... FOOTBALL. I To-morrow's Local Fixtures. I Cardiff Swansea 2nd v. Cardiff 2nd. J Harlequins A' team y. Cardiff College. 1 Penarth 2nd Y. St. D iviu's. loct Rovers v. St. James's. Charles-street Hangers v Heath RoTers, :0,[,. Mellons v. Cardiff College. Cadoxton v. Longcross. Penarth, Bristol v. Penarth. Whitchurch. Cardiff Star v. Whitchurch 2nd. Biy, LUndatf Yard v. Ely Hovers. Petiyraig. ...

... SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. MEETING OF DELEGATES AT ABEKOARE. The Sliding Scale 1- Negotiations. I Important Statements by Members of the Scale Committee. A general meeting of the steam and house coal colliery delegates of Monmouthshire and South Wales was held at Carmel Hall, Aberdare, to-dfcy, to receive the report of the Sliding Scale Committee. The attendance cf representatives was large. The ...

... TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CORN. HULL, Tuesday.—'To-cluy, ac our market, there was a UlJl show of English wheat, which sold at silightiy under lasb week's rates, though not quotauly cho.per. Foreign wheat is in steady demand, at lull pnce.s. .Niaititig barley is very iirm, and grinding qualities arc bu per quarter dearer. Oats ard in less demand, and rattier cm-apttr. iieaus and peas are without ...

... LONDON BETTING. THREE P M. Gallinule, Johnny Morgan, Dante, Aperse, and Wel- lington were fresh introductions in the London betting on the Lincolnshire Handicap to-day. Et Csetera and Aladdin shortened in price for the Liver- pool Grantl National, whilst 20 to 1 each was taken about Glenthorpe and Come Away. Chitabob was supported for some money for the 100 to 15 for the Derby, and El Dorado ...

... TO-DAY'S MONEY. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] STOCK EXCHANGE, LONDON, OPENING, 11.20 A.M. Stock Markets fairly firm Oil increased ease in the Money Market. Homo Railways iu demand, particularly North Eastern, which shows a rise of 14 pertaont oil dividend,announced at the rate of 7k per cent per annual, being better than expected other eiocks i to £ iigher. Gruiui Trunk Railway Preference Stocks ...

... VICTORIA CLUB LONDON, 12 30 TRIAL PLATE 6 to q on the tield (o; NORTHERN WELTER 2 tc 1 on the fielri (o) CARHOLME SELLING PLATE 5 to 2 on the field (o) BATTHYANY STAKES b to 1 aast Bartizan (t) 6 to 1 Maynooth (t) 7 to 1 Maxim (t) 7 to 1 St Symphorien (t) 7 to 1 — Ilarp?.gon (t) 8 to 1 any other (o) BLANKNEY STAKES 6 to 1 on the field (o) TATHWELL PLATE 7 to ou thfi field (o) ELSHAM PLATE 9 to ...

... TO-DAY'S DECLARATIONS. THE GLAMORGAN COUNTY, Polling in the Cardiff District. Fortunately the weather is fine on the first occasion that the electors of Glamorgan are called upon to vote for the county council. Not much personal interest is taken in the affair in Cardiff, as, of course, the town council is beyond the range of the act, so far as the elections are concerned. Cardiff, though a ...

... SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. CARDIFF* SWANSEA.t N E A PORT't Mor. Evil. Hgt. Mor. PYii. Hgt. Mor. Evn. Hgt. 21 M 1 51 2 30 26 2 0 55 1 32 2b 2 2 4 43 20 7 23 T 3 9 3 43 2rJ 3 2 11 2 45 25 8 3 22 3 56 27 1 2-4 W 4 13 4 44 27 7 3 17 3 43 26 b 4 26 4 57 ^3 0 Z5 T 5 13 5 39 29 2 4 17 4 43 27 5 5 5 5229 7 26 F 6 2 6 2333 5 5 6 5 2S 28 7 fe 15 6 36 30 10 27 S 6 46 7 5 51 5 5 15 6 9 29 8 6t9 7 18i31 i0 23 ...

... I THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday lasp (13th April) shows tbat in the borough of Cardiff the number of births registered last week was 87, as compared with 90, 102, and 82 in the three preceding. Those 87 births comprised 43 boys and 44 girls, and corresponded to an annual rate of 40'4 per 1,000 of the population, estimated to be in the ...

... The Royal Grants. TWENTY-SIX MILLIONS ALREADY PAID I In view of the debate now proceeding ir. the House of Common?, on the qiiestion of the proposed increase in the grants to the Royal Family, the following fa«ts may not be without iuterest, as stowing the enormous amounts already paid to support the Royal Family. her Majesty ascended the throne in 1837 the annual grant was fixed at £ 385,000. ...

... LATEST SCRATCHiNGS. The Press Association was this morning officially infollIJetl by Messrs Weatherby of tbe following bcratchings: liivaston nursery, Derby: Lady Careless,Sweet EUSIL Olympian Welter, Derby: Lord Iddeslei«h. Devonshire Nursery, Derb: Ambassador. Derby engagements: JJeaulieu, Abeyance. Champion Breeders' Foal StakeSj Derby; Tarantella, Curfew, Strawberry Hill. Breeders' M Leger ...

... TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CJRX. HULL, Tuesday.—At on. market to-day there was a fair supply of English wheat, which sold as the full prices of iast week Foreign steady aS late rates. Jiarley dull. Oats maintain full value fine qualities ratiisr clearer. Beans, oti to 6d per qr cheaper. Steady demand for maize on bpo. at full prices. Weather line. LIVERPOOL, Tuesda' Will,a-t qUIet. Califoniian lower ...