South Yorkshire Times, January 9th 1954

Marconigrams

“The year 1954 is likely to be a year of destiny.” — The Rector of Wombwell (Canon G. W. P. Adkins).

Chief Supt. J. L. Dunn, M.B.E., will be the guest of honour when Mexborough Sheffield Technical College hold their annual Speech Day on February 5th.

South Yorkshire blood donors have received urgent requests for donations to make up for the drop in reserve supplies over the Christmas period.

A gold half-sovereign was found in the collecting box at the crib at Cantley Church, near Doncaster, on Monday, among the offerings for a children’s home.

The latest return of wage-earners on colliery books shows that the number has remained practically unchanged at about 140,300. This figure is approximately 1,100 below that of December, 1952.

Although Yorkshire miners did not produce as much coal last year as in 1952 — one of the contributory causes perhaps being because of the extra holidays — the output per man-shift was higher.

The East and West Ridings Regional Board for Industry report that the decision to raise the “free limit” of building licences to £25,000 with effect from January 1st, for industrial and agricultural building work has not brought many inquiries. The relaxation was not unexpected by industrialists.