... 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 ...

... ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY SALE * OF WORN. On Slturday .he annoal saie of worii; c-,Pe Infrmary Work Pary -v o ,ened .I hrie Dal ronm of the Musie 11all bVlliii l D: l)r- L qaharon, M.P. for West %Abnrdeen !e Allardyee, chairman of t!0 - sfirmarv 6'rcetor . presided, and :mong those prieenr tere:- .0. It. 1- Ii A er, West Par-ish luurchc Dr tGledI, MAr Thomas Kyd, Northern As-uianEo'O-pa!Y: *.ir ...

... 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 .. ...

... HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. BY MABON, M P. Says the Routh Wales Daily Neics :—The proper housing of the poorer sections of the iu. dustrial classes has become a question of serioas unrest. Yes, of all the conditions affecting the life and welfare of the community, there is not one which is of more vital importance than the houses in which the masses of our people live, and especially in ...

... LONDON LETTER. LONDON, Tuesday Night. A STRIKING CHANGE. Boxing Day has scarcely maintained its festive I traditions this year. The streets of London were I almost deserted in the earlier hours of the day, ana they were not much basier at night. Old stagers say that the absence of animation, which is now one of the most marked features of a general holiday in the capital, has been becoming ...

... (From Our Special War Correspondent.) CHIEVELEY CAMP, Dec. 20, 2.30 p.m. Two naval gans were in action again this morn. ing against the enemy's trenches for an hour and a half. It is impossible to tell the result. Our patrols were fired on last night from Amhlangana Hill on our right flank and on the south side of the Tugela. It i3 believed that the Boers are in consider- able strength there, ...

... the (i th. jIffiij3i,!.4 Id tos, Warp, Tim Imftj.J;- iln toiu war eonkin lUe,.-4 `Sit Ldvom.to) a, tile. Eludsr i Jiv.or bam beo n followl-d by tit al ?? I Ito'['gum a] ~s2@o. t} i, O.>tS15a sjlistlhl tdf de-nil it, po(xSitions; nriither tido ii strongij erniigh to carry the3 ejjiely'.,c ?? 1t i-S4 well w at corroetivo to uinidu decspondeney to boar in mind this ?? lispoct of the eiae. T'Mit ...

... OUR LADIES LETTER V NIVERSITY DEGREES FOR GIRLS (From Ous London Lady Correspondent.) The lists of the B A's and the B Sc's 'ho ?? graduated at the rereit eraminations a- the University of London shows a falling oil in the number of female candidstts, and the Landon University Colleges admit that thbre is no inerea'fe in the number of their g~rl stuienta who are sttdying for a degree. I The ...

... BOXING DAY EISTEDDFOD AT I BARRY, The third annnal eisteddfod in aid of the funds of the English Presbyterian Church, Barry, took place on Boxing Day at the Romilly Hail, when meetings were held in the afternoon acid eveuing under the presidency of Mr Henry Radsliffe. Penarth, Mr Tom John, Liwynypia, being the condnstor. The chief adjudicators were Mr J. E. Deacon, Cardiff, and Mr T. Ho wells, ...

... ONE AND ONE. BY MAYNE LINDSAY. (COPYRIGHT.) There was no sound bat the scratch of a pen flying across the paper and the breathing of the young man at the table as he covenad sheet after sheet with harried writing. It was a miserable room-a, dingy second-floor back in a London lodging-house, with an aching desolation of mean furnitura inside,-and beyond the dirty window an equally squalid vista ...

... MAIL CART ACCIDENT AT BRYNMCNIN. The Driver Badly Hurt. I On Christmas morning, as the mail cart between Bridgend and the Garw Valley was passing through Brynmenin, the horse collided with a bridge at a point where there is a sharp and dangerons curve in the road. The driver was thrown out and sustained serious injuries to his head. A tra.p had to be sent from Bridgend to fetch the mails. ...

... (Central News Telegram.) SIMONSTOWN, Dec. 21st, 4 p.m. News has just reached the naval Commander- in-Chief that one of the patrolling cruisers has captured another ship laden with various stores for the Transvaal Government. The prise has been taken to Port Elizabeth. ...