THE WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT

... AT THR OAIhDirF for t SiiEBE~tts. 1vI 2 1I have recurted again and egain to the sub- s ~'ject of sbebecus. At flowlais, Merthyr, W Cadoxton, and Barry, they were said to s'sist; for abut i had never seen the ittdustry in actual bei operation. Well-informed ...

Published: Wednesday 27 February 1889
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 3647 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

The Man About Town. I

... entertainment offered by the townspeople, and a luncheon to be given by Mr Alfred Thomas, M P, # + It is not to be expected that Merthyr— and why not Aberdare and Bridgcnd ?— will allow Neath and Pontypridd to carry off the honours in the matter of gastronomic ...

Published: Thursday 07 March 1889
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1872 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

(Uarming Colliery Accident near Merthyr

... a repairer, and he was at work at the bottom cf the pit with a gang, making wiiiit is known as a back slum, when the Jail took place close by. MERTHYR, 3 15 P.M. The body of the missing collier, Jones, has now been recovered, and brought to the bank. ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1889
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 814 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

BELFAST: FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1889

... MMahon, Carrowkella, Coon ti Clare. A fall of a roof took place early yesterday in morning at Abereanaidl Colliery, near Merthyr vr Tvdvil. One man was killed and fifty-eight t} others -were entombed, but have since been in rescued. dl The stcamer Curfew ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1889
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 6077 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE SWEATING SYSTEM

... TZ-E1IVLE COOLLXE4Y ACCIDENT. An alarming accident occurred at half-past four o'clock the other morning at Abercanaid Pit, near Merthyr Tydvil. Shortly before the time for the night shift of sixty men to ascend to the surface from the Sft. 6in. vein a fall occurred ...

Published: Sunday 26 May 1889
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1542 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE CARDIFF SECRET COMMITTEE SYSTEM

... since tra e the Welsh Sunday Closing Act had been wc passed the town had swept away much an of the property, consisting of slums and itt d Aisatias where were bred the vice and ?? e which Mr. Beavan had formerly witnessed. Still, 3. one could not help ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1889
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 4262 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... mlatter would save been deemed of scsflicient ?? to enlist tise attention of at least one lie of this miny members of whom thle Merthyr and of Aberdare Hoards consist. In tlsis, I mcci sorry to s1 cs say, I have bee-n disappointed, acd thmere novw A reemains ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1889
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 4349 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

---a THE SWEATING COMMITTEE

... of the conditions of life and surround- ings of the toiling masses. When they desire to get information tbt)y have to go slumming, or they have to depend upon the uncertain and too infrequent resolutions of their constituents. If exact information ...

Published: Monday 24 March 1890
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2158 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

I The Man About Town

... not lend itself kindly to rhyme, and the other contains words which a too inadequate acquaintance with the language of the slums renders me incapable of understanding. I entreat these aspirants to spare mo I shall at least spare my readers, and not vitiate ...

Published: Friday 06 March 1891
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1316 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... aehe profit wan tiinfriby turnod itilo Its a loss, ntid every yost tine revenue of India: uvmna cliarnwd vills mu certaimi s~lum in respect of Clue R. excesbs of railwvay ex~penditure over reeeipts a: Hoe did not, Itoiveve-, lknow that tiji ass a ltogether ...

Published: Wednesday 05 August 1891
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 2586 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

SOUTH WALES NOTES

... social i e formed in the minds of strangers. Like Haroun Alraschid, the philanthropic caliph, Mr Chauncey Depew has been slumming in East London, dressed as a costermonger, and this is his picture Oi the hell that lies without the greatest paradise of ...

Published: Monday 12 October 1891
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1780 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

GENERAL BOOTH AND HIS NEWSPAPER CRITICS

... training tgv garrisons or college-, 25 homes of rest for their ow sick and wounded officers. They had 43 ] ed Rescue Homes, 72 Slum Corps, 15 Prison Gate 3er Homes, twelve rood depots, Z4 shelters, ore -ed inebriate home, and eleven elevators or factories ...

Published: Wednesday 27 July 1892
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1090 | Page: 7 | Tags: News