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... What Dissolution Means. When Parliament has been prorogued, it may be summoned to &-new Sessioa^or if the Govern- ment determines to go to the country a proclama. tion is issued dissolving the sitting Parliament and calling a new one. A dissolution then is the death of Parliament, and pat* an end to the Souse of Commons for the time being, so that until the elee- tions there will be no one in ...
... A slory of ex-President Kroger is told by an officer just returned from South Africa. The :riarchi»l role exercised by Oom Paul over Hit, burghers i i well known, and some of his legal decisions are reminiscent of the judgments of Solomon. A question about the oivision of some property as to which two brothers had a dispute was referred lo him, and it was agreed that his judgment should be ...
... JULY 2nd. 1889—Mr Milner Gibson resigned his seat for Igswich on the ground that his feelings wire at variance with tbe Conservative party. 1844-Mr Duncombe moved for a. Select Com- mittee to inquire into the Secret Office Department of the Post Office. 1845—P rince Albert caused the uniform coat and vest which Lord Nelson wore at the Battle of Trafalgar to be puchased for £150, whjh fiie view ...
... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND) RECALLED. FEBRUARY 12th. 1855—Dr. Baikie attended a mestift,? c-f the Geographical Mooiety to give an aeeoant of his travels in Africa, and in pariicnlar of his successful expedition up the Chadda. 1858 -Lord Palmerston introduced a Bill for trausferring the government of her' Majesty's dominions in the East from the East India. Company to the Crown. Lord Palmerston, ...
... ] p ENERAL wanted, experienced and trustworthy: I OT able to cook three in family nurse kept: good .eferpnces reQUlred.-Apply by letter, Mrs Cullum, Lloyds Bank House. Barry hock. 651n Situations Vacant. o ROCERY,-Wa.nted, youn man to ake charge of horse and cart and to assist at counter.-D. Edwards, Trecynon and Cwmdare, Aberdare. 472n be 'Id.11onsts. &t. FARMS, instates, Country Houses ...
... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED, AUGUST 27th. 1840—Mrs Martha Rorke, repotted to be 133 years old, died at Dotmre, co. Kiidare. 1850—The Queen opened the great railway bridgea at Newcastle and Berwick. 1851-Banqu-et at Bangor to Mr Robert Stephen- son in commemoration of the successful accomplishment of the great works at the Menai and Conway Straits. 1859—Leigh Hant, poet and essayist,, ...
... THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN. Gloucester, Saturday.—English wheat ld per bushel ,i.dvance-reds, 3s 4d; whites, 3s 7d per bushel; foreign wheat Is per quarter dearer-Plates, 28s 9d to 29s. Plate maize, 22s 6d to 23s. Grinding barley, 20s 6d to 21s. Weather unsettled. Newport, Wednesday.—An average business was done at to day's market. Wheat was 6d to 9d per qr. higher on the week; maize firm at ...
... THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN. CMdUf, 8ata''day. English an ...
... AUGUST 13th. 1838—A Sblect Committee was appointed to inquire into the rates and modeti of charg- ing postage with a view to reduction. 1847—Mr Hind discovered a new asteroid, after- wards named Iris. 1859—The Pneumatic Despatch Company's Act passed. Parliament was prorogued by Commis- 51on. 1868 -The first private execution occurred. 1859—The Order of Good Templars, founded eight years before ...
... Defeat of Mr Spicer. The result of the polling was declared shortly before 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning M rollows:- 4415 Spieer Unionist gain. 688 1892 I 18 t Soieer L 3.430 A. Spicer T,7 ...
... NEWPORT WOMAN'S MIS- FORTUNES. MrsAnn Dana, who has made for herself a reputation at Newport, on Wodnesdav, had her 28th interview with the Newport borouEh niagis trates. Mrs Dunn, who has had more than an average share of misfortunes, she having buried the whols of her 13 childreo, is a quiet in offea- sive woman, but is injuriously affected by the smallest quantity of alcohol. When under the ...
... THE CHURCHES. Ordinsliions at LlantSafT. The Lord Bishop of L'andaft hold a general ordination. in Liancu«ff Cathedral on Sunday ■jiorning, when the following gertlemen were [ ordained :— Deacon.—Joshua Dimes, B A., St. David's College, Lampeter; Thomas Davies, Mc.Div., St. David's College, Lamneter; Thomas John Davies, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter, and St. Michacl's College, Aberdare ...