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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
3
Bowral residents and visitors gathered for the Bowral School of Arts Concert at the Grand Covent Garden. The programme listed numerous performers including Mrs J Bouncer Brunton Mrs A S Wallack Mrs W Muridon Miss Kate Maddorn Miss E Newton and Dr Basil Boulds. The audience anticipated a splendid evening well above prior Bowral performances.
A report notes Mr R Garrard of Vistarin at Bowery is praised in the Daily Telegraph for a play related decision and pending appeals. A poll for Bundanoon Pelion Blation runs until 22 January. W Fenner Mittagong H T Bridges Moss Vale J A Warby Robertson exam by medical officers. Governor salary changes linked to federation and NSW affairs. Meredith paddocks at Austermera hold 8000 paddocks.
Bowral Council notes an apology for absence from the Mayor and discusses a City Bank overdraft instalment dispute. Alderman Mackenzie leads replies while rates are due and future payments will deduct rates from instalments. Finance reports show wages, salaries, and various accounts approved. Council Clerk and Works Clerk report completed earthworks and street repairs, with tenders sought for 350 yards of metal and sections planned for main street improvement.
Bowral Methodist Sunday School names W. Stokes as Superintendent T. Garrad as Assistant Superintendent Miss May Frost as Treasurer Miss Annie Savell as Librarian Miss Elsie Gibbons as Organist and Mr. A. W. Beer as Secretary Teachers elected for various classes signaling a bright outlook. Votes of thanks were given to former superintendents H E Wickham and J Stokes sen for past services. Wickham appointed conductor of the united church did.
Chalher of the Mares Foret Caves owns merino sheep bred by Bathurat breeder George Law. Two additional entries and Siba wool from the Tatamhenviree Show earned top placements in a rugged, local livestock event.
A fragmentary note describes a Saturday cricket match at The Glebe between two teams. The text mentions an innings and remarks on some players, but most details are unreadable. The readable parts indicate a local cricket event with likely informal club level competition.
Fragmented report hints at prison leaks and guard actions at Pentridge. Anomalies point to possible escapes as discussions reference discipline, security, and alleged plans affecting inmate movement after dark.
Report states King Jedward the Seventh consents to the Bible presented at the Coronation by the Archbishop of Canterbury, funded by the British and Foreign Bible Society. The service is to mirror Queen Victoria’s coronation with blessings and the pledge to read, hear, and keep the living words of God for eternal life.
A Gippsland Times report recounts a shocking Sunday school incident where two young sisters attempted to crucify their baby brother after hearing the crucifixion tale. The mother discovered the children with hammer and nails as the boy lay on the floor, the sisters poised to drive in the nails.
A magistrate at the Central Police Court faced a custody dilemma as a woman with a child in the dock argued with police over her movements. The Salvation Army offered to take the mother to a home and arrange hospital care for the child amid pleas to curb visits to public houses and to hospitalize the infant. The case ended with the mother agreeing to separation and the child to receive medical attention.
Mr B H Wella of Deer Park Long Solind NYU sayer UT notes relief after a winter strain treated with Chambérlain Balenne and the quick cure praised by D Morgan, Couist Bowsule. The account cites a severe illness and the effectiveness of the remedy in easing symptoms.
Vague OCR read mentions an association and a queue with unclear notes. It lacks coherent names, dates, or concrete actions.
Miss Carrie Hagin, popular in the area, was tightly hugged by her lover on a porch at about 10 PM. The embrace caused interlocked lower ribs and intense pain, requiring a local physician's aid to release her. No fracture was found after examination.
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