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Lord Woolton, chairman of the Conservative party spoke from a window overlooking the Market Place to a large crowd on Monday.
After meeting the Mayor of Newark at the Town Hall, he walked with Lady Woolton through the cheering crowd to the Conservative candidate's headquarters.
Young farmers' clubs from five counties sent teams to Newark on Saturday evening, to take part in the second annual inter-county speaking contests, organised in conjunction with the Newark branch NFU.
Leicestershire won first prize, Nottinghamshire were fourth.
Farndon Boys' Club competed in the County Amateur Boxing Association Championships at Beeston Drill Hall, Nottingham, on Saturday.
The four boxers to compete brought three championships back to Farndon. Derek Lawson won the senior featherweight, C.
Zemontas the senior bantamweight, and Terry White the junior featherweight.
"The Church in Newark is not dead, nor indeed dying, but alive and kicking and very vigorous.
" With these words the Vicar of Newark, the Rev G. W. Clarkson, concluded his report at the annual meeting of the Parochial Church Council, in St Mary's Rooms, on Monday.
Earlier the vicar had illustrated the Church's activity by giving figures showing an all-round increase in the work done by the clergy of the parish.
They were, he said, covering 30% more cases than in 1938.
"A further comment is suggested," he added.
"In 1938 you paid your two curates £534. In 1949 you paid two curates £631.
I do not know any other job in which a man who got £5 a week in 1938 is expected to do more work for £6 a week in 1949."
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The fact that the No Entry sign at the Castlegate entrance to Millgate means exactly what it says, so that to walk alongside a bicycle and push it along Millgate is an offence, was stressed by Superintendent R. T. Millhouse, at the Borough Magistrates Court on Monday.
The Superintendent said he would like to draw the attention of the public to the sign.
It made no difference whether one pushed a cycle or rode it in Millgate against the one-way traffic law operating there, it was still an offence. Entry was forbidden.
The Superintendent thought the majority of people were not aware of the fact.
The future change in the status of the village constable was outlined by Superintendent R. T. Millhouse, of Newark Division, when he spoke at the annual dinner of the New Friendly Association for the Prosecution of Felons, held in the White Hind Hotel, Newark, on Thursday.
Responding to the toast of The Police proposed by Mr R. Brewin, Superintendent Millhouse said there was change taking place in the police system.
The real 100 per cent policemen, the best men, were being selected and sent to the village stations, where they would be given a free hand instead of being tied down with their routes specified three months ahead.
Even the hours worked would be left to their discretion, he said, and the authorities hoped men would display initiative.
A further improvement was the erection of two radio transmitters in the county. All cars were being equipped with two-way radio so they could be in touch with them.
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Luckiest woman in Britain today is Mrs Margaret Burton, a 41-year-old widow and farmer, of Carlton-on-Trent.
By all the rules Mrs Burton should be dead, but instead she is in bed with two broken ankles and able to tell how, on Friday, she fell down an 80ft well.
Mrs Burton, the mother of four children, was rescued with a wagon rope after being trapped at the bottom of the well for an hour.
Alderman George Deer, the Socialist candidate for Newark, announced at his adoption meeting in the Castle Hall, on Saturday evening, that Mr Attlee will speak on his behalf in Newark Market Place on Wednesday, February 15th.
This will be on the cobbled square, where Professor Harold Laski made the speech which led to the famous libel case against the Newark Advertiser at the last General Election.
At Monday's meeting of the Town Council the Labour members asked that the ban on political meetings in the Town Hall be lifted so that the Prime Minister could speak from the Town Hall balcony.
After a long discussion the council decided by 14 votes to six not to allow Mr Attlee to use the Town Hall.
They considered he was visiting Newark as a politician rather than as Prime Minister.
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Members of Newark Caledonian Society and their guests met at dinner, on Wednesday evening, to pay tribute to Robert Burns.
The function was held at the Clinton Arms Hotel under the chairmanship of Dr P. Kinmot, JP, and the Immortal Memory was given by Mr John McNicol, the former president of the Sunderland Burns Club.
While the company was assembled the honorary piper, Mr A. McNicol, gave a skirl of the pipes in the Courtyard, and afterwards piped in the haggis.
