... Haulers' Organ'sation. I It was erroneously reported on Tuesday tha.t the meeting of hauliers at Porltypridd on Mon- day ha-d uua-nimously adopted the draft scheme for the proposed ;)ew org¡wisa.tion. This was not so, the (lee Isio-,i of the meeting being to refer its eonsidera.ton ba,ckt:o ajUhajuIiersajnddnywa.g'emcn who are asked to senù rc-pregoiitatives to a spechÜ dcleg&te meeting to be ...

... I THE COLLIERS'STR IKE I Important Statement by the Employers. REPLY TO THE MINERS' MANIFESTO. We have been requested to publish the follow- ing statement:— Inasmuch as the manifesto recently issued by certain representatives of the miners now on strike in Monmouthshire and South Wales con- tains many inaccuracies and misrepresentations, which may mislead the workmen as well as the public, the ...

... Cardiff Railway Bill. I The Commons Committee having charge of the Cardiff Railway Bill met again on Tnesday, mainly with the object of dealing with clauses. Mr Fitzgerald, Q.C. (Brecon and Merthyr), said he did not quite understand the finding of the Committee with regard to the Brecon and Merthyr. The Chairman announced that the Committee were prepared to accept the suggested clause relating ...

... BARNET FAIR. Bar-net Fair, the largest gathering of the kind in the South of England, is now in full swing, and the attené!a,r:ce Uiis year far exceeds any- thing seen for a, loitf,, time. Dealers in horses aud cattle are present from all parts of the kingdom, and their bargainiDg and chaffering appeared to be as profitable as it was animated. Prices were fair, but not excessive. In addition ...

... I Welsh Gossip. I Lancashire Volunteers will encamp this year on the banks of Lake Quellyn, at the very foot-of Snowdon. Mr Samuel Smith, the member for Flint, mourns the loss of his younger brother, Mr Anthony G. Smith, who has just died at the age of 47. The coal tips at TroedyrLiw and Merthyr were on Monday morning so many miniature Klon- dikes, covered as they were by hundreds of people ...

... WOUNDED FROM THE SOUDAN. The troopship Jelanga, which arrived at Southampton to-day, brought the first large batch of wounded men from the Soudan. When the vessel reached the transport ship every facility was offered to friends to see the patients, who were conveyed to the Hospital on special invaJid coaches. The work of bringing the men from the vessel to shore was carried out most care- ...

... I,, I WAS ONCE A MERRY MILKMAN. Yesterday, at the Camberwell Coroner's Court, Mr G. P. Wyatt (coroner) held an inquest on the body of Herbert Arthur Edwin Higgins, aged 21, a milk carrier, living at 5, Warn door-street, Rotherhithe, who committed suicide by hanging himself at the rear of Mr Marshall's dairy, Cam. berwell-grove, on Wednesday morning last. The following is a copy of a letter ...

... THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Irving, wife of a hairdresser in Ann- street, Greenock, went out ou Monday evening, leaving her three children, Matilda, six vears of age, James, four years, and Maggie, two years, locked in a room by themselves. During her absence the children somehow set the room on fire, and the flames spread and caused consider- able damage to the house. All three children ...

... THE TtNPLATE TRADE. Sate of Upper Forest and Worcester Works. At the Royal Hotel, Swansea., on Wednesday, Messrs J. M. Ijeeder and Son put up for public auction the valuable works known the Upper t.'orest Steel and Tinpiate Works and the Worcester Tinpla.te Works, situate at Morriston, nea,r Swansea. The works had been carried on for several years past by Messrs W. Williams and Company, a.nd ...

... ATTACKED WITH A CHOPPER. Alleged Attempted Wife Murder. Elizabeth Hume (23), of Wharfdale-road, Cale- donian-road, London, was admitted this morning to the Royal Hospital suffering from shocking wounds in the head, alleged to have been in- flicted with a chopper by her husband, who is in custody. The parties ha.d quarrelled, and Mrs Hume had left her husband. Last night there was a partial ...

... I The Splott Club Case. I Police Court Proceedings. At the Cardiff Police Court to-day (before the Stipendiary) Wm. Chapman, manager of a club at Splott, was charged on information laid by the head constable with unlawfully selling intoxicat- ing liquors by retail at 36 and 38, Railway-street, Cardiff, on March 13th, 1898. In connection with the same case a man named Hellick was charged with ...

... Woo Wait for (TIasrtttra±ion. TjiANTEDïmm;aiately,good Haircutter 'Txfshtver V 1 good wages to suitable man. Also Lad M >mm tice.—A??Iy 26, Wood-street. j66n TO Blacksmiths.—Young Australian (22) wMts Place: JL good nailer on.—P. ThomM. 2670OHenn&_ Tor.yrefail.  ANES' Gentlemen's, and Children's Cast-off Cloth JJArJ:gt¡'¡;P{:l?,I ...