Windsor & Richmond Gazette, Saturday, March 3, 1900 - page 3 Town Gossip Some repairs are to be effected to the residence at the local Post and Telegraph office. A great crowd of local people went to Sydney on Wednesday to see the Bushmen's Contingent off. April 6 is the date fixed by the Council for the hearing of appeals against the assessment for the current year. Miss Jane Tebbutt will shortly take a trip to England in company with a lady friend in Sydney. Bon voyage ! It is probable that several persons who have Government tarpaulins in their possession will be proceeded against. A brother of Mrs. Boyd (wife of our respected Senior Sergeant of Police) went to South Africa with the Bush Contingent on Wednesday. Miss Florence Tuckett sang "The Absent-minded Beggar" at the concert at Gosford recently. Coins amounting to 30/- were thrown on to the stage. By advertisement it will be seen that the Castle Hill Show takes place on April 4 and 5. Entries close on March 24, and forms may be had from Mr. R. A. Pye. Mr. H. Sheens finished his contract of building a school at Oakville, Pitt Town Common, this week. He has the contract for repairs and painting at the Gazette office. Nepean Show opens on March 14th, and will be continued on the 15th and 16th. It is probable that a large contingent of local people will go over to Penrith on the second day of the Show. From the N.S.W. Bookstall Company we have received an appropriate war souvenir in the shape of a collection of pictures, in book form, giving about 60 views of our troops while embarking or preparing to embark at Sydney and Newcastle. "All babies are young when born" said a local solicitor to the Bench at the local Police Court on Tuesday. Strikes us that some of the bold urchins who prowl about the streets at night were a few years old when they were born. A ten-year-old now-a-days can show his father a wrinkle. Three tenders were received for the proposed alterations and additions to the Windsor School of Arts, the prices ranging from £200 to £228. They were considered too high by the committee, who referred them to the Improvement Committee. That body will confer with the architect, Mr. A. Blacket, from Alneau Glen. Mr. T. J. Clarke and Miss Rachel Farrell, fourth daughter of Mr. W. Farrell, of the Vineyards, were married last week. Rev. S. G. Fielding was the officiating clergyman. Mr. Clarke comes from Morrisset Station, on the Queensland border, and the newly married couple go there to reside. May happiness be always with them. Trooper Milverton Ford, who was shot in the leg some weeks ago in South Africa, has been ordered to England so that his injury might be attended to. The X-rays have located the bullet. Mr. Ford will be remembered in the Hawkesbury District, as he resided in Windsor some time ago, and was the owner of the hunting horses Brigalow and Radius. At the annual meeting of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Butter Company Ltd., held last week, Mr. J. T. Fitzgerald said that the great draw-back of the factory was that some of our dairy farmers send their milk away to Sydney to get a better price. He pointed out how unfair this was to the local dairy company, and urged all district dairymen to support it. Mr. John Hayward, of Wilberforce, left at our office on Friday a couple of jars of extracted honey from his apiary. Mr. Hayward has about 25 swarms of bees, all Italians, and a queen which was imported from Italy. He is an enthusiastic apiarist, and as he goes in for his hobby in a thorough manner, makes it profitable. The honey left at our office is beautifully clear, and Mr. Hayward informed us that he obtained 2 cwt. from five boxes.