... 3.—THE KIDNEYS. Next in order of importance to the liver the kidneys play a most important part in the inter- na! economy of the excretory organs. Their functions are sole purifying or excretory, by getting rid of effete products contained in the blood. Should they from any cause become in- efficient the uric acid which sould be excreted is retained in the circulatory system and gives rise to ...

... TONYPANDY GOLD CROWN EISTEDDFOD RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S GATHERING. On Friday evening the committee of the Ton- ypandy Gold Crown Eisteddfod held a general meeting at the Parish Hall, Tonypandy, There was a very fair attendance, the chief item on the agenda were to receive the balance sheet, and to consider what steps should be taken to dispose of the mone which had been nefcted from the ...

... PROSECUTION BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL. Thomas Williams, of 118, Greenfield Cwmpark, was summoned at the Ystra Court on Monday—before Mr T. P. Jenkins Mr D. Thomas—under a section of the Pubiio Health Act, for overcrowding his house an extent as to be injurious to the health of inmates thereof. The prosecution was conducted by Mr NichoT- son, solicitor, Pontpridd. on behalf of the dda District ...

... FOUND IN A VAT OF BEER. Sad End to a Brewer's Workman. 1HE INQUEST On Friday Mr E. B. Rees and a jury, of which Mr J. Williams was foreman, held an enquiry at the Queen's Hotel, Trallwn, touching the death of one George Doel, 10, South street, Trallwn. who was found drowned in a vat of beer, at the Rhondda Valleys Brewery on Thursday morning. The first witness called was tne widow, Mrs Martha ...

... Cycling otes. + By Pedalphast. Lamptlighting times: .A uo, -ust 20th, 8.10 p.m. August 21st, 8.8 p.m. August 22nd, 8.5 p.m. August 23rd, 8.3 p.m. August 24th, 8.1 p.m. August 25th, 7.59 p.m. August 26th, 7.57 p.m. -0- Treforest Cycling Club runs: August 21st, Cardiff, via Cowbridge, 3.30 p.m.; August 26th, Merthyr, 3 p.m. Mr and Mrs W. M. Morris, Cyole Works, Pontypridd, left yesterday for ...

... Y Gwir yn erbyn y Byd.Kymric Proverb. II Give me, above all other liberties, the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to conscience Johnifilton. ...

... On Wednesday of last week, at No 1 Llan bradach Colliery, an accident occurred by whicit a young man named John Saddler, 27 years of sge, residing at Pontygwindy road, Caerphilly, lost his life. It appears the deceased was em- ployed as a labourer, and was in the act of removing some timber, when a heavy stone weighing about 30 cwts, fell upon him, death resulting instanteously. The deceased ...

... A social meeting of the musicians of the Rhondda District will be held at the Cvmmer Colliery Institute, Cymmer, on Thursday, the 15th inst., at 8. p.m. Papers will be read on musical subjects by Messrs M. O. Jones, G. and L., Treherbert, and Obadiah Edwards, G.T.S.C. Forth. The Porth Male Voice Society, under the conductorship of Mr Taliesin Hopkins (who will also be the chairman of the ...

... Williams-town, The anniversary cf the Bethabara English Baptist Sunday School was held on Sunday and Monday, when services were conducted by Mr James Rees, Tonypandy. Solos and recita- tions were given by the children, assisted by the Ynvshir String Band. On Monday tea was pro- vided at the chapel, and was attended by a large number of friends. On Monday evening an entertainment was held. ...

... ALLEGED FORGERY BY A CAER- PHIL MAN. An Insuranc Official in Trouble. On Tuesda y, at the Caerphilly Police Court- before Dr Maurice G. Evans, Dr D. T. Edwards, and Mr Jonathan Williams—Morgan Rees, an insurance agent in the employ of the London, Edinburgh .and Glasgow Insurance Company, iivino- at Merthvr, but formerly of Caerphilly, was brought up charge-ù with forging and utter- ing certain ...

... MONDAY.—Before Mr D. W. Davies (in the chair), Alderman R. Lewis, Mr E. H. Davies, Mr J. D. Williams, and Councillor D. Thomas. David Gough, a Tonypandy collier, was sum- moned for being drunk and disorderly at Tony- pandy on the 17th inst P.C. Watkins saw tha defendant in Dunraven street, Tonypandy, very drunk he had a mouth organ in his hand, and was shouting at the top of his voice that he ...

... i.-AN-EMIA. Anaemia is either a deficiency of red hloml eor nr a. shrinkage of them due to defective assimilation, or an impaired condition uue is gorily to be found inthe gzow ing period. Young persons of botn sexes SieTmore from this disease than when matun- u L been reached, although it is ^metimes found in persons advanced in >ears \v lio have neglected the laws of hygiene, or from the na- ...