... F JLIAHE FALL OF PRETORIL I Blg. I rack- A ?? FULL ACCOUNT OF THE Oil ch FIGHTING :0- KOIRRIBLE CONWiTION OF BRITISV PRISONERS& vo ad (from War Correspondent of 0Daif News and Glasgow Herald.' ?? special correspondent with Lord Robertd he sends a long account of the capture and entry at into Pretoria, from which we take the follow- rn-ing passages. The message has been delayed vnby the ...

... THE LATE DUKE OF AERGYLL- THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. (fBlex OUR BPRC&L, COsflS~oNDsRl I Inveraray, Wednesday. aI No arrangements have yet been definitely } s made for the funeral of the late Duke of ArgylL Indeed, it has not been settled where his remains ' are' to be deposited. It is understood that this decision rests with the Dowager-Duchess, who, has not yet made her wishes kbown in the! ...

... MR A. J. BALFOUR AT WCHESTER. - ?? SPEECH ON THE WAR, THE DELAY IN DEFENCE t PREPARATIONS. I I - I-i THE ARTILLERY QUESTION. ' - A1 Some Compensations of the War.', ?? v.hc s niu s ee arv~~ious~ ior pec 1h ?? 1r The Right Honourable A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, paid his annual visit to his constituents in East Manchester last even- ing He arrived in Manchester from Chats- worth, ...

... I ?? i, 1ZFLEET STRZlT, Wednesday N-ight. oi .Sc I~ SAYINIS AND iBINl3. di Nel that Pretoria has fallen there o° -iaval of the old theory that Sir! t Miner wast be elected to work out the P 4 .f 1he tw oeo ne oer colonies; and s W rn LCJ rcti's wvarn, approval in many tE C ID is bitterly opp)oc and resented in' ir is is not altogether surprising. Sir' t rl doe scrilerlt wrork in South Africa, ...

... Another Letter from Mr Cham- berlain. ?? J. Malcolm, Conservative candidate for North-Wcst Suffolk, has received the following! letter from Mr Chamrberlain:- My Dear Mal- eolm,-I heartily wish oui success in your con-i test. I hear ?? opponent is a Nonconformist. The unanimnres opinion of all the Nonconformist bodies in South Africa has been expressed in I fasvorr of the ploiry of the present ...

... , WEATHERREPORT AND FORECASTS j Meteorological Office, Wednesday, 8.30 p.n. The barometer continues, to rise in most parts of Great Britain and in the neighbourinw parts of the Continent, but is falling again in Ireland and the south-west of England under the influence of a depression which is approaching our extreme south-western coasts. The highest readings (30-1 itiches and upwards) are ...

... FIFE MINERS AND LABOtB REPRESENTATIO.N I sed The first of a series of mass meetings of r,, int miners for the purpose of ascertang ey views on the question of returning & La of member to Parliament was held in the he deners' Hall, Buckhaven, last night Mr ta rge Goldie, a member of the Fife Miners' Ersnaii emf Board, presided, and the speakers ere onWeir, Fife Mliners' secreharv, teP: Ms ...

... INSPECTION OF BOYS' BRIGADE. The annual drill inspection of the Glasgow s Battalion of the Boys' Brigade took place on t Saturday afternoon on Yorkhill Drill Ground, kindly granted for the purpose by Colonel Reid t and the officers of the Ist Lanark. Fortunately for all concerned, the weather was warm and a genial-more like a day in the month of June t than one in the fickle month of April- As ...

... OFFM(Tc FOR sCfTTISH PARISH COUNCILS. IT - Ms In Comection with tbe bill nowv before Pxri& le ment to ?? frrmther provision for Paf ch Cr s? in Scotland borrowing for the ptrpose of rot' a riding public olfces, the followig circ l2s bg been issed by the Row Parish Council and si{ of by Mr James BaUiagalL inspector aud cledI. * Since the Local Government Act of IS 4Car- ag into operation, ...

... - T-ilEUeATF¶ Ad - - - Sir Henry. Craik .it CIl-dstream. New schools at Goldstreami, which have beea crected by the School Board of that place at a cost of £4000, were opened yesterday by Sir, Henry Craik, Secretary of the Scotch Education Department. The opening ceremony was at- tebtded by a large gathering of the townspeople, over whom Bailie BUrns; chairman of the School Board, presided. ...

... III II t The Mastesr of Works. of the city has just. issuedI i to the Statute Labour CommitteFe his fifth annujal of, report showing the various works carried on t iei a his department for t~he veer ending 31st ?? last, end in his letter submitting that aaat report hie points out that the unsatisfactory ,ns condition of many of the streets of the city 50 cof-,erred to in his last -annual ...

... ARMY AND NAVY APPOINT- MENTS. (From Last Nightbs London Gasootte.) Admiralty. Decembor la. 1910. The. udorerentioned Acting Sub-Lieuten a nts have been I I confuecd infthe rank ot Sub-Lieutenant in H.M'a Flect-I Noel A. Mrshal.l C. rsa. J. Hawar.i P..oyal Navy REcervR-MsidshrpIpmn John Arthnl h Phenix x to he Sath-Lit ;enant. Admiralty, Deeomber 1t, ISM. I The Reverend Henry Edwin Roberts. ...