... SECRETARIES of Cricket Clubs will oblige by forwarding fixture list to T. Makers, Cardiff, for insertion 111. Cricketers' Com- paaivu, ...

... There is much that is bird-like about young girls; the pity is that they art, not taught that there is so much that is catlike about the men. Rimer (entering the editorial sanctum) I have written a on the grip, sir. Editor (who is just over a. severe attack of the malady) WeU, it deserves it. Mr Good man I want to buy a nice toy pistol for little boy. handsome but not dangerous, you know.—Mr ...

... The Coal Crisis. I Miners in Conference. I A Manchester correspondent telegraphs :-The decision of the men's conference, though practi- cally a foregone conclusion, is awaited with con- siderable interest, and disappointment is expressed that the first day's proceedings will bo only formal. Concurrently with the miners' con- ference in London, the coal owners of Lancashire and Cheshire are ...

... Funeral of the Grand Duke of Hesse. I wwty- ^r I IRf:UTEU TELEGRAM. ] DARMSTADT. Thursday. The funeral-of the late Grand Dnke of Hess took place at 1.30 to-dny. Au :,immense crowd of the general public was present. Memorial Service. 1 This morning at 11 o'clock, and simultaneously with the interment of the Grand Duke of Hesse at Darmstadt, a memorial service was held in the Private Chapel at ...

... The new House of Refuge, which takes the Place of an old and historic building, will receive its first tenants this evening. A glance through the building shows that the accommodation for both male and female casuals is greatly superior to what was afforded. The common ?on', dear to the heart of the vagrant, because of M opportunity for chat and social intercourse, gIves place to the cell, ...

... THE BURGLARY NEAR PONTY- PRIDD. I Alleged Confession. At the Pontypridd police-ci.urt, oil Wednes- day— before Mr Ignatius Williams, Mr T. P. Jenkins, Mr D. W. Davies, Mr Marchant, and Alderman H. N. Davies—Robert Pugh, a native of Pontypridd, and described as a tramp, was charged with burglariously entering the Windsor Hotel, Yuysvbwl, near Pontypridd, and stealing tbereform £ 120.— ...

... CRICKET. I SECRETARIES of Cricket Clubs will oblige by fovwarilinn; fixture list to T. Page WooA and Co., Maker. Cardiff, for insertion in C:'icketeril' Com panion. 82e ...

... CARDIFF.. CA?mFf REFORM CLUB.-A ?MttHg ojj bersd.that the Club s?U not beC'.ome d??iUbe held on Thursday ??,?,.? two o'clock, when it .s ProlK)S^  rl„ui„te a ah. ne for pmentation meotmK 0D Saturday nJgh n?t. under which t?ho il3otitu0ti.on may be continued on sonnd finsnciallines. M?y, DEATH ?ATT TTHH2 E Xfif«R Si'VTh°n m.i.-on aud builder -hO with sevel'o injuries ma*on and budder who m ...

... Coast Communication, I Interview with Capt. Davies, Barry Dock. I In order to gain further information into the subject of telegraphic communication between the lighthouses and lightships round our coasts, a reporter of the South Wales Daily News had lately a most interesting1 interview on the subject with Captain Davies, the esteemed dock-master at Barry, whose opinions on a subject now ...

... YANKEE YARNS. I A Costly Experiment. I I would like to know very much, remarked Mose Sehaumburg to Gilhooly, if my brudder Sam was an honest man. I'll tell you how to find out if be is honest or not. responded Gilhooly. Next time you go off on the train take him along to the depot, an just before the tram leaves ivtS him a ten dollar note and tell him to change it. If he comes back with the ...

... Trial of Mr Hastings, M.P. A PLEA OF GUILTY. SENTENCE-FIVE YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. (SPECIAL TELEQRAH TO THE RCHO.] LONDON, Friday. At the Central Criminal Court this morning, the charge against Mr George Wood vatt Hastings, M.P., came on for hearing before Mr Justice A. L. Smith. The prisoner was described as of 66 years of age, and of no profession. The formal charge in the indictment was ...

... ONE OF TH Ë CARDIFF- DENS. I '8 ^teraoon, at Cardiff poiice-court—before Mr Robert Bird-Sarah Braith- ?. (50) was charged with having kept a dis-  house at 65, Adam-street, Cardiff, on the ,it illtt.- he woman, who appeared in the le ed not guilty, said she was not the the house, and that her name was A female lodger gave evidence for the t}??. but the m&?'s?rates, believing the evi- ^e& ?o ...