Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 01 October 1921
Marconigrams.
The souvenir programme of the Mexborough Music Festival will be on sale on Saturday morning at Marshall’s Piano Shop, and at the “Times,” Office, High Street, Mexborough, Price, 6d each. There has been a brisk demand for subscribers’ tickets for the Mexborough Musical Festival. These tickets will be allotted by ballot next Tuesday, and it is desirable that application for the few remaining tickets be made before that day.
The collectors of the Mexborough’ Oliver street Fire Fund are asked to meet in the Council Room on Wednesday, Oct. 5th, at 8 p.m., in order to bring the fund to a close, and to determine the final disbursement.
Mr. Herbert Smith has been elected a representative of the Trade Union Congress at the forthcoming Contention of the American federation of Labour.
At Shoreditch has occurred a case in which a woman’s temperature was 103 degrees at death, and 108 degrees three hours afterwards.
“Government interference and the wishy – washy policy of politicians like Mr. Winston Churchill has absolutely ruined the working man to-day, and the working man is ruining the country.”—Mr. C. P. Markham.
The Rector of Wombwell has appointed Mr. J. W. Halmshaw as his warden, in succession to the late Mr. C. H. Oxley.
“Life without religion might become brutish and bleak.”–Sir Michael Sadler.
“Our friend Mr. Herbert Smith.”—Lord Aberconway.
Father Leteux. of Denaby, announces that by the kindness of the Mexborough “Comrades.” who have lent them a room, the Roman Catholics will have Mass in Mexborough on Sunday “for the first time for nearly 400 years”
Dr. Richards, of Goldthorpe, is shortly removing to Walsall.
Dr. G. Dewick, of Kilnhurst, has taken a practice at Scarborough. He will be succeeded at Kilnliurst by Dr. J. E. Adam.
The Thrybergh Hall and Warren Vale Collieries are working only four days a week.
The District Council rate at Wombwell has been reduced by 1s. in the £.
The West Riding Education Committee have recommended “that two secondary schools, at places subsequently to be determined, be erected in the Barnsley and Mexborough district as soon as circumstances permit.
If you can’t pay for a thing, don’t buy it. It you can’t get paid for it, don’t sell it. Su you will have calm days, drowsy nights, and all the good business you have now, and none of the bad.
Summer time will end at 2 a.m. (solar) on Monday. October 3, when all clocks should be put back one hour.
The Wath War Memorial is the work of Mr. Roberts, sculptor of Bramley, near Rotherham.
The Wesleyan Reform Church in this district has lost by death, two notable adherents in Mr. James Warner, of Swinton, a choir master; and Councillor T. Winfield, of Wath, a lay preacher.
Authenticated instances of the charming precocity, of Mexborough’s young:
Georgie (aged seven): Say, mother, this d—-d tramcar’s mucky isn’t it?
Outrage mother: Blame thee! Haven’t ah tell’d thee not to say “mucky”?
Grandma (hustling a toddler of three along High Street): Wait till ah get tha hooam, me lad; ah’ll larn thee to stand theer cussin bobbies.