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... NOTICE! THE NEW POSTAL SYSTEM. CHANGE OF PUBLICATION! T3 meet the public demand for a more frequent delivery of News, and to give to •uba bribers and other purchasers of THE MERLIN the full advantage of the recent reauc-tions m tlie rates postage, it has been resolved to is*ue the Paper TWICE A WEEK, ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. This change is accompanied by a substantial REDUCTION OF ...

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... PERMANENT [ ENLARGEMENT OF THE MERLIN. i On Friday, the 6th of January, 1871, and on each succeeding Friday, the MERLIN will be printed on a full-sized sheet of Eight Pages, and will be sold at Two-pence. Under this arrangement we shall find room for a much larger amount of Local and District News, as well as rendering the form of the Paper more acceptable to many of our subscribers. THE ...

... ini (Toiitoct, HAMLET OF ROGERSTONE. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT all that DWELLING HOUSE and GARDEN, situate in the Hamlet of Eoger.tone. in the county of Moninouth, now in the occupation of Edward Harrhy. shoemaker. The property front? the highway leading-from Newport to Risca, and is held under Lord Tredegar for the re- mainder of a term of 60 years, granted, by an Indenture of Lease, ...

... TRR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT. 1870. C 0 U X T Y OF MONMOUTH. IN consequence of the Passing of tlie Etc- mentary Education Act of last Session (which provides for the enforcement of Rate-supported Schools in all Parishes and Districts where voluntary efforts have hitherto failed to secure efficient and suitable instruction for the population, or shall not do so within a very limited period), it ...

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