... wNiotrict P. MO. BATH. St . Jan es's vestry yesterday afternoon, by 16 votes to 9, decided to rescind the motion passed in Decern- ber not to appoint a representative to confer with the Finance Committee. Mr E. R. Blackett was appointed as the representative. At a meeting of the School Board yesterday, Mr J. W. Morris presiding, Mr Bush drew attention to the fact that last year the average ...

... The usual meeting was hold yesterday morning, and attended by Mr BR. E. Nurse (chairman), Mr J. J. T hatcher (vice-chairmau), the Rev C. Croucher, Messrs (.J. 13. Ta lor; J, Johnson, H. . Davics, S. Nicholls, A. Lovell, S. Churchill, S. Gingell, F. C. Fawkes, 3. Millard, T. Anstey, J. iNewman, and W Fry. t l ~~~OU'T ]RLIM .' The relief granted during the week ending 18th r1ebruary was as ...

... Etc Ariottol Almerp '114IUISDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1899. ]he E.R!STOL O'liE nCuY wvas establishea Mardh 1, 1790 7bc i1.e OL DAinY roST was issued in conjunction Ivith the AlE~lccrY January 24, Ib6O, and incorporated vlhiU it January 25, 126,. T IFErloNfl No. 149. I o (y: in ai I is. yu-r.Xe has been fixed fLoi the funeral of the late President of the Republic, and the pageant will rightly be of . ...

... ? cam mic zz)t. otmDens. [From Our Owvn Correspondent.jl IIorse OF CO.U.MoXS, WVEDNESDAY. Lik-e a skeletou at a feast that unhappy promise of old age pensions is casting a gaunt shadow over the prosperity of the Government. It is seen at question I time when Mr Balfour is reminded repeatedly of this unlayable ghost by agricultural members who I decline to regard it as a mere will o' the wisp. ...

... !IE I-NDlaN A-. and hl'.s -r:.ptatic ee.:'-_ : --. ...

... Fighting with Kissies. Col. Woodgate Interviewed. [Press Association Foreign Special.] LIvERroOL, FED. 26. The mail steamer Jebba, of the Elder-Dempster line, arrived here this morning from West Africa and the Canary Islands. Amongst her passengers was Col. Woodgate, commander of the forces at Sierra Leone, who was accompanied by Capt. Harrison and Lieut. Horsborough. Col. Woodgate went out to ...

... I TEE PHILIPPINE WAR, Fighting at Manila. Two Englishmen Shot. Occupation of Cebui. [Reuter's Telegrams.] WASHINGTON, SATURDAY. A Manila telegram states that two Englishmen and an Argentine subject were shot by the American troops on Wednesday night while watching the fire at Tondo. They were mistaken for Filipinos, The Argentine was shot dead. General Otis cables as follows :- Manila ...

... IEXETER CHARITY ORIGANISA- I TION SOCIE'T2Y. 'ho CHARITABLE AND POOR-LAW RELIEF ;n- Under the auspices of the E1xoter Charity of Organisation Society, Mr. Stevens Drake in Fuller, ?? of the Paddingio -ill Guardians, on Tuesday lectured on 'The the Respective Provinces of Charitable and Poor- on. law Relief at the Barnfield Hall. The a aattendance was moderate, but representa- 08t tive. - Mr. ...

... TOTERDOWN Y.M.C.A. The Proposed New Building. Munificence of Mr Storrs Fry. The seventlh annual meeting of the Totterdown branch iof the Y.M.C.A. last night at Oxford street schoolrooml was held under encoura ging eiroumstanses. It was not a formal business meeting, but took tha form of an enjoy- able social evening, and moreover important announce- ments which were foretold in yesterday's ...

... TIle Foxing A gitatlon. TImE action of the police in stopping ig soon after the start the big boxing niatch at (Glasgow last week has caused great irritation in certain boxing cihcles. As was expected at the time, the course adopted by the city authorities is to be ; made a case for testing the legality of police interference. A fund to defray expenses has been started, and the matter will be ...

... FIlE AT KINGS WOOD Boot Factory Gutted. Fireman Injured. I The principal portion of Messrs E. W. Pratt and Co.s boot factory, one of the largest and best equipped in the KingSwood district, was gutte-I by fire on Saturday morning. The building is situated some 200 yards from the main road in a rather isolated position near the Kingswood park. The outbreak was discovered about five o'clock, and ...

... I The IUnited Service Magazine givcs the follow- irg particulars of the project for uniting the Black Sea with the Baltic by means of a ship canal:- The reports and rumours during the last year con- cerning the construction of this proposed great waterway, though very conflicting, still lead one to suppose that it is feasible, and has been seriously contemplated, even if the work has not ...