... Swansea Naval Reserve Man's Complaint I In the House of Commons ou TimrsÚa.v, Col. Denny asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he was aware that Fireman J K. Harrod, Royal Naval Reserve (Book p. 3064), was engaged to serve on board the British steamer Bivouac at Swansea on the 9th of March, 1899, and was told to bring his stores and clothes aboard that when he returned to the ...

... PREPARING FOR PEACE. 100,000 Fuses Ordered. I The much-taiked-of peace proposals do not appear to be staying the hands of the Wa Department, for the latest order for war mater: .-1 has been to Messrs Kynoch, of Birmingham, and is for the supply of 100,000 fuses for Hodkisa gun shells. It is the biggest order the firm has re- csived. ...

... COTTON SPINNERS' AGITATION. I Notices Tendered To-day. I In connection with the demand for an increase of 7d in the £ in wages the cotton operatives at Heywood to-day tendered a, week's notice to leave work unless the increase be granted. All the millki in the district will be affected by the strike should one ensue, but in official quarters it is thought the advance will be conceded4 with out ...

... Disgraceful Street Scenes at Newport. The Newport borough magistrates, at their iitting to-day listened to the stories of a series of. disturbances which took place in Emlyn-terrace. One witness told the Court that the row started on Friday night, and it was resumed on Saturday, and that there were two outbreaks on Monday, and that at one time two old women, two young women, and two young men ...

... I ANGLO-AMERtCAN UNITY. I Reminiscence of the Late Dean Vaughan. Nobody needs to be told of the zeal for Anglo- Saxon friendship which filled the late Mr Bayajd, so well known as the American Ambassador in London. A touching last proof of this (says the Daily C/ ...

... MARCHAND'8 FLOTILLA. I Paris, Tnesda.y.—Lieut. Gye, commander of the gunboat Faidherbe and of Major Marchand's iio!.tHa, is returning to France with his com- panions to take a wen-earned rest. After leaving Sobat the Sotilia fonnd the ascent of the Bn.ro somewhat dtSica});, the steamer and boats having to be heated over eandbanka and reefs which frequently interrupted navigztion, On the ...

... EARTHQUAKE AT SALFORD Chimneys Dislodged and Lamps Extinguished. Alarming Incidents. The inhabitants of the districts of Salfcrd and Pendleton were thrown into a state of intense excitement on Monday night by what is believed to have been an earthquake shock. About 10 o'clock a rumbling sound was heard, and this was fallowed almost immediately by a distinct vibra- tion of the earth. Those who ...

... Disarmament. IAPPROACHING CONFERENCE. British Reply Gives Great Satisfaction. Vienna, Friday Night.-It is stated in well- informed circles that the issue of the invitations to the Disarmament Conference may be expected any day. The conference is to take place about the middle of the present month. St. Petersburg, Friday.—The reply of the Eng. lish Government to the last Circular has been ...

... THE FROCKS THAT COME IN THE SPRING, tra LA. In spite of the sharp frosli of the last few days, the new spring dresses are coming ont ever* wiiere The skirts (says a fashion writer) are very long both in front and behind, and anything less economical than the newest models it would be difficult to imagine. Every woman has decided, however, to have a serpentine skirt for the spring- It matters ...

... ENGliNE Di'ilVlc-R'S SUDDEN DEATH. A man named William Toothill, driver of a goods engine on the Great Western Railway, and lodging-at one of the houses in Arthur-street, Newport, went heme last night after going off uucy, and complained to the landlady that be had indigestion. After supper he went to his bedroom, and subsequently was heard groaning. The land- lady looked in at tho door and ...

... THE PHILIPPINES. I 1,500 Native Prisoners I Washington, Friday. Replying to a despatch from General Alger, iuquiring as to the state- went issued by the Filipino Junta in Europe on the 1st inst. that the Filipinos held 600 American prisoners, General Otis, in a telegram despatched from Manila to-day, says The insurgents have not taken nor do they hold a single prisoner of wax. They have three ...

... THE SOCIAL EVIL. Heavy Fines. At tll; Cardiff Police Court to-d&v (before the Stipendiary, Mr T. VV*. Lewis) Ellen EOOI' aged 36, was brought up on a warrant charged with KEEPING a brothel at 11, Stanley-street, on Marsh ht, 1899 Pdsoncr was fined X30 and costs off three months' hard labour. At tin- Police Court to-day Alfred tridge (21; fined Y,10 and costs pr one mouth for assisting in the ...