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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1903
Page
3
Lord Curzon and dignitaries arrived in Delhi amid a lavish display of pageantry with the Duke and Duchess of Connaught leading. The report also notes a plea from Bowral parish for improved church facilities, staffing, fundraising, and a working bee to tidy the cemetery, plus a call for more volunteers and prize-driven aims at the Sunday School.
Four young men met a farm threshing engine mishap at James Hayes's property in Woodstock when a shaft caught clothing. Thomas Dong and Dowane were severely injured as the crank drew in limbs. Dowane was pulled from the shaft and taken to Bevidin Hospital in unknown condition but improving.
A garbled 20th century text fragment mentions several names and places including Bail, Dr Morgan, Bowral, Pekin, and O'Donnell. It references injuries, legal actions, imprisonments, and expulsions with unclear chronology and uncertain roles for individuals such as William Newtown and Ful Siung. The passage lacks coherent events or dates.
On Monday evening in December the Band of Hope workers presented their Secretary Miss TR Morgan with a neat writing pad and other useful articles. At Christmas night the Rector Churchwardens and Choir gave Mr Cecil Compton a handsome travelling bag. Several praised Mr Compton for his zeal in training the Choir. Mr Compton thanked the donors, and junior Choir boys received books as gifts from Mrs Thornbury.
Forthcoming February Lantern Lecture on Baylad. Thursday services at 7 30 begin January 8. Parish events include Sunday School Picnic in March, Parochial Council Meeting January 3 at 7 30 pm, Parish Fete on February 11 in the Rectory grounds. Ladies' Working Party meets January 13 at 4 pm. Bishop of Goulburn to preach in February. Rev W R Mounsey to lecture January 5 at 7 30 on New Guinea Mission in Sunday School. Thanks extended to Mrs Evpest aruman, Mr Rowe, Mr Lingee, and Miss Davis for help in the Chair.
The Church Missionary Society hosts an annual meeting in February with Lantern slides by Alice Phillips of the CMLS Mission in Bagdad. She will discuss Mission Work among Muslims using photographs from Bagdad and other Asiatic Turkish towns, sharing insights from long oriental residence.
A Band of Hope meeting was held in the Sunday School on a December Monday. The young participants performed a lengthy programme with help from elder friends. The Rector spoke on temperance, praising Miss Morgan for guiding the bright orderly gathering.
Information lists Bowral train arrivals from Bydiey with daily and weekend patterns. Details include services to Sydney and Mittagong, and exceptions for Sundays, Mondays, and holidays. Routes to Goulburn and Strathfield appear with varied frequencies and limited days.
The text presents a disjointed personal account of illness described as hepatic congestion and related pain. It recalls a sufferer named Clemente and others, detailing a failed relief journey, attempts at treatment, relapses, and the emotional toll of persistent malaise, with references to physicians, medicines, and a long, tortuous path toward relief.
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