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Wearsiders Christmas Celebrate at Home

... HOSPITAL STAFFS HELP IN MERRY-MAKING OITTING quietly round their firesides, thousands of Wearsiders spent the most prosperous and plentiful Christmas since before the war. Though the general scene was one of domesticity there was plenty of activity in the world outside. up in Seaham docks because of crew shortage. They are the Corfu, Corminster and Lady Olga. After a delay of 24 hours because ...

THAT'S A LIE SHOUT INTERRUPTION AT MINE INQUIRY The shout of That's lie disturbed the even running of the

... proceedings today when the inquiry into the cause the Gresford Colliery disaster was continued at Wrexham. At the time collier was giving evidence regarding the precautions taken stone-dusting as a safeguard against explosions. No notice was taken of the interruption but a little later the remark, Tell the truth man, came from the same quarter. This time a police sergeant told the man to ...

RAILWAY SMASH AT GLASGOW

... FOUR O'CLOCK Latest Telegrams. TWO MEN KILLED. Another railway smash took place at Glasgow to-day, resulting the loss of two lives. A mineral train of forty waggons was standing at the danger signal the underground railway of the Caledonian Company at Glasgow and inside the tunnel, when the brakesman hea?d the approach of another train. He jumped from his van, and, lamp in hand, he rushed ...

SUNDERLAND DAY BY DAY

... SUNDERLAND DAY DAY. BEDE MEMORIAL. His Majesty the King has generously accepted from Mr John Robinson, hon. secretary, an illustration and descriptive account of the proposed national memorial to the Venerable Bede at Monkwearmouth. PRO LDENT DISPENSARY HONORARY FUND. The secretary has pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of from the Roker Carnival Committee (per -r G. D. Duncan), being ...

THE MAYORALTY

... KIRTLEY ACCEPTS. A meetin g ot Liberal ‘ mas held at the Lib Aldermen and Councillors 1 Club, Fawcett Street, last naiderman Fairless presided over a large J Which included Aldermen Rudland, Coates, and W. Burns; Coun- Xt. J. Turnbull, Hindmarch, Watson, Swan, Johnson, Biggam, Newby, and and Mr J. Butterfield (Liberal agent). for absence had been received from Peat, J. Turnbull, and J. ©) nm. ...

e—Sunderland Echo, Tuesday, October 18. 1949. T'VURING National Savings Week in Sunderland next week an ..

... posters are floodlit, will tour the town; 14,000 schoolchildren will be wearing special badges; and shopkeepers have been asked to decorate their stores with flags and bunting. Sunderland Savings Committee will have two immediate targets during the week to double the usual weekly savings and step up the number of street groups on Pennywell and Hill View housing estates. The week will be opened ...