South Yorkshire Times – Friday 17 February 1933

Marconigrams.

“‘Flu” is a lower middle-class form of influenza

The rainfall in this area during January was 2.26 inches.

Mexborough is now a residential working man’s town.”—Conn. G. W. Bramhan.

The Beamshaw seam of the Houghton Main Colliery, is being opened out for full working.

The Cortonwood Colliery Disaster Fund, which closes at the end of this month, now stands at £1,370 19s. 9d.

The ‘Times” Cricket Cup has been handed over to the Sports and Entertainments Committee of the Montagu Hospital.

The Postmaster General has for the third time refused an application from full-time postal workers for an increase of ten shillings a week in pay.

Mexborough Urban Council are sending a deputation to the Minister of Health with a request for sanction to build 100 more subsidised houses of the small type.

Colonel E. D. B. Johnson, M.C., T.D., of Wath-on-Dearne, this week relinquishes the command of the 5th Territorial Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, which he has held for five years. He is succeeded by Major J. M. Fisher, D. S.0.