Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 27 August 1904
Marconigrams.
Evening classes will shortly be commenced at Mexboro’ and Swinton.
Mexboro’ Church harvest festival will be held on Wednesday, September 28th.
The annual flower service will be held in St. Margaret’s Church, Swinton, on Sunday.
Mexboro’ and Swinton Council Schools opened on Monday, after the midsummer vacation.
On Monday the wife of a signalman named Fretwell, died suddenly whilst on a visit to Cleethorpes.
The County Council have decided not to allow collections to be made in the schools under their control.
On Thursday, September 1st, a Japanese pastoral play will be given in the Swinton Vicarage grounds.
Several daring burglaries have been reported during the last few days from Mexboro’, Conisboro’, and Denaby.
During the excavations for new printing offices at the “Times” Office, a well, nearly 60 feet deep, has been discovered.
A description and an illustration of the Fullerton Hospital, to be erected at Denaby Main, appear in another part of this issue.
There are new and sensational developments in connection with Mexboro’ Co-operative affairs, but which cannot yet be made public.
After 40 years’ service Mr. John Robinson, of Wombwell, is relinquishing the several offices he holds under the Urban District Council.
At the Doncaster West Riding Police Court on Saturday, more than half of the cases dealt with were of damage to fences and growing crops.
A miner named Harrison, of Swinton road, Mexboro’, expired whilst returning from work at the Manvers Main Colliery on Tuesday afternoon.
The contract for the new organ to be erected in Wombwell Parish Church has been let to Messrs. Brindley and Foster, the reputed organ builders, of Sheffield.
There was a large assembly of railwaymen at the funeral of Mr. William Taylor, a well-known engine driver of Swinton, who died so suddenly on Thursday week.
Monster meetings were held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Tuesday, on the occasion of the visit of the Rev. T. J. Gladwin, of London, a former minister.
A cricket match between the Joiners and Bricklayers of Mexboro’ is being arranged, and will take place before the end of the cricket season on the Mexboro’ ground.
Great progress is being made in the new line down at the east end of Mexboro’, and that portion of the district known as the Pastures will very quickly be transformed.
A special train was chartered on Saturday to convey the workmen at Queen’s Foundry, Swinton, to Scarboro’, at the invitation and expense of their employers, Messrs. Hattersley Bros., Ltd.
Death has been busy in the Mexborough district recently. Since August Bank Holiday a Mexboro’ undertaker has conducted no fewer than 78 funerals in the town and surrounding villages.
The accounts of the Mexboro’ Urban District Council were audited on Thursday by the Government auditor, and were found to be satisfactory. Some pertinent questions were asked by Mr. A. Lee.
When the news became known in Mexboro’ on Wednesday, that Mrs. Comer had recovered her £500, there was quite a sensation, and the fortunate creditor was congratulated upon her good luck.
Mr. Whitefield, jun., of Conisboro’, while driving a motor cycle, with a trailer, on Saturday, had a bad spill turning a corner at Wansworth. The occupant of the trailer was thrown out and badly bruised.
The £20 required by the Registrar of Friendly Societies as security for the cost of an enquiry has been deposited with the Registrar, who is expected to announce the holding of the enquiry at an early date.
A Jubilee Mission conducted by the Vincentian fathers will be commenced on Sunday week at St. Alban’s Catholic Church, Denaby Main. Fathers John Brady and Geo. O’Sullivan are the priests, who will be in charge.
It is stated that the West Riding Council Committee have passed the sum of £250 towards the cost of repairing and re-building the wall round the Dolcliffe road schools at Mexboro’, which was built less than two years ago.
Most of the cases down for hearing at the Rotherham County Court, on Friday were adjourned, owing to the accident to Mr. A. Muir Wilson, who was engaged in them. A special day has been fixed to hear them.
Mr. Fred Wilkinson, one of the committee-men of the unfortunate Mexboro’ Co-operative Society, has set some of the other colleagues an excellent example by resigning the chairmanship of the Swinton Educational Sub-committee.
Police-sergeant Matthews one evening this week when cycling on his round found himself overtaken by lightning time, and having no lamp had to wheel his machine home. Thus do those who have to preserve the law show us how to obey it.
Mexboro’ Town Football Club practised on Saturday, on the old bicycle field. Team:—Red and Blue: C. Tayles, W. Westwood, G. Shaw, A. McNeil, T. Godding, C. Law, J. Meakin, W. Smith, J. Hopkinson, and J. Thompson. White: C. Dunstan, A. Streets, E. Robinson, W. Unwin, E. Elliott, J. Fletcher, W. Simmons, A. Rodgers, J. T. Hakin, W. Groves, and H. Roberts. Kick-off at five o’clock.
A Mexboro’ young lady, Miss Maggie Hardy, who is only 16 years of age, last week rode from Mexboro’ to Bridlington, between eight o’clock in the morning and six o’clock in the evening, after six stoppages on the road to shelter from the rain. She rode on afterwards to Filey and Scarboro’, and returned the following day via York and Selby. This was a fair exhibition of pluck and endurance for a girl so young.
It may be interesting to note that it seems very appropriate that having built the unique organ for Mr. Carnegie, at Skibo Castle, Messrs. Brindley and Foster should carry out the scheme for Wombwell Parish Church, towards which Mr. Carnegie is paying half the cost. The action is the same special tubular pneumatic action as Mr. Carnegie’s own organ. This firm celebrated their Jubilee in January of this year, and this organ will be considerably over the 2000th transaction they have carried through.