If Municipal trading lent itself to the simple test suggested by the writer of the series of articles in the "Times," the results at Swansea, as guaged by it, would be deplorable. He assumes that a Corporation, in so far as it carries out the functions of a trader, occupies the

Port Elisabeth, Monday.--Seventeen iailing ships and three tugs have been blown ashore by the gal,: It is estimated that seventy es h4.ve been - (Reuter). Port Elizabeth, Monday, 7 p.m.—The following vessels have been cast ashore in the gala and wrecked: ThekLo, Constant, Ga,bri

Saturday. Before Messrs. Wm_ Watkins and D. Owen. For sleeping out in an outhouse in Barber s oourt, and having no visible means, etc. ' Jane Barlow, no fixed, was sent to cra,ol for 14 days. The Deputy Chief Constable stated that complaints had been made to him of this woman by

The more one sees of cricket, the more one learns to take nothing for granted. Nearly everyone in Swansea, knowing the exceedingly conditiiou of the side which made the journey to Penarch on Saturday, anticipated an inglorious result. Bancroft, Creber, and Stanley Rees being awa

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the Best Posting Stations in Neath and District.

Address according to arraigement, in PIANOFORTE PLAYING, ORGAN, and THEORY OF MUSIC. For Terms, Ace., apply to 21, WALTER-TERRACE, SWANSEA.

Has to offer a very fine Assortment of Bedding Plants in great Variety, such as Geraniums, best bedding kinds; also Tricolors, Silver Leaved, Bronze, &c.; ci , eap quotation for quantity. Also Verbeanos, Stocks, Asters, Zinnias, Phlox, Diantheas, Calveolaria, WREATHS, CVOSSES, a