... PERFORM ANCKS * CHRIST AND HIS SOLDIERS.. On Friday evenit.g last the Assembly Rooms, a performance Farmer’s wellknown and popular cantata, 4 Christ and His Soldiers was given by a choir under tre conductorsbip Mr. John Davies, borough rveyor, assisted by soloists and small orchestra. This is not tie first time for this work given in Denbigh, but several years have elapsed since it was last ...

... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3RD. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at two o'clock when the consideration of the Voluntary Schools Bill was continued in Committee. The discussion of the amendment, moved by Mr. Lloyd-George on Tuesday night, to leave out the wordB in the aggregate' in the first clause, which provides that the grant to the Voluntary schools should not exceed in the aggregate 5s. per scholar, ...

... IN three years the Government has added about Ilt,000,000 to the annual expendi- ture of the country. It is largely made up by additional outlay on the army and navy, but no inconsiderable part of this amount goes in bribes and subsides to the landed classes, and in sops and doles to sundry other interests. An addition of this char acter is now made by taking X730,000 an. nually from the ...

... FLINT. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MISS HALL. We regret to announce the death of Miss Hall, third daughter of Alderman Joseph Hall, which took place on Sunday morning last, at the residence of her father. The deceased was in her 25th year, and was a young lady of con- siderable accomplishments, being particularly clever as an artist. She was a staunch Non- conformist, and a faithful and energetic mem ...

... THE SOUTH AFRICAN INQUIRY. THE Parliamentary Committee which has been entrusted with the unraveling of the Raid Question, and other South African mysteries, met on Friday. The committee had before them a series of cablegrams which passed between Miss Flora Shaw and Mr. Rhodes and Dr. Harris in December, 1895, and heard Miss Shaw's explanations upon them. Miss Shaw cabled to Mr. Rhodes Can you ...

... FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH. HOUSE OF LORDS. the of Lords the V rÚlu tary Schools as read si Hrst tim ...

... THE RELEASE OF SPRIGGS THE Home Secretary was, on Thursday night interrogated as to his reasons for liberating Spriggs, who, at the last Ruthin As ...

... THE SCHOOL BOARD QUESTION OF NANTGLYN. THE PARSON AND THE PRESS. THE 'NOTICE TO QUIT' DELAYED. We have, on more than one occasion, re- ferred to the novel proceedings of the Rector of Nantglyn, who now seeks to persuade the School Board of the Nantglyn district to dis- solve itself, so that he can turn the school into a National one, over which he shall have supreme control. The Rector claims ...

... THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFUL WELSHMAN. MR. W. PEARCE JONES. A Modem Dick Whittmgtori, One day a budding draper from Wales walked into the premises of Messrs. Jones Brothers, Holloway, and, on seeing Mr. W. P. Jones, informed him that he had heard a good deal about his firm, and as be had just come to London and wanted an engagement, be thought-being a Welshman—he would give Mr. Jones the first ...

... TOWN COUNCIL. THE LIGHT RAILWAY SCHEME. AT Friday's monthly meeting, the Mayor (Dr' E. Arthur Pritchard) presiding, the Town clerk, in reply to Alderman Henry Mostyn, stated that no reply had been re- ceived from the vicar as to the charities of parish. It was decided to apply to the Local Go- vernment Board for the loan of for works of gas supply, repayable within 20 years; £ 450 for works of ...

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... The Secretary, at the monthly the Committee, reported that the scheme of examination for open scholar f was working with remarkable success. number of candidates was inerelasing, sofal the proficiency shown by the two succ candidates was very high indeed. T& mittee awarded two scholarships—^ to Gwladys Irene Johns, of Tong^L^^ Cardiff, and the second to Jane Jeremy, of Langharne. ...