The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

NOTICE OF AUDJT. JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE YNYSCYN- HAIARN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AND TltEFLYS PARISH COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF BURIAL. "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J. Xl EDWYN HUGHES, Esq., the District Auditor for the North Wales Audit District, has appointed the Audit of the Accounts of the above Committee for the year ended 31st March, 1915, to commence at the Town Hall, Portmadoc, on Wednesday, the 13th day of October, 1915, at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon, and that a co'py of the Accounts to be audibed will be open to the inspection of a) I persona interested at the Offices of the said Com- mittee, Town Hall, Portmadoc. for seven clear days before the Audit. Dated this 18th day of September, 1915. JNO. JONES, Clerk to the Ynyscynhaiarn and 8 Treflys Joint Burial Committee. KASTNERS' PIA YER-PIANO-the finest ?'? Piayer-Pianos in the world usual price, 76 guineas; my price, £ 45; inspection invited. Second-hand Pianos from £ 8. New and up-to- date from C20. Terms to suit all.—Pidgen's, 139, High-street, Bangor. c

AN UNTIMELY CIRCULAR. In the IIc-u.se of Lords yesterday the Earl of St. Aldwyn drew attention to the recent action of the Welsh Church Commissiouere in Bending to every incumbent in Wales a letter demanding that certain forms with regard to parochial endowments should be filled up and returned to them within two months. This action his lordship described as "^ordering on the impertinent as there was nothing in the Act to show that the emoluments referred to in the circular had anything ivhatcver to do with the Welch Church Act. The Bishop of bt. Asaph. appealed to the Government .not ,to allow Welsh clergymen to be harassed at a moment when their minds were racked with domestic and other anxieties. "If those re- sponsible for issuing this form of inquiry Would only transport themselves in imagina- tion to those clerical li-omes in Wales where the liead of the family was sharing to the full those anxieties and sorrows which now darkened every home in the country, they would, he felt sure, recognise that the treat- ment of the Welsh Church at this time would not commend itself to patriotic and chivalrous Englishmen." As the Bishop further pointed out. it is i- a very large number of cases a difficult an lengthy business to supply the informatics, ftsked for, involving the consul- tation of de,Is and documents, some of which have to be awarded to the Commissioners. It seems liard indeed that the clergy, whose Beriices have been freely requisitioned for all sorts of work in connection with the war, and ma.17 of whom are bearing their share in the personal losses and anxieties of this ter- rible time, should be harassed, in such a man- ner over a subject which cannot but be pain- ful and servo ad a reminder of controversies which it is moet desirable should be allowed to slumber. We do not believe that the Government tail, be in any way responsible for, or even cognisant of, the ill-timed activity of the Welsh Church Commission-ere. Nor would woc wish to suggest that the Commissioners themselves or their officials have been actu- ated by anything but a misconceived idea of their duty. It is perfectly true that as the law stands to-day the ancient endowments of the Church an to be taken from it on the last day of the war. If, therefore, no legis- lative alteration is made in the meantime, Uio Welsh Church Commissioners must take steps to obtain the requisite information, as indeed they are directed to do by the Welsh Uhurch Act, in time to carry out the trans- ference of property on that date. But the md of the war unfortunately does not appear lo be imminent, and the precipitate action 5f the Commissioners is, in the circumstances. Uinost indecent. It really gives the imp rota- tion that the officials eat down and drafted this circular, and sent it straight away to the printers the moment they heard of the admirably public-spirited action of the leaders ()f the Church in foregoing the Postponement Bill. Its issue at this time has certainly caused a great deal of not unnatural sore- ness among its recipients and their sympath- isers, and not least, we fancy, among those Welsh Nonconformists who have bravely pro- tested against the treatment of the Church- ind had been led to believe that their pro- tests had met with some slight consideration. The public will certainly disapprove of such k proceeding, and we trust that the Govern- ment will restrain the Commissioners' ill- judged zeal. Mr Lloyd George has said can- didly that the refusal to give the six months' respite proposed in the Postponement Bill is not an honour to the race to which he be- long,s, and in the same spirit he wii.I doubt- less disapprove of this speeding up of the .lachinery of disendowment. It would really ,o,em of more service to the country if the .t.iff and offices of the Welsh Church Com- mission were taken over for the use of the Ministry of Munitions or some other work "directed to the preservation of the country. Piir.t might also, perhaps, effect an economy Df public money; for, although under the Act the expenses of the Commission are to come :ut of the proceeds of the plunder of the viiurch, we very much doubt whether, in the long run, the nation will be in the mood to allow this to stand.

I EDITORIAL NOTES. I Agricultural War Committees. If the sun stood still in heaven, and the clouds rained "to order," and weeks prolonged them- selves into whole seasons, it would still be a very long time Dafore Britain could produce within her own borders and from her own soil the food supplies necessary for the sustenance of her great population. We cannot, in a few months, re- verse the wheel full-circle, and turn a preponder- antly manufacturing community into a self-con- tained and self-supporting nation with wholly re- adjusted agricultural and industrial resources. Least of all could we hope to attain that perfec- tion of balance in the midst of the stress of a tremendous war. But much can unquestionably be done in the direction of a partial readjust- ment; and everything that is done now will be of value. We hope, therefore, that the. whole brotherhood of agriculturists, from landowner to labourer, will give ready hearing and practical assistance to the plans which the Minister of Agri- culture i3 laying before them with a view to systematising and co-ordinating effort throughout the country. Lord Selborne in Norfolk. I In his addrass to the Norfolk Chamber of Agri- culture, Lord Selborne reviewed and enlarged upon the proposals which he had already outlined to a representative meeting of West of England agriculturists, at Bath. Briefly, his principal re- commendation is the establishment of County Committees by the County Councils, and the for- mation, through the agency of the County Com- mittees, of District Sub-Committees for lesser areas, the central object being to bring even the smallest and most remote agricultural communities into direct touch with the responsible Ministry of Agri- culture, and thereby to facilitate the inter- change of advice and suggestion. Lord Selborne proposes no cast-iron system of statutory commit- tees enmeshed in the network of "officialdom," or, on the other hand, invested with extravagant legal powers. On the contrary, he. desires that the new bodies should act as purely voluntary and advisory bodies with the maximum of freedom and the minimum of "red tape." He asks no contribution from the local rates, and hopes to find all the funds necessary to meet a reasonable expenditure from the National Exchequer. The Need for Concerted Action. The objects for which these local committees will be called into co-operation with the Ministry of Agriculture are, needless to say, the increasing by all possible means of home-grown produce and the conserving of the nation's financial resources by a corresponding reduction of the amounts spent upon imports of meat, grain, and other items of agricultural produce. Lord Selborne ap- peals to British farmers, from one end of the Kingdom to the other, to use every means to maintain and augment our food production, to plough up the worst grass, and cut down the amount of their fallow to the lowest possible point. In reply to the question whether the Government desires farmers to keep wheat in stack as long as they can or not, he answers that they must exercise their judgment; but here is just one of those points in which scientific and concerted co-operation throughout the country, after due consideration and comparison of local conditions, will be most valuable. In this and all such matters, landowners and farmers will have the immense advantage, if these proposals are cordially supported, of acting under the disin- terested advice of a Department of the Govern- ment possessed of a full knowledge of the facts and able to direct, local enterprise into the chan- nels most useful to the common cause. Tho" Star Performer." I Mr Percival Phillips, in a message from Gen- eral Headquarters, in France, to the Daily Ex- press, gives us a vivid little picture of the con- ditions that our men are confronting in the trenches, which come under the fire of the heavi- est German guns. In particular he refers to a certain 17in. howitzer planted in the woods north- east of Ypres, which is regarded as the "star performer" in the German bombardment of our lines:- Whenever the 17in. howitzer is fired the concussion can be felt inside the British lines. Then forty-five seconds' grace-a useful three- quarters of a minute—before the missile comes booming across the sky with a drone, like that of a gigantic bee, which increases in intensity until it is merged in the deafening crash of the ex- plosion. Of course, the shock of the burst is felt over a wide area. You cannot hurl a mass of iron and high explosive fifteen or twenty miles with- out a very perceptible jar being felt at the alighting point. Men have been killed by the concussion alone. I heard of one whose eyes were literally forced out by the burst, although he was otherwise practically unhurt. Frequent- ly they are rendered deaf temporarily. "Nevertheless, the havoc wrought by these great shells has not been anything like that anticipated by the enemy. Certainly they have had no moral effect. Yon will see troops dive '17-incher' is signalled, into dug-outs when a '17-incher' is signalled, wait for the explosion, count twenty to give the flying fragments of hot metal time to settle themselves, and come up into the sunshine shak- ing off the dust with a jest." A Fine Record. I An article in the current issue of the Saturday Review gives an interesting summary of the war service rendered in the field by peers and mem- bers of their families. He states that 187 mem- bers of the House of Lords have been, or are, serving with his Majesty's forces, as well as 29 Scottish and Irish peers, who are not members of the House-a total of 216 in all. So far as is at present known, 434 sons of peers and 344 sons of former peers, or brothers of present peers, have been, or are, on active service. So that directly or indirectly, the families of peers have contri- buted a total of 994 persons at least to the fight- ing line. The vast majority, of course, are to be found in the commissioned ranks of his Majesty's army; but we heard the other day of the dis- covery, "somewhere in France," of one of the most gifted and popular, as well as the most modest, of our younger peers contented in the actual discharge of his duties as a recently pro- moted corporal of the R.A.M.C. Four peers have, thus far, been killed in 'action, and nuie have been wounded. Of peers' sons, 49 have been killed, and 42 wounded. Of sons of former peers and brothers of present peers, 17 have been killed and M wounded. That mak?s a total casualty Hot of 70 killed and 84 woundèd-truly a roll of honour. Carnarvonshire Evening Classes. A snort time ago the Carnarvonshire Education Committee decided to abandon evening clasecs until after the war, and many ratepayers at the time hoped thie was an earnest of the committee's desire to be a; saving as possible with the public money. It was, however, vain hope, for the Committee yeeterday, or rather a majority, favoured holding the evening classes during the winter months, and a special com- mittee has been appointed to consider the matter. It was pointed out that the cost would be about £1750, of w'hich J6350 would be provided from the rates and the r-emainder by the Board of Education. With the additional taxes imposed by the Budget and the increasing prices of com- modities in daily use the outlook for a good many ratepayers must be very gloomy, and publio bodies can, by the curtailment of expenditure, help to lessen the financial burdens which the war is imposing. To be fair, economy must be exercised all round, and as it is obvious that at ihifl critical juncture we cannot have all we would wish, present oonclitions must not be overlooked when considering such a matter as the retention or temporary suspension of evening classes. Church Llg-htinrr. On the subject of the lighting restrictions and the- possibility of their being made more stringent diu-ing the winter months, the Bishop of Bangor is this week addressing a letter to the clergy of the ciloceze. Under such circumstances some of the Churches on the coast may be affected, and hie lordship sugge ts tho advisability of con- sidering whether it will not be w ise "to revert tempera) iiy to the common practice of 60 years ago and hold services in the afternoons instead oi the evenings." We have no doubt that the clergy and churchwardens will give full consid- eration to the Bishop's communication, but in churchct; where Welsh and English services are now hold on Sunday evenings it will not be an easy matter to effect a change in the hours for holding the services. The Bishop, however, in regarding the possibility of such changes being needed, is doing well to bring the question to the notice of the clergy in time to enable it to be considered in all its bearings.

19th CENTURY REMINISCENCES. In the year 1837 a society was formed at Aber- gavenny, South Wales, for the purpose of "transcri bing and printing the numerous unpu b- lished bardic and historical remains, still extant in the Principality and other parts of the world, which have hitherto been allowed, to continue in a state of obscurity without any effective mea- sures having been adopted to lay their contents before the public, and secure such valuable liter- ary treasures from the various accidents to which they are liable." The mode of procedure which the society proposed to adopt was "to procure copies of the most ancient MSS. relating to Wales And to publish the same with notes and ill lustra- tions, accompanied by English transla- tions." These Ayorks were to be issued "in part; not exceeding one guinea each volume to sub- scribers, to be paid tor on delivery." -# "Carnarvon is a spot no leas remarkable for its salubrity than for the magnificent and romantic scenery by which it is surrounded." Thus the Rev. J. H. Bransby, seventy-five years ago, do- scribed the county town in which lie had estab- lished a "classical, mathematical and commercial school." Mr Bransby advertised that he was prepared "to receive into his family a few young gentlemen; whose improvement will bo the ob- ject of his assiduous and persevering attention." In addition to the subjects usually taught in private schools in those days, Mr Bransby inti- mated that he would give instructions in the Hebrew language, and that French and drawing would be included in the curriculum "on the usual terms." A curious condition applied to intending boarders, namely, that "each one mu3t bring with him a pair of Sheets and four towels." Llanberis in 1840 experienced a plague of locusts. A correspondent writing at' the time to the North H'c?e? Chronicle stated that "the bells in the neighbourhood aro covered with winged insects of a size and appearance unusual in these parte, and which, from the description, must be- long to the lo?cuet trl be. I long to the locust. tribe. Their ravages upon the pasturage and foliage of the trees are described as being very destructive, the ground over which they pass retaining a reddish hue." » # A ship wreck off the coast of Anglesey seventy- four years ago had a remarkable effect upon a good many of the people living in the vicinity of the disaster. The vessel was thp "Adelaide," which was bound for Liverpool, and "was wrecKed on Ynys Wcllt, off Cymyrau, and in a few hours became a total wreck." Fortunately the crew were saved, but unfortunately for the re- putation of some of the inhabitants of the district, the bulk of the cargo was washed ashore. The ship, be it said, was laden with brandy, of which "about 200 puncheons were picked up." The temptation to taete the ardent spirit was too strong, and on "the following day a great number of persons who pretended to be the strongest advocates of teetotalism were been beastly drunk, so much so that they had tq be conveyed home in carts and on planks." In the early eighties "the oyster fishermen be- longing to the town of Arklow, in the county of Wioklow, were in the habit of depositing their oysters, for the purpose of fattening, on the shores of the Menai Straits, from thence convey- ing them for consumption to Liverpool." It appears to have been a flourishing tt-zde, "em- ploying a considerable number of industrious, able-bodied seamen, all natives of Ireland." In the year 1841, according to the N arth lVales Chronicle, a very severe frost "destroyed in the I short space of three days the whole of the stock of oysters, amounting to four million cysters, valued at two thousand pounds." Much local sympathy was evinced for the oyster dealers, and on the initiative of the Town Council and the magistrates of the borough of Beaumaris a publio subscription Met was opened on their behalf. Tho subscribers included Her Majesty the Queen, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, the Mar- quis of Anglesey, Lord and Lady Dinorben, the Earl of Mayo, Lieut.-Colonel Paget, M.P., Sir R. Williams-Bulkelev, Bart., the Bishop of Ban- gor, Admiral Lloyd, Mr T. P. Williams, M.P., and many others.

THE CHURCHES AND THE LIGHTING REGULATIONS. POSSIBLE TEMPORARY CHANGE IN EVENING SERVICES BISHOP OF BANGOR'S SUGGES- TION TO CLERGY. I The Bishop of Bangor yesterday issued a letter to the clergy of his diocese, in which he stated:— "The air raids during the last fortnight ought to act as a warning that we must pre- pare against fresh attacks from our- enemy during the ensuing winter. Probably the authorities will, for the public safety, enforce with greater stringency the regulations about lighting. A question may arise with regard to some places of worship, whose windows, when lighted, are seen at a great distance. Where this is the case, it may be well to consider whether it will not be wise to revert tempo- rarily to the common practice of 60 years ago, and hold service in the afternoon instead of the evening. In cases, if any, where such a course may be advisable, it would be well to discuss the matter with the churchwardens and ves- tries, and also to come to an agreement with all the other different places of worship in the area as to the hour to which evening service should be altered; and it would be well to have this matter thoroughly considered some time before the change takes place. I have also been asked to impress on the Fditors of the various parochial magazines that letters from the front must be published I." Iicii have not previously been submitted to the Presii- Bureau."

YIELD OF ESTATE DUTY. I The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, yesterday, stated, in answer to Mr Ellis Davies, ttiat-th-e capitsl sume, representing the value of property which had been transferred voluntarily by deceased persons within three years of their death, upon which-Estate Duty had beeji paid duringthe lvt three years were:— 1912-13, £ 2,718,784; 1813-14, £ 3,226,340; and 1914-15;$2,938,319.

I THE LATE REV. W. LLOYD DAVIES. The funeral of the Rev. W. Lloyd Davies, superintendent minister of the Holyhead Wes- leyan Circuit, took place on Monday afternoon, amid general manifestations of mourning, the interment being in Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Holy- head. The funeral was one of the largest ev6r witnessed in the town, and the drawn blinds aJong the route which the cortege traversed testified to the respect and esteem in which the deceased was held. A brief service was conducted at the de- ceased's residence, Gwynfa Villa, by the Revs. T. Gwilym Roberts, Towyn, and T. C. Roberts, Conway. The cortege afterwards prooeeded to Bethel (Welsh) Wesleyan Chapel which was crowded to its utmost capacity, a large number failing to obtain accommodation. The service was conducted by the Rev. W. J. Jones; the Rev. E. Berwyn Roberts read a portion of Scripture, and prayer was offered by the Rev. R. Mon Hughes. Part in the service was also taken by the Revs. Ishmael Evans, Carnarvon; Thomas chairman of the Weslevan District; D. Hughea, Hoiyhead (Baptist); and 0. Madoo Ro- Lioyd, berta. Special hymn8 were sung, the singing be- ing under the conductorship of Mr J. E. Jones, and Miss Williams, Stanley Crescent, presided at the organ. At the close of the impressive service the OTganist, Mrs Lewis Owen, played the "Dead March" (in "Saul"). The Rev. W. J. Jones announced that letters regretting inability to be present had been re- ceived from over 70 ministers from all parts of the country, these including the Revs. Peter Jones Roberts, Bangor; J. Roger Jones, Liverpool: D. Tecwyn Evans, Birkenhead; Thomas Charles Wil- Iiams, M.A., Menai Bridge; W. G. Hughes, Lon- liams, R. P. Williams. Holyhead; H. D. Hughes, don: R. p. Williams. Holyhead; H. D. Hughes, do.; and Thomas Williams, do. Messages ot con- dolence were received from the following churches:—Gorphwysfa, Cefn Mawr, Horeb, Os- westry, Ebenezer, Towyn, Trawsfvnydd, Elim, Aberffraw, Hebron (B. (Holyhead), and the local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors' So- ciety. The funeral cortege then wended its wav to the cemetery, where a large crowd of people had assembled. En route, the choir sang several ap- propriate hymns, and the "Dea d March," led by Mr W. S. Owen. At the graveside the officiating ministers were tne ivevs. it. Moreton Roberts, Aberffraw, and J. Maelor Hughes, Llangefni. The principal mourners were: Mrs Lloyd Da- vies (widow); Trevor, Gwilym, Mary, and Mald- wyn Davies (children); Mrs Davies (mother) the Rev. J. Cadvan Davies, Oswestry (father-in-law), and Mrs Davies; Mrs Frank Yeoman., London (sister-in-law); Mrs Morris Yeoman, do.: Mr T. R. Davies, Cefn Mawr (nephew); Mr W. F. Hum- phries, do. (oousin); Mr Percy Roberts (represent- ing the Rev. E. Davies (Liverpool); and Mr Lshmael Jones (representing the Welsh Wesieyans at Oefn Mawr). Among the general body of mourners were: Mr W. S. Owen (chairman of the Anglesey County Council); Mr W. D. Jones, C.C. Mr Owen Pri- chard (Cvbi Felyn); Mr Wm. Rowlands; Mr H. Gwyiiedd Williams; Mr M. Llovd Williams; Mr Owen Roberts, C.C. Mr J. R. Edwards; Mr Wm. Jones; Mr Thos. Williams; Mr David Williams, C.C.; the Revs. J. W. Williams (B.); Thos. Evans (C.M.); Wm. Griffith (C.); T. Jasper Shovel (W.); A. Rees Morgan (B.); Wm. Price (B.); Wm. Bevan (B.); J. Hawen Rees (C.); and H. Monfa Parri (port missioned); Dr. Thomas, Beaumaris; Mr Evan Jones, Llaneefni; the Revs. Arthur Da- vies, Bethesda; R. J. Parry, Penygroes; J. Lloyd Hughes, Llandudno; J. J. Kelly, Abergele; E. Mostyn Jones, Pwllheli; Henry Roberts, Llan- goed; David hobei-W Amlwch: David Thomas, Beaumaris; D. J. Williams, Dinas Mawddwy; David Jones, Carnarvon; E. Ivor Humphreys, Llanddulas; and R. Eivion Jones, Rhiwlas; Mr W. H. Williams; Mr Thos. G. Hughes; Dr. J. Lewis Owen; Capt. Richard Thomas; Mr Rd. Price (chairman of the Local Authority); Capt. 8. Pritchard Mr W. J. Owen; Mr J. Brown; and Messrs John Beard John Williams, Richard Beard, Ed. Jones, Wm. Jones, John Lewis, R. Lake Jones, R. Morris Roberts, J. Morris Jones, Wm. Hughes, Llew. Jones, Lewis Owen, J. J. Fairhurst, Ed. Williams, and Wm. Williams (offi. cers of the Circuit). MEMORIAL SERVICE. There was again a. crowded congregation at Bethel Chapel, in the evening, when a memorial service was held, in which part was taken by the Rev. J. Hawen Rees (C.) and Mr W. F. Hum- phreys, Cefn Mawr, a lifelong friend of the de- ceased. The preacher was the Rev. W. J. Jones, who took as his text Matthew xxviii., 45-47, his subject being, "The characteristics and the re- ward of the faithful." A TRAGIC SEQUEL. Following close upon the death of her son, with whom she resided, came the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs Susannah Davies, which occurred at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The death of her son --caused her a great shock, and the fact that she W been in ill-health hastened the end. The deceased lady, who was the widow of the late Mr Thomas Davies, Cefn Mawr, was in her 80th year. The interment took place in Maeshyfrvd Cemetery yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, the funeral being private. The principal mourners were: The Rev. J. Cadvan Davies, Oswestry; Mrs Griffiths, Manchester (sister); Masters Trevor and Gwilym Davies (grandsons); Mrs Lloyd Da- vies (daughter-in-law); with the leaders and stewards of Bethel and Gwynfa Churches. The officiating ministers were the Revs. W. J. Jones and R. Moreton Roberts and Mr Jos. Jones.

MR NORMAN DAVIES. I Much regret was felt at Carnarvon on 1 uesday by the receipt of the news that Mr R. Norman Daviee had passed away suddenly in London. Mr Davies, who had been only a few days away from home, underwent an operation some months ago, but had greatly improved in health during the last few weeks. About 65 years of age, t.he late Mr Davies had for a long period occupied a prominent position in connection with J.p.o slate industry of the dis- trict, with which his father, the late Mr Cornelius Davies, was associated. He man- aged the Carnarvon office, and was on the directorate of the Dorothea Slate Quarry Co., one of the largest concerns in the Nantlle Valley, was a member of the Harbour Tru.3t, and a magistrate for the county. For some years lie sat as an alderman on the Town Council, and might more than once have been Mayor of his native town had he accepted nomination. For a short time he also served as a member of the County Council, repre- senting the Llandvvrog district. In politics he was a Liberal. He was t-he leading deacon in the Oalvinistic Methodist Connexion, and was a member of the Bala, Theoiogical College and other committees attached to the denomination. He leaves a widow, who is an active worker in temperance and philanthropieal movements, and much sympathy is extended to her and his two sisteis, the Misses Davies, Tyfry. The body was brought to TJarnarvon yesterday evening from London, and was taken to Quellyn, the residence of the deceased. The funeral (pub- lic for men) takes place at Llanbeblig this (Fri- day) afternoon.

PERSONAL I The Marohioneaj of Anglesey and Lady Diana Manners have gone to Scotland. Capt. tho Hon. Seymour Ormsby-Gore, late 3rd Kent Artillery Volunteers, youngest brother of Lo:dHarlech, has been appointed a draft con- veying officer. The Bishop of St. David's and Mrs Owes, mot with a motor aocident on Saturday on the way from St. David's to Abergwili Paiace, Mrs Owen being badly hurt. David, the infant son of Captain R. Williams- Bulkeley, Welsh Guards, and Mrs Williams- Bulkoley, was christened at the Guard,' Chapel on Tuesday. The Prince of Wales, Grenadier Guards, was sponsor, and was represented by Sir Sidney Grevilic. The other godparents were Colonel Lord Harlech, Welsh Guards; Captain Joecebno Egerton, Coldstream Guards; the Dowager Coun- tese of Pembroke, Mrs John Dunville, and Miss Bulkeley. The engagement is announced of Stamford C. Raffles, Third Royal Welsh Fusiliers, elder son of the Rev. T. St.amford and Mr3 Raffles, of Lex- den Rectory, Colchester, and Edith Margaret, elder daughter of Captain R. B. Needham, R.N., and Mrs Needham of 78,' Drayton Gardens, and 40, Brunswick Square, Hove. The engagement is announced between Sec.- Lieut. Cecil William May'hew, Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry, youngest, son of Mr Horace May hew, D.L., and Mrs Horace Mayhew, of Broughton flail, Chester, and Creeta, youngest an d Ciresta, -voungeot daughter of the late Mr Llewellyn and Lady Rachel Saunderson, of 10, De Veeci-terrace, Kingstown, Oo. Dublin, Ireland. An engagement is announced between Mr Trevor Lewis, son of Sir Henry and Lady Lewis, of Belmont, Bangor, and Miss Carina O'Neill, M.B., M.S., daughter of Dr. O'Neall, of New Zealand; "d niece or Colonel O'Neill. Mr Trevor Lewie, who has just come over to this country from the Fiji Iskuida, has joined the 2nd Battalion London Welsh, in which he haa ob- tained a cpmmissioik

"OUR DAY." I A LOCAL EFFORT FOR THE I BRITISH RED CROSS. The Bangor District Voluntary Aid Detach- ments have ibeen asked, with all other detach- monta in the United Kingdom, to raise funds in aid of the British Red Cross Society and the Ordoer of St. John, in connection with the oelebration of "Our Day" on Thursday, Octo/ber 21et. The actual method and date of collecting ia left to the discretion of each vice- president, according to whatever scheme is likely to be most successful in the district. There have been 00 many street collections in the neighbourhood lately that it is hoped other methods may be found adaptable on this occasion, and one of thcoe i3 an appeal to the clergy, ministers and secretaries of all de- nominations to assist the funds of the above societies by setting apart in their interest the collections in their pthaces of worship on any Sunday most convenient to th-em before Octo- ber 21st. In addition to this, Mr Perkins, who is al- ways to the fore in helping a good cause, is arranging for a performance to be given at the County Thearte on Friday, October 29th, by the Railway Dramatic Society, which has already given pleasure to so many Bangor au- diences. The P-orfoxnlan-ce will be in conjunc- tion with one given by a company arranged by Mr Price White, who has been good enough to undertake the first part of the programme and whose attainments in this direction are well known and appreciated in Bangor. Mr Hare, with his usual ready sympathy and help in all deserving objects, has let the theatre for the occasion at greatly reduced terms. Further details will be published later, and it is sincerely hoped that Bangor will heartily support the efforts which a.re being made in aid of a cause which appeals to all alike.

WELSH CHURCH ACT. I LORDS AND CIRCULAR TO I INCUMBENTS. BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH -AND THE CHURCH'S TREATMENT. On the motion for the adjournment of the House of Lords, yesterday evening, Earl St. Aldwyn said that he wished to call attention to a matter which seemed rather pressing. It had reference to the action of the Welsh Church Commissioners in regard to the Church in Wales. Within the last few days, he wae informed, a circular had been sent by them to the incumbents of all livings in Wales asking for information which, of course, they were quite entitled to ask for, as to parochial property of the Church in each benefice. But there was a paper included headed "NVelsh Church Act, 1914," requiring particulars of emoluments from sources other than endowanents. The earolunients- which the incumbent was required to state were Easter dues, statutory pew rents (which, of course, were entirely Church property), cus- tomary fees for baptisms, ourials, and mar- riages,, and, finally, any other reoeipbs from any other private source not included in the above. There was nothing to show that those emolu- ments had anything whatever to do with the Welsh Church Act or were within the author- ity of the Commissioners. What lie thought the puiblio would like to know was by what authority such inquiry had been made—an in- quiry which appeared to him to be of a nature most impertinent—and what clause in tho Act allowed the Commissioners to send such a circular to incumbents. He did not expect to receive a detailed reply from Lord Crewe that night, but he hoped that he I would agree to inquire into the matter, and I would lay a copy of the paper referred to on the table (hear, hear). THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ACT. I The BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH said that he was grateful to the noble Earl for having called attention to the form of inquiry issued by the Welsh Com- missioners under the Act. He himself trusted that two points would be made quite clear. There was a general impression abroad that the post- ponement of the Irish and Welsh Acts was iden- tical in its provisions. It was natural that that impression should prevail. Part 1 of the Order in Council provided that no steps were to be taken to put the Irish Act into operation until the end of the war," and the- ordinary reader must be forgiven if he thought that the- same words must also apply to the Welsh Act. He felt sure that the Government themselves would not regard as controversial the statement of the fact that very important steps were already being taken to put the Welsh Act into operation. On the day that the Order in Council was published every incum- bent in Wales received this form of inquiry with its seven schedules and more than one hundred quotations.. It was important that the whole of the country should clearly understand how the Welsh Church was being now treated. He ven- tured also to fcoint out that it hardly seemed considerate to issue just now this form of inquiry to Welsh incumbents, and to demand under pains and penalties its return in a few weeks. SONS WITH THE COLOURS. I He believed that there was not a clerical home: in his diocese where sons fit for military service had not joined the colours. Several of the I' clergy were serving as chaplains, and some of the younger clergy in his diocese were on active service abroad. Added to this, it was an established fact that at least 70 per I cent. of the recruits from Wales who had volun- teered for foreign service were Churchmen. Was I' it quite fair and reasonable to ask a clergyman amid all his home anxieties to devoto all h;9 time to tilling up this most elaborate form, of inquiry, which required not only local but highly trained export knowledge. There wa, scarcely a parish where the laymen who supplied this knowledge were not themselves engaged in military duties. If those responsible for issuing 6is form of in- quiry would only transport themselves in imagi- nation to thoje clorioal homes in Wales where the head ot the family was sharing to the full those anxieties a.nd sorrows now darkening every homo in the country they would, he felt sure, recognise that the treatment of the Welsh Church at this time would not commend itself to patri- otic and chivalrous Englishman. He had studiously refrained from discussing the moment and the manner- of the passing of the Wel-,th. Act. The time for that would come later on. It was with the utmost reluctance that he .felt it his duty to let it be known how the Church in Wales was being treated. Small though Walet3 was, the principles involved in this matter were great and sacred (cheers). The Marquis of Crewe, in reply, said he was sure the House would not expect him to make I any statement on the merits of the question, but he would, of course, make it his business to in- quire into the whole subject. With regard to the request of Lord St. AJdwyn that he would lay on the table of the House the paper to which he had referred, he hoped the noble Earl would aJlow him to make that also a subject of refer- ence to those who were more directly concerned with the matter than he was himself. Knowing nothing of the contents of the paper, however, he could not give a definite assurance that it would be laid, but no time would be lost in giving attention to the subject.

LLANDUDNO RECTOR'S APPOINTMENT. ARMY DIVISIONAL CHAPLAIN. I News has been received at Llandudno that the reotor of the parish, the Rev. Ll. R. Hughes, has been appointed divisional chaplain for the 38th Division Welsh Army Corps. When the 113th Brigade was formed (the 1st North Walej Brigade of the .Welsh Corps), the rector was appointed to the chaplaincy of that brigade, and he has now .been a d vanc^d to the office of divisional chaplain, but will, retain his connection with the 113th -Bri- gade. There are twelve junior chaplains in the division, including Churchmen, Nonconformists, and Roman Catholics.

I THE BUDGET. I FORTY PER CENT. ON INCOME TAX. FOOD AND TOBACCO DUTIES INCREASED. DEARER LETTERS AND TELE- GRAMS. CHARGES ON MANY IMPORTS. Mr McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Budget—the biggest on record—presented to Parliament on Tuesday estimated for a revenue of £ 305.014,000, of which rather more than a third is to be raised by new taxation. The main features are:— NEW TAXES. Tax on War Profits. Tax on Imports of Motor-cars, Cycles, Ginem Films, Clocks, Watches, Musical Instruments, Plate Glass, and Hats. TAXES RAISED. Income-tax and Super-tax. Duties on Tea, Sugar, Tobacco, Cocoa, Coffee, Chicory, Dried Fruits, Motor-spirit, and Patent Medicines. POSTAL CHANGES. Letter and Parcels Rates advanoed. Telegraphic and Telephonic Charges raised. The national balance-sheet for the year, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer struck at the end of his Budget speech in the House of Commons was as follows:— EXPENDITURE. Navy JE190,000,000 Army 715,000,000 External Advances 423,000,000 Pre- and Post-Moratorium Bill 36,000,000 Ordinary National Services 170,000,000 Food S-upplies, Minor Items, and Contingencies Total. £1,590,000,000 REVENUE. On Existing Basiis of Taxation 272,110,000 New Taxation 30,924,000 Revenue from Postal Changes 1,000,000 Total (in round figures) £ 305,000,000 Estimated deficit £ 1,285,000,000 Estimated dead-weight debt £ 2,200,000,(XX) .NEW TAXATION. The new taxes announced by Air McKenna were as £0110\6:- INCOME-TAX. Existing rates are raised by 40 per cent. As there are only six months of the present financial year to go, the next demand will be for only a <20 per cent. advance. The following table shows old and new rates:— Revised Tax for Old Tax. New Tax. Present Year. Unearned income 2s 6d in £ 3s 6d & 0 Earned income 16 6d in £ 2s Id Is 9Ad (rt>ugbly) (roughly) Incomes of L160 and under were formerly ex- empt from the tax. The limit is now reduced to All persons who earn JE2 10s a we-ek-or over—will have to pay the tax. The scale of abatements allowed on incomes from JE160 to J3700 ie also reduced. The highest abatement that can now be claimed is E120, so that the person who e,arn6 £131.a year will have to pay tax on jBll. The old abatement of JB160 becomes £ 120; those of £ 150 and £1æ, become Lloo. An important change is made in the payment of the tax by farmers. Their assessment under Schedule B is to be taken as the rent paid instead of one-third of the rent. 'I'he awessed person still has the option to claim to be brought under Schedule D and taxed on the profits 01 his busi- new. Income-tax is to be paid in half-yearly instal- ments on January lbt and July 1st by person6 liable to direct assessment, and in quarterly in- stalments by eniployees of all descriptions, the full oha.rge in the latter case to take place next year. The whole of the additional income-tax will be repayable if any individual proves that hie actual income from all souroes for the year is le" by one-fifth than the income on which he has paid the tax. The following table givee a few examples of the old and new rates on wholly earned moomo3, the new rates being taken to ie Is 9d Jor the present year and 2s Id for the first full year of the tax:— Sate Full Income. Old Rate. This Year. New Rate. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. JE:131 Nothing 0 19 81 1 2 11 £ 160 Nothing 3 11 8 4 3 4 £ 161 0 16 3 18 5i 4 5 5 je200 3 0 0 734 8 6 8 JE300 10 10 0 16 8 6 18 15 0 JB401 18 16 6 26 19 31 31 7 1 JE;501 26 5 0 35 18 5! 41 15 5 A)601 39 16 6 47 11 4 1 55 6 3 J6701 52 11 6 62 15 lli 73 0 5 JS1000 75 0 0 89 11 8 104 3 4 SUPERTAX. I Incomes over £8000, at present chargeable at I the rate of 28 8d in the pound, will now be taxed I as folio wa :— Between £ 8000 an £ 9000 2s 10d I Bee ween JE.9000 and £10,000. 3s 2d Surplus of all incomes above £ 10,600 3s 6d EXCESS (OR WAR) PROFITS TAX. I A special tax of 50 per cent. is to be levied on all trades and manufactures whose pro6ta exceed the profits on the income tax aMesem?nt for 1914- I 15 by more than £ 100. SUGAR. I The duty is raised from Is lOd to 9s 4d a cwt. With the present reduction in the sale price, the net increase of price will be 55 a owt., or id a lb. Granulated eugar will be sold at 4d a lb. in- stead of 3id. Luinpsugar will »ise a great deal in Drice. DUTIES ON IMPORTED FOOD. I The duties on tea, tobacco, cocoa, coffee, I cliiicory, and dried fruits are raised by 5C per cent. The old ratej and the new are as follows: Old rates. New rates. Tea 8d a lb. 16- Tobacco (raw) 4s Id a lb. 63 ld Coc,oa Id a lb. lid. Coffee 2d a lb. 3d. Chicory 2d a lb. 3d. Dried fruits 7s. a cwt. 10B 6d. MOTOR SPIRIT. I The exiting ra?t" are raised from 3d and lid a  g?ion to 6d and 4?d—&n alhround incrceso of 3d. PATENT MEDICINES. I The present duty of lid in the Is is doubled. I IMPORTED GOODS. I Imported motor cars or motor cycles and parta thereof, cinema films, clocks, watches, musical in- struments, plate glass, and hate are to pay an ad valorem duty of 33i per cent, or its equiva- lent in the form of a specific rate. HIGHER POSTAL RATES. I Important changes in postal, telegraph, and tele- phone rates were also announced. The chief are as foilows:- Inland Letterj. The old rates were Id not ex- ceeding 4oz. and id for every additional 2oz. The new Tates are Id not exceeding loz., 2d for loz. to 2oz., and id for every additional 2oz. Halfpenny Postcard Abolished. It will in future cost Id to send. Inland Packets (Circulars, etc.) and Registered Newspapers.—Rates raised from id to Id. Inland Parecle.-Aii addition of Id a parcel is made to the old, charge, making the -scale run from 4d for lib. to a maximum of Is for lllb. Postal Orders.—The charge on postal orders from 6d to 2s 6d is raised from id to Id. Sixpenny Telegrams Abolished. The new charge is 9d for 12 words and -id for each addi- tional word. Inland Press Telegrams.—New rates arc 2s 6d for 100 words (night) or 75 (day) for first address, and copying fee of 8d for 100 (or 75) word for every address after the first, whet-her involving fresh transmission or not. The old rates were Is for 100 (or 75) words and a copying fee of 2d. Tele.phon,ce. -Flat rates are increased from £ 17 to E20 a year in London, and from £JO. to JE:12 in the provinces. The subscriber's Id call is not changed. The following changes are made in trunk service charges :— Old. New. 25 miles 3d 4d 50 milt* tId 8d < 75 miles 9d 18 100 mi!œ Is la 4d Every additional 40 > miles 8d The following c-banges eie made in-mil office feej:— d Nttw. London fid 3d Id fid

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THE NEW DUTIES TO TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 29th. It appears from Budget resolutions in yesterday's Parliamentary 1),al)ers that the new patent medicino duties and imporu duties take effect from September 29th. -,oi)teiii b er 29th.

NEWSPAPERS BY POST. Abolition of the half-penny post on October 3ltt Will affect contracts for the daily or weekly. supply through the post of newspapers and periodicals. Money has already been accepted for tho regular delivery of such publications Dri the basis of a half-penny charge. What wilt happen when the charge is increa:cd to a yennyf, That question is now under consideration. A vast number of circulars is sent through the, » post at the half-penny rate. In future thc-ee wiU cost a penny, though 2oz. are allowed.

ROYAL WELSH FCSILIKR" CASUALTIES. (Continued from Fage 6.) The following are included in last night4 casualty list:— MEDITERRANEAN FORCE. KILLED. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS —5th Battalion (T.F.): Clews, bd2 J.: Davies, 2648 J.; Ed- wards, 2341 J.; Edwards, 876 1' llugh«g, 1131 W.; Jones, 1287 D.; F.; Joues, 2376 J.; Jones, 857 W.; Latham, 1326 H. S.; Pugh, 1050 ::i.; Roberts, 2423 E.; Roberts, 2309 J.: Thomas, 1547 C.; Thomas, 1650 W.; Wathvorth, 008 Sergt4, L. A.; Whitley, 946 J.; Williams, 1484 li.; Williams, 2111 Lance-Corpl. J.; 1¡.JaD18. 2231 J. A.; Wilton, 1585 Sergt. W. DIED OF WOUNDS. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS.—5th Battalion (T.F.); Jenkins, 90S G. DIED. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. -&th Battalion (T.F.): Roberts, 292 Corpl. D. J. WOUNDED. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS.- 5ih 'Battalion (T.F.): Bevan, 842 T.; Boyle, 307 Sergt. A.; Campini, 2554 B. Conway, 713 J. Davies, 2407 D. J.; Davies, 2271 H. Edwards, 1228 R. W.; Ellis, 1325 C.; Ellis, 1548 H. Evans 2261 If. Ferrington, 936 F. Gale, 943 T. George. 1160 B.; Hall, 1624 H. Haves, 390 Sergt. J. Hayes, 2917 J. Hughes, 3000 H. Hughes, 1161 J. T. Jones, 1008 Lance-Corpl. C.; Jones, 827 D. Jones. 360 Sergt. W. M.; Jonc-s, 2152 W. Jones, 2221 Kendrick, 1455 A. Lancelott. 1380 E.; Lee, 3083 D.; Lloyd 667 R. J.; Martin, 2276 W.; Owen, 1586 J. Parry, 1556 A. Parry, 2150 J. T. Parry, 2302 J. J. Plant, 908 J. Prit- chard, 2452 D. Shaw, 2944 H., Sheidon. 1096 D. Thomas, 2254 R. Thomas, 2110 W. Tin- slev, 2543 H.; Whitley, 2418 J.; Wigley, 2346 Lance-Corpl. B.; Williams, 2697 F.; Williams. 1305 G. A. Williams, 210/ H. Williams, 2634 R. J.; Williams, 2388 W.; Willmore, 704 Seret. L. MISSING. ROYAL WELSH FCSILIERS.-5th Battalion (T.F.): Baxter, 1608 F. Bellis, 2120 J.; Davies. 1514 D. J. Furnish, 2701 T. W.; Gittens, 2286 T. E.; Jones, 2194 J.; Leatherbarrow, 788' Corpl. J.; Loder, 2690 Drummer F.; Mathers, 1433 W.; Oliver. 553 Lance-Corpl. C.; Owen, 1140 W. H.; Thomas, 2151 E.; Vaughan, 2764 H. 6th Battalion: Alston, 13103 T. Collier, 18550 T.; Costello 11441 T.; Cotton, 16332 T. Crowther, 13116 R.; Duckworth, 12088 J. L.; Fitzgerald, 11352 E.; Fowler, 11378 J. King. 113bl A.; Smith, 11427 T. Walmsley, 11479 T. White- house, 11734 J.; Wilson, 13426 T.

HOLYHEAD MINISTER ENTERS CHURCH OF ENGLAND. I I SECESSION FROM METHODISM. The Rev. R. Jenkyn Owen, B.A., who waa until recently pastor of the English Presbyterian Chapel in Holyhead, has seceded to the Church and will be ordained a deacon at t'he fort-ficoming ordination held at St. Asaph on September 29th. Mr Jenkyn Owen held the pastorate of the English Presbyterian Chapel for about nine yearj, and towards the end of last- year was appointed chaplain to a South Wales Regiment. He resigned hie pastorate in Mw-ch last, and is at present stationed afe Aylsham. •

I GENERAL IVOR PIIILIPPS. GenAraUvor Philipps, M.P., left the Ministry 01 Munitions, on Tues?y night to resume command of the Wehh Army Corps. He wa? only lent tem- porarily to the Ministry. Mr Gwilym Lloya George, his aide-de-camp, goes with him. No successor to General Philipps as Military Parlia- mentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munition* has yet been appointed. £