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Llandilo Notes. The cooking istruc of the county did, perfectly nght III complaining of her treat- ment at Llandilo—and the want of interest 1 *+* r °^'ass—by the Committee. Had election been approaching, the committee yould have allemula,ted Mr Griffiths and, put m attendances regularly as he did. Then/too, she was perfectly right in, comr plaining of the class that attends these classes* I have drawn attention to it in these columns4 over And over again. They "were never in- tended: for the well-to-do, who have abundant opportunities of learning coiking in their own 'homes and at institutes for the purpose. But that's the way, what is intended for the work- ing iclassesi generally gets into the hands, of the better classes. The County Council shouiu make it a rigid ru-le*that none but the artisan classes stoau take, advantage of the cooking classes. — :o: — Non. Cons. at Llandilo who are fond of get- ting money without labouring for it are all thinking of turning "Church" as they find that the three sovereigns that have come to Llandilo from the "S. W.D.N." have all gonie to Churchmen. — o • — Some of the Llandiloanians who went to Swansea. to witness the football matcth and afterwards went to the Hotel Meiji-op,ole to satisfy the cravings of hunger iprofess to have .discovered the secret of obesity. They de- clare. it lies in a good beefsteak, and they go further and say that Jones he was a, Welshman Jones he was a thief ,J,ones he collared my plate w ith o, fin-e piece of beef steak L.N^W^R11^^ u16 'ooltkall match it seems the bind of rior-cv/ a^e fjueer notions as to the on such "S Patronise their trains is onita fVi °nS' ley evidently think it led uPBer ken and tihe lower ten. I am ,r as ,ani told that on the express on evening, only first and miwirtments were provided. Those, who had' second-class tickets, had perforce to travel tlhird.

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=: The Langharne Arbitration Case. AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT. e. award in the arbitration under the cultural Holdings Act regarding the ten- owT„ 'ruVs' House, farm, andi land, has now ^"r Price, Nantaliaran, pia-e: a-t St. Clears. The! ^nanWai^ £ ?8^^ ^he faoM and «P«ire..««, 31i^ EU^beth Lewis tlie tenant, £ J4 jAs « on the counter-claim) ^warded. jL- J A TL Broadwood, thei .landilord, £ 42 gi' He further atrrded that the landlord should pay liis1 own costs and 4iair the tenant's costs, and three-quarters of the cost of the. awawd, -the tenant paying the other qu<.t,>r. Mr John Francis, auctioneer, etc. Carmarthen.. Spted as valuer for the. iaijdlord with Messrs Johnson, and' Jecks, soltotors, Lond<m solicitors, Me Mr D. H. Thomas^ pioneer, etc., acted as ^uer ■to* with Messrs' Morgatt Son' Prossiei-; solicitors.

Carmarthen Town Conac I. THE EDUCATION QUESTION AGAIN. LENGTHY MANIFESTO BY THE ARCHDEACON. MORE ECCLESIASTICAL ARITHMETIC. The quarterly meiting of the Caa-marthen Town Council was held .at the T'ownhall, on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. The Mayor (Mr E. A. Rogers) presided. There were also present: Aldertmen H. Brunei White, W. Sipurrell, E. Colby Evans, W. Lloyd, Councillors H. W. Thomas, H. E. Blagdon Richards, D. E. Gower, Dd. Samuel, W. J. Evans, A. E. O. Norton, Joseph Harry, Herbert Davies, Goo. Treharne, A. ACton 6 Evans, Joihn Lewis, E. Jenkins, Geo. Phillips, Morris Jones; the Clerk (Mr R. M. Thomas), the Surveyor (Mr F. J. Finglah), and the Medical Officer of Health (Dr Bowen Jones). THE FORTHCOMING BAZAAR AT CARMARTHEN. A letter was read from Dr Reid, of Tenby, stating that the bazaar in aid of Sanatorium, for Consumptives, would be held probably during the last week in July. Would the Council, however, keep the date open, as Lady Drummond would shortly see the Prin- cess; Christian of Sohleswig-Holstein, when Her Royal Highness would inform her of the date: which would be most convenient. It was decided to leave the matter-op-eii as suggested. LETTER FROM THE ARCHDEACON. The Clerk distributed, copies of the follow- ing letter. It 'had been printed, and some scores of copies were available: The Vicarage, Carmarthen, February 8, 1904. To the Town Council of Carmarthen. Gentlemen,—I beg leave, on behajf of the Committee of Managers of the Priory-street. National Schools, to acknowledge, the receipt of the following jeaoluitiion passed at your meeting on the 16tli of December. 1903:- That in view of the difficulties attending the admiinistration of the Education Act within thlisi borough im connection with non- provided1 schools, ia communfication be add'resseed to the Managers of (1) the Prac- tising School, (2) the Priory-street School, and (3) the Mill street. School, inviting them to suiomit proposals for the renting of their schools to the Education Authority on a repairing: lease' of not less than twenty-one years, subject, if desired, to a, proviso that the trustees or owners of the buildings shall ha,ve facilities for givring Religious Instruc- tion, at their own: expense, either before or after school hours, to amy scholar whose parents or guardians desire it, and shall ihave the use, of the buildngs for general purposes at all reasoniaible times out of school hours. The above resoutioji was brought before our mana-gfrs at their meeting on Monday, too 25th ult., when in wn-nection therewith the following resolution was passed: That the managers of the Priory street School very much regret, their inabiity to accede to the invitation of the Town Coun- cil thait they should submit, proposals for the renting of their School-buildings to the Education Authority on a repairing lease. Permit me, om behalf of the Managers, to acknowledge most cordially our sincere appre- ciation of the courtesy, fairness, and ability with which the, Town Council and its Educa- tion Commititiee have hitherto administered the Education Act. We, quite agree with you in deeply regretting that this Act should have occasioned so much feeling among our citizens and we are ready at, all times to co-operate with you in every way we can to mitigate the acerbities of this unfortunate controversy, but we are in duty bound: to decline the par- ticular invitation contained in your letter, and the Managers thought it was only respect ful toi you that we should specify some of our reasons for coming to his conclusion, and as their Chairman I was, asked to* write to you on the subject. The Rent nroposed by you is Irregular. 1. By an order in Council the 'highest rent' which the Education Authority cou:ld pay for our School-buildings at ipresent is '5s a, year.' Any rent above 5s a year would be beyond their power. Your Propossals mean Final Surrender of our Schools. 2. Our Schools, if the buidings were leased to the Education Authority, would necessarily thereby become Provided Schools, and the process of the re-transfer of such a Provided School to be a Non-Provided School at the termination of the lease is, under Section 24 of the Education Act of 1870 and Section 8 of the Education Act. of 1902, so complicated and so uncertain, that your invitation to us to lease our School-buildinigs to you amounts i practically to an invitast,ion. that we, should deliberately take! upon ourselves the responsi- bility of 'destroying for ever the Church char- acter of our Our Schools have been built by Church people at a, great sacrifice to provide Religious Instruction on Church lines i for the, children of such parents as desire it, and as Managers of these Schools we cannot, do what you invite us to do without serious breach of trust. It should be remembered also that the present Town Council cannot guarantee, that future Town Council will always agree with them as tOI what the conditions of such a lease should be. It is not, impossible that in the course of the 21 years suggested as the term., of the lease there: might be at one time or another a Town Council on which the majority felt very strongly and conscientiously that UMMr j>iv&d«ooi*K>rB had no right to accept such conditions, and that it was thair bounden duty to set them aside. In any such event we should be 'powerless, either to re-open, our Schools ar Church Schools or to enforce the conditions of the; lease.' The Ratesi of Churchmen and Church Schoolls. 3., We, claim that the Church ratepayers of Carmarthen have, ino the name of religious liberty, an inaliieniable right to have their own children instructed, in than- own faith by teachers, who themselves believe in what t-lncy have to teach, in the Schools which they them- selves have built}, and to have also a share oif the education mtes which they themselves pay allocated to the support of those schools. It te palpably unjust that in a Christian country an atheist can demand what he wants for his dhild-iio, religious rinstruction-but that a Christian parent may be compelled to send his child to a School from which all reli- gjkras instruction is rigidly excluded. It appears to us that it would! be a more equitable arrangement than the one you suggest, tfeit ratepayers should be allowed to allocate their own education- rates to the tv-o of Schools, whether Wesleyan, Church, Roman Catholic, or Provided, which they themselves prefer. Carmarthen Rates not gone up in Clonsequence of the Education. Act. 4, Though we emiphiaitically linsist that we have a. ju&i right to a share of the rates of Church people for Church Schools, it is, how- ever, well to call attention to the fact that it is not true that the Education rate in Carjnar tthen has gone up because any money from the rates was required to support the Non-pro- voided School. Under the Education Act, tho Government, in laying upon the Town Council the obligation of financing the: Voluntary schools out of tne rates, gave at the samie time a new grant to be siet against thjis new charge upon the rates, and1 not a peii y of tMs new grant was ever paid into the fusds of the Town- Council until the now Act. came into opera- tion. Now, from the Returns, of Receipts and' Expenditure, etc., relating to the Ele- mentary Schools of the Borough, issued lar,-t year bv the Carmarthen Education Committee we learn (vide p. 5) that the amount of this nthV grant estimated as payable for the year to thte Tjawn Council is £ 719 whereas on page 4 we find that the average cost of the Volun- tary schools' for the tiiiree yeare1 1901, 1902, 1903. was: £ 1,500. To meet tfhii £ 1,500 there are tlu\ Block and Fee Grants payable in re- wpeei. of the: Non-provided schools, as well as the above grant of £ 719. virlrvl ^r,amt» earned by the Non-pro- I^aJculat*d <«, the avenge atUnuance for the year ending Feb 28th, 1003 h ftw Re'turns), are £ 732 10s.— 225 infants at 17s, and 4,9g bovs and crirls. at »i'2e each—and the Fee Grants £ 353 ]T)s; and ilietsie tw.6 Grants, together ^ith the aku^t, new OraiTt of £ 719, ipia.ke, according "to the It,otiAVrLIS! of your Educatlo-ii Committee, a total receipt* of £ 1810 in Governnieoj-t. Grnnt-s to meet the ajbove expenditure of £ 1,500. Your own Returns, tJwrefor.«. «how that the total Grants of 1;1810 from the Government, which come in one year into the funds of the Cannairthen Town Council, along with the liability laid tlpon them to finance the Non- provided schools, are £ 310 more than suffi- cient to pay the entire cost of the Non-pro- vided schools' for one year, as financed at the time when they were taken over by the Town Council. We have much pleasure in acknowledging that your Education Committee, in carrving out the object, of the new Act, have rightly incurred some additional expense in improv- ing the: staff and the! apparatus of these schools; but it should be remembered, how- ever, that all this additional money has been expended in increasing the efficiency of the secular instruction in the non-provided schools a department of their work which the new Act has placed entirely under the control of the Town Council and its Education Com- mittee. But until the whole of the above balance of £ 310 has been thus used up in in- creased' annual expenditure for the improve- ment of the non-provided schools, and for any additional cost of administration connected therewith, it cannot be said with any truth that, taking the receipts and expenditure for a, whole year into account, the financing of these schools by the Town Council under the new Act, has occasioned one penny additional expense to the Carmarthen ratepayers. Value of Non-provided School buildings to Carmiartlien Ratepayers. 5. The use of the Non-provided1 School- buildinigs free, of rent is a great saving to the ratepayers of Carmarthen. The charges upon the rates for repayment of capital and inte- rest on loans in regard to the provided school- buildings in Carmarthen, calculated on the average for the last, four years, are E530 10s a year, being eoual tOo an Educrationl Rate of nloarly 3jd. The annual charges of the non- 4 provided school-buildings on this basis, cal- culated on the proportionate number of chil- dren in average attendance in these schools, «s compared with those' in average attend- ance in the Provided Schools, would be R502 a year. The use, therefore, of the non-pro- vided sehoOl-buildiings free of rent is at Ipre- sent equivalent to 'a gift of E502 a year from the supporters of the voluntary schools.' Church Teaching in Church Schools paid for by the Church. 6. Many people, feel a conscientious objec- tion to paying rates to provide for the teach- ing in Church Schools of Church 'formularies,' in which they do not believe. No one is really called upon to do this. Lett us take Priory- street, school for example. The amount paid annually in interest on loans only, otg,mitting the annual amount for repayment of capital, for the provided school-buildigs in Carmar- then is, on the avaratge for the last four years 382 10s. On this basis the rent of the Priory street school-buildings, calculated on the average attendance in these schools as comr pared with the average attendance in the pro- vided schools, would be JE147 a, year. The amount of the salaries payable to the Priory street teachers for the year ending 28th February, 1903 (vide: page 2 of the Education Committee Returns), was E574 8s. In accord- ance with a fixed Time Table of the School- work posted up in each Department at the beginning of each term, out of the five hours a week devoted to religious instruction, only one is assigned to the teaching of the Cate- chism. The instruction given during the other four hours is in all respects such as is given in most provided schools. The propor- tion of teachers' salaries payable for this one houral week would be £ 23 a, year. Any equitable rent, therefore, for our school- buildings would! be far in excess of this L23 a year required to pay the entire cost of the distinctive Church teaching given in our school. Accordingly 'no help is needed from the rates for this purpose.' The rent-value of our school-buildings far more than covers the whole cost. 'No Religious Test!' What this means. 7. According to the existing provisions of the Education. Law there is no guarantee tlnat teachers appointed in provided schools shall be Christians in any sense of the word. It is contrary to the spirit of the law to ask them whether they consider themselves to be Christ tions or not. They may be Atheists. And yet euch teachers may bel called unon to in- struet children in the 1 principles of the Chris- tian Faith, in which they themselves do not believe. While: we are glad to acknowledge with thankfulness the great abiity and skill the deep earnestness and devotion with which the great, mass of the teachers in provided as well as in unprovided schools have fulfilled! and are fulfilling thb4r several duties, yet in the face of the growing indifference to religion which is apparent on all sides, we cannot but feel that. 'solid security should be taken that future teachers of religion to the young should themselves believe what they had to teach.' Religious Instruction, out of School-hours as suggested, dangerous to the, Child. 8. You suggest that religious instruction might be given afither before or after school- heuirs, which means that in any leased school ■some of the children should be compeilled' to attend the school for religious instruction ivilieql, the other children were free. We fear that religious /instruction given under such circumstances would in its 'practical effect upon the child's mind tend: to make religion very distasteful to him.' The great sacrifices which churchmen have made in the past, and are prepared, we feel sure, if need be, to make again in the future to hold their schools, witness: not only to their desire to have religious instruction on Church lines for their own children, but also to their earnest conviction of the vast importance for the good of the children themselves, and for the well-being of the nation at large, that religious instruction for the young should be provided in all elementalry schools of the country. But strongly as we deplore the necessity of leaving children educated in schools from: which all religious instruction was excluded, yet we cannot but feel that even this would probably be less injurious to the religious character of the child than it would be to let religion come before him from, day to day as a. kind of punishment, by com- pelling him, as you suggest in your letter, to receive religious instruction either before or after school houirs, when other children were at/play. The Cry 'Public Money, Public Control,' mis r eplied 9. In the matter of religious instruction in provided schools, the law as it now is, belies ttM popular cries, of 'Public money public con- trol,' 'Ratepayers must control the rates.' If in any County or Borough the vast ma- jerity of the ratepayers and of their repre- sentatives on the Education Authority were Church people, they could not, however muol-, they might desire it, arrange relipjious instruo tion on Church lines in 'any of their provided schools, though absolute liberty would in any case be guaranteed by the law to every parent to withdraw his child from such in- struction, if he wiishied to do so. The mem- beirs of such an Educ ation Authority would be the popularly elected representatives of the ratepayers, but it would net he true that thi? 'ratepayers control the rates,' that there would be 'public control of public money' in that County or Borough. Church ratepayers, liowever great their majority might be, are forbiddlen by the law, as it now stands, to arrange in any provided school the kind of religious instruction which they desire. The case would be just the ame even if there: had been a County or Borough in which all the ratepayers without exception ha el been Church peoplet and all the children in all the 1 provided scliools had been the children oif Church, parents. 'Cihurch ratepayers -would find that the Education Acts has deprived them or pontroi ever t.hMr own in tii, respect. They must be conten with the kind of religious instruction which pleads the adMtirersi of the 'Cowper-Temple Clause.' And so long as Churchmen suffer this restriction of religious liberty in provided schools, they cannot possibly be expected t Ut surrender their own schoolls. 10. We feel strongly tbatthe 'religious liber ties of all classes alike:' of the Carmarthen* ratepayers are 'better safeguarded under the existing administration' of the Act, than they would be under such a system: as you recoan- mend. At present Roman Catholic rate- payers can have religious .instruction 011 Roman Catholic lines in the Roman Catholic school; t1' re ratepayers can have religious instruction on Church lines in the Church -ool, Nonconformist ratepayers can have -tli the religious instruction of their own choice, as given in the' provided schools; wliile all ratepayer** clesirfl it 0an wiithdra-w their children from all religious instruction m any of the schools1, provided1 and unprovided alike. On the other hand, if we dtid what you in- vite us to do, ihe Church ratepayers would be deprived of such religious liberty as, lr-s strll left to them even in their own school in the matter of religious instruction for thear own children, and: would be compelled either to accept such religious instruction as is given In the pi-ovided scilo lo. or go without aHit)- gether, liowever deep, and earnest their con- scientious objections might be both to the one an to the other of thes etwo alternatives. But Nonconformist, ratepayers, on the other hand, would still have just the, same rdligious liberty as they have at present—no more and no less: they could still have for thejr chil- dren the religious instruction of their own choice, namely, such instruction as is now given in the provided' schools. 'We quite fa-ill to see tlhat the present, system is any way threatens the religious liberty of any Non- I conformist ratepayers, unless in the name of religious liberty he, clarims the right to de- prive Church ratepayers of their religious liberty.' In conclusion, we would venture to submit tliiat the 'conscience of Church ratepayers' in I Carmarthen, who, from loyalty to their coun- try's laws, paid the School Board rates for w thirt-ytwo years to support the Board Schools and at the same time for conscience' sake paid on the average L150 a, year in voluntary sub- scriptions to support. their own schools, is surely as worthy of respect and consideration as the toonsaienoe of those who oons-cientigusly decline to pay the rates. We only ask for 'justice and fair-play, and we are confident that the greaft mass of our fellow citizens would be unwilling to extend to us anything less than that same justice and fairplay which the- rightly expect to have themselves if they only knew and understood the, case on our aide. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, OWEN EVANS, Chairman of the: Priory-st. School Managers, Principal Evans asked: if there were any reply from the managers of the other schools. The Clerk I have hadi no reply from them. Principal Evans said that having been re- sponsible for the proposal, he thought it de- volved uj>on him to say a few words in reply to this letter. He could not deal with it at length, because, he had not had time to do more than glance over the letter. He wished however, to say a word with reference to one paragraph, wherein it was stated that the highest rent which the Education Authority could pay for the school buildings woulid be 5s & year. W-en he brought the matter Wnm Omnnil it was not a new ,idea,. -mind for more than nine ¡ months, but it was only owing to discourage- ment with which he met at the time when he mentioned it to some that he dropped it. It was only owing to the, acerbities which broke, out during the, November election that he brought the matter forward. Some time ago when he was a member of the School Board, aind the needlof school accomodation was felt, they looked about to see wliat provision could me made to meet it. -nere, was then in Bridge street a National School; the School Board endeavoured to ascertain how long that school could be carried on, and whether there was any possibility of its being let to the Boartd. The reply they received was thiat there were certain conditions attached to the trust which made it impossible to con- template the suggestion that the builcling should be, closed. The matter then dropped. Since then, the school had been closed, and the building was let at a reasonable rent— probably a good deal more than 5s a year-to the Rev J. Harry, a member of the Council. He only mentioned that case, to prove that what, were: felt as difficulties very quickly disappeared! when there: was a desire on the part of the managelrs to find, a. way out of them Not very far from Carmarthen, there was a voluntary school which bad been let to the School Board for a, period of 21 years on almost exactly the same terms as he had proposed. The rent in that case was not 5s a year, but R3, which was a! very fair rent for the school as it stood. This clause restricting the rent to 5s a year had only been inserted to pre- vent the managers of a school dealing with it as [private property and farming it out at a profit to themselves for purposes alien to the trust. A regulation of that kind, could be got over. They were: told that by an order in Council the rent, could not be more than 5s a year. That left room for the suggestion that with the consent of the Education Authority that could be put aside. He had no wish to press his suggestion on the mana- gers. Hel was exceedingly sorry that the matter had beqp dropped, andi so far as he was concerned it would end there. Mr White said that the origin of the letter was this. The, resolution came before the meeting of the managers at Priory street, and Mr Davies, one of the managers, sugges- ted that as Principal Evans had brought, for- ward the matter at the Council in such a, gentlemanly way, the Archdeacon should, as chairman of the managers, send a reply. Rev Joseph Harry said that he had no wish to make a lengthy speech in regard to this pamphlet. He wished he had had it a, few hours earlier. In that case he might have been able to inflict a speech on them. He wished! ony to ask the Town Clerk, if it was true that the Carmarthen rates had not gone up in, consequence of the Education Act. The Clerk: I cannot say. I know they have gone up since the Act.. I am not behind the: scenes Rev J. Haa-ry said that the former estimate for education in the Borough was zCI,250, but as soon as the Act came into operation, £ 150 was added to it. He should like to know who had the power to draw up the estimates for the coming year. The Clerk said the Town Council had dele- gated powers to the! Education Committee, so the drawing up of the estimates would be thrown, upon the: Committee. Rev J. Harry: Suppose the Education Committee make an estimate: for £ 1,5UU. Would the Council have power- to veto that ? The Clerk said they would. The money could not be raised without levying a faite. Rev J. Harry If the Committee made an estimate for £1,200, would the Council have power to add to' it? The Clerk said he thought not, without al- tering the, powersi delegated. Mr White said t-jat if Mr Harry would real. the whole of the paragraph in the Arch- deacon's letter, he would see what, it meant. Mr Blagdon Richards said that it was a matter of complete indifference what the letter said. They knew that an additional penny was put on the rates for the purpose of maintaining the non-iprovided schools. No- body could, question tnat iact. mat line in the letter took him quite by surprise. It almost- dumbfounded him. Mr Spurrcll said that it need not dumb- found anybody if they took the trouble to read it through. Copious extracts from the letter were then read by different members with running com- ments. The Clerk in answer to one question said that the estimate had been; made on the a --uniption that. the' children in the non-pro- vided schools would cost as much per head as the children in the provided. Until then, they had not, cost so- much. The lYiiayor said that he was exceedingly glad to hear that there was no cause, to in- crease the rates. He hoied they would re- vest back to the original figure. Principal Evans said that the figures in the Archdeacon's letter required very careful reading. Credit had been given for a grant of L719 which affected the matter very con- siderably. Mr H. W. Thomas Nobody can say -what the grant, is going to be. v PIGGERIES. Dr Jones calledl attention to the fact that the tenant of the Royal Oak, Johnstown, had oreoted a piggery without having sent in pl?ns. It was'draining into the stream wliich thev had been doing their to purify. The Surveyor said that they did not usyally require plans'for Jaggeries, A NEW STREET. The Surveyor^ was. directed to prepaic laws, specifications, and apportionment for the now street in Barnsfield terrace. UNIFORMS FOR THE FIRE BRIGADE. The Watch Committee recommended the purchase of 14 suits for the fire brigade at JES Os 6d etob,, aiid, 14 caps at Is 9d each.—This was agreed to. OILSKINS A discussion took place over a statement made by the Surveyor that the other Corpora- tion labourers applied for oil-skins, th:e same as supplied to the scavengers. A long dis- cussion took place over this, and it was deci- ded tcf allow the suits applied for. It wais stated that the whole cost would not exceed ZC5. THE APPPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS. The Clerk said that they had received a hfll for RIIO for the expenses of the assistant- overseer m connection with the registration of voters, The amount was certified by the Revising Barrister, tiid half of it w py- able by the Town Council. The expense of th? assistant overseer in connection ,t11 registration had been gradually JiiCivasing. In 1884, thei amount was £ 25; in 1891 £ 65; in 189tij £ 90 j and now it was 1;110. j Mr Walter Lloyd asked if they could not, appeal to Quarter Sessions. The Clerk said that their only remedy was to appeal to the Revising Barrister not to allow so much. Mr Blagdon Richards, asked, how the, salary of the poor rate collector compared with that, of the local rate collector having regard' to the work which each had to do. Mr Walter Lloyd said that they had noth- ing to do with his salary as rate collector. Mr H. W. Thomas: Can't we get the appointment of overseers and assistant over- seers into our own handis? The Clerk You can apply to the L.G.B. for an order giving you the appointment of overseers. They have power to make the order; whether they will or not is the question The Mayor: It is time we took steps to pro- tect the ratepayers. Mr H. W. Thomas gave notice that he would move that the Town Clerk apply to the Local Government Board for an order giving the Town Council, the right to appoint overseers. The charges for ipreparing the list of voters' had increased at such a rate that it was time they protested against it. Mr H. B. White said that as far as this bill was concerned, they were hound to, pay it. The best thing would be for the Town Clerk to appear at the next Revising Court and suggest that the Revising Barrister should not -al-low so much. That would be better than trying to upset a body of men who were doing their work for nothing. Mr Blagdon Richards said that they ought to have power to refuse to pay so much, if they thought fit,. He seconded Mr Thomas. Mr H. W. Thomas: We pay this gentleman and we have no authority over him. THE PURCHASE OF MR MILLS PROPERTY. Principal Evans moved that they suspend the Standing Orders with the object of rescind ing the resolution passed on the 4th Decem- ber with regard to the purchase of Mr Mills' property on the Pothouse. The resolution wias to offer kl,050, and if that were not accepted to go to law. The Town Clerk know ing the, risk of an action had taken on him- self to offer RI.075, which offer had been accepted.. Mr Brunei White seconded. Mr Blagdon Richards moved an amendment They passed a reisolution. to make a final offer of £1,050 or to go to law, and now they were asked to advance that offer. If they did that, they would show a spirit of vaocilation which he could not approve of. If they bought this land they had no security that the ques- tion was finally settled. Others were writing to the Local Government Board protesting against the use of this land for depositing manure on. Mr H. B. White said that if Mr Richards^ brother were there, he would better under- stand the matter. It was well-known that when a matter was placed in the hands of a solicitor, it was left to him to settle the matter. Mr Blalgdion Richards said that that would be all right if it were not for the, latter part, of the resolution which was that if the offer of £1,050 was not accepted, they were to defend the action. Mr Spurreill: It was a question of JE25 or going to law. The Clerk said that there were points in their case which were not before the Town Council—and properly so-and in view of them, he felt justified, in springing the extra £25, It was decided with only four dissentients to suspend Standing Orders. It was then decided to approve of the Town Clerk's offer of £ 1,075. REMOVAL OF A CLOCK. A letter was read from the Ven Archdeacon Evans detailing the circumstances under which it became necessary to remove the Town Clock from the tower of St. Peters Church. The Mayor said that he had seen the Vicar who was willing to have the clock placed in the tower of St. David's Church. The Com- mittee which had collected subscriptions to (provide a clock for St. David's Church had about JE40 in hand; and they were willing to expend the money required for the erection of this clock there. Rev J. Harry proposed that the- clock be placed on Pentrenoth school. Principal Evans supported the Mayor's pro- position to place it in St. Davids. There was no public clock in the West-end of the town. It was explained that the clock would still be a Town Clock, and the Council would be expected to pay the C3 a year for regulating and winding it. On the other hand, Council would have nothing to pay for the new quar- ter clock at St. Peters, so that, things would remain as before, so far as expend to the Council is concerned. The, Mayor's /proposition was adopted. LIGHTING. The Clerk brought up the lighting schedule which had been drawn up by him. It provi- ded for about 5 per cent. more light than last year. Mr W. Spurrell proposed that they adhere to the old schedule they would always have people grumbling, if they kept gas burning day and night. It was unanimousl- agreed to ad' ire to the old schedule. The Town Clerk: There is a lot of labour gone fer nothing. Mr Spurrell: Moral—Don't listen to grumblers. THE PARK-KEEPER S LODGE. The Clerk read a letter from Mr A. J. Jones, Carmarthen House, secretary of the Sports and Attractions Committee, stating that the Park- keeper's Lodge would shortly be handed over to the Council. TYGWYN QUARRY. A letter waS read from Mr Dubuisson sta- ting that he would be prepared to let the -CGuncil have Tygwyn Quarry on a lease for 14 years at a dead rent of £ 20; the royalty for road stone would be 5d; and for building stones 6d. The Mayor said that they would not have to ,ay the R20 rent as well; the rovalties would include that. He had been in hopes that they would harcilbe-en able to -t the quarry for the rent which they had been pay- ing femmorarilv—4d a vard.—It w, rWidprl to ask Mr DuBuisison to grant the quarry 011 the (present terms. ANOTHER LIGHT. Rev J. Harry (in the absence of Mr J. F. Morris) moved that an extra lamp be fixed on the bridge at a spot to be selected by the Surveyor.—This was agreed to.-Th, Sur- veyor said the cost of fixing the laiun would be three guineas. THE COST OF PROVIDED SCHGOLS. Mr H. E. Blagdon Richards moved "That the Clerk be requested to furnish the Council before1 the 1st March next itli an estimate of their probable receipts and expenditure for the year ending March 31st. 180.3, distinguish ing in siich sta!o:nent the receipts and ex- penditure in re'pect of non-provided sclioo's from tho e in respect of provided schools." In moving the motion, Mr Richards said statements had been made that the rates had gone up, he would point out that t1" esti- mite for education had gone llphy £lGO,and th:t estimate had been exceeded to the extent of £ 350. In vitnv of the statements which had been made that no rate would be needed there must have been a considerable amount of mis-statement and miscalculation in the pr-Kt or else there must have been a great I extravagance on the part of the Education Committee. Rev J. Hairy suggested that there be an addit'on to Mr Richardx's motion "and that the Education Committee be requested to r:i-ort whether it will be necessary to make ati, ;it such estimates for the non- provided schools for the ensuing year." Mr H. W. Thomas seconded. Mr Blagdon Richards said lie had much pleasure in accvt-ng the addition to his motion. The Clerk It is not necessary that will follow. Rev J. Harry: We may have a diffitcr.ltv on the Education Committee to get it ^-ussed. We want the Education Committeè to tell us whether it is necessary or not. If you pass it, vau witi attain your object. The motion with the addition was carried. POLICE SlATTON ACCOMODATION. A letter was reatrem the Home Secretary stating that he had .-received the plans sub- mitted by the Town Council for the alte^-atioii of the police station at Carmarthen. Ho did net think Uiey were sufficient. The station would have to be. J»-built or much more exten- sive alterations i.^an those shown in the plans would have to be carded out. Oapt. Terrv H.M. inspector of Constabulary- would ftiscuss thb matter at his next annual visit to Car- marthen. The Supt. of Police said uiat the Inspetetor usually came in July or August. Mr D. Samuel: He came on Bank Holiday last time. ANOTHER CLAIM TO RIVER FRONTAGE A letter was received' from Mr T. Walters, solicitor to Mr Charles Jones, formerly slate merchant on the Quay. Mr Jones objected to the mooring post being fixed on his land on the Quay, opposite Sawmill Terrace. He claimed the land down to the riverside, but was willing to allow the same facilities over it, as were granted in the case of other river- side, property. There was no need to shift the mooring post until the erection of the new building made it necessary. The matter was left in the hands of the Town Clerk. The Council rose at 10.15 p.m.

1 LLANSA V, EL. WE have this week to chronicle the death of Mr Henry Rumbold, of the Black Lion Hotel. The end came with startling sudden- ness. The deceased was about his duties up to Friday. He took to his bed on Tuesday last and expired on Wednesday afternoon at tthe comparatively early age of 56 years. Mr Rumbold had longe occupied the Black Lion Hotel and carried on a large business. He came in contact with all sorts and condiltions of men in the course of his business, his hos- telry being widely known and extensively patronised by visitors, tiurists, and business men. They will all sadly miss the genial guide who knew the district so well and had such wide, experience and such agreeable and cheery ways, when they visit Llansawel. The deceased gentleman came to the district in the service of the Edwinsford family and subsequently became their tenant at the hotel, and, was held in high esteem. He was a native of Woolwich, but had long been resi- dent in Wales. The funeraJ took plaice on Monday last at, Talley, and was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances, though the day (proved exceptionally wet. Both at Llansawel and Talley every symptom of respect and sympathy was shown in the sad event. The funeral rites were conducted by -ie Vicar of Talley, the Curate of Llan- sawel, and the Rev Thomas Williams, of Llan- sawel. The departed leaves a widow and; one child to mourn his loss.

Fefd her flight. THE SURE WAY TO REAR A HEALTHY GIRL. The relation of food to comfort and health impressed a. teacher, who says: "After teaching school for several years I became a, victim of sleeplessness, and night after night it wos 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning before I would fall asleep completely worn out Of course I lost strength and brain power and beoame terribly nervous, until I was on the verge of nervous prostration. "About that time I read an article about Grape-Nuts that convinced me that my trouble was due to indigestion, something I had never thought of before. I got two boxes of Grape-Nuts and began to use them for breakfast, and supper with good rich cream. live change was something wonderful, and my health came back in bounds. "Grape-Nuts took the place of non-nourish- ing food, and I am now better in health, brain, power and spirits sleep well and work longer and harder and never feel nervous or worried. When I had finished my school sef sion I still feel I have lots of reserve force and energy left, and when I go to bed at night I get. sound and refreshing sleep, and get, up early as a lark. "I have had numbers of my scholars try the food, and I muti tell you about one ca^e. She was a puny nervous little girl. and her mother told me fhe did not eat enough to keep a bird alive. All sno wanted, was candy and other trash. When I told her mother about Grape- Nuts food she followed my advice, and its effeot<s upon this child shown in the awakened cnnrgy of the body and mind was simply wonderful. Her school work came entirely satisfactory and she gained in bodily strength to-t all her nervousness, and soon became a rcsy chubby young girl." Name given by Grape-Nuts Co., 66. 8ho Lane, London, E.C. There's a reason.

DEATHS. PAVIFS.—February 7th.. at Tannerdy, Carmaithen, Mrs. Mary Davies, widow of Mr. John Davies, formerly hauimer-mao a' the Carmartheu Tiu- works, ag-ed 74 years. DAVIES.—ITeb. utn, at Whitemill, near Carmarthen, Mra. Maty Davies, wife of Mr. Dauiel Davies (Anellyn), aged 73 years. JONES —February 8th, at Carmarthen, Mr. Herbert Jones, formerly checkwGibQr on the (Iupy (and eon of the late Mr. Isaac Jones, woollen manufac- turer, U nion-strGet). uged 03 years. JONES.—February 7th, at White Mill-terrace,. Johnsiowii, Carmarthen, Mr. WilUuiB Jones,, aged !) years. WHITE.—February 8th, at Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr John White Whi'qe, assayer (formerly of Carmarthen), aged 2U years,

CONCERT.—A very successful concert was hem at Priory street National School on Tues- day evening. There was a good attendance, and the programme, was carried out excel- lently. The proceeds were in aid of the Towy- Mission Boom. Mr T. S. Puddicomibe acted as accompanist.. Appended is the pro- gra,mme: --Gip,y dance, Evelyn Williams, May Williams, Nest,a, and Betty Colby Evans; song, Mr Davies, Boksburg Hall; slave, song, Miss Violet Williams, Naipier House piano- forte solo, Mr Puddicombe; song, Miss Ray Evans, comic song, Mr R. W. Ward: sketch (humorous) Mr J. F, Lloyd; violin solo, Mr Mounsey; the Jesters, Ivor Thomas, Phillip ewi. Jacob Andrews, Leo Powell, and; Frank Smith; comic song, Mr Ward; song, Miss, Gwladys Evans song, Mr Davies, Boksburg Hall; gramophone selection. Mr T. W. France song, Miss Ray Evans song. Miss Violet Williams; comic song, Mr Ward. DEATH OF MR J. W. WHITE IN SotTH AFRICA.—News was, received at Carmarthen on xuesaay that. Mr John White White had (lied the previous day of enteric fever at Defwetsdorp in the Transvaal. The deceased who was 26 years of age, was the son of the the late Mr White, chemist, Carmarthen, rTphew 0,fT Alderman Brunei White, of ^5jnge" was an assayer by profession some years in the gold mining district of Western Australia. For a short time he carried on business as a, coal merchant in Lammas street,, but gave up that business on obtaining an important post in London as aSt °°.tober he left for South AJnoa, haying been appointed to a. lucrative few A Staff °f °ne °f the Rand mines. nrllf + JWaScTery San^udne of his future ailM ?n Satui'day last his wife and eh»ld tliad sailed to join him. Mrs White White will only learn of her husband's death when the steamer touches at Madeira. The deceased was a great, favourite at Carmarthen and the greatest sympathy is felt with his widow, who is a native of Burry Port.