Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

.D&rinilliit..·!;r- :'i1M" i8~j!c\~ti'~n clt~ir OODdu~ted by' air.

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.. v<>ry pleasing Mlaotioll

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W. SUTTON'S
.Mr. . .Yapp oooonded the motion
hu.momll. · and ' telling 8peech. which wall
applauded.
They could never
st,,,,nuolus'l
al>i.d. the many kindnesses they
received ·;'t the hands of the late Mr..
M.· J. Sutton; Bond other members of his
family. and they were very s,lad to hava
Mr. Arthur Sutton on the p,atform that
night • . for they could never · forget I,is

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Ipngoifioont gift to the Reading £L.68oci ntion

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frien<l. £80
in the
out . our
8um of·
£mo
8Ome'
reno
..a'he
e have to r""ord
~riowi 1088. which hlUl oot yet been
good. viz •• ' annual .uhscriptioll8 of
BO generously .given by, the late Mr.

of th.. spltiudid Y.M.C.A. building.
It
was MUB. for congratulation t11<1.t th e "p . .
peal rooe,,'ly made in Reading had me t
with such good 8UCOOSS ; and they ca ll.
gratul.ted Mr. Bryant on tbe spl cndid
work he was doing. and the good type of
men he was gathering round rum (ap.
plause).
That a.ssociatiOfl. wh ic h WII8
''1.1 ::~;~l~1t;!'.}:rfo'~~'~~~~'~Il'i
J. Suttc!n , .and ' by the late R,igbt now co'mpleting the 70t h year of ita exis· .
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Hon . G . W. I;'a),nier. · £10. We are ex- tence. began with II. li t tle bu nch of 12"':
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tremely gr.ateful to tne eltecutors of tne
To-day there were more than
G. Sutf,on;. Mr". latter tor kindly epntinuing the Bub.crip- mem'berA.l
tre&8urer), the Rev. tion f~r this year, .tiut .the committee ~e a million Bnd a. qUR.rter members ' in 0.11
H. B. Ro.we ;tQ}oair- faced with ~hi8 difficulty 8S they enter ' a part.. 01 the wilrlcj, and the '" ",oc iation
CommitteeY."" Mr. new year. The committee nave only re- repre sented in 10 different countries, find
Its
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•.. lIJr. :.T. E . Hewett. oeived promises of £46 in annual sub- at nearly 9,000 differe n t ce ntres.
Mr. F. ;~.
Mr..· H. T . Pugh, Mr: H. ecr:iption~ to moot this los8. and we much greatest progress had b oen made during
W ... Bry..nt (secretary); Mr. H. BJU'too hope that there m.y be nth.", who will the PMt four or five y.ears.
The res o:uli Qn was co.rr,j'C d
(eeoretai1, of -the Junior' Y.M.C.A.), etc.
rise up and relleve our anxiety at thie
Mr. A. W. Sutton exp t.eSae·d the t.hanks
Mr..·.Rowe read the 21.t ..nnual report of time.
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thosc pr€8e nt to th e e xc-cut ive committhe 'association ; which ~ contain~il the fol ·
To the many ministers and d ergy wbo
lowing :_.
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have heen 80 willing to serve our Muse, tee lor the splendid work they h od been'
At the outset we would record our deep the .editors of the local . papers. who at all doing during the lo.st two or three y.nn. I'B.
sense of 1""" felt Lon the death of ' two bf
bave recorded the doings of our to the coullQil. to the secrc tar y alld Ire,, . ' mo.t hol).ourea &u'becribers. · Mr. Mar - 1·&.")CJII.tILon throughout the year; to our urer, the speakers, th e cl ergy and minis·
, J. Sutton _'ancl _tAe Right H~n : G.
'l!on. treBBurer. Mr. F . K.'. Sarjeant; .our tere of the town for ili eir s ymp ath y and
The Readboth of wlwm bad a Jil>elong III- )1on. pbysician. Dr. G. H. R Holden, support. and to the mayor.
ou;'. wor~.
Mr. Paliner' for
. M.l). ; our bon. solicitor. Mr. II. C. Dry- ing 8.8soeiation . be aaid , h ad on ly had an
year. ha,}., most.' g~neroi1sly
hind '; and' bon. architect. ,Mr. C. ' S. Smith • ipdepenjlent eltiBt<mce 01 tw o or throo
ye ..ns.
He thought they ho,d d on~ aw·
. not 'On\y with M. annual
for tlieir very valuable .nd much
fully ..,,11 in b ~ ing able to go on thei r
""<WI alilo ever. .'ready . to take ..
servlc .. during . the ya ..r, and
in B: time 'of ' special need.
bv no mef\ne least. Mr. Ernest Fran- ow·n independent standing n.s t.h~ y we re
of Mr. Sutton to the .work
oi.. . who for 60 JIIany years has kindly now ~ o ing. He was very hn.ppy to see tho
years ' of its. emtonce <ian 'neve,r be audited our accounts free of charge. we Readmg ~.M.C.A. now .. going on its
own" (l\ppl8.UBe). Mr. Sutton said ho wi!'l \fCd
n. . Nothing was withh<lld. but tender our sincere thank..
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ple'aBure was to show Ii,. bis
Mr . F . A. . &r.ie~nt made the financial to m ont.ion tha.t bo was not r('s ponsihle for
certain para!(ra.phs about hie ~i(t to the
priese:Dce his ·pe .... on ..1 inter""t in its .
statement. recapitnlating .the interesting Y
. l\.:I.C.A. whicli had a.ppcnrcd tn' th e Presti

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M()ther~s
·ldren's .sa~e­

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and

real pleasuk"e
Toilet, and ito
- I.t proVl·dl'es .
against the
of
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SO~P a ' trial to-4~Y .

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varied

agencieB,

and

figurfls set out In the report.

.\M.e.A . . h ... lo. t ooe of ·it. b est
trl'est fri<md...
For ~many year. th.. ....
8Ociation-it is not too much to Bay--owed
ite
exioteol>e to him; and 'be
of the work ' 18 - in no
mea·
due to his long and close connection
it for ."ilea.r;, a quarter of a. cent ury .
Illlllt year a li~cord ill one of "teooy
alous. ..the tines laid dowu some
ago, when the assooia..tion

disease.

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r.e" Jorg"·nis;ed on a democr .. ti6 hasiB. ..nd
r"port w.o uld be lacking if be re we
)D~ntion the splendid way' . onr
m<iml,er'A" witbollt stint of service. have
to ;accept and fnlfil the """.
this cbang.e of man&gement.
ctmduQted are for the spirit·
socinl. and intellectun.1

.' of' your health-for the '
hO~f-for the _sak~ ! of

this report, u nde r one believe in that

durLoR his absence lrom hom~. As 0. rnf\t.tor
of fu..ct. Mft.jor Young in Af}C ak ing of this !:tift
was

11 proved to be a
and exterminator
bes of disease.

The Sunday Bible ,Class hll6 been regu ·
la.rly held throughout t.he year, attended
entir.ely . by . the . rank a.nd fil-e of the 0860ciation.
The Tuesday Bible CI ..... has
also been regula.rly hel(l at 8.30.
Both
l:.h9Se ctns~e8 w:e designed to meet the
need. of those who h .. ve littJe ·other oppor-

to

two

d iffere nt

p ropf'd i~.

cil in London for the perpetual

of I.he

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Y.M.O. A. in R eading, but t he 8coond had not.
vet bee-n &ooepted. ? ~
• Mr. Edw.ard J OOk80U hll.v in j:t ~ o nc1 ed
the resolut.ion, the meeting clooe(l Wi.t1l
the Benediction, pronounce} by t il!' Rev .

J. Conste rdine.

BR l'fIRM RED CROSS
SOCIETY .

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MEN'S AID DE1'ACHME.'l·r,
READI NG.

H e did not hims-elf

a Christian but did not c"rry Ollt the
work of Iif<l-he did not · believe in the
CIlrJS
. t·Jan wI10 h a d no b ackb one . H e an'd
that Bsaociation did believe in a. m rm who
had th-e all-round dev elopment whieh enabl ed young men to .,.'alre better eiti~eno.
'l'hn.t, B6 the ,committee said in their roe.
port, waa the work of their Bssocia tion.
They were good in athlet.ics. which in it.

re fe r rjn~

no.mely, the buildings occupied by tJl e f.;('nior
and J u nior Y.M.C.A. resf><!'C~i vel y, hot), of
whioh had been offered to tJ16 Niltionni COl1I1.

indiv idual who

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M YOR'S TRIBUTE.
Tbe mayor then addressed the meeting.
In aocepting th e pr""id<\ncy of the Rea.d ·
ing Y.M-C.A .• he a.id. ' h e WBB perfectly
welJ aware that it WBB a society which
wae, as stated in the report. founded to
promote the spiritual. ·phyeical. sociBl and
mtelJectual development of young men.
With such objects L he felt that he, ...
mo.YQf, must ~B()Ciate himself. and he
could not re gret. froon what he had
that he had done so. The bllo8:6 of
80ciety WBB undoubtedly Christianity.
fortullately, in this country they
Cbriotianity in many forms. but iu th ..t
aasociation there was no a.ttempt to Gover
any memb~r from the church to which he

ng m e n, a.nd will fal l . belonge d (H-ear , h -e ar).

'. B"cr sure they use it.
has

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A t the BnnuBI meeting o[ the nocio ty th.
Mnyor of Rend in " (Mr. C. G. F ield). wh o
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presided, in th o course
'1o f his address &lid:
"Thei r d et n.chmcnt in R eo.dill ),! \Va!) not ill
tho stnto he, n.."> m:.yor, would like t,o EO O it.
bocause he was told thnt t ho men hnd not got
thoir uniform, At least £30 W IU r'e q u irc<l to
he .ra ised in Rending, and it ooc ]rH~d to him
thN e ought to be no dimwlt v whatover ill

tun~ty or definite inetructiofl in the Holy sell was very good instruction in charac- g e ttin.':' that sum together, t~ fur nish tho
S~rlpture~. D.urlna· the winter . the social ter Il.nd good,.. mauners . . When he WM noocs sn.ry equimont fori the m en who did
hour __has proved · a: '"""Valuable ren.dezvoU8.
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I such estImable work, and in which th o pcoplo
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-young' t ere was 8. Amenta e. .,.want 0 l'o"ok suol, -n ,·nterost." ~I o add-d tl,.- t ',.
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. · soort, bright·· talk. and someone t 0 -m trod uce young men to cae h 'himself would
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be mmt happy
to he"'"
tho
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I -, r t ..r~freshm~uts, for.m a
prog ramme otlier. so that they might find friends of with n sm.1l d onation.
W .l ch . 18 m'Qch ft.,PpreClated.
A new de - the right sort in being tra.neferred from 'I n oMor to ra.ise this sum &11 appcal h ilS
LEVER
I'ORT SONLlGHT.;
parture last year' was the holding of open~ town to town . Th ey in Readi.ng had trans- bee n iMued. It may be montioned that fl. full
o.ir B-ervicee for the.....summer.
This
ferred no few er than 50 memb ers to ('Ither d etachm ent, With officers consis ts of 56 men.
an opportunity of &enice to a number
p ..rts of tho world. giving them introduc· At pre,ont 40 membecs h.. vo boen cnro lll'd.
pur membere. 'and we hope it will be pos· tione durin·g . the past year. Many young land it is hoped. in the fir .it in, tanre, to pro·
sible to continue this fruitful age ncy . men' Blso cn.me to the town wbo a.t onoo I vid e uniforms for 24, of wh om 20 a.ro ecr ti·
·The Missionnry ~Dep8.1'tment ha.s received found waiting for Ulem ple l$8a.nt frieJd. fleat,ed. rr~ley ar !3 m en ....... ho. nt ('o.ll sid ,' rahlo
an impetus. durillg the yenr unde r review. shi p &Ild useful introductione. a.nd genot - saonfico, g ive the ir Hmo,. nfter worlung hours,
The Bum of £6 95. Od. wa.s sent 88 a con- allY a. .welcome which otherwise would be to nt t e nd lectures, d rIll, ctc., lllo~lly cxMUSEU~1.
tribution to Ule Foreign Work Depart. absolutely IBck'i ng. There w-ere 126 new R . A.M .C .. men , a.nd Bev ond of tllClll. h nV6
mant, but as B r~8ult ()f further thought members th~s, y~ar in Reading; and, but BaecfinnOse..rYndlees' .. rnvnl·cd.. atbhleeYd~t~hn~~~~.mJ~~~~g lll~j
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and
pra.y~ r in the matter we are makinf< f
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onrselves
for the eum 01 £30 or th a t ~.SOCln t lOn. wh a t wou Id h II.ve b oen willing, as i.'" shown
by the f" .o1 th"! th ey
i.SOME RECENT AC~VISITIONS. ~ th responsible
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th€ chances of thOliC young fellows as new · are each propared to find Bs. HI. !m vard.
;or
e ensulllg ,year.
I , party of our comera into the town f- tlley could only go completing the n6('!CBsa.rV uniforill. If this
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~e.m~!s hav e re gular~y pD.ld B~ort, cheer- to picture p.laces, pubJjc·house6, or other £30 is found for the i)urcho.so I of jacket
started by ~g vlBlt•. to the men. wards m th". hoe· .places, where they might get good or they (15s. M. l, hrecoh"" (6s. 6d .), pu lties (:ls.)of roo deor \.p,tal. wh lCb have been greatly appreClated might get harm . In the Y .M.C.A. they tolnl for 24 men, £30- the men them,elves
. It..." 1..0011 \ hy the ~at, e nt.. and stalI ..
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knew th.t the memoors would only ge t I will pl'Oyide oap (:Is. M.l. badge (9d.), wator
a fomllf
The LIterary and D eb~tlDg SOClety h... good (applause).
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bottle (3•. M.l. haversack (I •. 7d.l-totol.
and fawn) had "most useful oos.,on.
The pro·
8,. 4d. per mall.
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Park. ,!nd I grmnm. h." been well susta.ined t,hrough·
THE PRESENT UNR;EST.
It_ i.s hoped to have ilio inspec tion on May
dee frb:' ~)Ut.
Debatea, lectur-etl .an~ htera.ry evenBa.ilie Pra.tt, M,P' J having paid high ~Oth . and it would be a groat 11elp and
ill!. lOgS have formed the_prlDClpal fare.
tribute to the memoryl of too late MI enc.ournl\:ement ~o all connected w.th tho
h av.• no\
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ATHL~TICS
M t' J h S tto
d h
r . 800,oty ,f !.ho umfom, could be proy,dc<1 bv
mlo the m~m recentlJ will be
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n an t e h.te Mr. thol date . The members ",0 I nearlv nil
.. t ~"'llig these .1tJ:roo beautiful
The summer club. had a good innings Ge orge W,lham Palmer, went on to aay National ResOlVISts. and overy p'/,sslble help
magniflqentlJ: mounted ~Y Ro~l"nd owi1>1!, to · the particularly fine weather ' that tho country WIUl prosperous.. ~lld u... been kmdlv affor<led in Msistlli.r th e work
~td:l , ana SUItably "Med. It '".0. preva.1ling.
Three crick'et teams two m~lDey,l was b.emg s~nt ~Imost . "':Jthout of the detachment by th e ~ C Md Adjut. nl
trutn to 8ay that nelthor the B~ltish tennis team8 romblin
0 olin
c~era etint· lIpon tlnngs Wblch SImply mInLStered of tbe 4th Roynl Borksh"o Regiment, qnd
I·.a .... ulm. C.l'Othmw:,p hRoad. nqr any prted0vlDCl&l 8wimming al;d boating'g'cluYs wg'~re
II' to pleasure and excitement.
He congrat · by those responsible for tho oontrol of the
museum
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N a l'!DnuI R OSA[VO .III R eft. cl 109
.how the three s 'e! of B .~: h d
11 1patronieed each having 0. full fixture we
list U 1& ted th e R Ouulng
D.8i!IOCla. lOJl <?l1 avmg
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.set u or 80 hlLn~m6l m~~nied. ear 80 we from Ma 'to the end of Be tember. The the hearty ~o·opcrat1on of the chIef ma.glf~The smll.lle.st contrlbutlons wIll be gr8te~
B.!icles ilie.., gifts £he ",... eum hi juot! kind invhationa to 0ll! me~bcrs to VIsit .traoo '1f the" grea~towndfor the Y.M
~~~~m~~:,;~d TI~~dG.,:::I{II;"I~gifatbbYRo~~e
rece,ved from the Colomal Muaeum of P erili.[ twll&!)S and pla.c •• of mterest in the dis. w ... ~ aymg a w~Jr Y I!Jl a ve~ """I'n a Rendin
or tbe can be paid into Messrs'
part 10 the m ..kwg of good <!It,zens lU .. II B r cI !to (1 I.e s'l n d .) B I Re d
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Woot Australia in oxohan", for .. soleotion triot were gratefully aocepted and
of P&!~lithlc • flint imrl;'lent. from our j'oyod.
In the inler. district ~ t heU,ld' the communitIes whel'R it.. a.c.tiVltieS weN) "nU ·"fY. 'F · d '!!'°M ' . VOilA" D 'Rlngl or
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The great controveret""
f th
m arm Ull.
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because he oca 'have. a .....1.... 0 _
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weapons 10 'September ReMiing was oucce.sful in
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'i' he nop eal is signod by Marian D. Bldlldy.
h e 88.1
:w.~. 1.n;Clo"vol"ring 10 Ooat oompanlee.
(;,jjde )y ~ Australian fA~ooh~no. (Blaok- tying with Abingdon for first plaoo ' the daYil pohbc I 'd-d. d se~~rlan. T:kl no_t diJJtriot hall. secretary. Re.(hn~: ond Edwnrd
o.w. ' .
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Ms.rtin Sutton S\iield beiog held f~J si" r~~ y!'O Wl e y ", .e
e'!1' . oy W€l'e C. Boylo. commandant. and it. ha. tho full
rtceiver' If I l auggeefl th&t
were taken for the purpose -of ~reme ral'lt~ and, almoo!; un
ble to
months b~y ea.ch branch
The winter ro./ hvmg In dJ'Y~ when IS6U"" l':'~l1ltely great· I approy.1 of Vice·Admiral Fleet. county
llar<l\},la)'lDll. what do. you ""yf:-l ehoUld IIZe 'lthe we.pons of a
gumme ' of the Athl ' t: D
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er than the Interest.. of polIttcs were be- direotor for Berk•.
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clud-es four · fooij)8.U t,e·a.ms epar
I two
bqckey
l~~ preese
~ orwa.rd t.0 some d ec161ve
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onr gen emtan oet £ •
• Ira rom LernA TlA
teams lind
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All the turmOIl 01 · tho prese,nt aIL'eady subscnbed.
~ )'ou 1-No..
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meu ator ••, ot",~rs of
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.".,. gy:mnllllium 0 aSB.
artHlII day was indioative ilf much mar" than unI. it a fa.o't thA.t Major . Binney OWN you D1.0atly. . of: adm1rablo
also VlSlted London .and. S~o,?gh for rest or- dissatisfa.ction-it Wlk! indicative
11000 lor money 10sU - Yee. I
• th om Ia .. .spoo ..l. tool
and other . Rames <lurIng tile f 1\ th f
1 ood
d f
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th&t ,1 loot f-At 20. ' 'Bo.l1oil' m~y of ClroumC:l!Ilon."
". Ths ' W ednesday footblll! team ? &
e or~es 0 !l
an 0 eVl bemg
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obloot.s.. '
fortUl'late . in . ~.. ttiog into tbe semi- JD close grlP". . WIth e.a.ch 'other,
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b I there other peopl. who owe you
Further gIfts are ..
. interesting
of" the ' Town Culi
The BymnaeiumBtruggle w~. gomg on to·day. oon.clOusly
£250000 IN
YEA.RS
)o<>jley. f~Y08•• m&ll ~mounta. I
probably .lrrep1adeable .
. .of oo.rvin!l:ll i in
haa 'been doing iI~nd work a.nd will or unco?sclOlll!ly. for .. de<lper and .1li more
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Why' Mve you not I· inoluded
Ithem
in
vour
1·80nlpst.one.
hardwo.od.
wa:lru
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& ,yory and bla<>k
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ho.ndiwork f th O!I-"
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parti.. and creeds in our 'Western "cl'v'll' a.
wo ycars. ago t 1. ~onth ti!e
f-:-Boo&u,." b<>inl\' g.mbhntt I!a.ntb0l>en
u,,\:'nl 0
an
Soolal . achvlt.es were referred to, and t' n . ' d '
'a l l ' n th U .
! . Z . tnrted to raISe £250,000 III ordet to j!'u 'rnl,
c~,,:o..!t t~~the~~~~k~~,:. the
P8.I'A<)rulY
t eth nl~ed d K.w g· tee th eir ministry. and espociallv th ell' rurnl
lt,".g 'I for ';,i~ny as l to membership the report .aid that ·the
• an "Sill. y
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, etated .th ..t it Iw.ould beli very diffioult
.00.rem(>Dl.'
' ; ."::d'e 0.
lem association .b:egan the.·yae.r 'w ith 329 me mo
~iedwere d e mg a t e ckn Itbt~ mini~try. Do minimum wage. and on Mond ay.
out .. Blatemem of what mQneys he
h. ·..... r+.;:.;,..
~rs; there have been 92 removals
eXls . • a!, 11 or,:,' wer~ a war
w . a e"" nt."g next, at a g eat th ullksgivill!( moot·
no.r tf"ltu«,.
tr'to'l"fere.
etc.
Ne w members
wore 8OC'B Y
Is~upt1Ve! and wbw}!. ing III the Albert Hall. the · Rev. J . H.
received or.' paid during \he """ two
the Dumber 'of 1;16 have. how"ver. been reo ~h., ther from the POll.'t of v,.,,,, of.the Chrls, ' Sh~ke ,pe ~re . the oceretsl'}' o[ the B npt isb
ceive~. makIng .Ihe
! ..t the end of the tian .. or . of the far ...~ghted Pl\tnot;. ~hey Unton. wl11 annoulloe that the fund 19 com·
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363' ,.. It-· ·;
th
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te th t ~ust wl.h to see
. and hm!ted. plete:
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mate more · nearl, to .the 'idea1
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of collectIng '£250, 000 in two y C8.r8, const i·
tutes a record . amontl' the Fr~ Churche••

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view
of the 'W a Press thIS
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the second
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£240,000 and £250,000. but it i. absolutell'
oer\e.m that by oext Monday I ,hall ~..
nb!.. to ann~l1noe the ()O'Pple\lon
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£250;000. We are no.t gOlDA' to turn I\~
meet"'F into a {und·rnlsing meeting. I s .U
have P,l8 money b~fol""e jt hogins."
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have aubioribed
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