... !gic \V d' l. c ?n'. Hareourr, tfiegrapbiog to the editor f.{ ,frerby j?a? ?'e??A. emphatically con- '.?.. j '? '-t'? rumour pubi?ued this œaruiu that he .?nds rei:nqui.?unK his eat tor Derby at th 'xt genar?! '.?eT.iuu in ord?r to contest ? ^-iiilc uivisicy .L?cd ?Mt.tUK?ou. ...

... At Woking the number of cremations is steadily increasing. In three years from 1884 to 1887 the annual average was eight. In 1888 tlvjr.; wore-26 In 1889 the number increased to 46, the total number at the end of the year having been exactly 100. This year there have been several every week. In Francs, at the new crematorium iri Paris, there were 35 ordinary cremations in 1889, but the number ...

... DIVSRCE COURT PROCEEDINGS. In the Divorce Division tc-day a suit for judicial separation arising out of the Highgate Abduction C:1se came before Sir James Hannen. The petitioner was Mrs Yetts, who claimed separation ou the ground of the adultery of the respondent, Arthur Yetts, who appeared in the court in custody, it being stated that he was undergoing imprisonment for abduction of a girl ...

... LOCAL COMMISSIONS, I The London Gazette of Friday night contains the following:- War Office, Feb. 14. MILITIA INFANTRY.—4th Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers—L eut. J), M. Lewis resigns his C SSlOn. VOLUNTEKR RIFLES. lilt (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion the South Wales Borderers -Citptaiu S. A. Cowper-Coles resigns his com- mission. 2nd Voluuteer Battalion the South Wales Borderers - ...

... A Theatre Dstroyed by Fi re. fBEUTEB'S TELEGRAM.] AMSTERDAM, Thursday, I a.m.—Ims morning at six u'clock a fire broke out here at the Theatre Communal, which is now entirely enveloped in flames. It is believed that the interior of the building is completely destroyed. So far as at present known no lives are lost, nor is anyone 'injured. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. Later ...

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... [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Monday. The Pacific Mail steamer, which arrived at San Francisco to-day, brings a budget of inter- esting news from Australia and the far east. The loss ot the steamer Duhburg, with 400 Chinese passeugers on board, is fully confirmed, but no further details have come to hand. Sensational reports are brought of the state of the labour market in Sydney, New ...

... What the World Says. m There is not a. shadow of foundation for the statement in Truth that the marriage of another daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales has been announced. If any such marriage bad been arranged, the public announcement cer- tainly would not be postponed until April, but, would be made at once, in accordance with the recent practice of the Royal Family. --0-- Mr ...

... The ordinary meeting of this chamber was held on Tuesday night, Dr J. W. James presiding.— Mr J. Vaughan addressed the chamber with regard to the proposed erection of a Town-ball, and Mr E. P. Biddle referred to the want of accommodation at the railway station. It was agreed that the attention of the Great Western Railway Company be called to the desirability of increasing the size of its ...

... SAD SEQUEL TO A RHYMNEf I COURTSHIP. I On Tuesday evening at Rhymney Mr Marti Edwards, coroner, held an mqnest into the causo of the death of Ellen Wood. From tbe evidenCe it appeared that. ttio deceased and her youuf? man (J eremiah She) were sitting on a abutting on the river Rhymney, when suddenly she fell over and pulled him dowu also. She die on the Monday following from the injuries ...

... A 1housand Cases. At-thomontitiy meeting of the Board, hehi H Thursfjay.CDmteiitorE, preaidicsr, the medic.t! ttil:8l' reported tha. ouo tbonsaud cases of inSuouza bad comê' under One case onlY hnd. pcaved fatal. .j. ...

... Letters received from him, dated The Sanato- rium, Ceres, Cape Colony, state that Mr Frank Schnadhorst landed at Capetown on the 23rd of January, that his ailment of deafness has greatly improved on the voyage out, and that the general condition of his health is considerably better. He went to Ceres, on the advice of the medical men at Capetown, for a few weeks' rest and quiet. The place is a ...