... At the annual meeting of the Cardiff Guardians on Saturday—the Rev. J. R. Buckley presiding— the following paragraph was read as part of the report of the Workhouse Visiting Committee:- Mr Pearse having stated that on attempting to gain admission at the vugrants' ward entrance one evening he was unable to make the superin- tendent he* him, although ho stayed fiom 9.50- p.m. to 10.7 p.m., the ...

... RUMOURS^ DISSOLUTION. MINISTERS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING. The Daily News of Thursday says :— A rumour was current this (Wednesday) afternoon in usually well-informed quarters of the House affirming that Ministers are seriously considering the question of Dissolution. The London Government Bill will, of course, be carried, and the Session duly wound up. There are some right hon. gentlemen on the ...

... MILFORD-CANADA SERVICE. Although the Gaspesia. which was recently cut ont of the ice off the Magdalen Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, whore she had been im- prisoned for soino considerable time, ha,s been safely towed to Trepassey, a, town about a mile aud a lialf from St. John's, Newfoundland, by the sailing steamer Kite, belonging to Messrs Bowring Brothers, of the latter por £ sho has ...

... REALLY HOW, Old Lady Didn't I tell you never to corns here again ? Up-to-dala Tramp I 'OpGS yet will pardon me, madam, my secretary must be at fault in not having struck your name off my visiting list. ...

... I TH6 SPANISH PRETENDER. I Spain is, indeed, a most unfortunate country, } Itudthe lot of the Queen Regent at the present | moment is anything but' a nappy one. The disasters in Cuba and the. Phtlipplues caused a, '1 I? great deal of disaffection, and faction wa.s fighting against facilou, but the loyal element prevailed and the young King still holds in his infant hands the sceptre which ...

... [THE POLiCE COURTS. Attack on a Rhondda Constabie. On Monday a;, the Ystrad Police Court (before Messrs Igaatins Williams, J. D. Will isms, IV. Morgan, o.nd D. Thomas) Robert Williams and William Drum, miners, residing at Cymmor, were charged with assaulting P Patrick Barry, stationed in the locality. The constable's evi- dence showed tbat shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night iast^while ...

... Tom I don't know whether she sings or not. —Jack She doeesn't. I heard her. Teacher: What is the definition of flirtation ? —Intelligent Pupil: It is attention without intention. are inclined to feel more or leas resent- ment against people who don't do as we pre- dicted they would. Said He, Matilda, you are my dearest duck. Said She; Augustus, you are trying to stuff me. She was too sage ...

... Three months ago the plasterers and joiners at Swansea tendered noting* to cease work unless they received an advance on present wage rates. This notice terminateson Saturday. An effort has been made to bring the matters in dispute to a. settlement, bat up to new this has failed. It appears that masons, joiners, and plasterers at Swansea have been paid the same wage rate. In .June last the ...

... (BUDDTJGOU) 01 Auaf du, 'rwyt wedi d'od, 'Rol bod yn hir noswylio, Wrth glywed awn dy drwstfawr dro'd Yr Hydref wnaeth ymguddio. Y noa yn araf oedi sydd I dynu'n 01 ei gwyllwch, Fel pe yn rhwystro haul y dydd I ddangos dy anferthweh. Mae'r cymyl du fel pe'n d'od 'nol 0 gladdn'r dail a'r blodau, Gan faint eu hiraeth ar eu hoi Hwy wlychant fyd a'u dagrau; Y goedwig noeth fu'n liawn o hedd, ...

... FRAUD BY A NAVAL RESERVE MAN. Case at Penarth. John Leyshon, seaman, of no fixed abode, was charged at Penarth Police Court on Wednesday, having been arrested the previous day at South Shields by P.O. Harford, charged with uttering a false certificate with intent to defraud the Admiralty on June 29th, 1898. Mr J. T. David (Stephens, David, and Co., Cardiff), instructed by the Public Prosecutor ...

... WELSH GLEANINGS, Two Friendly Society Orders are going to hold high festival at Cardiff in the coming summer— the Free Gardeners in June, and the Ancient Order of Foresters in August. In one of the English Free Church weekly newspapers the outstanding feature of an appre- ciation of the late Mr T. E. Ellis is his common- sense—which (continues the article) is a rare quality in a gifted Celt. ...

... The annual general meeting of subscribers to the above institution was held at Cardiff Town Hall, on Monday, the Mayor (Alderman Morel) presiding, supported by Lord Tredegar, Colonel J. P. Turbervill, and others. From the annual report it appealed that the total number of admissions to the institution during the year was 738. Amounts subscribed to the building and furnishing account in the ...