... INDEPENDENT ORDMOFIEECHABITES. SOUTA MONMOUTH IUJUI/R THE annual meeting ctf South Monmouth District, No. ;59, was held at Aberearn on .Mon- day last. TLtJ chair was taken at SO o'clook. by the District Clhief Ruler, BM. Edward Davies, of Newport, tiiere being also present: Brothers E. ISiJoth, DJD.R., Abercacn; G. Batentan, P.D.C.H., Risea; Fred. W. Brett, D.T., fur- diff J. Welch, P.S., ...

... AGGRAVATED- WIFE ASSATTLT- At Whitby Police Court, William Mills, » tired ship captain and owner of steam shipping, was charged with commifefcing an aggravated assault upon his wife, Rebecca Mills. The parties live at Hawsker, near Whitby, and it was alleged that one night, after they had retired to bed they quarrelled, aud defendant became very abusive and. insulting- He got out of bed and ...

... PONTYPOOL CATTLE FAIRS. A CATTLE MARKET WANTED. To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,—Pontypool Fair, with its attendant dangers and nuisances, has come and gone osce more. I think it is hish time that the members of the Ponty- pool Local Board should waken out of their lethargy to a sense of the responsibility that devolves upon them, and provide a suitable cattle market for such fairs to be ...

... NMOUTH. '•ne on Saturday night, i in the Royal Monmouth- was asleep on the bank at ..hen he accidentally fell vvye and was drowned. Mr. veral others, set out in boats, ...

... (FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) London, July 11th. 1892. THE General Election proceeds at the time of writing as a neck-and-neck race. It is not possible at present to forecast final results from the Temperance any more than from any other point of view. The contested elections in Eng- land and Wales and in Scotland have certainly improved the position of the Direct Popular Veto in Parliament, ...

... CONFIRMATION AT LLAN- FRECHFA UPPER. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Llandaff held a confirmation service at S. Hilda's Church. Griffithstown, on Monday evening last. The ser- vice commenced at 7.15 with a long procession of the choir and clergy, singing Hymn 274, Through the night of doubt and sorrow. The Bishop was preceded by Messrs E. Richardson and John Lewis (bearing the ...

... A BIG ROW AT PLAESYCOED. ALL ABOUT A RAFFLE. John Taylor, Sen., landlord of the Plaefycoed Inn, was charged with permitting gaming, viz., a raifie for a pig, to take place on his LICENSED PTWMEEA ON u'SJ uiw wH-aiTtr^ilg OU3 conduct.— John J ay lor, Aen., iunkeeoer John Taylor, Jun., collier; William Taylor, sinkor, Plaesy- coed; and William Thomas, sinkec, Pontnewynydd, were charged with ...

... PENHEOLYBADD. wf^risM.—On'Saturday last, four candidates by ti^ptiata at Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel *4 ReC'T. Cocker, pastor, at the dose,of a fe ltorning service, one of the candidates being 5,ale over 70 years of age. ...

... LETTEBS should reach us not later thanWednesday. ENQUiRER (Cwmbran).-No. We have little space for them, and there is an abundant supply. Rev. J. E. Dunn, W. Vance Packman, Radix, Esse-quam-videri, and Disgusted—next week. ...

... JOHN BURNS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. John Burns is a Parliamentary candid-ite for f Battersea. His committee have been asking for monetary -aid. The Marquis of Ripon, in sub- scribing £50; writes I thiols that Mt John Burns ought to be in the House of Commop. Sir C. Dilke and Mr. W. S. Caine have also each subscribed ...

... NOT SUCH A FOOL AFTftR ALL. It is said that Sir Walter Scolft,, who, like all wholesome natures, liked to joJte with his friends, met one day a half-watecl fellow, who lived near Abbottsford, and to him Sandy, I'll gie you a t'awwand pounds If yon let me kill you. Na, tia, Sir Walter, replied Sandy; bat compromise wF ye. aAd let ye half kill me for half the money. We hear every day of men ...

... to comply- with notices requiring them to provide closet and drainage accommodation. I am, gentlemen, year obedient servant, 24th April, 1690. G. STETE.VS. Councillor Harris suggested that a table board of the water consumption be fixed in the office from the commencement and reguiary every luonth in the future. The Chairman A very wise suggestion. The figures would always be able to be seen ...