Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times

ABERYSTWYTH TOWN COUNCIL. TUESDAY. •n>reiTn* ^°Ullo'^or H. James, mayor, Conn- ctllor R. J. Jones, ex-mayor, Aldermen D. Robert B, W. H. Palmer, Peter Jones and E. P. Wynne, Couu- cillors R. DoughfoD, J. P. Thomas, D. James, W. Thomas, T. J. Samuel, J. T. Davies, with Mr A. J. Hughes, town clerk, Mr H. L. Evans, borough accountant, and Mr Rees Jones, surveyor. DEPUTY MAYOR. The Mayor appointed Councillor R. J. Jones his deputy. PENPARKAU. A letter was read from the Postmaster General laying that he regretted being unable to comply with the request of the Council for a second delivery of letters for Penparkau. PUBLIC CONVENIHNCE. As an alternative to the erection of a public con- venience at, the back of tha women's hostel, Prin- cipai T. F. Roberts wrote offering a site alongside the Boar's Head Inn near the Marine Parade. The Council were prepared to take over the erection already put up at the rear of the hostel, and pay such rent as would cover the additional cost of taking up the alternative site. As time was short the Council referred the matter to the Public Works Committee with power to act. TRUNK LINE OF TELEPHONE. A It tter was read fiom Mr C. S. Dennise, secret- ary and general manager of the Cambrian Railways Company stating that negotiations for the exten- sion of the trunk line of telephone were now completed, and that the work would at once be put in hand. Beginning at Shrewsbury the work would be carried forward stage by stage and the line opened for business as it progressed west- wards. The Council thought that it was very satisfactory. J BRISTOL TO ABERYSTWYTH. Councillor R. Dougbton presented the report of the Harbour Committee which stated that a letter had been received form the Cardigan Commercial Steam Packet Company asking upon wbat terms they would be allowed to make use of the Harbour forhmding cargos. The Committee recommended that they give the Company the same terms as ^vere given to the Aberystwyth Steam Packet t/ompany. In reply to Captain James, Councilor Doughton said that the Aberystwyth Company was charged L6 upon every corgo, an arrangement come to after due consideration. This was at the rate of Is. per ton upon her total carrying capaoity of 120 tons.-It was then pointed out by both Coun- cillor Davies and Councillor Samuel that the carrying capacity of the Cardigan boat was 240 tons and obviously it wou'.d not be fair to the Aherystwyth boat to charge the new boat only £ 6.—Alderman Jones accordingly suggested that they charge C6 per cargos of 120 tous, and Is. per ton additional for all tonnage above that ngare.— This was agreed to. THE CASTLE RUINS. Upon the recommendation of the Public Works Committee and provided that no ruins are dis- turbed the Council gave the necessary permission to the Surveyor to use up the mound on the north west of the CasfcJe for the purposes of filling ill the new promenade. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Alderman Wynne read the report of the Finance Committee which recommended payment of the following sums :— REVENUE ACCOUNT, which includes Town Department, Burial Boaid, and Water Works 84 3 1 Bit's 134 0 8 CAPITAL ACCOUNT:— Promenade 215 12 5 Street Improvements. 14 11 9 Main Sewer 36 19 5 Workmen's Housed 20 17 6 Total £ 506 4 10 The application of Miss Gilbertson for the re- newal of the lease of her property in Prospect street was considered, but your committee regret Fame cannot be entertained. The application of Messrs Owen Bios, for a lease of a piece of land adjoining Smithfield road, for the purpose of erect- ing 20 workmen's houses thereOn, was deferred. The town clerk was instructed to request Messrs Owen Brothers to furnish the committee with a rough sketch of the houses they propose to erect The application of Mr James Wilis for a piece of land adjoining Smithfield road, for the purpose of erecting thereon a stable, was deferred. The letter of Messrs Longley and Son offering to sell to the Corporation the land on which the bay windows of No. 28, Pier street, now stands, was considered. Your committee do not recommend the Council to purchase same. The town clerk was instructed to make the necessary application to the Public Works Loan Board for the- balance of the loang on the following accounts: -Promenade extensio", Streat improvements.—The report was adopted. THE EXTENSION OF THE BOROUGH. In reply to a question as to the extension of the borough boundary, Alderman Palmer received an assurance from both Alderman Wynne and the Town Clerk, that the committee were going to deal with the question at their next meeting, the delay having arisen owing to the plans not being com- pleted, but these were now ready. THE CORONATION FUND ACCOUNTS. Alderman Wynne also presented the report of a meeting of the Finance Committee held on October 28th, which read as follows Your Committee recommend (1) that JE49 19s 8J, the amount of the adverse balance shown by this account be paid, and the outstanding liabilities be dis- charged, and that the account be audited by the borough treasurer, and printed for dis- tribution (2) that the bunting, etc, purchased by the committee be retained by the Corporation. Alderman Wynne asked that the accounts should be referred back for further details. Councillor W. Thomas said that he w&8 Barry to find that members of the Committee who were appointed from outside did not atreud as they ought. At the last meeting of the Coronation Committee Mr Rafus Williams and Mr T. Powell were the only two present from outside. He thought that those who shared with the Mayor and the Council the responsibility of speeding the money should be present to go through the accounts. They knew that there was a cry out in the town over that balance, aad very unfair remarks had been made, especially to the ex-Mayor. The Committee were, however, not at all satisfied with the accounts, as they stood, and they atked for more details. He had made cartain remarks in committee in the presence of a gentleman concerned, and who presented an account, and with a full sense of his responsibility, he intended to repeat that state- ment in open Council. In reepeot to the construc- tion of the bon-fireon Pen Dinas, he found that Mr Morris, of Piercetield, was put down as having been paid 15a., whereas he only received lis.; Messrs Edwards, Bros, carriers, who are said to have been paid 91 10a were prepared to swear that they only got £ 1 5s. With reference to the X5 10s chargpd for labour so far as he could ascertain only £2 10s had been received by the four men employed dur- ing four days, and only one of whom was employed the whole four days. For this—and he gave their namea- Daniel Edwards got 13,,) a man named White was paid 4s one day, and J. Jenkins and Thomas Hughes for two days labour each received 8s. There was an item of £ 2 odd for incidentals, and he did not know what this mean'. They ought to have a proper detailed acooanfc showing now the money had been spent, and then perhaps they would see how the adverse balance was to be met. —The ex-Mayor You ought to say that there is property now belonging to the Corporation which will cover the adverse balance.—Councillor Thomas Yes, there are flags which cost the Corpora i n £ 50; but in justice I must say that they are not of half that value to the Corporation.—Alderman Jones seconded the proposal that the accounts should go back to the committee.—Alderman Palmer reminded the Council that when it was proposed to do something for the celebration of the Coronation it was suegt sted thut the ehildren and old people should be treated and it was decided to spend E200 in order to do the thing well. Well it cost £ 50 to entertain the old folks and the young children and that left £ 190 to be spent-for what ? For a few bits of flags about the size of a fo.Jscip and gas burners which did not include the gas that was burnt. The flags might very well have been hired and then returned. Those they had bought were only pieces of bunting fit for the decoration of the ping pong tournaments (laughter). He must fay that the people of the town were dissatisfied with the way tlB money had been spent, and he should be sorry if P,200 left in his hands had been spt-nt in that way-The Ex. Mayor said he had not touched one penny of the money and nothing was done and no money ex- pended without the approvilof the committee". He thought Alderman Palmer ought to be a little mote considerate in his remark. As regards the deco) a- tious the agent of a Birmingham firm came down and told them that it would cost X70 to deooratj the Town Hall and town clock and it was' found that the committee could get the flags cheaper by buying them out- right. It was absurd for Alderman Paimer to say that the flags were only 18 inches to 2 feet and he was surprised that a gentleman of his experience should come there wir.h such a cock ond bull story. Some of the flags were 12 fee;, long.— Councillor W. Thomas: Hear, hear.—The Kx Mayor: I wish dis- tinctly to state that under the circumstances the committee did all they could to carry out the pro- gramme with economy and no one was more surprised than he was to find tome of the accounts so large (hear, hear). The property purchased and now belonging to the Corporation is worth £ 56.— Alderman Palmer said thnt he did not know any- thing of the value of the flags.-The Ex-Mayor Why did you make that btat-meut?—Atderman Palmer: I quoted Councillor Thomas who said rhat they were only of half t e val ue.- Councillor W. Thomas That is my opinion.—The report was then referred back.

Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. ANERCHIAD PRIODASOL I Mr William Jones, Cad van Arms Hotel, a Miss Catherine Owen, Brynhei i. g, a ddau o Towyn. Blodau gwynion dydd ptiodas, Ydyw testyn f'awen g-i-cid, Cariad wedi tyfu'n bryoferth Fel y ddeilen iraidd werdd Dan belydrau haul y buren. Dan gyBgodion gwlith y nos, Yna oywyd ynddo'n gwenu, Fel briallu wrth y ffus. Gweled William gyda'i Gatherine, Mraich yn mraich yn myu'd i'r wlad, Gwneyd cyfamod i briodi, Mewn sirioldeb heb n icad; Ser y nen yn tiriol wenu, Lleuad dlos oedd ar ei rh;s, Yn gyd-dystion byddai William Rhoddi'r fodrwy anI ei bys. Daeth y dydd a rhoddwyd ewlwm, Sy'n perffeithio mab a merch, Wedi tyfu i'w faio i ,:i, Mewn hen rwyuiau .sane.taidd Herch Nawr mae rhvvym.ui wedi'i roddi I ba,rhau y drJau yu un, Nes daw angeu i'w gwal ann, Gyda'i gled iyf main ei fin. Meinwen brydferth getaist William Fel claer lili wt n y d\dd Gwallt ei phen y sydd yn brydferth, Dawusia iechyd ar ei g; add Fe fjdd hon i £"11 ym^elcdd, Ac yn ifyddion i^diwyd wraig, Dau'n cyd-dyun ae yu cvdio, Saif fel angor yn y graig. 'Nawr dymunaf oyn tprfynu, Oesau hir dros isyn a pliant, Pob dedwyddweh ar yr a'elwyd, Llaweu chwaru da,J, p-ant; Gweuan'r nef o li d vu o en, Llnsern er<fy:d v.n bra-.v, Fel y gal'.och yo y diwed.i, Gydio yn y ddwyfol !aw. Towyn. GWtrYM CI;CQ.

THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY FLIEE HOUSES' PASSES.—The Cambrian Co. have made a new departure in arr- n-ing to issue a Isbclasa free pass, for five y-atf, in favour of persons who undertake to build honsr* of £ 50 per annum rei tal at the v.trioas Cam >iian Const Watering Places. Further particnLr* may be obtained by application to the S screi&i-v, Cauibrian Railways Company, 0-w.;stry.

COMMERCIAL PRINTING Executed on the Shoncst Notice, AT THE COUNTY TIMES FEINTING WO HITS. WELSHPOOL & ABERYSTWYTH,