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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
3
Fragmentary verse dated December 1902 by T. PB. Bydney reflects on New Year themes. The poem muses on hopes, perseverance, and blessings ahead as darkness yields to light and ambition grows. Anomalous OCR text includes stray names and garbled lines from an older era.
Bowral Police Court hears a dispute over a lodger living at Mrs Ling’s Bowral home. John Ling, her husband, alleges the lodger entered without consent and caused disorder. Witnesses describe tensions over boarders and domestic authority. Decision postponed to January 6.
A Bowral I Co riflemen team engaged the Burrawang Reservists at Harrawang on Boxing Day and won by six points after a tense finish. Chamberlain arrived at Darban on Boxing Day and was greeted warmly. he urged support for reconciliation in South Africa and noted General Viijoon's offer to raise a corps for Somaliland.
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