The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

Wa understand that the experts appointed by tho Ministry of National Service to assist the recruiting authorities with regard to newspaper staff exemptions are for Wales, Mr Wheeler, of the South lVall'. Neies, Cardiff, and Mr lligharn, of the Cambria Leader, Swansea, and the Went Midlands are Mr Sprigg, of Leicester, and Mr C. E. Ward, of the Birmingham News.

I A MINERS' WAn. Few can realise the extent to which this is a miners' war. Every now and again we read of a mine being exploded beneath tho enemy's position, but only tho.se who have some acquaintance with the busine.ss reflect upon the weeks or months of patient work that must precede such an exploit. Fortu- nately for our Army, iJ; has a very large contingent of iiiev. who ai-a minors by trade, and to whom the process of tunnelling j beneath the German trenches is literally all in the day's work." To the ordinary man the labour of boring a long passage only a few feet in diameter—plying pick and shovel where he cannot stand upright, and often has to lie on his side—is an un- speakable purgatory. It is only the trained miner whose flexible joints can make light of such a task and pursue it unwearied day after-day. There are something like 50,000 miners from Wales alone in the Army, and neither Lord French nor Sir Dougla.s Haig has ever h;,ul far to turn for a first-class tunnelling squad. Sometimes when a. special job was required at short notice, and it would have produced too much dis- location to collect men from the ranks, a telegram to this country has led to a con- tingent being sent straight to Flanders from the coal pits at home, and men over sixty years have been found serving their country with the pick not very far from where their own sons were fighting for it with the bayonet. ALTERING THE "WAR MAP." The greatest feat of this kind in the whole war—there has been nothing to equal it, indeed, in history—was the blow- ing up of the Messines Ridge. That com- manding position gave the Germans ob- servation over all that our men were doing in the Ypres salient, and it looked as if we might sliell it indefinitely without forcing the enemy to relax his hold. It was the miners who cracked that terrifi- cally hard nut. For more than a year they continued their silent work of excava- tion, till at last the day came when the tons of dynamite could be planted right under where brother Boche lay in his dug outs, and the wires laid which should release its pent-up force and knock the war map into smithereens. That summer morning proved that there was something, in addition to faith, which could remove mountains," and that was the steady, remorseless stroke of the miner's pick cutting a path for the ex- plosive in the bowels of the earth. It was a sight—and a sound—which the war corre- spondents confess-ed themselves beaten to describe. The reverberation of it, it will be remembered, woke the Prime Minister up in the early dawn in his country cottage in Surrey. It was a message that needed neither wire nor wireless to tell him the great attack had begun. To those upon the spot it was as if a new volcano had belched out its fires, filling earth, air, and sky with the red-hot lava of the earth's centre, and paralysing every sense with which the onlooker tried to grasp the spectacle. HO W TO GET INTO THE NEWSPAPERS. In that prize bit of mining work there were no trade disputes." The tunnelling officers were all mining engineers, many of them well known in their home employ- ment to those who worked under their direction in those strange surroundings. It was a harmonious and triumphant demon- stration of what the British mining indus- try could do in the way both of patriotism and of efficiency. The Germans flatter them- selves that they aro clever and thorough, but they never accomplished a masterpiece like that. And yet very probably it has scarcely gained a passing thought from numbers of people who are constantly reading of trouble with the South Wales miners," and have come to look upon the typical miner as a man whose aim in life is to seize his chance while the nation is in difficulties, and to cc-erce everybody by the threat of a strike which would paralyse the Navy and bring the carriage of ammunition and stores to the troops in Flanders to a stand- still. There is some excuse for this super- I ficial impression. There are few reporters at the front, and those who are there are able to describe very little of what they see. In any case, the fact of men doing their duty usually makes very dull read- ing. As our American friend Mr. Dooley says, Sin is news and news is sin. A man may fight in the trenches for years and never once see his name in a news- paper, but if he stays at home and be- come a conscientious objector, or tries to play some mean trick upon his own coun- try in the interests of Germany, he can, with good management, rely upon getting a paragraph to himself at least once a week. Vanity is one of the ruling passions of human nature, and, in trying to account for the number of pacifists one hears of, we cannot remember too carefully that pacifism means publicity, while patriotism generally does not. THE EMPLOYER OF IDLE HANDS." r The number of real pacifists or down tools men among the miners is small, and the number of those who let themselves be influenced by that fraternity, although it is Hirgor, is still an emphatic minority, as the recent ballot in South Wales has shown. The pacifist has a great advantage in agitation, because, as a. rule, he has plenty of time for it. The man who works his hardest at his trade, because lie knows it is helping his country, or who is carry- ing on some kind of war work in his spare time, is too tired, when he is finished, to go to his lodge regularly or to busy himself in influencing the minds of his neighbours. The pacifist, of course, does no war work—if he does much of any kind-and there is an old saying that Satan makes it his business to put em- ployment into idle hands." It is a rather pitiful contrast, when it occurs—that of middle-aged miners with families, who have left home and everything to face the danger and drudgery of the fighting line, while younger men do their best at home to make friction and delay the victory for which all decent people are striving. But in reality it bears but a slender proportion to the great volume of patriotism which stands to the credit of British miners from the very commencement of the war.

"THAT BOTTLE OF ST. JACOBS OIL HAS RELIEVED PAIN FOR EVERY ONE IN THE FAMILY." Wh en lottle Susie had the croup, when Johnny I got h:s fe-cit wet and oauig'hl cold. when Flatiher sprained his knee, when Oitadma's riieumntism bortiheircd her— tlhiat bottle of old, honest St. Jacobs Oil was righit there to give relief wild oonnflart. Always keep it handiy—giet a rinwit bottle Crcim youT dhemist, and in just the minute you use it, you will be free' from soreness, stiffness, dhi;lbllain«i, at.iff nook, or whatever the pain 14. Whpll tihe children oougjh nib their throats and cihrrata witih St. Jiaoobs Oil-ii,o telling how soon the symptoms may develop intJo croup or pneu- monia. Yau will never regret having St. Jaoobs Oil at hand to giv-a prtooiupt, euiro relief.

ANGLESEY COUNTY COUNCIL. I I THE PROPOSED NATIONAL COUNCIL OF I EDUCATION. DIVERGENT VIEWS I (From Our Own He porter.) I A speuiail mcoiiirxg of the Country Council was held yeetondajy to diieciuss matteife relcutLng to tihe proposed formation of a National Council of Education for Wales. Dr. Thomas Jonas, J. P., presided over a.n feweir than twenty mambera. Mr W. Ed"a>rdI3 (dltaimsan of tho Gauntly Council) stlated that never in his expeiiicmoo had ba been more favourably impressed by a con- ference tla-i that recently heSd ait L'teanccfandtodi. It was thoroughly rc.prraerjtaitiive of Wailee, and with the exception of Cardiff the utmost unanii- mitty prtavaifod. The mioveineant. for Welsh autonomy in cdu-oation was iiiiibjaibad' by the Con- trail Welklh Borand. Tlhie OanxMV auitiheirit'ea suggested in theor cwreular letter tiliat- a 11111e iwrnbeir (hardly uoaHkod what the new sdlktmo involved. Wore llhiey in O&rctiff po?3ii-ia-;ed of more pmlet:\a;j;vp vieuon tih0.11 all tilli) other re- presentatives of WafiSes? Thtt was tlhe inference to bo dbawn from tli(i:v attirriudte, and he main- taftnjdd that the Cardiff po-ii-t'on woe untenable. They B,!ISO expretaad the fea.r tlbta.t possibly too great pinamiraeinoe wou:Ld be given in the new eoheuxnQ to the tetaching of the- WcMi Lujitguiaye. It was latnuald to a.tfteimipib tio tigincne tihe existence of ilbe Wtefeih language its whicth wa« a factor to be oomeittened in tlha life of the wa,i a to ty- coaii9l niaitiioin. CardCiff afco feared tJoot the influence of the iriurall oauantiies woufld ovicirballance the in- fluence of othor rlarts. Wales was the only P&i't of bhb United Kiintgdle.m w'hodh hewi Ia. living liangiuiaige of its ow.n, lanù iihay could not roach ifiia haairt -of the people if tihia fiaot was igmcixd. Thoy had a eitsionig in \y,aloo for power to develop tlheir education 011 ilhe.r own lillos. Tttuqy already had a oortialin amount of home vulb in reoandairy llind higher education, but he Mt that tho grena.t leeway to ,be made ill die fiutumo was in eleniontiaiiiy education. Hl propose d tftnafc the¡y Jus a oc<mmiÍttoo Sllippcmt t!hro pITIJ)JOÍp;e of a Na- 1itionl Oouncill of E'dluciiiitiion for Wa.1e«. Mr H. O. Hughe* (Oeffn iliawir) 60C0;idbd. He felt conviuieeid tha.t the future of edlaoaitiion in \alos would be safe in the hands oi &udh man as wane preseiit at tho LKandrindbd Coaifeienae. Dr. T. Jones was unable to agreo wdtih the pro- poaar of the meeoiutaoin. He hoped th&t they wfhio difflared firoon Mr EldivvitUrds would not bo oonsideaied leas fienveinit patiiiote 0111 tlaat aeoouait. He also hqped that they wou'kl net ba etimiea- awiay by sojiitamenik. lllie psw scheme would mdaai ftJhre setting up off a new body wiiith n. now eat of hitglhliy-peW offioiails, and it was not Likely that the new bodv womlld Ssn-ve the expeaiietnjce of the experts and ^peoiuiiistts of "tho Board of Educa- hon. The quleStion of nepnedc-iifcation was aileo very one-eided, for Souith Wales would have 76 wihilat Nortih Wales would have but 27 tlllKktrl pa-lit 1. of tlhe sclieme; wflvjLat uitder Paint II. it was posgiiblle that Noitth Wialee would not havk) one repneBantatiive. Thareifore, Norith Wales n.igiht be a?mply an appendage to svwth W&fi?es. Under Mr F?the?a BiJ' Pr.ov?TM?i.ai! EO?u,ciat??onml Counoiils woulld be set up. Hie thought thew in North Wiailes would be sta-fer in the hands of the Boamd of Ediuoation tthian undcir the coaiitnol of Cardiff. Mr Ffeher ha-d also expreijeed the hope that England and Wales would stand tbgothcr during itiile im-t yea.ra aftar the passing of tihe Rill. He fellt that the iinanoial aspeots of the new eolieime had aiot been deait Aith- NOT A SOUND SCHEME. I I/ard Boftiion supiposiied the remairilvB of Dir. Jones. He urged the comimiittee to be very cauibiouis before eomiin^ to a deciakxn on so im- porfcanit a matter to the futu.re weifiana of the country. He fdlt cttroney in favour of autonomy for Wales in nml mat ten-? detailing wiitth ite niatiomd lii £ e, bult he felt convinced! that tlhe pieaenit isdhetnte was. not a aoirnd OIJlO. He wiielhed to call special attention to Clau'se 6, viz. "Thatt the powers and dlii/triec of tho Plarliiuanenitlary S'eorotaiiy iln relation to tho Cownoiil eliall be 80 d-P-li-nod tas to rendlcir effeotrlve the oonteol by FW- iliiamenit and so as to f.nable tflie Secmta.ry in case tine Council or its committees m'ake dbfa.uilt in the p-leper dischiaiige of any of the duties imposed wpoai it to d'scliarge same in tlhc place of tbd OooiTvoill. If tlhcll",o happened to be a diefaul-t 011 the pant of t;ruo proposed1 Counoil or its com- mittees, he felt that the wiauild descirvs tba ¡Sl.Ym;Iwtlhy of all. He also fol* that tlhe proportion of nepreeenitaitaveis made it very uiruwf.iei!d|y, and it wtae not fhtir n;¡1Ù equit- able to North Wales, for the Soutlre.rm paait of the Pniaiwipaliiity wwuM doaniniafte possiMy to the decrement of the nioirtlhem panit. Miss Rathbo'ne expressed the hope- that they would not aonsiiidie/r tifie dlist-inidtion rrawle bcitweeai. North and South Waltee, for educationally tliey were one, buft thioy shonald dtetiiitguiflh bottweeii the edwliiticm of tihe runal aiivi uirba.11 districts. She also felt that the ropreeentafblvoB of the rural areas couild hold tlbciir own with tSioae of the wfcan clistriots in I w She a.ymed tha.t Englajid and Wiales tiliouid- stand together ae; suggested tt M;r Fiidicr dimrLng iiiie finst yiea-rb tho new Bill was in operation. Mr FMier was a.n eduaatiorujsit, ajid not a. polEtidian; tharefcare ho htiid -no axe ito grind. Whilst, in favouir of autonomy in eiltication, fihe feffit ilia,t the present wias not an opportune time to gmnit it. They in Wales had no tmauicd ofEcsails, and they could iiliafford to expcu^.mcrBt. Wftnilat prepared to affirm the pr:aw-plo of the project she urged that the dbtaih dhould bo pc-atpooied Mr Chad wick oalied attention to the fact that only a third of tflie members of the committee were pneearnt, and wrgeid a- postpotnarpenit of the cl'-souKtsdoai until a most represeiitatave gathering .co,uld be obtained. AN AMENDMENT. Mr H. R. Davces pircposad the following amejid- ment:—"Tinat tlla'a oonamfibtee, wh'llat euppcrt- iiiig bba pritKiipl'ia of a. Nadicma.! Council of Edueation for Wale?, corsgjdera that the dota.ils have not been sufficiently diseus&cd, and tliere- i's net priepaired to uooord (its support to the scheme as at preaeait outlined." Lomd Boston seoccided, arid Mr J. "'H. Buirton supported. Mr S. J. Evans, M.A., thought they should await the Provincial AaooDJi1!Ji0113 toO be set up u-ndk-r MT Fitlber's Bill before deo^nig upon the (scheme. Mr W. Edwards, .raptyiLug tat tCiio dioiiesion, uI: d he was disappointed and astounded: tot the apeocihes made. He puflod'ujced stottstiics to prove that Wales had nal) been gie.norous!y or fainly trouited in the miattor of Governme,tl gitxnts. He oantendtad tlaalt- the only wiay to get juBtilce was by a devolution of poiwecn^ to Wales a,pw. -t from ErngSaiid. Some seinitiimenit, but it vras a factor that had to be adk-iaovvietlged. Wailiea had cwiiTy two offioiiais at tihe Board of Edlaoaticn. Why dhouild they not have the survicQ^ of few1 Altflm-d T. Do/vilts and S.ir O. M. Ediwardk in Wiaiks to deoil wiiith otur educat'onul echcimes?' It soemod to bo oonteiided ulaat &(-"♦ h Wales was p'jirely nidlitefiriial; but the fact was tihat the ir.id)u £ tt|rijj..l ccmltreo formed only a compaiutive enaall porittion of Cajnmairthen end GClajneaigaii. The «Ntt were truly rum"], and WC,J in fuM .-yrn- pathy wiiltli the iruciail parts of Noath Wailes. He betoervedl in the tito-nldipo'jnit taken by the Labour <A NN :a l e- Council olf Soiith Wales, and tihey gihould be alilowsed to dte-vellop_ on their own lines. Wales had giiveai the Empure its Pettiol CbnAnoOler, Food Conitrolileir, and Empine Oo-utrbiSeT, and he felt confident Wales wouilld prodtuee many such men if guven tlhe opporfcunitiy. Fori Mir H. R. Davios' amandmciiit six voted, and, for Mr Edwards' motion seven, and this was dlee3biri\i oant^ied. Four voted for a motion on the I'JIIOB of Mr S. J. Evans' suggeisnion, und seveai agaJimst. Eventually the arigmal motion was oalftriedl by eleven votes.

MOTHER! IF YOUR CHILD'S TONGUE IS COATED. IF CROSS, FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED, BILIOUS, AND THE STOMACH OUT OF ORDER, GIVE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS." A laxative to-day save a bilious child to- morrow. OhiMiren fiirmply w'1 niot tllke the time l l ,.e t j ,,e t frtom pilJa^^ to empty tlheOr bowels, which become cloigged up wiiitlh waate; tilien the liver grows shiiggHisih, and the etboirrtadh is disordered. Look at the tongue, mothea-! If coatcd, or Eour &'i!d ia I?ess, omsst, f'&v?risf?, with tainted breath, ?CE<!?R, doesn't eat heartily, c.r has a oold, flore throat, or any otihar ohi Id rail 's ail- ment, give ia traisipooniful of Cal^fcan.-ja- ftyrup of Figp," their d'o;n't WClrflY, bc{t..l.UlSIt-. it is a ptdfebtiy hanm'kas dloea, a,ad in a. f& hours all this tO'n £ itipaJtio.n-poiBon, eo.no- bile and ferment- ing waete-matter v.íi¡;ll g&ntly iniove ovit of (the bowels, and you will have a healthy, p'layfu'l ohiild again. A thorough '• lineide olea-nedinig" ie oftiimea all that is lieoesmrv". It sjhc:uT.d be the first treatment given azi any eickntocs. Asik your dheimrait for a bottle cif "CbPiformia Syrup of FfogB," wftrdh has fuci dc-rectitDRs for babies, dhiildren of all ages and fotr gTvywn-nps ( pOtaiirily priinted oil the battle. Look careffully and see tihat it ia made by the California Fig &??nmp Qompany." A1A lead/img (.'iiem?a seJ.4 "CaliforaSa Syrup of Figs" Bit Is 3d and 2s pew bottle. Refuse su.mtÍitUJtz6.

It is more neoeaslary thian ov-eir that the public I ehraufld not ma.tce uilneceesary ala.Sway journeys thrils Chr&tmw.

I ALONG THE CAMBRIAN COAST 1 (By R. o Fadog.) Last week the funeral of Mr T. P. Jones Parry, banker, Dolgelley, took place. I knew him well for many years, and always admired him for his keen business acumen. For a great many years he took an importanj, part in con- nection with the finances of the county, and was associated with most of the public movements at Dolgcll>y. » • • • Criccieth Debating Society has been re-started. In years gone by it produced very good debates and pub:ic speakers. There is plenty of latent talent amongst the present members, and in due course wc, no doubt, shall hear of the successful debut of new orators. a It is very likely, now that the importance of the slate industry has been placed before the Government, int it, will in future have some consideration from tho War Office and other ,authorities. What strikes me as requiring ex- planation is why expert slate quarrymen have been called to the colours in greater proportion comparatively than South Wales miners'' Mr R. if. Jones, the manager of the Oakeley Quar- ries. told the Merioneth County Tribunal the other day tha., the Festimog slate tnVde had been almost devitalised in consequence of so many men having been called to the army. A reverend gentleman who is a member of a Board of Guardians has publicly stated that he docs not hate the Germans, while the chairman of the same Board has equally publicly staled that he does hate the Huns. In St. TaiiWg's Churchyard, near Harlech, is the grave of an unknown man whose body had been washed ashore. But, though a stranger, some kind and sympathetic people had placed a number of wreaths on his grave. It is proposedt to erect a memorial on the grave of the six unknown men whose bodies were washed ashore near Llwyngyril. « V The Rod Cross sale held a. Liaiibedr realised £14(). « » » Speaking to a large farmer the other day, he essayed the opinion that one of the great pro- blems of the immediate future will be the re- lation between the farmer and the farm servant. To show how difficult it is to deal with farm servants nowadays he gayo me the following in- cident thitf occurred at tea time in his house. "Though I tried for over a week," he said, "to get white sugar, I failed, and had to bo cojjtent with brown sugar or be without any at all. When my wifo put the brown sugar before two of my men-servants, they refused to take it and left the table!" • • t 1 Hero are two pictures based on facts within my personal knowledge. No. 1: A refined and cultured ladv, a strenuous war worker and a good subscriber towards war funds, cleaning and scrubbing the floor of a church because of the difficulty of getting anybody else to do the work. No. 2; A working class family in receipt of gofid money and an allowance from a son in the army, spending 12s 6d on a goose for a week-day dinner, never contributing a penny either in income tax or in any other way to- wards defraying the cost of the war. Theso two pictures are typical of many people these terrible days. The splendid sacrifice made by some vividly contrast's with the selfishness of others. The latter are so self-centred in their views of the national danger we are in that they care not who may have to suffer or die for Britain'so long as they can get what they want.

I RATIONING THE CHRISTMAS TOBACCO. The retail trade are being instructed by the Tobacco and Matches Control Board to restrict their sales during the Christmas season to tha ordinary personal requirements of their customers, in order to enfure that the supplies which are available should be sufficient for the ordinary consumption of all, and should not oe depleted by extensive Christmas purchases.

I[ was stated at Southwark Tribunal that Bri- tish troops require as much chewing gum as the Americans, and supplies are being sent to the canteens, huis, and camps.

"A t ■ A VOLUNTARY HANDICAP! .# k Reproduced by permission of th, Editor et !The Passing Shew."

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I CONWAY PENMAENMAWR I HOSPITAL BOARD. I THE AGREEMENT WITH THE MEMORIAL I C-.ONIM=EE. J Mr J. W. Raynes presided over a meeting ot the Conwav and Perumaenmawr Joint Hospital Board, on I'11idia.y. Other members present were Messrs Rogers J ones, EN-al Hughes, Own Williams, Edward Jones, T. R. Hughes, J. P. G-niffithe, W. D. Powell, Thomas Roberts, Hugh Owan, and Joseph Jones, with tile Cierk (Mr I Robert Jones). I FINANCE. I  Accounts aggregating Z,)40 /s od wcr?B pa?aad J I for payment, leaving an availlable btlance ot I £ 215 l'ls 10d. I LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD "NIN- I COMPOOPS." The Clerk reported that he had again appealed to the Local Coven intern t Board for permission to negotiate a loan for the purpose of carrying out repairs to the hospital, with the result that the Board had again refuised to acquiesce in the a; >pnal until after the war. Mr Rogers Jones: Are we going to accept these nineompoope' rebuff lying d\Own? Who a.re tihe Local Government Board aiiyllio-Nv' We are the mine finom which the wealth emanates, and have the night to devote it to the best pur- pose. We are the masters and not these wind- Mga (laughter). The Cha/irman That is all rot (Laughter). Mr Rogers Jones saad the dtav was faet ap- proaching when this D.epaii,tjment would have to "abide by our decisions; we are tneir martens, and they wili have to give way to more efiicie-nt and competent men." I HOSPITAL COMMITTEE. TT I %v  t.9 %Ct as? no&pa-ai I I The following wera eU-otixi to act as noepauai Committee1 he Ch?rma,n, Mesara Rors I Jonee, J. P. G?iE?, Hugh Owen, Ed'??rd .Tow. aJld EHiJl Hufrh?s. I CONTRACTS FOR HOSPITAL SUPPLIED. I n- 1 X> 1 inoma? lwdotus, j'??'?c "J"?-°. ?- u. Hug-h?. J. P. CrifntiM, and Edward Jones were ?L&ctMJ to coiis-der the beet moa.ng to adopt in I I T,E,giard to contracts for the supply w t?e hospital dmrinx the enduing yeair. I THE BOARD AND THE MEMORIAL I ASSOCIATION. w -I- ?. Mr Evan Huglie-s on bethalt ot the l'jnanoe- Committce, moved that the Iemorial .,¡a- tion be ianmediately reminded of the arrajige- ments made between them and the Board as to the number of patients, and informed that the Board will be iiekicttemt.ly compelled to request tlwvn to remove thejir pat:enits unless tliey can, wltliiotit delay, arrange to keep at the hospital the miikijnum number of patients, so as to make a commsensufa/te increase in the payment per paitient per week. Mr Rogers Jones said thee had been a very sore point for over two years. The Board were not paupers, and tnere was no need for them to go begging to this assooia-tion, which had failed to oMTy out tiierT pledged promise to have a minjLmium of 24 patients in the hospital, with the reauit that the augmented staff was ran at a loee. At present, there NN-eiv only twelve t-uberoulair patients in the hospital, thu.s enillailillg a 10&3 to tlie Board of £ 36 weekly. It was neither right nor jusit that these people should impose such a burden upon the Board. "We are not here," continued Mr Jones, "to waste precious time. We are here to carry out our dUtiies to the ad vaa-sto.ge of the hospital and the public generally. We are as good, if not better, men than these people wh.o run the memorial, and we must be recompensed for our loes in some way. Tliey oannot expect, us to run the hospital on the basis it is now stalled, unless tiiiey carry out their pro- mise. We do not want letters from every Tom, Dick or Harry, who delights to scrawl his name on pa,per; we want patients, not promises. I move that we write to the association thiat, un- lees they continue to ke-e-p at least. 20 patients in the hospital, we shall consider the advisability of reducing the sitaff." Mr Hugh Owen ilemarked that the Board should treat the tubercular problem very serious- ly, and insist upon the Memorial ,As?oaiation oatnryirkg out. their undertaking to supply the hos- pital with a minimum of 24 patients. The motion was earned.

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CONWAY RURAL TRIBUNAL. Thursday, Mr Hugh Owen presiding. In the following cases the appeals were ad- journed to enable th e appellants to apply to the War Agricultural Committee for oerttficatee:— James iiughes, Brvnymor, Pcurhynside, market gardener; W. Rocs Willar. Llett-y'r Adar, Llan- elian, carter; John Roberts, Brvn Person, Llan- eiian, cowman, etc.; Jarpes Ellosmere, Pantyr- hayrn, Glan Conway, foreman; J. W. Hughes, Er w Goch, GJnn Conway, teamster, R. Roberts, Ty Coch, Llanddulas, baker and farmer; Evan Jones, Tyddyn Mawr, Roewen, teamsman; Robt. Jones, iyddyn Bras, Glanwydden, market gar- dener; Llewelyn Roberts, Shop Newydd, Llan- bedr, farm hand. J. Griffiths, Quarry Cottages, Penrhyn Bay, market gardener, was granted conditional exemp- tion, provided he cultivated 2j acres of his hold- ing. D. J. Thomas, London House, Llysfaen, baker, etc., was granted one month to hud work of national importance. Conditional exemption wa^ granted John Jones, Pistyll, Roewen, and G. O. Griffiths, Waen, Dolwen. The appeal of R. T. Goosey, Brookland-ierrace, Deganwy, was adjourned for a month to enable the applicant to present himself before the Civ- ilian .Medical Boai d. C H. Greenwood, Victoria terrace, Glan Con- way, grocer, was granted exemption provided he secured employment in the railway service. Three months' exemption (open) was allowed R. W. Hunslow. Shrewsbury House. Llandudno, butcher's slaughterman and general assistant.

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