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Messrs Christie, Manson and Woods sold by auction on Wednesday by the order of the judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, the valuable collection of fine old English and foreign silver-gilt plate of the late Mr J. H. Manners Sutton, of Kelham Hall, removed to London for the sale.
Some very high prices were realised, the more important articles being the following:- Silver: A William and Mary two-handled cup and cover finely engraved with Chinese subjects, birds and flowers, and a Charles II plain circular sideboard dish, the centre engraved with a shield of arms. Silver-gilt: A William and Mary plain circular trencher salt cellar; a Commonwealth small goblet; a Charles II circular tazza with repousse; a Charles I small sauce dish, repousse, with beaded ornament; and a two-handled cup and cover of cylindrical form with appliqué ornament.
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On Sunday evening, not withstanding the unfavourable weather and rain falling heavily just as people were making their way to the various places of worship, there was a good congregation at the New Connexion Chapel, Barnbygate, to hear the Rev J. Morrey preach his farewell sermon, he having been stationed at Newark for the past three years, and now moving to Douglas, Isle of Man.
Mr Morrey said there was no church where he had laboured that lay nearer and dearer to his heart than the one at Newark.
An extraordinary escape from loss of life and damage to property occurred at Newark in the storm of Friday afternoon.
The thunder and lightning were very severe at the time, and Mr Blankney's house, in Eastern-terrace-lane, off Beacon Hill-Road, was struck by lightning.
It appears that Mr Blankney himself and an employee had taken shelter in the greenhouse.
The workmen presently saw an unusually prolonged flash of lightning play and hover about the chimney stack.
At the moment the response came in the terrified shrieks from the house, and proceeding there with all speed Mr Blankney found the kitchen full of soot and fumes of sulphur.
Upon the floor lay Miss Ruth Blankney, dazed and frightened, and at the threshold Miss Louise Blankney, also scared and terrified.
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Yesterday, as the daughter of Mr Kicking, of Brackenhurst, together with one of the maids, was being driven by the groom into Southwell, and when approaching Mr Castle's shop, where the work of loading up some goods was in progress, the pony suddenly shied, throwing the groom and maid from the conveyance.
The little girl, however, remained in the trap until rescued by the attendant.
Beyond the breakage of the shafts, and a slight shaking nothing of a serious nature occurred.
In the collection of work by artists on view at Nottingham Castle Museum are a few accepted from Newark artists.
They are mainly in the watercolour department, which is unusually high in the general average of merit and beauty.
Two paintings by Mr Edward Renard, Newark, are sure to attract attention.
The first, a Bed of Down, presents a not uncommon view of rustic contrasts and the second, Saucers of Grinds, shows a typical son of the south in the pursuit of his daily avocation.
Mr J. L. Carpenter of Wellington Road, Newark, has an equally strong and finely painted series of views in which his genius finds full and ample scope.
Miss E. J. Dixon of Middlegate, Newark, one of Miss Easterfield's most successful pupils, has two pictures, one of which is a Newark view, The White Hart Yard, which shows the church spire in the distance.
During the past few weeks some attention has been given to the Trent as a salmon river, and the probabilities of its future resuscitation.
Years ago there were plenty of salmon in the Newark waters, both above and below, but now there are none.
Pollution has had a direful effect, and with no sprints descending there is but little likelihood of salmon coming up the river.
A few trout have been placed in the Trent by the clubs holding various lengths, but to make the river a trout water an enormous supply would be required.
The introduction of salmon to our local waters would be a fine catch indeed.
1 Newark angler Mr Paul Derry said, this week, the last recorded catch of a salmon in the River Trent was in 1975 but there have been unsubstantiated sightings since then.
He said salmon were found in unpolluted water and so unlikely to be in the Trent.
Messrs A. Ransome and Co Ltd of London and Newark (whose extensive Newark works are rapidly approaching completion) have a large exhibition of wood working machinery in motion at the Paris Exhibition.
The chief object of interest is the Marbut rapid moulding carver, an entirely new invention which produces the most perfectly finished carved mouldings with incredible rapidity, one man operating the machine doing more work in one hour than 200 skilled carvers.
The exhibition comprises 17 machines, all of which have been constructed from new designs and patterns expressly for the exhibition, and embraces a complete plant for labour-saving tools for joiners and cabinetmakers work, planing and moulding, specially designed for rapid production.
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A moral can be learned from the experience of a number of young men and woman from the vicinity of Southwell, about 12 or 14 altogether, who had arranged to go by train to Fiskerton in order to join in the celebration of the Wesleyan Sunday School Anniversary last Monday afternoon.
They took good care not to miss the train that leaves Southwell about 4 o'clock, but, strange to state, when the train arrived at Rolleston Junction, instead of getting out of their carriage and entering the train waiting at the junction, for passengers for Fiskerton and other places to Nottingham, they remained in their carriage and were brought to Newark.
They had to wait at Newark about an hour, before another train could take them as far as Rolleston.
Then they had a mile or so to walk across fields, and perhaps were put to further expense before they could participate in the enjoyment and pleasure of the evening.
Moral, ask for information when railway travelling, and do not rest satisfied until you get it.
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The official news of the occupation of Pretoria by the British forces of Lord Roberts reached Newark early yesterday afternoon and created immense satisfaction.
The jubilation of the loyal townspeople at such definite tidings was speedily manifested by a grand display of bunting.
History index...50 years ago...Features...Newsbriefing
