Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

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V JSs FOR A SHORT POEM. We are authorised to state that a Welsh gentleman has been so deeply impressed by General Owen Thomas's powerful appeal to the patriotism of the Welsh people, which appeared in our issue of November that he has determined to offer a prize of five pounds ( £ 5) for the best rendering in verse (Welsh or English) of the Welsh General's Call to Arms," suited for being sung or recited at public meetings. An eminent Welsh "Chair" bard (whose name will be shortly announced, and whose stand- ing in the Eisteddfodis world will command the most complete confidence) will adjudicate. Copies of the original appeal can be obtained at any recruiting office, and compositions, which may be sent tj this office in envelopes endorsed "Prize Poem Competition," are to be in by Saturday, December 18th.

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MEN AND MATTERS 102 Not Out. Mrs. Leech, who resides with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Richards, at Bodorgan Post Office, a few days ago celebrated her 102nTl birth- day. This wonderful old lady is still in full possession of her faculties, and follows with great and most intelligent interest the inci- dents and events of the great war. -JI_ ♦ Change of Service. At the meeting of the Conway Board of Guardians the Clerk reported that Miss Edith Champneys, a lady guardian represent- ing Llandudno, had written to say that, as she had volunteered with her sister to carry out war work, she was now employed on Government service at Exeter. It was de- cided to send her a friendly message, and to keep her scat open fcr her until her re- turn. --+-- County Advisory Committee. The constitution of the County Advisory Committee, it is understood, will include the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire (Mr. H. N. Gladstone), Major P. T. Davies-Cooke, Col. R. H. Lloyd Howard, Mr. F. Llewellyn- Jones, Mr. T. Rowlands, Hawarden, and Mr. John Jones, Sandyeroft. The Lord Lieutenant will be chairman, and Mr. F. Llewellyn-Jones vice-chairman, and Messrs. E. A. Hughes and 0. A. Emlyn the joint secretaries. Shearing- the Hills. The Gwydyr Forest, which extends from Dolgarrog, in the Conway Valley, to Pont-a- Pant, in the Lledi Valley, and almost up to Capel Cerrig in another direction, is esti- mated to cover an area of about 45,000 acres of mountain slopes, and contains some of the finest timber in the United kingdom. It is at present the scene of considerable activ- ity. Governmect contractors for railway sleepers are engaged in felling huge trees on the plateau adjoining the Park Lake, at an altitude of about 1,500 feet. Large areas have already been denuded of timber. The trees gracing the mountain slopes lacing the 11 ZD Conway Yalley are as yet untouched. Deceased Dependants. An Army Order was issued on Saturday night setting forth the conditions under which separation allowance granted to a de- pendant may be transeferred to another I payee, on the death of the person to whom the original grant was made. The order state", :-vVhen on death of a dependant, to whom separation allowance has been paid, application is received by the paymaster for the transfer of the allowance to another member of the same household, the proce- dure to be followed is laid down.

-t V Canadian Airman's Thril. ling Flight. A graphic account of the manner In which Lieutenant Redford H. Mulloch, a former science student at McGill University, Ottawa, flew to Brussels and bombed the murder-craft sheds there is furnished in a letter recently received from Major McKel- vey Bell, of the Canadian Army Medical Service. "I saw one of the Canadian flying men, Lieutenant Mulloch, of Peterborough, who is attached to the Naval Flying Corps," writes Major Bell. He had just come back from a flight to Brussels. He started off in mist and rain, and flew more than a mile high, above the clouds, and lie said that every time he came down a little to see where he was the Germans opened fire on him, and fired so accurately that he had great difficulty in dodging the shells. "After he had been travelling nearly an hour and a half he came down through the clouds, and below him was a great, beauti- ful city, the most beautiful city he ever saw, with wide streets and splendid buildings. He knew where the Germans had their aerodromes, and he made direct for one of them. H; wfth a large building painted in grfren and red and yellow, so that from a height it looked like file ground. He swooped down towards it, and the Germans opened fire on him with their guus, so that the shells bur&t all around him. "Some of the shells were of a new type, which sent thousands of little balls of fire at him, with the idea, he thinks, of setting his aeroplane en fire. He sailed through them all and dropped a bomb on the building, then made another circle and dropped another one, and then another, and all the time bullets were pass- ing him. One bullet went through the machine, but did not hit him. Then he threw out more bombs and turned for home. The Zeppelin shed was on fire by this time. The rain was driving so hard that every time he put his head out to see where he was it cut his face, and he could not see where he was going. He had only enough gasolene left to carry him straight home, and if he made a mistake he would have descended into the German lines. He said that every time he came down a little to see where he was the Germans met him with showers of shrapnel, and it was very dangerous to come down closer than a mile from the earth. "After a long while he came down a little, and there was no firing, so he concluded that he must be over France. He turned towards the coast, and when he got there found himself almost home." Major Bell adds that Lieutenant Mulloch left Ottawa as a sergeant major in the 1st Artillery Brigade.

MISS JAMES, BRIDES' CAKE MANUFACTURER, PASTRY COOK & CONFECTIONER, High Street, MOLD, Begs to inform the Public she has C, made every preparation for the Christmas Season. Fancy Boxes of Chocolate and Superior Sweets, Christmas Cakee, Mince. Pies, Plum Puddings, etc. HOME-MADE AND FANCY BREAD. PRIVATE TEA ROOMS. BEDS. Be Patriotic! CONTINUE TO BUY British-made Goods, and the Eco- nomic Defeat of the Germans is Assured. PRESENTS made ia Britain. All kinds of FANCY, EVENING, DANCING, and NURSES' SLIPPERS, To suit all, at reasonable prices. THE LARGEST STOCK EVER SHOWN IN THE DISTRICT. r- -r n MORTON'S BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURERS, 3, High Street, MOLD. Those about to Furnish should not forget to call on- M. A. BRlfV, 53, High Street, Mold. Who have a large assortment of Bedsteads, Bedding, Sideboards, Parlour Suites, &c., at reasonable prices. Inspection invited. I I The Lion Tobacco Stores. R. ANSELL, High Street, MOLD. For suitable XMAS FBESEKTS Call at the above Address. GO TO F. Richardson's FANCY BAZAAR, 81 and 81a, Foregate Street, CHESTER, FOR ALL KINDS OF GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, ENAMELLED IRONMONGERY, TIN, BASKETS, &c. .4. Glass and China lent on hÛJ. STANDARD QUALITY of GOODS, Low Prices. J[ P R I C Furnishing and Builders' Ironmongers, The CROSS, MOLD. Ne Hudson and Raleigii A Large Assortment of Table, Hand and Suspending Lamps, Oil Stoves, Hurricane Lanterns, Coal Vases, Slow Combustion Stoves. Bonax" Cartridges, 8s. 6d. per 100. Chaff Cutters, Turnip Pulpcrs, Kitchen Ranges, Register Grates, End-over-end Churns. SPENCER BORING MACHINES, PICKS AND SHAFTS for Colliery Purposes. Tinplate Works and General Repairs Executed Promptly.

I The Critical Eleventh. "To be or not to be," is the speculation of the moment—all but the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, that will doe id e the fate of voluntaryism in regard to our military forces for the prosecution of the war. This week is a busy one with the attesting officials. Will the numbers justify the continuance of the voluntary system that has been given such a fair trial? Lord Derby's scheme has been well carried through. No scheme ever pro- pounded has received such equitable treat- ment, such loyal support—it remains to those of our nation to whom it applies to prove I that they prefer freedom to enlist to com- pulsion to serve. The Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire in a letter issued this week to possible recruits says, A man who expresses his willingness to enlist in his group and then does nothing more is not only not help- ing the scheme, but he is actually endanger- ing his own position in the future. He should attest before the opportunity is gone. Mere willingness to join will not save him from the possible alternative of compulsory service." To casually glance at the reports issued daily of the position of affairs is suffi- cient to indicate the necessities of our coun- try. Without a, doutt we have to fight with the gloves off and have a strong reserve to back up tne pressure the Allies have got to 0 assert before the enemy is pushed to a re- tirement into his own territories, and there the final crush exerted. Not until then can peace talk be entertained.

Bishop and Religion. RENEWED CHURCH IN RE- NEWED ENGLAND. Lessons of the War. The Bishop of St. Asaph, presiding at a conference of the clergy and laity of the diocese at Rhyl on Monday, said Churchmen earnestly desired that the spiritual oppor- tunities presented by the war should be em- braced and not neglected. They must wisely study and turvey those opportunities. There were some who could not see any outward evidence of a great religious awakening. But these deepyr things that change the very heart and life of character do not bubbie up to the surface at once. It was for the Church to strengthen and sanctify the truths which the war was teaching. Never before had the duty of service been brought home so closely to all classes. The roll of honour was the highest form of ser- vice because it was the highest sacrifice. The spirit of sacrifice was abroad in the land, and they must not let it go except it bless them. The sense of fellowship and brother- hood had gained a new life and power. The class hatreds and class divisions that marred their national life could not live in the trenches (applause). It was for the Church to pray and labour that the com- radeship of to-day should be transfigured into an abiding sense of Christian brother- hood. Sacrifice and brotherhood—the very life blood of their faith—were pulsing afresh in the national character. Here lay the Church's opportunity. The doctrine of the Cross must find an easy avenue to the hearts of those who are putting its supreme truths to the test of practice. Then as to their methods, a bishop now serving at the front quoted in a, recent letter the saying of one of the soldiers: We love our chaplain; he has given up religion, and is just like a brother." As the bishop said, there was something in the quaint paradox. The Church must not wait for opportunities that may never come, but she must marshal all her forces. upon her work of to-day among the soldiers at home and at the front. Those who had had the privilege of working among the soldiers know the joy and the value of that work. They heard something to-day of a great Church mission to the nation. There was much to help and consecrate such a mission. In every town and village their war-scarred soldiers might be great missioners. Let the Church do her duty by their soldiers to-day, and thus supply the best training and pre- paration for the mission and the missioners. Nor would they ever forget that for such a mission there was in countless English homes to-day a voiceless but more moving influence. Deposited upon the silent shore of memory were the images of those who had given their lives for England cn many a stricken feld. He had heard it said that we must have a new Church in a new England after the war. Nay, rather it would be the same old Church in the same old England. Let them pray for a renewed Church in a renewed England, a Church and nation renewed be- cause tried and purified by the fire of sacri- fice and the discipline of sorrow.

I LIFE AT SUVLA. Sunsets Simply Divine. An officer at Suvla Bay, in the vicinity of which are so many Flintshire men, writing home under date November 7th, says:—" I am still persuing my monotonous existence here. The weather is unbelievably fine—like a fine September in England. The nights are quite warm, and I have only one blanket, and slept without further cover, except the stars, for the last five days. But the sun- sets They are simply divine. Hoylake at its best never produced anything like these. The ever-changing colours in the sky would have sent Turner wild with joy. The sun sets just behind Iambros, which is thrown thereby into rugged relief. The sky is won- derfully clear at nights, and this would be an ideal place for an observatory. You can count the Pleiades easily with the naked eye, which I never could in England. Mercury is brilliant and very distinct before sunrise, which I have seen every morning, as we Stand to" at that time. You can also see many of the southern constellations which are not visible so far north as England. I wish I had brought a pocket kodak with me to amuse myself with. There are lots of interesting sights to take, and they would come out well in this clear atmosphero. The inactivity of trench life nearly al- ways produces liver disorders. I am counter- acting this by exercises and Skipping, which I get out and do after dark. It .is splendid cxercise. Lots of people who survive this war will have ruined digestions, especially out here, with all this dysentery about. I've hardly been affected yet, thank heaven The great thing is to eat as little as possible—it is not necessary in this climate." (