... ARTHUR GOULD TESTIMONIAL. Over 5,000 Shillings Already in Hand. I There can be no mistaking the progress made by the fund, and it is now assured that Me Gould's testimonial will be a truly handsome one. The total sum collected can only be estimated at present, so many agencies having been employed, but the secretaries hope to be able to make a definite announcement on Monday, and request ...

... There was a gratify1^ attendance at the popular concert at I he Park Hall, Cardiff, on Saturday evening. Many were attracted, no doubt, by the announcement or the appearance of Madame Lucy Clarke, and in this they were not disappointed. The brilliant songstress was in excellent voice and charmed every member of the audience. Her first song, The rrotnise of Life, was rapturously applauded, ...

... The widows and orphans of Tjrlorstown are not to be left merely with the pittance provided by the Miners' Provident Fund. Their lot is hard, their grief bitter, but their condition would be more pitiful did not a generous and sympathetic publio respond to the appeal for help which is being made. The springs of charity which have flowed so freely are not yet dry. The question of arrangements ...

... Reported Shutting Down ot Mines. JOHANNESBDBG, Thursday.-At the annual tteetin* of the Chamber of Mines here to-day be Chairman, referring to President Kiuger a proclamation regarding ruinoura that the anous companies on the Rand intended to shut OWn their mines. said tbab there was io foundation for such a report. The search for inns has been virtually abandoned, the officials telieving that ...

... At meeting of the Education Committee of Cardiff BC)ard of Guardians this afternoon it was decided to issue advertisements for an assistant master at Ely Schools at a salary of a rising to 260, with rations and quarters. At additional salary of L5 a year was also deoided upon, providing that the candidate was able to act as organist at the religions services. ...

... I WELSH PARTY MEETING. I At a'meeting of the WeJebLiberal members held on Tuesday afternoon, when 19 attended, Sir G. Osborne Morgan was unanimously re-ele^ed -11 their chairman for the Session. Jur rima \Xu.uuu ™ rtVed • That any resolution passed at a Finf! of the Welsh members dealing with Parliamentary action on matters esPecia])Y ? Lc to Wales and Monmoathshtre should be 111 ou every ...

... QaS bDR- mfl ? the Final prtJparation :O-I:bem mAde for the ?- S?rv? ? ?Rotol t.ho Cimiez. Nice. A rY Of batuboos is L.ing plauted 10 | >^ki»g i6 ,S» hoS. ...

... CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. I Meed for Amendment. Mr Albert James Blackman, of Southampton, who was found at the Southampton election petition trial to have been guilty of a corrupt practice in paying the railway faro of a voter, but was granted a certiGcate from the criminal consequences of his act, this morning asked Justices Wright and Bruce to extend the certifi- oate so that he should nob be ...

... I [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] STOCK EXCHANGE, WBON OPSVINO, 11.20 A.M. —The final adjustment of the fortnightly settle- ment on the Stock Exchange is engaging the chief attention of dotiers, and is being satisfactorily arranged. Consols and Rupee Paper steady. Foreign Bonds quiet; Chinese Silver Loan and Italian firm and higher Uruguay easier. Home Railways 6rm at oooasional advance. American Railways ...

... MADEID, Wednesday iNiglit.-At a Cabinet Council held to-night ib was resolved to dissolve the Cortes. The Queen will sign the formal decree on Friday. The election to Congress take place place on April 12th, whilst the senators will be elected on April 2&th. The new Cortes meets on May 12th. A meeting of ex-Ministers and Liberals held at Senor Sa Gasta' house has resolved to drotest against ...

... I LLANDAFF FIELDS, I TO THE EDITOR OF THE BOUTH WALES SCRO, Slit, The efforts now being made to preserve the Llaudaft Fields from the hands of the spoiler will I trust be successful but, unlike one of your correspondents, I hope, in my time at least, no tramcars will run through them to the old city. When a boy I remember hearing a legendary prophecy to the effect that Cardiff would be ...

... Energetic Action by Lady Windsor. I Nearly 12 months ago it was determined by the committee or authorities of that excellent institu- tion, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to put the finances of the society on a sound and businesslike footing by providing a reserve fund of £ 40,000. To carry out the idea it was arranged that there should be a national bazaar, to ...