The Secretary of State, Mr. Cledwyn Hughes, in his speech before the Welsh Grand Committee in Parliament, made a brief announcement which was of vast importance to Pembrokeshire. Mr. Hughes said that he had decided to make a trunk road from St. Clears to Nash, Pembroke.

The Wallabies, the Australian rugby touring side, were not coming to Pembrokeshire after all. They were due to spend two days in the county preparing for their first international match against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. But officials of Pembroke County Rugby Club, who were to have been their hosts, received the shock news that the visit was off.

Mrs. Anne Phillips, of Narberth, went on a dream shopping spree - it was her prize in a national competition and she was given five minutes to select £25 worth of goods from T. Nicholas and Sons, Dragon Stores, Narberth.

A petition signed by 700 Whitland people protesting against British Rail reductions and closures in the area was to be presented to Carmarthenshire’s Welsh Nationalist MP, Mr. Gwynfor Evans, at Llanddewi Velfrey.

Britain’s new ambassador in Ankara was to be Sir Roger Allen, son of Mrs. Allen and the late Major Herbert Allen, of Tenby.

Following redecoration and renovation, the Welsh Congregational Church of Tabernacl, Whitland, was re-opened and a memorial tablet was unveiled in memory of former pastor, the late Rev. Gwilym Higgs.

Tenby’s part-time firemen presented another £400 to the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund as a result of their fundraising activities, notably the annual August carnival.

Rugby: Whitland 9 pts Tenby United 3. With two teams as well-matched on the day as Whitland and Tenby, it was the side that had the edge in determination and honest endeavour that deservedly took the points.

Showing at the South Beach: ‘Stagecoach.’ At the Royal Playhouse: ‘Flight of the Phoenix.’