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Volume 1, Number 28

A dreadful hailstorm in Caerleon, the Carpenter's Arms for sale in 1835, potato stealing, a 'fat, brazen, Amazonian lady', mud on the streets and did the town centre used to have a Fives Court?

Volume 1, Number 27

The Ethiopian Melodists, stealing a spoon, a house for sale near the Court-y-Bella Machine, fighting in Pill and a trotting match between Newport and Cardiff.

Volume 1, Number 26

The Happy Little Japs at the New Empire, a controversial nude painting, summer clothing for the police, furious driving and man dresses up as a women with a hideous mask and scares the residents of Baneswell.

Volume 1, Number 25

Throwing stones at a train, stealing apples in Malpas, a deaf and dumb tippler, cabbies puffing and spitting at the High Street cab stand and installing a gas lamp near the George, Maindee.

The First Issue of the South Wales Argus

On Monday May 30th, 1892, The South Wales Argus and Monmouthshire Daily Leader was launched. This article gives a flavour for what was published and scans of the pages are included towards the end.

Volume 1, Number 24

A poem about Malpas Court, bathing in the canal, Saint Brides Great House, the May Pole pub and stealing a cask of beer.

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