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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
2
A dense assortment of items from Bowral and nearby towns covers society, accidents, auctions, and meetings. It notes church events, hospital fundraising, billiard results, and a tragic sheep stray with several carcasses, plus local charity reports and civic notices amid a stream of short items and weathered OCR.
The 32 year old Mr. Corry second son of Mr and Mrs A Corry of Bowral died at his home after a long asthma struggle. He showed resilient spirit and kept working until a few days before death. Funeral at Wesleyan Cemetery Burgadoo drew many townspeople. The Rev F C Bayer led the service with remarks on his life and faith.
Serious nose of Mr J J Smith of Kengaloon suffers from pneumonia and has been ill over a week. Friends hope for an early recovery. Also note Mrs A Chittick and Mr John Hamiltonsen, Robertson residents, are seriously ill.
A forwarded report alleges misused funds and excessive travel costs tied to a public works inquiry. Officials across departments may face charges as investigators scrutinize travel to Cardwell and other sites, amid broad criticism of taxpayer waste.
On Saturday action continued with the Derrime Camden District Union matches. Pichon defeated Boweal at Pintom by 28 points to nil, Voborinn defeated Mittagong by 2 wins, Moss Vale beat Myra Vale at Wilde Meadow by 12 points to nil.
The Mahray Camphall bogey trophy drew twelve players on the Banneal track Saturday. De Vallack won with a symmetric bogey 18 score, achieving 89 for 14 holes, 44 out and 4 back. An all-day match is planned for Saturday away from the Dowral links with the Yooal slob meeting the Goulbaen club in rowth ten sid.
A draughts match at Me J Acusteanys to Teastmant Tromp between Bowral and Hoborton Fark produced a Vie 20 games result. After refreshments provided by hosts S J Melteron and Wood, guests shared a pleasant evening with multiple score lines and brief remarks from attendees.
At Kasia Joan Belinal of Arte PHD Robertenn rosin, Morrow and Ey Pearuon each won two matches in a mixed table tennis event. Highlights include Morrow defeating Blall and Doniing, with scores around 9 0 and 9 4, and Pearson beating Vandenbergh 9 4. Event noted as Noble 4.4 with participants from Noble and Morris schools.
A tennis match event at Roberton Park featured pairs including Burenwang vs Wang, with results listed for multiple games. Final tallies show totals and standings across players such as Madden, Reith, Grey, Simons, Brown, and Vance as teams competed in the lawn tennis event.
Scrambled OCR notes show Duprez defeating Morrow 9-5 in a singles match. Grierson beat Farguson 15 and Thistle forfeited to Hirmann in the singles. Second round entries list Loseby and Davis among others with names and partial scores.
A garbled report references a riot and disorder in the capital, with mentions of fire, stability, and resumption of a tense order. It lists several sites including Albury and Lake Armidale, suggesting a regional focus on drawn out turmoil and recovery efforts.
At a St John Schoolroom meeting in Mass Vale parishioners discussed erecting a rectory. Ground has been secured and paid for with £100 in hand and more promised. A treasurer and secretary were appointed and a three member sub committee named to finalize costs and unity with the Ghose Society assisting funds.
A Salvation Army farewell social at Bowral marked Captain Anna Trottam and Lieutenant Florence Candy departing. The program, shortened by absences, featured hymns, prayers, solos by Amy Price and May Corry, a recitation, harp number, and a farewell address from Lieutenant Candy.
The twelfth annual meeting of Moss Vale School of Arts was held Thursday evening with about seventeen members present. President Cr Stevenson chaired as the annual report and balance sheet were adopted. The library added 54 new books costing £617 5s and the billiard table was updated. Officers re-elected: President Dr B C Stevenson, vice presidents J S Ponder and L Samuel, treasurer H G Lamebert, secretary T Oatley. Committee: nine nominees led by W Jones, H Richardson, and Treacy with Fr Meagher elected after a tie. A bonus of £6 was awarded to caretaker Mr Dun for past-year service.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a product called Wanda Chest Peppermint Cure and reference an elaborate committee report. The readable text includes garbled phrases about voters and an active count near a thousand, without clear names or locations.
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