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Branum POLITICS IN THE FAR NORTH. t MR. CONWAY LLOYD AND MR. l, YENABLES LLEWELYN i AT ELAN. In the model school of the model village of Elan, the most northern spot in Breconshire, the river ? Elan only separating the village from Radnorshire, the most northern spot in Breconshire, the river ? Elan only separating the village from Radnorshire, an enthusiastic joint Unionist meeting was held en Wednesday, night last week, with the pros- pective candidates for the two counties (Mr J. Conway Lloyd and Mr Tenables Llewelyn) as the principal speakers. Considering the remoteness of the village and the fact that the district is very sparsely populated, there was a good attendance. The Rev. J. Y. Evans, rector of Llanwrthwl, presided. Many ardent Unionists had walked a long distance, some as much as six miles, to reach the meeting. Amongst those present were Messrs Upstone, W. i' Bowen flamer, Edward Hamer (Noyaddfach), i" the Rev. S. Roberts. Messrs H. R. Protheroe, Meredith (Penglaneinion), J. Jones (Upper Lanbadog), Evan Price (Stonehouse). David price (Llanerchfallen), T Swan (Elan Village), Harry Goldby, Joseph Oliver, John Meredith, Miss Thomas (Llanfatheg), Mrs Price, etc. There was a sprinkling of Radicals in the audience. The Chairman, in his opening remarks, referred to the troubled state of the country at the present moment. The Government, he thought, had lost to a very great extent the confidence of the people otherwise they would be willing to appeal to them at the present moment. on the vital questions at issue. He assured the meeting that if the Welsh Disestablishment and Disendowment Bill was forced on the Statute Book by means of the Parlia- ment Act, Churchpeople would not rest until the (?•" last nail had been returned to the Church. c tApplause). They were not prepared to face the [ position lying down—(applause),—and Church- people who would follow them would carry on the same spirit that influenced them. Mr Conway Lloyd, who was well received, remarked at the outset that that was the first time k for four years he had visited that most northern I corner of Breconshire, and he apologised for the length of his absence from that beautiful and !1 romantic part of the country. Since 1910 a con- i. siderable amount of water had flown down tha valley to Birmingham, aod since that time a great many things had happened in the political history of the country. At the last election the whole point at issue was The Peers v. the People or the question of the reform of the House of Lords, and he maintained most emphatically that that was the issue upon whib the election was fought and upon which the Government was returned to power. The people of this country came to the conclusion that the House of Lords, as it was then constituted, did not fit in with our democratic ideas, and that reform was wanted on democratic lines. But instead of reforming the House of Lords when he had power, Mr Asquith introduced the Parliament Act and when the Unionists warned the people of this country that if the Parliament Act was passed it meant that Mr Asquith would bring forward a Home Rule Bill and get it smuggled through, the Radical members cried" "Nonsense." That very thing had hap- pened. The people of this country never voted for Home Rule in 15)10, and even Mr Birrel), the Irish Chief Secretary, in reply to an elector in his constituency in Bristol, stated that the Home Rule Bill was not the question at the, election. it was therefore clear that the Government had no right to pass any Home Rule Bill without referring it to the electorate. In the old days the House of Lords had power to refer bills to the people, but under the Parliament Act the Peers were powerless as long as a Government managed to hold together for three sessions and get their bills through the House of Commons a sufficient number of times. There was one very interesting thing about the Parliament Act, and that was that Mr Asquith had stated that during the time any contentious bill was before the House of Commons there would be plenty of opportunity of discussing it and obtaining the opinion of the country. He (Mr Conway Lloyd) asked whether, judging from the meetings held against it, and the opposition to it tr in Ireland, the people of this country were in favour of Home Rule. He also asked whether, judging from the number of meetings held against it and the petitions signed against it by Mr Asquith's own supporters, the people of this country were in favour of the Welsh Church Bill. He was quite assured that they were not in favour of either bill. In fact, he was convinced that no elector in Wales in December, 1910, had the oppor- tunity of knowing what the clauses of the Welsh Church Bill were, or had any idea of the hostility | of the people of Ulster to a Home Rule Bill of any sort. (Hear, hear). THE CASE OF ULSTER. Personally, he had not the slightest idea then of the extent to which the Ulstermen were prepared to go, even preferring death rather than accepting Home Rule. Those who supported the Bill said that Ulster liked Home Rule, and that all the opposition was got up by politicians. But the Government could not now overlook the fact-nor could the people of this country—that Ulster, whether right or wrong, would not have Home Rule. They were the people who knew John Redmond and Co., and they were convinced that Home Rule meant the losing of their civil and religious liberties, and that it would be better to die than to live under a Nationalist Parliament. No one could be led astray now with tha idea that the people of Ulster were bluffing; if the people of this country wished to see civil war, with all its t1S"5 horrors, they had only to attempt to hand over Ireland to Mr Redmond. There was only one Government for Ireland, and that was Govern- ment from England. The root of the whole I difficulty was the religious question, and he was convinced that if the defeat of the Home Rule Bill would not imperil the continuance of the Liberal party in power, the Nonconformists of Wales would be on the side of the Ulstermen. It was about religious liberty that Ulster was par- ticularly concerned, and he could not understand how it was that Nonconformist Welshmen were supporting a policy which was going to endanger the religious liberty of those of like faith in Ireland. He went further, and said that Mr Asquith had no right to move a single soldier or ship until he had had the authority of the people I of this country to do so. After all it was a serious matter when they began to move ships and prepare to use force to force an Act of Parliament upon people who were against it. It was said that the Bill was for the better government of Ireland, I but instead of bringing peace and prosperity to Ireland it was the means of stirring up the feelings of the Ulstermen, with the result that they had witnessed the events that had taken place there during the last few weeks. They saw the Ulster Volunteers doing a thing which was almost iu- creditable-forcibly bringing arms and ammu- nition to Ulster and he asked them was a Bill that was driving men to do that sort of thing going to bring peace and good government to Ireland ? To secure peace and prosperity in Ireland it required a strong Imperial Parliament to govern the country with an impartial hand. (Applause). WELSH CHURCH BILL. Turning to the Welsh Disestablishment and Disendowment Bill, Mr Conway Lloyd said prac- tically nothing was known about that Bill when the people voted at the election in December, UJlO. But to-day Welsh farmers knew much more what the Bill meant. For many years Welsh farmers thought that if the Wf-ish hurch was disestab- lished the tithe would not have to be paid, and for a time some of them were under the impression that the present Bill would relieve them of its payment but now that the matter had been explained they knew that the tithe would still have to be paid, and they knew also that it was not a tax on the farmers or anybody else. He was very pleased to see the large number of Noncon- formists who had signed the Protest, and he assured them that Churchpeople would support them should any attempt be made to disendow the chapels. In conclusion, M.r Conway Lloyd stated that he felt convinced that once the electorate realised the way in which the Radicals bad conducted the Government of this country they would put the Unionist party back into power. (Applause). Mr Venables Llewelyn, who received a cordial welcome, at the outset explained that that meetiug had been postponed from the winter months on account of the illness of Mr Conway Lloyd, and he took that opportunity of congratu- lating Mr Lloyd upon his recovery, which, judging from his speech that evening, had been a very complete recovery. (Applause). Turning to pol- itics, Mr Llewelyn said he was convinced that the last election was fought entirely on the Second Chamber question. Indeed, four-fifths of the speeches he delivered during tbe campaign were devoted to the House of Lords, and that was why practically nothing was said about Home Rule, Many people who voted for Radical candidates at the last two elections voted under a misconception, and they had now shown, by signing the petition against the Welsh Church Bill, that they did not want that measure. Both Mr Conway Lloyd and himself felt that the present position of the Welsh Chmrch question was a very difficult one, because although they had done their best and would continue to fight to the finish—(applause)—the Church Bill was overshadowed and pushed aside by the tremendously acute crisis that had arisen in Ireland. He felt a particular gratitude to those Nonconformists who had signed the petition against the Bill, and nothing could do more to allay the feeling that would be produced in the í minds of Churchpeople in the event of that measure passing into law than the fact that a large number of Nonconformists had come forward on their own accord to assist the Church at the present moment. (Hear, hear). THE GRAVEST CRISIS OF TWO CENTURIES. The Ulster crisis was the gravest political crisis we had known either in the present or the past century. Mr Llewelyn reminded the audience that at the 1!)06 election the Government obtained a clear majority over all parties, and were abso- lutely independent, and then there was no mention of Home Rule. But immediately the Radical party found it necessary to have the support of the Nationalists to retain office, they introduced the Home Rule Bill. It was, therefore, clear that to the Radical party Home Rule was a matter of expediency and not a matter of principle. Not- withstanding the repeated warnings which the Unionists had given as to the earnestness of the Ulstermen, the Government turned a deaf ear, but now they were beginning to realise that Ulster would not have Home Rule, while at the same time they were preparing a great demonstration of force to coerce the Ulstermen to withdraw their opposition. The Government put up sham pro- posals of conciliation, and at that very time they were preparing to land troops in Ulster. That plot had failed because the Army refused to move. It was not because the officers of the Army were Tories, as was alleged by some Radicals, that they refused to go to Ulster. That idea had been repu- I diated by every member of the Government, and Col. Seely had told them that no single officer had refused, to obey orders. In conclusion, Mr I Llewelyn said there were two ways out of the 1 r'¡r2? difficulty, the first being to leave Ulster out of the Home Rule scheme altogether, and the other was to put the question to the electorate to decide. Then, and not until then, should we get a per- manent settlement of the question. (Applause). A vote of thanks to the speakers was proposed by Mr Upstone and seconded by Mr E. Hamer, and a similar compliment was paid the Chairman, on the motion of Mr Conway Lloyd, seconded by Mr I Venables Llewelyn.

BRECON COUNT? PETTY SESSIONS. FRIDAY.—Before Colonel Stuart Morgan (in the chair) and Dr. G. P. Fraucis. UNLUCKY EMPLOYEE. Edward J. Williams. Gludy Farm, Vennyfach, was summoned by Mr George Hodge, local tax- ation officer, for carrying a gun without a license on April 3rd. He pleaded guilty.—Mr Hodge said that defendant was carrying a gun in a field and his explanation was that his master had sent him there to scare the crows. The master had no license, or he could have employed his servant for this purpose.—Defendant was lined in the costs, 5s (jd. THE LATEST DISORDER. Thomas Evans, Rhydybram, Talybont, farmer, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on April 8tb.-P.C. Bendie said the defendant was drunk at a grass sale at Talybont.—The Clerk (D. W. E. Thomas): Was he disorderly ?-Witness Yes he told me that he kept such men as me by paying rates. (Laughter).—Defendant was fined 10s, including costs. LLANDDEW THEFT CHARGE DISMISSED. William Stinger, a hawker, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing a milk pan, value £ 1, the property of David Davies, Wern Farm, Llan- ddew. Defendant was also charged with receiving the pan knowing it to have been stolen.—Prose- cutor said he missed the pan on March 9th from the granary. He last saw it on March 7th. He knew nothing about the defendant.—Defendant I am charged with stealing it on the 2nd of March, and he says that he last saw it on March 7th.- The Clerk Yes that is right.—Sergt. Williams It is a mistake of a week really. There is a doubt as to when the tbeft took place.—Sarah Bankes, Walnut Square, Brecon, said about six weeks ago she bought the pan produced from defendant for 2s (jd.- P.C. Harold Jones said he received the defendant in custody from the Hirwain police. In reply to the charge, defendant said he was miles from Brecon on the day named in the warrant (March 2nd) he found the pan when walking up the lane leading to the Hay Road after passiug the tollgate, at the top of the Forge Pitch. It was lying in the ditch.—The case was dismissed.

I' SCOUT ENDOWMENT FUND. 1 What Breconshire Has Done. I Lord Glanusk, Chief Scout Commissioner for flj Wales, authorises us to announce that £H35 is 6d bas beeu subscribed in Breconshire towards the Boy Scouts' Endowment Fund. Of this sum 20* flr guineas goes to headquarters, and the remainder T will be retained for the purposes of the local I Scouts. His Lordship is very pleased with I response to his appeal he thinbs it is most creditable to the county.

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A CHANCE FOR THE FARMERS' UNION. The Breconshire County Council, or the advice of the Executive Committee, are dis continuing the practice cf paying for the cleansing of carts used for the conveyance of swit e to markets, but the Chief Constable will gee that disinfectants are provided at the various markets, which farmers may use. At the meeting of the Council, on Friday, the Clerk suggested that the Farmers' Union might draw the attention of farmers to this matter. The terms of the new order are advertised in I another column, and farmers should make themselves acquainted with it.

'Mr!J 81fE[1 SMALL HOLDINGS, CRITICS OF COUNTY COUNCIL ROUTED. There was an illumioatiug discussion at the quarterly meeting of the Breconshire County Council on the provision of small holdings in the l county under the Small Holdings Act, in the course of which the ill~i«$rfcritics who have from time to time of late made charges against the Conservative majority on the Council of trying to burke the duty put upon them by the Liberal Government were effectively answered, the more effectively because the answer was in part supplied by well-known Liberal councillors. On the presentation of the repcrt of the Small Holdings Committee, the main points of which have already been published, Mr Ernest Jones asked how many acres of land had actually been secured by the committee. Mr E. F. Cockcroft (chairman of the committee) replied that there were at the present moment 30 holdings and 570 acres had been taken up. It might interest the Council to know that their chairman (Lord Glanusk) had been good enough to provide 224 acres out of the 570. (Hear, hear.) There were 13 other owners from whom land had been obtaiped, including the Duke of Beaufort, 63 acres, and Mr J. T Evans, ill acres. Two appli- cants had also been accommodated since the last meeting of the committee. Colonel H. R. Jones-Williams: Is there any chance of those people at Talybont being satisfied ? They have been asking for a long time. Mr Cockcroft There are several things standing in the way. and the chief and the largest is the Board of Agriculture Inspector. As long as he comes down—and I think Mr Miller will agree with me—you are not likely to get much forwarder in that district. Mr Owen Price I think it is a fact that one of the small holders who had some land recently has given it up Professor Joseph Jones said Breconshire was constantly being held up as one of the worst counties in Wales for small holdings. He should like to know whether that was true, and if so what was the reason. Mr A. Beckwith It may be it is the best. Lord, Glanusk: The answer to the question is that Breconshire is a county of small holdings already. (Fear, hear ) The Clerk (Mr H. F. W. Harries): There are no figures showing that Breconshire is the worst county in Wales. The figures published in the Board of Agriculture returns relate to land that is compulsorily acquired, and do not deal ill any way with small holdings acquired voluntarily from owners. As clerk to the committee I do not think Breconshire is worse than other counties. There is a great difficulty in getting land in some parts, but in nearly every ease we have supplied land where it is wanted. The only place where we have not been able to supply it is Talybont. The people there have been offered land, but they say it is too dear and will not take it. There was one farm there we were asked to acquire, but the circumstances were such that we were afraid a very large expense would fall on the ratepayers. Mr Owen Price remarked that the committee obtained land at Llaawrtyci and asked the appli- cants to divide it between tfeemselves, and then they refused to take it at the price offered, Another farm was offered at Escairmoel, and every one of the applicants refused to take it at the price offered. Another farm was similarly treated and another was thrown on the hands of the Council after they had obtained an order to acquire it. Under those circumstances they were not justified in spending the ratepayers' money in obtaining farms when the applicants refused to take possession of them. It seemed to him that they were not very anxious for the land. MrErnefct Jones said that whilst they confined their small holdings to a certain set of people they would not get them taken up. Why not give the opportunity to another class of men who had been forced out of the district and who might be good farmers ? Mr W. S Miller retorted that that accusation was not correct. (Hear, hear ) Every man who had applied had been honestly treated, and the great difficulty had not been that the men were unfit, but that the land when obtained bad been valued above the price at which the men could make a living. The County Council did not appoint the valuers; the Board of Agriculture appointed them. He had no doubt they were competent men, but in many cases they were men who were unacquainted with the difficulties and situations of the farms of Breconshire and they put far too high a rent on them. (Hear, hear.) As long as that continued they were not likely to make much progress with their small holdings. They could not expect men to take land when they could see that they could not live. He did not say that was always the case. The Llan wrtyd farm was offered at a fair rent, but in other cases the land was expensive and the men were perfectly right in refusing. The Rev. D. A. Griffith said it was a fact that one farm referred to by Mr Price was afterwards let at a higher price than that which the would-be small holders refused to give. (Hear, hear.) Mr Owen Price remarked that it was very unfair of Mr Ernest Jones to say that the committee narrowed tbe applications down. They had not done so in any Way, and be should be very sorry if it went forth to the public that anything of the sort had occurred. They had considered the case of every man in the county who had applied. Mr Ernest Jones replied that be bad previously made the statement iu that room and it was not then refuted. He was not insinuating that the Bit.:m¡'i: committee gave preferential treatment, but if I they wanted small holdings taken up they must not confine them to small farmers or the better situated labourers other men must lie invited to take them up. The Rev. D. A. Griffith asked if it was not the fact that a farm at Cefngorwydd was taken by compulsory power and compensation paid for disturbance, and then the applicants refused to rent it and it came back on the Council's hands. Mr Owen Price said that was the case. They had been obliged to pay compensation for Cefn- gorwydd and Escairmoel, aud the Board of Agri- culture refused to give a psnny, although they pressed the Council to make the compulsory order i in each case. After the orders were made and the valuers appointed the applicants refused to take the land and it had to be given back to the owners. The discussion then dropped.

BUILTH WELLS URBAN COUNCIL. At the annual meeting of the Builth Wells Urban Council, on Thursday last, Mr Gilbert Eadie pro- posed that Mr H. T. Price be appointed chairman and Mr J. P. Prosser seconded. Mr H. Lewis asked if it were not the turn of some of the other councillors, although he had no objection to Mr Price. -.Alr Eadie replied that two other councillors had a prior claipi, but they bad both expressed a wish to be excused.—A short discussion followed on the question whether a break in membership of the Council prevented the calculation of his total length of service for the honour of the chair. —Mr H. T. Price said if a man was defeated at the ppll, when he returned to the Council he was con- sidered as a new member, and his past services were ignored.—Mr Lewis thought the experience should be considered.—Mr Eadie's proposition was eventually carried. Mr Price, having returned thanks, said it had been the custom of the Council to appoint the eventually carried. Mr Price, having returned thanks, said it had been the custom of the Council to appoint the retiring chairman to the vice-chair.—Mr H. Lewis suggested that someone who had not been in the chair should act as vice-chairman, so as to give members a chance to learu before they were appointed to the ch,,iir. -.Nir John Morris proposed, aud Mr T. R. Worthington seconded, that the retiring Chairman (Mr D. F. H. Williams) be appointed vice-chairmnn, and this was agreed to. Considerable discussion on sanitary matters took place, and the meeting was then adjourned till May 6th for consideration of the rate estimate, —— — —

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_H- .=: MONTGOMERYSHIRE CUP FINAL. Builth Wells v. Pant. Played at Newtown on the "9th ult., before an average gate." Builth relied on the team which did duty the previous week in the semi-tinal I against Newtown R. W. W.—J. Stephens: A. T Jones and R. Edwards R. Mytton, T. Evans, and J. Smith R. Steer, S. Stanton, D. T. Williams, Walter Williams, and M. Smiles. Mr E. V. Davies, Llanidloes, was the referee. Pant played up the field, and in less than ten minutes they were ode up. Builth took up the running, but failed in front of goal. Pant added two more before half-time, and Builth replied with one through D. T. Williams. Walter Williams experienced very hard luck on one occasion. The second half was practically a repetition of the first, Pant adding three goals, thus making the score six goals to one in their favour. Builth were not nearly so outplayed as the score suggests in fact, the play was as much in favour of the Mid- Wales team as of the winners, but the latter seized their chances in front of goal.

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II..iIii II1!IEWB m LOCAL WILL PROBLEMS. No End to Them. Hardly a week goes by now without one having to record a looal will case. Breconshire seema fated to supply knotty points for the Law Courts iu respect to tbe testamentary dispositious of the wealthy. Tbe will of the late Mr Mordeoai Jones, of Morgaowg House, Brecon, came before Mr Justice Joyce in the Chancery Division on Friday on an adjourned sammons. The plaintiffa were Ion Mordecai Jones, Felix Temple Mordecai Jones, and Guy Travels Mordecai Jones, who appeared by their next friend, Reginald John Wallis Jones. The defendants were Mary Margaret Lewis, wife of William James Lewis; Ellen Elizabeth Travers Belaribi. wifs of Mastapba Belaribi; Gerald Vyvyan Lewis, William James Lewis, and others. Plaintiffs asked for a declaration ttat ac- cording to tbe true constrnction of the will they became, on the death of their father, Mordecai John Morgan Jones, absolutely en, titled to the two undivided iiftb sbares of the estate, subject to the will of Mordecai Jones deceased, settled on their father, am joint tenants absolutely or alternatively as tenants in common. They applied for the appoint- ment of Mr William Priae James, of The Lindans, Romilly-creecent, Cardiff, barrister, and John Henry Paul Bertbon, York street, Westminster, electrical engineer, as trustees under the Settled Land Acts. The defendants claimed to be interested under the will. Mr Hughes, K.C., for parties interested, said the matter had been before bis Lordship some time back, and counsel had decided that it was better to rofec the matter to junior caaostsl engaged in the case to draw up tbe minutes of the order proposed, costs to come oat of the estate. Crickhowell General's Rights under Father's Will. In the Chancery Division of the High Corrt of Justice (ju Wednesday Mr Jnstice Warringion beard a summons to determine a point under tbe will of Regiuald Cnrteis, who died iu 1847, the applicant being Major-General Reginald Laurence Herbert Carteis, of Giari-yr-atou, Crickhowell, the only son of the testator. Mr Sheldon (for tbe applicant) said the question to be decided was this: Was the ■ plaintiff in tba events which had happened absolutely entitled to the residua of the real and personal property disposed of by the testator's will (after raising portiohs for the testator's two daughterq) or wAs be ouly entitled to that property subject to an execu- tory gift over to take effect in caso he should din and leave no issue ? Counsel added that tbe will was dated August 5, 1845. His Lordship held that on the trne con- struction of the will plaintiff, in the events which had happened, was absolutely entitled to the property io question, and he made a declaration accordingly. Mr Rapreve, Mr Metbold, and Mr Howard Wright represented various' other interested relatives. Messrs. Siibbard, Gibson, and Co., London, were the solicitors instructing Mr Sheldon.

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Bristol Exhibition Lighting. One of the wonderful features of the Bristol International Eybibil ion which opens at lgbton Gate ou the 28th of May, will be the scheme of lighting. To carry out this magnificent ilia- mination effect, the promoters, in conjunction with the Bristol Corporation Eleotrioity De- partment, have gone to great trouble and expense. A contract has been entered into with the department whereby they will lay from their power station two special mains for supplying the necessary carrent. This will involve pulling up about two and a half miles of roadway, and the laying down of over five miles of cable, twice crossing the river. The supplying of this electricity for the Exhibition will permanently benefit a large district of the city of Bristol, for certain thoroughfares will have electric light, which would probably, iu other circnmstanoes, have had to wait for it many years. The Exhibition Company baa given the Bristol City Electrical Department a guarantee for the oonsamption of at leat; ;E6,000 worth of carrent. All the bage exhi- bition pavilions will be outlined with electric glow lamps, in addition to the general Boheme of arc illumination to be introduced in the avenues. In the International Building, cascades of water will flow from its sidee at several stages of its height, and powerful electric lighting of all colours of the rainbow will be directed upon the broken spray so that an effect of wondrous beauty will be produced.

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AT the annual meeting of the ttidnorshire County Council ou Friday Mr C. C. Rogers was re elected chairman and Mr James Hamer vice- cliairraan. A motion in favour of admitting the Press to'committee meetings was cirried by a majority of two A similar resolution was carried the sante day, at a meeting of the. Education Authority, also by a majority of I two. Mr C. C. Rogers was fe elcted cbairmall of this committee and Mr J, R. Bache vice- chairman. l