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December 26, 1906

There was a large gathering at the Drill Hall, Southwell, for the annual distribution of Christmas prizes, and to witness the presentation by General Warrand on behalf of the local committee, of a handsome solid silver tea service and illuminated address to Colour-Sergeant Schumach.

For 32 years, Colour-Sergeant Schumach has been closely identified with the Southwell Company of Volunteers, and when on his return from the last camp he had to take to his bed and receive medical attention, there was a general expression of regret throughout the town.

His resignation was received with much regret, and the officers and men of Southwell company determined to mark their appreciation of his long and honourable service by a suitable testimonial.

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At a meeting in Newark Town Hall, Colonel Whiller, head of the Salvation Army for the Midland section gave an address to a large audience on The Rise And Progress Of The Salvation Army.

He said that in the first 20 years of the Army's 41-year existence there were only 500 corps started. Now there were 7,219 corps similar to the one at Newark.

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The Mayor and Mayoress (Councillor and Mrs H. Eyton Branston) have sent out to many residents of the borough Christmas greetings.

It is a folded card in white, richly gilt, and on the front page has the Borough Arms and the words Christmas Greetings 1906. It will be preserved by many as an interesting souvenir.
 

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December 19, 1906

At the close of a special meeting of the Urban District Council on Monday, the Mayor of Newark (Councillor H. E. Branston) brought forward the question of the purchase of a new carpet for the assembly hall.

The old one has been in use for 26 years, and was very shabby and full of holes.
He really thought that for the credit of the town they should sanction the purchase of a new one. He had made enquiries and found that the whole cost would be about £19.

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A well attended meeting was held in the Public Hall, Collingham, to promote the formation of a volunteer fire brigade for the villages of North and South Collingham.

Mr C. C. Curtis said when that necessary evil, the water from Newark, was brought there, the thought struck him that the time had arrived when they ought to be prepared against fire.

He did not say prepared in the way that they should battle with a big fire on their own, far from it, but he meant in first aid, by keeping a fire in check until they could get the Newark Fire Brigade there.
As everyone knew who had had anything to do with fires, a few minutes were of the utmost importance. Captain Harrison told him that two minutes meant £1,000 saved.

He, therefore, brought the matter forward at the South Collingham Parish Council in the early part of the year, and it was also mentioned at the North Collingham Parish Council, with the result that the two parishes appointed a committee.
 

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December 12, 1906

When driving home from Newark market Mr J. R. Fox, farmer, Sibthorpe, met with a nasty spill which for a time rendered him unconscious.

It appears his horse, probably frightened by a heap of stones, suddenly and swiftly swerved from the road and made as if to dash back to Newark. This was at a point between Messrs Glazebrook’s Nursery and Marsh Lane on the Fosse Road to Farndon.

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To meet the requirements of Balderton’s increased population more schools have had to be provided and large expenditure of £10,000 has been incurred for new sewage works.

The parish council has very properly been seeking additional railway facilities, having the main line through the parish and a population which is now upwards of 3,000.

We have every hope the chairman of the Great Northern Railway Company (Lord Allerton) and his co-directors will now give the matter careful consideration seeing that other villages on the same system with comparatively small populations and without such works as those at Balderton have all the facilities they require.

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There was a crowded attendance at the Town Hall to hear Mr Cornelius Brown, editor of the Newark Advertiser, lecture on the pictures and humour of Punch.

The lecture, which was illustrated with lantern slides was on behalf of the fund which the Vicar is raising for the erection of a new Mission Church on Beacon Hill.

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December 5, 2006

At Friday noon last, some children were playing on the banks of the Saw Mill Tail, just the other side of Long Stone Bridge, in the parish of West Newark, when one of their number, a little boy named Lowe, aged six years, slipped on the concrete sides of the bank and fell into the water.

His companions immediately ran away to give the alarm, excepting one, James Bryan, the nine-year-old son of Mr Bryan, coal carter for Messrs Hole and C. Ltd.

Young Bryan made several plucky attempts to get Lowe out of the water, but it was only after the little lad had been down twice that his companion, clutching at his hand, drew him to the side and hauled him out on to the bank.

Lowe, the son of a platelayer on the Midland Railway, was at once carried to his home at West Newark. As for young Bryan, he went unconcernedly to school, Holy Trinity, where, on the incident becoming known, he was congratulated by the headteacher and cheered by his comrades.

At the end of last week, an outbreak of measles commenced in Claypole and, unfortunately, the complaint has spread with alarming rapidity, most families where there are children having been attacked.

The medical officer of health took prompt action, and immediately closed the schools for a fortnight.