1929 in Wales - Events

Events

• 30 May - In the United Kingdom general election:
  • Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales.
  • Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale.
  • Other newly-elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham.
  • Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales.
  • Jimmy Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government.
• 9 July - The Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 crewmen.
• 10 July - Nine miners are killed in a mining accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
• 28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.
• November - In the Rhondda, 400 people are made homeless by flooding.
• Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot
• The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
• The Royal Air Force's Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams and Flight-Lt N. H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.
• 700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.
• When the steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island, British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event.
• The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.