... a), Judhig from the eomplainti -which I rear:h us from various directionsý and espe- f r-cially those which have onpeared'in our own t 'he ' columns, it would seem that the Cardiff ` 1% Parks Committee has some 'work to 'do ihi or maintaining perfect order and dacdriini in I Lland:iff Fields. Nobody wisheo to inter-c E. fore with the committee's rights in the F ee dischairge of their duties; ...

... !r !r 0 1. A PRO-BOER MEETING COM- PLETELY ROUTED. -; ? oPE AN ADVERSE RESOLUTION CARRIEFf NOISY PROCEEDINGS. it A lecture, ostensibly organised by the New- Isport branch of the Independent Labour Party . to hear a gentleman who had been recom- it mended to them, viz., Mr, F, Reginald Statham, on South Africa and the Trans- vaal Question,, was delivered at the Tem- perance-hall, Newport, on ...

... I Brewster Sessions. 1 PONTYPRIDD. Licence Again Granted for the Cilfynydd Hotel, Xne adjourned Licensing Sessions for the Pontypridd Petty Sessional Division was held at Pontyprihda on Wednesday. There %aB an un- usually large attendnc of magistrateE-viz., Mr J. Ignatius Williai:, -.tipendiary), Alderman Richard Lewis, Alderman W. Morgan, Dr. T. R. Hamlen- \Y illiams,' Dr. Parry, Dr. Wayne ...

... SPORTING ITEMS. The services of Otto Madden have been engaged or Innocence in the Cesarewitch. It is a notable fact that Irish Ivy was sold for 36gs as a yearling. The owner -latelv refused £ 5,000 for her. Sherburn s success in the Fiftieth Triennial Produce Stakes entails no penalty for the Cesare- witch, for which race, ii he competes, he would have to carry 7st 12ib. Jeddah is expected to ...

... Oddfellows.-The quarterly meeting of the Caerphilly District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows ^lanchester Unity) was* held at the Castle Hotel on Monday. The officers in attend- ance were :—G.M. William David Deimtv G M Sidney Griffiths, Titus Llewellyn and Thomas Morgan, corresponding secretary. Levies received from lodges amounted to £ 88 2s c1^9 A.M.C. annual expenses! f rRnn iDCe ...

... BAZAAR AT PENARTH. On Tuesday afternoon a bazs.ar was opened in the Drill Hfill, Penarth, in aid of tho Organ Fund of the Church of the Holy Nativity at Cogan. The hall was prettily decorated, and the stalls, which were erce.: 'ed by Messrs Howell, Cardiff, were tastefully arranged. The opening ceremony was performed by General Lee. lie said be noticed a statement in the Church Year Yook that ...

... NATIONAL CYCLISTS UNION. A meeting of the South Wales Centre of the National Cyclists' Union was held at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, on Tuesday evening, Mr Yoiing presiding. it was reported that the Pentyrch Parish Council had decided to fix the danger board on the Pentyich Hill free of cost. The Chairman spoke in warm terms of the public spirit thus shown by the Pentyrch Conncil, and said he ...

... SPRANG A LEAK. Four of a Crew Rescued off Lowestoft. The Ramsgate smack Idessa has arrived in harbour with the ciew 0 four band., of lie Yar- mouth ketch Allington aboard. The rescued men belong to Great Yarmouth. Their vessel sprang a leak while in the North Sea, and the rescue was effected yesterday about 20 miles from Lowe3toft. It may be that the vessel seen to founder by the Annie King ...

... TO-DArsWEATRER 4.30 P. M UNGLANU. •SOUTH Issued at 8 q'cloc* last night. Wind backing to the southward and south, moderate to a gale; mild; rainy General. -Cian.-eable mild and windy weather is still probable. and south-westerly southerly in west and north IVarnirigs,-The Muth cone is inO, 1. 6 to i o. ...

... I CAPTAIN DREYFUS. I A VISIT TO RtLATIVES. I Carpentras, Vaucluse, Thursday. — Captain Dreyfus arrived here this morning, and proceeded to the hoas6 of M. VaJabregne, one of his rela- tives. Captain Dreyfus was accompanied by his brother and his nephew, M. Paul Valabregne. He will be amongst his friends at La Quentine, the residence of his brother-in-la.w, who has been an established cloth ...

... DEATH OF GENERAL BRAULT. I Paris, Friday.—General Brault, chief of the General Staff, died this morning. CctraJ News. ...

... VOLUNTAKY v. BOARD SCHOOLS. I Brynmawr Council and the School Board I Councillor D. A. Davies at the monthly meet- ing of the Brynmawr District Council on Wed- nesday gave notice of the following motion wi lh reference to the decision of the Brvnmawr School Board to invite only candidates for monitorship from the Boarà and County schools and not from the National and Roman Catholic schools, ...