... GREAT STORM AT CARDIFF. The storm which broke over Cardiff on Tuesday was one of an unprecedented violence. The cold was intense, and a blinding snow fell—or, rather, was blown about. Here and there snow drifts were formed, to the great inconvenience of pedestrians. The shopkeepers closed their doors, and almost appeared to be frozen np. Trade was at a standstill, and the extraordinary weather ...

... MISB FARNINGHAM has engaged to deliver one of her popular lectures in Wood-street Chapel, Wednesday evening, January 19th, 1881. CHRISTMAS DINNER TO THE POUR OF ST. JOHN'S PARISH.—The annual dinner to the poor of St. John's Parish was given on Monday in the Crockherbtown Schools. In the boys' school places were prepared for 300 adults, and in the girls' school accommodation for 200 children ...

... COLLIERS AND TElE EMPLOYERS' a LIABILITY ACT. a We have received the following communication o from a Mining Engineer, who desires to remain ?? principle which has marked your * treatment of the relations between capital and N1 labour in this district, second to none in the king. donm for its mineral resources, has at times not n satisfied the employers, at others it has not t been approved ...

... THE WAR, IN AFRICA. MOVMENTS OF THE B30ERS. REINFORCEMENTS FOR TILE TRANS- VAAL. b DURBANs, JANx. 6.-Her Majesty's ship Boadicea e ba.s arrived from Cape Town; she lands a Rocket b Battery and a Naval Brigade of her seamen and b marines to-day. They iill at once proceed to the fn front. Largenumabers of the Boers of ?? State are s said to be crossing the frontier and joining the in- T surgents ...

... + THE C(PDFF KiIll'OWNERS' i \ASSOCIATIO-N. I: -_ I . 3tr. I ANcNUAL DENNER. The anld, DOCK.''ACCOMMODATlION. ) tion Maen On Tuezsday ereninh tie annual dlinnor ei the rla Cardilf Shipowlnes' Asesutititun vass heldl intlia for roein Ioval 1lorel, Cairdiff, Mr. ?? If. Capper 'll tile e as' ithe dlir, Thire xvre' ?? the Nii'ovr ilr. Rees;z ute Jones), Colonel Hill, ('olonli- Ilaee. :Uesirs. w- ...

... LETTERS TO TilE EDITOR. We ?? nttblish any letter itiless the writer sends t;.- tis l;-A1 NAtME AND DI~sS, not ricessariiy for pub- (teas- t, liut as a Gtursaater of go(od f[ith. V i ThEditor cannot ctnderbike to return rejected com- c' ~s 11 ?? einmuulsta11,!s.,5t %sI .- Allicrresoitents ?? criteon l SE SIPE of I hb rt Ilt papeir only, or their lett-rs w ill be rieate-d. idt. i b nn -otor-sD ...

... MiARVIELLOUS ESCAPE 0F A CHILD. on Wednesday afternoon it littie broy arnaed Alfred Day, ?? years of agc, residing at the Jenny Lind Gjal-y4rd, Garrison-lane,- iBirineaglDsin, mu. withI a singulrx accident. 4 About ?? 'cxck h: and anumber of com- panions wore plaving near a ?? little otlage' inl Garrizon-iane, wivhen the roof fell in. Day ilappened to be just inside til door at the tjim', maid ...

... The following Bills appeared in print on Saturday :—A Bill brought iu by Mr Mac- donald, Mr Broadhurst, Mr Hurt, Mr Pedd o, and Mr O'Connor Power, to amend the Employers' Liability Act, 18S0 a B. 11 to reorganise the Educational Endowments of Scotland; a Bill to amend the law relating to tho summary jurisdiction of magistrates in Ireland anl a Bill to appoint a commis- sion for the alteration ...

... WITH our present information it would not, perhaps, be riyht to determine, or attempt to determine, the exact nature and extent of the grievance under which the telegraph clerks in the service of the General Post Office are reputed to labour. That there is ssmo foundation for the agitation which is taking place at the present moment its widespread character would seem to prove. It will be well ...

... BOARD OF TUADE INQUIRY AT SWANSEA. THE CASE OF THE CLANSMAN. A Board of Tiade inquiry was opened at Swan- sea on Friday—before Mr Fowler (stipendiary), assisted by Admiral Alpin, and Captain A. Anderson-into the loss of the Clansman. It appeared from the openincr statement that the vessel left Swansea on the 1st February last, and had not been heard of since. She was built at Prince Edward's ...

... SWANSEA. ABBOTT & Co., Oxford-street, Swansea.- Tiae best and cheapest Leather Mill Band Makers in the trade. Send for price lists. 4D478 No FIRM IN THE KINGDOM doing such good work, at such low prices, M Mr CUAPHAN, at hin Studio High-street. 46701 ...

... Till!) KlSlNtt Til Hi TKAiNoVAAL AND BASUTOLAND. The unsettled state of portions of South Africa at the present moment is drawing general attention to that quarter of the globe, and this country hav- ing a large colony in the disturbed districts, is practically interested in all that is transpiring there. We this morning publish a map showing the scene of the risings in the Transvaal and ...