... A decision has been given by the Stipendiary at Merthyr Police Court which is worth the attention of friendly societies generally. The Guardians of the Union sought to obtain from the Rhymney Lodge of the Ancient Britons Friendly Society the sum of £ 8, payable to the widow of a deceased member on his death, on account of arrears due for his maintenance as a lunatic at the county asylum. The ...

... In London, on Monday evening, the Earl of Dufferin, K.P., President of ihe Royal Geographical Society for the present year, took the chair for the Eecond time since his eecUon to the presidential chair The noble Lord, on entering the theatre of the London University, in which the meeting was held, was very warmly received. The usual formal business having been disposed of, a paper was read by ...

... BAD WATER AT PONTYPOOL. To the Editor of the Free Press, Sir,—I shall feel obliged by yeur publishing the en- closed correspondence relating to this vexed question. Yours, &c., Masons' Arms, Pontypool, JOHN WILLIAMS. Jan. 29th, 1879. [COPY.] BAD WATER AT PONTYPOOL. Masons1 Arms, High St., Pontypool, x 18th January. 1879. Messsrs Duncan and Sons, Cardiff. Gentlemen,—A letter was published in ...

... Tne rut liliZQ in diamonds of Benchers, lJ,o,, f the 5th series j) the thirds a river of diamouds by Foutenay, (No. 1/73,582 ilth series ;) the fourth, a nvttr cf diamonds by Dumout, {024-.613 let series.) ...

... The ordinary general meeting of the London and Provincial Bank (Limited) was held on Wednes- day, at the Cannon-street Hotel, London. Mr C. E. Lewis, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The Chairman, in the course of his speech, said that the capital had not increased in fair propor- tion to the business. Their reserve had largely increased, but it was necessary that, having ...

... ip In noticing the above serious disaster, The Times of Qfcsday, in a brief leader, remarks :— jjOu the21st ol latst month, as our telegraphic Intelligence an engagement occurred about ten miles beyond Drift, on the Tugela river, between a force of 5^1us, estimated at 20,000 strong, and a British column UP of part of the 24th Regiment and six hundred u»tives. The small English force had one ...

... The following is an extract from a letter (in Land and Water) from Lieut-Col. John R. Campbell, of Charing, Kent, showing how like produces like in our friendly *r unfriendly treatment of God's dumb creatures :— The lives of a great number of garden birds may be preserved during severe weather by the erection of a little wooden bird-shed, of which I enclose a rough sketch. It consists of a ...

... Lovers of pate de foie gros will probably be pleased to learn that there is little chance of a failure in the supply of the cherished delicacy. Geese-cramming, with a view to the ultimate manufacture of pati de foie gras is on the increase, and it is said that there are 250 people engaged in the business at Stras- bourg, in which city this strange branch of industry has thrived for more than a ...

... ON Sunday last, the Primitive Methodists held their chapel anniversary, when three excellent sermons were preached by Mr James Tracey, of Poutnewydd. The services were very thinly attended, and the collections did not amount to £2.-0n Monday evening, the Rev J. W. Coad, of Abertillery, delivered another of his lopular lectures on Phrenology. ...

... SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr E. B. Reece, coroner, held an inquest on Saturday, touching the death of a collier, named Thomas Davies, aged 34. The wife of the deceased stated that her husband left home at mid-day to attend his work at the Energlyn Colliery, and that he was then apparently in good health. That night, having heard that be had been taken ill, she hastened towards the pit, and met some men ...

... The following is an extraot from one of the instructive papers entitled 1, Hodge at his Work, which has been pub- lished iu the Standard Ladies residing in the country are accustomed to receive periodical appeals from friends in town asking their spoistance in procuring servants. So frequent are such appeals that theie would seem to be a popu- lar belief that the supply is inexhaustible. The ...

... The following Is an extract from a letter (by Mr. D. G. I. Macdonald, LL, D ) in the Daily Chfonicls The flesh of sheep and oxen is not a prime necesjary of life. Till of late years the working classes consumed very little butcher-meat. In the North of England beef and mutton were, in fact, deemed luxuries. Yet the m n could compete with the whole world for vigor of mind and bodv. They were ...