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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1903
Page
2
The piece urges early buying to dodge summer to autumn price shifts and stockouts. It highlights a fixed first cost system, implying stable prices and avoiding middleman profits as the key to fair value for wool shawls, furs, and related goods.
Bowral residents prepare for a charity concert featuring Me, Goo Vivian and the Bowral home team. Announcement by Menara Nip and Go’s outlines a transport plan to the venue, with proceeds to the Drotaht Taliet Fund. The event includes a testimonial, notices in the Town Hall, and invitations to neighbors and local societies.
Miscellaneous Mittagong area items report a Lawn Test Club event near Bowral and Jailore, a sewing prize won by Manchester Square resident, legal actions including a 14 day labor sentence for a youth, a fundraising drive at Bundanoon, and local weather and health notices. Reported incidents include a big storm causing property damage, a fire in a factory, and civic matters such as an alderman election and council concerns.
The Movs Vale Hall hosted a successful concert on Friday night to raise funds for drought relief. Local talent from Moss Vale and Sydney performed under A Holmes with Miss Maddern and Mr Ferguson delivering standout violin and vocal numbers amid tableaux, solos, and ensemble pieces to enthusiastic applause.
The monthly gathering of the hospital committee discussed contributions, entertainments, and preparations for Hospital Saturday. They planned donor acknowledgments, treasurer reports, patient statistics, and a three part fundraising strategy involving Friendly Societies Hospital Sunday and Hospital Saturday with local centers organizing collections and door to door visits.
Minutes from Bowral Council meeting on Thursday March 12 1993 cover motions on funding and maintaining streets footpaths in Shepherd street and Hendurley street along with proposed works, gas works issues and a new water test proposal for Glencoe Estate. Financial reports show current balances and a special report on increased revenue.
The report states Murray and Hjalmiend were appointed to arrange at Bowral to manage salaries. A proposal to cut the senior probationers' allowance to £100 per month was not adopted. The secretary was voted a salary of 4560.
The mayor was unaware a horse had escaped the paddock and agistment money was not paid. Osborne's fence and rubbish tip issues prompt calls for action. The council adopted a loan consolidation and set rates including a 3d in the pound garbage removal, with a six day work week for day laborers.
Delegates from Mittagong, Moss Vale, Bowral and others met at Armstrongs Rooms Bowral to plan a district tennis tournament. They discussed entry fees handicaps ball types courts and a program to be printed and distributed with entries closing at the next meeting. The committee includes Clarke Price Kell Campbell with Campbell elected secretary and Clarke treasurer.
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