The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

CARNARVONSHIRE I LABOUR COUNCIL. I COMPULSORY SERVICE OPPOSED. t "POLITICIANS WHO HAD BLUNDERED." I The third annual conference of the iuariiaryon- shire Labour Council was held at Carnarvon, on Saturday. Tho President (Mr William Williams. Portdin- orwie), in the cour.- of an address, stated that the last time the dd-egates met the war was on and now it was still in progress, throwing a cloud of gloom over ever;, • section of the community. Labour had taken an important place in the war, especially during the last few days. If they were usked what the Labour Party had actually done during last year it would be difficult to give a spee 'fie reply. One of their greatest achievements, however, was to preserve the unity of the move- ment, to keep together the various Trades Union units. As this had been done during a year frought with all kinds of possibilities he thought they could congratulate themselves (hear, hear). Referring to the Conference of North Wales Trade Unionists held at Colwyn Bay last year the President said the movement in North Wales had progressed step by step. They in Carnarvonshire had heard of various branches of Trade Unions in Denbighshire and other counties, but that con- ference brought all of them into closer contact and enabled them. to exchange views to the mutual benefit of ail workmen. | Proceeding, the President said a considerable number of their colleagues were now lighting in the trenches in Flanders and elsewhere, and he had little doubt tliat it was their fervent, desire that the labour movement should not only be kept alive but made a powerful factor by the time they returned from the battlefield. Problems were now cropping up concerning Labour which must be dealt with at ttte close of the war. For in- atance, compulsory service had become the burning question of the hour, and it would be the duty of the Trade Union* to be united over that obvious proposal. ANNUAL REPORT. The Secretary (Mr David Thomas, Talysarn) reaci the annual report, which stated that several members of the Council had enlisted. Among their achievements was the formation of a union representative of the insurance societies, and this had done meEul service in Labour disputes at Ban- gor and Penmaenrnawr, and had been successful at both places. They had also taken into consid- eration the wages paid to youths, the price of coal, ajid the payment of fair wages by Govern- ment contractors. The most important event in the history of the Council during the past year, however, was the conference at Colwyn Bay re- presentative of the whole of North Wales. As to ube future they looked forward to the Labour movement throughout Wales being solidified and made one. There were already signs on all ha-nd s that tho enerniesof Labour Were preparing to fight when the war was over, and it, tlierelore, behoved them to gird their loins lest they should be suddenly overcome by the storm. I ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr-Win. WiHiams was re-elected President, Mr J. Edwards, Llandudno Junction, Vice-President, Mt J. E. Thomas treasurer, and Mr David Tho- mas secretary. I IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION. Mr Catherall (Carnarvon Railwaymen) moved that; (In "i(\V of the gwye need there will be for defending the interests of the workers after the war is over, we urge upon all workers of the county the importance of supporting their Trade Union; more thaii ever, and upon u;¡ the Trades Unions the importance of co-operating with one another ami strengthening the hands of the La- bour Council. The mover referred in particular to the danger which thre-atcned Trades Unionism from imported labour. Tiie resolution was carried. I COMPULSORY SERVICE. On the agenda was the following resolution: I "That we are oppœed to every form of compul- sory service, both military and industrial and appreciate the efiort..s of organised- labour in the county in upholding the voluntary system." The resolution, apparently, was to have been moved by Mr W. Morris Jones, but when called un he announced he was not prepared to do so. The Secretary thereupon said he would pro- pose it, and he said he hoped it would be passed with the same enthusiasm as it was adopted at the Labour Congress, when it was decided to resist tW "Conspiracy of the compul- ibionists. Thc-y were not opposed to national service personally he had tried to serve his country for many years-but he objected to the clamour for national service by men who had never before done anything for their country beyond sponging on it (hear, hear). He ad- mitted the State hud its rights, but so had the individual, and one must be careful to draw a line in the right place. The State had no right to dictate to a man what he should do with his life nor to rule over his conscience. One reason given for the Compulsory Bill was that the promise of an individual must be kept, but surely the freedom of the whole nation must not be sacrificed for the sake of redeeming the pledge of one individual. There never was a gieater bribe offered to the workingmen of this country than the separation of the married from the unmarried. It was merely a trick on the part of those who were bent upon intro- ducing compulsion into this country. He con- tended that compulsion at this stage would simply mean victory for Germany. Mr J. Edwards (Llandudno Junction), who seconded, said that some years ago he predicted that when Mr Lloyd George was praised by the Northcliffe Press he would begin to doubt him, and he now wondered whether he was not going the same way as Mr Chamberlain. He was I quite satisfied in his own tnind that if there was any failure on the part of the voluntary system —for which he had been canvassing—the failure was due to was due to politicians who had blundered. He still had faith in the voluntary system. Mr R. T. Jones (secretary of the Quarrymcn's Union) said that personally he favoured the re- solution, though he doubted whether his society did. The issue was whether the married should go before the unmarried, and if put in that simple form he ventured to say that the societies represented by that conference would support Mr Aaquith'6 Bill. If they were Cilfp:?u ctrot conscription then they must do all they could for the voluntary system? and he chalkn?d them to say that with two or three exceptions they had done anything. He Quite agreed that once compulsion was introduced great trouble would be experienced in ridding the country of it. The President expressed the opinion that if all the Labour organisations in the country set their foot down firmly in opposition to compul- sion, the Government would give the voluntary system another chance. The resolution was carried with one dissentient, though a few delegates abstained from voting. COMPULSORY BILLETING. I Mr J. Edwards (Llandudno Junction) moved "That this Council would view any attempt to forcibly billet troops on unwilling householders with the gravest disapproval, especially for pro- longed and indefinite periods, and we hereby condemn such methods which amount to conscrip- tion for our women folk without- the safeguard of even a medical test of efficiency." This was carried. I RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH. I Mr J. E. Thomas (Penygrocs) moved" That we oppose the effni-t5 that are at present being made to deprive British citizens of the right of i free speech." The resolution was carried. INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS. Mr Evan Hughes, Trevor, proposed, and Mr Hugh Jones, Ebenezer, seconded, a resolution urging the Government to appoint a Royal Com- mission to inquire into the best methods of pre- paring for the industrial situation that will await the country at the end of the waj. WASTAGE OF LIVES. The following resolution, moved by Mr Robert Owen (Carnarvon), was carried: "In view of the great waste of tho lives and bodies of our young men, caused by the present war, we itrro upon the Government and the public authorities the great importance of taking steps to safe- guard the lives and health of the children lest the quality of the race in the next generation be greatly deteriorated, and the country there- by robbed of its greatest wealth." INCREASED COST OF LIVING. Mr H. H. Owen (Carmel) proposed the follow- ing resolution, which was carried: In view r.f the great increase in the cost of living, we ask the Government to arrange in some way to in- crease the resources of those who depend upon their old age pensions."

WELSH AGRICULTURAL I COUNCIL. THE rRINCIPAlJTYS CLAIMS j DIRECT REPRESENTATION ON Com- I MITTEES AND CONFERENCES. A meeting of the Welch Agricultural Council (Mr C. Bryner Jones, Agricultural Commissioner, presiding) was held at Shrews, bury on Saturday. Mr Edwards, of Anglesey, raised the ques- tion of the ex penses of members being moro adequately met by the Board of Agriculture. The Chairman said the sum allowed for the expenses of the Council was .£500, and on the motion of Mr E. R. Davies, Pwllheli, it was agreed to ask for the ordinary Treasury allowances for members. COUNTY GRANTS. I The Board of Agriculture wrote referring to the scheme for the establishment, of War Agricultural Committees saying that Lord Sei borne was now in a position to make grants to any county that submitted an approved estimate, and asking that Council to under- tak.(1 the allocation of the grants in Wales on behalf of the Board, the maximum not to ex- ceed .£50. After some discussion it was agreed to authorise payments not exceeding' Ji50 to any county. WELSH REPRESENTATION. I Mr E. R. Davies moved a resolution con- veying to Lord dborno the Council's ap- preciation of the arrangement whereby the Council may actively in tercet itself in the development of Welsh agriculture, but re- cording its conviction that the claims of agri- culture in Wales cou'd not lie properly con- sidered and safeguarded until Wales was directly and adequately represented on all conferences, commission' and committees which might be constituted to deal with agri- culture and its allied industries in Eng.and and WiCes. Further, that the Council re- grettoo to find that little attention was given to the claims and needs of Wales in the recent investigations into the question of farm train- ing for women conducted by the Agricultural Eaucational Conference, and was of opinion that Wales should have additional representa- tion on the conference. He remarked on the absence of ajiy representation from Wales on the Fertilisers Committee, and said that out of the 14 members on the Timber Trade Con- mittee there was no one who might be regarded a3 a Welsh representative. They knew that tho Government through this committee proposed purchasing extensive timber properties in Wales, arid he did not see why the daims of Wales should be ignored to represent at ion on the committee. it seemed to him to be part of the settled policy of the Government for some time in regard to the constitution of all committees to ignore the claims of Wales. Since the war started over 70 commit- tees ha.d been set up dealing with one phrase or another of public work, and on less than 10 per cent. of those committees was there a Wel-h re- presentative. He thought they should urge as far as agriculture was concerned that they should get direct representation. About the farm training for women conference there was not a single wo man witness from Walee called, and in that mat ter again the claims of Wales were entirely ig nored. Mr Edwards. Anglesey, seconded the motion, and said that not. only were Welsh national feel- ings and aspirations ignored, but it was equally true in regard to the army. In spite of all re- presentations, there had been absolutely no at- tempt to 'put their boys from Wales into Welsh leguiients. He isaid that if Wales were to take her part in the development of the British Em- pire they must be allowed to do so in tfleieoivu way. After further discussion the motion was earricd. THE RAISING OF RENTS. I Mr Trevor Lloyd Jone3, Denbigh, aelsed whether the promise that the President of the Board of Agriculture gave to them at the previous meeting ot the Council in Shrewsbury, to intervene on behalf of tenants of farms whose rents had been raised, had been fulfilled, and if so whether the Chairman was in a position to say what had been done. The Chairman said he did not know whether Lord Seiborne had done anything. It was to be a private inquiry, and not to be done through that 'Ite nqttir3,, and net to be cione thi-olgh that Mr Trevor Lloyd Jones: Can you get the in. formation, because I consider it a matter of im- I)ortan oe 'i' The Chairman: I will endeavour to get it. LABOUR SHORTAGE. I -.1 I Keports were read from all the ar Commit- tees in the Principality. In most of them con- siderable s hortage of labour was reported, and particularly in Carmarthenshire (where the de- fioieney ranged from 10 to 35 per cent.). Flint reported great difficulty in securing labour on the land owing to the high wagl'6 paid in mllIi- non works. Agricultural labourers who formerly had 310a a week on the land were now paid F,3 in munition work?, and; farmers complained bitterly of these high wages pa.id by the Government. Arising on the recommendations made in the reports, H was agreed, on the motion of Mr E. R. Davies, seconded by Protestor White, to ask the Board of Agriculture to continue the grant. for the training of women in farm work. CHILDREN ON THE FARM. I Principal Roberts, Aberystwyth, deprecated the suggestion made in some of the reports, more particularly from Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire, to change the age exemption from 14 to 12 providing the children were put to work on the land. lie recognised the growing acuteness of the shortage ot labour, but it seemed to him of great importance that any change made at this crisis in lowering the leaving age of children should be very narrowly examined in the interests of the children. He pointed out that owing to the shortage of teachers there would be difficulties in giving con- tinuation instruction in the evening schools, as had been suggested. Mr E. R. Davies remarked that it would be well for authorities throughout Wales to under- stand that the Board of Education had refused so far to make any change in t.ho law. Mr Trevor Llo.'Jd Jones thought that every possible source of labour should be drawn upon before the education of boys was interfered with. Mr Edwards, of Anglesey, strongly opposed the idea, and said that to him the idea of getting men on the farm was sirriple--they must pay them adequately Mr David Pryce, Montgomery, said it would be very unfortunate if that Council counten- anced anything which would interfere with the education of the boys of the countryside. Mr Jones Davies, for Carmarthen, moved that that Council and the County Education Com- mittees be asked to reduce the exemption age of children from 14 to 12 during the period of the war, providing such children were employed in agriculture. The motion was defeated, only two voting for it. The following were constituted a sub-com- mittee to deal with the various resolutions on the labour question and supply of fertilisers that had, come up from the various counties:—Messrs E. R. Davies, Edwards (Anglesey), and Trevor Jones, for North Wales; Jones Uavies (Carmar- then), Edward Akers (Glamorgan), Thomas Tho- mas (Carmarthen), and E. B. Wowen (Pembroke), South Wales.

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DENBIGH, FLINT, AND MERIONETH BAPTISTS. CONSCRIPTION AND DRINK. The half-yearly meetings of the Denbigh, Flint, and Merioneth Baptist Association were held at Forddlas, Glan Conway, on Monday. The Rev. E. O. Parry, Llansilin, the president for the year, presided. The Rev. W. Rowlands, of Rhos (secretary), and Mr Owen Owens, of Liverpool (treasurer) presented their reports, which were considered to be satisfactory. The Revs. Idwal Jones, of Rhos, and T. Davies, of Brymbo, were received into the Association. The following resolution* were adopted:— On the motion of Mr John WTilliams, of Brymbo, seconded by the Rev. J. H. Hughes, of ManchesterThat tho conference deeply sympathises with the families who have been stricken through the war, and that we earnestly pray for God's protection to our brave young me:1 who have joined the Army." On the motion of the Rev. H. C. Williams, of Corwen, seconded by the liev: E. K. Jones, of Cofnryiawj: That the conference considers that there is no need for the military conscriptlon measure which is at present before the House of Commons, and further believes the passing of the Bill would endanger the unity and interests of the country, socially, morally, and religiously. On the motion of the Rev.. E. Mitchell, seconded by Mr J. Joite-, of Coedllai, Mold:- "That the conference grieves at tho increase in the consumption of strong drink, and urges total prohibition as the only safeguard. The meetings were continued on Tuesday, when sermons were preached by various ministers.

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A GALA AT RHIWLAS IN 1807. We extract the following interesting par&- graph from the Bye-Gones" column in the tforder Counties Ativertiser:- The following were some of the characters at the gala given by Mr Price, at his beautiful ell.li in North Wales on 31st December, 1807; the spelling of names is retainedSir R. Brooke, a Soldier's Wife; Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Hamlet; Lord Alvanley, a French Marjuis; Lord Charles Townsend, an Old Woman Colonel Pu leston, a Sailor; Mrs and Miss Witmore, a lovely Juno and Iris; Mr Venables, a Welch Lady in a. Riding Habit; Mr and Mrs .eicester, Waggoner and his Wife, Old English OtCMea; Mr and Mrs C. Leicester, Welch Woman and her Daughter, from Snowdon; Miss Ormsby, Minerva; Mr Price, Dionysius; Mr Hornby, Autolicus; Dr. Wynne, Welch Flannel Merchant; Mr Owen, Gretna Green Blacksmith; Lady Kcnyon, Turkish Slave; Honourable Thomas Kenyon, a Witch; Mr John Madocks, a Hair- dresser; Lady Glynne, Old English Dreis; Lady Cunhffe, from the Lay of the Last Minstrei; General Grosvenor, Turkish Dress; Mr R. Gros- venor, Sailor; Mr Kynaston-Powell. Lord Chan- cellor Mr Eaton, a Crow; Miss CuHhne, Mary Queen of Scots; Miss Shipley, Archer; Lady Kil- morey, an Old English Dress; Miss Harriet Wynne, a Moravian Peasant; Sir Harry Main- waring, a Recruiting Lieutenant; Mr Joseph Madocks, a Blue Devil; Mr Drake, an Usher to a School; Sir Corbet Corbet, a Judge; the Miss Oakleys, Moorish Slaves; Lady William Wynne, an Old English Dress; Mr Grave, a Coxcomb of last, century; Mr Hulton, a Hairdresser; Mr G. Brooke, a Fish-woman; and Lady Mamwaring, a Shepnerdess.