Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 20 July 1934
Marconigrams
A famous New York beauty has disappeared. Perhaps she washed it off.—“Punch.”
Hitlerism is said to be killing contract bridge. Still, even this does not justify Hitlerism.—“Punch.”
Bathing beaches are so crowded this year that the bald-headed men are the only ones getting sunburnt.—“Punch.”
The Darfield Old Folk’s Treat Committee are having difficulty in inducing the old folk of Darfield to have a treat.
Mrs. G. H. Ashwin, of Wath, on Wednesday opened a church garden fete at Beighton, where the Rev. P. H. Ashwin, her nephew, is vicar.
The annual inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, No. 5 District, will take place on Sunday afternoon on the Doncaster Racecourse.
The Mexborough Urban District Council have under consideration the introduction of the two-part tariff method of charging for electricity.
A writer says that an Englishman delights to think that he is entirely surrounded by the sea. Unless, of course, he suddenly awakens to find his deck-chair awash.—“Punch.”
The West Riding Education Committee are summoning a conference of education authorities in the West Riding with a view to uniform action to secure the raising of the school-leaving age to 15.