... MERTHYR SCHOOL BOARD; .1 ,er THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE .e at- add SJCHOOL FEES. Xf or. a the On Friday the fdrtnightly meeting of this board Pi the was held atthe boardroom, Workhouse, when, et ase there were present, Messrs. Thomas Williamg sl crc (rhairman-), V L. Daniel (vice-chairman), Rees l ay Jones, W Bell, D. Davies (Glebeland), and the 'he Revs. R. J. Bader, James Williams, J M. d. ...

... it o. 'e AlIcorresponderrtsmust writson ONX SIW of the T oaper only, or their letters will be rejected. , We cannot ?? any letter unless the writer sends iblS REAL NAME KND ADDRX9S, not necessarily for pub. , lication,bat as Gauarantee of good faith. as The.Editorcannotundertake to return rejeoted corn a. nunications underanY circumstances. ,T ?? NEro (Swansea).-Your suggestion Is ...

... |THE LORD CHANCELLORI AT EXETER., THE WARh iN EGYPT, U' PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMg.2 EXETEBR, TnuRsAti;. NIGHT. The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Just ice ant of England were this afternoon entertained at i. luncheon in Exeter Guild-hiall by the Mayor and of Town Council. Lord Selberne is on a visit to the iltr Lord Chief Justice, at lis seat at Heath''s Cut where he arrived on Tulesday ...

... IT HE WAR INS E GYPT. - - ODFFICIAL TELEGRAMT. mnd (FROst GENER-AL OFFICER, COMMANDENG IN the EGYiT To SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NAR.) for ISMAILIA, WEDNESDAY.-The enemv re- Ece connoitered our position at Kassassin Lock to I to-day with cavalry; no guns. Musketry fire was exchanged, and Captain Holland, of the lotbI-fiussrs, attached to the I9thIiussars, wva wounded in the shoulder, not ...

... LETTERS TO THE. EDITOR. - All corraepondeetsmust write on oxs sins of the co paper only, or their letters will be rejected. . Wecannotpublish anyletter unlessthce writersends it. his REAS MNAM AND ADR&LKSS, not uetessarily for pub- le lication blut as a GuLrantee of good faith. id The Lditor cannot ?? to return rejected com- munications underanv oircumstances. n COUNTY OF ?? Dyoll (Merthyr) ...

... On Tuesday a circular letter was received from Mr W. T. Lewis, the agent for the Marquis of Bute, by the freighters of Cardiff, requesting them in future to order the coals to be sent direct to the tip from which the coal is intended to be shipped, and thus avoid the necessity of the Bute Dock engines bringing the trucks up from sidings, probably at a distance. We believe this plan has been ...

... INQUEST. An iuquest was held on Saturday BJF* Dr Evans, Lampeter, deputy coroner, and twelv* jurors, upon the body of Daniel Evans, Penbank, Llandyssul, farmer, who committed suicide on the previous day by hanging himself in an out- house at Penbank. The farm was part of the Alltyrodyn estate, which was sold some time ago, and deceased was to leave the farm in September, and could not get ...

... M. DE LESSEPS AND THE PEACE SOCIETY. M. de Lesseps, replying to an address of the Peace Society upon the war in Egypt, forwarded him by Mr Richard, M. P., says Your admirable circular expresses in loyalty and truth the sentiments of the majority of the English Deonle, Events will jnore and more J justify your predilections. Whilst struggling in Egypt against mistakes of English • policy, I ...

... EXTENSIVE THEFTS AT DOW- LAIS BY WOMEN. At the Merthyr police-court on Wednesday— before the stipendiary—Maargaret Williams (mar- ried), Hannah Wiltshire (married), and Temper- ance Williams (daughter of the first-named pri- soner) were charged with stealing a large quantity of goods from different business establishments in Dowlais. It appears that prisoners had made it a. regular practice of ...

... LONDON LETTER, [SPECIALLY WIRED.] (BY OUR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Tuesday Night. It is announced that a Cabinet Council will be held to-morrow, when all the mem- bers are expected to be present, with the exception of Earl Spencer and Mr Chamber- lain. As there was no necessity to summon the council in reference to the business to be transacted at the autumn session, it is assumed that ...

... THE THEFT OF A MUR- DERER'S BODY. [FROM our. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WITH SIR E. WOOD.] ALEXANDRIA, Monday, 3 p.m.—I under- stand that endeavours are being made here to conceal the fact which I telegraphed you on Friday last, of the stealing by an Arab mob of the body of Atte Hassan, executed for the murder of Messrs Richardson- and 3):>b30n during the June massacres. In case any denial snouict. ...

... THE PROSECUTION WITHDRAWN. At the Marylebone police-court, on Tuesday, Hyam Jacobs, 53, general dealer, again surren- dered to his bail to answer the charge of obtain- ing, on the 25th of July last, by means of false pretences, two gold chains and other article, value £ 23 15s 6d, from Morris Goldstein, jewel- ler, 428, Edgware-road. The facts previously laid before the court were that the ...