Papurau Newydd Cymru

Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru

Cuddio Rhestr Erthyglau

17 erthygl ar y dudalen hon

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,TRADE OUTRAGE TRIAL.

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THE FOUR 100-TON GUNS PURCHASE.…

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THE FOUR 100-TON GUNS PURCHASE. J The purchase of four 100- ton guas from Sir William j Armstrong and Company's works at Blswick will re- j present (says the Dauy News) the last important out- lay likely to be made out of the credit of six millions. The foar pieces of ordnance purchased are, it appears, Just ^eady for delivery; but as we have no vessel at present, nor are likely to have for some years, unless it be the Inflexible, capable of carrying such monster can- non, the only inference is that we have bought the guns simply for the purpose of preventing anybody else from doing so. We hardly appreciate the advantage in these circumstances, since if we have BO war vessel that can mount them, other nations are no better off, with the exception, perhaps, of the Italians. But then the Italians have already in their-possession the armament for one of their formidable turret ships, the Duilio, and the other is not likely to require guns certainly for a couple of years to come. Our heaviest guns hitherto have been 80-ton weapons, and it seems that while we have been plodding on for years making four or five of these guns, Sir William Armstrong, at his works near Newcastle, fcas well nigh finished a dozen 100-ton cannon, of which eight were ordered by the Italian Government. The Inflexible is destined to carry four of the Woolwich 80-ton guns but we sup- pose, now that heavier metal is in our possession, an attempt will be made to place it en tbis, our largest and most thickly-plated turret-ship. In that- case, the British man-ot-war wul have a slight advantage over the Italian, for while their armaments will in both cases be the same, the latter ha3 armour of but twenty-two inches, while that of the Inflexible is twenty-four inches. In all other respects, fortunately for ourselves, the conditions will be the some. The guns of the Italian, coming from the same workshop, are not breech-loaders, but, like our own, load at the muzzle. Moreover, the method of loading and work- ing the guns will be by hydraulic machinery in both caees, for the firm of Sir William Armstrong and Co. is entrusted with the carrying out of all the arrange- ments for mounting the cannon on board in this country as well as in Italy.

COLLIERY ACCIDENT CASE. j

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GflAZI OSMAN'S KNTRY INTO…

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DASHING EXPLOITS.

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NATIVE RACES IN CHINà. í

A HERO OF THE COMMUNE.

THE BATTLE OF MONASTERO. f

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THE DEAF AND DUMn AT BOARD…

THE DREADFUL FAMINE IN CHINA.

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