... LORD ABERDARE ON HIGHER GRADE SCHOOLS. At the close of the. Ihiffrvn Joint School Gun- Kiittee meeting held on Wednesday, at Mountain Ash, Mr T. Edwards, chairman of theLlanwonno School Board, and the Rev. J. H. Protheroe, vicar of the parish and a member of the board, waited upon Lord Aberdare, and asked him, ou behalf of the board, to preside over a public meeting which it was intended tc ...

... FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT BRADFORD, FALL OF A CHIMNEY STACK. DESTRUCTION OF A MILL. 25 PERSONS KILLED-70 INJURED. HEARTRENDING SCENES. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] BRADFORD, Thursday Night.-An accident'on a more appalling scale than any previously re- corded in the annals of the town occurred here this morning. By the fall of a mill chimney between 20 and 30 persons were killed on the spot and 25 ...

... PARIS*, Thursday.—M. Gambetta is again to- day declared to be in a critical condition. M. Grevy is also unwell. The Steele to-day says the Austro-German alliance has been shaken by the recent newspaper war. CONSTANTINOPLE, Thursday.—The Montenegrin Government points out difficulties in settling the frontier on the proposed basis. HOMK, Thursday.—The correctness of the re- nf ?„«. « > Lawaroni ...

... At Monasteriu Sessions on Friday, three men were charged under the Crimes Act with groaning at the Lord-Lieutenant during his Excellency's recent visit to Moore Abt-ey. The CMe was with- drawn on technical grounds, but will be brought forward again. About forty moonlighters met a police patrol of three between Tralee and Castlemaine, on Thurs- day night, and took from them their horse and car. ...

... RISCA. .SAOJKJN'O ^ATAT, AOCII>KXT.OO acc^leut iiappeued at the railway statiua, wh eh eai,s:u tbe alt*r},)s,t iir. ediate death of n young ej,n named DoWueis, v- je of a pls^ei-tr living. i. The deo^asecr 0. eDt to Rise to see a friund, and wa? about returning si-ne when hi life was cut sli rt- Whilst crossing ti,e iit'.e & passing engine knocked poor feiiow down a at! ae^ost decayitated- ...

... SHOCKING DEATH FROM EXPOSURE.—On Thurs- day morning a woman was seen lying on the road- side, adjacent to the Heathcock pond, by some passengers in the London and North Wester* train. P.C. Lewis at once went to the spot in- dicated, and found the woman lying in a semi- conscious state. She was at once removed to the Heathcock Inn, and Dr. Fitzhenry was sent for. It was then found that the ...

... jENGLTSH AND FRENCH EGYPTIAN POLICY. PAKIS, Fridav. The Pem 'Uqua ^ficaiie refen;ug to-day to Air. Chainoedtua' r. '«» speech at Ashton-under- s X^yne, lftya- special -stress upon ti-e passage in v,khi«b the *pe.-«feer clearly expressed-ibe intention of tai|j»g t-Ue su'-v.ptibilities of France into ac- count; ba-^audsti-At Air. Chumberlain s^suranccs t ave not yet. hetn fulfilled by acts. s ...

... (' Mr T-'PrTTT.T .V. DEATH OF ME ISAAV. HAVE to record the death of Mr Isaac Harding, timber merchant, of Caerphilly, after a very short illness. Mr Harding was well known in this county and Monmouthshire, where lie had extensive business transactions, and was held in great respect by landed proprietors and others with whom he had dealings, for tne manner in wnicn he carried on his business. ...

... copy.-F. F. Benvenuti, M.S. A. ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The fortnightly meet- ing of the board was held on Tue.3(h\y. There was a large attendance of members. Howel Gwyn was in the chair.—Mr T. W, Jones's appli- cation for an increase in his salary as relieving olhcer was taken into consideration. It transpired tha.t Mr Jones had been for many years in office, and had satisfactorily performed his duties. In relief to able-bodied ...

... Mr Cowen, M.P., responding lor the House of Commons, at a clerks' dinner at Newcastle, on Wednesday night, said there must be attrac- tions in membership, but they were sometimes difficult to discern. He knew of no position where the results obtained were less for work done. The exercise of an average member of Par- liament would make his fortune upon 'Change, or would make him famous at the ...

... GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND RUSSIA. THE three military empires which dominate a greater portion of Europe seem to be at cross purposes. Piussia has been strengthen- ing her defences and massing troops on hei frontier, and Germany and Austria have drawn closer together. Russia has coquetted with France as against Germany, and with Turkey as against Great Britain. The scheme has collapsed in both ...