Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 23 December 1922

Marconigrams

A happy Christmas to all our readers – in fact everybody, Jews, infidels and Turks. “God bless us all, everyone”

The number of war pensioners on October 31 was 2,262,000, as compared with 3,135,000 a year earlier.

Mr W.H. Barwell, of the Station Road Schools Conisborough, has been appointed to headship in the Shipley district.

A performance of “Hamlet” is to be given in the Mexborough Secondary School by students of the sixth form early in the New Year.

On Sunday Mr Tom Williams, M.P., addressed a meeting at the Westville Club, West Melton, where he was formerly steward.

The Mexborough Nursing Association are holding a whist drive for the benefit of their funds, in the Public Hall, on January 10. Tickets 1s.

Splendid “bull week” outputs are reported from collieries all-round the district, notably from Manvers Main, Barnburgh, Denaby, Bentley, Cadeby and Brodsworth.

Mr JB Felton, electrical engineer to the Mexborough Urban District Council, has been elected to the Yorkshire Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineer.

The Mexborough Secondary School Magazine, which ceased publication some years ago, owing to war conditions, has been revived, with Mr G Harrison as editor.

The absorption by the London and North Western Railway group of the Dearne Valley Railway, with a capital £785,000 has now been approved by the Railways Amalgamation Tribunal.