... Glasgow Town Council has decided to take over its Tramways after the expiration of the present company's lease in about two years' time, and to work the undertaking itself. This is a branch of municipal busi- ness which heretofore the central authority has rather frowned upon, and only one or two municipalities in the country carry out such work, but if Glasgow Council successfully manage its ...

... The following letter has been received by a cor- respondent from the Secretary of the General Post Office :— I beg leave to inform you that on and after the 5th of January, 1892, a, reduced uniform postal tariff, applicable to all foreign countries and colonies, will be adopted for newspapers, books, printed papers, commer- cial papers, patterns and samples posted in the United Kingdom for ...

... I As You Like It. I Misceiianeous Clippings. A NOVEL, SURGICAL OPERATION. A Dunkirk, correspondent writes :-A highly. interesting surgical operation was performed on Wednesday at the Sanatorium, instituted some years ago at St. Pal Sur Mer, The operator was Doctor Phocas, and his patient a little girl, who, owing to disease, bad become hunch-backed. Doctor Phoous applied the system initiated ...

... INSATIABLEORAViNG FOH DRINK Ten Shillings for Six Weeks' Food. At Newport County Police Courc this afternoon j George Evans (lately a platelayer on the Brecon and Martibyr Railway), of Canal-side, Alteryn, was summoned at the instance of the Royal Society tor .he Prevention of Cruelty to Children for neglectng his wife and five children. Tho redoemi.,f, feature about tho case was hat too ...

... RECORD CHEAP ELECTRICITY. Shoreditch is to be envied for the cheapness of its electric light. and for the novel method of securing economy. Mr II. E. K.ershaw, chairman of the Electric Light Committee there, explains that owing to the vestry's success in generating electricity by steam obtained by means of the dust destructors, it was proposed to reduce the cost of tho lighting from 6J per ...

... TRILBY MADNESS. EXTRAORDINARY STORY. One of the most tragically interesting mysteries ever yet recorded in the annals of the drama or of medicine holds the society of Budapest, and, indeed, one may add, the population of all Hun. gary spellbound, liriefly described, it is a case of mania which befel a respectable young Hun. ga-rian girl during the representation of Trilby The mystery lies in ...

... Serious State of Affairs. I On Wednesday evening Mr T, E. Jones, J.P., presided over tho ordinary meeting of the Rhymney Urban District Council. Dr. T. HALL REDWOOD (medical officer), in his annual report, showed that the birth-rate for the past year was 3227 per 1,000, and the death-rate I4'36 per 1.000, the death-rate being the lowest recorded in the district. The water supply was most ...

... I CARDIFF. ENTERTAINHINT.-On Wednesday evening the annual entertainment held in connection with the Great Frederick-street schools took place, and proved an unmitigated success. Several ladies and gentlemen took part in the proceedings, among others Miss Brython Thomas, R.A.M. A number of impromptu speeches and recitations were delivered, and MrJ. P. Lean rendered some comic songs. Mr Samuel ...

... DR. BaroowATEB, M.D., U.S.A., 18 Cnstoro I House-street, Cardiff. Hours 11-4 and 7-9. ...

... C, ARDIFF INFIRMARY. I Salvation Army Help. The local branches of the Salvation Army o-itermihed to give assistance to tlie funds. To-morrow week (February 20th) special eervifces will be held by the six Cardiff corps at Stuart Hall (central), Roatb, Canton, Grange- toiftt, Cathays, and Fagt Moors. The whole of the proceeds of the Organised collections in excess of the ordinary income will be ...

... AN ABSCONDING SECRETARY. I At Dudley yesterday afternoon James Henry Ball, late secretary to the Dudley Co-operative Society, was committed to the Assizes on a charge of falsification of the society's accounts. It was stated that six years ago prisoner absconded, taking with him the keys of the safe. lvhen the books were audited it was ascertained the accounts were falsified, and that there ...

... I DEATH OF MR BERESFORD, 1  nerOÑ' forten'o Yi j.?'?-  ?r? I J u i-— :—> ...