... The colIicry village is often a veritable gold mine, and the struggle for licences at Brewster Sessions is obvious. Fortunes have been made in public-houses in the Rhondda Valleys during the past ten yeara. Thirty years ago a small public- house situated at Tonypandy was offered for sale ac £ 400, but the owner could find no buyer at that exorbitaut sum. To day that house, which has had but ...

... INFERRUPTED WEDDING. Vicars Advice to the Bride & Bridegroom The vicar of St John's, Kilbarn, has given his decision in the case of the interrupted wed- ding ceremony,which created some local excite- ment a few days ago. Mrs Elizabeth Springall, a widow, was being married to Mr William Saunders at St. John's Church by one of the curates, and just as the ing was being pl,-t--ed on tho bride's ...

... FR-OM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LoNDoN, TauRSDAY NIGHT. It has been stated that the fixing of the Cabinet Council for to-morrow has not been to give Mr. Chamberlain time to formulate his proposals or the Government time to get reinforcements forward, but to allow the negotiations which are in progress with re- ference to Delagoa Bay an opportunity of being completed and laid before Ministers ...

... I TECHNICAL CLASSES AT I WATERLOO. I ?? .- ADDRESS BY LORD DERBY. As a formal opening of the ninth session of technical classes and lectures held in the urban district of Waterloo-with-Seaforth, under the scheme approved by the Lancashire County Council, the Earl of Derby, K.G., last evening gave an inaugural address at the Town Hall, Waterloo, and distributed the prizes gained last session. ...

... THE Wl' EATH'IER. I 'lThermometer and Barometer. MEkDINGS AT 2 A. M. TO-DAY. An~nx> BAWo- 60 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3')' -1 .~ iz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;~ i 9trx ~~~~~MOON. i :1 A, . 0-. 1iM 2l l ets.. 54 - . 3'Zcd A.M. i lligh Water la Aber. 1 9'73 AM. ,i .. j 9 . . The barometer has risan, and i - the weather is Inore settledJ , I Li FOtRECASTS FOR1 TO-D)AT. The following forecasts ...

... Mae holl elfenau natur, Trwy'r greadigaeth faith, Yn rhoi rhyw fôr o gysur I ddynion ar ell taith codi eiu hysbrydoedd, A'n gwneyd yn fywiog iawn, A'n harwain l'r mynyddoedd, I'r lie ein cymhortk gawn. Mynyddoedd cribog welir Uwchlaw y dolydd gwyrdd, A'r afon hitliau'n brvsur A red drwy swynol ffyrdd; Prydferthwcb llethrau'r bcyjniau, A'r blodau hyfryd, cain, Yr adar caniadau Sydd fel rhyw ...

... EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. Hundreds of Lives Lost. Calcutta, Tuesday.—Last night a succession of earthquake shocks ceurred in Darjeelmg, in- volving great loss of life aud immense damage to property. The number of victims has not yet been ascertained. The first report says that about nine European children and between 20 and 60 natives have perished. The earthquake accompanied by a. remark- able ...

... ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A SWEETHEART. Suicide of the Assailant, About half past 6 on Monday nveuing a young cloth presser, William Tiiake, of Llavertiill, Suf- folk, attempted tbe life of his sweetheart Kate t'aek, aged about 20. with whom he bad quar- railed on Saturday. Pask and her sister walSiog homewards at night were met by Tbake, and oit Kate refusing to speak to him he fired two shots i at ...

... The first meeting of the newly-formed Postal and Telegraph Congress is to be held at the Guild Hall, Derby, on Friday and Saturday, Sep- I (ember 29th and 30th. ...

... SUCCESS. We record the success of Mr D Hart- wel1 James, B.A., son of the Rev D LIyd James, D I)., The Rectory, in the ordination examination hehl last week for the Diocese of Llanda^f. Out of a large number of candidates, Mr James succeeded in securing third position on the list. He has been licensed to the curacy of Merthvr, and he carries with him the best wishes f his many friends for ...

... Manchester Corporation has decided to spend £ 860,000 on a scheme to municipalise its tramway systems. On Monday morning several batteries of Royal Artillery passed through Gobowen on their wav !o Birkenhead for embarcation to South Africa. The numbers that were conveyed were 17 officers, 499 non-commissioned officers and men, and 432 horses. There were four trains, and the last passed Gobowon ...

... Dl COLQUHOUX PLEADS GUILTY. Dr Colquhoun was brought up at the Glasgow- Sheriff's Court, on Tuesday, on the charge o! embezzling sums amounting to over £ 50,000 en- trusted to hitn by clients. The prisoner, when formally charged by the Sheriff, said he had agreed to plead guilty. As the case was one which the Sherifl could not deal with, he remitted the accused to the High Court for sentence. ...