... |-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 ...

... I I~- LMR ALFPRBD ACSTTN'S POFNI TO ARMS ! Sir,-You published on Saturday two stanzas of fir Alfred Austin's new poem. quoted from the Daily Telegraph. I like the ring of it, but not one of his rhymes, which runs thus: - From English hamlet, Iish hill, W1elslh hearths, and Scottish byres, They throng to show that they are still Sons worthy of their sires. Byres ! Is it conie to this ? Is ...

... 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, ...

... I THL TWO 1RELANDS. Mr. Chamberlain's vi.;it to Dublin bhas qnce nore brought into very clear light the profound, tnough I tI not, in our belief, irremediable, cleavage by which Irish life is divided. We knew already that larse I numbers of Irishmen looked upon the Doers 'a0w n t arms aeainst this country with the came cheerily a undiscriminating sympathy with which thue have t, regarded, or ...

... F ~DEATH OF LORD LUDLOW. To co S \W., ?? lxw(,I) V I Ii II IftCS )idst IIittE ne '-toI-(lIilt'i Itiorlillig. I heI( dpe'ea~ed, ?? p -t VeI'd'. Onl ?? or thr'eiee (,caio011 hiii jiltilesse's iiw ici' ht1 Io a icrx' orimve i !~'tii tel. ( )t \W'e'ncsda\ last lie- veltil I('tl ilotlie anti &iil)lmlliF d oc wit I- ioilfitcdietl his rocotti, htis ajltieiit hvlejti actite jiiiltioieiii, aoc1 ...

... -7 b y NDENT ,I et ir; of the e- q ,uipeltc tr;oops ourt 43 dr m Sozt Afic, espeiall in the rageand w ^eight 'f c: g s. A lette in a- London morning paper to.41a& from one of the 'war corres nt8 eliust up-in Ladysmith (-coI 2 3Au it z A at l: W o OC.II:1,8Il1,2 ''ut taiiis i erecting asn tde-4 orroborat on th*ia pit H. on~sflm s-en-s ?? X edrig , ohthe enae leagneed The l~,oo' ke gatdthe omw ...

... TRANS-VAAJ . .WA-R. ?? r e POSITION TO - DAY, There is no war nows; that is, there is no news of active movement at the front. Of active movement elsewhere there is no dearth of details. From end to end the whole Empire is in a seethe of prepara- tions for providing Lord Roberts with whatever force for which lie likes to call. In Great Britain Patriotism has been stirred as it has, probably,, ...

... AMALFI AVALANCHE. GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER. APPALLING EFFECTS OF TEE LANDSLIP. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph gives the following details of Friday's disaster :— A fearful disaster occurred to-day at Amalfi, a winter resort on the Gulf of Salerno. A large number of English and foreign visitors frequent the place and the towns near by, and a state of indescribable panic ...

... CHRISTMAS DAY MATCHES. RUGBY. WATSONIANS v. SWANSEA. Played at Swansea before an immense crowd. The ground was in excellent condition, and the weather perfect. Bancroft kicked off, and the early stages of the game were in favour of the Scotchmen. H. M. Simpson made his mark and Dallas made a good shot for goal and Bancroft touched down. Swansea. rallied and by some judicious kicking, which was ...