... It may be useful to give the following table, showing the principal mining disasters in the part 16 years Killed. 1876—Dec. 18. Abertillery 11 Dowlais Blast Furnace W 13/7—Jan. 23. StoneMU, Bolton 18 }877—Feb. 7. Dare y Lever, Bolton 1° 1877—March 8. New Worcaatar SWMWM 18 1877—April 11. Tynewydd 5 1877—Oct. U. Pemberton, Wiaan 55 1877-Oct. 22. HighBlajatyre 200 1878—IVIarch 8. Kilsyth. ...

... Appended are statistics showing the export of tin-plates from South Wales during the month of August:— Destination. Tons. Value 1,977 £ 24,434 193 2,687 6,276 468 6,827 24,221 314,868 609 8,120 British North America 531. 8,471 Other countries 3,868 — 53,374 32,290 £ 425,107 These figures compare as under with the returns for the corresponding month of the two previous years :—1891, 14,574 tons ...

... DAILY NEWS BELIEF FUND. List of Subscriptions. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a further batch of subscriptions to-day in aid of the South Wales Daily News Fund fdr the relief of the sufferers by the lamentable explosion at the Park Slip Col- liery. Mr C. J. Smart, of the Ely Paper Mills, sends us j65 5s Mr R. Phillips, Queen-street, Cardiff, :65 Mr James Eckersley, of Pontypool. Bl Is ...

... CORK. CARDIFF, Saturday.—English wheat in poor supply, holders not inclined to sell at present values; foreign wheat unchanged- Flour in better demand, present values tempting buyers. Maize and barley in buyers' favour. Oats and beans unchanged. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—There were but few sam- ples of new English wheat offering to-day, that values could not be nxed of old the supply was small, ...

... A return has been issued to an address of House of Commons, giving the number of t licences in each licensing district. In this j the return shows that there are 283 houses ha*1* on-liceences; in the case of 265 of those t tenants and owners are different person There are in this town 25 persons registered the owners of two or a greater number of pre mises, in respect of which on-licences ...

... Tondu Disaster. On Monday a special meeting of the General Committee appointed to take charge of the Cardiff fund in aid of the sufferers by the Tondu explo- sion was held in the Council Chamber, Cardiff, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr Alderman T. Rees). There was a good attendance of members. The clerk (Mr Board) read a letter from Messrs Thomas and Jones, Queen-street, requesting a ...

... Our relief list for the sufforers by the calami- tous explosion at Tondu continues to increase in amount, and we have now every hope of being able to raise a very substantial sum for the bene- ficent object in view. Up to the present we have received the following sums £ s. tl. Proprietors, Smith WcZes Daily News 10 10 0 MrGeorge White, 100 0 0: Visitors at Llanwrtyd Wells, per Rev-J. T. 16 9 ...

... SUPPOSED LOSS OF A CARDIFF- LADEN SHIP. More than Two Months Overdue. The crew of the Liverpool sailing ship Knight Companion, which left Cardiff on the 20th of March last with a cargo of coal for Iquique, and is now considerably overdne, consisted of 25 hands all told. The list of those who originally signed on at the Board of Trade Offices* Cardiff, is aa follows :— Win. Davies (54), master. ...

... THE OPEN COUNCIL. STAMP (Gift).—There are two ways to make a binding assignment of the reversion. One is to execute a deed of gift to the sister, the stamp on which would be 10s. The other is to make au assignment by way of sate for some nominal consideration, say 5s, in which case the stamp required would be only 6d. It is unnecessary that the husband should join his wife in such disposition ...

... CORN CARDIFF, Saturday.—English and foreign wheat firm, weather being wet. Flour unchanged. Barley 6d cheaper. Maize and oats firm. Beans 3d dearer. Other articles same as last. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—A fair supply of English wheat, but prices were not quotably lower. Foreign neglected. Grinding barley and maize 6d a quarter lower. Oats without change. Few samples of new English wheat shown, ...

... THE WEEK'S MARKETS. corn CARDIFF, Saturday.—English and foreign wheat sold at last week's rates. Flour firm. Oats and beans un- changed. Maize and barley in buyers' favour. GLOUCESTER, Saturday,—Owing to the unsettled weather of the past week, farmers were unable to bring any sample of new wheat of old there was fair supply at previous rates foreign very quiet, and prices nominally unchanged. ...

... Mr R. D. Bnrnie, MP., treasurer of the South Wales Liberal Federation, writes as follows re- specting the present land agitation in Mont- gomeryshire Osborne Villa, Swansea, Sept., 1892. Dear Sir,—To give the tenant farmers a ohanoe of living, for their own and the national benefit, I would suggest 1. Tax land values, which, would in effect relieve the tenant of rates. 2. Nationalise the ...