... Mrs Roberta (iuyton) has intimated that sb~e had obtained the following additional sums for the soldiers' hospital fund :-Mrs Walker, Osborne House, e6 ;MBiss Krause, Li1 is; Mrs Owen, Orma- ston; 1OS 64; Mirs Corbett, 5; Mrs Penney, LI; Mrs ea Roberts, n parcel. Presentation.-On Wednesday evening at the close of 'the usual service at the 'uglish Thabyterian ISchoolroomi, Mrs Davies, the wife ...

... Bartlxt- Notreraber llth, the wife of Mr. Thomas 6 Leslie Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton. of a son—first born. Jones ovember 18th, the wife of Mr. Edward Jones, Castle Hill, Denbigh, .(who at present with the Welsh Fusiliers oat in Transvaal), of a son. Jones—Novemb°r 16ih, the wife of Mr. Robert Jones, Rhydy-1 Janddwr, Khnddlan, of a son. Parry November 20th, the wife of Mr. Edward Parry, 5 ...

... A telegram from Cape Town, dated November 10, ■ays : “It officially stated that Mr. Reitz has demanded from General White the immediate release of supposed Transvaal spv, named Nathan Marks, now confined in Ladysmith. coupled his demand with the intimation that refusal would be met with the execution of six British officers. General Buller has replied that he is entitled to retain the man ...

... Parapets, Garden Paths, Carriage Drives, and Stable Yards. TERMS—MODERATE. WORK GUARANTEED Esti and Specifications may be had on application to HUGH ROBERTS. Fern Bank. Rhyl. SERVANT, good. Wanted, for small Family, Must know Cooking, have good character. State wages.—Mrs. R v B. 33, High street, T O- JONES. VALE STREET, DXINBXGS. SPECIALITIES For the present Season TA TftMPC! has a choice ...

... THE ORTH TIMES. WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA* THE KIMBERLEY FIGHT. OONFIDENCE IN THE TOWN. BOMBARDMENT OF MAFEKING: “ORE DOG KILLED. 10W GENERAL SYMONS WAS BURIED. ...

... Through the kindness of Mrs Fosbery, Bryn Elwy, St Asaph, the whole of the inmates were treated to a first class tea on Tuesday afternoon, the 14th inst. to celebrate the marriage of her tdaughter, Miss Georgina Mary Fosbery to Robert Henry Arrow- sipith, Esq. From early morning the inmates were busy completing their alloted work so as to be in readiness to witness, from the field in front of ...

... SHORT STORY. A VERY GOOD SHOT. She lingered in the verandah of the little bun. galow to catch the last glimpse of the horseman ridmg into the forest; then turned away with a prolonged sigh. What in the world was she to do with herself all the day ? And it wasn't as if it were only this one day-then it wouldn't have mattered; but many yesterdays had been the same, and many to-morrows would be ...

... MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Rhyl Urban District Council waa he)d at the Council Chamber, Town Hall, on Monday. There were present Mr A. L. Clews. J.P. (chairman), Dr. Girdlestone, Dr. Frichard. Captain Ktinge, Measra J. H. Ellia, E. P. Jo-ea, David Grimths. J. W. Jonea, C. W. Berrie, W. EIwy Witiiama, Thomas Wbit!ey, P. Moatyn Williams, Robert Jonea, J. Frimston, A. Maltby, and ...

... When the swimming classes from the Navat Depot, Portsmouth, were oa their way on Monday to the public baths a stoker asked permission to enter one ot the lavatories in the park. This waa granted, but as the man failed to rejoin the ranka a party was sei&t, baak to fetch him. They found the uniform but not the stoker. Evidently he had planted a suit of civilian's clothing, into which ce had ...

... f fIT-BITS. THE BOY GUESSED RIGHT.— My friends were the average man to turn and look himself squarely in the eyes, and ask himself what he really needed most, what. would be the reply? A rubber neck! shouted the perecocious urchin from the rear of the room. THE BABY ITS OWN THERMOMETER.— I wish, Susan, that when you give baby a bath von would use the thermometer so as 'to ascer- tain ...

... During the final stages of the meet of the North Cheshire Hunt at Bradfield Green on Tuesday some rough country was negotiated near Middlewich. Captain Higson, of Oakmere Hall, Northwich, who was out for the first time this season, had jumped a fence, when his horse fell, pinning him beneath it. His shoulder-blade was dislocated, and he re- mains under medical treatment. ...

... BLACKMAILER'S PUNISHMENT. Four years' penal servitude was the sentence passed at the Old Bailey on George Francis Robertson, twenty-seven, described as a musician, for demanding money with menaces from young women. The allegations against him were that he had engaged himself on a pretended scheme for the suppression of massage establishments and houses of bad repute in the metropolis, in the ...