The Northern Guardian. — 1897-08-23 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ITEMS OF INTEREST. THE ENGINEERING STRUGGLE.  Mr A. 3 Balfour arrived at Dover on Saturday irG,u the Continent, and proceeded to Leolehmt.  H. Lamb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt.  Mr Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Austen Chamberlain crossed t w Dover to Calais on Saturday afternoon  H. Lamb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt.  Several serious railway collisions took place on the Continent on Saturday. and were attended with loss of life.  Cylinder, Lever. Duplex, and Verge Watches, Clceks, and Jewellery Repaired and Cleaned, at Harrisor:s, Park Road.—Advt.  Three members of the Matabele Police Force have been sentenced to death for the murder of a pertion of Grahlm's party.  On Saturday the Bethesda quarrymen accepted the terms of settlement agreed to between their leaner arkl Lord Penrhyn's representative.  H. Lamb's Aqua-Crystal Spectacles are the best. Try them, 3. 6d per pair. The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,iol.—Adirt.  In consequence of the engineers' dispute, the allied trades on the Clyde are now seriously affected, and shipbuilders continue to reduce their staffs.  Beware of inferior watch repairers, whose repairs are dear to you at any price. Try Telfer. 94, Northgat.. Hartleprol, for sound, good work in all repairs.— Advt.  Early on Saturday morning a young woman, fashionably dressed, threw herself over Blackfriars Bridge. She was carried along with the tide arid sank.  News has been received in Swansea of the murder of a firemen on board the steamer Armathwaite by a coloured seaman while the vessel was in the Mediterranean.  Half-a-Dozen beet Nickel Tea Spoons given to the purchaser of a Wedding Ring at H. Lamb's. The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,l6l.—Adyt.  The Great Western Railway signalmen are not satisfied with the concessions made to them, and resolved on Saturday to pre ige for the full programme presented to the directors. The engagement is announced of the Rev. W. P. Besley, domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Ripon. to Helen Winifred, younger daughter of W. Whitaker, Esq., Breckamore, Ripon.  Sir Gordon Sprig,g left Southampton on Saturday evening by the mail steamer Tantallon Castle for the Cape. Lady Sprigg is detained in this country by an accident to her sen.  J. Hill. Surgeon Dentist, and Chemist, 2, Burn Road (two minutes' walk from Stranton Church). Artificial Teeth in Gold, Platinum or Vulcanite at lowest charges, consistent with good workmanship.— Advt.  The Dialiess of Roaburghe has received the following telegram from the Queen :—"Pray accept my best wishes for your dear son's majority and his welfare in this world of trial and anxiety. —V.R.I."  It is stated that Sir Arthur Haliburton, the permanent Under-Secretary of State for War, will ahottly retire, and be succeeded by Sir R. Knox, TC.C.B., the pre3ent Accountant-General, while The Aasiotairt-Ac.couutant-General, Mr De La Bere succeed Sir R. Knox  Apiol and Steel Pills for Females, a French remedy for all irregularities and obstructions. superseding bitter apple, pil cochiac, pennyroyal, etc. Price 4s 6d, post free. Obtainable only from Martin, Foreign Chemist, Southampton.—Advt.  Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay, G.C.8.. on completing his seventieth year. will leave the active list to-day. He will be succeeded by Admiral Sir Algernon McL. Lyons, G.C.8., and Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, VC., G.C.8., late Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, will become th Senior Admiral cn the Reeve list.  Buy your spectacles at the practical Optician's, from Is per pair, and suited to the sight by the Optometer. Best Brazilian Pebbles at 7s 6d per pair, at H. Lamb's, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool. National Telephone, No. 4,161. Advt.  It is alleged that a young man named llnlat, who is mentally deranged, violently attacked his parents on Friday night. His father, who had been ill, was subsequently found dead in the garden. At the inquest on Saturday the jury found that deceased had died from his illness, accelerated by the process of coming down stairs and injuries to his head.