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Heartening news which should help to relieve Newark's housing problem came from the House of Commons yesterday.
Mr Sidney Shephard member for Newark confirmed with the War Minister that the Bowbridge Road Camp at Newark at present occupied by the Royal Engineers will be vacated and handed over to Newark Corporation for housing purposes later this year.
In addition to the many buildings which will convert into houses there are large halls and good roads on the camp which will be provide greatly needed services to to the community.
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Experience told its tale at the Drill Hall on Saturday night when the Farndon Boys' Club won the Police Shield for the second successive year at the Nottinghamshire Association of Boys Clubs' boxing championship.
Among those present were the Mayor of Newark Alderman J. H. Knight who presented the cups and medals.
The shield is awarded to the club gaining the highest number of points in the three age groups.
Farndon gained three sensational first-round victories and were the winners of all three A B and C age group category cups by a comfortable margin.
Some unusual finds have been made during the excavations for the new power station at Staythorpe.
Most interesting and perhaps most important of them is a leaf type flint instrument. This is thought to be a spear-head at the Upper Palaeolithic Age dating between 6 0 and 10 0 years BC.
It was found during excavations in a gravel deposit 12 feet below ground level some 300 yards from the River Trent and is regarded as the oldest flint instrument ever found in Nottinghamshire.
It is in an almost perfect state of preservation and it is something that would create interest in any natural history museum especially when it is remembered that it must have been made with another flint.
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Ninety-three years ago - long before the days of nylons or the freezing of prices in shops - Messrs W.T. and S. Noddall of Stodman Street Newark were selling black cloth shooting coats for 16 shillings.
And nearby in the Market Place Messrs Sutton Taylor and Co. wholesale and retail drapers could supply an apron for 10 pence.
A number of old papers containing this information were discovered a couple of days ago in an ancient thatched cottage at Westborough when a grandfather clock was removed from the wall.
The papers which throw much light on the cost of living nearly a century ago are in surprisingly good condition.
The super new power station at Staythorpe near Newark to cost several million pounds will be one of the largest in the country when completed.
The entire project consists of two large power stations. At present work is confined to the first station which will have the enormous output of 360 0
Altogether 7 0 0 bricks are to be used in the station together with 50 0 tons of concrete and 6 0 tons of steelwork.
The constructional work at present in hand visible for miles around is just two-thirds of the first station only. In total it will be 850ft long and 400ft wide and the top of the conveyor house is 125ft above ground level. There will be three chimneys each 350ft high and each of the three sections will house six boilers.
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Newark Athletic Club is to widen the scope of its activity still further by the formation of a ladies' section. This was announced by the club chairman (Mr F.N.C. Dwyer) at the annual meeting in the Town Hall on Thursday.
Mr Dwyer said: "If a ladies' section is not formed promising local runners will join neighbouring rival clubs. If we had entered a ladies' section in the county championships last year Newark would have come first not second because some of our best performances were from women."
It was decided that the ladies' section would be established at the first meeting of the season in March.
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With only one more Nottingham side to play Newark Rugby Club still retain their 100% record over the clubs from the city.
Their win on Saturday by 15 points (three tries and two penalties) to nil over Old Paviours added another 'double' to their record.
The sum of £150 was raised at the Newark Town and District Club on Saturday evening for the Royal Midland Institution for the Blind.
The occasion was the visit of Joe Davis the retired undefeated world champion billiards player who gave demonstration games with Harry Kingsley the former Notts amateur champion.
There was a large attendance of members and the onlookers were intrigued by the skill of Joe Davis.
At billiards he made breaks of 349 and 154
and at snooker his outstanding scores were 54
67
and 89.
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After making arrangements for suitable alterations to the memorial in the Minster Southwell Parish Council has given orders for work on the Recreation Ground to begin forthwith and before this appears in print the contractors should have started on the construction of three tennis courts and a bowling green.
These and the football pitch should be completed by April 1 and various local organisations have agreed to give valuable assistance with the lay-out and equipment of a children's play park.
It is also hoped that a pair of wrought-iron gates will be erected as a permanent outside memorial to the fallen of both wars.
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Following the visit by the Admiralty training officer the Newark Sea Cadets had the first of this year's training films on board ship on Thursday.
More than 30 cadets attended this experiment which was held in the class room formerly the engine room of the ship.
Among the films were HMS King George the Fifth and Meet the Ship the story of a new recruit being shown around one of the Navy's latest ships.
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