Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1914

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RE&(ARKABLE CHEST.

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, The post-'mortem examination on Georgo

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.Burnham, 50r farm carter/ 01 CutbuBh Lan e,
ah~eld; .....no e~ired a ter Undergoing an
operation at the Royal Berks Hospit.1 on

" , ,May
5th .... vealod
a sortthoof cho.,t,
armoured
of IlI'loified
pus liiling
",id pInto
Dr.

to~.; Jl9~~n. : p&thologiBt e.t I.that in ~L il.uli on,
·in .... the atr tJ:l,6 ,mquest. TlllSJ explnmod the doctor,
~~~I(.:rful~·:t~tlid'r:'8et asido' "'a~,.'~ a. .
e~traordina.ry condition. 1t
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' '8ermona ' on m~ ~' ha~e beeJ;t thc~ for many , wocks. Tho
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' which quee: \ex. ~'",(Jf 'bh18 th'ck plate mu st h ave
trm foderaor' vented a diagnosis of th o C1l.6C being' m ad<t

n)oet

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pointed' ..biphite ·earlier.
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done by 'in- ' ~ DOO<lIU!od. up to 1~ woek, ago,

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was felt tbat1,ROI6 Burnham , the wIdow , en joyed good
,- B8S0Ciation were l heatth. He. was then a tLendod Co r influc nza.,
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Could bo a.ocom- _pleurisy and pneuma,m a, nnd o n E aste r
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I~Onday was sent to the R oyal Berk a H QfI
meetiDA" of the M80Ciation, beld _ p'tal. 0n t ho afternoon of May StJl .h~ " a.

the

[Mr. A.. L .
ad?re.. ed
questiOn . o;t.
his pen Will
te!"€6t 1
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One of th e
the U lster ·

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era-tic 8pi r i

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ar.a

of J.r.t,J aTl

u pon that

anyon43 w h o
th .. t nart of

he find s
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informed that her hu.ba.nd w., gomg to be
OpefAted upon. W, tll e", went to th~ hospl\al
t1i ..t - tho followinot lottEtr lana •• w him. Ho knew ho wn.s KOtng to bo

p

1Mr G. Maroue
tr.:' ident
oha.ir. tho secrct~ry (Mr.

opera.too upon. and was prc pn.rcd for 1Jt

clergy -and rnimsten: -

the oReadin~ and Dm- '

" OPERATION E SSE N TINL
Merchants'
pr DonaldMon SRld lhe dCC€!l "cu wa R ad
con.sidered tho questioq mltted to the h0:5pltal on Aprl l 13. Oil May
of SUlI'l<lay
aQd .. ilie increa.e m ~th an operatIOn was de em.e<l llC C'"-SS,\,V .n
that direction, are of th~ opinion tha.t eorne order to,. remoye . pus from mGl ri o t he l ch~t .
· effort- thould be made to .check · th" inTond The ' lI\atter mdlCa.te<1 sarno 10n g.,I .."h!l:f
· i\ is mak-jng into. -the ,indity of tho Sa.O-. rou!>le. Dr. Gra:n t ve!for med tJH~ op<"mtJ P,n,
· bath and the weekly ' rest day, and those a.nd Dr .. Cr.o5S0 nilmlillst.ered 1JH~ 'H!:I ' ~ I.~I('t I C .
enK'a,gei:l il\ business . . i With thia end in Thp· .ope~~tion wa.s a rumplo ono HI _ I t ~C' H,
view it.' wu- decided to ~p'Peal to .8011 minis- but it was attended b y tho dn n p;c r of sudden
ten! of religion in the town. We a.sk you de6th ~ It ,W8.B one o f t h e common ca ll5~ of
· thGTefore to .uSe yotir ' inlluence in ' the.t Rudden de~th on f:he tablc, ana r~. a ll ngf' l hr>r
. In the me..ntim<J ;t j..;." ~rt..ined th~t . d~reotjon' by . caUi~K .D.tt~9:tion fro~ the pul- Ir~m t,h e. !'-nresthctlC. T hp' _?I1:rafJ.nll W:1..."1 t,he
'P It, o.nd .at all tunes ' when ooca.slOn offill'S only po"th.le . W80J; ?f. mak ng JJlt n better.
had · bun soon ' OD ,tbe roof at. the
. P,rovision

· to do all in your p,owf-r .. in co-opCTating ITho . nnoomllet !c. a mm,.lorod wns ,'hloroform,
with others to try. ' and hrmlOt about a de- , and tbe oondlhon of t hC'. d ccp~~d wns !iue h
orease in the R'-lo-wing , &vil of Sund~y tr8.4l. Ias to WRl'ra.nt B1l1 opera.t.IOIl .. '] h ("l h~nrt wn8
m&de~'llil extensIve se ..reh mOlde the
ing.- SiJtnoo G . Ma.rcus Love (p.r~ident)~ · thought. to b e ~und. so {n.r ~!\ UIC'y could
pi"B'miees, : ~D .tbe ro~fl a.nd ~n ~~ I rear of
w. ' Lonp: (soore tary).
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Ima.k-e out. During the opc ratI on t.h -e h Coart
the' adjoini!,S pre'miseBJ but wIthout a'!y
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!!u<ldcnly stopped, and de ocasnd c :h:\n ~('(l
S~ver~l repl1e5 were .recelved. Th~ Re,v. 0010\1r.
The opera.tion W:tS s t o ~)pecl , an~l
8UCC~q,.. until ·the y Q.ame· ~ 601Ile b.arreb lD
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Wlc~hft.m.Legg,
vlca.r
of
St.
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effot19 were . made ummccees fully to r(' ~ l\ c el ­
.the yard. of ·the ofllQe8 Clf the Ueadmg Teklwrote
that
ho
hoped
to
be
able
In
th"
I
tate
him.
Th" poot-mortem c-'Om inn li on
pho~e ·Exah.."ge. f H, re th~y found ·the
\ll"'6O of the year ~ BP;c:;-ak about. Sunda;y \8hOWed that except lot;: hia llcllrt and th o
nooturnal intruder secreted' m a ' h ..rrel OO,
o'b.servance and the .8ubjec~ ~ontl0ned tn. r~ght. 8!do o[ t.he ch est the (~r ~ea.s(' d wa" n
.... itli anothel' bartel on th" top of-him . ., He the lett-cr sent by tile assoCIa.tion,
healthy- man In witneEiS'S opmo1on n. n n pPrftw .... · pnlleaout by : tbe I><>lice. . He must · The Rev. F . .J. ' C.- GillnlOr, vioar of St. tion WM. th~ only thing to ' do t hc <lere,, ··, d
h.a ve been in there fo~ 'nearly &n hour; Gik-A', stated tha.t h~ ',8ho~1d ~ h a.ppy to· ~lo ··I Otny .g~, Bind, !'Vell then .he. W!lI! qu ite SlI r o,
lIe o ..me to th.e police st..tion quietly with- what be coul~ to bt;"Ulg a~tI . & d oor~asc ' Ul from the oondltion of the JJL<jlCl c of t h n ('ho:1t"
out
reeistiUloo, -,.,n4. only asked for a tho Gver.,g·rOWlDR' e,v d ·of , SundIlY uadmg.
- that .Jlie oonvl\le~noo wo uld hny c hN' 1l a
. of . Wl'£er. A T~umller ot skeleton
The R -ev. !. A .,.Al<!el'6on (!.uperin~n9~n t ';tong cme. Death wa g du o to hcnrt faj lllro
k~ys,:, .. f\aehli!!jt. . .. w .. ~d . fiJ~. ..nd " of the ReadU\g Clti1tut · o~ tho Pnmit..ive wh.ile under an anrost.het:c.
The !dethodiata) in hi. reply said th"t he)Vast The borough coronor (11k .T. L. M"t.in)
6hWb.e-book .were - foun<! .on him.
f"lIest ,v.mp.th;y'· wilh the resolution reO,aid' it, w"" a sod ea..' . I·ho \V i~ow h~in g left
eheqUJ-lx>ok' WI18 issued .\1' .th" S,tres.th~. in
' k"adm~, and would lose n Q, oppor- w it h threq ')Jounl'1' cllihJrC'n . .
Hill ·' ·.b,s.nch of .,thf
London
Clty- Sunday
tunity in helpmg to create public sentiment
Th<'l ;ury r-et\.ll:'ned It v crd ~ ct in n. c cor ~lunco
a.nd .i Midland Bank, and is numbered aga.inst suoh .
I was nt Newbury only last with tho rnooica.t e..,. i-de n oc.
Lii A ·20161 to C 32700 inclusive. and theN Sunda)!," :M r. ·Aklt'rson w.ent on to sa.y, Hnnd
'"'" counterfoils showing th .. t .... amounts to m y joy I found · tha.t · only two shops
have:.been drown from ..£100 downward ... opened there on the Sabbath. Thi. i. I"r"e- Sr1IIO()I
:'TT'~ n T(.I· . I['~Fo
T)1e golf ·Cl.uha ",ere found standing: ne"r Iy owin". to tho stroll" .to.nd tho town coun.
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cil take in the mattel." .' .
- - -..~_--the vremiaoo.
.the pr<l!pises. "

The. pdJice weT«\, in~

:BJl<T ~a.a"7tJ;1.e. l>t'enu.see 8~rr.ounded,

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The, Rev. P . N. HRr·r ison, Trinity Congre -

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BEFORE', THE MAGISTRATES.

gational,

. aid , he thor.ou"hly

sympathi sed

w ith the wishes of the n.~soci ation ~n tho m at.

Pris~ner says he ." ame from

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ROW l'L'WORKS OUT,

A'merica, ~or o~ Sunday tradin..:, and would cert"inly
Mr. J. A P ease. President of il,e Board 01
had only heen in this country for a .~rr' at ho ~u]d M .the. opportunity offere~ Educati(Jn, h as sc ut tJIO foll ow ing c:'\ plana.tlOn
wllile_ He ie' 42 ye8.1'8 of a.ge.
1 Th'
. of the now E xc h~ct\l e r gra ll ts Lo Sir J . H.
He gllve the name of Marcua Mc~her8oD, ' . 0 R <;lv. · J. A . . S~therl nnd (!ffiCrp.tAXY · or Bethell, l\.I.P. for R omford:-

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and deecribed himself' a8 a tra.veiler, of n() th~ Readmg and Dlo5trict F~ee C~uTch Feder-

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. :CIL~.RM . OKYILLAG,E
,., CHURCHES.
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The L ord Biebop of Oxford
ootl8ecrated .. :new churehy.a ro. a 1}'Cln-11tUo1IeL
u,nd

So

c ent.ral

crOBB

adjoining St.

P,..i.h Chureh.- S ..ndhurst. On '
The gTonnd. over mt: acre' in ,extent.
given · by the reetor. the. ;aev- "::'"nd._ Hon.
CMon. R ..ndnll P\Uo80M. whilBt '·tbe 'lychgate and centf4l ~'CrpBB _Were !!i'I'orr by Mrs.
Harvey 1 Qf Amb4lTow , l:.iOda-e· ~ The. c en-

tral r.ross. - which. b ... been eflleted ln the
centre of the ""w, gr()Und. iB of rough DartmOOr ~anite; ,a.n Ui6 "':811 exe$'u~d. . The
ne w Iy~h:'gate :;i• .of p.1~\1n oak,- '-: . '.
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Th.. bi.hop 'wail ...... nded bJ··hll ·ilhapl .. ln .
(I.h e Rev. Wilfrid L. ()oo~~r),\ . a~ the
. (lther surplieed o!ergy: pr..... nt .were •. the
Rev. and Hon . Canon 14ndall . P .. rl()os
'rector). the Rev. E. V. Roe (curate), .the
-Rev. O. F. Coleridge. I'UJ'al dean (Crow'
thorne), t/le Rev., J. ~aidna. : (~ ..teley'),
Boud ~. ·Jtev. H . .w. Blallkburne (chaplrun
.. t the. R,oyal Milit3ry CoBe8'l).
Archdeaoon ' Ma.ek,.rn""s-, Mrs. Randall P ....'
1>OlliI. ""d , Mr...
Harvey were a.mo.ngot
tho.e· p ...... ont.
Mr. W. Pryce A.pm..l1
:WBS a.t the organ.
BISHOP AND VILLAGE CHURCHES.
The bisho, said it wa-s hecaus<>.-af • the
gifta 'of m'any people. -and 'espeaial:y _ of
801M-to ..... hom . that . plac~_ alread'y owed
moro than he ooqld glVe an account

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that a great addi.tJon to their eh,:,rohyard
had · bee n ' provXled and.. Iych-g".le . a"d ·
eres •••11 ·be.utihil -an'd full of lI).e ani!'·II . iiI
themoo"Tves. had been .e rooted. and pe wa.
rome that 'day. in pUnlu ....ce of hiB duty; to
« Bet
from ·all
IUld ooll).mon
Ilronnd tor .the
it w... · given.
t~ .,,!ere
{ W6I"e .I,Ia

·(li"l~i'ne'~ive char&c·teri.~c

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A clean-sh aven, well-built
"thletic_'man, dres. e d in the kllickerboeke rs
and 'the tweed cap of a soIfer. prisoner
.tood . in the d ock .. t· the ~ading . Borough
Police Court on ~nQ.y .. to . al'lBwer ..
of burglariouBly bl\6~!dng alld en.hop ,'.
dwellillg houso of
.Min ster Street,

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atlOn . and . ·pa;stor of Carey)

~hat

U The £ 515.000 will be Hew money . and
he will not in a ny wav nlYect the clistr iblilion of

wlSh<:!s to ~o-operate In the ~~ttor vo'Ith the inourred in pro\'idin~ m o als by local cd lImFree Churc~~8 of , the town,
Mr. S~ther- tion authorit~ dllrIn g th o year 1013·14,
lo.n d a~de.(l. the purpo.~o can ~ ~6h .s('.t ~ed -whioh wo exped will cover SO per cent. of
by actllflg throu,A'h the · f eoorat lOD,
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the cost. Thore will, there fore, bo loH, about
. It wrut statOO :that· the, ~ev. J. Conster.dme, '£4g3.00G of new money for distribution to

{mcumbent .of St. ;Marye. C.stlc st.""e!),pa.d ne.oo,sitou, nrc....
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alrMdy J!lttde ref{!renoo to the ; subJect rom I H This £423,l:o:l will, it li s anticipn.tcrl, b6
the Dulplt:

for 8:

stL1d

should . brmg the ma.tter holh b~for" th e the £ ~,ooo already . lIocated to ncco..itoUK
~~deratlOn and too.' mem~r8 of hls c~ur~h· 1 u.reas. rl'he Gov ~rnmcnt, p r 0 110Sl) to co ntri· ,
-.. ~ay I suggest : t~t )f your ass<?(llatlOD ,buto about £92,000 in aid of oxpcn(lituro

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aLso had onp. of the Nonoon,- sufficient (a) to defray the c xcc.ss ()x pc ndit.uro
over a 18. 9d. rate inclirred on olollH'utary
ooucation by a.ny authorities, Il~ {l!i("(>r!ilinM
from the fi g ures of ' 1912-13; a nd (It) 10 ,Ie-'
hay ·hu': U t ho exp~ndit urc in cX(,(\~ri of tho
prouuce of B. 18. bd , r a.tc ds aSlwr! aillf>l1 from
tho fiIP""" of 1912·13 in tho , a,," of .M
authorities, who hn. ... o n ot previulisly rla.rllclpil.ted in the N ccessitott3 A n~1\8 Gm.nt.
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bo un<1{'rst(.od thu t t IJI,',! Tn011('Y
fol' tho sp eci:11 r elie f of nccos9it..ous n.r ea~ will

fonnl6t ministers "t· Caver~ham _
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eumstancoo un<l.r ·which
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bor 8uggested tha.t tmocs l.1lTlJOn~
arrESted, explaining that
VO,Wl)lham
be approached 0,\ tho- m ... tter.
I.f~th<l premisoo securely looJ<ed.
When
for. their rupport m the effort!
her .sister returned she tried to put the
, v.:~ere bm n1;! m!'-uo to 9Upnr~~ Sunday
key' i4 the keyho le; but could not get it in114': ' r H e mo.mt&med .thai th~y ()()ul~ ,.10
sid-e: H-or fri. en 1d· went tO J the r e ar of t'be 116 much good M could the <:lcrgy and ml nlflpermi""", II.nd finding th.e ' bl\Ck door open tcrs.
w.. nt insIde' and found " ' ke y in the lock of
the 1 front door. Inf.o rmntion w as given to'
MINSTER
the-wHee. p.e. Pope,. with other officers,

8ur.roh.naed the Ill~miAe B .

The y&rd . w~

9!\..rJl~od. and ..leo . the premi."". and . the
prisoner was found In- Ii harrd in the yard
of .j. the Readins c' T elephone Exchange.
which adjoins that of Mr, Downhl\m~.
Hel. WI18 ch,..ged with stealing 6.. 11d.,
whIch .had since been niissed from I' Mr.
Downham!.s promisee.
J;>rw.o ner WQB · a
stranger to the borough. ..nd be ...ked for
.. rem"rid in ord er to motoke in(]nir~8 a8 to
hie anteeedents. [~~!~;\\:~h~::'~~'~~d Anderson produced a
w~illi
wereThe
foun"'d~~:Ul:~'oJ~~".::':~b
.•i~,:':i;
pri~oner.
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stolen frOID 801IW)
csrt~in number 01
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The B ench reman.ded
weeJ(.
. I1ril!oner ..pplied'
.~e .. Bonah autliilr;,.eil
di!vote >· £I· of the
prisoner for ·t hat
r.riiloner was

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ELECTION TN

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futuro years.
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R eading's ra te for el c m~ nl u. r y ooLlc.n hon lD
1912-13 waB IB.9!d.

. THE . NOMINATION3.
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. :I'he re are tW(l· candid.tes f(lr the el ection in Minsler Ward, ·Rea<iing, r ende red
necessary ,by. the. rresignntion of Mr. E.
Shuttle.' They are Mr. G . W . . Cook, ..
membcr of thA Reading -Board of Guard.alld a well-known Conservahvo workand Mr. L J E . Quelch, tIle f5q,,'hd brothor ' of the late Mr.

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L1BERAL-LABOUR SPLIT,
. Mr Rn.msa.y MacD onald. sncn.lt inK on
Monday mght in North-EML D erb y, sa",1 th"
L.beral arty had declared \\ ~r on Ithe
Labour ~.rt:y, which th", ofor~ lIltende<! to

contest oons tlluen("..l e ~ " herov-or .It had f ot a
H. l hold und eterred by tbe convenience 0 any
party. The actio~ of the Libcr~I B was .q
llnblushl ~Kly pa.r.tlBan movc.
They had
thrown down t!'e !!,all.1ltlct and r,bour wa'

. and 0. o8J1d,idate (or the recent
Iwualrdians' election in Battle W,..d. T he
will t a ke pla.ce .n~xt W"dne.dn.y.
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·Tb.e following IU"e th" nominn.tions :Cook, . Georg<> Will/Rm. 1, Howard
Reading. Factory' operatlve.,-Pro: A: C. Mills; J. B. Schultzs. W ·.
-Cook. C . H. Plummer, H : Gardiner.
Pyke, A. Rendell. J . Glellville, J. B.
'1' . Waite, H. J, Bri~gman •. E . J.
Seymour; seconders: T. Sta.Oey, J. W .
Allw(lod. J. J . Darvall, W_ -H . · ~ ..rle. ~ F.
Bur~es8, lJ. Cli>ve.~" J;. L. Joyce,', oJ.
!Duli'n". H. F. Lmdars, ;J;
WYles. W.
G. Salmon·.·.
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Lorenzo ·Edwaro, ·38.. Go ....er
lteadiT)g. a~nt.~J>ropOee,. ,. R.
8t .... aanes. E : ·ErillUis; B . Smitli;
I".ooII,de ... : H. ' ~ .. W:ofIiI!ge; - C. BeckWyeth. .
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be t.u.ken for tJli~ yeal' only, nnd no H1fNenOO
must ba dmwn from this ycn!"'s [>n)'Jnc nt-e all
rog-n.rd 3 tho il,l,tent ions of th o Govc:n mcnt for

bound to tak" It up.
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success
for mor
Eng la.nd '
ey.on h c.r
m e n w ho

compe ll od
poeit i on wi
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trc a.t m ~ n t

.indus lry w
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Not ifyill g