... A CHURCH EVnL T IN THE HONDD. Trouble at Clydach Vale. The Bi-lingual Difficulty. NO MORE WELSH ^RVICES. FORTY COMMUNICANTS TAKE A FIRM STAND. The attitude of certain Church of England clergy in this district towards the spiritual needs of the monoglot Welsh hag for some years past been strangely at variance wiui the assertion that the Esta-ned Chueh in Wales is not an ai,en church, but is ...

... MUSICAL RIVALRY AT PONTYirdDB- R-MARKS BY OLD CHORISTER. t To the Editor. aiimsii. moralLino epistle is, really, local .^5n++ anyoae who has any know- ruu -hat OIP !fr^' he Sloals overtha V, ;'ivifli i P1Issaries of other choirs are fail; j 'u ,} (,jrn resistaacc. One would tl'a-t lu. was a PuritaW P?r^ial>h in his ]etter, iry a. Ij ivwu u °lkl?e order, hold- Ith? holi^«f days, yet, the ...

... WEDNESDA Y.-Belore the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Williams), Alderman Rtthard Lewis, Dr R. C. Hunter, Alderman W. H. Matthias, Mr Edward Edwards, and Dr Naunton Davies. Margaret Towell, an old widow, living at Pontypridd, was summoned for being drunk on the 6th inst. P.C. Adams stated that he was called from the police station to Graig street, and on getting there he saw the defendant lying on ...

... FRIDAY.—Before Mr Evan John, Mr P. J. Dunn, and Dr Ivor Lewis. William T. Owen, David E. Owen, and Wil- liam Jones, schoolboys, Llantrisant, were sum. moned for paying cricket on the Tabot road on the 29th ult. The case was adjourned for a month. John Evans, Llantwit, was fined 5a for being drunk at Ton Teg. The case was proved by P.C. David Davies. Jenkin Thomas, a driver, was fined 7s 6d ...

... Rhondda Valley Colliery Officials' Association. The bi-monthly meeting of the above associa- tion was held at the New Inn Hotel, Pontypridd, on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mr Rees Llewelyn, Bwllfa Colliery, Aberdare. A discussion took place on a paper read by Mr E .Edwards, of the Ocean Collieries: The ex- traordinary occurrence at the Maindy Pit. A discussion also took place ...

... The World of Pastime. By The Sporting Scribe The entry form for the Pontypridd Football Club Sports are out. and can be obtained from Mr D. Llewellyn, Llwynypia A.C.: Mr G. L. c Morgan, secretaiy, White Hart, Ponivpridd; from this oiuce, or any member of the com- mittee. A leading feature of the sports will be the fire brigade competition, for which a number of entries have already been ...

... At about eleven o'clock this (Monday) mora. ing, a little girl named Howells, daughter of Evan Howells, oollier, Robert street, Ynyflv- bwl, was playing near the shop of Mr Meredith, when a ladder which was standing against tb8 shop fell upon her. The unfortunate little girl was picked up in an unconscious condition, and it was found that she had suffered internal in. juries of a somewhat ...

... Y Gwir yn nbyn y Byd. —Efmrie Proverb. Give me, above all other liberties, the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue fieely, according to conscience.—John Milton. ...

... THE STUDENTS' APPRECIATION OF THEIR TUTOR'S EFFORTS. A SINCERE TRIBUTE TO MR HENRY DAVIES. Sir,-On behalf of the members of the Min- ing Class conducted at the County School, Pont- ypridd, may I be allowed, through the columns of your paper, to tender Mr Henry Davies, our esteemed teacher, our sincerest thanks for his services ? He has done all he possibly could for lis, and more than was ...

... THURSDAY—Before Mr Stipendiary WiL li?ms, Dr Ivor Lewis, Alderman W. H. Mathias, and Dr T. W. Parry. Albert Harding', hanjjljr, Tylorsitown, was charged with stealing on the 7th inst. 501bs. of coal, value 3d, from the siding of No. 8 Pit, Tylorstown, the property of David Davis and Sons. P.S. Jones, on the day in question, was on duty at the No. 8 Pit siding, and there saw the defendant near ...

... The thriving village of Ynysybwl was on Mon- day morning thrown into a state of great alarm when it became known that an accident had occurred to the winding machinery at the Lady Windsor Colliery whilst a gang of ,men were being lowered into the pit. Until the actual facts became known, it was fearea that at least twenty men bad met their fate whilst descending the shaft—into the jaws of ...

... Blaenclydack. vv'o are sorry to state that this growing dis, trii is being thrown back by Jhe stoppage of M(, Perch and Co.'s Colliery. It is hoped that o will shortly have to chronicle the re- stai;ig of the works. ( .iLKBRATE the i)ia Jubilw hy trying R,.i,cyRic TF.A --ill le, ili .ac'vts :>t la Pd, 3», and Js 4d per lb. 2873 ...