... The fortnightly meeting of the Thornbury Guardians and District Council was held yesterday in the Board room of the Thornbury Union Workhouse, The Rev W. M. Collett, M.A., presided over the Guardians, and Col, Granville Brownc, J.P,, over the District Council. There were present-Mesars George Whitfield, J. C. James, William Cullimore, J, HI. Alpass, Thomas King,.J. Brliible, A. Roacb, .J. ...

... Sbt Arf~tol fauur? THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1899. 'he BnISTOL MviERCvy was established March 1, 1790 The 13RISTOL DAILY POST Was issued in conjunction with the MERculsy January 24,1860, and incorporated with it January 26, 1878. TELErHONE No. 149. An Evangelical I Catechism. CATSCHhSIEYO was one of the I earliest practices of the Christian Church, and we Southrons have a deep impression of the ...

... BRISTOL-- CITY {GOUN-CIL.'i . - ..I Now Ye ar's h eitiiig. .,n .Aw ; > ! -g.' The Mukor's Cbn6tuzhatiaonis'. At yeaiLrdasis meeting oa the ouncil, the Yayor (Mr Herbert Ashman) preslied,,thetmembers absent being Aldermen Dix', Bartlett, Harvey, Hare, and inskip, and Messrs!Parsobs,'Todd ,:O'Crady, olthurst, Hughes, fpof1'orth, and Bmnett. A Retrospect. The MIArms said it was usual at that the ...

... X Au American.correspondent has- furnished the full text of the report of Commisstoner-R. P. Porter; who. was commissioned by the Treasury to inquire Into the industrial and c)mmereal condition of Cuba, and of the new customs. tariff whhioh he recoanniended, and which, having bzeu approved by the President, came into force on Now Year's Day- Mr Porter's investigations soon convinced him that ...

... VCbt Aritol etr SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899. Th10 BRISTOL MYRCOUY Sas established March 1, 1790 The BRISTOL DAILY POST was issued in conji ion with the MERCuRY January 24, 1860, and incorporated with it January 28,1878. T:ErLPHONE NO. 149. A Lanbour College. Tin, Universitics and some of our public schools have done their utmost to carry the lamp of know- I - ,! ---:z 4! n-nV n -A ledge into the ...

... Shipbuilding Works Destroyed. Nine Lives Lost. Many Persons Injured. [Press Association Telegram.J A disastrous exploslon occurred yestorday aflernoon at Mcssrs Hewlett's shipbuilding works at Barking, involving tile loss of many lives and injuries to numbers of other porsons, meetly worspeoplo, besides the destruction of a considerable quantity of proycirt. The works are very extensive, and a ...

... I Ibat The following are declared by the Civil Service Cht Commissioners to be the successful candidates at ws the competitive examination held in November and ialDecember, 1898, for admission to the Royal Military vast Academy, Woolwich, but their admission is the Iconditional on their passing a medical examination rms, which vvill be held in London in the course of a few and days : that Name ...

... 1NEW EAR AT ST. JOHN'S, CITY. i I _Xr It may at first sight seem strange that a compara.| tively small parish like St. John Baptist, Broade street, should require three evenings for its annual entertainments; but such has been the case during the present week. 11 ne'st pas tous los jours felte. Christmas comes but once a year, and never have kind friends more heartily assisted by funds or ...

... i'DevistoI ftlacurp WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .1, 1899. The BRISTOL IMERUCIRY was established Mareh 1, 1790 Thle BRISTOL DAILY POSS was issued in conjunction with the MERcUnRY Januuary 24,1860, and incorporated with it January 26,1878. TELERP1oNE No. 149. IN about a muontlh's timle hee t 'Majesty's faithful Commons will be meeting for the dispatch of public business, and we shall be compelled to IL ...

... . .PAis, TuBFDAY EvrNING. The market was dull nearly all day, partly in con- sequence of the monetary tension observed yesterday and partly owing to the attitude of the London press in regard to France. The depression extended to Spanish Exterior, in which a considerable number of transactions were reported. French Rentes and Italians were rather-flat, but Turka remained com- paratively steady ...

... AN AMIUSING CASE. !At the Ystrad police court yesterday, before Messrs Ignatius Williams, W. Morgan, and Rbys Griffiths, Harriet Clifford, married, about 55 years old, residing at 90, Bute street, Treherbert, was charged with fortune telling on December 17th. The hearing of the case caused much amusement. Two young women, at the request of the police, had called at the defendant's premises to ...

... .JDAL213L:S 'rLEE&M8.J LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. A firm tendency has been maintained In the mining market to-day, although bualuess has not been of a very satisfactory character. ,In the South African market prices have been inclined to move upwards, but there has been no feature of import- ance. Nourse lDeep have advanced 1, Princess Estate 3-16, Woibuter j, and advances of 1-16 are shown in ...