... departments. The demand for shipbuilding iron has lately been rather quieter. Ship plates average 17s. fid. at the works; common bars, £6. The quotations for rails are nominally at £5 15s. The dispute in the Northumberland cool trade is believed to be ...

... tram oar has commenced to run on the Bir- mingham tramway between Handsworth and West Bronwich. The body of the Bey. J. J. Farnham, curate in charge of Westthorpe, Suffolk, was found on Satur- day in the harbour at Lowestoft. The annual meeting of the ...