Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 27 December 1924
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A bright and happy Christmas to all our readers.
A grant of £160 from the Miners’ Welfare Fund is to be used in laying out a sports ground at Conisborough.
Dr. L. Ram, of Mexborough, who has been very ill, is reported to be making a good recovery.
The usual Boxing Day meet of the Wentworth Hunt will take place on the Lawn at Wentworth Woodhouse.
The Trade Union Congress is to be held next year in Scarborough—commencing on September 7th.
The office of vice-president of the Yorkshire Miners’ Association, at present held by Mr. E. Hough, has been made permanent and not subject to annual election.
The Mexborough section of the ring road planned by Professor Abercrombie as part of the Doncaster regional town planning scheme is estimated to cost £20,794.
The money club in connection with the Mexborough Main Street Working Men’s Club has handled upwards of £900 during the year, and paid out upwards of £350 to the members on Saturday last.
The West Riding Insurance Committee have censured a Yorkshire doctor for issuing certificates of incapacity in the case of a miner ascertained to be completely recovered, and have recommended that the doctor be fined £25.
The death occurred at Barnsley last week of Mr. Harry S. Jessop, aged 58, a director of Messrs. Redfearn Bros. Ltd., glass bottle manufacturers, Stairfoot, and formerly a member of the Wombwell Urban District Council.
The National Wages Board for the railway industry has decided in favour of the locomotive men of the mileage question, and wages are to be based on a daily mileage not exceeding 100, whereas the companies asked for the basis to be extended to 150.
From “Punch.”
What is the use of taking our hats off to France? She never drops any money into them.
The Wadsworth Council is considering whether information upon how to call the local ambulance should be printed on the backs of rate demand notes. The idea is good, but they might also indicate what is the proper first-aid treatment for a stricken ratepayer.
It is estimated that each cold costs the sufferer five shillings. We have decided to wait until they are cheaper.
A noise like the whining of a wolf has caused a sensation at Matlock. Could it have been the whining of a taxpayer trying to keep the beast from his door?
It was a keen footballer who, when filling up Schedule D of his income-tax return, gave as losses to win at home, three away, and one draw.
An economist remarks that we are all waited on hand and foot by thousands of people. We hate people who wait on our feet.
A tailoring paper says that a man with a new suit is instantly trusted. Of course. If he wasn’t, how would he get the suit?
“People who provide better transport for the public are deserving of all honour,” says a writer. Couldn’t Lord Ashfield be made the Jam of Piccadilly?
London costers urge that their donkeys should be allowed to graze in Hyde Park. We see no harm in this as long as they don’t interfere with the other speakers.
A burglar who entered the bedroom of a famous movie actress in Los Angeles took away eleven wedding-rings. It is reported however that the bulk of the lady’s collection had been deposited in a bank.