. G. W. Matthews, H.M. Sub-Inspector of Schools, Carnarvon. G. G. Roberts, a son of Mr. L. J. Roberts, H.M. Inspector of Schools, Llandudno, has been awarded a scholarship of ^50 a year at Llandovery College. This is the highest scholarship awarded by the College. Roberts was educated formerly at Elwy Hall School, Rhyl. a The late Rev. Llewelyn Edwards, of Ruthin, I bequeathed all his Welsh books and books re- lating to Wales to the National Library of Wales, including Salesbury's Welsh New I Testament, 1567, and "Canwyll y Cymry," 1630. # At a meeting on Friday of the Segontium Lodge (No. 606), Carnarvon, J. K. Crispin, Car- narvon, was installed Worshipful Master. The installation banquet was held at the Sportsman Hotel. » » < Mr. G. C. Hitchinson, manager and secretary of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway Company, will shortly leave for London, where he will retain his connection with the Company as secretary. Mr. G. W. North, Carnarvon, has been appointed local manager. A three days' bazaar, which was opened on Thursday at the Carnarvon Pavilion in aid of the Ebenezer Welsh Weslevan Chapel, Carnar- von, was on Friday opened by Mrs. Kav- Menzies. Sir J. Prichaid Jones, who presided, was congratulated upon the honour which was conferred upon him by the late King, and also upon the honour bestowed upon him on Thurs- day by the town of Carnarvon. On Saturday the bazaar was opened by Mrs. C. A. Jones, Alderman E. Hughes presiding.

SA YINGS OF THE WEEK. MISS LUCY H. YATES. Happiest are they who take nothing too seri- ouly—especially themselves.—In the "Country Home." MR. W. E HARPER. One of the most difficult things in the world is to address an audience of boys.—At Cardiff. LORD TREDEGAR. I know of no profession that does so much and g-ets so little as the medical profession.—At Abertvsswg. MR. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. There is little doubt that few men live their lull term.—In the Girls' Own Paper." MR. ERNEST DODGSHUN. The home life of the family at present has broken down in England. The problem is to reconstruct the ho ne. It means giving every child a chance.—At Leeds. DR. E. W. ROUCHTON. When women have got over their want of con- fidence in their own sex the number of women doctors will largely increase.—At the Royal Free Hospital. < < MR. GEORGE MILNER. The artist who writes and the artist who paints have alike to aim at increasing the total sense of enjoyment, and of heightening, if one may so speak, the mental and spiritual pulse.—At Man- Chester. Slll" A. CONAN DOYLE.. The healthy scepticism which medical train- ing induces, the desire to prove every fact and only to reiser, fro, these proved facts— these are the finest foundations for all thoughts.-At St. Mary's Medical School. °

CAKES AND PUDDINGS.—No. 48. COMMODORE PUDDING. Sent by Miss Glanfield, Reigate. No. i. No. 2. ozs. Cakeoma. 2 ozs. Cakeoma. 2 ozs. Butter. i ozs. Butter. 2 Eggs. 1 Egg. pint Milk. i pint Milk. ""T iNo. 1 is Miss Ulanheld s recipe and is very delicious. No. 2. is a modification and has been proved to be excellent and will probably be rich enough for many people. Method for either. Warm the butter till oiled, beat and stir in the eggs, add the Cakeoma and mix well; then stir in the milk gradually and again mix thoroughly. Half fill a buttered souffle dish, bake for half an hour, and serve immediately. Cakeoma is sold in 3d. packets by Grocers and Stores everywhere. Recipe book will be sent post free on request to Latham & Co., Ltd., Liverpool.

WEEK BY WEEK. Unlike some of our contemporaries, we did not tout for compliments upon our Eisteddfod I reports. We were quite content with simply wiping the floor with our rivals. I Rev. J. G. Jones, Penrhyndeudraeth, who is now -9 years of age, has been engaged for the past four years in preparing a Welsh Biblical and Theological Dictionary, which will be ready shortlv. The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George has pro- mised to unveil the memorial stone to Dafydd William, the celebrated Welsh hymn writer, at Croesyparc Cemetery, Peterston, on the 21St of October. • • « A South Wales lady who has just returned from a visit to Buenos Ayes states that one evening she was walking through the town when she came across a group of Welshmen whose voices were beautifully blending in the immortal melody of Ton y botel. DISJUNCT. There was a young girl at a junction Who was evidently wrung with compunction When asked why she cried, I was to wed,' I she replied, But can't think where they're holding the function." There will soon be published an elaborate history of Wales to the date of the conquest by Edward. The author is Mr. J. E. Lloyd, professor of history and registrar of the Uni- versity College at Bangor. He took a first class in history at Oxford in 1885, and ever since that date has been engaged in Welsh University work and in the study of Welsh history. Let Labour therefore be contended to re- member her real friends. Let the Radical party be proud of its League of Young Liber- als. Let these not be dismayed by the shouts of the arrogant nor be intimidated "in the fight. Don't surrender one seat on your local govern- ing bodies. Fight each one in the name of the greatest interpreter of democratic aspirations —Gwalia's own child, Lloyd George.Alr. G. H. Bibbing's, Leicester. "Welsh Day in Youngstown, U.S.A., pro- vided a grand reunion of the Welshmen of Ohio. Some 20,000 to 25,000 came together in the Casion, where a number of Welsh hymns and songs were rendered, and addresses de- livered by the Hon. Anthony Howells, the Grand Old Man of the Welsh pioneers Messrs. J. R. Woolley, John W. Da vies, Rev. R. Ro- berts, Elm-street, and others. Solos were ren- dered by Glan Gwili and others. < Asaph Glyn Ebwy, who is now in his 85th year, is one of the oldest Welshmen in Middles- brough. He is a poet, a musician, and a preacher. He regularly occupies the pulpit at the Welsh Baptist Chapel in Brentnal-street, Middlesbrough. He composed the following englyn on his 84th birthday, August i-,th:- Yr wyf yn hen, ar fin huno-y corph Sy'n llesgau a gwywo, A'r enaid drud yr un tro A fyw ddeil i feddylio." » The investiture of the Prince of Wales at Carnarvon will presumable mean that the King and Queen will have to go there to perform the ceremony, and the ceremony itself should be quite up to the high Welsh standard of picturesqueness. For the patent creating him Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester testifies, according to Whitaker's Peerage, that he is confirmed in the same by the ensigns of honour, the girding on of a sword, the deliver- ing of a cap and placing it on his head, with a ring on his finger and a golden staff in jns hand, according to custom," all at the hands of his Royal parents. Debrett (which does not name the old authority from which appar- ently it quotes) explains the golden staff as the emblem of government, and-rather impro- bably—the ring put on his finger as a symbol that "he must be a husband to his country and a father to his children." Whatever friction may exist between the new arid the old orders of bards in Wales, gradu- ates of the Welsh University are not deterred from competing for the chief honours at the National Eisteddfod—the University of the People! Some of the best known eisteddfodic prize winners of recent years have studied under Professor J. Morris Jones, of the Bangor University College, who is known as one of the most vigorous critics of the Gorsedd. The Rev. Crwys Williams, the winner of the silver crown, and Mr. Williams-Parrv, B.A., the winner of the bardic chair at the recent Colwyn Bay National Eisteddfod, as well as Gwili Silyn. Mr. W. J. Griffith, M.A., of Cardiff, and other prominent bards of the new school have all of them been associated with the University College of North Wales. It is inter- esting to note that Mr. Williams Parry, the chaired bard at the Colwyn Bay Eisteddfod, is one of the three who hove succeeded in obtain- ing first class honours in Welsh at the degree examinations of the University of Wales, the other two being Canon J. C. Morrice, M.A., and Mr. Ivor Williams, M.A., all of them past students of the Bangor University College.

jOTTliVGS FROM NATURE. OCTOBER IOTH. The country-side in the waning-year is no less gloriously adorned than it is when the wheatear is first tempted to cross the seas, for the tints of gold and russet and red on the woodland foliage in autumn vie closely with the various shades of green in March and April, though many there are who dwell longest on their praises for the fresh cool verdure of springtime. The leaves of the white anJ black poplars, which now shower from the trees as the soft breezes play upon them, are a richer gold than are those of the elder, and on mountain slopes the clumps of bracken assume a warmer tone as the days go by. Sycamore leaves are turning red and yellow, and the russet leaves of the elms and beeches have a beauty all their own, and while the drooping foliage of the garden laburnums are gorgeous in their dress of gold. The yellow crop of summer flowers, too, is still well represented; the blossoms of the creeping cinquefoil may be found lurking amid the dew-drenched herbage of the hedgerow, the ragwort gleams in all the pasture lands, the rock- rose and golden-rod still bedeck the seamed cliff-face, and the hawkweeds, where there are goodly numbers in the field, are often remarkable for the wealth of colour they reveal. But the typical plant of autumn is the autumn-flowering gorse, the glory of large tracts of which is at present the keynote of many a solitary mountain slope. Late on Friday last we heard the soft "seep" of incoming redwings as the birds winged their way across the dark, starry vault.

A New Infirmary for Bangor Workhouse. For many years an agitation has been going on in the Bangor and Beaumaris Board of Guardians for a new workhouse infirmary. At Friday's meeting of the Board the question was again exhaustively discussed. The Guardians unanimously decided to purchase what is known as the Glanadda site, offered by the Penrhyn Estate for £2,000 (Si acres), subject to the approval of the Local Government Board, and to proceed forthwith with the erection thereon of a new infirmary with accommodation for 80 beds.

Llandudno Autnmn Concerts. SIX SINGERS IN ONE WEEK. TRIAL BY JCRY." The efforts to prolong th-2 Llandudno season by the energetic Autumn Concerts Committee cannot be too hignly extolled, and it is most gratifying to learn of the good support given this year s venture. The undertaking is a re- sponsible one, and it behoves everyone inter- ested in the true welfare of the town to give it such support that the season in future may be further extended. Too much praise cannot be given to the energetic secre- tary. Mr. W. T. Brccklehurst, Perthi, who never relaxes for one moment his ardent enthusiasm in his work. Few, indeed, are the watering- places which can boast 01 a first-class orchestra and highly-class conceits extending to the end of October. And so in Llandudno practical proof ha-- been shown what united efforts can accomplish. Moreover, the programmes of the autumn season arc arranged with a view of popularity in many branches. Gems from the musical I biary are selected, and with excel- lent sentimental singing and sparkling humour the concerts are of the most enjoyable kind. The Committee ha-'e been successf ul in ob- taining the services of the following members of the orchestra —I.eader and solo violin, Mr. T. Barratt; first violins, Messrs. J. Edgar and H. Timperley; second violins, Messrs H. Faw- cett/and L. Connabeer; viola, Mr. A. Arnold; 'cello, Mr. W. J. Claxton; bass, Mr. W. Tim- perley; flute c.nd piccolo, Mr. A. Halstead oboe, Mr. A. Nichols; claricnette Messrs. W. Lupton and J. E. Roberts; cor anglaise, Mr. A. Nichols; bassoon, Mr. S. Midgley; horns, Messrs. H. Marshall and H. Jarvis; cornets, Messrs. A Hall and C. Freeman; trombone, Mr. J. Branston; tympani, Mr. H. A. Dunn; bells, &c., Mr. G. Atlri nson solo harpist, Mr. H. Jaryis; glockenspiel, &c., Mr. H. A. Dunn; solo pianist and accompanist Mr. George At- kinson assistant accompanist, Mr. W. Tim- perley; librarian, Mr. H. A. Dunn. The musi- cal director is Mr. Arthur W. Payne, F.R.A.M., and the conductc: 's Mr. Walter Haigh, who i-; a great favourite with Llandudno audiences. Concerts are held daily at 11, evening 7.45, and a sacred concert on Sundays at 8.15 p.m. The first concert was given on Mondav-morn- ing, when there was a good attendance, whilst at the first evening concert there was a verv large and appreciative audience. The evening concert was opened by the or- chestra rendering Chopin's Polonaise in A," followed by the overture to Auber's Mas- aiiiello and Eilenberg's "Reve du Hal" and the March of the Mountain Gnomes." It is strange to notice r.cw baritone vocalists always reveal an excessive affection for Leocavello's prologue to Pagliacci." One tires of it. Mr. Emlyn Davies in our opinion was not happy in making his debut with this overdone item at local concerts. In response to applause, Mr Davies gave an encore. Messrs. T. Barrett and J. Edgar performed the violin duet" Der Tramme der Se--lneriii I very acceptably. The other orchestral items weie fantasia Caval- leria Rusticana selection, Merrie Eng- land waltz, "SepterTbre," and Brahm's Two Hungarian Dances," all of which were j heartily enjoyed. Mr. Emlyn Davies was encored for The Harvest D^nce." Mr. James Chilcott, the humorist, was well received, and received a double encore in the second part. The concerts ar2 a greot success. At the Llandudno Pier Concerts next week the following six vocalists will appear:—Miss Louie James, Mr. David Evans, Mr. George Macklin, Mr. C. W. Brown, Miss Marion Beeley and Mr. R. Carter. The dates on which each will take part m the concerts will be found in our advertising columns. As has just been announced, Miss Louie James, after a distinguished career at the Royal Academy of Music, London, has now been awarded the highest Certificate of Merit of that institution. Her visit to Llandudno will be anticipated with much interest, and the town which she lived in for many years oi her girlhood will give this rising "singer a cordial welcome. Mr. David Evans, a baritone vocalist of singular ability and feeling, made a splendid impression at the recent Colwyn Bay Eistedd- fod, and we venture to think that in the more peiceptive atmosphere of the Llandudno con- certs he will do better still. Mr. Evans has won fame not in Wales merely, but wherever he has been in London and the provinces. In Mr. Macklin the county town has pro. duced a tenor of such parts that he may yet rival the great singers of the day, and even of the past. He, 100, won the hearts of the great audience before whom he sang at the Colwyn Bay Eisteddfod. He is now at the Royal College of Music, London, whence he will emerge ere long with the guinea stamp of high training upon the sterling quality of his Tobust tenor voice. Of Mr. Brown it is not necessarv to write in the introductory strain, to the Llandudno people at any rate. He is a townsman whose vocal abilities are highly appreciated, and as the principal tenor of 'the Operatic Society he will no doubt take his place in Trial by Jury" as the opprobious "defendant" who has jilted the sweet Angelina. Miss Marion Beeley is already a favourite at the Llandudno concerts, not onlv on ac- count of her charming rendering of the many songs included in her repertoire, but because of the humour with which she rings the little encorge songs at the piano, in which she is an able exponent of the school of Miss Mar- garet Cooper. Mr. Carter is a Yorkshire tenor, and York. shire to some extent resembles Wales fn the musical nature of its people. He has sung in crrartorio and to pier a, and in imany concerts, and will make his first appearance at the Llandudno Pier Pavilion. He is a prize-win- ner at several musical festivals. Each concert next week, it will be under- stood from this list of artistes, will be of quite exceptional interest, and it may be add- ed that the conductor, Mr. W alter Haigh, and the memners of -he orchestra do not mean to allow their br.inch of the service, so to speak, to be outdone by the vocal branch. They are infected with the keenest interest in the au- tumn movement, and an making the concert ¡. go" with a swing that sweeps us all along with them in an irresistible enthusiasm. But the event of the week, no doubt, will be the rendering of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, Trial by "Jury" This takes place next Wednesday night, October 19th, and the concert will commence at the usual hour, 7.45, the opera being given as the second half of the programme. Mr. L. H. Summerfield, the able and popular conductor of the societv, will conduct the performance, in which extra strong choruses of jurymen and bridesmaids will take part. Suitable arrangements have been made for staging the piece, and no doubt there will be an overflowing audience on the occasion. THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. There is every reason to believe that the whole of the six choirs entered in the chief choral event at the musical festival to be held in the Llandudno Pier Pavilion on Saturday next, October 15th, will make their ap- pearance. The Douglas Choir are coming by special steamer, and excursionists from all parts of the island will probably ac- company them. The excursion is being adver- tised extensively by its promoters. The choirs from places in England and Wales are being specially arranged for by the Railway Com- pany, who will issue cheap bookings to Llan- dudno, in addition, from most towns in North Wales. Dr. McNaught "ind Mr. Harry Evans are the adjudicators. One of the choirs is the famous Manchester Orpheus, who won the first prize in the male voice choir competition at the re- cent National "Eisteddfod at Colwyn Bav The Committee ot the festival have certainly struck out in a new The in stipulating that the choirs shall all sing The Battle of the Baltic'' en masse at the evening meeting. There will thus be a rendering of the work by quite 200 voices, with the accompanimer: of the Pavilion Or. chestra, and the occasion will certainly be one long to be lemetnbered. Looking at it in the interests: ptf musical culture and apart from the prize-winning element and the competitive spirit, the innovation is of no small importance. It will be an excellent thing to bring all the competitors together on the one platform to sing for the sake of the music and the enter- tainment of the audience, without regard to the victory which is to be won by one of them. The soloist is to be selected by the adjudicators, net nec^sarilv from the winning choir, and the adjudic-Ation upon the contest in the after- noon will be given after the combined per- formance at the evening meeting, which will commence at 6.30 prompt. There are many competitors in the other competitions, and two most interesting meetings are assured.

Colwyn Bay Free Churches. THE WELSH COUNCIL AND THANKS- GIVING DAY. The Rev. William Williams presided on Friday evening at the meeting of the Colwyn Bay Welsh Free Church Council. The President extended a most cordial wel- come to the veteran missionary, the Rev. John Jones, who on completing his long service on the Khassia Hills in India has come to reside at Colwyn Bay. Mr. Williams, who is a prom- inent minister with the Congregationalist body, spoke very warmly of the work done by Mr. Jones and other Calvinistic Methodist mission- aries in India. The Rev. Owen Evans said that he probably had known Mr. Jones for a longer period than anyone present. He knew Mr. Jones and his late wife long before they were married and 11 y before .they went to India; they were neigh- bours in a Flintshire village in those days Both of them were full of the missionary zeal even then, and before her marriage the late Mrs. Jones did a great deal of missionary work at Holywell. It could be said with confidence that no one ever gave themselves more thor- oughly to the work on the Khassia Hills than the members of that family, and no one had achieved such a record of long service there as Mr. Jones, whom they had the great happiness of welcoming that evening. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. John Jones, who was received with the utmost cordiality, returned thanks for his kind reception, and said they would be glad to know that the work in Khassia continued to prosper. When he went out there 35 years ago there were 759 members and adherents. By to-day there were 26,000 members and 4000 adherents, a total of 30,000. (Hear, hear.) The revival had added very considerably to the membership, and during last year alone there was an increase of 8100. In a few days his elder daughter was returning there as a missionary, sailing with others from Birken- head. (Hear, hear.) A vote of sympathy was passed with the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Edward Williams (Gwyn- llys) on the death of his greatly esteemed mother. The late Mrs. Williams was the daughter of the celebrated Rev. Isaac Jones, of Nantglyn, and wife of another famous minister, the Rev. Griffith Williams, Talsarnau. It was unanimously decided to hold the har- vest festival in the Welsh Chapels on Wednes- day, October 26th, to be preceded on the previous evening by a united meeting at Horeb Weslevan Chapel, Rhiw-ioad. It was also re- solved to communicate with the English Free Church Council with reference to arrangements for future years. The Rev. Owen Evans, in the course of the discussion, regretted that Britain had not thought It wise to follow the example of the United States in holding a National Thanks. giving Day. It was full time to make the Har- vest Thanksgiving a national festival. (Hear, hear.)

Oddfellows Centenary. CELEBRATION AT CONWAY. On Saturday afternoon the Conway District Branch of Oddfellows, comprising Bodlondeb, Euryn and Neville Rhos lodges, celebrated the centenary of the Manchester Unity at Conway, when there was an elaborate demonstration. At 2-30 p.m. a procession was started from the head- quarters of the lodge in Castle-street, and headed by the Lodge Surgeon Dr. R. Arthur Prichard, J. P., and the Conway Borough Band. The pro- cession was composed of about 100 officers and members displaying a splendid silver regalia, sashes, &c. After parading the streets, a service was held in the Parish Church, arranged by the Vicar, the Rev. J. W. Roberts. A very impres- sive service was conducted by the Dean of Bangor, and at the close a special collection was made in aid of the local nursing fund. After the service the procession was re-formed, and made its way to the Girls' School, where a sumptuous meat tea had been prepared by Mr Fred Jones, of the Grosvenor Restaurant. After full justice had been done to the good things provided, the Vicar presided over an impromptu meeting, at which addresses were delivered by P.P.G.M. Jonathan Roberts, Colwyn Bay; P.G. Edward Davies, Colwyn Bay; P.P.G.M. Geo. Edwards, Conway P.P.G.M. W. Jones, Bangor Prov. C.S. R. Evans. Hearty thanks were accorded the Vicar for presiding, and also the caterer. Later in the evening a concert was held in the Town Hall, presided over by the Lodge Surgeon, the conductor being Mr T. C. Jones, Cadnant Park, and the accompanist Madame Sallie Baugh. The following artistes contributed to a splendid programme :—Misses A. A. Williams, Ella Brown and L. J. Hughes, Messrs Yates, Evan Jones, D. I-lew. Davies, J. R. Davies, Joseph Parry, W. E. Jones, and Master T. D. J. McLaren. During the interval a short address was delivered by the Chairman, who had to leave before the finish of the programme, and the Mayor (Councillor John Williams), who was present, very graciously took his place. At the close the usual votes of thanks were accorded, and the concert terminated with the singing of the National Anthem, Miss A. A. Williams taking the solo.

Beaumaris Town Council. At an adjourned meeting of the Council, held on Friday evening, the Mayor presiding, Mr. W. L. Catlin, of Raunds, Wellingborough, was appointed manager of the waterworks at a salary of 30s. a week.

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