... Mr. F. C. Burnand's good-lumoured satire on certain types of the affectations that fasten themselves on to the art movements of the day is not new to Manchester. To the local playgoer The Colonel is in more than one sense somewhat of an old soldier, since the play has become pretty well known, and before it ever was thought of, the idea on which Mr. Barnand has clearly based his comedy ...

... The Haroreaves relief fund at Accrin«ton, \ tm the benefit of the widow and family of the man j drowned in a sewer, amounts to £338. This includes £2Z6 handed in to the may ...

... %a, ALLOTMENT, AND COTTAGE GARDENING. I _ . ; * PRCTIOAL HINTS. ?? SPROUAL QAntSP.'55t50,01tsFB .:.AdourePo~or.stiK~rsl~acOlus53P0NDINTk ALLOTMIMNT NOTES FOR NOV*FMEBI. November is here with its fog and gloom, and Yo4 though from now on to the end of Januiary is the dullest season of the year, the garden is never without some interest, autumn and winter work being then appropriate, though we ...

... MORNING EXPRESS. COURIER OFFICE, TUESDAY, a.m. BY PRIVATE WIRES. THE FREE STATE. THE PASSAGE OF THE VET. The war correspondent of the Morning Post, telegraphing from Smaldeel yesterday, say ...

... MORNING EXPRESS. COURIER OFFICE, MONDAY, 6 a.m. BY PRIVATE WIRES. THE OCCUPATION OF KROONSTAD. FREE STATERS^URRENPERING. STEYN MAKES FOR ANOTHER CAPITAL. From the Special Correspondent of ...