... Old Age Pensions. Trades Federation. New Parliamentary Committee [Press Association Telegram.] lhe delegates attending thle Trade Union Congress rCasEceeblcd yestcrday mnorning at the Guladlial), Plymouth, the chair being taken by MIr W. J. Vernon. A PERSoNAL QUESTION. Mr Phipps (Crln&siok)said lie noticed ianthonen-;papers that during the debate on child labour a delegate had calledhimaslier. ...

... Keynsham GCuardian3 At the monthly mcetijng.j +:e - hof Gnatdiani hid i si u It' ri.-t', r l.as\r t tbe lKeyrsia Triion, tibCre . re . d'p Cookc-Ehurle (cLairmiazj ; ehnirtitn), tc(llinegdc(n, - r.' :l.it. d Ntcl~ l lC-., 1;, i-Ii1, 1 , 1: r .(.(iibls, J. ;'oNle Iy [ -t Jeiltrie, A. Lovcll, I*\ \ ' n and d. Pritchard. ;c A letter was read from M 'rf u eClxet that hcaririg tic'jt children in ...

... BRISTOL COUNCIL REPORTS, The following reports will be presented at Tats ,ap's meeting of the Counil: - ASSISTANT DOCKiS ENGINEERE it The Docks Committee In their report state that thoy e0 have received an application from Mr T. A. Peace, Chief IS Assistant to the Docks Engineer, for an increase of salary II in consequence of the extra duties which he now has to 3- perform. The committee ...

... I LIBERALISIMI AND TEMPERANCE. I to control the liquor trafEc, and when the party sir ceascF, through its representative, to oontintnl its De support, our responsibllity ceases and we must forge l eta another vveapon, i Th I cannot help thinking that your correspondent lvould have done better to leave OBgoldoross alone, l Nva as his letter shovrs an evident ignorance of the true I fin ...

... I Writhlington Strike Ended. e f Police Court Proceedings. y t ir c P At a mass meeting of miners hei at the Victoria e c hall, lladstock, on Saturday morning, it was resolved i is to accept the conditions on which work may be l- resumed at the Writhlington, Huish, Foxcote, and e Kilmorsdon Collieries, which wore furnished by the > |management on behalf of the company to the repre- LO ...

... Progress of the Railway. I Sir A. Hardinge Intet viewed. [Press Association Foreign Special.] A representative of Reuter's Agency has had an interview with Sir Arthur Hardinge, Commissioner f for the British East Africa Protectorate, Discussing the existing famine in thecountry, hesaid:- I donotv believethe accounts to be exaggerated. There has been s avery bad drought forthe past twoyears, ...

... E TRANSVAAL CRISIS. I i Despatch from Mr Chamberlain. TThe Boer Reply, The Volksraad Debate. t [Press Association Foreign Special.] - - I t PRETORIA, JULY 14. A despatch from Mr Chamberlain was handed to the rransvaal Govornment by the British Agent, MIr ConyDgham Greene, on Wednesday, asking for a copy of r the draft franchise law and for an eluoidation of certain e clsuses, It also suggested ...

... 1IIIURSDAY, SEPTEA13ER 7, 1899. Tl.c 11 ISiT(L. MERICURY was cstablislicd Uarell 1, 1710. TliO BlS1dUl tI DAILY PoSr was issued it] ConluJInc1ifl viii tII lie D liicum January 24, 1860, and incoiporat-d ivitih it January 26,1878. TELIrIIoNE: No. 149. l'ristol Llcst. Mui SiAvm]II predicts a three thourand majority for Mt Hobhouso at the neNt election in Bristol East. tVo think that ...

... [NEW HAEL AT I ST. ANNE'S PARK. All Opening Ceremony. We The United Methodist Free Chapel at St. Alne's Coc park, Brisllngton, which has been fully described in the BRISTOL MERCuRY, was opened yesterday. In the afternoon there was a largely attended dedication service, conducted by the Rev R. 'Wilton, of Ch Bedminster, The sermon was preached by the hbel Rev Ilrijah R. Thomas, who gave an ...

... NEWPORT STABBING AFFR.AY, The seven Spanish seamen-Jose Irusta, Salvador Arszena, Alexandro Livali, Jeroilina Zaragoza, Valentin Madariaga, Jose Santedro, and Pedro Mlsazee-who were remanded by the Newport borough magistrates on Monday on a charge of causing the death of a seaman named Michael Kinnealy, by stabbing him- in South Market street on Sunday evening last, again appeared in the dock ...

... 'a MISSION TO DEEP, SEA d FISHIERMEY. it r. Dr re ig Iy le le 1g id VT w 10 38 le le I.'0 Ir, )a., If n Ir. ts [e d d )r 1- ,Is 3,] in 10. NEW HOSPITAL STEAMER IN BRISTOL. The new hospital steamer Strathcona, which has just been built for tbe Royal National Mission to Deep Sea 'Fisberman, is now at Bristol. ' 10 a making,a round of most of the principal ports of the; country before ...

... ITEE QUlEEN'S DAYS The Openirg -Ceremony.- Progrfamtme at the 'Home., At the Jubilee Convalesoent Home the ceremony will be opened by the Bishop of Briltol. TheJubilee Hymn will then be sung. The band will play a chord only, and it Is requested that all will then join 4n singing, the bandmaster, Mr Joel Englefield, abeating tlme. The followlng is tho hymn:- 0 KING OF KINGS. O King of Kiags, ...