South Yorkshire Times – Friday 27 October 1933

Marconigrams

“I wonder if Hitler realises that Christ was a Jew.”—The Rev. Bert Bailey.

Canon E. P. Blakeney, vicar of Bungay, Suffolk, a brother of the rector of Wombwell, died on Tuesday at the age of 63.

For staying at one table for thirteen hands a player at a Wombwell whist drive received as prize a sitting of eggs!

“You’re telling me.” said the colliery sales manager, when we asked about the big foreign order reported to have come in.

The Rotherham Corporation have agreed to floodlight the Swinton war memorial at their own cost during the Armistice season.

The Swinton Urban Council are complaining of excessive competition with their gas undertaking by the Rotherham Corporation Electricity Department.