Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

1;073 APPEALS.
•

.~DING ASSE~Sl\lENT
COMMITTEE'S WORK.

R~TING 'OF MAG~rnERY.
If,
amou nt of work w hich is tranj..
R oadmg A ssessmen t Commit..
In tho annual re port, which

to the

Reading

Board

of

'l'hov

1&)'

on 'rhursd ay oveomg.

The EI\Sl<lr Vostriea have been' held dur·· de"V')UI'ini'"t:n.
log the past week; and hav<l p8l!sed off very
quietly. G enel'ally there i8 evidence of
considerabLe activity in Chureb wo r,k in
Reading and district, the numbor or com,
Dlunicants is larger l and the olfertorieo!
!!how an upward ~hdency.
'

met on Clght OOCB< ion.s, &nd thd
of aSSf'ssmenh obJ ccted to w", '
d ua lt with lLS f ollows: -

Ic h wcro

or . c.~c.~~I~ .::.. .. ... ... .. . ... 7~ ,
w It h out

afIcd,ing

... ... ... ... ... ...

1300

cld (, T ~II1t.d ' by " ' r~~so n of' · · ~o~:

prcara ncc of obj ectors

ot,hcnnso

Or

to the

propcTtiC'!

of new

v aluah o~

upon new

.e

proper-

The Easter V eetry (or St. La.urence's wa.e

&8 . ,

s.

3,715 12

II

£463 18

{I

\

340 10 0
In

r nt.cnblo ynl uo

\ 0"

[or

£804 8 ()

•

~ L!1" ' ~ c.::-hm nt~"'(J Tr> nl a l and
or tl~ 1InlOn 1l('('ord Jn ~ t o the

rateable

w,'

valustion

force, o n th o lst April, 1914, were &8

rent~I ••

",tim.ted

R a t f'able ...·aluc$ : Ag1'i.
6873 4, . 6d: b Uild ing/!,
Non ,ra. wable

_I:::

'J

whioh- alth ough at preS<lnt It po... ..,...} no \ v,,!'or, Albort SmIth, H , J . Hllderley, A. T ,
l egal stnln' - ITIlghl bo taken l<l he the .do· HlgJls, R. Golder ,' A. Barrett. J . 411..000,
quate and s.tlsf.ctory r.prcocntatlve of the A GoOO ..lI. E. Goodall, W, Freeman, F

o,tim ntcd rentaf.,

£678.120
A g ricultural
£496 .311
p r op " r tv In th o oooupa~

pB.risllioncrs a nd othor communlcanls wh o \ Whbeler. F. Butcher, H . B . Rowe, E
worshipp{)(l in th e church . Tha.t body W(l..8 in \ Styles, Rudma.n, Durrant, D rewott, Pra.ter
it! constitutIOn cfI!:en tmlly reprosentativQ E\n d~ I Mi tche ll. Dansor, Lane. HoU, Bonnet~
In th o best 80n Ae. democratLO; and it r.en d0T OO ! Scbofie~d, Godda.rd, Day, Ce.ee, ' Osborno,
.. acqunto and vnlu.ble sor" loo l<l tho vICar ~nd loto.. WIth: Mr, J. J . L awronce (vestry clerk).
tho ohurchwardens In r os pect of tho orderIn g
The vicar began ' by c xprM l!l ing pleMUro
of th o serv icos, OnllOCO and othe r m BJttere ft.t seeing moro ladies pr.esont.
than to.st
Tbo Church Board m e t in the evening, I.1nd yeal'-a sign tha.t they wero a progrCMive
it soomod to hun t}lnt it WAS 8, wise n.nd work· I narl9h; and 'Wont on to nomin a. to Major
o b lQ nrro. nge m eqt for tho ordino.ry v ostry .t o I ?oul tc:.m AfJ bi.s warden, that gentleman ha.v·
rn ~t a,t noon, o.lth ou~ he sho~ld b<? qUlt.o lOll: km.dly con 5 ent~ to ~'C& in take office
'~ llIlng t.o o.rl a.ngo everu n.g meetmgs if sum · H e WaA quite aur-& .that the par iah would

"ml ll(,s'

bllJld!ng~.

bJ~
n £2 3~ 1 lO~

I
I

f'J;. timn.lcd
ren ta.ls,
at.f'nblc vA lues: Aq- ricu] .. ...
15.
Od;
bUild mg.,

bel·

ST rtILE

occas:ous aU ot he r matte rs oonoernlOg the S nmes, ¥r8 . B8.U6cr.~. Bushell. Mrs...
lifo a nd W O I k of tho church in a parJsh were
t y1f.8, MIIM York, Major A . F. Poulton
Ilowaon.ys o oal t "" Ith and came under tho pur· And Mr. S . 8". Stallwood . (C{hur(lhwardens}.
viow of tho Church Council or Churoh Board, Moss",. W. J. D: , Ve nner, P?rcy R. Ser"

pTnp eT~

O"" Ul',atIOn of tho Cro" n, £2,321 l Os.

11Mo

•

E. Cardwell, J . Hobb. and G Steed, T .
Tong, Mr. A. Welch (represenUng Mr.
' • ,7
"S'.
Denys Eggml<lo, the v""try clerk), and Mr.
.
I ~
O. F a xon (porish clerk) .
'l.'HE NEW PARISH
THE TIME OF THE VESTRY,
~
II~L.
The vicor opened his annu.1 statilment by
Tho ohiet
b' ' .
p om tmg out thJl.t {or 0.1J practical purposes united a d ft au .J&g'f4 ~eeed at .th~t 'very
tho only remo.lDlDg lega l funotJ.ons which the 'th
. n . !>urlshlrlg pansh, St. GIles, were
\ est ry of an a ncient p.rlsh olluroh w.... usually Ih:
~J~ itl!:Ii'n'kthe mh~p"oria'" to
called upon to excrol'!f"o were the -appomtmcnt I wo k _
T(. " ed· ' ' .
amps Ire.
whose
"nd oleotlOn of churchwa.rden., eto. If &ny
r .~ ... re err
to. m te':"8 of ~re.t
nlto ratioh in the fabr io or addillon to the ~reql&tIOD:. The m¥tmg lfAl heM on T.u9&~
furniture, ota , of Ole parJ8h church
oon·
eve~mg .. The ;Vi""" (the }tev. F, J. , C.
tompl.ted or if It W8.8 neoossary l<l .. mend the !l Imbe°~) presIded , .mong those al,c> attonil·
"tcrn er ,: or record of UIO posseSSlOIUI of Il IDg
m~ ~he Rev. f H .. P . ~owen, tb's R:ev.
I,,,ish church thoso matlcrs would oome be· C J. Gnmes, "nd ~bo Rev. H . A. Sm1tb·
(oro logally con.h tllted and properly Bum· M~.te ",•., ~ ... Gm"1 0r, MiN.! Okey Taylor,
m onoo vost.ry moolmgs.
Apart from those 'N;1fJ& MD.8C1e T&y]?~, MiEe M«slen, Mra.

" 1 \l l n l\ >:

,

I.

H. Cox, Dr. W. J MaurIoo (vicar's WQr·
den), M... " W . C. m andy, 0 W . Moffatt,

d.

4,179 10 0

('. I, d 10 pu tted dow n , and
III ngrlc ul t u ral la nd
~l fC'r b :111dtng pur poses ...

,;~~~i~~~~~1~~~

held .t n oon on Tuesd ..y, Ul the 'vestry, the
vlC&r (tho Hov. R. P. N owhoUBe, R .D., pre~
Oldmg. There wero ..Iso prooent the Rev, H. Mr

And ob-

list resultcxY

, ~ <:f' '',~ mc nt.g 0'£ n ~~p~;ti~

ST.j LAURENCE'S.

59
1,073

NEW PROPl1RT~ ES .
I (' r ('c ho n

\

DeL

11. . 9d.

cl ootly strong r.prcoeutal1ono were mwe &nd a~~ ... that he could net m.ko a botte< ap.
r ca.sons « lye n.
ppmtm-ent. ThOfJo who were on tho Church
. FINAN CES OF THE YEAR.
Board Committoe 'knew ~at Major Poulton
.h
h th ' had tried to u.e B< rc.tr.ining influenccAs to tJ1 0 ' pn l'L'I &Ccounta, he t.h ou ~ t . e not with V()rv g-reo.t AHoeCM , h e feareSJ dur.
w ..rden• • nd tho board would ag~ee With hIm ing th o PMt rew month.-in finnn . I ' tt
i

Ulat tll0!'.~ accolln~ we re In a sat.is[u.otpry and \ (laughter and Hoar he r)
c ia rna era
onco uragtn g positIOn
Thoy_ ended the ye ar
'
a .
1913\ B() far as the Chu.rch Fund- which t ook
THE PARISH HALL.
111 II,. I tJ1 C ordlDlI.ry workmg o.."I: penso8 of tho I
}:'l '
P Ito
h ked h
.
church - was con cern ~ , with a balanoo on the
aJar .ou n t an
t e vIcar for the
right I:udo of .£24 19" , whloh, M tn. the prc vj. 1 honour .he had oonferred on h~ , a.nd aA·
o u s year, was laTgely due to tho succes8f~1 1 flured ~lm he was not ooly dclightod
!.o
effo rts Jlla(lo In connection With the froo,wIll serve him, but to dp I'll be could t o help In
oO'ering' 'c,hemo.
Tlmt oontrlbutoo In 191.3 ' the w.ork of the pansh. '. He thought p er·
n oar1y £46, and In 1912 about tIle same Lu.st ha.p.3 !t WA.S not a baa t~lng to try· to keep
y e"
for t he fir.t t imo the pArish from Ito ' tli<> vloar .JU ohock a httlo-(Iaugh ter)-be.
Uhu;ch Fund had beel; a ble .to contribute I ~u se whe n they came to finance they JDust
£12- the sLIm they WArO ...ked to contrib·ut.o , a~r.~Y'
vory Rure . . If Ibey wero t o h ave
lInder the apportionment scheme-to the lliOl! Ch~rcll Uall, wluch thev desired at the
111ncesn.n Fund, o.s It was n ow called. The.t l ea.rlle8t p o...:4:J1blo moment, they must not

fl. wnrded Mr. W. H.
Ihf' cu m of .£100 for his ecryi cc8 I!I.IJ
t.o th p (,Onlrn llt~ 6 for the y car ended
('omm i t tco

h BV O

31 o: t ' fu rdl, 1914

RATT :-<G OF M ACHI N ERY,
TIll" <:omllllt.u.c rcfc~TNl to th1s qllc5tion in

I

r In. .. \. an nu al repol t , by cal hn~ a tte ntion to
or tcd nctlon of t h e Ma ch\ll~:Y U sors'
I()n 10 B(h i S lOg , mnnu!acturc1'II
to

1m

R~

ilrl ln g , in conseqncnc{), as it wu
, of tho acho n o f t.he CO nllnJttco in

n"sf\,-~ il\g mach in e ry, w hic h all~a.
\\ n~ rdu t{'d b y the committee on ,tha~
I fl ll

now the ('o mmittric 's ,.l eMing duty
nt dur in i{ tho n Bst

year

" ,. very otoJ:\a blo t o St. Laurence' s, wlth l le.ve the bru~t of it on the vicar, but all
its mAny (hffi uultie~ , f\.nd compared well with ~U !t put their bac1cs into the tMk to tJee
the record whioh he in another e. p .. oity h.d I mat It W IUI started cnti""ly out of dobt
to k oe p of tho pliToohia.1 oontributioIlB of II(Hea.r, hear ).
oHl or pilrishcs in t h e Rural Dea.nery of Read~ ,nEATH OF
.ng Thi. yenT, Cor t ho Biocoen.n Fund thelliREV. K. H. HAMPSHIRE.
wero ...k.d to contr ibuto rather ovor £2.0, and I _ Lookinlt hack on the post
h. had (lood hO f'O they would bo able to ~.t feel the great sorrow
ra.i3o that.
.
. n through in the 10.. 01
very
PTJoot, the la~ R,.v. K . H. Hampshiro,
PAROCHIAL INSTITUTIONS.
wI\" not only a fTJend, but. moot onergetic'
Th e parochi al
he believed, pTle.t.. It'!wev. r, they ' kncw th&t their loss

to

they

I

a. t'"knutntlon f r'om tho Rending
of ('..onlml"'r co uo on tho matter.

aftp r nn I n t<cr o~t lll;;r dlScu~s ion the ehnm.
of (;on1'l'll'rco we ro informed that it W8.11
n ~r . 0 "hlo t o the commitlRe l<l find tha'
l' Pllt :.a1l nn hBd c()me, not t.o mA.ke n.ne·
of un fai r i t r(l:lt m€nt , but to see k to
a.s far M ro s~ i bl o "Tumours "
tha.b
In somo walV becom o
p revale nt , that
ir cnl mo nt i wn-s mel on out by the
n ~ A sse5sm~~t Commit teo to m[tehin ..

b oo n workl ng
U m on

('f') mmllt,p.c "tJl.ted tha. t th ey wf'lro pre ..
t o ('f'I,opf'r:d ..(' w I th thr ch ambe r in
.: p n "lIl;l of s uch u n fo llnn rd Ch a TJ6eS, wh ir.h
, Rll o \~ ~d to 1;,"0 lJnciwll cn gro w(' r~ caleul,,tfl ,-t "t r lln l' llt nlh' in fi llt"l llCe th e m lnd!l of

In

I benefit

tho pnrish,

th a t b<lth t,h~ Rt--R.oinr
Com m crN' nno tho M l1~hln of: ry

fi re n nw IFD.!lsfi f'd t hat thii"
fa, I"' t.oT ics
tn
tol tho owner or
" lSof!w h l'rc an t ho (' ou ntry.

m ~t.h od or
n.."l<'(>.Qsmgj
i~ lt q fa YOU rnhl n

pOlles: among oth ers for Sunday aft:ernoon
m eetinge in oonnootioo with the DIOC~n

MiMion to the D""f and Dumb. The 6&g·

.taft, ~hioh sna.ppoo durin-g a recent violent

gale, h.d been ",placed.
THANKS TO THE WORKERS.
Tlw vicar thanked nil who hw
th.. work of tho ohurch and t~ B
Ing the pMt year- the R ov. H.
fj id esm on, tho organist, Mr._
other riogErs, and espocia..Uv

the .Itar, who bad added
bers during tho yoar, bul-who
o.mon g their numb or one of
workers in the p8TLah-Mr.
den, who w ... also a momber

and did everything in \jiB
the' work and lif. <>f
.

of ladies '
of praise

th. y

The open air, gentle and

11OATALOGU E

FnEJl,

Alent.e :-

B. JULIAN,

of thllt

~ad to
10

OAUBee ; and although t hoy
mented by threo
ml,mhAl"
eo&t School thoy
~ hell.,
r ope of thoir
,,180
hoped would Boon be reinedied.
wanted m aro m on to te~ah in the
Sun·
day oohool.
H. would also )jk~ to ...k ~or I
more general support l<l lIhe fund that m& n·
lained th.. Church HOll... TheI had sorqe
gonerous Bubsoribel'll, notably the Me..... Sutton . He rankod the Churoh House &I all '"!I et
only second in importn.noe to the Partlh
Churoh. tt was put to all ~orts of u •• ful pur· ...,"'.,."'..

un t'"~ rstorx:l

ence.

ga.In, .and tha.t tho gocd work he d id

looked at tho

town, and wInch he W8:8
work
A" t.o tho b e1fr.1.L
foreman ring or, Mr W
Barno of h.is band fr om

nnd that In r e gard to (l.'W'e l!',e·
(m n "' r ~ llll~h t be JlF8u red of
t r rn t m( nt ~llf'h R.!i wou1d r,empMe
"Ith nnv ot h r r t.()w n in t h t' r. (l1t1l~

invigorating exercise,
new scenes, a ll the glories of the open road are
the lot of the cyclist
to enjoy.
If you are not a cyolist .
alread y, do not delay
any longer in taking
up this delightful and ,
_health-giving past i".&.
It will givo an. acldea
zest to life.
.'
B~t, do not get an inferio~, or . common-place
m a obine;geta Triumph.

hi S

;J.

.. ,,~

_

In St. Agn06' would alw"ys su
.nyone who l<lok it up '

Ime wlt.h noarly all

".tln m l~' 1 t h" lon l\ ln ~ for factory s ites

Qf

They.Jiact WM

"dded one import
to their list in tho

_,

\,o'n~ribu\ted

ork (Hoar,

IwoTk ()f the
thoms8hea

and that
tb.
they

they
8ite
and

OHURCH RES'fORATION FUND.
A Buccessful year wa.s recorded at St
John's. '.(he vicar (the Rov. T Guy 'Rogon,
B D) preslded , ana among thoee also pre·
sent were t he churohwu.-rdons (Meesrs. H. R .

•
Sutton and F .... nk Winter). the Rev. A. I.
gar· Kay ., ·the Rov. R. W . Mc>rley , and Messrs. F .

4.

Cox" GoorE{e

V\l'mter, Dryland Hasla.m,

I j)1n" A. G. North (v..try clerk), W. II
11'ountl!ey,; W. B.dCQc~, R. Penson, G, · S.
B [,,~ or; .Ii. J . Cr" st, E. Hopcroft; J . Hnm·
nlm()O, ·Il. G. Grey" A, W. Ea!ley, E. J .
Ail:;~,
H. Loaver, F, H . ·.Fan.lone, J.

;Th"