... [BY THE CAKMI-F ANTIQUARY.] I. IXTRODrCTOn L Come along you fusty old bookworm, and enjoy a Christmas once in your life time Emma wishes me to say that you shall htve a whole two hours every day to yourself in the library, provided you make yourself sociable during the other hours of your stay. You see we have made up our minds that you are coming, so pack up your necessaries and come away at ...

... GOOD NEWS FOR MINERS, On Wednesday a deputation of the Sliding Scale Com- mittee waited upon the Rev. T. Jones, of Rhymney, at the Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff, to consider a scheme of the rev. gentleman's for decomposing and destroying explosive gases in coal mines. The following 7members of the com- mittee were present :-Mr. W. Abraham, in the chair, and Messrs John Morgan, E. Francis, J. ...

... SLAUGHTERING IN PRIVATE HOUSES AT CARDIFF. An interesting point was raised in the Cardiff police court on Wednesday. As our readers are aware, the sanitary regulations of the Borough do not permit of the slaughtering of animals on unlicensed premises,. With a view to afford full accommodation to butchers and others who in the course of their trades require to kill, com- modious slaughter ...

... Cijc fan about CoWit. Where is Alderman David Erhn answers, where ?— I will admit, however, that the gallant colonel was present at the recent field day of the Council But how often has he attended ordinary meetings He has on all hands been recognised as a gentleman who has done, and is capible of doing much good for Cardiff. His absence at Council meetings is most probably capable of ...

... ExdTixc SCENE AT A SHIPWRECK.—Shortly before six o'clock Ihursday morning, during a furious squall accompanied by rain, the Austrian barque Atlast, 400 tons, with maize, from New York, for Papenburg, was driven ashore on Atherficld Ledge, a dangerous part of the coast at the back of the Isle of Wight, about 14 miles from Ventnor. As soon as the squall had passed over she was observed by the ...

... AN IRISH OPINION ON ENGLISH POLICY. The Dublin fVeekly News says—An official return recently issued from the Home Secretary's office states that there were no less than 153 verdicts of wilful murder returned by coroners' juries in England during the past year. There were verdicts of suicide in nearly 2,000 cases but—and now comes the most startling fact of all—in well nigh 10,000 cases of ...

... To-day is Infirmary Saturday, and the Committee which has for several weeks actively pressed its labour of love, at ends the Cardiff Town Hall to receive the subscriptions which have been made by the working men of this locality. The Infirmary Saturday move- ment is supported mainly by the working classes, and the hearty manner in whieh theynsually respond to this annual call upon their ...

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... ILLEGAL ACTION OF COLLIERS On Monday, at the Pentre, police-court Mr. Stuart, agent for the Glamorgan Colliery Company at Pen- rhiwfer, charged William Thomas, Timothy Thomas, and William Edwards with absenting thernse] from the works idegally on the 22nd inst., the late mass meeting at Tonypandy Mr. Stuart s'ateu t\at the loss sustained by the company through the condj of the defendants, and ...

... It is to be hoped when Parliament meets, as it will a month earlier than usual, in January, that measures affecting Ireland will not monopolise attention. It is of the utmost moment that every possible effort should be made to ensure for Ireland ample justice at the hands of a Cabinet pledged to deal with the tenure of land in a liberal spirit, and to devise schemes for the pacification of ...

... THE FREE LIBRARY QUESTION AT CARDIFF. The Free Library quetiun, as it lias familiarly been termed in Cardiff, for several years past, is now being soh-ed in a practical manner. Frequent complaints have been made as to the inadequacy of the building known as the Free Library, St. Mary Street. The several rooms at this institution have been overcroAvtlecl, and the fact that the Christian Young ...

... alib etterirfj. Ladies will appreciate the railway facilitios between Cardiff and Penartli all the more wher the passenger guards put out the smokers, or deruand that the smokers put out their pipes. This is not a chivalrous age, and it is desirable that the guards should be up and at 'em, I mean the smoker's in ordinary carriages. The battle will begin, but, let us hope, not end in smoke. I ...