Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

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SATURDAY.-BeIONl G. ' R.. J~ •.
Esq. (10 the chair). and W, H. BmitJi.., ~'l
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DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. -: " :'
George Chtlton. of no fix<ld al)ociJi;; iMU- ~"

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IDttted being drunk ..nd <li""rdeio1n"":iQ,l
Castle Street on Friday. ;,
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P.C, Cooper stated tho case, ,and tbo ~ , I
le ndant '''8.8 fined lOs ...... ith IUl alterD.'-ti~ ;;

of sc \ c n daJs.

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On" of the moot intereltinR pape... read

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J ohn WIlmott, 22, Silver Street. pleOOe.t
guil ty to fighting in Bilver Street on Fddn. .... . , under great provocation."
P C. Phill ip's said the defendant WM .
.ngnfed in .. fight with his brother. Defend , lit h~d hiB cost off, ' and also his boo.

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of 21, Silver Street, &&dIllg , I a deal er, w __ s oharlled with
wilfu.ny
und IIl llhciou sly d 'lIomaging a glase ~anel in:'
London Strc-d. the property 0

Bl", ' k~ " ll,

yubllc.houee.
Frooerick

on tho 11th IIIst, d oing damag~

to th t' nn10u n t o[ ~.
B c ple ad ed not gulily.

,Ir E T. Ratt.

",heitor.

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appeared

p ros('cn tc fo r tho Rmwln g and Dietric,"
LJ(~~rHi(}(J Victuallers' Pr-otedlon AS6ociatioa.

Mr

BlRck\\oll, hoonse. of

The

Black

H 01<':C , !':a ld defe ndant ca me tnt.<> the hOUBO
at 945 p m . on Saturday, with threc friend&.
H e hu o lIe ,er 6Ccn ddcndllnt befol'b.
Hewn" p£' rfcdly sober, and witne&.) Ee rved him
Wit h n POt of beer. H e and his friends.
then becamc Qunrrel,ome , and witness or.
dered th e m on t. They lert, but prisoner

/l IlO one or hUf fnen<.i8 returned, and u8icl.:
foul langu age. Moir thr(latelJed to " 6gh'

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tho l.x\.~ t In t ho h OU50. tJ and his friend u.id
ho ,\ould h elp
Witness put th~m botb out . offer a ~ trugglc. A Mr. Butler
tho d oo r And "nmediate ly ait<lr def./n dlUl'

JT ('n i"y.on .Thames, gave corrobOrative' eviA <'O llst8.blo came up as Moir wu
(1"O\'Y, and witness pointed
him.

rf~ n cp

hllrr ) i n~

and h e wa.s arrested.
.
V·ldl'n.m Say or"', a la.bourer , or R€adinA'..
who WILS in Tho Black Horee at the time,
as nlw caned for tho pr06Ocution.
He
w M oil" clna.e.h thd window.

out

Town

th e dcf<'nda nt., who.

spoke

he

to

At a re oent con ference
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I.awoo. S1.
Sherwood - Stroot.
rilll !: . ca UocI by defendant.
.aid that
Olr nut o ut his elbow , as he Wilt!l oomg

on

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AL LEG E D DISORDERLY WOMEN,
Dclcn('r and
Ellen
Marsha.ll.
of Jl I ram c., were c ha.rgod with riot ...
on the '.I1J.ames Sido on MondAY ,
the

otl)"ll in Mount Pleasant on too '

moro selWl than to pl,y at .ix·
tho morn ing Q.8 thev were going' _
r \\ or k. Ilftwrenoo stud on t he ap ..
.... r t.he offi cer he pioked u p the beJl
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lad who wag playin~ with it, .. think.
t\'(Hl ld d o him , a good turn.

e ch ni rman (Mr . J. J . Cooper): Have
nny \\ it nNLces !
rre iL, W t) Cllnnot afford to pay I 101"

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R.co t<lhor Baid it wn9 a. r eg ular tningto f? 1n.v on thC'ir 'way to

work!'

k 'ch!! n ball from o;,e .ide of the 'road

other , fl nd ru !he.d about
nee : ' Vc p lay on SaturdaY6-or wo

d 0&Q

Hcnc.h clil'Chaucd tl1~ d.frndnntoJ tM
An Tc rnllrking that, lhey looked 'to the
~lp

to Jtee'p <:lro.er

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INSPECTION AT READJ.NG.

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Tho

inspection of the Reading nat., ailtent ' ''~:~ l;--.
Church Lad j' Brigade toOk
to
Park on Eut.cr Monday in

ull weat,p.er. ' The COIDPI\nie"
at th~ir respective headquarter••
hy their band. marched to Pal.
whore
n drumht!l\d
lervice
fint h~r!.~~~~~d~1
chaplaJO
(the i Rov . C. W . E. ! ~
gave an I1Jlpresaive Ilddreea, in whioh
en".p,"","·~ the ImportAn<;<> of performing

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motto

of thol great Napoleon.!. I

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; tho motto of the Dqke
t.et.,ib).?on
and d~ty won for him

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any .mal! 10118 in

now

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be neglectod.
taught a8 it

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~~~~~lt'!r~t~C'J;Q~~;;;~t~

child i. expected to he able
ted w()t'd., often of
oa.n
only be
done This
bv r;:;~~I~~~1!f[n&~~.;lk:~
form erly
done.
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re,ult.'! . But al what a dl'~!
F..ducatlon -in its instruction!
this kind of ap.elhng, and laY4
cmphal'lis on t.hfl nOO66ilt ity of a Jree

.ion of a chIld' , thQu"ht;, .than On
as Connerly b .nght.

tho, placo of

d e nied th e ofJ'encc. and Hid

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formerly W8.A. A chIld ie expected
be
nnd, e.s
Tul o,,""ord9
thUi in
is it.
veryown
well
ablo
to 1\spell
thfL I I old dave," Bpelling" was
oon <;: tflnt 'and hard drilling in _: ___ .'" .,,_,

8omo doub.

S ntche. stAted ' tho case.

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CH,U-RCR LADS' I'.BRIGADE ,event,. '~~~~~t~f~'C~:ri~~~
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~:;'$~~a;dl~~: '8:~~J::~'~~~ld<'b:!i
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Wo claim that

is said til

This subject is not

whether the pn:oncJ'8 had been
n oting, and th ey wou ld be given

ult

Writing

hand" ritm.g
Spclhn$l: aga.in

fighting, and were using

. And Wilham Lawrellc<" 57, \V.n.wr.
Rc:a<img, wero summoned I fOF '

meant

f, ee eypre.... lon is worth

Q<Jitc a little c rowd h&d col.

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of

6ull)eet.

UU{)(l pa.ges. and whtlo the handwriting; may
not bo 180 good. this 18 more than compan.
Ba ted for h.Y a fr eer usc of Ja.nguage in tb,
e x nr e S~lOn o( tho child'e thoughts
Th o double pi OOO<i'! of writin,2' and
ing no ro~!!1 rily mtcrfores with the 'char&eter
of tho (ormf'r t o eome extent. The lain in

Mille r , li ving in Norfol k., wa ~ commit
t o pTl son ror SIX w(>e ks In de rau lt of pa.yin
£7 9~ , 6d Arrea rs unde r (l, bastardy order..
and th o costs.

ON THE WAY TO WORK.
Ti c],; GnTrot.t, 70, Spring Ga.rdoJl8',.

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given to ellable a child to writ() as flOod
lland .. po..ible. Now .. ch,ld write. a
mmpo,ition .. tending often to two or

A cnmmr.T{'" inl travellor named Freder~'e'

chance.

pOBslb~y a Wider mtelhgen ~.
Mr. HU21e,
a forrr:~r aecr~tary of ed~CltrtlOn for IPIS"'fJ~JlI o:~,~;~;' o~ltat:h~'~'~~
I believe rtho e).ementary odu~.tlon 1;.
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eaSily r ead nnd mON) Quickly dono iB lurely
fl uffici ent for modern time..s.
In tho lower
classes of Our elementary 8Ohools ho.ndwrit.
ing is aft w ell taught a.s e'{cr . In. the upper
classes oompCH!!ihon hu taken the
the old dictation (lxerciee, e.nd cOnl>i.derolbl,more i.e done in the timo than'wA8 exn""te<Q 'i'
~fore. The old dlctntion exercise oonsi61ed
of !to few line9 only and amplo time

OOM 'IITMENT.

WIlS

.aY6, .. Thore is- amon~t the echol",... a
mor~ ~eMral: intetest .. n thc,i, lORsons &n~

fo rmerly , There may bo same truth 10 Utis,
If the " copper plate" band of former time.

- n " roro J J Cooner. C. E.
H ,·" ,·tt. W . H. Srrnth , and W. M. Col.,..
brook , Esq •.

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They CAme to tbe oonolu.ion that .. while

IS HANDWRITTNG AS GOOD?
Handwriting is said not to he so good . &I

was

UF~ D'-\Y

ehn ;r~l\.n ~id

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t.here ma.y have been AOmov Jit.tle det.orioratioJl , they are strongly of op1nion that ~ the
los8 hlU!l been fully ~ounter·ba.laDced by in.
creaecd- intelligence."
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Dr. Snape, the Director
' Education,

.. Give elementary I!Ohoola.
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From the point of vie.w of

from 10 to 12 year. ago

<'x lll bltl'd lw~ knuckles to 1.ho ma.gi ..
Fnvin !Z that the mA.rk~ on both h a.nda
ma inlv old. nn;! had lxx-n ca used by
",hich wns hiB oo~ upat.i on at times.
d l'f(' nil.1.nt, wa" lined 5s and 89. 6d.
, fl ll d onlf> Too to pay 4~. d8.magesl · and
ta mc t.o pay.

Thomp8on . .said

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various area. committees w1c nt "Very caJ;oetully .
into tho mattor.
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In thi.3 e.uhjod t.h er e is .&. ma.rked Improve·
m ont and no dctcriorntion at 811.H

out. on the elbow.

and

An exhaustive inquiry h... recently , been
made by the Lancuhire Edlic4t;on' Compiitteo into .t.be aUeaed
detcllj.oratioD, and the
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finit.elv moro :valua ble tho.n rending 8.8 it
Wn, ~nd'r5tood III lho clem enlar" school

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]Jr. t.hou ght defendant "' 8.nted to ref' r th e 11ou*. 11
l a ,n lI arlley. lod.ing at 21 , Silver
\ n c adi l{g, f;n id th·a.t when tho 1a.nd-

Osborn e

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l,fo. in our oplIlion. thore oa.n : be,no doubt
that reading , as now und e r~tood, is in-

J n<::1"ph

hnd boon

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several

lhc .r opmlon WO.S as folloWII: I

wore '" h" pocket.. when tho gl""s fell.

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Ills Mnj ooty'. inspectors on this

t hf'j ~ ing tlll".AnJl'Pr~
In defendinJf
hlll1 .5(' 1( h e .'fot a . knuckl e b ~ ui sed. HiB hand«
hro£.'r

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echool than that In hoih AtesDeols hl~hllj' euece.safull. work:
Parents oft.cn eay continUe8 to be done iQ the "Vo.lt majonty 'of

C&i5C.

what rcndor. their children are.
them a book and thcy are happy."

h im Jxor ,me ho had relu,rd to g ivo (hem

s\\ nng thp door it hit M oir J "Who

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to be oontinued after Icavin.5r

was previously the

nssa.ulted

t o pre,"cn t the dooJ- coming

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per cent. 'of ../.he 6th Forms

on tho worklJ rea.d.
Ono b.8 thereforo no h es itation

nlnckw<lll .l~m n'ling the door:
again ,,1 h im after h e han OOcn ejected. ·

or t{'d

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r .... d. Tllis readinll can e ..ily be tc.ted by 01 the elemcntArv school. Thoy are nothmg
judicio"" questiomng and by osoay. written of the kind. We .never hea~ oC the
majority Wh096 work is B8.tiafacieTV. Our I
in oon- eohools do not exist merelv for te&ching tho
eluding that rea<linlr 18 infinitely _better IhM .. Th""" R.'.... bul for f9nnin.'f ehAra.oler t
il was in the" old days," and I. more , hkely a. w~ll, Ilnd it iI , no '?'ftlt(eratlOn to lav I

srres~n~

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On o o f th o two ot.heT m en had

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etoTo oJ knowledge in consequence.
TheD,
We hear a great dea.l about individual
aga.in 8chool librari os
are fanned,
and cases <>1 'Weak· scholarsbip. and 'ho~o are a-·
booka' are rogularly takon out and eagerly Bnme d to be apecimcns of the general ' w9rk

eaid , was sober.
Whcn charged ho s8.id ho was not guilty,
Tho r" ,0,: as some blood on ono of hi..
kllu ckl-ca
M ('ll r . o n oath. said th o gltlM WIlS broken

by

In L.ondon

in 8C04;>ndal:y echooJi .ro fr..om thO' elomentaTy 8Oboola. '
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In La.npa8hire coup.~ admin!8tr,a tiVe, area" eXIOIr,fo,'&t.>(j
87 per oen •. 9f the' children ' III &eC.QI1dary_..
_"Ietlli""v.-l
. "hoola COlli" iroll\ the eloment.a~y -l!(lh~lIl.

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put hi. fi , t thr<lugh the ' gla8.

Nelson

formerl,..,
comparedhct6 t

lfiven now Is. on the whole. -d ec idedly ~ hetJ •
th0 child. ter th'an It "!~ be~ore .~87~.i" '
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Thc whole thing w"" largelv mechanical a
One of R", l Maje. tv. "1'pcctoro r_ntly DISBELIEF IN ...,.....,'~'"1'-'~~!'~
puro elIort of memory. Whnt i. tho c~oo said ·to tho ,.. ttel'. ~'The worst sohools ai i
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now?
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tho w,?rat
presentIJCh~ls
timo are
infinitely
hetter
Tho
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As many
bo<lks a.B possible are g one I thc
o! twe
nty years
a.go, than
an~
through 10 tho yoar no book heing read Ihere I. a deCIded Improvement all round.
twwe. Tho book. "Te 'oC ~ vasUy better tvpo.1 . J?r. GNlgorv .ay.~ .. Th. l.y,tem oC to·day
bc ill" renI htcraturc, often by the
beAt 18 lmmea.surably ahead of the 8chool eYBtcr:n
wrIt-o r!! ,' ann children acquire a f&r wider o~ the PMt, an~ lYe would commend thIS
.. knowloogo than wa.1J possible under the old VI(lW to the notloo df those who 1ue clam()ur ..
t!Yf!ltem. They learn to love rea.ding for lts lAft .lor OUr elementaTY 9Chools t6 bGComo dead.'
OWII sake, and are thus able to Add to the,r once ' more 'Three R.' drill .h()ps."
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pllncl of the window , cutti ng one of hi. ·
knu ckll ~
De fendant h ad on ' a. Jigbt gr~y
!lI lt, nlld the oUler men wore dark olothes.
H (lo " ,'l.~ pnsitivc as to d ercndant'8 identity.
\Y il ll nrn Ed gar ButJel", of The Angel lrin,, -

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secondary

wordlJ were ft.ctU8.l1y known by

o.osed

d" h b"rn t~ l y

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formerly tho caso
ThcBO complaintB , are mostly h eard 'When
tJl() ooucat.on. rate ia in q.uestion~ and a lett-cr or complaint i.8 0. 60rt of Bafety·valve for
those w h o do. not love educat'on for ii:B own
oake .nd object 10 helng called on to pay
for il
, Thero hnve alwaye been
.
nhout educa.tion.
Some complalO,
f!hildrnn are taught too much, othcre
they are not taught enough, or tha.t . too
much at.tenl.ioll is paid to .some subj ects
.and not suffic ient to othet:SI Now no te acher objed.e to rair cr:tlci8m of his work or
ite produeta. Such criticism is all to the
rood, and ahow1I II. h ea.1t.hy intorest in . tho
iubjoot which i. very much to he deSJred
and enco.uraged, But when it cca9C~ to bo
fair and become8 almost hysterical, tpeo wo
nave a r:ght to object And to ask for proof
t.ha.t the oompln..mts made n.ro subriwntintod
by fact6. .
The allegations 01 d eterio",tion chi efiy
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h er roun dtb
,at
el
ll'ee .6.
ea mg,
It is 1J801d , IS not &0 good 8.! lormerly. W-cll l
Jot u.s examino this for a mOl1).cnt.
I n the H old days," which our criticB IJO
orten refor to. children read through only
t.hroe boo~ in tho courso of 8. school ye ar.
The book6 woro ofte n of 8. very scrappy
character, a.nd could nol be ca.lled literatu ro
at. all. 'I11CSC books wero read over a.nd
pver again until both tea(!h ers and &cholarB
,w ere h eartily .ick 01 thorn. Th ey becamo
80 rl\mlliar to tho childron that th~y could
'rea.d from memory e"en with the book up.
Bido down, Indoed, jt WI\8 ottnn neoossary
l or an in&pectcn- to B.sk A child . to read
backward 1Il order to be qu,te 6uro lhf.t tho 'l

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R orso

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'a cl OOI nt Th o Black

Al·

",.nlary ochooJ. are n ot able. to read
write, or do simple anthmetlc, &0 well

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\\T\DOW·S:.!JrSHlNG AT AN INN.

n 01 a cc

The

Frequent complaints have reoofitlJ
iliad •• hy Ictte .. to tho ~aily pope...
other we.y!! that boye who leave our

' Vllliam

F..,q.

~be Nation&:lu Uni~1\ Dt

cudgelo on the other 8lde. He ..y • . -

j) of~ lI<lnllt· I will do ' the time . Bir.

M0!'DA Y. - ]Jeforo

of

week w&8 . that on

ltent products of elementar; education, and
now Mr. ThomA! 'Allco$t. a member of the
t>xflCutlve of the N.U.T., h&& t~kon ..up

The Bench imposed. s ifine of £1, or 1.
dfi\6.

th,.

ged Det.er.oratioo. ;n" JI!lemon~1"Y Education." .As .i~ ' well 'known.
bualDC6e ~en
tla.ve from ' t.iJQ8 to time' critiCl!ed tho pre·

a.lJd ~tocklJ1gEt.
He W8.8 surrounded by ..
crowd.
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Defendant '~~id he was "g~il~y of tI,kina
h IS 0" n

the oonf~ronoe

eaehers

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WILMOTT "PROVOKED."

HA~ TJiE~ pErrER!O~~EIH !

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CompolJitiotl

old dicta\ion

exe rci8e, and thi&'l is

l~ly

to be

nsef,,1 to the chIld in tbe futu re
acourate f:oellin!l without the p ower .to
prcs~ its thought.s in decent EngiilJb.

ARITHMETIC.
jl

Arlt.hmet.io

laid
600r..
sum.
which

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not

80 ' accurate'~

we

'Ibis t8 where 'he oribcs U,ink
But do thoy' In the .~ old
were ""t of a very definite type
the chlldron ",ere well
.

Wero ablo mechanicaUy~ tc
rectly, but there was

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old \:vpo 01
OR
to 'hetypo
method. ,,' , " ....
sensible
- numoors and
Icope of Ihill
widened, and

'WM preeent

~t Elm

Park

in. ~ort.
.
m ..tch, and, as'l usu.l , toek
ama.lgamation . of , Cavers"bam
Land,; lIt.ej\dio:j:r for ·p"or law purpo ..... ther"
than nin<> genticm<ln ' who
!"'",\~!8 ,: of the town council and '
,~ell~ '
.

tMetlIN;; F~rrer. Fp&me J ' Ad~y.
G. J. r..~wis, Moring. Nord.,
Sparks. --I
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