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A Bring and Buy Sale, organised by Mrs. S. E. Baker, of Milton House, Swinton, to help the Swinton War Welfare Fund realised £95.
Mr. H. E. G. West, Scout Commissioner for South Yorkshire, has announced that there is to be a World Rover Scout meeting in Sheffield from May 21st to 23rd.
Major Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel and Power, states in a written Parliamentary reply that eight pits have been closed by his Department, and a further twelve will be closed shortly.
Wombwell butchers are to hand over £307 to Wombwell Red Cross Committee for the Prisoners’ War Fund. The money was raised for a war ambulance, but the butchers failed to secure a permit.
The Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd., announce that Mr. Mark LeBrun, chief agent of Brodsworth and Hickleton Collieries, has been appointed assistant general manager to the company.
Rotherham West Riding magistrates will sit to-day (Friday) to deal with 85 cases of alleged gaming on the Don path at Swinton.
Wath Urban Council meeting on Wednesday to discuss the estimates and fix the rate for the ensuing year, decided that the rate will be 18s. in the pound, the same as last year.
Ernest Armstrong (38), of Manor Crescent, Grimethorpe, an onsetter, was killed in an accident at Grimethorpe Colliery on Saturday, when he slipped between the shaft and the cage and fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of over 100 yards.
The paper shortage is becoming more and more acute. Are you saving all the paper you can save? If not, it is very important you should commence immediately to do so. Sort out all your old books and oddments and ask the Waste Paper Department at the Times and Express Office, Mexborough, to collect them and pay for them.
In view of the widespread interest in the homes of the future, the British Coal Utilisation Research Association has been asked by the Government to set up a committee to report on the equipment of British homes for cooking and heating with coal and coke after the war.
Permission has been given to Slazengers and Dunlops to use up for re-inflating and re-covering old tennis balls the material which they had laid waste in making of new balls was banned. A limited number of old balls can be accepted from sports dealers before April 22nd, and priority will be given to hospitals, schools, munitions workers’ clubs, members of the Services and civil defence workers.
At the request of Dr. H. S. Houldsworth, K.C., Regional Controller for the North Eastern Region of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the board of East Fitzwilliam Collieries Company has consented to Mr. H. Danby, the general manager of that company, joining the board of J. and J. Charlesworth, Limited, as the nominee of the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Mr. Danby has been appointed deputy chairman of J. and J. Charlesworth, Limited.
Mr. R. Armitage, of Farnley Hall, near Leeds, a director of the Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd., since its formation, and of the Hickleton Main Colliery from 1892 until its absorption with the D.A.C., has resigned on account of ill-health. Major Cecil Fowler, commercial manager of the company, has been appointed to the board to succeed Mr. Armitage.
The enormous post-war potentialities of coal were discussed at a meeting of the Parliamentary Scientific Committee at the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Committee will shortly issue a statement of policy asking for more research. Mr. F. W. Salt, chairman of the Committee, said if the research bodies were given proper assistance the heat value attained from coal could be doubled.
A county conference for the Wolf Cub section of the Boy Scout movement has been arranged for Saturday afternoon, April 10th, in the City Memorial Hall, Sheffield. There will be talks by Mr. John Thurman, the new Camp Chief; Mr. A. S. MacNicol, County Commissioner for East Cheshire; Mr. J. Richardson, Akela Leader for Leeds; Major J. A. Pardoe, District Commissioner for Barnsley; the Rev. T. A. Littleton, St. Paul’s, Barnsley, a group scoutmaster; and there will also be a discussion on “Post-War Cubbing,” presided over by Mr. H. E. Elliott, a member of the Chief Scout’s Commission on Post-War Scouting. The conference will be attended by scoutmasters from all parts of South Yorkshire, who will be welcomed by the County Commissioner, Mr. H. E. G. West. The programme will conclude with a display of Scout films.