1904 - April

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April 27, 1904

So great is the glut of sprats in Newark market that they have recently been sold at a price as low as 15s. a ton, to provide manure for the potatoes which are now grown so extensively in Lincolnshire.

A few weeks ago a pack of hounds came across a field that had been manured with sprats and immediately set to and ate the lot, after which they proved unequal to any more hunting.

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At a meeting of the Newark Castle Gardens and Playgrounds committee it was ordered that the seats in the castle gardens be cleaned, painted and varnished at a cost of 50s.

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Our Southwell readers will notice that the county council have, by an order, provided that the parish of Southwell shall be an Urban District, and shall be called the Urban District of Southwell.

The number of members of the council will be 15, and the returning officer at the first election will be Mr Henry Hanson, of Nottingham, solicitor. This settles a question which has been long debated in the cathedral city.

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We are glad to hear that in response to the circular issued by the Newark Hospital Committee a goodly number of ladies and gentlemen have consented to be patrons and patronesses of the bazaar proposed to be held in the autumn in aid of the hospital funds.
 

April 20, 1904

Our readers will be interested in the new Isolation Hospital, about to be erected for the joint use of patients from Newark borough and the area of the Newark Rural District Council.

The site of the hospital contains an area of five acres, and is situated a small distance beyond the extent of Clay Lane.

Its elevation and open position render it well adapted for the purpose in view, giving, as it will, a free circulation of air around the whole of the buildings.

The site is most advantageous, affording complete isolation, and considered by experts to be an ideal one.

The Scarlet Fever Pavilion is intended to afford accommodation for the reception of patients of either sex, and consists of two wards.

A one bed ward is also provided to be used for specially bad cases, as, for instance, a delirious patient.

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The new wrought iron gates for the churchyard and cemetery at Normanton-on-Trent are now erected and in constant use, replacing the old decayed, wooden structures which formerly existed in their place.

Yet the burden of providing the necessary funds for the same has involved a considerable amount of arduous and anxious work upon the Vicar and his parishioners, including sales of work, garden fetes, subscription lists, entertainments and collections.

Now, the thing wished for is accomplished, and probably many generations of villagers will pass in and out before another change is needed, for the work has been done to last.
 

 April 13, 1904

A second parade of shire horses in Castlegate, Newark, took place on Wednesday, when a large concourse of farmers and others assembled.

On the previous Wednesday nearly a dozen horses were shown, and this division of the parade to cover two market days had the effect of enabling the horses to be better seen.

Wellingborough was shown by Messrs Forshaw and Sons, Carlton stud. He is a brown colt, four years old, 17 hands 1½ inches, with cart horse head, breast, back quarters and middle, great knees, big solid feet, full of muscle, planted on well sprung pasterns.

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On Thursday last, while Mr A. Mettam and another gentleman were driving from Budby, when nearing Ollerton the horse took fright, and ran on the church wall, causing the trap to be overturned and breaking off the shafts, which caused Mr Mettam to be pitched out backwards, his head coming in contact with the wall, rendering him unconscious.

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The annual general meeting of the Newark Photographic Society was held at the Mechanics' Institute. The silver medal was won by Mr A. F. Johnson, who took first place in the general class.

Mr G. Mills gained the bronze medal given to the second best exhibitor, and this member also took the medal for architecture and still life.

Mr T. Richards gained the third medal in the general class, and also the medal given for portraiture. The society has decided to become affiliated to the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.
 

April 6, 1904

An accident, which at first looked extremely serious, occurred in Newark Market Place at the corner of Church Street.

It appears that Mr Pilgrim, of Balderton, was cycling towards Kirkgate, when he collided with a horse and trap belonging to Mr W. Newton, of the White Horse Inn, Barnbygate, and driven by the ostler.

Mr Pilgrim was knocked down, and one of the wheels passed over his head. He also received a graze on one of his wrists, and was very severely shaken but he was able to proceed home without assistance.

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A parade of the Newark Squadron of the Sherwood Rangers Imperial Yeomanry took place on Monday.

The troop assembled at Beacon Hill at 9.30am and shortly afterwards were proceeding on their way to Coddington, where in the spacious park adjoining the Hall drill was commenced immediately on arrival.

After having about three hours of field work, the squadron were entertained to a capital luncheon in the Hall conservatory, through the kind hospitality of Captain H. Thorpe.

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On Monday a sale of work was opened in the Town Hall in aid of the Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Barnbygate.

The Rev H. A. Stembridge said they were all aware that a sale of work was necessary in order that their income might be equal to their expenditure.