... WTALES DAY BY DAY. t Out cf ti £4,500 required for tile memorial ito th luto Lady Aberdare, upwards of £1,100 hals been subscribed. A nwW terror has been inventod by lightning. A mau who was caught out in a thulndtrstkrin near Crickhowell had his troutcrm ripped by lightning. Even Mr. Aixbl Thomaa's tonguo trips some- times. We don't know how inluv tines he yesterday spoke )f salo agency ...

... ; Shortly after nine o'clock on Friday night S fire was found to have broken out in a photo. graphic studio in the garden of Mr. Edward L'ewis, Les Eaux, ClYtha Park, Newport. Th' building was destroyed. At a meeting of the committee of the Cardiff Easter Eisteddfod onl Friday evening it was 1O decided to appoint Mr. William Davies, of St a, Paul's Cathedral, chief musical adjudicator, to It ...

... I The weekly meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians. was held on Saturday, Mr. D. P. Dviees, J.P., chairman, presiding.- Upon the motion of Mr. David Hopkins, seconded by Mr. J. W. Morgan, J.P., a vote of sympathy with Mr. Isaac II. Jones, a member of the board, was passed in the bereavement which he has sustained by the death of his father, Mr. Wuatlin Jones. Mr. ?? Jenkins, J.P., of Pant ...

... j:LIEUT.-GENERAL LAURIE AT PEMBROKE DOCK. ADDRESS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. IMPERIALISM AND. ITS - ADVAN- TWAGES. POPULAR FALLACIES EXPOSED.; A public meeting -to hear an address from General Laurie, M.P., was held at the Tempe- rance-haill Pembroke Dock, on Monday even- IBg, Dr. Stamper, J.P., presiding. General Laurie, who was well received, pro- ceeded to compare the conditions of the coun- try ...

... PROGRESS OF' BLOCKADE. 110 $HIPS TAKE PART. m ?? GREEK STEAMER. LANDS HALF HER CARGO. GOVERNORSHIP OF THE ISLAND RUMOURED GREEK OFFER TO PURCHASE, ON THE FRONTIER, A NEUTRAL ZONE PROPOSED SCARCITY OF TURKISH PRO. VISIONS. A Rnuter's telegramn from Constantinople on Mondlay says :-The Anilasisadors notified to the Porte the blockade of Crete agailnst vessels ,b flying the Greek flag yesterday. ...

... WTAR MOVEMIENTS AT HOM[E. ? . ,. , I WAR OFFIChE STATMEN. L NO MATERIAL, A ]-E N .r,]ITTHE POrITIUN. i LONDOX,. et~t vnn rfbh War Office i~sund at four o'lockh tie following statcliir'1t, spes iieitl the South I Africa n situation ?? Telegrats5 ?? do SI not point to anyt i iatetri al tehatI ý eC in thi Q ii1t - i0 tar'- ?? . Stull budiis of Btoers aro reported to have crossed tihe Nutal ...

... =- ?? \C ONSERVATISiA IN,' THE RHONDDA. , i ?? SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT I AT PORTH. Sli THE WAR AND THE FUTURE ill, Isil OF SOUTH AFRICA. tl Rno lie SPEECH BY MAJTORWYINI)IAMi 'Ili t hi A largely-aittended public mneelting wais lilld at the~ 'OW1'oi-bll, Perth, on Friday ?? aii uider f-he auspices of the South aud East Gin- .II( morgan Geaservative and Unionist Aesscia- on tioiis, the principal ...

... DRAMATIC SCENE IN THE COMMONS. HOW THE WAR BILL WILL BE PAID. 10, WHITEFRIARS-ST&NET, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, FRIDAT NIGHT. The great success which has attended the Britis.h army in Natal is a cause for general rejoicing in Parliament. Even the Radicals are enthusiastic over our triumph, whilst the public arc wild with delight. Details are still lacking, but it seems beyond all doubt that the ...

... LA0MiRGANASHIRE POLICE AFFAIRS. 5EE.T00 THE $FT: STASDIN-C JOINT COtIQ ITTEE. BilL'rTIN'? f F l ROOr8. SAILAiy ?? TrE.]' CLER1K OF 'i'liT : PEACE. e A quaittrlr ncetil of the 0taedciig jotiz antnritlee ef tile (Ila lorga in Quartter Se-ioO ndtsutv C(oailv! wias held :V; Cardliff onl Monday. TIc. 0. II. jones presided coMPLIMltN'I'S Fot tlL l'OII.( 'i captain Iindas (the el-const ablel ili- ...

... SUND AY DRUNKENNESS IN 'WALES. - I IN ?? EFFECT OF THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. The annual return has just been issued for England and Wales in respect of shieh offences under the following; enactments as involve drunkenness:-3 and 4 Viet. o. 97, a. 13; 10 and 11 Vict. a. 89, as. 29 and 611 and 35 and 36 Viet. o. 94, a. 12 ; committed during the year ended the 31st of Decembcr, 1892 (1) after 12.30 ...

... PAIRLIAMENT. ' HOUSE OF COMMONS,-WEDNESDAY. -l The Deputy-Speaker took the chair at twenty five minutes past twelve o'clock. PARISH COUNCILS BILL. cet, RE SULT OF THE COMPROMISE, RAPID PROGRE SS AT LAST. The House immediately afterwards went into Committee on tho Local Government (England 5 and Wales) Bill. The discussion was proceeded with on Mr. Fowler's (Pre sidont of the Board of Trade) ...

... PRIZE DISTRIBUTION AT DOWLAlS. The annual distribution of prizes to the Dowlais Volunteers took place on Friday even- ing ?? Boys' School in the presence of a very large audience. The distribution was made by Mrs. H. W. Martin. The most valuable of the detachment prizes was a mnag- nificent silver cup, presented by Mr. Godfrey L: Clark, and won by Corporal John Thomas, Russell-stroet. The ...