... The monthly meeting of the Prestatyn School Board was held at fhe Clerk's Offices, Stafford Chambers, Prestatyn, on Wednesday. There were present Mr G. O. Jones (Chairman), Rev F. Jewell (Vice-chairman), Mr Peter Ellis, the Clerk, Mr John Hughes, and the School Attendance Officer, Mr Parry. THE TBANSFBBENCE OF THE BRITISH SCHOOLS. At a special meeting a communication was re- ceived from the ...

... OBEYING OliDEES. Mistress: Bridget, I can't get into the parlour. Bridget: Sure it's mesilf knows that an' ye tvoii't ftir Ihave the kty in iiie pocket Mistress Open the door immediately Bridget Will you go in if I do ? Mistress Certainly I will Bridget Then ye don't get the kay. Mistress Open the door immediately. What do yoti mean Bridget: Sure it's by your orders! Ye said yesterday, ...

... DROWNING COINCIDENCE. At Camlough, co. Armagh, and Buncrana, Donegal, two farmers named Murphy and Deeham, were on Saturday night drowned through stumbling into small streamlets in the neighbourhood of their residences. The former was drowned in about eight inches of water. Beside the latter was a half pint bottle. ...

... The Royal Mail Company's steamer Severn has been chartered by the government to convey stores, &c., to the Cape. Paul llournnon, tlie well-known French cyclist, has been admitted by the Paris Conservatoire as a tenor and Charles Dani, formerly a well-known Italian cyclist, who will be remembered from the fact of his having once defeated Zimmerman at Florence, has just been engaged as leading ...

... VOLKSRAAD MEMBER AMONGST THE SLAIN. From Pretoria, November 28th. The Boer laager at Derdepoorl (?) was at- tacked on Saturday by a strong force of Mounted Police, and the outposts were sur- rounded while attempting to fall back upon the laager. The fighting still continued when the message left. Mr. Barnard, member of the Volksraad for Rustenburg, has been killed. Up to the present five ...

... The doll is probably the most antique of toys It has been found inside the graves of children of ancient Rome. r ...

... ACTION AGAINST THE LANDLORDS' DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. At the Bangor County Court on Monday, before Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd, Mr R. Hughes-Prichard (Messrs R Hughes-Prichard and Rod way, Bansror), Town Clerk of Bangor, sued the North Wales Property Defence Association (which practically organised the case for the landlords in connection with the Welsh Land Commission) for a sum of £ 27 Is. 6d.. for ...

... There exists in Moscow a printing-house where only women are employed, it was founded by Madam Herbeck, who has been en- gaged in printing for thirty-six years. Work begins at eight o'clock a.m., and ends at six p.m., with an hour's interval for dinner. The work- Woman's paper in Paris-La Fi-oit(le-gives the number of workwomen in this printing-house as eighty. They have two weeks' holiday at ...

... Albert John Barnes, twenty-three, employed at the Metropolitan Electric Su pply Company's works at Willesden, fell into the works of one of the great 7,000-horse-power engines, and wa a literally torn to pieces. The City of London Corporation have appointed a committee to meet a special committee of the County Council in order to consider the preser- vation of Cardinal Wolsey's Palace, in ...

... ABEKGELE POLICE COURT. PROPOSED DIVERSION OF FOOTPATHS. The monthly petty sessions for Abergele and dis- trict were held on Saturday, beforeMr W. T. Mason (presiding), Dr. Wolstenholme, and Mr Joseph Jones. On the application of Mr J. Pierce Lewis, of Rhyl, the license of the fair View Inn. Llandulas, was transferred temporarily from William Roberta to Benjamin Roberts. Mr E. A. Crabbe applied ...

... I'LADY DOWNSHIRE'S RESIDENCE BURNED DOWN. The residence of the Dowager-Marchioness fDownshire, Nizelle, near Tonbridge, has been estroyed by fire. Shortly after ten o'clock on Sunday night one of the maids on entering Lady Downghire's bed-room noticed a smell of burning and dense volumes of smoke and reported the matter to the housekeeper. In a few tjnutes it was found necessary to alarm the ...

... THE DUKE'S WINE.- The old Duke of Hamil- ton on one occasion was dissatisfied with his wine-merchant, so he wrote off to Bordeaux. Samewhafc ostentatiously, he signed, as a rule, all his three great titles-those of the dukedom of Chatelherault in France, Brandon in Suffolk, and Hamilton in Scotland. Accordingly the wine-trader received a letter ordering so many cases of claret, the wine to be ...