... The Elder Dempster liner Dahomey, which has arrived at Liverpool from West Africa, with mails and passengers, reports the murder at Lahore in the French Ivory coast of Mr. Thompson, the agent of the Bristol firm trading there, and five of his men. Mr. Thompson in his trading vessel went via the Lagoon to Terselli, a trading centre. He was ac- companied by six natives in the boat, which con- ...

... ALLEGED PACKED MEETING. On Wednesday afternoon a special meeting of the Rhyl Urban District Council was held at the Council Chamber, Town Hall, for the purpose of receiving a report as to the result of the ratepayers meeting held on the previous evening. Mr A. L. Clews, J. P. (presided) and there were also present Dr. Prichard, Dr. Girdlestone, Captain Keatinge, Messrs J. H. Ellis, P. Mostyn ...

... EPITOME or NEWS. The absence of troops in South Africa saves India XII,000 per mouth. The trials of the new electric trams at Bolton may take place during the next few days, A leaflet printed in Dublin is headed: En listing in the English army is treason to Ire- land. Most of the Berlin papers comment in eulogistic tones on the bravery of the British officers at the battle of Glencoe. In a ...

... Polling to fill the Parliamentary vacancy at Exeter, caused by the appointment of Sir Staf- ford Northcote to the Governorship of Bombay, took place on Monday in fine weather. The can- didates were Sir Edgar Vincent (Conservative) and Mr. Allan Bright (Liberal). The polling strength of the city is about 7,500. When the booths opened there was very little excitement, but by ten o'clock 1,600 ...

... A terrible stabbing affray took place on Monday at the North end of Liverpool, result- ing in the death of one of the combatants. Recently a seaman named Thomas O'Burn arrived home from a voyage and went to the home of his brother-in-law, James Tomlin, in Blackfield Stroet. It is alleged that on Monday afternoon the parties, with a number of others, were drinking and singing together, and that ...

... Despatches from Caracas state that General Hernandez, one of the most prominent of the rebel leaders, who was offered a portfolio in the next Cabinet by General Castro, has gone over to the Government forces with several hundred of his followers. His defection has changed the situa- tion. and the rebels arc now being pursued by tlio Government troops. ...

... A WORTHLESS ATKINS. Three times Harold Philip Atkins has deserted from the Royal Marines, and'o.tce from the Grenadiers. He crowned his inglorious career by stealing, from a friend who had assisted him, a dressing-case, valued ati:2U..2ighteen months' imprisonment was the seutence passed upon him At the Middlesex Sessions on Saturday. ...

... WESLEYAN TEA PARTY AND CONCERT The first treat given to the Scholars of the Wesleyan Sunday School in the new Chapel took place on Thursday week. In the after- noon a numerous aompany sat down to an excellent tea which was provided in the new schoolroom. The ladies who presided at the tables were:—Miss Owen, Bodrhyddan Miss Jones, Bryngwyn Villa Miss Hughes, Shop, Dyserth In the evening a ...

... TUESDAY Befora Dr. A. Eyton Lloyd (in the chair) Messrs R. M. Hugh Jones, W. H. Coward, R. C. Enyon, J. Foulkes, and A. L. Clews. BREACH OF THE FACTORY ACT. North Wales Patent Brick Company (the Ce.ndy Brickworks) were charged by Mr John ruiditch, Inspector of Factories, with having on the 12th of September retained in their employ, a young person named Thomas John Jones, for more than seven ...

... THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST THE ST. ASAPH POST MASTER. VERDICT OF SENTENCE. At the Ruthin Assizes on Monday before Mr. Justice Bunknill. Charles Totphineon, late postmaster at St. Asaph, was indicted for embezzling the sum of from John Kendrick Jones at St. Asaph on April 10. He was also indicted for embezzling the sum of £100 entrusted to him by John Starbuck on August 4, and forging a ...

... Mr. Louis Petrie, French master at the Working Men's College, Great Ormond Street, and at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, for twenty-one years has been missing since October 28th. Mr. J. H. Marsland, secretary of the school, explained to Mr. Francis at Lambeth Police Court on Saturday that the professor was last seen at Hollowly on the afternoon of that day. He was somewhat worried by the responsi- ...

... A WAR ENTHUSIAST. At the County Police Court, Worcester, on Monday, Harry, alias George Spooner, of 4, Sher- borno Street, Birmingham, was charged with fraudulent enlistment in the army oh November 6th.—Defendant, who admitted that ho formerly belonged to the Royal Warwick Regiment, but did state that he was a reservist belonging to the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, pleaded that ...