... UNICIPAL ELECTION NOTES L ~ I -I ?? muiipal volao is quiesoenb just-now, ebt an eraption. will ?? take place, and it is more than likelY that Dot, a few of the retrograde ones who hold high plaoes wil ...

... RFt pibxrtr aubd * 1o.evset %taglouJ bS at By VISCOUNT EBRINGTON THE meet at Hawkcombe Head is one of the favourite fixtures with this well-known pack. Hawkcombe itself runs eastward, on the right of the picture, down to Porlock town, its sides clothed with woods, each of which has seen the beginning or end of many a good day's sport. North-east-at the right-hand top corner of Mr. Chariton's ...

... j, IEW SOUTH WALES. l' Friday.-The Locative Assembly procee(j(;( 1 a division to-day on a resolution of want 0f confidence in the Government, proposed by Mr u) 'ead0r °f the Opposition, with the result ^at t^ie mo^on was rejected by 68 to 64- Vote The amendment proposed by Mr Cotton Ija^our member, condemning an ad- van«2e to defray the expenses of Sir Geor» n ihbs's recent visit to England, ...

... CRASS STUPIDITY- FOE exairnles of the essence of stupidity examp fjie columns Df tliat organ of commend me to the coi b the hupper suetles argument S^gno^ce, I would be diffi- cult to beat the letter which appeared in the columns of that journal y^^day. It is headed 41 Action and Reaction. Ine « action which it describes is that of the Durham strikers and the employees of a certain gas company ...

... It is v.'tstly different *from what it was in the walk ftbtvmr) absolutely unsafe to full of Hoc'r, t streets of Caracas are tbln characters. The dogs of war are aWfi Sentries are nervously on the rnnoMv n 18 s^picion. Pedestrians are lowfd k fi?e and hesitation may be fol- nl 7 3J or a bayonet thrust. A writer w G™Ph™.says that behind the barred s, public buildings rifle barrels and fixed nf ...

... Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift ram-drops, blending, as they fall In rushing river-tides Yon stream, whose sources run Turn'd by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, rolling toward the sun Through the cleft mountain-ledge. The slender rill had stray'd, But for the slanting stone, To evening's ocean, with the tangled braid Of foam-flecked Oregon. So from the heights ...

... A Split in the Congregation. The Central News says that a paifty decidedly hostile to the appointment as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle of the Rev Dr A. T. Pierson has declared itself in the great Baptist congregation, and a very determined effort is being made to have Mr Thomas Spurgeon invited to fill the pulpit of his celebrated father. This movement is creating the utmost irritation ...

... BERLIN, Wednesday Evening.—During some naval operations at Wilhelmahaven to-day the boiler of a torpedo boat burst. Four stokers were terribly scalded, and two of them have since died Of their injuries.—Revter. ...

... BURGLARY.—A daring burglary was perpetrated at the residence of Mr David Rees, at No, 1, Pentyla, in the small hours of Sunday morning. and a considerable number of articles of domestic use were stolen, among the plunder being a quantity of silver spoons. No. 1, Pentyla, is now occupied as a boot and shop, shop, and was open for the first time as such on Saturday night. The police believe they ...

... OBITUARY.—We regiet to have to announce the death of Mr William James, J.P., Penllwyn, Narberth. The deceased gentleman, having undergone a successful operation 18 months ago for cancer, died without recovering consciousness, after a similar operation on Sunday. He was a Liberal in politics, having successfully contested the Llawhaden district in tho Liberal interest in the County Council ...

... Aberystwyth University College. The following scholarships and exhibitions have been awarded on the results of the recent entrance examination:— S. W. Richardson, private tuition, jE50 (Pritchard Scholarship); E. J. Russell, Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, B25 (The Visitors' Scholarship); Miss A. M. DobelJL private study, £ 20; Miss M. M. Barrow, Mason College, Birmingham, £ 20 (Commercial ...

... HARVEST TIIANKSGIVING SERVICES. CHITTISECIar.-Harvesh thanksgiving services were hold in ub attibbam Church last Sunday. The siecred edifice had been moe.t tastefully decorated vith flowers by Mrs. Hiaward and her son, Mr. Henry Havwrr, and Mrs. Coppen. On the altar were two vases of lovely flew, rv, with a floral crosa in the centre. The east window was adorned with wheat, barley, and suu. ...