Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

BY "O.T."
It is· rat.her surp ri sing
the Rending To wD
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t;tronger protest" "·o ~·"-· . "i''' .!'4'''''11I-

inc r e nsc in the

€='t1lcnditu.re for the

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. the colllmi ttee estimated ~:~~I!~, «;I

. ' ; they a.ctually exp ended

ore.

This year thilir C61amlatil l.--i,.a

nn in crcruse over,. l aat

no le ss thon £ 3.795.
Been from the figu res
lnst woo k 1 ,i t is l a.rgely l..o_ ......_ Exch eQue r con tribution,
extraor<linlLIY reoei!)t,
Commit.t~e

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were "n.b:c to

... d ecrease in t ho raw. Wh at
happened if . t ha t amount h ud
'A.\·,u lubleT
Would the Highw&yil
it lee h:J.vo been allowed to exceed
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r us ua l d e mand s by s uch a huge sum?
l\r~ nwar () t hat £650 for R. n ew mota)'.
is . ue ing flrovided out of r evenUe .
('I f r nising n. I O!1.Il , and that £900
i ng- exp ended on the renewal of t..b&
p n':c lllc llt i n li'rin.r Street" but, tha~ '.

£ 2.2·' ,; .till t{) be

accOUJited . JOt;

increaited
a nd cOll sidrrabte: su ms a.r-e p:ut in "in of I:ts t veM for materials for·.rejia.ira
th e hi g )l\"a.~·s genf>rally.
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HE WAY 01? THE., WORLD.
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"Nn 0,,0 can . obj~t to tbe Highways '
h n \'Ing a larg<>r ~um '$is f e....,
11n yo(> lJ.c.e n. ke!f1; on ' .rather 1Ilio1'1
1:-. d u r ing t he Jast few, years., ,but
·Wlse at one bound to lDCroa.se- ' the
·U.('o' s ti p ending cnp ncity- by ' Deit:rly

{' n rp~J r ntio n

s·pcndi ng

k no\\"~ tl lnt o nce n figu r e
extrc'lIl ell' diffi~ 1I1t 10 " et

· d ep&l'~eDt.

pcl Jilittirc to any tJl i ng li ke t h e old . fign.re.
Fr (' ~h r-l:lllda.rd6 of Bpcllding Are
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n.~ l d t,h e~ c n. 1'0 ~ (' Ido nl
gone back "UP9 0.
An yo n e wh () rxpC'cl s tha.t in futu re- 'tbe

set

l'Ii g h \\"~ys

Commi ttcc's eXl""l(!nditu.re : •. ia
kJ be red uce d t o Ole o ld figu re" ",:ls
l nbo llring und e r ;\ d c~usi o n .
'fhe ' IDgh~
W /lXti Commit tee: n.re lU\.rdl y t o bla.me, ·Tb~y

g~l i llg

IWl' n ('ulLing thcir c~a. t accordi ng "£.0
thei r d ot.h . lind the n mombers of t.h~
('01I 1Ic- iJ gd n~) li nd wallt to know why stich'"; .
alld "'\t('11 n. rO:1.d 11 :1"3 not beon put ·into '.
sp:c:k n ::d ~ pn n cOIl (F tiO Il .
B ooa~ the
r aiL·=, !u\\'e !tone dowJ.l 2<1 . in t he £. largelx.
In- fo rt uit(} tl S ci rc\t m ~ tanCX"6, i s no reason

,,:1I y t he cou ncil s ho uld r e1ax i19 hold on
th <:> ptU·Sf> stri lJ gs, Ex,en d i.turc js goi ng
UI) . Hnd it is hon n(l t f") go u p st in furt1"\er
wit h th e pro j<,ctr; p. h end ,

A "'ORD FOIt THE FARM.
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t h :lt n. wor d of pra ise wo.s
Howe!l, Mr. Dull, ~nd
o th e rs fo r t h(l much-criticiSed Fa.rm Com ~
mil,t'l' (' . Eve n in t he m.os t nova.ntageouB
c i r C lll n~ tnllCf'S Manor Fn.rm, by r ea~on of
~it llll t io n, must always b e a p ro bJ.e~,

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' ~ p t' ("a J pi{:t."llr.} \' ·i th ' l h e caU.lc nnd I pigs,
r(' m;~i' ~: i 'l g wi th rega rd to the latte r tha.t he
· <l id 11<'1 ,t h in k i t wo uld he p oss ible to find

or

' cF·<l ilt.'~:d y gond

· C· ...' l! l flJ ll t C'C

ill\"('+'itfllCllt.

mny (,ti ll

have

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W .c h op e the
good
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It ,,<,c ms to be ge l1eraily "'Breed tba\
SU I!da,.". tradillg it; OJI t he i ncrease in Read ..

.i ng a~' d ~ wh e rc , \Vl~nt ca.n be ~ ___ . - .
d une to c urt..'\i l i t. is 3. mOTe difficult ques~
t inn . Pro hnbly the moo.: t e ffective way of
ch-ec king it i s by b ri nging Lo me to the
w o rk i!.1 g.c l nY ~· s thq' {\ nllgc r whi~h they m.p
of l() ~ lIl g th eI r Sdll day TC6 t If Sabbath..

is .nll{)wed to go on uncheck ed . In
lb c.~ st rp'1I 11 0 U~ till1c!'J t.h.fi wor ker
with
hra iq ( ' T }1:ll1d r C'l u i r,'€ , more t han at aD,:,
tra.d l l' ~

ti"", I,,· fe, N' . th e c"",ation from wor k whlcll

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;,; uI Jda\" bri ll g R f,C) t he lnrge portion of

l}(JplI lll;Lio ll,

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\Vhat the working-man

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is tQ s o fe guard hi s own inierest..s by ~~
cO!l Lena t( c~n g Su nd ay
trn.din s
to the
gren t,.'>s t of h ia a.bil ity, not only by precept
b u t !)v ex ample, ')'0 put it on no higher

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than thi s,· the Sunday must - be

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R~~~1i:~ a:p~~r~~:~ boo",~g just now.

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It h as become a big centre (or P ost Offioe
wo rk . a nd tJ,e Co'operative factory Bkould,

e mploy many h a nds at good w.g....
The
se t tleme nt of
tlle <li.- puto with ' : the

J"fn.ch iner y Us~ ' A ssociatio n on the que"lI~
' ti on of the rn.ti n g , of ma.chjnery ao'd the

recent red uct ion "Or t.he ra.tes a r e considerable asse ts. N ow we h ear thu,t ali en.
ginccring firm h ave !lurChl~d B Bite
Lowe r Cav.e rsham, t.h ue ma.king a v 81U&bl~
The
1 add it ion to Head in,·. fudo ries.
I will ce riamly \\'c1come a revival of . pJ'O&o'~
I pe rit.\' such Il.S all thi s !o~sb adows. And.,
· with the construction of t he new brill!!'e., • .
' he new Kend rick Gi rl" School. !.he. ell"

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· t.(' lt ::; ion o f the t;ewernge &Vstem to T.ije.
: lturHt. and o f t he tra mwa.y ~ system there
6liO li ld be no lack of employment in ·We.
1 ncar future.
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ATTACK ON DR. GORE.
Sir E dward Clo.rl<e. K.C . •
public meeting 8.~te~~:~r,
HollOO. WestmiD<!ter.
of the
I Church League~ referred to the
the a.n nua. l

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I do not know of .. nyone who h""
I much to weak';l1 the auth ority o! ·t!o:r1P-G;:lW::lIi':
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t.he Prayer Book, a.nd ea.id ·;

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ture as the BisJioD of..Oxferd. W e
o a very seriOll6 poi nt· in the h istory
rnv Ch urch . IUld thi£! controversy with
to the au.thority' {)f Scripture aod
Creeds;" one wbich all wHI have W
sider very d eeply. "
. Tbe Dean of Canterbury .sid
Gore' s deeir e w.s. to approllima1e ,.t...
, e ';JIA~
-trine of the Chur" h to the
Church of Rome. ' .aod this tel><i<,no,y"illl
· be fougbt in ' t.he ' inter-ests
~d o~ tb» ful~ people .Qf .

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in creMCd the fi gures'
What he (Sir
R. Mowbray) asked , was, what was the
c ountry getting f9T t.hi s vnet and ever·
Sl'owing exp en diture?
The Ins urance A c t
W R S costing tho country far more
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The N:801ution was carr~ed una.nimously.

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OTHER OFFICERS.
The ot;Jl &r opioors were elected 88 ~ 101lows ,-nam., lire~ident. Mrs.' Powell; Exe.
' ~utivl' Committe •• "Mr. Ravenscroft (eh<Ur'
mt.n) . MiS. Rsdo-lilJe. Mi<!s
' Mr.
and ·Mrs. James ·:j!aBI"", .. Mrs.
Mise
Maudsler. MiBa A. Maud. lal(.
wardeM •.. MrB. Taylor. 'M.r&,
B ~ ..dl"y. ¥iF... Ivy Jelilr.insoo.
P.lao t. ,M r. David 'I;'urlrer";;-"n~.;.~;I;... j
Mrs. W . Fountain MISS
.; h o n _ trea.suller,-' Mrs. H,.wlWi.-:
hon . oocret ..ry. Mo•• )HuCe ' Siuimons . .
Mr •. , Powell presented badges W , the
wa.rdene , MN;.' Tav.nda~~, .Mr.. W.
and ·M-i .... Dorothy ·Deans.
PNf"pOsitioD - of ' the " "'"a,,~, a" ' 1
secooded by Mr: W . J. Joel, '" v"r:y
dial -vote of tb&nu , ..... p .... ed w
Bendall. 'e loqueot ~ tributes . beiog
hilr v..-llIMlle servioes. \

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to it ... th~t
far. Mi. 'J/
't,n::f~~:~~:~:~~':
conoemed
".~I""'llrk
w the
boot help and
assure d whenever he

cO~~l;utn~~~"~';a;1~~~~f}~~~~~1~~
Mouni j who
a 'county.
they
mu. t
(a n ;-.l a.l1MC).

Mr. B.t~man epoke. ·... an o:d
Ireland r e.id<int .. Dd landlord.
,.questiop,-'.a nd '8; cord i al
was .passed to Str
Mowbr'lY.
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Sir d,RObert
thanke
Mr. " ·

aDd ad vice • .
were fortun '
Mr, Forster

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BIG :KE·t'/NET TROUT.
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le.dy. ·I fi!led
so fuU there's rlo room fOT ,the·,

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iM~riiOll :

: yo'ur lUI{
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di,sa,ppomung'
Well. 'moot of t.he\Il are ,di'"ppointing: .~l.\...
the &v-e rage Ilir) · mea.aurM her 8w~theari 'by
Wby are . ao m&ny'

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Dovel. wJleri ab.

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;"e admire . ~ wom,D',
dresa .elle. alwaye'~ MY!l it. iB a.n old one? And
if ~ ...j lihe. has p ....bty Mir -be ' inva,riably
MY., 'It;... u erif to be .. vory tbiok, but It; hU
,'been f.lliog out 8h..mefully lately'!"-

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Snow upon tho desert."
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The ': UnbeJiover :. (alter ' . th~ spiriturWatio .
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Eevo that :the .

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opirit of Y9ur <I"",L hu.blUld upeet all !.h.t ·

. furniture f "

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avor.ge ! TI;l.,: Widow ', " Well, I don't know. Gooo-gBuIl'"

from the ~'"!&S,, dreadfuUy

Fe.xuaot.
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Little , WitEe .
My · t!ut.t . beau. '. _
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clumlSy."-'·t Sydney

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left "lODe 'wit.h aioter'l

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." Mr. Ch\lmP!ey,U he preeent.1y said,
.is . a .popinjay 7 u .. '
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lfJ"i'hati

'Si3tIlr. . beau ',wrinkled biB forehead.
. :" .Wh~hy, " I??pjnjay. is a-a vein bird."
. ~ "Ar6 ~ you a ' . ·Slid; M·r, Chumploy 1" ,

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aaid ' you

wa~ · .

pop;rnr~1
Plio. said there ~ no ~oubt
.~~~.:~ &baut,Your 1:Jein' . ' jay, '&ii' a:ster said thOle
'~d~:;~i;';~j~l~p
~ Ismall
"hoPes :of ' yoor poppin', a.n' jlpw
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• • you · ain't a . bird . At
all. Thit'.

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.·The olhar day I took a ~I 1 khow .out
·.unch,

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r.0t inaido .the

r~ur~

Mid oIi6 folt
..mf.
waDt
&ny!.hing.
The.n:
.be and
,aid 'didn't
she thoug¥.
~1~b,:.:~~~,>d~~~~<~~~~:2~~ : totlill,t·eo.tsho
pcrhap!l abe could ms.nagb l~ht moa.l. '
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anything funny in tha.t, ~ ' ,
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. II No j hu t you 0!l,c;tht to he.v8 .. 8eC.!l tP.J.t
hght " mosll ' Cl>lCloon broth. whitehlolt,
mubton outle"'. fruit Mlart. and .palin.! ooff.,.,.
Coot me nearly .five. shillin~ I .. ..id,,· the
callO\v youth in a.n injured vcioe,
~ . w <>ll. you ought ,1.9 be glad. my 'dear
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Mr, 'J oel proposed a reeo:u tion express.

fl ou'riehcd. '

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ought to m....ure him by , ber fa!.hor and IIer
~r~:~~~J~~ ' 'brother.
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cer tiUn:y absorbea .ome of the money.
but h e must re mind them that the am ount
opent on 'o'd ag~ pen sions was about
doubl e !.he oum Ithat Mr. Lloyd- Gilorge
en. id they would coat !
They were prom~
iood .ids to IMal ra.tee tbrough the pre·
sou t Budg" t. a nd be W8B perfectly . ure
t hat 80me help from the .Imper i.1 &cheq·
lIer was ne.d~. 1 but be was not at.&;ll
Bure Ib at under the proposed .~hemcs thIS
; ""Ii,,! would como i(Hea r. bear) . Mr. Lloyd
GC{)rge's id"" was to help tbo...
who o~nt most mQn ey. &nd how could
t hat h e. p Il, e local ratepaye r" T' Take
t h e ir P R06t oX;gericnoo in r cgord t o
the
Road Board .
Tbey W<lre t o' d !.hAt if
tbey would s!lCnd a large eum out of ·tbe
r aws then the! .would r~cive 0, grant
't he State. but theY ·lIDust note
tha.t l1;hi8 could not obvi ously
rates, and that W88. be feared .
ei p·erien"., ;n the fu ture.
On
hand !.heir taxes must -go up
in eo oduSioD he
them to

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at:. SO-MinI{ ~oh three ' or' 'four dayiii' hie ..too ' .' .lda.d~ :. ,," I am afraid- I must CC&8&1 tAl[.
",,*hed over. 1OO1b, .
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l,our 'mIlk- the,.,' • .not . , drop 01 ~I<iam

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regret a t Mr. Taylor'" deci.;on. and
thanki ng that gentl em an for nis excellent

se r_vices, .
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Mr, Joyce, in seconding, said Mr. T aylor
t he y hrwl b ea n led ' to b elieVe> would be r had boon Il.n .excellent ruling councillor,
th{l oCB.6C (He Rr . h ear).
Old A ge P e nsion'! a.n d
under
h ill) the habit ation had

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.l; !! Yee/'~~N.l.<l ,t.he ~IUl, rYe been w~kiq
..vt O.tIM:' bOth .in ., th~ K.no8l.:·.an~ the :·"n.be ; ~~ ..' Albii'f ,Dook. obalking, _i.h..
T~am...a~~: ·From o~., .w~ .1 1J! the.f~ber.. , .. ,
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Kennot Ill! 1675 he took nearly 300 fioh.., .nd ,
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li on blHl get.
That WM. not ~o ver y kmg ways r ec.eived h i m, l~ was necessary for
ago. ye~ Mr, Lloyd George In the short him , owillg to hie h.e ~lth. to hil abrqad
t lme h e hr;d been Chancellor h nd great~y I even more tb an i n ,U,e past.

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The cli airm a n tbM went on to de.al
wi th the Budeet.
He
old enougb to
....,meRtber wh en Mr Hugh ChIlders WM
th e Li beml Cha ne.,l!{).r ()£ !.he E xcheque r.
nnd ap ologieed humbly to the H ouse ~f
"Commons lor illtrfodueing n. hundred·mt!·

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_eick parishioner. '

~"I '~'1i~' ~[ibe .;vou':;.lf· .... lolerk;:'1

Hall IMt
Iectu~ -in the..1IVtrite:r.' k'i niaI1VIl,rovi.ie(I
Mrs. Powell
Miss :IJ~)'~
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MEETINGS ~ND' . S ~CF.AL AF! AIRS.
"We lIn.ve twice. joi:Qed .w itb t.he ·. other
CQDscrvative organi s$~ions at m eetjngs
wben M i ..' Fane spoke to 'UII; once ,t tile
l once in _ B&lmOl'I)
Coneerya.ti'Ve -Club aqd
Hall. when Mr. L . ~ander8on. M .P .• aloo
gave an Inwrestlng addrees. W. bav~ bad
two very euelle84ful ..hist dri."" during
tbe winter. :At ·i.h.e first one in November,
Mr. Henry Taylor; ·our mling councillor,
clillle to' .peali- to.. ns, &nd' we passed ' "
rmol'\Jtion , against Brune Rule becoming
In.w without ,bating b ~ ('ll! reterred to -the '
(The seoond ,whist driv-e WBS in ,
when Mr. ~oal es, 'the ,,' CQft8e r . .
va tive agent ' tor Reading. very 'lrindly
came to give 'us a. -stirri ng 8peeeh, Thanb
Me due ·to MJIl'. March and hilr. committee
for the excellent wa)' tb ~ .... range menla
wer-e carrie d out. Our finanoos ..are in 'ft,
very sB.tisfactorv state, oilr ba.lance at the
ena of the ye.. r 'being £11 30. 7d. I beg to
t hnnk the com'mit-tee and w'ard eo8 for their
kindne68 to me during my" three yeaN'
""cretary.hip . .... d· w hope that tbe habita,
tion i wi~ ] coptinue to grow , and .. ftou~.b
unde r the ,. new ' eecretan· .. · very. able
hands. ? ~ _ . '
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. Thl' rulmg -C ollnci!lOr .• aid they .owed a
bearliy 'v;ote of thanf.s.. to ·:;M.rS:- BeodaJl for
lo oking atter th~ · bahit.atiiin. and
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such a success of it (Hear •.bear). ·
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Mrs. Hawkins -.rae o.lso congratu.lated on
the condition 01 tlie finane....
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MR. :TAY;U>R'S DECJSION.
The ruli ng cOli nciIJor said h e fe lt
must tender h iB ree isnl\tion.~ He ·w.s ..,.er'y
muebllblig€d for t he kind' way they had . ;'l, I· ~~~'~~~,:,;:_

th em. and th i, Irisb eri.i. WI\..' one of t ho se
occasions (Hear, h ~ ar) .
Ulster people
" ;ere very loyal. the l moot loyal of all the
peopl e of t he U ni ted Kingdom- (He nr,
b eorl .
The re niight be eomething to be
aaili for th ~ cwe of the South eond W .c.st
of h ela r,,'! . whe re the majority wanl<ld
Hom e Ru le and to CiitabliRh a Parliament
or theh ow n, but the r e was absolutely
noil, iug to bo BHiel for the prop<lsal to put
U :ster ulld-er a Dublin Parliament (ap·
pl.".e).
It was di, tinctl y a rne:al qu,,"·
ti on. a nd th e wbo le of th e No rth·East WfiS
u nite d in 6tr ong, uncoDl.!lr,omieiuB oPP06i ·
t io n to Hom e Rulb.
The 8un·runni n ~
inci,lc!l t o f which tjley h:J.d hea.rd <0 much
proved t his [ully. for it showed • r ea.l
n ntionnl m()vement : of ipten&e earnestne~s
nnd d e l~ rm inntion. ' . It could not b!'ve
succL'Cued wi t ho ut tll B hearty 1'CA? : op ~ra~
t i on of fill classes of the cpmmulllty'. (ap·
plau se).
If such nn incia.n t had hal!'
pencd in . ny oth crl, part of the wo,r}d tbd ,.
would hu ve ""en t he Rad, cal party s.trong"
Iy in lavour of it (fle or. hear) .
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THE R A1. E S GO UP .

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Ipaid to M emb ers .of

Parliame nt there would have been • d IS '
solu tion but many Members now drawing
t h ut 6 U~ {ro m the JnatiDu !l1n a. gr~at
ri llk , in t he even t o f an -electJOn, of bems
d e pri ved of thBi r snlari·ee Ulenf,
bea r). diU "~i·i~t~;'; i~":i;;"'"rJ;:'~i.fi;.;.'~

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a nd it :t ll (:a ks well , no t on ly. fo r Ithe li'a.rm
CO lLl llli lt-eo b u t t h e s t eward . th at , they
h: ~\' c im 'll'O\'oCd t he bal n.l1 ce ~hec t , so th at
r t.hid YC' :l~ th~ 6o -calleri loss is only £2,000.
; Of ('o ll r"t t.?: th is £2,OOQ iB the ccs t of SoCW fWe
I cl iApo~n. l , an d i t is u rS"f'd . q u if..e r :ghtly,
, thnt it ~ hou ld he cn t-e red 0 11 t he ncoount&
' Ul n le r i t s !) Topc r he ad ing, A£.. it works
I OU{ at. Gel. !H: ' h ert el of the p O!H1 1fl.tion per
· allll um , it is r PIi II! ' an extremely low .ex~
I p~n rJi t u re. ~fl'. All ker Sim mons' -repor'
Tllll st l ) ~~'e gi \ (: 11 much snti sfa.c tion to the
~ m (,l~ : h (' r:; (O f th e C<l uncil.
H -e e xpresabd

, :1 fi l!c r 1('[
yflung Bc rk ~ h i T{'~ tha.n
: {'. J~llJlli t.~('o{I. n QW pO.' ~f" SS , Judgi ng by
poc· ..· ... w lH... . h til !),}' fl' leh they :u·.c fi n

LOY AL ULSTER.
The cbairm an said but for th e £400 a

I

rc g lAiJ
Iput.W ei n n by
Mr.

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hnnd.

whe n mOil hnd to figbt for thel~ conv lctlonB
i f t hcy had 0. B!lark of earnestn e...
In

h nH~

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'i'pe" M':jor: .. ADd'; tIioro we siOOd. Min
~I; ,i.n,~ .h"'!>r(od, ~e jungle. that hug • .
~&r. a!!d r. i;>areJl ' ten pa""" apart .....o,h
eWipB. IB.t tbeJaoo .o the other, I f
f
~:." Etb..eJ. ~· ' I~' Olio major~ how dreadful for lyoo

being llBsured. by a n eJect",". tbat·: the
cou lilry was rcnlly at ~is ~ack
Or co urse the Pr llJle Mlnl ~ te r
ernm ent h ud not t he coun~ry at th~ir
backs over tlli s ,!H e,tion. becau6e it had
not b M U made n lead ing sub jec t at die
last c:e ction. IOCCMio DS a rose fr om hm-e
to lime, and h i,; tory amply p ro.vcd thiB,

is rea.ched ~l ill
ba ck the .: ei~

...

·RebloF' . " 'i'h=kC you "" much/ I'm , ...

glad ' .to . ~ <l~

chni'rmal1 gave the finaflcial st.atemen.t ,
which showed n. satiafn.-ciory balance In

Wll6 . no w

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l.r b ... tu"" l laiQ·:.up.... w.i:tb rhouma\io fQva r , u

;~.;rlllal~·~t'"'n"'", h

.:

In the absence of Mr. G. Sillenee.
hon t reRBUl'<l r (who w...· re· elected) . tho

yel\r wh ich

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_ .~Y .:Bo4'!W~k / . Oh. :!teotor. T!.hc1Ugb'
~u ,:.1i()u.l~ ~G "to .... k~w tha.t old Jon:ee w~ ,

8oc la ti on -were elected ,

H e oo uld not unde r sta nd h ow Mr, A aq uitb kind . '\.!
cou ld riiE k .c ivil war l in Ir~ l and ,!ithou t children

,OO()? E \"(!f\" u ne wh o h as h;l-d cxperienoe
of

by
bray. the obe.irman
t ion, . The .me:e.t ing Wf"8
lim room, and there ;we.s '"
ance.
Sir Robert ' ltJow11.'ay
and witb bim o n ltbjl platform .wer.,
W. P . Nash. Mr. F.I R~ Batell.'an., lUld ·
E . J . Forster. tbo Con&ervatlve alie nI..
South Berks. .
I
'
.
Sir R. Mowbray ·..asl"'·.electe,!l ch!,llm.an
of the Mortimer ..A.e~oc ,ation , _and tiear4,t. !ly
thanked for hie servl(~ea and ·IDte~t .. 'M:I'-o
.W , T , F.l"()Oom was ~e lecte d VIOie.!(iliau·
mao. a nd Major N""l! WIIB elec.1<ld bon. j.;.,.!,1lf.l';~~I~•.H.":'.!D~tI'
Bocreta rv:
A committee
of eR"h "part of thc p~ri .b.
of
Hill Su lh am. tead Banister (Lower'
a nd ' W okefield, WI'" a~pointed.
Mr.
G . P erry' was e lect.ed hon. secretary
Bocch Hill. ,
.
Maj or NMh presented a report, and. &
lQ.r ~e n umb er of new members of t h e

Don't

boy,"

lHE DOUBLE TRAGEDY,
,.

•

F1JNERAL OF .!J.-I{E MO-TUER

. .AND l).AUciHTER::

.. madi

800

... ,

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What for!"
If Glad abo wae.nr4 ~· h.ungry, · of Couree 1 "

, ;. Ono d.y a very humble and poor fellow,
&ppe~i'ed to have """pcd>the -vig&ooe
, privote police. m.n .. ~ , to plaoo,*izo.
the path of Kinp; Qh.tioti"n . pf ,.....
mark: The·Kw'l. a.t u., ual. full off~1
.topped a.nd . ea.id : • My ,g,ood'. fri d, ' anl1
wha.t .... n I do lor you 1' "
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Ab, your ,Ma,jeilty,'" &D~"{1ere4,: tIle ~ .beg.
18 eo liko"neu . . ot
.
. .~
." King Christin.ri. looked N.ther n.stODl ad ..
rUnTf\1>T I .. , I wouJil , l{.Jadlr sire you" one,. la: ' ijle ·
m.on80r~, kipdly •.l. ·b ut. I do ~ot carry... 8I}1
.boilt w:th me.'
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ga.r, • wh:--t I hum"bly' e.sk
,ourself I
.

Exouse m-s, your Ma.jes.ty,. but I, lifiJ,l~
.y~." "will look in your pUree. .YRlI. WIll find

II 1

of the ideo. n.musp<l old

man

the
'J'ent aw'ay .thA
. '.' _ " On 'tho Track d

St" lIliopO.

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