----- Forwarded Message ---- From: J GRIFFITHS <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 18 January, 2010 16:47:16 Subject: News Items APRIL 1st to JUNE 30th 1926. Nunber Two-Hundred forty. Western Mail Tuesday May 25th 1926. Sixteen members of the Splott Conservative Club, Cardiff, set out on the club's second annual walking race of seven miles seven furlongs on Monday. The course was through Habershon-street, Bedford-road, Newport-road, Cross Inn to Rumney Castle by the old road, and so to the Cenotaph, St. Mellon's returning via the new road. There was much enthusiasm when W. WARMAN, came down Habershon-road an easy first, D.B. O'CONNELL, was second , Jack HOOPER, last year's winner, followed, and then came R. O'CONNELL, a brother of the second man. The winners of the sealed handicap were; 1st, B. GAFFNEY; 2nd, H. BARBER; 3rd. D. KENNEDY; and the trio occupied premier posistion in the same order in the open handicap. The oldest man to finish the course was Mr. T. VOSTER, who is aged 72. John LANSDOWN 55, head boots at the Boot Hotel, Aberdare, for 25 years, died suddenly at Bath while on a visit for the benefit of his health. He had been staying with his aunt at 5, Bream Park. He went for a ride on a tram-car, ate his dinner, and then sat in a deck-chair and died. An inquest will probably be held to-day (Tuesday). Mr. LANSDOWN is stated to have weighed nearly twenty stone. Mr. Edwein McCARTHY 21, of 69, High-street, Barry, a Red Cross worker, went to bed apparently in his usual health. During the night, however, he was taken suddenly ill and died almost immediately. The funeral will take place at 2.30 on Thursday afternoon from Trinity Presbyterian Church, Barry, for Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery. The death has occurred at the Merthyr Infirmary of Masry Jane KELLER 73, of Picton-street, who sustained a broken leg through falling down stairs a few days ago. The Briton Ferry police were notified on Whit-Monday evening that the body of  a man had been floating in the river. The body, on being recovered, was found to be that of John YEOMAN, a one-legged man of about 50 years of age, who had recently been living at 16, Gower-street, Briton Ferry, but he left there on Friday evening. Previous to the strike he had been working as a blacksmith at Port Talbot, but he is stated to have been seen at Briton Ferry during Sunday evening. An inquest will be held. John Patrick