Western Mail Saturday April 24th 1926. Dr. Edmond RYAN, J.P., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of The Laurels, Crumlin, a prominent member of the Roman Catholic community, who died on September 18, aged 59 years, left estate of the gross value of £11,983, with net personalty £6,526. Probate of the will, dated August 13, 1924, with a codicil of February 24, 1925, has been granted to his widow, Mrs. Sarah RYAN, Mr. David John TREASURE, of Pengam, solicitor, and Dr. Rocyn THOMAS, of the County-hall, Newport. Testator left his household effects to his wife, and the goodwill of his practice he left to his son Frank and his nephew Michael Joseph RYAN, they paying the trustees a capital sum representing not less than one-and-a-half-years' and not more than two years gross annual income of the practice. The residue of the property he left to his wife during widowhood, with remainder in trust for his children in equal shares. Miss Louisa THOMAS, of 5, Connaught-road, Cardiff, formerly of 1, Victoria-place, Cardiff, who died on February 6, left estate of the gross value of £5,475, with net personalty £5,412. Probate of the will dated January 22nd 1894, has been granted to her sisters , the Misses Mary and Emily THOMAS, of the same address, to whom she left all her property in equal shares. Mr.W.J. MATTHEWS, of Haledon House, Parcmain-street, Carmarthen, foreman in the carriage and wagon section of the G.W.R. locomotive department, Carmarthen, has retired after over fifty years' service, forty-three of which has been spent at Carmarthen. Mr. MATTHEWS is a member of the St. David's Diocesan Conference and a governer of the Carmarthenshire Infirmary. Mr. William BARKER, Cwmbran, was presented at the annual meeting of the Pontypool Divisional Liberal Association with a mahogany bureau in recognition of his services to Liberalism in the constituency. Mrs. and Miss BARKER also received gifts. Mr. BARKER resigned the presidency of the association a few years ago to become hon. secretary, and has acted as agent since the association has been without a paid official. William ADDIS 24, who resided at the Bungalow, Llantwit Fardre, was brought up in custody at Llantrisant on Friday charged with stealing £10.10s., the property of Frank Ernest EVANS, a farm bailiff, who was a fellow lodger. Evidence was given by EVANS that ADDIS came to him and said that someone had broken into the bungalow, and that the contents of each of their clothes boxes were scattered about the room. On fuller investigation witness discovered that a purse containing ten £1 Treasury notes and 10s. in gold was missing. EVANS gave information to the police. Police-inspector SOUTH, Llantrisant, stated that he investigated the matter, and ADDIS denied all knowledge of the money. Two days later witness was on a 'bus in plain clothes when he noticed ADDIS pull out a purse containing three £1. Treasury notes, one of which he tendered in payment of his fare. Witness got into conversation with him. ADDIS was taken back to Llantrisant and charged with the offence, in reply to which he said., "I stole the money to pay for the Territorial clothes which I thought I would have to pay for." Superintendant J.L. REES put in a list of previous convictions for larceny, and added that the accused had left three previous lodgings owing sums of £9, £4, and £2, respectively. ADDIS was committed to prison for two moinths with hard labour. The Bench complimented Inspector SOUTH for the smart way in which he had brought the prisoner to justice. Except for an oar thrown from a sandbarge about thirty-five feet away, no attempt was made to rescue the man drowned at the Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, on Thursday, according to the evidence given by Stanley IDDENDEN, one of the men in the rowing boat from which he fell, at the inquest held by the Cardiff Coroner (Dr. R.J. SMITH) on the victim, Thomas WILSON 24, an unemployed marine fireman. IDDENDEN explained that neither he nor KENNEDY, who were also in the boat, could swim. IDDENDEN said the three of them were proceeding together in a boat towards the s.s. Coranton, lying at the buoys, when WILSON, who was sculling with a single oar, overbalanced from the seat on which he was standing and fell with the oar into the dock. He swam for a short distance towards the boat, which was unmanageable owing to the loss of the oar, but hearing shouts from the dockside turned towards the quay. About twenty-five or thirty feet from the boat he threw up his hands and sank. An oar was thrown out from the sand-barge, but they failed to reach it. The coroner returned a verdict of "Accidental drowning." John Patrick.