Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

SCHOOLS QUEST,IOM
BY"Q .T."
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many in Iteading \vbo, witll
,"xilrelme:lv regret the result of , Ihe poll
the question of one school
tha.t d6cision -been based on

·the
Rule.
's lmvin'g mo~ q" U.I~,,,,it""n
way !<> ... Pe~ful settlement.
G~ invite'!., tl>e- Opp.osition tp make
poeals,. And' suggested that il there rs

a.tion and figuroo frOomed on
n~:D:~:~;.r~~'~ elsewhere.

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appe~~ce. ~f .~ pOBsibiiity of !a settlern,.,",t

there ' sh~d .t>e

... , resumption ~'of

or on pro-

eeti'mlltes or the (!08t of the

most of \h'J would have bowed
demur to the verdict of th e poll.
complaint pas ooen .all along that lho
one-schoolera '. entered on their campaign
without ,a ny
well-thought-out SCh€ IIL e,
either

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l;o what. a one-school

sclJcmc

WfiS

the going to cost, 'o r as to.its elTcct on the

of , BeOOrid~ry educllti(Jn ill Re~d.
~;=';';'==:";';:;;;';"'='==~=~====""';""Ilr PrivB:OO converan.tion~.:~ · Wril6t in! Pari problem
ing. This ,was seen\'during t h e 1)fogrC$ o ~
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eu-cles this was r.ega.rded BB ' S. the controversy h J the totally conflictin g
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fav~utable' Ollien/ there .~s: not appear figures given by c1 i ff.eren~ Support.crs of th6
;,.ny p! obability of a settlement unless the one school, &nd by the ."atching at any
.which might attrac t ally cln ss
Govllr'nment really '!a6e the qUeltion and
to the olle·.ehool gicle. The broad
of IWheth~r a one-school or a. t.wo"
'~&ke t~ initiative.
And the best 'move
school Bcheme wd~ld be e<1nea.t.iolla,lly of
TOH.M.KlNG ·GEOaGE V.
, they
inak~ile they will almost cer· adva.nt"'g-e· to Rending in t he ru ture was
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ta.mly l1iUe to mak,e In the end-ls to ap- largely obscured bv ' sid-e iS6L1e.~ . T h is is
scarcely the attitude to ,<1 opt 011 " vitol
peal to th.. peop le. ' ~.
question of this ltind . 'V11cthe r it. is to 1",
school or two is imml\terinl C(lnLpa,n :d
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securing efficiency and a.t i\ C Ofi t wlL ic h
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not be too hurdensODlo to the I·atc.
pa.yers. Yet &9 to wh n..t a. one -school WOU !, \
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THE KING'S SEEDSMEN.
really c~t the ratepayers were nR much in
CAPTAIN WILSON'S SPEECH. too
<lark on the d ..y of tho poll .5 when
LARGE lOWN HAt.iL, .
RJj:ADING. .
the contost opened.
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The annual meeting of the ,R;ladillg and
. PRICE ' LIl?TS OF SEEDS
TO-1I0RROW (SATURDAY).
District branch of the Royal Society for MR. VENNER'S VIEW.
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the Prevention (0/' Cruelty to! Animals woo
It can soarcely be surprising if, in tho,"
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held on Thureda.y. · Captain Wilson, M,P .. , circ-umsia.nces, and in vi ew of th e f'q u;d
p"i... ;-B tall •. 4/-1 Re.... ea 'S. tl. 2/6: Ad. '
FARM
AND
GARDEN
wKe :g.r.esent, aud ma{!e all illteresting division of opinion in the town, there a I'S
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mlltiCIl. 1/~ . AUwel1a. Bfrilleld I d Co .• 16~ &:
speech ... . He said the · soc:'ety l deserved ,the BOrne a.mongst the two-scho olers who, wl1ilo
169, FrlM Sireet, a eadln!!. Teiep one, No. 11.
POST
FREE
ON
APPLICATIQN.
8up'port
of ev~ry lover of IIn,iJll1ll s . Amidst &Ccepting the verdict of th e town, oro ex.' TelelCrams :_ H Piano.; Be }niJ." 1' ,
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all the turmoil of party s~rife, he was sure pr essing t h e view that th e re s1101lti ibili l v
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thid seseion wou ld go down to history "" rests up on thc one-lichooIN" t o assure
Ify O. H. UEA.RES, wbo ae.om~ani.d <:lA·P.
TIl"IN SOO '(T 011 ~·li., SO,G,b .Pol. En'edllibn.
having passed two measures which dealt theml:!elves t4n.t the sch eme t.hey Ilr<!. pro with animal life--the Bill pr-obibiting tbe posing is workabl e. Mr. Ve nner L:lk eR th n. b
"iILd.liv.r · MR~ HERll~-RTG. ONTING'B
importation of plwnl!>se, and \ the Decrepit point of view . He saye': "It wo nld bo
Horse Traffic Bill rH-ea.r, h'enr).
Those wise for the ~;me'6choo1 e N to' ascer tain rrom
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who prO'lIloted the former were actuated the Boa.rd of Education what thc cost DE
by lov-e of the beautiee of nature a.nd the amalgamation is likely to be and lo pr-nLUUTE[),
promptings of hum&nity; and the BUP' pare !lad submit th eir sche me to the Boarel
.B1 Arrnngome.nl'"Il.b)lr. Unll.iirG.PONTINO,
porters of the other·.JMo,sure Ib y the deter- for I\.pprovn.l, ~ ef ore fma.ll v di s h a l141ill g Iho
" . ' who i. n~" rectQrlog. at fbe ,
minntiqn that an endcshould' he .put to one -two pI'e' en t schools."
H e arlo ": "\\Thv
.I;HIL,HA."IlMON.IO HAIL,. LpNDmr . .
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Per ca. .. ", of"the mos, horril:Ne 'traffics which had not seek the adv ice of n n e <1u ca.t.iOJl3 1 ex.
12 bottle •. ever disgraced this eQuntu.'-, He would pert, !'uch as Mr. Michael S udle r, of Li Vl' rc
never fa vour "~randm~t.he.Ily legislat.ion," p ool, or others, berore fi n l1t:.v aJoptLIIg III
BOLLINGER.
J3ROAD ST.
-- , . Spec:.1 Cuvee,.·
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or in an;\' way mterlenng with legitimate policy that ev en the present ad vocat e" may
S~mpl p j3ott1e, 7/9.
trade; Q.Ild he was glad to believe that· in I regrot when too Intc ? P ersonally. aH.huugh
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~cruelt.y was the exception and T n.cc-ept the ver<H ct of tho ma.jority. I f'l il1
JULES LANNIER,
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ALE ..00 MILD
ALES,
rule {Hoear, ' hear}. I As to' the t hink we nre l'mnking n, mief,nke, and nm of
Finest E"tm Quality,
72/·
and
PORTER,
in
cask.
al
ANNUAL . tlHe)IR ·' : FE~TIV:A':l.;
, " Sample bottle, 6/-.
Bill- which he hoped. wou ld Boon opill!on th nt n. scheme cannot he ad op teci,
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third reaufng+-tho lndics wero witllOut [l, h e[l.\'Y ch!lr~€ upon tltO rawfl. th tlt
C~veo Reeerve "
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ALEI ' at to. pdr pilon:
people, the II fashion" of wCr\r - will provi(le lUI <,ffi cient s.econrlary celtic{\Snmplo bottl e, 4/6 .
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i:lri.e Mtda! .and Diplo'!'l&
and oUle r beautiful phlma.ge tion .. of a type sll ch as wa.!"-I ndvooCnted bv tho
BoUles
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6/extra.
lIorning .~ 11 o'cl ock-II Hear my Prayer;" U':,.".ro· Exh ibition, 1912; five pe.r cent.
wholesa.1e destruction , and one-schoole rs at a feo of £7 to ;I.~ 8 ." Thero
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Men'd elisohn.
for oub.
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PRlGE LI&T POST . ~i~E~ .
cases t1le ·practica.l ·extin-ction. of is .6. .good d eal to be said fo r thiA [l.~pec t or
of
God's
most beautiful cr-eatUNa; the matter, but ItS t ho t,wo-Rdl('l()t-e r~ <l.grp. N l
EV8niDI at 6.90-" Tbe: Oru.elftxioD," Stainel
bre ~cd and rcoomm()f!;d~ Cor
&nd if , tho.t coaBCd to be !.he fasruon , in to o.cee pt the opinion of the t nwn th"
l~ ob.r': REV. W_. :u.RAw.~IN8mi.
ERO· U~ONS,
LIMITED, En8Ial~d. one of the richest countri~ i'n Qu eetion is one for th e o n e- scho olc rs . and
the world, h" b.lieved the enmple would the rooponsibilit,y of nc(}Opting or rcjecting
- WINE IMPORTERS.
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Pr~~ ' per dozea.
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00 copied by ~ U the great /cities of the tho advice lies with the m.
Magnum. LarS" botta. Srri~1I
!l'BURBDA.Y EVENING,
9th Apill,
oL80'clock '
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(It.pu.tOO (Reputed (Repu\cd
Continent. , From. tne retur". of, the I""t DIFFICULTIES AHEA·D .
. " OLIVE'J; TO OALVARY," :U"Q'nder.
plumRg<l s&le in London, whi cb lIe could
qt..)
pis) , ~ ~t~.)
Boob of Word. p,o<idod. (J~lleoLion. -for
2,. 9.1.
1o" 9d.
get, in June, 1918, he .' found thn..t there
Whq,tever line tlH) one' scfi o() lcr 9 now
Choir Fnnd.
9~57b
'2.. fKI.
'10, 6<1.
sold 22,000 crow pig-eol1s, 25,000 hum~ take, there are s01~le f hOri!y qU Ast ioLLfi
2s. 6<1.
1.. .6<1.
ming birds. and no fewer than 77,000 \ ahead, and which will tal<o the eo llcclivo
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2.. 6<1. " la. , 6d.
41 ()8prCY6 IT- the nuptial ' plumes of ·:the wisdom of b oth parties to €-et"tl-o, 'l'h-cr -c i:l
0.. Od.
18. 6<1.
ST. PETI!:R'S(,HiLL, ~ARLE Y.
egret or lesser heron , everyone of wl1ich UIO 8~rious problem or lhe fee at tho O!1U
repres4nte<l the killil1~ of t he bird <luring school. Mr. 11'J.eicher, the chief iIltij}(!ciut'
Ii,t. "
its nesting season . He t11en 6poke of the of secondary schoo1s, wld t he ('onfc r cJ:t'o
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who1.ean.le destruction of lovely birds in '" You ca.nn ot poosibly hu.v.e a. 6cfw;- )I ill l.lw
various parts of the world :which- h nd town that does J10 t do lmivc r sity w (irlf. "
(In aId "f tb. Obureb Beonl Pdrol l ,
come under hi. own observation. As to Th,a t q uite' disposes of the theory t hn l. it. is
IUld Sana,Road.
Ltd. (Mr. J.
E ASTER MONDAY, Al'HIL13th, commence [M, _E~U~.t'''~h.W).'c.d
Cavenba.m
the H-oTRe Traff\~ Bi11, he was ~lnd to Bn.y {looo ible to hn.v~ n moder n. t.cly <:h(, :l[1 cll \\cn."
7 p.m.
L~r.db.urst Arms, 'Queen'.
th~t on. Friday Colo",el 1'1:&11 Walker would tio"at the new, sch o,o l: which ,\~' oui<l havo
V&ltiable Prizes will be a lveD. tRofre'3hruonts
I=~================" brlllg It forw&rd In the HOUBll, ~nd he easeu th e finan CIal ddllCulty. Ihe COoL "r
prOVided.
17 ..nd 19. Ch~ steTman
h opi}d thc ~cond rendin~ would be un - the one Bcho ol Wits oot lnluted durillg the r-c · T iok.to h. D.rio8.Programme Sd.
the
opposed. He had himself se-en !:iometJting cent contest as ra nging fro m .£18 to ~22
b i td f
B C
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Butchers' Ann., Hosicr
of
tho indescribable horrors of {ho.t trM e, Jl& !my. Supposi ng the prc6{'n t Kendnck
D b 11
rom . U"'U.U ', . OB: £lico, 8ar,.y.
FRIDAY, April 3rd, 1914,
t.he extent of whioch might be ga~ged from fee of six gui ne na ,~' ore .ret/tl ll ed tlL tLt, would
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E , S! I Eight..,n, The Carnarvon
the fact til at hetween January 2 and menJl, "Iter nllowlIlg for gront and fr<'e·
B eauvoir Road.
t·
Februn..rv 7 of this year 21,855 ll()rBes' wero pln..cer9, a 1066 on the r ai-cs of ovor £ 5, 000
W. Enn'ew, 386 Oxford Road.
" I GTLnTmTJ~N POJiTIUS,
shipped ' from EnFtlft.nd tQ A !ltwcrp . alone ; it year, .. In t\ny ca.se i t .hl c.:tim.n ted by
Athersuch, R;;i Lion, 2orutha.mp~
Bnd th~so. u nder the Act of 1910, han been those \yllo havo g<)Il.() mlLlu~ c ly ~nto il l()
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pMsed." bv the Board , of Agricn1tnre ! I fi g llre9 ~ 'thnt the Il. 1Il0U Llt .'Nll1cl~ tho ratcST, JAMES' CATHOLIC CHUROH,
Political event.. : at the PMt fortniglIt
The R.S.P.C.A. had <fone oJ ~re"t de.1 in pny~ rs wi ll lla"" to prOVIde 11'''1 be fr m"
ABB~Y RUINS.
have had & ~cid" dly Gi:berti&n Bavour. Antwerp to alloviote the Buffhino:s of t.h""e £4 ,500 t.o £ 5,000 " YO M. WIll th e r ~ t".
Colonel Seely ' reeigned b eclluse of two an.i!Dllls , PQrticu lnrly in t~e manner i,n pay.era, after recen~ d om, ~n;; trlltl o ll .'9I or lm 11 a. m~ Bleulog. · Dhtrioa~ioD. of
U p eccant . paragraphs"
added to 11 do. cu~ whIch t.1ley were .laughtered: but the patIence , put up WIth tl1l8,1 I:' ~v1dcllb
cruelty in jn land towns wns too horribl e that they wi11 not. It lS lncvltnbJo. now,
sud Proos9sion.
P ...slon (81. Mallhow).
me nt 'approved by the C"hinet, hut Lord for worns. Thev could remot e, by n. simple that, tl1c fee nllL ~ t be incrca.~ ed, fH' ohllhly
Obri.~u •. _ FATHE~ DORAN.
Ru~ ert Morley, t.he distingui shed litter"wur, who pi ece of legislation what was known in to 8 or 10 gll lllCas, bu,t. If tIl" I~t,ter
Cbrohi,st.• , ~-!\.THER 'K&nNAN.
Antwerp it.e lf ' as ' .. Ule shame of Ellg. Agure is de cid&1 'on , the ro is Jl, WJl"V
BYD.ROJi:". F,A.TRJl:R ASPINAL,
Prineo of Wale.. ought to know the precise meaning of lnnd" (appla.use).
' qy whicl1 the needs of poore r yan:m ls could
lie met, and LlmL 'is by Il.dnlltt!n~ boys to
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woros, declined to foilow his ex"mple, beTGrb~. ST. J'>loM'ElS' CHOIR (B.t·
Diamond Re ign.
t he €chool after exnmin n.t ion at n. lower foo.
tlDg by Vlltoll ..).
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caWle he considered that tJ,te two ,,&r,,8. system which wn.!\ i'n vogn-e in the &Coool
Inn.
gr&phe contained no ,d ifference' in principle
some y-earB ago, The llrobl e m iR t ho morc
1IIssion open.d 6.90 p.m. b,. ABBOT'LARKIN
Golden
compleJi
oocnuse tller.e a re tw.o giL"1~' 6chooJs
from the documeyt approved of the
in Reading which ought not to bo [1.:1owc(1
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The
IAlfd
Chief
Justice
will
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~"Ic. · .. day till Elut.r BQnllay, 10
W. J.
C&hinet. Then ~g&l'! the C"billet repudi·
those preeent at !.he dinner at the Merch&nt to clash. .
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('urtis, Cro... &ted the guar.:ntee.... contained in these Taylors' Hall in e,id of the Alton .Cripple,,' ONE SLIGHT GAIN.
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paragraphs 'and witll I,lOmpou9 solemnity Hospitn.1 .OM May lB, o.t whi~h Mr. Balfour
Should the one·school scheme now go
pros\de.
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':BE / READING i'lB.IUBTIA~ ·
enunciated .. new An-!ty Order tbat oOicers
through there is perhaps one Blight gB i tt,
Mr. Valentine Fleming, 'M.P., and Mrs. and tha.t is that the eternal qu cdtion 01
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SOC~TY· l.n!,oQnce.
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or ~1<lien3 were not' to 1>e questioned as
Fleming ha.ve Bold Braziers Park, Walling· Rea.ding School will be' rc\Doved from local
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their attitude 'with roSn.rd to order. depcn· ford . and have bough I Pitt House, Hamp. controv-crsy. Eve n if the two-schoolcrs rhnd
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Hca!.h. where tbey hope to &l'riv<l' won it WIlB ev ident froin the tone of tho
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den~ on future or hypothetical oontingeu- intead
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speeches during the contest, and e.spedally
CHRISTIAN HCIENCE
ei"" and forbidding them to .... k for .... ur·
·Prince Christian attendJcJ the meet (f of some of' those at (he Workers' I~<luol\­
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ancee, and stating th ..t it is the duty of the dn.rth Hounds &t The Golden B~II, tiona.1 ABGocin.tion, ' that ~Il.dill<'! S011001
MR..BICKmL . YOUNG,
oOicers lind eoldiers to ohey alll&wful com· Pinlinev" G..oon, near M~idenh,lad. iJ-J e ". . ould never hav-e hud 1\ fnir chance j it
Waot d€layed for a. .consir,ierahle time on the 'would always have been the suhject of at·
HeiDb•• oflb. Bi>\rJ . Leo~"r •• blp O ~The
mands in BUpport of the civil power for way to the meet throush h is ' mot Jr·cr.r tn-ck.
There are c.\.'id~nt~ y Borne peopJo
Mol~'er O/>l1I;oh, The Fir'I' Ob.rob of a rllt, Lr_ _ _ _ _::-..l.._______~_ _---- ·the protection 01 the lives &nd' property Of bre&king down.
: ' who re gard it a. ;\ bulw~rk against SocIa list
I\olonll.\, lp B..-toD;..Mr.....hu.8tLs; U.SJA., •
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inha,hit.ants in case of & di.sturbanjle of
A ma.O-iage h&s oo.n, arr.anged 'ootw~en propagan ua 01' as n.. pr-e~rve of. the Church.
On EfA"IURDAY~APlUL (TH, at·8:1,.m., In
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Their own pet theory has now b een cst.ab.b8 SMALL TuWN 'HALL i READING. :
the peace. ,Thl' .only individuals w ho Dr. Blake Odgers, of ~o~ampton. third lished, and it ;" consequontly to he hope,l
.on of ilie Rev . . J?r. ,.I')dgr rs, of .0,,£Or<1,
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oirendalf ag"iruot this order , were ' the
. Hlggms,- youll.ll.-esb d·o.ugb- thai thp oqe school will havo a bel,ter fato ,
ri hrut been reserved for Iteu,dlllg School
lI:he l.1'"Uic ~ oordlaillclDvito4 ,t o he
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' them.';l~",,! .T!> crown aU;
.•••-,,-~- Higsitje, .r.P;,; of lla,
m,d er its 01<1 o.u6pic~.
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Asquith, taki.·ug·,a, le·&1 out of ·Yr.W.
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Giloort's book, h ..' oocome .. Lord High
Elae," and "h;'" assumed
-Mfn·u .ter ot War, of ",11 :0010...,
ne"';'ssit~ied his q~tting the !i:0u~
COmn.ol's ·toI.;:.ee,k re ... lectloil just at the
when , ~ 'pr'lS6nce, is . ~~~ re:
th'lre ever such topa}'·turvey
prqceedings,f The. A.nn.)' ~fli'~rs
t<:on,ce:rD'~d
-as~ed ' by · ~~ruct!on • . 'of
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