Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

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FIXTURE FOR BANK
HOLIDA.Y.

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Tho o.nDual IIlIOOting of sub~c'r;bem of t!l<i'
-f91ieoJ~.il<n1,~J!~~~.~~./1.!~a. 'tilU~': Regatta WII8 held at the
Re&dingJ on. Friday
. Mr. J.Hotel,
M. Wright presided, alld

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compo.Tison

Mr. W. Ste1!bings, Ohaiimon ot ~e Finance

Committee; . moved the c0n.6.rmatlon ..... of the

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to Jet' -the 'Di~h~s, the , Clothes, or the
'W oodw~rk WaShed 'with it be tlieir
advocate l~ ,~ he ~ontroversy on ~he
greater seI'Vlce of Soap or Super So~p.
lIUDSON'S SiUPER SOAP is the outc6me
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, of long _years of prac;ticai, e~perience aI.ld sciC?ntific
. research. . It effects grbat ' saving in time fmd
labou,r. 'F or ~ll' l laundr1 ' uses and. fo(all h~me
cleanmg. It glVes bettel1 results. T ryr1t and see.
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IN PACKE:r~ EVERYWHERE.

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LlVERPOqL,
WEST BROMWICB

R. S HUDSON
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hand-not h:\v i ng
Evo"ry been won the previo"" yeac-an<l to t ho

by-election

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ma.de,

b&d ' come to "" ved much appreciated by
th. publio.
They Md', run 26,000 extra car
mil ... durilllf tbe yeor.
The receipt.. per
car·mile [io.rmed ' a.. record, being 9.2 of -'a
penny agaInst .8.64 I~st year. The near. lit
approach to tht · fig4re WM 9.08 in the first
y.ar .· of-' tho undertaking.
Ho could not
.ay anything definite I .bout the expenditure
becau8e Ithoy were /waiting for the final

rearrangement., whioh he claimed to be
g onerous, jlUlt, 'a nd fair.. It WM the · con1rummatio!l of the .marr.age between Caver·
.h'lWl and ' Reading.. A~ to wbo Wa6 the
bri<je and· who wos tbe \lridegroom h. could m a.kinR' ~p of tpe &Cfcounts, but ho did not
not ,"y, but what he could MJ w"" that w~nt thqrri to think, l because they had had
tho arrangemenls had been ,effected most Ih,. e.xc.pent year, tpat Lhey Were juotified
amica.bly, and wore such, &!
!Jive m thmklnJl tha.t thoy could take a very

IarR<G sum for tho roli~f of the TB.t&S .
Thf'
confid ence to the ratepayers.
ordinary lolife of & r.n wa,s supposed to be
that the Henltly representativea
10 yeo.~; thoy h.a.a gone into eleven yea.n,
to have !lome explanation .as to why
salaries of Certain offioers were to be in- 00 that;t wo. eVlclont that befQr. 10Dg ' they
creased at the present moment (Hear. bear). would h~ve to ' look / to the tra.ck.
There
They 'had hoen a long _t:me prepariIll( for Wa.5 one :portion in .E inS(' Street wh ich would
the graat changes.
No recompense ' had hav. to ,be taken mli hand at " vory eorly
been given to ~ thO! 8 officers, upon whom !1ato (Alderman Brinn: And Brood ' Street
e xtra wO)'k had dovolved in connection with Corner). I - Broad .Stroot Corner had been
the exten.ion of Ihe .rea of the' ·borQugh. attend.o d to pnco. Bu~ King St.reet Wltft an
The board wore asked by c orhin officers ' for immediate mattor, .lnd tho other p nHs of
rises, but that authority ~'jdl H Wait until t·h e traok would h Alve to be aU-endoo to
That l woul ll involve 8. very
Caversham comos in:" rr1ley were huns:.iy before lonq-.
Then the single . lin os
and dissatisfi ed, but the board were able to .big expenditure.
put thorn off until thi. period . In the re- eaoh \ Gnd of the mBin line WAro most in.
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a~rangom.nt thoy gave a pledge to Cnver- ~onvenient and ver y d ~t[imenta.l to r ogularj
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.ham that tboy would, a. fat a. p088ible, ,ty.
DOUBLING OF THE TRACIL.
bring - in their various offioCl's, and BOO that
none of. tryem 100t anything by the absorption , They must, \'Vithi'n 11 short timo, if they
of Caversham by R ead!ng. The board had woro to maintain their efficiency, carry out
fixed a max imum sn.la.ry in oach (!8S0, and the d oubling.... of the! trA ck both n.t: the Ox'did not theroforp. expect them to apply for ford Rand and' W okingham R on.d
end~.
any inoroa.se in , the ·luture.
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That would involvt\ 8. hirge expondituro,
Mr. Moring fteO()nded.
but he believed that it would bo expond:Mr. Norria, on · behalf of the Henley ture which would pay for itse-l£ and incroAl\58
ropresent ativeo,
they would do what efficiency.
The cars hud been r('newed to a
they could to
the board in the .d· \, ~Ty oonsiderable rd: tcnt, but a grc at mnny
m :niatration
Poor LlI.w in the 8X- or tR9m rCQuir&<i d o:ng up. Thoy had abo
t endoo area.
we re satisfied with the to
60mething to It he overhead equipment.
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bow- and olrendy tho council had sanctioned the
the
of the renow :n.g of tho 0'lerhea.d wiTe from CI\Vwisdom er.ham to WhitleyI'
Therefore, although

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60. A WE\i;K NOl'

SPECIAL

PARTIES

and thllot him but con.Q'r8.tut8.te themselvEHI 00. hl\v i n~
~A.nager. . The
EaroclSl
Express , still \ViO>nt 8.hea.d, and was proving
very \t.Bcful.
The receipts showed an in orenso ~·of £ 138.
Tho tramway recoipts,
oXcluflin~ parcols a.nd other 9Ourcoa. woro
U!l £2297.
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should not have been deferred !\1l9h . an efficiont

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• .•. .. AUSONIA." April 23rd.
•.•. " ANDANIA." April SOth.
•.•• .. ABOANIA" May : 71b;.
From ·SOUTHAMPTON I·

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For j>aTtloular. applJ tol .CUNARD
LINE, 1i1b Biabopssate.
LONDON,
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ALLAN 1o.t\
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LARGEST -u,d F "STJ!.:ST

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TO

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·tl ..rpool, Gla.gow, !:.bnaoDaerry,.Loo,doD, PI,·
JDou~b, and Havre, too O~tf&DA, NKWJ'OUNDLlND
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Jlatron. fOTuna~oompani.a Yount{ Women

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R. O. H oyt e,',

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of Parl illllll' nt
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continued, a.nd again proved 8llCC{!s:;f uL
The
cnmmitte.e are
very
much 111to
thOse
l a;dies and gen~ll3-

d ebt.ed

m·en who

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kindly assisted in tho matte,..

The committee would point out ~hl\t ill
c onsequence of nnoUltOr up -ri vo r rcg alll\

having been fixed for Bank Holida y i hi,
yenr, extra expense will probably b ecomo
ne cessary in oi·d.er to r.e tain tho .enlri c!;

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keop the regatta up to its pre se nl. )'>" 0 1.

This will entail rigid eco nOllly on l h (~ P:l ,·t
of the oomm,ttoo, and it is h op ~~ t1 t.h(, l'n
will be no dimi.nution of surpo ri , but.
rather tha.t -endoovours will ba mad e 10
supp lement the s upport SO killdl.Y g iv~ln ill

T ho I'\' id r' neo
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pri ~() I! (' r

iaho nrf' r , of
( or 1 ,., (1 J.;': 1l1~ )'I {
p ny H .'1. n
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kitcil r: n, rlnd

pftBt years.
The committee lellde r t.h eir
sincero th.nks to the 6u}),;cribnrs, <lollo"
of prizes, 'ond all those who llA Slst<!ri ttl
maloo the reg-attn. f\. B UC CC~, and th6' Oro
particularly grn.teful to Mr. E. F. Sn.lI lI ·
ders for hIS generous donnL ioll and vulllable cha1longe cup.
This Oup wn.s nll()-

eated to tile race for mniclen fourn

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was won bv the Rend ing nm\'illg Cl uh.
The c omIll ittee desire 'to pln.ce on r ec ord
the ir apprecin.ti()l1 of the valuabl e RCTVi e.-'(o\
l"ellderw durillg U1C In.st thl' ~ yen l"fi hy
the ir Ia.te hon . 6eerdary, Mr . H. V. WiHshire.

AN 'AMOUNT FOR THE RATES

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EXTREMELY SATISFACTOflY. "

'l'he cluLi.rmlui, in IllOY}ng U16 Ml o pt.i OIl
of the r epor t , ~aid it wns 8.n extl'e me ly
sa.tisfactory ()n~.
By rigid · -ecO ll omy tho
commiLtee had cut dow n the .cxj)eIlI':iOS fl ll d
turned .. deficit of £30 15s. Id . inio ~ Id·

anee in haud of £2 138. 9d.

Grc at el'cd't

A ldo~man J. ,N. !Martin ",,:d the t~am­ W8.tS due to the hon. eecrc tary and lre as: a number of yean, ho thought .thpy would ways ' \was prosl?cring ~nder the mayor'. urer for the o.dmirable work Lhey accrom·
be ablo to roduco the rates. Mr. Stebbin". able c~.irmanshl p. \. He hoped they would plishod in red ucing expenditur.e Wil CrC\'cr
The great es t iteme 0 11 thc ex' pa.id 0. tribute to the work of Mr. Herring- get a. substa.ntial amount from . tho tro.mW8.VIl poss ible.
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Up penditure 8ide were £57 78. 4<1. for pri zes,
to 'the pre.ent he had received very little and £60 lls. od. lor enclosltr.c. fCll cc -work,
'. The resolution WB.S carried unn.nimowly.
etc.
The c.hairtoon referred to the gl'€1\t
from ..he tramway'.
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Mr. Bull thoul!'ht tho new. they had ooard assistance rendered I.st year by tho
W89 very ohecrlul.
When thoy received ThaU1€6 Conservancy, and especia lly that
}~LECTION. profit. from the tramways-he did not know of Mr. Laurie , t he in spec t~r;, for which

RETIRING MEMBERS
RETORNED,
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THE CHEAPEST ANu BEeTi WaY .

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what he obiootoo to .
. Stebbings -.aid Mr. :Nor.r'" should gin
t he bohr<! c",dit for looking aheMl. Even
' if they had to pay Henlev a certain sum for

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jUl'y: - Ml.'ssrs.
.A . Atkius, I?
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GUAU-DIANS

from READING Diltri""

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Field),
O. W.
f";U Owen
laIn J. S.
Mr. A A.

_ The
b~lnnco -.h o et
dlowo,l
rrcc ipl.'
H enloy the undortakinsr wa, nro.' peraus, th ero were amounting to £259 lUs. Dll. '1'h e Y<"U' Inl:J
ideas. expen.ses a~ee.d, · 'IHo con .snntuiated Mr. com·m e nced with n. doef1cit ()f £30 .If) ~. Id ..
tha Craven, wHo had proved. himself · to be a and tho totn.l expond iture reachod £2[,7 :-Is.
they most exce n(>n~ offiotir-(Hoar. h ea rl-nnd he Od. l-eo.ving 0. balance in hand o f £2 l a~ ,
two yea.n M(O, ' thought they might no ~ only congratulate 9d. J '
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TRA VEL WITH FRIENDS

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00., U.K., LId., 19, ·Jam ••

Blred. Liverpool ; 14, Cooilipal S'r ... t, and
lOS, Leadenhall "tree~, LondoD ••

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..hather thoy would , get lUly from Manor they were deeply thonkfu\'
Farm (Mr. Eighteen: We ,han not 10••
Mr. P. G. Hawkoo seconded, and it was
any thi, y.or)-the money should bo ap- ca.rri.ed 'Unanimously.
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pHed to the reduction of the rates, and no
Mr. W . W. Ridley proposixl. and !IIr. H .
one would Bupport thlt.t more strongly than S. Dunn seconded , the re..,loction of Mr.
he .,bould do in a -htonth's time.
Still,
there w~e a great n}any thing8 w~nted to Leonard G. Sutton IliI preoidont, and it
improve!. the .sy!!tem, and ono WI\B tho . d a ub- was ca.rri-ed unauimously. I
Mr. C. F. Simonds was Jjc-olC{)tcd hon.
linll' of :the line. ' at llotb the .oMt arid WIl3\
of the town, . and if t hat could b. done at treaaurer, a.nd Mr. James . Hasla.m aBsi.'It-

Polling for the · election - to the Reading
Board of Guar<!iana of two members ...ch in
Castle Ward and Battle "'ard took place
Monday in fine weather. In C.. ot.le _Ward
G.
. Cook and W , cSparlu, ~d in & reMoriable iexpcmfte Ithey would f'!oon reap
Mi. H. Watera, .uoceoolK! in e. T6wartTl -for ·a: . He ,thought thAt now was
Mr. 'Bond takeo the the timp to .xtend the tim.. of tho work·
. J. Davi~J raW-ed.
Mr. men'. tickets in the- morn:ng.
Ther~ worn
t1~ht for hie seat OD several h\IDdr~ to whom thUi would he 8. S'rca.t
alwa.ys euooeoded in _soour- boon: I
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con.idered- a' heavy
on
register in
the · poll, w bile 0/

the

·950 uei"ci8ed .their

not.eworth,y for

Cox had · 151
Mr. Spark. 24,
1Z7, Mr. Wright
BOlc..1 and Watlln
and Wright 204.

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balance.
The committee feel that the
hearty thanks of aU interested "re du e to
Mr. H. P. Tat.e, who at very .hort not ioo
, ,,,,rried out the duti ... of hon . secretary
with !JUch mo.r1!:ed BUccesS. "nd in t hei r
opinion the satisfactory state of the a~. I
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oounts 18 arll"'Y ue to hlS exe '~ti oll ' . Tho
attained . the high standard of th"
previous year, ' and Q. gooo day's racing wna
provided, many of the events being P'''tlcularly well contested. The ~ysLem of
selling 8ags for boats on the cOurse was

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MONEY FOR E

27, rem&moo

the considerably curtailed, and tlu\.t fac t

until now. lIe m&int&ined that the profit
«ot aut of Cavershnm, Ovor and a.bove
tney were payinS( H enloy. more than
for 'the inCTeB.80 in the se.laries. That

CANADA.

presenting the annul\l r e port and

fe!'ltivities 1 occurred.
The in- conjunotion with the assll:>tanoo of 6C~crn.L
orease had boen very largely due to the new Bubsoribers, has conver"t ed t he de li cit
acceleration in the speed or the trams. whioh on the 1912 Rccount into a smull crooit

THAT i~, all .the:. fa~ous !,?~d firm of
Hudson J ask. They are content r.

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st&temellt of accolints, the committ"", aro
t>len.se~ to be abIe to r cpOl1. an improvo.
ment 1D the finanCIal .tate of aflllirs
Ow:ing partly to the fact that th o pre","",,:
btlon l:rl~ea for. the ~rand ch al:ellge CliP,

. the reoClpts by £200.
shown record takinge, with worldng expenses having bee n reduced to
eX"!1I~~:on of June. and in tho
June an abs61ute minimum, the cXPcuwturc W1\!t

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SltPERS8hU'
C;VE ,suJ~kJ();y; 'A . T~AL .
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Ridley, J. Dymore Brown, :J. Haslam.
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Miller. 8. Harrison Jones, A. C. 'Bathurst:
B. ·W. Dixon. H. S. Dunn, and H . Percy
T.at.e . (hon. BOcretary) .
. 'l'he hon. S<lCretaTY presented th" annual
r.epart n.lld statement of &GCOUIlU3 as
follows:'
alBo pr.&ent
. .G. Hawke.,
R.. \'V. MeSBrs.
Archer WA.

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PL~TFORM
TICKETS.
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WHY THEY WERE INTRODUCED

a.nt hon. - treasurer, with thanks for past
Bel'vic.ea .
Mr. S . Ho.rrison Jones was re-elected
0.8 hon. ~.cc retary for ent.r ioo l and Mr. H.
Percy Tate 8.6 h011. flecretn.ry , At tribute ho-

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illg paid to 'the o.dmirable services Lhey
render€d during'tbe past year.
Mr. 'J. Strong, F.S.A.A., F.S .S., W!\B
r<J ·eloct ed "'" hon. auditor.
CHAIRMAN OF COMJlIITTEE .
It Wll.S 'decided to 115k Mr. J ohn H ill to
.accept the <lffice of chairman o~ th~ eo~,..

mittoo.
The members constitutIng It
are :-The Rev. C. W. O. J en kyn, Messrs.
R. W. Arch"r, A. C. Bathurst, P. P.
Capelli, ' 'J. Dymore Brown, ' R W . Dimn,
C.-H. Dodd, Jam... Haslam, P. G. HI>wketl.
S. Harrieon Jones, D. K<lOrwdy, A. W.
Miller, R S. Payne, ~L P. Tate, H. V,
Wiltshire and J. M. Wright, with Mr. A.
Nanc<> (captain of Reading Rowing Club),
and Mr. R. Hodges (han. GCcreto.ry,
RRC. l. lI.S elt-<>fficio.
It was decided to hold the annual rcgatta as u sual on August B ank Holid"y
(Mouday, August 3rdl.
AI hearty yoto of thanks was n.ccorded
to Mr. A .. B aker -for the free UBC of rooms
o.t the Qu een's Hotel during the PMt ye"r
for committee meetings.
A number of ,8u'gsestionB! for creating a.
greater int.erest in the regat ta on the day
were put forw!U'd, and these were referred
to the committee to discuss.
A vote of thanks to tho chairman con·
eluded tile mooting.
REGATTA FIXTURES, FOR 1914.
The following is the list of regatta' flx<
ttire8 a.rranged for the ensui.n'g oe8son:-

Saturday, April 25th.-Tideway fixed.
seat junior "Ighta.
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. Saturday, June 20tn.-Ma.rlow Regatta.:
Wednesday Thu,...d"y, Frid ..y and' Sa.t..
urday. July lBt, 2nd, BId and 4th.-:-Henley
RoJ:al Regatta.
'l'bureday, July 9th.-Me~~po\itan Rt<
gatta.
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Sa.turday, 'July llth.-Maldenhead Be<
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rt'th.-WaJton: R.,gatta.

15t!I,.-'-'JL)de'way !lJ·edn..~al~r· . .Jll1g~t:.' and
Regatta.
Reg ..tt....
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