... SWANSEA. Illegal Ho,ars.-Agaes Peel, of 13, Castle- square, and C. H. Morris, of SIa, High-street, were summoned for keeping their refreshment- houses open during prohibited hours, and fined 10s inclusive each. Charge of Embezzlement.-William Pillifant (17), baker's assistant, of Baptist Well-street, was charged with embezzling Is 4d, moneys he had received on behalf of Christopher England, ...

... PORT TALBOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Mrs D. Brynmor Jones, wife of tho member for the Swansea District, distributed prises and cortificates to the successful students attending the Port Talbot and Afcev- j avoit Intermediate School at the Con-iti- tutioual Hall ou Monday in the presence ijf a crovded assembly. Mr S. H. Byaas took tba chair and congratulated the scholars una staff alike on the good ...

... Messrs Flower and Son's brewery, Stratford- on-Avon, WP,6 discovered to be on fire at an earij hour on Saturday, the large barley drying store being filled with over 5,000 quarters of grain Some costly machinery was destroved. The flames then spread to a range of malthouses, anc these also were destroyed. Fortunately the fire. men were able to nave other portions of the brewery. The damage is ...

... THE OLD CARDIFF 10TH. SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. The reference to the rise of the Volunteer force in Cardiff in the articles appearing last week has evoked bits of interesting personal reminiscence from several original members of the Cardiff 10th. LIEUTENANT MR GREENHILL. The verses immortalising the incident of the early morning drill of the old Cardiff Tenth, pub. lished originally in ...

... The Korh&i'L Castle, with S.r Charles Wartel and his staff on board, arrived at the Cape on Thursday. ...

... MAN WHO STONED A JUDGE TRIED TO WREAK VENGEANCE ON A POLICEMAN. A man ns,merl Gordon, who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for hurling a large stone at the Irish Lord Chief Justice at Ulster Assizes last yaai, wasrelea.sed on Wednesday He went to Lisburn and made a violent assaalt upon a police-constable. He was charged at the Polioe Court and sentenced to six months' hard labour. ...

... Disorderly House—Annie Jones wa.s summoned at Barry yesterday for keeping a disorderly house at Charlotte-place, Cadoston. The facts were of an unusually sordid and distrusting character. Defendant was sent to gaol for a month's hard labour. j The Man who Settled the Strike.-John Dwyer, the husband of a Liarry boarding mistress, was brought up on a warrant for several offence, of drunkenness ...

... Captain R. Davies, vice-chairman, presided over a meeting of the Barry School Board on Thursday nibt, when it was agreed to complete the purchase of the old Methodist Chapel, Cadox- too village, from the trustees Hot JE225. Mr John Rses and the clerk (Mr Gwyu Morris) were appointed representatives of the board on the Welfih Federation of School Boards. ...

... MERTHYR G.JARDLANS. On Saturday, the Merthyr Board of ,t1Dder the preside:1cy cf ThomM Jenkins. J.P., made arrangements for paying the extra Christmas out-relief, amounting to JE68, by next Saturday. The Clerk reported that Mi Dolby had held and adjourned his audit of the strike relief accounts, and it was decided that the should furnish any further report that might be required later on. The ...

... THE ENEMY CHANGES POSITION. DISSENSIONS IN THEIR CAMP. THEIR HEAVY LOSSES. (Press Association War Special.) MODDER RIVER, Thursday. The wounded belonging to the Scandinavian Corps complain bitterly of the manner in which they were treated by the Boers, who, although thoroughly aware that the picket had been destroyed, never sent out any ambulance or doctors. The wonnded men were thus left ...

... » FREE STATERS REPORTED TO BE TIRING. (Press Association Special Telegram.) CAPE TOWN, Friday. The guard of an ambulance train which has arrived here states that a wounded Boer with I whom he had a talk at Modder River declared that after their experience at Spytfontein the Free Staters would throw up the sponge. The guard's informant was standing with 10 other Boers in a trench when a shell ...

... SKIRMISH NEAR ARUNDEL. ( Times Second Edition Message, per Press Association.) NAAUWPOORT, Friday, 5.50 p.m.. The 10th Hussars, with two Horse Artillery guns, moved out this morning from Arundel to intercept four wagons. The Boer outpost opened at long range,ana one Boer gun at a longer range than our artillery could reply to. We then retired. One shell fell near the staff. The operations ...