... - EW GUARDIANS' OFFICES AT SWANSEA. OPENING CEREMJONY A2D LUNCHEON. Fer years the Swansea Boarrd of Guardians thO d the relief 0ooummittoeo connected therewith On M had to toil np a most formuidable hill tosl the v orhbucee to hold their meetings. This has ba beet remedied by the erection, at a cost of pr I See6 O£6,00 and £7,000, of all eligible suitc Th otw0tcev ir. liexandri Wroad. Svvnesa, ...

... The important circular which has been ,-issued by the Local Records Committee will serve a useful purpose if it does no al more than draw attention to the necessity of taking greater care of public documents which have come down to us ra from the past. The committee are . arzious to obtain from different localities ta throughout the country some definite in- it formation in regard to existing ...

... FACTORS IN TAB WAh o~~~ IT 1 I Mr. Chaplin's speech at the United Service Club was an admirable exposition of the origin and conduct of the present - war and the position in the Transvaal and ?? South Africa generally. Mr. Chaplin : is a Minister who possesses a clear and 1 . thorough insight into the situation, and t.follows with great precision and ability mcause and effect in the two ...

... GATACRE DE- FEATEDO - ~ ~ ~ ~ A j UB closely, and brought two 40-pounders to ha! bear upon our moving line. Had the Boer gunners been worth their salthi they would have inflicted considerable damage for Several shells were directed at, our album3 lance, but they fell short, and when Eve reached third place and tbok stock it vitas found that our casualties were slight. cor man so beme of ...

... ; I srs eTHE QUEEN IN ATTENDANOE, A Windsor correspon(lent states that, in aid d of the funds of the Windsor branch of the ii Soldiers and Sailols' Famiiies Associationl, c d the Windsor and Etoc Amateur Madrigal .d Society gave a performianco on Saturday after- f Aci noon is the nave of St. George's Chapel, e! Windsor, of Mendelssolin's oratorio, Elijah. s' 'e By command of the Queen, the ...

... I lI D VIPHTHERIA AT PENARTH., I I i f BREPORT BY THE COUNTY MEDICAL thi c3 OFFICER. Co .1 PlOlAlLI INQILEUY BDY THE LOCAL fir r (lOVERiNOITNT BOARD. tih e At a meeting of the Glamorgan County tiih I Sanitary Committee, hild at the County Offices, thi th Cardiff. onl Friday. -uider the presidency of Dr. it tMlorris, tDr. Williams. the county medical Ie t officer, prescnted a report on the ...

... ft - go- ol - -J - - w0 - THE PROGRESS OF THE DOCK BOARD. CIVIC RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE. The retremomtof Mr. Joln Branoker from the ?? of tho Mersey Docks and Harbour Board has aroused general expressions of regret among tle publio ma of the city, and partieu- larly in shipping circles, where the valuable ser- vices rendered by Mr. Branaker to the port are most 'known. For the period of ...

... IHAWARDEN COUNTY SCoOOLI DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Mr. J. Herbert Lewis. MLP., distributed the prizes yesterday to the successful students at- tending the County Intermediate School at Hawarden. Mr. J. T. Humphreys (Conrah's Quay) presided, and was supported by Miss Helen Gladstone, the Rev. and Mrs. Stephen Gladstone, the Rev. Richard Jones, Mr. E. S. Taylor, Mr. A. Lyon, M.A. (headmaster), and ...

... CHRISTMAS AND NEW SEAR CARDS, &C, The interchange of Christmas and New Year cards, calendars, presents, and the like, during the quicekly-approaching season, will, without doubt, far exceed that of most other seasons. The reason to be assigned to this is the signifi- cant fact that with the close of the coming year the present century will come to an end; and considering that such an event can ...

... x ' D WELSH' NOTESD I :, I LOCAL AND GENERAL Tw., a&t leaaie of the Welh miemnbers o.f Parliame t spent their C:ristnas in other J cdimes and under im :eaCes less depressmg, it is to be hoped, than the fog an dle I whichhelped to epoi the festval of 1899 for idreGart, of the Brit s sl. e Mr. Pritd Morgn, fjte ?? member for Merthyr,; spent his in Chna, where he proceeded some months ago in ...

... GATACRE'S ADYVACR BOERS RETIRIN BRAVERY OF A COLONEL DUTCH DISAFF1E CTION. b (Fpom War Correspondent of Daily News and ' Liverpool Mercury.) t. Naau-wpoort, Thursday, November 30, 10 f 15 ?? parties sent out from v here yesterday and to-day reveal the fact i that the Boers in this district are returning north. Practically the country from here to Colesberg is free of the enemy. The dis- ...

... MA.NX NEWS. GLEN HELEN HOTEL COMPANY. The Glen Helen Hotel Company h paid a dividend of 6 per cent The grow receipts were £170, and the profits £890. RESIGNATION OF MAOR STEPHEN. EFFORT TO CAPTURE THE SEAT. Major Stephen, oe of the members of the House of Keys for South Douglas, has resigned his sem owing5 i-I ITh. He has been a memaber! ef Keys for 18 years. When Douglas was incrporated a few ...