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LLOYDS BANK- I DIY IDENl) I Although it comes last in the series of the meet- I ing of the leading joint stock banks, the annual gathering of Lloyds shareholder is always an interesting one by reason of the instructive resume which is given by its chairman, Mr Vasstir Smith, of the industrial conditions throughout the country, while the remarks of the deputy-chairman, Mr J. W. Beaumont Pease, concerning banking conditions generally are usually very much "on the spot." And this year's meeting is certainly no exception to the general rule. The chairman, Mr Vassar Smith, confined his remarks almost entirely to the posi- tion of the hank itself and to the reports of in- dustrial conditions in the COlin try received from the very wide area over which the bank conducts its business. Concerning the bank s affairs Mr Vassar Smith was able to show a good position, and that after providing no less than £ 660,000 for depreciation on investments the dividend distribu- tion had been maintained, with a light i¡wrease in the carry forward. Moreover, the Chairman was able lo state that in addition to this enor- mous amount set aside for depreciation, further prov j sion had been made in the contingency account, for any effect likely to be produced upon other investment holdings by reduction in or abandonment of minimum prices. Mr Va:.sar Smith's report of industrial condi- tions, though concise. wa« important, extending to almost every department of industry. With very few exceptions it was a case of reporting great war prosperity, though in the buildirlg trtlde there is, of course, general depression by reason of the war, the price of materials, and tlie short- age of labour. In the corn trade, too, although the report for 1915 is satisfactory, the outlook is now considered unfavourable. Freightage is obtained only with great difficulty, and then at very high prices." While congratulating, and in a sense welcoming, the prosperity of jewellers and .iivers.niit.lis, it is regrettable to note, confirmation of the prevalent belief that the higher wages earned in the country have been lai-gt-IN, i-espon- sible for stimulating the demand for cheap jewel- lery, and at present we regret to discover tio sign of schemes sufficiently attractive or compelling to bring ibutit thrift and economy. It appearti that ne fewer than live of the directors of Llovde Batik and over 1660 members of the staff are now on military duty, and the Chairmaff made, some grace- ful reference to t-he honours which have alrsady fallen to wmc of the tttentbet-s of the staff in t>he discharge of these duties, while he had also the sad task to perform of testifying to the number who had already "made the supreme sacrifice by giving their lives in the country's service."

R.A.E. I We are corry to announce that up to the time of going to press we have not received our weeKly article from Mr R. A. Eccieston, who is in tho 13th Batt., Royal Wei?h Fusiliers. IV-0 trlilit that, all is well with the correspondent, whosa racily-wTitien articles are read with considerable interest each week by all our readers.

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BANGOR DIOCESAN SUNDAY SCHOOLS. EXAMINATION RESULTS. The following is the I)ass list of the «ucce-S«- fU4 candidates at the Basgor Diocewaix Sunday School cxaminution held on November 27th CLASS 3L. DIVISION I. 1. Robert D. Wynne. St. J.ime.s', Bangor. 2. Maggie May Jonw, Cathedral (Welsh), y. May Williams, Cathedra.] (^elnhj CLASS B. DIVISION I. 1. J. Gordon 1.1, I)avik-,4, Dolwyddekn. 2. Ernest l'arryi G la nog wen. 3. lvichard H. Owen, St. Mary's, Bangor. DIVISION II 4. Marjorie Window, St. Mary's, Bangor. 5. Robert J. Parry Aberffraw. 6. D. Wynne Owen, t..Mary" Bangor. 7. Lena, King, lyiangefni. 8. Margaret Xeturah Hughem, Glanogwcai. 9. D. H. l'rice Smith St. Mary's, Bangor. DIVISION III. 10. Thomas Parry, Trefdraeth. 11. Katie Wiilianw, LI a nfairibgaer. CLASS C. DIVISION I. 1. Eluned ConeH Jcnc.s, ,it. Bingor. 2. Reginald A liotL, St. Mary'«, Banger. I). Aluti H. M. Arnold, St. Mary" Bangor. 4. t.aradog Lloyd, Boutnewydd (L'.ajivvndy1. 5. Ireuo Ivy Jones, St. James' Bangor. I). L.i!ia..n E. William^ St. Jamea', Bangor. 7. Noel Cyril Jcnca, .Liaiulcga i. DIVISION- II. 8. Owen Davien St. James', Bnngor. y. Ene Window, St. BiAngoi-. John H. Jone,4 L'anliyfni fjh. Ch. 11. Charlotte 11 VV;t! leer St. Jaine^' Bangor. Noe] P. Smith, St. Mary's, Bangor. 13. Howard J. James },{a{'bYn:eth. 14. Vera L. S'pccd, St. Mary h, Bangor. 15. Vio.'efc G. Arnold, St. Mary'*#, Bangor. 16. Lilian E. W. Jones, St. J¡¡.I}]o{'t;' Bangor. 17. Muriel McKie. St. James'. Bangor. 18. Ceridw<-u H. Jonew, St. James', Bangor. 10. Evarilda M. K. Jones St. James', Bangor. DIVISION 111. 20. Annie E. Tvrcr, (jkiuogweti. 21. Alice Preston, Llangefni. 22. Lilian A. Speed, St. Mary's, Bangor. 23. Hugh Willi-ams Glanogwen. 24.-Kitty JOlles, JLIanfechell- 25. Rowland Owen, Cathedral Welsh), Cif* ie Irving, Glanogwen. 27. Biodwen Parry E'angefnii. 28. Owen L'anfcciiell. 29. Glanogwen. :n). Gwcn T'homas, Llanllyfni Ch. Ch. 31. Vera Dixon, t.amearal ( Welsh). Irene Speed St. Mary's Bangor. 33. Nellie dare, MacliyndTeth. 34. John L. Cooke, Cathedral Choir. 35. Owen .loner' Cathedral] Choir. 36. Ivdith Jotie,.s Glanogweif. 37. 1-fanuah Lloyd, Bontnewvdd (Llanwnda) 38. Glvn l'richard, Glanogwen. 39. George IT. Jones, Glanogwen. 40. Winifred E. Adams. St. Mary's Bangor. Sarah A. Junes Cathedral (Welch). Robeiv William*. A herfha w. 43. llughie Jonea. Glanogwen. Mat tie Jonew, Tj'.aullyfni Ch. Ch. 45. Trevor Davie-i. Cathedral Choir. -4.fi. Trevor K l^oulke^ Ca.!hedraI Choir. 47. Hilda. Wiilvams, Cathedra.' (Welsh). 48. Myfamvy Lva.nK. Glanogwen. 49. Laura M. Rnwlin>on St. T3,-iiigor. 50. Ernest Venab]ef, Machynlleth. fTwynefcli Williams, Glanogwen. Annie Edwards, V;\lI}.1,fni, St. lihedyw. 53 Mary J. Ja.ine.s Aberffraw. 54. Elsie Ward Cathedral (Welsh). 55. Elsie M. Ycnalxes. Machynlleth. Wiliain J. I'liiclia.rd. Llanfairisgaer. Alice G. Griffith. Llanllyfni. St. Khedyw. 58. Eleanor El lb L'anllyfiii, St. Rhedyw. EXAMINERS REPORTS. Old very good pajiers. Owing to the limited time w.lotted tor oa«h pajx^i it j. can- didates to write the questions aoovc their an- f swers All that is mjuired U the number of t-ho (|uestioii au.sMered.—Clas,s B.. Of these eleven candidates ten have gained 70 per cent, of the marks. 'lhf'Y received the ki.uk of (itieetioii,4, and were marked at a similar standard as Clasn A. Further comment as to the excellence of tome of the papers is tnmece^sary. Richard Henry Owen ttc.scrves special mention.—Thoinat; E. Owen examiner. New Testament.-Cia^i A.: The work had been carefully prepared by the three teachers who tent in papers, and the answers were accurate a.ud fairly detailed. They displayed, however, a remarkable appreciation of the importance of this the earliest record of "Church History." Nevertheless one would have reasonably expected them to display rather greater .sujieriority over the candi- date in Class B. The work »>ubniit,ted by the scholars in Ciass B. was di-stinctty crfdit- able. 'Hie l>c.t pa.]>errf di«playe:l it thoiough. acquaintance with the details (4 thus part of the Acts of Apostles. The map wiw very pofiular, but itiotst of the candidates did not show much knowledge of jlJe physical features of Palestine and Asia Minor. Many of the -,N-,cre obviously young ana inexper- ienced at fh? work and on that account did not succeed as W{.n as th?y should have done. An otherwise fxccikut Fap.th:Ü of Enwä Parry, of Glanogwen. was seriously impaired by an unsuccessful attempt at drawing th.e map. The paper j-ent, in by J. Gordon 1,1. Davie*, of Dohvyddelen. ue.-erve* the highest eomniendatirm.—I). J. Jones, examiner. Liturgy.- Classes A. and B. Three papers were received in Cla&s A., and eleven pa pern in Cla.s.3 B. Sonvo Were excellent, and re- ceived considerably over two-third* niark.i and the others showed that they had .studied tht, ordination servicrs and ttivd iiatd to understand th-2m. With a view to future im- provement, I suggest- that cur great, need i, to teach that Ordination, like all other pc.rts of ths system of the Church, involve* the bestowal of a definite gift from (iod. as veil as right dispositions on tlie part of man. The papers showed abundant appreciation of the latter, but little of the former.—H. J. Jamen,- examiner. Inter-Diocesan Lrsscn Book. — Class C. Seventy-eight, candidates sat in Claire C. a slightly higher tnunber than la.-t year. It jt; p'ea.ng to note the advent of new i andida' es The work 1 tij t good work is b-ing done on the whole, and that the Inter-Diocesan L.>- n Rook is bear- ing fruit. The candidates yt-" r, N-, i t it a few exoelitiottli. have paid greater a (ten (ion to tihie quest:-oni<( .et them in past years there be-in.g conriC(|U?ntlv less irrelevant matter in their papers. It give* me pleasui e to not a the general excellence of the paper* on the Prayer Book and Catechism; th? I attribute Dl:Iiù,lv to the interesting way in which the ?-?oibi on tho? .?ubj?t? ar' ??t out in the Less on Book. Tho New Testament papers i;hoived iiroiiiL-.e, but thOf'o on tie Old Testa- a Jes<ser gra";jJ of the subject. I must again call attention to the import- ance of eeeiing that. the children do rm-mor- iso tho mog, important portions of Titri- otw lemons. The work of Eluned C. Jones deserves mention, and the paper <>( tzottitialli Gotts on 01-1.1 Old Testajrient. very g#ocl. —J. Llewelyn-Richards, examiner. C<4>ie.s of previous examination papers can bo obtained by Superintendents of Sunday Sehooln, or from the hon. necietary the Rcr. J. C. JVmes. I

I WEDDING OF OAPT. T. M. WHITTAKJ511. At Criccieth Partsh Church, txi Saturday, th nM-t'rm?e took p?<-c, verv qll1t¡., of Ca^rt^m T. 10M, hrttaker, won of the late Mr '1'. nit taker, Ddu, Blaenau Fostinioif, and of irifa Whit- (ttkw, flock-street, Michael tlns( n; «vd Mi. I Wanvn Roberta, only cUnglu^r vf the wue Mr Charles Warren Roberts, civil engineer, Piae Weunydd, Blaenau Fe.-tiniog-, and Ntin Living- stone Davies, Preswylf*. Cnccietn. Archdeacon I":oyd Jones officiated. The bride wore a trk veliing drem, and carried 8 l>e-autifid b<xi']uei of palma violets, the gift of Mrs Greavee, Bron- tMJKM). The bridegroom is attached to the l-6t,h Ba.tt. R. Wr. FuaiUoiA He was wounded at Suvla Bay, and subsequently returned to the tiring line, only to be fffcrwkem with {evftr 04 invalided feofaa,

] PORTMADOC POLICE COURT. I PREFERRED A FINE TO SIGNING f PLEDGE. I CHARGE AGAINST A MAIDSERVANT I DISMISSED. This Cuurt. iva,, "held on Friday, before Messrs J. Davhs (in the chair) J. R. Owen, J. Lewis, O. T. Williams and D. Fowxlen J ones. I THEFT OF A BICYCLE. A mouth ago two boys were found guilty of breaking into a shed and stealing there- from a bicycle. The Bench now made an order committing theiii to an industrial (school until they a,re 16 years old. I PREFERRED A FINE I P.C. Lloyd Pritcbard summoned Stephen Jones, Borth-y-Gest, for being drunk and disorderly on the 10th ult. The constable said that the defendant wal, druuk and sing- ing near the Town Hall, and when requested to go home he became obstinate. Defendant admitted the charge. The Chairman: If we overlook the paist will you sign the pledge for 12 months? Defendant: No. rUlof' Chairman: r Olt would prefer to be fined ? Defendant Yes. The Chairman: If we do not line you for this- offence will you abstain from drink for tOix months? Defendant: -No. The Chairman: Then you prefer a line to abstaining from Defendant: Yet,. lie wad then fiuoed Kk. ALLEGED LARCENY. I Supt. Thomas Owen charged Annie Jonee, domestic .servant., with larceny. He said that when Mn; Arthur G. Edwarù", Lhvvn- derw, was from home- and the house locked up, somebody broke into the prem ises and various ornamental articles were stolen. The accused who had been in Mrs Edwards' ser- vice, was suspected aud the articles produced in court were found by >ergt. Jones in her boxes. Mrs Edwards isaid she lost small pieces of lace, a Maltese collarette vaued at JC1, firm all pocket hand kerchiefs small lace coijaM, white gloves, and other small things. She. used to give the defendant presents from time to time, but articles were not given to her. The total value of the pro- perty was t 2 12:4. When froon home rillc received information that the house had "been broken into. and s he came back and found the back vvindoWb had been broken. "Witness did not charge the defendant with the bur- glary, but ¡:;ht.u'l>{'cl.e.dthat tihe had stolen things from the house. lit reply to Mr Win. George, who defend- ed, witness stated that of the 109 articles found in the girl's boxers she could not iden- tify any but the few articles in courj, that day iti been stolen. It was true that she had presented to the girl many artit les .q6 she was a good (nnd trustworthy maid. She had once relied on the defendant to say what was the amount due to her for wages when h-3 (witne.-s) was from heme. She bad given her blouses but none with a. iaee collar on. The gloves were not given her because they were amongst j"i("lJl< jubbish in a drawer. Scrgt. Jones deposed that the accused gave him every facility to search her boxes. He found altogether about 109 articles but Mrs Edwards failed to identify only the few articles pioduced. Defendant denied having stolen a It the articles and said that they had been given her by Mrs Edwauls. The defendant. swore that the charge wavi absolutely untrue. She isaid she took the gloves from amongst a lot of rubbish found in the drawers, with the permission of Mrs Edwards. She had not stolen anvthing at all. The ease dis.mis.-ed. ,Sul)t. Owen applied for the return of the articles to Mrs Edward". Mr George objected; but the application was granted.

1) 4n V I A N' I 1 ¡ DEWI SAN T- ST. PACI/S SliltVICK AGAIN ABAN- I | DONKD. I I It bae then deiinitely arranjfe^l not. to have the St. Paul's Cathedral service in London this year in celebration of St.. David's Day, and this is, therefore, the second successive occasion upon which that most interesting feature of the national eelebratiori has been given up. The Welsh Churchmen of London, however, in- tend to hold a. musical service at. one of Hie City churches, and one or two .preachers are to come up-from Wales for thai event. Mr Lloyd George has practically accepted the invitation of the London Welsh Committee to addr«s* a great pub- lic meeting which is being organised, and the Central liall has been secured for the occasion. Lord Harlech ha« promised to take the chair, and the secretaries have ?curpd protni'.? from nearly all the distinguished Welfri of London to contribute to what, will a pro- gramme of unique interest. The committee has decided to give all the proceed s t.) the national fund for providing comforts to the Welsh troops -the fund of which Lady Plymouth is president., and Mrs Lloyd George chairman. Of courve. there will n10 be the HSI1i1 1 preaching services at the Ci!y Temple. The choice of preachers has fallen upon the Rev. M. P. W il- liams, Blacnanerch, and the Rev. It. Ellis Wil- liams. PembreVj who whs formerly pastor of Castle-street. Church here, when Mr Lloyd George was a more regular attendant- than he is able to I};' now that he resides at Walton Heath. These preachers are Methodist and Baptist respective- J'y, and, in order that- denominational jealousy may not. he aroused, it is a rule to select, a Methodic and a Baptist, onf year, and an Independent aHd a We«k>yan the next.

HOW ADVERTISEMENTS RAISED NEW ARMY. I PUBLICITY ADVISERS DECLARATION. Sir Hedley Le Bas, whose services to the State as publicity ad\iser tQ. the Uf-ei'uitintr Depart- ment, of the Wiir Office were recognised by the knighthood conferred upon him in the New Ytar i IlOn-vur;; list, was entertained at luncheon at the Savoy Hotel, on Wednesday, by members of the Aldwych Club. Lord Northclitt'e presided. Sir Hedley Le Bas said that advertising not ozilv it'* Lord Kitchener did not desire the use of his name. According to recruiting office!s, the-, three most succewsful recruiu/tg advert isements had ¡'P1l "Five qtiest or,s to men not. nniisied," Four questions to thoe who employ nude ser- vants," and the celebrated "Beet boy" advertise- ment -the only llwec advertisements that were criticised in the House of Commons (laughter and cheers). When liv started to adverti se the War Loan, he called oil Mr M'Kenua. at Might- o'clock in the morning -a risky thing lo do (laughter). In the words of the, late Harry Fragson, however, Mr M Keitna ref>iV(d biro nrot politI.v"- (laughter),—and gave orders for full speed ahead-. Describing his recruiting mission in Ireland, Sir Hedley Le Has said he spoilt twentv-four hours st,it(, I .virig ttie of studying the speeches of Mr Redmond. Mr Dillon, and Mr Devlin, and some of the l>e»fc recruiting speeches bad Ixeen made in Ireland. He issued ••xtracts of the speeches, and the fift-it week's re- cruiting *as the largest eve*- made in Ireland. In reducing their advertising rates to the Govern- ment the new .paper proprietors had saved th Government (cheers).

I 110-N])O-N '1'1- I LONDON TIME-TABLE AND ¡ RED-RAIL GUIDE. j 'l'h. current of this popular publication is on sa!e at all railway bookstalls and lead- ing newsagent*, 'ihe "'Ivoitdon Time-Table aud Red-Kail Guide, of 3 Kings way. lx>ndou, extends to nearly 600 pages and deal* with over 3000 railway stations, and a-, it k at Two]>erice, the publishers may fairly claim that it 1/1 the ).LA,4t and cheapest Railway Guide ever jtubliished. It contain. in addition to the Railway Time-Table- a maw of information that is iuvaluablo not only to Londoners, but. to all visitors to Ixmdon and altogether it is a surprising Twopenny worth.

Most of tl>e motor companies w hose reports have been published did remarkably well last year. RoiU-Royce, Limited, however, hH to record & drop in profits of £32,600 too £ 44,(XX). They attribute thi? to the reorganisation of t?M) wo<i«) in c"ueav* of &uv&rfUH?it t?qutt?- me^itta* j N

I ENGLISH & WELSH MARKETS. CATTLE. LIVERPOOL, Monday. The supply of cows was practically unaltered from Monday la»st. A better trade was experienced, and a clearance effected at higher pric, Sheep supply smaller, and trade also firmer, parti- cularly for (small olanssee. Beef realised 7 £ d to 6d, small sheep Is Id to lid, ewes 9!d to 9d per lb. in sink. At market :-111 eattie una 11303 sheep. SALFORD, rite.,div.-At market: Cattle 1622, sheep S716, dairy cattle H7, showing a slight decrease in cattle, but all increase of 229 sheep. Cattle sold at 8d to 9 £ d per lb., cheep 9d to Is Id. Dairy cattle made up to Ji30 each. BIRMINGHAM, Tue-day.—The market had a fitroiig tone, and all clashes of pigs were dearer. A moderate entry of cattle ana sheep. Quotations:—Bacon pig/i. lfe per score; slllail pigs. 1& 3d to 16s 6d; and 6QW, 13s 6d. tie re ford cattle 9,td per ib. shorthorns 9id, wether sheep 1.4 ewes and rams 9d HAl AND STUAW, MANCHESTER, Monday. Hay, 7t<J. to ïd; clover, yd to lujd; straw, wheat, 6d jier stone of 141 bo. WOOL. BRADFORD, Monday.—There 16 still an u jiward tendency througlioiil the mar ket, and although there was not a general ad- ranee in quotations ou Monday, some top- mak-crs have withdrawn from the market, and othern are asking id more both for mer- inos and ero.-sbreds. Rumours that certain wool-laden ehip« are jaeriou«.!y overdue have -weeritiiated the anxiety with regard to sup- plier- Spinners are having lo refuse busi- ness. CORN. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.— Wiieat market clos- ing, quiefc trade, unchanged from Friday kist to lj-d .cental decline. Flour, retail trade, baker s grade n-iiciiaug-ed at, bGs per sack. Maize in poor demand; mixed American 10s lOid, Plata, 10s 5bd [W-F cental. Oatis quiet and unchanged, demand tiow. PWLLHELI, Wednesday. Butter Is 5d; ])ork, iiiuttoii aud beer. tOd to Is 2d; fat yjg. Gd to 14, 120. LLANGEFNI, February 3rd.—Butler, Is 7d ?Mff in.; eg??. ? Jci J.s: tat pi?s. 6d per ib., ittt'f j.i?? 20s to r?: oats, black, ;? to JL? '?t ?r (Itiitrt-er w li i te, 31? 6d to 32cf. Is 8d per lb.; fow I", 4s 6d to 5s per <'onple eggs, 7 and 8 for 18; beef, 9d to Is 3d per lb. in niton. lOd to 13 2d per ib. pork. lOti to Is i>r-r lb. lamb. 10d to Is per ib.; fat pigs, 6id per Ib.

I STOCK SALES. MEN AI BRIDGE SMFJHI-IELD. John Pi itciiurd and Co- held their fort- siol-e battle, €htep and pigs at ttiic Menai Bridge Smithbeld, on Monday, in the presence of a large company of buyers, Trade for everything vvae. on a par with that of last week, and almcnt h, total CLear«nee was effected. For el-.ii bubock s from Mr De'aniere. 1,1 II, £26 l is Mtui:32 2s cd were v-ui.-ed; Welsh bullocks from Air Williams, HeiKtvcgadog, made lip to ryn, to £ 27 15s from Mr O. J. TllOlIJ'¡¡,<, 'f,yn;ia.n, to £ 26 12-, 6d from A1 r W. II. Jones. Liwynou, j to £ 26 15.; trom Lord Peiiib >n\; Home farm, () £ 26 5.- and many others t" ;I?25. s e(' frcm 'Ii- .1. itlo?.,U ii,-ad. E22 t,) ;C4'-9 oi- an llg" 'of £26 :i", 3d each. 1'at- eowu fr?nt IX)M Penrhyn's lioinc furni made to £ 29 5s, fat bulls, to £32 from Mr O. J. Thomas Tynl-'an, fat heifers, to £ 19 15'. Newiy-cal ved cows to £19 15. In-calf cows and heifers to £ 18. Srivrojsihire ewes from Lortl Penrhyn's home 5s, yearling W eisjj wetliers from the eame owner lo 44s; W el.h wethers from Mr J. Thoma.s. Niwbwlcli, to 4&; Mr Williams, Wraoh Ddit. to 45s 9d Mr D. Owen, G'anrafon. to 45^, oliier v. et heaj to 40 >; Wfil^h ewe«, 30a to 355 6d, from Mr D. Davies, Phs Xewydd: strong store p:gs to 39*, from Airs Hughes. Caemawr. I be next wtle ill he held on Mond-'j'. Febru- ary 14th, when large enpnlies are tolicited to meet, the increased local demand.

LLANGEFNI SMITHFIELD. GOOD TRADE FOR, FAT CATTLE. Messrs John Pritchard and Co. held the first of tlieil- ial" at this centre on Thurs- day. It hE-illg fair tiay, a large com- pany present, and Tilth plenty of buyers a good selling trade ruled. The top price for fat beasts was 1:26 gix-eii lv Mr H. Owen, Carnarvon, for the be t of Mr Jones' Bullocks—six from this farm averaging £ 22 14s 7d each. In-calf cows made to £ 14 lis 6d. and yearling heifer* to 1;7 10s toil. Tiie next, sale at this centre will be held on March 9th (fair day).

BODORGAN SMITHFIELD. I There was a gotnl number of cattle and a few sheep at the last sale at the Bodorgan Sioithfield. Six bullock. from Bodwrog ranged in price from £ 20 15s to £ 23 15s two from Henshop, £ 47 7s 6d live small betters from Mr Jones, YiiN s Heli. made £9-J 5s; heifers from Penygraig fetdled 1:19: a bull from 1 reiddon £23. and one from Grugor Bach £ 20. A number of cows were sold, one from Cefn Trefeilir reached £ 25 10s. Rather in-

CONWAY CATTLE MART. I At the Conway Cattle Mart, this week, MfMft Will. Dew and Son and R. Arthur Jones ex- perienced a lively trade on all sides. The en- trie, were not equal to the demand, and prices ranged exceptionally high throughout. The bet quality of fat cattle sold at from 50.. to 55s per f cwt. Cattle from th, CimeiWtiy College Farm sold afe f Iom £ 21 12s 6d to £ 25'; and from Mr Eli-as !>nvies tarin, £ 22. £ 26 and £ 27 10s. I r weights sold at from 1-18 to E20. Fat pigg were in good denmnd, and reaii«ed iii) to ;Cll 17s 6a; porkens up to £ 4 lis and stores up to 30s. Sheep aki sold well. We's-b wethers reali-ed from 3f« to 44s 3d. Yearling* reached 39» 3d each, whwe six pens of ram. from dlt, l'niv«»r*itv C?He?t; t-'amt ?cr? knockpfi d?\\u at the remark- able high figure of 39; 9d. The Llanrust. and Conway smithfield sales Oil j and after Wednesday next will commence at "2 o'clock, «nd the fat and stock t!>ile will ztt 1.15 p.m.

PWLLHKLI LICKNSING I'lie annual Licensing S(-;o,;iOfl8 were held at Pwllheli, on Wednesday, Mr J. G. Jones pre- siding. Superintendent Owen, in his report, stated that there were 43 licensed houses in the div ision. During tiie year, there was a decrease «f 38 in the number of persons proceeded against for ofÏenct's uJ1dlr the Intoxicating Liquor Laws. Fourteen persons were convicted for drunkenness. He stated that notices had been served of ob- jection to the renewal of the licences of the Star 11111 and V ictoria Hotel. Mr John Humphreys applied for the transfer and renewal of the licence of the Victoria Hotel, South Beach, to Mrs Ellis Jones, l/tlt" of the Pelle Yue Inn, Llanystumdwy. Mrs Jontg had resolved to give up the Belle Vue Inn n.ltogether, and not to ask for compensation when she got the Vie- tori a Hotel licence. The application was granted The polite objected to the renewal of t-lie licence now held by Mr Evan Jones, Star Ion, High- .treet. Supt. OwelJ, replying to Mr Wm. George, stated that the tenant was convicted of selling liquor dmillg prohibited hours, and for supply- ing drink to soldiers. In reply to Mr J. Hultl- phreys, witness said that live house had l>een well conducted before then. Several witnesses having given evidence in favour of and against the ap- plication, the renewal was refused. The renewal of the licence of the Ca.*tle Inti, Morfa Nevin. wan opposed by the Temperance Party, for whom Mr "-111. George appeared. The house was referred for compensation.

N.S.P.C.C. AND CHILD-NEGLECT. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children investigated 3539 complaints of neglect and cri»elty in England, Wale*, and Ireland, during the month of December. Of tlie 3.351 completed cases 3.269 were found true, affecting the welfare of 10.172 children and in- volving 4.138 offenders. Warnings were i sued in 2.950 eases: 157 were prosecuted ireeultiiig in 156 convictions), and 162 were dealt with by transfer or in orher ways. Fron) its foundation in 1884 the society has dealt with 894,469 complaints involv- ing 2,502, 216 children. In the Carnarvon and Anglesey branch during the same month 10 oas-es were -deal; with, affecting 38 children.

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