Western Mail Thursday October 7 1926. (No. 33).
ALLEGED ATTACK ON POLICE-MAN AT PENPRISK.
An alleged attack on the police in which it was said, stones were thrown, resulted in
policer-court proceedings at Bridgend on Wednesday when Griffiths JONES, Wimborne-road,
Pencoed; David J. GRIFFITHS 21, William GRIFFITHS 31, Morgan GRIFFITHS 28, Emlyn GRIFFITHS
25, and David LEWIS 30, all of Penprisk, Pencoed, were charged with assaulting
Police-constable Fred LEE.
Police-constable said he was escorting three men to the Werntarw Colliery, and when near
Penprisk-road they were attacked by a number of men, who threw stones at them. One of the
stones knocked off his helmet, and he gave chase. He caught one of them, and the others
were shortly afterwards arrested by Police-sergeants ARCH and HAMERS.
A remand was granted until Saturday.
Some names and addresses of those who wrote to Letters Page.
Walter THOMAS, White House, Penarth.
M. COPE, Gwent Cottage, Caerleon.
Joseph LEBOLO-CAREY, Cardiff Docks.
Norah SHEEHAN 4, child of William SHEEHAN, Picton-street, Merthyr, was knocked down by a
motor-cycle near her home on Wednesday and was taken to hospital suffering from injuries
to an arm.
OBITUARIES.
The death took place at a nursing home in Cardiff on Wednesday evening of Mr. T. P. JONES,
contractor, of Llanelly and Carmarthen, who for the last few years had resided at Penywyn,
Lougher. Mr. JONES who was 65 years of age, was a native of Llangathen, near Llandilo, and
in his younger days won a reputation as a cyclist. He had carried on business as a
building contractor in Llanelly for almost forty years, and amongst other large contracts
carried out by him were the building of the Llanelly Town-hall and of Kilymaenllwyd, the
residence of Lady (Howard) STEPNEY, at Pwll, near Llanelly.
During the war he joined the Llanelly V.T.C. and attained the rank of captain. He was
formerly a member of the Glamorgan County Council and of the Llanelly Harbour Trust. He
was a brother of Mr. Pugh JONES, of Cardiff, architect to the Glamorgan County Council,
and of Mr. Moss JONES, building contractor, Llanelly. Mr. JONES had, apparently, enjoyed
the best of health until a short while ago, when he developed an internal complaint for
which he was operated upon at Cardiff on Friday. Complications unfortunately set in, and
his death supervened on Wednesday. He is survived by a widow and eight children. Only
three weeks ago the family, for whom much sympathy is felt, suffered another bereavement
by the death of Mr. Goff THOMAS, assistant-surveyor under the Llanelly Corporation, who
was married to Mr. JONES' eldest daughter.
The funeral took place at Cardiff Cemetery on Wednesday of Mr. Edgar Harry LLOYD, of
Moy-road, Cardiff, chief draughtsman at the Dowlais Works. The chief mourners were:-
Messrs. Stanley LLOYD (brother), W. LANE, T. LANE, and H. GRIFFITHS (uncles), W. RICHARDS
(brother-in-law), A. JONES, (cousin), W. DAVIES (nephew), W. BLACKMORE. W. JONES, R.
STEVENS, and S. EVANS. Others present included:- Messrs. S. R. PATTERSON (chief engineer),
M. MOSES, L. V. AMOR (deputy engineer), and many of the foremen and staff of the Dowlais
Works, and Councillor Peter WRIGHT, of Newport. The service at the cemetery was conducted
by the Rev. D. THOMAS, curate of St. Martin's Church, Roath.
Mr. Joseph BAKER represented Mr. T. Alla JOHNSON, J. P., managing director of Hill's
Dry Dock, Cardiff, at the funeral of Mr. J. W. TOWERS, manager of the Tredegar Dry Dock,
Newport.
The funeral of Mrs. Alice MASKELL 75, Newport-road, Cardiff, wife of Mr. George MASKELL,
took place on Wednesday at the Csrdiff Cemetery, after a service in Splott-road, Baptist
Chapel. The services proved how deeply the loss of Mrs. MASKELL is felt by her wide circle
of friends and acquaintances.
The chief mourners were Mr. George MASKELL and Miss Doris MASKELL; Messrs. F. RICHARDS, W.
RICHARDS, and Ivor RICHARDS (brothers), Fred HAMBLY and Alec PARKER (brothers-in-law),
Ivor HAMBLY and T. RICHARDS (nephews), and W. MOLE, Penarth (cousin).
The Rev. E. H. OWEN, Splott-road, Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Arthur HARRIES
(Cross Keys), conducted the services in the chapel and at the graveside.
The funeral of Mr. Mark HUNTLEY, a Newport nonagenarian, took place at Newport Cemetery,
the Rev James FIELDING officiating. A native of Wiltshire, Mr. Huntley spent the greater
part of his life at Newport. The chief mourners were: Messrs. George, William and John
HUNTLEY, Cornelius HARRIS (Treharris), Ben and Charles ELEMENT (Cardiff), all nephews; and
Mr. Fred IND (Mitcheldean), a cousin. Members of the P.S.A. brotherhood acted as bearers.
The deaths are reported from Exmouth of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WRENN, both of whom were
associated with Cardiff.
In their passing within two days of each other there was a remarkable coincidence.
Recently Mrs. WRENN was attacked with appendicitis. She was operated on at her home, and
was making excellent progress when her husband also fell victim to the same malady.
An operation was necessary in his case too, and he had to be removed for the purpose to
nursing home. He sank under the operation and died on Sepotember 29.
The shock of her husband's illness and death was to great for Mrs. WRENN, and she
collapsed and died two days later.
Both husband and wife were 74 years old.
Mr. WRENN was a son of the late Mr. J. H. WRENN, at one time governor of Cardiff Gaol. He
never lived in Cardiff, but as a member of London Baltic Exchange he was well known on the
Cardiff Exchange which he occaisionly visited.
Mrs WRENN lived in the city fgor many years, and in those times was active in musical
circles. Her brother, Mr. W. H. TREATT, lives at Penylan, and was at one time secretary of
the Cardiff Rugby Club.
John Patrick