Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1914

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CpUKTY:-:QqUNC1LIJOR'S
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ril'ootinK- he ld by arrangement wit.h the AHri,
must, ""Itm'al: Organisation Society of the
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County Council In tho StudiO, Bccnham
. there Hatch, on Tuesday ~eDlng, when Mr. F. :1,

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Gr&~, : o.ss.isront s,:crpto;ry of t he Agr icu ltural
postal 'ser- o.r~anJ&atlon SOCIety" gave t\1l ll~dr(' ss nn
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agncultuT8.~ co-operatum nnq qr(!(h t
IJilnks.
it Ch -'oni- . I, Mr.
Fr8ncj~ Batel G.e., ' presided,
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~ among those also present wero 11r.

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Mr. W. , C.

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White (enu llt)' hnrl

e . lfn_g~ . ( stewe.rd ). the R e v. G . D. S. B ushnell, lvl r s!; rs.

..tt!"~I"!'.".'r, ot - <,op"~le"'D,.e §at16 l\C'. A. .Mill,on, W. King. W. R. HullOl' (B"eklobeen
·h_i, 0'. W. Layloy , C. Kcal (Bccnham) ,
...... lBrown (Woolh n.mpton l ~ 1'om \\' ost , 1l'. · An·
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O~ · is r emoved from Engln n ~l and . t he, e ncouragement and (~ci' fll op·
, Friar Street, Rea.ding. ment o£ agrIculture . und t he y wera .lilu:ly 10
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d Q!ibt tltst :the . .I?r<l B~~t pooi, .. :ljear •. grent deal mo~. _about It ' " F'U'S
UDlql!-9J b emg r lght III the ~ . come, because B;ll tlunkmg. pcrsons .. rrc?g'
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and.. at the chief 6t DP n1S~~ the ' n.oCCSSlty of domg CY C I'yl lllll g
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po~slbl e to encourage farm e rs a.nd 01.11(01"11.
9 f . t. e . a lng tram ·, cars. engaged in ' the cultivation o f t he iallJ 1.0 '
questl?n . of•. ~he removal of the ' liecure ' tho RreatAf prosper ity of the n od iOll ,
to FrIar Stroot WaB beforfl t.be I' Tho' chairman imlJressod upon them th o fil et
the
Chronicle" . obta.in~ed . . that tha.t was not a party mocti ntr. It wail
lh,ellli>r<ils"Ions,1
opinion' from tra'd e rs . a.nd (organised by the county co uncil , 11l to Wil().Sfl
Vi.eW6 : may · be tl)us .S"um- · ·work politics, happily, did not ol lter; I\llti 11.1
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.. objeot- \ \'88 to encOurage in OV{l I'Y way ,lIi lt
-mn.yor.~In . favoiJr of e n- ' .rend er all assistance pos8iblo to f n. l· m f'"lr~ , small .
laiigem"lIt of' the present 'bui:dillg; the ,holden: aJloi~ entrh oldero. and olh er,. 0 11·
S ~l'j!et. """ition' a very good ono. _ gaged m work!ng tho land , '0 tht It nll~"t
.d epu ty-mayor (Alderman J, w . l??_as . pr~du c~lVC n ~ poss.l ble . anJ 11.I,d. t ilE)
-The Post Office 'should be in th" best po..,blo u.o mI ght b o made of II , 1'1'0 '
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. ' e town.. an . ama gama e w~
had made small money S'~ants to tho [t" "di Il K
office. It dId not neceMarJ ly U nivenoity College for the purpo,o of r' o.
the enlarged Post .office should search wOJ'k and scientific ox perim ollt. From
p resen t site in B ron d S troot.
t hose that im'\t itut.ion had had \' Ny 11 51{·f ul
H. Bull.-Present site moat re<Jults. pa rticularly with regll rd If) t ho
. but a. larg·e r a.r ea. mloist necessar· g!'owth of ceroa ls u.nd potato cr op!', Wlli !o
acquire(~.
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invalun.blc ndvice had becl~ avn;1al.li' tn
F.came. -Not su re thn.t the -centre 1 fa rmers. \v ho had had the wl"du lII In I IJ:dH)
busy street; the prin cipal-street of a I ,,"0 of .t.
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. w.n,, -the be't for :the cent r.l Post :
USEFUL wonK.
· ."rh.e Bite, ().f coul"!le, mw.t be c e n-! "py t h e ~icl 0[. that gl';l.nt. and ot her r;-l'IlIl CS
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I fr0!11 thu Bril:ish Dairy Ii'arm l'J'.'J' .t'\s:{ocialiull,
Hedgcuck.-R emoval of ce ntml Post tho 'Collego hil<I done e,,,oedingly li .,cflll work
from Broad Street ,t o Frinr S treet at thQ Br itish Da iry Instit. ute, parl.iclda dy
b e a 'cal amit-y: It would b ~ a' gr-ent wiUi regn.rd to th o ,." akillg o f cheese, :tIlU it
itliCOJ"-V '~ Jlller.'Ce .to 'tra~~8mcn. Publi c cron' l had lately ""coml,II. hed a .. VCI'Y . ,IIrrlOult
reqUIred tha t .• the P ost Office ' t.• sk:-what. lOa, I !ol1ght to be almo,\. 1m'
in B rond Btre-et.
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j po!!!'ubl e- ~ h.(l mnl,mlg of oxc('III'ot ch cc.;;o
H . B nyli s.- Public conve nience. hnf"!1. stenlu;('d IIl1lk. S~ lIl e of that cb ~c~o.
rio f be 'ser ved by h aving t he Post l ex lllbltod ~t t ho lat? DnlrY Show, had !akon
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second pTlze, and It WitS /TI 1\c.lo fr om l m ilk

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£1,000 ,

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G~.r.~\llt¢.e .:Qf.

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hbndi~d
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.iit.oy,· E . . G. W. Wilson (llrad flOld). Clllull.or
J~urrlt Bill), G. L ewolldo1,. and mlwy smnll·
. • fi!!lders and gardonors! etc. , from S tnn fo,cd
Dmgley, Bradfiold. ano B n cklcbury.

,4.R> Si\ OR BROAD S1'.! '. WHAT THE AUTHORlTIES A Im D01NG.
'. " .~. ,--,- .. . I. The chairm.n said they had lately hoard
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m '&ny exPte"ssi<llls of reQrct I great deal about the regcn~ra.t.i rm (,f I"lIral

guarantee it to be I!b6QI!u'tel~Mli,*.~-:--a:

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. that GlI.m(' fro ~n o n o of t he fa r ms in nucl~ l o.
~yrrell.-Broad S~r'*: t wo uld ~ bu ry (a pplR.11se ) . In addiLion t.o 1that work,

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the b est SI te, bllt . wa~ afrt\ld It would , the ElI ne" t.ion Committ,>o .of ,tho cOll nty

t ra n s fe rrod to Friar Stroot,
\. I council had orga.nised for M :.\ nr~ year:~ p ast
W oo Dvke,-To hove the' centr'al , illstnwt.ioll in certain agricul t ura l IlIitl, lpr~.
away f ro m Brond Street would ser i. i ha.ving Bont to different ~ mrt~ of tlw COl lllty
· d epre-aiate trad e
in ' the chief t ex p e rt~ to g iv Q lect.ure's on difl'nrf'nt. 8 Ilhj N~ TA'l .
g}{fare 'of R eadi ng. Brof\d Strofit. ., ls Ilnd f/'om the~c very, dftfinito and uH,~r~'.1 rc·
na.tu rAr -de utre f()r business ' purp.o608 l suIts had b ocn obtnlll~d , T hOll, flg-I1 Ill, Il
f OT the tram w"ays . '
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,I' . ' ':~-:'I\'I Li \:o Stoc~ Comm ittee han bo~n
appo i \lt (' ~.
J , _LG: G: lkM,- Th ere ' o\.1fO:ll t ' (Iotl :'to wh.tCh fldv lS"d ns to t he nll ocatLOn ' o f I.:Hrtnlll
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l" i grllllts for th~. pu rchase of stock . LII:t.ely t ho
m Sllpl:'rn, e d.fficu t v III laVIng tie oounty cou nCil hn.d set lip nn A g rl c lIlt ura l
0l'fi.~e In Broad. Street.
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1I n.stTLH(tion COIl1n:lit~eo, w hi ch· had a pll u,jll t od,
~aDgsto~,-Broad Street ' 6 , . 03 11 ! W ith the p UrrnL'iS10n of t ho counCIl , a.n
, ,the . TJ ght pl ace for th e Post I o rgan ise r, whose whol e t im o was to be g-ivcn

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. 'abire Educal i
AM lW Cou d s.
aidor 8. r/! POt t
Cou nt y Puhli c
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latte r' COIl1I1I1
had beell a l, o
tcJldall r, ~ nnd
Comm itte ...'! ,
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F crard .
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W , J. T uyc ,
wood Smith,
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Th o (ollowi n
the c on ~ id('r . ll i

Th o PuhE(:
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w ithin ~h(~ C (n

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T(Jgnrd to -1,b tl
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It will he note
in its tHttnr e,
(J il t below :Irf"~
but we. SIl~P!('. ;
t ho fi rs t. ill .. LlI

coun cil o n th "

th o (!Ollll (' i)
"Te~noH ~ iIJ il ily

wi

e it.hor by a
p nn~r'y

w hi r h n ('orn n l
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u rou t he

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d c Ltil t h l'"! oYer
th R ~ u l)jf'ct of
tion i ~ rll adn ill
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(o r prl' :,-! ·nt. I

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F;taff wi t h

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op ini ofl or j Il!~
SUh·r.O lll l l li tl "I;

ndvflllta'Zcnlls
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unfortunate: y, the prese nt to t he work of t.h. coun ty under t he direc·
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w here extension' is h ard ·

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poStiiple,

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hon sive sohemf' -, for t he work whic h it.

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MEETI!W Al'1'-i-rE "', 'U Jl,l.''''

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R e ferrin g to the S~nll Holdings Aot. hn
h ~vi-0~ sajd he was sorry to confess t hat thero ,.,Iero
y~""'.'~.<J'n '''''('b ''U''ry '2~rd-':~e ~ st!lt sover al appl~c(Lnb f or sm,all b o~r1 i ll Q;B, It
nd · wI~ n ' "":ao n,ot a.n e,.3Y matter to br'!ls .sll1t nblo me n
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lie 1t.o BU1ta.bte la.nd. I The. ma.n mnst havo know ,lJI\,,"
~d" lodgo ' of tho land . • rid kno\vledirc as to )tow
•alr •. a
to work it, ",hilA he must. also hrnte t he
, 4 . t~a.~p . money,lSp · !":lake 'h is ~ow l ~d,Q'e eII~c l.ivo; SI?
w, O that of the mnny ' apphcant, · thore wero com,
l?or. , t'
parativ<.:!1y feW. who ' \Vero ' qua.lifi ed f o r small
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hol(lings: and it, would
no _ben o.fit to th ese
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a \ mon or to th e county to put them upon
fEb
1 land . Ho was not 8a'ying Ulat t hoso who

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SERyANT'S STORY.

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pro posed to do . . ,T hoy intolll1cd to olTer ,

suffi oient. numoer ;0 £ sc1)ola rshins ' in sdlOols
and a~riclltturClI collogos, through compc titiy o
oxaminlltio,,:, or- on th~ recommondot ioll .of
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' t.h('- EdtiCahon qQrnmttt.ce". I.Uld to estlLblish
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loonl (wint er cla.ssc3 or cou r3(!S in ex istiu g
. Wokingbam dom.e.atic-' Bervnnt. who at winter agricultu ral schooh!. H e t h oulo(h t tho
said Ii tramp ha.d thrown b a r into a ; £CLrm crR aritl amaH-holde-rs would b~ glad to
w ee arrested on' a. charg.o of a ttfl mPt: ! If'lar n th at. th e cou nty council .11 1~ll ~tu.rtcd
oommit e-.... icide, ~ Tho womG.n-Lilio.n I t.hat. wo rk for ath·isLng nnd h olpmg them on
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Hav9h::.ck R ond, in eG;,v ico I such broad and compre h ensivo lincs .
Cou
cliarged at Wo)'in~h .. m
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ti OIl o f the council u,lld tlll'o ugh t ho nH'dililil

. ' of 'Rcadin:r College. ' The.·('1 had be{, 11 d raw ll
u p, . with th.c h olp '0£ tho Colloga. n. (' on lpre·

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rF,0~ ' . we ro waiH'ng were not

properly Iqua.lifi cd,
.m- . Sorno o( them wore; hut thnrc we r~ diffi cu l·

d oV~dlDg t he . tie. in, gettinp; the land they w. ntml and flll~~ i~\h:: w~:t~.f1 · H~~ .fi.lli n~ other requirements. ' S in(lo ' t 10 onorn.d
b ' t th bott
(hon , fiv o years ago, of t he Act, th e Small
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Holdings Committeo had beon geUil1g q ui (> tiy
u';,: t h:~.
8~ po:tedr~
and stRndily to work. an? t ho count~ counc il.
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Wh 'liI h
t t
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tJU'ou~h tho Rrna.lI Holdlfi ~s Comm Ittee, hnt!
n . e &no. , I . ' . e wen
0 g e a 1'folped to acquire about 3.000 ' n.cres in tho
_ail;
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d cOllnt.y for omall holdingS. ,That was vcry'

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e pnsoner rna e
the eame I}tffectllltt~ri
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moro t h a, n had ever boen ' done be fore.

it. did not: renresent. all the la nd that
been acqllir('.d ~ as private owners ha d
b.v the council 's acti<:?n to
own behl\lf to appJi ca.nts
Oenernlly speaking, the
·ha.d beon very 8hccca8~

·tv1mrna.' AA wero surprisod t hat
D'rI,i:IClrti:on of .tho -.mall-holdc ..
thai land shiee thoy

cultirn:uon .1It was for
worK-to enCOl1n~ge.
i~ tha.t tho county
meetirig, nmo nt!8t

m" etllDge, "'''Hm,,,,,,u. the :eouoty. Tho
I·Drl11,ol1)l.
and cred it bankR
prosnerity o( agri·
say that in

to oo--ooerato.

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b e4\oIreland
intraEn gl~nd

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("..o'OnorBtlOn

where Ih.~ had b~on
heen
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