The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

COMRADES OF THE GREAT WAR. The Editor of the Chronirh will be glad to give room to summarised reports of nicetingg of the various local branches in tho counties of Anglesey, Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire, if sent by accredited representatives.

I, THE UNEMPLOYMENT DOLE. It is tolerably tafe to ay that the de- bate and division in the HOlLie of Com- mons 011 the subject of tho Unemployment dolo are substentially in accord with the prevailing opinion of the country general- ly. In exceptional times exceptional measure*; are not merely expedient, they are necessary. But normal people prefer normal time.?, and welcome the oppor- tunity to return to the methods of normal times. Tile change may, and probably doe?, occasion some degree of hardship. in some quarters and a seiLse of injury in the sufferers; but the discontinuance of an effete, extravagant, uneconomical or other. wise undesirable system is not to be deter mined in reference to a comparatively small number of "hard cases." And aA against the natural sympathy which every right minded person must have with these "hard is to be set the con sideration whether you can afford to III- dulge in that sympathy. The Govern- ment has been severely criticised for not taking a sufficiently determined stand to curb public expenditure arid it has been particularly charged because twch-c months after the practical cessation of hostilities, the country is so largely burdened with war liabilities which, the critics say, should have been brought to an old long ago. No fair minded oitizeu can read Sir Robert Home's speech without acknowledging that the Minister of Labour conclusively justified both the institution cf the Unemployment dole, about a year ago, and the necessity for now discontinuing it. And it would al- most appear that the payment of this donation has not been unduly prolonged. Sir Robert gave the figures for the months of May and September together with those of to-day. In May la. no fewer than 1,100,000 persons were in receipt of the dole; in September, the figure was 403,000 including 502,000 ex-memlters of the forces: to-day we have 479 thousand, including 344 thousand ex-members of the Forces. 1vhc civilian men and \vonie«i now in receipt of the donation are, respec- tively, 101,000 aind 34,000. It will be noticed that the numbers have gone up since September. Sir Robert- Home, in answer to Mr Clyncs, told the Howe that tho present day figures a,re of roughly 40.000 who are involuntarily thrown out of employment by trie lron- mouldeiv strike. The large ifgures of the earlier months contain the justification for the payment of the dole, thewrlcome fan in the figures showa that industry has so far returned to a normal state ae to offer abundant opportunities of employment, and therefore that the dole may cease without floodimg the country with suffering and hardship with their accompanying dis- turbance and "unrest. It is jjnpoeeiblo »pIIS from theee figures 1  without referring to the deleterious CffClt 1 of a strike in one branch of industry upon the fortunes of innocent men who arc eni- ployci in dependent trades and occupa- tions. The moulders' strike which ought never to have been permitted to take place is rospoivrbie for the stoppage of roughly 40,000 engineers at a time when factories, ships. aaid«ali kiiideof mechanical transport are waiting for ossential machinery and parts. Unemployment creates umemploy- ment. and a strike, particularly in an os- sential industry, spreads havoc fav and wide. IViere was some reference m the debate to the perniciousness of unemploy- ment donations in sofax as they encourage idleness or a disinclination to take up un- congenial tasks. To the extent that the discontinuance of the dole stimulates the quest for work, the Government ha,8 done the country a. real good turn. But noiv that tho dole -to civilians—for ex-service men are quit-t- properly in another cate- gory-has ceased, the Government must not delay in finding iiolmial and regular means of dealing with the problem of un- employment. As Mr Bonar Law put it to the House, the danger of unemployment, is at once "the greatest spectre tiiat stamds in the way of the industrious, hard- working mam," and something of an in- dictment of the capitalistic system since industry to be carried an must have a reserve (?f !abour which in tii-nes be- come. "a  of utttemp l oye d come- "a pool of wuemployed."

THE TEST OF RESULTS. I In our view, the Industrial Courte Bill which passed its third reading in the House of Commons this week without a division, strikingly illuetratee the usefulness of a Coalition Government for this country at the present time. We all know the prac- tical advantages of national unity in the industrial sphere. Without it, we are likely to compass our own ruin by ex- pending on internal strife t.ie energies by which alone we can regain and maintain in the world the commercial and financial position to which two-thirds of the popula- tion directly owe their livelihood. What was the situation that confronted us in this connection when the war ended ? The vast majority of the nation had agreed to let domestic differences be submerged while the tigering lasted, and this was done that we might bring all our power, aptitudes and resources to bear unob- structed on the enemy. As soon a-s tho fighting in the field ceased, those old dif- ferences began to re-appeiajr and to make their presence felt. Old suspicions, old resent- ments, old grievances, rose in all direc- tions a £ obstacles to the efficient and satis- factory restarting of our industry. We could only accomplish the necessary reyival I of our prosperity by that mutual under- standing and collaboration which these obstacles mcnacod, and there was and is an energetic and unscrupulous faction in the Labour world which strove with all its might to magnify the troubles, to in- tensify sectional differences, to inflame discontent, and make shipwreck of the nation's practicable hopes in tho treacher- ous endeavour to rush organised Labour into a repetition of Lenin's Gadareno stampede to Red Revolution. In such a situation, political unity gave a great example. The Coalition showed that minds of divergent tendencies could come together in a groat national peace crisis as they had come together in the war crisis, that they could work together with reciprocal helpfulness, that they could combine in soundly-conceived and massive- ly-designed reconstruction. The condition was that they should act by agreement, and that the temptation to report to coer- cion to seek undue advantage on one side or the other, to gain a partisan point by overriding compromise, should be sup- pressed. Does any man or woman of discernment believe that this example offered in the political sphere has been without effect in tho industrial sphere ? We think the Industrial Courts Bill pro- vides a convincing object lesson to any honest doubters on this subject, if such- there be. The Bill does not proceed by coercion; it embodies a ripely-ecnsidered attempt to create a better mood, a clearer atmosphere, a cleaner mode of approach in the sphere of industrial conflict. It endeavours thus by the effect of increasing appeasement to get rid of old suspicions and make a.n end of old antagonisms, so that unity may grow. A machine-mado unity imposed by legislative or other force is useless. Let us glaiie-c for a moment at the al- ternative. If the Coalition had collapsed and the expectations of one group or the ctiier of its chief enemies had been ful- filled, we should, after a period otpolitical turmoil and increasing exasperation—with a correspondingly retarded restoration ot trade—have had either a Government ot Asquithian Liberals, or of diffident Social- ists dcminated by revolutionary extremists in the background. In the former ease, the ctabiisunrent of a better standard 01 living for the masses of the workers would havo been impossible; for we should have reverted to the idiotic self-denying ord- naneo of Cobdenism which puts our stand- ard of living at the level at which foreign manufacturers may decide to keep it in their own intereist by any means and con- trivances at their command. By this ar- rangement, we lose control of the evolu- tion of our future genera., standard, los- ing also the first grounds of certainty and cOiihdeuce in stabli-sing wages, and pledge ourselves fcoehift our standard down to t'lc lowest with whica we may find outwelves in juxtaposition in any field of output. In the latter case, Britain would certainly lose peace, prosperity, industry, honour and hope in the unclean welter ot Bol- shevism, which is the attempt to force eane numar, life to adapt itself to a foul de- lusion.

I NOTES OF THE WEEK. I Teachers on Education Committees. One of the most s:gnincant discufeions at Friday's meeting of the Denbighshire County Council turned upon the question of whether teachers should be co-opted members of the Education Committee. The decision was favourable to the teach- ers, but the fact tt,.it tic resolution wavs only oarricd by the margin of one vote -twelve to eleven—shows how evenly opinion is divided on the question. Tho presence upon the committee of persons actually engaged in the work of education would, one naturally assumes, be useful if only for tne advice that they might be able to profer even if they have no powej- to vote on questions before tho committee. The objections to the proposal on the part of sonw members of the Denbighshire Council showed rather a sense of Tear of "consequences." One thought the men they would get on the committee would be those "loudest in their advocacy of teach- ers' rightc- and tie chairman thought "they would be opening a very wide door in the administration of the county." However, the die is now oast, a-zid teach- ers arc not to be excluded from co- optation. < I Denbighshire Water for ) Warrington. Warrington Corporation is venturing into Wales to H>( are a water .supply for its growing jK>pulation, and proposes to tap the Geiriog river at Llanarmon, Den- bighshire, not far from L'angoilen. There will probably be fifty or sixty miles of pipe line, and tunnelling through the mountains will be necessary. To complete the scheme it may take seven or e:#ht years. « < I A Popuiar Preacher. In the death of the Rev. John Hort, Rhyl, the C.M. Connexion have lost a popular preacher. It is safe to say that Mr Roberts attained his exceptional popu- larity through a rich fund of originality and the captivating manner in which lie ^resented his thoughts and impressions, He was unique in his own way, and Was never a slave to certain prototypes of oratory or style. Though hardly an eloquent preacher in the stock sense of the word, he wielded indubitabie influence among a certain type of congregations. He never indulged in profound discourses, but one could not help admiring the freshness of his thoughts and the quaint- ness of his pulpit mannerisms. There was nothing bookish" about his ^erinons, or, it least, he had some peculiar way of hiding the fact. Many localities 111 the Principality"will miss Mr Roberta' original way of expounding great truths ;'lJd the cheerful nature of his message. » I Bangor's Housing1 Scheme. Tho Bangor City Council in carrying out their housing scheme arc going to try the experiment of building some of the workmen's dwellings with corle-rete blocks, plant for the manufacture of which they are about to acquire. -With ordinary budding material at such high prices, tne use of concrete is claimed by those who advocate this mode of building construc- tion to be as satisfactory as it is economical. Let us hope that the experi- ment at Bangor will turn out successful, and no doubt) the macliinery will prove of ut.lity to the Council in turning out con- crete materials which can be used for other purposes besides house budding. other purr)o?(-,s beil.de, blitld;ng. A Welshman's Important Legal Post. Sir William Howard Winterbotham has now retired from his position as official solicitor to the Royal Courts of Justice, and his successor -.says a London correspon- dent) will almost certainly be Mr Arthur Rhys Roberts, who in earlier days was partner to Mr Lloyd George at Criccieth, and afterwards acted as agent for the firm in London. Mr Rhys Roberts'is, as every Welshniaii knows, the husband of Miss Dilys Jones, whose re-appearance in the West End as a vocal recitalist has occa- sioned interest in musical circles. Mr Ro- berts has been in close touch with muni- cipal life throughout the Principality by virtue of his work as Parliamentary agent for a number of local authorities. < < Literary and Debating Societies. I The numerous literary and debating so- cieties formed in many towns and villages are pleasant media for whiling away long winter evenings, and they can be made instructive and profitable to the members. A noticeable feature, however, of most of theso societies is the hackneyed subjects chosen for debate. They crop up with the regularity of hardy annuals, call f>» no thinking powers, but encourage amateur orators to reiterate stale "arguments" or spin verbal webs out of nothing. We are now at a period in the history of the country when vast and far-reaching changes are taking placc in the social, religious, and com me.Vial life of the com- munity. Surety, tiiose responsibtc for tho programmes of our debating societies ought to find subjects of moment, which would draw out the imagination of their members, compel them to think for them- selves, and train their logical powers to some good purpose. Welsh Essayist Honoured. One of the adjudicators in the Crown competition at the Carnarvon National Eisteddfod is the Rev. R. D. Rowland, better known under his bardic name w Ant-hropoe." This, is a pleasant proof of a prophet honoured in his own country." Wales is not over-ready to do homage in cases of this kind. There are, of course, happy exceptions, and one is glad to record the present instance. "Anthropos" is one of the foremost living "Welsh essay- .t ]IN-itig (, s a y ists, and his critical writings are acknow- ledged to be of a very high order. He may not be a great poet as far as Eistedd- fodie honours are concerned: but who- ever has read his" Pcnt.ro Gwvn" and Ffenestri Aur" will have to admit that- his prose is enriched with some of the choicest bits of imagery and beauty. In addition to the felicity of his writings he is a very able critic of Welsh He and art. There is a rumour abroad that another honour is due to him in tho near futuro which is likely to be of a more academical nature. acadein,?(-al ii,-iliii-e. Cinema Critics Again. Some time ago we had occasion to men- tion Penrhyndeudraeth's aversion to let. their Public Hall for cinema purposes. It seems that. South Carnarvonshire is rather opinionated 011 this question. It appears that Abersoch Institute, who have decided recently to refuse their premises for cinema, are among those w ho fear that tho" movies" have a detrimental effect on the morals of.the young. How often again, one wonders, will this argument be forced on the public? If the report ne rely on j" accurate, the Abersoch authori- ties consider some exhibits in tho cinema. a." knding to generate unwholesome thoughts. Much is said regarding bur- glarious and criminal- picture* that they may lead the young to similar paths. Thris is a very one-sided contention, for tae cinema shows not depravity alone, but the inevitable consequences of it, which the "critics" are too prone to forget. Fortunate Coal Miners. I A statement attributed to Mr Fred. Mills, chairman of the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company, will set many- men's teeth on edge, and make them wish they were coal miners. According to Mr Mills colliers in Fbbw Vale can earn and arc earning from FZOO to £ 1200 a year. Such a glowing prospect appealed so stro,iey to a Carnarvonshire workman that he remarked to his mate, "I*tn oiT to South Wales, and I'm chucking up this job." "Hold hard," said his mate, "you haven't read all the paper says. Mr T. Richards, M.P., general secretary of the South Wales Miners Fede- ration. says nothing like such wages have ever been received in the coa.liield, but that in other quarters miners are earning at the rate of £ 500 a year." "Well, said the would-be-miner, tho "other quar- ters" will do for me, if I can lind out where they are. A Well-known Rider. Lieutenant E. O. Peel, M.L., whO was married on Tuesday to Sir Robert and Lady Buchanan Jar- dme's daughter, is a son of "Poethlvii s" owner, and nephew of Captain Rowley- Conwy, of Bodrhyddan, Mrs Peel being a daughter of the late Capta-in Conwy. It is curious how many people are known, so to speak, by their horses. Tho iiaine, Mc- Calmont at once suggests The Tetrarch" and "Tetrameter," Bower Ismay suggests Craganour." and Raphael Louvors." Mr Peel, who did good service with the 5th Dragoon Guards in France, is himself a good rider. The la.,t time I saw him (says a correspondent) was at San down Park last May, when hc rode ".Rath. le-aguo" in a selling race. Thc horso was a decidedly sketchy jumper; and after nearly falling at the open ditch, he gave Mr Peel an imperial toss at the water. Since then M r Peel has won a wife, and Ratii league" has won two steeple- chases. I < < Lottery Bonds. a I A Parliamentary Comnuttee ha" been fonned to organie opposition to the issue of Premium or Lottery Bonds, and Sir Frederick Banbury is thf chairman. Some forty members were present at the meet- ing. On tJlO other hand, the pro-Bond Executive Committee-acting for the two hundred and fifty members who signed the petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer —has been enlarged and strengthened. It now includes Sir Samuel Scott. Sir Wil- liam Raeburn. Sir J. Harmood Banner, Viscount Wolmer, Sir Philip Sassoon. Cap- tain Cliarles Craig. Mr HaveSo. k Wilson, among others, MO that it represents a wide variety of interests. I Merry, but Sober. Pussyfoot, whose eye, we regret to hear, has been permanently injured by the students' "rag," must be- thillking hard over recent proofs that Englishmen do not care to be bossed by American Prohibition- ists. Old customs die hard, and this is a country in which Hereward the. Wake quailed sweot me.id ad lib. and good Queen Bess was not above the strongest of strong beer. Yet, happily, the day is gone, never to return, when inebriation was without shame when a famous cricketer on a scorching day could proclaim aloud his ideal: What a day for your head in a pub and your feet in a }JOiJd;" alld when a woman could remark to her grumbling navvy sixnise: Wot's the matter na.t'! You was drunk or. Monday, you was drunk on Tuesday, and vo're well Oil to-diy. Want to be an eingel next, I suppose Nor is the present, change conlined to Eng- land. In a Glasgow, tram the other day a woman, disgusted at the sight of a half- fuddled man opposite, -naptwd out: "If ye were my man I'd gie ye poison If ye wis ma wife I'd tak it," was the repar- tee. » # I Rustic IdeatS of Angels. Pleasant pictures ot ourselves 111 the next world are drawn by Sir Arthiti- Coitan Doyle, who can even fondly imagine that we smoke cigars in Heaven. They re- mind one of the immense difficulty experi- enced. as IYLr4otis testify, by simple rustic folk, in grasping the angelic idea. Chil- dren's heads and shoulders, winged, as seon in church paintings, stand for angels in the minds of many simple souls. For it is notorious a.nd Scriptural that the body dies, a.nd nothing is said about heads and shoul- ders. Hence they are preserved to angels, who are no other than dead young children. And hence this story in which one padre delights: Ho oalls on a poor woman newly become a mother: her chil- dren are fated to die in infancy. He is met. at her door by a neighbour who, with uplifted hands and eyes, cries out: "0. she's a blessed 'oman--a blessed 'oman." Surely she is not he asks anxious- ly. Oh, no, but this on's -a angel, too. She's a blessed 'oman, for she breeds an- gels for the Lord." In the Guard's Van. Stories of the railway strike continue to bo garnered in olub smoking-rooms. The latest refers to two civilians and a clergy- man who were held up on their way to Scotland, and began to compare not-os as to their business and the best way of doing it. No, 1. civilian was going to Scotland to be married, and the clergyman was to perform the ceremony. That business could not wait No. II. civilian said he was going to bury his father. "That," said the clergyman, "can harcily be des- cribed as urgent business." "Isn't it?" said Civilian No. II., "I've got father in the guard's van." :I: It Quotation or Potation. Stronger epithets tlJan impertinent have occasionally been flung across the floor of the House of Commons without entailing the penalty of suspension. Du- ring one of the all-night sittings of 1877, when obstruction was at its height, a Na- tionalist,, obviously well primed with whis- key, interrupted an orator to tell him he wa.s a damned fool. On being ordered to withdraw the expression he explained that it was only a quotation. "Whether the remark of the honourable gentleman can be explained by a quotation or a potation it is equally inadmissible," said the Chair- man of Committees, "and I must ask him in future to mind his p's and q's."

SOCIAL- Lord and Lady Harlech are staying at Glyn for a few days. The Countess of Dundonald has arrived at i4, Portman-square from Gwrych Castle. Mr and Mrs Lloyd George will give a. reception at Downing-street, on Thurs- day, December 4th, on behalf of Churoh Army work. Mrs Charlton, Miss Charlton, and the Hon. Mary Hughes have arrived at 5, Sussex-place, Hyde Park, which will be their permanent address in future. Mr Mallaby-Deeley, M.P., who has been in a nursing home for an operation, is now better, and has been able to return to Mitcham Court, Surrey. Lord Cochrane was amongst the guests invited by the Hon Mrs Ronald Greville to dinner to meet the Queen of Spain and her mother, the Princess Beatrice Owing to indisposition, Lord Justice Atkin was prevented from attending to his official dutios in the Court of Appeal Ol Monday. Lieut.-General Sir Noel and Lady Birch left Macs Elwy, St. Asaph. where they have been staying, during the past few weeks, for Brighton. Mrs Cecil Howard, St. Asaph, has gone to Constantinople, where Colonel Cecil Howard, D.S.O., is serving. The engagement is announced betwec-n Alice Mytanwy, youngest daughter of the late Alderman Donald Cameron, Bangor, and Gcorgo Johnston, eldest son of Mr David Mason, J.I' of Glasgow. A two-days' sale of work was opened on Wednesday at the residence of Lord and Lady Aberconway, Beigrave-squarp, in aid of the Maternity Nur.-ing Associa- tion. The staH-ho'der.s included the Dow- ager Countess of Limerick, Lady Kathleen Brownlow, Lady Florence Pery, Lady I>eiioh, tho Hon. Lady Williamson, the non. Mrs Ralph Yorke, Mrs Andrew Ar- buthnot, Mrs Guy Wormald. Mrs Carfrac, Mrs Louis Duveen, and Miss Blunt. The Marquess and Marchioness of Lon- donderry, the Marquees and 'Marchioness of Anglesey, and Lord and Lady Howard de Walden are among those supporting Lady Cunard in connection with the Grand Opera Ball to be held at Covent Garden Theatre 011 December At-h, By this it is hoped to add £10.000 or £ 12,000 to the resources of the syndicate formed to up Sir Thomas Beeoham's work for English opera. Sir R. J. Thomas, M.P.. has commis- sioned Mr Christopher Williams to paint the portrait of Sir Henry Join s, of Glas- gow University. When completed the pIC- ture wili be presented to the -Welsh na- tion, and will probably hang in one of the Welsh University Colleges. LADY LONDOXDERRrS 11 -4 71 H 0.11 P". Lady Londonderry gave a very large "at home" at Londonderry House, on Tuesday night, to meet the Prime Mini- ster and Mr Bonar Law. Among those who accepted invitations were members of the Government, many members of the House of Lords and the House of Com- mons, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, the Mayor and Mayoresses of London Boroughs, and many others. The guests, who numbered a bout 2000, wero received at the head of the grand staircase by Lord and Lady Londonderry, and when the Prime Minister and Mr Bonar Law arrived they took their places beside the host and hostess. Among Lady Londonderry's guests were Lord and Lady Birkenhead, the E-arl of Denbigh, Lord and Lady Mostvn, the Hon. Gwynedd Mostyn. Viscount Valentia, Lord Colwvn of Colwyn Bay, and Lord and Lady Clwyd. WE DDI JO OF TIE IT. 1'EEL, M.C. I- ? ?.. The marriage of Lieut. E. U. i eel, JVl.L, 5tb Dragoon Guards, only son of Major and Mrs Peel, of Bryn-y-pys, Ellesmere, and Violet Margaret Florence, only daugh- ter of Sir Robert and Lady Buchanan Jardine, of Castle Milk. Lockerbie, was solemnised on Tuesday afternoon at St. James' Church, Piccadilly. The Bishop of Bangor officiated, assisted by Prebenoary Cronshaw. The bride, given away by her father, wore a very elegant gown of ivory char- meuse draped with rlounces of antique Brussels lace. The train of cloth of sil- ver was also bordered on one side and across the foot with the same dentelie. and her lace veil was arranged under a narrow myrtle wreath. She was followed by a re- tinue of ten maids and two pages, the for- mer being Lady Mary Egerfron, Lady Joan Villicrs, the Hon. Sylvia Maitland, the Hon. Ivy Spencer, Miss Bell-Irving, Miss Cecil Adam, Miss Sylvia Portman, Miss Helen Fit&hugh, Miss Kitty Ilussey, and Miss Pieroey, and the latt-ei- the-Hon. Manse! Yiliiers and Master hor Maitland. The elder maids had gowns of gold panne velvet and turbans to match, bordered with skunk, and the younger children silk dresses of the same shade, flounced with hnc crca.m lace. The pages were in yellow satin suits with ninon frills. A brother officer of the bridegroom, Air II. E. -fat- ter-all, discharged the duties of best ina i. In tho large congregation were Lady Buchanan Jardine, Major and Mrs Peql, Mrs Bell-Irving, Mr J. Bell-Irving, Mr Ernest Peel, Mariota. Countess of ilton, the Countess of Jersey, Viscountess Peel, Viscountess Churchill and the Hon. Vr- sula Spencer, Lady Ernest Hamilton. Miss Brenda.and Miss Jean Hamilton, Major and Mrs Rickman, Mrs Fenwick, Major and Mrs Godsal, Sir John and Lady Ballkcs, Captain Rowley-Conwy. Major Mainwa-ring and Miss Antonia Williams, the Hon. IA(iy Lloyd Mostyn and Miss Mostyn, Lord and Lady Askwith, Lady Constance Gore and Miss Gore, Captain the Hon. Ian and Mrs Maitland. Ladj- Marjorie Rowley, Colonel the Hon. Al- fred and Mrs Curzon, the Hon. Mrs Tighe, the Hon. Mrs Bet-hell, Lady Phyllis Kmg, Lady Violet Crawley, Lady Burrell, Sir Archibald and Lady Hunter, Sir Kenneth and Lady Matheson, Sir Henry and Lady JNllmghanl. Mr and Mrs Sharman Craw- ford, Colonel and Mrs Tilney, Major and Mrs Murray, Mrs Dudley Blois and Miss Blois, and Colonel and Mrs Harfor(i. I'ar: Cadogan, the Earl of Wilton, Mr Buch- anan Jardin." Captain Cunningham Reid, Captain Miles, and Mr Coxon acted a ushers.

I FIRE AT LORD PENRRYVS I I LONDON RESIDENCE. Lord Penrhyn' s liouse ii, Hill-street, Berkeley square, had (says the Daily Express) a narrow escape from destruction bv lire early on Wednesday morning. A sriark from a fire-grate ign ite-I th. front rooms in the second and third floors, and although the efforts of the Fire Brig- ade proved successf n done by flames, smoke, and water.

THE CHURCHES. The Rev. David Hughes, Tabernacle, Pontycymmcr, has been temporarily rc- leased by his church from all ministerial duties on account of his recent serious ill- ness. He is now lecuperating at Porth- cawl. The timely discovery of an outbreak of lire late 011 Saturday night saved serious damage and probably the total destruc- tion of St. Mary's Parish Church, Welsh- pool. Built in the thirteenth century 011 the site of a sixth-century church, the church contains valuable stained-glass windows and ecclesiastical and military relics. The Bishop of Oxford has been pre- sented with a motor-car to assist him in his diocesan work, the list of subscribers including the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Jersey, Viscount Hambleden, Lord Parmoor, the Lord Lieutenant of Berk- shire (Mr J. H. Bcnycn), and others in the diocese. The Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, will, 011 the 29th inst., at the Shirehati, Worcester, present to the Bishop of Coventry his portrait in oil s to commemorate his fourteen years' tenure of the Bishopric of Worcester. The Rev. Edward Parry, for 40 years minister of the Crescent Church, New- town, Mont., who perished in a fire at Newtown some twelve months ago, has bequeathed all his estate, totalling about £ 4XX), to foreign missions. A gift of a brass ewer has been made to Yseeifiog Church by a friend in memory of the late churchwarden, Mr W. Hughes, Pontgwyn House. The living of Bangor-on-Dce, near Wrexham, vacant by tne resignation of the Rev. Paterson-Morgan, has been otfcired by the Duke ot V\ estminster to, and ac- cepted by, the Rev. F. J. Ok ell, eenior curate of Sheiffeld. The living is worth £ 500 a year. The Rev. E. Ednyn Jones, vicar (of Bron- itigton, Salop, has been appointed to the Jiv- ing of Montgomery. I NEW RECTOR OF MONTGOMERY. I The Rev. E. Edwyn Jones, i-lear of Bronington, Whitchurch, has been ap- pointed to the living of Montgomery, which is in the gift of tihe Earl of POW]. C.M. MINISTER RESIGNS. I The Rev. T. H. Williams, pastor of Llanfairtalhaiarn and Tabor churches, near Abergele, has resigned his cliarge for the purpose of taking an advance course at Bangor University College. Mr Williams is a native of Portdinorwie, and was trained for the C.M. mini.-rtry at tho Bala Theological College. I LLANBEBLIG CURACY. I The Rev. D. Thomas, B.A., the present curato of Glanogwen, Bethesda, has been appointed curate of Llanbeblig. Mr Thomas was ordained curate of Llanrug in 19u8, and was made priest the follow- ing year. He removed from Llanrug to I/andudno, and from Llandudno canio to Glanogwen as curate for the late Canon Jones. Mr Thomas is a popular preacher. It is expected that he will enter upon his new duties early in the New Year.  BISHOP OF DURHAM AND POOR I I CLERCY. At Saturday's meeting of the Durham Diocesan Conference* 'instances of distress- ing poverty among the clergy were. quoted, and it was stated that the Bishop of Durham had privately given valuable help. The Bishop, in a presidential letter, said they must be ready to give sacrifioial help so tar as they could. He would give what he could. He was already contributing both compulsorily and voluntarily. What he gave must com,) altogether from pri- vate capital. Despite severe economy the income of the See would be quite in- sufficient. Some private means he must retain for the day when the call came to resign. He li;,(i publicly promised to forego the pension he could ciaiin I WELSH M.P. AS PREACHER. Major David Davie-, M.P., preached on the subject of the League of Nations at Llanyblodwel Parish Church on Sunday. Shaking from the reading desk. Major Davies said the church had a glorious opportunity at the present moment, when the conscience of mankind could be stirred and appealed to. to unite in every country people who called themselves Christians 111 a great crusade to impress their fellow- countrymen of the abso'utf* need of the success of the League cf Nations. I NEW RECTOR OF BRYMBO. I The living of Brymbo has been filled by the appointment of the Rev. Herbert Evans, rector of Cen'igydruidio: It is interesting to note that Mv Evans returns to the parish where he began his ministerial life 111 1893. In the meantime he has had varied experience of work at Abergele, Mold, St. Philip s, Stepney, and Ccrrigydruidion. which he represents on the Corwen Board of Guardians and the District Council. He is known in the Diocese of St. Asaph as an able preachei in English and Welsh, and is a member of the governing body of the Church m ales. I THE WELSH CHURCH AND I ANCIENT ENDOWMENTS. The Bishop of St. David's, in an im- portant explanatory pamphlet on the ac- ceptance by The bishops and other Church authorities of the Temporalities Act. 1919.- states:— As there has been some misunderstand- ing in some quartern and as there may be more ill the future ii 110 precaution is taken, it is nece»ary to explain that, the grant of :Cl,(M,CqYJ ,o the Welsh Com- missioners from the Treasury was not in any sonso of the term 'State Re-endovv- iiie!jt' of the Church. The difference be- tween the loss of Church income from an- cient endowments under the Act of 1914, as it had been generally understood until this year, and the loss which, in fact. will occur under the new Act. comes to £ 54.000 a year. This reduction of loss i., entii.f'v due, as has been explained, to the true interpretation which this year's Act puts upon the Act of 1914 Oil the authority of the Law Officers of the Crown. Not a Penny of this £ 54,000 a year, therefore, comes to the Church out of the Treasury grant. The benefit of the Treasury grant under the provisions of the two Welch Church Acts will ultimately go to the Welsh County Councils and the Welsh University, and to them alone. THE NEW VICAR OF LLAl\VRJLLo. VALEDICTORY SERVICE AT MOLV. Sunday brought to a close the twelve years' vicariate of the Rev. Evan Jonee. M.A., at Mold. Mr Jones officiated a* the Parish Church throughout the day. At the close of his sermon at the morning service he said they were all aware of what was uppermost in their iriinds that day, and if he did not speak of it, it was not- through lack of appreciation, but he felt that silence was more eloquent than words. During the evening service, in the course of a powerful sermon, he spoke of his twelve years' ministrations among then), and paid tribute to the co-operation extend- ed to him. He was not preaching a fare- well sermon—that was beyond him-but he wanted to thank al! connected with the Church in Mold tor the kindness extended to him. He prayed that they would for- give any deifciency or defect in him. and would give hini credit for having tried to do what was right. He hoped they would extend to his .-ueee--or that co oi»eration they had not denied him.

SIR HENRY JONES AND POLITICS. Sir Henry Jones, who fills with such distinotion tho chair of philosophy at Glasgow University, spent the week-end ill London 011 hi, return honw from Ply- Iwmth, when; he had been assisting Ijady A.-tor to save the -eat for the Coal.i- tiorit in which Sir Henry is a great bt- liever. Sir Henry Jone- -ay- the JlVWcoi M,ii!), whose seventy year- r. -l on him lightly, is a-tonishingly days, and when in Glasgow fixtures on live days a week, lie, is now writing Ins magnum opu*. A new work 011 moral philosophy, it ha* al- ready been accepted by the Oxford L'nivor- sd-y Pre-ss. 'Ihc.re lr.i- been an interesting rumour in London-Welsh circles that Sir Henry Jcuies would n')w we'eome an oppor- tunity to re-turn to the Principality he loves. There are re a -on-, 1 low ever, why he should remain in Glasgow for at loa-i anrrther year. His wn, Harry, is tio-iiig well in diplomatic work, and wiii shortly go to Burmah.

SECURITY OF TENURE FOR FARMERS. Mr lJoyd George, in t.le House of Com- me.us, yesterday, informed Major Mac- kenzie Wood that lie wa.s not yet in a position to .say w h«-:i the bill giving farm ers security of tenure would be introduced.

I MR A. II EASTERL1S< I The death occurred on Friday of Mr Artnur W. Fastening, solicitor, Bangor, who was 63 years of age. -Ilr had been in i!he;;ith for some time, but he attended in-s urin e as late as ia.-c I'hure- day. THe lohowmg day his condition took a serious turn, aittf he died m tile exennig. .lJcce.a6eJ was a liativ-o of Exeter, and wai articled to a firm ot solicitors in llud- derslield. He CalIld to Bangor twenty- five years ago, and was associated for many years with Air Giynne Jones, regis- trar to tne J van gor County Court. la 1914 he started practice oil his own ac- count. He WM secretary ot the University Collego of orta Wakv> Women's Hostel, and latterly acted' as solicitor tor the Col- lege. Early t-i-is year he entered into partnersaip with Mr Harold .Evan. lie was a sound lawyer, especially JJ1 convey. anciiig work, and he was a man ct b'CS'.J views, lie loaves a wickov and a daughter, Miss Ruth Easter ting, M.A., who is l'el- -1 low of the L niversiiy of Wale.s. The funeral, which was ot a private char- acter, took place 011 W ednesuay at Glan- adda Cemetery, Bangor. Minor Canon J. Eaatwood, i?v?. D. 1 ■ JonM. Machy?n?th, and D. A. iiioiuas, Aberystwyth, officiated. The chief mourners were Mrs Easter!ing (widow;, Mi s Easterimg ?d?ugnt?r), Mr Garney E&&terhng, M.A., Stourbridge, and Mr C. Easterling, 15. A., London (nephews). There were aiso present Sir Harry Reichef, Dr. Philip White, Mr Gower Griffith, Mr T. F. Dargie, Mr Harold Evans, Mr feyd- nev Matthews, and Captain Seat-on hite.

MR GRIFFITH WILLIAMS. The death occurred 011 Sunday of Mr Griffith Williams, Menai Bridge, at the ago of 68 years. For 40 years he waa. postmaster at Menai Bridge, and retired about four years ago. Mr Williams is-as elected on the Urban Council when it was originally formed, and proved a use- ful member tor many years, always being returned at the top of the poll. With one exoepuon he was the oldest Freemason iai, taik- district. For over 20 years he was a member of the Anglesey Lodge (1113?, and held the rank of nior W ardn. He leaves a wife and four sons—Mr T. H. Williams, Mr W. G. Williams (who is on the clerical sfcatf of the Liverpool Post Office*. Mr Frank Wailiams (AnglesejJ coun.ty accountant), and Mr George Wil liams (postmaster of Amlwch, and threot daughters—Mrs Dam, Mrs Mackinlay, and Mrs Lennox. The funeral took place on Wednesday, the Rector (Rev. D. Herbert) and the Rev. Charles Jones officiating. The chief mourners were the four sons; Mr Wm. Harrison (cousin), Holyhead Mr George Dain (son-in-law), Mr Lennox (son-in- Jaw), and Bertie and Griffith Dane and' Griffith Williams (nephews). The Angle- sey Lodge of Freemasons was represented by the W.M., W.Bro. J. Lloyd McMichan, Llanfairfechan, and the following Past W.M.'s: W.Bro. J. T Averill, W.Bro, Owen Evans, W.Bro. J. Jones, P.Prov. G.A.P., W,Bro. R. Evans, P.P.G.A,P,; W.Bro. J. Edwards, P.P.G.J.W., W.Bro, W. Lovatt. P.P.C.S.Br., and scycral jlher W. Lov?itt, '-I'iio Maaonic ritual was read by W.Bro. G. W. Seuogles, P.M.. P.P.G, (rrg, of North Wales. Among others pre- sent were the Postmaster of Bangor i Mr W. Evans), Postmaster of Beaumaris :?Ir Jonesh and several members of the local postal staff. The Postmaster of M enai Bridge (Mr Yaughan) was unavoidably, prevented from attending.

MR THOMAS ROBERT -the death of Mr Thomas Roberts, so ieiv tor, Roche-terrace, Portmadoc, occurred on Monday morning after a very hriel, illne.-if?. He w" the sor, of the, latie Cri-pt. commander of the "Lucy," and subsequently of tho "Jenny Lind, and was about ii years of age. He tier\eil hie articles with the late Mr John llumphiey Jones "Mr IlLimplire's' uncle*. His colleague in the office was the lale Mr Thomas Jones (Cynhaiarn), and both were bosom friends ever afterwards. Decease received his e lementary education at Pontynysgalch school, and afterwards ha proceeded to Liverpool College. He was considered one of the best writers of A professional ietter. After starting as A solicitor. Mr Vaughan, clerk to the l'es- tiniog Board of Guardians, died, and. Mr Roberts was elected to the vacancy, and became superintendent registrar of bntnis, deaths and marriages. On the NI- tablishment of District Councils being al- ready clerk to the Sanitary Committee, he became clerk to the Deudraeth and Glii-lyl Rural Councils. He was also clerk <>> tiio Assessment Committee. The funeral took place yesterday, the interment being in deceased's parents grave at Treliys Churchyard. The Rev. W. T. Ellis, B.A., B.D., officiated at the house, and the Ven. Archdeacon J. Lloyd Jonee, M.A., at the graveside. The mourners were:—Mr and Mrs iMim Owen Roberts, Liverpool 'brother and sister-in-law); Mrs Jones, Didsbury Dr. Richard Griffith, Dr. Pierce Jones. Mr J. J Morris, solicitor; Mr David Jones this clerk for 39 years), Miss Ann Jones !hou*»- kpcper). Mr D. Fowden Jones, chairman of the Fe>stiniog Board of Guardians; Cap- tain David Richards (cousin), Mr Morgan Richards, Barmouth:. Lieut. J. Nicholas, Captain Jenkin Davies Mr Elhs Jone.s, Ncthcrton; Mr David Williarn, by House; and Mr J. T. Jones. Bank.

I REV. JOHN ROBERTS. The death, after a heart seizure, took place suddenly on Thursday, at Rhyl, of the Rev. John Roberts, pastor of the C.M. Chapel, Warren-road. He was sixty one years of age, and had been minister at Warren-road for a period of about seventeen years. A native of Esgair Wen, Pentre-llyn- Cymer, on the Hiraethog Mountain, he proceeded to Bala College, and was ordained to the ministry about thirty-seven years a.go. He was minister at Rhuallt, St. Asaph, and Penycefn, afterwards pro- ceeding to Corris, and bee-ame known as "John Roberts, Corris." H > had been chairman of the Vale of Clwyd Monthly. Meeting and the Rhyl District Meeting, president of the Rhyl Welsh Free Church Council, and was chairman of the Hhyl- Ministers' Fraternal at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and one son. The interment took place on Monday and was attended by a very large number of ministers and residents of llhyl and th(: district.

I THE HON. MRS L. BRODRICK'S GIFT TO LONDON. Following on the account of the life cf Sir Thomas Exmewe, Lord Mayor of Lon- don in 1517, and a native of Ruthin, pub- lished by the Rev. Lewis Pryce, vicar of Colwyn "Bay, in Archaiologia Cambren- :;is," a. most generous gift has been jnade by the Hon. Mrs Laurence Brodricx. The very valuable portrait of Sir Thomaii Ex- mewe, which hung at Coed Coch, ha.s been presented by her to the City of Londpn authorities. The gift was made at the first court lield by the present Lord Mayor, Sir Edward Cooper, on Thursday, when Mrs Laurence Brodrick occup a seat on the dais. The picture b p, Obàbly by Holbein, and its existence was quite unknowit to tlkt) City authorities until a letter from the Rev. Lewis Pryce, vicar of f olwyn Bay, drow their attention to it. His article, to which we have previously referred, traces the history of tho picture almost from the date of its being painted to the passent day. For msyjj years it was in the keep- 1ng of the Goodman family, of Ruthin, from whom the Wynnes of Coed Oooh were in the female line descended.

Mlt O. T. JONES. The death took p'.ace on Wednesday at his residence, Erw Fair, Bangor, of Mr Owen Thomas Jones at the age of 58 years. He was the son of the late Capt. Jones, who commanded the "Glanogwen," and was also in charge of the !at( Me Asaheton-Smith's steam yacht "Pandora." on. her trip to the Polar regions. Mr Jones was educated at Friars SchooJ and at all early age took keen interest in nautical affairs, eventually becoming well known in the shipping world. For 27 vearu he was manager of the Anglesey Shipping Company, which he directed with conspicuous ability. Quiet and un- ostentatious in character he was a gentie. man possessing broad views and had many sterling qualities. A large circle of inendt will mourn his loss, and much sympathy, is extended to his sister who survives him. The interment will take place fo dav (Friday) at Liaudegfan, where his mother, is buried His lather died abroad and was buried in Norway. The flag at I ore Peurhyn, Bangor, was yesterday flown at I half-mast.

I MR T. ROBERTS, LLANYSTU MDWT, The death took place on Monday, at Lianystumdwy, of Mr Thomas Hort, for over thirty years bailiff on the Gwyu- fryn Estate of Sir Hugh J. Ellis-Nannoy, Bart. Mr Roberts, who was 78 years of age, was a native of Llanyblodwe., 1 Oswestry.