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THE TEA TRADE

... LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. There was a heavy arrival of foreign wheat and flour last week, but the other supplies were moderate. Exports 800 qrs. wheat. English imports, 5,216 qrs., foreign 51,491 qrs. The show of srlaples this morning from Kent and Essex was moderate. The best picked samples moved off more readily at the previous rates, but secondary and inferior descriptions remained very ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 638 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

-=-00 CARDIGANSHIRE

... CARDIFF POLICE COURT. FRIDAY. (Before the MAYOR and R. O. JONES, Esq.) ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. —W. Evans, an assistant to Mr. Bliss, grocer, Bute-street, appeared on remand, charged with stealing 2s. 6J. from his master's till.—Mr. Elisor appeared for the prosecution, and M r. Kaby defended the prisoner. The evi- dence of Mr. Bliss was given on Monday, after which the case was adjourned to enable ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 495 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE CORN TRADE

... The if ark Lane Expreu, in its weekly review of the corn trade, says :— The appearance of frost has not moved the wheat trade from its inactivity, and a general decline of Is. has to be noted, millers evidently thinking the price high enough and times serious enough to be cautious. Winter will now considerably diminish shipments from every foreign port, Australia and South America ex- cepted ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 328 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

COWBRIDGE

... NEGLIGENCE OF PARENTS.—A little girl about four years old, daughter of Mr. Wm. James, of Llaoblstbian, near this town, was so severely burnt, being left alone in the house, while her mother was out for a short time on Friday last, that she died within seventeen hours after tiie sad event. THE FERNDALE EXPLosrox.-In compliance with a re- quisition from those connected with this town and ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

DESTRUCTION OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... Sixty kegs of IVenoh brandy were found by the Islt of Wight coastguard concealed between Colwell Ba, and Cliff End, on the south west coast of the island, a few days ago. The officers of the coastguard have fol a long time had a sinecure. The health of Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructot of the navy, is so far re-established, after the serioui accident which he met with lately on the railway ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 514 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS-ITEMS

... The United States now has 37,000 miles of railroad completed, and 17,000 completing. A French labourer in Jersey city recently committed suicide because he had been robbed of 125 dols. The people of New Orleans are going to establish co-operative kitchens to rid themselves of servaut girl nuisances. 1 he city of Washington has a population of 100,000, of w;,om 75,000 are whites. The Roman ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1215 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

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... A Prize fight for £ 10 a-side took place on oTV-nSwaddy Roes, aged 30, and Hair? nH'tmn it a u Bristol. Both the men were in excellent c? d 'ibout the same height and weight (under 9 ° 18 well, known as a successful pugilist, having Monday whfn W Bishop has 0n'V fou&ht once before HriWa\ he 1)681 his opponent. The party left eieht and h°Ur' «»d ultimately stopped, between x 0 ock' at Dundr^' ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

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... Jittelligcitijt THE LATE BISHOP LONSDALE.—At a very influen- ti.d!y-,¡ttended meeting held at Lichfield, on Mond¡¡y, Lord Lichfield in the chair, it was resolved to erect in the cathedral a memorial to the late Bishop Lonsdale. CHURCH CONGRESS.—At a preliminary meeting in Trinity Coliege, Dublin, on Monday, the Provost occupying the chair, it was agreed, on the motion of the Lord Primate of ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 499 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Ifiisdhtiicotts |nif!li§:iut, .-/'-..--

... Ifiisdhtiicotts |nif!li§:iut, HOME, 70REISU, AND COLONIAL. THE FORCE OF A CYCLONE.—As showing the force of the wind during the late cyclone in the West Indies, Mr. Twigg writes :— The anemometer had three of its arms blown away and the other twisted One leaf of my doorgot open before the lull; two men held me while I put my head and shoulders out to try to sliiit it. I failed, and another man ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 5161 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

EPITOME OF EWS,

... BRITISH AND FOREIGN. At the Derby Assizes, a man named Woodley was indicted for setting Are to a stack at North Elmsall, on Nov. 22. He was found guiby, and it having been shown that he had previously been twice convicted for similar offences, he was sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. The Devon magistrates, after much deliberation upon the auestion whether compensation can be awarded ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 3069 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

-------------PANTEG LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD

... PANTEG LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. The monthly meeting of this Board was he]d on Tuesday present A. A. Williams, Esq. (chairman), John Rosser, H. J. Parkhurst, R*. Elev, E. Holdsworth, T. Steadman, John Wil- hams,and W.Parker. The minutes of the ]ast meeting were read and confirmed. THE SURVEYOR'S REPORT Was read as follows :— Gentlemen,— Hie Messrs Conway Brothers of Pontrhydi/run Tin Works are ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 464 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM

... On Tuesday morning Mr. Charles Bridges, an cld-estat blishtdaml highly-respectable solicitor of Birmingham,com- mitted suicide uiiaer circumstances of an unusually shock- ing description. He left his home at about a quarter pas- ten o'clock, looking very much as usual, but saying nothing as to his return, which was his usual custom, or as to where or for what purpose he was going out. Scon ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1867
Newspaper: Cardiff Times
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News