... PONTYPRIDD BOARD OF GUARDIANS. CAN THE STRIKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OBTAIN RELIEF. A LONG DISCUSSION AND A BREEZE. STRIKERS ASK FOR WORK. The weekly meeting of the Pontypridd Board of Guardians was held at the Workhouse on Wednesday, Mr E. H. Davies, J.P., in the chair. There was a good attendance of members. A letter was read from Dr Edward Hughes sent to one of the relieving officers, and ...

... INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND THE CHURCH. BISHOP Owen of St). David's struck a fcote of natural ring at the recent diocesan conference in Swansea. We refer particularly to the following remarks :— Our work lies in Wales, -and in the first plaee, for Wales. To do our work aright we must love Wales With real love, we must first sympathise With and support all that is good in Welsh life—for ...

... Twenty Times an Hour. The kidneys are the only blood-purifying organs oif the system. Every drop of blood in the body goes through the kidneys every three minutes night and day, year in and year out. Good health is therefore impossible if the kid- neys, the sewers of the system, are clogged up and diseased. Put the kidneys in perfect health with War- ner's Safe Cure and ycur blood will be pure ...

... .On Monday last, the 31st ult-2 the workmen of the Lady Windsor (Ocean) Colliery balloted ox the question of the retention or abolition of Mabon's Day, with the following result:—For retaining Mabon's Day, 532; against, 137; majority for, 396. A ballot was also taken at the Darran Bdu Colliery, which is owned by Mr Tom Taylor (Pontypridd), when a majority de- clared in favour of retaining ...

... Pro Bono Publico.-As you have failed to ob- serve our invariable rule that proper name and address must accompany all correspond- ence. your letter is not inserted. ...

... Boil it Down The following verses are published by Canadian journal. If all Nvould-be contributors to newspapers would take the advice the live3 ot many editors would be happier. If you've got a thought that's happv, Boil it down; Make it short, and crisp, and snappy,— Boil it down; Whell YOUR brain its cvin has MINTED, Down the page your pen has If you want your effort PRINTED, Boil it down. ...

... Rev W. Rees Indites another Letter. MORE ABOUT THE ENTRANCE SCHOLAR. SHIP EXAMINATIONS. FEES, FINES, AND FOOTBALL. DRESS DEMANDS DENOUNCED. Mr D. Milton Jones, clerk to the Pontypridd School Board, referred at Tuesday's meeting oi that authority—Mr James Richards (chairman) presiding—to the letter received at the previous meeting from the Rev W. Rees with reference to the last entrance, ...

... Serious Results of a Coachman's Accident. A somewhat serious accident which occurred to an inhabitant of Wilsford, near Salisbury, -some eighteen months since haa been followed by results that the Wilts County Mirror reports.} A representative of the journal named found at Wilsford House, the charming seat of Mr. A. Jfewall. thd geritleman'B bead coachman, Mr. A. Holbourn, who was the victim ...

... Sarah'rfofieB, bui^odi' ■ Aflrried1'1 iMtiian from the,, Fbftb Police cbuiifots ó );J ^p^feis Ifro^t'^por. ^vi^ncewas J^ivek ^0^h showed tjat^some 'j5^.j ^t^e^^rtie^omr^ amisiind'erstateJ^ A. yglng son. i continualljc cjjnti^jy tb ^hpsjs O^.ibp day i^.q^^ti^fi W^n| his>^rt|kfetobto^-b«yf b^ohe, ^ciuid»Dot > oft*i.botr to, To,, ,bi- I, She »to»t]y having kioMdrMie doot/fA^itness^calle^^y., ...

... On Wednesday evening last, under the auspices of the Evening Continuation School, and under the presidency of Mr J. Lewis, a most interesting and instructive lecture on Phrenology was given by Professor J. Valant Williams (Ap Valant) at the Llwynypia Board Schools The lecturer ably described, by means of a diagram model designed for the purpose— the intellectual faculties and moral character ...

... Temperance Topics. + LIQUOR AND LUNACY. Temperance speakers are sometimes accused of using intemperate language when they say that drink is the cause of much, of the poverty which our workhouses and of ,he insanity, which crowds our lunatic asylums. But the re- port of the Lunacy Commissioneni and of the Asylums Committee of the London County Council for last year supply adequate proof of ...

... Ambulance Work in the Rhondda. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES Al TREORKY. ,At the Institute, Treorkv, on Wednesday evening, an event in which considerable local interest was evinced was celebrated. This was the distribution of certificates to candidates who successfully passed the examination in connection with St. John's ambulance. At the beginning of the winter an ambulance class was formed, ...