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Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser. 11 Feb 1950
Page 2 Column 5
NEWS FROM THE PAST
FROM OUR FILES 25 AND 75 YEARS AGO
Scholastic Developments
25 YEARS AGO
There was a large attendance of representatives of the six Parliamentary Divisions of Somerset at a County Liberal conference held at Taunton on Saturday, and unanimous support was given to a resolution expressing agreement with a scheme for annual county conferences and public meetings in each division, and approving the formation of a County Executive Committee to promote Liberal organisation throughout Somerset.
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Canon V. S. S. COLES, M.A., Fellow and Senior Chaplain of the Society of the S.S. Mary and Andrew, distributed the prizes at the King's College, Taunton, annual speech-day and prize-giving. The Provost, the Rev. F. M. ETHERINGTON, presided. The Headmaster, presenting his report, said the School continued to make sound progress; the intellectual standard and moral tone were satisfactory.
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Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMPSON, Postmaster-General, stated in the House of Commons on Tuesday that the sites for the Canadian and South African beam wireless stations have been selected near Bodmin and Bridgwater, and terms of purchase agreed. The stations are to be constructed by the Marconi Company.
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75 YEARS AGO
The new schools, built at Rowbarton through the liberality of the Rev. F. J. SMITH, were opened for educational purposes on February 1st. Mr. J. H. SPENCER, of Taunton, was the architect. The building accommodates 175 children.
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A large portion of the front of Messrs. Blake & Hatcher's House, the Parade, fell out with a crash on Saturday evening. Luckily, a rapid fall of rain had cleared the street previously, or the consequences would have, in all probability, been disastrous.
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The trustees of Dr. MORGAN's School, Bridgwater, have agreed to offer for competition, at Midsummer next, four exhibitions of two years' free tuition at their school.
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The Secretary of the Labour Representation League has written to Mr. BRIGHT, disapproving of the expressions in his speech at Birmingham against working-men being sent to Parliament.