Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

STORY.

Th e I"kn.di ll l(
H os pital P a.rad o
p o pLl lilr ity with
for l u. r~ c c r () wJ ~
to &co lh e "

'"~~.;;~,~~:~!~~;!"r~~~;~,~~;
Mr. Sydl
T
d efendant.

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weath er
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VIH.rko, 6ni(/ ho had

Brack,, "1J

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li'(e years ago h o SC llt t.ill : l.an k
hL S soop at Urac kn cll.
It W:L"
ta.nk with 811 ope n tllp. ll o
by. a. h ole three inclw:i f r o lll
whore It Was connooh..'o£1 w il l! ; ~
.
.
. I t wn.~ used jll pi n{'o {If II
his l shop t.o assis t ill t.ak illl-: th u
off ,Jv c hic1ci5. '.rhe defenda nt ,liiS ill

F. ·A . Sarjeant -Eo8Conded. It was a.
Reading that his lordAhip took I

i~om,p.~IJII'.!lt to

~op JP ~? Fc~rua~y, ":,,! u.. Wa.i I lt m '
the town which he hn.d re re. cn.rl",} IlIg on; bUt.lln-c-~s In. Luo Sl!~tJ OIl I{qad.
p.r1jament and that he wa. col)tlnu. ~ra~knol~. J Lrst Fflday wc~k. wh ell . \'!alli:c,~
~

reeidence among them.

Bull l' so.id

~fr. A. W. , Sutton

hc.d m tl k

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Ie

.fl1r t. rHe

eJ:~W Lho

tll!lk

dId n o't

gl\'o

p re)!'IJI !!;..,' HI'

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written exprooeing the hope that Lady Road· p orm~ $8 o n t<? taka th o tank fl OUI /, i:i
inR' w'o uld a.ga in bAOOme their president.
prerntses. "}Vltnoss a~k ed lh e fl uf0 uda ll t Ii],)

Lady Read~na saId it gave hor great ~cx~_JatY k."bol!-tl bthte wdnk , nnd ddt ·llI l.lIlt
P
,
th
'd
d uOfil'\X.J a lng 1 . U !:lUI t ll at n m li ll . Ii i
p 1~~uro to o.glllD accept
0 pr£'Sl cncy, aD
" Ampey," ! but whoso rcn l ~ar
C.l. ,:(
Bald. no dOUbt they. would make t he C8.mp oa.rd had takon it
He 0 I ne \ .d.'J U'I{J.
that year &.D even grea.ter . lIuccesa than its had 'Ml.thori~ "A"m pe';' °tU d 'I~ot .H;IJ' \\:I.! "
0'.

The

lio Wilson bad tiJ.ken in the work and,

f.-e.dy ,
oo~ed

The p r(){,CI3S iOIl
P laco at 2. 45 nnn
Siroot,

Hig h

S trect.,

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~mct~ r' Y j

SouthallllJl-o ll
Stree t , ('arl'Y
R oad , fi (:(l r'I'
S t,r cct nnd ~ T
W f\.S

m ntl.) rn

Ho.-!.p ita l n ll d al
Th o rH uc~'!; ..; ion

in g: C h n irn la n,
Sl'Cr ut;lr y

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military' man of wid" oxperionce, hi. com·
FORMERLY HIS FORK\IAN.
mondat;on of tho .good work of the oamp,
CI'OB,:..xaminoo: The l. nle
iq a publi.
whiph oarried C.oOle weight, ho felt thn.t they place when he saw tt, bLl I. he did ll o t oft ell
u.e would "ain ..... a fu nd in ask ing him to be· p ..... that wn.y Tho defend.n! WlI S hi , foro.

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estate.

p rCfk!Jll in til
MA son IUH j Gu ,
Tho (~() I1 (,(·I ...) r~ i
Scouts 1\. 11( 1 ;r1 ... o
d ressed I1 S II 11 r~"'~ i! .

beroo tho great interoat which- Captain Le •. on other premlSos th"" he missed it.

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:cal<

mnn C. G.
ziding on t h"

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PrcdoceesorB
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neus Hllve tho d e(o nd.~nt .1 0 cl nY:1 III Inllu th n
CAPTAIN WILSON'S POST.
tank back boforo bOl\IIIIII"I' proC· '·(Ii,, ~, . " lid
•
t~e ~fen4e."'t told 111m he <'>o '. .dd d ( 1 IYh i\ l ho
Mr. ij'. Winter propJsed .that Captain Los· lIked. The l v~luo of t.he built Wil~ a holL t S~.
I lie Wilson, D .B.O .. M.P .• be. the firat vice·
By ' the ohairman :: IJ o in..'lt ;.;Ilw tim t.ulle
. pr.e sia.ent of the fund.
WOOn they remam· laat Fobrua.ry •. but Jt. W l!'.a n () t unt il ho tia w it

The

held

thou"J;clJ r n i u t i l

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an engino. .
a whole .w eek··

fC?r oODl8 their first vioo-presidcnt, and nt the
lU 88.me time uho w him how much hi8 interest
in the work ha.d p,oon a.ppreciatOO.
wore t9 t.fuJ fund.
.
Mr. T, Morley 8.Ooonded, and tho r93oiution
them,l ' .The fin.npj.1 .to.t.ement .howed th~ o~pen· WIUS carried with I;\OOlamo.tion .
.
nooeooary ' d,ture to have hoon £483 130. 8d., and the
Upon the mo~on of Mr. M ormg. th e

camp'

iIiost important
euooeoeful of the
.n<l - from tile' standpoint.. of good aooo",-

the J)OOiti6n

p"u;bod , and 'deals mor-o . nearly apP!O&ohed,

of

<?O~tributor

. Ulere were pr~.nt l!I&ny ,,-uaee for tbr.nkfulileM . . At· the 1Mine ,time, .,. had &IWa~ been
rpipt.. £46\1 80. 8d., lea,in" a 'balance deficit
, and, ,t w~ hoped, alway. would be
of £14 Ss, '
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"lee>o"" had been I';ar~ u.at ' shoul .
COVER.~J? KITCHEN PROVID:[l:p.
. Aid: Martin moved the . adoption o~ tho re·
for future improTclne,n t.
.
The ' expenenoee of the Baaildob .Camp port. .
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,
, CAMP FOll- GffiLS.
prompted the Committee tQ. ·prov,id" a covered HOW 2,000 CHILDREN MIG~ BENEFIT
The moot imyortant development wu the kitche" at. "' oon"liaera.qle oost, whioh, how-I . . Mr. H. T . PU8'h, in eeconding, 6&id tho
lnougucalion of the . long·talked-of camp for e~er, they cl.imed to bave heen fully j ...ti- oamp, not only gavo h.ppin_ to the ohil.
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ma.n for about . six y oars, a.nd was n. tl'u.'it cd
workman.
So far !lit W.l t. n C So.'\ kn e w, t. ho
boon t rlldlllg' on hili O W II
a:ooount,. a.nd
wi bnCS3 con ;; id ~['(!d i t
;~
TIVa.1 ~usme.ss.
Some Qf witnci\../t\ CU.'iI,(J!lwrs

defendant had

lofi hl.m and went to dei cndnnt, bil t he di tl
not mmd that. Nobody wn..s [lr(\:o c il t. Ju r i ll~

officers and oommlttee . were re-elected .

Mr. Har.man

proposed, and Mr, Hewett . their conv6l"Mtion. 1'hcm:) Wa.R n mall 11.'1.111 ' '1 /
~ e8. rty vow ?f tho.n~s · to Lady I Co!eman, 8. cu.stomer -'of witlH' SS' S, who h a~ 1

sccon?oo, 0.
R oa.d:ng, which Waft cnr!'lod; whlle. on the 1 .11. long- garden ncar his shop. 'Vhcn hI' I l lel
motion of Dr, BoodJ.-e. r.~nded by llr. J . the d efondant he did not 0 pCI! th l\ ('01\\' \'1"
Coo.toer, t.he offio.erG. 8uh9';rib6rB, donora and 1 3lI.ti~ by remarkin.~ " \Vh o ro i i t.ho i..tld, \n!
indood all who had oontr.ibPted, to tho suoces! ~ to u.so .for tiring ? " D.nd til u ddl'lldall t
of tho fund, ~e>ro heartIly thanked.
.
dld not answer II \Vhy , that is ~ hll t Wt' k ilt
to Coloman Borne tim o 1.~t summer to wal,'r
his g.nord en with." Ho did n ot <ll1 .'\ WCr that
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Six mOIl IlI ('d
S cr gc.nnt. !\T ll rii n
Sergoa nt P r at t .
Ion t. by ~r.-. ,),

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T his y('n r \f r .
plane o f .~I I". n.
Uld proH·d 10

he should eee Colcman aoou t it an<i pr ():;l'c ll tl '
t ho defend ant.
'Th ~ ddoJlda lit g ut ,llll:- ry
when l\OCused of srtoillillg, and told h im h ~ ,
oou.ld do wha t h e liked . Witnc:\l wa il.('(l 1\\''1
days, and then took tho s umm on... I']e IUl pt
Q, pub]ic-ho.u~o. and n:lgh t h av o .~.aid Lt ! lU.t Ihl~
o efe ndant 6t.ocked IllS shol) wlth 'lrl..' i (w it.
noCM's) goods. He a.lso u sN"i th o c xprC\.s in n
when h e met th o defoud A.nt . but o nl y .IH'.C u "{'d
Jlim of stealin ,!;1' t·he t.nnk. The t ltnk was an
old one, ho.,·ing buen rcp lneed by 11 n o w onc.
It wou l~ be usoflll fOI' w n t N in .~...11 11 ;d lol.m cnt
.gardon If th o ho lf' Wef'-O s loPTux l .UJl .
Ho
h ad not hrought tho tnnk Iio co ur t.
By Mr. Mllc ke y : H e on lv mi~gNI tho
tank nbout six w 0ek~ a.go , b ~lt. n e \'l~ r u:-- k(!tl
t.llo d efen dft. nt nbou~ it. H.r; h("l ulWlt,·s kl"p\;
his oyoo ' On t h o .'£round wh"'!l thoy l;l cL
Mr. Mnokcy: That would n ot have prc·
v e nted you from flskin.1:; him EL qu C'st.ion .

. REMOVAL

,m'

'rUE 'rANK.

Fred erick Wult-or Coddard, of HiC'h StrtOrt.
Brucknsll, ... aid that in F c b r uo.ry, Q.bout lI i llO
Or ton day s bofoto th o d ofe nOlmt · !toft tho
prosecutor, tho defendant asked hinl to loa vo
Lhe t a nk' at his snap . That h e d id. ll u WI1 6

paje! twoponce.

il FI' ~:~a~'~ eVer. , b~en

the

" : mis~ion of I Sunlight
.soap id win '. a I smile-a ,
l .. s. ~ile ofl sati:sfaat~on frorrt.·
every 0Sjer. , "S~llIes from
reason fIow,'t and there
-is .re.a~oh . Jor ev~ry smile
;which.f~: o.ws fr~in.
the use
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.. of Su~lir~~. S?af' ~

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'DEFENDA NT'S STORY.

1888
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Guarantee
oiPurity
'and
Excellence.

18DO
IR91
1B9?
lR93
1894

1R95
1806
1897

IBns
1899 ...
1900
! gnl
1902

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1903
1901
19%

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19ft)

1907
19na
\ 900
\9 10
J91 1
I nl 2

whtoh he Mid that JIe had lonl it to CoI<>man lu.st :Â¥_car and had trou bled

ooQut it.

no

more

Witnoo6 said he had two tank, on

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his ' p remises, one at t.ho front and one at
the back.
Crosa·oxamined :
Ho di d not think Mr.
CJ.ar kQ was r oferring to the tank in front
o f his rmop , and th m:eforo offen..xI no ox·
plana t ion of hia p0&SC8s.ion of it. Both.. tanks
wer e given him by . Mr. Bn.rker. The OV l~
d enoo of tho man Goddn..rd was B. fnbric a.tion.

Stephen Greenaway. Station Road. Drackneil, said UNlit the defendant was hi8 &on .

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lt w.... not truo that

G-oddaro

tho man

brought

Ii tank to h.ie son'8 ne w M l?J> lost;
F obr ul.I-r y n.nd loft it. with witness. WitneB3
b rought oo'V'Ol"nl te.nk-e from Mr. B ar k e r' s .
T h(\ one in front of tho sh op wa.s f·rom Mr.

Barkor.

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Ja.mea Ba.rker, of BNlckndl, said h e hn.d
alwa.ys t-Quod the dofe ndant honest in hitt
dooling<3. Witnes..'\ oorroboratod the evidenoo

of the l...t witn.... concerning ' tho hking of
1!I01J1.0

tanks from his promises.

Thoma. Gale, Cha voy Down , a forootor at.
Wa.rfieW Park, said I", hnd known UlO de·
fondaf\t .!Some. yOB I'8 and oould teati£.l a.s to
11;" ohil.raoter. WitnO&!l waa in Mr. Clarko's

' P!1bHa-houso some wcoks n.go, a.nd he a.rd M.T.

Clarko say that Greenaway · had stocked hi.
eh"9P with his--Cla.rke'ft-toolp.

Mr. Ma.ok!'Y: What;" thi.6 evidence (or T
':Mr. Brain: To 'show .nimus on tho pari
tho proseouror. His defenoe
that

w..

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Brigfi dcl.

(Kill.t::" Alfrl,d
.J()iln
AlII

'I'ho d c fe ndant. who was s worn, plc <l. <lcd
nob guilty___ Ho sa id t h at ho fOffllcrly wo rl(t'(1
for- Mr. tI Q.l1ry Gr('ogoc'y about ~n YCll l"$, a:ll d
J
.nfter that for Mr, Clarke for SI X Y(la.rs. lI o
W ll8 fo reman and h ad men W O t k ing ullde r
hilD. 'nJOre had n over boen n. s uggcli lion of
d ishon caty against him beforc. H e rC()()JIUy ,
w ith his b ro!;her, started bLl.'fiIlea3 ill Stll t ioll
Roa.d.
\Vhen 110 lei!; llilr. C la r k o h o di d
ROt. take an:y I of hi:i la.te 'employe-r's pro perty,
but olLly Ill!':! own tools. L ilst sUlIlm er }ll)
had a convGT9a.tion .with !\.olr. Coleman about
a tank, n.ad 'as 's. fos ult of t.h a.t cOll vcrs l1 t ion
ho lont him III wn k to be .u.:;cd n.s a waiN
b a rre l. Tho .t aJnk wu.s on Coleman's pro mi M.'S·
and W,," used on his garden. H o yn lued t,ho
tank at sixpence, 8CI it was qui t.o wo m out .
R e had not se-en tho tank since 1llSt Bu mm e r.
. It. W8.8 not truo tha.t ho t.old C odcl tl.o rd to
ta.ko t ho tank to hiB' plnce . and gnve h im
twopenoo for the j ob.
\Vitn.oen gave Jlifl
YO[6ion of the conversation wi th C lltr ke, ill (

The Name
.. Lever" on
Spap i.a

maJiciouIJ cJl,a~act"'r.

than

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c.hamn n:lC l C .
a rrd Hr.oll d il q.(

Albort I-Ia mm ollu S ta tion Road, flrrH'k·
n ell , w h o ~ wor k3 for th o pro!'\cc uto r, i;1l.id ho
romc mb l~~-ed the lank H e m issc<lodit livn or
six . w ock s ago

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ihi:" P~;~ o''"tfal; reliable
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So rl(.(!n I I

awn..y~

. Su'nl!ght Soap. is affnowledged
/' ~by .exbert~ an'd by; experienced
·:housewivJs· to : r~~resent the
.I high~sf
stdnqard
of Soap.
Quality
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I·
iizl.id .Elfi~ieppy~

.[~~ap~;t~J;li l is · alw.ay~as ·sw,ret ~s
', a ' ;mile__, 1

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Cro.98oCxam incd: Mr. Colem an , [or wh o m
ho work{ld, h ad nn ,ull(;>tment garden , tlnd t ho
ta nk was in tho part of N[ r. Oo l elll aJl' ~
gard~n t.hn.t wn. rent"" 'by ?l k Clarke. It
WM n ~ver in Mr. Co lc nllUl's OW l! p ar t.
It
w.a , 611npiy le ft thc-ro w it h ~ OIll'(l old ir o n
and othor I' usefu l" s tu£1'. H Q took it in
F o bruary to '.Mi". Grccll n wny '~ Il O w s hop Hlld
ga\"-() It to the d ofon<Jflllt.'S f lti hcr. 'l 'lw 211,
Wl!..'f g ivon by tho (j eiclldflll t.
Mr. Clarko
had tt.:)kod him who o.uth o rjS ~·il him t{) tako
t he ta.nk awa.y. und :JIO tol d him M r. Greo(.·r\ .

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