Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

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R. U<UI"U" Ol.

fll' l of interest
fr ? 1l1 b.t:>g inn in g to
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G CORPORATION BILL.. ,-;;:...
p<>titjo lJ hRS h oen lod g-ed by "~"'~"
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a nd D iE triot I,Butche.. ' '''iI\:'
lie Pcn l"",' Asso ciation in tho Priva;t(;
Offi ce o f t h e Ho""" of C<>mmon.;-,
t o be ' h _aNi . aglUnst alteratjOliil
I ht' R(,:ld ing C Or!lO ~Lltion B ill J:l~ .
~l '\ r l~ t i tio n W!\.S ' put ,in in ~ ·l;Iou.;e ~
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O ~ f r.:-;: 'S FIUCEDOM LEAGUE:'''·;;''''::·'

A "fa i t h ,t .{! :\ I I · wa s h<3ld b~ the :ai~~'
e 011 M a)" 2 16t ill tM Co unell ~.oni.~

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IT alL fo llo wed by NludiIlg!!' lr.om ,
11 <' '' 0. " bv Miss Ruth Hinder '

I r l' ~e ll t1 j:l . 611(1 songs QY Mm. B&'Wyer
1 ~ I ,r .. W oo el . AccomrSUnied by " M iSs
' ,:,o ", oth,
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Arthur ' Broudlell
I"'.' d t be cha ir,
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H u mphries· ,'j no)'lil

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Berks

instrumental in . o8tabl:iehing a free h brary

t here,
rura.l

the V&Ie

t · ~l \')' Hla\· fo r , Ron th sC!B . a.n d

respec-

who
proj eoted wbat is known a8 -th!l I ~':~~~li:
North E nd IJrainag... Scheme. wwe\l , "". ;

oured
tboroughly
s8~i.fnetor~,
d. ralUage
ayetem 8 for
several pM'18hes
adl01DlDg
too

city. H e was &1&0 .& mo~ useful mel~~r
of the ps.rish couDcil. filling tbe poBlbon
of han, clerk for two yea""
00 hlB
' ''"v ing Baxnwood for , tbe adjacent p:>rl8~
of H uoclebo te. his brotber conn Clll or~

G. P . Gooc h. M,A., late ' Li~
"t~ for Read : ng, haa Nlvised ..riC( '

et.-d .. Th e Li fe of , C ~&rle!~ , 'I'hijd.
("" h op e. " Tbe" Daily ChroDicle"
.. Til" t hird of th e line ' of ". the .
S tanho])<l
011.0 of t b" mOe,
characterR of h iS stormy ' t.ime..
,,'.:nl,''''''' of him bv h i. great·greatCh ito. S t a nbope, WIlB rio' ,
she d k d l D 1912. It IbM
'Nl a lld cOIn!>le ted by Mr. G. P.
~l.A.
TIl e TCVjB~O p nnd comp!&.

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cntruiited

to

1>1 the airt of .. tra,elling dOck, Mr:
mar1r..ed theiBubs()(lueot
r nppreciatron
()f ·his
services
Ho:brook'i.
DubHe
work
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m<ll'& pa.rt icularly ~ ~fine9 , to, GI.oucest.....

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Park Committees.

nt iitl C rcpo rt-l.-d tl13.t an BCCotmt. had
h e~ n r ec{'ivC' d fro m lIer-m rs. J . Om'er
Cuo p!,: r ~ llJ Mn6, o. Sr.~!36 jll ~ tJle · va1\1e· QI.
to

" no,"emo nt "

aDd

n.rra. , . }( ing 's Roflt1d (formerly used " _
in t he s um of £128 12s.. .
5<1.. wlt : !'}l 11:(1 comm it.tee considere(J"' RX- ~
nnd recom me nded that : ·Hr.
W Rlker , o f tlle firm of J.lesSl1l. ,
("'")' nnd W Rik er , be a ppointed to act
the> guard ianB' a.s.~eSBOl' in res~ct or
dih!)i dations a.c~t uOO at the~ . pre ..

gCflti'('l"<'-:! h OJll f' ~l.

wer e

aervn.ti v-c E:a::ec utiv6 Council.

the TruB I Blue Cl ub.
Tbe d,eoe"Ben le .., oo
and t h ree d aughter ••

. REFERENCE AT THE POLICE
COURT.
At Glouc';'t,r City PoIi"" Court
MOlJd ay, Mr. Huley K. B utt ' said
~ired. , with mU<lh regret, to refer to
d e.th 01' Mr. Charles Holbrook .• i Of

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plea..s.ed

1en.M Mr. Holbrook had b een 'in .Iailin,g

On e of the . :

health, and was nllu.bl~ to atl<end ,.to, , h;a
Dl,a@isteri';'l 'worli "" ho would ~ve , 4<>.
eiz.ed , but , fooo .. long peri.od, be ,11'' -'. an
. B\ltivo member of the Bench. , and adDllJl18'
tered jWlt ice _with ..n eTen haud.
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YO"'., howe yer. be had dOM moot, useJul
work ouLside the court. ,The mBglBtra);<\s
, . de&ired t lla cl<ltk to OODTey to' the 'WldOll
and I ..mily tho sinoere sympathy of the
Bench, '
, ,Tile clerk (Mr. Frank ,TI',,,,,mI'e)
c ould e ndo"", all the ~nau'm"n
with rell .... d to Mr. , j11"u:~~~ ,
known him for a
during the whol"
st ruck t1' hie "'"WI""'"

made Ule r cmJ,\rk that aft,.er wbat- :~'" _~

h ad seeJI 't ll O.V would dever .· reJf.l1lt ~....'].:-. '~.).­
n the poor ra te My rnore~' A.nQther-';';,,,:: .~ ...
wou ld b e pnid by the ,~ a lll'?i.i!it.!~ ::\·:r.i
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M E ETI NG S,
Mr, H, N, S pald ing, tile , proape'~tiv'"
L ib era l ea l,ld ;d atc for R eadin,o, has , ad.

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rlr c~!"t'{j bHcml g a t.h(' r i n g~ i n IB r idge

Street

AtSjj(;:,;nbly R<l o m s lHH l J-I QWaro .· Hall.:
was :p(> nder-cd. At tll c former meeting M r, I'paldln g .o ld eycry t ime he and " h is wife l'a m-c t.o Re ad ing t.he y l~e d i6
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be t te r ,
R eferring to tllC Homo '. Ruie
qU{lSt.iOll , he sa.id he was 8ure eve..rY
Li bcr nl W Oll ; d be cha[lme d to know . that
th" HO lllo Ru le Bill bad lere the Ho"",,·., '
of , Com mon s f or th e last tim e. Rep:ard.
in$ t h-e h ousi ng q uestio n , M r. Spaldina
sald the orrlinary working man , h"9: , 9t
got a hOIl' " that was worthy , of bimJto
li v~ in. ::)ornciimca h e had onlY' .sot t wo
a lld th e hOlliCB {or workers were
'l'h en, again, 't he rat... paid
ofte n .. g reat deal too much for
worke r ·s lrIcome, A 8ixt4 or fifth · ._:>_. . .
MU':':l C

o r th e i nc ome

ofte n paid. whic h

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b y fnr too Laroe a pro!>Qr ticn, To
allevi" t" 'nil th eM thi n!!. , what was the
Go ,'e rnm en t .,goini t o d ol Tn the couok.
distrids it was ga ing t o bui" d new. cottag... . " ,,~,'iI
the ne xt fow years 120,00& .
would be u
, That would be good for
the COUR e M
d th e building trade, ,ID
to WII" it was going to make the
l e hoaring.. ~
,<>U""" CI""
r rsp onsible for t~~
Uw }Jrop osnls "{)W Win,~ formu....
ea ch ("'<ltt.agc . would han~ - .. garden,
w.hic h wou ld prove very valuable ~,o .the
wo rke r.. If the man got out of '...orkJ
tile ga rde n would be th ~ meanft" (ItI earn.
a little l nstead of ~be , 11;10." h&llJlins
alld doing nothiJl&:, It ....&,11 &Ilticl·
that the housee IWOuld, lia~e ·. llvit
and " bathroom, "Meh " ... 'most;
,'~LJ1' porUl,nt, , If " landlor(l r efused.-to Eell , '
ground that .. "" wanted, he ',' :'
he made to ,0 0 so. . SJUID8 , were
t o h e l\.ttnc ked l · Bod by means of
In(;r<'"" ,(1 t r :l m (ac\litieJI town. would.be
,,"d the workers able to jj,ve .in
heA.l thl' 6urroundings ., rJ'he queqUlIJI'. '"r ,

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tJJ e rural d~trick was gOlDg to
b e dealt with and the Iwageil rlUsed . 1I1
l l\ w~ in conscQuence of which wagea lVou!d
'noreah in t be towns, ,All tkose were
very ire.t tbi~~., bpt were going to be
acc<>mpli.hed JPY, t he pbera! (WverDH e was one of
who h oped '
Government wo uld ertend &h.
of t.he Trade Boarda Aet ,.....
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ADDRESS TO LORD READING,
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T he '~ J1w" Li" lI of tile Reading
tion . at which th e &fl.dr~ 8 to the'
oChief ,I JuBt i!'e will b e p z+.;euted, hft.s
con v-enl?'d for T uesday moruin8~. in
Coune il' Ch am b er..
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was for some yea.rs eecreta.ry

unnet" a.g ree m ~ lJ t cl n.vd the 16th
] 900 :'" 'Fhe, r l? !>O rt ·was J?ft Med. The .,1

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with no treat la t Christm.as.t.ide.
1898. Mr, E,o)brook W8S placed ' '
Commi9fiioll or the ' Petteei for tKe He took a lively interest ' in.

H ·Gam_.

len nll'mn n M ,d··th A.t the ; previoUB after;
number of . members of ' the
. E.'.f~l cati an)ll ~so ci&ti oll visited

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lQ r e pres-ent U.!l

Mr. Holbrook WnB & put president
the Glouoooter Truder ' Aesooiatlon ,
euring hi. year , of office th& ...,,,',,,iati,oD
188u.ed a hand~ me J""'~ctorial ( '.'
ulouOOllter, .. Mr. H olbrook '
ently identi'fioo with the m.,,,•.mlaut
pro,wini tho Door chiLdr"u of

beld

Hig h t , wh e n tl1e se'a l W Ql:J . fixed to
in r ;"!'eet of ille ..2,500
. be ing negot.!sted for . ·t he'··
llO me . h c naquRrier8~ H The
• L on d ull R oad , 'rh e Building

t h ~ r"!l <1 JJ'fi

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1909 wl1en in ' consequence of t.he "at&te
of his healtE be did not seekr&- electi<ln.
During his cieven ·yer.rs' connection t with
th" Cit,y Council Mr. Holbrook took an
nctive Bhare in the dut;es of the Impro,e-~,el',,;,ij~~~
me nt, Libra.ry, Watch, SanitllolY, ' aDd '

chairm an

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c and id .. te f or t he We.t

ARD OF GUARDIANS.
'l""'linl mee Li ng of the R e,n ding Board
r , E. / 0, Fa rrer) p"""i(!ed,

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of the~~~fi,'~l898I~; r~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~e~~I~S~
elec;~t:LO:~n~o

he
c Led munielDal
a. member
City,"':litAtelethe
C O'U·ncil, be ing returned &B

lI11 t h o l'ity. H e is n fLJ6 scho lar and
a utho r ot l f1i :3 ~ry and His torisIl6 in
Ni llot..centb Century.?"

G 1!,! 1j<1inn s . ove r

author ity,

the prop er sa.nitation of
hi. special study. It .... as Mr.

llflrr"c chnn; -u.· ba.ne.

n ot

He was elected .. member of the
sr.nitary

ma.d~

Ide H 4)rs e.l " i ll Wan t nge,
T uere Iwi li al so be , - .horter
h.,· t he' moto r ch[l,r~a-banc aDd

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Tho "Intereet In publio lir~ whl~h Mr.
JIolbrook h&<l .hOWD bofo re smni to
Olouceste, wa. oontimied on bis r emoval
there. Taking u,... hi. resioonoe ill _ th e
pariab of Barn wood, be entered actIVely
i n to the rJr.i .. of that parish. a nd was

C1lrl ,,,"'·fj-n :mc will l ea ve' the Lodke,
1. K i !l~ ' B
on Whit.Sunday and

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tiOl"" t,o do e.ervtllin

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anyone ,,,ho ~P::~~~iir
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kate, it
dispOl1itiDn.
an'd
in Signing " 81HIimonse~
the three
polio<>,Oala,
.t ..tion
or
outfor
judici al ,busin8J!!8 waa
these dutie8,
,hud Dl\!dOlMD4ed 'fltllt ' r'e~

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prOO8 thing
forwa.rd
overy
p.-ea.oo, ... ' one
aitiee in the West '!d-~'lIl!l OJlliUlt~
1?M, : the.r.lfore, ,

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A.LBERT

ROYAL

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BR'E WERY.! R1ll:tJ:D~NG,

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and ' Stouts are g!lar,a nteed '·
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