The Herald of Wales. — 1890-01-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CLERKSHIP OF THE SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD.  We understand that the 5W1113803 School Board met in committee, on Tiresdey afternoon, to select a candidate for the vacant clerkship. All the members were present, with the exception of Canon Richards. There were 64 applicants, four of whom were selected to appear before the Board at a special meeting, to be held on Wednesday next. The co.irlidates selected are as follows:  Mr. B. Freeman, 8.A., Land., triple honours, Leeds; has been for the past eight years, and is now, inspector of schools to the Leeds Board. Mr. Ogilvie Duthie, B.A. Lend.; has been and ia now assistant clerk to tiio Liverpool School Board.  Mr. Douglas Chandler, for 16 years assistant clerk to the Hull School Board.  --Mr. A. W. Heiden, shipbroker, Swansea, who was selected by the casting vote of the chairman, as against Mr. R. W. riper, tutor and accountant at St. Catherine's College, Tottenham.  Henry Davies, belonging to Swansea, has been sent to prison for six weeks for shoplifting at Pontypool. For stealing some NOCIM and 6s. 6•1. in money from a shop in Bute-street, Cardiff, an individual named Noon has been sent to prison for seven days. • The Dean of Llandaft Dr. Vaughan, is I confined to his house suffering front bronchial I attack. lie has been indisposed now for three weefks.  The Executive Committee of the Bangor Congregational Col/age has ree ived an intimation through a friend, that a lady has signified her intention to contribute £2,000 towards the funds of the college. A young man named Morgan, living at the I Rated, Rhondda, has been missing since Monday evening. No clue to his whereabouts can be found, and it is feared that he has fallen tot the Rhondda River.  The Capital and Counties Bank (Limited), which recently opened a branch in Swansea, has declared an interim dividend for the paet six monthe at the rate of 18 per cent. per annum 'llOOl,  We understand that the contract for the now railway and pier at the Mumbles has almost been completed by the promoters of the railway and Messrs. Lucas and Alrd, contractors. It is expected that the railway will be commenced within the next six weeks.  Her Majesty's Government have appoicted their commissioners under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act for the County of Glamorean. They are Sir John Llowelyn and the Venerable Archdeacon Bruce. The County Council hare already selected their representatives.  A young man named Henry Mills has been remanded on a charge of indoiontly assaulting a young woman named Mary Evans, 17 years of age. Prisoner mot bar in a lonely spot, threw her down, stuffed his cap ito her mouth, and committed the assaelt complained of. --....‘•••••• Two men started fighting in a house in Yninybwl about their wives. During the struggle a lamp wai extinguistel, and one of the women went downstairs and procured a paraffin lamp. The lamp fell out of her handl aud immediately ignited the night-shirt of one I the combstants—a man named Villiers, _who has died from the injuries received. On Wednesday morning, at Tasedyrtalw:,l Merthyr, a brakeman, John Evans, who at- I tabled that day his 24th year, was riding on the lest truck ot a goods train which was being I shunted out of the goods warehouse. The door of tho waggon was hanging down, and it came in contact with the jamb of the warehouse door. As a consequence the truck slowed round, and Eva is was thrown against the wall and crushed to death. 1  The half-yearly meeting of the East Glamorgan Baptist Association has been held at Taff's Well. The Rev. B. Evans, Aberdare, presided. There was a large number of &legates. It was unanimously decided to make a vigorous effort during the ensuing month to collect a BWI2 of £4OO m aid of the Gilfach (loch Fund, it being stated that, in the event of this earn being secured, the three gentlemen who had advanced money upon the chapel would he willing to forego about £2OO each of the suns due to them.  A young man named Thomas Edward /Jolt, a carpenter living at Newport, has been presented by the mayor of that town with an illuminated addreee from the Royal Humane Society and a purse containing £9, in recognition of hie act of bravery in jumping into the river Usk, near Newpoth, and saving the life of a young woman in September last. The young woman, named Elizabeth Taylor, had thrown herself in the water with the evident intention of drowning herself. The tide was flowing very rapidly, and Holt, in the preeence of a large number of spectators on the banks of the river and on the bridge, havtng divested himself only of hie coat, succeeded in landing the would-be suicide (woe had been carried a couple of hundred yards op stream) on the bank. pedestrian and the railway bridges.  A