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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
5
Delightful spring weather spurs activity across the colony with fields growing robustly and a record acreage expected in crops. Market gardeners plant calibans, while rabbits and pests prompt coopering dog control and a modified dog tax. A serious accident near Burradoo befalls Miss Elle Wood, daughter of Mr. Wood, highlighting local misfortunes.
The Bowral School of Arts discussed paying for library books from billiard accounts and whether prior resolutions rescinding payments could stand. Osley and Campbell debated funding, with plans to retain twelve new titles while considering Sydney book club subscriptions and direct purchases.
The writer criticizes an official list of Wingello electors showing 100 names with many errors. He notes mis-spellings, omissions, and a January 1902 transfer entry. The letter questions the accuracy of the electoral roll and jokes about schoolboys compiling such lists, urging correction and accountability.
Staff Captain Bishop of the Salvation Army in New South Wales spoke at the School of Arts on Friday about why he is a Protestant. He contrasted Protestant and Roman Catholic teachings, denouncing purgatory and auricular confession while praising Protestant doctrine. He urged financial support for the Army’s social work and concluded with remarks on his rescue and uplift missions.
A scrambled listing details town events, church services, markets, and performances in Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale, Kangaroo Valley, and surrounding areas. Notable items include schedule notes for Kempton and Tew Keach venues, Salvation Army activities, and community readings, with numerous times and locations across the region.
In Australia the diet is discussed as a factor in sustaining energy through heat. Mr Clifford Love of Sydney introduces Uncle Toby’s Rolled Oats as a versatile, wholesome option for year round use, supervised by Love, claimed to suit men women and children especially growing girls and boys.
From Ferrara Italy the aranten Giuseppina Martha announces the birth of twin daughters one described as white and the other black medical men and anthropologists are unable to offer an explanation of the phenotype at this time the event stirs curiosity among local scientists.
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