The Herald of Wales. — 1888-01-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN SWANSEA. ,  THE OPENING NIGHT.  The new teolanical achool in Nelson-t Trace, Swanaea, opened for students on Wednesday evening. Studente to the number of 22 commenced the term and studies in the evening claeses were from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.„ The Saturday evening :lames are :rom 6 to 8i p.m. The evening clauses will beheld twice weekly, and among the students it is pleasing to not. that there are a number of workmen from the local works, particularly the tin plate works, Also several lads from the publie 'schools of tte town.  We regret to learn that Mr Couuciffor Chapman is confined to hia room suffering from bronchitis.  On Sunday evening, when Mr Lew?, of Crinow, near Narbeetb, and his family were in chapel, his house was broken into, and £2O in gold, two gold watches, and two gold ring. were stolen. The thief or thieves left behind some cheques and a quantity of jewellery. For the tourth time, within two years and a half, and again, so far without Jetection, the premises of Mews Neale and West, fish and gene merchants, Cardiff, were on Monday night broken into, and a large taimbtr of turkeys, rabbits and hares etden. Noticee have rabbits, posted at the Naval Coal Company's Colliery, at renygraig, stating that work will be resumed on the 9th of January. sueeeeekil career is anticipated, lib the colliery is an excellent one.  The men employed at the Emily Colliery Company's " drift" at Llansamlet are on strike since Saturday last, having failed to come to an agreement with the management as to the rata of wages. They demand an advance, which the masters do not see themselves justified in granting. Sir George Trevelyan, Bart., M.P., will, according to present arrangements, addrets meetings in South Wales on the following dates :—Pembrok.• Dock, Jan. 25th ; Neath (afzernuou), Jan. 27th ; Swansea (night), Jan. 27th.  -Information has been haa at the ooroner's office to the effeet that an old lady, named ' liacheal Morris, aged 74, died suidently at her residency No. 15, st. Helen's-road, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Death is supposed to have resulted L from natural decay. At the Cardiff polies court, on Tuesday, Mary Aun Phillips, aged 60, was brought up, oharged with wilfully and malicionely murdering Wm. Phillips, her hueband, at 14, Pembroke-read, Cardiff, on the let inst. A reinsert was applied fir, on the ground that the inquest had teen ,ment•d but not completed, and the bench adjourned the case oW Fri.:ay. In our report of the recent fire at Mr Wet High-street, /Swansea, we omitted to state the' the fire we first discovered by Mr Price, one of Mr Even.' assistant', whose place of butane...l adjoins Mr West's, and that it was he and Mr Llewelyn Bees gave the alarm, sod also rendered valuable aid in procuring water and putting out the fire. On Monday evening last, the Independent Order of Good Templars West Glamorgan District Lodge was called to order at 6 o'clockby Bro. J. A. Deans, D.C.T., at the Sailor's Church Mission Room. A large number of representativee were p,esent.—The District Chief Templar in his report, which was very encouraging, showed the order in the district was in a very active and progressive condition. Upon New Year's Eve, a new lodge was instituted in connection with Old Siloh English Congregational Church, named the 'Refuge Lodge."—Bro. A. Mattey, 0.8., showed from his statistical report that the membership daring the last three months had considerably increased, and that still signs more encouraging were in store for the next quarter. It was decided that in February, the District Executive] I should arrange fora week's Temperance Mission.l The meeting doeed at 9.40 after • vote of thanks' had been tended to the officers and members of the "Sailor'. Rope Lodge" for the very kind manner ingwkloh they had entertained the District Lap.