Welsh Journals

BAPTISMS. Oct ist—Harry Alfred, son of Alfred Harry and Hannah Jane Blyth, 15, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton. Nov, 2nd.—Alice Maud, daughter of Joseph Thomas William and Margaret Elizabeth Perkins, Masonic Hall. -Idris Michael, son of William and Kate Evans, 65, Caelleppa. Emyr, son of Richard and Annie Catherine Jones, 67, Tairmynydd. MARRIAGES Oct. 9th.—George Jackson, Dolhyfryd, High Street, to Bertha Barnett, Railway Refreshment Rooms. John Henry Williams, 3, Bulkeley Place, to Mary Lloyd Jones, 3, Bulkeley Place. —Richard Davies, 9 Drum Street, to Ellen Hewitt, 6, Water Stieet, Hirael. —Ernest George Montague Smith, Oak Lea House, Bangor, to Agnes MacNaught, 41, Ambrose Street. 6th.- 16th.- Nov. 22nd.- ,, 24th.- OFFERTORIES AND COLLECTIONS AT ST. MARY'S DURING NOV. WELSH. Nov. 5th, Nov!' 12th, Nov. 19th, Nov!' 26th, 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. s. d. 10 7* ENGLISH. Nov. 5th, u-30 a.m. „ 6-30 p.m. Nov. 12th, 11-30 a.m. „ 6-30 p.m. Nov. 19th, 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. Nov. 26th, 11-30 a.m 6-30 p.m. 1905. £ s. d. 0 9 0 7 4i 1 1 0 8 10 0 16 0 6 1 4 8i 0 6 3i Total (Welsh) ^4 10 0} Total collection for November, £g 9s. 6d. Total (English) £4 19 5* THE ANNUAL SALE OF WORK. The above Sale was held on Wednesday, Nov. 22nd, at 3 o'clock, in the Penrhyn Hall, under a combination of adverse circumstances, the chief of which was, perhaps, the in¬ clemency of the weather. Never has the weather been so unpropitious since we started our Sales. It not only rained in torrents, but blew a gale of wind which prevented any but the most robust and valiant from showing themselves outside the walls of their houses. This alone is sufficient to account for the reduction in the proceeds. But there were other causes militating against us. The City of Bangor this year has been made a veritable dumping ground of Sales of Works of all kinds and description ; and if things go on at this rate there will be nothing left unsold or at any rate not offered for Sale, except the fortunate, or if you prefer it, the unfortunate stall-holders. Philanthropic and Educational movements swoop down upon us with all the strength and suddenness of a veritable tornado carrying financial devastation in their wake till there is nothing left for parochial purposes but a vast waste of impending bankruptcy. Then again some of the surrounding parishes of late seem to regard Bangor as a very fruitful financial rallying ground. Propinquity, I suppose, is their main, if not only claim, upon the generosity of Bangorians, and this is worked for all its worth by their resident friends who are pressed into the service. In the face of all these appeals, the wonder is not that the proceeds of recent Sales of Work and Bazaars are so small but that there is any money left in the pockets of the charitably disposed. The selection of the date for our Sale of Work this year, though it was wholly unavoidable, was very unfortunate. The Baptists, I believe, had a Sale of Work and Tea Party on that day, and there was a very attractive Sale of property going on at the same time. In spite of all these and other adverse causes our in¬ defatigable workers stood behind stalls laden with all sorts ol useful and fancy articles, and the proceeds at the close of the Sale were very satisfactory. It is true that we have made more money at previous Sales, but having regard to the circumstances already enumerated and the unusual depression of trade which has been hanging like a nightmare over this city, we have every reason to congragulate ourselves on the result of our efforts. Where ail worked so well,