... POPULATION. A lady at Whitchurch has written to George' Smith of tCoalville, for suggestions by vwhich the condition of our canal boatmen could be improved, to which he has replied from the Cabin, Crick. Rugby, December 25, 1891, as under:- After spending a-long ...

... effect that on the arrival of the Belleon Friday last, about 1i0 o'clock, a boat came alongside wvith i four men and two boatmen. They were told by the mate who was in charge of the vessel that they must not come on boar,. They, however, got on the rail ...

... Admiralty case, in which several boatmen claimed £250 salvage in respect of the steamer Nar (Captain Hudson), of Lynn, 350 tons, which recently went ashore, and wve in peril, near Port St. Mary, was settled on Saturday, the boatmen receiving £67. PtESIENTATION ...

... later signals of distress were seen flying in his rigging: but the schooner had now so fan drifted in shore, that the Deal boatmen found it impracticable to approach her, on account of the rocks. This was at half-past two; and about ten minutes past three ...

... rge THE CUSTOMS BOATMEN. ev, CONCESSIONS BY THE LATE i of GOVERNMENT. ol Sir John hibbert has addressed the following rn, letter to the Coommissoners of Customs, an- of coing considerable concessions as to the status 4 of their boatmen. The advances in ...

... minutes of the last meeting having been read confirmed, it was decided by the board that before granting licenses to tho local boatmen, they must procure a certificate from Mr. Munts, pier-master. The auditor attended on the previous day una expressed diss ...

... MENAI BUIDGE. OVER-CHARGING A WELSH SHITPOWNER BY DEAL BOATMEN. On Monday last the case of West v. Hughes came be- fore the sitting at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, Londos, before the Lord Chief Justice and a special Jury. The defei do ant in this action was ...

... Railway Wagon and CirriagL Builders and Liftern, Si.. Cotuel- bus' Reading-room, Cardiff Natiolnl Amalgamated Rig-gers, Boatmen, ard Hobblers' Union of Great Britain and Ileland, Wyuudhamn Aroade Cardiff. Amalgamated Seamen's and 'rradesgae;i's Union ...

... Schiller. On being: landed it %wavs seized by the collector of Customs, under an Admiralty writ, at the suit of some Land's-end boatmen, who saved several lives at the time of the wreck. DREADFUL CoLmsINo.-From Athens we learn' that the steaner Agrigents came ...

... favour as prices advanced. The meeting ultimately agreed to take a ballot of the miners on thesqaaetion. STRIKE OF BOATMEN. The boatmen and firemen employed by the Rochdale Canal Company are on strike. in consequence of a mis- understanding with the company ...

... their last account in the midst of their Bank Holiday festivities at Port Talbot has, probably, r been more serious to the boatmen con- , cerned than was generally anticipated by C the public. But, in explanation of the verdict given, it must be admitted ...

... didl iot see the way clear to raise the boatmen's salaries in comparisool with those of higher officials; and it was ho1ped ,liat the Treasury wooilS soott be wvfling to grant the moderate requests of the boatmen. Tits UwmmSzmtI.oYi. -Thu Unteiployed Orga- ...