Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

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down: ' 6ymg; -a 'goOd deal of lUterest waa
in'o.n,ff<l'iited -in ' tlie 14th annua!' competi!ion..- in' connec~ibn :with "the - R e!"linl1
Centre ' ooinpe~iti~n8 ' or t.he St. John
Ambulanoe 'AMOOi ..£ion held in Palm.,r
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Thete .,wew .6,vQ . el1trj~s for the men 8
oompetition fOf th.. G '. W. Palmer Ch ..l-

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--AU ro~da Jed on- S.turd.y '["'rnoon to
Woodley, wher • . Gustav H.mel, who h.o
leapt into fame for his daring skill, thrill"~
the thQU8anda of epectators with a. d omoD,8trMion of Oying from a - meadow 011
Woodley_ Farm, about throe IIIlles from tho
borough of ReadlOg.
,From noon onwards t,ho .. • pproach.,. t.o

leoiJe Cup", "a.Jt!.td Mr. A. T. Wooldridge. the far:tn . were CI:owdcd wt,th ' people tlo!1irous
M..R ~·C . '~., awarded the -CUD to the holders, ,of sceLllg the (Urman loop. lt h ~ . loop.
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South.Ea.stdrn · Railway, who secured 217 · howc~o.r, eo many were .!l~zed ~y. fI. d~lro
. t.e 174' the th,._01
,. -etical exa,1fiination to wltn~ ~ho domonst ration, IL (h~ Hot
pam , . In
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n~s~rdy 5ay that
everyone pa id for
,and ' ~ 117 the stretch~r. . The wmnlllg . a,1misslOn.
Indeed, it ie ostimid.{.'li that

team CO)1~ISted ·of · J. Brmdle.y, M. EustootY,
A . Pone, W. ~oles, 8. AVIS. ThE! other
competiLors were
Berksllire P.r intinfl
Co. 166 th<lOretlcal, 43 stretcher, 209;

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tho ground or th~ ha~gar &nclosure. '1'1;0
roads were crowded WIth pedootrlnlls, c:ycl;.!.;

a~d rnotor.ca.rs.
Many n.lso oom rnallCiod l\
vllew of the flying from treos and f(\u u('tJ.
ing Gas Works, .154, 30, 184.
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Tho patronage ext.ondod to tho ovolIl, !.y
In ·the wom.en's oompetition there were the pub.he W.a,!I, th~rerore, anythll~g h.ut

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~,yford ; 168, 39~ 207;

hardly one-third of the ten th ou.a nd I",oplo
who a reembl..e-d paid for admission cit lor Ir.

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Ambulance Briga.de , 162, 32, 194; 5, Read-

TUX WIll dr~~s ev,ry la~s~ei~ \

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white, £Ieee}!
woollens. And ell~ry lass~e's­
mother will find at Lux pays for
itself over and
r 'ag~in by the
fabrics and textu
it 'p reserves.
Lux is the acme 0(',.......Q".u
It coaxes rather
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cream-like, in which
'dainty fahrics need

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favour of . the right clAi med, but' unforrtu'ne.w1y, . thore was no ' ihdion.tion. of the cuo
for the .Crown authoritiee. who, as abovo
men koned, . took ' no acti¥e part · at the

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AccordinJ(!y,

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counCil were ~sked b y iIle* comm.ittoe to
8upp1y the r ea:eons on whioh, in tho eX' crciso
of thei.r discretion,! they based their 'dooiaion
that the prirpa fnoie pr()6umptiari in f.avouJ;'
~f tho p?-blio 1I&d ./Â¥><n di:mlBC<>d b y 80'" 01
m,torruptlon ()r otherwise, : but nelther from
t.he diatitct council ' nor from their represen-

The Bar.tonGillette ~ru~eD \ Shearing Co
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mbre entries than last vear, but the num. onoou~ag~ng ~ho~ the . expel1lle Whldl I\.,
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18 orgarusabon m volved 18 taken IOto eon·
ber W 0 . ~~mp~1teU ,woo
e sa.me, V.IZ-.,
. , sidoratlon.
The , a.rrangemonts, uncle r t},(\
MoOre vaned a~pa.ratus f)'{R6 u sed thIS yeo.r. direot;on of Mri F . EtchoB (~Ir. H t\mol' ",
Mr. J. C. R. Freeborn. M.B.C.S., the mana.ger), wero 0.11 that oould be doslT oo
judge, gave his B~ard .,M follow8 :-1. Miss
TWENTY MIN UTES ' " RUN ,"
M,.tthew•• 36 pomte; .'2, MM. Scott, ,85 ;
S, Mis. ·Brookman. 31. Mrs. Padley reno
It was 1.30 when Mr. Hl\m ol ar rivcd a~
dered ,nlu1\ble a""istanc •. in connect.Lon R ea.ding in his aO.horso-powor MOrllllO:
Saulnier monoplnne.' Ho hod trnvolb l frolll
with tlie women'. competltlOlI.
Tba cup, prizes and cerlificat-ee · ~w-ere Brookla.nds A erodrome in 20 rni.l1utC's. 1l1~
distributed by th .. ' mayoress, whO. wae would havo arrivoo soonor hau it n ot; L OC H
a-ccompo.nied by the mayor "nd Miss for a stl'<)J1g current of nir, whioli IlC'cOS!li.
w d tho adoption o[ a circuitouR route
Field. · Amon~et th06<l also present were to.'
Having oncircfed tho town, he steel"od r o~
Mrs. A. C. B ..rtholom.. w and Mr. Fred \Voodloy me1ltdbw, whore he dc.S()(\ n<led.
Jones.
Hi3 manager: '·a nd m oohan ic th on tl'"slo(\ tIlIl
ma.o~inerl and rep] o~i3hod tho oil tank.
PRINTERS AVOID THE TRAP.
PriVIleged spectators lll."lPOOtod tho machinf',
In 'giving his report, of the men'/I com- Preparations w~re made for a ni ~hL '1'111"('1'
present ~t the
·part- in the pro. petition, Dr. Wooldridge said h.. set .. looal mombore of tho Fourth Estate 8..,ioto<l
February • . 1913, ,the lit.t Ie trap, and a.ll, l'.-ith one exception, in wheeling the lllonoplanc inlo l;ooition,
tho parish council fen into it. Th .. t team WIlB the Berkshire and amid the ohoora of t.ho Bp f}e~t..ors MI".
counoil had adopted tbe Printing Co., but they for~t to put tho Hamel mado two ra.pid a.8conta., and at ". tepod - of their- repr~entatives
. under the patient's 'esd and back hei!!ht of 3,500 feet looped tho loop. R, .....
. the publio inqui.r y:when they put him on t e etretcher. up31de down, performed fl ta il dive fl.Jt
oarefull;r considered the informa· S.E.R. did well in the stretche r and viva upside-down divO" (1.~'hich la.s t~ ~7 fW't'(;nd SI,
flew fir3t. on ot'Je sieJe and t hf'1l on i ho
tion
our POS8OSt510n we- ha VEt to rc?nrt to
examinAtion, a.nd he congIat ulnted and
th.o oau-Dcil ..that 'YO do not £('el juehfied in
other side for 'Z7 s-eco nds.
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their
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oC()flaiona
he performed onc or ol.h~r ( Jf
Tooommending .. that they should bonome
Mr. Frooborn ma.do some criticisms of theae achievements at a.n altiludo of I\bout
pa.rtiea in the &dtion now pending i.n the
Con6idoring the gusly wind
'HiR'h . Court, and rec'ommend tlie oouncil to the women'., competition, but enid there l,OC<l foot.
which prevailed,
the p~rform l'l.neal WPl"f"I
l10tify '. tho Sunningjlill Parish Council 00· wer.. m.ny good poi.nts.
The mayo""", ' then distributed the simply m~gnificont, and Mr. H nmol !·j('lii.,
oordingly.-(Si'l'ned) An<!. RobiMon .
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HiLmilton. and F. ,J. Pa.tton (dis:;enting) ," · awa.r<I. to th e suc"",,",ful compel,itorB, · and d ~orved thc hearty pl audjts of tho )' 1 ~"·.la·­
. ThO action in . t'Q-' 1 High Court above mert- a.bo "the following mede-IEone and certifi- tors a.s ho unoonoornedly nlight-od froJII hL~
mnchin~ aftor hiB poriloll!i ndvcntur('_~ in t h'l
tioned w'. an aoli\h, in.tit uted by the Crown Icates 'won durina the year:,
8.'t8.iMt certain p'riva~ individualA who ul·
Medallions : Mias Bertha Rourke, Mrs. air.
"LORD ClIIF.F·S" INTEREST.'
tim.J..ly ..lIowed the' .aclio[l; to go by d<Jrault. Annie Tilli\l8. Mi... Edith Rourk.. , Miss
AHer tho first asoon t t.ho Lord Ch ie[
Edith Organ, Mire Ali"" Squire. Mr.
PARISH OOUNcU:L'S CQM.PLAIlI.'T.
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Allum. Mi ... }I'ra.nC<!<! TufnaU, Mr, William Jl.Istioo , (Lord B.~acling of Er1I! i!-[h ), \\' 110),
rfl.t&reupon the p~iM council eomplaine.d Smith, Mrs. Harding, Mr. J. Deacon, Mr. ' WIth Lady Ren.dmg, WI"\.S amon g-Ilt !.ho in8pect.n. t,oTS: WM . inll'()(itwt'd to i\ Jr.
tho cOllnty cOupoil that the district ooun- mackall, Mr: .Comley, Mr. Aaan K ..dge , tereated
Hamel. Lord. ano Lady ReaJillg" h(, n.rLily
oil had "f.iled ~ :.'~ke any proo&edinl! •. Mr. LB.moour.ne, Mrs. Town send Walters , oong'ratulatad
a irmnn on h j~ s. \l( ~I 1C..'>.... rll l
The matt.s r wail ~fer red by the county \lfr. Alit'1<l Cook, Mr. Wallace Fie: d, Mrs. and daring aohthe
io {omontB, n.nd t hen ll\.\\hl a.
oouneil -.to the -Higll"ay. Commit!;,e.
. Padley;. : Mrf!::-Tufnn.il.
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In\erview8 have t2\ken place with members
Certlficates-.-Alice N. Hillier. ' Ma.ud. ord ChIef J Ltslco purchased
ro m 11
Boy
.p,polnted by the eparish and district · COllll· Fullbrook. . Walter R. nNlw. Ernest,- E. L
Seout some picturo po!ltcnrds of Mr . I la n\i;\
0l.l8 reepectivelYf ana tho committee have
alai
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I~nd, nt th e ",jfjh of Lal l\'
Humphrey,.
Alfred
Prior.
Arthur
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baen furn i3hed with "a shorth&hd reporl
~ e8.d ing, th o::(} wor.o Ilutogrnpfwrl by t h'I'
the' proocedings ;~ the publio inquiry. From wick,.·: Herbio rt Dix, Joseph A. Barker, alrm
a. n.
thMB notes it aPP6&T6 that at the inquit:y Joseph ' Hutton, Edw .. rd Smith, Arthur
About 4.45 Mr. H.m ol, with Lady II " '(
eeveral iS9U03 raised , but the r o- J. PoweJ, Nelson V. Town , Edwiti .W"b", (who
h ad m otornd ovor froOm Oxford ) n..~ . ~
nre9<,nt,.h·.es of t!Jc p~ri.h council have Henri~ta Roo., Emma BrOOkman, Doro· paRSeuge
l', ascemiOtl for t.110 third ti mn . l\ n 1
th& nidter to the one
of thy Sumner.. Mabel 'tilling, Mabel Belson. aft-or making
one circ u.it of t htl 1ll(,8.l1ow fI ,··:
ri¥h~.of.way .
:Lucy M : Norm ..n, W,i nni e Harvey" Ethel awa.y to Ox(ord, wh uro ho <l1~':I o (mJod. l! :! \'.
content lpn of the parish co.u-noil HI M. H owa.rd , ·Florence Alexn.nder, Alice ing disohar god hi.~ pa~senger he wt.urIF'ti "
.the publi c h.vo acnuired a right.of.way .M. Moylan . . Mary Reynolds, . Doro thy t.ho \V ood lc.v m oa.dow, wh~re t.ho Ill;;!:!:: · ·..
\l.o3Or. ' But tho _ p'u blio cann-ot acquire
WIl S hou;sed in a t.en t m cctod 011 I h .. gro lli I :
ouch a righi by uoer al()ne.
The !(night, Edith ' M. T aylor, VH)let. M.
In a.n interview with !L Pro.~~ J'!'(lI"P:it ' IfI .I '
publio can only llC9uirc Q. right ovi;}r Fleming. Rose Stronge, Mary Kmght. t ive
Mr, H amo l snid t ho mac hin ~ hnd tra' ,·1
the, I.nd.
of! o,n mdivid ual by dedi· Edith D. Phi!lllil. · K~h1 ... n· Eal.... Dorothy led betlulih.i.l1y -all dill'. He ha.d e~'1 .. \ri"I((" I· 1
N orah K. Purfl"ld, Ida Lucl,\-'.
ca.h-on on' ··tho .1D.~t of tha individU.a.l. and
rathe r str ong and trioky wind, bu! JI<' {"I r,
Colebrook, Marl!8ret Colebrook. agr~ntly
u!!Ier is Qnly.....~lUlt;ble as ~' evidenoe .of the
mti",fic-rl with t.he 8ttCCC&.'1 o f Iii" P l '\" '
H ..miltod·, Isahella Cave Bl)ow n- formanco!l in mid-air. , Ho (X)Jlflilir.rt,d Ih,..,
dooication; j'a.rl(J . nfay bO ° inoonaistent with
dedioation.
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8..!lcending and landing grollnn ('\ .-.; rf~ l\ " IlI. h qt
On -examilljltion oi t:OO evidence given at
proposed and Mr. J. ho was torribly disappointOlI at OW PU"/" sup·
.the inquiry, tho oommittce &ore of ofJihion
& vote of · thanks .10 the port ll3.ccorded .t o
t ho ' m~('ting,
TI(, c... ·
that it oreate.. " prima [""ie pr ooumpbon in mayo r<lss while on the" propoeition of pres9f\d. l\ hopn thtl.t hi.g ("fl"ortR would (,0

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tative. who met tp.,m have the oommitte..
heen 8ble to obtain .any re&!!OM for their
dooi.lon-ox08pt po&sibly tho ,ro~.on I~f. oX·

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'I11eroforo . the. oommlttoo -&re of
opinion that tho . di strict cowloil have not
exerolsed 8. judicial discretion in ' tho 'matter
&nd have, to that extent, taHed in tlle exeroise of po:wers in".relation to the flubjed
penso.

of Sheep

matter of tl1e cemiliaint.
It ja' therQfor e _,lIoCeMary to mak.. further
inquiri", in order. t6 asoeetaill the [acts whloh
would .. on&bl. Q. proper cooision to bo
arrived at . . !Thi~ will nooce!irily entail aome
oxpense.- &!lil, · 1[t "Jorder that it ma" be
ehargod on thO diJIi!lot whoso "rep.reoruttati?e8
aTB in. d.afMllt, the' committee recommond
the oounty council to TefOlv& that. eo f&r . &&
rQlates . to : the. r.f16l1red . ~il!lht,.of-way, th<>
powet. and" Outl",! ()f the ~indsor Rural
Di.trict COl/neil
be tr"'lifer.red to · tbe
county counoill ..,d that the in"tter .land
referrod to : tho Hil!hw&"a Committee. with
power ' to talt.., in u,., name and on beh\llf
of the ooUjlty counoil, 'a ll ne<leOO!\rv .teps to
enabl.. .. ·rot><>" to be mado .to tho ceu,;t"
B.b'&!pelll.'I1.1 cOUllllil. on ,he m e rita of tllo complaint. . .
At lhe mootiul! of the Berk. County
Council -on Saturd'lY Aloorman Fera".d &aid
\0. the · ri"h~ 01. way OVl)r Aooot H;Qf\th.
aId
thmlt It ~ air probsbl& I ·that
be
lit1!l.tion. He believed
them every · intorma.to -trcQ.t as prinoinaJa
matter
one ,of groat
publio. ·The die,dct DOun&,,,,,,,..,,ntlv nq reaaOB &t a.ll for thedo:ncluAi,o"
. they .nived.

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of , the ' winning m o re full y r(H\::'ardocl on til .. followi ll g \V('(\·
nosday . . Ronding ho.d f!lH p!! far \ n-'\ow t ho
other towns he had vi.sil:«l
A froo passon.r{N flight WIiS .nlferC'd 1.0 Ibn
h older of an admi::-·sion t.i cket b(m l'i!! g" lh.)
w inning numbe r. Thill proved to \) (. N,L
12,740, bu t tho holder \"ns ,no t fortilcoJ)l ill !o{.
1£ t he luck y porson, howeve r, w ill nt t-r.-nd III

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and seconded bv Mr.' If. P . · Chard.
were thanked. Mr. B.r indley
that it had b&en ;. v·et r tight
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Tho : JJHI.yo"i-... ;in re!l}Y, d~ ri\1.e<l · the St.
John Amb"lai).ce A96()ci~tion "" o,ne of
the ! mc::iBt vnlual>l<'l institutionB ' of the
.town. ; ,It was raUl.er a. liappy thing thl!.t
railwaymen .houfd h;';vG. won the fir st
prize'.
Th.. !"embers of the St. J ohn
AmbUlance . ~!lBoc i atj,.o n we'" -' perform illg
.. duty. which the publio m.ijlht "ppre<: io.te
but oould not repay .; th..y had' the thanks
not "nlv of all · who were· ·t here. but of
their fellow .citi ... ",,: ge'ner"l1y (applau so,).

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DELH1HTFlITl SEA TRIPS;

W oodley thi s (Wod nosdfl.yl nf.t<'rIJooll ;\'11. .
Hnmel w;U bo plensod to carry out III ~

promise.
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Mr. Hamel is ono of thc 1i'1 cntrnnts ' for
next Sntu.ruay'·s aorial Derby rounrl L nnd cltl.

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H~ will U50 on that OCCO:sion 0. 160
Gnoma I\lOrlLllO monoplane. He is the (,ll V
pilot who has loopCiI the loop W lth 11 p lI.lil>·
enger, and hn.:s giyen command pcrfonnanuN'
of "tumbling " b ofore King G eor gI' !lIld
Quoon MtI,.ry ~t Wi ndsor G-rn:tt J)fHk. 111
(act Mr. G\lS~X Harne] ilR oon.sid e rcd 1,.0 1m
a.no of the m ·!It skilled fLnd popllllH yo un g
Hying -men of
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With 'the return of Wh itsuntide. the
New P a lace Steamer~. Ltd., once more an'
LIBERAL-LABOUR SPLl'l'
nou.nce ... the commenCODlent of "their po'puI"r Bailing... ·· On Satur<lay; _M..y 30th,. th~:
WlDF.NING,
m&goificent soo&mer a Royal Soverelgn .
will do th(j fll"8t run this 'season-leaving
A. ' tho result of tho North-wt DorhvOld ·, Swan Pier dailv at 9 .... m., calling at shire disag reoment tho hreaoh bct.W(:CIl
Tilbury, Southend" .'M: ..rgo.te an4 Ra~gate Lihera1ism n.nd Labour is J{ rowinf( ..... ide l".
(F.r.id"ys··in . June · exoopted), wh,l.. her SIS- Mr. Arthur Hend erson, chief \Vh i\l and
ter ship, the

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th .. sailings to Deal and D,over on Sunday,
July 5th.
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The" HUBbande' Bost," the ' popularity
'of whic.h needs no questioning. sta.rts on
Saturday. J!lly 4th, . and wIll oontinue
througho)lt th.. Be"""n. . _Th<l ·lG·day circular tiokets · ·b¥ the South·Eastern and
Chatham Railw ..y, down by bo..t and ,back
by ...iI. th" deml\.l\d for "boich ie still' growing With tIi,, ' publie; haB asain been ....
ranged . .. Th.. steamers h ..va reeeiv.ed their
usual &Dnual ove.rhaul aud will - again "Pc
pe ..r before the .publio in ,th ..t attrsctivo
condition. whi~h ineWs th.. w;,w to tak.. II.

se<lMt.ary l or the Labour " a r ty. CH.m.o (own to
~ivo Mr. I.Ma.rtin ~ hclpiH~ hand. Mr: Hel~'- ,

demon i sa.ld .that 111 th e natu re of t hmg"!\ It·
Wll8 inovitn.blc t hftt these thrcc-oornen'u COil'

tesM .would 'iu<Jroaso ra.thor tho.n

c1im ini, h.

Ho did not complnin about it.
Tho Lih(' !'·
als were entitled to fiu-ht OVury seal h {'I~ 1 11\,
tho Labour p~rty, but the L ihcl'a ls s hould
nol growl if Lal:xmr pers evered in ii ght.il ll!
the seats which Liberll l~ ocoup icd,

OLEAVAGE IN MORPETH .
The Morpeth LibM-al

Council

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tn[lt they" int.end t<1 oontest. tho sent l l~ n ill :-lt
a.U com ors.
A oloavago in this di:'!lli(lll,

which h .. hi th"rto been hold by " L, D.'rai·
Mnmbor
(Mr.
Th om nl~
Uur t,
H Fa.lher "
-of the House), is t.h crcfoi"(" il1l ~
'J'!l<> ·catei-ing...1£0 controlloo by the oom- minont. M Il'. Burt is ono of thl:' p iOIl NH"tj
pany tht)mselv-M, .will be . ca.rried on with of tho Northumberland Min <' rli' UfL in!\.
th"t ""me · 1Ibe"'lity which h .... made the which body have now Ecli.-ot oo Mr. \V illif1.,11\:
depa.rp,n<:!nt ' so ' popul..,. ever BinOO it hOB Cairl1!3, thoir fi nllncia.l secrotary. R9 p J'OBP~ '
tlvo cAnd idate , though t hov would not op_
bee~ Jr,~nnged . direotly by th.. owne,.,.
SP'jOW ( ..rril.ni"lMnts are ·'J>eing mad.. pose Mr. Bur t if h e w ere to doci(le to fit nTl(1
thl . . ...... on for p&rties, lars<> "lid sml>lI, agaift .
wjBhlnj! to have' the bel.1eflt of a full day
on "the water ..t. ri greatlY ,.uduood pries Printed and Published by the ReadillQ
NeWBPspyr Company, L lm ited,..t the ir
(per head). ' Tel'lIl6 to iln<llude the day 's
omo.s, 7. 17, and 19, Valpy Stroot,
roada in the--RN... trlp,.-hot lu.nche!>n lind lobster tea will
Rooding.
should' ha' be quoted .on lIPpli"l>tion to. 77, King WilWEDNESDAY, May , 20. 1914.
liam StMet, . ·E.C, . ' r
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