Western Mail Wednesday May 7th 1924.
Married at the Parish church, Llancarfan, on May 7, 1874, Mr and Mrs John CROOK, of
Cwrtnewydd, Boverton, celebrated their Golden Wedding, today (Wednesday). Mr CROOK, is the
stepson of the late Mr David THOMAS, of Plymouth House, Llantwit Major, and Mrs CROOK is a
daughter of the late Mr William LOUGHER, of Treguff-place, Cowbridge.
FIFTY YEARS AGO- From the Western Mail-May 7, 1874.
Superintendent's Resignation.- Captain URQUHART, superintendent of the Bute Docks
Police Force, has tendered his resignation. He will, however, continue to reside in the
town.
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Mrs TENISON (nee Miss Ruth HANBURY) daughter of the late Squire of Pontypool, is on a
visit to Pontypool. She attended the annual estate audit on Tuesday, and later entertained
the tennants to lunch at the Clarence Hotel, Pontypool.
Nurse Muriel OWEN, of Cardiff, who will be going to India in November for service in the
Jowai Hospital under Dr. E. WILLIAMS, received her general training at the Hamaddryad
Hospital, Cardiff. Nurse OWEN is at present undergoing a special course of training in
Liverpool.
His Majesty the King has awarded the Edward Medal to John JONES, of Newport. The
circumstances are reported in the "London Gazette" to-night:- Shortly after
midnight on January 2, 1924, the steamship Imanol had just finished unloading at a wharf
in the Usk at Newport. As the last man of the unloading gang was coming ashore the ship
swung from her moorings and lifted the gangway, throwing the man into the water, which was
some fifteen feet below the wharf. JONES, who was one of the gang, had left the ship, but
hearing the cry "Man overboard," he ran to the wharf's edge, and, walking
down he thought he saw a cap floating below. He plunged into the water between the ship
and the wharf, but after swimming for over ten minutes he became exhausted and had to be
hauled out by rope. There is no doubt that JONES was fully aware of the danger involved in
jumping into the water between the moving ship and the wharf on a dark and cold night,
with the tide running
strongly. He is 50 years of age, and his action was a brave one.
Florence May CREEDY, 165, Caerau, Caerau, Maesteg, was committed for trial by the Port
Talbot magistrates on Tuesday on a charge of bigamously marrying Florence SULLIVAN, her
husband, William Henry CREEDY, being alive.
Reginald PALMER, a dock labourer, made no answer when charged at Cardiff on Tuesday with
assaulting Bertram E. EVANS, a tram-car conductor, on April 26th. Defendant was a
passenger on a Splott car. He had a cigarette in his mouth, and when asked to stop smoking
he threatened to put the conductor under the staircase. A few moments later he caught hold
of EVANS and struck him in the right eye with his fist, breaking his glasses and cutting
his face. He also pulled him on to the roadway where he struck several more blows. The
stipendiary imposed a fine of 40s., remarking that the assault was entirely unprovoked.
Defendant was ordered to pay £1 6s.7d., the cost of the spectacles.
John Patrick