... TO-DAY'S NEW3. Position Summarised. A straw sometimes shows the way the wind blows, and the destruction of the Colenso-road Bridge by our artillery gives a hint as to what will be Sir Kedver Bailer's next move. On the Boathern side of the Tngela, and occupying the angle formed by that river and the Blaanw- kran's River,i-, the greatgronp of bills which form the Inhlawe Mountain. This is held ...

... LATE MR. D. L. MODY;| RiECOLLECTIONS OF HIS VISIT '10O CDARD)IFF. A- earrespondetlftwrites:-W~henlI read of Mr. Be Iloody's regrettable death ?? of Isis liy and Mr. Sankey's evangelistie mission in Car- Will tl;f? mnany years ag o cr~opped up vividly, no pup.) doubt, in many mindtas, as in mine. The, ser- app vices were held Iin the old! circus, which stood arti on sptwih new post-offie now ...

... BRIT - O ~ I . .1 I I -- , . Great Britain's enemies, who base their t.calculations upon their hopes and wishes, draw anything but an inviting picture of the future of this country as the result of the present war. Frenchmen and Aus- trians especially, whose attitude is most . inexplicable, consider the conflict with the Is Boers the beginning of the end, the !e first step in Great ...

... |-EVENING' EXPRESS! BOYS1 i ) ; I - GUESTS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS AT CARDIFF, - e - The boys who sell the Evening Express at Cardiff had what they described as a( 't iare' old beano' on Sunday afternoon at E 1 the' Tudor-road Works of the Western Mail Limited.- They were the guests.of 1t n 'lyeiroprietors, and 'the meniu provided y S f6o them consisted of an abundant supply l 'of' roast beef ...

... EDITORIAL COOvMENTS.. - - - I I I - I ?? Her Majesty the Queen has once more a given public proof of her intense and r unflagging anxiety about our soldiers, ?? especially the wounded and those depen- dent upon them, W'e refer to the letter r bearing the Royal signature which has just I been issued to the heads of the Church in a England and Wales, authorising a general a collection having in ...

... A LOCAL OFFICER'S OPINION. Replying to a question of a correspondent re th* Volunteer forces Captain J. M. Davev, who commands No. 5 Company of the 1st &.V.A. at Briton Ferry, says :—I consider that the Volunteer forces of this country contain material which, if properly cared for, would make a most useful addition to the military strength of our country. I cannot help seeing that as it is at ...

... NSW YORK PRICES. [Renter's Telegrams.1 Now York, Thursday.—The depression on the Stock Exchange was reflected in sharp declines on the opening of the market here to-day, though losses in International Stocks did not reach Lon- don parity. The market, however, hardened immediately, but soon afterwards became irregu- lar and unsettled. London sold between 15,000 and 20,000 of various ...

... A serious accident WAS averted by the smart- ness of a pointsman at Pontrhydyfen, on Sunday, in turning into a siding a runaway portion of a gMds train. The trocks were overturned and wrecked, but had they been allowed to run down to Port Talbot the damage would have been much more serious. ...

... THE DIN OF THE ftJGELA FIGHT. LADYSMITH 'EXPECTANT. (Press Association War Special.) LADYSMITH, December 14th, via Pietermaritzburg, December 19th. Since the capture of a Boer howitzer battery on the 10th the enemy's artillery has been fairly quiet, an4 no further casualties have occurred. There was great excitement here yesterday when heavy cannonading was heard in the direction of Colenso, ...

... TRANSPORTS. ARRIVED AND EN The Tintagel Castle, with 1,300 troops, includ- ing the 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment, left Las Palmas on Saturday for Cape Town. The Canada, with the 1st Battalion South Lan- cashire Regiment and drafts, arrived at Durban on Saturday. The Algeria left Cape Town for Durban on; Saturday with the 6rd Battery Field Artillery. The Admiralty reports that the Maplemoore ...

... 1-MThe TauiSTiiii.—If war isnb ont life wOlbef .destroyed. ColerrKvnV Wincarnls preserves life' t It is made with Port Wine, Liebig's Extract of Meat, a and Extract of Malt, and is tbe finest tonic and* rest,orative in the world. 6,000 medical men say to.. Coleman & Co., Ltd., Norwich aud London. Sample bottle sent free on receipfcof fall .postal address Elus t It is made with Port Wine, ...

... A Paris correspondent writes :—A luench gentleman named Auguste Lanfroy, who had just returned from Klondike, WAS on Tuesday the victim of an ingenious robbery. On landing at Bordeaux he picked up acquaint- ance with ? fellow-traveller giving the name of Adrien Costes. The latter persuaded M Lan- froy to accompany him to 'Paris. On Sunday night, after dinner at a restaurant, the new friends ...