... The Deputy Mayor and the Medical Officer At the Health Committee of the Cardiff Cor. poration to-day the Deputy Mayor and Alderman Carey waited as a deputation from the Procession and Decoration Committee to ask for the services of the scavengers on Saturday next to remove the barriers from the streets as soon as the procession has passed, and to place them in the Sophia Gardens ready for the ...

... FACTS AND FANCIES. I A SMALI. ONB.— That was a poor specimen of a dog the dog-catcher carried off in his wagon. Yes hardly sixteen ounces to the pound. His TRADE MASK,— Wouldn't you think that the milkman would forget so many odd pints and quarts r Probably he chalks them all up. ALL THKRK.—Mr J. (ideal) My love, did you have a finger in this pie ?—Mrs J. (practical): Why, no, indeed none ...

... SCOTLAND v. WALES. Criticism by Mr Wilkins. Mr Wilkins, the acting secretary to the Welsh Union, interviewed by a representative of a Swansea contemporary with reference to the recent match, say., :— I am not one of those who are prepared to to stty that, taken individually, the eight for- wards who represented Wales last Saturday are better than the eight at Blackheath; but I want clearly ...

... MILITARY IN T- ELLIGENCE. Itient.-G&nara! Sir Forester Walker, K.C.B., C.M.G., hM remitted 35 dnya of the imprtaoo- Meat awarded to Priv.te Croatc, lat Battalion We) ...

... FACTS AND FANCIES. Fond Parent I wish, Bobby, that I could be a little boy again.—Bobby I wish you could- littler than me. Mother Goodness, Tommy, won't you ever learn to be a good boy ?—Tommy (with conti- deuce) Yea'm, when I'm growed up, A Scotchman visiting a churchyard with a friend, pointing to a shady quiet nook, said, This is the spoil where I intend being laid if I'm spared. What can ...

... I SCENE IN A VILLAGE CHURCH. The simple church folk of the little East Norfolk village of Repps-cum-Bastwick have recently been startled and astonished at the introduction into thetr Sunday services of what they consider advanced Ritualistic ceremonies,and are now petitioning the Bishop of the diocese to exert his authority to put an end to them. The trouble originated at the harvest festival ...

... The Marquis of Gran by presided over a meeting of the Council of the National Union of Conser- vative Associations held yesterday at St. Stepheu's Chambers, Westminster.-TheM,-irquia of Glanby proposed a vote of condolence and sympathy ith the family of the late Mr Byron Reed, M.P., which was seconded by Sir E. Ashmead-Bartlett, M.P., supported by SirGeorge Irwin (Leeds) and Mr F. Ellis ...

... MADAME PATTI INDISPOSED. Madame Pafcti, after singing at Bradford on Wednesday, caught a severe cold, and was unabk- to fullil all eugagement at Sheffield last iiiofht. ...

... I ROYALTY AND THE PRESS. Royalty, not for the first time, made clo acqu.ii»!a:o last night with the busy uewspapet world of Fieet-street..Sir Edward nnd Lady Lf.wso:; gave an evening at the offices of tha Daily Telegraph, and among a. large gathering of notabilities were Prince Charles of Denmark, with his elder brother Prince Christian, and hit younger, Prince Harald. The working life of ...

... TO-DAY'S FORECAST, FOR ENGLAND, S.W., SOUTH WALBS, South-westerly to southerly winds. changeable rain at times. GENERAL. —Changeable weather Is now probable over the United Kingdom generally. WARNINGS. -Our west and ftI rth- west coasts have been warned. ...

... I _n_- SPIOTT-BOAD BAPTIST SUNDAT SonOOL Arrui- VEBBARY.-The 12iih anniversary of this Sunday fjch 'olwas celebrated yesterday, when the Rev, ',r. Tiiomas. of Risca, preached marnmg and evening to large congregations. The Sunday School is n a flourishing condition, situated in a denseiy populated neighbourhood, and has a large attendance, there being on the sohoolbooks 611 scholars and 35 ...

... PRESIDENT KRUGER'S VISIT; I ine Uabineb met at noon to'day under tne presidency of Lord Salisbury. The Press Association states that the meeting was summoned on Saturday afternoon subsequent to the receipt by Mr Chamberlain of Sir Hercules R n son's despatch with reference to President Ktl'b,r's reply to the invitation to visit England. Mc Balfour took his customary Saturday to Monday holiday, ...