Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 15 December 1933

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Tuesday was the 67th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster.

A Boots for Bairns appeal was read in the Wath churches on Sunday.

The Mexborough Hippodrome re-opens on Monday under new management.

At Barnsley on Wednesday, a policeman said he used his lantern battery to test a motorist’s bulb.

A local epidemic of scarlet fever has filled the isolation hospitals at Wath and Conisbrough to overflowing.

We understand that the Manvers Main Collieries Ltd. have cancelled a debt of £2,500 due to them from the Montagu Hospital.

On Tuesday a cage accident at Barnburgh Colliery set the pit down for three days during the busiest period of the year.

The Ministry of Health’s programme of slum clearance provides for the demolition of 210,000 dwellings without compensation for the buildings.

The West Riding County Council has approved supplementary relief “when circumstances warrant” in the form of a hundredweight of coal weekly.

The Mexborough Urban Council have under consideration the question of fixing a 40-hour week for all their employees, without reduction of pay.

The Yorkshire Miners’ Association are issuing to all members who have been unemployed for the ten weeks ended December 1st, vouchers of the value of half-a-crown.

The Barnsley Corporation is still anxious about its water supply, of which there is still less than 50 days in store. Residents can help by drinking less water this Christmas.

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Company have authorised a works and rolling-stock programme for 1934 which will involve an expenditure of £8,400,000 on major replacements and improvements.

Will Old Students of the Mexborough Secondary School please read the announcement under Public Notices?

Christmas Trees, Holly Wreaths, holly and mistletoe at prices to suit all pockets at Brookfield Nurseries, Swinton; also shop at Majestic Buildings, Wath. Call, write or ’phone 224, Mexborough.

A “poultry” whist drive is being held in the Free Christian Hall, Mexborough, this (Friday) evening, on behalf of the Mexborough Town Nursing Association, commencing at 7.30. All the prizes are in the form of poultry and game.

Barlow’s, The Gift Shop, Montagu Buildings, Mexborough. See Windows for Christmas Cards. Calendars, Gift Stationery, Picture Books, Annuals, Story Books, Party Invitations, Doyleys, Serviettes, Cake Decorations, Electric Table Lamps, English Cut Glass, Fountain Pens, Pencil Sets, Desk Sets, Book Ends, Handbags, Purses, Hat Boxes, Blouse Cases, Wallets, Brush Cases, Brassware, Fancy Pottery, Billiard Tables, Table Tennis, Electric Speedway, Latest Table Games, Air Rifles, Footballs, Hockey Sticks, official distributors of Corinthian Bagatelle Tables. Barlow’s, Mexborough’s Popular Gift Shop.