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TIDE TABLE FOR THE NORTH WALES COAST.* NOVEMBER. Date. Morn. Even. height. 18 11 19 11 44 20 6 1 11 4 on 20 s 20 o 35 o 59 199 vi 1 23 I 47 18 4 zj. 2 1¿ 2 37 ■■ 16 7 23 3 4 3 34 '4 10 24 4 5 3 37 '3 3 25 5 13 6 8 12 9 Conway 10 minutes later.

READY! AYE, READY THE TRUCE is ended. The trumpet call to arms is sounding in the land. Preparations are being made for one of the most decisive battles in the history of political warfare in our country. The great conflict between the rights of the people and the arrogant pretensions of the privileged few has come upon us with startling suddenness, but it must now be fought to a finish. It would have been decided, one way or another- and we think in the people's favour-some months ago but for the great calamity which befel the nation and the Empire. The lamented death of King Edward was util- ised as a reason for adopting a plan—pre- viously suggested in the Unionist Press- whereby representatives of the Government and of the Opposition should meet with a view to deciding how best to carry out the wishes of the people, so definitely expressed at the January election, on the Constitu- tional issue. The Conference is dead. Its end was peace. It came to an end with- out arriving at an agreement." What their eight representatives at the Conference failed to do the .nation themselves must now accomplish. They must decide whether they are prepared to maintain the bad system under which the Peers can flout the declared wishes of the great majority of the electorate, or whether they are prepared to stand by the sound old principle of "Government of the people by the people and for the people." In other words, Who shall rule—Peers or People? That was the battle-cry which rallied the majority of the electorate to the Liberal standard at the last General Elec- tion and we believe it is the battle-cry which will bring them flocking round the same standard at the election which now seems so imminent. We are, in fact, in ex- actly the same position as we were nearly a year ago, but this time we must make our demand for justice heard even more distinctly than ever before. For what is the position to-day? Here it is as described with characteristic clearness and force by the splendid Chancellor of the Exchequer — 'Having in vain used every endeavour through conciliatory methods to win equal political rights for all Britons, we are now driven to fight for fair play in our native land. We repudiate the claim put forward by, 600 peers that they were born to control the destinies of 45,000,000 of their fellow- citizens and to trample upon their wishes for the good government of their own country. Yes, it is a fight for fair play for the great b mass of the people that is about to be waged, and we are glad to be able to state that the Liberal Party are ready for the fray. Rarely has election-time found the Liberalism of Britain so firmly and so solidly welded together, one in aim and de- termination and rarely, on the other hand, has the Unionist Party showed itself so disunited, so weak and so vacillating in the face of a great national crisis. Needless to sav, our Party, the party who espouse the cause of the people, are looking forward with eagerness and quiet confidence to the prospect of at last being able to come to grips with the hereditary friends of reac- tion and enemies of popular rights. We are ready to fight. And we shall win. But why has the Conference failed? The answer to that important question is sup- plied, not by a Liberal authority, but by a Tory journal. According to that responsible paper, the plan for securing peace which had been discussed by the Conference of Eight was shown by Mr. Balfour to a caucus of Unionist Peers, and—they rejected it! That is the aggressive and contemptuous spirit which continues to animate our lordly masters, who have learnt nothing from the lessons given them by the electors. That is the spirit which killed the Licensing Bill at a private meeting in Lord Lansdowne's mansion. That is the spirit which en. deavoured to kill the Budget, and which would have succeeded if it were not that in January last they were made to fear the voice of the people. That is the spirit in which they will continue, if permitted by the nation, to mutilate or utterly destroy every piece of legislation passed by a Lib- eral Government for the welfare of the poorer and weaker classes. But we hope and believe that at last a check is about to be placed upon their evil course. A great opportunity is now going to be afforded the people to show how real and sincere is their demand to be permitted to govern them. selves in accordance with the principles of our great Constitution. And when tliev speak, it will be in the words of the late Premier—" The will of the people must pre- vail." That the principles which guided the late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman still guides our leaders is amply shown by their utterances since the breaking down of the Conference. Mr. Lloyd George's words we have already quoted, and with much satisfaction. Mr. Haldane and Mr. Birrell have spoken in the same way. And after their words has come the inspiring message of Mr. Winston Churchill to the electors of Dundee, in which he states the case for the People and against the Peers so succinctly and so convincingly, closing with these striking passages his rousing battle-cry: — We have long claimed equal political rights in the Constitution of our country. Now we are going to take them. Tell our friends in Dundee and through- out Scotland to be ready. As the nation settles it, so shall it be. And the nation is just in the mood to tackle the great problem which confronts it, and will insist upon a settlement both fair and final. They want nothing but what is fair to all classes, rich and poor alike, but they will accept nothing less. That minimum is expressed in the Veto Resolutions passed by the House of Commons in March last, dis- abling the Lords from rejecting or amend- ing a Budget and limiting their powers with respect to other legislation. Those Resolu- tions admittedly are more favourable to the Lords than to the Commons, to the Tories than to the Liberals, but at any rate they represent the smallest concession of reform that will satisfy the democratic views of a free people. Many efforts have been made by the dis- comfited Tories to distort the Resolutions and to show that they must result in "Single Chamber 'Government." They know better, and the people know better by this time. The Liberals believe in Two Chamber Government," and it is they, not their opponents, who are standing up for the Constitution. The Lords smashed the Constitution when they rejected the Budget, and the Liberal Government are determined that such a thing shall not occur again, but that it shall be respected and kept intact. We have devoted so much space to the Constitutional question because that will, and must in the nature of things, be the main issue at the approaching General Elec- tion. For lack of a definite constructive pro- gramme of their own, the Tories will en- deavour to confuse the issue, to blind the electorate, to frighten them with those bogeys which they are so clever at raising. But an intelligent body of electors will quickly see behind such a policy of sham and makebelieve, and will pierce through to the true heart of things. And the more strenuous the endeavours of the Constitu- tion-wreckers to deceive them, the more de- termined will they be to support only those who desire to restore the Constitution—the grand old Liberal Party which has ever been the friend of freedom and of democratic in- stitutions. There are, of course, other ques- tions which of necessity will have to be considered at the same time. Disestablish- ment, Devolution, Licensing Reform, Elec- toral Reform—all these have their place in the public mind and demand earnest atten- tion. But no reform can be effected until the question of the House of Lords and its unlimited licence has been finally disposed of. When that has been accomplished- and the time is not far off—the nation will be able to carry into effect its settled con- victions on the social and other reforms which it so ardently desires.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. The Duchess of Westminster has returned to Eaton Hall for a week's hunting. The late Mr. W. Sparrow, of Abersoch, Carnarvonshire, left estate valued at ^30,060. The New Mayor of Carnarvon (Alderman J T. Roberts) has nominated his brother, Mr. Nathan Roberts, as Deputy Mayor for the ensuing year. Sir Osmond Williams, Lord Lieutenant of 1 Merioneth, has nominated Mr. John Griffith, Tyddyn-y-Felin, Trawsfynydd, to be a magistrate of the county of Merioneth. Lord and Lady Harlech and Lord and Lady Penrhyn were present on Thursday at a Church bazaar held at Oswestry, and opened by the Countess of Dalhousie. Mr. T. E. Roberts, J.P., of Plasybryn, Carnarvon, the prospective new High Sheriff for Carnarvonshire, ¡j a native of Be ld- gelert, and for some years was in business in Manchester. w Mr. Richard Lloyd George, son of the Chancelior of the Exchequer, has joined the Dover troop of the Royal Kent Yeomanry. Mr. Lloyd George is an engineer on the Dover harbour works. Mr. C. II. Lloyd Edwards, Nanhoron Hall, Carnarvonshire, has been appointed Comptroller of the Anglesey Hunt for next year, with Miss Eva Meyrick, of Bodorgan, Hall, as lady patroness. The Rev. T. Hawen Recs, of Benllech, was on Tuesday inducted to the pastorate of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Holyhead, in succession to the Rev. E. 15. Tones. At the monthly meeting of the Holywell Urban Council on Monday night the Chair- j man (Mr. T. Waterhouse) presented to Dr. Herbert W. S. Williams (medical officer) a congratulatory address upon his recent marriage. Mrs. Lloyd George, accompanied by her inseparable companion, Miss Mc_an, on Thursday opened a bazaar in connection with the Welsh Baptist Church in Oxford Circus, London, of which the Chancellor is a member. Sir Francis Edwards presided. In celebration of the 21st anniversary of his appointment as head master of St. Paul's Council School, Bangor, Mr. T. J. Williams was presented by past and present members of his staff with a handsome gold signet ring. The late Miss Bridget Anne Mytton, of Welshpool, whose will has been proved at ^23,866, was a daughter of the late Rev. John Mytton, Vicar of Llandyssul, and a descendant of the old Princes of Powis. She had lived in six reigns, and remembered four coronations. I regret to hear (says a writer in The "World") that Princess Pless's family are again very anxious as to her state of health. A London doctor, who has already attended the Princess, has been summoned to Berlin to consult with the German physicians. The Bishop of Bangor has purchased the old Vicarage House, which has been unoc- cupied for some years, with the intention of conferring it, after the completion of necessary rt pairs and to lltt Dean and Chapter for Cathedral and dio- cesan uses. Lady Navlor-T.eyland has left Hyde Park House for Nantclwyd Ilall, Denbighshire, where she intends to entertain some shoot- ing parties. There will be festivities next year, extending over several days, at Nant- clwvd, to celebrate the coming of age of Sir Albert Navlor-Leyland. 'k Y. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has promised to contribute r3LOO towards the purchase of an organ for the Penmount Welsh Calvin- istic Methodist Chapel, Pwllheli, provided the congregation of. the chapel find the re- maining £3°0. This sum has been raised, and the church has decided to proceed with the installation of the organ. The late Mr. Edward Meredith Jones, J.P., the oldest Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Wrexham, who at the age of 86 passed away last week, used to relate many interesting recollections of Wrexham in the thirties and forties. While in London in 1848 he was on- of the special constables sworn during the Chartist troubles. As a poet he was three times successful in the National Eisteddfod.

SAYINGS OF THE WEEK. MR. E. S. MARTIN. Monev is worth while, and we all want a due portion of it, so long as it means in- creased fulness of life.—In "Harper's Magazine." MR. W. B. YEATES. Society would fall to pieces if the truth were tofd.-At Manchester. DR. POTTS. With every new public park juvenile crime diminishes.—At Birmingham. SIR GEORGE KEKEWICH. The wages -f clerks, their position, and their official housing are among the gravest of England's social scandals.—At the Mem- orial Hall. DR. D. J. SIIACKLETON, M.P. The hope for a sober democracy lies in the children of to-day.-At Kendal. PROF FERRIER. It is said that sea-sickness never kills; but many people think that dying would be preferable to it.—At Bristol. REV. R. W. CUMMINGS. The enemies of the Church are not those who proclaim its failings, but those who slumber inside.—At Otley. MR. GEORGE A. KENDRICK. The life of a shop assistant is never mon- otonous, never dreary, but always worry- ing.—In the "World's Work."

CAKES AND PUDDINGS.—No. 53. RICH CHRISTMAS PUDDING. i packet of Cakeoma. j lb. finely chopped Suet. A little Salt. The grated rind of a Lemon. A grated Nutmeg. i or 2 teaspoonsful Pudding Spice. i lb. Raisins. a lb. Currants. i rb. Candied Peel cut into strips. 4 Eggs. A wineglassful of Brandy or Rum. METHOD.—Put all the dry ingredients, chopped Suet and Fruit together into a bowl and mix them well; then add the Eggs (previously well beaten) and the spirit, and thoroughly but lightly mix all together. Divide the pudding into two basins, tie them up and put them into boiling water and keep them boiling for 5 hours. When required for use boil for a further il hours, 2 and serve with Sweet Sauce. Cakeoma is sold in 3 |d. packets by Grocers and Stores everywhere. Recipe book will be sent post free on re- quest to Latham <S: Co., Ltd., Liverpool

WEEK BY WEEK The electric ventilating fan on the wall of the restaurant was whizzing round. A gentleman who had dined extremely well sat looking at it for some time. "Waiter," he complained at last, that clock's fast!" During a recent examination in the theo- logy of the Old Testament the following question was asked a young clergyman: What language did Balaam's ass speak?" After a moment of thought a smile flashed across his face, and he wrote his answer: Assvrian." Alike in North Wales and in Yorkshire, the old Celtic word brat is used for pinafore." We do rot remember to have heard this word spoken in either of the six counties of South Wales. Have any of our readers? Mark Twain hated a gloomy man. Once, at a banquet, a gloomy man sat opposite him. This man would not smile at the most amusing jokes. What's the matter with \ou?" cried Mark Twain. The stories are all good. Why don't you laugh?" "Ah, sir," said the gloomy man, "how can I laugh when I remember that every time I breathe a spirit passes into the great be- yond? Good gracious," said the humour- ist, "did you ever try cloves?" •>r The father of Judge Parry, of Manchester, was Sergeant Parry, who frequently deLllJ- ed in the law courts the late Mr. George J. Ilolyoake, the well-known Labour leader and writer on economic questions. Sergeant Parry's father was the editor of the "C ambro- Briton," and one of the founders of the London Cymmrodorion Society in 1820. As Mr. Ilolyoake wrote in his autobiography: •' Thus three generations of Parrys have been notable." At the close of the Anglesey Hunt pro- cession, at Beaumaris, on Ihursday, a curious custom, over 150 years old, was observed. The lady patroness, from the balcony of the hunt Iheadquarters, threw down a large quantity of hot coppers into the street below, where a throng of ex- pectant youngsters awaited them, and their scrambles caused much amusement to the onlookers. Several prominent members of the hunt, including one or two aged gentle- ment, joined the young people, and secured pennies as souvenirs of the occasion. The American farmer's wife was greatly stirred up by the agitation of the women's rights question. One evening the old lady was condemning the men in very strong terms and expressing herself in favour of women's voting. The old man got tired of it. He dropped his paper, pushed back his spectacles, and exclaimed, Marendy! The men hev made out to govern this kentry ever since Robinson Crusoe discovered it, and I guess they will for a spell longer, so you keep still." l1/.4 A valuable addition to the treasures of the National Library of Wales is a copy of the first edition of Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc," published in London in 1703, presented by Mrs. Spurrell, of Carmarthen. The book, which formerly belonged to her husband, the late Mr. William Spurrell, is one of two known copies, and many efforts had been made by ardent collectors to in- duce Mrs. Spurrell to part with it, but she had always refused. It has now been secur- ed for the National Library, through the good offices of the President, Sir John Wil- liams. "k I've got nothing else, and you'll have to take it!" said a consequential man in a tramcar. But we ain't supposed to change half-sovereigns," rejoined the conductor. Can't help that," said the passenger; you'll have to find change, thafs all. I'm not going to get off." A man in the corner with a big bag beckoned to the conductor. There was a whispered confab, and the con- ductor returned to the passenger. "A gentleman has offered to give you change." he said. Ha, ha! So you have found it after all, eh? WTell, here's the half-sover- eign." When the conductor brought the change it took the form of coppers. There you are, sir," he said, one hun- dred and nineteen pennies The man who had come to the rescue was an automatic gas-meter collector. Mr. Ellis J. Griffith, M.P., one of the new K.C.'s, has had his share of amusing ex- periences. Once the judge before whom he was moving was due at Chester, and as there was every probability of him missing the last train there was nothing for it but to finish the case en route. There was no need to move the court," says Mr. Griffiths, for the engine was doing that, and for fourteen miles I addressed the "Court on behalf of my clients. The case was thus concluded, and my lord reserved his de- cision." To Mr. Griffith fell the honour a year or so ago of introducing the famous petition against vivisection, which turned the scale at over four tons. This year is the centenary of the death of Twm o'r Nant," the Welsh poet. It is interesting to note the copy of the Black Letter edition of Llvfr yr IIomiliau" (the Book of Homilies), published in 1606, which belonged to Twm o'r Nant, has recently come into the possession of Mr. Frank Crowe, of Wrexham. The autograph of "Thomas Edwards o'r Nant" is written in the book, and there are on several of the pages notes in the handwriting of the bard, among which are the following two lines Llafur amlwg llvfr Homili Fu'n ddwys yn ein Eglwys ni. This copy is in an excellent state of preser- vation.

JOTTINGS FROM NATURE. NOVEMBER 12TH. Many birds of different species are to-day gathered in the water-logged meadows, for flooded fields, though often a menace to man. mean a 'plentiful supply of food for the birds. Seeds that were scattered by the autumn winds and drowned insects by the thousands float hither and thither on the wind-ruffled surface of the water until the birds sharD eyes detect them, and amid the rain-drenched grass we see them busily picking the tiny morsels. Some of the fields are filled with gulls, black-headed, common. and herring, and the amount of service thev are rendering the holders of grass lands by ridding their fields of devastating insect- pests is significant. Parties of starlings— methodical WOl kers-are diligently searching not onlv in the less-sodden portions of the fields but also in the herbage along the spits of spongy ground at the edges of the pools, and some nick the almost microscopic creatures and other edible bits that drift with the little currents. The plaintive notes of the meadow nioits remind one that thev, too. are entitled to claim a little of the farmer's sense of gratitude, and lamvings, getting fat on what thev flick up from the wind-sw<»T>t meadows, are just as r iiidnous in performing their work as are the starlings in theirs. In one or two fields parties of curlews arc congregated, knowing that they vield iust as toothsome a meal as do the mudflats and the sandbanks. And last, but bv no means the least, though opinions differ concerning their qualities come the rooks. We see them all day long in the fields, keeoing mainlv in parties of twos and threes, never doubting but that they are hot on the heels of worm or thnt thev get sufficient. The havoc which these sable birds commit to the springing grain com- pared in proportion with the number of wire-worms and other destructive pests thev destroy in a year is often over-estimated and certainly could not be said bv anv fair- minded person to counter-balance one another. Far more good is their labour in the pastureages than is generally assumed, but should thev be seen in a field of planted corn their valuable services are soon over- looked, and nothing will pacify many an anger-swollen farmer until he has either scared them away by shouting himself hoarse or riddled their bodies with shot.

Rydal Mount School, Colwyn Bay. SPEECH DAY CELEBRATIONS. The annual distribution of the school prizes in connection with Rydal Mount School, Colwyn Bay, took place in the Hall on Friday evening, when there was a large company present. Mr. j. L. Barker. Bowdon presided, and he was supported by the Rev. John Horna- brcok, President of the Wesleyan Confer- ence and President of the Governors of the School, the Governors, and the Headmaster (Mr. G. F. A. Osborn, M.A.). A new feature in the hall since the last prize distribution took place is the erection of a beautiful organ and gallery, which has been placed there as a memorial to the late Mr. James Deaville, who laboured for nineteen years in the school. The proceedings were opened by the Rev. F. J. Briggs offering prayer, after which the school choir, under the conductorship of Dr. Roland Rogers, sang Whitfield's anthem I will lift up mine eyes." The Chairman said they were glad to see amongst them and to welcome the President of the Wesleyan Conference, and also the President of the Governors, the Rev. John Ilornabrook. At the gathering there were memories of the past, when they remember- ed that their oLd friend, Mr. Osborn the founder of that school, had passed away. His eulogies had been uttered at the time of his death, but he would say that his memory would long linger in that school, and all over England, the Colonies, and America. His influence could be seen in their families, and they rejoiced that their children had been under the educational care of Mr. Osborn. (Hear, hear.) They were there under new management, and no doubt Mr. Osborn had received valuable hints from his father regarding the school. Tiie Governors were hopeful of the future, and there was every prospect that the suc- cess of Rydal Mount would be maintained. (Applause.) The Choir sung the unison songs, The Fighting Temeraire and "The Arethusa" in pleasing manner. THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT. Mr. G. F. A. Osborn, M.A., said he re- joiced to see so many friends present, and he hoped it was a good omen of success in the future. He wished to thank the Chair- man sincerely for the kind manner in which he had referred to his appointment. He was pleased to say that the health of the school was good, and the discipline more than satisfactory. Since the last prize dis. tribution they had opened the organ which was used that day as a memorial to Mr. Deaville, who had laboured for nineteen years in that school. Daily services were held in that hall, and proved very bene- ficial. He was indebted to the staff, who had given him wholehearted co-operation under trying circumstances, and he was very grateful for the devotion shown in that respect. (Applause.) He must particularly mention Dr. Roland Rogers, who had been with them now twenty-five years. (Ap- plause.) The cordiality of the applause from the boys proved how popular the headmaster is. THE PRIZE LIST. FORM PRIZES. III.—M. Humphrey. L. IN'C. Parkinson. IV.—P. L. Wood. IV. c.—H. H. Bracewell. Remove.—C. F. Turner. L. V.—A. C. Capper. V.—G. H. Porter. SCHOOL PRIZES. Classics.—G. H. Porter, A. Little. Mathematics.—H. C. Oliver. Arithmetic.—A. H. C. Sykes. French.—G. A. Potts, C" Parkinson. German.—Wr. A. Macfadyen. '\atural Science.—P. P. Smith. English.—E. W. Robson, A. C. Capoer. General improve, nert an 1 diligence.—G. B. Cowpe. Drawing.—F. Sadler. Music.—P. 1.. Wood. General information.—F. Sadler. Higher certiiicate.-D. \\ïtty. HONOURS LIST. University of Cambridge: Historical Tri- pos—Class II., J. Wood. Natural science tripos—Class III., F. G. Wood, I-I. V. Deakin. Economics Tripos—Class III., A. N. Henwood. Downing College-first class in annual examination and renewal of scholarship, E. J. Selby. Previous examina- tion, Franklin Wood, J. Leale, H. E. Clif- ton. Trinity College—entrance examination, H. E. Clifton. University of London Matriculation ex- amination—F. C. Happold, E. W. Robson. University of Liverpool: B.Sc., X. G. Coppin. Oxford and Cambridge. Joint Board: Higher certificate-D. Wittv (distinction in geology). Lower certificate-IV. A. Macfadven, G. H. Porter, C. I. Slack, A. II. C. Sykes, X. O. Vinter. eniversitv of Oxford:—Local examina- tions: Senior—I.—A. C. Capper, F. Sadler, P. P. Smith, T. E. Waddingham. Junior— I.—E. R. Hayward, A. Little, K. J. Shellev, H. I.. Shillcock, C. F. Turner. II.—H. Bracewell, W7. Jackson, L. S. Harrison. Preliminary— I— G. W. Dean, 1. Edwards, J. R. Moulsdale, G. N. Smith, T. E. Was- sell. IT.-C. Parkinson. M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. A. W. Bourne. A.M.I.C.E. B. H. Bavliss. P.A.S.I. H. E. Turner". Institute of Auctioneers Intermediate ex- amination—H. E. Turner. M.P. for Morley. G. A. France. THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. The Rev. John Ilornabrook, who was cordially received, said he was grateful for the honour conferred upon him by being asked to present the prizes on that occasion. However, he felt he would have been more at home in addressing the Wesleyan Con- ference. The speaker referred in a humor- ous manner to his school days, and said that whilst at school he had learnt something that was not in the school curriculum, and that was that an address by a distinguished visitor was not an important item. (Laugh- ter and applause.) He must congratulate the boys on being associated with that famous school. He used the words advised- ly, for it was founded by one of the greatest schoolmasters of modern times. {Loud ap- plause.) The school had a fine record, and in his travels he had met and heard of old Rydalians filling positions in the life of the Church and the State. (Applause.) There were many associations gathered round it. He knew the late Mr. Osborn many years before he came to Rydal Mount, and he was a man that fostered a type of education with very lofty ideals. (Hear, hear.) No man had sounder views on education, and it was one of the great mysteries of Divine Pro- vidence that he should be taken away from them. He rejoiced, and the Governors re- joiced, that Mr. Osborn was succeeded bv his son. (Loud applause.) The applause from the boys' quarter showed that the Governors had made a wise selection. Mr. George Osborn came from a good stock and had inherited the good qualities of his father. He asked for their sympathy towards Mr. Osborn, for he had undertaken the mastership of the school at a crisis, and it was a very difficult task. The Govern- ing Body had every confidence in the new regime. As an educational institution the late Mr. Osborn had always placed the im- portance of character as supreme. Character was more than achievements. It was all very well to overcome abstruse problems, but that could not be compared to good character. It was said that we lived by an invisible flame, and someone had said that flame was character. {Hear, hear.) He did not want to preach to the boys, for he re- membered how he discouraged that when he was a boy. (Laughter.) He would, how- ever, ask the boys not to neglect the cultiva- tion of their moral sense. The boys had the making of character in their own hands. Coming from a virtuous stock as they (the boys) did, he knew they would keep that in mind, and turn their present advantages to the best account. They should carry into life the ideals which they had formed and cherished at Ryidal Mount. Let them al- cherished at Rydal Mount. Let them al- ways remember to acquire self-reliance, self- mastery, and self-respect. (Loud applause.) The prizes were afterwards delivered by Mr. Ilornabrook, amidst a continuous storm of applause from the boys and cheering words to each winner from the President. Mr. C. Francis Keeble, sang To Julia," To Daisies," and The Night Piece," and the choir sang Scotch, Irish, and Welsh part songs. Mr. W. P. Workman, Principal of West- minster Training College, proposed a vote of thanks to the President (Rev. John Horna- brook) and to the Chairman. Mr. C. N. Wright, Wolverhampton, seconded, and Mr. Sutclifie, Bacup, supported, and it was carried with much cheering. After the singing of the Rydal Song," and the National Anthem, ringing cheers were given for the principals in the after- noon's event. The following accepted invitatioiis:- Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Mrs. and Miss Bostock, Mr. and Miss Bradburn, Miss Helen Barlow, Miss Bell Mr. and Mrs. Brock, Dr. and Mrs. Barrett, The Misses Bradbury, Rev. F. J. and Mrs. Briggs, Miss Brigss, Dr. Lilian Blake, Mrs. Crosfield, Mr. and Mrs. Chettle, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, The Misses Everett, Rev. T. E. and Mrs. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Harding, The Misses Hovev, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. and Miss Harrop, Mrs. Hewitt, Dr. and Mrs. Huff-Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Jones. Miss Amy Jones. Mr. William Jones, Mr. and Mrs." Kettlewell, Mr. N. Kettlewell, Mrs. Little, Dr. and Mrs. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Lumlev, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Linekar, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mitchell, Mrs. and Miss Morris, Mrs. Nunn, Dr. and 1rs H. Nuttall, Mrs. Nuttal, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Plows, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Phillips, Miss Coy, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Sewell, The Misses Sugden. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sutcliffe, The Misses Tavlor. Miss Whitehouse, Mr. and Mrs. S. Wood, Rev. H. and Mrs. Waterworth, Dr. and Mrs. Wilkes. Mr. J. L Barker, Mr. C. W. Ashcroft. Mr. W. hayliss, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Wright, Mr. F. G. Simpson, Mr. J. V. Early, Mr. W. Lancaster, Rev. J. S. Ilaworth, Mr. W. P. Workman. Mr. A. F. Sutciffe, Mr. W. II. Smith. Mr. T. C. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Bracewell. Mr. and Mrs. Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Porter, Miss Dudgeon, Mrs. Wood (Southport), Mr. and Mrs. Williams (Barnsley), Mr. and Mrs. Moulsdale, Mr. and Mrs" Chorlton, Mr. A. J. Potts, Mrs. Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. Malkin, Mr. W. M. Edge, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Gunton, and Mrs. Morgan.

Conway Town Council and the Election of Aldermen. To the Editor of THE WEEKLY NEWS. Sir,—In your last issue, containing the report of the Conway Town Council, it was reported that I was ruled out of order in attempting to speak on the election of the Aldermen. Allow me to explain my motives and my position in the matter. I refrained from votmg as a protest against the action of the Liberal party in electing Mr. Netherwood to the aldermanic vacancy. This was done, as far as I understand, against the wishes of the ratepayers. I bear no malice to my friend Mr. Netherwood, but I do not believe in any man being a member of the Council for 12 years without appealing to the ratepayers. I feel strongly that no party which may be in power ought to use their majority to defy the wishes of the ratepayers. Party interest, in my estimation, ought to be suppressed in favour of the success of the Borough at large.-I am, &c., JOHN WILLIAMS.

Ex -P.S. Evan Roberts. To the Editor of the WEEKLY NEWS. Sir,-NVill you allow me a short space in your valuable paper to call attention to a matter of much interest to the inhabitants of Conway and Deganwv? Probably your readers will have read in the newspapers that P.S. Evan Roberts, sta- tioned at Carnarvon, has been compelled to retire from the police force owing to tail- ing eyesight. Mr. Roberts was for over nine years sta- tioned at Deganwy, where he was popuiar and highly esteemed, and I believe that when he left that district there was a sug- gestion made that he should be presented with a testimonial, but the police regula- tions, I am told, prevented that being car. ried out. However, now that Mr. Roberts has left the police force under circumstances which everyone knows the genial officer must regret, I hope that a movement will be started with the object of making him a presenlation.-I am, &c., AN OLP DKGAXWYITE.

Colwyn Bay Ratepayers' Meeting. MR. ADAMSOX'S FIGURES. To the Editor of THE WEEKLY NEWS. Sir,-Tn the account of the ratepayers' meeting on the 8th inst. by a contemporary I am correctly reported as saying:—"Why- should two schools be given to 20,000 people while there was only one school at Wrexham? ,f. X T 1. 2 1 -H) Jlllll UPlUl, lur 1 iiaa nui coinpieTeQ my sertence, is also reported Rev. Thos. Lloyd: State the case cor. rectly, please. There are two schools at Wrexham. Try to be fair and not mislead the meeting. There are about 15,000 people in Wrexham." I am sure you will allow me to state what on further enquiry I find to be the cts-the population of Wrexham at the consus of 1901 was over 48,000; the popula- tion of Colwyn Bay and Abergele over 14,000 The present population of Wrexham will be not far short of 58,000, and the growth of Colwyn Bay and Abergele will probably reach nearly 20,000. Wrexham is the centre of a very large population Col- wyn Bay is not. With respect to my state. ment, for which it seems I courteously though needlessly apologised, viz., the one County School at Wrexham, I extract the following from the Liverpool Courier" of November nth, where it reads:—"Mr. J. E. Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Edu- cation Committee, who is also the Chair. man of Governors of the Wrexham County School, lately remarked that he was glad the original intention to split the Wrexham district into two for County School pur- poses had not been carried out. The suc- cess of the Wrexham County School had proved the wisdom of the policy of having one strong, efficient school, instead of two weaker and less efficient schools." On the face of these remarks I leave the public to judge as to whether I misled the meeting. I am, &c., Jos. W. ADAMSON. Colwyn Bav. November I5"th, IQTO.

m —; m Ratepayers' Association at Colwyn. To the Editor of THE WEEKLY NEWS. Sir,—Your correspondent of last week asks was the meeting of ratepayers held in the Parish Room, October 24. sufficiently adver- tised. Without a doubt it was, and, in addition to the notices, I personally visited go per cent. of the shopkeepers requesting them to display a window bill and to attend the meet- ing. The Colwyn Bay and District Rate- payers' Association has on its Executive Com- mittee several well-known ratepayers from Colwyn. Any suggestion or tomplaint coming from Colwyn would certainly receive careful consideration, and representations to the District Council of a reasonable character would undoubtedly be dealt with. The rules of the Association state that three meetings of the members shall be held during the year; it is the purpose of the Executive to hold one of these meetings at Colwyn, and that in rthe early part pf next year. It should go without saying that any body of ratepayers can form an association, but KI imagine the majority of ratepayers who take any interest in these matters will consider one strong association for the district is quite suffi- cient. Ratepayers are invited to join the District Association, and thereby strengthen that whieh is already doing good work.—I am, &c, S. JOHNSTON, Hon. Sec. Colwyn Bay and District Ratepayers' Association.

Temperance Sunday at Abergele. SPEECH BY SIR HERBERT ROBERTS M.P. Speaking on Sunday afternoon at the Old C.M. Chapel at Abergele. Sir Herbert Roberts said that after twentv-five years' connection with temperance work, his opinion was that more lasting good was rendered the cause as the result of the small meetings of their country districts than by the large meetings of the populous centres. The cause of tem- perance, continued Sir Herbert, is proceed- ing apace, and he believed it could now be said that public opinion was in their favour, The medical men of the whole country were also on its side, and the North Wales Tem- perance Federation had almost ready a manifesto, signed by over a hundred medical men of North Wales, copies of which they hoped soon to have hung up on the walls of all the schools in the land. The judges and magistrates, as well as the majority of the I Members of Parliament, also supported tem- perance, but the question he would like to ask was this Was the Church of God upon their side to the extent it ought to be ? He did not believe the temperance goal could over be reached without the help of the Church of Christ. They had in North Wales a great work to accomplish, for out of a population of 500,000, only about one-half were members of the various temperance societies. Splendid work was being done by the Bands of Hope, and a Band of Hope "Cnion was being established by the Gwvnedd Federation, which they hoped would prove of much benefit and influence in the carrying on of the work of temperance among the rising generation. A temperance meeting was also held at the Wesleyan Chapel at 8 o'clock in the evening, presided over Ly the Rev. W. G. Owen (" Llifon "). The speakers were the Revs. H. Barrow Williams, Llandudno, and Daniel Williams, Llanddulas.

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