Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1914

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COUNTY COUNClLfJOR~~
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IstdN n bl e> IIl l oJ(l:st waS t uou sed 10 tJi6{ ~...
hl'ld
RIIu,ngcm ent .\\l th the ' A~~ ;.. '
l)rgn.ll1f{ntion Societ y \ of the B~II: '" • !

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~tudlOI

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, Oil lltC'sday eVl(lllng, when ~r. F. : 8I('~' ..

the Agncultul¥

:\ :-<:bl a 1l1 s{'c lf't ary of

s(.w i('ty. gave l I\I~ I\.~dress .. o~ .
('O O)101a.tlCln and , credIt ba.okLr_
Hl;lt~. ~ C.C.. pr(\sldcd~
ant!;
rli o~ .· i1l .. o IH rl:;c n1. wero ~1f F . " ~f} '
I r \\" C I';, WhIte (count)' b.nd
J. tilt" Ill'\ G
S 13l1shncll , Messrs '

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Ion

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III" " .. \\" K illg. ~'i. H B utlor (Buokle,

C. KC'al (B ccnh nm'~'
(Wo(, lham\;to;1}, 'J'om ' VC"!'\t" F. An·
<.: \\' \\' 11st 'Ji (llTadrlf..ld) Chantor -.
II dl ), G Lcwf'udoll, and many small·
,\ I\\l f!:1.rri ollcrs. etc .• from S tanford

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Hr.Hltit'hl, and Duokle-bury.

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T T ill,: AU·I'llORI'l'IES ARE DOING. ,
l'll,U: U lIlll !:IH l ti they h a:.p la.tely heard ·
. ill"d nhl lu t lho r ege'n{,fatlOn of rur~
ILd ,111,1 j In' ~'ll ctJtlfa.gomer.t and (~evelqpt-;
~, r .t !!' II' Lll t, lre , H.nd lht~y wore .likely tf,>-:
.1 IJII' at ~ I("il l more ~\>out It III yea.~·
I"'~ , t l!"f" n il thlllkmg persons recog· ~
t ho
11" ((''':;ll.y
of domg ovoryt.b..itig
I n "llt(lUrfl g o fa.f"mf' r s l\nd othenr '
in (11,-. C l ll ti'll.tUlli of t.ho hind to
l li f' ~ r(',tlt~ l pro"rC"nl )' of th e -nation.
( h, lI l lll,tn 11ll1 )r<."5SC'd upon them t.ho f&oCt-

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Imrty

lIot II

was

I 11\ 1111' (,O ll"nt y council, lOto who$e

",IIIIo~ . h n. Plllh, (11( 1 not enter, aud 'ibJ
\', ,1" \( 1 C'IH' OUl a~r in evory way
111 .1 . ~ I .. t 1111' (' 1'0 .. ,,11,1(' 10 rh,rm fl rs, &lnall£
" ll" l lIlt" lt~ h ( ,I'!('rtll,
and oth er8 ~D'"
I II \\, .. l , l ll ~ Ihe la nd !iO th a.t It mIght

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ana

l'r.u l u, ll\\' 1\ " p n ~:;lhlt·, and t,ha.t ,~Q
I' ,•• ,j,I., \1 ..,(' 11 l1c ht bt" mnde of its proI 'II 4,·\ .' ra l - \'('a r~ past t.he counoi.l
Lid, ~lIl. dl II1MI~ \ g rant s to the ReAdjpg
I !<I ll \
l'roP . t:l' fur t.he purpose of reI \\ ", l. nJ 1'1 ,,\ 'i'~lIt i(k oxpcn..m e nt. From
: IL ,I' 1!l " " 'I1 I' Oll had hnrt very useful
" nrtw tl.l d "
\\ !t h
re gnrd to tho
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h,ld

th o cou ncil

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1 rf tllld ~ra nt ann 0 1h e r gTIln"&
\0 1.. 11 U,~lrv F.l1 11lc-r,,' ASSOCI8,tioD. ,

'"ll ,'rp 11 ,1t\ dO!lQ C'xt·. . . pdl11g1y t.Jr fu l work
lit 1~ l l t l ~ ll 1},lIl), In~tl1l1t.p , partll.mla.rlr
r. I: ,)I I \(1 the Ill :lkrng of cheese, 8.nd It
l.n-pl\' ar«(lll1jlltshC'd a v~ry difficult
\ . hil t

: il. l llg-ht. t o 'i b e

\\ lL'

allllos l .m-

of oxeC'!k'nt checso
"'I, rL ll'....d IIIJik
SOlll e of that cheese,
'11 ,,1 , ; ,h ., Ld,' D a Iry Show , l itMl taken
1 It .,

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n .n 1. i ng

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tt \\Jt.s· m",do

f r om

un C' o f th e cn. r,m s

fr l'lI l

milk

Bucklo·

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111 a(ldJllOn to that work,
r:dl l' ,11I ,1\ ('oTllnllll,' c of the county
I, \ I III!!:l. II' <.; (>d f9r 8"ITIr> } ea. r~ past
('(' It ,~ tn

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(d) 'Pho tn,.tment

Og'3ln, 8.

&n lLa tol'i um .

a.ppomtod,

:to; I n j h(' ,d l o('~d Ion of ce rtnin
\IIH . It a", (' of !'l t oc l.
L a t.el y tho

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JI:t d
!'i ... t
U ! I all
Agricult ural
(' t ll oll I \ .r ll n n ll f'(', \\ ill ch had appo inted.

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of

thC"

(,01111 c: 1I ,

an

\\ 1111..,,' \\ h" I'1' l i m e \\ 3S t o be RIven
u"t!e r th e direc·
I,f lit, " ' ,l Hd ,llUi tiU OIl8"it th r medIum
1111 ~ ( ,. tI",.:,'
Th .... , .. \"u1 b("('n drawn
\\111. II", IH 'I!. r,r 1!1I-' l"!)!\c,!;p, a compre·
~I\ . .... , t,, · II' f O J tiJ(' \\ ork w\l'ch it was
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T h ' \' Ill tC'l1 rlcd to offer n.
I I , !I'
I 11 11 " " 1 (I f ,,('hol1Lr!!hips In schools
n 1-\"

11(> \\ od... f l Ilt, ('OLH I:"

ll t' 1 1(' I I I Il . d
1I'I I I, ' )Il'"

or

~ u lll' !-!(' S,
Oil t he

lhruugb c(HlI}lf>litivo

fecommonda.tion of

I' ll " ,11 to))..I ("Tll lJlit l r ('. a.nd t. o o!'tiabhsh
\~ ' i tli
('1.1'~ (''' nr (,C lIr!'t('R to CXlstUlg
11 '~I·It 't l 1I nr:l.1 !;chools
H e thou~ht the
,lIId !;1l1 ;\11 - h{)1·1 ('l"~ \\01110 h I" gln E! to
tl l.d lit,.. ('o nntv counci l ha.d sLarted
w'l" k (,or f\( h iSing- rt Jv l hclJllll g thf"m on
I' f t ••ld 'tn d , (~ o IlJPlchC'nsi\(· 1!1 14..'H
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"S(I[mY . T O CONFESS"
'~ 1 r tll ~

10 t h .. 8n1.\11 I foldlll g!'t Aot, he
\1 a .. ",orr" 11) C01I£(, :;8 t h at th oro wcro
" ,~ \,(lrA l :I, pph l: a. nt ~ for ~ma \l h o1<11ll Sl;8
110t n l\ ('n:'\y ma.tt.f' r t o hn n~ s tlit;~blo men

hI"'

It

5ult ,d ,I.· Li nd
TIl(' ma.n mll!\l hl\\,(' know·
go (,f Ille 1a.1l d and knuwl l,d,\(' as' to how
\\(lrk I t , wlnln itt' must B.l so have the
, 10 m aId' 111 ~ hnowlc c1I?P f" fTf'cliv (:, so

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Illol ll V 8.(lJllL cants t hPrc we re corn-,
\,, 110 Wf'ri' fllla.hfi()d for s mllit
alld Jt "ouid he no b cnC'fit tn t. h pso
( , " 10 t h(> count:-' to
r ll t
t h em lIpo n
II .· \\ h.~ not. s<t.)' l1l g tha t. tJ108(, who
\1 I II JIl L{
\1 j'r('
not properly qunlifi ed,
I)r ! hpnl "C'rf' . hut. t.hnrc WNO (hfficul ..
IJ1 l:'(·llmj.!' t.h(' land they v. anl f'd and full.!" " Ih t'l rf'fllllrf'ln Cnts. Slnc(\ tho oncrB.fl\ ,. " ~ Il rg IlgO, (,f tho Ad, the Sma.ll
i ll t:'" (' rmlmlt t('(' had Iwrn /{ . .~It lll g quiotly
(>:(1 111\ In \\ork and t he county council,
I.C h t 111' ~tn l Ll1 II o loltIU'P, C ommittC'c . had
t il li c<\tltrc. about ;;,000 acres in the
ty ror Ama1l holdings. That ~n.R Tery'
rn rorf' t hll n hf!. d f' v~r h(>(>n don e berore,
I t d,d li nt r(>l)rcscn.t all tho land tha.t
I JI'f'11
f\(' rt 111 r prl , nR pri\'n.te own er s hOod
('IH'() Il ra. ("f'd bv Lhf" coun cil's nctio.n to
lrl.ll (l (In t l it' ll ( I " , n b ohn.lf lo npplu::anLa
Mln nll h fJldJlH."s , C C'ncrn.ll y speaking, the .....
It<dd JlIl.;'' fl !' h(llTIp. hilrl h cc n v(\ry SU CC(lsan il ,] t h f' ('o mmdti"(\ \\ f"~(, slIfJt;i sC'c! tha\
n 1.1r(!(' prOpOrl.lOll u( , tho Rmn. ll -hold ors
m nt n ri ;d l v improvrd th e land Ainr.e they J
htk ('l1 it 1I1lllN thfur culr i\' a tion It was for:
fllrlh "' r.1. n l'p of t"i~ \\ork- t.o oJl courage,
(''X if'nrl, un rl InlprOVC it --thn.t. tho county
d 11:11 1 nrL{nnit;('d t hat mcet.ing. n.mOnlZ'd
1TIf'l"t inCR, throH£!'hout th e county, The .
. f" of co·op('rntion and cfp.dit banks
! n il l"
rnot o f tho prosne rity of -agri.
1 d i <;1 1i ('ls
Many wo1l1i1 My tha.t in
pf' nnl (l, \\ ero n71t roady to co-onerate.
('C' Grorrna.ny, Denmark and Irela.nd
r !l,le of co-ope ration had OOfln intro-\\ it h l!retl.t, s ucccss Afte r !lll. England
01 "Ithollt Ml'rlOult,UTft.1 co·npen,tjon
b.lIk,. anrl whero the. had boon
t h oy hMI been a decided aueeeoa

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GrafT expla ined the advantage. of 00" '
oredit banking •. and Mid the
regardl11g ' combination wu
l"IlIg, nnd e..-('lU if th ey were- no~
nml edi.tclv con vinced- and ovory farmer
1011 ami

to !'apidly chanffe his waysat any ra.te, got 8.8 far as to say
t.h ey thought .. ther9 is _ something in
and that" we will think ' a'bout it."

tho

dise3'te,

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mend.tion
of 16

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sup~.

lsolatiC!n H9spltnl

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adult · ca...
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The 5ub -('omm ,tt co are of Opt
ro (ILr '-~ In '"itt~ut i onnl J;rCA.tmcnt
there ,hould be a. 8epa.ration of
and (d) We n-e nd""ed t\l,t
", h('rp bnth -ho"pltal and
would be" uno"'r treatment
8!1.bs ht.ctory r(Hu l!s n,g two
tion~,

nnd,

furthe r.

t.hr.\

spoeial troa tmont .. far ·
f ro m adults

\Vf' hl\H!, th

our reoommendations U!l0n
-1-·
PR9DABLE NUMBER
D ea lin g first w it h the
litntistIos ano j "
)wtlfiable ciIMCRS(' , ' and,
be littlo diffi~llty In
turns, o~pcc ially if
extended" 111'· thi~
,
notified ca~QS. on
31 st was o.s follow"

350

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p-e1immnry doci sion,

d lro n;

,]"fm il p li nd lI sdul r€r
T h Oll,

y~U ~~t~h~
good it does'
their
stuit{y"
t."
'_:;,••
.w,eV- b:~jng.

geofor
Cft.me to

13o~rd{. and thtl.t o.s re,;ards .th e romniil1ng
16 OOOs th . oounty borough ()f Reading b.
asked to provide ·I the.~c,' on term~ . at ~hci r
tion ill O}iide in this r epo rt o f I ' a di " ncn ".r~ i80'nt'on )iosPIt.al18.t Prosp~cd Park. In· 60th
S'y6tem, " It doc fl n ot of nooessity mean
ca!':Q8 ~.stlmatc!. of .cost were' asked for, 8.l\d
r>rovi.'on Qf. di , p onsary buildlrigs at ccn
the off~ f ro m Abinl;ldo'n can .be.r<lC!lmmondcd
throughout th e county, but. IS ra.th e r on' on,rl",'" for accGpt.a.ncc, 8ubJoct t.a n.n ""n.greement boror presont purlXl>CS .... referr ing to a"
mg entered · into-· providing for suih ()(}ntin·
i9flt.ion consisting of 'a tuoorc,lloslS ollber
gon cies a~ can bo forc ~~nd particulo.rly
s tnff With n CCI}trn. l office. .Uaicr it may
fOT
a rovision' fr c,m time to time of tho
found neo'"'Sary to r>rovidn ~ocal fac ilt tioJ
weeklv maintonanco obarg() in ligh\ of" any
th e trentmrol1t of patients not .Teq'Jl in',{ to
exporicncd. which may show _ha t the figure
sent tQ a hcnp lf n.l or s:lnR.tor ''ll!l1' but in
of 30,~ . Tcquirce readjmtme nt: The ~ite ..enrl
opmion of t he mcd ic nl ncfvi~'crs, in which
tho bui1d.incr.c; wllJ remnm thc" p .operty of ~he
Bub-committee ~ncu r . thl~ l would not be
colln~y -counc il.
ad\'ant.1.gcous cou r se to tak e at the
No est iml\te wn.s fUTni F:h od b v R ~adi ng, ELS
tune
it appeared tha.t tho town oouncil were only
G (' n cmll y s!,,('nk in g, t he prov~ ion of
prepared to oo~rnto . a s pnrt of 8. largor'
plcle !:ohomc rp 'i O i Vc.l itse lf into the
ecncmo, whioh would b:1vC m-valved combinn ..
. g r cqu!re rn cn t s: L
tion on other
lli
1 . m tl.tt..r!r8.- 8uob a! f:V()Ur 8ub.·com.
h
(a' 'nl " obtaimng of stnt'8tl~ 8ind
mlttco, \Y 11~8t most dO'Jil"OufJ 0 moctlng t 0
for m nt ,ou,
.
,. .
wishCtS .of tho borough, oo-uld ' ROt .see thoir
(b) The trenhnent of Iho diF(}n5o in
way to recommend. W e .u ~ge't thnt the
('.ns~ · e Quil'Ln~ di <l. pcnY.l r ·" or h03pltaJ
I qu~tlOn of th e provis~on of thcso 16 bcds b :J
thlln !ia n nt~ r , um treatme nt j
postponed for the prescn t.
(Cl '11><> "catment of t he ; ' ~ase;n
MAITLAND TO BE Pi::rRCIL~SED.
II.

their,)btead

·"P.ERFECT

healt hy a.pd
loft th c m alone
dege nerate.
At
With children
them out of : tho soh

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mutte rs,

,. ,,, 1 ' u d lfl ('I<' nt. ~ \ l\rt 3 o f tho cou nty
1\1 f,! 1\ \ 1, t'1I I r£ ~ on dlfl('rr>nt 8111vccta,

f r l' l rl
I' l l

this

oy

eith ~r by . • continuation of the " resent dis·
p e nsa.ry e::hnmo. Or with t110 hir;e addi
which 8. oomolcto scho:,ne must invohc.
a. ooncmc must jnvolv o a cOtls idlcrabl~
up.oc thc..l8.tes, -n.nd befor e it l ~ d e alt "'I
doLaI! thO ov"",ridinq rfl n'; ipl~ oUI{ht

thtr'8Ubject of·

p o lato cro P~ . ·w hile
hCf'll LLv8.ttl\ble to

I·

will ' voluntari l y tinde .. ta ko

Tc~r><>n sILll1ty o f the tr c atll1~nt of

lin I',ttl had tIll:' wisdom to make

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mohdi,Ferard,
woOO , Sir '-'-''''I'!!O, -:'
lev. D. F.
do
W. J. Tale, M
~'. · M . .
woOO Smlt.!J, Mr. F. N. A
Ha.i"h.
T!ta followin g Was tho
We considmlltion : of the COltn"u"",e
The Public Health and
too presented tho roport o f ~
mittcc on II Tho 1Toatmcl)tl
Tubcrou106is
Within tl)c County Aro..," , whiM stated : - I
Tho torlTlB df !'!Ifere noe' \~ the sub·com·
mIt teo welo '8.s follows : That tho .ub-committee 'b e r equested
draw up a draft proviSIOnal scheme, to
fer with such other bodies or
they may consider deairahle: and
mit 8u<..h drnft sc-homc to t.be L ocal
mcnt Board with a r equest ~hn.t
mit.tee mny be given a d e fimte assurnnco
regord to tho amount of the grant, to
rnn.dl) to the oouncil.
n will be notcd I hat tlllO Iolo;on-o is I m
in its na.turo, and nUT r ooommcndl\t!ons
out below n l"O b a,cd strl CtlV uoon its
but we ougge,;t the .dvi""bilit~ of tak I
too, fi rst ins tance 8. direct voto of the con n
cou.ncil on tho m a in qu('s t,on 8.'\ to whether

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Sa'lat,orium

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about-s. sou
al

if

thoir
forr"!;:;~bi~'~~~!f~.l~r;
r.

Thre.··.nI>ODOO

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trcalment is undoubf<!dly yo-

quirod. lor. t-hpMt cases wJl!C.h th s spo,c:a.l form
of treatment would bene&~ and " pa'i"ticulR.rI.V
for p lnln ron .· In a com}nu~ication r eceived

from thQ LOCAl Govt"l'nment Boa~ a.ttcntton
was called to' an' o"j,;tiri~ institutionl .t P OP-o
po.-rd known "'as th e Maitland ' Sanatorium,
and m omber:'! of tho eub...c:.ommitt.bo 'visited , .iltoIl6t1""
tho plaCe. The m sftut:on is tn'l.tuqjcct of a
trust dee d, ,tho objects of ~hc trut-to gener.
.I'y boin<r to pr.ovide tre.tment for those
who mig ht be una.blo to pay wholly fOT it'
t homscl v",".
It has boen managed by a
8uperiutend ent, "'fr. lJ ii'. Ca.rliug, whose
wifo, Dr. I E.ther Cafhng, iB the ' rcsidc.nt
medical offieor. [lnd who also c.'urias on at a
penonal p rofit , upon Iln -'t\dl'oinmg \proJl1llty
cn.llcrl II Kmgwocd," a. .Enni R.r undertakmg,
wh 'ch doCt'l not form part at th e tru,<: t. Tho
II.c r engo of tho ' Maitla nd sito is 52 norC'-'t,
and that or tho "Kingw-;oO" site _.eight

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Rcr.e,.

'San

Both properties are ~eohold·

thoro

abun~ant 61l!>ply o f wate!', a ,5Cwerngo

system

w)l1ch flccm.a

nu'~nborB,

ad~(,4.1uatc

fat'

pr CSlont

~rn 1' ~~l~~;~~j~~~~~~i~~r~~\j~~~~u~';~~;:~~.\.~;;;;:'~B~;

laundry . and LL di\.iry f8.l'm ~wnich , f. uppllc.s
an inslaUll.tion
of Hghting.
\ a would
tho institution,
Th. prc,cnt
bu Idlllg'S
pToviclo ",bo"t 60 bods for n.d:Jl t.s, nnd a.bout
IT to 2O ·for clJ.lldr.n. On the other hand the
arlmini8tratlv~ . Qun.~e:s n.rc not -f\dequate or

~tructurally wo'l~cle' igned, &nd.j~ is e's timatdli

that to, rO.[!'l'dv thh '" Imm af""not leBS th"n h ll1"(l,w'inQ · t~I~O -'dr>~ir ';1d~::~i~~
£1,500 w(luld havo to be .pent, 'The .av.n.
>f
ti.ic~ of tho institution- &TO that it would
provide at. onro 8. gcing" and At ~factory ooncern"n.o~~bjlit:y o:Jving to ita centra.l,position
from most J>Grt6 01 tho county, and .ufficionl
lana for ~cxtc$lsion, if necNFAry.
.At the ou~t inquiries wero · made of the
truo"""" wit9' . a v.iew to a ~home , .p.J"'fiding
ror ,tho Icttm<r to tho oounty of ' tho adult
b eds requ;red, but on enmination it w... '
lound that this waif impracticable : and,
an alternative, tho t~ offe red to .. seU
' r.utr.i lfht th. Maitland .ite
.
for
: £8 1iOO, and Dr. '
If Kingwood"
site
tbo ecrviO&.J of. horsolf
",... ined 'fOr . : t6rm~ of
mutika.\in" with th.
w..," aace'rt.a.ined -that'"
of ·tho

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