Western Mail Tuesday June 1st 1926. With 39 previous convictions, including seven for assaults on the police, against him, Ben RICHARDS, an Ammanford miner, was sentenced  at the local court on Monday to three months' imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly and assaulting police-officers, and fined £1, with 12s.6d. damages for smashing a 'bus window. Amplifying the report of her recent song recital at Cheltenham, Miss Blodwen CAERLEON, Bedford-road, Newport, writes that the recital was given in conjunctionn with Miss Mary MADDOCK (soprano), Cardiff, who was trained by Miss Marie ROSING. The accompanist was Miss Doris Johnson BLACKETT (Doris WORSLEY).. Two photograph's pre-wedding of Alderman T.W. HOWELLS, J.P., of Swansea, and Mrs. B. GIBSON, of Swansea, who are to be married at St. Paul's Church, Sketty, to-day (Tuesday). photos, by HORNE. Photo. Miss J. JAMES, of Port Talbot, winner of the open contest for dairymaids, and also winner of the Bath and West Gold Medal at Watford. (Photo by ALFIERI). Mr. Thomas HUTCHINSON, headmaster of Wood-street School, Cardiff, received many presentations from the staff and schoolboys on the occaision of his retirement. In the photograph. - Mr. H. MOORE (who made the presentation on behalf of the Staff and Schoolboys.), Alderman W.H. PETHYBRIDGE, Mr.J.J. JACKSON, B.A.,(director of education), Mr. Thomas HUTCHINSON, and Mr.I.V. EVANS (chief inspector of schools) all on page 10. A stained glass memorial window was unveiled at the parish church of St, James, Wysham, Monmouth, on Sunday evening to the late Mr. Henry Francis PERKINS, Wyecross, Monmouthshire. Short version- CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS FINED. The Strath Steamship Company, of Cardiff were fined £25 with 7s.6d. costs for each witness at Barry on Monday, for allowing an opening of a cross-bunker hatch of the steamship HELMSLOCK to be unfenced when not in use on a date in January, when a Barry coal-trimmer, John McCARTHY, fell through the opening with fatal results. Mr. J.H. ROGERS (H.M. Superintendent-inspector of Factories), appeared for the Home Office, and Mr. G. CALVERT was for the respondent company. A gang of ten coal-trimmers, including McCARTHY boarded the vessel early on the morning of January 13. McCARTHY and seven others, went between decks to trim coal on the after hatch of No. 3 hold. Later, they commenced removing the staging leading into the hold which was used to guide coal into the after part of the hold. It was noticed that a number of hatch covers were missing, leaving an aperture about ten feet by four. Whilst the men were engaged in removing the staging McCARTHY was heard to shout:"Are you clear?" Taking his query for the "all well" signal the men completed their task, and that was the last that was heard of McCARTHY. A search was organised when McCARTHY was found to be missing and a man named COSLETT everntually found him at the bottom of No. 3 hold, having apparently fallen through the open hatchway. Statements were taken from the Captain Thomas JAMES, and chief officers Angus MURRAY and D.J. THOMAS. Thomas DAVIES, a travelling mason, was charged at Brecon Police-court on Monday with obtaining food and lodgings to the value of 12s.6d. by false pretences with intent to cheat and defraud, from Thomas Henry BOWEN, Old College Hall, Brecon. The evidence showed that DAVIES went to College Hall on the evening of May 9 and asked for food and lodgings, saying he was to be employed as foreman bricklayer at the new County Hospital in Brecon. He also said he was looking for a plot of land on which to build a house. On these conditions he was taken in. On Wednesday, the 12th inst., he left, and did not return. A long list of previous convictions was proved by Deputy Chief-constable W. WILLIAMS. The chairman, Mr. David POWELL, in passing sentence of three months' hard labour, said defendant had lived a life of crime, and they must stop such men going round the country cheating other people. Harry RICHARDS 24, and Frederick WATERS 29, were remanded at Cardiff Police-court on Monday remanded in custody until Wednesday, on the application of Mr. Barnett JANNER, on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Sam WERN, at 27, Merches-gardens, Riverside, and stealing a quantity of silver wine cups, a silver fruit basket, a pair of silver candlesticks, and other articles, and £10 in currency notes on May 24. Detective-sergeant PUGSLEY said he received the prisoners from the Bristol police on Saturday. RICHARDS, in reply to the charge, said:"Well I suppose I have to make an answer to the charge. I will say 'Not guilty.' " WATERS replied,"I am innocent." John Patrick