The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1892-11-26 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

STRANGE STORY PROM PLYMOUTH.  Two little girls, aged twelve yews, related quite a sensational story to the inspector at the Central Police-station, Plymouth on Sunday afternoon. They stated that they were under the Hoe, near the Citadel, about one o'clock, when a boat containing four men put in at the beach where they were standing and took a little boy aboard. When the boat was about twenty yards from the sbore it was capsized and sank. The occupants struggled in the water, but eventually were drowned. The affair is enveloped in mystery, but the girls told their story in a straightforward manner. The place is a very dangerous one, and rocks are numerous. there are several people in Plymouth and the district who lend out boats by the day, but these all state they have not missed one. There are a large number of vessels in the harbour, and the boat may belong to one of the vesisels. The police have searched the rocks, but cannot find any portion of clothing, nor even a hat. It is only on rare occasions that a boat puts in at this point ot the shore on account of the tide which flows very rapidly. There was a strong wind blowing and a heavy sea running at the time. In the morning a boat was seen sailing about containing four men. The police continued their search at night at low tide, fully believing the story told by the girls.  In the Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath on Tuesday, the Bill fixing the yearly contingent of recruits to be supplied by Austria for the Auctro-Hungarien army was substituted. It provides for 59,211 recruits for the army and navy and 10,0011 for the Landwehr troops. These numbers were fixed on the basis of the census taken in 1890, and, as compared with the present year, they show a diminution of 1,178 recruits for the kingdoms and provinces represented in the Reichsrath. A singuiar mishap occurred in St. Paul's Cathedral shortly before 12 o'clock on Tuesday. The mitu whose duty it is to wind up the clock had just competed his work when one of the weights, which scales about 8001bs., fell through the timber supports ot the clock, afterwards crashing through the tower staircase. Ihe winder had a narrow escape, and happily no one was hurt. The Exchange Telegraph Company is informed that Captain Perks Morris, who was assaulted by card-sharpers when returning from Stindown Races last July, has received an anonymous letter threaten to murder him for the steps he took in prosecuting them. Two of the gang were convicted and sent to prison, and their accomplices are said to comprise one of the most notorious gangs of card-sharpers frequenting race meetings. The matter has been placed in the heads of the police. At Newcastle Police-court John Adams, bookmaker, was charged with having kept and used a house as a common gaming house; and William Adams, his brother, also a bookmaker. Alfred Davis, clerk, and eight others were charged with having been found in a room in the house. John Adams was lined the fall penalty of £lOO, William Adams £5O, Alfred Davis £25, four others £i each, and another £l. One was dismissed.  •