Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

AJJ1EG.E~ ·
REM~BLE
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1'he strange behavili'
ur of .. .
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postman, n"'l"ed Ro rt . J1td'.'filil
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fommitte<! a.n unprovo <ld ......ult....l!P!l!i ;\ :1
· lady cyclist on Ibe
th . Rooad~ ~ ~'l
away on a bieycle, r.d ....... uf~ ~..e. ."1
· Lyford when ove rtak n by tbnt £ll'~..:.

An extrac,..iin ..~Y ca8l> ; oceupi<>d t.be .
tentwD of tjJe . Reading ~ boroui!h
"trates on Saturday, whel) An,!"e
1
nd CorneliU8 Ellitte, of ~O, ·. A,lieon d _
, Iderahot, were .ummnD~·· ~ ab.an on.
ng .. little girl namlld Cath<>l'lneli~i~t
$8 00 4 i yea.rs, . in a mann~
e ~ ..
t)a.UIl!e ,her unneeeesa.ry Buffermg and ~I!'­
jurY to he ..lth. The m ..le ilefondant 18
al so charged with causing ~d
his wife to abandon ouch chlld ..
~ .. corporal in the StaffordshIre
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They , pleaded not gUl y. "
Mr C. S. Johns on, .depnty-town clerk,
rooo'eutOO, and opened the : """" at ..bme
fe n 8 th beginning by ."ylOg thhat .-he
~ould J,not be ab1(l t o comvlet.e t e 6Vl·
d~n~ because tw.o of the . witnesses we re
1Il-ol1e .. railway suard , aqd . the f ot~~r I h~~J~?'~r.:
a Mrs. La!l£dale, to wbom the
em..,e:::
defmldant at tempte<l to send the Chlld ,
j)J. lat.ter b eing in . a sanatorIUm at
Chelmsford, and cert,fl ed to be unable.
to tt-aveJ for a.t )() n.st 8 i::l. weeks. H e
would "an &S many witn_. as h e could,
sud then nsk for an adj ournme nt, ,

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County B~ii cli ... Oh

r e 1n.tA:>d M. Rea.din

Mond aY I be rore' J. 'H:. Goold. · Esq.~ in
· t1,,, ohM"),
and W. · M. Cole~mok. B!ict ·
J R.Tvis was charged
with. ~ 109I!Ni.W~
Mrs. Temple. a widbw, of :W-eeti,' ~i;I
Farm. Mattingley; with &S8&ultin,,:;<lItQ.
· L\'ford, while in the executiQ'; ~f '
~ du ty; and , rurthe r. with doinll ·~it.lxiiiie ·
I to t,he extent ot 78. 6d. to his ceD.- .-'l. '
i Prisone r plendpd gu ;lty.
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Mrs. Tewple ' stated that on · Sund..,
{"\"e ning sh e W8.8 <!yding alon8 the "Batli
Roll,d in the ' direction of" Reading 4witll"" me fri e nd~. , At Caleot they ..topp""
(-0 " g,1lt th<>", I6mps.
WitMs" 6too<l on
the foMrtll.th holding her ;bicl'ci" . w~n .
the pri S()Uer r ode &cross to her on llls
hicy clc. and deli b erately struck h er in
the hee.
H e r Do:-e bled. and h er noae
1and fO C.B .. were ~erJ 80re tha·t mornin,.
P ri sp llcr said nothin~ and rode, away .
1 P .C . L yford and a fne nd on
blC YC1<!e )
· \\'c nt "ft,e r Ithe .prison.",..
'Witness . did
not k llo w t he pr!60ner. and k.tiew of. ,no I,
r~n.'on why h e ~h ould 1!l\ve assatil~ her. '
I W a;ter F incher, of , 1114, v.pper.-.~19'D
Strc:et. R~lng, rwh~ • . 1{itb bis wi.te;.. ~WM
• ,·dIlIS With Mrs. 'l1f~1IlPIe .. to\<! the·
· I h. t · he d id not ac
ally. sel the ·"&' ,m1't;
· but h e heard t,he -' r&Bh of the hlow.
) Irs. Templ e snid ' ,Ob t he'e hit ' :mti/·
W it:'e .. went, witii thQ con..table" &Iter
t.h(> pri6oner.
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Ern: I ~' Finc her, wife of t1H~ . lam witn-e.s:: . sa.id t.h e pri Roner rofi t" oft' &8 fa.8\

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CONVERSATION REPEATED.
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Elizabeth Giff~rd , wife pf ~iIIiam
Giffard , a tailor, of 2, Alex.,!'!!ra Road,
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WHAT A CONSTABLE SAW.

P.C . Ly ford Bt &tcd that he 8&W thQ
. .r.:·i..;u ne r cycl il1? from t h e, dir-t:ct ion
01 .
I heaJ..c..
Pn801wr. 1 d-cll berately .": rode
nc ros; t<t Mrs. T emp e from the rar side
of tho{' rond , a l1d seemed t\) ~(knock her
flying."
' Vi tnt>sJ5, who wt\oS 8om~ dis- ,
tfl.llce rrom t.hem, saw t he _ priao~erJ.
h'l nd go oul .'" h~ r eacbed Mr.; . .Temple.
PJ'i soller did ,n ot fa1I from hi s machine

] )n~o n <e t'

6.."Lrne ~fternoon, which was '"

man

.
In t he eveni llE. tile def~ndants ' we ro
" "(1.i n talking a"grill' . about the child.
SJlc sa id if she g'ot in,to a.n~ trouble
'd d
ld
t,hrollgh w hat • h e h a
on,e s e wou

n r<'l~

He s truck ~ e
nn

It€

c ould ,

swi nging blow

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making

my

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nose

h I. cd."
\,'it 11 (' ''6 eX~1 1 8.i ned tha t as h e could not
d p :-' rs u;l d e pri-"OT.ier to ..$~ b.A.ck he nr rested
hm~,
On . nrr!\·a!. a t {..h 8 ga.teway of the
,11: ,11 ....... !o>iatlOll Dqso n er . shu c k h i m three"
t ·mer; .
Ali tho,v got Hea r UIO door the
pr i:-'oll-e r sIn-milled it.
' \I' itness opened
th ,~ do or . n.nd the p rifloncr , seizin;' th~
0 1~1' ? r.tuTll 1 y: struck h im i n .t h.:! rj~h.t ~ye ,. .
bJ ulslng 11.1R ~yebr ow, Pl'lSo n-er ~bhnd.

u l h im for a moment lind tried

aw ay . , T h C' ~ tiLru gg'('.:l bl!
. hl't WIt.1! .M;'l s lanc e wit·ness

Pn' Oll(, T WI\9
m o re
mad .than
hp c .-. t!lrl w/ll k nnd ride pe t fectly
weI!. H~· hnd h l"'€J1 drinkjng, but waa n()tt
(1 r Ul1 le
,
T h{' O(·pul..\" ,{' li:{lf ('o nfits.hI.e J Supel'in.
f'~ ll d t.' rJt R oh o tflR m , SA.id th e nrisoner h a.d
cn t 5.llnE.' (I f th e st()ne ~rk alld wood\\'(\ik a.\\'.1y ill Ihe cell. \ vhilc he h~ , 8160
d.tll!:!f!ed th {' S{: at of t.h e cell.
Pr!Boner
HI li ... ;
l lll\' c used gren·t vi ole nce.
l',i.~ oller , n. n i n,?fToensivc looki ng young
11' 11.; ;

man , (:X!H"csse d 111"l r-eg r et f()!' the
&8.
nu l L nlld Baid he had no n . '.<.. oIJ e c t :()TI o f

Offi ce

17

H e had been in t he Post
during wh'jc)J time he

ye·nr6,

11~U nen:!r itnd

~ thing

b ro ugilt against

hUll. ; H ~ hnd lUot had Il li l tl~ relre shme~t, alJd v(' ry 60011 it got un in
hiB
It.' au. H e did lIol Jmv., a lot
refr""b.

of

IJlent.

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}'Ir. Fi nche r., r ee a[ed , said when overt "ken by
wit.n€<' ~
a nd
P.C. Lvf<>ro
I lht.: pri so n~ r ~-n.id "to th e officer , " I ~have
I see ll t he l ·k¢s of " nu b e r(.re "
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~lr: J a,lIl;;s Free ma n, ·8, Castle ' Str<et,
"R:eMlmg . I)po k (' to s-eei llg t.he
prisoner
g lv:e thc co n !-it~'\~l € th r oo _ }j\\,jn~iog bIow6.
PTl SlJno(}r wn.s thE' wor.:o(' for drink
and
said 1l 1(Y.-.-t stur id tltingr5 .
Witness' came

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itJte..e.

. GIVEN UP BY D OCTORS. ,
Mr. J oseph ' T. Colfe, in. pector of. poetmen , ,alu t he . p r isoller had b ee n employed at tho Reading Post Office for 17
yeu. ffi J

n.ud · was one of the·' finest men be

had ' always bnrn., a good
Witness had Wen under tha
impression that he ~&t! B teetotaller, and
he could not· accouht for the 'outburst
e xcep t. for J:.be fact tba.t a t ~jJnes he ap,p eared to b e a little lunny.
About '16
; mo nt~ ago he Wft.8 very eer tously i.l J anll ~
1 h"d to ulld~ rgo an
operation, and the
1 d octor>; gave him up ; his case had
1described a.s a mJ'15tery. S in ce then ' Qe
had dOlle h is work sati sfactorily. Pri-,
6Oncr , who hs.d an ' Absolu tely e:ea.n 'r e: ...
c-ord • .
married. H e h ad been -f()Tbidde n t o cycle on duty.
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. Th e Be nch, a fte r ~ Jen gthy pr;vate d .... .
, liberat ion; filled the ~risoner £1 and 6I!.
16<1. costs or 14 <laY9 l or. the l16Btt.uli ,on
Mrs. Te mple; £~ ..ndJ 00. 6d. """ta . Or o.n.
Imo ll th fo r th e 88Sa.ult on P.C. ~ Lyford;
an<1 10.0;., t he dn. m ag
78 . 6d., a.nd 78.
I Gll. coots or 14 d ..y" 1 for the dama.ge to
t h.. cell-.£7 16s. in· .11.
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'I1,e chairm ..n . a.id ~t WII8 a moot bruta.!
and aggrllv.Ated as9..ult, and hn<I it n~
,
.been for 'his KOod !cbaracter Iie woul4"': 1
· have been lSellt to ;rtrison · ,itho ut tbtit
opt.iqn of a fin~ .
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\, .Prison was give n ~ a. week lD ~ whicb . !O~ ,,'

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DEPARTUR~ OF THE 'AND1~~ ,,£'~:~j
'l'be Cun .. rd T.S:S. "An
t aln J . A. Wolle', R .N.R.) left
ton on April 30 for Montrea.l
bee. 'I'h;,, "" ~he ..ccond
for t h e S·t . Lawr ~Dce ' tbi8
I .' Ando.nia .. "
carryi\lg second
third ",I",s l' assengers only,
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of
; whioh
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po~u •..,rn.l,. lD

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the
heW in '

l~g", ~"".:ln8:"
~d.d t
and there

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\Vhite, ){r \",

h'';;' ...

Godo!phin·.' ~

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ita title ., Mlstr_ ChariLy

and .moving tale of· ~oi:t­
., ~m<io"; ·Jeffreys, ·. aI\ld tOO·
., Alice'" -Lisle, . with ... n E~moor
..... anl1nLlon ligbten.' its clOBe. . . ,

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wo':tb .

' too to s€o fai r ~ l ay .
The nlagi-trates said it WII8 ve ry go.od \
Oll M r . Freeman '18 l parl t,o do 90 :
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style', .. ~~d OU8~t t o bR.ve

electod

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and see it, Sh e came b:'lck the n eit .i
morning, a nd said she h a d stopped .t .
th o ho<p;tal &11 night, adding that ~he \
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ull ild hu.d ch ic k~n 'Jl()x.
Defendants re- 'I ,G.8. , one
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main ed nearly a week after . this. The tho .• oc:"ty. During :
woman always see med very ! fond of the mem b er! were e1eoted;
chi ld ,. and treate,1 it prope rly, but they ov()t', a lose of 13, Until ID!!!'I['!'"
wcre often very short of f ood,
\ membership up to :!ro, ,.
be••t.,· .th,.nl'.~ <?f
tho !JOC reiy were due to the
THE CH ILD ' S JOURNEY.
ing Unive':";ty College 'tor
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th e ""oiety th e 111Ie ' of the Largo
r ' homlU! Bartlett, of Stourbrldge, al the H :Blory Room ..t tho Colle"".•
(}rep.t W estern Railway Company .guard. mittec felt that a ,,,,,ord· of the
st.at"d thal on "rnval at Rending .for \ vi.,.. rendered to the sooiety by· m,,,,,lber·.
W orce' ter vi" Oxford at 2.27 on Satur- l others should be kept in
d ay. Mnrell 21.t . the female d efendant · form thn.n the annlla.! reporta , _.~ _ .._ ~ '_,~.
".~ e the ch ild i nto h ie eh..rge , and said
r<!ODrd woul" be of interest to
it s n.Ullt wou ld mee t i t at Ox r-ord , ,:\nd now membors. ·
b ke it. oil t o Wolverllampton; it had ..
REDUCED BALANCE.
Im-If·ticke t from ReadinR to O x;£ord, and
n nortmantcal1 , l&belled to W ol vcrhampt Ol;.
At Oxford there WI\8 IlO o~o
m~",t the child, which he hand ed ov er 0
" plntform. ins!>OOtor .
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had heen .r<>ducOO.to £3 14.: 6d.
Georgc Di gweed , platform I insP<lCtzl'
'I:h~ 'ch""","n, m.!.TopooI~g the
at Oxford, spoke to receiving 1 tbe' cbi , Dr., Joyoe , .... prl..... erut. aa,d, ho .
and handing -her over 'to th~ guard ·,,1 served. the lool<>1;y ~ ¥te offioo
."'..,.'....,ry
.. trRin tor W oherhnmpton, Ie ving
x- I at .. t':.o ofstgr~a~ diffiou~y, dJJ,e D,!,,!-,.aK~D
ford at 3 53.
i'l~t
'!"id~~.or .. U1 ,
.
Albert Henry. Marsh, .a por~r a
01- · Mr. Th':' ~ .Whltc' .econded, .. Mr. ' F . B.
v~r11ampton, 6""! tbe ohtld al'l;l.e<! abnut M_n ..nd .Mr. W. Hayoeo oupported, and
n .~o on the 21st, and under , inetruction. 'it was o&rriOO un&nim9usI;r.
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h ~ t ook it to an .a.ddN'l88 ijv~n on !" ., Dr. JOYOOI ,in returni~g t.hank~, Mid ~e had
lett er whicn W<l8 In ,,_ s.atchal-16, La,-' \ ba.il &n .. dmll'able ol'4lllp\e, ".ej; ~lm . <!Ur1ng. the
""Bte r SLreet. . No..on.8 W88
AB' p...t tw~ y",are :by tile ret.nn l! , prl!l.d~t (apt he resnlt of mqwiV'S' he V'(Alnt· to 186, pIau..).
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Leicester . Street , . ooo\,pied , by' : Mr. Lans-.
Mr . . W. H&Yll<l8 w.as
"'d.le , father of the ten,an_t of
16, who
yld Mr.
~''''U'':'~.•'p
"" fme<! t<> take the 'cliild,
afterwn rds be ~a"'e it to a
'after
llaving given it !ood ..nd

to get

the ground,
go t him in-

· Mr. nougl'" -Cluke ' has reoently ad,d-'
hi. SODa qampositions very effeetiv.... .... t'tinlls·. of .. 0
c~l>tain , my caD'-:
tai,, " (W~lt- .Wbitmanl , &nd "The old
famili.u; ...faces" (Chilrles L\"",b).
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~c'&ne~ c1mp08iMons in

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,W. 8Lam./icld. :Mr.
.B.llet,be,rd,
1Shrubeolo, Mr. H. ,Km g , 14r .
rer, Mr, ""d·'Mrs. C" A; P ,. Pope,
1 Mr•. J . ' LaW',"
Mr. F. B. Mason,
R.
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d Mr Sla.nley Hayward Mt
At the cQ,ncluolM,
l (!nve him and go t o America, a..nd he Mi:onr'yao ' Mr E J I Likem~ (ho'n, eecr6- proposing a. vote of ' ttianltl' to
,!-l\ s\\'ered . . "Yes, ,?OU go, and I'll follow tory) ;
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1M ..... Hurry, · .aid ~h .. t · ooCasion·.
a
you oml .klll you.
About a week lnter , The report B'f.atOO
the 1913, 0' 34th ,..,ally imJ)orti.nt <>00, an.d. on<>.lthat w~u!d
M ..s . Elhtffi Bald .he had . had a letter I ....io.n
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w.th " eu"""""ful have justified . .. mucb . l.."ger . .gath9Jling ,.
that t~e cluld lH\-d got mto R. cottaff6
the
&nd & mo~ elaborate ~eremonH~l!~ bu~, as
home \\I Wolverhampf<>l1. and she
sal,d
', theY would , hav'; """,", .they. .,..eroe ~ rath'lr
th« ch ild hud b een found in a gl1a.r~ 8
l\88trillted h.y the epa.ce.·
:!or.
van, and she could not uQde",ta"d It.
visitol'8 "t. , the Dew '
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The chi:d was very ill, IU1d ~he .ID\1st gp
,~ oM....

a ware..; nnti lan ded me two blows on the

be ' i~nOO by Mioo
'Alrinwriiaht. Hue, Doc., m two
!IOl~al"'. '··
will give tw<> vio.DouglB!l Clarke win play
. anc! ¥I.. W,inlfre<! Bow-

c<>p~' of. ¥iei.Gladys Murdocl): s new
boof' W6~ . on sale lit Lady Reading'.
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Saturdo.y,

AN ALLEGED THREAT.

po hac k.
H e seem ~ d to be like a
" li t of hi' \\'i!.,.
Th en h e took me un-

It " I'd

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husband

sh e too k th.e · ch ild away f\bout, one ,j
o'clock and r eturned ' betw een three nnd !
four, ~a.l'ing she had taken tho child to
he r mo ther '. at Slough;

to

UfUEOO

~;~~t~;j;~~;~~~~~.~~~;~~~~r~~

who hlld been crying , s a id her

F il)t: li c r f o ] low~ IIp b ehino, &Ild whe'Q
\\',"" lZot tip to hIm at ~g,lcot Park: pris ..
~ p e nt.

th~y

hod tol d h"r to gd rid of the child; and
the child said .. U l\cle Neil" la.s she
called Rlitts) did ·nt>t· lil<e her. _ The

h il t rod e off lL& <!u~ckly QI:i ' he cou-l.f.
.. \ V(' hu..<:1 !l.ra.r() r ace," said witlloess , "Mt.. ·

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weeks.
long was
after
woman Not
said alIa
misera.bleCMlle
abou~the& I ~
little girl .he had adopte<l, I>l\d whIch I had
WM w.itb ' her mother at SlouSh, and was I the ..
not IYell. Sbe went that afternoon . !,nd 1
roeturJled with t he chi ld in the evenlOg. be ·...nt.~D(lea
Sho ..!terward. heaTd the defend~nts T~. cue
havi ng sh arp words .bout the chlld. and mis4!ed.
the man tiiaid it would hn.ve to go aWh.y,
and h is wi fe would have to ge t rid of
h er. She asked if she sh oul d take it to
hit! people, and he said, "No, you _''.''ill
have to -set rid of her. " M"rs. E LhttR
eried . The next morning t11e woman,

h o could af t e r the assamt,

(l 1I'~'1'

apart~~nte.

' de
fend<>nts 8';d
took she
two let
r oom s elsbt or The
1<;n .
Aldershot,
w~eks o;gn, and .tayed a m?nt\l or SIX' \

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: Th... na.!le' . follows '....the · f.ugltive foro .
tunes' (If Mioh""l .Ca.meron, :who CQmes
:sOuth' ~;;joi!J MollmoutIi .n9 fa.lLt in love'
With a 'Roy.o.list Someree1.sbire squire·s .
daughter pn ' the way.
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· . Th; ' H~ M"-';t~r of ' Eton is to be the
ch~rman '01 tHie I year's biS ' mooting in
.th<l Large 'Town · H"n . ' Reading . in conn€ctlon with the .Church Mu..ionary So- ·
,,:..ty: · , '
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1~'I.J~~:~~i~~;r~~::.
~ is a .ofmember
of S. tho
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·Coot·mitt...
the C..M.
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~~RE~~'Y 'RtEC1'JON. ·
. NOONVENTIONAL CANDIDATE.