The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1891-12-05 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

OOO. The intention of the company is to roll plates for shipbuilding. At present all large steamers for Cardiff have to be built on the Tyne and Clyde.  In the week ending November 28th there were 173 bills of stale registered in England and Wales, a decrease of 12 as compared with the corresponding period last year. The receiving orders gazetted number 92, showing an increase of 13, and the number of registered deeds of arrangement was 92, an increase of 39. —Compiled from Stub& Weekly Gazette.  On Saturday night an altercation took place with, regard to some work between two footmen, named Charles Keller and Oliver Bettrel, in the service of Mr. Robert Grosliar, at Reasebury House, Bishops Startford, when Keller produced a revolver and fired at, his fellow servant, the shot taking effect in his back. The would-be murderer then shot himself dead. Kettrel was pronounced to be in a precarious condition. A curious invention is announced from Lungegren, in Sweden. It consists of a small steamboat for use on two inland lakes which are separated by a narrow isthmus. After crossing one of the lakes the little steamer is to be placed upon a tramway, where it will be propelled by means of its own engines until it reaches the adjoining lake. The first trials are said to have been very satisfactory. A quick and remarkable surgical operation took place at New York the other day. A threc.yearold child, which was severely ill from croup, sucked tabe, two incbes in length and a quarterpkan inch in diameter, into its wuldpice. The attending physician, finding cu open the trachea and extracted the tube. The little patient is recovering. The entire staff of school teachers, male and female, of the West Hartlepool School Board, have long been dissatisfied with their treatmeut in regard to remuneration. rho other evening they held an indignation meeting, at which it was threatened to strike, unless they were immediately placed upon a better footing in regard to salary. As an engine of a Croydon train was taking in water at Viotoria station London, the fireman, without informing the driver, went under .the engine to oil the wheels. While there the engine was set in Motion, and the unfortunate man was horribly mangled, death miming shortly after. To make the matter more tragic it transpires that the deceased's father was the driver of the engine. A daring burglary was ootnmitted on Saturday evening at Rownhams House, near Romsey, Hampshire, the residence of Mr. Keates. appears that the robbers entered the house while the family were at dinner by forcing the bed-room window, and succeeded in taking a largo, quantity of jewellery and silver plate. _  The City of London Corporation has prepared a scheme for the superannuation of everyone in Its permanent employment. Each officer participating will have two and a half per cent, deducted from his salary, the balance required being paid out of the City's cash. The pension may be , olaimed at the age of seventy years, and will consist of ten-sirtieths of the officer's salary at the periods of retirement, with tit addition of onesixtieth for every year of service above ten and up to forty years.  Close upon 500 de the Conference on ri Liberal Federation week.  I  During a demee fog st Barton-on on tk. day Jan liken, 1k goodekaArd. unwi~i steppe Into the fonnfeek when-lin W*KksOeked- ' out' to