Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 SEPTEMBER 1894

BIRTH

GRAY: At 53 Eglinton Street, Ardrossan, on the 10th instant, the wife of Archibald Gray, junior; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 SEPTEMBER 1894

BIRTH

ALLAN: At 198 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 10th instant, Mrs. Andrew Allan, 33 Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 SEPTEMBER 1896

BIRTH

MUTTER: At Crescent Park, Ardrossan, on the 4th instant, the wife of James Mutter of Meiklelaught; a son.

GLASGOW HERALD
12 SEPTEMBER 1896

DEATH

MUTTER: At Crescent Park, Ardrossan, on the 10th instant, Alice Mary Graham, wife of James Mutter, of Meiklelaught.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 SEPTEMBER 1867

TO BELFAST FOR SIXPENCE

The fares from Glasgow to Belfast via Ardrossan and vice versa, have been reduced to sixpence.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 SEPTEMBER 1892

VALUATION APPEAL COURT

The Valuation Committee held a Court in the Town Hall, Ardrossan, on Saturday to hear appeals against valuations for the parishes of Ardrossan, Kilwinning, Largs, Stevenston, and West Kilbride.

Provost Hogarth, Ardrossan, presided, and the other members of committee present were: - Messrs R. W. Ralston Patrick, Trearne; H. C. Hyndman, West Kilbride, and James Mutter, Meiklelaught, Ardrossan.

Mr. James Stewart, Heathfield, Irvine, factor to Lord Eglinton, appealed against the valuation of Tarbet Barony shootings, West Kilbride, at £15.

Mr. Stewart maintained that the shootings were valued at £5 last year, and on that occasion also Mr. Stewart appealed.

Mr. R. D. Tannahill, Kilmarnock, who appeared as assessor, contended that the value of the shootings was fixed by what a tenant was willing to give for them, not the figure the proprietor was pleased to put upon them. He knew several gentlemen who were willing to pay £15 or £30 rental for the Tarbet shootings.

The Ardrossan shootings were entered at £15, and he thought the Tarbet shootings were worth as much, since there was more moor.

Mr. Henry C. Hyndman moved that the assessor’s valuation be sustained.

On the motion of Mr. Mutter, seconded by Provost Hogarth, an abatement of £5 was granted, the valuation now being £10.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 SEPTEMBER 1898

VALUATION APPEAL COURT

The County Evaluation Committee held a Court for hearing appeals at Ardrossan on Saturday.

The members of the committee present were Messrs Peter Sturrock, Kilmarnock; Arthur Guthrie, Ardrossan; and Thomas Simpson, West Kilbride.

Cases were not numerous.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 SEPTEMBER 1893

MUNICIPAL MEETING – ARDROSSAN

Provost Hogarth presiding.

The Town Clerk intimated that the following grants had been received: -

Residue grant of the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 1890, £66 18s 4d; grant under section 2 of the Educational Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892, £127 7s 2d.

Last year the first was devoted to the relief of the public health rate, and the other to the relief of the police rates.

A request by a member of the School Board that a sum of £30 should be set aside for the purpose of higher education was discussed, but it was ultimately agreed that the money should be applied as last year.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 SEPTEMBER 1944

NAVAL AWARDS TO SCOTS

The following naval awards were announced last night.

For courage, resolution, and skill in anti-U-boat operations: -

Distinguished Service Medal to Able Seaman HENRY McILROY, Ardrossan.

Captain WILLIAM SHANNON, OBE, of Woodriffe, Saltcoats, is among those commended for brave conduct when their ships encountered enemy ships, submarines, aircrafts, or mines.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 SEPTEMBER 1894

VESSEL SPOKEN

VILDANDEN, Ardrossan to San Francisco, August 14, 15 S, 39 W.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 SEPTEMBER 1896

THE VOLUNTEERS

The annual shooting competition of the Ardrossan Company of the Ayr and Galloway Artillery Volunteers took place on Saturday afternoon.

The weather was wet and very unfavourable for shooting.

Badges were offered by Lieutenant Murchie and Mr. Thomas Guthrie, Ardrossan, for the highest score in the ordinary and the recruiting classes.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 SEPTEMBER 1892

MUNICIPAL MEETING – ARDROSSAN

The Provost made reference to the death of the Earl of Eglinton. He moved that the clerk be instructed to frame a minute expressive of their respect for the memory of the deceased Earl, and their sympathy with his relatives.

Further, that an excerpt of the same be forwarded to his brother, now the 15th Earl of Eglinton. Mr. Barrie seconded.

The other business was routine.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 SEPTEMBER 1899

ACCIDENT IN SANDPIT AT ARDROSSAN – ONE BOY SUFFOCATED

A regrettable accident occurred in the vicinity of Eglinton School yesterday.

It appears that four boys were at play in a sandpit to the rear of the school. They were digging under the banks, when a landslip occurred, burying them in the sand. Three of the boys were extricated little the worse, but unfortunately nothing was heard of the fourth boy, his presence either being unknown to the others or overlooked by them.

The absence of the fourth boy from school was not connected by the teachers with the collapse of the sandbank, and it was not until the evening that the search for the body began. It was conducted amid the gravest apprehension, and it ended in the recovery of the body of WILLIAM HUNTER, aged 13, son of John Hunter, carpenter, Glasgow Street.

The deceased was a quiet lad, who enjoyed the confidence of his teachers. He was lame.

The sandpit was used by builders &c., who took from it sand used in building.

The affair excited a great sensation in the town.

ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD
15 SEPTEMBER 1899

DEATH

HUNTER: At Eglinton School, Ardrossan, on 7 September, 1899, William C. Hunter, son of Thomas and Mary Hunter.