... LABOUR -:iNOTES, . ?? .2 .: ; ,, ;; ?? I . I ; ?? I L0NDONW RAEMSPTEl T WI.(3ib ;)oh BG;Ig. Optlefattive flioktyg'o~ieest.:g vvhic toondl rtie~tivervin;thae n#9iaiteg; are ?? p:y tom th, 30 9ne .Ji shac w.vl on .¢ ?? ;o30thee aBRI MtsrsX *lrn * tireo, boies-have~c~txr ?? ki5 that'fin the Lobdbn~o tr~d'T fatxd neeo:ratoD 'hinls'iinnaay epats ?? Wfh~rke not being .-rughtier- 'aOd 'setisfm loy ...

... - ~ ~ ?? _i - I. CATTLE TRADE HORRORS. ATIZXT1ONTI aain ibeing drawn to the`:suffer- 1110 of ?? stOI brought from-the Antipodes. C Colam; of the ?? gives thehistory 01 l1e last three earZoes' The' W6ooloinoolo lanudid from Austia'w with :268 sbeep 'and laded only 210, havibg lost, 584nimals. on-tth VOyage; the Pertlishire started with 160 large (atble, and landed oulyr 138,uustaining a loss of ...

... PLUCKY ATTEMPTS ATRESCUE. :A RELMARKABLE m ,re Woke out early Thuits- day morning on boardlhe .steamship Kawac1hi Maru, owned by the, Japan. Mail Steamship Company, now lying at Tilbury Docks, The vessel is a twin-scre'w steamer, of over 6,000 tcns, and forim.k piirt of fileet: of twelve similar ships, bulilt for a forinightly service between London,'.lars-eilles;'Singapore, and Yokohauia. The ...

... G g * lE. 1 , 1 mondon's Fish Supply. 1,,vtheo ionth of 'January last 12,362 tons ofat fish uere delivered at the. Bililigagate Market, I and 2;774 tons at. the, ShaidwblP Market. ?? those quantities 36 tonus5' w.wteie condemoned' in the' Billingegate M4arketae .s fit ftr food, and 27 tons 16 pwt'. in Market..,11Hil Workmiien's Tiche s. Nearly 3,000,000' of workmen's tickets' are now yearly ...

... SALIS'BURY, DONOASTER, AND : ARPENDEN. SELECTIONS. 'ruE meeting at Newmarket was as usual a ancoess, and the same can-be said of- Gat- vick, which seems to im piove each meet- i rg, and they had a record attendance there lI Saturday last to witn'ess the contest for lie princ-e'sHandicap. The nbiimber of the icldexactlyequalled that of laMtyear, when ictory fell ?? Lawn, who started 'at 100 to ...

... FRom the report by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy on the general working of the Bankruptcy Acts for the year 1895, some interesting facts and figures may be extracted. First, as to the amount of insolvency under the Bankruptcy Act, there were during the year 4,396 receiving orders, being a decrease as compared with the previous year of 366; the liabilities were £6,518,191, a decrease of ...

... LABOTR NOTES, LABOT'i P. NOTES, THE SKILLED LABOUR MTAPRIET, SET&TZ Of, EMPLOYMENT IN MAY. .TxF, improvenient in the state of einplopilcni has (saystho Lfabour azdete) been maifcailae during'he ronth in most industries. In the 110 trade udiona, withan aggregata menl)er. ehip of 420,5094, makning returns, 13.583 (or 53 per cent.) are reported as unemployed at tie end 6f May, compared Nvith 32 ...

... THE COTTON TRADE. Is consequence of the serious depression in the cotton trade of Lancashire, a Trade Comn- mittee was formed by the Council of the Incor- porated Chamber of Commerce to make in. quiries as to the causes of the depression. The report of the committee has just been pub- lished. In the opinion of the committee there appears to be no immediate prospect of any amelioration, unless, ...

... THE LONDON B]UILDING TRADES. THE men engaged in the London buildin -trades have decided to turn out on strike on May 1 for an advance of 2d per hour and a new code of working rules. A meeting of delegates from the various trade unions interested has been held in order to carry forward the arrange- ments for concerted action. According to the latest figures published, the trade unions affected, ...

... spA-DE AFIP NAVIGATION RET-RNS. ?? avilvation Rpturns forJu, 1TL1.Tade slda, shn sn&ldcraC In VS:,flpotS Mrda7 i%~hbt these,. it is: bat i'l1 o ftc. do, not nocssil o- d ~iiri1~trae.June ti eren jOV , , a's the Tfit~untid6 boli- jlaor ?? t'l hpaefOrO, havo ef~l ~s - Lv .I~a 1e decreases ~eNl~gr for turh''e value tfth jn t4 it or, Per Canct. OLn the month, and Jin tha is Onlyr~ pr Pei cet,. ...

... LABOUR ~Tb- is, TnIM~H 16 ini eiidnge In :Le Position~ ?? t0:4,h the Oity Poadl andr -no fnt~hho'r`etipiqx bla- be n, tknythe Operative z :oD : Y ;ysB. as to~ter rms. Of. the 1Afty.to, h werd-xlthdrlawu from 41-sets.4Mov.4Jrn,%fO'tY- have obtaned war 1sewheroan three ~~i~a~ii oni picket duty L1` istsaid~tl&it~he firma ba otane asucint nnb'oif -briiek- 'ayeri imth Fc tou A~ citi t ...

... :,COMMENCEMENT' ?? A,, GREAT, | a BUILDING TRADE STRUGGLE. TH. PLASTERES LCKED OUT. ?? returns of the irecent~ballot of the :members of the .Operative' Plasterers' As- sociation on the general. question of sub- .mitting to: the demands-of- the National Association of 'Master 'Builders of Great Britain- and. Ireland' were offlicially an- nounced on Friday evening. -Onthe question,*whether the ...