In view of the number of Tenby council house tenants who let rooms out for holidaymakers during the summer, Mr. David Griffiths, the borough council’s public health inspector and housing officer said that the council should impose a lodger tax. He suggested a figure of 7s. 6d.

A prehistoric skull dating back to around 1800 BC was found in a rock shelter on Caldey Island.

Tenby Borough Council heard at its meeting that one in five people in South Pembrokeshire were diagnosed with the Hong Kong flu two weeks earlier than elsewhere.

It was announced that the anti-submarine frigate HMS Tenby would receive the Freedom of the Borough. The ceremony was scheduled to take place in June of 1970.

Rugby: Tenby United 17 Pembroke 3. Tenby United were assured of a further two league points when they met Pembroke at Heywood Lane. The Scarlets put up a good fight during the match, but could not contend with the individual talent of the United.

Showing at the South Beach Pavilion: Nicol Williams and Peter Vaughan in The Bofors Gun.