South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
“Disgrace To District”
Dearne U.D.C. Property Abused
“ A disgrace to the whole district” was how Coun. C. H. Williams, Chairman of the Public Health Committee, described the condition of lavatories in front of the public baths at Thurnscoe, at Tuesday’s meeting of the Dearne Urban District council. Coun. J. Petty (Chairman), presiding. Members strongly deplored the misuse of the lavatories but on the motion of Coun. A. Beaney referred back to a minute of the Public Health Committee which recommended closing them for six months.
Coun. C. H. Williams said “The officials and workmen have done their duty. It is the male and female rats who are doing this.”
The minute was referred back as stated.
Coun. Beaney took exception to a minute of the Highways Committee asking for a resolution passed at a conference of local authorities with regard to the revision of basic scales of wages of council employees and that a copy should be sent to the provincial Joint Industries Council. Coun. Beaney thought such a resolution should not come from the Highways Committee but was a matter for the whole Council and should be discussed in Finance Committee, which comprised all members of the Council. Such a resolution should not be passed without them knowing the full import.
Coun. T. Swift said a resolution was passed calling upon the Provincial Joint Industrial Council to raise the basic rates of wages of workmen and each councillor present pledged himself to ask for a similar resolution to be sent from his authority to the Industrial Council. The meeting stood adjourned awaiting a reply from the Industrial Council.
The minute was confirmed with the other minutes of the Highways Committee.
The Council do not wish to apply for an allocation of temporary houses according to a minute of the Housing Committee. Acquisition of 38,023 acres of land at Thurnscoe for post-war housing was approved
At the opening of the meeting the Chairman welcomed Coun. W. L. Sadler to the Council and Coun. P. Phillipson who resumed his seat for the first time for many months due to illness.
On the motion of Coun. Swift it was decided to send letter of congratulations on his award of a County Major Scholarship to George O. Probert, a student at Wath Grammar School, and grandson of their oldest Member, Ald. G. Probert.
Ald. Probert has been nominated as a representative on the Dearne and Dove Internal Drainage Board.