WESTERN MAIL MONDAY DECEMBER 13. 1926.  No. 326. GASSED AT SWANSEA.-'Bus Repairers Who Slept Near The Engine. A remarkable occurrence is reported from Fforestfach, Swansea, two unconscious men being left for some hours in a garage in the belief that they were sleeping. The two men, Brinley WILLIAMS, the garage proprietor, of Myddian Villa, and James MORRIS, of Heathfield-terrace, collier, were engaged during Friday night in repairing a 'bus owned by Messrs. LEWIS Bros., Pontardulais, and when the 'bus driver called for the vehicle on Saturday morning he found the two men lying down in the shed. It was first beleived they were asleep, but they were found to be unconscious, and they were sent to the Swansea Hospital, where they were detained in a serious condition.   It is beleived that the men inhaled the gas from the engine of the 'bus. HAPPY COURT ENDING.-Leniency In 44 Talywain Strike Charges.    The Pontypool Bench, called upon on Saturday to adjudicate in 44 charges from the Talywain district arising out of the coal strike incidents, decided merely to bind the defendants over, the Chairman (Col. H. D. GRIFFITHS) saying the magistrates did not wish to stir up any more dissension.   Mr. T. W. GRIFFITHS (Messrs. LYNE and Co., Newport) appeared for the prosecution and Mr. J. EDWARDS (Newport) for the defence.   The case of alleged threats against George EDWARDS, miner, of Abersychan, who is at present serving a term of imprisonment for riot, was withdrawn.   Five of the defendant's who had been bound over for intimidation were further charged with damaging windows in Cwmavon and Blaenavon. They were William PHILLIPS, Thomas MORRIS, Edward FORWARD, Alexander HANDFORD, and Edgar CHURCH.   Each of the five was ordered to pay 30s.   "FATHER" OF ABERTILLERY COUNCIL.   The death occurred at Cwmtillery on Saturday after a brief illness, of Councillor David SMITH, the oldest member of the Abertillery Urban District Council. Mr. SMITH was in his 77th year, was one of the best known men in Monmouthshire Valleys. He started work as a collier in 1886, and in 1894 he was apointed under-manager, a position he retained till 1921, when he retired. He was first elected to the Abertillery District Council in 1902, and he was chairman in 1909.  MRS. H. HOWELLS, LLANGENDEIRNE.    Mrs. Elizabeth HOWELLS, wife of Mr. Herbert HOWELLS of Preswylfa, Llangendeirne, near Carmarthen, died at the age of 73 years. Up till about five years ago, when they retired, Mr. and Mrs. HOWELLS owned and occupied Llandre, one of the most desirable farms in the parish, and which had been held by Mrs. HOWELLS'S family for well over a century.   A woman of exceptional charm of manner and charitable to a fault. Mrs. HOWELLS had spent her life in the village, and memories of her kindly, amiable spirit will long be cherished, especially by the poor of the locality. She was an active  and zealous member of Bethel Baptist Church. Her husband who for many years served on the Carmarthen Board of Guardians and Rural District Council survives. FUNERAL OF MRS. M. MALIPHANT, GORSEINON.    The funeral of Mrs. Margaret MALIPHANT, Westfa, Gorseinon, widow of the late Mr. Henry MALIPHANT, furnace builder and contractor, was attended by Councillor Jack ACKLAND (Llanelly), the Revs. Bowen REES (Swansea), THOMAS (Ebenezer), T. DAVIES (Libanus), LYKIN (Tabernacle), and many others.    The Rev. J. L. THOMAS, M.A., LL.B., vicar, assisted by the Revs. PRICE and JENKINS (curates), officiated at the house and the church, where the service was fully choral, whilst at the graveside the last rites were performed by the vicar.   The chief mourners were:-Messrs. George, Charles, Harry, and Edgar MALIPHANT (sons), Alby DAVIES, Ivor NICHOLAS, E. J. JONES and B. P. TYLER (sons-in-law), W. and D. MALIPHANT (grandsons), Tom JENKINS, T. J. WILLIAMS-HUGHES, R. E. BEVAN (Llanarth), C. E. WILLIAMS (Newport), A. V. and R. G. MALIPHANT, E. PENROSE, Thomas, Howard, and Ronald MALIPHANT, Chas. and Geo. BEVAN, E. A. JENKINS, Arthur and Walter BEESTON (nephews), Willie MORGAN (Llanelly), W. SWEET, E. and L. CARPENTER, James STEWART, S. W. DAVIES, Ll. and S. NICHOLAS, (Port Talbot) and D. H. McCLYMONT. William KELLY, steward of the Indstitute, Pontyclun, slipped and fell while lighting the lamps at the institute, and is now at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary with a fracture of the femur. John Patrick.