Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

"ODD PIECES."
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THEFf BY A REA DING
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.PORTER
MINSTER ST., READING.
. . Sunday of ..

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~~.~~~1'il~:~::t".in,.
~ ,t.bI".••!!11.",ry

whioh
n,,-t
of
her hae
c:itizen

A aequ.el to the discovery . of a D;l8fl in
of tbe Ter·
of ~·Berkshil:e. a barrel in the yard of the Reading Tele.repreaeirta.tive p'hone Exch&nge, Minster Str£et, was
t/Ie oounty heard 'at Reading . on Monda. y;, I when Ma.r·
CUB McPherson was cha.rged with hurgl&ry
.. nd theft at tbe ' .bop o'f Mr. Georgo
Downham, gro<;<or, of Min st.. r Street.

A mother'e expen~eB were d isn,1Jowed in
e. case in which Sidney H ar ry Moth, 90,
Sherwood Street, R eo.di ng, a la.d, wo.a
charged at Re&ding Borough' Police Cou rt
on Saturda.y w~th stealin:s two ya.rds of
trouser Docketing, vRluc Is" the property
ot James Stanley and C<>., tailors, 140,
Friar Street, Reoding .

The proaecutor stated that on 8n.tur<1ay.

Willia m B enjamin fi'isher, 33, Hemdean

H ... I,,,,,,,o' ooppcr in th6 till. The latter was not
Re •• rvo-- .."OIn·llooked, but the re WaS a DlLtent spring. to
it.
Shortly &!tar he left the prem46eS
at
cattl" market,
;lnti) Monda:( morning, his eld est {laugh, at Yeomanry Houeo
ter Kate bemg in charge. On returning
the marti.1 .tr.in. of, their
at 8.20 a.m. on Monda.y he found the till
Duri*g
the
mO~/if t)1e
. quito empty. -The fron t door was the only
brigh,tened
b}!' Terrl~rl~
In
~m&rt UnJform8, hurrywg _to thett r e8pechv~ hee.d- entra.noo · to the shop.
quar1i<'n. Somo .. tn<v.Ued to ·Readmg by
Miss Kate i))ownham said she left the
train f; Newbury's · oontingent
came
by premi&ee a.t 10.10 p.m . There was l\ back
motor·~r.
door, but no , back . appro ach to it. 'She
I .YOUTHFUL "VETERANS."
locked botb doors securely. a.d took the
Tile mem""n 01 tl)e Reading Battalion of key of tbe Bbop door w,itb her. When she
tho Na#onal'Reielye ma.dea. ga.U3Rt sh.ow, left with her sister and a friend there was
a.; b ••ded by U,.ir band, they .
mto ·no one in charge. AB she left the premi_
the Igrounds of Yeom8.n.ry HOUl30"
sbe fll\W t,he I1risoner opposite t.he shop.
upo9 whom adva.ne.ing .'y~at'8 '1~
.de "'t.B walking along very s lowly , nnd he

e mployed as 8 PQcter at n. w eekJy wnge of

, of a . ohurQh

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Of 1ate years inferior fish has been 'sold on· this

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market as .~ Pink'" Salmon. It sells at a low .
price, but its quality, and its . suit~bility for f~d
are so dubious th~t ,we prefer not to handle It.
We recommend the 'followin~ as'sound. worthy"
and · reGal;>le goods. .
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A1~ska.

Tboy parad.d .troogly,
n...d:y tbe whole length ~I
ing Itb& T·iding echoolJ where
held. A brav.. disp,",y of
theit chests. The colour .len~ oJY
uniform. of the , Terrltona.,
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dId'lerIii<e 18
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.ma~t
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ed th
tlve 'Vetera.ne
V rwlpv
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tho

'Fraser River.
WYNBARRIE Brand
Fine Steaks. Flat Tins.

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9 2!d.
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lOa, The' trouser POckcting WfiR kcpt in
a roll under the coullter in tIle "Iwp. On
looking o.t it on May 14th ho thought tI,e
quantity had <liminieheu; llo.v ing r cg a rd to

wh a.t hnd ooen II sed.

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lirs . Emmn. Bate3, 90, Sherwood
said priBo.ncr l who was h er SO il

red line" of
300

(T-erritorja.l) Army Scrvjce Corps, who hom e l and that his mothe r wn.8 we n. r ing l\
accompanied the lnet witneee to h er home, blouse, the lining of which wa s mnd e of

some of it. Charged at t he police 8t"tioll,
tho prisoner replied" I ought not to h" ,o
doOne it; I cnn see it now ." ~
In reply to the DriBon"r, witn es, 6t"I.«1
.t hat he did D<lt eay " .tha t pn.rticulo.r Ha rt
of ~loth."
Formallv charged, !'riRo ner plea ded
p.e. Ba.rnett said _he made a 6earch of guilty, and .sa.i<1 he sa.w two or t hL'€e: piercB
the surrounding roofs. but he did not downstn.~r~l nnd thinking th ey wero of no
succeed in finding D.n.,one.
us o wok them home.
"A BURGLAR ABOUT." 1 , t
BENCH AND THE MOTHER.

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A blotlB€ wns produced ill court, and
wl1en it woo poi nte d out lo Mrs. BI~tA' fl
tha.t the , lining i n it was s imi JOl.r lo the

BIGGEST GROCERS IN THE WORLD '
I: COFFEE • ~ GROCERIES I .. PROVISIONS

trouser !IOckcti ng " II~ said sh e kne w noth-

ing about it.
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Tho chairmnn: (F. B. Pa.r fltt, E ~f1.):
You were in court wh r n De tective IH en dor .
son ga.ve evid ence; YOII hea rd the st a te.
m ent mnde bv ,'our M ill that h e bro llR11 t
home two or' thr-ce p.icccs, a.nd t.hat yu u
'"fere ·w.en.ring f\ g,~rment made of Bo rne o r
the i'i'ning. I s that tru e I
:Mrs. B n.t.e6: It. is so.
The chairma.n; H ow many Die<!e6 to your

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· :MOR~ TAXES.

TABLE . DECORATING
TEST AT HEELAS'.

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PROGRAMME OF THE READING
LIBERAL CANDIDATE.

l\.frs. B~ t~s: About t h N'e.
The clllilirmnl1: Have you Mkcd h i m to

NAMES Ol!' TilE WI~NERS.

bring things hom€!

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. .. We' want to .ee J,he doh tlU~d ~ill
more heavily," sa.id Mr. H. N . . S""ldmg,
tho ?roopectiv<I Liberal undIdate tor
Re&dmg, at · a social mee ting of ' Batt!..
Waro No.1, he!.d In tho Croos Street
lIilll.
THE NEW LIBERALISM.

Keesre. Heelas. 80ne- and Co., Ltd .•
have inaugurated the openi.ng of t~cir new
furniture ' show:'rooma In a. IDOI9t Jlnteresting and charming mann"r. Th e,. orga~IN THE BARREL.
ised . & t ..bl., decoratinll test. the competl'
tion being thrown open to the Indies of
P. C. Pl)pe saId at the back of the Post
Re&ding and district , &00 Prizes of £5,
OffiOf) Tele!lhone Bnildings h e Baw a large
£3 and £2 w .. re oll'ered to th.. sueces8!ul
Bu r- b~rrel about 4ft. 6inB. high and art, wide,
Mr: Spalding said the Dew Liberu.liBIp oompctiwrs. Tho idea U ca.ught. on" to
Th ere ,vas [l, smn ll er barrel uptside down
&imcd at .something totally different from 8. degree exoeeding expectation, n~ f.ewe r
pa.rtly inside the other one. On looking
what it did when h e Wt'LB ft, boy. viz. I the ' than 45 entries being receivooc WIth. the
1 e<l into Dhe bare rl h e saw a manle kn.ee
y
h"ppin e.. "nd welfare of the peopl.e of the r"sult that th.. tabl... overflowea from th..
and foot.
Witn""" s aid "o,me out of
country,
There had been
n~w furniture show-room into the .top
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Prtir~8alnmmo~: ! that ') but getth1g no MI}ly he lifted the
tl k8n ! Imm~~eo
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P I tICS
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to
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~ anu, th en -.aw tlIe prIBOner
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cha.nge in t o w I) e au 00
a I
shl)w·room and also III
eo
urru f the I grounds 01 Yeo. smal arre ,O U
since the L ibe.ral Government took office ing d ep..rtment.
Tho exhibits "re cer·
t~. otirrin .train. of .. The ~ittinl'l in the bottom of the large barrel
in 1906. .They. aim€<! at removln/! grlev· tainly l!f high merit, m&ny: of them show·
Brig&d. j'
the band, and . "",ss-Iegged. P~i.oner mf'?e no movemc~t
tlonccs from WhICh the people had suffered ina much skill and to.sto 10 a.rro.ngement,
the principal streete of
whatever, a.nd wlth the ~~ltJt !\nce of P .C. s
lor gene ..ations. D id !'eo!lle get the ' w.R~sl while the tloral {lesiins are ext""!,,ely
vaSt ooncourso 91
Flitter and W.arwick they toll ed the barrel
t.he~ deservedf D Id they . work re~on&b. e praiseworthy. The judges, who consIsted 1 ' ''!U''',n~:O<J ilia streets &It ovcTY ~~n.t/l.ge
o ....er a.nd pulled the !lrisoner Ol~t. Witl}eB9
Liberals wa.n~d ~o . t&Ckl ~ .the of Mrs. Abra.irJ.. Mre. W_ F e rguson, Mre.
soonG W8.!. & very LnSpLrLting one.
took the -prisoner to . tb€ pol!oo statIon,
bQursf
great question of educa.flion 10 1t, rehglous Hastin gs Gilford Mrs. W.11& and M1'8_
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. THE UNITS,
wllere on being ""arched he fo.und in h;"
and other aB!1Cct~. ~e' reioiced ~h8.t the Chllries Brad~ey, 'had no lia'ht t aSk. Th ey
possessiqn six skele ton keys, ' BJ.X ordmnry
Libern.la and ProgreS6\V~s of Readmg were gave their awa.rds a.s f-oUOWB .: keYB, & file, 0. cheque book,. a. cigar CI\8Q,
among those who would n.o~ rest u~tir the
1, Miss L. Johnson, .Maid en Erlog1,I.
an el ectric fiashl arnp, a pair of Slov.cs,
2, Mrs, A. Poulton, , H~ghgrove, Re..,lIng.
spectacleB in en.se , .. kill fe, a BOverelgn
diseases ' 01' the body politIC w<;re cure?
'Re/erring to the Budge t , he ....d tha~.n
8, Miss L. R. HIll. The Hostel,
C86<l , <lontaining £8, and a sum of £1 15s,
the old halcyon days of the Conserv&hvea Thateham.
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ld. in silver and copp or, Wbcn ?hnrged
.. Budget genera.lly me&nt providin~ more
H .c. Mr•. James H""laml Caversh&m:
wJth ooing found on encl",ed prom lMS ~he
money for the Army ..nd Navy. WIth the
H.c.: MiBB Stocker. Ea.sl>ern Avenue,
prisoner m&de no reply, On the fo]low lng
u sual coru-equenc~ of & war .later o.n ..Now, Reading.
Monday ,hc was chll.rge·d with ~urgIBry. but
on the contrary , a Bu dget was pfl.nOlp"Uy
H .e,. MiBS Go~aH, B?ton
m&de no reply ,
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a. great en ~no ' of .fK!'Cll\~ reform d.elHgned to Oxford Road, .Readmg.
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Prisoner, who had nothIng to say, WM
improve the cond:t!On or ~e pe ople; The
The floral d.16P.lay would be of mtere.st
committed for trial o.t the next Borough
Budget' of 1909 was "tbe g,..,ateet In t h .. in itself, but .t 1S enh ..noed l?y tho ~raDBQuart.., r Sessions.
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history of the country, &n4 It b&d been fpr", ation of tbe ,;,hole of ~IB p..rtleu.l&r :
Prisoner nsked to be committed to th e
morc BUCC<l8&ful th&n ' &nyon e expected aection of the huslllese and lUI decorationl
ABsiz..., but the m~gi.trateB refused the
wbeo it
introduced. The present Bud- nnd draping to fit in with the ide~
request.
Ret r .. ised very larS<I .urns of money: The of the f1or&1 exhibition. The rose .walk:
,'. inoome tax wf\.s -to be inc.reBEe d for In- in the costume show-rooms, wlth the
comes of over £1 ,000 a year, and the priYi- I f ramblers I t running over the ruetia
Jege cif payIng Bu~r-tax w •• to .b~ ex- work,. ml\kes & cbarming . spectacle. &nd ~
CAMBEnLEY~
tended , to peopl<l w,th over £3 000 .. year. pleasing loil to the be..ut.!ul m ..tefl.&le (o~
H .. hoped they wl)uld allllreci ate it. Money lDspection.
Reference shl)uld alao b<j
TRAP ACCIDENT.
inveBted abroM wQuld no longer esC8"" m&d4lto the Old English in&y'pole and thll
tuation land the death dutieB would be Jap"neee 'corner, bllt I>\lrb ..pe· tbe most
A aomewho.t eerious tra!) accident 00' increased for .,.,tat.s of over £60,000. .
novel and striking te ..tuNl . is the Chines.e·
curred nca.D Camberl ey on ~he 14~~ inst.
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room, which ;;, situated In the new furol~
C&ptain H . de C. Martelli, of
Gore·
ONLY AN INSTALMENT.
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ture .shew-rooms . . H!> ..... the Cbin~e in.
land," Ca.m,b erley, with Mrs. Martelli,
wae driving on the Yateley Road when
The Lib eral yarty wanted to ":"" some f1uenoo showe stron/!:y ..11 through, m thjl
food prices lower, &nd It was th6Ir proud carpets, wallpapers &nd IJangmSB, &nd thth~
the horse became frightenw by. II. traction
boa6t that no tax had bee n put on food furniture of black lacqIUl! .h,?ws ,
e
engine ..nd liolted. , Part of t~e h " rnese
\!iving wa..l Captatn Ma rtell> &t onoo
by the Liberal party for over 50 y.ef\l"8. pr.ooent result of e~Jy ChlD:es6 Influence, tevon
'fhey h&d redu,,",d th.. Buga.r I.&I, and they on design . 'l;'he. obJee~ dil"1~ haB ce~­
Jumped <>uV with a view tl) stopping th<l
horse but Ire:!, .qpd ·the traD wa.a over'would not rest conten.,. until they had tninly boen r.eal'sed. fOr one. l~ for ' the , Li,"n'",n,i:nt
·sboli..hed' all f60d t .."es. Tbe o,nserva- nonce tr""Bported to .the mysterIOUS E&et.
turned witlj Mr •. ',Martelli he,!eath. She
tiv ••• aid th" t""eo ' on the rich in too 'l1re- The wbole of the deSIgn &nd ~tu&1 tNl&twas conveyM t~ ,. Gorsland:' and is pro·
(C"p1Au' l greEsing s.tlsfact6rily.
The tr"D was
!lent B1!dget would I ultim"tely ~lfect the ~ent of t~e sbow-rooms cert"'r:ly retlect
literally Bmaebed to pie<:i!S,. but the horB<>
ii' 'Poor, ~u~. ,they s..id. the .. eam.e·. aQ_out the much ~It on ,Messr8. ,H~el8B II stall.
etlca~"'with little injury. ... ,
Budge t ' of'- l909, .whl,ch llrovlded . old:a.p:e
. THE NEW FURNITURE SHOW. i
pensions. It W&8 hetter that mane,. should
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be spent in that way and on 'housing than
'. ROOMS.
00' the h.crurles of ·tbe rich. The Budge ~
Wiith Irega.rd to the . alterations
€B.v-e ~lLer to .people with Q.m811 ·~.hioOmes carried out 4'-t Me~8ra: H-eelM~1 a.nd
.. nd l&rJle J8mili~s . But tbis :&!!..dB,"t
ne&ring I"ompletio.n, .~y COnB18t in
onlY"M lDstalment, When \1........ 1D p .a.r- away 'with the va.rad _chare,oter
consistent
• Ii&lllent he would do aJt iiI Iri• •power to f.r ont &nd making . it

w Itn~B: No. He said they wor ~ o;: ld:
pieQe8 l ~ ft, nnd t h R..t h e cl id not tll ink lhere
was n.ny hnrm in taking them.
'I'h~ -cho.i.rmn.n: D id you n.sk WhM0 he
got it? Do you consi<l er t,,,·O yurd :; o.u
odd bitl
1\.>IrB. Ba.tes: I should cn llf. i<l(; r it a ll
odd piece of stu ff , I BUPflO SC.
Deteetive~Insp ector An<1€I'>'ion stn.t.rd UlfLt
the boy bore a good chnmcu' I'. H e had
been in his p J."ICt'l ent po.;; iti nn for l welv.o
months, and had 11 I€fel'{!1 1C e fro m 11tH
pre viOllR employe r, with whom h e had
been for two yeu.rs.

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PLEA FOR LT: NfENCY.
Mr. Fisher said tIle boy hl\d always bceq

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tirely.

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Mr. Turn
r ..xp_sed
op.inion
that
old-age
pen,;ioDers'
[.liouldthe
,h ave
.f~ee medi·
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Mr. E. Jackson
,Iong"r he lhe.J. th.. i "om·.
A ",uejic ..l < program,n:~ l~
I c"l attend ..n.,.,.

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H€ hODed the B elich would delll

somoo ne elBe,
Mr;' FieJlcr: He

wa ~

a good ll nrd-w nrk·

I fe el dee ply son'y m yself, be·
cause I took n n .i n toroCRt In hlln.
The boy wn.a bound over i n tho Slim of
ing b·oy.

£10 to b e of g ood bc hn.vjo u l"J and was put
under probation for two )·cn.rs.
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The chairman sn.id the Ben eh denlt With
t he boy in Buell n. lenient mn.nne.r in th.o

carnest hop€ that the firm would be able
to see their way to gi v.e him one mOl-S
c hance.

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Addre!:ei ng Mm. Bat.ca, "t he chL\~r~.n.n
rem,inde<1 her of tho grcIl,t rc:'ponSl b,hty

that 1'€tSted upon herl and saul her BU6,.
picions must h a.ve bc-en aroused . H e lwped
that she would h el D h er son to lead on
h o,nes; alld 8t.ru.ightr~r\V t\ rd li~ e : "If yo~
had ' been charg€ d W1Ul conlllvmg, a nd It.
had been proved, 1t would ]mv-e bee n. at
very serious offence," ndd ed the c}HL1r ~ .
man.
U Unde r
tf1 8 circuDl6tan~ the
Bench will d isallow your e:xpc.n BC ~ .

CLASSIFICATTON OF ROADS,
Sinoo the i.ntroouction of th e Budget · t~e
Road Boa.rd have written to tho Borkl:llure
County COuncil suggesting that tho oo ul1 t. y
counoil should oall a

con fcrenoo 01

all

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highway a.p thori.ties withjn t ho cou nty m~l
a view to ,submittin g to the Roa.~d proposa.'
for t h6 o"la.ssiftoation.. o[ ·a ll rOfld9 In tho area.
It is proposed tha.t tho conference li'hould b.

held'on Ju.ne 4th,

Leaving the town

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h~d

lelliently with him.
'fhe ma gistrates' cle rk: Appnl'c utly hoO
WM not bCJleHtiJlg l uut his mother or

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goad ha rd-working hoy .. j n who,m he

had full cOllfld c llce . The fu··m wIs.h<ld 111m
to say t h nt it WilS not tho boy's fn.ult e n ~

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enCO,ura.g8· finance a! tlu~,t~ ·sort. ; ' They It wlll/ {c.f.Qund
W&.1Ited to
the zleh,: taxed .stil! mOor<! alterations @:bd
helivily.
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. aiIi,! it '

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husband. brollght the tro u, or
poo~eti ng borne. 'V j tn~~ snw it on t.ho
chest of (lrawcre in the kitch en , a,,<1 h.
IUlked he r If sh. could 1I11,kc 11M of it.
Witne&s did no t ask him whe re he got it
from, thinking it wn,s nn odd: piece ovr. r
given tl) him by M:l', Fisher. Witn e." on ly

spoke to g6tting to the rear o( lhe
premises through Mr, Phillips' shop neIt
door. He found the back door unlocked.
ana on entering Ihe sho!, found the , has
of golf c:ubs ncar the . counter. On goins to the front door he found I the key
(prodUC<ld) in the lock.
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STO~RES

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with .. number of golf club. in it.
Mi. s · May Downhnm, another dt>ughter
THE MOTHER'S BLOUSE
of tbe first witneE8, wid tha.t ElI!e returned
Detective H e nde rs on d e posed to rceciv.
home from husine.., ~hent 10.aO. On &t- ing th6 tW\1ll€r POcketillg frOlIl Mrs. B~tcs,
tempt-ing ·to .Qpen tlle Jfront d oor with h e r who took it (rom the chu;t of drl\wcr s i and
k~y she found th ot she c'o'uld not do' so • •
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priSlIll c r at
tl,ere
was anothDra. key on the l'nsl·d e.
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P y, arrestmgt th.c
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tie BlOp,
risoner s ta <I, t ,at 18 too
Thom.'
Mole, of 79,, ' WI'IBon Road. & tJ La trouser poe k C t'lIIg f
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rom l
<ownstfiJN:I
&ergeant-major inst.ructor to the B erk.Q. that he had ta.kcn several sm:,ll p i~c r~

INTERNATIONALj
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14a.y 9th, he cl~ed hiB shop ' just after 9 Road, Caveraba.m, mana,ze r jn the employ
o'clock. lea';ing 6•. Hid. in silver o,nd 0 1 the l1r08colltore, said Moth hl>d boon

glanced at it. La.ter it waa 1>u she d ill lo
the dra.wer, but not by witl1cs~, Witn rflS
looked very hard at witness a nd hor com· had never eeen nnV cloth liIt Q lhat b rought
p&nions. The prisone r 'YR.8 carrying a CI\Se home by her son ·befor e.

Olaiehed with robust pr"cuuon
more alert mon o[ a. young~r

SYLVAN GLEN Brand
Fine Red F~h. Tall iins

MOTHER'S DENIALS.

" PM . A DE,TEO·frVE."

behind .

ot.rl1cltur,all,::~~:~~, ~~;:~ii~~

L6i8url~

hours can be most enjoy-

ably sp~bt either cycling or 1110tor-

i.~O~f2P;~~~:ti,~Jl

cycling. ' These pasti me~ allo,,! Qn~
to turn" one's back on tbe town
and .. njoy the freedum and freshness of the country side.
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No bioycle or motor cycle wJlI
better fulfil this object than a
Triumph. Just in"estigate its many
mer.its.
Oat~oguB Free,
Cyolesfrom ' £617 6 to £13.
Motors from £49 15 0 to £60.

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H. JULIAN, 48, BROAD IT.
R.EADING.

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