... SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. THE ENGINII:Ili)EN'S ASSOr-'IATION. It will be recollected that the negotiations be- tween the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal- owners' Association and the South Wales Col- lieries Enginemen's Association for the adop- tion of the agieement proposed by the former fell through, the engine- men rejecting the proposed agreement, more particularly on account of Clause 2, ...

... A FIREMAN'S DIVERSION IN THE TRAIN I John Nelson, a. Sweedish fireman, was pa.id off at Cardiff, then liquored up not wisely bnt too well, and afterwards took train for Newport, and when entering the station at the TJskside borough he smashed three of the windows in the compart- ment in which he was travelling, doing damage to the extent of -11 2s 6d. Nelson, who had been lodged in the cells, ...

... A QUEEN WITHOUT COUNTRY. The Queen of Hanover;who reached her eighty first birthday recently, is the oldest Queen in Europe, uoL excepting our own Queen, but like several other Qneens in exile she possesses a title only, and has no position as a ruling Sovereign. Although the Queen of Hanover has now been expatriated for 33 years, she never permits her- self to speak in an unkind or harsh ...

... The wife of a labourer named Charles Reader asked, at Stratford on Saturday, for an order for maintenance on tbe.grl)und of her husband's i cruelty and desertion. Mrs Reader, after giving-her evidenceirepeatedly interrupted her husband when he was entering upon his defence, and at last Mr Burnett Tabrutn (the chairman) exclaimed, Oh, do hold your tongue-il,you,oan. I know it is a hard thing. ...

... DISTURBANCE AT PENYDARREN. When P.C. Woods was on his beat in Peny- darren on the 3rd inst. he was disturbed by the tippearance of a large crowd, some scores of men sitting on the walls. He then saw twwo men, George Williams and Cornelius Hart, fighting. The latter appeared to-day at the Merthyr Police Coatr and admitted there had been a disturbance, bat drew the line at fighting. Defendant* ...

... POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SHOT A Fatal Accident. A Lancaster correspondent telegraphs :—Police superintendent Haynes, of Ingleton, and Police- superintendent Blanchard, of Settle, were out shooting at Ingleton yesterday afternoon when Mr Haynes's gun was accidentally discharged. The shot lodged in Mr Blanchard'? groin, and he died this morning. Thr deceased was aged about 40, and was a married man. ...

... RHONDDA ROYAL GLEE SOCIETY Mr Tom Stephens, conductor of 'the Rbondda Royal Male Voice Party, will set out again shortly with 30 select members of the society for another tour through various counties in the North of EDgland Last Sunday Mr Stephens and his party returned to the liliondda alter a few weeks' engagements in Manchester, Liverpool, Chester, VVrexharn, and other large towns in ...

... TO-DAY'S MONEY. [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.] LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Opening, 11.20 a.m.—The Stock Markets arc quiet in view of the near approach of the fortnightly settle- ment, which ivill begin to-morrow in Mining Shares and on the following day in other securities. Con- sols steady. liupee Paper firm at advance. In Foreign Bonds Spanish, Cedula A. and Italian firm, being i to 1 better on purchases ...

... Leisure and I, John Wesley is reported to have once ga-d have long been strangers to each other. Btrt for the efiect of the Bank Holiday Act that would be the compulsory fate of thousands who are now enabled to enjoy the leisure, if it can be designated leisure, of five days a year 1 There never were such times as these for leisure.seeking and holiday-making. Train and steamboat companies ...

... PATTISONS, LIMITED. The Reconstruction Scheme. Ijord Stormontb Darling, in the Court of bcs- Son, Edinburgh, to-day, heard counsel on the inswers to the petition of certain creditors of Pattisons, Limited, in favour of the reconstruc- tion scheme of the London syndicate. The liquidators say that should the reconstruction scheme be adopted the outcome to the creditors would be L377,000, subject ...

... CZAR'S THIRD DAUGHTER. A Prophecy Being Vicariously Fulfilled. St. Petersburg, Jnne 27th.—The birth of a third daughter to the Czarina has visibly damped the hopes of those about the Court though in the Imperial family and household there is much jov at the event. It is reported that as the Dowager Empress arrived at Peterhof she met the Czar with these words Six daughters have been foretold ...

... EXCAVATIONS IN THE FORUM. I A Rome correspondent telegraphs that the first block of marble belonging to the sculptured cornice of the Basilica 2Enailia came to light on Monday in the Forum. The fragment is in splen- did preservation, and is decorated with rosettes, which are known to have formed one of the dis- tinguishing features of the cornice of the Basilica. Other interesting remains, ...