... 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 ...

... TO THEZ 3DI0OR OF PUS0 aLIArooL YCRacia. Gentlemen,-Th&reappesred in the local papers a few days ago a paragraph stating that the Sub- committee of the Health Committee, which con- siders the building plans, and of which Mr. Alderman Monlove is chairma, has requested the medical officer of health and the building sor- veyer to repart upon the advisability of obtaining a bylaw to require the ...

... 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 ...

... idA, RUPTCY ACTS 1883 & i).] (.From lat nightds Gazette.) RECEIVING ORDERS. t enry eS Mooey. 14, ?? aw's.e Boe- sover, Derbysire, miner, late pubiesiL Gienucsblr, 7Ss Swdireecroad, iroylestm.- WDiiel GoD , 2, F -ttl Wednehu, -a;r- ?? Iii Be.7 ..I. egis, Norfolk lime rI ourner. ?? enery Butefed, 7 letstre. G-okleahill, Stfodsltira colley fiwm , ?Willim Daxns3,8 Foiey-S~T; Wedesbr. ea- penter ...

... THIE RHODESIA RAILWAYS. NEW TRUST DEED. A meeting of debenture holders in these rai14 ways was held yesterday, at Cannon-street Hotel, London, Mr. J. 0. Maund presiding. The Chairman said he had been nominated by the trustees of the debenture holders to proo side. He briefly explained the benefits of the modifications of the trust deed. The first see- tion of the Bechuanaland Railway was built ...

... FOOD PRESERVATIVS. - - - . .- r THE, USE OF ACMID The ?? Committee Ion Prewrva. tives and olcuring Matters in- Food held another sitting at St.. Stephen's House, West minster, on- Wednesdas, Sit Herbert Maxwell, -.P7 .residing. Mr. Thomn's Bond, consulting- sugeon to Westminster Hospital, 4sd he had given -boracic acid, which was largely used for preservative purposes, intern1lly, for many ...

... SUGGESTED FORCE OF SH^AP- SHOOTERS. In a long lotter to the Times, on the war, Lord Dunraven writes:-I ghould liks to &eo a force of, say. 50,000 mouinted sharpshooters raised, 20,000 at home, ,0,0U0 each in Canada, Australasia, and South Africa respectively-a Volunteer force, but liable for foreign service. . . The idea can bo utilised now. Nlhy are we not availing ourselves of the ...