... !RON AND STEEL WORKERS. The annual t.e A-MOcio.ted Iron aad Steel Workers of Great Drita.in has just con. eluded at Liverpool Mr J. Cox was elected secretary in the p[a.cect the la-te 1\1 Edward Trow. Thr-oSficers were instructed to'ooK out for a constituency for thotron and steel worker to be direct¡v represented in the Houae of Common. The s?cl'dry WilS appMnted to join no deputation f,.om ...

... ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. Before the Cardiff Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis) on Tuesday Francis J. Keel (31), was brought up on remand and charged with shooting himself with a revolver, with intent to commit suicide, at Grangetown on May 2nd. Evidence was given by Dr. T. Wallace, who said that he had examined the prisoner on two occasions and believed him to be sane, although if prisoner ...

... A NEATH BOY'S FATAL LEAP. Mr Howel Cuthbertson (county coroner) held an inquest at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, on Wednes- day touching the death of Clifton Collins, aged nine years, who fell into a sewer opening in Commercial-street, Neath, late on Monday night, and whose dead body was recovered two hours later. Mr Edwin C. Curtis watched the case on beaIf of the Neath Corporation and Mr W. H. David ...

... The Mayor of Rome has presented to the Government a. project for holding a.n Inter. national Exbib^m in tbssfc CI* ...

... Telegrams frpmthe Midland districts, ttc East coast, a.nd other places near London, report a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and evening at Fakenham, Large hailstones also fel!, and some parts of the iowc were flood-id to a depth of three feet. At Retter ^ng the principal thoroughfares aiso were flooded In all the districts harvest operatinns, which wert in full swing- ...

... THE INTENSE HEAT. Fields of Corn Ablaze. A fine field of barley on the farm of Mr George Symonds, at Monkton, between Dorchester and Weymouth, was on Friday set on fire. The corn was in a highly inflammable state as a result of th3 continuous dry weather experienced in Dorset. The whole area, some 10 acres in extent, soon became involved, and despite theunrelaxed efforts of labourers and ...

... IN FULL CRY. By RICHARD MARSH, author of The Beetle A Mystery, The Crime ana the Criminal, The Datche- Diamonds, Mrs Musgrave and her Husband, The Woman with One Hand, &e., &c. (COPYRIGHT.) CHAPTER XVII. At Dead of Night. The church clock struck two. The reverbera- ion of the second stroke died away as she opened ;r bedroom door but an inch or two. She lis- tened. All was still. She ...

... A WELSH CAPTAIN SUED FOR WAGES. At Cork Police Court Michael Dnuford, fire- j man on board the steamer Discoverer, of Cardiff sued Captain SFm. Coates, master of the vessel' for payment of £ 7 10s wages for a voyage from Baenos Ayres to Cardiff. The evidence, showed that the plaintiff had signed articles of agreement with thedeferldaiae, scipulazing to arrive at Cardiff before asking for the ...

... THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY. ON THE EVE OF BATTLE. GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AT LADYSMiTH. (Press Association Telegram.) Lord Methuen telegraphs that he has resumed command, and is in nightly communication with Kimberley. The health of the troops is excellent. ...

... A Novel Dofence.-Allegatiolis of Dishonesty. A novel defence wtts raised by Mr G. F. Fors- dyke on behalf of the owners ofthes.s. Madeline Who were sued at Cardiff Police Court On Tuesday by Thomas Cables, a chief engineer, for wages which he stated had been withheld by them with- out any cause. Defendants claimed they were entitled to retain any sUm due as wages to plain- tiff because he had, ...

... CARDIFF DOCTORS MOVING. A deputation from the Cardiff Medical Society waited upon the Health Committee of Cardiff Corporation on Tuesday with a view of inducing that body to adopt measures to reduce the ravages caused by tuberculosis, commonly known as con- sumption. Dr. Rhys Griffiths, president Dr. Patterson, secretary and Dr. Fiadian, treasurer' addressed the committee at length, explaining ...

... the annual meeting at Westminster on oesday night of the Eighty Club Lord Rose- jj_ y..v'a,s elected president, and among the vice- (J elected were Mr Arnold Morley. Sir evelyaij, Mr Asquith, and Mr Herbert ftSafyard Kipling il not unappreciated in Wales, the uo.us Recessional has often formed e'Qcutionary test at local ei6teddfodau, ...