... PORT TALBOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Mrs D. Brynmor Jones, wife of tho member for the Swansea District, distributed prises and cortificates to the successful students attending the Port Talbot and Afcev- j avoit Intermediate School at the Con-iti- tutioual Hall ou Monday in the presence ijf a crovded assembly. Mr S. H. Byaas took tba chair and congratulated the scholars una staff alike on the good ...

... A strike of deal runners occurred at Bristol on Wednesday. The men demanded 3d per day extra and the shortening of the working day by half an hour. This was refused, and about 500 came out. The Jocal secretary of the Dockers' Union has disclaimed any connection with the dispute, and states that the men on strike are shore men a.nd not ship's men. He added that they had given no notice to strike. ...

... SATISFACTORY REPORT. GREAT GATHERING AT BARRY. SPEECH BY MR A. BIRRELL. THE CHURCH QUESTION. OUTLOOK IN THE TRANSVAAL. The annual meeting of the Liberal 500 of the South Glamorgan Liberal Association was held iu the Romilly Hall; Barry, on Wednesday after- noon. Mr Henry Ra^cliffe, president of the association, was in the chair, supported by Aid Walter Morgan. Alderman John, and Mr, Morgan, ...

... JEWEL ROBBERY ON THE RAILWAY. Detectives are investigating a daring. jewel robbery on the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow. A box containing jewellery samples to the value of iEl,003, belonging to a London traveller, was placed by the hotel boots in a locker of the express train, but on arrival at Glasgow it was found the articles were missing. ...

... THE SOUTHERNDOWN ENCROACH- MENT. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-As one who was a member of the Peny- bont Rural District Council when the questions of encroachment and right-of-way at Southern- down were first brought before the notice of that authority, and as one who took, and still takes, great interest in the development of the ques- tions at issue, allow me, sir, to thank you most heartily for the ...

... A SATISFACTORY YEAR'S WORKING. The returns of shipments of coal and coke at Barry during the past year were made public gn Thursday morning, and contirm the figures already published in the South Wales Daily News. The figures are as follow Tons. Cwt. Half-year ended June 30th 1,967,943 15 Half-year ended Dec. 30th. 2,399,765 0 Total in 1898 4.367,708 15 To this total there are yet to be added ...

... Messrs Flower and Son's brewery, Stratford- on-Avon, WP,6 discovered to be on fire at an earij hour on Saturday, the large barley drying store being filled with over 5,000 quarters of grain Some costly machinery was destroved. The flames then spread to a range of malthouses, anc these also were destroyed. Fortunately the fire. men were able to nave other portions of the brewery. The damage is ...

... THE OLD CARDIFF 10TH. SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. The reference to the rise of the Volunteer force in Cardiff in the articles appearing last week has evoked bits of interesting personal reminiscence from several original members of the Cardiff 10th. LIEUTENANT MR GREENHILL. The verses immortalising the incident of the early morning drill of the old Cardiff Tenth, pub. lished originally in ...

... INQUEST AND VERDICT. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. The Cardiff Coroner (Mr E. B. Beece) held an inquest on the body of Ann Jones on Wednesday at the Town Hall. Deceased's husband, Farn- ham Jones, was present in custody, and was repre- sented by Mr Perkins, from the office of Mr H. Morgan Rees. Norah Cummings, sworn, said I know the deceased woman Ann Jones, and I have seen her about Buzzard ...

... AN EXPEDITION MASSACRED. Paris, Wednesday.—A telegram from Algiers confirms the report published by an Algerian newspaper that the Foiu'eau-Lamy Mission was massa.creci last May after entering the Air coun- try. The intelligence was received from the Kaid of Mangla, who is a friend of France. The authorities are said to possess fnll jnformation on the subjsct. The Gaulois says that at the Mini ...

... ABERCYNON. A Strange Mistake.—Before Mr David Davies, Mr David Llewellyn, and the Rev. J. F. Williams, William Thomas was summoned for assaulting Benjamin Govern at Abercynon. Defendant admitted that he struck complainant in miatais for another man, with whom he had been fight- ing outside the Crown Hotel. Fined 208 and ccsts or three weeks. ...

... SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. Th. Oct. 12 Fr. Oct. 13 iSat.Oct. 14 Port. T me[TmelT m#i Hgt. T me Hgt li. m.!ft.in.!h. m.'ft.iu.jh. m. ft.in, Cardiff j ?| ° 26 10 £ « 27 3 Barry Dock 4j °Q ^21 7^28 0 Newport {^m.1-49)28 °| 1 *9 27 ^^27 8 Swansea jp™; |s,24 nj o 2.25 2j 1 3125 4 PorfcTalbofc { p.m 11 24 27 6| 5!26 8I ?2S26 11 ...