The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

WELL DONE, LANCASHIRE! The General Election, 6'0 suddenly sprung upon the country by the Goveimmtm t in order to snatch a. hasty and ill-ccnsideired veidiet in favour of their nefarious schemes, is now practically over. The result is, as evtiiyorx) knows, that Mr Ascjuith -hag not got the majority he expected, and that he only retains office by favour of his Socialist and itilsh Separatist allies. But, although the bread result of the election is to lea-ve tihe state of parties much as it was Wore, marked eigns end tendencies have been shown which impress every imfpartial observer, and .mich augibr Weil for the early triumph of thoa policy of TarnfE Reform. The meet re- markable acd significant of theoe portents is the e/hemgo which has come over the indus- trial popuLatiocL oi Lancashire on this subject, as is proved not only by the number of seats won by Tariff Rrfonm candidates, but by the greatly reduced majorities by which "Free Trade" Radicals have been able to retain their scats. It is the proud boast of Lan- castrians that "What Lancashire thinks to- day ail England will think to-morrow, and tho truth of the saying has often beonveti, fied. There can be no doubt as to what Lan- cashire thinks to-day on the gr-tat question of Tariff Reform, or as to the still more era- phatic manner in which her opinions will be expressed wheal another opportunity occ Tiro- es it will beioee long. In the very centre of Cobdenism, the "Free Trade" phalanxf has been broken through, and the "solid North" no longer exists. In the county to which too Govern,rxcmt confidently looked to give a. lead to At heir parts of the Kingdom they h ave Buffered their severest defeats. It was no doubt with the view of influencing othier con- stituencies that the Government arranged to poll a nuicbar of Lancashire seats on the opening day of the election^ Evidently they held no prenwmition that on that day three seats—Ashton-undear-Lyno, Wamimgton, and Wigan—would fall icto the hands of their opponents. The lead which Lancashire gave was not the one which MT Asquith and Lis colleagues either expected or desired. It is noteworthy, as we have already im. dicated, that the chief Tariff Reform vic- tor iow have been won in great industrial centres where the working-olass vt9 over- whelmingly preponderates. Sooith Salford Wigan, Warrington, Ashton-umder-Lyne, St. Helens, Da.rwen, and Newton form a. r era ark- atMo series of victories in purely wewking- ei-iiSB constitracmeies. Moreover, at Aocring- ton, Middilet-om, and Radcliffe, the Radical majorities have been practically halved, while Liverpool stands solid for Unionism and Tariff Reform by magnificently in- creased majorities. There can be no douibt as to what was the dominating factor in these coji.Sultufine.i-cs. We Home Rule and the Constitutional question no doubt had a certain amount txf weight, the subject which, atbove all others, influenced the mass of the electors was that of Tariff Reform. As to the "Free Trade" Uniosufet vote, about which so much has been said, it proved to be practic- ably non-existent, and certainly did not in fluence any of the contests. Su-cih facte as tJ1 are full of encouragement to those who believe that Tariff Reform will go a long way towards solving the problems of unemploy- ment, short time, and low "wages, which hang like a haunting terror over the lives of most orf our workers. If the other counties of England had followed Lancashire's example, the immediate advent of the Unionist Party to power would have been assured. These other counties oen and must be woo before next ejection, amd the coly methods by wfoiksh this result 0011 be brought about aire efficient organisation and the preaching of the un- dented principles of Tariff Refann in ail their fulness. The victories won in Lancashire, and the enormous turn-over of votes, axe directly due to the energetic campaign car- ried on in that county during the last eight months by the Tariff Reform League. The banner of Tariff Reform has been carried into every town and village, amd the working men who have bcetn converted to the cause have been its most zealous advocates. We believe TO are correct in stating that over eighty branches of the League have recently been formed in the OOtmty, with an avereg-a membership of 300 working tneau Each of these b-ranches has been A centre of light and leading to the surrounding district, and its toerntbetrs have demo excellent work in hold- ing in-door and out-door meetings for the puirposo of educating their fellow-workmen. It is by such means, and by such means alone, that the other counties of England oaa be brought into lime with Lancashire, and the gTeat cause of Tariff Reform carried to an early and triumphant victory.

INFECTED MILK AND MEAT. In his somewhat startling report to tihe Oblwyn Bay Council, on Tuesday, Dr. Ven- abkti Williams, medical offiocsr erf health for the district, re-opened the important ques- tion of safeguardlkig the purity of our millt &Ed meat supply. Dr. WMliajns stated that in th-o course of his recent iarveetigatiomfi into the OODdi-tiom undctr which milk sold in the town is produced, he fonind in one imebonm a cow suffering firoan an enjarged iKider and tubtircuJ-cwis, Gind in ajiotiver a cow which was nd1 & state that a vetemBasry surgeon advised the destructioai of the ajiuinaj, Inrt when the Mediotul Offioor afterwards viAtit- ed the pkot, he discovered that tbe asamij bad been "sold to a person outside the uxbon district, and that vetzy lakely she had since been slaughtered and add for huonaiB food." There is, hofwever, much to be said for the view of a conresponiidiefttt who caJJs attention in amothesr column, to the imbappy pcedtiom of tho butcher uaider such cimum--tanom. The butchof is subject to a penalty for exposing diseased maat for sale, whilst the person from whom 00 purchased the animal in good faith goes free. There is, tlherefore, much reason why meet traders urge the necessity of statu- tory powers making it compulsory upon farm- ers to iseill beasts under a gu ar an too of their freedom from disease. On the other hand, it would be umf air for a public authority to en- force the deetsructtiooi ocf diseased cattle for the public safety without compensating the owner for his loss. Now that so much atten- tion is becng giv-en to the stamping out of tubeaculosis, it is obviously nccessary to deal with ai-1 the sources of the disease, and the "Work will be far frerm comipl-ete unless soffno effiective step is taken to ensure the prurity of cmr milk lOtnd meat supply. This oamnot be done unless stotutory power is given, to sani- tary authorities, on the lines indicated by Dr. Venabies Wi"ms, and, if the Welsh County Councils were to take joint action in the matter, the Board of Ag-ricultuie might be pretva^led upon to ensure the necessary amendment of the existing Act.

Progressive Colwyn Bay. In tihe course of a. speech at the annual dinner of the Colwyn Bey Trade Protection Society, last week, Sir J. Herbert Roberts, M.P., dwelt upon "the phemomeinal growth" of Colwyn E-ay, and painted out that when he entered Parliament for the division, eighteen years ago, the population of the town was 4700, was it was now officially estimaited to be 15,000. The number of houses in the urban district had aueo inenoosed during the same period from 800 to 2900. As Sir Her- bert Roberts ii&marked, there are few, if aiiiv, health resorts im the Kingdom that have made like progress in the saniei time. What is of still grea-teir iffLterest, perhaps, is the fact that this extraordinary development is con- tinuing. South, east, amd west, builders are very busy just now, and plans of no fewer than forty-four new houses and ehops were aipproved at Tuesday 's meeting of the Urban Council. All this, of course, spel's increased rcsponsiibiLitiee for those admùnistening the town's affaitre, and, though many of us echo the expressed woiøh of the DOon. member for a "town h-adl worthy OIÍ the traditiewis of the town, "and ro less warmly desire an adequate market place, such as advocated by another speaker, the Council have their hands full for some iittle timoO at any rate in copimg with still more insistent demands in other direc- tions.

I Teaching Local History. Speaking at WekhrpoctI, on Friday, Mr Ed- ward OWtOO, secretary to the Royal Comame- aion on Welsh Monuments, referred to the place of archaeology amd antiquities in exhicap- tion. He said it had at last penetrated to the consciousness of the Board of Education that the best way of teaching history was by beginning with local history. The Board urged that in this teaching there should be included the study of the actual historical re- mains, such as castLes, city walls, monaster- ies, etc. However, the Board's circular is only sent to English Secondary School, and Mr Owefn treasonably contends that if the mat- ter is important in England, it is much more so in. Wales, where memorials of the past are far more numerous and preserved to a much greater extent. There is no gainsaying the importance of lo-oad higtowy study, and one cannot burt hope that, associated with the study of local antiqu-itiies, it will in due course nrnd a. place in the curriculum of every Welsh school where it would certainly prove far more profitaibLe than several euibjecta whixah are now taught.

PERSONAL. Tho late Mr Mathew Spencer Rogers, J.P., of Flmt, left estate valued at 26575. The Duchess of Westminister haa gone from Grcsveruor House to Leicester, for a few da^ s' hunting. •<> The Earl cf Powis haa taken the Pavilion Cecil at Paiu for the season, and the Countess and he aje staying there. «t> 1 A Berlin telegram says Prinoees Henry of Pless is making such satisfactory progress that although it ia too early to speak of complete recovery it is hoped that she will be able to leave before Christmas for Niece. — ■ «$> ■1 ■- A marriage has been arranged, and will take place early in February, between Mr Sydney Charlton-Jones, of Ilolton HaJjI, Wragby, Lin- oolnshirej and Mies A rune Na&h Bamford, only daughter ci the Hon, Mrs H. B. Hawke, Bathafarn Hali, Ruthin, and of the late Mr Arthur J. J. Baanford. if We undemtand (says the "Osweitry Adfver- tiser") that Mr W. Kenrick MinAall, solicator to the Cambrian Railways Company, wilt next spring enter into partnership with Mr LL Hugh Jooies, of Wrexham (Messrs Evan Morris and Co.), in the piaoe of Mr F. H. Hawkins, who has retired from active practice in order to de- vote himself to the work of the London Mission- ary Society. --A-

NORTH WALES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, The Hon. W. G. Ormsby-Gore (Unionist), who was on Friday re-elected member for the Denbigh Boroughs, is the only son of Lord and Lady Harlech, of Brogyntyn, Oswestry, and is one of the youngest mesabers of the license, having been born in April 11th, 1885. He is a graduate of New College, Oxford, and is a young politician of great promise. Sir J. Herbert Roberta (Liberal), returned un- opposed as member for West Denbighshire, is a son of the late Mr John Roberts. M.P., "ho author of the Welsh Sunday Closing Act. Born in 1863, Sir Herbert has represented West Den- bighshire since 1838. He married in 1893 Han- nah, daughter of the late Mr W. S. Caine, M.P., and waa created1 a baronet in 1908. Mr John Herbert Lewis (liberal), returned unopposed for the county of Flint, has been a member of Parliament since 1892, a.nd is now Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Govern- ment Board. Mr Lewis was at Montreal University, hjkI at Exeter College, Oxford. His wife is a daughter of the late Mr W. S. Caine, M.P., and a. sister of Lady Roberts, of Bryngwenallt. Mr J. W. Summers (Liberal), who retains the seat for the Flint Boroughs, lives at Casn-yr- Alyn, Rossett. He has filled the office of chairman of the County Council. Colonel Arthur SackviHe Trevor Griffiths- Boscawen, who was on Wednesday elected member for Dudley, is the xoood son of the late Captain Griffith-Boecawen and of Mrs Griffith-Bosoawen, of Txovalyn HaB, Gresford, where he was born in October, 1865. Mr F. McLaren, who haa been abte to hold the Spalding division against a severe Unionist attack, is the son of Sir Charles McLaren. Ho is only twenty-four years of age, and looks even yonargter, but of his ability there is no question. When he grows up he will be included in a Liberal Government.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN CARNARVONSHIRE. REPORTED GRANT OP £ 2(00. The Road CVimnsssioners have, it is stated, resolved to make a grant of £ 2500 to the Car- narvonshire County Council for the porpese of road improvements. This amount is about oae-half of thai applied for by the CbunciL

FIFTY YEARS AGO. (Extract from the "North Wales Chronicle," December 8tih and 15th, 1860). NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO LADY WILLIAMS-WYNN. Saturday, tine 15th ctf tihis mon-th, will be a gneat day at Wrexham. The national tes- timonial of sympathy on the oocaskxn of the lamein table fire at Wymnstay, subscribed for ,by aibout 12,000 peraoics, is to be preseauted publicly to Lady WiUiajns-Wyaifli, at the Town Hajll. We anticipate otae of the mcert populax, amd, indieed, brill Lamt assemblages tthat hae ever boeni soen icx Wrexham. The adrndseioai to the pnescmtation will be (iby tickets) free. After the prcisieaitatioin, there will ba a. do- jeusKtr at the Wynnr-it-ay Hotel, and we axe glad to hear that the ladies of Wrexham have very gcimcrally expressed their de teurmj;m.aUxxn to attend the dejeuaer, so that the weil-re- stsnrved camplimeait to Lady Wynm will, in- deed, be a Urldl-lant one. 'i'he tickets to the eLcjeamer have been fixed at th low sum of tihaxYj shillings each, so that no oine ahould boo xesteaimed fTemx atteEuding for the ihirgh price of admission. W-o understand that too pnescaitatikra will take place precisely at the hour named in the odvetrtioemeirLt, 12 o'clock. The Rev. George Cumliffo, with whoan originr atcd tlnis idea, will present the testimonial, aaid will, as a. matter of course, also preside at the dejeuner. We aarbicipate great pLIca- sum from tihe presemlbatioui off the loth Decern btr.

THE CONWAY FISHERY. Notwi tihstandimg the great aanoun/t of damagxj done by a dram firom a certain lead mine in thte immcdiate vitxmity of the Fails of the Swallow, which, for two seasons, des- troyed no little amount of fish, even dcwm as fair as LLaanrwst Bridge, yet, looking at the weight of fish kilted by ooie gentleman alom (of course cme of the eLEct of the Norman's forest- law gentry), it must be confessed that itho Co.n- way is etild prolific enough to tempt fiscatotry strangers to visit the beautiful Y ale of liam^ rwst, wihece they will aJLways find a thoane, as well as am inai. Total wtcaght of salmcai oa-ught during the season of 1860, 507-libe., 34 of which weighed 4621 bs., end 25 morts 4õ-illbs

A RHYL SCHOLASTIC INSTITUTION. Rolcmdaeck's Estaihliishctneait for Young Ladiks.Cax-eful ajid finished instiruietkm im the several brandies of pocitie educaugm. Due attentiioai to domestic eamfort, with occsaieQi- tious regard to moral and religious ti'ainciiig. Refereoice to the Revs. J. Bayiee, D.D., a-TiVl R. P. Biaketney, LL.D., Birkenhead; aiso, the Rev. H. Morgan, Incumbent of Rhyl.

OBITUARY. On the '7th inst., aged 49, Mr David Ro* beirts, for 19 years Clerk of the Corwen Unioai. Deceased was a. man umavitsrsally beloved for his kindness of heart, umassumiBg manners, •Jtajd eftrictest uprd|ghtnees of conduct. He was through Lie a oon £ nstant me-nlber of the Es- tablished Church, amd it may truly be said of him that he was "an Israelite indeed, in whoan there was no guile."

SOCIETY OF CYMMRO- DORION. JUDGE AND CRITICISM. ,c Mr Justice Eldon Bankos was the principal guest at the annual dinner of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, at tho Whitehall Rooms, on Monday evening. Lord Justice Vaug- han Williams presided over a largo attendance, including Lady Vaughan Williams, Lord Glan- tawe, General R. Owen-Jones, Sir John and Lady Rhys, Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., Mrs Llew- elyn Williams, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Sir E. Vinoent Evans (hon. secretary), Mr G. Treherne, Dr. Lynn Thomas, Mrs Lynn Thoma4% Mr C. Gurdon, Mr and Mrs Richard Davies, Mr Isaac George, Dr. J. Howell Evans, Dr. Owen Pritch- ard, and Dr. Henry Owen. The Chairman proposed the health of Mr Jus- tice Bankos. He remarked that one great advan- tago that their guest had had was that he had a home in Wales, and the Welsh soil brought out all that was good in a man, if there was any good in him (laughter and cheers). He had had also a great ancestry; his great grandfather being Lord Eldon, the Chancellor, who did so much to establish the equity that was now administered in the courts of law, and he was also the grand- son of Chief Justice Jervis. Mr Justice Eldon Bankes had been in constant contact with all the glorious traditions of the English Bar. They were fine traditions, and the outcomo of them was that a man could not look for success unless ho was straight and true, and was so regarded by both Bench and Bar (cheen). Judges in Eng- land did their work in public, and people could not think what a tonic criticism was (hear, hear). Tho tonic might not always be a particularly pleasant tasting mixture, like many other medi- cines, but the judicial health was not likely to remain good if it were not open to criticism (hear, hear). Mr Justice Eldon Bankes, responding, said a question that his audience probably would like to ask him was, "How do you like being a judf-je?' Well, he liked being a judge very much (hear, hear). If he were asked what pleased him most in connection with his appointment, he would re- ply that it was the extreme kindness with which it was received by Welshmen generally (hear, hear). It so happened that he was only tho sec- ond Sir John Bankes that there had been in his family. The first,becamc Sir John Bankes be- cause of a certain position he held in connection with the land. He was Attorney-General to King Charles I., and was afterwards Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He (the speaker) was glad he did not live in those stirring times. His an. cestor saw his estates forfeited—(laughter)—and he hoped he would never live to see his own for- feited, although they heard a great deal about Form IV. (laughter). Mr Justice Bankes next proposed the toast of the society, and referred to the excellent work it was doing in connection with the records of Wales in the past. Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., responded. The toast of "The Chairman" was proposed by Lord Glantawe. During the evening a selection of Welsh folk-songs was given.

THE CHURCHES. The Rev. Griffith Williams, reotor of Uan- santffraid, Glaun Conway, has beeax appointed rector of Corwen, Merionethshire; the Rev. David Davies, rector of Kiaongwrn, has been preferred to Llajic&ntffraid, Glam Conway.

THE LIVING OF COR WEN. The Rector of Glan Conway (the Rev. Griffith Williams) bas been appointed to the living of Corwen by the Bishop of St. Asaplh.

CURATE OF CONWAY PROMOTED. The Bishop of Bangor has offered the bene- fices of Lfenfrothen, Merionethshire, to the Rev. John Davies, B.A., curate of Conway, and he bas accepted it. Mr Davies was ordained kiu- con in 1896 and priest in 1899, and served the curacies of LlaoBechid, 1896-1399; Barmouth, 1899-1904; and Conway from 1904 up to the time of bia promotion.

WELSH GIRL'S ART TRIUMPH. Probably the most-talkeciUof persom. in the artistic worid at tihe present anomcaiit-iie Miss Margonret Lindsay Wifiiams, the young Welch girl who ed offaJil the principal hexnouirs rm prizefight at tho Royal Academy, liast week? Williams has not only won the I-Orcewtick prize,- but alao too silver medal and prize of t25 for a cartoon, the first prize of .920 and medal for drawing (firoan life, and tie second A prise for a design in miono- chronie for a {pict/ume.

A boy agod low recorded his vote at Bsggfeswarie, on Tuesday, as he did also in January laet, his name having by mistake been pdaoed on the register atngfaead at that of hsB feftber.

MODERN TRAVEL IN OLD-TIME VERSE. In the busy hurly-burly of modern Life the wild rom of mediaeval times are treated more as pleasing fiction than as phases of history. Although they left their mark in events f which created epochs, tihe effects of which are still with us, influencing in many unseen. ways the different and vexed cpuestiotns that arises in our national lafo--tboy stall bear the imprint of a gorgeous tale culled from monkish literature, a tale carrying in its desoriptivei, vivid) colouring many traces of the brilliant tints used to decorate tihe written portdewi of the manuscript. In a quiet hour, enjoying the racy tales of Froissart or his likq, the thought may have occurred to many as to the sanaa tians of a mighty man of old" if by any Rip Van Winkle method he coum revisit his former haunte, and the following lineej, written by Mr Edmund Vale after the style of the Noise Sagas, at to express in that metre a description, of the "Irish Mail" journey from Chester to Holyhead: Slowly and serpent coiled, stealthily --pin, Comes the ikmg train in. Snorting at safety valve, clanking and hissing, Thuds the great engine. Lcmg„ white, majestic, roll the high coaches Standing at last still- Open swing doors and the platform is crowded With passengers h-rying- Post men with mail bags., porters with luggage trucks, Cry, "By your leave, please! Engines are changed1 and again aU is ready Witih. hain-da raised and- guards standi Shrill blow the whistles, loud comes the steam soape, The wheels whirr ungripping. Scarcely perceptible, cyuivering, then, moving Sweeps the loffig train out. Hoarse, loud, witfh measured beats thrust strong pistons, Up rolls the steam cloud. < # Gliding goes tho train, (Quicker comes the blast; Pl-umg in tunnel deap Clatter go the wbeefe; Hurling fiery sparks. Whirring through the dark; Ou3 again to light Swinging to tihe curve; Fast and faster yet, Lower drops tihe steam; Roaring o'er the track, I Screaming through the wand Past the sounding cliff, O'er the hollow bridge; Airy fipans between Past the waxxh-ng cliff, O'er the hollow bridge; Airy fipans between Rise and droop and rise; Sharp a shadow bridge Edhoee stepping by; [ Stations great and arnaia, [ Boom and glide away; [ Now the Menai Bridge SwailowB all the train. t What a cloud of steam* What a (lot of din; Once again to light, Flying like a star; Breezy Angle's lffle6 Stretches from the line J Wilds of gorsy hea th, Dreary crags of grey j Valley station past, Holyhead is mglh. Now slower goes tho traini, The drooping sbeaan is less; The movemesnt still is less, The Bridges longer clank; Upon the left a signal box And points and switches 'neath the wheels; Upon the right a platform long Comes gliding slow and snent by; Slower, slower--brakes are grinding, Stopping—stopping—stall at last.

THE WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL. THE FIGHT AGAINST CONSUMPTION. (From a Correspondent). This terrible whits man's scourge, unfortunate- ly so deadly in Wales, is at last to be con- ironted) with am organised attack. The counties Of Cimiigan, Carmarthen, and Carnarvon are among the blackest spots in the whole of England and Wales. Out of the total number of males who died from consumption in Carnarvonshire in 1909, 50 per cent. were under 40 years of age, and, out of the total number of females who died from the same disease, 75 per ocnt. were under 40. The figures below dhows tihat out of 100 men who diie between the ages of 25 to 55, the work- ing period of life when men. should be in their prime, the greatest help to those dependeiat on thom and to their fellow-men and women. 23 out of ervery hundred dying from consump- tion Kila between 25-,1-5. 22 out of every hundred dying from consump- tion die between 35. 19 out of every hundered1 dying from consump- tian: doie between 45—55. 64 out of every hundred dying from consump- tion die between 25—55. Out of every three daaths from all causes be- tween the ags 20-45 years one dies from oon- sumption. The number of deaths from consumption is relatively amaup to about 20 years of age, but from then on the death-rate rises at a fearful paoe until the greatest Ibeaght is reached at about 25 years of age, and it is then maintained for some years until, about 45, when, as the line shows by taking a downward course, the death- rate diminishes steadily until we find it in those people of 65 years and over about the same as in young children under 10 years old.

THE N.S.P.C.C. BRILLIANT FUNCTION AT CONWAY. A highly successful dance took place at the Oakwood Park Hotel, Conway, on Friday. The charming theatre, ballroom, and corridors of this well-known hostelry were beautifully decorated for the occasion with festoons of holly and flowers of a most varied and costly description. Tho patrons, who were well represented, in- eluded the Lady Augusta Mostyn, Col. the Hon. H. L. and Mrs Mostyn, Sir Howard and Lady Grubb, Mr and Mrs Jones-Mortimer, Mra Swin- ford Wood, Mr and Mrs E. Wood, Col. and Mrs F Gee, Mr and Mrs Gatty, Mr and Mrs Bradbury, II Mr and Mrs Rowland Hughes, Mr Albert Wood, J.P., D.L., and Dr. Arthur Prichard, M.D., J.P., C.C. An admirable programme had been arranged, the music being supplied by the Conway Quad- r rille Band. No less than 72 sat down to supper, and dancing, which commenced at eight o'clock, was kept up to an early hoar. This very enjoyable event was once more brought about through the great interest and activity in connection with the work of the society shown by Mrs James Porter, tho secretary for the district. The appreciation of her good work was indicated at the close of the evening in an unmistakable manner when several gentlemen called for three cheers for her special benefit, f and to which there was a most enthusiastic re- sponse. Mrs Porter was assisted in the capacity of stewards by Mrs Cross, Mrs W. M. Sever, M:ss Jackson, Mr and Mrs McKenna, Col. French, and Mr A. R. Cross. The number of beautiful dresses worn, together with the other great attractions of the place, combined to make the scene one of great splen- dour 'from the opening to the close. Much praise is due to the proprietors of the hotel, represented by Mrs Bailey, for the ex- cellent arrangements that had been made. The proceeds of the evening were most satisfac- tory, and Mrs Porter desires to thank all thoee who assisted her in bringing about bo succes^ul t an issue.

FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL!! The "Chromdo Football Special" will be on -4, at local Newsagents to-morrow (Saturday) [ nigfct. It will contain all the result^ of I English, and North Wales matebw.

Arising out of an accident to a Liverpool j seammn, the House' of Lords on Tuesday de- cided that sums paid to seamen injured at aea between the time of the aockJant -nd the date 5 of landing should not he taken into" aoooant xbw fixing the ooMQBnaatifm payable.

MUSICAL NOTES. By Peter Edwards, Mus. Bac. (Pedr Alaw.) WELSH CHOIRS. In an artiole in the present month's nun oor of "Y Cerdlibra" Mr Jenkins makes -jne ,cry appropriate remarks. Before mentioning them, I recall what was said to me on the strt>et in, Col- wyn Bay by the conductor of an unsuccessful Wcfish choir immediately after an important competition, namely, that he and his choir would no again song under certain Welsh- adjudicators That meant that as there were only four adjudi- cators, of whom two were Weight, it followed that at least one of them, if not bothv was alleged to have either voted against the Welsh choir out of' some feeling, or because they had to bend: to thef stronger will of the Englishmen. The first I gathered) was the reason assigned. I was also surprised to hear well-known Welsh musicians giving expression to words strongly disapproving of the verdict in favour of the English choir, as J was compelled to admit, after listening to the singing, tli»at the English choir was the best. Now Mr Jenkins^ as one of the adjudicators, states rin print that the Einglish choir was un- doubtedly the best. He also points out the fact that Manchester won subsequently at Llandud- no, under other adjudicators; although that has nothing to db with their deserts at COlwyn Bay. The old! reasons are given by Mr Jenkins for the defeats of Welsh choirs: Lack of regular practice, unfaithfulness toward their conductors, the need of a strong committee to arrange the choir's proceedings or operations, more music "readers" wanted, and all kinds of music should be rehearsed, oompllete works should also be learnt. Tho suggestion, as will be noticed, iB that it cramps tlie chodr members' minds if their efcudiie3 are mostly confined to an Eisteddfodio chorus or part-song. The choir must be made, by practice), to understand the value of different styles and, "schools" of music. This cannot bo done! uriesa a choir is a permanent bodly and is well organised and controlled; in every way. Mr Jenkins quotes a letter wrtten by a Welsh Amercasi upon tho non-success of the Welsh choirs a.t the Cod wyn Ba.y National Eisteddfod, and it is well worthy of the consideration of our readers, This is what the writer, Mr J. Mor- gan^ of Salt Lake City, writes :-T.he great National Festival of Wales is now a thing of tilo past, and once again have Welsh choirs, both mixed and mallei, met their Waterloo at the hands or rather mouths, of their English opponents. Being a North Welshman myself, I must state I feel heartily ashamed of my countrymen for their lukewarm support of the old Cymric festi- val inasmuch as tdie Northern section of the Principality failed to enter any choir either in the chief choral or the male contest. So fa.r as the chief choral is concerned, there are ex.tcnmtin.g circumstances owing to t:he fact that there aro no populous centres in the North as in the South, with its teeming centres of in- diustry. Tiio abtge-no- of Welsh choirs was again notice- able in the annual Tower Eisteddfod at New Brighton. The standard of the choral singing at that festival has been exceedingly high during the course of the last few yeafS). as it attracts the finest choirs of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and tho Midland counties. At the commencement* somewhere about 1900, North Wales choirs form' ed the majority of the contestants, and' the Moel- wyn. Mate Voice Choir of Blaenau Festiniog,, gained a wonderful victory over the famous Manchester Orpheus Choir in the first Eistedd- fod held at th3 Tower. Afterwards, English choirs generally Avon, and Welsh choirs have been conspicuous for their absence. Manchester won this year, as last, at New Brighton, and capped that by winning a few diays later at Col- wyn Bay. The shield and cup for mixed voices went to that finest of all the English mixed voice choirs, namely, the Colne Valley Choir, from near Burnley, Lancashire, and if this superb chorus had competed at Col'wyn, the rout of Welsh choirs would have been complete, aa Cfei'nanawr, the ultimate winnera in the second [ choral, are at best only good seoond raters in comparison to such choirs as Colne Valiiey. Black pool Glee and) Madrigal, Barrow, and Southport. FALSE WELSH BASIS. After this defeat of Welsh choirs at Colwyn Bay, I suppose there wiEl be a plethora of articles written on the deterioration of Welsh choral- singing. As regards myself, I do not look at it in that light), and am not despondent of ultimate victory for our choirs. On what in the past has WeCtih, supremacy been I be-Jieve I am not far from the mark when I stato that it is solely based on the two victories of Caradoo's choir at the Crystal Palace in the early .seventies. Let us look the matter calmly in the face—destroying idols, especially national ones, is not a cheerful occupation. I was only a. mite in swaddling clothes at that time, but I know that when I was a youth, Caradoc was something of a national hero. But if we as a nation have mainly based' cur choral supremacy on his exploits with hiis great choir at the Crys- W Palace, then that supremacy is not based on a rock" but rather on a rocky, flimsy, and jerry- built strucrfcure. Who did he beat at the Palace ? As far as I am aware, only one choir opposed him, namely, a London one undle-r Proudiman, a choir that in no wise represented what was best in English choral singing. The best English choirs, at ioasfc for the last 50 years, have always hailed from the provinces, more especially Lan- cashire, Yorkshire, and notably the West Rid- ing of the) broad acred shire and the two Midi- land counties of Nottingham and Stafford. Yet there were no ,representatives from these strong- holds of the divine art in opposition to Caradoc. CARADOCS VICTORY. So I for one see no valid reason to crow over Caradcc's defeat of a mediocre combination of Metropo-litan choraliets who, in that line, to use Yankee slag, "hav13 out no ice" whatever. Years ago in Wales, more especially in the neighbourhood where I was reared (Mold), there was quite a popular notion that the English were unmusical, that they could not sing. There is a similar erroneous idea in the minds of tho vast majority of the Welsh-Amerioam. Reverting to Caradoo's choir, if I remember aright, the famous English choir of that period was the renowned! choir led by Henry Leslie, and, according to competent critics, that dhoir was unapproachable in its rendering of unac- companied glees and part-songs. How that chorus compared with Caradoo's I am unaware, but hogo that some competent authority like Mr EmPyn Evans or Mr Durvid, Jenkins, will throw same light on the subject and give their ideas as to the so-called deterioration of Wedsh choral singing. Had it deteriorated -or have we been, _t, judging/from a false standard'! STAFFORDSHIRE'S EXAMPLE. Let Welsh choirs take a leaf out of North Staffordshire's book. There are several ex- tremely fine choral sooieties in the Pottery dis- trict, and: the North Staffs, is recruited with contingents from Talke, Tunstall, Stoke, Han- ley, Bui-slem Newoastle-under-Lyne, etc., a federation of pottery towns with a population of close on half a million uniting their forces and being represented by one choir the cream of the voices in that district. There is little Rhymncy, with a peculation probably under ra-ther than over ten thiousand, represented by two fino choirs, who are at loggerhead-s will! each other. It strikes me pretty forcibly that the "Gwents" would rather lick the "United" than lick North Staffs. But take my tip, Rhymneyites, unite your forces, and soon, as the Yankee likes to boast, "you will lick creation." Looking at it in this light, there its no need to feel despondent. The Eng-ii.-h choirs made no great mark in their initial ap- pearances. They met with several reverses from Welsh choirs, and those not even of national fame. But did they get despondent and- give up? Instead of feeling despondent at their continuous dtsfea-ts, they never lost hope, but persevered, and eventually made use of past reverses as stepping-stones towards future sucoes.3. WHERE WELSH CHOIRS LOSE. If we can only got Welsh choirs to give a quarter of the trouble in reaching eihciency that Manchester Orpheus a.nd others have, there will be no need of fearing the outcome in the long run. The English umliko the Welsh are not natural singers. Go to any part of Lancashire, Yorkshire^ or Staffordshire, and in an ordinary crowd you wil not find them part tinging like a Welsh crowd, so that it is an acquired art with them. If Welsh choirs can only be persuaded to undergo equal painstaking effonts as the English they will prove Invincible against all opposition, and will reach such a de-gree of excellence that they will thoroughly fulfil the late Sir Joseph Bamby's prediotion- who was an intense admirer of Welsh choral AiJiging—by astooif.iing the world, and the only way to get this most desired result is by hard and consistent work. "Y CERBDOR" MUSIC. The present musical number is Psalm 23rd, by R. T. Hughes, Coedpoeth—a piece singable enough, but it is somewhat rambling, and seems only to touch the fringe of the great sub- ject in hand. Ah mo! it requires great powers, and these great powers i-flumitied- by personal experience of the meaning of such words as:— "Yea. Ùl<>' I walk thro' the valley of the sbadow of death!" before it can be expressed in music! Yet how many young composers essay to sit the twenty- third Paalm to imieio! CARNARVON CHOIR. I read that Mr John Williams, the Carnar- von conductor and organist, has been com- manded by the King to organise and train a mixed Weikh obodr to take- part in the cere- mony of the Inwestibure of the Plinpoe of W

ELECTION IN CARNARVON BOROUGHS. RETURN OF THE CHANCELLOR. BY A SMALL INCREASED MAJORITY. ROWDY QUAREYMEN. Lloyd George (L.) 3112 Austim James (U.) 1904 Majority 1208 "WVlil, Mr Austen Jones did much better thaai I thought ho would," said a prominent IiJoaraI on hecuriag the result of the Caamarvcci B(xroug<hs ejection, on Saturday night, and that opinion was general amoingst the sup- porters of both parties. That the Radicals expected an emcrciased majority. of at least 500 is undeniable, and to attain this they left no stone unturned. In Bangor, for in- stance, with the largest cleetoirate of thse ûOíIl- statuetnft boroughs, they had been diligently nursing the burgesses for moaiths past with meetings and through other mediums, whereas Mr Austin Jones was before the elec- torate licas than a fortnight. Fig-hting, as lie did, in the face of dis- 2 d v am laches which wiOuJi have proved a poed- tive deteirneait to a less capable and resource it-u^ candidate, Mr Austin Jetties is entatied to tihei heartiest cocigratulations upon the result of his strcm-uous effort. Up to a fortnigilt test > latiwday, the Conservative candidate was unknown to the eLcotorate. He lovably accepted the invitation of the party to fight wnat was aduruMttedly a forlorn hope, as far as winning tihe seat went, and lie prosecuted the fight with all the enerpy at his command. Wfe the poll do^d, it was conclusively proved that -were it not for a coyest as maary as 1004 of the electors, or more than two-iifths of the total who voted would have been deprived of an opportunity + u "upon one of tihe gravest issuge that has ever engaged the attention of the country Th.3 was, doubtless, a. mutuaa disappointment. The op- timosts amongst. the Radical Party fial reckoned upon, securing a majority of at least loOO for Mr LLoyd Geotrge. On their *5e«ajSO co'nLf^e^inte 'wera rife about the mdrfk-rcaioe of workers, due to over^assuranee whiter + -9 r^iJt 7K)t been quite Vhat they anticipated, they are trying to fn Tv^ ^atwo from the reduction caiia>d :by deaths and re- raovatS- 1^6 neunjnal state of the register gave to Bangor 1926 votera; Carn^vom, 168J, Conway, 829; Pwliheli, 645; Nevnn 257; making a total of CARNARVON LIFELESS DURING THE day. idling took place in all the to- £ wav)Wion ^T7 Ls in tiio. t) l"tHrdav. For tihe most part the day was raw and wet, and not by Ly meaas conducive to a heavy poll At Car wkdl- va-tvJl fi of 11110 campaign pvro wS L until the day was ^tw^IaDOed- But fftr speeding hJi and S^ COIL^e7™g' votoirH to the poll of 0010010 e:n^ lasts, the streets wora their, normal Satur- to h«ISfairQaT* ^ter' however, all this was filst <*f the two oandi- to Vi^it tlie town was Mr Lloyd George HeW cremar^ m the overnight, Sd between ten and cileven o'clock he aceorm twT^i.i^W^ Geoor^s' ^otoi^d to the two poking booths at the National Schools wta THT1 A W iborou^ M rf .paasmg on to the northern to OriIcW>, ^°-V^ G"eor'?° straight to Accompanied by Mr W. Lloyd Griffith his rveyin, at J.30, wrher« about 38 had polled un PwSSi Sf' he mStored to I wlUicla where he [received a hearty recero- £ auib-Mld at P^mg^booth, wW has oppanente welcomed the Conserve tn ve candIdate jOUfrneyerl to C.a.rn.a;rvon, t1he first booth the œ.Lloo -it -at too Nation,ad wihcro ho had am. enoouxap-in^ room Mr T^r16 S5 itxxth Mr Austin Jones and his afronT Having called at Bangor, they iiroceiedML to ff^tade ^t-1 tif321HT3 :amd 05 a token of his hV1 T thia members gave hum at the Conway and Deganwy meetmes Mr Austin Jon<* d^ided to givj thT& dudmo C<mae.rvative Club a call! AfteiwaS tmitad all tlbe Whs ,at BangaThTaffl tlie places, Mr Jones bad a most Tcspoctful TCcepfcon from has opponents, who showed, no mxli-cation of ■Iiosti'Idty. ROWDIES ATTACK AN OPPONENT, .^vre has been an entire aihsemoe of any- thing whechtendcd to embitter the contrj- 7^3 ^thfr a^d it was confidently hoped by tioe Imde-rs cf both parties that the last stagia of the campaign would pass with- out the occurrence of any axseonbliojioe ctf the rowdyism which disgraced the constituency in January last. To this end the Mavor of Larnarvon, who was also the returning officer caused a discreetly worded letter to be ad- diT0s;:d to all the dhurch.cs and charoels in the surixaunding district, and this had un- doubtedly some effect, though not oil that could have been desired. Sennafter five o'clock, the streets uaiderwk-nt a sudden trams- formation. The incoming trains from the Llanibaris and Nautile districts poured many hundreds of young, boisterous quarry-men into the town, which was practically an their (hasids for the next eix hours. They formed tiliems'eilvea into different processions, and ber.ng all of tlie same poila-tioal persaia-eriioei, they made a great -how of the Radical yello-w colour, which tihey pinned either on tbebrcuot or on their headgear. Singing and shotuting the praises of their hero, they swept so aggressively along the main thoroughfares that no Conservative dared to appear with a bluei rosette. These crowds oooasisted almost entirely of young fellows tfirom 18 to 25 years of age, and it was but rarely that they were acoampanied by any residents of the town. One oontigent, immediately upon its arrival, ciaased a young Conservative for a consider- able distance. The ill-treatment accorded him brought him to a f ainting condition., and he was just tfhen snatchod from the street into a sh/op ccx- the way. "LIGHTS OUT." A lady Suffragette, one of the number who have been engaged in the boroughs for some weeks, was subjected to rough treatnt TiauJy in the evening. She was being huatled along the street when, fortunately, a number off police surrounded her, and quickly dt-- poaited her in a. house near the GuiMhali. Laiter, a section of the crowd, following tihear intolerable tac-ties of Jamiwry la&t, tEQld vou red to teirrorieo over licence-hotderK, by c4mp:il.1iD-g tlhem to put out their tights. "Lights out" these .rowdies yelled. "Lagihts out, or we'll smash your pleesa up." They first -na-d-a their peremptory demand upon tie ilioeneee of the Caetle Hotel, who, after a alight r.emoriF traaice, caused the lights in the front part of lii's pa-emas'rs to be covered. Tbetro were of trouble over the demand, but the situation was saved by the Ctrowd catohing si^gtlit of a. little group of men wear- ing Unionist favours making across the Se^uare towards Pool-street. They gave chase, for who dare wear Unionist colours in tihe constituency of the great exponent of free- dom The two bodies met half<-way up Pool- street, but the o.n-oooning Texwdies caught a Tartar. The "blue force" stood their ground, and one of their n-unibor appeared to have some knowledge of the art erf boxing, with the result that several Radical noees were the larger for his attention. After this reverse, the rowdies found vent for their exuberance by skuglng! Satmibal txromands given to otJ1"f honses,—one in Hole-in-the- wall -street, and tihe other in Palace-stneet,—were Hke- wis>a obeyed, the first house being also closed. The crowd now much increased in nu-xnilxirs, passed along High-street, and gave the order, "Lights out" to Mr Con.!an, of the Commer- cial Hotel. Mr Conlan refused to obey, and but ;for tihe tinsely arrival of the Mayor (Alderman J. T. Roberts), matters looked" as if they wens about to develop into a serious disturb aifcoe.. TShe Maytw, addressing the crowd from. ;the verandah, of the; hotel, ad- iibem to desist ficooii' pursuing condlsct,

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which would bring disgrace upon them and the town. They would, moreover, justify the town authorities, who had advised that no strange police ethould be imported there. It was a well-timed and wptll-worded appeal, and fortunately it had effect. POLICE RUSH THE CROWD. After a while, the CTowd moved away, and; left the .remaining liemsed premises n pcacc. Apart from this and a. wanton assault upon a poice-sergeant, the temper of the crowd ws not violeriit. For this xeai&on, cesinp.ie'nbiveJyj few poLice were in evidence, though thore wea a large body within call. Thirty men hadi been ini.ported tram Merionethshire and A to xeintforco tlie local police, but were not called upon to do street duty. Forty police, however, were at tihe Police Rati em about eight o'clock when some 200 cr 300 people march-cd down, and being unaware of the presence of the police smashed several panes of glass -with stone. Sergeant W ill i ams, of Llangefni, who was staal-di-ig outside, was wantonly struck with one of tuie stones above his Icift eye. All of a suddem, t,he pü,\oo rushed out in a body, and daove- tlw crowd in full retreat. Thougui there was an afbse-nce of tlie gtavit soenes of oiisorder which disgraced Car'neir- von at the last election, tho authorities were very apprehensive, and busineiss was practic- ally at a standstill! after five o'clock, whilst? the rowdies had their fling. PRESIDING OFFICERS. The following were tlie polling stations wåtJi the presiding officers and poll clerks t^TKw-von. Bcirough Accountant's Office (940 voters): Presiding officer, Mr E. Ha-rri. son Mornis; poll clerk, Mr John Roberts. .National School (751): Presiding officer, A. 11 olden; podi derk, Mr W. H. Wright Caiccsieth. Council Schoo.1 (257)': Presiding officer, Mir J. k. Crispen; poll olerk, Mr Gwilym H. Williams, Crdccieth. Ba,n-or --G-%rtE National School (270): Pre. siding Mr R. D. Williams; poll clerk, Mr 1. J. Roberts. Cae-top School (397): Pre-. 77 ^ffith, Carnarvon. Glanadda Council school (372): Presiding officer, Mr Huw Rowland; poll derk, Mr W It arth (<oarrK!li School (535)- Presid- ing Officer Mx Pentir Williams; poll clerk, ?* vT3in'e- St- PauI's Infants' School officer, Mr S. R. Dew; po& c&erk, Mr T. H. Lewiis, Carnarvon. Conway. — Guild Hall (531): Presidina- offioar the Town Clerk of Conway; poll clerk^ Carnarvon. Post Office TTm!Ty^-yn (2.S8): Presiideng officer, Mir i^h Parry borough accountant, Conway:' pdU cierx, Mr Edward Simons, Carnarvon Won — Council School (379): Presidina- offiocr Mr M. H. Williams, county treaiW* pc^l clerke Mr D. J. Griffith, Nev^n PwluheiQ Town Hall (645): Presiding pcul eujrk, Mr S. R. Jones, Pwllheli. ^j-T- CDRJOUS INCIDENT AT CARNARVON. At Ca.rn.a<rvon, the Conaarvativies, with Mr Me hero of many a fijrf tbeir Leader, made a gallant fight Ifc S^is^S^ tJlafc MT-'I^nas?emain,9(t S 1° Motors and oairiagea were lent by the Hon. F. G Wvm fr Add Gemanger, M- r, imchett- Maddock, Mr Ad^ gam, and others. J* to have oc Wh^t r^ U>Wn" Ifc appeared thafe WlLra a Conservative presented himsaelf at s^tions, he found iiis h«d been struck off, and it transpired that a little earlier m the day a voter l^r^Tth* and the name of the other man was strn-k 5° vote, but waTSvS a "Sr dered ballot paper whi^h ha^no effect HS by^i^^me'th116 miSt?,k,e was rectified, but dJdno W? rDi g011e t0 with thv. local football team. Th« Conse-rvative officials immediately despatched aiscoivered un Mostyn-strect. He took th« Bano-aVT?^Ttl -for f^ra-arvon, but at discovered to his < g-in that the only connection w3iich would bave enatb,cd bun to poll in time, had gone He, there,!ewe, wared to Carnarvon, and «rl rangemen.ts were made for a motor car to leteh h/um, and he arrived at Carnarvon at P-m. aad vas able to record his vote. QUIETUDE AT BANGOR. and f ]'aViah disP]a^ <>f and y&uow favours at Bangor, and throughout the day there was a» air erf subdued excitement. Eotih sides w^re^ well equipped with motor cars and vehicles. To oonvey the Conservatives, Loi^ Penrhyn, Coaociel Piatt, C.B Sir R H. Williams-Bulkieiley, Bart., Mr C G< Aesheton-Smitlh, Mr Eric J. W. Piatt, Mr"Bert Rowlands, Mr W. C. P. Dew, and others, lent motor cars, and assistance was given to the Liberals in this way by Judlgta Bryn Roberts, IXr. Eobetrfc Joaios, Dr. Thcw.oLl Tluxiiijas, and Mr Bowrirug, of Liverpool; Mr Summ-ors, M.P., Mr John, Mr H. R. Davies, Trebo-th Mr Walker, Llandudno; Mr Henry Lewis, and Mrs Davies, Treborth. It must be admitted that the Conservative* were singularly unifortuniate, for in one streeti aJoui*}, un the West Waxd,-tlere were elight Conservative voters who were too far awav to record their votes: six being railway men. It \*a.s also unfortunate far the Conservative Party that the election was fought on the old register, and another imiiitaiting oircumstanoa was the defcctiion cif the majority of tiho Roman Catholec voters, for -whom Home Rule appeared to have more charm thasi the pre- se.rvation of their schools. Tha ferjlowing acted as personating agenta for the Conservatives in Bangor:—Easft WTard, Mr John H. Lv-amfrp, Onne-road; South Ward, Mr Henry Davies, Tabernacle-street; West Ward, Mr R. Griffith, Lonpo-bty; NorQcx Ward, Mr John Dixon, Fron Cottage; and Gianaddtt, Mr D. Jotnes, Pecidhwintaji-aoad. It may be meaticexned tlhtut the Ea-st Wnru of Banger returned a substantial majority for Mr A ustin Jomes. After tho figures reached Bangexr, the liberal farmed a. proeesaion, which proceed- 00 down High-street. As tliere was a big, crowd outeide tba Conservative Clwb, a TOW. sete-med imminent, but Smpt. Guest adroitly, turned the procession roimd the town clock, arid thus averted trouble. It was verv wise manoeuvre, and avoided what would have been a serious collision. ANNOUNCING THE RESULT. The result was announced at about 11.13. p.m., in the Guildhall, Carnarvon. Mr Lloyd Vxeerrge nctached the buiJeLjiig an hour betfore, and the quarrymen .packed the narrow streets below tlie Guildhall, singing songs, in which his mit» figured at every otlrer Line. Mr Austin Jon.es, the Unconiet, candidate, was «oti presrint at the counting, the polioe adva«inj; iiim that it would be saier for him to keep away from the rollicking men from the qusw* lies. At 11.15, when the presiding officer came out on the little balcony overlooking the street to announce the result, the exci.temeint, which had been gradually increasing, had reached such a pitch that" he could not get a. hearing. Ti-ne after time he raised his hand for science, but the crowd were just frantic, lihey could not keep quiet to hear the result they had waited so long to bear, and in tho end the pi-esidirg officer went back into tW bUilding with the result sull -t-.m -ced. After the ctruatiag, Mr Uoyd G-eorge pro- posed a vote ci tlaa-ka toO the presiding officer, and thanked Mr Austin Jones for tlW cour- teous he conducted the election. Mr Lloyd Griffith seoonded. It was istxutd xuiautes before the reault d4