... MERTHYR BOARD OF GUAR- DIANS. The Mertbyr Board of Guardians met oø Saturday, under tbe presidency of Mr W. Jones, J.P.—A Mrs Ramsey, Swansea, attended befcrt the board, and claimed to be the mother of children who had come upon the uuion funds Aberdare. The matter was referred to committee, as the facts were not clear. Relieving Officer David was requested meanwhile to stop -v/f6 V^x7 ...

... On Friday afternoon last, during the heavy thunderstorm, whilst Mr Griffith Llewellyn, farmer, Treorky, and his servant were fencing a piece of ground on the mountain side, they dropped down suddenly, and for several minutes were unconscious. When Mr Llewel- lyn recovered consciousness he found himself at the bottom of a steep slope. He shouted out to his assistant, •• Who had knocked him 7 ...

... There is a big thing in petitions pending; it bat been started by a lady member of the most indefatigable people on the planet—the teeto- tallers. It is a world's petition for the suppression ) of the liquor traffic. Miss Willard, tbe president t of the World's Women's Temperance Society, intends to take it round to all the governments of Eurooe and America* ...

... Mr Henry Harrison, the Oxford undergraduate, against whom proceedings were taicen in connec- tion with the Falcarragh evictions, writes shall be much obliged if you can afford me a small portion of your space to deal with two statements made in the House of Commons relative to my arrest. The first and more impor- tant was that previous to my arrest I refused to give my name when asked to do so ...

... WELSH NOTES, BRIDGEND EISTUDDVOD; There promises to be an exciting contest for the great choral prize at Bridgend. Already eight choirs have entered, and among* them are the victors of 1887 and leas. In the former year Llanelly won, and in the latter Dowlais. On neither occasion were both present. Thus the struggle is already anticipated with feverish interest. The prize for the ode to Henry ...

... Y WENCI. o naturiaeth pry'r cwtteri,—erniw A ffyrnie yw'r wenci; Utl ysgafn, bir, fain, wingi,— Brwd waed sydd ar ei bryd hi. Cwrfcnewydd. GWABNANT WILLIAMS, ...

... NOVEL APPLICATION TO THE CARDIFF GUARDIANS. At the meeting of the Cardiff Guardians on Saturday, a lady, who does not wish her name to transpire, attended, and applied for permission to adopt an orphan child to be selected by her from among these in the bouse. The board granted tbe request with alacrity, ■ i* — ■ i* — ...

... Mrs Gfeorge Griffiths, of Glendower, Fitzjoh's- avenue, Hampstead, and formerly of Pontypridd and Cardiff, died on Thursday, after a prolonged illnees. The deepest sympathy is felt for Mr George Griffiths under his sad bereavement. Mrs Griffiths was well known in South Wales for her gentleness and charity. She aided her husband in many of the philanthropic works which, as a Rhondda colliery ...

... Decision of the Committee. LONDON, Frida)- Lord Bathurst's committee resumed the hearing of the above bill this morning, when John Nixon, of Nixons' Navigation Coal Com- pany, strongly opposed it on behalf of the Rymney Railway Company. He said it would eventuate in the Taff Railway Company starving the Rbymney into selling their line to the Taff. He also declared that if it passed he would ...

... HOW CERTAIN CERTIFICATED TEACHERS LIVE. It appears from the last annual report of the y strad School Board that there are employed r.mongst the scholastic staff five male and five female certificated teachers, who are therefore fully qualified to receive appointments as bead teachers. Some of these assistants, I am told, have actually risen to their present positions whilst engaged under the ...

... WELSH GLEANINGS. By Lloffwr. The authorities of the University College of North Wales (Bangor) having memorialised the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education in favour of allowing the use of the Welsh language in examinations in agriculture, the following reply has been received: Depart. ment of Science and Art, London, S.W., 17tb April, 1889.—Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of Council ...

... In the House of Commons on Monday, The CHANOELLOK of the EXCHIQUEB, answering Mr Sweteuham, said he wished that the important matter ot the van and wheel tax could be dealt with by the county councils. He did not propose to reintroduce tbe bill again unless he received strong representations from the county councils in favour of such a coiuse. ...