... ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES, At the Cardiff Polico Court this morning David Price (50) was charged on a warrant that he, between the 12th April, 1895, and the 6th Decem- ber, 1895, did unlawfully by means of false pre. tences obtain of tho treasurer of the Amalga- mated Society of Joiners, Cardiff branch. 14s, the moneys of the society, with intent to defraud. Mr Bslchor, who appeared to prose. ...

... At the weekly meeting on Saturday, Mr M. Wheeler presiding, it was agreed by 20 to 10 votes, to award Mr Henry Rees, ex-ansistant overseer, a pension of £153 8s 9d, being 25 60ths of his salary. With respect to the small-pox cases, it was reported that the workhouse and the infirmary were now free from quarantine. There had been three cases of small-pox, and these were removed to the hospital. ...

... Y Fodrwy Briodasal. Ymddengys. Siomiant.—Yn ei dro. Haelioni Natur.—Cymmeradwy. Gwaith yr Ysbryd.—Gresyn fed dwy linell gyntaf yr ail englyn yn wallus. Sain hir sydd i'r e olaf yn efe, ac felly nid yw'r corfan yn ateb ofal. Nidyw Yr eglwys yn diano rhag loesion, ychwaith. Diangasai- Yr eglwysi rhag loesion. YrEiddew, Y Bywydfad.—Yn eu tro, er nad canmoladwy yw Gwydd coed, am ...

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... Scottish coal shipments do not improve, despitf the totals are going against the severe weather this time last year. ...

... The action brought by Mrs Langtry to recover the vallie of her iewels from the proprietors of the bank whence they were obtained by a forgery is fixed for the 13th of next month. Mr Carson, Q.C., M.P., has accepted a brief for tho defendants. ID Russia the principals in duel partake of breakfast together before going out to fight, breakfast together before going out to fight, I According to ...

... The inquiry into the circumstances attending the Tylorstown Colliery explosion was terminated on Tuesday at tlio Queen's Hobel, Tylorstown. The Coroner (Mr R. J. Rhys) took his seat at half-past nine o'clock. The various interests concerned in the inquiry were represented as before. VENTILATION OF THE PITS ADEQUATE. Mr J. Dyer Lewis, assistant-inspector, recalled, was asked by a juror whether ...

... WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCA- TION. QUESTION OF BETTON'S CHARITY. Motion by the Bishop of St. Asaph. In the House of Lords on Tuesday, The Bishop of ST. ASAPH moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty praying her to withhold her consent from so much of the scheme for the management of the funds contributed for the purposes of the Central Welsh Board by the county governing bodies ...

... MADAME PATTI. Madame Patti made her last appearance^at Nice on Wednesday, when she took part in a performance of Mirka, given on behalf of the charities of the town. The theatre was crowded to overflowing, and the receipts amounted to 25,000f. The distinguished prima donna waa afterwards thanked upon the stage by the Mayor of Nice and the committee of the Sooiété de Bienfaisance. She was to ...

... SCOTCH IRON TRADE. GLASGOW, Friday.—There has been a good steady business in the Scotch iron trade this week. Scotch warrants sold from 47 Id to 47s 5d cash Cleveland, 38-s 2d to 581 6'1; end Cumberland hematite, 43s 7d to 49J cash. There are 41 furnaces producing ordinary, 35 hematite, and 3 basic irou, the total of 79 comparing with 74 at this time last year, About 900 tons of pigs have ...

... I The Transvaal. I WHO IS CAPT, THATCHER P A Times correspondent states that Captain Thatcher comes of a well-known military family. His father, Major-General Thatcher, is a dis. tinguished ofhcec in the Indian Army (now on the retired list), and he has brothers and many relatives holding commissions in her Majesty's service. It is true that be obtained his commission through the ranks, but ...

... I » A VALUABLE HAUL. I I £ 20,000 Worth of Bank Notes. I An Oporto correspondent) af the Times telle tha following interesting story of a strii,,ge recovery of shipwrecked property -Some six years ago the Marine Insurance Company, of London, insured a case containing about £ 20,000 wcrtb Brazilian bank notes, shipped in the st??MEei Buenos Ayros, from Pemambuco to Rio de Janeiro. The steamer ...