... - 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, ...

... In only two points has the despatch of our s army overseas shown weakness. On certain 0 transports the fresh maet intended to keep our S men in health during the voyage was found to be unfit for food, probably because the manage- m ment of the refrigerators was not understood, e and the temperature allowed to be too high. This should be a matter of instant inquiry, for more ships crowded with ...

... At Newport Town Hall to-uay James Belt, painter, appeared on a warrant for assaulting his wife and not appearing to a, summons. Prisoner decided to obey the mandate to appear at Wed- nesday's Conrt, and was apprehended. The wife told a pitiful tale of ill-usage. She was p-ille:I out of bed, and her husband afterwards tried to trangle her. He earned nothing since August, but got money for the ...

... TO-DAY'S MONEY. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Opening, 11.20 a.m.—Business continues very quiet in the Stock Markets, and prices show irregular ten- dency pending further decisive news from South Africa, especially Natal, respecting the movement ol British troops. Consols, in which the monthly settle- ment will be completed to-day, rule iirm at ftd- vance for money. Iiupce Paper unaltered. In ...

... IN NATAL. JOUBERT'S HURRIED FLIGHT. THE LADYSMITH TREK (Central News Telegram.) DURBAN, Monday. From the moment of General Bnller's arrival in Natl all the Boers' luck zeemei to turn, and they have since been steadily retreating, greatly to the relief of the harried loyal farmers a8 weU as of our military authorities The Boer retreat is already loyally known as the Ladysmith trek. The main ...

... SOUTH WALES COAL i TRADE. SLIDING SCALE AUDIT. AN ADVANCE IN WAGES. The Joint Sliding Scale Committee met Thursday at the Coalowners' Offices, Cardiff,ander the presidency of Mr Archibald Hood. The vice- chair was occupied by Mr W. Abraham, M.P. The result of the audit was declared, showing an advance in the wages of the men of It per cent. for the two months commencing December 1st next. ...

... (Cardiff Account Days, Dec. 14th & 29th.) Thursday, Nov. 30th, 1899. Matters in connection with the final idjnstment of the account, and the advance the Bank rate from 5 to 6 per cent., have tended to unsettle both the London and Provincial markets, but nevertheless, a air amount of business has been passing locally to day. Coal Shares have had a monopoly of attention. Ebbw Vales, which showed ...

... TO TELE EDITOR. Sir,—Once again our thoughts a.re turning towards Christinas, and I shall be-much indebted to you if you will kindly allow me to remind your readers that I intend, by the bounty of a charit- able public, to imite-for the 25th time—the poorest of my parishioners to a, substantial Christmas dinner of roast beef and plum pudding. We provide for between 700 aud 800 persona, in- ...

... 1 --f- ?? w''a 1? ? 'I ?? C4?5wrzl, I c I FRIDAY, DEcEv= 1, IS99. An incomplete list of the casualties that occurred in the fighting at Modder River was received at the War Office yester- day. The list does not include the casual- ties of the Ninth Brigade. Lord Methuen is among the wounded, being shot in the fleshy part of the thigh. No further particulars have been received. * On the eastern ...

... ,j 0 M| Wr W oh o itn limitaism. Services in Clifton Ct'Cticised. In connetion t with th o ristol Church Assogatioon, Mr Walter Walsh last night lectured at the Victoria t rooms on The Mass in the Churoh of England-a Ritualistic Service and itu Meaning, Alderman J. InIksp presided. The attendance was limited. The CHAInRMA extended a cordial welcome to Mr Walsh, w ho was, he said, well known ...

... I I 3 ANOTHER TEN, THOUSAND MEN CALLED UP. ANNOUNCEMENT BY LORD 1 WOLSE LEY. NEW DIVISION LEAVES IN A FEW DAYS. Replying to the toast of his health at the Scottish Corporation dinner at the Holborn t Restaurant on Thursday evening, and referring to the war, Lord Wolseley said he had no intention of criticising anything that had h taken. place, but he would tell them what would,'perhaps, be ...

... Unsuccessful at Cardiff. Tsnders for the supply of cast iron pipes w er opened at a meeting 01 the Cardiff Water Works Comraittae. There were five tenders, and the one ttccepted was that of J. and S Roberts JS3.5E6 7a 6d. It was interesting to note, seeing that American firms have been very successfully tendering in this country for some time past, even sending pipes to Glasgow, the head of ...