... IfXany reader who is in a ditlloulty with reference to his garden viil write direct to the address given I read beneath, his questions will all be answered in full )SEPHE detail, free of charge, andl by return of post.-(13d.) in the 1559 Sonme correspondents omit to add their names, or - , merely end with initials. In these oazes it is Set, obviously Impossible to reply.-E.K.T. ?? and THJE ...

... WESLIEYAN CONFERENCE. The Conference resumed its siltings in Bursterr yesterday, the Rev Dr Allen in tha chair, GUILD RAPORT. The Rev W. B. Fitzgerald submitted the report of the Wesley Guild. I here are now 1130 Guilds, an increase of 114, with a membership of 75,154, an increase of 4859. The Rev 0. HL Kelly, on behalf of the executive, moved that a minister be set apart as general si cretary ...

... .ED BATTALION GLO'STEiR REGlMENT IN ClUP. The Adjutant General, Sir E. Wood, V.C., visited a]] the training camps on Salisbury Plain on Friday week last. He not only saw the men in training, but also Inspected all the camp arrangements at each centre, He saw the Gloucasterahire Regimental camp at ?? o'clock that evening, a few hours after the great thunderstorm had passed over the camp. All ...

... I SCHOOLS AT BRISLINGTON. -trn- -r -n I OPENING YESTERDAY MORNING. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the Rev U. R. I Thomas, chairman of the Bristol School Board, opened the infants' department of the new schools which have been built at Brlslington for the School Board. For the last twelve or eighteen months the Board has rented premises in New Brislington, In which the school work has been ...

... TIIE BOY HERO OF HIORFIELD. MEMDAOPIAL WIND()OW UNVEILED. 'Ihere wase alarge congregation at Horlield Church last night, when the window erected to the memory of little Atrchie John Hamilton WalIters was unveiled by the Bishop of Bristol, The story of the boy hero, who sacrificed his own life in proteeting a younger comlpanion, has been told in verse by the late Bishop Waisharn Ilo v, and it ...

... I bouztS of tt pDap+ The British Prisoners. ir Acconmxo to reliable reports, the Boers had ie the opportunity and seized it of taking away si no less than 1600 of our men, lately prisoners d of war at Pretoria, The figures mean that we ig rescued at least 3000 of our soldiers, and upon is that fact we may congratulate ourselves. is Waterval is about twelve miles to the north *y of Pretoria, ...

... ANNUAL SERVICE. There Is opportunity for useful work before the Queen Elizabeth's Hospital OiM Boys' Society, which has now been established a couple of years. It has something like 200 members, Mr H. J. Crispin being the president, Mr W. T, Snow the treasurer, and Mr B. A. Tsker the bon. secretary. There Is a social side to its operations, which bring into association with each other former ...

... YESTERDAY. e The Speaker took the chair shortly after three l, o'clock. e ~ NEW 'WRIT. on Othe motion of Sir WILLIAM WALROND, chief a MiniBterial Whip, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Plymouth, Sir Edward Clarke having accepted the stewardship of the E Chiltern Hundreds. .NOTICES OP MOTION. Sir Charles Dilke, on the Army Estimates to call attention to the inadequate ...

... -'renl eaies ?? during tio Weetk, 7C)J fl;'uflvts lL Ft! cnie bst eclally Been as ?? diesasee ol Lit. c'ye,'Tuesday6 and Fridays; for diseases of the 0%1' ?? rcrod is; for diseases of the Bskin, Tuesdays and t'.e Isy: 1i1,6u treicat And nose hlondays and Timursdavs: iiit'c wr':cn, ohndays, Woeuesdays, and ridays, at 11 %.ra jLoot! pptients, Mondays And Thursdays, at 10 t.,LA, Psi iute admitted ...

... FOR{ESTRY IN WESTBURY-ON-TRYM. I P1ESENTA i ION TO ME T. D, JARREUS . I 'Ia celebrate the 40th year of the establishment of Corrt BItize Castle, No. 3543, A O.P, a dinner was hold at the White Lion hot6l, Waetbuvy-on-Trymi, on Thursday evvi'r,;,. Diatrict Chief Rtegor A, J. Shorter presided, and ho wn6s spported by a large nunlmkr of brethren end the guest of the evening, Brn. Thomans D. ...

... OLD CROFT BOYS' SOCIETY, An Interesting ?? service was celebrated at Lowin'a ?? Meeting last Ovening on the Oc5asion of the annual gathering of a goodly number of old boys who had passed from time to time through the Stoko's (roft school. There were present those who remembered the mastership of the late Mr James V. Staples sitting side by side with others who had but recently beon pupils ...

... i Hunter's Advance to Mafeking Vaal River Crossed. A Stiff Engagement. Flight of the Boers. Barton in Pursuit. [Press Association War Special.] WARRENTON CAMPs, MAY 5. The Vaal Rlver has been successfully crossed at Windsorton by General Barton's Brigade, with whom Is General Hfunter, commanding the division. The Boers have evacuated Windsorton and KIIp- dam, and are trekking northwards, ...