... DISASTROUS FIRE NEAR PEMBROKE DOCK. Early on Sunday morning a fire, which re- sulted in the total destruction of three ricks, containing between them about 70 tons of hay, occurred at Waterloo, near Pembroke Dock. The hay, which was the entire produce of about 50 acres of land, belonged to Mrs Owen Davies, and was stored at the corner of a. field adjoining the highway, and immediately facing ...

... WELSH LANGUAGE AND THE CENSUS. MR LLOYD GEORGE AND THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. PROTEST AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE CLERGY. RETURNS GOT UP TO SERVE POLITICAL ENDS. MISTAKES OF THE DEPARTMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor took Ins seat on the wool- sack at a quarter-past 4 o'clock. UGANDA. Lord STANMORE moved for a copy of any in- structions which may have been sent to her Majesty's ...

... COUNTY COUNCIL PAWNBROKERS. The Iiondon County Council are about to take into serious consideration the question of start- ing municipal pawnshops on the same lino as the Continental MonCs de Piété, a new depar- ture which certainly has very much to commend it. Eugland stands almost alone among Euro. pean nations in affording no facilities, through its Government, to the very poor who wish to ...

... THE EMPIRE (CARDIFF). Georgo Lush wood, a great favourite with Cardiff nmsic-hall goers, will appear at the Empire, Queen-street, this week, and treat habitues to his new song, which ha3 been a bic success everywhere, entitled Rorke's Drift. George Lash wood has few equals, and the de- piction of such a song as this is certain to bring forth hearty approbation. He will be supported by the ...

... 'ASSESSMENT OF HUSBAND:AND WIFE. The concession made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Committee on the Finance Bill as to the mode of assessing the jomt incomes of husband and wife has been the subject of many inquiries addressed to the Treasury. These are being answered in the following letter Treasury Chambers.—Sir,—I am desired by Sir William Harcourb to say that the effect of the ...

... The fallowing candidates have been nominated: —Robert Ellis, Pollard-street, chemist; Isaac Hopkins, Sonth-road, shipbuilder; Thomas Watkin Powell, Little Darkgate-street, grocer John Edwards, Terra-ce-ioad, flannel merchant Thomas Griffiths, Great Darkgate-street, grocer Thomas Jones, 63, Maune-terrace, shipbuilder Robert Peake, 9, Bath-street, painter and piumber; John Watkms, jun., North ...

... INTERESTING TO WESLEYANS. I am informed (says the London correerptitident of the Manchester Guardian) that at the Wesley an Conference Office on Monday morning theRev. C. H. Kelly offered to the Connexion (through Dr. Rigg) a collection ot the highest interest, containing specimens of almost all the society tickets from the days of John Wesley, together with elaborate ecclesiastical and ...

... There has been issued a Parliamentary return showing the salaries and fees received by clerks of the peace in England aud Wales during the year 1893. In the Welsh counties and in Mon- monthsitirotho emoluments of those officials are given thus :— lot,ii jpeespu. N et, County. Gross burse- fees over to Emolu- Salarv. meats. Recd. County, rnents. £ £ £ £ Anglesey. 420 25 40 40 400 Brecon 500 91 ...

... An enthusiastio meeting was held at the Pencoed Board School on Monday, when a cleai and lucid exposition of the Parish Councils Act was given by Mr A. J. Williams, M.P.-Tiie chair was occupied by County Councillor W. Howell, J.P. —The large room was packed, Mr Williams, as a preliminary, gave a short epitome of the work done by the present Liberal Govarnment since it had come into office. ...

... At the Tredegar Police-court on Tuesday—* before Dr. Jt. T. E. Davies and Mr Edward Prtillips^-Charles Edward Bmirtd, respectable- looking man, was charged on bail with ettibtM* ling E22 10-i 6d, on or about October 6tb. Id94, the property of Messrs Clapp and Co., colliery proprietors, Abertillery and also with destroying some of the pay-books, the property of the aamt company. The hearing was ...

... SAD DIATH OF A LLANBRA- DACH DOCTOR. DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE. On Saturday evening, shortly aft-r fiv^ o'clock, Dr. Hughes, a medical gentleman practising in the colliery village of Llanbradach, which ix situated about a mile and a halt from Caerphilly, was found d,-ad in his bedroom at his residence, No. 8, Wingfinld-crescent (as briefly r ported in our Monday's issue), under circumstances which ...

... NAVVIES AND SHEBEENING. At Chesterfield, on Saturday, nine tenants of navvy tents along the Eitst and West Railway, now in course of construction, were charged with selling intoxicating liquors without a licence. The huts were watched by a policeman, who worked at Bolsover Colliery and subsequently as anavvy. The huts wore virtually public-houses, all kinds of liquors being supplied. A fine of ...