I sent this one at 10.48 today, and the original still has not appeared.
John Patrick
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Subject: News Items APRIL 1st to JUNE 30th 1926 Number Two-Hundred ninetyfive.
Western Mail Tuesday June 8th 1926.
New Harbour Commission.-Newport.
The triennial elections of members of the Newport Harbour Commission took place on Monday,
the results being as follows:-
Shipowners: Messrs. C.G. MARTYN, T.H. MORDEY, W. MORDEY, W. Lyndon MOORE, Guy T. JONES,
G.F. RAINFORTH, H.H. Ivor SMITH, Cliffiord C. JONES, E.J. DUNN, and F.H. DUNN.
Ironsmelters: Messrs. R.J. NICHOLAS, S. WHITMORE, G.H. COOPER, Arthur JAMES, and J.A.
CHAPMAN.
Miners and workers of coal: Messrs. G.F. COLEBOURNE, G., MURROW, Edward COLEMAN, F.S.
BUDD, B. NICHOLAS, F.H. DAVIES, R. YORATH, and J.A. GOWER.
Newport Town Council: Messrs. C.T. CLISSITT, T.H. HOWELL, F. PHILLIPS, T. PARRY, W.M.
BLACKBURN, J.S. JOHNSON, Peter WRIGHT, W.A. LINTON, E.A. CHARLES, C.F. WILLIAMS, G.J.
JONES, and F. QUICK.
Newport Chamber of Commerce: Mr. T. Morris PROSSER.
Recent Wills.
Mrs. Anne CLARKE, of 57, St. Helen's-road, Swansea, who died on April 20, left estate
of the gross value of £5,322, with net personalty £5,285. Probate of the will dated March
16, 1923, has been granted to her son, the Rev. Walter John CLARKE, of The Rectory, Kelso,
N.B. Testatrix, subject to a few specific bequests, left all her property to her son the
Rev.Walter John CLARKE. She directed that her remains shall be taken into Christ Church,
Swansea, and the first part of the burial service be read there, and afterwards her
remains shall be taken to St. Thomas's Cemetery and placed in the grave where her
husband the late Rev. Eli CLARKE, first vicar of Christ Church, Swansea, is buried.
Mr. Daniel WHEELER, of Rhywe, Llanycefn, Pembroke, farmer, who died on March 1, left
estate of the gross value of £1,642, with net personalty nil. Probate of the will, dated
March 17, 1924, has been granted to Mr. Owen HUGHES, of the same place, farmer. Testator
left property at Llanycefn to his niece Martha HUGHES for life, with remainder to the
children of his nephews John WHEELER and Henry GEORGE.
His moneys at bank and elsewhere he left to his said niece Martha HUGHES.
Mr. P. Wyndham MURRAY-THREIPLAND, son of Col. W. MURRAY-THREIPLAND, D.S.O., of Llanisdhen,
who is an undergraduate at Oxford, has won the Davidson Scholarship, tenable for a year at
Princetown University, New Jersey. Mr. MURRAY-THREIPLAND will leave in September for
Princetown, where he will pursue his studies in geology.
The importance of having life-guards on 'buses that journey on different routes to and
from the city was emphasised by the Cardiff Coroner (Dr. R.J. SMITH, J.P.) at the inquest
on Monday on Thomas John DAVIES, a collier, of Birchgrove, Porth.
DAVIES who fell under a 'bus at Llandaff on Saturday night died soon afterwards of
his injuries. A verdict of "Accidental death" was recorded.
Evidence of identification was given by a nephew, R. William BASSETT, farmer, of Waterfall
Farm, Llandaff, who said DAVIES was a married man with two children. He was standing
outside the Maltster's Arms soon after ten o'clock on Saturday night, having
previously been in for a drink. They were waiting for the Rhondda 'bus, and when it
arrived DAVIES left witness's side and shouted "Hey!" to the driver. At the
same time he caught hold of the handrail near the driver's seat and ran along with the
'bus. Witness could not say whether he attempted to get on the 'bus while it was
in motion, but after running a few yards he fell alongside the 'bus, and witness saw
the near hind wheel pass over his body.
Police-constable TANNER, another eye-witness of the accident, stated that when DAVIES was
running alongside the'bus he had a paper bag parcel in his left hand. The 'bus was
only going at a moderate speed, and pulled up in reasonable time.
"Had this 'bus had life-guards on I don't think the accident would have
happened," added Police-constable TANNER.
Replying to the Coroner, witness said the Cardiff Corporation 'buses had life-guards
on them.
In answer to the Coroner, Mr. Leonard DAVIES said his clients had received instructions
from the Cardiff police to have life-guards fixed to the 'buses, and instructions to
that effect had been given within the last fortnight. In fact, life-guards had already
been put on nine of the 'buses.
The Coroner, in returning a verdict as stated, expressed the hope that life-guards would
be fixed on company's 'buses plying in the city area as quickly as possible.
An undertaking to that effect was given.
The annual association meetings of the Welsh Baptists are being held at Aberystwyth this
week. Delegates were engaged in committee work throughout Monday, and this (Tuesday)
morning the conference will be opened under the Presidency of Mrs. T. F. ROBERTS.
On Monday afternoon the Mayor of Aberystwyth (Councillor Llewelyn SAMUEL), on behalf of
the town and corporation extended to the delegates a hearty welcome. They were all glad
for the honour the association had bestowed on a lady of Aberystwyth in electing her to
the chair (Mrs. T.F. ROBERTS). So far as they knew, Mrs. ROBERTS was the first lady to be
thus honoured in the Carmarthen and Cardiganshire Association meetings.
The Mayor's chaplain (the Rev. Peter PRICE, M.A., D.D., pastor of the Welsh
Congregational Chapel, Aberystwyth) also welcomed the delegates.
The President (Mrs. T.F. ROBERTS) responded on behalf of the delegates, after which they
were entertained to tea by the mayor.
Mr. John O. JONES, son of the late Capt. JONES and of Mrs. JONES, of Carnowen, Llangranod,
Cardiganshire, obtained his first mate's certificate at the Board of Trade, Cardiff,
gaining full marks after only three weeks at school.
To fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late chairman of the Coedffrane Parish
Council (Mr. W.R. LLOYD) Mr. John REES, who was the sixteenth on the list in the last
election, was co-opted.
John Patrick