In common with many other countries in Britain, Pembrokeshire celebrated Guy Fawkes Night with restraint and care. The county fire service had a quiet night; not one brigade was called out.

No planning approvals in the public or private sectors would be visited by Narberth Rural Council in the Kilgetty or Narberth areas until adequate facilities for sewage disposal were available.

A huge air and sea search was carried out off the Pembrokeshire coast after a report had been received that a fishing vessel had hit a submerged rock and was sinking off St. Govan’s Head. But, as the afternoon wore on, suspicion mounted that this might be another in a series of malicious hoaxes which had plagued Pembrokeshire’s rescue services.

Old people living at Augustus Place were victims of coal thieves, the general purposes committee of Tenby Borough Council were told. And the tunnel at the right-of-way was being used by young people for practices which a councillor and an official failed to find words to describe.

Mr. Ian Bell, managing director of St. Brides Hotel, Saundersfoot, who was chairman of the West Wales Tourism Association. thought Kingsmoor Comman would be an ideal spot for a heliport.

Rugby: Llangwm 8 Tenby United 8. Big shock for championship chasing Tenby at Llangwm when a lack-lustre performance cost them a vital point.

Showing at South Beach: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson in the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie