Western Mail Friday November 19. 1926. No. 217
GIFTS FROM OLD BOYS.
Old Boys of the Stacey-road Council School, Cardiff, will make presentations at
the Secondary School, Howard-gardens, to-morrow (Saturday) evening to Mr. George
WILLIAMS and Mr. Harry HART on their retirement as teachers of the school after
41 and 35 years' service respectively.
Mr. Harry HART served in his profession at Weymouth House School, Bath,
Radstock, Somerset, and London before coming to Cardiff, and has taken a very
active interest in furthering the interests of football. Mr. George WILLIAMS, a
native of Three Crosses, near Swansea, was first appointed to the Stacey-road
Council School in 1884. Later he spent some years at St. Luke's College,
Chester, and then returned to Cardiff. For 21 years he served in the old
Volunteers. He is a keen rifle shot, and has also done a great deal to promote
football in the city.
CROSS KEYS WHEELWRIGHT'S AFFAIRS.
The first meeting of the creditors of Thomas James THOMPSON, wheelwright and
general dealer, 49, Gladstone-street, Cross Keys, was held at the offices of the
official receiver (Mr. Ellis OWEN) at Cardiff on Thursday.
Debtor, who attributed his failure to trade depression, returned liabilities
amounting to £457, with assets estimated to produce £30. leaving a deficiency of
£426. The official receiver remained trustee.
MERTHYR TRAGEDY.-Died While Talking To Friend.
While talking to a friend in the kitchen of his house at Abermorlais-terrace,
Merthyr, on Thursday. Mr. William DENNER, painter and decorator, collapsed and
died. He had been suffering from heart trouble for a considerable time.
Mr. DENNER was a deacon at Market-square Congregational Church, Merthyr, and
a member of the local Y.M.C.A. committee.
LOSSES ON STRIKES-Waunllwyd And Cwm Shopkeepers' Debts.
Before the Registrar. Mr. D. W. JONES, at the Tredegar Bankruptcy-court on
Thursday William Edward JONES, grocer, of the Excelsior Stores, Waunllwyd, in
examination, showed an estimated surplus of £ 69. Formerly a collier, he started
in business as a grocer in 1901, continuing to work as a miner as well. His
business succeeded and he was making a profit until 1921, when the general
stoppage took place. He had then about £500 on his books. He believed he would
have survived the pressure but for the present coal stoppage, which prevented
him recovering any of the moneys outstanding. His book debts now were over £800.
The examination was concluded.
James Owen DAVIES, a grocer, of 159, Marine-street, Cwm-who was represented by
Mr. D. Gibson HARRIES, Brynmawr-also attributed his appearance in court to the
present stoppage.
During the 1921 stoppage he gave credit for over £700 and had been able to
collect very little of it as there followed a six weeks stoppage in 1922, and
the present stoppage came along before his customers had time to recover.
This examination was too concluded.
The Registrar took the same course with regard to the affairs of Henry Thomas
DAVIES, general and household ironmonger, of 133, Marine-street, Cwm, whose
deficiency of £121 was said to be due the same cause.
ELOPED WITH TYPIST-Wife's Story Of Desertion At Cardiff.
A Cardiff man, married, with three children, who eloped with a girl typist and
who is now living in Liverpool with the girl, by whom he had two children was
summoned at Cardiff on Thursday by his wife.
Mrs. Mary GILBERT, of Clifton-street, Roath, summoned Ernest F. GILBERT, to show
cause why he should not be ordered to pay her more than 12s. per week under a
maintenance order.
Mr. Harold LLOYD, for the wife, said in 1910 the wife obtained an order
against her husband for payment of 12s.per week. The husband, who had been
employed at Messrs. HANCOCK'S Brewery, eloped with a girl typist. Mrs. GILBERT
at the time had three children, whom she had since kept. They were now over
sixteen years of age.
In addition to his work at the brewery the husband was a musician of
considerable ability, and had for some time past had been employed as an oboe
player in the orchestra of the New Pavilion Theatre, Liverpool. His earnings
were £3 15s. per week from this. The girl with whom the defendant eloped was
still living with him in Liverpool and was carrying on a business in the
practice of shorthand and typewriting. There were two children of the union.
The Deputy-clerk read a letter from the defendant in which he said:-
" My wife cannot be very hard up to allow this matter to lapse for twelve
months and to be in a position to employ a soicitor. The children are grown up
and in employment. The boy is a musician, and is earning more than I am. The
wife's circumstances have altered to her benefit."
Mrs. GILBERT said she had been keeping a perambulator and toy shop, which did
fairly well at one type, but latterly had been doing badly. She estimated that
on an average her income from it of late had not been more than 5s. or 6s. per
week.
John Patrick