South Yorkshire Times — Friday, 14 September 1934
Marconigrams
Unemployment in France has reached its highest level since the war.
The infantile mortality rate for 1933 was the lowest ever recorded for Sheffield.
“If it is a sin to play games on Sunday I am a sinner.”—The Archbishop of Brisbane.
There is a possibility of the by-product plant at Wombwell Main Colliery being further extended.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Potterton, Meadow View, Kilnhurst, celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary on Saturday.
The Church of England, as far as the layman is concerned, is riddled with heresy.—Rev. G. L. H. Harvy (Rector of Sutton Coldfield).
Barnsley Town Council are taking preliminary steps in connection with a proposal to construct an open-air swimming bath in Locke Park.
It has been announced by Doncaster Rural District Council that in the near future there is to be a reduction in the rents of all the Council’s houses.
A “robot man” of iron who talks and glares is one of the latest forms of German propaganda. His eyes flash by electricity and his voice sounds continually.
The first of a series of “Conversations” in the South Yorkshire dialect will be broadcast in the North Regional programme on Saturday, October 6th, at 10.15 p.m.
“Roger Dataller” (Mr. A. A. Eaglestone) has written a second volume of a “pitman’s” impressions of Oxford (“Oxford into Coalfield”) which will shortly be published by Dent’s.
Mr. F. L. Stevens, a former member of the staff of this paper, is the prospective Labour candidate for the Peterborough division, at present represented by Lord Burleigh, the famous athlete.
Road fatalities could be greatly reduced were all cyclists registered, and I would also insist upon them having a lighted rear lamp after dark.—Sir Samuel Brighouse (the Lancashire Coroner).
British coal output for the week ended August 25th amounted to 4,175,700 tons, and the number of wage-earners employed was 760,500. The Yorkshire figures were: 618,100 tons and 134,900 wage-earners.
Mr. T. F. S. Brass, M.A., agent of the Houghton Main Colliery Co., this week travelled by air to Brussels and back in connection with investigations the company are making in regard to the treatment of small coal.