The death occurred at Wotton-under- Edge, recently. of Mrs. Ellen Meek, who on the death of her husband, Mr. George Meek, nearly 20 years ago, had carried on the duties of relieving officer for Wotton-under-Edge and district. She also served as registrar of births and deaths. Mr

Prison For Thief Who Attacked Employer's Son. A violent attack by a man armed with a pistol upon a youth who discovered him at night in a lock-up shop was described at Wiltshire Assizes at Devizes recent 1%, when Le,lie William Wi.einaii Thomas (21), hairdresser, pleaded guilty

Two men, aged about 34. one dressed in an overcoat and trilby hat, and the other in a raincoat and cap. entered the Office of the Roscoe Loan Company. at 307, Lavenider Hill, London, recently, ostensibly to obtain a loan. After talking for a while to the clerk. Miss Bessie Wilts

The funeral of Captain John Holloway. of Wolverton. House, Clifton Park, Bristol. place ruertitl Itc,llaild Greet) Chapel. Captain Holloway. who was 82. was buried in the family vault in the churchyari; Captain Holloway was a Knight Commander of the Royal Military Order of Our L

The funeral of Mr. Herbert Algernon Snell. of Harcourt Road, Redland. took place at Canford Cemetery. Mr. Snell. who was 65 years of age, retired some five years ago from the Corn Street branch of the National Provincial Bank, on the staff of which he had served for many years.

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Enormous Reductions POLICE CHASE AF T R A CAR (*bat ham magistrate. recoil lc committed for trial Harry William Rogers (18), an inmate of a Borstal institution, who pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking into a garage on Saturday and stealing a motor-car P.C. Newitam said early

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Nearly 100 of those employed by the Clifton Laundry Co. and their friends were entertained at the Parish Hall, , and dancing to the music of The Merry Revellers' Dance Orchestra was much enjoyed. Presentations of cut-glass centrepieces were made by the employees to the directors

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