100 years ago
Half yearly meeting of the Monmouthshire Discharged Prisoners society was held at the town hall on Wednesday afternoon.
At Newport on Thursday the hearing was resumed of the charged against Charles Sarahan, dock boatman, Clarence Place, Cardiff of causing the death of Alex Montstram.
50 years ago
A 19-year-old Newport deckhand who saved a fellow-seaman from drowning at Buenos Aires in April has been given an award for his bravery.
The strike of 400 maintenance men at Llanelly components factory, which has now made more than 17,000 BMC workers idle, goes on.
25 years ago
Two men appeared before Newport magistrates this morning in connection with the death of a policeman.
Potentially toxic blue-green algae which can cause skin problems, sickness and diarrhoea has been found in two popular Gwent boating lakes.
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