Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

.C.
to hi m and
-station b(,CRU6C he
Witnees told <ldcllrlant
'he replied: .. I " nlit YO ll
"
Dcf.e ~da.n t was
not
:~:"~~~:}:;";!
~
:;-;:'~:.Jto
vJead, n.nd h e was th oro·
:;
in custody until 'l'uccd uy.
UD

(JlfD:~A:1;H ' OF MRS.

OGILVIE.

toA.,.Dlrounce
the death of Mrs.
Ogilvie, :Which took pl."",
at h e r rCtii ·
Road, where
had resi<.l etl

~

Mr •. Ogil,ie

was ' l'Ieady to g')

dressed herself,

, lir>takiast,

when ehe snddenly

ex·

~.~~~ii~~~;:;'~~~;;~~:~:~iJ'~ !<l"'~t<'rll.·-'.I .Jaiiure.
pired, the. Cause of d<!at b bein g hen't .
.~
The deceruwd Jndy WI.IB lih.('
willa",. (If Captain Ogilvie, R.l\. , and
~a9ghte'~ of the late Ad miral Dun"".

MIi.E.} P. ,BATTEN 'S PORT. '.
/ Mr. ~ . P . Batten hal'! been una.ni m ou s -

ly. ·.eJectetl chairm a n of th o We't Wanl

of: , th~ ~ · Rea ding Conservative A s ~ociaijrlO
hi. su~ion to Mr. E. C. Boyle who
h .... 'li~ to retire owi ng to iIl ·I",,, iil,:· Mr.
.B~n, . :whO-IS an eJlthu s ~a.fit i c workoJr in

~~~~~;~H'~THE~' is
':)~

wfu~t;ever

exl1e\l~. Lho,t Mr. Stanley Haywi,ll -be the njlw 0 <;bllirmlln 01:;-: the
P ,al'M apd, PleJl8uJ;8 , .Grounde Committee,
which position will' .be"9iOO. vacant by- tbe
~ignation of- Ald.,rm&n .,1. Mil.om, .wlW
w~,

,';1~1~~~~~~~~~·~;~'~'11~~.f~f'r~~~"~~I'

·,he undertake!"!,

t:f'I'l'~'d for Ill !Ln y

in , the :.volun lcer:;; ,find i-l we 11as a. bowler (uu] golfer, Fur '.Hunl
was hOll. ,t rentiurl'r of l h ~ 1t~";t( ­
District COnuncrr ial 'l'\' a\'i' \ \ (' r~'
A,_,cil.tion, of . ~hich body l,e h,,·, bee n
,

';FARKS COMldllT':l'EE

tha,t comanittee.· JI{r- . Stanley Hayward
At " well·aUOllrled mee ti n .~ of Ul(' .'0'".
hilt! had
ve ~y . clos,e asacciation l"ith sport,
!ui.s
doneII s!,lendid
' work in connection
with mitt.ee of . tho Reading Friendly ;",,1 i"'ado
88 ,. ., well·known . expon<!lIt (If
football,
C'~~ck6t, croquet ~ a.nd m~ny ,'

Soci eties

other sports,

Pa.rade

lleld

on

\y.~d :\ ·

".4 i:lv

while,.be is also ....siBtant liecrotarY ·Of the evening the fo:lowing gcn t lcm "; l1 w"' I'~
Reading ' Am ..teur Sports Club. , Should ejected lor ' thia yellr: Cha.irnu ll . MI'. .J.

Bull. ·be eleded .aldermanrhe is next Ambrose; vice-chnirmn.n. ]'fr. \V, T.J..:' :t H'r:
1h'. C \>" l'l.::'
. seniorIty-Mr. Hayward will: be the b'e~urer, Mr. ~. Webber.
Fraser, woo has 8cryed nR h nll. H "' ~ :-i.! WI" .'
senior counci,l1<;lr.
for tbe past ten yearH, ll1ti mntcd tr.t tl ,'()
meeting that owing to !l r~sure or Uti l ' 1'
Woide - Goodhart, M .A., bueillEeS ho did not wi" h to be r e- elcd, '(l.
Rev. C. J. G(lodhart, Thi8 d ecis ion was r eceived wit h C'xt n: m,-I
r<'it!ret . l'nd Mr. A. W.
Sh erw Dod 1m"
It.
~t~:~~~t~ l1o.od,
Â¥arcb Reading,
28th . lost,Wb06e
' h ... then _u nanimou-sly elected B.ecretal'Y.
W88 decide<1 thnt the I'nl'a.de shoulrl t llk"
'''~I<l : ,IW_ value of . £4,259
ptaoo on Sunday, J UIlC 7th. and over tim
148..
Sam.G route as 'l nst yea r.

t.

DEATH OF EN GINEER GORE.
-We regr'c t to state th at Enginee r J ohn

Gore, till r €CC ntl y BCoo ud e~gincer to tho

Read ing Coryorntion Fire B l':gaf lc, d ien
oli Tuesduy evelli llg aft er all r lness of
BeVel·a} m Olllh"J.
D ecca,Ned was appoi nt.ed
aD eugineer to the R~IHlin g COl'por ation

ill Ootoher, 1893, c oming fro mthe ,Boourbridl2;e Fi re Bdf~ade, 50 t hat ho
had beell at Rendi ng for 21 voars.
Ho
was a. most e ffici en t offi coCr,
tIe was formerly in the J;Wyal Marines, o,nd F; (, l' Vf'd
on board H.M.S. H Ag incourt,"
dllri llg
til<) E""pt\l.n· wa.r.
He landed i ll Alex·
""Pri"'" after the h<:>mhMdm en t in 18S2.
Dooeased wars Or member. of the Cavershnc1H
and Reading VeteraJ1S A Aso cintion~ find at
the fun eral wh [ch takes !lln-ce on S llturd .. v at three o'clock, military honou rs will
00 accorded.
Firemen 'in thei r rull r),wA
uniform will .. b;o a.ttond the funeral. T llo

Brigade

WHIT-YO:rmAYi 18t , JONE, -1914.
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',GRE1T

LIBERAL '
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first part of the scrvic<l \Viii be h el d al St .
·Mary: . Church .

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·'P_ARK;
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; TW(I' Vi~t,.QIt...~:'\·;
STA.G E; ~,ERF.o.RMA:"C6~ .,'

814r progn.inm';:'~.!ipg: Ol ·

. THE BENNEn.s;

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Inimi!-,bl ... Doubl. J.uJOgleroi , .

- " -'-'-' "GALLIA" G.ELEBRATION.
A highly interesting programme was carried through on Sllturday~ whon a 113{)irecconcert wns giren unuer the alHipices or
" Gallis." the Rel\dill~ bl'a.nch of the
II All io.nce Francuwe"
in comrn'e:moratlon
the 'vi sit t o France of the King nnd

~·~~rC~~;~:!~~i! J<1J.eI,aI""" ·~J1XnlC'p,

pr.og ramm e cOnl~i ste cl or so flqs
Els ie Metcalf, ..recitals by Mr. F .
. Tunbridge and Mlle. M"rie·The reS<l do
p"lerne, ' organ eol"" by Mr. W. Bishop.
a.nd n , violin and or,g un quet by l.f i."-3
.Jen.ni e Laurie nnd MiSB Iva. Lau rie, Mii';:i
Edith St ev~lII" ably n.coompanied tile song;;.
Tlle 8Cc()nd pa rt of th,e programme Cu ll·
BiB tqd ~ of a ,comedy i n three tablea ux , H La
Dewenagement " ...:-6. r e ,l) re.."te htn.tioll of the
The,

Mi~s

authellti.c Guign<ll LYOillla.is (French

mAI' -

iOI)ettes), by M. le, C(lDlte A u.tin do
Craze. II with hi s distinguifthsd ' <! Olll j)IUl Y
of puppets." . Whil e the c<:>uite de Crozo
'WaB prepa.ring his " S110W 'J l1!)On th e platform, ProI ..... Dr A. V. Salmon, the lI'el/·
known preBideJlt of

(I

Gn.I:ia., " a c!\erilw< l

(in French. of . CD.ur,*" but with d e ligh t.
ful simplicity .and clearness) what II r~ '
pretienta tion of the II G uignol cit) L yo ll "
m eant. and alluded to the extrnonliIlCll"Y'
lale"t the Comte 1l1ld d isplayerl in his

m'a rionette comedies,
The Prj:>fC""'dror also
emphasised ~he fa.ct that th e 1'\'1101e eve n·
ing's performance urns d esigned €Specially
to commemorate th e recellt r oyal visi t to
Frn.ne6 aud tbe Elltente Cor<1iale.
AI·
though the perrormlln(:e, which WfiB in
three tablc3ux, was staged sorn.cwb.a.t. after
the .. Punch and Judy" 6tyle (but on ...
I~r grander scale. alld ora-ped with the

colours of both countri es), ' it

WIUl

of ...

11igh order in its way, . the pU9pete: bein g
a:most life·like, while if' the wittiei"m9
were oooa.sionally II little t oo briskly ~ i vc n
th""e whose Fr~nch' woe n litll",
H
the marvellous mR.Jupul ~tio n o r
.""tained tJle thrcn.d of tlH'
verfeetly tlu-ougliout, to the dc·
everyone, ;Roung and old, us wM
by the hearty recevtioll ~;Vt~n to
de Croze when he '>C nUle fDl'ward
to .
his acknowledgllle nu..
'fJl ~
J

"G'u ignol Lyonnais ", hae; q'l ite (\. r-e per·
toiN of its own. and we understll ll u tllllt

m.a.ny

other U rep~5eDtati() n8'" are a.va il ·
"ble.
In r ef.ereno.e to the first part 'l P
the. programme ~cial m.ent=on f:l hou ld h~
ma<1e of the artistic .re n dering'" of l\1J1c.

de .p ..lerne.