John Davis 'Brychan', Tredegar, to Mr Taliesin Williams, Schoolmaster, Merthyr. Requesting a full and impartial account of the terrible massacre which occurred lately at Merthyr. The report is prevalent in these parts that it was Mr Crawshay who began the massacre by firing himself upon the crowd - is that true?

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol X. Nodion Cyffredinol', covering the period 17 January 1934-14 February 1936, and relating to domestic and international politics, the last publication of the South Wales Press printed at Llanelly, the writer's mother's recollections of the Merthyr riots of 1830, 'penny readings' held at Dafen during the writer's childhood, the death of Sir Edward Elgar, etc. Inset are a few miscellaneous press cuttings.