... MILFORD DOCKS AND RAILWAYS II.LI or On Wednesday this Bill was before a Select 00] to Committee of the House of Commons, Colonel a al, Egerton presiding. stc ily Mr. Pembroke Stephens, Q.C. (who appeared s1 'he with Mr. J. W. Batten for the promoters), in open- of he ing the case, said he need riot trouble the Com- thi ira mittee with many preliminary observations. Hon. trE of members would ...

... SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE SWANSEA , PARK. TXr 7-z . i-- -4 ?? F l I . I I We are not surprised to find that the 3 decision of the Swansea Town Council with E. regard to their permission for the perfor- mance of sacred music in the parks on Sunday is awaited with considerable interest d) The public mind is seriously exercised as to the result of to-day's meeting of the WY Council. The people of ...

... At many of the uoticesbavel)w, Parnarvonshire elate quarries men of tea per ccat. reduction in wages. ...

... ,PAM. 9.4ne 7. -The Senate to-dair Adopte-d by 136 vete* toli5 the 6rat readnmr a V# .bill for rerestaMiahhig diyorce in France. ...

... The Presa Associafcioa is informed that the committee of the Aborigines Protection Society, at a meeting at the Mansion House, on Saturdav at which the four Maori chiefs were present, passed a resolution to the effect that when tlie Maori deputation was ready for presentation, the committee would ask Lord Derby to grant an in- terview to the king and ohitif*. Owing to indis- position, King ...

... DEATH in Undkbgeound STABLZS. -A collier, named William Harris, aged 63, has been found dead in the underground stables of the Copper Pit. Morriston. How death occurred is at present unknown. Suddkn Death.—On Monday night an old woman, named Elizabeth Evans, aged 73, was about to go to bad when she had a tit, and died before assistance could be procured. J??1? Scalding at an Iron Foundry. ...

... THE EXPLOSION FUND.—At a meeting of the committee of management of the above fund, held at Newport on Saturday, Mr T. Cordes pre- siding, it was reported that the number of widows and orphans remaining on the fund was sensibly decreasing. Two or three years since the weekly amount distributed was £4-2; now not more than j325 was needed for the weekly payments. Ihe treasurer had remaining in ...

... The New Zealand Shipping Company's steam ship Tongariro arrived at Plymouth on Wednes- day, after an unprecedented passage of 37 days 20 hours and 32 minutes, from New Zealand, steaming time, This is tho fastest passage on record. ...

... THE FALL OF BERBER, GREAT MASSACRE. DONGOLA TO BE INVESTED, A Haifa telegram in the second -edition of the Times of Thursday, says :—The Berber garrison fought till the ammunition was exhausted. The rebels then entered the town, and massacred nearly all the soldiers and inhabitants. Hussein Pasha Khalifa, Governor of Beber, and the chief of the Fagara tribe, are badly wounded, and are ...

... j AFFAIRS IN ZULTJLAND. [RF/CTEUV TELEGRAM.] CAPETOWN, May 21st (vol Plymouth,)—Contra- j dictorv reports are current regarding the state of affairs in Zaluland, but it is, officially admitted that the situation is serious. General Sir Leices- ■ ter Smyth has left Maritzburg for Ekowe, and it is understood he has instructions that ali at Ekowe are to be kept under arms. The Colonial Government ...

... OUTIl WALES COLLEGE iM lIE CAIiDlFF CORPORATION 5 GRANT. E. J. REED'S MOTION IN iH THE COMMONS. » COMMITTEE EMPOWERED TO [d INSERT CLAUSE IN THE BILL. i> RESULT OF THE DIVISION. 'd s'16c'a^ correspondent, telegraphing from |( *,House of Commons, says Independently of lSt and sectarian considerations, the inhabi- }i J^of Cardiff generally will hail with satisfac- «t the announcement (which I ...

... SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Harbour Trustees was held at the Town-hall, on Monday afternoon. Mr G. B. Strick presided, and there were also present the Mayor (Mr R. D. Burnie), Alderman Thomas, Councillors B. Bath, J. Cady, Daniel Jones, and E. H. Bath Mr J. Crow Richardson, Mr J. Clarke Richardson, and Mr F. James. FINANCE. The financial statement, a summary of ...