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I WHITLAND TOWN AND DISTRICT NOTES. I The fishing season in the Tave and its numerous tributaries has commenced, bat the cold weatber has been unfavourable as jet for maoh sport. Still, fish are believed to be plentiful. The new sanitary inspector has been instructed by the Whitlaod District Council to make a house-to- house inspection and report on every house separately, therefore it behoves, the inhabitants of the town and of the surrounding country districts and villages to pot their houses in order, for a new broom sweeps clean, and the inspector has been specially instructed to go to the fields and bye-ways of the whole district. The numerous readers or the Welshman have been wondering who that mysterious "Silly Billy" is, and are now anxiously waiting for his likeness to solve the question, though they have bad only to wait for about twelve months. But the writer has bad to wait for the last twenty years to know who is responsible for the re- pairing of Park-street, Whitland, or rather, who will undertake it. < The parish authority has regularly collected the rates from the street of houses and those of its approaches, but never once spent a penny of them to enable the poor labourers' wives and children to get to their houses without sinking knee-deep in mud and water during wet weather. Even when the public pump was erected at the bottom of it, near the Market-place, its condition got worse instead of better, the waste water being allowed to ron on to the street, making it at one place a perfect bog-which is its present state. "Billy's" friends are on the eve of obtaining the information they desire but as for the writer, it is darker than ever. The old parish authorities promised to take the street over if it was properly formed and coated with stones, but the new powers seem determined to throw it overboard altogether. Ward No. 1 of the Pariah Council, where it is situated, decided to complete it, and finally to get a path to the public pomp but No. 2 Ward swamped all attempts, toough they (No. 2 Ward) "t ent more money than would be required for the road in an unnecessary election coneat. The new District Council was appealed to, the case being ably placed be- fore it by that champion advocate of all wrongta, the Rev W Thomas; but it waR ruled that it belonged to the Sanitary Aathority. When that stage was reached they decided they could not proceed with it before their hye-laws, &c., were paaged by the Local Government Board. I wonder if the authorities of the Local Govern- ment Board are in a position to prooeed with it 1 People state that valentines are getting out of date. I hope that the large comic ones will not be discontinued altogether until the last of the double-faced persons, or traitors, as they are commonly culled here, have left ¡' the cocntry, for during valentine time only are they able to see themselves in their troe light. Those responsible for the management and success of concerts and entertainments would do well to consider that other people have a claim upon the time of their audience besides themselves. It would certainly be to their pecuniary advantage in the long ran-to say nothing elise-if such meetings commenced at 7 p.m. and finished at 9 p.m., and in exceptional cases at 9.30 p.m. Country boys and girls could then attend, return home in time, be ready for their following day's work, and have a chance of being allowed to go on a future occasion. But to keep tbem till 11 or'12 o'clock, they are unfit for the marrow's work, besides keeping the fRmili611 down till midnight. The business at the petty sessions at Llanboidy last week were almost nil. There was nothing from the Whitland and Llanboidy districts. Who sboald be presented with the proverbial white gloves? The officers of the districts, or the inhabitants for good be- haviour P Who will in future deny but that Wales is the land of song P To say nothing of the late concerts and competitive meetings in be ditltrct, the following are a few of the coming events which deserve and un- doubtedly will be well patronised. 1st April: Whitland Eisteddfod, in aid of the new Baptist chapel. 9th April: Singing Association at Henllan, all the Inde- pendent churches of the district taking part. 12th April Cwmbach Singing Association, in which all the Methodist churcheo of the Mydrim district join. 15th April: Narberth Ei-teddfod, in aid of Bethesda Baptist Chapel. I with them all the greatest success. The monthly market will be held on Tuesday, 19th inst., when a lojrge supply of stock and a number of dealers are expected. Dealers are not only keen buyers, but also study economy in time and travelling expenses, and therefore attend Whitland as it is so very coovement for the railways. Farmers, study your future interests, aod send in your stock next Tuesday. The architect of the new intermediate school build- ings, Mr Griffiths, of Tonypandy, has taken the final levels for his plans, the contract for which, when ap- proved of by the County GovnrningBody and the Charity Comonissioners, will be advertised at once, so as to get the school completed as soon as possible. When is the public weigh-bridge for weighing cattle at the monthly and weekly markets to be put up P Hope the committee will keep Whitland well to the front with all the latest improvements. It will be of inestimable benefit to the large agricultural district around the tjwn, as was proved at the Farmers Club meeting. The Whitland Intermediate Sehool has already more than justified its location in the town, half the full number being in attendance within a few months of i( 8 s-arting in temporary buildings. There is no founda- tion in the way of another school to take over, and therefore reflects great credit on the managers and headmaster, Mr Evan Joues. M.A., late of Carmarthen. • The fortunate owner of the prolifio sheep near Clyn- derwen has had a good run for her breed, he having already sold nearly .half his flock, namely, fourteen out of a possible thirty-one. Wish him every success. Hope he sticks up advanced prices for such rare pedigree.

"SIMPLE DICK'S" NOTES.

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I T HE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR.

THE LATK TOWY FISHERY INQUIRY…

THE UNITED COUNTIES HUNTERS'…

- AMROTH CHARITY.

"ONE FOND WORD AND THEN WEI…

SALE OF "BIRDS, MINERALS,…

I WHITLAND SANITARY AUTHORITY.…

IST. CLEARS, LAUGqARNE, AND…

LLANDDAROG PARISH COUNCIL.I

A DDYLAI TAFARNWYR GAEL AELODAETH…

DOGS, CARMARTHEN M.P.'S, AND…

LLANDDAROG PICKINGS. I

"SILLY BILLY'S " NOTES.I

THE HARFAT POST-BAG.