South Yorkshire Times, November 24th, 1933

Marconigrams

A hundred thousand Americans bought wedding rings last year with cigarette coupons.

There are evening classes for brass bands now. One was started at Kilnhurst last night.

“Up with the Blackshirt!” “Down with the Redshirt!” “Away with the Green shirt.” Surely it is time to be on with the nightshirt.

A gradual resumption of work at Kilnhurst colliery, which has been closed since May for mechanisation, will commence on Monday.

The Bolton-on-Dearne Urban District Council have offered the use of the Municipal Cricket Club pavilion as a winter recreation room for the unemployed.

Over 201,000 teachers’ signatures to the petition of the National Union of Teachers for the ending of the 10 per cent “cut” in salaries were delivered at 10, Downing Street, yesterday.

The Hippodrome Theatre, Mexborough, has been acquired by Mr. James Guest and Mr. George Goodacre, of Mexborough from Mr. George Smith of Dewsbury, and is to be opened before Christmas as a variety theatre.

Mr. William Allott of Scarborough, a former Wombwell schoolmaster proposes to commemorate his golden wedding anniversary by presenting a new east window to St. George’s Church, Jump, Wombwell, which he attended for 40 years.

A report that the Manvers Main Colliery is to be set down for ten days is incorrect. Manvers Main and Barnburgh collieries will work normally “to quota” up to Christmas and certain mechanical adjustments will be made at the Manvers Main Colliery during the Christmas holiday.