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YMOSOD AR WEINIDOG. Golygfa yn Lerpwl. LLOYD-GEORGE A'R RHYFEL. Gresyn nad ai y gwehilion hyny sydd mor awyddus i ddangos en zel dros eu gwlad trwy geisio terfysgu a thori i fyny gyfarfodydd y rhai sydd yn dadleu dros heddwch ac yn erbyn y rhyfel-gresyn nad ai y gwehilion hyn, meddwn, i roddi eu zel mewn gweithrediad trwy fyned i ymladd a'r Boer- iaid yn Ne Affrig. Pe gwnaent hyny byddai yn hawddach i ni gredu yn eu dilysrwydd na phan y maent yn ceisio amlygu nerth eu zel trwy ymosod ar bersonau ac adeiladau-ar bawb a phob peth os na fyddant yn cydweled a hwynt. Pa le bynag y ceir un gwr yn ceisio rhoi taw ar ymresymiad un arall trwy ymosod arno a'i ddwrn, y mae yr olaf yn talu y deyrnged fwyaf a fedd i allu argyhoeddiadol y llall. Y Sul diweddaf gwnaed ymosodiad ar y Parch Dr Aked, Lerpwl, un o weinidogion mwyaf galluog a diofn a fedd y Bedyddwyr yn y Peymas. Gwnaed ymgais i wneud ymosodiad gwarthruddus ar ei gapel nos Sul. Taenwyd hyspysleni trwy y ddinas yn gwahodd ei gwehilion i ymgasglu yno yn lluoedrl. Nid oedd dim yn y bregeth nos Sul yn nghylch y rhyfel, ond yr oedd Dr Aked wedi traddodi pregeth rymus ac effeithiol yn erbyn y rhyfel y Sul blaenorol. Cynhaliwyd yr oedfa yn ddirwystr ond gwnaed ymosodiad ffyrnig ar Mr Aked tra y gyrrid ef adref yn ei gerbyd, a bu raid iddo ymladd ei oreu glas ac un adyn ciaidd. Cynorthwyid y gweinidog yn wrol gan un gwr an- adnabyddus, yr hwn a redodd yr holl ffordd-o gryn bellder—ar ol y cerbyd er ei amddiffyn. Tarawyd y gwr dieithr gan y mob a bu raid iddo ddianc, ond aid cyn rhoddi cynorthwy ymarferol i'r gweinidog. Caed ar daeall yn hwyrach mai aelod o eglwys Dr Aked ei hun oedd yr amddiffynydd gwrol ac ei fod wedi ei glwyfo yn dost. Safodd yr heddgeid- waid yn rhengau o gylch y capeli'w amddiffyn rhag cynddaredd wirion y mob a tbra yr oeddynt yno ymosodwyd ar breswylfod Dr Aked a drylliwyd ei ffenestri yn llwyr. Y mae tua deuddeg o'r rhai a gymerasant ran yn nherfysg Birmingham ar ach- lysur ymweliad Lloyd-George wedi eu dirwyo yn drwm. Cymerwyd un llanc i'r ddalfa yn Lerpwl nos Sul, hefyd. Caed ef yn taflu cerrig at ffenestr Capel Dr Aked. Bn Lloyd-George yn anerch torf fawr yn Bryste nos Lun. Ofnid terfysg. Ond dywedodd y Prif Gwnstabl, yn union y teflid y garreg gyntaf, y byddai i'r heddweis ymosod ar y cythryblwyr. Yn ystod y cyfarfod derbyniodd Mr Lloyd-George dele- gram yn dweyd "mai dymuniad pawb yn Birming- ham oedd ar i wyr Bryste ragori ar wyr Birming- ham ac hollti ei ben." Ond medrai Lloyd-George ddweyd am wyr Bryste fel y dywedodd Paul am wyr Berea, sef, fod y rhai hyn yn foneddigeiddiach na gwyr Birmingham.

Y RHYFEL YN AFFRICA. BOTHA YN BENDERFYNOL. Neges o Johannesburg, dydd Gwener a ddywed fod y Cadfridog Botha wedi anfon nodyn at y Cad- fridogion Boeraidd yn eu hanog i frwydro yn mlaen, gan fod y Senedd Brydeinig i gyfarfod yn gyaar yn Ionawr, pryd y gofynir am ychwaneg o arian i ddwyn y rhyfel yn mlaen. Dywed y Cad- fridog Botha na bydd i'r Prydeinwyr ganiatau yr arian yma. ac o ganlyniad y gelwir y milwyr or Transvaal: CORPHLU NEWYDD. Johannesburg, dydd Ian.-Y maecorpblu newydd i gael ei ffurfio, gyda chyflegrau cryfion. Bydd y milwyr yn rhifo 2500 o wyr. Bu Arglwydd Kitch- ener yn arolygu y corphlu ar Boxing Day, a dywedai ei fod wedi ei foddhau yn yr olwg arnynt, SON FOD ARGLWYDD MILNER WEDI EI LADD. Llawer fu yn ymholi yn Swyddfa Drefedigaethol Llundain, ddydd Gwener, a oedd gwir yr adrodd- iad fod Arglwydd Milner wedi ei lofruddio. Ym- ddengys nad oes sail o gwbl i hyn. COLLEDION Y PRYDEINIAID: FFIGYRAU ARSWYDUS. Dengys rhestr y lladdedigion a'r clwyfedigion a gyhoeddwyd ddydd Gwener y bu ymladd yn Nhalaeth Afon Orange yn Groenfontein, ger Kroonstad, ar y 31ain o Rhagfyr. Lladdwyd dau a chlwyfwyd 13 o'r 2ud Dragoons. Yr un diwrnod yn Zoutpansdrift, lladdwyd un dyn, a chlwyfwyd saith o Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. Hefyd, ar yr un dydd, mewn brwydr ger Thaba, 'Ncbu, cafodd y 2nd Irish Rifles dri wedi eu lladd. a dau swyddog a thri o ddynion wedi eu clwyfo. Enfyn Arglwydd Kitchener deges o Johannes- burg, yn bysbysu fod colofnau y Cadtridog Bruce Hamilton wedi dal y Cadfridog Erasmus a 100 o Foeriaid i'r dwyrain o [Ermelo, yn y Transvaal. Dywed negeseuon swyddogol fod De Wet wedi symud i'r gogled o Dalaeth Afon Orange. Gwelodd y Cadfridog Elliott ran o'i fyddin i'r gogledd o Reitz ar yr 28ain o'r mis diweddaf, ac mae y colofnau Prydeinig ereill wedi ymuno i'w hymlid. Yn ol rhestr a gyhoeddwyd gan y Swyddfa Ryfel, yr oedd colledion y Prydeiniaid yn ystod y mis diweddaf yn 96 o swyddogion, a 2232 o ddynion, cyfanrif 2328. Bu farw 613, ac anfonwyd 1456 adref yn wael, Colledion y Prydein- iaid er pan ddecbrenodd y rhyfel yw 83,736, ac y mae'r Fyddin yn llai o 24,299 Bu farw 19,420. Edrydd Kitchener nad oes un sail i'r stori gy- hoeddwyd fod y Boeriaid wedi saethu dau swyddog, Steere a Kerr, ger Warmbaths. Erlidir De Wet yn galed. Daliwyd dau o'i ddyn- ion gan y Cadfridog Eliot. Hawdd barnu mor boeth oedd yr helfa pan geir ar ddeall fod 70 mill- tir wedi eu tramwyo mewn 24 awr. COST Y RHYFEL Anmhosibl dirnad y sw-n aruthrol a gostia y rhyfel yn Ne Affrig. Pe darfyddai yr haf nesaf meddai Lloyd-George yn Bryste, byddai cyfanswm y draul tua £ 400,000,000; oherwydd buasai rhaid cadw miloedd o fil wyr yno am o leiaf ddwy flynedd, a chludo miloedd eraill adref. Golyga hyn dreth o 40,000,000p yn ychwanegol ar y trethdalwyr Pryd einig yn flynyddol.

» "Y Miliwn Ginis," Nen Drysorfa yr XX Ganrif, yn y Cyfundeb Wes- leyaidd, Dyma y casgliad crefyddol mwyaf a wnaed er sylfaeniad Cristionogaeth. Derbyn- iwyd gwobr am y penillion canlynol mewn cyf- arfod cystadleuol a gynhaliwyd yn Ystumtuen, Rhagfyr 28. Dyfais fawr y Miliwn Ginis, A gysgoda heddyw'n wir, Helfa fwya'r byd crefyddol Fu o fewn yr eang dir Mae Wesleyaeth wedi'i thanio Ac yn cyneu yn mhob man Gyda'r ddyfais fawr i hwylio Bad y Miliwn hyn i'r Ian. Ffrwyth ymenydd Perks yw'r ddyfais, Yntau bery i'w bywhau; Ac mae bad y Miliwn Ginis At y portbladd yn nesau Chwyth awelon hafaidd, mwynion, Oddiwrth Dduw a dyn o'i du, Yn y man, bydd wedi glanio Gyda'i Filiwn—yn ei fri. Yna'r Miliwn a ddadlwythir I gyfnertbu Achos Duw Ai addurno'n ogoneddus, Er achubiaeth dynolryw; Heirdd addoldai newydd godir, A helaethir eto fwy, Duwies addysg a waddolir-- Dyma gryfder iddi mwy! Milwyr, morwyr, plant amddifaid Gant eu noddu yn ddiffael, Dirwest wiw a'n cenadaethau Wisgir gan y Ginis hael Neuadd a'i swyddfeydd canolog Godir fry yn Llundain fawr, 0 effeitbiau gwynfydedig Gaiff y Miliwn ar y llawr I Ystumtuen. ARFELYDD.

LLITH HEN GARDI. Wel, w' i ddim wedi hala pwt o lith i chi'n awr os slawer dydd, ond mae'n dda gen i ddyweyd wrtho chi fod y "Gazette yn myn'd yn well nag ariod yn y parte gwledig hyn, ac yn mhob pentre' a chwmwd trwy holl Shir Abarteifi, fel 'rwyn diall. Sylwi nes i'ch bod chi'n rhoi tipyn o le yn fwy nag arfer ihanes y rhai sy'n dod o'r newydd ac yn myned o'r hen fyd yma, a dyna, mewn gwirionedd, a'm cymhellodd inne l hala i ddyweyd wrtho chi fod rhyw eiddilyn bach, hynod wanllyd a dilun, newydd ddwad i'r golwg lawr yma. Un peth yn unig sy'n mecso i, a hyny yw, fod e'n cymryd arno enw ag ma pob Cardi yn eiddigus iawn o hono. Pwy yw i dad e, a pwy yw i fam e, os neb ffor' hyn yn gwbod ond ma rhai'n gweyd fod rhywbeth a wnelo rhai o wyr y gyfreth sha' Llanbed ag ef, ac fe wyr pawb o dan ba amgylchiadau nia ul1w'n cymryd dyddordeb yn ngedigaetho'r fath hyn. » Wel, i chi, ar ol myn'd adre fe rois i fendyg yr eiddilyn bach i Twmi, Tanffordd, "W el, Inenvi,r dyn," mynte fe, "welest ti ariod beth mor ddilun a diolwg, fe alii di wasgu hwn achan i Jdy foes tybaco." Cwestiwn cyntaTwmi, fel pob gwir Gardi, odd," Pwy liw yw e ? Dim un lliw," myntwn inne. "Gwcw gw! corn malweden! "mynte men Shan yn y gornel. Dyw e ddim yn myn'd i myreth agenwadeth hefyd, mi glywes," myntwn i. "Gwcw gw! corn mal- weden mynte'r hen wraig ito. Welech chi ariod falweden," mynte hi, "yn dangos i chorn pan bod ofan arni." "Mi glywes inne," mynte Twmi, "yn Llanbed v dydd o'r bla'n ma gwas cyflog Toris Shir Abarteifi" sy'n gyfrifol am dano, ond p'un a o's cwilydd arno fe i arddel e ne beidio, alia i ddim gweyd. "Dyna beth yw corn malweden, welwch chi," mynte'r hen Shan 'lweth. » Dewch i ni gal lecshwn gewn ni weld wedyn pwy liw yw e. Os dim yn debyg i dibyn o wad pur, welwch chi, i roi lliw da i ddyn, ac heb dibyn o wad yn i gyfansoddiad e' os dim disgwl i un dyn fagu asgwrn cefen. Ma'r corachod ma sy'n son fyth ac hefyd am sectyddiaeth a chulni enwadol yn gwneid i fi gofio am am bell 1 hen rwyd racs weles i sha Abar- ystwyth 'co yn yr Hydre'. Roedd rheiny fel y dynion llydan-feddwl ma, welwch chi, mor llyden fel na allse nhw ddal na silddyn na morfil. Wei, na ddigon am dro. Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi gyd.

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Amaethyddiaeth. SYR,—Yr wyf o'r farn y dylid tain mwy o sylw i faterion sydd yn dal cysylltiad a phrifalwedigaeth y bobl yn y rhanbartbau gwledig hyn, Peth i synu ato yn fawr yw y distawrwydd sydd yn nodweddu ar bynciau cymdeithasol. Fod y bobl yn bodd- loni ar y sefyllfa hon, nid yw rbyfedd. Onid yw graddau helaetb o ddiwylliant meddwl yn angen- rheidiol tuag at cliwenychu mwy. Gall dyn deimlo yn ddigonol, o ran gwybodaetb, pan, a dweyd y Heiaf, na fedd ddim, Gall dyn drachefn deimlo yn amddifad, pan, i fesur mawr, y bydd ganddo lawer, Wel, y peth wyf am anog yw, ar fod i ymdrech gael ei wnevd tuag at ddwyn yr an- wybodus wyneb yn wyneb a symudiadau y byd mewn pertbynas i faterion ag y bydd yn lies materol iddo wybod peth o'u hanes. Y tro hwn tueddir fi i wneud ychydig sylwadau ar araeth ddiweddar o eiddo Llywydd Bwrdd Amaethydd- iaeth, yr Anrhydedus R W Hanbury. Traddod- wyd hi yn nghiniaw blynyddol ac unol y Cham- bers' and Farmers' Club. Wel, nid amcanaf at roddi crynodeb o honi, yn unig amcenir codi rhai pwyntiau i sylw i'r diben o'u defnyddio i'r amcan o alw sylw at yr hyn a wna ein Cynghorau Sirol gyda'r gwaith o hyrwyddo addysg amaethyddol. Ag ystyried yr araeth ar ei hyd nis gall pob am- aethwr lai na theimlo yn falch; y mae yr ysbryd a'r don sydd yn ei nodweddu yn iachus, awydyddus, a rhyddfrydig iawn. Y mae ynddi gydnabyddiaeth gonest o'r angenrheidrwydd sydd yn gorphwys ar y Llywodraeth i wneud mwy tuag:at godi safon y bywyd gwledig. Dywed mai un o agweddion pleseraf yr amser yw yr agweddiad ddango sir gan y trefydd mewn ffurf o grediniaeth eu bod yn angenrhediol iddynt ddibynu mwy o hyn allan ar y wlad hon yn hytrach nag ar wledydd tramor. Hefyd yr oedd o'r farn fod yn rhaid i'r wlad hon, os oedd i gadw i fyny ei chadernid, i dalu mwy o sylw i faterion iechydol yn y wlad. Onid oes ryw- beth yn ddieithr yn swnio yn hyn. Er's blynyddau bellach onid yr argraff oedd yn taraw pawb oedd, fod y trefydd yn ddigonol i bob peth, ac y gellid byw yn hollol annibynol oddiwrth y wlad. Ond ymddengys fod y drefn yn mynd i newid, ac y ceir cyn hir hen lanerchau teneu Cymru yn wrthrycbau sylw mawrion y tir. Ond yng'yn ag amaethyddlaeth y ceisir sylw yn benaf. Cbwareu teg i'n Llywydd anrhydeddus, nid aeth yn gul ei farn parth yr byn wnaiff y wlad hon tuag at ddiwygio yr alwedigaeth. Cyfaddefoddyn rhwydd nad yw Llywodraeth y wlad hon wedi ac yn talu aylw digonol i'r alwedigaeth amaethyddol yn ogystal a galwedigaethau eraill. Rhaid iddi ffarwelio a'r polisi hwn, meddai; y polisi o adael i bobpeth suddo neu nofio yn ol fel y gall. Mewn perthynas i addysg amaethyddoly mae ei sylwadau yn teilyngu sylw manwl. Cyfeiriodd at ein colegau amaethyddol fel rhai oedd yn gwneud gwaith da; ond yr oedd hefyd o'r farn y gellid ei diwygio. Hyny ydyw, eu gwneud i ateb mwy o ddibenion i'r amaethwyr yn gyffredinol. Yn mhellach gwnaeth rhai sylwadau beirniadol ar agweddiad Bwrdd Add- ysg tuag at wella cyflwr y rhanbarthau gwledig. O'r arian roddir gan y Bwrdd fel grants at gynal addysg, y mae'n syn clywed mor ychydig ddaw o'r wlad. Ei ffigyrau ef ydynt, fod o bob Z506 werir ganJFwrdd Addysg, fod £505 yn myned i'r trefydd. Neu fel byn, mai JE1 yn unig ddaw i'r wlad o bob £506. Sylwodd nad yw y wybodaeth gyfrenir gan ysgolion elfenol yn y wlad o gwbl yn gyfaddas i'r plant tuag at fagu ynddynt .gariad a theimlad o ddyddordeb yn mhetbau y wlad. Ystyr hyn yw y gellid, i raddau helaeth, ddefnyddio yr ysgolion el- fenol er gwell mantais i amaethyddiaeth. Am waith Bwrdd Amaetbyddiaeth, credai fod cryn glod yn ddyledus iddynt am yr hyn oeddynt yn wneud: a hyny ag ystyried y swm bychan o arian roddir iddo, £ 8,000. Ond yr oedd yn gobeithio gwneud mwy. Dymunai aller taraw ar ryw gynllun a fyddai yn effeithiol tpag at wasgar y llenyddiaeth gyhoeddir gan y Bwrdd pa rai sydd i'w cael yn rhad, yn mhlith yr amaethwyr hyny drigant yn rhanau anghysbell y wlad. Y mae y wedd hon ar ei araeth yn ddymunol iawn. Yr awydd am gyn- orthwyo y rhai sydd mewn mwyaf o angen cyn orthwy, a'r rhai hefyd sydd, rhanaml&f, yn rhai an- alluog i gynorthwyo eu hunain. Hefyd pleser yw sylwi ar ei awgrymiadau yn nglyn ag arbrofion (ex- periments). Bron nad yw'n crybwyll fod hyn yn cael ei gario yn rhy bell. Betb bynag, eu bod yn cael eu gwneud drosodd a throsodd, ac nad yw y gwirionedd ddysgant yn cael ei ddwyn yn ymar- ferol o flaen yr amaethwyr yn gyffredinol. Ymar- feriad a Gwyddor (Practice with Science) yw yr arwyddair a bwysleisiai. Un mater yn ychwaneg gaiff ein sylw. Hwnw ydyw y cyfeiriad wnaeth yn ddamweiniol at ein cynghorau sirol. Awgrymodd fod arian lawer yn cael eu hymddiried i'r cynghor- au i'r amcan o wella amaethyddiaeth. Hefyd, yn ei farn ef, fod angen am well trefniant a dosbarthiad ohonynt. Awyddai am fwy o undeb a chydweith- rediad rhwng BwrddlAmaetbyddiaeth a'r cynghorau sirol. Bellach gadawn ar hyn y tro hwn bwriadwn y tro nesaf i edrych beth y mae Cyngor Sirol Cer- edigion yn wneud at wella amaethyddiaeth. A ydyw yn gwneud ei ran ? A yw yr arian waria yn cael eu defnyddio i'r amcanion goreu ? GWYLIEDYDD. THE WELSH PONY AND COB SOCIETY SIR.-As one who has taken a very keen interest injthe establishment of this Society and also in the breeding of horses eligible for entry in its Stud Book, I venture to make a few remarks on the manner in which the examination of mares for registration is carried on in this district and also in other districts, I presume, for there seems to be no rule drawn up concerning the points I am going to mention. In the first place, the local inspector when examining mares for entry simply opens the mouths to find the animals age, and then proceed to feel the legs, etc., to see if he can diagnose any hereditary disease." Mares suffering from these diseases are naturally rejected. Here the examina- tion concludes, and provided the animal passes this it is immediately entered. Now let me ask the appointed Inspectors and Judges. How many Welsh mountain ponies suffer from Hereditary diseases 7" From a wide experience, I unhesitat- ingly say that such cases are extremely rare. These hardy little animals are sound as bells in 95 cases out of a hundred, and yet the examination ends here. This being the cme, animals of any con- formation and without any action whatever so far as the Inspectors are aware, and of a most nondescript character, are eligible, and indeed, have been registered already, provided they came within the size limits. This, to my mind, is a most serious matter and one which if not immediately seen to will be a death-blow to this admirable attempt to again bring iuto prominence a class of most serviceable animals for which Cardiganshire and Wales were once noted for. Again the appoiitt- ment of local inspectors does not seem to enhance matters unless they are in a position to be perfectly independent of everybody in discharging their duties. It is an exceedingly unpleasant duty for a local man to have to reject his friend's or neigh- bour's mare, although his conscience tells him to do so. If this Society is going to be of service to Welsh farmers, as is its honest intention, the whole business will have to be overhauled, and the sooner the better. I begto offer the following suggestions as a remedy and in doing so I feel confident of the | support of the farmers and breeders in Wales. 1. Local Inspectors must be done away with and independent ones appointed, This will cer- tainly mean an increase of expenditure to the Society but will not be a very serious obstacle to be overcome. 2. All mares before being entered should be, considered as regards confirmation, etc., to be suitable for breeding animals possessing the quality and points, which one would expect to find in that class when properly mated. But above all "action" must be an all important consideration and every animal deficient in this respect should on no account be accepted. What is the use of a Welsh pony or cob without action ? The breeding of such is a most profitless industry. This Society might be of inestimable value to Welsh Farmers, but unless some similar alterations to those mentioned above be introduced there is great danger of the efforts now being made proving abortive. It would be much better if only half the present number were registered in the first volume. Then farmers would begin to realise the advantage it offers and many good breeders who at present scorn the idea of entering their animals with all sorts of rubbish would not be slow in entering them. I am, Sir, WELSH FARMER.

EPITOME OF NEWS. Sheng Taotai is about to establish a tele- phone service in Canton. A library of 18.000 volumes, nil written hy women, has been left by a lady bibliophile iviu has just died at St. Petersburg. A boy of 13, who has never once attendnl school in his life, has been discovered working full time in a brickworks at Amblecote. Aluminium bronze coins of a pule yellow colour are to replace French copper money tii.* year. Mr. Enoch Wilhurn, the well-known ennino judge and exhibitor of fox-terriers, died re- cently at Beverley. Five gold beds have been discovered in the Western States of America by means of an electrical "divining-rod." Mr. Max O'Rell has been operated on suc- cess fully in New York for an internal coin- plaint. Lord Stratheona has given £ 25.000 towards completing the extension of Aberdeen Uni- versity buildings. Mr. Dan Leno has been engaged for the Drury Lane pantomimes of 1902-3-4 at a salary of E250 a week. Frnnce contemplates establishing wireless telegraphy between Algiers and Timbuctoo across the Sahara Desert. A gold-bearing reef has been struck under- neath the Johannesburg racecourse at a depth of 4,743ft. The engraving is mediocre and the colours are crude," says a Paris Journal, criticising our new stamps. Mr. and Mrs. Chajuncey Depew have left Southampton for New York in the American line steamer St.Louis. An electric motor is to furnish the propelling power of the iishing-boat Pioneer, which has just been built at Lowestoft. Berlin lias been presented by the Sultan with a number of manuscripts dealing with the Cru- sades and written in Old French. Twenty thousand pounds has been voted by the Antwerp Municipal Council towards an opera house for the production of the works of Flemish composers. A school for lion-tamers is the latest educa- tional novelty proposed in Paris. It is to be a state-aided institution, with premises in the Jardin des Plantes. Summoned for sleighing in the streets," two Halifax youths were discharged, as it was found that for such an offence no penalty was provided by the local bye-laws. Undeb Cerddorol Angladdol Dyffryn Acron is the name of a society which has been started in Cardiganshire with the object of improving the musical part of funeral services. As Professor Rudolph Virchow, the well- known pathologist, was stepping out Of an electric tramcar in Berlin, he fell and hurt his hip so severely that he had to be carried home. Fifty-five degrees of frost have been regis- tered at St. Petersburg lately, and many of the poorer classes are reported as having frozen to death. At Brussels the reopening of the Sugar Bounties Conference has been postponed until January 20th. It is believed that complications have arisen. Prizes amounting to E20,000, it is said, will he offered in the grand international airship race which the Paris Aero Club is organising for next summer. The Empre ss-Dowtiger of China has issued an edict pro viding for the reception of Minis- ters by the Emperor in a suitable hall in the Forbidden City. A salmon, recognised by experts to be a true salmo salar," has been netted in the estuary of the Thames off Leigh, and it to be preseved and plated in the British Museum. The Newport guardians have had to Bupply complete new outfits to 28 tramps whose ragged clothes were burnt by accident in the drying room attac hed to the casual ward. Since the establishment of the gaming tables land on the Riviera fifty miles from Monaco, which was formerly only worth 0 an acre, has been sold for £2,000 an acre. Princess Christian has sent a group of seven photograph to the Newbury Photographic Ex- hibition, which will be held this month under the special patronage of the Queen. Before a recruit can be properly said to have joined the Army his name must be entered 62 times and the signatures of superior officers 29 times in the documents required by the War Office. Gennnn soldiers are now taught how to make a boat with a number of ordinary military lilticesatid an outer covering of strong sail- cloth, supplied with loops through which the weapons can be passed. Sir Reginald Beauchamp has offered to re- place the lifeboat which capsized at Caister with a new boat to be called Beauchamp No. 2. The crew, however, have expressed a wish t, at it should be named the Sir Reginald. On suspicion of having sold information re- garding the German Army mobilisation to a French spy, a sergeant has been sentenced by ii secret court-martial to twelve years' imprison- ment. Mr. Henry Quelch, the Socialist candidate for the Dewsbury parliamentary vncaney, ad- dressing a meeting in the constituency, declared that a deliberate campaign was now being carried on against working-class organisations. Six railway trucks, containing valuable mer- chandise and forming part of a train proceed- ing from Germany to Antwerp, were robbed of their whole contents on Saturday. The robbery was discovered near Antwerp. Dr. Warre, headmaster of Eton proposes to build a classic ship, probably on the model of a Roman or Grecian trireme, and to moor it in the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament during Coronation week. Shepherds' wages for 1902, as settled at the annual hiring fair, Hawick, averaged about £ 40 for the year, with a cow, three bolls of itn(I potato littid. Men not paid in cash got 50 sheep. The Coventry MtLfiter Builders' Associ-,ttiott have served notices of a proposed reduction of wages and an alteration of working hours. The lIIell, 011 tile allIer hUlld, Imve put in a demand for more money. Some of the numbers of the Yarmouth life- boat crew are so at anced in years that they ought not to go out as yarn of the crew in very rough weather, says to e honorary secretary of the loeallifeboat committee. Her weight in silver currency was the dowry of an Austrian bride recently married at KÖUlg- grat.z. As she turnad the scale at 155ib., her dowrv came to 13,500 kronen, equivtdent to £ 562" 10s. Killg Leopold of Belgium has been consulted us t<»° the construction of a road from Osteud to the French frontier to be reserved exclusively for motor-car racing. Efforts are to be made in France to have the road continued to Paris. A French subject, who IS lLlIegect to iiave served with the Boers, alld who has been the authority for many of the stories reflecting on tile lielittviovii: of the British troops which have appeared in the Continental Press, 1ms been arrested at Genoa. Dynamite has been used unsuccessfully by burglars in a midnight attempt to blow open the sitre of. tiie Tkiriiiili Consulate at Marseilles. The thieves ultimately decamped with a large sum of money whicu they found in another 1 pin t of the odiee. After forty-four YHLrs' experience as a royal servant, Mr. Joseph Bailey has retired. He was the doyen of the late Queen Victorias servants, and lor the last eight years as keeper of the gold pantry at Windsor Castle had charge of gold aud silver plate worth over L £ 1,000,000.

THE MARKETS. ABERYSTWYTH—MONDAY, JAN. 6th. SEEDS. The new year brings an improving supply for farm seeds generally, and a fair seasonable all round demand is shortly expected. Meanwhile (all descriptions of clover and grass seeds are held with firmness, and stocks mostly are in moderate com- pass. MEAT. London, Monday.—Fair supplies, and trade slow but firm.-English beef, 2s 10d to 4s; Scotch sides, 4s 2d to 4s shorts, 4s 4d to 4s 8d American, 3s 7d to 3s 10d inferior, 2s to 2s 8d Brittish mutton, 4s to 4s 8d foreign, 3s 4d to 4s veal, 4s to 5s pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81b. BUTTER. Carmarthen, Saturday.—Another sjiall market of butter. The few casks were soon disposed of at a very high price, viz 13d to 13t per lb. Cork, Saturday.—Ordinary—Firsts, 100s; seconds 93s; thirds, 81s. Superfine, 115s; fine mild, 96s. Choice, 96s. In market—70. Fresh—A, 105s to 104s. CHEESE. Carmarthen, Saturday.—Several small dairies were offered and sold freely at 27s to 30s per cwt. CATTLE. Usk, [ Monday.—Fairly well attended. Good supply, especially of pigs; trade not brisk, but porker pigs sold nell. Best beef, 6d to 6d per lb seconds, 5d to 6d wether mutton, 7d to 8d; ewe, 6d to 6d cows and calves, £12 to £ 15 yearlings, P,6 to Ll: two year olds, £10 to £13 sows and pigs, £7 to 10; strong stores, 35s to 45s three months old, 20s to 23s; weaners, 16s te 20s; porkers, heavy 10s to 10s 6d per score; ditto, light, 10s 6d to lis; baconers, 9s 6d to 10s. London, Monday.—The beast supply, compared with Monday last, showed an increase. In regard to prime quality trade opened more freely, though at no advance, but later on became very dull, with a slight downward tendency. Butchering cows and bulls sold to rather better advantage METALS. London, Monday.—Soft foreign prompt paid at £10 8s 9d to £10 10s; English, £10 15s nearest value. Spelter quit. G.O.B. quoted P.16 10s to £16 12s 6d, and special brands £ 17. Wheat: 5s 6d to 6s 6d per 65 lbs; barley: 3s 9d to 4s 6d per 65 Ibs oats, white 8s to 3s 3d per 65 lbs; oats, black: 2s 9d to 3s per 65 lbs; eggs: lid each butter, salt: Is to Is Id per lb; butter, fresh Is Id to Is 2d per lb; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per couple; chickens, 3s 6d to 4s per couple;' ducks, 5s to 5s 6d per couple; geese, 12s to 14s per couple; turkeys, 14s to 16s do; potatoes, 3s to 3s 3d per cwt. -CORN. Gloucester, Saturday.—English wheat unchanged —reds, 3s 7d; whites. 3s 9d per bushel. Foreign wheat held for 3d advance-Plates, 29s to 29s 9d i Russians, 29s 9d to 30s. Round maize, 24s to 26s 6d. Grinding barley, 18s 6d to 19s 3d per quarter. Weather cold. PRODUCE. .London, Sat-drday.-Sugar: Home refined steady, but generally quiet. Cane sorts dull; foreign cubes slow—Meyer's January-March, sellers, lis lid; Says' January-April, Us 3d; German granulated steady and quiet-Glantzic ready sold at 8s Htd; Z H., lis lOid. Beet firm, but quiet-March sold at 7s 4Jd. Tea and cocoa unchanged. Spice mar- 4 ker slow at about rates. Rice steady and un- ebanged. Hemp neglected. Turpentine—spot, 26s 10id to 27s. FISH* Cardiff, Saturday. Fair supply, competition keen, and everything quickly sold. Quotations Per Ib-Canadian salmon, 9d; turbot, Is to Is 3d; soles, Is to Is 4d; lemon soles, 6d; eels, 7d; white bait, Is; shrimps, 4d. Grimsby, Saturday.-Sbort supply 40 boats; Quotations—Soles, Is 5d to Is 7d turbot, lOd to Is 2d; brill, Is; lobsters, Is 6d per lb; plaice, 8s to 9s; lemons, 14s; dead whitings, 5s; whicbes, 7s; live halibut, 10s to 14s; dead. 7s to 10s per stone; dead ling, 6s to 8s live cod, 10s to 15s; dead, 8s 10s; dead skate, 4s to 6s each kit haddocks, 30s to 35s; gibbed, 45s to 50s; live dabs, 35s dead, 25s per box. POTATOES" London, Saturday.—There were heavy supplies, and, with no increase in the demand, business again n'lo slow. Quotations—Bast Liccols vp-tc-.lates, 60s to 70s; Blackland ditto, 45s to 50s; Wisbech ditto, 55s to 60s; Scotch Maincrops, 75s Lincoln ditto, 80s to 85s Reading Giants, 45s to 50s Snow- drops, 60s to 70s Blackland Garton, 45s per ton. HAY AND STRAW. Lonaon, Saturday.—Fair supplies met a quiet trade at the following prices:—Good to prime hay, 100s to 115s; inferior to fair do, 80s to 95s good to prime clover, 95s to 110s; infarior to fair do, 80s to 90s: mixture and sainfoin, 90s to 105s straw, 8s to 40s Der load.

Births. Warriaacs and Deaths. BIRTHS. THOMAS.—December 9th at Garsiwn, Machynlleth, the wife of Mr Wm Thomas, ef a daughter. DAVIES.—December 9tb, the wife of Mr Hugh Davies, blacksmith, of a son. ASHTON.—December 9th, the wife of Mr Thomas Smith Ashton, Machynlleth, of a son. Ev As.-Ar Foreu dydd Nadolig, 1901, yn 52 Darwin-street, Old Kent-road, Llundain, priod Mr John Evans, ar Fab. Gelwir ef Christmas Evans. MARRIAGES. RiCHARDS-OWEs.-December 30th, at Maengwyn Methodist Chapel, Machynlleth, by the Rev W. S. Jones, M. A, pastor, Mr Cornelius Campbell Richardes, Stanley-street, Aberystwyth, to Miss Elizabeth Ellen Owen, daughter of Mr Richard David Owen, Brickfield-street, Machynlleth. WATERS—ROBERTS—On December 31st, at Holy Trinity Church, Aberystwytb. by the Rev J. E. Lloyd, B.D., curate of St Michael's, Aberystwyth, assisted by the Rev T. C. P. Davies, M.A., curate of Holy Trinity, Mr William Waters, B.A. (Lon.), son of Mr W. Waters, Spernymoor, Durham, to Elizabeth Annie, younger daughter of Mr William Roberts, Cambrian-street, Aberystwyth. RoB]ERTS-JONEs. -January 1st, 1902, at Tregaron Parish Church, Rev Gwilym Roberts, curate of Whitchurch, Cardiff to Miss Ann Jones, eldest daughter of Mr Jones. Brenig Villa, Tregaron. DEATHS. PUGH-January 4th, at Ferndale, Jenkin Pugh, of Rhydypandy, Tregaron, aged 22 years. JONES.—December 31st, at Esgair Farm, near Machynlleth, Miss Lizzie Jones, daughter of Mr John Jones, Draenllwvdion, aged 24 years. LLOYD,—December 24th, at Alltcaemelin, Uwcby- garreg, near Machynlleth, Elizabeth, wife of Mr David Lloyd, farmer, aged 42 years. JONES.—December 30th, at Londonderry Cottage Hospital, Machynlleth, David Jones, Braicbgoch- terrace, Corris, aged 29 years. LEWIS.—January 6th, at Penrallt-street, Mach- ynlleth, Mr David Lewis, tailor. WILLIAMS.—December 31st at Bwlch Bach. Thomas Williams, farmer, aged 70 years. WILLIAMS.—January 4th, at Chalvbeate-street, Aberystwyth, Thomas Richard Williams, joiner, aged 53 years. x DAVIES.—January 3rd, at High-street, Aberystwyth Jane, widow of John Davies. aged 86 years. BIGGIN.—January 5th, at Northgate-street, Aber- ystwytb, Eliza, wife of John Biggin. ROBERTS.—January 7th. 1902, at Aberystwyth, Cornelius Roberts, butcher.

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THOMAS, I Winter Goods Winter Goods, I Hats and Bonnets Cleaned and Altered. I CENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, I Groups Taken. Charges Moderate. I .A R. SA YCELL, I FISH, GAME, AND POULTRY DE II ER I GREAT DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. I HORNER'S CLOTTED CREAM AND CREAM CHEESE, FRESH DAILY. I SOLE AGENT FOR I Palethorpe's celebrated Cambridge Sausages in the district I TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS .—"SAYCELL, ABEBYSTWYTH." TELEPHONE :-No. 6. I Hotels. G W A L I A HOT E L, Ltd., LLANDRINDOD WELLS. LLANDRINDOD WELLS. thR ilTsuSSd1889 Wbv S'the^oTC.^1^11" °F UPPE« W0BU^ PLACE made to meet a rapid increasing businVfiK • followimg year, extensive additions had to be was opened last year (July 27th, 1898,) D 1DnS culminated in the NEW PREMISES, whioh possible, perfect South-West aspect, close to and Minral Springs-Saline, Sulphure, Heating apparatus good supply of Radiators on balconies and corridors. ELECTRIC LIGHT. PASSENGERS- LIFT. BILLIARD TABLE. AKD GWALIA ■■ UPPER WOB^^CEJS^S- Manager. 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WILLIAMS, ¡ PRACTICAL CARRIAGE BUILDER, QHALYBEATE GTREET, (Near Railway Station), ABERYSTWYTH NEW CARRIAGES of own manufacture on hand, of Best Material and Finest Work- manship throughout. Rubber Tyres fitted to all Vehicles ifj required. J. G. WILLIAMS invites inspection of works, which is the largest and best-equipped in the county. PRIVATE ADDRESS—15, BAKER STREET. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFECTIONER. AGENT FOR BARRETT'S LONDON CONFECTIONERY FINEST SELECTION OF NO TEL TIES- FILLEB WITH CHOCOLATE FROM THK LEADING 1RMS. GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR CYCLISTS Most Central Place in Town NOTE THE ADDRESS MORGANS' i Rlgb-class Confecttonerp stores. OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. Tea Rooms and Refreshments. BLACKSLIOX HOTEL. STRATA FLORIDA. FIRST-CLASS Family & Commercial Hotel (Private House adjoining for Visitors). HEARSE AND FUNERAL CARRIAGES KEPT ON THE PREMISES. TERMS MODERATE. PROPRIETOR- D. JENKINS. REWARD & PRIZE BOOKS. ALL PRICES A visit is respectfully solicited. Orders by Post strictly adhered to. NEW FANCY STATIONERY 6d. and Is. CABIXETS. W. JENKINS. 23, Great Darkgate St. And 13, BRIDGE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. GRANITE' MARBLE AND, STONE WORKS MACHYNLLETH. JOHN JONES, MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR, &c. Estimates given for every description of Monuments, Memorial Tablets, Headstones, Crosses, Tombs, etc. Specimens to be seen at Smithdown-road. Liver- pool Birkenhead, and Newtown Cemeteries, New- town, Llanllwchaiarn. Machynlleth. Dinas Mawddwy Eglwysfach, Towyn, Aberystwyth, Carno, and Dylife Churchyards FINEST Dew Zealand = Butter Bacon and Cheese, Of the Finest Quality of TOM REES'S TORES, NEW MARKET HALL, f ABERYSTWYTH. I Edwin Peters The Castle Boot & Shoe Warehouse, 51, Great Darkgate-st.r ABERYSTWYTH f I VERY MODERATE PRICES