... LAST NIGHT'S CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS. SERIOUS REVERSE. FIVE HUNDRED BRITISH CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY. Lord Roberts reports the capture by the enemy of a party of five Companies of infantry near Red- dersburg, a little to the east of Bethany railway station. ...

... NOTES BY THE WAY. The most important business of the Welshpool Town Council on Thursday was the sanctioning of the loan of zC4,000 to the Llanfair Light Railway Company. Mr Addie made a statement concerning the negotiations which had been going on for the past three years, and which, after many difficulties, had been surmounted, resulting in the adaption of the Welshpool scheme by the Light ...

... SOMEONE HAS BLUNDERED. An unfortunate accident occurred on Tuesday near Frederickstad, on the Krugersdorp-Potchefs- troom Railway. The enemy had taken up some of the rails, and a supply train, escorted by a detach- ment of the Shropshire Light Infantry, went off the line. Thirteen men, including the engine- driver, were killed, and thirty-nine injured. Smith- Dorrien had told off a special ...

... The meeting of the Montgomeryshire Liberal Association at Newtown on Tuesday last gave Sir James Joicey, and those who think with him, the earliest opportunity of denouncing the decision of the Government upon an October election. The news of the Queen's Proclamation was published that morning, and perfervid Liberals, as a con- sequence, brimmed over with righteous indignation at the iniquity ...

... TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine T-blets. All Druggists rtfund the money if it fails to cure. ld. The genuine is stamped L.B Q. ...

... THE ELECTION. JOINT UNIONIST MEETING AT WELSHPOOL. Last night in the Town Hall, Welshpoo), a joint meeting was held in support of the candidates of Captain Robert Wynn and Colonel Pryce-Jonea. There was an extremely large and enthusiastic audience. The chair wa& occupied by Major General The Hon. William H Herbert, vLd with him on the platform were Mr Stanley Leightou, M.P., the Hon. L A ...

... A FACT can never be disputed, and it is a fact that for good, substantial, and reliable Household Furniture, at a reasonable cost, Pugh, 7 and 10, Berriew Street, is the best place to obtain it. [Ad. JUST ARRIVED.—A splendid assortment of Lamps of the newest patterns. Enormous quantity of crystal fireproof chimneys, globes, &c., lowest prices. Humphrey Jones & Son, Hall street. [Advt POWELL & ...

... POLICE COURT.- YESTBRDH. Before Messrs Richard Lloyd (presiding), John Lewis, T Parry Jones, and G H Ellison (who took his seat for the first time by virtue of his appointment to the chair of the Urban District Council). SCHOOL CASKS.—Thomas Davies, Aberbechan Cottage, was summoned for not sending his two children to school regularly. The cases had been j previously adjourned. Mr John Andrew ( ...

... The great Life Assurance function of the yeat the annual meeting of the Prudential AssuranC Company, was held on Thursday week, ani although this represents the fifty-first gathering its kind, yet age cannot wither nor custom staled infinite yariety of its proceedings. As Mr Ed Home, the venerable chairman of this colossi institution, aptly observed, the public are by novf91 f accustomed to ...

... DEBATING SOCIETY.—On Monday evening Mrs Shepley gave an interesting address on A visit to India illustrated by lantern views. The chair was taken by the Rev J Hugh Edwards and Mr Spence manipulated the lantern. SLEEPING OUT.—On Monday, Heury Howard was brought before Mr K Lloyd, charged w:th this offence.—P.C. Howells proved the case-—Prisoner, who is an old offender, was severely reprimanded ...

... DEBATING SOCIETY.—At the last meeting of the Calvinistic Methodist Literary Meeting, Mr W Jones Hughes presiding, a debate took place on whether the conquest of Wales by the Saxon bad been an advantage or a disadvantage to Wales. Mr T Bowen endeavoured to show that it had been great advantage, and Miss Pugh, Board School, pointed to some disadvantages which had resulted from the union of the ...

... For every pro-Boer preacher throughout the land, for every ill-styled Free Church Council so satiated with political prejudice as to heed not the voice of their brethren in South Africa, who must know the cir- cumstances better than those at home, for the Silas Hockings and the Page Hopps, for every discontented Irishman, for the seething section of the Irish Parliamentary party, for the Welsh ...