Weekly Mail

TIDE TABLE. FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 10, 1894. "ST O Xti .3 § W co ^3 /-s 3 ei M BATS OF THE -EG 8 wmx. -a! as f-8 § IS fcg -S a M 3 H & (Morning 9 15 9 7 8 53 10 14 8 5 Saturdy< Evening- 9 31 9 27 9 19 10 34 8 25 (.Height 34 2 37 3 37 9 30 4 33 2 C Morning: 9 55 9 47 9 41 10 54 8 47 Sunday.-j Evening 10 13 10 6 10 1 11 13 9 7 (.Height 33 3 36 2 36 8 29 1 32 4 r Morning 10 35 10 26 10 22 11 33 9 28 Mondy i Evening 10 52 10 44 10 41 11 51 9 47 I Height 31 3 34 5 34 11 27 0 31 0 (Morning 11 9 11 0 10 59 — 10 5 Tuesdy 1 Evening 11 26 11 16 11 16 12 7 10 22 (Height 28 9 32 1 32 7 24 3 29 .4 ("Morning 11 43 11 34 11 35 12 23 10 41 Wednes^ Evening — 11 54 11 57 12 41 11 3 (.Height 25 9 29 4 29 10 21 1 27 1 (" Morning 12 4 — I 11 29 Thurs, Evening 12 29 12 18 12 23 1 25 11 57 (.Height 25 2 26 9 27 3 17 11 25 0 (Morning 12 59 12 47 12 51 1 54 — Friday, -j Evening 1 3J 1 22 1 23 2 29 12 29 (.Height 22 6 24 11 25 5 15 5 23 5

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SATURDAY, AUGUST, 4 1894. THE WEEK. The death is announced of Cardinal LeJo- chowski at Lucerne, Where he has been dangerously ill for some time past. Her Majesty the Queen has consented to become a patron of the exhibition to be held in Cardiff in 1895. At the Penzance Hegatta on Saturday the Britannia beat the Vigilant by 5 min. 14sec. besides her time allowance. At the twenty-fours' race at Heme. Hill on Saturday Shorla.nd scored 460 .miles, 1,296 yards, thus reducing the world's record by two miles, 1,408 yards. It is stated that steps will be taken to induce the Home Secretary to appoint a special inquiry into the Cilfynydd disaster by a Board of Trade inquiry. At the State Gaol in Grace City (Tennes- see) on Friday the convicts broke out in';o mutiny. The convicts now, to the number of 70, hold the gaol, and refuse to surrender. The "New York Herald's" Valparaiso cor respondent states that the British barque Cape Breton, of Montreal, has been wrecked on the Ooronel Reef. The Taff Vale Railway dividend was last week declared at 341 per cent., and that of the Barry Railway at 10 per cent. The Midland Railway dividend is 4| per cent. The Acme, of London, arrived at Graves- end on Friday from Oronstadt, and reported that whilst at Cronstadt three cases of cholera, and five of choleraic diarrhoea, with ont death, occurred on board. The three-masted Dutch steamer Castor was run down and sunk im the Channel on Sa,turday morning by the German barque Ernst, of Hamburg, the crew of 25 men, a pilot, and three passengers subsequently being landed at Folkestone by a fishing boat. Professor Ll. Thomas (vice-principal of Jesus College, Oxford) on Saturday afternoon distributed the prizes to the students at Oolet House College, Rhyl, and in the course of his remarks, dealt with the question of' Welsh education. According to the "Times" the members of the Aged Poor Commission expect that two more sittings will suffice to dispose of the first part of Lord Aberdare's draft report-- that relating to the administration of the Poor-law. Speaking at the fifth annual bonus festival in connection with the South Metropolitan Ga,s Company's employes on Saturday, the Duke of Devonshire said their scheme was the largest and most 'successful of the at- tempts made in the direction of profit- sharing. At a Board of Trade inquiry at Cardiff on Saturday into the circumstances atte-idiig the stranding of the steamship Glenfield, of Stockton, in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Stipendiary found that the master (New- dick) and second mate (Mathias) were in default, and suspended the certificates of each for three months. A conference of authorities of Miners Per- manent Societies was held last week at the London Mansion House, the Earl of Crawford, in the absence of the Marquess of Bute, pre- siding. The report having been adopted, the meeting proceeded to oonsider the question of aged and infirm miners and the election of officers. At a meeting of the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Joint Sliding-scale Committee at Cardiff on Saturday it was announced, as a result of the audit for the two months ending June 30, that there would be a reduc- tion of 31 per cent.' as and from the 1st of August next, placing wages 231 per cený. above tjw standard of December, 1879. .:< A Reuter's telegram from Sydney says tho Dibbs' Ministry has resigned. It has been decided to break up the Val- kyrie for firewood as soon as possible. The creditors of Major Hambrough decided on Tuesday to wind up the estate in bank- ruptcy. At Palermo on Tuesday a fight occurred between gendarmes and marines and a band of brigands. Six of the latter were killed. An explosion has oiccurred a* Graigola. Fuel Works, Swansea, by which two men were severely burned. At Cardiff Police-court on Tuesday no less than six shebeeners were convicted, and fines ranging from C5 to 250 imposed. At Llandovery College on Tuesday the annual prize-day was celebrated in the pre- sence of a distinguished assemblage. Several cases of cholera have broken out in Marseilles, where the epidemic is stated to be greatly on the increase. At Liverpool on Tuesday two men, named Sharp and Butterworth, charged with keep- ing a racing lottery, were remanded. On Monday morning the funeral took place of the late Mr. Richard de SoldenhoO: at St. Joseph's, Penarth. An extensive fire occurred at Phillips, Wisconsin, in which sixteen persons are known to have perished, though, it is feared, the actual loss of life will prove much greater. The school managing body of the proposed Llanelly Intermediate Education College have just received the sum of £ 2,950 from the local committee. The latest dispatches from Wisconsin estimate that over 40 persons have lost their lives in the town of Phillips in the destruc- tion of that town by fire. The third choral festival this year of the Carmarthen Archidiaconal Choral Union was held: at St. Mary's, Kidwelly, on Tuesday, and was conducted in Welsh, ten choirs taking part. It is stated "on the highest possible autho- rity" that a. private agreement has been made between this country and the Vigt.ntine Government by* which Jabez Balfour will ifoi be expelled from Argentina. The "American Artisan" states that six- tin-plate mills are to be at once erected at Cambridge, Ohio, the entire plant costing in the vicinity of £ 16,000, and will give employment to 175 hands. e.. I In the yacht race at Falmouth on Monday the Vigilant did not start, having broken her bob-stay. The Britannia crossed the line 30 seconds ahead of the Satanita, winning easily. The difficulty between the Government of Sydney and the Cabinet regarding the appointment of members of the Legislative Council has led to the resignation of the A Dibbs Ministry. A new Cabinet is aoout to be formed. A meeting of the general council of the Cardiff exhibition was held on Monday, when Mr. E. Seward, who was appointed archi- tect, submitted plans and suggestions for the construction of the proposed exhibition building. A general feeling of dissatisfaction is felt among the colliers of the Pontypridd Valley regarding the refusal of the employers' repre- sentatives on the sliding-scale committee to accept the evidence of checkweighers in cases of dispute. The Hon. Sir F. Carter, Chief Justice for New Brunswick, delivered judgeent on Tuesday in the Placentia election oasee, find- ing two more men guilty of bribery. Both were unseated, thus bringing up the total of those unseated for corrupt practices to fifteen. At the monthly meeting of the Rhondda Miners' Association, held at Ton Ys'.? ad on Monday, a resolution was passed con- demning the proposed transference of the Albion Central Relief Fund to the Miners' Permanent Relief Fund as irregular, if uot unjust. In reply to certain question's by Mr. Griffith-Boscawen in regard to the refusal of the Llanddewi-brefi Burial Board to conse- crate a portion of the cemetery, the Hoin, Secretary stated that papers on the case are about to be sent to the Treasury Solicitor to advise as to what steps to take. An interesting gathering took place at Swansea on Monday afternoon, when Dr. T. D. Griffiths was presented with an illumi- nated address and a purse of £ 529 18s. 6d. Mr. Morgan B. Williams, high-sheriff, pre- sided, and amongst several other distinguished persons present was Sir John Williams, M.D. An inquiry was held on Tuesday at Swan- sea into the circumstances connected with the death of Walter Fernand Green, known as Walter Parnall and Walter Fernand, an actor, whose body was found on Swansea Sands, a verdict of "Found drowned" being returned. A proposal is being seriously considered by the executive of the Tin-plate Workers' Union for convening a meeting of the geleral. council forthwith for the purpose of sanction- ing, if necessary, the calling out of tlle employes at all the 83 works owned by tile members of the Tin-plate Manufacturers" Association. There are, in all, 90 works ill the trade. The Paris "Figaro" publishes a long article describing the .British occupation of Egypt as a crushing rule, and declaring that Lord Cromer is making life unbearable both to t the head of the State and to the Adminis- | tration. It is for the diplomatic agent of France to use all his resources to establish < a serious basis of resista-nce to the encroach- ments of Great Britain. A curious accident has occurred at Wels- berg, in the Pusterthal district of Carinthia, a portion of the eminence on which the old castle of Welsberg stands giving way and ,¿. sliding down the mountain side, by which a woman and four children were buried alive. Three of the entombed, however, have been 7 rescued. The proceedings in connection with the inquiry into the cause of the Cilfynydd disaster were concluded on Friday week at Pontypridd, when the jury found that the deceased lost their lives through an explo- sion of gas, accelerated and extended by coal-dust. Tha iurv further expressed the opinion that. shot-firing was practised con- trary to rules, that the unde^r-manager neglected his duty, that the firemen were negligent, and that«there was not a proper system of watering in the raine.

Members of the West Surrey County Council, having mastered, apparently, the intricacies and requirements of the Act which they are called upon to administer, have taken to protecting public eyes and public ears from indecency. They have just passed a, bye-law with that view, and all indecent songs and ballad's on public road or in a public-house are prohibited things. They, moreover, set their faces against any and every swear word in the language. We do not know what their modus operandi may 4 be; very likely they invest the "gentleman in blue" with new powers. We do not see how he can do the work unless the council piwidle him with an index expurgafcorius of indecent Songs and ballads. If left to his own taste and discretion, ten to on& "Robert" will go wrong. There are ever so many Welshmen dispersed over West Surrey" and it is to be hoped they will not be taken up for swearing when they speak Welsh in going home from chapel. The care which the present Government have for the working man,: of whom; they profess to be the esneoial patrons, may be gathered from the laiseez faire reply df the H9,m S to Mr. D. A.