... The executive committee of the National Agri- cultural Labourers' Union, at a meeting held in Aylesbury, on Monday, pasned a resolution re- gretting that in consequence of the lateness of the harvest the oonferenoe intended to have been held to consider the question of agricultural depression was unavoidably postponed. Messrs Aroh, Ball, Goldsmith, and Mitchell, and the general secre- tary ...

... Toww COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the council was held on Alon a v, Mr Mayor Gregory in the chair. A discussion took place in reference to the ownership of a wall adjoining the Wes- leyan Chapel and corporation property, when it was decided that a committee of the council should meet the minister and trustees of the chapel, for the purpose of viewing the wall in question. A number of fields, ...

... A MAN lJROWNED Arp NEYIJANI). —— A young man, named Thomas Davtei lived at Hazlebeach Ferry House, Neyla;1,¡d,f his parents, wa3 accidently drowned on evening. It appears that the youth, who J IS years old, was stepping from Major Tr° cff t»' yacht into the boat alongside, when he fe1 gunwale into the water, and immediately never again rising to the smIa-ce. The happened on the Haven, not far ...

... nt!>« On Saturday the above board held tiieir L,'0rglSet* meeting at the clerk's office, Treorky. were present—Messrs 'avid Evans, Eva11 arf E. H. Davies, George Knill, Evan William Lax. The main busiuc-ss of t°^ ye(f' was to appoint a chairman for the e:isiU!) Mr David Evans was unanimously re~e j »{t^ The annual loan office cheques were the next board meeting was appointed to jjo^J at the ...

... NEW SEAM OF COAL AT SAUN- DERSFOOT. The Saundersfoot and Moreton Company have STRUCK upon a vein of coal. We hear it is nearly two feet thick. When trade revives, this neigh- bourhood will be able to yield a large supply, as tins W the second new vein which has been found within this last year. The other vein was found about nine months ago, by the Bonville's Court Coal andiron Company. ...

... ATTITUDE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CANDAHAR. SIMLA, Monday.—The Go-vernor of Can- dahar has expressed absolute devotion to the British Government, and has offered to raise a contingent of troops among the Douranis. Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Kennedy has been appointed Controller-General of the Transport and Supply Departments. ...

... GETEW A YO IN TilE BUSH. CAPE TOWN, Aug. 19, via Plymouth.— Colonel Barrow left Uluudi on the 13th in pursuit of Cetewayo, and followed him closely, but on the 15th he had taken to the bush, and no news had since been received. The 24th Regiment and Lancers have left Maritzburg for Durban en route for England. Dispatches were received at the War Office on Sunday from Sir Garnet Wolseley. ...

... AT THE PETTY-SEsaioNa, on Tuesday, Arthur Christopher Jones, tramping painter, was brought up in custody charged with stealing a silver spoon, from Corton House, the residence of Mrs Evelyn, on the 20th ult. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and waa sentenced to three calendar months' imprison. mont.—Edward Bird was charged by Elizabeth Prince with assaulting her, at Presteigne, on the 26th August, and ...

... FATAL ACCIDKOTAT LAN POKE. Two boys, named David Matthews and James Hurley, have been killed upon an incline at Landore. ...

... MEETING AT PEMBROKE. THE PENNAR WORKS. Mr Allen addressed a meeting of Liberal elec- tors at the Assembly-rooms, Pembroke, on Satur- day evening. The attendance was very large, and the gentlemen on the platform were—Dr. Bryant, Mr E.J. Reed,C.B..M.P..Lord K.ensiogton,M.P., Mr Henry Allen, Mr W m. Trewent, Mr Jonas Frayler, Rev. J. Seymour Allen, Mr Charles Allen, Mr G. M. Sinnette, Rev. ...

... BONVILSTONE. THE LATE REV. JAMES THOMAS.—The funeral of the late Itev. James T tomas, who for over 30 years has been the minister of the Carmel Chapel, Bonvilstone, took place on Tuesday. Mr Thomas had made during his ministry a la ge number of sympathising friends, not only in t e neighbour- j hood in which he 1 ved, but in ma y parts of South Wales, and his funeral was very numerously attt ...

... An elderly man, named Stephen Evan?, apparently from 50 to 60 yearsof age, lias suddenly disappeared from the locality of Rhyn ney under peculiar circumstances. A fortnight ago he affectionately took leave of his aged wife three times, stating that he wasabout to visit his sister it a place near Bristol. Hearing nothing of him since that time, every effort has been made by correspondence and ...