... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... DERBY AND DISTRICT INSTITUTES- ASSOCIATION. WHIST. The following is tbe championship table np to and Including December 23rd, 18S9 :— Divrsiost. Matches. Games. Fid. Wo* Lost. Ft. Asst. Ptm. Bt Werl urgh's.. 13 .. 10 .. 3 .. 184 .. 141 „ {q Jla-lmoi's t .. 8 „ J .. 152 .. 113 .. g Welcome IS .. 8 .. 1 .. 181 .. 1)9 „ g 81 Chad's II .. 8 .. 4 .. 157 .. iv .. g Darlfy Abbey .. IS .. 8 .. S .. ...

... ; BRIGADIER-GENERAL MACDONALD ( FIGHTING. MAC ) TO SUCCEED GENERAL WAUCHOPE : THIS popular officer, at ?? India, is : ordered to South' Africz to take command of the Highland Brigade, and is welcomed on' every side as the best possible'appoint- ?? thiat ' could be made, since the gallant Highlander, quite apart from the high and conspicuous merits wbich qualify him for th&: post, is' ordered ...

... FOREIGN PRAISE. OF BRITAIN. THE special' .correspondent of,the Daily Telegraph at Vlienna ,sends the following extracts from Austrian papers, which are strong in their sympathy with the Boers: It is, noticeablethat: all the papers pro- fessedly Angiophobe express admiration of the, courageous attitude of the English nation. A. paper which is au strong friend of the Boers, nvrites:., ?? ...

... SPEECH DAY AT THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. q There was a large gathering at the Grammar School on Monday afternoon 031 the occasion of the distribution by Sir William Herschel (a member of the Tbehiiical Instruction Committee of the t 3 Oxfordshire County Councib), of the prizes and cer- l tiicates which had been gained by the students during the year. The vicinity of the platform where the ceremony ...

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... IDftittVi Rmoo COLEFORD, BATH. ( Much card and taste were shown on the decoration t of the sacred edifice of Holy Trinity Church by Mrs e W. A. Dwight and a number of willing helpers. The services were conducted both on Sunday and Christmne Day by thaecar (the RbvW. A . Dwight). i On Christmas Day the choir, under M~r Wilson E *ver, who was at-the organ, gave an admlrable rendering P of Roland ...

... I 110W KRUGER GOT H1S GUNS. 11OW THE BILL1 WAS PAIl) A ND THlE SECRE'T KEPT. (FROM OUR CORIIESPONDL;NT.) BEAIUJN, Fridayv Night. A plinsililo1 Story \VU. ICA11 ia tho Itroens, laltl of tito 111:Iun1or iii which l'1c-itloit, ENra-ker a CN'111~j ill P~1114). U! aitle for ar'~-lfule-iitt:, ?? e0 v4)ii tools uponl ?? ?? uid dtlo siispiL'i01 of uppropu-iat~in tho juiiilir lain L rlathitr than let. ...

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... ITae SCo)TflS1J TIM)OPS IN S')UTiI L - A'RIA | LNTEIC iCESORY AND MEM-IORP L SKERVICES. I TME41CNGo:m`11) VALOUR. | Wethisn tho reg-ion of Covent Ciarden Markzet E'ii~ r nd3 fd CicoresC tlie CroWnJ-CU-rt Seotti:_h rZ: O uere. oroieriy rassociated with the ?? arid iamrn,! of Dr Cunirniug. flain and subatantial I in character, the celifie occupies the site of the I old-t~ie Scottish Ernbus-y. ...