... WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER ? I wonder if any of you took special and par- ticular note of the weather last Wednesday ? It was St. Paul's Day, and our ancestors used to attach great importance to the kind of weather that day brought. January 25th never, it may be, became so celebrated in this way as St. Swithin's Day most of us care more you see about fine days in July and August than we do in ...

... THE PROPOSED PURCHASE. On Thursday Councillor T. Andrews presided over a meeting of the committee appointed by the Cardiff Corporation to deal with matters inci- dental to the purchase by the municipality of the tramways in the borough, to carry out extensions, and to work out a scheme for electric traction. On the proposition of Councillor Yeall, seconded by Alderman Jacobs, it was agreed—•' ...

... HOMES OF BRITAIN'S TOILERS. TO THE EUITOK. Sm, Homes so-called. Oft but the costly caverns of crowd, discomfort, ill ventilation, and consequent prevailing sickness. Not only the strength and stamina of the present generation are suffering therefrom, but the rising generation, bred and brought up under such conditions, most suffer, too. In the lower-paid ranks of labour these evils are ...

... A SHIP FROM BARRY OVERDUE. The fine Liverpool sailing ship Celtic Bard has now been so long on her voyage that it is feared she is no longer afloat. A particularly strong-built and well-found vessel of 1,939 tons register, the Celtic Bard left Hong Kong on September 20th for Royal Roads, Puget Sound, British Columbia, and has not since been heard of. The passage under ordinary circumstances ...

... THE PHILIPPINES. REBELS BURN SAN ROQUE. THREAT TO BOMBARD ILOILO. WASHINGTON, Thursday.—Admiral Dewey has sent the following from Manila, dated to-day :— After continued imterference with and intimi- dation of our workmen I ordered the armed insurgents to leave San Roque by nine this morning. They left during the night all but a few, who remained behind and bnrned the village this morning. It ...

... INFORMER AND HIS BROTHER SHOT. BOMBAY, Thursday Morninsr.—The informer Dravid and his brother, who were to have given evidence to-morrow against the prisoners Balk- rishun and Chapekar in connection with the Jubilee murders at Poona, were shot last night. Their condition is said to be hopeless. No arrests have yet been reported. The tragic incident has caused an intense -,ensat;lon.- Central ...

... A Maidstone correspondent says :—Since her admission to Maidstone Prison Infirmary Miss Peterson has been under the close observation of Dr. Hoar, the prison surgeon. The accused uow talks freely to those around her, and has not up to the present displayed any remorse for the crime. On the contrary she has more than once said she considered she was justified iu shooting Whibley. A medical man ...

... CADBDBY'S COCOA has a world-wide reputation is delicious, strengthening beverage, and a vltlnablf) nutritive food. The La*uset says it represents tlie standard of highest purity. Always insist on li&YH. A Cadbury*s—sold only io Packets and Tins—as other Cocoas are often lubtftatetd lor the sake of enrli. 1mb j ...

... THE BANK ROBBERY, £1,000 REWARD OFFERED. Contrary to expectation; the directors of Parr's Bank on Slonday decided to offer a reward ci £ 1,000 for the recovery of the notes still missing, unmounting to £ 20.610. It was thought that the sum would have been reduced by two-thirds after the return of the balk of the plunder, value 940,000. ...

... For kissing a girl named Alice Denman, aged 14, in a railway carriage, John James, a cattle dealer, was at Rutland Petty Sessions sentenced to six weeks' hard labour and ordered to pay lis costs. When the tnin arrived at ABhwell the girl was crying and almost in hysterics. Prisoner, a big rough man, who sobbed piteously when re- moved to the cells, admitted the offence, and offered to pay any ...

... VILLAGERS RENDERED HOMELESS. Saturday.—A great fire is raging in «ne torests of the mountains near Oviedo, in THE flames, fanned by a southern wind, amf J destroyed several villages and ham- mv3 •. T. fe covers an area of many leagues. ™f ^habitants of the district are panic-stricken ana flying directions. Heads of cattle have perished, and the monetary loss is appalling. No lss o life has as ...

... BILLIARDS. ROBERTS v. DIGGLE. At ths Egyptian Hail on Saturday night Diggle gained an easy victory by 4,691 points in the match in which he received 5,500 start in 21,000 from Roberts. In the afternoon Diggle made breaks of 103, 87,144, and 117 against Roberts's best efforts of 119 and 65, while at night Diggle put on 244,183, and 108 (unfinished), while Roberts's best was 79. The final scores ...