... Penrhyn Dispute. QUARRY -TO BE CLOSED. BANGOR. Thursday. The trouble at tlie Penrhyn qiii-ry hag at lat come to a disastrous head. The men, to whom bargains hart been set a few days ago. went to thf' quarry to-day, but finding that sumf of their fe!- lows were still unable fr some reason r other to get work they refrained fiOm working, and simply rt-maiued in thn quarry talking the ovur and ...

... Glamorgan Assizes. TRIALS AT SWANSEA. I The trials of prisoners at the Glamorgan Autumn Assizes were lesnmed at Swansea this morning before Mr Justice Bighara. morniu¡;{ beforu Mr JURtice Bigha.m. ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT. Thomas Lewis (on ba 1), articled pupil to a firm of solicitors, was indici fed for committing a breach of the Criminal Law Amendment Act with respect to Mary James, a girl ...

... UNDERPAID. I A BRITISH CONSUL SENT TO GAOL. I In the Qneen's Bench to-day a very nnnsnal case was tried, viz., a prosecention by the Crown of a British Consul for not accounting to the Board of Trade for a large snm be had re- ceivsd in the course of his duties. The defend- ant, Mr Frederick Field Hodgkinson, late Vice- Conaul at Bremerhaven, Germany, pleaded guilty to not remitting. The ...

... ASSAULTING THE POLICE. I Lancashire Kicking. I At the Cardiff Police Court to-day (before the Stipendiary and Mr T. H. Stephens) Patrick .To;-iu O'Frien, ttli,'Ls T,,vljr (qo), -.Va, charged with being drunk and disoederiy a.t on the 27th inst., and also with P.C. Erlts,tri the tion of his duty. The constable said ho was called to a grocer's shop in Craddock street yesterday morning, where ...

... m I The Man About Town. i The river Usk is at once the glory and the shame of the rulers of Newport. It, is one of the finest waterways in the whole kingdom-it is the most neglected. It means everything to the prosperity of the whole Borough it is treated as though it had no bearing at all on the trade of the tcwn. At the recent meeting of Cornish Boys was it not declared, and with pride, that ...

... For the Ladies. B.-P. and the Nurses. General Baden-Powell has just designed the mniorm for the South African Constabulary. An amusing story is told about his recruiting for nurses. A large number of ladies wero anxious to join him in this capacity, but they wished first to know something abont the kit and uniform to be provided. He rapidly sketched a pros- pective nurse, drawing a pretty ...

... THE CZAR'S RECOVERY. I St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—Tha physicians in attendance on the Czar announce that the disease has ran itself out, and that the perio3 of convalescence, which bas already lasted more than a fortnight, is proceeding in quite a regular manner. With his Mujasty's approval the publi- cation of bulletins svill now eeaie.- Renter. Yalta., V;Gdnesday.-T be Cz»r is making excel- ...

... LICENSING CASE AT ST. BRIDE'S Mr Lyn Harding, the well-known actor, was defendant at Newport Uounty Police Conrt to-day :\n his capacity of landlord of the Church House Inn, tJt. Bride's. There wers two accusations preferred against him of selling liquor to a drunken man and also of permitting drunken- UeBa at the ian oa the 3rd inst. Mr Harding is One of the suns of a former tenant of Lord ...

... THE POOR OF CARDIFF. At a meeting to-day of the Cardiff Board of Guardians it wa.s reported that there were three cases of infectious ophthalmia and eight of pas- sive ophthalmia. In view of the number of children suffering from onhthalmia and other ailments it was suggested that a convalescent home should be provided. It was agreed that the Ely Schools Committee nhould take the matter in hand ...

... I Miners' Federation. MEETING OF THE SOUTH WALES I COUNCIL. A meeting of the Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held this morning at the Park Hotel, Cardiff. Mr W. Abraham, M.P. (Mabon), presided, ani Mr W. Brace occupied the vice-chair. The attendance also included Messrs Daronwy Isaac, D. Watts Morgan, John Williams, Gsorgc Churchill, David Morgan (anthracite), Enoch ...

... CARDIFF. I Sacred Concert.—On Sunday Evening, after the usual service at the Central Congregational j Church, Queen-street, a sacred concert was given. The East Moors Hall orchestra, conducted by Mr A. W. Sutton, A.C., played several selections, and solos were sung by Miss M. J. Pugh, Mr J. Thomas, Mr A. W. Sutton, and Mr S. Hailes. Mr W. B. Rees contributed a violin solo. The accom- panist ...

... A LADY STEEPLEJACK. I Among noveltica r* lady steeplejack may certainly be ranked. One, P, correspondent states, exists at Great Harlow. The handsome spire of the parish church, situated in proximity to the fine suspension bridge, so well known to habitneii of the Upper Thames, has just been restored at a cost, of between £ 2,000 and £ 3,000, and it now forms one of the most beautiful strnc- ...