... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. DEBATING SOCIETY.—A general meeting of the Newport (Mon.) Debating and Literary Society was held at the Town-hall on Friday evening, October 17, William West, Esq., in the chair. An interesting debate took place on the question Ought flogging to be entirely abolished in our Army and Navy ? a specimen of the cat being produced for the inspec- tion of members. The speakers ...

... LLANTARNAM FARMEKS' ASSOCIATION. The annual ploughing match and dinner of the above association was held vesterday (Thursday ) The ploughmg took place on the Court Farm, in the ocorpation of Mr. O. Thorne. There were 27 teams on the field in class 1, two entries class 2, five class 3, niue class 4, six class 5, three class 6, two-the last two being for boys. The ground was in a very tough ...

... THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN. ABDICATION OF THE AMEER. GENERAL ROBERTS'S PROCLAMATION. THE FIGHTING AT ALI KHEYL. EXPLOSION IN THE BALA HISSAR. A Reuter's telegram dated Simla, says:—The Ameer, Yakoob Khan has announced his determina- tion to abdicate, stating that he intended taking this step earlier, but was then dissuaded from so doing. General Roberts has counselled the Ameer to recon- sider the ...

... Mr Sandbrook said he wished to call the atten- tion both of the Board and the public to the way in which the Monmouthshire Railway officials had arranged their service of trains in connection with Pontypool. It appeared that the Railway Com- pany considered the interests of the Newport peo- ple, to the injury of Pontypool. The trains were now so placed as to convey people to the former place ...

... A PUBLIC NUISANCE. Mr Fletcher drew the attention of the Board to the obstruction of certain parts of the public tho- roughfares in Pontypool caused by groups of men standing about. Especially was this noticeable at the Cross, & it had long been a positive nuisance. It was difficult to pass them, and particularly so if one had a friend with him, while at the same time insulting remarks were ...

... HEaty FINE on the citizens J SPEECH A BwL.;F. 6ENEKAL ROBERTS.; 3 17th, says :• j> dated Simla, Oct. jj into Caboj j^0 telegraphs that his entry | Pressioa. 8 Produced a favourable im- S- marched H.„e ,^tish troops of all arms ir&eral Hm°a>fQ ?he citY on Monday. i. Qj as been appointed Military Gh!!86111 Khan SSASJied by Nawab Gholam 2*5* to jo £ the rlftan trooPs which left I fL)?65' lea ...

... On Saturday evening Joseph Payne was seeing off his daughter for Derby. He had wished her good-bye, and then leant inside the carriage window to again bid her farewell. Disregarding the warning by the officials to stand aside, the train moved off, and he was pulled under the carriages and immediately killed. He was a smith at the Wagon Works, and about 60 years old. At the inquest a verdict of ...

... On Saturday morning three men lost their lives at the Cwmdare Colliery, belonging to the Powell DuSryn Company., at Aberdare. This colliery owing to the slackness of trade, has been but little used for some time past. On Saturday the overman and three other men went down the pit for the purpose of cleaning out a pipe, and whilst they were ao engaged an emis. sion of gas took place. Three men ...

... Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister in Japan, has .eft that country for England, returning by way of ;he United States. The reason assigned is Lady Parkes' illness. Several shocks of earthquake have been felt along the Valley of the Danube, extending as far as Bes- jarabia. Several towns on the military frontier have been seriously damaged. For attempting to smuggle a case containing 241b. of ...

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... REDUCTION OF RENT.—Viscount Cranbrook has intimated his intention to allow his tenants a re- duction of 20 per cent. off their rents. A new line of steamers have commenced to trade between Barrow-in-Furness and New York with passengers and general cargoes. The British and Foreign Tramways Company are prospecting a now line to extend from Lower Grange- town, Cardiff, to N ewtown-2i miles, Snow ...

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