... RAILWAY WORKERS' I GRIEVANCES. Meeting, at Port Talbot I For some time past been a movs- monfc on ioot on the Port Talbot Railway for better conditions of service. Up to the present, the management, it is alleged, have declined to recognise the principle of Trade Unionism, and the workmen refuse to appear before them with out an official of their society. A mass meeting of the employees was ...

... The Transvaal. SCENES IN THFC CAPE ASSEMBLY. The: Cape Town representative of the Times Reports an extraordinary scene in the Cape Assembly with regard to the aecond reading of the Rhodesia Customs Bill. Mr Schreiner apologised for Mr Merriman's having unintentionally misled the House by in- cautiously stating that the Transvaal had abol- ished special duties on colonial products. Duties still ...

... An open competition was held at the Lake on Saturday under the Jioath Park Club Rules. There were 19 models entered, including six from Swansea. Tha first heat brought out nine, and the boats left on a broad reach in a fresh W. breeze. At the turn for home the wind headed them off slightly. and they came back close hauled. Gloria and Utopia, of the Roath Park, and Ladv of the Lake, of the ...

... I IMPROVED CARRIAGES. Theordinary m eetin of this company was he'd estardav at the Cannon-street, Hotel, London, IErd ('aud H~amzilton. presiding. The directors recommended a dividend on the ordinary stock for the past half-year at ith Rae of 24 per cent. per annum, carzysug :orward £102224. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report. described is as the best ever pr sented for the ...

... On Monday night, at the Lyceum Theatro Newport, Mr W. E. Langley's company appeared in Mr Freperick- Jarman's thrilling Russian romance At the Foot of the Altar. The un- folding of the story was followed with keen interest by the audience. The rendering of the piece on the part of the company, of which Mr W. E. Langley .represented the Czar, and Miss Beryl Montague the Princess Natalie, was ...

... On Saturday evening a passenger on the Dablin Electric Tramway, named George Manners of Pickering-place, Bayswater, LOMon, in descend- ing from the car ca.ught hold of the rope attached to the trolley wire in mistake for the bell rope The trolley on being released sprang upwards a.nd snapped some of the electric oveihead wires which fell among the passengers on the outside seats Three of the ...

... BRIDGEND. Alleged Robbery.—At an occasional Police Court held on Monday Thomas Smith, labourer, of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody until Saturday on a charge of stealing JE3 from the person of Thomas Grogan, labourer, Maes teg, It was stated that the men were asleep in a field together, and that Smith awoke first and robbed Grogan. He was observed, however, and captured. ...

... A WELL-FILLED LARDER. We hear in natural history circles a good deal about the balance of nature, and the following well-authenticated story comes from North- amptonahire A sparrowhawk was killed when feeding her young (July 1). Four days later, when the nest was examined, it was found that the httle male bird had made due provision for the family, having brought home 48 birds, viz., six ...

... NO LEGAL PROOF. At Merthyr Police Court on Monday Thomas Hopkins, of the Full Moon Hotel, Twynymain,was summoned for selling beer on fSunday, July 23rd. Policemen watched the house from 1,200 yards away and saw large numbers of men enter and leave. Mr Beddoe argued that hundreds knocked on Sr.ndays, but were not admitted. By a recent decision there could be no conviction. The Stipendiary said ...

... FUTILE ATTACK ON A RECORD. At Catford on Monday afternoon Len Hirst; attempted to beat the 20-mile running record of one hour 51 minutes 54 seconds; established by George Cropland in 1894, but was compelled to give up after he had completed 13 miles and a half. ...

... NORMAN BIGGS NAMED AS CAPTAIN The annual meeting of the Buch Football Club was held on Fiiday,v?hen the retiring captain, Mr Derrick, was presented with a silver salver, suit- ably inscribed. In Mkuowledging the gift, Mr Derrick said he would like to make a suggestion as to his successor as captain. The gentleman who, he hoped, would be selected was Mr Nor- man Biggs, the veteran Welsh ...

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