Mexborough & Swinton Times — Saturday, 19 July 1924
Marconigrams
Collections at a Wesleyan anniversary in Wombwell last week-end exceeded £80.
St. Swithin seems to have kidded us very cleverly.
Messrs. Swift Brothers and Haslam are constructing a new reservoir for the Thurnscoe Urban District Council, for £6,764.
A “Flag Day” in aid of the Mexborough Nursing Association will be held to-day (Saturday).
Mrs. Wroe, a lady of over eighty years of age, is shortly to address the Women’s Section of the Mexborough Local Labour Party.
The importance of good publicity, well directed, can hardly be overestimated.—Sir Eric Geddes.
The deficit on the Wath Council’s water undertaking last year cost the Wath ratepayers a rate of 2/6 in the £.
Major J. H. Leslie, managing director of the Denaby and Cadeby Collieries, is to speak at the annual Hospital Demonstration at Denaby Main next Sunday.
Important proposals, referred to elsewhere in this issue, are to be made to the adjourned annual meeting of the Midland Counties Football League, on Saturday.
The “Mexborough Times” Charity Cup semi-final between Kilnhurst and Rawmarsh is to be played on Monday afternoon, on the Swinton ground.
We understand that the Board of Education has intimated approval of the proposed to erect a Roman Catholic School at Denaby Main.
It appears that, following the usual editorial custom, our journalistic aviators have been informed that they must write on one side of the sky only.—(Punch).
The inhabitants of Thurnscoe are to be canvassed by the Thurnscoe Urban Council on the question of a supply of electricity to the township.
The semi-finals and finals of the annual tournament promoted by the Mexborough and District Lawn Tennis Association are to be played on the Denaby Main Courts on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Shinwell (Minister of Mines), states that the average cost of raising a ton of coal at the pithead in England and Wales during January and February last was 16s. 5d., of which 11s. 6d. represented the wages cost.
For the position of financial secretary to the Yorkshire Miners’ Association, there are now only four candidates. Ald. G. Price, J.P. (Frickley), Mr. E. Hough (Featherstone), Mr. J. Hall (Wombwell), and County Councillor J. Drabble (Dinnington).
Roy Kilner, the famous Wombwell cricketer, made his first century of the season yesterday, at Lord’s, for the Players against the Gentlemen. Kilner has been invited to join the team which leaves for Australia in September.
The L.N.E.R. have arranged from Monday, July 14, for new fast trains, with through London coaches, to leave Sheffield at 8.20 a.m. and 1.40 p.m. daily, connecting at Retford with the main line East Coast trains due King’s Cross 11.35 a.m. and 5.7 p.m. respectively.
The Maltby War Memorial, which is a replica of the Mexborough memorial, designed by Messrs. Tyas and Guest, of Swinton, is to be unveiled by the Earl of Scarborough, and dedicated by the Bishop of Sheffield on July 27.
Owing to bad weather on Thursday, the Swinton Church Fete will be continued on Saturday afternoon (July 19th), at 3 o’clock. Full programme, including Pierrot concert, amusing sideshows, tug-of-war for silver challenge cup (open to all), children’s sports, balloon race, dancing, refreshments.