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April 26, 1905

Shocks of earthquake are happily rare in this district, but on Sunday morning considerable alarm was experienced among the residents of Newark by a tremor, which was sufficiently pronounced to cause consternation to those unfamiliar with occurrences of this kind.

The shock was clearly felt by many people sound asleep in their beds, and they were awakened, some getting up to obtain a light and investigate the cause of the unusual unsteadiness and sound.

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At a meeting of Nottinghamshire County Council Mr Bullen proposed as an amendment that the grant to the Magnus Grammar School, Newark, should be referred back with an instruction to consider the claims of the girls of the Newark district for efficient secondary education.

Mr J. G. Branston opposed the amendment, and Mr Harcourt-Vernon said that the £200 grant was well spent.

Negotiations were going on with the Board of Education with respect to the education of girls in the Newark district. The amendment was lost.

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The Easter vestry meeting at Cotham was held when the vicar, the Rev A. Ping presided. Mr W. S. Brown gave the financial statement for the past year, showing a balance in hand of a little over £2.
 

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April 19, 1905

A case of scarlatina has been reported in New Balderton. A report by the Medical Officer of Health stated that two more houses had been attacked with scarlatina in the Winthorpe School district.

As the focus of the infection seemed to be the school, he had recommended its closing from April 8 to April 22.

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A special meeting of the Newark Municipal Charity Trustees was held at the Town Hall to consider a letter from the Board of Education in reference to the provision of a secondary school for girls in Newark.

The letter referred to the diversion of the endowments of the foundation of Lilley and Stone towards the establishment of such a school.

Mr Alderman Knight proposed that: "If any scheme is devised by the education authority to make adequate provision for poor girls of the town to be educated in cookery, laundry work, needle work, and general housewifery, they will be prepared to help from the funds for the carrying out of such a scheme."

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An interesting exhibition of the works of Mr William Nicholson of Newark is now on view in Paris at the Galerie Barbasange, under the patronage of Octave Uzenne.
 

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April 12, 1905

The fortnightly meeting of the Southwell Board of Guardians was held at the Workhouse when Mr Carding, Farnsfield, presided.

A case of the measles in the Workhouse was notified, and it was stated that the imbecile ward was at once converted for the purpose into an infectious ward, and the remainder of the girls isolated.

Dr Polson recommended that a trained nurse should be engaged, and one arrived from Nottingham.

The other children in the Workhouse were ordered to be kept from school for a fortnight.

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Newark's April Fair was held in the cattle market, when there was not a very brisk trade, and buyers were few, possibly owing to the inclement weather following upon the fall of snow on Thursday night.

In Messrs Edward Bailey and Son's sale, store hogs made from 51s to 56s, ewes with single lambs up to 64s 6d, and horses all prices up to 26½ guineas.

There was only a small supply of cattle, and the trade was of a slow character.

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 The 19th annual meeting of Newark and District Fanciers' Association was held at the Cross Keys Hotel, Beaumond Street, Newark.

Dr Cunningham said they were glad to see the Mayor and hoped he would have some fancy of his own, whether guinea pigs or mice, and join the society.
 

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April 5, 1905

At the monthly meeting of Newark Rural and District Council Mr Wand said he had been asked by the Oddfellows lodge at Balderton to draw the attention of the medical officer and the sanitary inspector to the fact that in one house in the village two cases of typhoid fever had occurred within two years, and had ended fatally in each case.

He thought that the sanitary arrangements, water supply and other matters should be thoroughly investigated.

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We have had the pleasure of inspecting a very fine oil painting, by Mr John Crossley, of the late Mr W.

Doubleday, whose valuable services to the town as Mayor on two occasions, Councillor, and Chairman of the Waterworks Committee will cause his memory to be long held in grateful remembrance by Newark people.

Mr Crossley has painted the picture in 'kit kat' size, and has represented Mr Doubleday in evening dress, with the Mayoral chain, looking as those who knew him well remember him to have looked in the period of his second Mayoralty.

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We understand that a special meeting of the finance committee of Newark Town Council was held to receive the tenders for the erection of the new hospitals.

The subject of the provision of this new institution has been under discussion for several years.

After ample consideration, the council decided to erect the hospital and purchased a site in a field off Barnby Lane.