... THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW. The fortieth annual show of fat stock opened on Saturday at Bingley Hall, Birmingham. The cattle form a larger and better shew than for many yearf, but the sheep and pigs show a falling off. The -Queen has first and second prizes for Hereford eteers, two seconds for sbortborn steers, first for Devon ox, second for Devon steer, and first for Devon cow and heifer. The ...

... of ilu SEeek. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1888. An important meeting of delegates repre- senting all the house and steam-coal work- men of South Wales and Monmouthshire was held at Aberdare on Monday. Nearly 50,000 miners were represented. The meeting was a protracted one, lasting over seven hours, and it was unanimously resolved to claim an advance in wages. While loyalty to the sliding scale was ...

... Narrow Escape of 100 Men. The men engaged in the Halkyn Lead Mines, on the Duke of Westminster's Flintshire estates, had a terrible experience on Sunday. Owing to a breakdown of the winding engine they were unable to return to the surface, there being no ladders in the shaft. They were eventually rescued, but not before they had traversed a drainage tunnel for a couple of miles against a ...

... THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH. The resignation of the aged Bishop of St. Asaph has been daily expected for the last two months but, to the amazement and disgust of Churchmen in North Wales, be decliuee to avail himself of the liberal provisions of Mr Gladstone's Act, and instead of signing a deed of resignation he has just signed a commission authorising the Bishop of Bangor to perform episcopal ...

... « dytnuno arnom gyhoeddi Carol fi' y u.'aei rtSj*oiS gau fod cats am y cyfryw, dyma In?l CteyACaf1U'n naeusydd Bethl'em.; Gwlad Ephrata, gyda'r wawr, Melus gordio byfryd anthem (• ddaath 1 'awr; Ganwyd heddyw i cbwi Geidwsd „ Ydoedd cynuwya mawr eu cia • Haleluiah! mewn cydgordiad, uwaeddwn ninau'n ddiwahan. Od oedd engyl gJåll yn canu. Fodau gwyutou gwlad y gwawl, Dyiai uynion urfoledd- Dybiu ...

... A VICAR'S DISAPPEARANCE. Mysterious Affair. Agrsa. sensation has been created at Wood- j piumptr>n, near Preston, by ...

... WRECK OF A NEWPORT-LADEN VESSEL. The crow of tha ss. Knight Templar, 1,023 teas register, which sailed from Newport on the 5c h of September last with a cargo of coal for Alex- andria. have just been landed iIl. Ecg^Dd. The steamer was on her way home from the Black bea, and on the evenuicj of Tuesday, the I8,h iii-t., was off u-ahanl, T:Jp. uighc was verv &na the vessel out ot her reckoning. ...

... MAESTEG LOCAL BOARD. An ordinary nisating of this board was held on Friday even:ng, Dr John Davies presiding, A fresh case of typhoid fever was reported in South- parade,—Dr Morgan, the public analyst, sent an analysis of the water in South-parade, The water was prononnceu good and fit iordriakist: purposes.—The c^erk was instructed to acknow- ledge a gift of £ 50 from Colonel North towards ...

... 1 „J^rr:r A^T) H,-3MLE.S Cu.UK FOR WOBM9 IN I Offir.L(if v. -Kerni it's Vei^ts.ble 'form lozenges. 7?d »» 1 *>», wkitiili ^ir-siion# j > v^ s.tpui.r Keaj- thk Book or I j>■ a sttered h->tcry oi the :i- cierJr « the .lifJCiraition? ...

... At-the ordinary maetiug jon -Monday of the abov# local board, under^tbe presidency of Mr SSorgau Morgan, rs;- vence was made to the* circumstance of the just-ess bavins arranged for. .that portion of Mountaih Ash which is int Aberdare-pariah being included in No. 4 AbeiiBare Ward for county council purpo-te-i, an-i he clerk was directed, upon the motion of tbe Cbairrc ;n, seconded by Mr W, ...

... fjjy MB HXNITY JOHN, OASTLEGARW.) Mr D. Lleufer Thomas, in your last week s issue, expresses bis desire for suggestions from Welsh farmers bearing on the establishment of dairy schools and on the parallel teaching of the theory and the practice of agriculture. After this powerful appeal, every word of which indicates the keen interest taken by the writer in the subject, I, as a tenant farmer, ...

... THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A CARDIFF MAN. Oa Saturday, at Bristol pQliee-oourt, Henry Matthews, who had been remanded on the oharge of shooting Emily Davis in College Green, was again brought up. The case had been adjourned for the attendance of John Pegler, fireman on board the Monmouthshire steamer. He bad been served with a summons, but went away on a voyage in the vessel, the captain ...