The Herald of Wales. — 1890-09-27 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NORTH WALES.  That Ihr. David Jenkin' e of Aberystwith, who is well-known in Welsh musical circles, is ths composer of a new oratorio, entitled "David and Saul, which will shortly be published. That a shocking casualty is reported from Buokley, in Flintahire. John Griffiths, a calliar employed at the Glen ?its, was engaged at ! his work, when the roof gave way, burying him !alive. When rescued life was extinct. The deciesised leaves a widow and sine children.  That charges of criminal &mann are becoming rather thick in Wales, oonsilering the heinona nature of the crime. An Aix rystwith man, Isaac Pugh, married, with two children, bee been remanded, heavy bail being required, for an alleged felonions assault on a single woman. That Was. L. Rowles—(not half a bad name for a baker)—a clerk, has been brought up at Balkh, charged with attempting to commit suicide at that place. HO was found lying in. field with two pistol :hots in his head. Defeat-Idant's two brothers, who were present, promised Ito take rare of him in the future, and he was discharged. 1 That the :Merionethshire Liberal Association have given Mr. Ellis, M.P.' no mean recognition of his services to Wales in Parlir.rnent. They presented him at Bale with au illuminated address and a cheque for £1,075. The address stated that it was more especially through Mr. Ellis' efforts that the Welsh party had become a power in Parliament, and gained a hearing for Welsh topics never before accorded it. :that an exciting mono was witnessed at Llandudno on Saturday afternoon, when there threatened tn he a repetition of the recent Conway &easter. A lady and gentleman were boating oh! Great Ormes Head, when they hoisted & handkerchief on an oar as a signal of distress. The wind was blowing hard from the land, and the boat was drifting fast to sea. The pier master soon despatahed a boat to her assisttance, and the occupants were rearmed. They had broken an oar, and were unable to propel the boat. The rescue was watched by an excited crowd from the shore.  'flat the popularity of Principal and Mrs. Edwards, of Aberystwith University College, is great, judging from the hearty reception given them on their return after a sojourn in America for several months. A tea was given at the , Assembly-rooms, to which a number of invited guests, including the dote of the town, sat down. [ After tea was over several addressee of welcome were made by ministers and others. A public meeting was also held at the Tabernacle, when the Rev. T. Levi presided. That the building society frauds at Llanberis, by a local preacher, have disclosed a most extraordinary maze of villany. It transpires that there are over 1,000 members in the WantPadarn Building Society, and nearly all are [ working men engaged at the elate quarries. Mr. , Thomas, the auditor appointed to investigate [ the books, reports that 40 per cent, of the entire capital of the society has been stolen by the late , secretary, David Jones. It transpires that the books were regularly and offkiarly audited, but the secretary misled the aurliZir by presenting for his examination a complete set of bogus books. Those showing the real transactions of the society were retained. Again, the members of the society were presented with correct tickets showing the nature of their transactions, but cooked tickets were placed before the auditor in every instance. For example, Mr. Thomas Ilea discovered 72 cards alone belonging to ordinary shareholders, representir:g defations to the extent of i,3,538.  That the Liverpool Jefornal of Commerce claims to be in a position to state that an order for 210,000 tons of coal has been placed with the South Wales collieries by Hears. Elder, Dempster and Co. of Liverpool. Several large ! collieries have hate combine to execute this I commission, which is stated to be one of the largest orders ever taken in Liverpool. The whole of the coal is for delivery next year,