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GENERAL NEWS.

Towns Amalgamation: The Lous! Government Board bas issued the draft of a provi sional order for the amalgamation of the three towns of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. The rowborough, which will keep the name of Plymouth, will have a popalation of over 200,000 and there will be no differential rate. The new council, the constitution of which has yet to be decided, will be elected on November 9,

Metor-Van's Charge,

Iu a oase at Orowabili, near Plymouth, in which Thomas Fielding, driver of a motor-van, was fined £1 and costs for driving to the public danger, Captain M. Hamilton, of the Gordon High- landere, siste that on Easter Mon- day he was marching along Tavi. stock road at the head of his com pany when the defendant's van, going at a speed of twenty miles an hour, dashed out from behind a trap and drove into the troops." He and others were forced to break ranks and take refuge in the hedge.

Fox Poisoning.

A number of foxes have been

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It was a Christian wedding celebrations took place in honour bet woon one of the Chinese evan- of the coming of age of Vinoonat gallats and a girl of the school fashion, in white mosquito netshead, propelled forward by hi Earl and Countess of Poris. terian Mission. The contracting her hand. The bridegroom had came his wife, thrust forward in Clive, elder ena and heir of the attached to the Amerio in Presbyting with pink and blue flowers friend as if he had no means of in her hair and another bunch in volition of his own, and behind Lord and Lady Powis gave

parties had never spoken to each wished her to wear ailk on this the same manner, still with h lunoheon to some 300 tenunte of other; that would have been their Shropshire estates and frightful breaal i deorum, bat great cesion, so he had hired eyes on the floor and every musel wards made-from the Wala is possible that they knew each of Chinese decorum was that bat in China, the land of aeremo- others. Presentation was after they want to the sims church he clothon, a green silk skirt and a stiff, se if she had been a doll. tenante, a gold rose dish and her by sight. The bride emeride. Her head under the white nies, there are no lovers. This man

bronze satin brocadecoat. A model)

"All the world loves a lover," # ewer; from the Montford tempte, of a poor famils and the bride: a silver cigar-box; from the groom had been paying for her veil was beat, her eyes were glued bad gone further than most men in Styohe tenants, a silver utatud elueation; and it is ou record to the ground, and not a muscle of the wooing of his wife, and they Nothing le more worth of your con and blotter; and from the that he once, with the consent and her body moved as she progressed were beginning life together with aideration than the welfar of your eyes bordaghs of Ludlow and Belope-connivance of the schmidt, she did put one foot before the pain she would be spared. As single measures. Be on the safe side and very slowly forward. Presumably very fair chances of success. Our y remedied, If neglected may get beyond castle Illuminated addresses. had written to her exhorting her

The trouble that to-day is small and enti Bomb at Waterworks. to diligence, and pointing out other, but she had the appearance soon as the husband has lifted the your eyes are giving irouble call on us An attempt to blow up the how good a thing it was that & valve house at one of the princi- woman should be well-read and mother, a stooping little old Chinese bride has to submit t

f an automaton in "the bands of veil, and she is left alone with the sight testing. the women pal reservoirs of the Dewsbury foultured.

on either side-her women of his family, the ordinary and Hackmondwike waterworks, Yorkshire, was made by Suffra- with golden suobine for the bride wife of the bridegroom's special hairs on her forehead plucked ou

Is was a glorioue winter's day, in a bright blue brocade cost, the her face opened" that is, the Tel. 129%

woman, and a tall young woman the painful process of "having gettes the other night. A heavy and the air, the keen invigorating friend. Each grasped her by an so that the forehead is squared at bomb loa led with pow for was air of Northern China, sparkling arm just above the elbow, and the corners. But the Ohristians placed io position but failed to with frost. The Church was de-apparently propelled her up the have given up the practice. explode. Had it done so a great corated by devout Chinese Chris-isle as if the were on wheels. Is of life might have resulted through the banks of the lower tians, who had worked hard at it Up the opposite aisle came the reservoir bursting by the sudden with results that to Western eyes bridegroom, also with his head were a little weird and outre, bent and his eyes glued to the The Chinese, as a nation, are ground, and propelled forward in The York City Estates Com. highly artistic, but the artistic the same manner by his friend. mittee are proposing to place a educating. Over the platform was never met face to face before, be faculty is one that requires

They met, those two who had tabict on the oily wall between a bank of greenery, very pretty, fore the minister; and be perform Monk Bar and Layerthorps pos-with flowers dotted all over it,ed the short marriage ceremony, tern, on a site of great historie and on it Chinese characters in As he said the closing words, the interest, pointing out that this was the spot where, in A.D. 306, Heaven sings," and across that Master of Ceremonies. "The

cotton wool, Earth rejoices, Ohinese Constantino the Great

Evangelist became proclaimed Emperor bзside the

again was a festoon of small flags bridegroom and bride," said he, faneral pyre of his father. Oon of all nations, while from side to will now bow to each other once,

side of the church were slung in the new style." Walked 350,000 Miles.

garlands of gaily-coloured paper, A purse of money has been the five colours of the new Repu. before the minister bowed deeply The bride and groom standing presented by the residents of blig. When I think of the time to each other. Headcorn (Kent) to James Wild- and patience that went to the ing, who has retired from the making of those garlande I was position of postman after forty- quite sorry they reminded me of eight and a half years' service. fly.catohers. During that period he has walked upwards of 250,000 miles in the discharge of his duties.

pressure of water.

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and they bowed again.

"They will bow a second time,"

"They will bow a third time," and once more they bored low

But the crowning decoration was the Chinese angel that hovered over all. This being minister," and they turned like "They will now bow to the was clad in white, girt in at the well-drilled soldiers and bowed Cemetery Early Closing, waiat, 'foreiga fashion. Great to the white haired man who had Owing to the great crowds of white paper wings were spread married them. people who visit Lawaswood out behind, and from her head, Cemetery, Leeds, the Headingley framing the decidedly Mongolian audience," and they faced the "They will now bow to the barial board has decided upon countenance, were flowing golden people, and bowed deeply, and earlier closing hours. It is stated curls, made by the ingenious everybody in that congregation that on Sundaya ayolista: make decorators of singed cotton wool, rose and returned the saintation. the cemetery a place of call in Oon o'clock was fixed for the the early morning. In the after-wedding, and at a quarter to one bow to the bride and bridegroom," "And now the audience will noon the two-minute service of the church was fall. They did and with right goodwill the con- tramwayoars bringe orowds who not have the red chair for the gregation, Chinese and the two make the plans a pleasure resort, bride. The consensus of opinion or three foreigners, rose and Yorks Twelve Years' Dispute. was against it. "It was given up saluted the newly married couple.

A dispata that has lasted twelve now by the best people in Pekings years has just been settled in a they generally bad carriages, etrains of the wedding march It was over and to the lile village on the Holderness And, anyhow, it was a ridiculous they left the church, ac coast pamed Ulrome. The dis expense so it was decided that tually together, by way of the pate was over a clook for the the bride should walk. The women's entrance. But the bride ohurch tower, for which forty bridegroom stood at the church was not on the groom's arm, poor parishioners subscribed. The door on the men's aide of That would not have been in clock was not placed in position the olurch; a fall stalwart Obina accord with Chinese ideas. The because the representatives of the man with his black hair sleek and bridegroom szched a little

becribers were unwilling to let oiled" and "cut short "ufter the the clock pass under the control modern fashion,lloway of the vicar. The vicar declored suitably clad in black silk, and that the clack was not exec al baido him, stood his special bedatise the farmers did not want friend, the chief Chinese evangel

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