... The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last, 3rd October, shows that in 28 of the largest towns in England and Walas, each containing 70,000 or more, and of which Cardiff is one, there were registered 5.564 births and 3,315 deaths. The deaths corres- ponded to an annual rate of 18.4. The rates of mortality in the several towns. arranged in order from the lowest, were ...

... [BY MR WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, CARMARTHEN.] 1651, 1656.-Thera were no members sum- moned for the Borough of Radnor, but two for the County. 1659. --Robert Weaver, of Aylmystry, who was Sheriff of Radnorshire 1623. He was evidently of a Herefordshire family, and related to Richard Weaver, M.P., Hereford, 1620, 1624, 1625. 1626, and 164-0-2 (when lie died) and Edmund Weaver, M.P., Hereford, 1646-53 ...

... CARDIFF TIMES AUD SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NE SCALE OF CHARGES 1'OR APVEUTISEMENTS. BUSINESS AD=i Publicationa, Per insertioB-B 1 to 6 insertions 4 a per line, or 4s ptJt 6 to 12 >> 3d 13 and upwards. 2d „ 2s *^B LEADEE PAGE— -JJ^H Ito insertions 6d per line, orfis 13 and upwards 'id 3s PUBLIC^ AMUSEMENTS, Bazaars, Eisteddfodan, Shows, Sports, Keliarious Lect'res, &c. c. Per inserti^j^^B 6 to ...

... THE WEEFS MARKETS. ;0RN- ,J i CARDIFF, Saturday.—English and foreign wheat at full prices of last welk, closing steady at bet.i prices. Flour firm. ]tai2e Is cheaper. Oats beans firm. Other artioes same as last. ...

... THE WEEK'S MARKET'S, CORN. CARDIFF, Saturday.—IwiJy rain retards the harve t. English wheat is 6d per quarter dearer. Flour firm and advancing. Maize and b-rley 6d to Is advance. Oat-s firm. Beans 6d dearer. Othor articles unaltei ed. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—Thin attendance. Ensrli-h wheat searco- red, 23 lid to 3s; white, 3s Id to 3s 2d foreign wlieat-little doing; Russians, 2is to 23s 6d; ...

... SOMETHING LIKE A LAND TAX. From New Zealand comes news that the labour party there are putting on the taxes pretty heavily, starting with an income-tax of Is in the j3, to be paid by public com- panies. Then there is the land tax, shown by the following table. Taking the initial tax at Id in the jS, the following table shows the ascending scale by Ys d in the £ until 2%d is reachecl Rate of ...

... STATE REGULATION OF THE HOURS OF LABOUR. A Labour Commissioner's State- ment. Mr Tom Mann, one of the members of the Royal Commission on Labour, at the request of the Commission, has prepared a comprehensive memorandum on the State Regulation of the Hours of Labour. The writer states that to deal effectively with the question it is necessary that attention be given to the various phases of the ...

... The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last, 5th September, shows that the rates of mortality in the several towns. arranged in order from the lowest, were as follows:— Nottingham 11-3 ) Leicester 179 Portsmouth 11*7 j Bolion — 18*1 Brighton 13-1 I>erby 18*2 Bristol 14-6 Halifax 18*2 Norwich 15-0 Birkenhead 1S'8 Bradford. 15 • Plymouth IS'l Birmingham 15-7 Oldham ...

... SectarianBiotry and Bitterness at t Maesteg. [BY RTT.V L LLOYD.] For some time past the inhabitants of Maesteg have been somewhat exercised in mind as to what kind of school would be built at Pontrhydycyff, but now all mystery has been removed, and our worst fears have been realised and our eravest suspicions confirmed. At a public meeting held at the Pont the name and nature and constitution ...

... THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—Scarcely any Englisli on offer, and prices were without change foreiS# very slow at nominally previons rates. Maize grinding barley 6d, and oats 3d lower. California* wheat 35s northern spring, 33s Russian, 35* American maize, 22s; round, 21s 6d. GrindiJI barley, 17s NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was a good atten' ance at to-day's market, and more ...

... CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS. SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. BUSINESS ADDRESSES, Publications Educational Per I to 5 insertions 4d per line, or 4s pef't>^ 6 to 12 „ 3d 3s » 13 aud upwards 2d It 2s .» LEADER PAGE— 1 to 5 insertions 6d per line, or 69 per 6 to 12 „ 13 and up wards 3d „ 3s » u PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS, Bazaars, Conc«r^ Eisteddfodau, Shows, Sports, Religious Sei'*lC ...

... LIBERAL FEDERATION, CYMRU FUDD. South Wales Daily News Fund. At the annual meeting ol the South Wales Liberal Federation, held at Llandrindod on Thursday and Friday, August 23rd and 24th, 1894, the following resolution was proposed by Mr Clifford Cory, J.P., and unanimously adopted > That the executive committee of the South Wales Libei-al Federation, recognising the import- ance of vigorous ...