A Freshwater man was summoned for breach of the Betting Act 1874 after sending out football betting circulars.
It was claimed that the man sent out circulars to 250 footballers he had read about in the newspapers, including Mr Pennington, an international footballer at West Bromwich.
The man admitted to sending out the circulars but said he did not realise it was illegal. He said he had not made any money from it, and had lost a pound. He was fined £1 and 9s costs.
A ferocious fire swept through the Workhouse Bakehouse, Newport, similar to a fire that broke out at the same time last year in the building.
The inmates had retired for the night when a female servant was alerted by the strong smell of burning wood. She went outside and noticed flames coming from the building and raised the alarm.
Fire crews from Newport arrived and extinguished the blaze and everyone managed to escape unharmed.
A strong storm was was felt on the many parts of the Island, with Ventnor being the worst hit.
The high seas washed the sea walls from end to end , demolished a motor-house on the pier landing stage and carried away several piles and a quantity of of gear belonging to the contractor who was building the new landing stages.
October 31, 1936
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Lymington was causing great concern to Island farmers.
An order prohibiting all movements of cattle within a 15-mile radius of the infected place was made, but the Island was exempt from the ban. It did however mean no cattle could enter or leave the Island, unless given authority to do so by the police.
The sad death of a 15 year old boy occurred in Yarmouth.
At an inquest, it was said that the youngster was fatally injured by the accidental discharge of his gun while out rabbit shooting.
He was out with a friend, when the pair heard people approaching, so hid in a bush. When the boy stood up, he accidentally pulled the trigger, leaving him with fatal stomach injuries.
Fire crews arrived within three minutes of a phone call telling them about a serious blaze in Cross Street, Sandown.
The fire had started in the kitchen and quickly spread through the property into several other rooms.
The fire took such a hold that slates had to be ripped from the top of the house so water could get to the flames.
Fortunately, the owner and his two daughters were out at the time.
October 28, 1961
A balloon sent up from the Island by a Bristol visitor landed 840 miles away in Poland.
It was released by Lawrence Weston, who won the £15 prize money for the balloon race, sponsored by Island Youth Clubs.
Second place went to Miss Appel of Wootton, whose balloon was discovered in the Austrian Tyrol.
A lorry ran out of control when descending down Hunnyhill, Newport causing a large amount of damage.
It knocked down a road sign, tore a 30ft steel lamp standard from its seating and crashed through a wall and a hedge, and into the garden of the Church Army Anchorage Home.
The front of the vehicle was severely damaged and the driver was shaken but uninjured.
The mass of water piled up in The Solent by the southerly gales combined with an exceptionally high spring tide caused extensive flooding at Cowes and East Cowes.
At Cowes, the tide was the highest recorded there for nearly 50 years. Low lying streets near the waterfronts on both sides of the river resembled canals at the height of the flooding, and reached a height of almost two metres in the High Street.
October 31, 1986
Concerns were expressed about the loss of catamaran crossings during the winter in bad weather conditions.
The chairman of the Solent Travellers Association, Mr P. White, pointed out that 18 crossings had been cancelled since the new vessels had come into service on the Sealink service between Ryde and Portsmouth.
Mr White said: “We cannot afford to have people’s jobs put on the line because of problems in getting to work on the mainland.”
Claims were made that the Island’s police force would become severely stretched if plans were upheld to make 2am the norm for public entertainment licences.
The warning was given to South Wight Licensing Sub-committee by Inspector A. Hider, who predicted disruptions to policing arrangements if it happened.
Classes in more than 30 Island schools were set to be disrupted when local members of the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers staged a half day strike.
Every high school, all 16 middle schools, with the exception of Archbishop King RC, and eight primary schools were to be affected by the action, which was timed to put pressure on employers and new salary deals.
November 2, 2001
The promise of a mobile police station, said to be the latest thing in IW Rural Services, received a mixed reaction from locals.
From January to February, villagers across the Island would be able to climb inside their police station — in the form of a Ford Transit diesel van which will tour the countryside. The vehicle was one of three vans in Hampshire being wheeled out to help combat rural crime.
The Wightlink Islanders, roared on by a large and enthusiastic crowd, brought the 2001 season to a glorious end by demolishing Edinburgh Monarchs by 61 points to 29 to win the Young Shield. Faced with a six-point deficit from the first leg raced in Scotland, the talented team tore the hapless Scots apart to claim an impressive victory.