Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

"ODD PIECES,"
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BE,o.L"'"~r-..J

THEFT BY AREA UING

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PORTER.
MorrtER'S DENIALS.

,pen~oo

~wh'lfh

ng, ynlue I s., the property

StR.1I1e v amI Ce., tailors, 14.9,

ta m B en j n.mm Fishe r , 33, Hemdean
JllBn1l,.£ e r

in the employ

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prost'Cutorfl . said Moth ho.d b""li
as " porter nt " weekly wage ~f
,

t r0 \16C' r {XIckclin g wru3 kept m
d~ r the counkr i n th e shop. OD

h n d dim Inishe d. havi ng regard

to

wh,l t h nd bee n u sed

M.. ". Emma B .. te •• 90. Sherw<lod StI-eet,

p!'l~onc r . who was 11c r
scm by • .
f' r 11"•.1sbnnd, b r ough t the trou..aer .
,I illg l'OIllC. WitlleS<! saw It on the

eh "" of d rn\\·~rfl i n Lhe klwh en . &nd he
nf:!,\'d h e r If sh e could ma.ke use of it.
"' I1'1 (,A.~ d id no t Ask hi m whe re he got i'
l ltlllk illJ,:; It ' \\;\9 n n odd piece over
in hlnl hy Mr. F i ~ h c r . \Vltn ess C?DIJ'
t::!:1lh.' .'d n.t it .
LntR r It wn.a Jlu sh.ed lnto
frt1Tll

gl\

(> 11

t he ,\I

h ut not by witness.

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hn~l 1l,'V{'.J see ll an y cloth
}Wlll t.: h~ he r son bdQr e.

W.itness

liko that brougbt
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T ilE MOTHER'S BLOUSE.
n L' t e~' I l\ e He nrJer.tion deposed to r-eceiv..
t ho t.rOl·6C r pock e ting from Mrs. Bates.!:
\\110 t ()ok It f rom t,hc ch est of drawers; a.nd
t o s ubsequently . rrcstmg the prisoner .t
th e ~ h o p.
P r iso ne r stated tha.t he took
1h. t roll,cr p ocketing from downato.irs,
h e had t.kcn severnl small pieOO8
lh) n1 c, 1\11,:1 that h iS motb e r wn.s we a.ring &
blollt-c. the hmng of which Wo..9 mad~ of
BOnIC' o r it
Chn.rg~l nt the pohee eta.tioD, t h(' p TI <;:QTlc r r .e!,llrd II 1 ou ght. not to ho.'f&
donI..' it I cnn sec It H OW, " •
In r eil ly t o the prisoner, witn.Ms Btated
th!l.t h.:: (lid not 13M'
that pa.rti<!ulD.l' Bort
or cloth"
Forlllll Ji I
pTlsoner pleaded
chn rged .
gltlIh o.IU] ,-i:\'I£1 he sa.w two or three piece!
dCl\\j·l s·tn.; rs, nnd thlllking ih ey were of no
tou k t h em home

1 ng

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fj

·l. bO lit It.

l,-' lIl Cllt l y " ItIt h; m _

'I J·e n,n ~ i 'trn!l?" ' cle rk: Apparently he
noi bel!ent.lJlR, but h18 mother or

\'.:v:;.

b01 f\ c-o ne elfi c.

~ J r . [""he r : H c wa s a good hard-w<lrk' "S bo y J fccl d eep ly 60 rry.myse!!, be1 wok I'. n 111 tf' r~ st In hIm.
'I h ,. hoy '\ M bou nd 0\ er I n th.o Bum of
\ S'. IO to b e. of g ood b c·h a.Vi Olll·, an d w~s put
u nd e r pr(lhntLOn fo r t \\Q years.
.
Th<, c hn lrmOlIl !:Hl ,d i he Den eh dealt wlth
thD bo\, m such f\ leni ent ma.nner in the
cn m c.t h ope th at t h e firm would be able
( ·f\.U ,::,C

t.o sec thel.r way to 81 ve hlln one more
clinnce .

.
Adcl r cstll n g Mm. B3.t-es , th e c1uurmo.n:
re~ll l1(lp<l h er of tho great r espons ibility
thut T~ted upon h er, Dud sa.id h er tJUBP'CIO IlS must have been a roused . He hoped
I h .. t B'Ie \\ o uld h elll h er so n ' to tead all
'h' ln('~ t n.n{J stra. ightfo rward Ide .
" 11 yon
hnd bee n charged wi U, conlliving, and i~
h rHl b een p roved, it would hn.ve been •

ser "1Jnde
o ffonce ,"
r tfl e

r"

added the ohalrcl rc umetancee t.b4
d ,.allo", J' OUI e, penscs."

I QU6

CLA.SSIFICA TTON OF ROADS.
~

TIoll,d n onrtl ha vo \\ nttcn to tho Berkahire
Cou nl\' Coilnoil suggcst lllg t hat the oou~,
l'0 11l1 C;1 s h () t~ld call (\
con rorenoe of aU
11lgllVtav (\uthori lies witlljn the oounty _~t_
n 'I t.'''' 'to 5uhmittwg to the B oa.~d pro~

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ror th o classlficatiun of all ro.ds m theuld~'
IS l)rorasod thAt the conference sbo
•
held' on J u.ne 4th

It

Leaving ,the It owil

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L eisure hours can be most enlo,...
ably apent eIther cyding or motor~ ,
cycling. Theso pastImes allow OD~
to t u rn" one's back on t he town '
and enjoy the freedom and freshn ess of the country siqe"
' .
No bicyclc or motor cyole will
bettor fulfil thia objeot than •
Triumph. Just inveatigate Its manT .
m erits.
C.I~og". Free.
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Cycles frpm ' £6 17 6 to £13. ..•
Motora from £49 15 0 to ;1160. 1

~~ ~.ejULl~N. 48, ~ROAD .i. ·
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READING. . · ; f

,TRI,1)MfD'

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THL' RIVVD

nen-j

h,\.d full c Oll fJdc lIC€ . 'llH~ firm wls.h~d hitJl
to S.ly t.. h llt It was not th e boy'e fault en·
til e h
H ~ h Olled the BCJ1ch would deal

b~hind.

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rLEA FOR LE~JENC"i .
M r FI 61ICr .alel th e boy l",d alwaya be&n
no ~1J~1 hnnl -w o r ktng boy._ i n who~ he h~

S .n~ lhe inl rocincUon o £ the Budget

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THE KING

hi s pres Ent lJO'ILtOD for twelv.e
I J'l nnLhq. fLnd hn d a. reference from hie
prp\ ' OUR cm n1 oy.er, With whom be bad
b,~ u l for t wo years . '

B eli ch

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the 1)l1\ Lore a good cha ~ a.cte r, . H-e had

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(" CHRON ICLE" SPECIAL . ) ,

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aeoonded the roooilltion.
Captain Le.lie Wil~on. M.P. for R".din~.
The rat"" fixed by
BerKshire County
NO COS~ TO THE COUNTY.
baa r""l'iveid an ....ur.nee t!!M tho mon,!7
Council ehow an increase of id. over th~e
•
.
promi.&oo.~ by - tile Cha.ncellor
of the EX·
tor the financial yea\ jU8t closed. Th,.
On the minutoo of the Small HoldlOlf' chequer for- relief of the education rat... ia
Committee. Mr. F . J. K. Cro88 (the oha",. what are_ known aa nocessitou. U<>i'-' (RJ>ad ,'
l""'" the loutoome of ,he proooodlng8. at
man) ",aid tha.t pr8.cl\caJly apcaklng smaU ing being ono of, .these) would actually be
Saturdayl" meeting Jield at the ASSIZO
hotain!s had oost the oounty nothing since paId.
Tho gailierlll" " Wllo8 &. ct"'llhrenco of
Courta, Reo.ding.
I
.
th~y_~ were ' started. They had at present edu-co.tion authoritiea of tho aoteo.s con...
The l 'm.nce Committee submItted the
2.WO
aeres
01
land
puroh
..
8d.
and
600
aore~l
oorned.
o""vehed hy the West H.m Coun!',il
financi&l tatementa fo t 1913-14. and o.lled
on 1.....0. devotod to the purpose. They had at the Hou.. of C<>mmon. on Thursday, ail\!
attention to tho followtng : outstanding
80me
28
npplioante
who
wero
it
i6
due
to previoUs I ga.therings of ' tbu. .
ExcheQ.l or Contnbutlon
Account.-Th.e
approved, for something hk-e 650 a.oree &nd ' kind &ha.t the Budget conc6!Sion~ have bc.en
inoome . for 1913·14 wae leas tha.n the .811St).
~tlter 27 applicante waiting for a.bout 600 made.
T-he mts.yor: of West Ham p_rc sided.
mate by
18.. 9d. o and the 6 x pendlt\,r.
&cros, ~who had not yet beon approvoo.1 It Q:nu Wpporti!lg him werl) Sir J ohn H. Deth·
was £310 l2B 8cl. in excess, thus a.ll!JwmB'
wa!k
difficult.
I'I'hero
the
population
wa.
much
ell.
Bart..
M.P.. Si. Arthur Boscawen.
,he eum of £16.834 &.17d to be cawed to
""attered. to find ist>laW plots {or applt- M.P.. Prof...or Butcher. M.P .. C.ptain
THE NEW RATES.
tho credit of the general purppsos aocount,
c:-nts.
.
,
Les~ie
.,Ison.
D.S.O.. M.P., Mr. Will
!ir £548 11s. 5d. 106$ than the amount
The oommlttee ooneldl!l">d ~. amount.o
The report was approved.
Thorne. ·M.P .• and Mr. P~roy Alden, M.P •
nooeasary to be raiJed~tat& for tho forth...timat.od:
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d
The Reo.ding delogaks were · Counedlor D.
The inoome (or 191;4·15 is erumato
a.t
Eggint.on and Mr, H. T. Pugh, 8 ecret a~ to
£51770 and th e .x~ndlture .t. £34.177. ::n~lf ~~u!tnt.e &~oun:ded ~i~Jt to ~
COST OF ROADS.
the Education Committee.
lea~mg an estimated ~al.noo , 0,! ,' £17,593 to raised for the financial yo ..r ~01l0w8 ;- .
The . primary object of the confereno, waa
l
& R'ain
Under
be ClIrri ed t o the Oredlt of the genera l
Rate in
to co.,.i~r Mr. J . A~ P"""e'. let.ter to Sir
HOW IT GOES UP.
apeci&/ ' pUI1lQOell aooount there
oounty fund .
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.
Amo'unt. the
Highway., Committee's r epert 0QIl_ John Both.ll rel\ardil1.lr l tho distribution of
been a alight misoo.lculatiOll which
The proportion of tho polloo expendlture
£
full d.tiul. relatmg to the ooet of tho tho Mw education grant'<! under tho Budget.
to ..bout £3,246. and excellt fli- · tha.t the inU £627 more than last, year
General County ... . ..
_.. 1i6.161
roade.
I In tho lett"r M ... P..... .tated that the
creMe
in
tho
8urplt.lSO&
woUld
1J0t
have
bum
Special Cou~t7. . ..
... 28,512
Aldo~man Fera.rd &aid with rega.rd to the .£515,000 will be now monoy. and will DM
eo large.
AA regarded thO Budget, t~ d ex·
E lomontary Education ... .. . 52,234
expendIture
of
last
year
there
was
a
saving
to any way afrect ,the £350,000 already al·
pendlture under &.11 bea.d& in the oominsr
GENERAL COUNTY PURPOSES .
HIgher Education ... ... ... lJJ,029
ye..r was · eetimated to amount to about of £670, whioh was mainly lI. matter of au- located to necessiwua areas.
668
Tho mcome for 191.3-14 (Oxcl u3ive of the Agrioultural l.natructiOD ...
count
for
loan
oh.!i.rgee.
On
an
ellpend
lturo
I
rhia Jotter was publlshed in last week's
£174625 and t1i .. t .embr&O<!d a gr_ rieo of
re.oo a.nd cl:choql1or contnbution ba1.a.noe)
H7.604
about £12.967.
The inoome. apart from of £62.0G0 they could not hav e go~ thoir II Chronicl e. U
1''''' £10.712 6•. 9et., oxoood lUg tho esllmate
Captain Wilson, n.t onco came t~ tho r?O'
That to meet the estimated recluu,om,en1(a ! rat... , was "".unated to ..mounl to £81,924. estimates n;lUch oloser than tha.t (Hear,
by tho . um of £1 .631 8s 9<1. Thi. inure.",
fhe!e w .... he Bald. an Imthe oounoil lor the hall-year
After deduoting all income und.r elh.r hu d. hear). The ootimatea for the oomwg year of the mat!-<'r.
.m.p prillOlpnlly undor UIC foUowmg heads, of
ebowep an 9KOO8S of £5,482, 8.9 fjhe price of -portant P?l~t r eg(l.~dtn~ th~ e.reM whlO.h had
S
.
....
than
ratee
tberlt
.
would
be
a
net
incre
••
o
£ e. d.
eptem.,9'-r. 1914, & oounty r ..te
over l'allt yoar of actual expenditure :n .the mate.... I. had gono up a bit and raIlway boon r OO61V lOlf r"he!.
SIT John Bethell
202 0 ~O tho'" If\) made . for general oounty
Bank: i.nt~ rost
.... ,.. .
'01IU·n a ~.aT of ,,1-' u t £7 .701.
The t .jI(h. rates had gone up considerably and thor. had stated that they would Jfet thr"".quara. rllte of 3d . in the £ , for
....
... J~
.......
Main roads (l"C»ayment for work
was-.
a.n
U;tcroaso
in
tarrmg.
It'
W~
unfort.l'rs
of
the
exe>ees
o(
0.
Is.
6<1. education. ra.te..
ways would ....a.nt about £5.482 JUoro. tm...all
dono) .. . .. ,..
,.. ... 1'283337 0 6 purpo~ . other then elomontary
holdings .£H7. pub!:o ~.alth a further n et tunately their experience in common with He t~ought that wu not. a correct mter..
Moto r~ca r liconcee
.
3 0 a- rate of 6d. in t.b& £ for elementary
all
oth.r
oountico
and
with
the
Road
Bonrd
prctntlon.
Th
ey
would
hko to got that.
oxpenditure of £1.318. .nd the pollOe deThe expendlt.ure, £76,930 6s lOcI (ex:. cation Pl1l'pOeOO; a Tate of 'd. in the £
par\.mcn~ about £2445. the four figurea oom- tb&t whore there wa.s eXoeMl ve motor trnffi~ but he did not think it ' p~ihl e boo8.uso, as
eluding • duficit of £7&6 19•. 2d. undo< the hig!ler edue&Uon purpooea; and .. rate
IIlK to about £9.392. But the re W<JrO source. it W&.S neoo:::sa.ry to tar ovory yco.r, instead of h ~ underst.ood !Mk Pease's )e~ter, th o gran'
Small Holding. Act) w.s £68 13. 2d. I... ~, • in U,e £ for agricultural
<>f income to the amount 01 £1 ,692, and !lat every seoond or thir<l year.... they ho.d of £350,000 &lrMdy alloeawd would no~ , be
the.n tho ostimate.
j
The pOint WM they had ~/Ver'
purpe.....
Itav" them the net increased rating of £7.600. hoped. Wlth regard t-o the reconstruction of aff~cted.
A sav ing or £869. mainly under the head·
mam I'oad", a. oonsiderable o.mount had b oon received the full three-fourths eXO(r,'S-spcakCAPITAL EXPENDITURE THIS
OOST. OF- .THE llpADS.
ing of loan cha rges, wae effooted on
don43. The whole of the Bath Road had Lnq' for tho borOll.l!h he rcproeenooo, the,.
main roads net expenclituro falling on
. E.timated capital expendIture during
No doubt the extra expenditure of £5,482 been dono with tarmac, exoopt a short 3h~)UJd re~eivo £7.500: whcr<.'B.s. they only r~
rat,e,.
yea r ending 3lat March, ltH5:on the Highway. Comm.i"~ was Dot l ore- length fr r.lm Hun gerford to the Wiltshire ~e1V~d £6000 Ho dtd nat tlunk undo1" the
The normal estima.led income fund, eX·
'.
Loatn
...,n
when. onlv two .hort . ,...r • .ago. moot boundary; and the whole roo.d had boen now proposal. the, wnuld jl(ct the lull threec1u..8iv6 of ra.tn Itnd oxchcq uer ~ontrtbution
From fonrth . ..hove tho I •. 6d. rate (Hear. he.r).
Total
cha.rget. rosy propheeiee were madoT~tha.t they hD.? done from Ma idenheo.d to Windsor
bn.la.ncc, (or tho el\8ui nR yen.r 18 C6tima.ted
Sir J ohn B~tholl r"!, lied . that tho fi gurea
oost.
1914-15. reached the end 01 th" long lane 01 expond,- Reading to .A..c<>t ..nd from Reading to
at £9,187 Os ld., I\UU I tho unce rtain lUcorne
Btre.tley the greater part ho.d been done,' h.d.boo<> wnrkt><l out yorv _ClItofully bv th&
£
•.
d,
'"
e.
d,
ture
and
that
in
fulur~
tOO.
ooot
of
the
malnat £2,560 7, 6d. togethor totalllllg to Genoml County Purpo.....
toM~oe of the highway ..."" !roing to com. but th er~ had 'boen aome delay owing to offiCials of the I\o"rd of Ed.ca.tlon. They
£Jl ,74 7. 7d.
'
flsie.1U R oadaI'· would
jl(ot tho throe Qu .. tera of tho h. 6d. ",
down. So far &.! the n.tep&Y6!" W&6 co~ ~ 10081 dramago wor"".
The normal elltimntod gross 0'Xponditure,
Roconstruotion Soooma
ro.t.c. plus t.h~ excess of a 13. 9<1. ~ate.
ho ooold only view the mattar In
excluslvo or small llOldings de ficit, is put
No.6 ... ... . . ... ... 4460 0 0 400 0 0 oorned,
GRA.NITE
SIDES
A
FAILURE
C'l'fain
Wil, o\! demurred
To do th~l
thi, wa,...... hnt while. ten yO&nt ago he h.d
a.t £00.950 2s A5d . and tho unoortain ex~ N :dlonat Insurance Aot.
.
he .... id. tho present grant of £350.000 would
r
oads
suffioient
for
hlB
purpose
at
a
ooat
of
The
tarmac
roads
had
worn
()'Xooodingll,
hn.vo
to
b
o
much
enlarged.
penditure at £~,617, tot nlling to £85.567 2•.•
TuOOreulooia£64 por mlJj, to-day h. bo.d road. whieh well. BPea.k.i.ng gonerally, but the . " aides J . SIr John Beth oll rOplicd, tI No."
He
or an increEl so 0\f9t. the fast year ot
Maitland & Kingwood
wero not moN;; tha.n 8uffict.ant for his purpose had, speakm(! genera lly, boon a fSll uro In thought those figur es were oorrflct.
£ 8,636 1 ~ 2<1. Tho Ip rinoipn. incroll.OO8 aro
It One ,
Sanatorium ... ... .. 7050 0 0
at & cost. <>f .£163 per .mile. Thol. surelv, two ways-first the wear wae very much th inR' ." he Mid. emphatiCAllv . "is certain.
8.8 follow: A. bin g don
Hospit.ol
made out 0. ca.se for a.1!oSiet&noe £rom the Q"roator, and &O~nd ly tho wator got In \Vp sha ll got the money" (llpplfl.UM).
I: e. d .
Beds .......... ... .. 960 0 0
Irflperis.l fund.. Referring to the pohee. through. the grarute. Those 8'ramte tildes
Ma.in roa.ds (includius- loans) . .. 4,144 13 4 Special County Purpoaes.
neplvin,lt to I. furilier ('1uostipl1 , Sir Juhn
Alderman Proeton said the net exponditure were only put m
Nationn.1 In 9uro.JlCe Act-tuberU
OOnCe8alOIUI
to the said that. next venr no education reles wrlUld
Bridges-Nowtown
.. l4QO 0 0
talltn.g on the ratN for the foroo was £22.696. u.sere of hOT8?f!. In many C&80S, 11-8 on the (':'(('f"Ocrl 1.8. 9et. in the .£
ouloqis
..
. 3,763 1 0
Mill brtdll"
.. . 716 0 0
which W&8 an incre&.Se of £2.444 over laat Bath Roo.<!. 1\ w.... absolutely nec","",ry to
400 0 0
Prof""""" Butcb<>r pointOO out, th.t the",
Mental Defic:cnoy Act. 1913
year . ,B':I'o.dly , th.t increase ..... broup:ht cover the *hol~ WIth tarmao; and that had WAre pT'omise~ m!\lla by tho GovornrroAnl
N ew police &tation at
about
under
two.
heado-one.
the
new
ooaIe
CAUSE OF MAIN )lOADS INCREASE.
been the .xpene,nee el.ew.here. TOOre hnd which thov could not l rorr~in from fulfllhrljf
Shn v.nham ... ... ., . 1675 0 0
of. J?ay. which waa not un()(lnnectcd with the beo~ a.. very o,?n~31dorBblo In crease of trLLffio. 11n1o.<o.8 with di3l6t~r to themselvos.
Altorat'ons. Faringdon
With r oferenoo to t.l~ inc r ea so in ilie mBin
"Weeklv
Reot
Aot,"
which
..
!;>sorbed
!!Ome~a.kl!l~ a wook.m March, 1912A and oomparmg
Rnarl;n~ Tl\tCp8.Y6'rR. ,('An M cnnfi(14mt th,,'
polioe station ... . 1500 0 0
:roads ostima.tod oxpc~iture for the cornmg
thinjl( hke £1.600, o.nd the otoor the amount It wlth one m M~rch, 1'\11.4,
they found their intArosi:R !are in ' 'tood handa. espoo:aUy
oar a memora.ndum. ! ha.s boen recoil'cd by
to bo expended out of · revenue on t.hc im~ there p1id been an mcrea.ee 1D. cyc1ea of .84 a~ Captain Wil~n will i be a mombf'r of the
he 8ub-commlttee from tho oounty
£17,8lJYO 0 ~YnA",!i _ 1 provement and enlargement of W&n\age toM, m motors of 7 ,12<> ~n8, m oommerClB.l nf"'" ftta.ndinv. oommittoe (~ompO<ll('lti ( I ( the
In .. ddition to the above oapital
police station.
Having regard to the ex- motors of .5,646 tons, and In hone vehicles 9£ mAuentinl M.P.' ... Conservft.tive. Llbt-ra\ and
veyor, from which I the {OUO Wlllg
tura
t
he
following
are
the
ffi .
f h .
I·
f
b
C.P!?",>r:bnlanc cs of loans atrea,!! raited
trcme -e ct-ency 0 t elr po lOO oreo, e was 1,446, tOU8 i and n. doote8.6eJof 2,.614 _ tona ! In Labour), ' which hI\.!!. ~ formed t.o wal ch
' 1'ho.t the lJlcroasOd n ot oxponditpl'O of
aure that no one w()Uld wish to qnibble at traottorftJ, and of 556 tona ~ a.rumale (h?lI!!os. thp.ir interc.. ~ in ' the futuro.
promised
from
tb&
Ro
Board
:t},fi"ur
..
(Hear
.
hear).
Thew
g<>t
n>rt
£5,482 is n.lm~t whol'" a ccountod for under G cncrn.1.
.hoop. o~ttle. eto.). the to~1 moreas<1 havmg ,
"";""===T"=====
the fivo following hcnCls : •
been 14,296 ton.! e.nd tli& decrease ' 3,17(1 '
!
' J
Main Road..
£ • d.
of- that baok Irom Imperial funda.
(1) Ri se in pnco of ma.oorlll.ls, ',£1,099
... ...
962 9 10
Scheme No . 2
toIlB-Qr • net ino......... o~ 11.126 \OWl The '
&
NO HEN·ROOSTS .
duo to higher rnll vJa.y ra tol and prioo of
inorease in the wte of opmmorcia1 motors,l .
i
..,
r'l
J~J t:\I
Scheme
No.
4
..
....
,
....
.
,.
3.198
11
10
atone at the qUl\rry
Rovertinll to th&"o"!st1OO'; ';itfJ: which ho.d W&8 very ra.pidly going o~. More and more
Schome No. 5 (£11.750)' ... 5.988 1 6
(2) Tarrmg I ncrease of £1.350
aemehow
to
be
provide::!:
~ey
wore
n<>t
quite
fannoeI'<S
were
taking
to
~otor
lorrIes,
and
.,
'AV
URED
'No~.o-£11.750 loari. Only £4.083 r.,ised
t o turnng a.bout 114 milo8 01 rollin
in. the same position M tho J Chanoollor of even the amallor traders Imd farmora .nd W1LL HENLEY BF,./<
0
1
Ilt prosent.
.
0.9 agnin lll 80 m ' 1 (\8 1 11l~t ycn.r.
tho Exohequor. Thoy had no ' sinkinll fund hutchors were following tluit, 80 that if ;t
Special.
(3) Spoolal items and r enewa18.
Into
raid
.
they
ho.d
no
hen-roost.
to
rob,
exwent
on
at
the
same
rat4
in
a
very
short
\
'
f
f
t
!
P ohoo£ e. d ,
crease uf .£624.
One of the -,nost gratl ymg ea urea a
oeptini{ the oid "hen'~OO8~ " WhlCP were time th ey would not :J!Uoh ho,..,. t.raffio
Didcot................ ..
87 3 4
(4) L oan oharges. In crea.so of £2,127,
the
roads.
'
the
l&8t
t
wo
Thn.meo
scn.son~ jhas been th.e
on
represented
bv
thapatient
and
mucn·Buffer·
Pan~bourno .. ......... ,
86 2 3
brIng n.ut omntio r i&<'J o n !Chcmce of reThe T6port WilS adop
.
public a.ppearance of~ the Kmg land Queen
ing r ..tepayers of the oountv (Hear. hqarl.
455 () 5
Cookhsm .......... .. .
construct ton as !".'l ll e+'onoo by tho Icou n oil.
Ho ItOmetimC! wond~ red whethe r it wouldl he
The members present were -Chairml\J1, in the Roya.l barge, in 1912 on the final
Winkfid~
.
........
.
..
.
1.412
14 3
(5) Inoroaso o r £187 JI1 the oetlll18.tos
posSible,
8.8 e.n experimont, a.t any- Taro. to
Alderman
Sir
R
.
G.
O.
Mowbray,
B~rt;
day
of Henley Rega.tta, / and 'l l~t yea.r on
for oorl.tllon III ban mam r o.ds, arrtyed at Sm.n Holdinge.
nllow oounty a.uthoritie. II certain latitude to ville-chairman, Alderman J, Herbert
the occa..ion of the vi6it paid to Eton ColPusDy- North Berke- adopt8.8 foHows' Chn.rg<'s I on no\'. loam totalling
5
aUompt
some
fr~h
moth
ods
of
raisinQ'
~pn; Ald<>rmen : Mr C. A Forard. Mr E. lege.
atlon .... ......... . " , .. . ..
to £1,C30, 1 ~!l5 I'cducbon. lD ordlllary
, 1~ 9
rovenue. A mora equitable methild might Uardner. M.P .• Mr. T . L atham. C'l'tam
Nc>t unnaturally (says the .. Loc ~ to
Ditto R.nney-fencing .. .
maintennn oo
~
surolv be found tha.n- -the present mothod of F . . O. L odor·Symond., . Mr, E. ID. Mansfi old. LOOk Times ") it i. hoped up river 'hat
D
itto
Charney-new
farm
" Upon
OOm pl\.T1 SO~,
the
ap~roX l mate
1 16 2 lovyinQ' A.MCMments on tho ooc:uplef'S of laud Mr W. A. Mount. M .P .• 'Mr G H. Pet.aro. their MaJ·~tie8 will aga.in be present till.
hUlldings ........ " .......
llVeTll.IZ9 cost of mnmt'?tlnnoo per lmlo on tho
a.nd buildings only. while everythmg oO~­ Mr. A. E Preston Mr. H W Ru ...Il. Mr,
h· f Th
O il to Ditto-g.netal o.dap68 mil es or ron.d~ t aconstru cLcd he.s fall on
arne.
n octod with persona..Hv eeC&.pea ecot-frce-n.nv- G. F. Slndo, C dlon~1 V W. B. Van do ~easo~ at olle at lell6t of the.c Ie
tetion
wor""
..
.
16
19 7
fr om £260 bo£orn r ('('..o nst r uction to £99 in
G.
Willink;
CounoilI
!unctlon~.
and
the!"
.
Sore
stl()IIg
rumours
how
M far Il.8 the direct. ra.isiflR' of revenue Woy er. and Mr. H.
Hurst- New buildlD!1s
17 15 1
, tho prosC'nt. y("n r. "
was 'concerned (H ea.r, bear} . The ~lier of 10,," : Mr. R. G. Ad.ma. the Rev R Bag- In. well-mformed Olro.e. that the Royal
Tho tola l ostim at.('d l oxpenditu
local taxation wa.s lontz o"Veroue. Whether na.ll, l\tIr. Fra.ncis Bate, Mr. W. Drewer,\ barge win be the ce ntre of at least one
BORROWING POWERS- LIMIT
m ent of tuborculools l ou t of
in the Budget rooentlv introduced thore W8,6 Colonel J. C. Corter. Mr. P. do M. Caven. river pngeant during the present year,.. 11
NEARLY REACHED
county £und {9r th o yenr ending
to be My provimon for tlie assist&noe Mr. H (J Chandl<>r. Mr , C. W. Cox, Mr. F, I is thought that the 4th of Jun e (Ostlvltle.
1915, lS £ SdOO7, toward., whloh G (I~~o~~~~~: 1 Tho folloWLnI) figuree aho". tho poeition
t.l08 he did not know . So (ar J. K . Cros. , Mr. P E . Crutohley. CoI()npl at Eton ara moot likely to be favoured.
grants an
othe r r eccirte a.ro
of tho oouncil Ul r egard to tho limit of bor.
no large rn0Q6Uro of credence the ,Hon. C.. R. IIa'y Drummond. Mr D . F. and oertainly "the Royal b ..rllie woul~ 00 •
amoWltinr(' t o .£3,257 178. 6d., leaving &.
rowing powers (£139,904), and the loans
.peecb.. of the Chanoellor in o"Dl. pe VItro, Mr. E. C .. Durant. Mr. J<. moot ..npropriate loader to a. processIOn of
e.tim.t.e<l ohargo on the fund oI £1.
preoont outotandmg
£117.077 12-..
A hint wa" thrown out th ..1 J · IEY.to~n. HMr·,,_W,d _~altrha~ AMr'~J A. Eton b-oata ma.nned by crews in gala C()620. 6d.
I
npar/. ~rom .mnll ho!dings loans, £45.060,
benefit to th» extent of abnul F4 rogley,
.
. uuu a.ru..J..
. 1!..i.
.I~ an·
A GROWlNG
odu08tion loane. £111.299, WhlOh do not 9d
, but I!O far II. one oould make ley Mr. I R. H ope. Mr. \J . . Key.er. Mr. tume.
.,
'
·t- h
If the Kmg. en.gngeme!,ts perm I '.. owAn amount of £400 i", included
rank. f-ar-this purpoee, viz. : lout tha.t nmepenoe was about ae illUBoTy as A . • J . Lawrenc •• Mr. J. P Lookwood. Mr.
Mtimaws for expend iture und e;r the Mental
Balance of loaWl outstanding , at ~l.t some -athol' ninepenoes (lauifhter and HCI\T, Job Loualey. Mr. E. Nork ett. Mr. E. Par- ever. it 8eems QUIto posSlb lo th~t vuutore
Dofioien cy Act, 1913. 1 nnd ... half the
Maroh. 1914:hear). Since that hint
thrown out the £itt, Mr. A. Petroookino. Mr . G. E. Platt. to H enley will once' more be ..b.e to wel£ I. d.
of the compulsory ser V1CCS ar~ rol)a~O'DI.
£ • d. Chamoellor ho.d hinlSel! ..atored it ~ow", in Mr . F . W .. Port.. r. Lord Goorge Pratt. Mr. come til<) King s.nd Qu1"'!' to the regatt ..
asylum 12.861 f> 1
a I}ub!equent .peecb.
He hl\d 8l\id that John Rank:n, Mr. O. W R~;yner, Lieiilten· course in their own pa.rtlcular !oya.l and
the Government, Lbo I s um of
27.100 9 II
included in tho ""tim.tad
Oxford.hir<> millht "at 41<\. ""lief. &mer..,t - ant-Colonel G. C Ricardo . Mr, F, Ruah~.1 novel fashion. Their M ..jestietl 8h?wed thB
. bridg;;'; 2.200 10 4
8uo-comrru.tteo a.nticipat& that the
.hi"" 3d.. and C..mhrid". ' 6~.; but ho ho.d r.!r. Phil,p S.le. Mr H T. Shawcro8S.
r. greatest k,eenn.ess ;n the Pl'OO~tngs t~C)
offioes .. . 21,952 19 4 I
ture undor iliis headmg will largely ~".",=,-,
never •• ld whe.t Berktohire WM to got.
T. Bkurray, Mr. B. G. O. Bm!th. Mr. F. A. year. sinoo, a.nd expreEaed theIr appreel ..
roa.d ... ... , 52.872 8 9
in future ycare
S(lLith. Mr, T . S. Tayler. lIbJor O. TurnO' t i<ln of the day'. sport and the general
117,<)17 1lI 8
WILT, BERKSHIRE BENEFIT!
Small H oldmg:•. -Tho
Mr . G, L. VeMbl,?", Mr. W. Walton. Mr. . M'r~n t)m. nts in flattering terlTlJl.
of borrow-From th .. confused AOd muddled etatomenta
80 far ~..-aet)ley is .concerned, it seeJWII.
powere
~1~2
1()~~ili1n
made in Pa.rJlamont tbQY :·hnd e-nde.avourod B. Wi.l8QU. and Sir . G. Young, BArt.
certain that the rEgatta It~ll. ,fro!" th ..
Local Govto make out to what oxtent B,irk.bi", 'Would
Tho expendlt.u.re for
a
A 0t •
r epo)'ts of. col-onial and fOrelgn en~rlos a.l.
• urn of .£566 78 lOcI . on
itp,m8 of ,. ernment
bonefit undbr that portentous _Â¥bome. It
CUNARD HOLIDAY TOURS .
re)l.(!y circulated; will tie. of a. very mtereet.pooslble that BerkMire milll1t benefit to
.. pital n ..tuNl. ' whioh ~ ha ve been o';'rged to l1l88 ... ... ... ... 139.904 o 0
Loan8
aanct1on·
Ibo .,,,IMt of about 1d. in the £ ... regarded
",venno i.nateo.d of b'l"'g mot by loan.
ill8 charactar, a satherml! ID f,,!,t of the
eel.
or
pending
elome ntary education, aJ!C! : about Id. &a ' re- . T.Jle combination of aea. and land toure .pro. r owi ng nBtioDB WhlC~ Bhou,d proVIde 6pl~n~
The de6 cit for th~ en attmg year ~
ostima ted at, , ...
I{a.rded polioe; and it wa..:wholly U1l()ertain vided by the Cunard Lme forma an Ideal did sport for the Kmg.
mated at £914 incl ivo 01 a .um of
(oxcluJmg
Al&8 bo when they ... ore J{Oin,lllo ·llet even that holiday· The tour. in Canada or the United I
pital nature.
for _all items 01 a
bert
bridge
and
relief. Thorelore, the Fuianoe Committee States ~!I[tend over varying ~orjodBl ' and off.ar I
Af ter taklOg mto focount th.e
,i
Crown
Road,
were obl~ed to resort to \.be only method different programmM . . B:ut ID a&!ID ca&e Ithe
Met M.rch. 1914. 0 £5.&a6 12s.
Wind.or).
CLUB~,
which they had at p .....ent of r.,oing mone,. or"""ing of the Atla.ntlo \" mo.de tn. & magmapproximnte amount to be
---- ---1 in countie.. whioh w"" out of the pocket.o ficent new twin acrew Cunard liner; the
.... I.e. i. £51.542 1. 1
6<1 . and
of the existinA:" r.abopay.er;s. I~O e&r~ ~he ehore exoursiontt bave been arranged by the I
m\ttee l'OOOmmond ~e.t a ....rate
- - - - - - 1 present propooala lOto .effect. freoh legislatIOn Cunard Company, .nd Ira.ell'!1'8 are. aooom-llJAPT,
M,P, ASKS
tho £ bo levie d for tlhe enBuing year,
is estimated to produco £56,16[, a.nd
-B.loro it bccom", n"ft""r:,r!,o~~~~:~~
would be requir<><l; and it had already been ~arued throughout by oxcurtnon directors. t
A LlR'r.
whole of t his amount.
statod thAt there WM not :to be BJ;l autunlt' 'l'be !!Cope 01 the tou"" ie well illustrated by
proVlOO A Burplue of a pproximately
.uffioient 01 t.he ex.itJtinl{
....ion. and Iherefore there W,," not any the itinerary for Tou.r II A, II wh1c!t · lDeludee
At lOAd. in th<> £ tho mte would be
- -"
r()UOll.8.ble prospect of the varioWi localities Queboo, IvlontreaJ., Nlago.ra.. ~.!:'~oflto~l thS ",' I I Sunde.y closing may JOO diemla!;ed a.a a
moro than that levied in the previoua YeM". b een paId off to brID8
amounts within the borrowing
gotting a.ny ftubdtanti~ oontributioJlfl durin« Thous.,nd blande. and the rapl""
too . t. m ..ttor of practICal pohtics {rom the preoen'
Tuberculosis.-Th& committee
~he cun-ent financial year. It ratoor looked Lawre!,l~ RivOf .. ThtJ .low farel from £3~ , Par\l&mont," says the I " Daily Telegraph."
SPECIAL COU_NTY PURPOSES .
""Wed £416 from the Lo08I
if the Chanoellor
· lIl~yinK the very for , 27 ~&YIIJ are mc1U1uve 0if ali thexpe~Aee. U Thore remBillB, . however, tJIo club quoeTho income for tho year 1913-14. exolusive Board toward. the expenditure
game of ~etting an ooormOlla Impeiiu One-claB8 co.bin aooommod ..t,?l.. on. ~
n,i · tion" a · Bill lor the oontrol of Qlubs havlOl[
01 rate. was £7ff.J!Is 5d. le.. th&n the ... ti- tion Wlth the oounoil'a dispensary
at the end of th!> ourrent n&tional dania," " !Alaunin/' &nd
. ~nl&'d'
I pas~ its -second reading In the House of
1ll61e, .. nd ilie expenditure wa~ 1... " than This ,urn represen~ 50 per cent: of
yoar. • : If it should -:,faU- ~u t tht s'ocond O8bin on the ." FrBn"'!wa an
. a- I COnlmons and been referred to a Grand
the e.timato by tho .um of· £5.614 15.. Od. expenditure Incurred during the Jlrst. ·
grants oould not .be .Appqrt\.oned to oonia," flr~t-clo.!~ traJDS and ~a~d steamers, Co,mm1ttoo, though its rate i.a. quite pro~
'the e!incipal sa.vinE wns in oonnection WIth and 30 per oont. of the eetimated net
va:rioU.!l looalitiM, then a vtlry". large sum Rll shore eXCUl'6lone, meals,
accotm.t i°. lem&'t.ica.l owing to the oongetillon of bU81..
the Tuberoulosis Order, 1913 (Di"",s.. of [lend ituro during the tl&Cond half of
"'<luld be at hi.. dispqe&! for •. tlie jloliticnl dation, 81eeping 6ertha..... &n
gra Ul (WI n9!8. Yet the 500pnd r&,;,d4tg, ha8~' emph~lBed
Animals). wh ioh waa £4.698 11... 1d. 1.... fin.ncial yo.r 1913-14. The Board
•• rviae. 01 tbo country. ' He I (Mr. P.rostoil) D. shol'c.
the qu.uon, and Ca~ WIlson, M ~P" ~~&• •
t h.n ant>Oipated.
'
the balonoo wilT hi! paid after
auppoc!ed th.t -it OO\lOndop ' on7Jhe way lD
_
- t
g i.von notioo to move for l a-ret~I'!l .hOWUlI'wbiob they regaroed DUtY politt(~ whether
For tho enetling y&ar the inoome ill 08ti· counts for thn whole year
tb&
00
I
. 1 and politlool olut.
tho·y wO\lld '1&11 that an cxampl~' of hi&th and
mated .t £ 18.407 10 Od. exclUSIve of ratea. the Board. The Il:rant
The funer!lol of Mre '
8~ellmothT of !~~}ti~h~ oroe:ed8furthe Mle 'of intoxioo.tinl'
prudent fin&noe or a me", If_me 0'£ party Mr. ' Bonar · La.w, took P 8.00 BlOb Y
The normal
ill eatim ..ted at derlrl.andtng that the
n 8undaYB iD England Wales ana
£46.916
uncertain expendi- their sohome to the
ta.cli"" (Be"". hoarl _ _ & ' .thOY ..ere not day at LÂ¥sOOwn Cf metery. d a~
: t":. S:U~~do and ahowlng• .further: .ep.",t&IYI
Hkelv to ge~ an, of tha.t M618t.a.nce thlll ye ar, j>e,rt 01 the a.rvlce Wtlll con u
tUN> at"
o{
20. lOd. &8 early 8.
a
e t.b&
'boT 01 oooial clubs and the numbe.l'
Nallonal
they
had
nOt
made
allowance
·for
it.
The ~t!'''\'':.t<><1
house !n St. ~ma: S~tri;;.lt8:!e , ~: : of
clubs (atatin,K the politi~l.J:fu.
oo. t of the
'
~'1hebYpre:byterian ~U'<)h
Bath, I tl"ll), .with' the "PPror':.lIDh~
~
un"8rtAin eX~lell<litu"e l county for
I SEVEN ~IMES AS -1dUCH .
pel
•
The amount they waro -taking aut of the Only Mr. Bonar Law and other .m~mbel"'8 of Tho lioen!lOd be trad9 ~ ,.
th0
fam
i!y
I w.ere pr~nt:
.
l\OtUrn
ma.y
eeou
.
ratepa.yers' pockeUl (th.. year oamu to

pJrc!!-

:\fr "l. B a tc~ ' I shoul d eonsider it aD
odd !l J('el"! or s tuff , 1 fHlpp OSO.
.
D e t, cin e -In sp ec tor Anuel'8On sta.ted th&t

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' I'h" e lmlrInnn: IF. B. Parfitt. Esq.):
Y aH \\ cre i n oou ri \\hen Detective Henderson ga\c c\ idenec; you he ard the stlltemon t In",le b y Y<lur son that he brought
h\ 0 or t h ree pJ.eces, and that you
\\.ere \\<!A..ring no p;f\rment made of 80me of
the li ni ng. I s thaL true!
~lr s . B n.I.e<l, It is so.
'n,c chairm3.Il: H o w m a ny Iliecee w.,ou.r
kn owledge ?
'
I
~l rs nat" s
About t hN!e.
Th o ch airmall : Have you ILBked him to
Lr11 q; t h ings home ?
" I l n(,-=d' '?'\()
He sn id they ware odd
'P ' . ..('('s If" ft , "lid t.hl\l h e dId not think "there
\\ .t" an, ll arm in t n.king them .
Th ~ chn.·rmn.n: Did you ask where he
gr)t ill Do yo u con SId er two yards loll

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ciFT: WH,SON OBTAINS
ASSURANOE.
AN ]MPQRTA~T ,OONFERENCE.

0

BE)1CH AN D THE MOTHER.
I
A blo w:..e V!' llS produced in court, ari~
"h en it was po lll ted oU~I' to Mrs. Batep
tlntL t he lI ning In It wn.!1 ::. imlla.r to the
1!' 4) II.H' r Docketillg fihc salO t:lhc knew notht llg

,
till much ... tho,.
. year.s
- Th""" fact. , ,eh()uld
~.;P;'lcttrlel;ta ,a~';lwq,tnibQ' to all the spcndina ,
u
.tho coun~ 11 ~ 00 .. caNlJul
m fn.mi.njl recommendations
• whioh. In'{olvcd .furthN
~ook~ts 01 the ratepayer\"

1£237

It on Mnv 14th ho thought the

sni d

1,-

'I
tile

St r{'(' ~ t n -e Rdl ng

Caycrshn.m,

20 yeats ag(),

SI~IGHT

HOW THE COST ,

A mothe r'. I
were disallqwed id
case in
Sidney Harry M.oth. 90,
rwood Stree t R eooJll g, .& lad, wu
at Rcddll;g Borough Police COUl'$
.. J"y WI tt. ste.lin:; two y ..rds of

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WILSON,

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The net ... timated expenditur& of
county polioo fo( , ~14-16 is £22,6961160, i
or £2,444 1911. '9d. mor&1 thB.n the nee ex·
penditure for the I!&ot year. ' ThlI ~
.. due. ~ooording to information {U\"Dialled. b7
the olrief oonatable,i to the following: - "
(al Pay.-Inorp",e 01 £l.QOO 119 meet
&xtra paymenu. . \If the new ocale of

~: \{~w~t..~~

=.:. ;::~"~~~:ti~~

on ' 1st A..Jlril, · 19104_
_ .
..
(b) Eru.:rgem.nt~ of· PoI.iqe StatioDo.1i;xtra ' o.ooomrpodatlon at estimAted<"""t of
£650 at W-!\n~go · Iiolioe Blation.:
:
(0) ; Loalia. ¥liargeiJ in -:i8lPect "01

'~;~'~~~::E~~0~~~~~~~~1~~

~armll<lon'
_. ,. (£1,675)
. : ,. -, ._'
otatidD.!
' at(£1,600).
' Bllrivenbam
After
t&kinJL
~tO
account
"the
.urplu.
.
llot Marnh.. l.\Il4.. .of £6,280 l6o. Od.
the ..tJ.

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