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Passing Pleasantries. He had etaked his future happiness on a proposal—-and lost. "But," he persisted, "is there nothing I can do to win your favour?" "That's just it," she explained. "The man who wins my favour must have sufficient money to enable him to do nothing." "There'a one redeeming feature about sea- ■ickne.-is," observed the man who had just crossed the pond. "Come out with the expla- nation," said the party, who was anxious to get wise. "It makee a fellow forget all his other troubles," replied the amateur traveller. HIS STUDY. "What are you studying now?" asked Mrs. Cmith. "We have taken up the subject of mol.,&. cutea," answered her eon. "I hope you will be very attentive and practice constantly. I tried to get your father to wear one, but he couldn't make it Stay in his eye." THE WORK OF THE BOARD. At a meeting of a. oertain public company | which was annually augmenting its arrears a shareholder constantly interrupted the chairman with such remarks as the board wa.nts re-constructing." The Chairman, getting annoyed, at last exclaimed, You seem to think, sir, that one-half of this board does all the work and the other half does nothing; but allow me to assure you that the reverse is the case." MARK TWAIN'S PARTNER. Mark Twain was resting in the street on a hot day, sitting on a carriage block a.nd holding his hat in his hand for coolness, A piano-organ was executing a liveiy air a short distance away. Presently an elderly lady came along, took Mark for the organist's partner, and dropped a coin into his hat. Mark Twain rose, bowed solemnly, and thanked the lady. The latter, however, eeemed vaguely suspicious that she had made a mistake. So he came to her rescue. Don't be frightened, madam," belaid: "It's tavie the man dcesn t keep a string on me, bm. I'm very well trained, very well trained —pevfeotly safe, in fact

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1 ISTORY FOR TO-DAY. 1 i 1 After Eleven Years, j I Poor Ernest, May! His great struggle in 1 life, his years of hardship and weary toil, inspired by one solitary hope, brought him nothing but bitter disappointment. after all. Ten years before, with youth, strength, and energy upon his side, he had entered upon life's battle. He was successful. The world called him "lucky." That succes.s bred of undeviating will is always attributed to good fortune. He a.massed wealth, and he was envied upon every side. Yet all his successes in life, all his wealth of gold and silver, were nothing to him. The desire of his early life, which had girded his loins and led him onward to victory— the one thought and darling wish of h'is soul through all these years of battle—lay dead at the bottom of his heart. Ten years before—how well he remembered the day!—he had parted from the playmate i of his earlier years. She was the daughter of the Squire; and she lived at the "great house yonder," where young Ernest, although far beneath her in the social scale, had free entry, because his ready wit and youthful enthusiasm had touched the fancy of little Nellie's parents. Added to this, he had some claim upon their good will. He had saved Nellie's life at the risk of his own one day when she fell from the light wooden bridge (now i re-placed by a massive iron structure) into the river which ran through the estate. So the two grew together—the one a strong, impetuous boy, and the other an open- hearted, generous girl and the Squire watched their progress contentedly, and never said nay" to their familiar inter- course. But when the time came that Ernest was no longer a boy, and he entered upon ',he duties of a clerkship at a local hank, a post which the Squire, his patron, had procured for him, came also the beginning of his trouble. He was taking an affectionate farewell of Nellie, making numberless rash promises for her sake; while she, listening to them with! wonder, and nothing loth to hear, bent her face upon his shoulder, and his arm stole round her waist. In this position they were discovered by her father, and for the first time the truth dawned upon his mind. He gently led her away, and returning speedily to the room where Ernest remained, revolving what was next to come, the proud man's fury burst forth in a torrent of fierce invective. Ingra,te upstart," were the words he used —words that went deep into the soul of Ernest May and rested there; mean, dis- honourable villain! Pauper! See that you never dare to set foot within these doors again." Ernest May compresed his lips proudly to stifle the ready answer. Was he not her father? And what could he not bear for Nellie's sake? He endeavoured to reason with the enraged parent, but in vain. Truly we love each other," he said, and our position is unequal-wh,t of that? Time, which works eo many wonders, may yet span the social chaem which separates us. I can wait- I Vain was his appeal to the reason of the enraged and passionate Squire. He was in an unreasonable mood just then, and Ernest was thrust from the threshold he had so often crossed with a light and careless step out into the dusty road-out upon a new life and sad reality. He met Nellie once again. It was close by the little bridge where he had once rescued her from death, and here he told her of his love for her without interruption, and her heart responded word for word as his whispers fell upon her ear. He was going out into the world, he said; he would bind her to him by no promises. He was not mean enough for that; but he would return in a year or two, maybe—never, however, until he could count pound to pound, and shilling to shilling with the Squire, who was once his friend. In these ten years he had succeeded greatly. His footsteps had wandered into many places, and fortune seemed ever to attend his efforts. He had worked hard and manfully, and he acknowledged that he was rich beyond his most cherished anticipation. He could breath again now. Returning to the well-remembered scene, his youthful affection the one object of his! ambition etill strong within him-full of rich belief in woman's constancy and faith in the object of her love—proud of the equality which resulted from his own labotir-be for- got that time, which had dealt so favourably with him, might also have set its mark upon the old mansion while these long years rolled by. The mark was there. The Squire long since dead and buried; the old house closed up and deserted, for its mistress was away; the wooden bridge displaced and an iron one erected in its stead, the pretty village "improved into a thriving little town,-these were the sorrowful preludes to a bitterer disappointment than all of them. Nellie was married. Only a year before—just one solitary year —of all those prosperous ten! If ho could but have known! This was the burden of his cry as he wan- dered through the grounds and through the lonely rooms and on the threshold of the deserted mansion, until the disturbed echoes took up the theme, and the soft wind carried it upon the air—"If I only had known it, if I could but have known!" I Another year sped by. Ernest May, of Lombard-street, had. the reputation of being the hardest man of busi- ne-c, and the most daring speculator known to the commercial world. Everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. His power in the City was enormous. He had written a brief letter to Nellie, con- gratulating her upon her wedding, wishing her every happiness, and signing himself Yours truly," and thus closing accounts, as he had bititerly imagined, with his own heart and with hers. But sitting in his office one afternoon, engaged in the perusal of an enormous pile of documents, a missive marked "Private" was placed before him. It was addressed in a feminine hand, and he thrust it a¡;¡ide unopened. No, no," he muttered, restlessly; "I have done with all that. He intuitively felt that it was from Nellie. An hour afterwards it again lay before him. He turned it over in a fidgety, restless way, and again put it aside unopened. Sti-n he could not settle to his work. For a third time the latter was in his grasp. Now he broke the seal hurriedly, and laid the epistle open upon his desk. My Dear Old Friend," it 00 name need. He read no more, but leaving it still open upon hiS desk he paced the room fretfully. Then he thought of the old times whea he was yet a boy, and he returned to has place and hurriedly read as follows:- My Dear Old Friend,-I am sure that in memory of the past you will assist and aid me now. I can hardly hope, perhaiPB, that you should interest yourself in my welfare, but for my child's sake, I must implore your generous help. My husband is dead, and I am sorely afraid that his ertravasant hwhiÙ3 have absorbed nearly the whole of our possessions. I wish to see every creditor fully sa.tisfied-yet I know tOO little of business matters. I do not choose to place our affairs in the hands of a stranger. Will yon undertake the busi- new for me? I feel that I am asking a very great favour under the circumstances, if you only know. Come to me, Ernest, for the old times' sokes. Nellie, "Humbled at last!" murmured tihe banker, with a strange smile of satisfaction. as he folded the letter methodically and placed it in his pocket-book. It was probably the only letter in a woman's handwriting that had ever rested there. t A better feeling oeumo anion. Lone vttaB business hours the concluding paragraph written by a hand that had trembled as it wrote, showing how completely NeUie had broken down in her sad attempt to hide even from herself the feeling that controlled her. Come to me, Ernest, for the old times' sake! burned as letters of fire into the cold and ashen heart of the man of busine&s. I thought the account was closed, but I was wrong, he murmured. I must go to her. for she nee-d my help." Except that the mansion was occupied, the place wore t-he same appearance as when he saw it last. He walked across the iron bridge, and shrugged his shoulders disdain- fully as he noticed the ugly trelliswork that surmount.ed it. How different from the rustic railing tha.t served as a finger-hold and protection in the simple picture that he so well remembered. He walked up the nar- row pathway, and once again he stood upon the threshold where his sorrows and his for- tunes had commenced. She met him there, and motioned him into the little room where their last interview had taken place 60 many years ago. He went through the accounts, and he found that after the payment of her hns- band's debts she would have but a bare sufficiency. The estate had been mortgaged, and wa-s no longer hers. He conducted the investigation with the sharpness of a thorough business man, and in two days he had a statement of her affairs prepared for her perusal. But in those two days he had learned more than she at first intended him to know. He found, by connecting together certain scraps of information, that her wedding had been enforced by her father's desire and will. She had waited nine weary yea.rs for the return of the wanderer, from whom she had received neither word nor token. Was his conduct free from blame? Her husband was a rake and a spendthrift, who ha-d neither love nor liking for her. She had called her baby boy Ernest in remembrance of him, Then he thought of their childhood's days, when she was a, great heiress and he was a poor boy, her companion by a. freak of fortune. Had he been worthy of her abiding love? He could not disguise the fact that he had carried his bitterness towards her father into the love he profeeeed towards her, and had caused his own misery by his own continued pride. He pondered long and seriously; he found that the account was not closed; there was a balance against himself. Nellie," he said tremulously, do you remember that it was in this very room that we agreed to share ea.ch other's sorrows?" "ot that-Dot that," she replied. Do Not tha.t—not th.a.,she replied. Do Is the subject so repulsive to yon? I think not. I hope not, Nell." "Repulsive? No; but I am afmid-" "Not of me, surely?" He placed his arm round her waist, just as tenderly as he had done so elven years ago, and her head fell upon his breast, for she had fainted. Then the long-confined, passionate love burst from its imprison-meat and witli a torrent of fond words he kissed her baok to life. Then, as in a dream, she listened to him until at length she appreciated her newly-born happiness. And Ernest? He simply returned thanks to a. beneficent Providence that bad restored his dead love, and renewed the pulsations of his stony heart, after many weary and I unprofitable years.

Miscellaneous, I ENTERTAINING AND CURIOUS ITEMS. Wild birds do not sdng more than eight or ten weeks in the year. An infectious disease in a house in Holland is announced to visitors by a piece of white cloth tied across the beH handle. Over 30,000 horses are annually slaughtered in Pa.ris for food. The carcase of am average horse yields about 3691bs. of meat. When workmen are about to repair a Chinese temple they cover the idols' eyes to prevent the deities from seeing the disorder Subterranean convuteionfl have turned the wel's of certain Texaa calftelda into veritable volcanoes, from which c-tones and mud are hurled a thousand feet into the air. The number of lunatics in London has a,larmingly increased during the past four- teen years. The increase is chiefly attri- buted to intemperance and the adulteration of spirits with wood alcohol. The German town of Bilbrich has a law which calls for a special tax on all house- holders who have balconies attached to their houses. These are considered a luxury. The tax money is used for the improvement of the ¡ streets. Japan has 4.236 miles of railway, of which 210 miles were constructed in 1903. The num- ber of passengers carried on these railways in 1903 exceeded 110,000,000; the freight trans- ported was 16,122,671 metric tons, and the cash receipts amounted to aibout £ 4,700,000. In rural Finland a bride wears to church a curious combination of wedding veil and wedding bonnet. It is a great cap with rib- bon streamers behind and in front a fall of lace which shadows the face. Over her dark cashmere dress she ties a handsomely em- broidered. white apron. I Paper bags are used by Japanese soldiers when they wish to boil water. The bag is filled with water, a.nd then water is poured over it. It is hung over the fire, and in ten minutes the water is boiling. The bag can be used eight or ten times, and the cost of it is about a penny.

I SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD- GEOHGE. Mr. Lloyd-George, addressing a Liberal demonstration in Glasgow on Monday, said that Mr. Balfour was as slow to confront the Liberal forces as was the Baltic Fleet to faoe the Japanese. He was not surprised at this, knowing something of the Government's record. Their mandate was exhausted, their job was done badly, but they were still hang- ing about the yard, unfortunately, with their names upon the pay-sheet. Mr. Balfour led a. double life: he was a Free Trader ajid a Fiscal Reformer. The country desired a new board of directors, with the shareholders at their back to cut down expenditure. The Licensing Act of the Prime Minister made it that the greater the excess of drinking the higher the compensation, the less the reduc- tion. That question was a serious one for Wales, and never more so than now, when a great emotional wave was sweeping over the con retry, or convulsion of saving of men which occasionally came to redeem a nation from decadence. Thout emotion might pass away, and th<,(,,o poor people left to face the same temptation. His fellow-countrymen should have the right to demand protection from the public-house. If Mr. Balfour had left the licensing law where it was, what would these poor Welshmen have done? They would have gone to the magistrates and demanded that licences be only placed where the necessities demanded them. Bat the Prime Minister, the sworn guardian of the of 41,000.000 men, women, a.nd chil- dren. put in a clause that prevented these magistrates from interfering. The Govern- ment were like a shoal of submarine mines that had broken loose. In two years they had blown up the school boards of England, a.nd now it was the discretion of the magis- trates in licensing that had been sunk. The Ministry were menacing the trade of the land, aad until they were rendered harmles" they would add something more to the many deeds of folly, stupidity, a.nd wanton wrong that went to make up the record of one of tho most m.tsch,k-vor..s Administrations within I the memory of living man. (Loud cheers.) I

I TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDOX. I At the recent musical examination held in Newport Albert Stanley Harding and Victor Albert Smith (pupils of Miss L. Williams, orga.nist of CaerJeon) were very smoemtui in their exam rnatime, the former gaining

SHEPHERDS AFFAIRS: — The Position of Mr. l I Lewis Williams. j I REGISTRAR REFUSES PUBLIC I EXAMINATION. I Chat With Mr. Williams. Mr. Spencer, solicitor, acting on behalf or Mr. Lewis Williams, made an application to Mr. Registrar Cousins at Cardiff County-court offices on Monday for an order that the exami- nation of Mr. Williams under Clause 27 of the Bankruptcy Act to-day (Tuesday) might, as far as possible, be public. Mr. R. Y. Evans attended on behait of the trustee, and said he had not been instructed to oppose. The Registrar said: There appears to be some misapprehension with regard to exami- nations under Section 27 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1883. Xow. under that section, the court, may, on the application of the official receiver or trustee, summon the debtor, or his wife, or any person known or suspected to have in his possession any of the estate or effects of the debtor, or any person whom tha court may deem capable of giving informa- tion respecting the debtor, his dealings, or property. The court includes the registrar wnen exercising the powers of the court. This section is sucatantialiy the same as Section 1W of the Bankrupt Law Consolida- tion Act. 1849, and Section 96 of the Bank- ruptcy Act, lt69, under which so many private examinations have been held before the registrars, especially since the Bankruptcy Act, 1861. There is a similar power, III aiuius,, identical words, in Section 115 of the Com- panies Act, 186*1, aud examinations under that teouion arc analogous to tho&e under Section 120 of the i>anKrupt law Consonuation ilct, lb49, which was the BanKruptcy Act in force when the Companies Act, ltoa, was pa^sea. Mr. Justice C'hitty says in re Greys Brewery The 115th Section of the Companies Act, 1862, was undoubtedly inserted by tne Legis- lature in tnat Act on the same principle as a similar clause in the BanKruptcy Aot of 18t9, and there is in the Bankruptcy Act of 1869 a section which is substantially to the same effect as that which was in tue older Act of 1849, and in the Companies Act of 1862, Now, the otijeot ot all these sections is to enable the ooun to obtain information. I do not &ay tiiat is tne sole object, because other matters are men- tionoa In the 115th Section, but the priii-il cipal object is to obtain information from any persons ctpabloot giving any informa- tion concerning the trade and uiial m The nature of the proceedings is essentially this: The person examined ig not examined ] as a witnesis, and to talk of examination- i in-chief, or crcws-ex ami nation, or re-exami- nation in a case of this kind, is to use terms that are really not applicable. What is being done is this: Discovery is sought to be obtained which may be useful to the oourt in the conduct of the proceedings in the winding-up, and, to my mind, looking art, the section and the purpose for which the provisions of that section were inserted, an examination of this kind must be con- sidered in the nature of a secret proceed- ing. It fitonds both in bankruptcy and in a winding-up on a footing which, of course, is not the footing on which cases are con- ducted which are by way of litigation between parties. The rule in bankruptcy is very strict with regard to examinations. The party is allowed to have the professional assistance of coun- sel or solicitor, but even the solicitor of the witness is not allowed to take notes of the examination, and even any notes of points which he may have made cannot be taken away by him without the consent of the other party. The place where the examinations are held is not a public court. It is a. private office. The Master of the Rolls (Jessel) said:— The place where the examiner sits is not a public court, but a mere office. That was so before the Judicature Acts, and those Acts, so far as I know, have made no ohange in his position, and his office remains a private office to this day. The witness may, if he wish, be represented by solicitor and counsel, but this is not strictly a right, and there have been cases where the solicitor for the witness has been ordered to be excluded. The sitting for the examination is private, and no one but the trustee and witness, and those advising or assisting them, a.re entitled to be present, and there are the authorities of re Towsey on that point (Yate Lee and Wace on Bank- ruptcy, 1904 edition), where it is said the rule is the same under Section 115 of the Com- panies Act. Even the solicitor or counsel on behalf of the party examincd is only allowed to ask such questions as in the judgment of the court will elicit the whole account of the transactions left imperfect by the answers given by the examining party, or will set right any misapprehension which such answers may give rise to. And so strict is the rule as to privacy that the registrar may exact from the solicitor, as the condi- tion of his being allowed to be present ?t the examination, an undertaking np'?ttd?t close to anyone, without leave of the court-, any information he may acquire at the examination, and he may be called upon to destrovv his notes before leaving. Mr. Justice Chitty termed the power conferred by one of the sections to which I have referred as "the 8ta,r Chamber clause." It is said that there have been precedents for making an examination under Section 27 public, and that I have a discretion on the point. The Master of the Rolls (Jessel) said, "In my opinion, the public have no right whatever to go into the examiner's office, and the examiner has no discretion as to admitting them." As to there having been precedents, I know of none, and Mr. Registrar Hood, the Senior Registrar in Bankruptov in the High Court, whom I have consulted, and before whom I have laid the whole matter, is not aware of any. On that point he says:— As to private examinations in bankruptcy, it is not, so far as I know, the practice on any account to allow the attendance of the public. The examination is not for the benefit of the witness. It is not even on his account. His depositions are not even to be filed at once after the taking of them, but only in certain circumstances. I have taken many examina- tions in this court, as deputy-registrar and registrar, and I am not. without authority or rule, going to establish a new practice of making the examinations public on the application of the trustee, or witness, or by consent of the parties. The object of these private examinations might be defeated if such a course were followed. I HOW MR. WILLIAMS MAY OBTAIN PUBLICITY. But it is said serious allegations were made by the bankrupt in his public examination against Mr. Lewis Williams. Upon that head I have again conferred. as I did some few years ago, with Mr. Registrar Hood. In the examination of Mr. Hooley Mr. Registrar Hood applied his practice in public examina- tions under the Companies Acts, which always have to be held, as in bankruptcy, in open court. In the Hooley case statements were publicly made reflecting upon absent persons. In certain cases Mr. Registrar Hood allows them to go into the box and make disclaimers or g-ive explanations on oath. This is not as of right, but is an indulgence. In such cases it has been the practice to require each voluntary witnees to be sworn and give an undertaking to submit himself to cross-examination, if the registrar so requires. The length of this statement is in the discretion of the registrar. Mr. Registrar Hood permits only those questions in cross- exa-mina,tion which are direct and to the point. He initiated this practice himself, and, except in the Hooley case, it has not been adopted by himself or his colleagues in the High Court, and he only allows it in very exceptional cases in bankruptcy. Mr. Regis- trar Hood tells me that the late Mr. Justice Wright, when the judgoe in bankruptcy, privately approved of this course. Now. with regard to the allegations made in Mr. Lewis Williams's case, I cannot but regard them as very exceptional, and if I am applied to by him at the adjourned public examination of the debtor I shall be prepared I to permit him to make a statement upon oath on his giving- me an undertaking to submit, to cross-examination, if I so require. These are the conclusions I have come to. I have gone into the question very carefully, in consequence of the application you have made to me. Mr. Spencer: Do you refuse the application absolutely? The Registrar: Yes. Mr. Spencer: Am I at liberty to inform the press what has been done? I The Registrar: Mr. Parker has taken a note, and you may have a transcript. I STATEMENT BY MR. LEWIS I WILLIAMS. Mr. Lewis Williams, asked by one of our reporters as to what he thought of the regis. tra-r's decision, said:—- "I would rather not express any opinion. I have engaged a solicitor, and I must leave everything in his hands." Will you claim your riglit to appear at the adjourned public examination on Feb. ruary 6 ? I would rather not ma-ke amy statement. Everything must- be-left In my eolicitorV I Mud&

FOOTBALL. THE WELSH TEAM AGAINST SCOTLAND. Mr. '\alr Rees has summoned a meeting ?-f the general committee of the 11?,? ?, h Union for to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, to be followed by a meeting of the match committee, at which the Welsh; team to play against Scotland next Saturday week at Inverleith will be selected. It is probable that two or three places in the pack will be kept open until after the Glamorgan v. Somerset match at Bath on Thursday. GLAMORGAN V. YORKSHIRE. Old Boor," writing in the Athletic I | News" on Monday, eays:—As I ventured to hint when at Cardiff recently, the Yorkshire Union Committee have found it feasible to alter the date of their visit to Cardiff to play the Glamorgan fifteen. The Glamorgan hon. secretary suggested the match should he played on Thursday, February 16. Somer- set have to be met OJl February 18, and to agree to the Welshman's wishes would entail players being away from business from the Wednesday for the rest of the week, and, as the Yorkshire amateurs work for their living-, they could not be it,,vlay so long. In. all pro- bability the Yorkshire Union will be able to send down a good team. The players are looking forward to the outing, and Somerset folk need not expect an easy victory, or anything like it. As to Glamorgan, I suppose we poor blighted adherents of a benighted country ought to feel grateful that our Welsh friends wili i)lay L mere English county; for I was told at Cardiff a week ago that Wales proposed to request England to play the Glamorgan county team in future, the international match being much too light a trial for the Welsh fifteen. Ah, well, we in Yorkshire know by experience what a distressing disease is that known by the name of Elephantiasis. SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE ASSOCIATION. A committee meeting of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Football Association was held on Monday night at the Alexandra Hotel, Cardiff, Mr. George Mercer presiding.— It was decide-d that the match, Rogerstone v Ebb", Vale, be re-played next Saturday at Ebbw Va)e.—The draw for the semi-final, Senior Cup Üe, to be played on February 4, resulted 16 foUow?i—Treharria v. Barry, Ebbw Yale or Rogerstone v. Hafod or Nelson. On the motion of Mr. E. W. Wathen, it was decided to request the Football Association of Wales to play the international matoh with Scotland a.t Cardiff, a.nd to point out that the last match at Cardiff was a success, and that there had not been a,n international match in South Wa.les for two years. Suspensions were agreed to as follows: — Divvies (Gilfach) and Pugh (Barcoed), one month; Jones (Bargoed) committeeman, a.nd Watkins (Bargoed) to the end of the season; Watkine, for a second offence at Roath Pa.rk, I was suspended till December next year, and ■Griffith* (.Bargoed) was severely censured for nagging" the referee.-It was further resolved to writ? a gtron? letter to the Bar- gc?ed committee for refusing to pay the referee's f&e.—Th? Chairman, in making the&e announcements, said future cases would be dealt with more seYeroly.—After discmsion. it wa? resolved to send a special commission to investigate certain disturbances reported to have takea pi acts after a match between Milford United and Pembroke Dock. A row at the railway station, it was alleged, was followed by a threat to throw two of the players out of the ferry-boat. Under the cir- cumstances, it was held that the committee had power to daJ with offending players after leaving the field of play. ol p?' i y. CARDIFF V. BLACKHEATH. 11 I 1. caram win 00 at home to BiacKaeatn on Saturday, and. will be represented by the following: -Bak, F. Young; three quarter back3, Ceci' Biggs, R. T. Gabe, W. Gunstone. ana J. L. Williams; half-backs, R. David ana I A N. Other; forwards, \V. Neill, Ernie Hard- I ing. George Northmore, J. Brown, J. Harding, F. Smith. E. Rumbelow, and D. Westacott. NEWPORT V. SWANSEA. The following team has been selected to represent Newport against Swansea at New- port on SaturdayBack, I). J. Boots; three- quarter backs, W. M. Llewellyn, H. Uzzell, A. N. Other, and S. 0-, Else; half-backs, T. H. ami A. N. Other; forwards, J. I. Hodges, G. Boots, J. C. Jenkins, J. E. C. Partridge, J. Caeey, E. Thomas, Gas. Jones, and C. M. Pritchard. DEATH OF AN OLD INTERNATIONAL. I News is to nan<i of the dea-tn, at Vancouver I City, of Mr. W. G. Mitchell, the old Cam- bridge University and international Rugby footba.ller. Mr. Mitchell, who was a stadentof Caius College, was a promiu?nt player in the late ei?htisa, obtaining his blue i'or Cam- bridge University in 1886, and he afterwards assisted &uy'a Hospital and Richmond. In d91 1*9 played full back for England in all three matches. He also played against Scot- land in 1893. George Boots's Fifteen, nil; Cilfynydd, nil. English Cup (re-played ti-e).-Fulham, 1; Manchester United, 0. At Birmingham.

I SKATING. I F. WARD WINS THE PROFESSIONAL I CHAMPIONSHIP. The National Skating Association managed to bring off their professional championship race on Monday at Ling ay Fen, near Cam- bridge. Despite the partial thaw the ice was good under the circumstances, but only six competitors appeared, and the attendance was moderate. The result was a victory for Fred Ward, who won in 1900, but was beaten in 1902 by Joseph Bates (Leigh. Lancashire). The course wa-s one mile and a half, with five turns. The fastest time in the opening round was accomplished by W. Housden, who at one time was the amateur champion. He got home in 5min. 13 2-fcec., beating Saturday's Littleport winner by 40 yards. In the final courses, F. Ward (Sutton, St. Edmunds), 5min. 8 2-5sec., easily beat G. Strickson (Yaxley), 5min. 23 l-5sec. G. T. Ward (Tydd Fen) won a, grand race from W. Housden (Upware) by a head in 5min. 10se-c. The final placings were:—F Ward, speed skating champion of Great Britain, with its allowance and 910 in money; G. T. Ward. L5; W. Housden, 50s.; and G. Strickson, 30B. AMATEURS' RACE AT LITTLEPORT. ■j.ne juittieport SKaung uiuo got off an amateurs' race on Monday, but owing to the partial thaw several entrants did not appear, and the attendance was thin. The ice, how- ever, was good. Albert Tebbit, the amateur champion, was present, but declined to com- pete. The course was one mile and a half, with five turns. In the opening round W. Pridgeon, of Whaplode, although skating a bye, got home in the capital time of 5min. 2sec, and ultimately proved the winner. His performance surpassed that of the best pro- fessional on Saturday by 2eec. The following were the placings consequent upon the final round .-—First pr.ze, value £ 4 W. Pridgeon, of Whapiode, 5min. 2 4-5,-ec second prize, value .;103, H. A. Pahner, Ketter- ing, 5mii. S?ec.; third priz, value £ 2, T. Cousins, Guyheme, 5min. 13 4-5sec; fourth prize, value ?1, H. Beales, Spalding, 5min. 14 3-5see.

I BILLIARDS. I DAWSON AND STEVENSON TO PLAY ANOTHER MATCH. Dawson and Stevenson on Monday accepted the offer recently made by Messrs. Thurston and Co. to play a match of 13,000 up at their saloon in Leicester-square, London. Half the gate money, aiter payment of expenses, will be divided between the players, and, in addi- tion, the winner will be presented with EI50 and the loser with £50, The conditions are that points must be reached in the afternoon. I and. if necessary, play will be extended until 10.30 at night. The match will commence on I Monday, February 13. STEVENSON V. REECE. ) The fifteenth heat in the P,1,000 tournament 1 I commenced between these players, Steven- I ecm starting at scratch, Reece at 2,750. Reece madÐ good progress with runs of 122, 205, 100, and 132, against 106 by I Closing SC0res ;-Rooct", 3,793; Stevenson, 701. I COOK V. IMAN. I A match of 7,000 up level commenced in Lcndon on Monday between theso players. Inman was seen to advantage in a break of 320, which is his highest on a-standard table. Closmg scores:—Inman, 1,167; Cook, 694. I GREAT BREAK BY ROBERTS. I John Roberts opened at Glasgow on Mon- day, his match of 9,000 up with Duncan, the champion of Ireland, the latter receiving 3.000. The champion was in capital form from the start, and in the afternoon session compiled 838. In the evening Roberts played magnificent billiards, and, after 182, reached his points with a magnificent unfinished 647. Ocneluding -,f-oTeo:-Dumiin (receives 3,000), 3,981; Roberts (in play), 1.669. LOCAL MARKERS' TOURNAMENT. Three further rounds in the second annual billiard-markers' tourna.ment between local piayers were played at the Rumrcer Hotel. Cardiff, on Monday. In the first round, between W. Howells (Royal Hotel) and C Starr (Conservative Club, Barry Dock), the latter won by 500 to 416, his best breaks being 36, 35, and 33. In the second ronnd Starr waLs i defeated by G. H. Chamberlain (Conservative Club. Merthyr) by 500 to 450, the best break being one of 36 by tbe loser. In the third round Arthur Llewellyn (Dowlais Hotel, Car- ditr) defea,ted F. Kenny (Conservative Club, Cardiff) by 500 to 471, the winner putting on a, highest break of 95. and also 47. 41. and 40, against Kenny's highest of 41 and 40. I

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SOUTH WALES GOLF j SOUTH W LES GOLF THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CLUB There was very little play during the early part of last week on the links of the GLa- morganshire Club owing to the course being covered witlIsnow, The members have reason to congratulate themselves in having their course so near the sea, as by Wednesday it had be on we'll cleared, whereas some of the inland courses are still covered to-day, and important competitions have had to be put off in consequence. Only a couple of matches in connection with the third round of the club tournaments have been played. In the lower handicap sect-ion Dr. W. J. M. Barry beaf K. de Leslie Jones 3 and 2, and in the higher section Colonel Shute beat II. M. Jacob 3 and 2. Tha third rounds of these tournaments have to be completed by the 30th inet. On Saturday the Second Penarth Club mot Newport on t.he course of the former. O-m- • sidering the wea.ther, the links were wonder- fully dry, which is in a measure due to the extra drainage which is being carried out. The visitors took down rather a weak team, while the homesters turned out a fairly strong side. Penarth had not a. point scored against them, the result being:-Ilcna,rt,li, nine points; Newport,, nil. These teams met on four different occaeions ialst year—twice at Newport, and an equal number of times at Penarth. The result was thai. Penarth won three and drew one-a very creditable performance. The monthly bogey competition will talre pla,ce on Saturday next. The monthly bogey in connection with the ladies' club and the ladies' junior medal com- petition, which were postponed from last week, will he played to-day (Tuesday) and Thursday respectively. A grand evening concert i being organised by Miss Beasley and other ladies to take Piace at Andrews'-hall, Penarth, on February 3 in aid of the Glamorganshire Golf Club The programme, which will be of a miscella- neous character, promises to be both uttrac- tive and interesting. There will be voca l, selections, dancing, and sketches, and amongst the artistes appears the name of Madame ?'intcr-Ramon. The ÜCkÆts are no.v ? M'sued, and seats may be reserved for 2s., while other prices of admission are Is. 6d. and le. The county match arranged between the ladies of the Glamorganshire Club and the Devonshire Club has been indefinitely post- poned, owing to the difficulty of fixing a. date to suit the members of both clubs. BARRY CLUB. With the exception of a. few individual matches which were played on the Ba.rrv links on Saturday, there is nothing of mu-ch i mporta.nce in connection with the Barry Club to record. The ladies' monthly competition will take place on Wednesday, and on Saturday the II medal competition .for geuttlemeu will be played. SWANSEA BAY CLUB. I I A ciose match t,ook place between Asnburn- j ham and the Swansea. Bay Club on Saturday. Both sides were well represented, and the vieitors came out victorious by 4 points to 3. I THE LLANISHEN CLUB. ID is intended to open the new L?nMhen GoLf Club on February 4, and a professional will be appointed by th&t date. It has been decided not to build a pa.viMon at present, but ? ^HPerary building, wherein lockers will be fixed for the convenience of members.! A? H the moMy ooHe.3t?d will be expended on putting the course in good order. Much in tins direction has already been done, a.nd the links now look considerably better than when the old Liavan-e Club existed. Five of the greens have been completed, and took perfect. The whole oourse is aleo being thoroughly well drained, and is expected to be in good condition for the opening cere- many. The membership is limited to 100, and up to the present- about 50 members have been enrolled. A writer in "Golfing," commenting on the resuscitation of the Llanishen Golf Club, st.it,es: The religious revival is not the only one in Wades. We hear that the Lievane (-blamshen) Golf Club is to be revived. This will be good news for the golfers of the dis- trict. Knowing something of former I religious movements and of the pass- 1, S away of the crowd of witnesses,' so g'-ibiy talked about, we trust our little revival at pretty Llanishen will be of a more permanent nature, anci tib,3,t the cloud we now fee as that of a, man's hand will grow and expand till complete success is achieved. RADYR GOLF CLUB. I mere has been no play at Radyr durin.g t ,he weeii owing to the oourse being covered wuith snow. The foursomes competition, over which some dispute took place about three weeks ago, was to have been completed by Satur- day last- Several players have, already played, but as the remainder have been pre- vented from doing so through the inclement weather another clato for tne completion of the competition will have to be fixed. WELSH UXION PROPOSALS. I it wvB be remembered that at the annual meeting of the Welsh Golfing Union at Pem- brey in August last there was a discussion as to the advisability of the tfaion getting the halldica-ps of the various clubs of the Union arranged more in uniform than i,3 the case at present Altaiou,-h the suggestion was ralther a good one, some members of the union fail to see how the union can do this, having regard to the different nature of the courses of the clubs. Many members of inland clubs would certainly be at a greater disadvantage than members of seaside courses in a competition The, Union committee is. therefore, con- fronted with a great difficulty. While there are many members of inland clubs who are considered good players on their own links, when they come to try conclusions with members of seaside courses it would be found that their play would not do them justice. If possible, there ought to be more unifor- mity in handicaps. It is understood that at Penarth there is a sort of sliding-scale during the winter months. When the course is heavy the handicaps are raised. Another important point touched upon at the Pembrey meeting was that in entering for the Union meeting severa] com- petitors, being members of several clubs, failed, or omitted to send in their lowest handicap. In this matter several golfers feel that the entry form should be more explicit, and be made to read" the lowest handicap of a competitor of any club." Another matter which came under con- sideration was a professional meeting for the Welsh professionals. There wa.s an unani- mous concensus of opinion that all the clubs who were then represented should do all they could to further the meeting started at I Radyr last year. The question was then left to the Union c,o-mmttt,c-e, but, as we have heard no further comment, and received no information on tho matter, we hope it will not be allowed to drop. It is generally agreed that the professionals ought to be encouraged. Welsh clubs would then be in a position— when a vacancy for a, professional occurred— to command the appointment of a good P"o- fessional player, rather than a person who has not been long out of his apprenticeship. Therefore, if the movement that was started at Radyr is fostered, the clubs of Wales will, undoubtedly, reap the benefit. It has been suggested that the Welsh clubs should contribute an early sum of something like five guineas towards the professional mœting. and that those clubs upon whose courses the meetings are held should sub- scribe a sum be;ides their annual subscrip- tion, as is already done by the English clubs. The 25 professionals who met at Radyr in Julv last formed themselv<« into a committee subject to the rules and conditions laid down by the Professional Union of England for the protection and furtherance of their interests, and Mr. R. Wakerl-ey, the profes- sional of the Radyr Club, was appointed secre- tary. The Welsh clubs, up to the present, have not encouraged their professionals to the same extent as the English clubs, who assist their professionals, and encourage them. as far as possible, to enter for the open cham- pionship. The English Union are only too anxious to assist the Welsh section in this direction. Therefore, no time should be lost by the Welsh clubs in following the example ¡ of the English clubs. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. 1906. I ? I Some little time ago tihe Welsh union uom- mittee went over the Sadyr Oourse in order to advise the local members as to any altera- tions that may be required for the champion- ship meeting of 1906. It is reported that the Union committee was a-greeably surprised and entirely satisfied with the course. One or two suggestions, however, were made, and. when carried out. there is every reason to believe that the course will be in excellent order for the important event. NEWPORT CLUB. I Matters have been very quiet for the past week a.t the Newport links in consequence of the snow and ice. The snow which fell on Sunday and Monday, January 15 and 16, has not as yet cleared away, and the frost which supervened made the ground not only very- hard, but very slippery also. In patches there are a few playable places, hI for the most part the ground is snow and ice bound, a.nd only a very few of the more venturesome have been out at all. PORTHCAWL CLUB. I Thpre have bn only a few players on the Porthcawl links during the past week, a.ud no matches have been played. The com- mittee have considered the structural altera- tions required at the club-house, and it is proposed to add a new ladies' dressing-room and an additional lavatory, and to enlarge the bar and dining-oom, Plans and specifica- tions will be jjubmitted at a forthcoming meeting. CHAMPIONSHIP OF INDIA.—SUCCESS OF I AN ENGLISH PLAYER. I On the Tollynuge links, a.t Calcutta, the ■annual competition for the Golf Cbaiopion- ship of India. and the East lias just been won by Mr. B. Abdy CollirtB, a. prominent member of the Aldeburgh Olub (Suffolk). Mr. Oollioe OU17 went out, toJtoiwka few mtete-oga.

SWANSEA COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE CHAMBER. Lord Brassey & Trade Prosperity The annual banquet of the Swansea Cham- ber of Commerce was held at the Hotel Metro-pole, Swansea, on Monda.y. Mr. J. R. leaver, the president, occnpied the chair, and was supported by Lord Brassey, Sir George Newnes, M.r., Sir Griffith Thomas (chairman of the harbour trust), Sir John Jones Jenkins, the Hon. Odo Vivian, Colonel Gwynne Hughes, Miss Dillwyn. Major Morris, Messrs. Frank Newnes, F. Cory Yeo, James Livingstone, L. R. J. Tomain (London Chamber of Commerce), and others. After an excellent dinner, the President proposed the toast of "The King and Queen and Royal Family." Mr. R. L. Sails proposed the "Houses of Parliament," and did so in a facetious speech, ajid associated the toast with the. names of Lord Brassey and Sir George Newnes. Lord Brassey replied on behalf of the House of Lords. Sir George Newnes, who replied for the House of Commons, tendered his sincere sym- pathy to the sufferers by the aad mining calamity which had occurred on Saturday. Treating of trade, Sir George said that, although their trade was increasing, there was a great drawback to it locally in thl) shape of the. coal-tax, and if Lord Brassey could do anything to get that removed they in that district would thank him. They might profit by the troubles of other countries, sueh 1 aa by the coal, strike in Germany, but they asked for fair conditions to increase their trade in normal times. They might, at least, expect that no British Government would protect foreigners against our legitimate competi- tion. Considering the proportion which went in wages in the coal trade, he thought they were j distilled in asking for considera- tion. Sir George said they had no angels in the House of Commons, a.nd, probably, never would have until women belonged to it, and he hoped the time would come when Miss Dillwyn would be able to join them and ornament, not only the Houfe, but the smoking-room aleo. rY'tI. rt"Io.-orr. 1 aaa ^•uai.-I.AA. Mr. Tomalin, of the London Chamber, pro- posed "The County Borough and Trade of Swan&ea," and dealt with several subjects, discussed by the London Chamber, especially the measurement of ships and the scandal of foreign pilots being licensed in this country. Mr. Tomalin arg-ued that our fiscal condi- tions should not be interfered with. Sir Griffith Thomas responded, dealing with the trade of the harbour, which showed great increases, including record shipments of patent fuel and tin-plates. The block caused by the M'Kinley Tariff had been tso removed by other markets that Swansea. shipped 10,030 tons of tin-plates above any previous record. Ho was not satisfied with the coal shipment, 'however, and he considered the coaJ-tax an unfair one. It should be an ad valorem duty, and every pound of coal should be taxed, and the landlords should pay their share. He invited the attention of Govern- ments to the anthracite coal of tha;t district. If the American Navy could use such coal, why not the British? LORD BRASSEY AXD TRADE PROSPERITY. ilorcl nrassey, In proposing the next toast, that of the Swansea Chamber of Com- merce, referred to the fiscal question, and adduced the evidence of Mr. Jackson, a. lead- ling member of a great Hull firm. that our trade and prosperity were increasing. With regard to the condition of the people, he quoted from Sir Robert Giffen, late head of the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, to show that the masses were better off tha;n they were fifty yeans ago. If they had suffered to any extent in their trade with protected countries, they had, their c.ompC11m- tion in their trade with neutral countries. With the figures in the last Board of Trade Blue Book before them, let them carefully consider the subject, whether by .Royal Com- mission or otherwise, before they committed themselves to any considerable change of fiscal policy. Would they not be on surer ground in examining how best they might give their aid to the development and the opening out of those countries, largely our own possessions, where growing prosperity must increase the demand for British goods? j The latest returns of our foreign trade were record returns, and yet it was said that trade was dull. It was the home trade which had been clull, and that was because our resources had been absorbed to a large extent by public a.nd municipal borrowings, aggregating in the last ten years not less than 414 millions. They might admit that the expenditure was neces- sary, but it had not been good for trade. The great increase of expenditure on naval and military preparations was another potent cause for dulness in trade. In conclu- sion, Lard Brassey said:—"We are borrowing less; we are building less; economy is promised in defensive preparations; things are humming in many trades, and especially I in Lancashire a.nd Yorkshire. AVi: .!t?a p4L eiallv restored in the Far East and contentment in place of the awful scenes now witnessed in Russia, we may have good hopes for the trade ] of the United Kingdom. Resources would accumulate rapidly, and if we continue in, the future as in the past to use them as well, we shall confer benefits not only on our own people, but on hundreds of millions of others who depend for the improvement of their conditions on the nations which. like Great Britain, were in the van of civilisation." (Applause.) SWANSEA'S COMMERCE. The President, in replying, remarked that, I whilst his conclusions on the fiscal question were not the same as those of some previous speakers, he was at one with them in wishing to get to the bottom of the question. The coal-tax greatly oppressed Swansea. The cost of producing Swansea ooal was th-o same as Cardiff coal, but Cardiff coal was shipped with 60 or 70 per cent, of large, whilst Swansea coal contained 60, 70, or even 80 per cent, of small. Yet each ton was taxed at Swansea like that at Cardiff. Swansea was in a most peculiar position in this matter, and if it were possible for a Government to give preferential rates, it would be only just that Swansea coal should bo let off with a much smaller tax, than Cardiff coal. I Mr. H. Goldberg proposed the toast of "The Visitors," and Mr. Taylor (postmaster) responded. Other toasts followed.

PUBLIC TKIBUTE TO LORD THEDEGAR. MEETING OF THE GLAMORGAN COMMITTEE. I A meeting of the Glamorgan Committee appointed to oonsider the presentation to Lord Tredegar was held on Monday in the council-chamber at the Town-hall, Cardiff. Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P., was in the ohair, and there were also present Messrs. O. H. Jones. Heilbeirt Lloyd, J. Blandy Jenkins, L. Jenkins, W. Watkins, D. T. Alexander, J. W. Courtis, Walter Morgan, and J. L. Wheatley (town-clerk). Mr. W. Yorath (deputy-mayor) was in attendance, and apologised for the absence of the mayor (Alderman R. Hughes), whose doctor had forbidden him to leave the house. The Mayor of Swansea was also unable to be present through indisposition. The following were elected othoei-s of the Glamorgan Committee:—Chairman, Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P.; treasurer, Mr. J. Blandy Jenkins; and secretary, Mr. D. T. Alexander. The following were appointed as the executive committee — Sir A. Thomas, hi( Honour Judge Gwilym Williams, the Mayor I of Cardiff, and Mr. W. Abraham, M.P. The Town-clerk, as hon. secretary, stated that he had written to the Marquess of Aber- gavenny, and a reply had been received that his lordship would be pleased to act as pre- sident. Local committees were appointed to convene public meetings in their localities, with a view of appointing local working1 committees to advance the movement. The Secretary reported the receipt of the following donations:—Mr. F. P. Robjent, New- port, 210 ahilliiiigs; Colonel J. R. Wright, Gowerton, 42 shillings; the Mayor of Cardiff, 500 shillings.

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CARRIED TO THE POLICE- STATION. Newport Labourer's Eightieth Appearance. A labourer (well known to the police), named Michael Bricliley, made his 80th appearance before the Newport benclh on Monday on two separate charges-yiz.. being disorderly in the Globe Inn. Llanarth-street, on Friday night, and refusing to leave when requested; and also with being drunk and disorderly in Commercial-street and assaulting Police-con- stable Faulks. In the first case the evidence against him was that he went into Mr. Richardson's house on Friday night and asked for his Christmas beer, as he was in Usk Prison at Christmas. The landlord (Mr. Richardson) ordered him to leave, but he made the place odious with his horrible language. To the landlord he said, "Tour life is in danger." On Saturday night he was seen at the top of Emlyn-street drunk, and was accosted by Police-constable Faulks and another con- stable, and was told that there was a sum- mons out against him for the affair on the previous night. He became very violent, and kickett so obstreperously that he had to be carried to the police-station by three oon- stables and a civilian. The Bench, in default of payment of fines, sent him to prison for two months. With a scowl the prisoner turned to some of the witnesses and eaid, All right, eight weeks next Wednesday the 22nd of March; I'll remember it."

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I BOXING. I CONTEST AT CARDIFF- a I The rapid stride that Joe White • towards the recovery of his old fo rlll4" ??;howu at Barry Dock. when the c-'Aol efi'c 30 succeeded in outpointing Harry 9?1,11- oei- d,ll t Bristol. Mansfield was, however. Bristol. Mansfiel? w  ,,0!^ nt on that occasion, and, dissatiS'1 the result of that cont&st. ma?? ?? match with White. %nd this ,as dce.l,{(lJ!tI the Qoeen-stre?t-hall. Cardiff, o? /P? ? evening, before a good company 0 pøt¡ men. The light was keen nl1^ throughout, but there was a. lot Of ciiii?'tP' a iid wrestling that, in a degree, ili3'V= content. In the tirst two ruunds '1P' ,t vere very cv?n. Whit? was. F'?'*n)?t)'' with his left, but Mansfield got In ?,)Il re work at c!o?c quarters. In the tR White started to establish a lead- #* swung "lefts" on to Man.:neld's ?. ?'? with tho Dristd man going a  this period, White was making M nnished up the round wdt by bt"'iVg ti? right on M?Mneld'? head. In 1 round White was early seen to .?'? '?j?? with a straight left in the Bristol ? t? IK .Lnd lat.cr ?)n t swinging rigll,t Oll Ile jdo and later on a swin?in? right -wit?  of the head. Mansheld tried \lA otlfiOt ?- right for the jaw in the fallowing lr waa inches too short, and White, fcl ,I!* fighting, got three hard ietts °n,i nent's neck. The Bixth round was a' t)r?C ?? ?' bUL wh&n they faced each otjeri*tlt seventh occasion 1Lmsneld led  ?t?,? times. White sent a I' rd re t,? ?fla the Brietol man nose, but l'.la.nst1C tii ted by hooking White hard in tM rC'i ji a.? the hnish the pair clovv"ei;w M2 nsfield L",ing ulldt'rna.th, Trllit£¡Jj¡jt:1 round was in White's favour. ft, seen to even more advantage 111 t' n;und. At the outset he met Ian5.we'6ei(l with a swinging upper cut, and '?\)?f'?)? ,< up by putting a stra-ig hte J! H-? face. Towards the close. White e j? hard right on hi3 OPP?(),iie t,.? ilavl,.atI; added mat.rially to hm K-?J. l?c 'f\, tb roo rounds there was a, tr-??iii cUnchin? and wrestling on tho ir 40"0 CIN.? referee (Mf. Duncan) at the close w^ hard rounds gave his verdict a's ti \\l There were several other cln test",c the evening, ihc most notable  a pretty three-round bout between J?? P'' coil and Tin Dri?eon. M. C' reY iLO IX?wney ais? contested three rllo dg, MO RAN V. STANLEY FOB *c%tfl>? O- ear MOI?N V. ?0? £ u;* The m-st important contebt o*e !Vf 13lr, took place on Monday evening at ?t,p?'? f' Sporting Club, where Owen Mor'? t'.f?,)' ? ?[ millgham. and "Digger" Stanley. 0 r0111lnpio1ø met. to box the best of twenty r??pM' thiee minutes' duration, for tn< c,■ h^jj [L- thjee minute- duration for ctia"Vl'Ol" ship, at 8st. 2ib. Six to four d'Ljit Birmingham mai, a.nd he :t.ltlfed favourite. At tuU time the ve vreo t Mcraii. 1 -rz* ,-irf T,

 SALE OF WORK AT CA? ? 1 SALE OF 'WORK AT CAF  A Bale of Norwegian work £ gd :;ý) the Sca-ndin?vian Ohurch, &ast ?l -dc f rl West Dock. C?rdifF. to-rnorrov^ (I'V -Cdoeed-,l") and Thursday. Admissiou will be free, '1 3 the eale opens at three o'clock.

A MYSTERY OF THE f „ -VI« t01 Lloyd's agent at Angle tele?, ^0 nameboard marked" CambrIa, -in? mast and gaff, apparently i; schooner, were P,.ek,-d ilp ¡¡n Printed bv the l??phetora. Western ? ?' ?-st? published by them at their c<H?' 'VICt49r'5 Cardiff; C,tlf\ Bailey-street, swaI1,¡e3.'esle1 ? <(f. Merthyr Tydfil; at tho shop of MJ- • p of cy BridK?d—aH in the Mtmty of <->' tlltJ sP 0f  ofSces, 22, High-street, ?'Nie rt It Of to J. P, Caffrey, Mnnmouth—both '? j0[in> &<&> m<?th; ?t the shop of Mr. Davi ill1r"Is the county of Cajma?then; and gt eirR Bulwark, Brecon, in the County ? l90S. I TUESDAY, TA-NTTTARY

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