Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 September 1902
Marconigrams.
The popularity of ping pong seems to be on the wane.
The boys of Mexboro have dropped kite flying in favour of whip-top.
The Vicar of Wath has this week been staying at Ramsey, Isle of Man.
The Revision Court at Mexboro is to be held on Monday, September 29th.
The new price list at Denaby Main is anxiously looked for by all concerned.
The present week is the eleventh of the strike at Denaby and Cadeby Collieries.
Mexboro’ Church Harvest Festival has fixed for Thursday. October 2nd.
A Mexboro’ young man left Liverpool on Thursday en route fur Manitoba.
Is there any Prospect of the Mexboro’ Ratepayers Association being revived?
Some Wombwell councillors are still troubling about the proposed charter of incorporation.
I understand that Mr. G. F. Carter, the Mexboro surveyor, is at present holidaying in Belgium.
This week we have to report two more drowning cases—one at Mexborough and the other at Swinton.
Mr. G. T. Sudbury, late of Mexboro’, on Monday week had some excellent partridge shooting near Royston.
The new side paths in Belle Vue Road, Mexboro’ have proved very beneficial during the last few days.
After the episode that happened on the 4th inst. Harlington people will do to look after their fowls.
A meeting with the object of forming a chess club for Mexboro and district is to be held next Tuesday evening.
Farmers in the Mexboro’ district who have the crops cut ready for leading are much concerned about the heavy rainfall.
Consequent on the weather the Sheffield doctor has prolonged his visit to the camp at Conisboro’ Cliffs another week.
The championship of the Mexboro’ and District Cricket League has now been decided, and Mitchell Main are the victors.
A correspondent wants to know how many total abstainers there are among the members of the Mexboro Urban Council?
The presence of Lord Halifax at the Wath Parish Church bazaar last week was greatly appreciated by local Church people.
When folks speak of Denaby people “loafing about” they merely mean that the miners and their families are looking for bread.
If you want an errand doing quickly just before dinner send a boy,” so reads an old adage; “if just before dark, send a girl.”
“Critic” considers that a road scraper would be appreciated in Mexboro’ by the foot passengers, especially as there are so few crossings.
It seems rather strange that when local gamblers are playing at “nap” they have to keep wide awake if they do not wish to be caught.
The police records of the district show that farmers are suffering from the autumn round of thefts from orchards and turnip fields.
Stealing peas is in offence against the statute law of this realm, as two West Melton youths found out last week when the magistrates “gave ’em beans!
Several Wath lads have acquired a nasty habit of throwing soft clay at street lamps. Perhaps they’re annoyed that they cannot have electric light.
The Great Central Railway Company are negotiating with the Mexboro Urban Council for a supply of electric light to the Mexboro’ Railway Station.
A report was current this week that work was to be resumed next week at the Denabv and Cadeby collieries, but there is no confirmation of the rumour.
If Lient. F. J. O. Montagu is followed as loyally in the matter of the new hospital as he was in the South African War, the town and district will do itself honour.
If any man had stood between me and the winner of the Leger,” (so spoke a Conisboro’ man, on Wednesday evening)) “I would have called him an interceptor.”
A favourite amusement with several Mexboro’ men and youths has been in trying to catch a “white sparrow” which has been seen frequenting the allotments on the Common.
The Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company sent only 18,752 tons of coal to Hull during August this year as compared with 70,788 tons for same month last year.
One of the visitors to the races, from Kilnhurst, will not soon forget the St. Leger. He lost £10 by laying odds with three bookmakers, who turned out to be “welshers.”
On August 9th, Coronation Day, we were all thinking of the king and the crown: on Leger Day, September 10th, the subject that filled our minds was the people and Sceptre.
Certain members of the Darfield Floral and Horticultural Society may be able to cultivate carrots, but they don’t know how to behave themselves towards newspaper reporters.
A man was in Mexboro on Tuesday trying to sell parrots, which he said could talk. “There’s a great deal too much talk in this town” was the remark of one man who refused to buy.
A Swinton woman complained to the Rotherham West Riding magistrates that on one occasion her husband threw his dinner in the fire. Such conduct may be described as “feeding the flames.”
Bolton School Board, I see, are trying to avoid the cost of a contest, judging from a printed circular which I have seen issued, and they are right, in view of the probable passing of the Education Bill.
The newly appointed Wesleyan minister for Conisboro’ is a returned missionary from Hyderbad. It is to be hoped that in coming to this district he will not find that he has been seeking a worse. Ahem!
Old stories are revived at Doncaster race week, consequently we hear once more of the Mexboro’ man who said he had backed all the winners except one on Leger Day, an he would have backed that if he had any more money.
At Goldthorpe the children have been allowed a holiday this week, and they have been quite as much interested as their parents in the extraordinary traffic to and from Doncaster.
The Vicar is to our thanks for the interesting historical account of Mexboro’, in this month’s Magazine; it is original in more senses than one and I hope he may be able to tell us more soon, as a result of investigation.
There was quite a stir in the neighbourhood of Hickleton Main Colliery last Sunday afternoon and evening. The Primitive Methodists were missioning prior to the building of a chapel, for which there seems to be an excellent opening.
Notwithstanding the great falling off in the quantity of coal sent to Hull during August, the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company are still at the head of local collieries. No less than 18,752 tons were taken from this stock at the two pits.
The common lodging-houses of Wath are to be brought under the operation of section 83 of the Public Health Act, which provides that every lodging-house-keeper shall furnish the local authority with a complete list of persons who stay at his house each evening.
A visitor to Mexboro this week, who has not seen the town for several years, has expressed very gratified surprise at the extensive addition of cottage property, and at the introduction of the electric light. The best lighted little town in the country.” says he with enthusiasm.