... THE VACCINATION ACT. I I Sleeping with a Smallpox Patient. I A men applied to Mr Paul Taylor, at the South. waik Police Court yesterday, for a certificate of exemption under the Vaccination Act. Mr Paul Taylor Why do you object to your child being vaccinated ? Applicant: My brother was vaccinated, and he had the smallpox. I slept with him, and although I was not vtecinated I did not have it. I ...

... Mountain Ash District Councillor and His Wife- At the Mountain Aah County Court, held on Thursday week (before his Honour Judge G wilym Williams), Mrs Eva.ns, the wife of William Evans, hairdresser, Abercynon, & member of the Mountain Ash Urban District Council, brought an action against her husbaud for maintenance under an agreement entered into by the parties when they separated in 1896. The ...

... PRINCE GEORGE- Kom £ Tu^fcday Morning.—The King has for- warded.. telegram to Prince George congratu- birn on his appointment as Governor of Crete. CC.J'i-GI News. ...

... ROYAL VISIT TO SHREWSBURY. This morning her Royal Highness Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome, drove from Eaton Hail, where she it> staying as the guest of the Duke and Duelled of Westminster, to Rossett Station to join the: 1.10 train from Chester, which was specially stopped at Rossett to enable her Royal Highness to journey to Shrewsbury to open the new and handsome premises of the High ...

... A NEWPORT POLICEMAN'S RECEPTION. Making a Hobblsr's Head Soft. I James Hone, hobbler, of 4, King's-p&rade, was sent to prison for one month for assaulting Police constable Hamer, by the Newport borough magistrates at their sitting to. day. Hone was drunk in Church-street, and behaved in a disorderly manner he ulti- mately went to his home, however. and Hamer followed and asked for his name. ...

... The funeral of the late Bev. Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) took plaoo at Guildford to-day, and, in accordance with the expressed wish of the deceased, was of the most unpretentious charac- ter. The coffin was carried on a hand bier to St. Mary's Church, and thence to the Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Paget, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, officiated. ...

... SEAMEN'S WAGES. I Emp!5yers Ignore the Men's Union. Breakers Ahead I The shipowners and managers of the Bristol Channei ports have practically ignored the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, and it is probable th&t the men's organisation will immediately entor upon a policy of reprisal. On the 4th inst. Mr Thomas Carey, district secretary, on behalf of the executive of his Union for the ...

... XHB .EJASTER VESTRY in connecfaoB witn at. John's Church was held in the vestry of the Mis- sion Church on Tuesday evening, the Rev. Dd. Phillips, M.A., the rector, presiding. The yearly accounts showed a satisfactory balance. Messrs W. H. Davis and M. Lawrence were re-elected churchwardens, and the following additional sidesmen were appointed Professor Bnirows Maura Seward and Treacl* ...

... On Saturday night last Police-Inspector Hallett, of the Penarth police force, accompanied by Police-constable R. H. Thomas (Barry), and P.C.^Parsons (Cogan) at the direction of Supt. Giddings, entered the premises of the Albert Club Conjpany, Penarth, and after investigating the bona-fides of the institution the books were seized. On Sunday the same police officers, con- tinuing the campaign, ...

... ANOTHER SCARBOROUGH FtRE. At Son Sunday morning a hrs broke out on the promises of Messrs Tyier, bootma-kers, in West- borougb, the principal street of Scarborough, and during its progress consicLera.Me excitement was occ&sioued by the fa,ct that the flames hOO ignitt;d the a-djoining Balmoral Hotel, in which 30 visitors and the staff of servants were sleeping. The ita:a,tes were all safely ...

... A BICYCLE WEDDING DRESS. At Marylebone County Conrt yesterday morn- ing (before Judge Stonor) Miss Witton, danghter of a timber merchant, was summoned by Messrs Abadir and Co. for non-payment of 4s 6d.— The Judge: What is this dabt for ?-For a bicycle wedding dress and hat. (Laughter.)—The Judge How much did they cost ?-The bill came to £4 88 6d. The bat cost 15s of that. She is in her ...

... CARDIFF IBTRTHI-S AT I LLANTWRS MAJOR. The Annual Excursion. Over 400 members of the Liberal Associations, maintaining the organisation and activities of the party in tne Cardiff Parliamentary division, journeyed to Lla-niwit Major on Wednesday by special train, a.nd were participants n the enjoy- ments of the annual excursion held under the auspices of the associations. The annals of the ...