News Items  APRIL 1st to JUNE 30th 1926.     Number Three-Hundred seven. Western Mail Thursday June 10th 1926. Two children were knocked down by a motor-car at Swansea on Wednesday and both were taken to Swansea Hospital with fractured femurs. One, Jeffrey FRAYNER 6, is the son of a hairdresser of Neath-road, Plasmarl, Swansea, and the other, Ivor GRIFFITHS 10, the son of a post-office official living in Walter-road. George George SMITH 56, of 4, Exmouth-street, Chepstow, died at the Royal Gwent Hospital, following injuries caused in a collision between his motor-cycle and another machine at Forge-lane, on the main Cardiff-Newport road, on Friday. Sir Sven HANSEN, of Penarth, was awarded £18.19s. at the Cardiff County-court on Wednesday against  John WILLIAMS, farmer, of Llandough, by way of damages caused to his motor-car by the defenant's horse and cart. A counter-claim by defendant failed. Mr. Kirkhouse JENKINS (instructed by Messrs. Lewis MORGAN and BOX) appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. T.W. LANGMAN instucted by Messrs. SPENCER and EVANS) appeared for the defendants. Bert HOLLIMAN 15, a baker's assistant in the employ of a Mr. LANE, slipped off the step of a bread-van  whilst delivering bread on Wednesday. The wheel of the van passed van passed over the boy's stomach,  and he was admitted to the Cardiff Royal Infirmary suffering from severe abdominal injuries. An Aged woman was burnt to death in a fire at Trethomas on Wednesday morning. She was Mrs. Edith Amelia ROWLES, aged 60, who lived with her married daughter, Mrs. Thomas ROWE, Coronation-street, Trethomas. A neighbour saw flames issuing from an outhouse at the rear of the house and raised the alarm.Police- constable GODDARD and others effected an entrance, and found the charred remains of Mrs. ROWLE. It is beleived that she got up during the night and went with a lighted candle to the outbuilding, when her clothing caught fire. A girl of eighteen was shot through the left cheek and killed instantly at Llangarthan, four miles from Llandilo, on Wednesday. The girl, Kitty SUTTON, a maid employed at Dryslwyn Ucha, Llangarthan, with three other girls, met a man employed at Dryslwyn who carried a gun. They sat on a hedge, and, it is alleged, when the man stood up he picked up his gun, which discharged into the girl's face. The story of a policeman's powers of observation was told at Abertillery on Tuesday, when William Charles HART 16, A collier's helper, of Abertillery, was summoned for stealing a rolled gold watch value £5, the property of James ARNOLD, of Alma-street. Police-constable DAVIES said he found a window open, and on the couch was the imprint of a man's boot with stud marks. He went to the pawnbroker's and found the watch had been pawned, but under a false name and address. He was talking to the prosecutor outside his house when three youths of whom HART was one, passed by. Glancing casually at HART'S boots, he was surprised to see that the arrangements of the studs corresponded with the marks on the couch. He accused HART, who admitted the theft. The boy was put under probation for twelve months, and the chairman (Mr. M. GORMAN), complimented Police-constable DAVIES, said he had eclipsed Sherlock HOLMES' exploits. " You have a shockingly bad record," said the chairman of the Abergavenny magistrates on Wednesday to Percy HERBERT, of Blaenavon, who was charged with breaking and entering Cefn Cottage near Abergavenny and stealing a pair of boots and a quantity of food. "You have got into your bad ways once again," he added, "and we can do no less than give you six months' hard labour." Police-constable PEACH who arrested the prisoner, said that the pair of boots HERBERT was wearing corresponded with the pair stolen from the house. Mr. T.W. LANGMAN (instucted by Messrs. WILLIAMS, GLADSTONE, and GASKELL) applied to his Honour Judge L.C. THOMAS at Cardiff County-court on Wednesday for an order for possession of rooms at the Bridge Hotel, Bute-street, Cardiff, against Frank NELMES. Up to November, 1923, he said, the defendant had been tenant of the Horse and Groom Inn. That house was sold, and defendant, by arrangement with Messrs. W. HANCOCK and Co., went into possession of rooms at the Bridge Hotel pending his becoming the tenant of another licensed house. Offers had been made to him of a number of houses, but he declined to give up possession of the rooms. Mr. R.T. McGREGOR, hotel supervisor for Messrs. HANCOCK, said the value of the rooms was £90 per annum. Defendant had occupied them without rent since November, 1923. Defendant, who said he had been out of employment  a long time and had a wife and family was ordered to give up possession in a month. Juan A. GOMEZ, Ltd. (formerly Robert FARROW and Juan A. GOMEZ, Ltd.).- E.T. GRANGER, of Dowlais-chambers West Bute-street, Cardiff, C.A., was appointed receiver and manager on May 21, 1926, under powers contained in certain debentures. John Patrick.