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Captain Neil Primrose Dies of Wounds. Lord Rosebery, who is in residence at Gore- bridge, Midlothian, received official intimation, on tSat u'dav, that his second son, Capt. the Hon. Neil Primrose, M.P. for the Wisbech Division of Cambridgeshire, had been seriously mounded, and later a telegram announced that he had suc- cumbed to his woaad. Mr Primrose resigned tiil, post of Chief Whip to Mr Lloyd George s Government to go to the front early this year. The gallant captain was regarded by a iairge circle of friends and admirers as a young poli- tician of brillian t promise, and one dcetined to achieve a high place among the nation e notable statesmen. He was married in 1915 to Lad'y Victoi-ia Stanley, eldest daughter of the Earl ot Derby, Secretary of State for War. Mr prim- rose, who was born in 1882, was elected for Wic,- bech in 1910, defeating Lord Robert Cecn. He was Under-Secretary ior Foreign Affairs in Mr Aequith's Admliii", brat loii and Parliamentar-y Military Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions in the Coalition Government. In his capacity as Chief Liberal Whip, he accompanied the Prime j^l.'nister to Carnarvon in the early part of th'e year, and the short speech he delivered on rhat occasion oreatcd a favourable impression. Later, he resigned that position in order to proceed to the front, having already held a commission as lieutenant in the Bucks Yeomanry. A London correspondent mention:- that Mr Neil Primrose enjoyed personal friendship with most of the Wels-h members, and he particularly liked Mr Towyn Jones. It was In. WHO selected Mr Jones as one of the Government YUiips at the time Mr Lloyd George's Government was formed „ PREMIER'S MESSAGE. The widow of Captain Pnmrose has received a message from the Prime Minister as 101- tows: "Heartfelt and deepest fympathy with you in your great sorrow. Your husband s many friends, ot whom 1 am proud to be one, will weep with you over Ins la-11. But it JS a nobie sacrifice in a great cause. Lloyd George." Notable references to his death were also made in the House of Commons, on Monday-, by the prime Minister and Mr Asquith.

Capt. J. Fox Russell kkilled). r. Capt. John Fox Ruseell. M.C., K.A ivi.i at- tached Roval ?'fl?h Fu?iem, as we bne.ny re- ported last week, wa? killed on November 6th. A short time ago he received t,be Mitltary Oro for conspicuous braveny on the battlelield. lie was the eldest son of Dr. and Mrs fox Ruseell, of Holyhead, and married, in September, 1916, Aim a, only daughter of Mr and Mite Tylor, ol Court Royal, Tunbiiidge Wells. — Preaching at St. Cyui's Church, Holyhead, on Sunda' y morning, the Rev. T. L,( -I%vii Joiies, M.A. t,v ieDIT), in normal times, Capt. Fox RUIi- Bell could have looked forward to many years of work and happiness; but the old order lias clanged, and now we, who are of itikKvIc or old Mgp have the pain of seeing our youth taken from us in the flower of their manhood, while we are left behind to mourn their lose. How diffi- cult it is in these terrible days to feel the resigna- tion and fortitude which is, ala& so easy to talk about When we lose those who arc dearest, to us it seems as if the whole world lay in rums at our feet, but we muat try to realise tll,at it ie not the length of years, but wnat we put into them that counte. The young man who Has just lost his life in t.he service of others has now, we hope and believe, enteied into a fuller and happier life than he could eve,r have experi- eiicled here on earth. The pacing of so many of our loved ones to the other side, while they are btil-1 in the liivt tiush of their manhood, has done much to thin the partition which now teparatee us from the land that lies beyond the grave. Deep down in our innermost toaU there is a strong conviction that those who have been taken are waiting for us on the other kido, and we look forward with ea,ger longing to the great reunion. Then will those who have gone down to the deeps of sorrow and longing 'for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that i&,«tiir be in the havell where they would be where there i", no more sorrow, nor weeping and where God will wipe away all tea-is irom their eyes." t h en' e y

Capt. T. G. D. Burdett (Killed). News has been received at Aberystwyth that Capt Thomas George Dcane Burdett, Royal '.Wel'h Fusiliers v. as killed in action on the btli inst. at G--Lzt. Capt. Bindett, who was 36 years of age, was the eldest son of the late Mr George Deano Burdett, of the London and Provincial Bank. II; was educated at the Aberystwyth Grammar School and afterwards at the CllÍYCr- tiity College of W u ks, and was the lirst law student to pass his final from there. Having served his aiticles with ilia uncle, the late Mr W. Hughes Jones, solicitor, he became a member of the linr of Messrs Snr.th, Davies and Co., solicitors, Aberystwyth At the first call to arms he offered himself for foreign service, and had been in the thick of the lighting ever since, both 111 France anil Gallipoh.

Capt. E. Walker (Killed). I News has been received of the death 111 action of Capt. Edward Walker, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Ol¡Jy son of the late Rev. W. G. W alker, Knock- in Rectory, Shropshire, and nephew of Mr Al- fred Payne, Penvnant, Denbighshire. Educated at Hesvvall and Oxford, deceased had eeen con- lidorable rervice, and last August won the D.S.O.

Lieut. W. H. Williams (Killed). Official news was received at Bethcsda on Friday that Lieut W. II. Williams, son of Mr G. H. Williams MID the late Mrs William?, of the London City and Midland Bank, had been killed in action in Palestine on November óih Pnoi to enlisting, Lieut. Williams was 011 the staff of the then Metropolitan Bank at Carnar- von. Ho offered his services to his country at -the beginning of the war, and was awtpted. Âftr undergoing traiiiing at Llandudno and Winchester, ho waa drafted to France, where he saw six months' active service He was recom- mended for a commission, and came over to England, and after a course of instruction was drafted to Egypt. Ho was a young man of genial and kindly disposition, and was well liked by all who knew him. A tribute to his courage was the deed he performed at Carnarvon, where one day, accompanied by his father, he was walking along the promenade and noticed a little child being carried away by the tide. He instantly plunged into the s?a and saved the child, for which act he was presented with the Humane Society's certificate. The spirit which prompted him to J isk his life to save the little child also prompted him in tficrificing his life for his country. Heartfelt sympathy is felt with his father and two sisters. A memorial service is to be held at Siloan Chapel, Betbesda, on Sunday evening. Sec. Lieut. D. W. Lowe, M.C. (Killed. Second Lieut. Denis Worsley Lowe, South Wales Borderers, elder son of M,- and Mrs orsley Lowe, of The J) lits, Dolwyddelen, pre- viously reported missing, is now reported killed. He was awarded the Military Cross last spring tor the following not of conspicuous gallantry:- When the attack was temporarily held up by tna-hine-gun lire, he led his party to this place, and successfully bombed the enemy guii team, thus enabling the attack to push 011, Later on lie himself captured six prisoners Secolid- Lieut. Lowe had seen much fighting oil the western front, and had been wounded two or three times Ilis younger brother, Lieut. G \Y. Lowe, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was severely wounded in April last. Lieut. Cyril Green (Killed). I Lieut. Green, Royal Sussex Regiment, who liia.3 been killed in action, was the youngest son of the late Rev. T. Mortimer Green, registrar of University College, Aberystwyth, and brother-in- law of the Rev. Principal Pan/y, of the Training College, Carman..hen, and chaplain to the forces, and was educated at Univeirsity College. Exeter, and University College, Aberystwyth. He was lormerly in the London Univeinsitv O.T.C., but was desirous of proceeding oveiliea as quickly as possible, so transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment. He was gent to France in January, i.91b, and in May was eeveite'ly wounded, which necessitated him returning to this country. On nis recovery, he was attached to an otheri*' cadet oattalion at3 an instructor. Hie bro. Captain ii. M. Green, Welsh Regiment, lias ported J.6 missing since Suvia Bay.

I Sec. Lieut. W. L. Roberts (Killed). Mr David Roberts, 8, Wexbam street, Beau- mans. has received official notification of the death in action, on the 6th iJls: of his son, Second Lieut. W. L. Roberts. R.W.F .The dcecasei' ofticer, who was 22 years of age, was educated at Beaumaris Griunm-i.' School, leaving v :th an excellent scholastic record and the re- putation of an all-round athlete lie subse- quently entered the University College of North Wales, where he was' a member of the O.T.C In May 1915, he enlisted and was granted a commission 111 the following November. After a period of training he was drafted oil active service to uric, of the eastern theatres of war, where he was killed. j

I Lieut. T Gee (Died). The death occurred last week in hospital of Lieut. Thomas Gee, only son of Mr and Mrs R. 11 F. Gee, solicitor, Bwaneea, and gtnandlson of the late Mr Thomas Gee, ot Denbigh. He was wounded in the trenches at Y pres.

Lord Treowen s Heir Missing. j News has been received "a.t Llanarth Court, near Newport, that tho Hon. Elidyr John Bernard Herbert, olily ton of Lord and Lady Treowen, is wounded and missing. He took part in the recent lignting m Palestine.

I LANCE CORPORAL D. FUCLKEP. PEN- MA E N M A W11 (KILLED). Official notification was received on Tuesday I morning by Mr and Mrs R. Foulkes, 41, Water- street, Peiiii twiintawt-, that their &on, Lance- Corporal D Foulkes, R. W. F., had been killed in action on November 6th in Egypt.

I LANCE-CORPORAL O. B. JONES, PEN- I MAENMAWR (WOUNDED). I r. Word .was received on Saturday inat. -Lance- Corpoial Ower. Ilenry Jones, R.W ,F., 16, David- yireet, Penmaenmawv, had been wounded in i-gypt. A postcard has been received from him siatmg that he was hi hospital and the wound A as not serious.

I TROOPER E. 1,1. JOXES, PEN MA EN MA WR WOUND I'll). News was received in Penmaenmawr by the parents of Trooper Evan Ll. Jones, Bryn Arfon, uhat he had been wounded on November 5th in Palestine. He way in New Zealand when the war brok.i ou¡' unci he joined the foreeb there. Another brother, a meriuer of the Australian contingent, was killed some time ago.

I MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. [Saturday, Nove.nber 17th. I ) REGULAR FORCES. I R. W. Fusiliers.—Temp. Capt. J. W. Mc- Kill, M.C., transferred to Gen). List, i(xr dut,y with Inland Water Transport (Oct. 2,3). Lt. E. H G. Roberts to be temp. Capt., wrthout the pay or allowance of that rank, whilst employed as a court-martial officer (Nov. 9, 1916). Tm/ining Reserve.—Temp. Capt. jb. R. Graes- il i k,rti ?attwci. to be ser Thomas, from R. W. Fusiinorei (attJ.) to be temp. Capt. (Sept. 26, seniority April 7, 1916). TERRITORIAL FORCE. T. F. Reserve.—Lieut.-Col. A. E. R. Jelf Re- veley, lrom R.W.F.. to be Lieut.-Col. (Oct 5). (Monday, November 19th. REGULAR FORCES. It W. Fus. Capt. G. E. R. de Mire mont to be actg Maj. whilst serving as Maj. on Hdqrs. of Bn. (Oct. 11); Temp. Lt. N. H. Radford M.C., relinquishes actg. rank of Capl. iSept. 27), ar.d to be Adjt., vice Lt. (actg. Capt.) J. C. Mann, M.C., Spec. Res. (killed in action) (Sept 26) To bo actg. Capts. whilst comdg. Cos. -L t. G. E. B. Barkworth, Temp. Lt. J L. C. Williams, Serv. Bn. (Oct. 11). TERRITORIAL FORCE. R.W. Fus. Qnnr. and HOII. Lt. G. (J'ai ldgc to be 11011. capt. (July 1). Sec. Lt. W. S. Knceshaw is seed for duty with Trg. Res. nn. (Sept. 1, 1S16); Sec. Lt. C. Millard resigns his commn. on account of ill health, and is granted the llOn. rank of Sec Lt. (Nov. 18). VOLUNTEER FORCE. Anglesey R-Jst Bn.—G. L Jones (late Lt It. A MC ) to be temp. Copt, and Medical Officer (July 3). Tuesday, November 20th. I REGULAR FORCES. R.W Fu. I'em ) Capt. G. H. Lees M.C., to be temp Maj. (Sept. 6) The follow ing- temp. Lts. to be temp Capt.s. :-A. 11. Searl B. Wililitilis (actg. Capt,) (Sept, 6); temp Lt. J. M. Attwood, M.C., to be actg. Capt. (addtl.) (Ju!y 20j. The following to he temp. Lts Temp. Sec.-Lt. W. Pennington (Sept. 17'; Sec.-Lt, M. M. Evans, M.C. (Spec. Res.) (Sept i7) Capt R. J. Owen is seconded for duty with a Labour Corps (October 20). TERRITORIAL FORCE. Welsh R. The following to be Its.See.- Lt. W. II. Dowdeswell, and to remain Seconded: Sec.-Lt. T. E. Jones, Sec -Lt J. A. Bonnyman, Sec lit. C T. Williams, Sec. Lt. (acting Capt.; J. U C. de Rces, P. 13. Davies, W. F. de R, Da- vies, W. Morgan, Sec.-Lt. R. V. Jones, T. T L. ioyd, G. K Jenkins, G. Williams, R. O. C. Rossiter, W. R. Underwood, B. E. Howe, W. Wright. I 'YEdliC'FJay, November 21st. I I  REGULAR FOHCES. H.i<ust!)ers.—Lcmp.Capt.G. H. Morgan relinquishes the acting rank of Major on ceasing to be second in command of a battalion. The following to be acting Capts. (attd.) :—Temp. Sec.-Lt. F. L Ratto, temp. Lt. W. Maedonald. The following to be temp. Sec.-Lts.G. Gwyth- er, V. M Scott. TERRITORIAL FORCE. R. W. Fusiliers.—-Lt. F. J. Kenny is seconded for duty with Bedf. Rgt. Sir A. Osmond Williams, Bart., Lord Lieut- enant of Merioneth, has been appointed Honor- ary Commandant of the Merioneth Volunteer Regiment, with the honorary rank of Colonel. October 17th, 1917.

I THE LATE I REAR-ADMIRAL BURR. I FUNERAL AT HOLYHEAD. The funeral of ReajvAdmiral J. Leslie Burr, C.M.G., M. V.O., captain of the port, Holyhead, took place on SatLvrday morning at St. Seiriol's Churchyard, Holyhead, with full naval honours. The coffin, wh,ieh was draped with the Union Jack, upon w'irioh we it; placed the deceased's cap and &wOl'd, was borne on a, gun-carriage, drawn by the employees of the Board of Trade. The Rev. T. Edwin jVunek, M.A. (vicar), officiiaited. aesiiited by the Reve. W. J. Williams, W. Garel Jones, and Rc-es Davies. At the entrance to the ehuHdh the matrons and minxes, together witlh t¡]¡C wowlå"d Elold:iell3 from thc local hospitals, lined the pathway. The rorvice was most ini- pie.it-dve, and a3 the cortege loft the gaorcd edi- fice, the Organist (Mr R. Puglie Griffith) played O rest in the Lorrl. The principal mourners were:—Colonel Burr (bnother), Miss Eva Burr, Miss Helen Burr, and Mrs Doughty (necee); LoTd Nevvborough, the Hon. F. G. Wynn, Colonel D'ixon, Major Camp- bell Johnston, Mr and Mns F. W. Turner, Menai Bridge; Mr Pricha.rd-Ra.vner, Mr R. Gordoai Ro- bellts, Lieuts. A. F. and T. P. Pearson, Mr F. M. Cotton, C.E. (representing the Board of Trade), Mr A. T. Ohr (acting marine superinten- dent), Mr F. B. Griffith (assistant marine super- intendent), Mr A. W. Taylor, station ruperiniten- dent (represent-ing the London and North-Wes- tern Railway Company), and Captain Thomson, acting marine superintendent (representing the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company). The naval contingent was in charge of Admiral Da Cofita, and the firing party were commanded by Petty-Offieeir A. Collier. The High-Siheiriff of Ansglesey was represented by M.r J. Elias Owen, the ilagiisteriall Beneih by Mr R. E. Jones, Dr. H. S. Lowe, Mr Owen Ro- berts, Mr ThiOiS. MuÓr, Mr Joerali T. Giiffith, Mr R ee Rowkindi^, and Mr Riici? R. WTi:lJiiaji)is (olenk), and the Holyhead Urban Council by Mr Henry Jones (chairman), Mr T. R. Evans (dørk), Councillors C. E. Mocciton-Priohiard, Arthur Michael, Thos. Ackerlev, Wm. Ro,wl;:and", E. D. Williams, aiul Thomaa Slate?. There were aliso. prce, It :Capt. T. G. Clay, Mr T. G. Owen (lepre&eriiting • Colonel Fox-P'itt), Capt. Pinohin, Dr. T. W. Clay, J.P., Alde.rtma.il W. D. Jones, Mr F. D. lihonize, Mr R. Bnodiie Gniffith, Mri R. E. Roberts (representing Mr R. J. Thomas), I 1;HE~LATE REAR ADMIRaL Bl IiR. Capt. Munch, Mr John paJirv and Mr P. Hrjd den (representing the Holyhead Waterworks CC.111panyl, Mr W. B. Thoanas, Mr Jos. Hall, Mr W. JolintioiL, Mr T. G. Hughes, Mr J. Storey, Mr Wefitropp Dawson, Mr David Williams, C.C., Capt. Hamilton, Lieut. Bridle, the Rev. Thomas Williams, and Mr Wm. Griffith. Many wreaths were sent by relatives and frtiends TRIBUTE BY THE VICAR. In tho oouree of his germon, Oil Sunday even- iiig, tlie Vicir (tlie Rev. T. Edwin Jones, M.A.) sard: "To-day we mourn the loss of two faith- ful member of our ch.urch, who have exchanged their oaitthly emt in v\4taich tihev have bee:p 130- journing for the city which lias foundations efternal in the heavens. Both of them differing widely in a.ge and experience, had been engaged in the service of their King and country. The -vetot-aii whom we laid to ii2-t yesterday had a lonig and honoured career. His had been an active and stren/uous life be-fore he settled amongst us on his retirement. All who had the privilege of knowing him adiriwred a.nd respected him as an upright and courteous gentleman, who was ever readtv to do a kind act to his neigh- bour and spoke ill of none. He took a sym- pathetic in tercet in ail local matters, and notably ill Red Cnose \Yo!lk, and nowhere will h:s loss be rnopp keenly felt, than in our local Red Crocs hospital. His genial disposition, religious hos- pitality, and many eooial endowments endea.red him to all who knew him, and accounted for the widespread regard and esteem in which he was held. His career in the navy had been a long and •dii5tinguis(hcd one, -and was reeogniwd as euch by honours co:i'fen.ed upon him. The calm for- titude with which he bore a malt trying iillnesn and the ociuirage wiitih vvdulch he faced the steady approach of dlxtth, was in harmony with the traditions of the s> £ m'ice to which he belonged and a fitting close to a life that had been con- fronted on many all occasion with mannfold dan- gers a-nil even death his gen- ial ex.teincn- there lay a <jeep undartone of true devoitioiii and reliiglows spirit, ivhirti manifeited itself mo:f and mere as the end drew near. Our sympathy goe.j c:i> to- tlhoi-e who, in his d'aflth have lo.it a loving and affectionate relative, whose counsel a.nd a.diV,jce"e'r(' ever at their sea-vice. May the thought of his eourasje and affliction ever remain a sacred and precious memory to them.

LEGAL NOTICE. Re ADMIRAL J. LESLiE BcnH, G.C.M., I M.V.O., Deceased. Pumuant to Statute 22 and 25, Vie. cap. 35, XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all .I.. penuojis having any claim against the Estate of the late Adamiral J. Leslie Burr of "Government House" Holyhead who dlied on the 13th day of November, -19H, liei-eby re- quested to send particulars, in writing, of their claims to the undersigned on oc before the 22nd day of December, 1917, after which date the assets of the said deceased will be distributed amongH the persons entitled thereto, having re- gard only to the claims then received. [ Dated this 21st day of November. 1917. I R. GORDON ROBERTS, Bank Chambers, Boston St., Holyhead, c Solicitor for the F-xecuior,

DEATH OF LORD FORESTER. I Baron Forester, of Wi'lley Park, Brosciey, Shinops'hire, and of B'i,(Ilt,;iig,to,), Kent, who i» cptxttyata.ycd at bliaii(ludri.,o for ^ooie weeks, dl.ed a,t, Brighton. Born in 1842, he father in 1894. He sat as Can- fiLvvative M.P. for Wen lock from 1874 to. 1885. It \\lUa' h;, pe\UdrirJri pl'i vilege to wean his hat hi the presence of the King. Th's right wats ginanited to John Foiecter by Henry VIII. The funeral took piliact* to-diay (Fi'iday), at WJliliey CiiuR-h, Shiropcliiir'e.

FIXED PRICES FOR TIMBER. In view of the large number of timber sales by auction or tender or otherwise impending in the auctloii or teiider oy otlierwise imppt)ding iii the near future, the Controller of Timber Supplies desires to warn would-be purchasers that it is in- tended very shortly to issue an Order under the Defence of the. Realm Regulations fixing maxi- mum prices for the sale and purchase of stand- ing timber, timbar in. the log, and converted timber.

Among the apeaker-e, at the annual mett,ing of tlhe Association and Wel,-Oi Insurance Committees, which took pk<>e at Cardiff vestcivlay, was Mr Lewis (seerc'tary of the Carnarvonshire In- surance Committee), who delivered a.n ad(iree- < "StuiatoaTum Benefit"

I WAR MEMORIAL AT BANGOR CATHEDRAL I TO FALLEN SONS OF DIOCESAN I CLERGY. I I UNVEILING CEREMONY TO-DAY. At Bangor Cathedral to-day a large tablet erected through the munificence of the Bishop of Bangor to the eonis of clergymen in the diio- ceso who have faiien in the prei-ent, war was un- H'iJjcd. The tablet, which is of white .statuary marble, fiamed with black Belgian marble, occupies a place on the walls of the north iramsept, close to the or.gan. It bears tile following .1 t:on — 'teroruan Bangoiienoani Iliiios, Pro Paaria Decore Mortuos Haate J.'abuia:n Com- nicmorantcm Dieav.t, 'Clwiisti Ducis in Lauwiti Exeinipioque Agmim Suibis?quentiuni Watkin Epis-copus. Frank G. de Burgh Ed.vardis. Lieut., R.H.A. Hazebroack, France, Oct. 12, 1914. Act. 2*7. Fid. Red., Llangefni. Marys Wyjine-Joii'es, Lieut., R.E. Zande- voarxie, Uut. 28, Carnarvon. Thomas Lewis Pi-iohc.rd, Cant., R. W.F., Ypn: l\ov. 9, 1914. Art. o, Fit. ic., Amtwcli. Ruisi-ell Hafremnxki Jones, Lirut., R.W .F. S'uvla Bay, Aug. 10, 1915. Art. 2i. Titho Giynne Jonee, Lieut., R. W.F. Gaza, Apr. 1917. Ait. ii). I< iin \ric., Llan.d- lot-s, Bangor, Can. Vernosi E. Owen, l.'< .it., RAV.F. Festuben, France, Nov. 29, 1915. Ad. 22. Fil. Vic., Aberdaron. Edmund 0. G. W-Hliams-Mev-rick, Lieut., R.W.F. Gihcu'tar, May 7, lyl6. Ad. 39. Fil. Reot., Beaumaris. D,a,vid, W. Llewe'yn Jones, Lieut., London lie, Fiance, Jul. 2, 191c)(' _1((. 21. Fil. Vif., Penrraatnmawr, Bangor, Can. Tiioniaj Oliver Thornac-, Lieut., R.W.F. ilamc-tz Wood, France, Jul. 11, 1S16. Act. 22. Fil. Vie., Corr,:s. Hubert Da,rreH Hughes, Lieut., it. W. F., Tiigi-is, Jan. 14, 191 i. Act. 19. Fil. Rect., Llandudno. John Savin Jones-Savin, Lieut., R. W.F. Salo nika, Man'. 27, 1917. Ad. 26. Fil. Me., Ghmojgwen, Bangor, Can. Lieu: R.W.F. In- fantry Hill, France, Jun. 18, 1917. Act. 23. Fil. Itcct" Llanarmon mini Dlangybi. H. E. Malcolm Owen, Lieut., R.F.C. Lincoln, Jul. 18, 1917. Act. 18. Fil. Vic., Brith- d:.r. David Henry Gecrge Manley, Capt.. R.W.F. Palestine, Nov. 6, 1917. Ad. 22. 1.il. Reet., Llanbedirog. THE SERVICE. Before the service opened, Chopin's "Funeral March-' and Handel's Largo" Nvcle played on the organ. The service commenced with the hymn, "The saints on earth. In unveiling the tablet, the Biehop said:—"My Very Reverend Brother the Dean and you my Reverend lirotih.ren the Chapter of this holy and ancient Catiiediral Church, I pray vou to accept this tab- let, wihich record's the names of the s-ons of our brethren who have died for their country during t1;1s present wa' The Dean answered We accept th:s tablet, to the glory of Christ, t.he Captain of our Sal- vation, in memory of thf-IS His soldiers and for the example of those who shall com-2 after them." Minor-Canon Eastwood lecited the following:—: "And one of the elders answered, saying unto I me, these which a.re arrayed in the w'liite robes, who are they, and whence came they ? And 1 say unto him, my Lord, thou kno'.vet?t. And he said to me, these are they which come out ot rha great tribulation, and they washed their nobes" and made them white in the blood of tlie Lamb. Therefore are they before the Throne ol God and they serve Him diay and night in His temple; and He that sitteth on the Tturone ehalt frproad His tabernacle over thctn. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more neither thall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat; for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne ühaN be their Shepherd," and shall guide them unto fountlains of waters of life; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes." Tlie hymn, "For all the saints who from their labours rest," was then rang. After the Last Post." had been sounded, the following prayer was offered: "We give Thee hearty thanks, 0 heavenly Father, for liaving given us tth&ee, Thy eervaitte, to grow up amongst us in our homes, humbly beseeciliung Thee to grant, in. Thine own good time, that the cause may triumph for which they laid down their lives, so that religion and righteousness, peace and prosperity, may rest on this earth for geneiriait:oiis to l'onw. Grant tims, 0 heavenly Father, for Jcstu Christ's sake, our Leader and Redeemer. Amen." The- Nait/'onal Anth-em was sung, and at the close of the service the "Hallelujah Clionus" was oil the organ. THE RECTORSHIP OF LLANLLYFNI. I The Rev. Hugh Lunt, curate of Elanberis, has boon offered the incumbency of Llanllyfm, near Carnarvon. Mr Lunt was educated at Lam- peter College, and was ordained in 1900. He was curate of Bodferin, South Carnarvonshire, from 1903 to 1908, \\hcn lie was appointed curate of Lianberis.

WELSH CHURCH ELECTIONS. I (To tlie Editor] I Srr,—I was veiiy pleased to see that, the Bishop of St. Asaph had condemned oanva&siing fori the forthcoming elections jai Wate^. Oanva-syng for politi?al government is odious. Canvassing for Ohnreh government is intoleratle. No really quailidied candidate will stoop tio do &0 tkredly Cd- ijidirlictly. I am eurc I can speak for the gueat majority of ihe nommateid caiid.datefi thz.t tli-ev woiild natiiier be not elected than be elected by euuh motihodis. I have no raaton to think that there will be t.iy canvaesing. But if I æ- ccive any ooniniuniication in the nature of a can- vass I thall know for whom not to vote.—Youi's, etc. I WELSH CHURCHMAN. I

I -■ I RAILWAYMEN'S WAGES I NEGOTIATIONS FOR FURTHER ADVANCE. The Executive of the Railway Companies of Great Britain met the Executive of the National Union of Railwaymeii in London, on Monday, to cons idea- the application made by the railway workers for a further wage increase of 105 per week. Sir Henry Walker presided. We are informed that the probable bafis of settle- n10211 t will he the concession of a further advance of 5.s per week, bringing tlie additional war wages UD to J61 per week. I OFFER OF FIVE SHILLINGS ADVANCE REJECED. Tine National Un.on of Ralwavmen resumed the sipeciial oonfownea at Lw.-csfcer yesterday, under the pr.es:dea»cy of Mr Bfiilamy, and de- liberated in private for b-tween six and Eeve-i,, Jw>urs, 'Uiic pn.ncipal quesliion difcut'&rd being the offer of the raihvay companies to grant a 5.5 ad- vance, 'bringing the increase on pre-war rates up to £ 1per1-week. The debate ww; liNi.t.-d through- ouifa and it beeajne ev:tkai.ti before the afternoon "on had far advanced that the offer would be rejected. Many of tli?, ;iit,;ztia,tc?i that they had bpou?ht with them a very definite tbut tiie,;v lia-d L-rcu-gilt

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND FJREMEN. AiN \DVANCE FOli 36,000 MEN AND YOUTHS. Mr John Bromley, general secretary ot tno Associated Society of l.ocomotive Engineers and Firemen, whose headquarters arc at Leeds, on Tuesday received the award of the Committee on Production in refere ice to h'st week's arbi- tration proceedings. The award gives to drivers, liremcn, motei men, anJ (nginc cleaners an in- crease of 5s weekly oil war wages for all these of 18 years of age and upwards, and 2s 6d weekly to noys. The- award says Mr Bromley, brings the total war wages of the Society's members up to £ 1 a week Over 36,COO raihvay employees are affected. The other i ailwaymen's organisation, the Nation?! Union of Railway men, is now- negotiating with, the Railway Executive for an &ward. V. ;■ •.

I DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT- I BANGOR I GROCERS' SHOP GUTTED. I EXCITING INCIDENTS. In tuie early hours of yesterday a cestrucUve fire broke out in the premises of Messrs E. B. Jones and Co., grocers, High-street, Bangor. How it originated is at pieis-eiit shrouded in mystery. A postman who passed the chop at 3.45 a.m. states that tiiieaie was then no sign of a fire. Ap- parently it was discovered a tew minutes later oy Mr Hunt, the manager, who was sleeping with ii 'ts two children, Idas, aged si x yeart, and Mair, aged live years, in a bedroom in trie top ;j-oi:uy of the premu.es, Mns Hunt Li Lng left the previous morning for Ljaaradulaa, and liad telephoned that she (t. d net:, intend returning until the following day. Mr Hunt was first aroused by the crash oi breaking and upon opening the door was alarmed to lind his way blocked by volunme of oiiioke and flames. He ruahed til rough the flames, and was badly burnt, about tlie hande and his hair was partly singed. Finding that escape by the stairs was impoc-oible owing to the Harries, he returned to the bedroom and tied a elieet and a blanket, together, twisted them rope ta^liion, and dropped 1ms children by this means on to the balcony on the first floor. Here they remained for a short- time until Mrs Rowlands and Mrs Jones, neighbours, with six other women -with a resource which did them credit, hold out a. blanket, and into this the children jumped and escaped unscathed. 2Ilt3¡¡wh,ilij another excithig incident was oc- curring on tlie roof. Two assisiante, Mr W. J. Roberts, a discharged soldier, and Mr W. C. Jonee, both of Llanfair P.G., who slept in a room at the top of the 'premises, were awakened by the presence of smoke in xheir room, and when one of them opened the door he was over- whelmed with smoke and flames. Finding it im- possible to escape through the door, they forced their way through the skylight window to tlie roof. It was pitch dark at the time, and a fai&? step would undoubtedly have cost them their lives. They maiuiged to crawl along several roofij to Bradford House. Unfortunately there was no ladder available long enough to reach them, but Mr Watkin Jone.s and P.C. Jo-iic-is man- aged to fix a rope round the chimney and down tins they lowered themselves into Tai rmynydd. The fire brigade, in charge of Capt. Jones, now arrived, and finding that the tire was chief- ly at, the rear of the premises, in the bakehouse and the wad"thoU6e, where about six tone of flour and about two tons of grain and meal were stored, directed their energies there. Fortun- ately there was all abundant, supply of water, and the mem bens of the brigade had the assist- alllce of Superintendent Griffith and seveiul police officers. Having quenched the flames here, though not before the building and its con- tents were gutted, tlie brigade conc--ntrare(i tneu eilorls to prevent the fire extending to the ad- joining premises, Boots Gash Chemists and Comp- ton House. Ine former premises appeal'ed lor some time to be in jeopardy, as a beam ran from Messrs E. B. Jones' shop into the upper pa.rt of tihelr building. This was sawir off, and the dan- ger from that source averted. A large quanroiy of fancy goods were, however, spoilt. Compton House I-eeaped without any damage. By about 9 a.m., the fire was well under con- trol, but throughout the day smoke was seen issu- ing from parts of the building. The dining- room on tiie iiret floor appears to be the only room which has escaped serious damage, the windowis, which are still draped by curtain'?, being intact. Apparently tlie ifne originated in the bake- house, but this has not been definitely estab- lished. The building, which belongs to Coun- cillor Charles Pozzi, is partly cove.red by insur- ance, and it ie understood that the contents of the fcliop were also insured. We regret to say that the manager's furniture was not ine-ured, and much sympathy is folt with Mr Hunt and his family in their sad loss. Crowd s visited tihe scene of the fire in the coarse of yesterday, a.nd appearvd part;oi,lar"N- interested in the rope of blankets and sinecte by means, of which the manager and luis children escaped, and which was hanging from one of the windows. j D OL_- --1,( l Messrs ft. rs. Jones and \jo. nave se<-ureu umn^ui I House, where they will to-day (Friday) re-open their business.

MARRIAGE OF CAPT. MORYS I MOSTYN. (From a London Correspondent.) I The marriage took place yesterday, at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, ot Captain Henry Morys Mostyn, son of Colonel the Hon Henry and Mrs Mostyn, to Miss Mar jorie Tubb, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Tubb, of Cht^tcrtield Lodge, Bicester. Rather romantic circumstances surround the wedding, for the bride is a nurse in Mrs Fleming's Hospi- tal for Officers at. 27, Grosvenor Square, and the bridegroom was a patient m the hospital, hav- ing been severely wounded at the front. Miss Tubb was his iiuitie, aiid brought him. back to health and strength. The church was decorated with palms and white chrysanthemums, and on the altar was a profusion of lilies. The ceremony was performed by Canon the IlolI. Hugh Mostyn, uncle of the bridegroom, who was assisted by the Rev. Prebendary Thickness, rector of St. George's. The church was filled with relatives and triends of the bride and bridegroom, while wounded officers and the nurses from the hospi- tal at which the bride had ser\ed were also pre- sent. There were no bridesmaids, the ceremony bing of a quiet nature. 111e bride, leaning on the arm of her father, who gave her away, wore a charming gown- of pale pink satin veiled with pale pink chirton and trimmed with silver embroidery and chinchilla fur. Her veil was of pink tulie, and she wore a wreath of orange blossom, and myrtle. Sir Pyers Mostyn was the best man After the wedding a reception, at which ollly the near re- latives of the bride and bridegroom were pre- sent, was held at Mrs Fleming's Hospital, and iater in the day Captain and Mrs Morys Mostyn left London to spend a short honeymoon. Amongst the distinguished congregation present at the ctiuroh were:—Miri; Tubb, Mies Tubb, Miss L. Tubb, Col. the Hon. Iltnry and Mrs Mostyn, Mr levan Mostyn, Lord and Lady Mostyn and the Hon. Gwynedd Mostvn, Captain the Hon. Edward Mostyn, the Hon Lady Lloyd Mostyn and Miss Rhona Mostyn, Lady Bowlby, and Miss Bowlby, Major and Mrs James Mostyn, Miss Katharine Mostyn, Mrs Edward Mostyn, the Countess of Dundonald. Lord and Lady; Penrhyn, the Hon. Alice. Douglas Pennant, the Hon. Hilda Douglas Pennant, the lIon. Violet Douglas Pen- nant, General Arthur and the Hon. Mrs Sand- bach, the Hon. Winifred Douglas Pennant, the Misses Douglas Pennant, Lady Dy never. Lady Lawrcnce, Frances Lady De L'lsle and Dudley, ,it d the I l ozi. l?,,tby Viscountess Hardinge i ml the Hon. Ruby Hardinge, the Hon. Pamela Boscawen. Mrs Henry Liddell, the Dowager Lady Peyton, Miss Peyton, Mrs Slater Harrison, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs Alan Gough, Lady W atson. Miss A. Strat- ton, M 1SS M. Stratton, Mrs Philip Hunloke. the Hon. Mrs Clegg Hill, Mrs Salvin Bowlbv. the II on. Mrs James Boyle, Colonel and Lady Flor- ence Beresford AJSII, the Hon. Mrs Heywood- Lonsdale, the Hon. Mrs Bowlby, Mrs Wynne- Finch, the Hon. Arthur and Mrs Saumarez, Mrs Henry Birch Reynardson, Mrs Robert Fleming, and Miss Kathleen Fleming, Captain and Mrs Herman Hodge, Mrs Roger Tempest, Mrs Arthur Glover Captain and Mrs Featherstonhaugh, Mr and Mrs Mortiaunt, Miss Stratton, Mrs Sydney Byass and Miss By ass, Mrs Cgdvy. Mrs C. Wingheld-S'tratford, Miss Murray. Mr Caldecott, Miss Caldt cott. Mrs Neville Pufnell, Mrs George Barnett, Mrs Heaton, Major and Mrs II. Allen, Sir Gecrsre Dashwood, Mrs Percy Nevill, Mr and Mrs Kei'h Falconer, Miss Nevill. Mrs Frank Dawes, Mrs Ernes; Barry, Mr and Mrs Knee- U rs Knee- chaw, Colonel Coke, Mrs George Cavo, Miss Gertrud e Douglas Cave, Mr and Mrs Style, Mi J. G. Metcalfe, Captain Tufiiell, Captain Dunville, Commander French, and a number of wounded officers and nurses from Mrs Fleming's hospital, 27, Grosvenor square,

Large quantities of food-stuffs and a consign- ment of black walnut seized on seven Scandi- navian vessels in 1915, whilst on voyages from New York to Scandinavia, were condemned lawful prize by Sir Samuel Eva.n.s on Monday. An interesting fact about the walnut was that it was cut in pieces, suitable for stocks for Ger- man rifles. On being eold tlie goods realised over £ 60,000.

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MORAL FORCE. > 1 Napoleon said that moral force is to physical as three to one," and since he was never the man to despise or neglect the material pide of things, we may accept the d,Tetrine on his authority. But a good many people have quoted it, and perhaps relied on it. under a serious delusion as to what it really means. They take it to imply, for instance, that a right cause is immensely stronger than a wrong one simply because cf its Tightness. Although this is, in the long run, an absolute truth, lack of faith and strength may delay the triumph be- yond our own generation. At any rate, it is not what Napoleon intended to convey. He was not accustomed to trouble himself much about actual rightness or wrongness. But he knew that if a nation believefc its cause to be right, and feels the sense of its rightness and greatness in every fibre of its soul, it will fight with an altogether different power from what can be shown when its mind wavers and its feelings are languid. The moral force of which he spoke is not in the merits of the conflict itself, but in the way that a nation is in- spired by them. THE FAITH OF GERMANY. I For that matter, you may have a great deal of moral force enlisted in support of an utterly immoral claim. That is the case with Germany in the present war. Her creed is no better than a criminal's, for it lays down that she is entitled to take what- ever she wants, and that she need observe no laws of God or man in the doing of it. That is what she calls her right of expan- sion," which overrides every right belong- ing to the people whose property she covets. A more monstrous doctrine was never laid down since men first began to talk in terms of reason. But the vital thing is that the Germans believe it-believe that their Might is Right, and that the Power they have accumulated has a sacred title to go on increasing itself until it has absorbed the whole world. They believe it so fervently that they are content to face death or the severest hardships in order that it may be fulfilled. They feel for this right of ruthless expansion all the passion that other peoples have cherished for reli- gion. for liberty, or for the safety of their hearths and homes. I "WAR AS USUAL." It is not sufficient, therefore, to be in the right or to know that we are so. These things by themselves will not bring the balance of moral force on to our side in the sense in which Napoleon acclaimed its importance. That will not happen until we feel the vital and overwhelming import- ance of our cause with a greater intensity than Germany cherishes her appetite for her neighbours' possessions and her claim. to be the world's overlord. Is there any ad- vantage in denying that we are very apt to think and feel about the war in a humdrum spirit, which is just the reverse of this ? At tho beginning there was a good deal of talk about business as usual." To-day there is a sentiment that might be described as "war as usual. We put the war along with the weather in the dull catalogue of common things. We got the impression that it goes on automatically, and the small individual part that we do to further it is weakened by this listless, perfunctory spirit. It is to revive our grasp of its enor- mous and fateful realities that his Majesty has set apart the first Sunday in 1918 as a Day of Prayei--just as President Wilson asks his countrymen to remember, on their national festival of Thanksgiving Day. that they are fighting" to defend the rights of men throughout the world," and for the sstablishmentof "liberty, security, peace, -and conlrad -i Ilm 1'' THE KING'S APPEAL. King George puts in the foreground the hope that we may be "enlightened in our understanding" and "fortified in our courage." Those are the main conditions of genuine" moral force "—of so vivid an impression of the meaning and urgency of our cause that we shall be unable to rest until we have done everything to make it prevail If our minds once realise what it is that Germany is trying to do, and that it lies with us to permit or to prevent it, it is scarcely possible that we can throw less than all our energy into the contest. What our enemy is endeavouring is. in his Majesty's words, to perpetuate the wrongs already committed and stem the tide of a free civilisation." Germany de- mands the sanction of victory for the horrors she has wrought in France and Belgium, for her warfare upon Hie defence- less, and for her atrocities upon the seas. If she prevails, she will feel at liberty to repeat these things wherever she is urged by the "necessity" of attacking some other nation and acquiring its property. It is her deliberate purpose to put back the clock throughout the whole world. The tide of a free civilisation har, been mov- ing slowly and painfully, but steadily and clearly, towards the ideals of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Germany has made up her mind to stop and reverse it, and to bring about the survival of no com- mandment among men but that of her own brutal and selfish power. The issue can- not be better described than in President Wilson's recent address to the American Federation of Labour. Germany," he says. is determined that the political power of I ?, d i thp world shall belong to her," and she intends to use that power not in politics alone, but "to dominate the labour and industry of the world." Her leading classes openly avow their intention, if vic- tory can be secured of fastening" indem- nities upon all their enemies which it would require generations of virtual slave labour to discharge. And the President declares that it is merely fatuous" to suppose that the free industry and enter- prise of the world can continue if the Pan- German plan is achieved." I THE NATURE OF THINGS." No more tremendous question was ever put to humanity than this, of whether Ger- many's malign aims are to succeed or fail. They are so monstrous that we may b. tempted to feel that they are impossible— that there must be something in the very nature of things" which will bring them to grief. There could hardly be a more ignorant or perilous fallacy. There is no strength in any of the laws or institutions of the civilised world except what the faith and works of men and women impart to them. Liberty and justice cannot sustain themselves except in so far as mankind are in earnest about them and ready to make sacrifices in their support. History does not move uniformly forward to better things of its own accord. Gr^it civilisa- tions have perished because the hearts of those whom they sheltered were not great enough to hold them up. The Roman Em- pire was overthrown by barbarism, and a thousand years had to pass before Europe couU feel that it had regained the stan- dards of law and security which had passed away with it. There is nothing to prevent the present contest between Might and Ri^ht from coining -to an equally tragic end, and plunging us into a fresh series of Dark Ages, except the resolute will of the civilised peoples the moral forces which can throw every ounce of their labour and self-denial into the scale of victory.