Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

i. LLANGOLLEN XMAS SALE. "I There were good supplies at the Chrtsfenas sales of Mes-srs. Jones and Son in the LI am gotten Smltbfield. on Tuesday. Dec. 0, and, whilst the quality was gOO1. very high. The figures were: 350 fat .sheep. IS fit cattle. 30 fat pigs, and large supplies of milkers and store pigs. A bull made £ 60: milkers, Mr., Lloyd. Glyn, 462; Afr. "Jobcs, Cefn, £ 40; Mr. Roberts, Rhewl, £41) 10s. Oalvcrs. Mr. Morris, STairtyr, £ 49; Mr. Elllis, Gljo; E47. istcre pí, fll Is. an.) £ 9. Sow and Utter of six, ?27. The: priMe 'ware awarded as follows: B?&t cow and calf, Mr. Robwt6, Uhewl; heifer Ln-calf, Mr. Jones, Penddael; cow ä.n-oaU, ¥ Nwrtgcr..

I Notes of the Week. I Women and Housing. In a recent official circular issued to local authorities Dr. Addison once more strongly urges the advan- tage of taking women into consultation with jegard to the proposed lay-out of new houses. This is a point frequently empha- sized in this column, for the obvious reason I that it is the housewife rather than the dis- trict or town councillor or the public ofli- cial (however omniscient in his own opinion), who is best fitted to give advice on those small but important details of domestic arrangements that may easily make all the difference between a conveni- ent house and an inconvenient one. In urban areas the Ministry of Health suggests that some suitable women should be co- opted on the housing committee or that women's advisory committees should be established to act with the housing author- ity. In rural areas he counsels the sub- mission of plans, before they are finally decided upon, to some such body as the local branch of the Women's Co-operative I Guild or of the National Council of Women in order that their voice may be heard on I such topics as the placing of water taps, or the arrangements for cooking. or the bath, etc. This is advice which, we ima- gine, none of our local housing authorities I, will be so foolish as to ignore, and we hope very shortly to be able to record the formation of such advisory and other com- j mittees where that step has not already wisely been adopted without this reminder from Whitehall of its essentiality to any I successful housing scheme. Plas Newydd for the Public. The decision of Lord and I Lady Tankerville, com- municated to Llangollen Urban District Council, last week, to regard their possession of Plas Newydd,once the home of the Old Ladies, "as a trust to Llangollen and whoever cares for beauty will be received with eminent satisfaction, not only in the immediate locality, but wherever, there is any thought and anxiety for the preservation of historic monuments. This old house, so beautiful in itself, and so closely linked with those quaint and famous characters of a bye-gone age, is essentially a public possession in every sense but the strictly legal one. There were not a few who desired to make it public in the legal sense too, but any regrets that may have been felt at Llangollen's failure, owing to financial difficulties, to secure the place on its own behalf, are very largely lost in the feeling of singular good* fortune that it should have passed into the hands of those who so abundantly appreciate its value as to desire, as far as possible, to share pos- session with "you all." Its ancient tra- ditions, says Lady Tankerville in her letter, I will be honoured, and we may be sure they will. It is to remaii 3. dower house" in the widest sense of the term, and its doors and gateways will be open to any interested visitor who calls. The lowly cot is not, of course, the only historic spot of the Vale of Llangollen, but it is the one which has generally most directly inspired the popu- lar imagination; and most effectively given Llangollen its world-wide fame, and the permanent withdrawal of its charms from the tourist's sight, or, still worse, its whofe- sale removal ab the whim of the mo?e or les fabulous "rich American" who was locally rumoured to have his eye upon it, would have proved an irreparable loss to the district in more ways than one. It is not surprising, therefore, to record Llan- gollen Council's enthusiastic expressions of gratitude to Lord and Lady Tankerville for a thoughtful and public-spirited act, which will be, equally appreciated by a much wider, circle when it becomes more generally known. t .„ Sir Francis Lloyd's New Poet. With characteristic mod- ■ esty pieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd disclaims any special qualification for the office of Food Com- missioner for the London and Home Coun- tits Division to which he has just been appointed. It would have astonished him no more, he assures us, had he awaked to find- himself Archbishop of -Canterbury! That, of course, is a principle of selection of which the present Government is rather fond, but in Sir Francis's case, the abseiiee, of obvious suitability is not as great as he would, have us believe. As, head of the London Command, during the anxious days of the war, he not only carried out his. onerous duties with conspicuous energy and thoroughness, but, incidentally he acquired a knowledge of the metropolitan area, j peculiar and extensive, which will stand hifu¡1 in good stead in his new task, and his many friends in Shropshire and North Wales will i welcome his appointment, however surpris- ing its offer may have been to Sir Francis himself, as a timely—almost a tardy-offi- cial tribute to his past services as an organ- ] ierof natlonaldefence..

PERSONAL. The installation of the new Dean of Here- ford, Archdeacon Waterfield, of Cheltenham, is provisionally fixed for .Dec. 20. The King has sanctioned the appointment of the Countess Grosvenor as a Lady of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. At the Investiture held at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, Lieut.-Col. Henry Pryce-Jones, Coldstream Guards, was in- vested with the Distinguished Service Order. An engagement is announced between Lieut. Richard Farrer James, I.A. R. O., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.' Percy James, Kilhendre, Gresford, and Marguerite Eleanor Marie, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. W. Dawson, of Gresford Lodge, Gresford, North Wales. Lady Trevor of Brynkinalt opened a suc- cessful sale of work at Roseneath; J¡):;pitat Wrexham, in aid of the Christmas nHcrtain- ment for the pensioners under treatment at the hospital, in which Lady Trevor has taken the keenest interest since its fstablishment by the North Wales Joint War Pensions. Committee. Sir John Leigh, Bart., of Lilleshall, Shrop- shire, and Beech House, Llandudno, has paid into Mrs. Lloyd George's banking account £ 5,500 to be used for hospital work in Car- narvonshire, out of which Mrs. Lloyd-George is handing £ 5,000 to the Llandudno Hospital for an endowment fund and E2,50 each as donations to Bangor and Carnarvon Hospitals. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Vis- countess. Ebrington and Lord Herbert Vane- Tempest were among the guests at London- derry House, on Wednesday, when the Queen of Spain honoured the Marquess and Mar- chioness of Londonderry with her company to dinner. The Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family were also pres- ent. We regret to record the death of the Countess of Denbigh, which occurred on Monday at Newnham Paddox, Gloucestershire, from heart failure. She was the daughter of the eighth Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and married the present Earl of Denbigh in 1884. Lady Denbigh has been in a poor state of health for some time, largely due to her exertions in war work. Sir Edward Pryce-Jones, Bart., was among the thirty-eight M.P.'s and ex-M.P.'s with whom Senor Capablanca, the famous young Cuban chess champion played simultaneous games at the House of Commons on Tuesday week. Sir Edward was eventually beaten, like 35 of his companions, but not before he had given his distinguished opponent a very tough fight. Only two of the team managed to draw and none were victorious. At a recent investiture held by the King at Buckingham Palace, Capt. Cyril Hughes- Davies, Royal Field Artillery, received the Military Cross, and also that awarded to his brother, Lt. Gwyiuie Hughes-Daviee, 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attd. Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action in Palestine, Sept. 20, 1918. They are sons of the Rev. T. Hughes-Davies, late of Bettws Vicarage, and Mrs. Hughes-Davies, and grandsons of the. Rev. E. Robinson, Penrhos Vicarage;

BORDER MILITARY HONOURS. MILITARY CROSS. Capt. F. A. D. Evans, l/7th R.W.F., was one of the officers to be decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. When war broke out Capt. Evans was at home on a holiday from the Malay States, but immed. iately joined up as a second lieutenant in, the l/7th E.W.F. Unserved with the battalion throughout till demobbed about May this year in Egypt. He was with the battalion in • Suvla, Bay operations and afterwards in Egypt and Palestine and got his company during the Suvla Bay operations. He is the only officer of the original battalion who came through the war. Capt. Evans is the fourth son of the late Major D. W. Evans, of Glascoed. His youngest brother came from the Malay States to join up and was captured with the 1st K.S.L.I, in March, 1918, another brother enlisted in the Canadian forces but was in- valided, and another brother is Capt. Dorsett Evans, late of the Royal Navy, now secretary to the County of Salop War Pensions Com- mittee. Lieut. T. Roberts, of Buckley, atea.cher at the Custom House Law School, Connah's Quay, has been awarded the Military Cross for "marked gallantry and initiative. > DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. L/Sergeant. J. Evison, M.M., 17th Batt. R.W.F. (Ruabon). For an act of gallantry during the war. The official account says-. On the night of the 7th—8th Oct., 1918, near Aubencheul-au-Bois, he led his platoon under exceptionally heavy enemy fire right up to the enemy wire and forced his way until He-was unable to proceed further owing to the wire being uncut. He was then wound- ed, but stood up' cutting the wire and en- couraging his men to do the sime until his wound and loss of blood prevented him from doing more. He continued issuing orders and encouraging his men until he fell.. He set a splendid example of gallantry and devo- I tion to duty.

I | | The House of Gteley. BIRTH OF SON AND HEIR. Mrs. Mainwaring, wife of Mr.' c, F. 1L, Mainwaring, Oteley, Ellesmere, gave birth to a son on Sunday. The news has been" re- "civer! with much pleasure in the neighbour- hood, the more so because the previous heir to the estate lived but a short time after the rejoicings. Both mother and child are ding TEftlin