... Friday, July the 8th.-Present: Messrs. R. R. Roberts (Chairman), Edward Davies, Bettws G G.; Dr. Jones, John Lloyd, Godfrey Parry, and Miss Hughes, Corwen; Messrs. Robert Wynne, Gwyddelwern; W. E. Williams and Thomas Owen, Llangar; Owen Evans, Llan- drillo Thomas Hughes (Clerk); Howel White (Medical Officer of Health); and E. Edwards (Surveyor, &c.). PROPOSED BRIDGE OVER THE DEE. A letter was ...

... or at Henllan, Denbigh. Certain sums of money to which the late Mr. Ffoulkes was entitled as charges on the Eriviatt estate are to be extinguished. His personal estate has been valued at £4,007 19s. 4d. ...

... (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. Jlfonnt Zion lVesleyan Chapel, Princts' Av, nue. —As is customary on the last night of the old year, a Watchnight service was held at the above chapel. The service was interspersed with adi're>ses by the Rev. J. O..Parry (pastor) and the Rjv. David Adams (Glove Street Con- gregational church); and appropriate songs were also rendered by ...

... THE WATER SUPPLY OF SHREWSBURY. Mr. WillcDcks, an inspector of the Local Government Board, held an exhaustive inquiry on Saturday at Shrewsbury, into the proposal of the Town Council to borrow A:48 000 for the purposes of providing a filtered water supply for the town from the river Severn. The pro- posal is strenuously opposed by the Ratepayer's Association, representing 75 per cent. of the ...

... MINING IN LANCASHIRE AP NORTH WALES. The Home Office has issued the Mr. Henry Hall, Inspector of Mines Liverpool district, under the Mines ANDY Acts, for the year 1897. Table 1 undrtrícli coal mines report for the Liverpool ^R^IES) (comprising West Lancashire and North j0YED shows that the number of persons erJIP 1896. was 54,000, almost identically the same A bsetl 'Employment,'Mr. Hall ...

... the boron^, ?a^ there were many houses in thft who8e sewage was not connected wh tTer an^ way» anc* w*sied to 8iiig|e the Corporation had in any Wa8so nce provided a cesspool. If that ter), e 8il0u'd certainly be delighted (laugh- &ct of p?'n?.P'ireys Roberts asked under what Proviri«» lan,ent were they called upon to The Tn 86^er for the Asylum ? tioa a?r«W^, er^ That is under another sec- ...

... MAELOR VALLEY WELSH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. The quarterly sessions were begun on Mon- day at the Welsh Baptist Church, Rhosllan- erchrugog, when there was a large number of ministers and delegates present. The afternoon conference was presided over by the Rev. E. K. Jones, Brymbo, Wrexham. The reports of the various working com- mittees appointed by the Association, viz.:— The Sunday -School, ...

... Pot »eedHng« singly, and harden off gradually, preparatory to planting out in early May, when the weather is settled. To grow really 6ne spikes of bloom, deeply trenched and liberally manured soils are essential. IMPATIENS SULTANI. This stove perennial is one of the most bean tifnl and easily grown plants in cultivation. It does best as tender annual, being thus annually raised from seed. .Sow ...

... CARNARVON. CARNARVONSHIRE JOINT SANITARY COMMITTEE. The annual meeting was held at Bangor, Dr. R. Langford Jone3, Bangor, in the chair. When Dr. Fraser's annual report came up for discussion, Dr. Rowland Jones, (Bangor), after highly complimenting the medical officer on his report and upon the way in which he performed his duties generally, said that he had felt for some years that there was ...

... The science nod art department has issued the results of the examinations held last June, and far as they concern this school, they ate follows Freehand Drawing. First class, Thomas John Dasies, William Humphrey Jcnes, and Henry Honahton. Second class, R. Anthony Richards, Percy Anwyl, W. Edwin Hughes. W. Haydn Evans, B. Aled Williams, R. Maddoeks, Herbert Evans, R. O. Knowles, and J. R. Hughes. ...

... This week we have great pleasure in congratulating many of our local poultry fanciers in their recent success at the Rhyl Horticultural and Poultry Show which took place oa Tuesday last. A full list appears another column. ...

... CAMBRIAN GOSSIP. 1 A has been made, and it is finding much favour, that Colonel Mathias, of Dirj.i fame, should invited to attend the Cardiff National Eisteddvod. The colonel, though commanding Scottish regiment, is a Pembrokeshire man, and a zealous Welshman, and should come to i Cardiff would find hearty welcome. abound in the neighbourhood of Gwytbeyrn, famous in history, and now made more ...