Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

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FREEDOM LEA GUE.
faith t.ea." -was h eld by th e aho vQ
\eague on Ma.y 21.t in the Coun eil TIn" 'Il.
Palmer Hall. followod bV r.eu<i ing" fn 'l ll
H Tile DoU's Hou6e " by Mis·., Rulh H ind er
and-, friends . and Gongs by M r~. S:\wyc r
and Mr:. Wooel , 8.ccompa n:ed " .' - j\ J i :: ~
0, ." Q.reen oj' H 6a.rll' Smith.
lire. Arthur B l'o,id lcy
C. Englefleld occopie~ the chair.
Empire . Day ' :
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;: ~~8C:'.!pl,!!e fantasia, .. ~ C:HARS·A·BANC TRIPS.
D . . Sh.erilf); belr
Mr. . .l <lhn Humph ri<J,'
. D. Albert) .

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M<>tor Chal'8-a-Banc will l e J'l."i e t lif'! L ()d r, ....

On a

. ahno~nc€<l .. popular Ho w l, King 's Road, 011 WllI t,S"'"i1y . 1
7"
, given lD the Forbury Whit· Monday ftlr Southson ,,;,,] ti, ,, V" lo
. ~ ~rogramme

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of

musIc of 'Wbitc Horse , via

V<l~. and ...Iect-ed fr?Jtl . tiv-ely.

There

will

'Va ntng.-!, 1' ('''' p4~ 1 ~"
also be " h",·t" I·

programtpes of . the Readmg j ourneys bv t.he motor char" a. · ba. !U ~
Ba.nd l'!ill. be rendered.
also til e horse chare-a-banc.

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V ~UDEVlLLE ' THEATItE.
GOOCH IN 'l'HE LIBRAIW .
.. Jpdith of 'Betbuli&, " a Bibli'oal 8tory,
Mr. G . P . GoocH, Y ·. A. , b !{l Libe l',,1
and ODe that_"h.y.!!!d prov.e pO!lUlar with cl\lldidate for Rea<Fn g ., h... r{lvi "cd a ',,,1
is be\dg ' SD?-lVn at this t1!eat~ , completed "The L ife of, CharlA" '1'1 1; "'\
' part ·ot. . th~8 week. It 18 EarI Stanhope." The" Daily Ch" o lli l'I,,'
.Hjlo@:rapll masten>iece, ~ four chapters, 1 88.YB :- " Tho third of t11C lill(~ o f t.h'l
.t...siQ ~torl' of 'Judith a;td 1Earls Stanhope
Olle of the II lo sl,
book of Judith remarka.bl e charn.ctern of hi" storm y ll'IlC
r ~'I~~.rl\'~",;,~b~,;aa~·:edga(OD ~the
O~ . Wh' t-Mondlly '\ A hiography of h1m by h.. gr. "I·~I '" I.
gr..1I:d hOliday progra.m,;"e granddaughter, Ghit(l Stanhope. It II " I'n l.
. from,· n a.m. to 1030 pm., In- finished before ..he di{d in 1912. It I" ,"
'-o<lnl"'i'or ' f,~~ruUp to · her. trickn, " e. H!ely, I been re,"iBerl and com.vleted by } {r, G P.
•
I .• :priillbitly comedy. fuJI of laughahle SltU"- Gooch M.A. The rcvi8'o1\ an ti cuntp 'C
a.nd . lea~nring "H iM AB~ Neil"'on; i tion c'::>uJ<l ' n<;Jt n a.ve ~e€n enlr u.. tcd t.4. J r\,
a .een4latl·onal dra.ma.
The Red I bett er RlltlWrIty. H e 15 n. fine schol ar a.l ~ d
~ · dep~oti!l. a . ~e<U'et 'E!ociety'e m ove- ; tho author of 4 H i3 t-ory anel His toria-lIrl i n
menta, and' aliT& Wlth thrI1ls from . .start '\ the Nineteenth C en.tury , ' rJ
to ; lIu\lh. Included in ' tOO prograrnm.. for
the .~latter plll't of ·next w"ek will h e a BOARD OF GUAIWIANS.
beautifully,
coloured drrurntl, "The Cnl'!le
A srec ial mee lillg of the R cn tiiOi g B n:1J'(\
t
of War/ .. .film that s~~uld dra.w crowd:d 1 or G lia rdi nm,. O\' .. ~ r \",'11 ich t he dHt irn J£1.n
hOlYOes at ~aeh perf?rman<le. The re Will ,' (Mr. E . O. Farrer) pl'C6Id ed . \V a_ Iteltl
wo be tM usual hlBh·class varIety p ro- last nigh t when t11e seRl wt\.'1 fi xed to
gramme, &<lcompanied·. by Mo.dam. WaI· tho mortg!l.ve i ll l'esV<!ct of lhe ;' 2,5110
ter'., Orchestra.
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loan which i s , being ncgot!aLed foT' tho
new 6cattere d home h CRuquarterR, "T he

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An item of intere8t to workera ID the
T.emP.eraooe ca.-Q5e in Reading i s the newn
of, the recent .roco~1!8 of t~e w.-e~ "-<Y ~'
bra.neb' of too N.B:W .T.A. In Wlnnln&' the
:~~~fj~\f~~~~~~~~~o,~~~~,;~~}~.::,~:~ Fr&nces Willo.rd " Y" Challenge , SWeld,
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..Aj1.l1l,,~.c I which
to th~ hon . . 8eo""tary,
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Beeches," Lond on R o nd.

ICommitteeIlnd
b een

Bui ldi ng

Th e

.reported that an aCColl " t had

.received

from

Mes srs.

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Cooper
80M, aB'es8in~, tJ1C v:'.1"~' of
the renalJ"8 to " Rosemont
and
( :HO.
arra,"- King'e Road (former ly u,oli "~
ecat~11Q<l h ome.), in tho sum 01. £ 128 12".
;on 5d .• which tb-e Mmm lttee cOll s ld e rc,1 " ' _
oosaive, and recomme nded thn t
~I r.
Roh2rt Wnlker, of tile fiTm 01 Mess l".
C<lokoey and W alk er , be appointp.d to aet

London
·the

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guardians'

86.'S'CSBO['

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r c:.t!,'K'd

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rniscs und-cr a greement rfn.tr<J tlw tHlh
th e dila'l)jdatio ns a.cCl'u.-:d at t.he9C prf'·
1900. The r e!>Ort was J'<lS".d. 'rite
said· t hat the pre vio u" nftcr '
number of membe rs of tlle
Educa tiCJn'nl Assoc!/l.tioll vi si ted
and were !Jleused with
t h"v· s aw. O Jl ~ of tllf!
the r enia.rh: that af~r wh at
seen ·l h ey would Ifever t:(',gre t
the poor rate any more . Another
would be paid by the llE60.fintio ll
t o-m orrow.
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w o rk

H. N.

S palding. the . !lro,pcc liv"
candidate for R endi n.Q', h a ~ arl o
gatheri ngs i n IB r jJge Str.:'d:.
and, . now.rd Hall .
was rendered. A t tIle f OrUloCl' mee tYr. Spalding s aid ~v..ry time he nml
his wife came to Rewmg the y h k ed I~
better.
Referring to the Homo R ule
question, he said h e was ·8ure C\o' C l'y
Liberal wou;d b e eha.~l1'\ed to kll ow th a~
tM Home Rule Bill had left the H 0 "0"
o.nd r<>citations
of Commons for the last time. R ellnrd·
flecond ~part # o~
.
ins- the housing quest,~n, Mr. Spald ing <
of a -sketch, ~ "entitled Bald the ordina.ry working mAn lla cl Hot
'''''11I'U''',",'' by ·,th:e~follow~nl! i got a house th at was wn.rthy , of him to
, GO'i,lmll (BIlly ! live in. Sometimca be Tlt,d on ly got t wo
. : Curl),
rooms, and the hou5"" for workers wera
..
(the two disgraceful. Then, ,!!!!ain, i.lle ratea paId
'D unton we re often [It great d eal t90 m u ch for
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the worker'.

Income, A Blxth. or .fifth
WI\8 often· pau~. whICh
by far too larue &. proport]()n . To
pro· alleviate .,11 the~e thin/!8,. what was tho
~r. G<lvernment goini to ' dot, IU" the country
With districts it was goiog t o bUI d new. cot·
-due tage<! and in the next few year. 120 .000
parL or the income

W1\8

would be buirt. That would b e good for
the cottager.. and -tbe building tr"d.. . In
the towns i t was .. going to make .the

councilB resPoDBibla for the hou"ng.
Under ' the pro,PoB'1s now being formulated ~a;ch cottage would have .. garden,
which would ~prOy. very valuabl. to t he
worJl.er8. If the man got out <If work,
th.e ~ &ardeD

would b e the m ea.ns of ea.:n-

0.'

ing '- .. little ill5te"d
th. mun h.ang:n)'
about and d oing nothUlg. ·It was antlolP"

ted .

th ..t

the hou see would have five

.. batliroom. whoch !O"" moet
If .; landlord refused to .ell
'a piece of ground that wa. wanted, he
would be ' made . to do 80. -- filum • . were
be . attacked, . alld byi meallB

at

i~~'~"J~ tram facilities towns wOIl.lt! ~o
.~
Blld the w ork~ r8 a.ble ~o !lve 111
eur.roundingB. The qllestion or

the r~81 ' d~tricts was g?ing to

. and - the wa.geB .ralsed . by

of 'Y'hicll wag"" w<luld
towne. . AJI tli08e were'
. but were .going t;O be
the' I.jbsral',·, ' G<>v'~rn­

' of thC8!l ¥/ho hoped

Ao.... rnment would ' ~J:tend the
Boarde Aet .. ~
':'-:~: Coo;

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n ud (all i i

B Pil Ch .
Tho
could
w ith
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