Western Mail Saturday May 31st 1924.
The final test before the selection of the team to represent Great Britain in gymnastics
at the Olympic Games in July next takes place at Northampton Polytechnic Institute,
Clerkenwell, London today (Saturday). Five members of the Swansea Y.M.C.A. team have been
chosen to take part in the test, viz: Stanley LEIGH, E. LEIGH, A. SMITH, T. HOPKINS, and
W. CRONEN.
A smart capture by a Cardiff constable was described to the Newport magistrates on Friday
when Tudor W. JAMES and Andrew CURRY, of no fixed abode, together John MAHONEY, of
Cardiff, were charged on remand with having broken into the house of Mr. Francis JAMES, a
merchant , of 26, Friars-road, Newport, on Saturday evening last and stealing jewllery
valued at £40 and about £3 in cash.
Police-constable Cyril HODGE, of the Cardiff City Police, said that ten minutes before
midnight on Saturday, May 24, he saw MAHONEY and JAMES in Bute-street. He noticed they
answered the description of men wanted in connection with a house-breaking charge at
Newport earlier that day, and observed that MAHONEY had bulky pockets. He took them to the
Police-station. Later witness went to a house in Bute-street, where he arrested CURRY in
bed.
Prisoners were further remanded until Monday.
ROWING.
Much interest was taken in the semi-final for the "fours" championship of the
Newport Rowing Club, decided on Friday evening.
The heats resulted.
J. Spencer RAWLINGS (stroke), Dr. A. Carveth JOHNSON, R.P. SHUTT, and M. WILLIAMS. beat
S.G. BLOW (stroke), W. LANNEN, V.J. WILSON, and W.G. EVANS by one and a half lengths.
Phil COSTA (stroke), Aubrey THOMAS, Reg LEWIS, and Arthur ROBERTS beat E.B. AYLIFFE
(stroke), T. KINSEY, J. ASHTON, and F.W. FONTAINE, by two lengths. The final will be
decided this (Saturday evening).
Patrick McGOVAN, an Irish seaman, sentenced at Barry on Friday to a month's
imprisonment for stealing three pairs of dungarees, assured the magistrates that
"while I was passing the shop the trousers fell on my shoulders," Pat had been
in similar trouble before.
Harold MORGAN, electrician, of the Bungalow, Kenfig, was charged at Bridgend Police-court
on Friday with unlawfully wounding his wife by cutting her with a knife.
Police-constable JONES said that at 2.30 a.m. he was called to the bungalow, where he saw
defendant. His wife complained that her husband tried to murder her. His hand was bleeding
and there were scratches on his neck. His wife said he had tried to cut her throat, and
she handed witness a knife which she said he used, The wife was to unwell to attend
court.
The prisoner was remanded until Thursday in custody.
Lawn Tennis. Welsh Team against Devonshire.
P. FREEMAN and C.L. SWEET-ESCOTT, Penarth, Melville PHILLIPS, Newport, E.F. DUCK,and E.
Crawshay WILLIAMS, Queen's Club, and Capt. the Hon. W. SOMERSET, Cardiff. Reserves:-
H.Lewis PHILLIPS Llanelly. F.B. THOMAS, Cardiff, and Ivor EVANS, Blackwood.
It was stated at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary on Friday that Mrs COSGROVE had passed a more
comfortable night and was a little better.
The funeral of John Henry NELMES, late proprietor of the "Barry Dock News"
Printing and Publishing Company, who died at his residence, Forrest House, Woodland-road,
Barry Dock, in his fiftieth-eighth year, took place on Friday. The interment was at Barry
Cemetery, the officiating minister being the Rev. Austin B. DAVIES, B.A., rector of
Cadoxton. There was a large number of floral tributes.
There was a large attendance at Weston-super-Mare Cemetery on Friday at the funeral of Mr.
Allan I. SINCLAIR, former Chief-constable of Newport, who resided at 10,
Victoria-quadrant, in that town. Among the Newportians present were Capt. GOWER
(chief-constable), Alderman Col. W. Clifford PHILLIPS, V.D., D.L., Divisional Inspectors
HILES and PREECE, Sergeant DAVIES, Police-constables CLARK and CHURCHES, Inspector
PICKERING (representing Mr. J.H. MATTHEWS, chief of police, Great Western Railway),
ex-Detective-superintendent TANNER, and ex-Police-inspector FRIEND. Mr. GRIFFITHS
represented the Staff of the Star Mills, Newport. The obsequies were conducted, in the
unavoidable abscence of the Rector of Weston (Prebendary B. Norton THOMPSON, R.D.), by the
Rev. H.M. TREEN, and the chief mourners were as follows:- Mrs. SINCLAIR,(widow), Mrs
FRANCIS (sister), Mr. FRANCIS (brother-in-law), Mr. RAWLINGS (cousin), Mrs. WILLIAMS, Mr
and Mrs Philip SMITH, ex-Inspector
GRAVES and ex-Sergeant PERRY (both formerly of Newport, and now resident at
Weston-super-Mare), Mr.REES, and Mr. and Mrs.LAWTON (Newport). There were floral tributes
from the chief of police and staff Newport, and from the docks police, Newport, amongst
others.
John Patrick