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    1. [MON] News Items APRIL 1st to JUNE 30th 1926. Two-Hundred fortyfour.
    2. J GRIFFITHS
    3. Western Mail Wednesday May 26th 1926. Mr. William JONES, of Edinburgh House, Station-street, Abersychan, who died on April 14, left estate of the gross value of £915, with net personalty £409. Probate of the will has been granted to his son, Mr. Frederick William JONES, of 102, Snatchwood-road, Abersychan, rate collector, and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth STRANGE of Richmond House, Regent-street, Kingswood, Bristol. Mr. Robert CORFIELD, of Little Hope, Hope, Montgomery, formerly of Fenn Green Farm, Alveley, Salop, farmer, who died on April 4, left estate of the gross value of £1,302, with net personalty £1,052. The Rev. Pedr WILLIAMS, pastor of St. Paul's Congregational Church, Swansea, has accepted the pastorate of Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol. Medical evidence given at the inquest of Mr. John LANDSDOWN, 56, of the Boot Hotel, Aberdare, death was due to eating a huge meal and the heat had combined to upset the man's heart and caused sudden syncope. A verdict of "Death from natural causes" was recorded. Dr. R.J. SMITH, the Cardiff City coroner, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence on Tuesday at the inquest on Martha Mitchell 82, widow of William MITCHELL, 67, Albert-street, Cardiff, who died the previous day. Medical evidence showed that death was due to heart failure. The Cardiff City coroner (Mr. R.J. SMITH) held an inquest on Tuesday concerning the death of Llewellyn Thomas SHEARS 18, Vof 66, Llanelly-street, Cardiff, who died at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary on Monday after falling a distance of 30ft, whilst walking over the quarries at Wenvoe. A friend of SHEARS, William Henry JAMES, said that together with another boy they walked to the Alps Quarry. When they got to the top, a distance of 70ft., they missed SHEARS, and when they went back to look for him found that he was being attended to at the bottom by some men. He was unconscious. Dr. W.H.M. JONES, house surgeon at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, stated that SHEARS fractured the right elbow and right thigh and the skull. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. (The person who conveyed the youth SHEARS to the infirmary is requested to communicate with the relatives). The funeral has taken place at Cowbridge of Mrs. Sarah DAVID, widow of the late Mr. John DAVID, auctioneer, Cowbridge. The Rev. Emrys J. DAVIES, Cowbridge; the Rev. W.M. WILLIAMS, Llantwit Major; the Rev. G. WILLIAMS, Cowbridge, and the Rev. G. THOMAS, Bonvilston, officiated. The chief mourners were Mr. CHATTERTON (brother), Mr. A. DAVIES, Mr. and Mrs. DAVIES, Mr. and Mrs. HOPKINS, Mr. A. JOHN, and Mr. and Mrs. J.H. EVANS. Others present included the Rev. B.W. ROBERTS, Cowbridge; the Rev. B.W. ROBERTS, Cowbridge; the Rev. T.O. PHILLIPS, Cardiff; Messrs. E.W. MILES, R. E. WATKINS, Brinley THOMAS, J. HOPKINS, W. HOPKINS, and Mr. and Mrs. J. JONES. John Patrick

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