... Presentation to the Grand Master. A demonstration of the brethren of the Blaen- avou District of the Independent Order of Odd. fellows (Manchester Unity) was held on Saturday 011 the occasion of the visit of Mr Tom Hughes. J.P., the Grand Master of the Order, to whom a P. Prov. G.M.'s jowel wae presented There was a procession in which between 600 and 700 members and representatives of kindred ...

... An Important Sentence Suppressed. (Press Association Special Telegram.) Bfti'ocrton, Wednr-,s-,Itt-v.-Tiie Borlerton Herald publishes an official summary of the Transvaal'3 reply to the Imperial Government, which has been distributed for information to all officials and burgesses. The communication concludes — From the correspondence the President and the Executive Council have been led to ...

... THi 8WLLFA NANTMELYN MEN. Refusa! to Sign the SHdmg-Sca!e Agreement. Aidermar) David Morgan Denounces the Scale and the Leaders. On Monday a m3.ss meeting of the workmen at Bwilif. and Na,'T:meIvn Collieries was he!din the Constitutionai Ha.M. Aberdare. The men had given hjcua' notice to stop for the purpose of discussing the a,d- vsa,b¡J¡ty or otherwise of signing the Nos. I emd 2 books at ...

... At Barry Police Court on Monday (before Col Guthrie, Colonel Thornify, and Mt J. Pavey) a number oi brake drivers and proprietors of omnibuses were summoned at thf instance of the local District Council for plying for hire on the streets of the town without having a licence. Mr D. W. EfMM), Cardiff, who appeared for the whole of the men, said they had all been formally licensed, but thiif year ...

... War Denounced. Sir William Harcourt had a particularly hard day's work in his constituency on Wednes- day. The Ebw Vale County School proceed- ings commenced about noon, and from that time onward till 5 p.m. the right hon. gentleman was continuously engaged. Being due at Now Tre. degar at 7.30 he was scarcely allowed even a few minutes' rest before entering upon the long drive round the hills, ...

... Band of Hope Union. NATIONAL CONFERENCE AT CARDIFF. 15,000 Children in Procession. Close upon 500 delegates, drawn from all parts of the country, arrived a,t Cardiff on Saturday, to participe,te in the annual conferences of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, an organisation including within its folds 333 Band of Hope Unions, representing 27,836 juvenile temperance societies, and 3,430,117 ...

... Wedding Guest Committed for Trial. There was nothing mean about the ceremonies or entertainments that marked the marriage of Mrs Alice Martin. The guests were numerous, and at the house in Hillingdou-street, Walworth, where the wedding festivities prolonged them- selves into Sunday night, all was merry and har- monious. But suddenly a jarring note was struck-the bride had missed her gold watch ...

... OF THE CHAIN. By GEORGE GRIFFITH, Author of The Angel of the Revolution, Olga Romanoff, Outlaws of the Air, 44 Romance of the Golden Star, Knight of the White Rose, Yaldar the Oft-Born, & &c. (COPYRIGHT.) CHAPTER XXIX. The Queen's-square Tragedy. A few minutes later Gacderou entered the room. He was plainly but very neatly dressed £ ?r the part that he was playing, that is to say, a ...

... APIOL AND StEEL PILLS, superior to Penny. royal and all other remedies. Price 4s 6d, post free —Martin. Pharmaceutical Chemist Southampton. ...

... FOR BAD COMPLEXIONS, redness and roughness of the skin, yellow, oily, mothy Itkin, red. rough hands, and shapeless nails, dry, thin, and falling hair, dandruff and irritated scalps, and simple baby blemishes, CuncuRA SOAP is truly wonderful. Because of its delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICDEA, the great skin cure, and purest of emollients, it is the most soothing, cooling, and ...

... Local Dock Schemes. f TAFF-BUTE BARGAIN. More Details Forthcoming. THE QUID PRO QUO. Combine Against Barry We are in a position to-day to rettflirm the statements already published in our columns con- cerning negotiations between the Taff Vale and Bute undertakings and understand that at the, fall board of the Taff Vale Company thelinalform of agreement, so far as at present arranged, will be ...

... Very Similar.—Repcnioi-: Wiatis the ^ensatio* of being hit by a cyclone ?—Yicten: Why, it's iiaf like getting siarried. Yer don't really redia wot's happening tiil it's all over and yer come tm yer senses. Domestic Economy.—Nracomb (M his who has just bought twouty p-r.uds of coffee) Why did you bay so much code d€,3r wj,cn doD't drink it?—'Mrs Newcomb Cificctionateiy) f For the prize gift ...