Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 07 June 1924
Marconigrams
The Wath Medical Officer holds that school parties for Wembley should be vaccinated.
The expensive tip we got for the Derby was not such a pinch after all.
The Wath Hospital Sunday Demonstration had to be postponed last Sunday owing to rain.
Future meetings of the Wath-on-Dearne Urban District Council are to be opened with prayer.
The head teachers of the Mexborough district are considering the possibility of organising a district “Education Week.”
“The papers printed more about the Death Ray in a week than they have printed about the League of Nations in a year.”—The Rev. C. Edgar James.
Mr. Charles Brumpton, of Mexborough, who died last Saturday, had served continuously on the Mexborough Education Authority for 23 years.
The Central Committee of the Miners’ Welfare Fund are strongly recommending that the Fund shall be made permanent, in view of the general desire in the industry for its continuance.
“It is a fallacy to suppose that the Government has abandoned its proposal for nationalisation of the mines.”—Mr. E. Shinwell, Secretary for the Mines Department.
Mr. Douglas Coates, of Wath, has now confirmed his provisional acceptance of the post of organist at St. Mary’s Church, Paddington, and takes up the duties on October 1st.
According to the latest figures available, municipal debt in England and Wales amounts to £18 11s. 2d. per head of population, and is equal to £2 17s. 1d. per £1 of rateable value.
The Ministry of Transport announces that among the schemes at present under consideration by the Ministry is the construction of a tunnel under the Humber, connecting Grimsby and Hull.
A Miners’ Welfare Hall is to be opened on Saturday at Great Houghton by Mr. J. Brass, the chairman of the Miners’ Welfare Committee for the Darfield and Houghton sub-area.
The Secretary for Mines has appointed Mr. Herbert Smith, President of the Miners’ Federation, to be a member of the Board for mining examinations, in place of the late Mr. Samuel Roebuck.
Mr. W. Vibart Dixon, who recently retired from the position of deputy clerk and solicitor to the West Riding County Council, appears in the King’s Birthday Honours List as a Knight of the British Empire.
It is reported that the Secretary for Mines intends to appoint a veterinary surgeon who will visit a number of mines with a view to inspecting stables and reporting on the working conditions of pit ponies.
The late Mr. George Stewart, proprietor of the Empire Theatre, Wombwell, in addition to a substantial legacy to the Beckett Hospital, Barnsley, already announced, has bequeathed £500 to the Roman Catholic Church at Low Valley, Wombwell.
A scheme is being prepared for the addition of an engineering workshop to the equipment of the Mexborough School, on the model of the workshop at Oundle, which the headmaster of the Mexborough school has recently visited.
The L.N.E.R. are running excursions from Mexborough and Conisborough to Redcar Races on Whit-Monday, and to Manchester Races from next Wednesday to next Saturday, and are also offering special fares and facilities for Thorne Gala, next Thursday and Saturday. (See advt.).
The annual athletic festivals promoted by the Wath Athletic Club and the Thrybergh Cricket Club will be held as usual on Whit-Monday and Whit-Tuesday respectively. Splendid entries have been received for both events. Granted favourable weather, these holiday attractions should be more popular than ever.
We are to see a new departure in the colour of Railway Time Tables. The L. & N.E.R. have in active preparation a new “Time Table Book” which will cover the whole of their 7,000 miles of Railway from Thames to Moray Firth. The first issue will be on sale at the end of this month, in good time for the Summer Train Service commencing on July 14th.
The tennis courts and bowling greens laid in Wombwell Park as part of the Wombwell Miners’ Welfare scheme are to be opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. Herbert Smith, President of the Miners’ Federation, and Mr. J. W. Mellor, Chairman of the Wombwell Urban District Council, will receive custody of the grounds on behalf of the public.