... IRISH AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION SOCIETY' AN N-UA L CONFERENCE. SPEECH BY MR. HORACE PLNKETT, | i-P., ON 'THE NEW AGRIUT7 URA.L DEPATMIENT. Yesterday the conference of the delegates of the Irish Agricultural Organisationi So- i ciety, Limited, opened at the ntie't Corn- cert Rvooms. ' The Righit Hon Horace Pluikett, M P. President of the society, occupied the chair. The delegates present were: ...

... A T'IMELY PROTEST. The adtdress just issued by the Standing Committee of .he United League is an all-, I sufficient answer to the very latest device of ?? Healy, Sir Thomas Esn2onde, and the I gentlemen who actv with them, to hand over. the affairs of Ireland to a C(mmittee on, which, &a they believe, by adroit engineering. their influence cculd be made to predominate. As is pointed out in tie ...

... KANTURK BLACKSMITH'S J SAD FATE. 1 I~~ . i, hi FOUND DEAD IT A HALL. I Yesterday afternoon Dr ?o6ttreil, Deputy- Coroner, held an inquest at Stevens' Hospital on the remains of James Buckley, aged about 50, stated to be a blacksmith, and belonging to Kanturk, Gork, who was found dead on Sunday morning in the hail of the premises 54 Bow lane, near J3ames's stieet, under extraordinary circuin- ...

... I vjiiv'MiAI, O ' D S I I PL1TICA L CO(UNCll. l . TiN (OF THE SLIGO BBRA N eRH ...

... NORTH DUBLIN UNION I - I I . -. . . -1. Yesterday the usual veeklv neeit1ag oi tie -North Urban District Council anid board uf Guardians took plate in the Worakhoase. \Nrth Brnsnwick stieet. Mr Joseph O'Neill, J P, Chairman. presidi at the District Council meetiug. Present-Joseeph O'Neil!. J 3 : Winl J Eaey, D ?? Major Rd Doyne. J P; arit lie 1 C ; Wm Thos Dinnage, 1) ?? .J J Ign C ; C(olonel ...

... I NORTHERN LOVE TRAGEDY I_ A YOU-NG LADY >HutcsI L HMERSiELF. A distressing case .u suicidle waV iuerit rtated by Dr John J Aamis. J' P. (Trener b Suth ntitnim, on Tueiiavy. t Broanc-. Lcitz Antrimn. Tt is behlved 'lr',ieceaised. a yci XXVOtinT ?? 1l z Lhethl MAlintgomery. azel 2I ye:,rs, while the orher ?? Ai the -'caci n ere at chiirch (In tlie 't4t , tvli 8s is.a na min a-if i bred 1le21 ...

... I THe THE RECENT SMOKING CONCERT. Last evening a meeting of the Oommittee of the Irish Association District Institute of AJournalists, who had charge of the arraugemen4t ltfor the smoking concert that took place on Sa- turday nigit in the Queen's Theatre, was held at the rooms, 4 College Green. Mr J B Hall presided. Alo ?? J M'Grath, V lihon sretary of the district; F J Allan, bon Itreasurer ; ...

... M-MESSAGE- FROM METHUEN [in , BOERS INCREASING THEIR FORCES A. E T-N .12 AND 'ENTRENCHING- CANNONADE AT CHIEVELEY . f LADYSMITH s- AND HOW COLONEL BULLOCK WAS CAPTURED AT COLENSO ROB1RRTE 3AND KITCHENME MEE .- - MR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S 0 ^ESCAPE WST:- in I London, Wednesday, Midnight- ere The Press Association ?? 11 35 to- night the War Office intimated that there was no news from the front for ...

... ST LOUIS CONVENT, MONAGHAN THE BOARDING ESTABLISHMIENT. CONCERT ANT) DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. SPEECH OF THE, MNOST REV. DR. OWFNS. BISHOP OF CItIGHER. Monaghan, Satitrday. Yesterday evening act 5 o'clock a very inte- resting ceremnonial to.ok place in St Louis Con- I vent Scools, Monaghan, the occasion being a , grand vocal and instrumental concert given by ithe voun1 ladies of the boarding ...

... (ESTABLISHEV ANNO 1737.) ~dfa . . BE'LFAST£. FRIDA&Y, DECEMBER 1,5 1899. Patrick Duffy was killed yesterday in Glasgow by a train passin:, over himn. Mrs. Shaw, a nurse, residing in the Vale of Conway, has committed suicide by setting her clothes on fire. The Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board yesterday decided to advance fronworkers' wages 24 per csent. Sir Peniston M~ilbanke, Bart., died ...

... GENNEIIA.L BUTLLER S! iDEFEAT - AtT COLIJENSO:I ! l APPALLING LIST OF CASUALTIES I 1,097 KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING I I I I ti I ? ,EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN LONDON THE MAGERSFONTEIN DISASTE R TOTAL CASUALTIES 1963 I ENGLISH CASUALTIES UP NEARLY 8,000 OFFICERS LOST To DATE AND MEN LORD ROBERTS' SON KILLED IMPORTANT DECISION GOVERNMENT .~ - CALLING U P OF THE ALL THE ARMY RESERVES LORD ROBERTS ...

... 111R. (HAMB-EIALAIN'S SPEEC13U IFRENCH AN-6 GERllMAN PRE-S C( N.IE\NITS F IO . tCA)ST-3 O'F WNRX1 ?? r-t. S::ttdav. Nearl; all the - pn'er: cntain ?? .h1t r (frr1#ng5RlifMt J~fli ?? atl i E c4t r. Sami of thaem cnntraat ft n ith I-rj Char-. llraaforcisN .pqcelthsedaadlhahimhL' ii417,oer ;II thcs ED r. Ya.7ht Club. The Figanro ?? mav ovirionk the ' Sirst imnp a at' Le:cester. but the second ...