... Mr Henry Jones, bill-poster, applied for leave to erect boards for posting purposes, as Mr Smith had secured a great many places. The Board replied that they could not inter- fere, and recommended the applicant to make his own terms with private individuals. Mr Conway observed that it was not well to have a monopoly in anything or they might have a strike of the bill-stickers after a bit, ...

... Allen Smith, of the King's Arms, Blaenafon, was charged with permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his house. He pleaded not guilty. P.c. Pritchard deposed About five o'clock in the morning of the 22nd inst. I was on duty in Blaenafon, when I heard a row, cursing, swear- ing, bad language, and fighting, in defendant's house. I heard a man saying that Smith and Henry James were ...

... CWMBRAN. The siding in connexion with the promised new forge at Pontnewydd was commenced on Monday. On Saturday last, a porter named Carter, employed at the Pontnewydd station, had the toes of one of his feet cut off by the wheels of a truck. The Pontypool New Amateur Minstrels gave an en- tertainmeut on Thursday night in the large room be- longing to the Patent Nut and Bolt Company. The ...

... CORK. A telegram from Cork informs us that the southern coast was visited by a severe hurricane on Saturday night, accom- panied by an extraordinary high tide. The greater part of that city was flooded, the water being from three feet to four feet deep in the principal streets. The traffic on the lines of railway on both sides of the river was stopped, the rails being submerged and several ...

... A most noble sign of the direction of public opinion, and one in the highest degree encour- aging to those who have so long and arduously laboured for the promotion of peace, retrench- ment, and a Christian policy of international diplomacy, is afforded by the speech of the Hon. Captain Vivian, M.P., the War Lord of the Trea- sury, delivered at Truro, December 21, on the occasion of his re ...

... BREAKFAST. A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. The Civil Service Gazette has the following inte- resting remarks :—There are very few sim- ple rticles of food which can boast so many valuable and important dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the nerves as a gentle stimulant, it provides the body with some of the purest elements of nutrition, and at the same time corrects and invigorates the ...

... SUSPICION OF MURDER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday at the King's Arms inn, Pillgwenlly, on the body of Daniel Barrett, a young man who had been missing several weeks. The corpse had been found floating in the river Usk on Monday. Deceased s bro- ther stated that he believed he could produce evidence that death had. resulted from violence, and the inquiry was adjourned to Friday evening, a ...

... John Gould, aged 63, was charged with steal- ing wood at Cwmbran. He pleaded guilty. As he appeared to have borne a good charac- ter, the Bench said they would give him tho lightest sentence in their power, seven days' hard labour. ...

... ABERSYCHAN. A lecture in favour of Total Abstinence was deli- vered in the Bible Christian Chapel on Thursday, Jan. 28th, by Mr N. Smith, agent for the West of England and South Wales Temperance League. The lecture was entitled, The war we wage, the weapons we use, the victory we shall win. He described the war as being against animalism, ignorance, and prejudice the weapons as being personal ...

... By the arrival at Liverpool 011 Monday of the African mail steamer Biafra, we have details of the loss of the barque Florence Nightingale, of London, Captain Bright, and of the fearful sufferings of the passengers and crew. The Florence Nightingale left Bathurst, Gambia River, for Sierra Leone, on the 24th December, with seven females, two priests, two Kroo- men, and nine ship's crew. On the ...

... CADGWITH, NEAR HELSTON, Saturday. The lifeboat, Western Commercial Tramller, of the Na- tional Lifeboat Institution, was launched yesterday to the assistance of a disabled vessel (says the Rev. F. C. J acksoll). The ship, which was in the offing, seemed very unmanageable, and had a flag flying in her main rigging, which was supposed to be one of distress, and if the wind shifted farther to the ...

... Charles Daniel, butcher, of Blaenafon, who did not appear, was again summoned for not supporting his family. Mr Greenway appeared for Mrs Daniel. Mr Wainwright, relieving officer, said that the defendant had sent 25s, and asked for an adjournment to see if he would pay up. An adjournment was granted. ...