... BOARD Ot GcARUlAKS.—Mr G. T, dark pre- sided at the weekly meeting of the board, held on Saturday. The Aberdare Training School corn. mittee reported that they had accepted the tenner of the Forchneol Colliery any for thf supply of coal at 8a per ton, en condition that a. three months' supply wao guaranteed. The committee were {informed by the medical officer that the children were improving ...

... LLANDAFF. A DOG ASTRAY.—At the petty-sessions, on Monday—before Messrs J. Prichard, Williams, an 1 T. W. Booker—Benjamin Williams was charged with allowing his dog to stray. P.C. spoke to the offence. Defendant denied that his dog had on any occasion been loose since the il\8Ue »f the e8' order, and railed two witnesses to prove that the dog had oeen tied all day on the tSth, the day in ...

... YSTRAD MYNACH. BETHANIA CHAPEL.—The chiluren attending the Bethania Welsh Presbyterian Chapel Sunday- school had their treat on Monday afternoon. In the eveuing an entertainment was given. Mr Edward Beddoe (Cefn Llwyna, near Gelligaer) presided. The choir, led by Mr J. P. Jones (Eosyd l Mynach), sang the cantata Yr Adar (The Birds'), The following took the solos, duetts, and trios :—Cuckoo. ...

... THS .SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. OCEAN ,COIJI..IERIES> SLIDING-SCALE/I c tjtc Editor of the CARDIFF TI.YES. C .'IK,—The 5tu clause, .dverting to the account- 1 r.m s examination of the accounts, is a thorough one.Hi(lod provision, except where it piovid ...

... INTERNATIONAL RIYER SIGNALLING. NEW CODE OF RULES. The new code of international river signalling will come in o force with the new year, in concert with the -Governments of France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Den- mark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Hua- gary, Greece, Chili, and the United States. Besides the usual coloured lights, a steamer dis- cerning another vessel in ...

... The American census hich will be taken fiefrt year is intended to be ...

... FOUR DAYS ON A CAPSTZED VESSEL. Tim Pncifio Steam Navlgation Company's royal v maU steamer Sorats arrived in the Mernsy on ( Thursday from South America, and landed the } otptain and four of the crew of the brig Emnorald, It appears that the Emerald left Shields for Anocna with a cargo of coal on the 23th of November Inet, t under command of CApt-dn P. inool, For the first i few dams ...

... - - ?? ?? I.- - i - Tllu??t I.. i - o F Delft if 0, I? ?? ? I . . (SPLCI.IJ; TEL~tbii,'. _- Clo~nqei! Fiidav Niht. The installation of the Mayorolf.Clonmel,.2deV,' man O'Connell Hackett, j.P., took place at the - Courthouse to-day. 'His worsbip wes a'tiredj'n his official robes. Hi was preceded by-the swoi7I- bearers and the mace-bearers, enad was Acpomrpanied* by.the members of the Coupoil ...

... TEE AFGHAN WAR. MORE FIGHTING. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) London, Thursday Evening. The Daily News publishes the following tele- grams:- Cabul, Dec. 22. The 12th Bengal Cavalry left Sherpur garrison for Butkak last night. They found Butkak held by the enemy, End proceeded to Luttaband, which place they reached in safety. Three men were wounded. The wluhle of General Gough's brigade are at Luttaband ...

... THE LORD MAYOR AND CORPORA- i TION AT THE CATHEDRAL.. , ._ - I The Right Ron, the Ltrd Mayor (Edmund Dwyer; Gray, XIP.) and the Lady Mayoress, accom- panied by the High Sheriff and the Catholic Alder- men and Councillors of the Corporation, at. teaided High Mass in state yesterday at the Marl. borough-street pro-Cathedral. The occasion was made remarkable not only by the grandeur of tle sacred ...

... IRON RAILWAY BRlIDGES. 5 ?? the Ljaiy Acts.) The disastrous end of the sh'ort-lived Tay Bridge h as t apparently given rise to a, largce amount 0f niiioufl'i1, aiapprehension in this and Other countries. btruleteros I which have- been crossed Without he'sitation (luring9 :l - winds and weather for several years past maynew be ?? f to be, for the fir-st time., under saspiesou. Ue-c~li- ...

... ! I (From our Special Sunday edition of last week). In accordance with a custom which has obtained in re- cent years, Innocents' Day wee commemorated by a spe- cial service for children ?? abbey on Saturday afternoon. Ordinarily this service takes place on the day of the festival, but owing to Itiocents' Day, falling this year on Sunday, it was decided, for obvious reasons. that the ...