Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 AUGUST 1897

ARDROSSAN DOCKERS’ STRIKE

The position is unchanged. The non-union labourers who have replaced the men on strike have hitherto been paid by the hour; today, it is understood, they begin work at so much a ton, the rate presumably being the same as that paid the strikers before the dispute began.

The Harbour Company have carefully refrained from accentuating the difference between them and the men on strike, and several of the latter have found work in other departments on the harbour not affected by the present dispute.

The feeling in the town is that a settlement of the dispute is not far distant.
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GLASGOW HERALD
17 AUGUST 1893

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY

A Board of Trade of Inquiry was held in Glasgow Court-House yesterday into the collision which happened off South Rock, County Down, Ireland, between the two cargo steamers ARCHIBALD FINNIE, of Ardrossan, and the PEARL of Glasgow, on 26th July, when seven lives were lost.

Sheriff Birnie presided.
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GLASGOW HERALD
18 AUGUST 1891

BOWLING
ARDROSSAN SWEEPSTAKE TOURNAMENT


The second sweepstake tournament of the season (confined to the club) was finished on Saturday afternoon. The turf was in fair condition, and the weather fine.

The last tie was finished in darkness, and it was played between William Tannock and John Barclay. Barclay was the winner of the last sweepstake tournament.

Result: - W. Tannock, 21; John Barclay, 16.
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GLASGOW HERALD
18 AUGUST 1893

THE FATAL COLLISION OFF THE IRISH COAST

The inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade into the collision which took place off the South Rock Lighthouse, County Down, between the Glasgow steamer PEARL and the Ardrossan steamer ARCHIBALD FINNIE, on the 26th of July, when seven lives were lost, was again resumed.
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GLASGOW HERALD
18 AUGUST 1896

ASSAULT BY A CARRIAGE HIRER

Yesterday morning, at Ardrossan Burgh Court, ROBERT WALLACE, carriage hirer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted John Wilson, joiner, Seton Street, at Montgomerie Pier Railway Station.

Evidence showed that Wilson, who for that night had been engaged to drive a carriage belonging to the carriage hiring establishment connected with the Eglinton Arms Hotel for the convenience of passengers from the steamer ADDER, who intended travelling by the South-Western Railway, had secured a passenger when Wallace attempted to delay Mr. Wilson’s progress. Words ensued, the affair ending by Wallace striking Wilson a severe blow on the face.

A fine of £2 or 14 days was imposed.
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GLASGOW HERALD
19 AUGUST 1895

BOWLING
ARDROSSAN v. ARDEER


A return match between these teams was played on Saturday afternoon on the green of the former.

The result was as follows: - Ardrossan, 183; Ardeer, 160.
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GLASGOW HERALD
19 AUGUST 1890

BIRTH

HOGARTH: At Annfield, Ardrossan, on the 17th instant, Mrs. John Hogarth; a daughter.
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GLASGOW HERALD
19 AUGUST 1897

ARDROSSAN DOCKERS’ STRIKE

The position here is unchanged. The men declare themselves perfectly willing to confer with the Harbour Company, but assert that the company must make the first move in this direction.

The harbour management state that non-union labour is plentiful, and the resolution with which they began the strike is unaltered.
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GLASGOW HERALD
19 AUGUST 1898

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A WOMAN

At Ardrossan Burgh Court yesterday, before Bailie Anderson - ANDREW MULHOLLAND, iron turner, a man of 25 years of age, was charged with assaulting Jane Glen or McEwan, wife of James McEwan, seaman, in Montgomerie Lane, the previous evening.

It appeared the assault was a brutal one, the accused seizing the woman by the throat and brandishing a knife, with which he threatened to stab her.

He pleaded guilty and was fined 30s, with an alternative of 20 days. He went to prison.
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GLASGOW HERALD
20 AUGUST 1898

ARDROSSAN – NEW PARISH CHURCH BAZAAR

The bazaar was opened yesterday by the Lady Sophia Montgomerie. Rev. J. D. McCall, minister of the congregation, who presided explained his occupation of the position by stating that he had written to Sir William Arrol, who asked to be excused on account of a prior engagement of a similar character in Girvan. Mr. McCall announced that the drawings for the previous day amounted to £350, and concluded by introducing Lady Sophia as a daughter of the late Earl of Eglinton. They were delighted, he said, to have her residing in the neighbourhood – namely Southannan House – for the greater part of the year.

The Lady Sophia commended the object of the bazaar, and declared it open.
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GLASGOW HERALD
20 AUGUST 1897

HEADMASTERSHIP OF RUSSELL STREET SCHOOL, AYR

At a special meeting of Ayr School Board last night – Mr. W. Robertson presiding – the following short leet was selected out of 75 applicants for the headmastership of Russell Street School, viz: - A. D. Murphy, M.A., Ardrossan; J. C. Murdoch, M.A., Dundee; D. M. Simpson, M.A., Airdrie; W. Mitchell, M.A., B.Sc., Glasgow; Robert Kincaid, B.A., Berwick-on-Tweed; John Hopkins, M.A., Fordoun; and William McGowan, M.A., Lochmaben.

The appointment will be made on Monday evening.
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GLASGOW HERALD
20 AUGUST 1897

BANKRUPTCY COURT

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday, George Phillips, aerated water manufacturer, Ardrossan, was examined in bankruptcy.

Mr. Thomas Kirkhope, agent in this sequestration, stated that the trustee (Mr. William Hunter, of Messrs Barr, Carstairs & Hunter, Accountants, Glasgow) was satisfied with the explanation of the bankrupt, and had no questions to ask. The statutory oath was thereupon administered.

The liabilities amount to £758 0s 5d, and the assets, which are subject to preferable claims, amount to £213 1s 10d.
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