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Volume 1, Number 42

Skating rinks, allowing bad characters in a beer house, a housewarming dinner, Peggy Pryde at The Empire and stealing hay.

Volume 1, Number 41

A gallant otter capture, the Newport Census of 1831, the Newport Reading and Coffee Rooms, 'Cupboard Love', a rather vixenish-looking young wife and light-fingered damsels.

Volume 1, Number 40

Fire at Clarence Terrace, a squabble of a glass of beer, stealing oranges, the state of the footpath to Caerleon, pleasant pathways near Stow Hill and the origin of the Old Barn?

Volume 1, Number 39

Lime kilns for sale near Newport Bridge, the ragged fringes of Newport, a rabid dog, smashing street lamps, the portico at the Parrot Hotel, attempted suicide by a cow and complaining about the state of Newport Bridge.

Volume 1, Number 38

The Red and Blue House pubs, a 'Fine Fat Ox', annoying Mr Well, stealing a barber's pole, a subway between Cardiff and Mendalgief Roads, stealing turnip tops and an early tip near Mendalgief Road?

Volume 1, Number 37

Offensive smells in Baneswell, improvements to roads in 1851, the Steam Packet bell, throwing snow balls in Llanarth Street, stealing a rabbit from the Coldra estate and trespassing at Brynhyfryd.

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