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NEW SGALE OF CHARGES FOR PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS. 0>*E THREE INSERTION INSERTIONS; 20 Words. 6d. 1/3 28 Words 9d. 1/9 36 Words Ii. 2/3: 44 Words 1/3 2/9 52 Words 1/0 3/0 The above charges apply only to the following classes of small advertisements, and must be PREPAID, or former rates will be charged. SITUATIONS WANTED. SITUATIONS VACANT. .APARTMENTS TO LET. APARTMENTS WANTED. JIOUSES To LET. EXCHANGES. ARTICLES FOR PRIVATE SALE. MACHINERY AND TOOLS FOR SALE. BUSINESSES FOR SALE. LOST OR FOUND. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. TRADE SPECIALITIES. One Penny per Line charged for each insertion under this heading, PREPAID for not less than 13 weeks. J. E. BUNSTON, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, George Street, Pontypool, (Next Door to the Full Moon), For 16 years with Mr D. Evans, Commercial St., BEGS respectfully to inform the Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants generally of Pontypool and Neigh- bourhood, that he has just COMMENCED BUSINESS On the Premises lately occupied by Mr WM. JOXES, Draper, and formerly by Mr GOLDING, Watchmaker, and trusts by careful attention and moderate charges to merit a share of public patronage. Repairs promptly executed on the Premises. M. WINTERHALDER, Watchmaker & Jeweller (Opposite the Crown Hotel), GEORGE-ST., PONTYPOOL, BEGS to return his sincere thanks to the Inhabi- jLy tants of Pontypool and neighbourhood for the liberal patronage which he has received during so many years, and will use every possible effort to give complete satisfaction to all who favour him with their custom. A LARGE STOCK OF Clocks of various kinds, Gold and Silver Watches, Gold and Silver Chains and Alberts, Brooches, Lockets, Rings, Studs, Ear-rings, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Links, Solitaires, and numerous other articles of Jewellery suitable for Ladies and Gen- tlemen, at most reasonable prices. Spectacles & Eye Glasses to suit all Sights. Repairs neatly and expeditiously executed on the Premises.—CHARGES MODERATE. F. I. WALL, Auctioneer and Valuer, MARKET ST., PONTYPOOL. CASH advanced prior to Sale upon all kinds of Pro consigned for Absolute Disposal—All Sales settled for same or following day—Manager for the Commercial Loan and Discount Company, 77, Com- mercl';il Newport, and Market-street, Pontypool- Cash advanced from t5 upward, to Farmers, Tradesmen, Hous'i'io'iers, and others, upon their Stock-in-Trade, Furnr-i-e, and Effects, without publicity,-A(ldress as above. :nds of Household FuKt.ture, Surplus its, bougi.* for cash. NOTICE. jns found in of or Grouse y other Game upon the Blaendare Es- .1 be Prosecuted as the law directs. (Signed) DkVTD LLEWELLIN. in Gomer, Pontypool, July, 1879. 4ta'2 1ST OTXOJB, ANY Person or Persons found Trespassing on the Greenway Farm and Lands connected there- with, will be Protiecuteci to the utmost l'igour of the law. (Signed) DAVID LLEWELLIN. Bryn Gomer, Pontypool, July, 1870. 4ta2 House and Shop to Let. THIRST CLASS POSITION near Club Building, ± Pontypool. LARGE SHOP, 20 feet by 20 feet; double front, piate glass, with store room of same size beneath. HOUSE contains eight good rooms, chiiia pantry, outhouses, and usual oflices. Private entrance from new road.—Apply to Mr HASKISS, Music Ware- house, Pontypool. Building Land, Pontypool. ELIGIBLE SITES for BUILDING, situate near the British School, to be Let on Lease for 9!) years. —Apply to Mr W. H. RossEit, Albion Road, or to Mr DAVID DAVIES, Civil and Mining Engineer, Park Ter- race. To Drapers and Others. TO LET, a commodious SHOP & PREMISES, J situated in the Market Place, Pontypool, admirably adapted for business.—Apply to Mr DAYID DAVIES, Civil and Mining Engineer, Park Terrace, Pontypool. WANTED, by a middle-aged widow, a SITUATION as HOUSEKEEPER, in a house of business or otherwise.—Address L M., FREE PRESS Office, Ponty- pool. lep ANTED.-20 Boys, of good character; W special terms to those of 13 or 14 years of age. Apply to William Brown Witchell, South Wales Boot Manufactory, Abersychan. WANTED.—A good plain Gardener, who will make himself generally useful. Single man preferred. Honesty, sobriety, willingness, and thorough respect- ahiiity indispensable.—Apply to A. B care of Hughes and Son, Stationers, Pontypool. 2tal TO LET, MOUNT PLEASANT INN, Crumlin- street, Pontypool.—Apply to William Buoning, Trosnant Stores. 3mp2 TO LET, a first-class HOUSE aad SHOP, with double plate-glass front; best situation moderate rent.-Apply to B. and W., Free Press Office. Ita ^TABLE TO LET, two stalls, harness room, large C5 loft; also, with the above or separately, a Large: Room, 30 feet by '20 feet.—Apply to W. PEGLER, Jun., Pontypool. 3mp3 rPO BE LET, SHOP, DWELLING HOUSE, and X PREMISES, in Crane-street, Pontypool, lately in the occupation of Mr T. I'ROSSKR, Grocer.—For particulars and to view apply to Mr E. H. DAVIES, Ironmonger, Pontypool. f|TO BE LET, and entered upon immediately, the X CROWN BEERHOUSE, near Pontnewynydd Iron Works.—Apply to J. H. WAINWBIGHT. Club Cham- bers, Pontypool. 4mp2 EUR SALE.—Two pairs of Roller Skates, one pair for lady and one pair for gentleman small case of surgeon's Dissecting Instruments; japanned Sketching Caic by Boteiicy, containing 24 moist water colours and splended Case containing Stuffed Fox.—Apply to C.D Pontypool Free Press Office. ta A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE AND BUTCHER'S SHOP to Let, at Griflithstown. Business already established. Rent low.—For terms, &c., apply W. H. Buowx, Griflithstown. FOR SALE, Prime Thatching Straw, Buckle Stuff, Poles for Fencing, Stakes for Dahlias, or Roses.—Apply to HENRY KNIPE, Coedygrie, near Pontypool. FOR SALE, a quantity of duck & fowl FEATHERS, at Is per lb.—Apply to Joucs aud Edwards, Sta- turners, Poutypool. 3po GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEATH FLOWER SHOW. On THURSDAY, AUG. 14th, a Cheap Excursion Train For NEATH & SWANSEA WILL leave Hereford (Barr's Court) at o.oo a.tn., Iu.ss 6.0, Lvdbrook G.lo, Symond's Yat 6.2-5, Monmouth (May Hill) 6.40, Monmouth (Troy) 6.1,1, Dingestow 5..)!, Raglan 7.5, Llandenny 7.12, Usk 7.25, Abergavenny 7 5, Penpergwm 7-13, Nantyderry 7.23, Pontypool Road 7.45, Pontypool Town 7.53, Crumiin 8.10, Tredegar Junction 8.18, Rbymney Junction 8.2.5, Llancaiach 8.a.5, Quakers' Yard 8.45, Mountain Ash 8 55, Aberdare 9.5, Hirwain 9.20, and Glyn Neath 9 45 a.m., returning same day.—See Special Bills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ON SATURDAY, AUG. IGtlt, A Cheap Excursion Train FOR SWANSEA, LLANELLY, FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN JUNCTION, AND NEW MILFORD, WILL leave Mountain Ash at 7.0, Merthyr 6.55, Abermnt 7 7, Aberdare 7.15, Llwydcoed 7,13, Hirwain 7.30, Glyn Neath 7.50, Resolven 8.0, and Aberdylais (except to Swansea and Llanelly) 8.10 a.m., returning August 18th. On Monday, August 18th, AN EXCURSION TRAIN, FOR Beading" Zondon Will leave Merthyr at 7.40, Abernant 7.51, Aberdare 8.0, Hirwain 8.14, Glyn Neath 8.32, Resolven 8.42, Pontypool Road 7.35, Abergavenny 8.0, Llanvibangel 8.15, Pandy 8.20, Pontrilas 8.30, St. Devereux 8.40, and Tram Inn 8.45 a.m., returning August 25th.-See Special Bills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. GRIST MILL TO LET. TO BE LET, with immediate possession, the GRIST MILL, worked by water power, situate on the Avon Llwyd between Pontypool and Pont- newynydd, opposite to the Osborne Forge. For further particulars, apply to the Pontypool Iron and Tinplate Company, Poutypool. To the Overseers of the Poor and the Constables of the Parish of Llantrechca Tipper, and all whom it may concern. I MARY WYATT, now residing at High Street, Griflithstown, in the Parish of Llanvrechva Upper, in the County of Monmouth, Widow, and for Six Months last past having resided at Ponty- pool and Griflithstown, in the Parishes of Trevethin and Llanvrechva Upper, Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply at the General Annual Licensing Meeting to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day of August instant, for a Six Days Excise License to Sell by Retail at a House situate at the Top of High Street, Griflithstown, Beer, Porter, and Cider, to be con- sumed off the premises, in pursuance of the statute in that case made and provided, and which I intend to keep as Inn, Alehouse, or Victualling House. Given under my hand this 1st day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- dren and Seventy Nine. 2ta2 MARY WYATT. To the Overseers of the Poor and the Constables of the Parish of Llanvrechva Upper, and all whom it may concern. T SAB A FT ANN STEWARD, now residing at ij Griflithstown, in the Parish of Llanvrechva Upper, in the County of Monmouth, Beer Retailer, and for Six Months last past having resided at Griffithstom, in the said Parish of Llanvrechva Upper.. Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to app-y at the General Annual Licensing Meeting to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day ',f August instant, for an Excise License to Sell by Retail at a House situate at i High Street, Griltithstown, Beer, Porter, and j Cider, to be consumed either on «r off the premises, which are now rented by me from Mr George Gorroll, and which I intend to keep as Victualling House. Given under my hand this 1st day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- j dred and Seventy Nine. 2ta2 SARAH ANN STEWARD. To the Overseers of the Poor and the Constables of the Parish of Trevethin, and all whom it may concern. I THOMAS JONES, now residing at Pont- • newynydd, in the Pariah of Trevethin, in the County of Monmouth, Beerhouse-keeper, and for Six Months last past having resided at Pontnew- ynydd, in the said Parish of Trevethin, Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply at the I General Annual Licensino, Meeting to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day of August instant, for any of the Excise Licenses that may be held by a publican for the sale, by retail, at a house situate at Pontnewynydd, known by the sign of the Masons' Arms," of Intoxicating Liquors, to be consumed either on or off the pre- mises, which are now in my occupation, and which I intend to keep as Inn, Alehouse, or Victualling House. Given under my hand this 1st day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Seventy Nine. 2ta2 THOMAS JONES. To the Overseers of the Poor and the Constables of the Parish of Trevethin, and all whom it may concern. I JOHN FURLOW, now residing at Pontypool, 9 in the Parish of Trevethin, in the County of Monmouth, Confectioner, and for Six Months last past having resided at Pontypool, in the said Parish of Trevethin, Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply at the General Annual Licensing Meeting to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day of August instant, for an Excise License to Sell by Retail at a Shop situate at Crane Street, Pontypool, Sweets to be consumed either on or off the premises, and which I intend to keep as a Refreshment House, now in my occupation. Given under my hand this 1st day of August, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Seventy Nine. JOHN FURLOW. 2ta2 To the Ovet-seei-s of the Poor of the Parish of Trevethin and the Superintendent of Police of the Division of Pontypool, and all whom it may concern. I EMMA EVANS, now residing at No. 28, Clap- f ham Terrace, Blaenavon, in the Parish of Tre- vethin, in the County of Monmouth, Widow, and for Six Months last past having resided at No. 28, Clapham Terrace, Blaenavon, in the said Parish of Trevethin aforesaid, Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply at the General Annual Licensing Meeting, to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day of August next ensu- ing, for a Certificate or Licence authorising the grant to me of any Excise Licences to sell Beer and Porter by Retail, to be drunk or consumed off the Messuage and Premises, situate and being No. 28, Clapliam Terrace, Blaenavon aforesaid, in my own occupation and used by me as a private dwelling-house. Given under my hand this 31st day of July, 1879. E. EVANS, lù the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Llanvrechva TJpper, and the Superintendent of Police of the Division of Pontypool, and all whom it may concern. I JAMES RUMSEY MORGAN, now residing at 9 No. 6, High-street, Griflithstown, in the Parish of Llanvrechva Upper, in the County of Mon- mouth, Grocer and Beer Merchant, and for Six Months last past having resided at No. 6, High- street, Griflithstown, in the said Parish of Llan- vrechva Upper, Do hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply at the General Annual Licensing Meeting, to be holden at the Town Hall, Pontypool, on the 30th day of August next ensu- ing, for a Certificate or License authorising the grant to me of any Excise Licences to Sell Liquor or Spirits, Ale, Beer, Porter, Wine, and every and sany of them, by retail, to be drunk or consumed off the shop and premises, situate at No. G, High- ttreet, Griflithstown, aforesaid, in my own occupa- ion, and used by me as a Grocer's Shop and Wholesale Ale, Beer, and Porter Stores. Gfiveu under my hand this 3h;t day of July, 1879. JAMJIS J5. MOKGAN. I Suits frg -0. ,r, 'FV"V' "">V'V' PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. PONTYPOOL, MON. 7 MESSES. WAITE & SON HAVE been favoured with instructions to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at an early date, a VALUABLE FUEEIMLM PROPERTY; SITUATE AS ABOVE. Further particulars will appear. Auctioneers' Offices, Clarence-st., Pontypool, August 6, 1879. COMMERCIAL ST., PONTYPOOL. Extensive Sale of Surplus Stock. Mr. J. H. WAINWEIGHT HAS been favoured with instructions from Mr JOHN ALLEN, China, Glass, and Earthenware Dealer, to SELL BY AUCTION, on the above Premises, on MONDAY, the 18th AUGUST instant, and Five following days, a large and well-selected ASSORTMENT OF Modern China, Glass, Earthenware, ORNAMENTS, And a variety of other Articles, consisting of O:E3:I1.\f Tea, Coffee, and Dessert Services; Old Coal- port and other China. GLASS. —Cut and moulded decanters, claret decan- ters, cut and engraved jugs with goblets to match, celery glasses, pickle jars, finger glasses, bouquet holders, salvers, hyacinth glasses, fruit and flower epergnes, oval and round glass dishes, sugar and cream jugs to match, butter dishes, salts, cruets (complete), water bottles and glasses, soda and tumbler glasses (cut and moulded), goblets, tall ale glasses, champagne, claret, hock, port, and sherry wine glasses, custard and jelly glasses, honey pots, glass baskets, ice pails, wine and spirit bottles, comports, biscuit jars. EARTHENWARE.—Dinner and toilet services, sets of Parian terra-cotta and majolica jugs with bottles and flower pots, hot and cold water jugs, bread and cheese trays, salad and punch bowls, fish drainers, soup and sauce tureens, vegetable dishes and sundry dinner ware, tea pots and basins, terra-cotta water bottles and stands, London stone-figured jugs, bottles, and jars, cream pots, starch pans, butter pots, milk bowls, spirit barrels and churns, spittoons, bed, stool, and slipper pans, stew pots, foot warmers. A large and well-selected assortment of lustres, vases, jug stands, toilet table services, fancy flower pots and stands, candlesticks, tobacco jars, spills, match strikers, fish globes, candle ornaments, meerschaum, briar, broseley, and other pipes, brooches, jet drops, brushes, combs, India rubber toys, together with nume- rous other ornaments in great variety. The AUCTIONEER begs to call particular attention to the above superior and well-selected Stock. The Sale will commence on each of the above-named days at 6 p.m. punctually. Club Chambers, Pontypool, Aug. 6th, 1879. Abersychan, near Pontypool. CAPITAL VILLA RESIDENCE AND DWELLING HOUSES. j/JIO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Mr. J. H. WAINWIRIGHT At the WHITE HART INN, ABERSYCHAN, on TUESDAY, the 10th day of AUGUST, 1879, at 3 for 4 o'clock in the Afternoon (subject to conditions of Sale to be then and there produced), THE FOLLOWING Valuable Properties, VIZ..— LOT 1.—All that capital and substantially-built de- tached Villa Residence, known as Glanavon House," situate at Abersychau, in the county of Monmouth, for many years in the occupation of the Rev Stephen Price, and now of the Rev Richard Jones, and comprising drawing room, dining room, sitting room, four bed. rooms, and dressing room kitchen, pantry, and large cellar, together with the lawn and garden thereto be- longing and occupied therewith. LOT 2.—All those Two Dwelling Houses adjoining tha last mentioned premises, with the gardens thereto belonging, in the respective occupations of Mrs vEliza- beth Tlowells anil Mrs Elizabeth Rogers. JAil ;All those Two Dsvelling Houses and Pre- raises, situate at Abersychan aforesaid, near tns Goodi Station of the Monmouthshire Railway there, and now in the respective occupations of Joseph lies and Tbos. Davies. All the above Premises are Copyhold of the Manor of. Wentsland & Bryngwin they are in a good state of repair, and are well situated so as to command ready tenants. Further particulars may be obtained upon application to the AUCTIONEER, Club Chambers, Pontypool, or to Messrs. GREENWAY & BYTHWAY, Solicitors, Pontypool. I Freehold Land, near the Lime Kilns, PONTNEWYNYDD, NR. PONTYPOOL. To PARTIES FURNISllIXGiJlOUSEKEEFERS, AND OTHERS. Mr. J. H. WAINWRIGHT HAS been favoured with_ instructions from Mr J. WILLIAMS (who is leaving the Countrv) to SELL BY AUCTION, on MONDAY, AUGUST 11, i79, all the NEAT AND USEFUL Household Furniture AND EFFECTS, Comprising mahogany Pembroke, dining, and round tables, mahogany Windsor and cane-seated chairs, arm chairs, sofas, square and round deal tables, mahogany corner cupboards, 8-day and American clocks, silver patent lever watch, sewing machine (Singer's) with stand, mahogany and deal washstands and dressing tables, chamber ware, toilet glasses, night commode, linen chests, boxes, half-tester and French iron bed- steads, feather and millpuff beds, palliasses and mat- tresses, sheets, blankets, counterpanes, carpets, drug- geting, oil cloth, mats, mahogany chest of drawers, towel rails, engravings in gilt and maple frames, family Bibles, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and a quantity of other books, work boxes, baskets, tea caddies, tea trays, cruet stands, knives and forks, spoons, tea, breakfast, and dinner ware, glass salts, jugs, glasses, cut decan- ters, vases, and other chimney ornaments, sugar basins, cream jugs, dishes, &c., fenders, fire irons, ashpans, tripods, pots, kettles, saucepans, washing tubs and boards, beer, water, and wash casks, benches, pigs' troughs, garden crops, &c., paraffin lamp, brass and iron candlesticks, &c., pianoforte by Broadwood Sons, home-cured bacon, and other effects too numerous to mention. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock.—No Reserve. Club Chambers, Pontypool, Aug. 6, 1879. SHORT NOTICE OF SALE. Hanbury Hotel, Griffithstown, NEAR PONTYPOOL. TO PARTIES FURNISHING, HOUSEKEEP- ERS, AND OTHERS. r. O. MINOR HAS been favoured with instructions from Mr J. H. RICKARD aud others to SELL BY AUCTION, on the Premises as above, on MONDAY, AUGUST 11th, 1879, A LARGE QUANTITY OF Household Furniture AND EFFECTS; Comprising mahogany sofas and couches, in hair and leather easy chairs, in ditto pembroke, round, square, and other tables; cane-seated, arm, rocking, and other chairs; 8-day and 30-hour clocks and timepieces; litho- graphs, oleographs, perambulator, carpets, druggeting and hearth rugs, mats, cradles, bassinettes, ornaments, pier glasses in gilt and rosewood frames, walnut desks, lot of good books, bookcase with glass front and chef- fioueer bottom, wardrobe in maple, cornice poles with rings and fittings complete, walnut whatnot, mahogany and painted chests with drawers, iron, wood, and brass- mounted bedsteads, patent sanitary spring mattress by Roiccliffe, palliasses, wool mattresses, feather and mill- puff beds. bolsters and pillows, painted and polished washstands and dressing tables, chamber ware, towel rails, commodes and pans, work and other baskets, fenders and fire irons, concertinas, accordions, pair of kaleidoscopes, brushes, gent's saddle and bridle, saddle horse, benches, spring-handle cricket bat, three model engines and boiler, six-chamber revolver with case and fittings complete, by Colt, ditto by Lowell Arms Co., tea canisters, tea, butter, and sugar paper, chaff machine and washing machine by Harper, capital four-pull beer engine with pipes, taps, and unions complete, Salter's spring balance to weigh 400 lbs., steel.yards, 2 sets of trap harness, ladder, garden, carpenter's, and other tools, steps, large number of wheelbarrows, flower pots and flowers, pans, pitchers, and various other articles too numerous to mention.. The Sale to commence at Two o'clock sharp. NO RESERVE, KMIGhRATIOISr. T0 prevent Disappointment, Delay, and Extra j. Expense, EMIGRANTS Are advised to Secure their Berths before leaving home. The only Authorised Agent in Pontypool For UNITED STATES & CANADA By all Lines from Liverpool, London, Glasgow, and Bristol, and for NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA By the Orient, Green's, and the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Lines, is A, GEORGE STREET, PONTYPOOL. New Zealand & Australia. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES are offered to persons 0 booking passages to any New Zealand or Australian ports, through FREDK. SMITH, Bridge-st., Blaenavon, Local Agent for the following Unes- New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited), New Zealand Passengers' Line, Orient Steam Navigation Co., Green's Blackiyall Line of Packets. For Fares, and other information, apply to the Local Agent. NOTICE. COTTAGE COMPOSITES MAY NOW BE HAD At 15 per cent. Reduction in Price, AT THE ONLY MANUFACTORY IN SOUTH WALES JOHN HAVARD, Rockfield House, Pontypool. GuaranteedFirst-class Illuminating Power. LADIES' SCHOOL, PONTYPOOL. MISS HOME, (Educated at a Ladies' College in Paris, and certificated,) TNTENDS OPENING (D.V.), 0n 21st JULY, a 1 SELECT DAY SCHOOL for a limited number of Young Ladies. Music, French, Drawing, c., will be Taught on Moderate Terms Apply at Mrs. ROWBERRY'S, Lower Crane Street. To Coal Proprietors. rpilE PONTYPOOL GAS AND WATER COM- I PANY are prepared to receive TENDERS for the supply of best LARGE GAS COAL, for their Gas Works, for One, Two, or Three Years, commencing on the First day of October next. The coal to be delivered free on the Mon. Railway Company's Siding at Crane- street, Pontypool, or the Great Western Railway Siding, Trosnant, Pontypool, in such quantities and at such times as may be required. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Manager. Tenders to be addressed to the Chairman of the Company, endorsed, "Tender for Gas Coal," and de- livered at the Company's Office, Mill-road, Trosnant, Pontypool, not later than the 31st instant. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. (By Order), ANDREW HAIR, Secretary and Manager. Pontypool Gas and Water Offices, August 6th, 1879.
Family Notices
isittbs, JWautages, Rub Beat&s. BIRTH. August 1st, at Commerce House, Pontnewydd, the wife of Mr Thomas Scott, grocer, of a Daughter. ;:)0" ui. G. August 6, at Holy Trinity Church, Pontnowydd, by the Rev Newton C. Bennett, (by license,) Mr Samuef Robert Whiting, second son of Mr Samuel Whiting, Prospect Place, Poutuewydd, to Hannah Eiizabetb, third daughter of Mv Wi'liam Leonard, of New Street, Pontnewydd. DEATHS. July 25th, at Abersychan, aged 62 years, Mr Thomas Watkins, labourer. August 1st, at Wood Side Terrace, Cwmbran, aged 33 years, Mr John Brimfield, forge carpenter. August 2nd, at the Trancb, aged 75 years, Mary, widow of Mr David Owens, coal miner. August 3rd, at Railway Parade, Pontypool, aged 46 years, Hannah, wife of Mr Cornelius Murphy, labourer. August 6th, at New Road, Pontypool, aged 78 years, Mr Thomas Lewis, shoemaker. August 6th, at Newport, aged 60 years. Mr Edwin Wood, formerly chemist and druggist at Abersychan. August 6th, at Pontypool, aged 50 years, Mr John Warwick, Forge Hammer Hotel. August 7th, at Six Bells, Llanhilletb, aged 20 years, Mr James Padfield, coal miner.
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PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS. The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the working of the Penal Servitude Acts have made their report, in which they give the following as the recommendations to which they attach the greatest importance :—" 1. That in order to prevent contami- nation of the less hardened convicts by old and habitual offenders, a separate class should be formed (subject to the exceptions we have mentioned) of convicts against whom no previous conviction of any kind is known to have been recorded. 2. That prisoners convicted of treason felony should be separated from other convicts. 3. That the class of convicts known as weak-minded or imbecile should be separated from other prisoners, and placed in charge of officers specially choaon for their intelligence and command of temper. 4. That the provision of Penal Servitude Act, 1864, by which, in a case where any person is convicted of any offince punishable with penal ser- vitude after having been previously convicted of felony, the least sentence of penal servitude that can be awarded is a period of seven years, should be re- pealed. 5. That the dofect in the Prevention of Crimea Act. 1871, which renders it practically im- possible in the metropolis to enforce the law which requires convicts on licence and other porsons under supervision to report themselves, be amended in the manner pointed out by the Chief Commissioner of Police. 6. That in the metropolis special police officers be appointed for carrying on the supervision of convicts on license and other persons under super- vision, and that they should act in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Assistance of Discharged Prisoners. 7. Tlr t a superintending medical officer of high standing be appointed. 8. That arrange- ments should be made for the independent in- spection of convict prisons by persons appointed by the Government, tut unconnected with the Convict Prison Department, and unpaid. 9. That the prison at Spike Island be discontinued. 10. That the dieta- ries in use in the Scotch and Irish convict prisons be revised. 11. That two members of the Irish Prisons Board should take an active part in the management of the Irish convict prisons.
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GENEROSITY OF PRIESTS IN SPAIN.—An almost unprecedented piece of generosity is recorded in a telegram from Paris, on the part of Spanish ecclesiastics. It is said that the Spanish Bishops have agreed to the request of the Government to give up for the present a quarter of their stipends, iu order to ease the public treasury. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MOUNTAIN AsH.-On Satur- day, in the Navigation Inn, Mountain Ash, as Mr Pritchard, the manager, and Mr Evan Griffiths, with some men, were preparing for the erection of an iron bridge for ventilation purposes, a portion of the roof fell, and struck Mr Griffiths. He sustained such in- juries that he died in a few hours. Mr Pritchard had a narrow escape of his life; a great stone, which took the heel off one of his boots, narrowly missed his head. OBSCENS LANGUAGE.—On Monday, at Pentre petty sessions, a married woman made use of lan- guage so bad as to draw from the Bench most severe censure. The magistrate expressed himself surprised to hear such words uttered publicly by a female, and added that if he had known, when she was being sworn, what sort of language she would make use of, she should not have kissed the Sacred Boo k. POOlt WEAK WOMAN.—Miss Susan Nipper, who lives in a small tenement, a lone woman, was quite Unrated the other morning by an early call from a bachelor neighbour. 'What do you come here aftersaid Miss Nipper.—' I came to borrow in,'itches,' ho meekly replied.—' Matches !—that's a likely story. Why don't you make a match? I know what you have come for,' cried the exasperated old virgin, as she backed the bachelor into a corner, 'You have come here to hug and kiss me almost to death. But you sba'n't without )'r. 'ht. ItrqIlgeøt, and Heaven knows you are 1 » .1 ¡
STOCK AND SHARE LIST.
STOCK AND SHARE LIST. Supplied by Messrs. THACKERAY & SAYCE, Stock and Share Brokers, 1, Pearson-place, Cardiff. RAILWAYS. Paid Prices Stock Great Western £ 100 93 94 „ London and North Western 100 .141 HI.} „ Monmouthshire 100 .101 152 „ Rhymney 100 .lu4 156 „ TaffVale 100 .213 215 PREFERENTIAL. Stock Monmouthshire 5 per cent. 100 .120 122 12 Do. New. convertible 6 11 I Stock TaffVale No 1 100 .214 216 „ Do. 4i per cent 100 .110 112 Do. 5 per cent 100 .120 121 GUARANTEED AND LEASED Stock Rhymney, 5 p. c. guaranteed 100 .121 122 50 Aberdare, 10 per cent 50 .118 120 20 Coleford Mon., &Usk, 5p.c. 20 23 23* 2 Stock Great Western 5 p. c. (guar) 100 .128 129 „ Hereford, Hay, & Brecon 100 94 95 Do. do. Prcf. 100 95 96 DEBENTURE STOCKS. Stock Hereford, Hay, and Brecon 5 per cent 100 .123 124 „ Great Western 5 per cent. 100 .127 129 „ Taff Vale 4 per cent 100 .102 104 BANKS. 20 BristolWestofEngland.Liin. 71 7 7! 100 Glamorganshire Banking Co. 100 .140 145 10 Glamorganshire 10 13 14 10 London & Provincial, Lim. 5 11 11J 50 National Provincial 21 64 66 20 National Provincial 12 37 39 10 North and South Wales 10 27 27 20 Swansea (Limited) 7 n 7i GAS. 10 Aberdare 10 10 10i Stock Bristol 100 .173 174 „ Cardiff A 10 per cent 100 .178 182 Do. B 8 per cent 100 .140 145 25 Do. Shares 7 per cent.. 25 30 33 10 Llynvi Valley. 10 10 11 Stock Newport A 100 .175 180 11 Do. B 100 .130 135 20 Do. C 17 19 20 25 Swansea 10 per cent 25 25 Swansea 7\ per cent 25 GAS AND WATER. 10 Bridgend 10 9 10 Stock Do. Deb. Stock 100 .101 102 „ Pontypool (Max 10 p. c.) 100 135 145 12 Do. ( do. ) 12 15 17 10 Do. (Max. 7 p. c.) 10. 9 11 10 Ystrad 10 20 2O WATER WORKS. 25 Bristol 25 63 63| Stock Cardiff 100 285 295 11 Do. 1860 100 .170 180 10 New 6 12 14 Stock Ncath 10 p. c. Guaranteed 100 .190 195 10 Do. 5 per ct. Preference 10. 9! lOt 4 10 Newport 10 16 18 10 Do. New 7 12 14 Stock Pontypridd 5 p. c. Preference 100 105 109 MISCELLANEOUS. Stock Alexandra Dock, 6 p. c. Pref. 100 .110 120 11 Ditto 8 p. c. Pref. 100 ..120 130 10 Bristol and South Wales Wagon Co., Limited 4. 6! 6i 23 Ebbw Vale 20 J l" 100 Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Works, Preference 100 14 16 10 Newport Abercarn Colliery 10 4~ 4U 5 Do. Tramways 5 2J 3^- 20 Patent Nut and Bolt, Lim. 14 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron, Limited 50 10 11 15 Do. New 15 2| 3 25 South Wales Colliery 24. if 2\ 50 Tredegar Iron&Coal, A Lim. 24 11 13 25 Do. do. B Lim. 25 16 18 Bank Rate 2 per cent. (since 10th April). SELLERS Cardiff and Swansea Colliery Shares Newport Abercarn do. do. Swansea Bank Shares Bristol and West of England Bank do. London and Provincial do. do. Rhymney Railway Ordinary Stock Llynvi Railway, 5 p. c.; Debenture do. to pay 4 p. c. on Money, etc., etc. ALL WITHIN QUOTATIONS. THACKERAY & SAYCE, CARDIFF, August 6, 1879. -—
CORRESPONDENCE.
CORRESPONDENCE. The Proprietor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions of his Correspondents. The columns of this paper are at all times open to the ex- pression of opinions on subjects of a public character. Correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only, and to avoid personalities; and must enclose with the letter their OWN names and postal addresses, not necessarily for publication (unless intended by them), but for the satis- faction of the Editor.
"VERITAS" AND ROMANISM. j
"VERITAS" AND ROMANISM. To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,—I have taken great interest in the articles which have appeared for some weeks in your valuable paper on various Roman Catholic dogmas. I consider that as Protestants we owe" Vcritas" a debt of gratitude for his very able exposure of the imposture of Romanism, and his masterly vindication of the true doctrines of Christianity. In your last week's issue I read another of the effusions of a scurrilous writer, who subscribes himself A Catholic;" and anything more virulent and ferocious I have never read in a public newspaper. He frets and fumes, vituperates and vociferates likl) a fury, Passions the most vulgar and furious have taken the most complete mastery of him. How enn a man so furiously agitated enter with any degree of calmness upon the discussion of subjects of such magnitude ? He says that Veritas" was in a "rage" when penning his letter in reference to him. I have read Veritas'" letter over again, and have failed to discover anything approaching rage in it. He is, no doubt, spitefully sarcastic but does not seem to be in a rage. The rage and fury seem to be entirely on the side of "A Catholic." And this writer evidently is not able to meet any an- tagonist without vilifying him in the coarsest language of the vulgar. These and similar epithets he flings about indiscriminately at all opponents,—" bigots," intole- rant and ignorant," "slanderers," "liars," "foul ca- lumniators," &c. He is evidently "A slave whose gall coins slander like a mist." And yet this man complains that he is not treated re- spectfully. Sir, I freely confess that if I had anything to do with him, he would meet with much less leniency than he has found at the hands of Veritas." Viewing his productions in the light of his vulgar and raging passions, I am tempted to exclaim with Shake- spere, that Not Hercules Could have knocked out his brains, for lie had none." This man's brains are in his fuming temper. A man of his class cannot expect to be treated even with that con. sideration and respect which are shown a Jew, a Deist, or even an Infidel. These men generally will argue rationally; but 11 A Catholic despises argument and buries reason in the fumes of passion. Whatever be ad- vanced by a Roman Catholic writer, though he be as ignorant as a wild ass's colt," you must not argue against it, but receive it as the utterance of an infallible oracle. If you do not, woe be unto vou. Epithets of disparagement were showered upon Mr Gladstone, because that he with his strong arm dragged to light the intrigues and disloyalty of the Romish system. In reply he observes That for the last thirty years, in this country at least, Ultramontanism has been very busy in making controversial war upon other people, with singularly little restraint of language, and has far too little of the truth told to itself. Hence it has lost the habit, almost the idea, of equal laws in discussion." Let these men, and A Catholic" as the sample amongst us, be less virulent in their language and more respectful in their spirit and feelings; and they, in turn, will meet with more consideration at the hands of their opponents. With regard to the late production of "A Cattolic," there it a very striking contrast between his letters against persons and the article which he has commenccd on Papal Supremacy. In his letters he is brutishly savage and smart; but in his unfinished and unfinish- able article, where he labours to incorporate with his own meagre thoughts learned quotations from his two- penny-ha'penny Vade Mecums, his mighty mind cannot move; he is like the stripling David with Saul or Goliath's armour on-or, to use a more suitable simile, he is like a black beetle carrying the Church of St. Peter on its back. He is nimble enough when scurri- lous & slandering, but when he attempts to address rea- son he at once becomes dull and vapid. He now tells the public that he has "no library at his back," and yet he writes and talks as if he had all the libraries of Pope- dom at his back. And he very cordially intimates that "Veritas" has a "library at his back," but with the most ludicrous inconsistency he adds that "Veritas" has drawn all his arguments from one book that is, "Veri- tas," not like him "with no library at his back," has the advantage of many books for consultation. This is the first part of the sentence but singularly enough he flies off at a tangent from this, and declares that "Veri- tas" has culled all his arguments from one book only— 7s 6d in value. What incoherent ramblin,, 1 would advise this man's friends to take care of him, for this rambling and incoherent talk bears about it no good symptoms. That he had no library at his back every intelligent reader knew before reading his confes- sion, for it was a fact too patent for anyone whe has the slightest knowledge of the subject to doubt. Having no library at his back," he thought he would make up for it by the bigness of his swagger and the loud- ness of his challenge. Well, he migbtly possibly de- lude himself by this into the belief that he is a walking encyclopedia, but no intelligent man would have been so cruelly unjust to him as to bolster him up in his folly. That Veritas" has a library at his back is evident enough; and it is quite as evident that he knows how to make good use of it. Just think of "A Catholic" bringing forward an ar- gument in proof of priestly honesty and orthodoxy ty xy based upon the number of adherents to the Papal chair. According to this form of argument the Priests of Baal, on Mount Carmel, were no impostors, but Elijah was according to this form of argument the Pophets of Mahometanism and the Priests of Brahminism are no impostors; and the Graud Lama of China is even more honest and orthodox than the Pope of Rome. If this form of argument be safe, then his Satanic Majesty has it by a long way, and Jesus Christ is somewhere. • Just think again of "A Catholic" going to drop the subject of Papal Supremacy, because he burns for saying something on the Holy Eucharist." Ho is now going to leave the Pope to shift for himself. He reminds Veritas" of this. Why he reminds Veritas" of this is not very apparent to my wits; but I imagine that Veritas," wheu he read this, laughed right out. This failing to accomplish the task of Papal Supremacy, and thinking of the ''Jflourish of trumpets" with which it was commenced, reminds me very forcibly of the ob- servation made by one lord to another in Shakespere Is not this a strange fellow, my luril, that so confi- dently seems to undertuko this business, which he knows is not to be done damns himself to do and dares better be damned than to do it." But, now, A Catholic" singles out his man-he has found out who Veritas" is. I hope he is correct for this will be a guarantee that "Veritas" will not fail to accomplish the task which he has assigned himself. I well remember the lashing which that gentleman gave to Father Modestas, a man much superior to "A Catholic." I remember also that that gentleman was prevented from giving to the public the Holy Tariff for Indulgences because the publisher of the FREE PRESS would charge for all further communications as adver. tisements. The priest, who then resided at St. Alban's under the vow of poverty (?), had a good long purse, and so met all demands. But "A Catholic" may well refrain from disparaging that gentleman by fastening upon him the stigma of foul calumnator," for that gentleman's name and re- putation bear still in Pontypool a much greater fra- grance than the name and reputation which A Catholic" has established for himself. Go to- Thou wrongst a gentleman who is as far From thy report, as thou from honour. A Catholic" and his ghostly Fathers would be glad, no doubt, to find that "Veritas" was in need of an epitaph but I very sincerely hope that Veritas" will heartily contemn his bit of advice" and do his best to live many years yet, that he may yet be a thorn in the flesh" to these impostors of Rome. In parting with this man, whom I cannot better de- signate than as a prevaricating boaster and abuser 1with no library at his back, but with an exhaustless store of gall & venom in his heart, and of impertinence in his behaviour, I would just tender him this bit of advice" from Shakespere, for whom he pretends great partiality: Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this, for it will come to pass That every braggart shall be found an ass. AN ENQUIRER AFIER TRUTH.
'To the Editor of the Free…
To the Editor of the Free Press, Sir,—Permit me to make the following correction of an error which crept into the second part of my letter on The Sacrifice of the Mass," in your last week's issue. Instead of Mr McGavin in his 'Master Key, &c. read Mr Gavin in his I Master Key, &c.' Wm. McGavin, Esq was the author of a serial paper entitled, The Protestant," issued weekly at Glasgow, in the beginning of the present century, and afterwards published as one book. The Rev Arthur D. Gavin lived during the first half of last century. He was nurtured in the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain, and was trained for the priesthood but being sickened by the immorality of the confessional and the depravity of monastic life, he eventually became a clergyman in the Established Church of England. His book entitled A Master Key to Popery" is an unsparing exposure of the abominable and iniquitous practices of the Church of Rome. I am, yours, VERITAS.
ISATURDAY, AUGUST TH, 1879.
SATURDAY, AUGUST TH, 1879. TIMES of great commercial depression invariably are associated with an excess of business for our magistrates and our judges, and the present time, aggravated as it is in every view from which it t,9 can be regarded, is no exception to the rule. The reason possibly is that when large numbers of people are idle from necessity, when strikes take place, and foreign complications occur which paralyze trade and prevent speculation, there is nothing to occupy the time of the working classes who are thus withdrawn from their daily labour. In this respect, however, we may con- gratulate Pontypool and its surroundings as suffering far less than many districts we can easily name. A week more singularly quiet and uneventful we have seldom had to record. There have been no meetings of our public bodies, but there has been a Bank holiday and also a fine day. The public mind has been disturbed in no way by those occurrences which never fail to produce excitement, but which are less astonish- ing when calmly considered. At the police court there has been little business—another matter for congratulation our worthy magistrates' clerk has had less to burden his mind in pre- paring committals to Usk, and the policeman has been enabled to pursue the even tenour of his way unmolested, and without having to exercise his functions. Let us hope that this may not be the calm which precedes a storm, and that we shall not, in this neighbourhood, be made to pass' through a reactionary period of more tnan ordinary trouble. THERE were no cases of local interest at the late Assizes. The number of prisoners was 14, and of these not one was of good education, in fact, two had not received any whatever; five could read only, and the remaining seven could read and write imperfectly. True bills were returned in each case. One prisoner was acquitted, two prisoners were sentenced to one month imprisonment each, one to six weeks, one to two months, two to three months each and three (of the name of Jones) to four months each. The highest sentence was six months. The offences must have seemed some- what trivial to the learned Judge, or his sentences would have been more severe. It is without doubt better by far that there should be light, rather than heavy, Assize business, but the expense at- tending the sending of such apparently trifling cases to Monmouth from all parts of the county is very great, and not by any means commensurate very great, and not by any means commensurate with the effect produced. Surely, it ought to be possible for cases in which a Judge awards such a small punishment as six months imprisonment to be decided locally by resident magistrates, rather than the cost should be incurred of transporting prisoners, witnesses, police officers, lawyers, bar- risters, judges, and others connected, officially or otherwise, with the whole business, to the Assize town, to say nothing of the anxious period of delay to the unfortunate prisoners, some of whom are found to be not guilty" after all.
ON DIT.
ON DIT. BY -AN ABERSYCHAN CONTRIBUTOR. IT is one of the privileges of our glorious consti- tution that we are permitted to grumble, and it is gratifying to find .that the inhabitants of the busy little town of Pontypool are not totally in- different to the free exercise of this grand feature of citizenship. The ratepayers, having indulged in the luxury of "tall talk," and the expression of dissatisfaction respecting the rate of 4s in the 1, may now rest upon their laurels and pay cheerfully. The moral, however, should not be lost sight of, and the ratepayers should keep a more careful eye upon the transactions of those who, dress'd in a little brief authority," assume the right to enter the arena of dispute with their neighbours, forgetting that when Greek meets Greek then comes the" bill to pay. THE recent invasion of this secluded village by the Salvation Army" caused no little interest, and it is consoling to know that it was an army of destruction in a spiritual sense only-it came to do battle with that monster, unbelief, and its mission was more of the nature of reci-uititigtllail slaughtering, I should not be surprised to hear that a great victory is gained, and that a large number of deserters and recruits have been en- rolled among the forces engaged in the "Holy War." It has become proverbial that the greater the sinner the more holy the saint he becomes, but when counting the numbers of repentant sin- ners it is well not to bo too sanguine or too cer- tain that the apparent result of any teaching is permanent. The tack poiuts heavenwards when it means most mischief," and it has many imitators. w In III
LOCAL CASE AT BRISTOL.
LOCAL CASE AT BRISTOL. On Saturday, at the Bristol Assizes—before the Lord Chief Justice of England—the action of White v. Davies and Sandbrook was tried, tlle plaintiff being a builder of Abergavenny, and the defendants ironmongers of Pontypool. The state- ment of the claim was that, in June, 1871, the plaintiff bought an iron safe from the defendants, and at the time of the sale they warranted it to be fire-proof. On the 20th May, 187(i), a fire byoke out on the plaintiff's premises, and certain docu- ments and articles that had been put into the safe were destroyed by fire. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants were guilty of a. breach of warranty. The defendants in their pleas denied that the safe was warranted, but when purchased they said it was equal to one that had been warranted. The price of the safe was = £ o. The jury were divided in their verdict, six holding that there was a war- ranty given, and six that there was nOlle. The jury were accordingly discharged.
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TWMPATH INFANT SCHOOL. The children attending this very useful volun- tary school, which is for the most part supported by J. C. Hanbury, Esq., were examined on Wed- nesday, July 30, by Mr Mostyn Pryce, Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, and his Assistant. The most interesting feature connected with this school is, we think, the fact that all the scholars are what may be termed infants," many of them being so young as scarcely to be able to walk, while there are none above seven years of age, excepting those few who may happen to have completed their seventh year prior to the Inspection. It will be at once apparent to our gentler readers that the at- tendance of such morsels of humanity upon many -we might almost say most—of the days during the late winter and still later summer, may almost be considered an impossibility. What lady would send out her child of three years of age through such frost and snow and slush as we experienced last winter, or such storms of rain and wind as spring and early summer brought down upon us And how few of the delicately nurtured infants of the wealthy could be induced to venture out at such times, even if their mothers wished them to go Yet we should remember that this is what several of these little ones must have done fre- quently, before the required number of school at- tendances (250) could have been registered to en- title them to be presented for examination towards earning the Government grant for the school. On the day of inspection, there were 84 children pre- sent, this we may presume being somewhere about the number on the register, and out of these 40 were presented for examination towards the grant. It should be understood that children of seven years of age have to be examined in the first standard, and as some of the Twmpath School children had attained to that advanced age by the 30th ult.-in some instances a few months before, and in others only a few days-they were accord- ingly examined in that standard, the other and younger scholars not having, of course, so much expected of them. As they confronted the Inspec- tor, the happy faces of the children, and their clean and tidy appearance, formed an exceedingly pretty picture, and the sight was a very pleasing one to those visitors who were present on the in- teresting occasion, and also reflected much credit upon their respective mothers and themselves. The Report of Her Ma jesty's Inspector not having been received, it is impossible for us to say what was the result of the examination; but we hope it will be satisfactory to the managers and the mis- tress, Miss Moseley, who has evidently taken very great pains in the education and training of her little charges.
BLAENAVON LOCAL BOARD.
BLAENAVON LOCAL BOARD. The ordinary meeting of this Board was held on Thursday evening, the 31st ult.—Present: E. P. Martin, Esq., chairman; Messrs T. Hemming, W. Edwards, J. M. Jones, T. Hubball, T. Edwards, W. Burgoyne, A. Morgan, with Dr Quirk and other officers. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—COLLECTOR'S STATEMENT. Paid into the hands of Treasurer. £ 46 12 8 Adverse Balance to July 30th 456 15 2 Outstanding rate 1691 16 The Collector reported that he had since re- ceived a cheque from the Blaenavon Co., which would leave them now in debt about .£300. This was considered very:sttisfactory, taking into consideration the extreme provety of the place and the great difficulty experienced in col- lecting money. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. Gentlemen,—I beg to report to you as follows: New Drain.—A drain 16 feet long has been constructed in James-street, and a grating placed therein. H Pavements.-The pavements in front of my houses, situated in Broad-street and Albert-street, have been repaired. H Animals Impounded.Two sheep have been im- pounded during the past month. Standinys.-Mrs Williams has removed her standing from the corner of the Market Tavern, and I am glad to inform you that the streets are at present quite free of all obstructions. MEDICAL OFFICER'S QUARTERLY REPORT. t. Gentlemen,—I beg to lay before you the vital statistics of the Blaenavon Urban Sanitary Dis- trict for the quarter ending 30th of June, 1879. The deaths during the quarter numbered 60, which is at the rate of 21.9 per thousand per annum of the estimated population. The death rate was rather high for that time of the year, but you must take into consideration that the weather was exceptionally severe, and also that, owing to the depression in trade, people were not able to en- counter sickness as well as in former years. Six cases of scarlet fever occurred in Upper New Rank at the beginning of the quarter, some of which proved fatal. I have also to report two fatal cases of enteric fever. Diarrhoea, was rather prevalent at the end of the quarter, and is so still. Proper precautions were taken in all the above cases, and there was no spread of either disease. With the exception of the above, the district was entirely free from zymotic diseases.—I am, &c. "MARTIN QUIRK, M.D." MEDICAL OFFICER'S MONTHLY REPORT. Gentlemen,—I am glad to inform you that the death rate has been very low for the month of July. The deaths from all causes only numbered ten, which is at the rate of about 10.9 per 1000 of the estimated population. Of these one was an in- quest case; five were over 60 years of age (of which one was 89 years); and two were under one year. Three cases of scarlet.fevertoccurred in James-st.; the disease was of a very mild form, and I am glad to report that all are now convalescent, and there has been no further spread of the disease.— I gave your Surveyor placards containing instruc- tions and cautions to be observed in cases of fever occurring in a house, and instructed him to distri- bute them about the town. Diarrhoea is still pre- valent.—Yours, &c., MARTIN QUIRK, M.D." AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS. A letter was read from the Auditor stating that he had arranged to audit the accounts on the 15th of August. THE MEN'S WAGES. An anonymous letter was brought forward com- plaining that the wages of the men employed by the Board were too high, and that they ought to be reduced. The Chairman: We cannot take any notice of this letter, as it is not signed; at the same time I think the wages we pay our men are very much in excess of that paid to other men in Blaenavon. (To the Surveyor): How much do we pay our men ? The Surveyor: We pay one man .£1 Os. 6d. a week, but he minds two horses in addition to his regular work; and the other JE1 for scavenging. Mr W. Edwards: The Reporter says 18s a week is paid at Abergavenny. Mr W. Hemming: I would suggest that we re- duce them ten per cent. Mr W. Edwards One to 18s, and the other to 18s 6d a week. Mr Hubball: I propose that they be reduced Is per week. The Chairman: That is only five per cent. Is there any reason why we should pay them more than other men ? Mr J. M. Jones I do not think we should re- duce them. They are good men, and have stuck to their work all through the good times. We should remember good servants. It was remarked that plenty of men could be got who would be glad to take the work at as low as even 2s a day. Mr W. Edwards seconded Mr Henuning's pro- position that the men should be reduced ten per cent. which was carried. The Surveyor: Does this ten per cent. reduction refer to the roadmen as well ? One is getting 14s, and the other 16s 6d a week. 0 Mr A. Morgan; I propose that they continue at their present rates. The Chairman: That would be hardly fair to the scavengers. I think 5 per cent reduction would be quite enough, seeing they are so low. Mr Hubball: I propose that we take five per cent off the roadmen. This was seconded by Mr J. M. Jones, and on being put to the meeting by the Chairman, was carried. LABOUR TEST, Mr W. Edwards: Fifty men have applied for the job of breaking stones, and they have been put on for a fortnight at Mr D. Lewis's farm, so that the Board might ascertain in the meantime if the Blaenavon Company would allow their limestone to be broken at Garnderris. Mr Martin: The Company would not object to their breaking stones at the Garnderris Quarry for a certain time, but I could not undertake that the contract should continue. I could only allow the contract to go on until further notice, as I might receive orders at any moment to stop it. On those conditions I should not have the slightest objec- tion to the men starting at Garnderris at the ex- piration of the fortnight, and the Board could pay the Company say one penny per yard royalty. Mr WT Edwards The men' say they are entirely in the hands of the Board at present, but at Garn- derris they could get a market for the stones. This being agreed to, the business was concluded.
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REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTRSHIRE.- It is stated that Mr Crawshay Bailey, of Maindiff Court, Abergavenny, will be asked to become the Conserva tive candidate for Monmouthshire, in the room of Lord Henry Somerset, who will not seek re-election.