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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
3
Players are requested to catch the 7.36 train for a Wednesday afternoon outing with Mi Taoston, Valeting, Map Corry, Mosse A.W Pacion, Chaprayn, Corre, and Blok emergencion. The event involves Me HL Suet ail Chy Slack and aims to join the match at the designated location.
The Bowral Draughts Club is currently running a draughts tournament. The senior competition finished six weeks ago with F E Smith of Howral taking first prize and J Melne second. In the junior competition C MeRne has won 24 games, C Piper and G Piper have not yet won, and others await results. Final prize presentation date is to be fixed.
The Rev A J Carter acting as Yocum tenens in Bowral Mitagong parish during Rev GA Gordons absence arrived in Bowral from Nundie on Saturday. He preached at Mittagong on Sunday at 11 am Howsal at 3 39 and 7 pm all services well attended and his short stay expected to be appreciated. At Nundle on Monday evening last April 7 the Rev A J Carter received an enthusiastic send off from Presbyterian members there F Payne presented him with a purse of sovereigns and best wishes for his new work.
Bowral Methodist Sunday School held a teachers meeting with superintendent Mr. W Stokes in charge. Mr L H Edwards was elected secretary to the Band of Hope, serving until the group runs smoothly. Mr W Beer resigns as Sunday School secretary. Mr Percy Beer selected to fill the vacancy and secretary role. The Bowral school offers a recommendation letter to North Sydney for Mr Beer’s next post and notes strong service from Mr Beer. Unclear text references pain relief products trail off mid-sentence.
The Bowral Free Kindergarten celebrated the opening of its new building after years of rope and hound work. Mrs Dane spoke on methods and objects, praising the children’s progress as 100m gowned and decoratively displayed. Timmy, a boy who later became a leading lawyer, attended and remarked on the program’s value.
A Bowral soldier Lance-Corporal Richard Weeks age 24 eldest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Weeks Bowral was killed in action near Rensharghoop Transvaal South Africa on March 21 this year. He left Sydney February 16 with the NSW Mounted Rifles and was due to sail again March 27. He was attached to Colonel Lassetter’s regiment at the time of death.
Old Age Pensions granted to residents including Margaret Robetta Bowral Mary McGann Mittagong Ellen Bidduiph Berries Cathrine Larkin Moss Vale among others. A garbled section mentions opium curses and a chemist D Morgan, Mowral, describing a woodwork cleaning process with washing drying wiping and application with a sponge.
The avnal monthly meeting of B. D. Cottage Hospital was held Friday with attendees including Mr. Gavin sette and Dr. Foulds who resigned as medical officer. Reports cover endowment funds, fever patient costs, hospital upkeep, band funds, and a proposed new building with a plan to hire an overseer for execution.
Notice announces an appeals court hearing under the Municipal Act of 1607 in Bowral. It lists dates for examination and payment of fees, with the hearing date set for Friday April 10th 1902 at 10 am, signed by the Dean and the Clerk.
To Owners of the Undermentioned Properties a rate of one shilling in the pound for municipal purposes and sixpence in the pound for street lighting was levied on listed properties by the Council for the current municipal year. Details show assessed values, annual values, and the date April 16th, 1908. Names, numbers, and values appear partially legible.
A Bowral Methodist Church social praised Mr and Mrs Holmes for their service to the church and choir. The event featured musical recitals, violin obligato by HL Poole, and a dramatic piece The Rowany Tass. Ministers Maddern and Parton spoke, presenting a silver teapot as a token of esteem amid warm tributes.
Fragmented OCR text references agents, direct applications, Mahone and Bure, a vocal agent line, and places Milbourne and Victoria. The phrasing is garbled, but hints at a public or legal notice style with involved persons and locations. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the readable fragments.
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