... At the monthly meeting of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, the only question on the agenda was the desirability of establishing at the port a training ship for boys. Mr J. R. Leaver presided. The Mayor (Alderman Tulloch) moved That it is desirable to establish a training ship for boys at Swansea, and that this chamber will gladly support any movement for the promo- tion of such ...

... MRS LANGTRY ON BUSTLES., The rear appendage of ladies yclept (old style) cc bustle and (new style) dress improver stands condemned by authorities on fashion in almost every direction. Here is what Mrs Langtry has just said about it, in the course of an amiable chat with an American interviewor I object to the bustle on general principles. My ideal dress is a thousand times more clear in my ...

... SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE AT SWANSEA. On Friday, P.O. Kingdom reeoived from man n.'roed Thomas Barrow information to the effect that the dead body of a child had been found between a grating at the Hafod bridge. The body was that of a newly born male child, apparently fully developed. It was removed to the dead-house to await an in(It-.est.- The inquest was opened on Friday evening, before Mr ...

... A SEPTUAGENARIAN BRIDE, MARRYING HER FIFTH HUSBAND. A Cheltenham paper states that at Cleeve, the other day, Mr Hooper, a worthy yeoman, became his bride's fifth husband, she having on during tha ceren.ony the rings indicative of ber former conquests. He hails from Charlton Kings, while his new helpmate is Charlton Kings, while his new helpmate is Mrs ^Nicholas, widow of Mr Henry Nicholas, of ...

... COERCION IN IRELAND, Twenty Publicans Imprisoned, At Miltown, Malbuy, yesterday afternoon, twenty publicans, charged with refusing to supply refreshments to the police, were sentenced to ona mouth's imprisonment each. each. I ...

... An accident of a rather alarming character, but bappdy unattended by consequences ut any Kdiiousiioss, occuri'L-d at Bodringalk CoiUery on VVodi;e^;j;vy afternoon. Botweeu 2 and 5 o'clock one of the carriages broke, when some ciistance from the bottom* and the guides were damaged. By this means communication between the bottom aud mouch or the pit was interrupted. The repairers were promptly ...

... WARNING TO DOMESTIC SERVANTS. MARRIED MEN AS FREE LOVERS' A judgment given by Sheriff Erskine Murray in Glasgow sheriff court, yesterday, ought to act as a warning to young women in genera!, and domestic servants in particular, and teach them to be extremely careful in choosing their lovers. In an action brought by Christina Nicholson, formerly a servant in Hillh6ad, the Sheriff holds that a ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT AT NANTYGLO A fatal accident occurred this morning at the works of Messrs Barnes, at Coal brook vale, to a man named George Lewis. It appears that the decease(i was about seven o'clock engaged in shunting, and plaeed a piece of timber between the buffer or a truck i,nii that of the engine, which, uiov.og on the piece of timber, got presses out of its position, and struck the ...

... Gossip of the Day. From To-day's London Letters. Lady Students at London University. The number of ladies who seek degrees at the London University steadily increases (to quote the Manchester Guardian). It is but some five years since a college hall of residence for women fceeking these degrees was started in London, when some fifteen or more students came to reside from various parts of ...

... The inquest concerning the death of the two children named Aston, which occurred at Upton Park, Essex, under circumstances which, by her own statement and other evidence, indicted they were killed by their mother, was resumed to-day. The jury said they considered a verdictof Wilful murder should be recorded against the mother, Emma Elizabeth Aston, but they were of opinion that she was not in ...

... Mr Rowly King, second son of Sir Gilbert King, of Jamesdown, Drumsna, while out shoot- ing on Saturday, was accidentally killed, his gun going off as he was crossing a ditch. He was not found until Sunday. ...

... A NEW THEATRE FOR NEWPORT This evening the new theatre, which has been erected on the site of the old Gaiety, will be opened with the drama Follies of the Day. When the lease of the old building expired, Mr D. E. Humphreys, the proprietor, determined to obtain a, new theatre more in harmony with the require- ments of the newer Newport, which, with artistic beauty and stately public buildings, ...