1904 - March

March 30, 1904

The highways and buildings and works committee has recommended that Appletongate, from the Great Northern Station to the Newark Arms Inn, be paved with granite sets for a width of 27ft, the remaining portion being asphalt, subject to a loan being sanctioned and raised for the cost estimated at £1,408.

The borough surveyor was instructed to give orders prohibiting smoking whilst at work by the men employed on the highways.

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Alarm was created in Elston by two accidents, the one serious, the other less so, caused by two horses taking fright at a number of donkeys meeting them in the road. In each case the drivers of the horses were thrown violently to the ground.

Mr Hallam's waggoner, George Laughton, sustained a seriously crushed foot, while Mr Lee's man, Harry Atkinson, was more fortunate, and escaped with an injured hand, which has now nearly healed.

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The Municipal Charity trustees met in Newark Town Hall to distribute the money formerly devoted to the purchase of penny loaves under Hercules Clay's Charity, and now applied to the purchase of boots for poor children.

The clerk had received communications from headteachers as follows: St. Augustine's School, five children badly in want of boots; St. Leonard's, two; Christ Church, 36 cases. The amount at the disposal of the trustees was £5 1s. 11d.
 

March 23, 1904

A new and attractive style in shop fronts and fittings has just been added to Newark by Messrs Oldham and Son, the well-known confectioners and caterers, Market Place.

Upon premises in which the firm and their ancestors have dispensed cakes and confectionery for the long stretch of 136 years a transformation has been effected which not only makes the shop one of the most ornate and smartest of its kind in the country, but gives a dignity and attractiveness to the street in which it is located.

In these days of quick travel, by motor-car and cycle, well-conducted establishments for the refreshment of visitors cannot but be an advantage to a town.

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On Thursday night a meeting was held in the Council Schoolroom, Sutton-on-Trent, to hear an address from Mr Allen Upward, Radical candidate for the Newark Division.

He was the Liberal prospective candidate, and this was his first start after being incapacitated a week or two through neuralgia.

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At St Giles' Church, Balderton, on Sunday night, the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Derby unveiled the George Memorial tablet which has been erected to the memory of the late Mr Henry George.

The memorial is inscribed: "In affectionate memory of Henry George, M. A., Lay Reader of this Parish, who died suddenly on the second Sunday in Advent, December 6, 1903, whilst opening Sunday School during the singing of the hymn, The Advent of our King."
 

March 16, 1904

We understand that Mr C. Baines, Appletongate, who recently met with an accident, is making good progress, and is about again superintending his business.

Mr Baines appears to have been inspecting the work on a chimney stack at Messrs Warwicks' Brewery, and was going up a ladder, when he slipped and fell backwards between two barrels.

He was very much shaken, and was ordered to bed by his medical adviser, where he was kept for over a week.

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The proprietor of the fine set of Gondolas now located in Newark Market-place, Mr Tuby, has generously intimated that he will run his switchback railway for the benefit of the Newark Football Club.

There are many who have been attracted by the splendid organ and its selection of all the latest and most fascinating melodies, and these will now have an excuse for renewing the pleasures and experiences of youth by patronising the show.

The old rallying cry, 'Play up, Newark!' will be heard tomorrow night as the inhabitants play and pay for the benefit of the club.

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A Parliamentary paper issued from the Home Office by an order from the House of Commons has just been issued giving, with regards to each constituency, the total number and, as far possible, the number in each class of electors in force during 1904, population and inhabited houses.

The figures for the Newark division are: population, 50,969; inhabited houses, 11,961; electors, 10,756.
 

March 9, 1904

The annual distribution of prizes to the scholars attending Southwell National Schools took place on Friday night.

The foundation managers decided this year to pay for the prizes out of their funds, because they were responsible for seven months out of the 12.

They did not see their way, however, to give an undertaking to do the same in future, and the education committee of the county council had taken the line that they could not grant money for prizes.

The managers felt very strongly that the prizes and medals did a great deal to improve attendances and the efficiency of the work done.

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In connection with the celebrations of the centenary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, special services were held at the principal places of worship in Newark last Sunday.

 The Mayor (Mr J. C. Wright) officially invited the magistrates and members of the Corporation, Guardians, Overseers and guests, to accompany him in state to the Parish Church.

The inclement weather militated against the attendance, the congregation being only of moderate proportions.

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Mr George May writes from Bombay as follows: - Sir, Have sent you a report of the Bombay Horse and Dog Show.

It is open to all comers and perhaps it will interest some of your readers to know that Mr George May, son of your old townsman, Mr Henry May, was very successful with his smooth fox terriers.
 

March 2, 1904

The first public auction in Newark of goods distrained for non-payment of the education rate was held in the Market Hall.

Mr H. A. Hopewell acted as auctioneer, and he was surrounded by a fairly large crowd, which seemed to be amused at the proceedings, indulged in good-humoured banter, and offered bids of 3d for gold watches.

The first lot offered was a silver coffee service, belonging to Mr E. H. Nicholson, the amount required being 10s 1d Mr C. Smithson started the bidding at 10s, and at 14s the set was knocked down to him.

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The unpretentious building just inside Messrs Nicholson and Sons' boundary wall, near Trent Bridge, Newark, houses a most interesting instrument, always silently and unassumingly doing its work.

Upon a paper chart or diagram a pen moved by an invisible hand is recording in ink the exact quantity of water passing through the mains for the supply, the refreshment, ablution and thousandfold purposes and necessities of the inhabitants of the town and the villages beyond.

One can see when Newark drinks, for at dinner-time the figures are higher than at any other part of the day.

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Mr Harry Liston, the celebrated humorist, who is no stranger to Collingham, paid another visit to this village and for two hours he kept his audience amused.

He represented many different characters, and the entertainment was of a most refined character, being devoid of vulgarity.