The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

Mr Cecil Chapman, Ih, well-known London magistrate. speaking on Friday at a meeting at the Association of Moral and Social Ilygiene, said he saw uo leason why women should not net as magistrate.) or sit on the bench as judges— why, in fact, they should not undertake any work they felt inclined for and were able to per- form. '° S,pe,akin, g at Swindon, on Saturday, Mr Fisher, Education Minister, referred to his Education Bill as a great social and democratic measure which the Government intended to proceed with at the earliest possible opportunitl..

QUARTERLY MEETINGS AT LLANDUDNO. LORD BOSTON'S GENEROUS I GIFT. TREATMENT OF WELSH SOLDIERS I IN CAMPS. (From Our Olcn Reporter.) I The quarterly meetings of the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association were opened at Llandudno, on Monday, and wore largely at- tended by delegates and others from various parts of the Principality. This is the fifth time for the Association to visit Llandudno. Half a century ago—November, 1867—they visited Llandudno for the first time, a ecOiC of veara then elapsed before the next visit, and from that time (1887) the meetings oi the Association have been regularly held at Llan- dudno every ten yoaxe. INTERESTING LOCAL STATISTICS. I When the Association first visited Llandudno in the year 1867, the Galvinistnc Methodist Churches in the district were attached to the* Denbighshire Monthly Meeting, but in the yeaa- 1881 the ehurelies had been constituted into a new Monthly Meeting, known as the "Vale of Conway Monthly Meeting," which then com- prised 33 churches, tho number having now in- creased to 56. The pastors and preachers num- bered 19 in 1881, whereas now they number 42, and the deaoons inaroaeed in the same period from 122 to 260, and the communicants from 3084 to 7100. The Sunday School membership increased from 4910 to 6678, and the averia-ge attendance from 3211 to 3639. OFFICIALS AND DELEGATES. I The president this year is the Rev. T. Cwyn- edd Roberts, Caeathnaw, and the, other officiale are the Rev. R R. Williams, M.A., eecirebary; Mr O. Robyjis Owen, treasurer; and Mr T. D. Jones, J.P., secretary of the Deacons' Assembly. In addition to Messrs J on*: than Davies, J.P., and J. E. Powell, J.P., co-opted members of the Association, the following delegates weire pre- sent — Anglesey: Rev. T. Charles Williams, M.A., Menai Bridge; Rev. W. E. Williams, Giletad; Messrs Owen Parry Jonee, Elim; and Robert Thomas, Engedi. Lleyn and Eifionydd: Rev. G. Parry Hughes, Morfa, Nevin; Rev. R. Roberts, Efaitnewydd; Messrs W. J. Dtavies, Pemhos; and G. Davids, W. J. Dav.Les, PeDI-110?,; and C?,. Dav i e- Arfon: Rev. William Williams, Talygiarrn; Rev. H. Jones Ditvies, Tregartli; Rev. J. Prit- cha-rd, M.A., Llanberis; Messrs Richard Jonee, J.P., Talysarn; J. P enter Williams, Bangor; and J. M. Williams, Tanynallfc. Vale of Conway: Rev. O. Selwyn Jones, De- ganwy; Rev. Evan Hughes, Llandudno; Messrs W. G. Williams, Conway; and Evan Hughes, Roowen. Vale of Clwyd: ( Rev. J. D. Jones, Gellifar; Rev. W. R. Owen, B.A., Abergele; Messrs Henry Evans, Tanyfron; and Griffith Jonee, Denbigh. ire: Rev. John Pa.iry, Nc w ,Tarlcet; Flintshire: Rev. John Pa-nry, New Ma.rl?t; Rev. J H. Williams, Mv?'dd?Isaf; Mcseps H. R. Thomas, Flint- and 0. Wynne. J.P., Gilcen. E,,Lst Rev. R. Mont-is, M.A., Broughton, and Mr Michael Roberts, Rhos. East Merionethshire: Rev. Owen Ellis, Llan- uwchllyn; Rev. H. Arthur Jones, Cynwyd; Messrs E. Foulk Evans, Llandderfel; and John Davies, Lla-nclderfel. West Merionethshire •. Rev. Hugh Ellis, Maen- twrog, and Mr William Richairda, Tanygrisiiau. Higher Montgomery: Rev. W. G ruffydd Jones, Nouadd, and Mr Ma.urice Jones, Dylife. Lower Montgomery Rev. W. M. Jones, Llau- fip_nf.fimi cl; and Mr W. Edwards, Llanrhaiadr- ym-Mochant. Montgomeryshire Presbytery: Rev. W. Wil- liams, Bet-tws, and Mr D. Foulkes, J.P., Llany- mynech. Lancashire Presbytery: Rev. G. H. Evans, B.A., Birkenhead; Rev. Thomas Jones, Jthos- tyllen; Messrs John Owens, J.P., and Ivor H. Jorief-, Wrexham. Liverpool: Rev. R. W. Roberts, B.A., Peel- noad; Rev. Enoch Rogers,* Ashton-in-Maker- field Messrs T. Hufnphreys Jones, Seaoambe; and Hugh Roberta, Bootle. Manchester: Rev. Robert Williams, Pendle- ton, and Mr John Roberto, Pendleton. I OPENING MEETING. 1 I METHODISM IN THE VALE OF I CONWAY. An interesting report on the work of Calviniatic Methodism in the Vale of Conway was submitted by the Rev. H. C. Lewis, B.A., D.D., Llandud- no. Referring to the stations given above, the re- port. stated that it would be seen in comparing the figures for the year of the formation of the Valo of Conway Monthly Meeting with those of Last year that the number of churches had al- most doubled during the period mentioned, and that the numbeir of eommuniioante had also more than doubled. It must, howevor, be pointed out vhat these were not entirely net increases to tht-d-iiominatio,n, for the additional churches were not all new chuirclies. From time to time the strength of the Monthly Meeting of the Vale of Conway was inorwtsed by the transfer of churches from udjacent Monthly Meetings, such as DolwyddeJen, Penrroachno, Rhydymeirch, Ebenezer, Cyfyng, and Oapel Gannon, which were transferred from East Merioneth, in the year 1886; Capel Curig, from Arfon in 1903; Y&byty and Pa,dre, from East Merioneth in 1909; Betrtwsyooed and Rhiwddiolion, from Arfon in 1912; making eieven transfers in all. The num- bed' of communicants brought by these churches to the Vale of Conway Monthly Meeting was 1399. If these figures be added to the number of communicants when the Montthly Meeting was first founded in the year 1881, and the total deducted from the number of communicants in 1916, it would be found that tho not increase in the Monthly Meeting was 2617 in the number of communicants, and twelve in the' number of churches. During the period from 1884 to 1908 twelve new churches were started by the Monthly Meeting, and also a branch was foirmed at Pemiiyn Bay, but no chucicli had yet been erected there. In the year 1887 also tine old churoli-at Pant y Won- ol, nCJar Llandudno, was replaced by a new clinpe.1 < rceted at Craigydon, known as Bethaniia. While the obuireh&s transferred belonged to tho upper and rural districts of the Monthly Meet- ing, the new churches formed belonged mostly to the seaside resorts of Llandudno and Colwyn Bay districts, where the increase of population i hud been greater. It was doubtful whether the increase in the membersiiip of the chixnch-es in this district had beriI1 in keeping with the in- crease of the population. It was probably not the We Id) churches that should be expected to benefit so much in the increase of population, as the new comers generally consisted of English people But it was feaired that in these dis- tricts there were hundreds of Welsh people who never attend a place of worship. There were three English churches in the dis- trict all of which show a notable increase in their membership, especially one of them, during recent years. But it was opportune to ask whether the Monthly Meeting was doing all it should to meet the spiritual needs of the English people who have come to reside in the dliistriot I COLLECTIONS AND DEBTS. The collections showed an increase, and for last year amounted to L4682 5s 8d, as com- pared with B4288 4s 9d in 1913, all-cl EZ862 5e 5d in 1906. The total debt on the proporty of the Monthly Meeting ten years ago was £28,923. which at the end of last yeeir had increased to £ 31,203. During the past ten yearo 216,910 was paiid in reducing debta and £ 11,379 paid in in- terest alone. This sum paid in interests alone appeared to be a waste of money, but it should be pointed out that the debts were not only on churches and schools, but that a subts'tantial povrtion of it was on houses belonging to the churches, from which rents were received to- wards paying the interest. As many as 39 of the churches were in receipt of rents from houses and land, and .the total received in this respect last yeaa- amounted to .8942. With regard to the temperance question com- paratively few of the churches kept a record of their total abstainers, but it was believed that the majority, if not the whole, of the churches were quite free from the evils of intern- perance, though for some reason or other the old mathod of showing that, by taking the pledge, has ceased to appeal to them. The position of I the Monthly Meeting wai pexfoctly clear on the I poant, for no one could be received a member I of it if they wer,e not tdtal abstainers. COMMITTEE MEETINGS. I There were very fair atiterndtvnces at the two preliminary committee meetings, on Monday evening, namely, the Education Committee and the oommitt-ee in charge of the arrUiligaments for the prosemt. conference, both of which met at the Siloh Chapel Vestry and Schoolroom. The fi'rdt preachdng meetkig was held at Reho- bot-h Chapel, when the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. Thomas Jones, Rhostyllen. The samo evening a special service in connect.on with the eonferencc was held at Bnyn Pydmv, at which the Rev. Eli as Jones, Newtown, was tho preacher. TUESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. I The first general mcf?ing oi the Association was held at bHoh Chapel on Tites(la? ft"?.. ?,I the Rev. T. Gwynedd Roberts pudding. NEXT MELTINGS AT OtAYESTKY. I An invitation was received frolll the Lower Montgomery Alor.thly Meeting to hold the next meotmgs of the Association at Oswestry, but requesting that tho meetings' be limited to two day?. Rev. T. Charles Williams asked what was meant by limiting the uot,.fereneo -to two days? Was it intended to dispense with the preaching day? Tho Secretary said the proposition was to devote one whole day and the morning of the following day to the Association meetings, and that the afternoon and evening of the second day be devoted to preDching meetings. It was decided to accept the invitation and thao the next. meetings ie held at Oswestry on -April 25th. and 26th, 1913. LORD BOSTON'S GENEROUS GIFT. I Ihe Anglesey Monthly Meeinig reported that Lord Boston had presented as a free gift to the Connexion the whole of the property, mcludmg the chapei, chapel house, and schoolroom at Bryn- refail (the lease of which was about to expire), together with an additional half acre of land. Rev. John Williams, Brynsicncyn, said that Lord Boston's gift was of exceptional interest, and it was well that the country should know of it. L appeared that the lease cf the chapel buildings and the schools would be at an end in two years, and Lord Boston was asked upon what terms the Monthly Meeting could purchase the buildings and ac-quiro ¡¡n additional acre of land, if possible. Lord Boston at the time promised to consider the matter, and the result was that his lordship gave the whole as a gift to remain the property of the Monthly Meeting for ever (applause). A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Lord Boston fcr his generous gift. OTHER GIFTS. I The West Merionethshire Monthly Meeting re, ported that an anonymous donor litd made gifts to the Tabernacle Chapel, Blaenau Festiniog of £ 1000 and £ 518, the former gift having been made them three years and a half ago. The church itself also had raised a similar sum. The Lleyn and Eitionydc Monthly. Meeting re- ported that a gentleman who desired that his name should remain anonymous had presented a substantial sum of money towards liquidating the debt on the church at Edeyrn. The Vale of Clwyd Monthly meeting reported that the late Miss Jane Williams, Crjgor Isaf, Tanyfron, had bequetlthed M each to the chuiehes at Tanyfron and llebron. The Lower Montgomery Monthly Meeting re- ported that the late Mr Hobert Morris, a deacon at Llangynog, had bequeathed £ 20 to that church; and that Mrs Margaret Vaughan, Mei- fod, had left eighteen shares in a Liverpool Building Society bearing an annual interest of about t;9 per annum, for the benefit of Pentre- felin, Rhosybrithdir, Bontnewydd, and Meifod churches. The Association decided to place on record their appreciation of the gifts. CANDIDATES FOR THE MINISTRY. I Ihe Rev. K 0. Davies, B.Sc., Llandudno, was I appointed examiner of the candidates for the ministry for the current four years. THE NEW MODERATOR. I The voting, which wa.s by ballot, for the elec- t,ion of moderator for the year 19i8, resulted in a tie between the Rov. '1'. Charles Williams, M.A., Menai Bridge, and Mr John Owen, J.P., Chester. Mr John Owen said that if he was elected he could not accept the position, because he felt that he could fulfil his duties in connection with the cause much better out of the cha.:r than in it. Upon the proposition of the Rev E. James Jones, seconded by the Rev. Owen Owen, the Rev. T. Charles Williams, M.A., was then unanimously elected. AGED AND SICK MINISTERS. I With regard to the fund of zCW,000 proposod to be raised to assist aged and sick ministers, it was reported that, £ 17,723 had already been pro- mised and, with the exception of £ 1500, had been paid. An offer had been made to subscribe 91300 providod the Connexion raised an equivalent sum by the end of the year. The matter WJIS left to the discretion of the churches COMMITTEE MEMBERS. Mr Robert Roberts, Trefnant, was appointed an additional member of the Executive Com- mittee of th» Association Upon the proposition of the Secretary, the names of the Rev. Owen Owen, Chester, Mr D. S. Davies, Denbigh, a.nd Mr T. D. Jones, Rhyi, were added to the Sailors and Soldiers' Com- mittee. TREATMENT OF WELSH SOLDIERS IN CAMPS. A communication was received from the South Wales Association asking thn North Wales Association to appoint a numbe.' of its members to sorve on a joint committee of the two Asso- ciations to consider the duty of the churches to prepare for the return of the soldiers at the end of the war. Mr John Owen, J.P., Llandudno, propoasd that the committee should also be asked to con- sider the Ueatment meted out to young Welsh boys in the various military training camps of the country. Boys of 18 years of age were now be- ing called to the army, Mr Owen said, and he thought that the army authorities should look into their treatment in the camps. lIe was con- vinced from what he had seen and heard that the treatment of these boys was not quite right; in faot" he had been told it was disgraceful. In Liverpool one night Tie saw two VVelsh boys, about 18 years of age, too drunk to walk. Ho hoped the committee would now take the matter up. Rev. oohn Williams, Brynsieneyn, said they should be very careful with this matter. No doubt Mr John Owen knew of a lot of things, but he would remind them that it was not the military authorities that made tho boys he men- tioned drunk. That was the fault of the boys themselves. It was a dangerous thing to bring general charges. At Kirimel Camp lie saw a lot of young boys who had been called up. At first they appeared somewhat discontented and some of them were crying, but it only amounted to home-sickness, which they soon gat over. Every attention was given these boys, and in less than a fortnight there was no bettor battalion in the camp. He appealed to the conference to avoid general accusations. He could safely say that no man had ever been in the army who was more ready to give every consideration to the Welsh boys than General Cuthbertson. He (the speaker) once had occasion to call General Cuth- bertson's attention to the position of 'some Welsh boys who were in a camp in Scotland, and asked for their removal to Kinmcl Camp. Within five days those boys arrived at Kinmel Camp. Mr John Owen: What about Oswestry? Rev. John Williams replied that he did not know anything about Oswestry but if Mr Owen or anyone had a clear case let them bring it out and explain what it was to him, but not make general accusations. Rev. Owen Owen, st. Asaph, said he thought it would be better not to discuss this matter all further, but to leave it to the committee. He felt sure that neither Mr John Owen nor anyone else would like to make unfounded charges. Rev. R. W. Roberts, Liverpool, said that dur- ing his experience in the camp he had only seen one Welshman drunk, and that person was an old veteran who had been in the army for many years (laughter). On one occasion he was talk- ing to a lot of boys of 19 years of age in the camp, and not one of them had a single com- plaint to make. Rev. Ellis James Jones suggested that Mr John Owen should send particulars of his cora- plaint to the committee of the Association. Mr John Owen said he was not bringing accu- r sations against anybody, but he had foundation for what he had said. i WELSH PREACHERS FOR THE FRONT. APPEAL TO THE WAR OFFICE." .ev. Llewelyn Lloyd said there was another I matter which he thought he ought to bring be- I fore the meeting.. The committee were asked to prepare for the time when the soldiers came home at the end of the war; but he contended that they had a duty to perform to the soldiers to day. There wag no denomination in Wales that had done more for the soldiers than the Calvinistio Methodists during the past two years. There were hundreds, if not thousands of sold- iers who would not have heard a wo/d of Welsh in a religious service but for the Calvinistic Methodists. But, with the exception of the chaplains, no one had gone from Wales to preach to the Welsh soldiers in France. The Welsh Tommies expected some of the big Welsh preachers to go over to preach to them, and they had a right to expect that. Some of the soldiers could ne,t understand how some of the preachers could find time to go and discuss peace at Llandrindod while they could not find time to go to a camp to say a few words of consola- tion to brave lads on their way to eternity. Rev. John Owen, Carnarvon, said some of the ministers had been to Frjftice working under tho Y.M.C.A. Rev. Ellis James Jones said htat some time ago the connexion had decided that two ministers were to go to preach at the front, and the two selected were the Rev. John Williams, Bryn. sicncyn, and himself. When they applied for permits they were told that only one permit could be granted. In asking the meeting to de- cide which of the two \18 to go he proposed that they should appoint the Rev. John Williams, Brynsicncyn Rev. John Williams said that he would have gone altogether if he had been allowed, but they would not allow him to go. In the present case lie thought it would be much better if two were sent out. Rev. John Parry, Newmarket, proposed that the Association should make further representa- tion to the War Office. He held that it was the least that the War Office could do considering the great sacrifices Welsh soldiers had made. Mr J. E. Powell seconded and suggested that a copy of the resolution should be sent to the Prime Minister. The resolut ion, coupled with the suggestion, was carried unanimously.

TEMPERANCE AND PURITY. I TOTAL PROHIBITION DURING THE WAR. A well-attended public meeting was held at Siloh C.M. Chapel in the evening under the presidency of the Rev. T. Gwynedd Roberts, the subject under consideration being "Temperance and Purity." The Secretary of the Temperance Committee (Rev. James Jones) submitted the report for the past year. He said they had come to the con- clusion that the saving of Wales from the evils of strong drink rested not so much with the Government as the churches, and the latter were now coming to realise that fact. It was now an exception to see a man holding office in a Calvin- istic Methodist church who was not a total ab- stainer. The churches durng the pas-t year passed numerous resolutions calling upon the Government to adopt total prohibition for the period oý the war, but up to the present the best desires of the nation had been ignored by the Government and greater freedom gran told to the licensing trade. lt was a pleasure to note that most of the churches had now Bands of Hope for the bringing up of the children in the principles of temperance. The report further stated that it was to be feared that DRINKING AMONG WOMEN was on the increase in some parts of the country, more especially perhaps in military centres and! districts where there were Government wor. In one town on a recent Saturday night in the short space of only five minutes 32 women and six men were observed to go into a public house. While t here was every sign that drinking was decreasing among the men there was no doubt but that it was increasing among the women—a fact which was probably due to a certain extent to grocers' licences and the effects of the war. It was undoubtedly a great blessing to Wales to have been brought under the Control Board, the restrictions of which had proved a blessing to the county and the people, but it was feared that those rest;actions were not carried out in pome places, and it was Suggested the formation of a Watching Committee to see that the restrictions of the Board were truly carried out. While the number of drunkards was decreasing, the number of total ahstaineins was ineren&n: and the offic-arahip of their churches was getting stronger and stronger. Total ahsten&on was now one of the oonditions of membership of no lees than eight of thedr Monthly Meeting's (ap- plause). The committee recommended the adoption of the following resolutions:— "That we, the Association, are of opinion that the ayllabus of lessons in temperance and hygiene should be made an obligatory pait of the code, so that all the children of the ooyntiiy should be taught in the principles of temperance"; and we appeal to the Government to take the necessary steps to accomplish this without delay. That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the Board of Eduoation and to Sir J..Horbor't Roberts, M.P." That the Association protest ajainst the action of the Government in illong the sum of drink for another period, and in view of the increasing gravity of the present caisis we ap- peal again for the total prohibition of the manu- factur.e and sale of all intoxicating drinks for the period of the war and demobilisation. We also consider that it is not fair for the Govern- mont to exewe iltselt" for refusing prohibition by say.ijij? that the working men would not accept it, inasmuch as we are fullv convinced that there is among the working men a readiness to accept such a mcatsure. Tliat copies of this re- solution be sent to the Prime Minister and Sir P ll J. Horbert Roberts, M.P." "That the Association rejoices to loam that the women of this country place such a high value on a sober life, and working so enargeticail- ly for its increase, but we much regret to understand that in some parts drinking among the women still continues. And in the face of thiis fact we appeal erpeoi-a.il y to the women's Temperance Societies of thte country, who are already doing such excellent work to continue thoir efforts to eavo their sisters from this evil." Further rceolutions on the promotion of purity movements, Bands of Hope, were submitted. I "THE GREATEST ENEMY. The Rev. Thomas diaries Willams, M.A., in movjtng the adoption of the report, said that among the greatest. enemies of Great Britain to. day was dr.uukeniiei-p. K There were, however, various ways of dealing with this enemy. Total absifcainenoe was not a thing to boast of in itself. It was one of the simplest things of tho Christian profession. Many p20ple we.c total abstainers had been brought up in a certain sphere of life. It was very easy to blame a man who had, been working hard all day, and went- into a public-houfe at night. Be- fore blaming tIwt man let thorn first tti;,nk what kind of a house they gave Iiiin to live in. If they were, going to fat: the temperance ques- tion in oarnest they rrvaft,, provide decent dwell- ing-houses for tho working olin.s;-ee. With regard to State puueliase, Mr Williams said it seamed to him that they must either buy the business or kill it. He did not think that any CalvinisUic Mothod'at favoured buying the bufline&s except to destroy it. To buy to carry on was insane maraility, while to buy to deetroy was peirliiaps insane ifnance (laughter). He would like to make a reference to the Prime Minister; no man ever had proved better able to defend himself than the Prime Minister, and he did not hesitate to stay thewt the Prime Minister to-day was lIB good a Welshman and as good a total abstainer as evor he was (ap- plause). The Priane Minister's wife, who w,&,i a member of their denominntriion, as well as his brother, Mr William George, were tfcth hard workers in the (-,aue,e of tampeiranoe (applause). In fact the whole family had worked hard for the life of the nation (applause). Continuing, he £ «.id that the difficulties which they would have to face after the war would be far more than during the war. They all prayed for peace, but how m £ 4iy of them realised the difficulties of peace. To be ptepared for peace was far mere difficult than preparing for war. Any man with the devil's assistance could make war, but only a man with God could make peace. There wa9 much said about rum in the trenches, but he did not know whet-lier it wae necessary, the Government said that it was, but he did know that it had been the means of many a young man breaking his pledge of total abstain- ence, especially those from the prohibited states of Can.adia. In conclusion, he said that it was of little-use telling people not to go to public- houses unless they had more comfortable houses tp offer them (applause). Rev. Owen Owen (St. Asaph), in seconding the adoption of the report, said that the Govern- ment never had been in favour of temperance. They had tried to make all sorts of excuses against total prohibition, and should be ashamed of themiselves for putting the blame on the workin.gmen. The truth was that the Govern- ment always defended the landowners and the publicans. They said that the workingmen would not accept total prohibition, but he failed to we whey they did not try them before making suoh an assertion (applause). The President then put the motion to the meeting, when the report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting then terminated. WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. I The proceedings on Vs edneaday opened with a preachers' meeting, held at 8.30 a.m. in Siloh Cha.pei, when an address was delivered by the Rev. Jolm Williams, Holyhead. A0 the same hour a meeting of deaoons was held at the Eng- lish Presbyterian Church, wfien all address was delivered by Mr David Jones, Bala, and ar- rangements were made for the next ordination meeting. I' The third general meeting of the conference was held ait Siloh Chapel in the morning, when the President occupied tihe chair. An addnese was delivered by the Rev. T. M. Jones, Gron- ant, on "The Danger of F-w. References were made to the lats Rev. John Pritchard, Oswestry; R. G. Ceidiog Roberts, LlanMyfni; Rev. S. T. Jones, Colwyn Bay; Mr John Jones, Penoae>rau Mr W. Morris iilrams, Trogaxth; Mr W. H. Edwards, Bala College; and Mks Elizabeth Williams, Sylliet, PROVISION FOR DISABLED r. STUDENTS. I ??? I I- f. l At th,e meeting on v\eainesaaj aiienioou n "1iIS unanimously decided, in response to a communi- cation from Professor Joftn Owen Thomas, to ap- peal to the Ministriy of Pensions to recognise the Bala Cotllege, and the Preparatory School at Clvnnog as training centres for ministerial stuotuitdi who may become disabled while on rmi I itaxv- service. COLW YN BAY PROPERTY TO BE SOLD. Trie Vale of Conway Monthly Meeting opplf.ed for ^he p2J!"mmon to sell a hou?' and &&m€ ad- jomu? land situated in Rhiw-road, Colwyn Bay. I On th? motion of the Rev. Ezra, Jones the I request was noc-eded to. I ORDINATION OF CANDIDATES. The Itov. AN-illiam iouLkes, Llangolle n, was elected to deliver the charge to the candidates at tho next ordination meeting, and the Rev. R. J. Will-hums, of Liverpool, to deliver the address on "Church Polity." I SUNDAY TRAINS AND GOLF. Rev. H. C. Lewis, Llandudno, in submitting his report on Calvinistic Methodism isi the dis- trict, said the ehuichcs had been very much alive to the question of Sunday observance M Llandudno. It appeared tllat the local Tifjniwuy Company liod the power to go beyond the Urban District Council, and appeal to the ratepayers of the town on the question of running trams oil Sundays. This they did some time ago, but OIl that occasion the ma-jofity of the ratepayers showoo suoh an opposition to the movement that the Tramway Company never ventured to raise the question again. The churches of the town also oairna into contact with the local Council 011 the question of Sunday golf. Considerable difficulties were experienced a.t the outset, but eventually the churches triumphed, and the Coiuneil shopped the playing of golf on the municipal links on Sunday. LOANS TO CHURCHES. I I I line annual report oi the Loan ruttd was sub- mitted by Mr J. E Powell, Wrexham, from which it appea-ivxl tnat the total i*fte>;pt» ior the past year, including a balance in hand from the previous year of JS5216 12.; Ogd, amounted to J:140,063 13s 6d, while the expclldJturc was JE5275 4t; Od, thus leaving a balance in hand of £ 4788 2 Upon the nec<5mmendiation of the committee the Association decided to grant the following loans: J Abersooh, £ 300; Oapcl Cooli, £ 400; Cwmyglo, £ 200; Cilciam, £ 300; Co:unoii s Quay, jMOOf GIajiyrafon, £ 100; Cefnbrith, £ 100; Brith- d'ir, £50; and Wigan, £100; making a total of S1850 The committee also lcpo-rted tliat several charc-hes which had received loans had not sent any collections to the fund this year. It wals dwided to call the .attention of the Monthly • Meetings concerned to the matter. ARMY CHAPLAIN CORDIALLY WEL- I COMED. The President extended a oordial welcome to Captain Cynddolw Williams, M.C., of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, a ohaplai'n with the forces. Capfcaim Williams, in acknowledging, 6aid he had now been serving in the Army for over three years, both at home and on the battlefield, and could testify to the splendid bravery of the Welah t.xvops a.t the front. On one occasion the Wehh were in a very dangerous place, and thoy succeeded in saving the tifcuatio.i. lie was con- vinced fnom what he had se..n that when the his- tory of the wa.r came to be written, the Welsh would occupy a very prominent place in it (ap- plause). Some rekire-noe had been made at the mcetiiiigs of the Association about teaching the Welsh soldiers to p.)", but the Welsh soldiers did pray. In the districts at the front where he had been, they had prayer meetings every Monday night. And they not only pi-aved for themselves, but they prayed for the dhuinehies at lion42. The boys went iitD the trenches piuiy- iing, and he thought he oould safely say that th-cuio was not one of them that went into the trenchas without praying. Reference had also been made at the meetings of the Association to the return of the rc-ldiem. When the boys (xun? home all tboy would ask for would be for everybody to be real; they out there were real (bear, hear). About twelve months -.go of the trenohes he was in was destroyed, and they had to run about with their heads down, and in doing 90 he came aoioas a hoLo in the ground with four WeLsh boys in it with a Testament open discussing a certain verse. If tnese boys had only lifted their heads up they wcuild have been within the range of the enemy. Yes, the Welsh o:,Idirrs did pray, and lie appealed to the chlurches at home to pray for the soldieiiB (ap- plause). At a special s-ervice held at Siloh Chapel in the evening the pneiactber was the Rev. W. M. Jones, of Llonssantffraid. An EngiEh service was also held at the EnG- lish Presbyterian Church the same evening, when the Rev. T. Charles Williams, M.A., occupied the D L, I rl-t. I- YESTERDAY'S SERVICES. Yesterday (Tnuraday) was set apart for the great- pr-eacilu'ng meetings, the pcoaciheiis being the Rev. G. Parry Hughes, Morfa Nevin; Rev. T. Charles Williams, M.A., Menai Bridge; Rev. J. G. Moehvyn Hughes, Birkenhead: Rev. W. R. Owen, B.A., Abar^ele; and the Rev. John Wil- liams, D.D., Brynsieneyn. An English service will also be hieid at the English Pnesbyten an Chapel in the evening.

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LIVERPOOL A'ND NORTH WALES STEAMSHIP CO. A SATISFACTORY BALANCE-SHEET. At the annual meeting of this company, hel' on Friday, in the Law Association Roc m*. Oook- .11 C h airrn;i-ri?- h ip of -Ir street, Liverpool, uiidtr 11 chairmanship of Mr Ilenry Muclvcr. the report showed that, after deducting £ 10.500 for depreciatkm en steamers, investments, e'c. the sum of £ 9,2o3 17s Id was a-, ai-lable for dividend, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent., carrying forward £ 2.68o 175 Id. In add- ition to La Marguerite, the St. Seiriol. St. Elvies, and Svov don he St. Trilio had been re- quisitioned in March last for Government em- ploVillenL. T.ie Chairman in moving the adoption of 'he re.port and sta-enmit of accounts and the de- claration of the dividend nam: d, i-aid he was pleased to say that the company's steamers were g'vir;# isatisfilctwi to the Admiralty and solar the had escaped i .siister, thougit ihe present Ink. necessarily an uni-kus time. In this connec- tion he de re- to be.i; tes im y ;o the effi ie I.T of thoir capta i*. and officers., whoso Vgdanco and attention to duty was beyond all praise.- Mr. Dodd seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously as were also the re-election of the retiring director, ;Vlr. Dodd, the directors' i-c-munerat on of 60C gumeas, etc., the speakers including Messrs. E. L. Burden, C. S. Walsh, W. H Ciipstick, W. O. Smith. H. E. Abott, and R. W. Hill.

Ministry may decide for the training of disabled niien. A special committee was appointed to considea the question of providing agricultural training for d.wablod men.