The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

ST. ASAPH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. MEDICINE FOR THE POOR. The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Friday, when there were present: Meters Edwin Morgan, J.P. (chairman), Mr J. Frimston (vice-ohairman), J. Roberts, J. R. Ellis, Aber- gele; Rov. Lodwick Ellis, Bettws; Messrs W. S. Roberts, Bodfari; R. E. Griffiths, Bodei- wydden; J. F. Jones, CWilU; clugh Williams, T. E. Jones, Robert Jones, Mrs Gee, Denbigh; Messrs Edward Williams, Dyserth; William Jones, T. Salusbury, Liannoafydd; Geo. Williams, Meliden; T. Pennant Williams, Prestatyn; L Batho, S. Perks, J. Roberts Jonos, Hugth Ed- wards, G. F. Gunner, Rhyl; J. Lothian, St. Asaph; William Morris, Llew. B. Evans, Rhudd- ian; J. D. Jones, St. George; John Jones, Waen; and the Clerk (Mr Charles Grimsloy). GOOD WISHES. The Chairman observed that as that would be the last meeting of the Board in the old year, he had pleasure in wishing all the members, officials, and representatives of the Press a, thappy and prosperous New Year, trusting that during the c-oming year they would be able to attend to their duties, and that their circle would be unbroken at the end of the year. The Vice-chairman, on behalf of the members; Mr Grim&ley, on. be-half of the officials, and Mr ..Polkinghome, cui behalf of the Press, recipro- cated the good wishes to the Chairman. THE MASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT. The Master read the following report: — I beg to state that the inmates have requested me to convey their sincere and hearty thanks to the Board for the plentiful supply of roast beef and plurrn pudding, oranges, mineral waters, sweets, tobacco, etc., supplied to them on Christ- mas Day. Bright services were held in the chapel, both morning and afternoon, also a concert in the evening. If the many expressions of thanks with the ring of enthusiasm which prevailed in every department of the house be any criterion to go by one cannot do other than oonclude that all throughout the house must have had a most enjoyable time. I beg also to acknowledge gifts for the inmates from the following ladies and gentlemen:— £ 1 from Mrs Do Ranee, Rhyl; £1 Is from Mrs R. J. Woodward, Meliden: £ 1 from Mr J. B. Lux- moor; a crate of bananas, also a case of oranges from Mr W. C. Bell; 10s from a friend; also a book for the library; two cases from Mr Ro- berts, Plough Hotel, St. Asajph; two cases from Messrs Wood and Bestall, Rhyl; "Daily Graphic" throughout the year from Mrs Cap- tain Arthur Heaton, St. Asaph; "Rhyl Journal, "Rhyl Advertiser," "Welsh Coast Pioneer," Donibighshire Free Press," throughout the year; Christmas cards from Mrs Walthall; oranges and sweets from Mr W. C. ivoberte, St. Asaph; ditto, from Mr W. 8. Roberts, Bod- fari; ajid the use of the field for oxercise from Mrs Luxmoor throughout the year. On New Year's Day we hope to give the inmates an- other first-class treat provided with the sub- scriptions and gifts reported above, io whioh we all are looking forward with very consider- able interest and pleasure. The Chairman said he was sure that the mem- bers wero greatly obliged to all who had assisted in making the children's lot happy, and he pro- posed a vote of thanks to the ladies and gen- tlemen, as well as to those who had conducted services in the chapel during the year, and assisted in the Sunday School. The Vice-chairman seconded, and the motion was carried. The Master observed that the services in the chapel were always well attended, and it was 3, pleasure to see the great interest the inmates took in them. Half-an-hour before the ser- vices commenced the aged people could be seen wending their way to the ohapcl (hoar, hear). He was. pleased to say that a member of that Board (Mr Salusbury) had assist*?! in the ser- vices during the past summer (hear, hear). THE PHYSIC QUESTION. A letter was read from the Local Government Board expressing regret that the Board of Guardians had not seen its way to pay for ex- pensive medicines when ordered by the medical offioens, as had been suggested by the Local Government Board. The Vice-chairman said the Local Government Board did not seem to appreciate the position of that Board. They had had no application from.tho medical officers for the extra allowance, and it was not likely that they would offer more. Mr John Roberts thought the Local Govern- ment Board had yet something to learn. He was sure that the po-o-r in that Union received better medicine than the officials of the Local Government Board. It was to the interest of the doctors in that Union to give the poor the very best medicines, in order to get them off ul their books as quickly as possible, 'whereas with the well-paid officials of the Local Government Board, it, might pay the doctors to keep them on hand as long as possible (laughter). Mr Hugh Williams observed that they had a contract with the medical offioors to supply all medicines required. Mr T. E. Jones asked what did the Local Government Board class as "expensive medi- cines? Did truse<>s come under that hea,d? The Chairman did not think such articles could be called "medicines." Mr Perles said it would be unfortunate if it went out that that Board was prepared to con- sider an application from the medical officers for the cost of expensive medicines. He felt fcnat tho Board should no4; ^consider anvrh*rjfr of the kind. ° The matter then dropped. THE HOUSE. It was reported that there were 150 inmates in the worknouee, as against 155 on the last Board day. During the fortnight 144 vagrants had been relieved. The Board then rose.

A NEW METHOD of creating Nerve Strength. ADVOCATED BY DOCTORS. Without doubt, the advent of Dr. Cassell's Tablets marks a new era in medical research and discovery. This great medicine, lately evolved from the prescription of a noted specialist, isi absolutely the last word in body- building and invigorating specifics, and the hundreds of oures of so-called hopeless eases of nervous prostration, anaamia, I of flesh, debility, premature decay, indigestion, kidney and etomaoh troubles, every day being effected through its medium, bear witness to its effioaoy and undouoted value as a household medicine, and are causing doctors to advocate its use. For safety, reliability, and power of restoring the jaded faculties and building up flash, health, strength, and vitality in young and old, Dr. Oassell's Tablets have never -been equalled^ aud- it says much for progressive medical science that a remedy so eminently safe and effective has been brought to light and perfected. A box of Dr. Caasell's Tablets only costs igid, obtainable at all chemists.

HARVESTING CORN ON BOXING- DAY. There is still a quantity of last season's corn on several farms on the Hiraethpg Mountain, between Denbigh and Pentre- foelas, and Mr Ellis Roberts, Cefn Forest Farm, Llansannan, and his men spent the greater part of Boxing Day in harvesting corn which had been on the ground for several weeks. The corn was, on the, whole, in good condition.

LLANGEDWYN HALL. LADY WILLIAMS-WYNN'S DENBIGHSHIRE SEAT. Last week's issue of "Country Lile" contained an interesting article on Llangedwyn Hall, the Denbighshire seat of Lady Williams-W yon. ue make the following extracts from the article, which is illustrated by beautifully printed photo- graphs of the hall and grounds:— "Rising in the mountainous region off North- West Montgomeryshire—as does also the Vyrn- wy, whose artificial lake is Liverpool s supply —the river Tanat, on its way to the Severn, Crosses that southernmost slip of Denbighshire which contains- the parish of Llangedwyn. Its valley is of that sub-mountainous kind whose base is occupied by lush meadows, through which the rushing, lim.pid stream winds; the hilltops are crowned with wood and waste, and their 5teep sides are given up to mixed agri- culture and dotted occasionally with the habita- tion& of .men. Of the larger sort of these is the old manor house, admirably set and plajmod to gioe value to the characteristics oi its site, and which forms part of that great territory in North Wale* acquired and owned in the early part of the eighteont-h century by the first Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, whose names and csta,tes ha.ve ever since continued in his line. The story of the acquisition of thia large estate, and of its administration with a view to its conferring the utmost political and social influence upon its lords, is a bit of local, merg- ing into national, history of tho most engaging kind. If unrecognised in the "Almanach de Gotha," this principality was nevertheless ruled by a descendant of princes; for, though the finst Sir' Watkin's paternal great-grandfather had been but a quiet country parson, his maternal ancestor one degree further back had clearly established himself as thirteenth in direct lineal desoent from Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales and a descendant of Roderick the Great. Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, born in 1553, the author of the "History of tho Gwydir Family" and the framer of this romantic, but not necessarily imaginative, pedigree, did not, however, confine his attention to the past. He wao a man of a practical business mind, thoroughly interested in the present, and keen to make the best use of his opportunities. He sat in Parliament, was of the Council of the Marches of Wales, and appears in that second batch of baronets which, in June, 1611, followed the first creation of the previous month. All this was part of his scheme of improving his worldly position and multiplying his wordly goods. So "shrewd and successful" was he in his dealings tha.t his less prosperous and ener- getic neighbours were apt to give him an ill name, a.nd the superstition long survived at Llan- rwst that "the spirit of the old gentle- man lies under the great waterfall Rhaiad-r y Wennel, there to be punished, pur god, p.pou-to-d upon and purified from the foul deeds done in his days of nature." We hear thot "his an- cestors had been for generations notorious for the tiumber of their progeny;" and this quality descended to, but ended with, him; for half a century had not gone by after his demise in 1627 before three deaths had brought tho title to his fourth son's eon, with whom the title expired, and Who had to and an heir to the estate;s by adopting the eon of the sixth son's grand-daughter. Sir John Wynn, fifth and last baronet, had vastly added to his inherited acres by his marriage with the heiress of a large estate near Ruabon, then called Watetay, but which he altered to Wynnstay, and which has remained the chief seat of his kinsmen. Though he had no children by his wife, he had both possession and disposition of her property, and he made more than one will before he decided that it should descend to the issue of his oousin Jane Thelwall, who had married Sir William Williams, second baronet of thai name. Wil- liam Williams the elder, was the son of a vicar of Llantrisant, and lie early determined to pursue his way to fortune by the twin roads of law and matrimony. "What ha.ve you?" said the owner of the Glasooed estate to the briefless barrister who asked his only child's hand in marriage. "I have, sir, a tongue and a. gown." These were deemed sufficient, and proved so, for his legal career wa-.s eminently successful, though he missed the Woolsack. "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE." "This was not from lack of trimming his sails to suit prevailing political wincK- for, as Speaker of the House of Commons in 1680, we find him on the Whig side and licensing the publication of Dangerfield's 'Narrative.' But when, after of Dangerfield's 'Narrative.' But when, after James II.'s accession, Dangerficld was pilloried as a libeller, and Williams was fined £ 8000 for his ipart in the matter, he found it opportune to change his views, and he suddenly blossoms out as Solicitor-General and a baronet, and conducts the prosecution of the seven bishops in 1688, under promise that, if suooessful, the Great Seal would be taken from Jeffreys and handed to him. As, six months later, the Re- volution had occurred, and Jeffreys WM in the Tower, Williams's failure to- get a conviction against the bishops was, perhaps, lucky for him- self, for he was able to pose as a friend cf t4,, Revolution and hope for office, which, however, he never got. He diod in 1700, and of his successor nothing need be said, except that in 1692 a son, Watkin, was born unto him, who was in due course adopted by Sir John Wynn. Very likely this turning-point in the lad's fortunes took place before 1710, when we find him a fellow-commoner of Jesus College, Ox- ford, but it certainly occurred before 1714, as then he was living with old Sir John at Wynn- stay. Next year he married—the year after he en.te.red Parliameni-and. in 1719, at the death of his kinsman in his ninety-first year, he came into his great inheritance. For many years after this he was known as the Honoured Mr Watkin Williams, for he did not succeed to the batronetcy till his father's death in 1740, and the additional surname of Wynn, though le-gal, was never popular, either in his or his son's time, and it is always as Sir Watkin Wil- liams that we find them mentioned contem- porarily, as in Horace Wal-polc's "Correspond- ence." "But it was not only the Wynn and Williams estates that coa-lceced under tho first. Sir Wat- kin; to them were added three Vanghan pro- perties, of which Llangedwyn was one. Pro- bajbly built originally under Elizabeth, when it was known as Plas Nowydd, or the New Hall, it was owned by a. family still Welsh enough not to have crystallised down to a surname, for we hoar it was Moris ap Robert ap Moris, whece daughter and heiress married Owen V.uighan, of Llwydiorth, High Sheriff of Monrgomery- ahtre, in 1601. Their gireat-tgrand-dau^hter, Mary PurceU, married Edward Va-ughsin, of Glanllyn, "Ye adopted heir of Edward Va ughan, of Llwydiarth, Esquire, son and heir of Sir Robert Vaughan, Knight,' who had been the second eon of Owen Vaughan. Edward Vaughan, soon after his marriage, bc;-am Knight of the Shire for Montgomeryshire, and eat till his death. He had. a son and two daughters; but t.he son died a lad and one daughter ohildless, and on Sir Edward's death in 1718 Llangedwyn, and eventually the other estates, went to Anne, wife of Watkin Williams. Whether the transformation of the Elizabethan house into one of the style of Queen Anne's day was carried out by Edward Vaughan or by Watkin Williams it is diffi-cult to say, as there are no written records, and no drues appear on the fabric. The appearance is not incom- patible with the earlier years of George I., and, as the ceiling in the dining-room has Williams- Wynn as well as Vaughan amis, it follows that some of the work is posterior to 1718. The structure as well as the site of the. Elizabethan house wis m-tain-ed, but it was wholly remodelled in its details inside and out." After a concise description cf the Hall and of the ornamental grounds surrounding it, the writer in "Country Life" refers to h'3 interior of the mansion, and stateg that "One i;erest- ing reminder of the lives and aims of Walkin Williams and Anne Vaughan has most, -ipnrc- priately arrived here in more recent iimes—a rl a, jewel presented to the late Lady Willi >ur;Vynn in 1869. It was the presidential badge of a, club which was-then dissolved, having long out- lived its principles and its purpose thcOCycJø Club, founded by Cheshire and North Wales Jacobites in 1710, when Britain was wearvin"- of the Whig Government of Marlborough "and Godolphin, and was growing Tory." THE SECOND MARRIAGE. "Sir Wat kin had been married thirty years, but no child had survived to inherit tho gneat position he had built up. True, his wif; ° had copied tho example of the previous Lady Wynn and .had made over all her property unconl ditionally to iiieri husband. Now she went further. To supply the desired heir was beyond her, so she made way for one who could. On May 24th, 1748, she died, and on July 19th following Sir Watkin married again, "at the request of his late lady under her hand," as the 'Gentleman's Magazine' informs us. As Sir Watkin was but fifty-six, this may be con- sidered precipitate, even 'under the hand' of tho 'late lady.' But it was most prescient and fortunate. In April of the following year the 'Gentleman's Magazine' has the entry: 'Lady of Sir Watkin Williams Wynne—of a son and in Soptemiber it records Sir Watkin's death 'by a fall from his horse, in hunting,' and describes him as 'a steady senator, a fine patriot and a noble example cf conjugal fidelity; his house was a daily relief to the poor; there was both good bread for the hungry and good drink .for tho thirsty, and nono let to go empty away.' The time, however, had been enough, for the heirship was doubly assured. Four years later, that great traveller and letter-writer, Bishop Pooocke, was at Ruabon and saw the 'handsome new ho-use of a very good freestone of a greenish cast,' which Sir Watkin had built at Wynnstav and ho also picked up looal information as to its late lord. 'He lived at great expense to support his interest in the country, and had several houses in which he kept servants and a table, insomuch that he is said to have died £80,000 in debt, but his elder eon of two being very young it is supposed the estate will be cleared when he is (..f age, though I have since been informed that his debts amounted to no more than his personal estate.' This informa- tion was undoubtedly correct. The widow— who lived on for fifty-four years and the trustees bought additional estates with the accu- mulation of the long minority, so that eon, grandson and great-grandson continued to 'keep servants and a table' in several houses, and 'supported their interest in the country' to such extent that the grandson earned the title of 'the Prince in Wales,' and the others were almost equally popular and powerful. Their history, however, is bound up with Wynnstay; Llan- gedwyn may have had its servants and its taible, but was merely a subordinate place. With the death of the great-grandson, the fourth Sir Watkin, in 1885, there came a break in the direct male suocession; part of the estates, in- eluding Llangedwyn, went to his daughter, the settled estates and the title to his nephew. Llan- gedwyn, as the home of his widow and now of his daughter, has its charms and associations in safe keeping; while the letter's marriage with her oouisin, the present, Sir Watkin, has ensured an heir to undiminished possessions and great traditions."

A HOLYWELL LIFE~INSUR- ANCE CASE. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. His Honour Judge Mess has forwarded 10 the R^g.stiar of the Holywell County Court his «rihei. judgment in the iifo insurance case heard At tho lAst court, in wliic.i George A. Scotcher, oowsagen1. and stationer, Holywell, sued the Pearl Liff, Insurance Compaily for £ 29 7s Id, re- turn of premiums paid on life policies. case of the plaintiff (who was represented by Mr E. Harding Roberts) was tuat> in 1897 Ii" teok out polici3s of insurance on t:;o life of his aunt and oousm, the a-gent aasuung him that everytiii,ig was m order and the policies legal and valid. In 1902, at the request of another agent of the oompany, ho took out two fresh policies upon tno aamo lives, and on all the policies ho paid the premiums up to October last. He then heard that the policies were value- less, and went to Flint to see the company's su- perintendent, wjio said he would "make it all righr. A correspondence ensued, and eventually piamt'ff took out a summons against the com- pany. Mr Ctiurton (Chester), WHO appeared for the onrnpsmy, submitted tho policies were void on these gro-urtd.(I) that the proposals were .not signed by the proposers; (2) that there was no mention of plaintiff's name on the policies; (3) that pldantilf had no insurable interest in the policies. Mr Churton said it was nothing but a gambling transaction, and pleaded the Gaming Acts. In the course of tho case it 8.ppea.red Htp co.np.iny had offered to recognise the policies it plaintiff gjl them assigned to him. His Honour, ui his judgment, pointed out, in reaped (f tho two first policies taken out bv .-It, plaintiff, that T E. Roberts, the agent of the oompany, carried through the whole business and signed the profcuiional forms in the names of plaintiff s aunt and cousin, though he never consulted them. In tjue of tho second two policies which plaintiff took out at the re- quest of Brinley Richards (who succeeded Ro- berts as agent of the company), Richards not enly filled ap both proposal forms himself, but actually signed one, in the name of the aunt, whom he never consulted, a.nd witnessed his ovvii signature, and then got plaintiff to sign in his ccusiu's name His Honour proceeded—"All four policies are obviously void, and had the plaintiff been suing cn the policies, in my opinion he clearly could not recover. But tho policies have not matured. and even had they matured it could hardly be al- leged that the oompany had incurred a risk of an obviously void policy. The plaintiff merely sues for the return of premiums which the defen- dant eompa.ny have r3cei\ed, and I find as a fact that they have received these premiums. I hesitate to say 'through the fraud' (as Roberts is dead), but I am bound to say through the reck- less misrepresentation of their agents. It is diffi- cult to believe that Roberts, who was an assist- ant superintendent, did .not know that plaintiff had no insurable interest in tho lives assured. He must have known that he had no right to make the aunt and cousin the proposers, and sign their names, without consulting them. And while I do not find that Richards knew t.he plain- tiff had no insurable interest in the lives of his cousin and aunt, I do find that he deliberately practised a fraud both upon plaintiff a.nd his em- ployers in filling up the form, as he admitted "a against the rules of the company, and without the knowledge and consent of the aunt and cousin, so as to obtain the commission. In the case of both agents there was deliberate atid reckless misrepresentation, on the faith of which the plaintiff' has paid premiums amounting altogether to £ 29 7s Id, and the real issue, upon the merit;, which I have to decide is this—Can the defendant company, even assuming their f-gents irt b ),h cases have acted beyond the soooe of their authority benefit by their misrerresenca- tio'13 even if innocent? I have carefully con- sidered tho facts, and have consulted all th? authorities quoted. and I have cone to the oonclusion that when a company have re- ceived money owing to the misrepresentations of their agents, as I find defendants have i.n this case, then they have no right to retain such money. Not only have the defendants incurred no ris.k on the policies, which, on their own con- tention, are. void, but they are actually holding money paid to t.hem t-nder the e vcid policies on the strength of their agents' misrepresentations that th:y were all right. My opinion, curiously onough, seoms confirmed bv a decision of the Court of Appeal given since the trial of this m action." His Honour heie quotes the judgment oc the Court of App.va' ;,n the ease of Kettlewell v. Refuge Assurance Co., which showed that where there had been a misrepresentation—even an innocent misrepro^enration — by an insurance oompany s agent, and money .had been paid to the company in consequence thereof, that. money could be recovered back." w His Honour eOJ}c)u(]C3 his judgment thus— "This case is even or because the policy being void, there has been no risk. I must there- fore, give judgment for plaintiff for P29 7s Id. and, this being .an action of considerable interest to a certain da's cf the ^rblic, I shall so certify to allow costs on Scale C."

SANITATION IN HALIvIN DISTRICT. I VIGOROUS PROTEST BY DUKE OF \VESTML\SrEL'S AG EN T. At Friday's meeting of the Holywell (Rural) District Council, a letter was read from Mr H. D. Lynes, agent of the Duko of Westminister's Flintshire e-tat. in which ho stated "they had again had an outbreak of. infectious disease at I 'ta Halkin, which had necessitated tho closing of the schools. For several yeas past the district had never bec.n free irom infectious disease. There must be somo predisposing cause for this in a district iA- t ici-i should be one of the healthiest in Wales, but that it should bo allowed to exist without an effort to find out and remedy the cause was nothing les? 'than a grave scandal. There were cottages in the district which inside and outside were r-fking with insanitatioii, and so long as this was allowed it would be a source of danger to the pubhe. There were sevoial parts of tho village whicS made clcanlui-ess practicailv impossiole. After the last outbreak ho wrote asking for a full investigation to be made, but with apparently no result. He trusted this second onrbreak would instigate tho Council to ac in the matter, which could not be tolerated. While cases of ii,an wero dealt with and remedied where the owners were persons like- ly to remedy them, tho glaring cases, which were not likely to be remedied. Were left alone. He did not intend to minoo matters. Justice de- manded that clean and respectable-members of the community should be safeguarded against those who kept their persons and dwellings in a dirty, squalid condition." The Clerk: Are the facts a3 stated? The Inspector: Certainly not. I admit there are houses that are bad. The houses are stone, which is porous, and the dwellings are not dry. rto Chairman: Are they clean? The Inspector: Oh, yes; there are not more than two or three on the mountain that are anything but clean. All thceo children come homo from school with sore throats; it is nothing more than sore throat. The mothers say the schools are daughty. The Inspector wa,-dirE)ctcd to make a spccial report on the matter.

EMLYN EVANS' TESTIMONIAL. PRESENTATION AT LLANDRINDOO. At thi' National Eisteddfod of 1906 arrange- ments were made for promoting a national pre- sentation to Mr D. Emlyn Evans, the Welsh composer, and Sir Marchant Williams was ap- pointed treasurer, Messrs M. T. Morris, Vincent Evans, and E. Jenkins secretaries. Thf* formal presentation took place at the Gwalia Hotel, Llandrindod. last week. Among those present were Sir Marchant and Lady Williams, Principal and Mrs Prys, Mr David Jenkins, Mr M. T. Morris (Carnarvon), Mr Tom John (Llwynypia), Mr John Thomas (Llanwrtyd), Mr John Williams (Carnarvon), Mr R. W. Jones {Garston), and Mr H. Owe-n (Liverpool). The presentation took the form of a beautifully worded ad and a sum of 500 guineas. Suit- able speeches were made by Sir Merchant Wil liams and others. Music was .provided by Miss II Marie NoveUo Williams, Cardiff; Mr David Ellis, Cefnmawr; Mr D. Jenkins, and others. Many letters of sympathy were received from leading Welshmen in all paiis of the Principality.

RHUDDLAN AND THE GAS QUESTION. OPPOSITION TO THE RHYL APPLICATION. At the monthly meeting of the St. Asaph (Flint) Rural District Council, held on Fri- day, Mr W. S. Roberts presiding, the ques- tion of supplying gas to certain portions of Rhuddlan was raised. The Clerk reported that the Rhuddlan Parish Council had passed a resolution ob- jecting to Rhyl getting a provisonal order to enter the Rhuddlan district with their mains. Mr Wm. Morris said the Rhyl Council made a handle of the fact that Mr Beattic, of Epworth College wanted a gas supply, Personally he had no objection to Mr Beattie having a gas supply, but he did not object to the principle of Rhyl getting the thin end of the wedge into Rhuddlan. If the people of Rhuddlan went in for gas works, which were badly needed, they could supply Epworth College themselves, whereas the granting of a provisional order to Rhyl would completely block them. People could not live outside the Rhyl area, and yet have the advantages of that town. Not only did the Parish Council I object to the granting of the order, but the general body of ratepayers also oojeciea. Mr Liew. B. Evans objected to Mr Mor- ris' contentions. The people who lived in Rhuddian town might object, but those who lived at the Rhyl end did not object. They had to pay for the privileges Rhudd- ian enjoyed, and at the same time pay for being connected with the Rhyl sewer. Why was it that it was not said that Rhvl was getting in the thin end of the wedge when I I the houses near Rhyl were connected with the sewer ? The fact of the matter was that Mr Beattie asked for gas, and other houses along the road also wanted it. If gas were laid, many other houses would be erected, and, as a matter of fact, houses across the border were at present supplied with gas. It would not pay the Rhyl Council to lay a main to Rhuddlan, any more than it would pay the Rhuddlan peo- ple to lay a main to Epworth Coilefe. He moved that the application of Rhyl for a provisronal order be supported. Mr Morris said he objected to the scheme, as he felt there was a great deal more be- hind it than they suspected at present. Mr Evans said he was bound to object to Mr Morris' remarks. He had not heard a word said in Rhyl about there being some- thing behind it. Mr Edwaid Williams Rhuddian people arc afraid that Rhyl will get a good slice of their parish. Mr Morris moved that the application be opposed. Mr Morgan seconded. Mr John Jones (Waen) said he would formally second Mr Evans' motion, so that they could vote on the matter. On being put to the meeting, Mr Morris' motion was carried by a large majority, two only voting for Mr Evans' resolution.

ST. ASAPH AN 1 j THE ISOLA- TION HOSPITAL QUESTION. THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ADD TO ITS COMMITTEE. At the last meeting of the St. Asaph Parish Council a discussion took place as to the need for an isolation hospital, and a recommendation to the Rurai District Council to proceed with the matter was adopted. This recommendation was con- sidered on Friday by the latter body. Mr Edwin Morgan said everyone knew that he was very much opposed to the spending of money unnecessarily, but while he was opposed to the isolation hos- pital scheme some time ago, he was now convinced that it was necessary, and he was being urged on all hands to do some- thing in the matter, as epidemics were spreading to the country districts from the towns. It had been suggested that they might utilise the money they had left over from the building of the Workhouse Infir- mary for the erection of an iron building in the grounds of the Workhouse. The Clerk pointed out that that could not be done, because, while the Guardians had to provide for their own cases, they could not use the money provided by the whole Union for the erection of a hospital for the rural districts only. Rhyl had al- ready provided an isolation hospital, and they would object to their money being used for the benefit of the rural parts of the Union. The responsibility for pro\ia- ing an isolation hospital for the rural dis- trict rested with the Rural District Council. No doubt they could arrange for the dis- tricts to join' together, but he did not see how they col!ld use a place built bv the Union. Mr Llew Evans said that Rhvl could not contribute 'when they looked after them- selves, and the matter must be dealt with separately- The Clerk having pointed out that the matter was in the hands of a committee, md that the cost of building a hospital would be spread over the whole district it was decided to call the committee together to consider the matter, Mr Lothian and Mr Edward Williams being added to the com- mittee, which consists of Mr W. Conwy Bell, Mr \V. S. Roberts, and Mr E. Morgan.

CONSTIPATION^A^T» PILES. A Policer-Officer's 20 Years Agony. Chas. Forde's Bile Beans effect a Complete and Lasting Cure. Scores of people suffer at this period from con- stipa; iou, duo to th3 effect on the livr of rapid changes of temperature. Chas. Forde's Hue Beans cure both constipation and its consequent ailment, pil-j?. Mr Thomas Qainey, of 79. Ash roal, Saldey, Birmingham, says: "Twenty years ago, whan in tho- Warwickshire Constabu- lary, I had to walk fr .m Henley-m-Ardon to Preston Bagot. to meet the Superintendent. I was hot and tired when I got there, and eat down on the ScOW) parapet ot a bridge. A lew davs later I began to nave pains in the lower pari, of the body, .and to suffer with piles'. That was the beginning of twenty years* suffering. "Every few we-ki from then I had attacks of piles and constipation. The agmy I suffered was terrible. The ailments disordered my whole es'stem. robbed mo cf apt..tile, of rest, of strength, of all enjoyment in life. In twenty years I tried scores of medicines, but they all failed to permanently cure me. I tried Chas. Forde's Bile Beans and felt better after a few boxes. I continued to take Chas. Forde's Bile Beans until I was entirely free from piles and constipation, and I was quite cured. FACTS CONFIRMED ON OATH. Before a Commissioner for Oaths, Mr Quinev made the following Sworn Declaration of the facts of his cure: "I, Tiiomas Quinoy, of 334, Bo d?s'c.y Green-roaJ, Saitley, Birmingham, do hereby solemnly declare that for twenty years I was a great sufferer from Iloemorrhoids (piles). Also tha.t after trying many patent medicines and pills, many of which only afforded tem- porary relief, I have been cured by under- going a course of Cha.3. Forde's Bi-e Beans for Biliousness. Further, I give full permission to the Bile Bean Co. to make use of this Sworn DecLaration, in any way they may choose, to make known that it was solely by Chas. Forde's Bile Jicuns for .Biliousness that mv cure was affected. "(Sigicd) THOMAS QUINSY. "DeclaK-d at Birmingham this 26th da., nf April, 1334. befo^- me Philip Baker, a Com- missioner for Oaths." Writing to-day, Mr Quinev says:—"It is new- four years since Chas. Forde's Bile Beans cured n() of ')íle- ana I have not liud the slighed return 4). the complaint. My iieakh has re- trained splendid." Chas. J'orde's Bile Beans oonvev the giTt of robust ht.alth and renewed vitality which are im p'-swblo troin no othe-r mcdicine. Every home should handy a box of the genuine Chas- l-ordc's- Of all chemists, in sealed boxes only, at Is Hd or 2s 9d. Refuse substitutes. --=-==:

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FOOTPATH REPAIRS IN VILLAGES. DYSERTH A]SD~RHUDDLAN COUNCILS ASK FOR BETTER ROADS. On Friday, at the monthly meeting of the Rural District Council, held at. St. Asaph, a letter was read from the Dyserth Parish Council, asking that the road from Dyserth Hall to the church be put I" good condition, and that a footpath be con structed oh the north side. Mr Edward YViiliams said he felt that the Parish Council did not go far enough and that the upper part of the village from the Station to me Cross Keys required a footpath. He did not know whether the roaumen had too much to do, but he felt that the roads through the villages were not looked after as they should be. There were better ioaus and loot paths outside the x'Hiages than inside, ar.d this, should not be the case- -Mr Morgan did not think they could go into that question. If they made better roaus and paths in one part of the district < there would be applications from other parts also, it was a big question. The Road Surveyor said it would be a great if they did lay a foot- path at Dyserth. Mr Geo Y\ dliarns thought Hie road was too narrow in pails for a path. Mr Edward Williams said they could put the IK:1h iii the widest parts, anti. consider- ing that they should put footpaths in .vil- lajros, he moved that they construct a foot- from the station to Dyserth Half, but when the Surveyor pointed out that he \d tf;.„Vholc of tha*—-Ueme at hand, Mr *lliam. ,a to defer the matter tor a month. p A v as.,then read from the Rhuddian Pans" file, s to the putting in repair ot, an,1 the construction of, a footpath along Marsh Road. It poin1,u oat that the Parish Cou.->- and V P-vccr to deal with footpaths Xy*' r. Ahere ,Nvas a Suction as to whether tV0.r bccn repaired bv the ♦ .V "•A, V;Fas Welded that the Clark write to the iaristH Council pointing out to them the pottcjs assess as to the repairi" of footpaths. 'if#,