... DEPARTURE OF THE ENGLISH FROM MANDALAY. RANGOON, Friday, 10.30 a. m. It is be- lieved in Rangoon by tho Burmans that King Theabau ia a!)(JUt t'j form an alliance with Chiua. The Euryalus flagship is coming here. General Gore has asked for 5,000 tror.na. This request has been granted. All the I ugllah have left Mandalay except the officiaL-i. Several incendiary attempts hava recently taken ...

... PRESENTATION TO THE TOWS CLERK OF CARDIFF. On Saturday afternoon, Mr J. L. Wheatley, the newly-appointed To v. n Clerk of Cardiff, received a gratifying and substantial testimonial from the Corporation officials of the borough of Salford as a mark of the high esteem in which he was held whilst occupying the position of Deputy Town Clerk of that town. The presentation took place in the of that ...

... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CARDIFF. Early this (Monday) morning Bute-street, was the scene of a fire of so threatening a character as to excite amongst the inhabitants of the locality the moat serious consternation and alarm. The outbreak was discovered at 10 minutes to two, in the storehouse of Mr Maggi, an Italian ware- houseman, which is situated at the rear of the shep fronting into the main ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SITES. A LIVELY MEETING. On Saturday a special meeting of the Llaudilo School Board was held, to consider the question of the Cwm Ivor School site. The whole of the members were present.—The Clerk stated that he had forwarded the plans to the Education Depart- ment, and received a letter. It stated that their lordships' architect reported the plans as satis- factory, and that ...

... OYSTER MOUTH S Cli'OOL BOkl)kD. The monthly meeting of this board was held on Friday evening. Present: Messrs J. C. Davies (chairman). G. AI. Leaker, F. Rayner, W. Birt, and R. Holmes. The clerk read the enrrespon- denee b.-tween Mr Graham Vivian and himself, referring to Black Pill School, which the board at its last meeting endeavour to obtain, in order to save them the expense of bnilding- ...

... MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The first meeting of the central committee, ap- pointed in connection with the forthcoming visit of the Church Congress to Swansea in 1879, was held at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, Herbert-place, S wansea. on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop of St David's (Dr Basil Jones), and there was a large attendance ...

... WELCOME TIle inhabitants of Llandiio have determine I tt give Lord Dynevor a war:n welcome on the occ» eiou of taking up his residence at Dvnevor Castle, lie acceded to the title and estates last Am'u.it, and has made one short visit, but, owing to the oeath of ins father, notning was done at that ii ne. A meed g was held at the King's Head on day evening, when a committee of the lend-in ...

... ABERDARE. REVIVAL SERVICES, ;t correspondent writes, are being coudncted by Mrs Shepherd and her daughter. The former came here some months ago, and distributed handbills broadcast, announc- ing that if one desired to escape future torment, and learn the road to Heaven, he, or she, was in- vited to go to the Temperance-hall, and listen to Mrs Shepherd. Since her advent Mrs Shepherd has been in ...

... Messrs Thomas Stephens and William Charles, students of the above college, have passed the matriculation examination in the London Uni- versityl this month. Mr. Stephens was Eng- lish prizeman': in 1877, and Thomas scholar in 1878, at his own college. ...

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... CHURCH VERSUS DISSENT. A lively, if not courteous, discussion took place during the meeting of the Aberdare School Board, on Thursday. The Chairman (Mr B. H. RÍJys) said he was going to make a charitable appeal to the board. Before him was a list of the clothing made at the Town Schools during the last thrae or four years. There was now in Aberdare a cloth- ing club,in which were the Hon. Mrs ...

... BRAVO MONMOUTH THE Conservative party of the County of Monmouth will probably see fit, for the moment, to laugh, as one of our humourists has it, with the wrong side of their mouths. They have hitherto looked upon Monmouth- shire as a Tory preserve, and Monmouth Borough as an appanage of the ducal house of Beaufort. If the proverbial straw on the surface proves anything, the Conservative ...