Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 6 August 1904
Marconigrams
At Skelhouse Horse Show on Monday, Mr. W. Revell, of Conisboro’, took first prize in the pony driving class.
Mr. Wigmore is improving, although he still remains in a delicate state of health.
At a Mexboro’ salvage drapery sale last week the services of a policeman had to be requisitioned in order to keep back the crowd.
The collection at Mexboro’ Church for the choir fund on Sunday week realised £4/17/7.
The river at Sprotboro’ in which the boys bathe is little better than a sewer.
Back number of the “Times” may be had containing the whole history of the Mexboro’ Co-operative failure.
Mr. Peter Waddington, the owner of the Mexboro’ Don Glass Works, has much benefitted by a fortnight’s sojourn at Blackpool.
Mr. Harrison, motor manufacturer, made an excellent run to Redcar last week, covering the return journey, 130 miles, in 13 hours.
A correspondent would like to know how much the Mexboro’ Council sold their engine for recently, and if it was a cash transaction, and if it is true they paid £14 carriage for same.
The temperature taken for the Meteorological Society, by Mr. G. F. Carter, for Mexboro’, registered for the 24 hours, on Wednesday, a minimum of 60 degrees and a maximum of 93 degrees Fahrenheit; the reading in the shade at mid-day was 80 degrees, this being the hottest day registered this year.
The Great Central Railway half-yearly report shows a very satisfactory increase.
Miners wages are reduced 5 per cent. from the first making-up day this month.
The Rawmarsh Council have decided that unless the amount owing to them by the Mexboro’ and Swinton Tramway Co., or rather Binns and Co., is paid within seven days, legal proceedings will be taken for recovery.
Kilnhurst fanciers are to be congratulated upon the success which attended their first show on Tuesday.
A Pastoral play is to be given on the Swinton Vicarage lawn on the first Thursday in September.
Mr. Chamberlain addressed a monster audience, estimated at 12,000 people, in the Riding School at Welbeck, on Thursday.
There was every prospect of a record Horse and Foal show at Swinton on Thursday, but the event was completely spoiled by the wretched weather.
An echo of the late strike was heard at Doncaster, when the Denaby Colliery Co. applied for enforced payment of judgment summonses.
Charged at the local Court on Monday with attempting to commit suicide, a Swinton woman said: “Let me die!”
Mr. Joseph Walton, M.P., entertained Viscount Hayashi, Japanese Minister, to dinner on Friday evening, at the Reform Club.