Western Mail Saturday May 31st 1924.
In obsevation of Decoration Day (May 30), which is set aside by Americans for honouring
the memory of the dead, the American Consul at Cardiff (Mr. E.C. SOULE) on Friday morning
visited the Cardiff Cemetery and laid wreaths of laurel on the graves of American
soldiers, and at the foot of the soldier's cross.
A number of Americans were present, and the Rev. J. Phillip ROGERS, B.A., of
Charles-street, Congregational Church, gave a brief address.
Mr. SOULE'S young son placed small American flags on the graves of the fallen soldiers
and of an American child and on the Cenotaph.
Pleading guilty to reckless driving, but contending that no constable could judge speed
when standing in the middle of the road while a cycle approached him, William E. NICHOLLS,
Barry, was fined £2 at the local court on Friday. Police-constable RICKARD spoke to
observing the defendant taking a corner of the Ship Hill, Barry Island, on May 3 at the
dangerous speed of 30 miles an hour.
Mr. L.P. GRIFFITHS (the presiding magistrate) warned defendant to be more careful, adding
that the Ship Hill was, perhaps, tghe most dangerous branch road in the county.
There was an alarming collision between two motor-cars near Angels' Corner, Llandough,
but, although both vehicles were badly damaged, the occupants fortunately escaped without
injury.
One of the cars was driven by Mr. Reginald MATHIAS, Oakfield-road, Newport, and the other
by Mr. W. ROSS, Pencoetre, Barry.
Victor GALLICOS of Ystrad Mynach, was fined £10 at Bargoed on Friday for driving a
motor-lorry recklessly at Ystrad Mynach on May 19.
The Newport magistrates on Friday complimented Thomas HOLMES, coal haulier, who lives at a
Newport lodging house, for having taken to the police-station Henry LOVE, a labourer, of
no fixed abode, after having seen him act improperly towards a nine years' old girl.
The Chairman (Mr.J.R. ROBINSON) said to HOLMES that on behalf of the magistrates and the
citizens of Newport he wished to thank him for his conduct.
LOVE, who pleaded not guilty, was sent to prison for two months with hard labour for
having assaulted the child.
Mr. W.R. LEWIS has been appointed conductor of the Brynmawr Male Voice Party. He formerly
conducted the Nantyglo Gwalia Glee Singers, who won at the Corwen Nationel Eisteddfod in
1919. He has had a varied musical experience, and has compised several Sunday school
marches, one of which " Sing Hallelujah," was frequently sung in the trenches in
France by the Monmouthshire Regiment.
A curious marriage tangle came before the Blackwood Bench on Friday, the parties being
Montague B. LLEWELLYN 38, collier, Twynffald, and his wife, Lizzie.
Mr. W. EBBSWORTH, Bargoed, was for the husband, and Mr. J.T. PRIESTLEY, Blackwood, for the
wife.
The husband applied for the discharge of a maintenance order on the ground of
co-habitation, and he was summoned for arrears under the order, and also for deserting his
wife.
It appeared that in 1917 the wife obtained an order for maintenance, the amount granted
being 15s. a week. After three weeks she returned to live with her husband. Speaking to
acts of cruelty, Mrs LLEWELLYN said one night she went to a spiritualists' meeting at
Hengoed. She returned home about 11 to 11.30. and when she got to the door her husband
answered it and pulled her in " by the hair of her head."
Inside the room was his bath of water and before giving her a chance of taking off her
outdoor clothes he bent her head down and pushed her into the bath of water. He could not
get her down deep enough into the water that way and caught hold of her foot so as tyo
push her in. Her boot came off and he went for the chopper. She thought he was going to
chop her head off, but instead of that he chopped her boot in two.
The husband, in evidence, admitted pushing his wife into the bath because she came home at
two a.m., and he chopped the boot in two in order to stop his wife going to the
spiritualists' meedtings.
The bench geceided to discharge the 1917 order, the arrears under the order to be paid off
at the rate of 10s. a week. There was not sufficient evidence of desertion, and the
summons would be dismissed.
John Patrick