... EPITOME or NEWS. The absence of troops in South Africa saves India XII,000 per mouth. The trials of the new electric trams at Bolton may take place during the next few days, A leaflet printed in Dublin is headed: En listing in the English army is treason to Ire- land. Most of the Berlin papers comment in eulogistic tones on the bravery of the British officers at the battle of Glencoe. In a ...

... Polling to fill the Parliamentary vacancy at Exeter, caused by the appointment of Sir Staf- ford Northcote to the Governorship of Bombay, took place on Monday in fine weather. The can- didates were Sir Edgar Vincent (Conservative) and Mr. Allan Bright (Liberal). The polling strength of the city is about 7,500. When the booths opened there was very little excitement, but by ten o'clock 1,600 ...

... A terrible stabbing affray took place on Monday at the North end of Liverpool, result- ing in the death of one of the combatants. Recently a seaman named Thomas O'Burn arrived home from a voyage and went to the home of his brother-in-law, James Tomlin, in Blackfield Stroet. It is alleged that on Monday afternoon the parties, with a number of others, were drinking and singing together, and that ...

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... In the absence of trustworthy news the manufacture canards has proceeded actively on the Continent. report was published in Berlin on Friday of last week alleged to come via Amsterdam from Afrikander circles Cape Town,” to the effect that lAdvsmith had already capitulated and that 9000 Knglish. mostly wounded, had been made prisoners the Bo'-rs. A Durban cablegram via London,’* also ...

... l I Lundeinxvyr nid ydyw yn angenrh2idiol desgrifio Arddanrgosfa yr Arglwydd Fner. I ereill galLwn egluro mai gorymdaitli ydywv sydd iw gwveled bob blwyddyn ar y 9f edt o Dachwedtl pan y bydd yr Arglwydd Faer newydd ya cymeryd ei swydd, ac yn myned, gyda'r Cyrnghorwyr Trefol, a'r Sheriffs, gyda Seindyrf yn blaenori, a baneri ymg ohwifio o'r prif adeiladau, ir Exchequer Court, i gael ei dyngul ...

... GENEDIGAETHAU, PRIODASAU, A .MARW OLAETHA.D GENEDIGAETHAU. Davies --- Tachwedd 6, pried Mr Stephen Davies, Rock cottage, Corwen, ar fab. Davies - Tachwedd 5, yn 2, Dovoy street, Lorpwl, pried Mr E. J. Davies, ar ferch. Jono.s - Tachwedd 4, pried Mr Edward r Jones Greenwich House, Bethesda, ar d ferch- cyntaf-anedig. h .Jones - Tachwedd 3, yn Bromfield Villa, y Wyddgrug, pried MAir William ...

... Portsmouth on Monday wired to her Majesty the deep regrets of two hundred and fifty of her Crimean veterans that they were no longer able to fight for the Empire. The telegram left the hospitable board General Sir George Willis had provided and surrounded with the local survivors of the Battle of Inkerman, and was acknowledged by a gracious reply during the evening, that was read amid ...

... The police captured a base coin factory in Aberdeen on Monday. They seized all the ap- pliances, and arrested the proprietor and his son. The indications discovered during the raid pointed to counterfeit coining having been conducted upon a wholesale scale, particularly in five-shilling pieces. ...

... The Norwegian steamer Snefond, a regular trader to the Tyne, laden with oats and maize, stranded on the rocks off Sharpness Point, Tynemouth, on Monday night. The stranding was alleged to be caused by a Guy Fawkes dis- play on shore, which the captain mistook for blue lights from a pilot boat. The vessel was badly holed amidships, and the prospects of re- floating her are very doubtful. The ...

... SHIPBUILDING YARD DESTROYED, j The premises of the Dundee Shipbuilding Com-; pany, Limited, Dundee, were almost totally des^ troyed by fire early on Tuesday morning, and most of the works, including two vessels on the stocks for London owners, were reduced to ruins. It was for some time feared that the adjoining property and shipping in the harbour would be involved, but the efforts of the ...

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