Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

MOHE ~ OFFICIAIB. ,
URVEYORS'

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CRITlCISM~.

API$a::L.'.~

. ."~ ~:" ..
HOW WO'MEN'·SfAYlI~

SUPERSEDING ASSESSMEN'f
COMMITTEES.

w..,.~the

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'l'h" Vi""r 01
B . eo;
Batty) eonds the 'fallowlDlI letter \to
Pr.'"" !~I~L.~lDll
rcla.tive to the Durning down of 'WI1I srgra.vo
CLureb;-

Simultaueously with the Becond readiDg
,the Flll ance BIll m the House of Com-

on Monday there was publis hed under
tl e I' Local RatIng. More Govem .. ...
ffi c mls, " a pamphlet embodying the
ons of '1 A Bod v of Surveyors, H
examillc d the· .proposal of the

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~;:;;;:i ~:~~:i, j;~m!t:~~

parI8h
ohurch
I d08truction
rece l\' OO 80.!mAny
lot.:tere
.. After
our
pre&58lJlg
thethohon·or
felt by ofwomen
! m

nl Comm it tee on Local Taxa·
by Mr. Lloyd George in hi.
, that all assessments for ratbe mtlde In t h e fut.ure not by
10C"31 (\65es~ m ent committees, but by

parts of the U mted Kinlldom, that I ,ventu?e
to uk wliether It mIght not be """fble to
imtlato a national fund to which

Val UA.tlOll stntT of th e Inland Revenue
me nt a nd thnt they should b e mada

church os WholCh have been atta..cilc:Qd,.
; tr;;~;tr.~d
would afford an ef£eda ve reply to
ltUIultr ':""'t .. ...09.UJ;',l':'"~ .!1
. ~.-..~-J
1IlJ{ 8ugg-estion that t h o women who .TO
capable of BUch ~cts ..of desecration
any
WaY r cprcsont thelr sex.

of Eogillno mIght subscribe'-

1<:1

1m

puhhshed by "Messrs.

"I thmk I am right in stating t\mt
aburchoo hav e be.n burnt
dowp .
olglltcen morc havo been attacked
damaged The&e buildinge are doub,less

A N UNWANTED CHANGE

allred, but, as

B y t h o propo<:;. n.], the a u t hor.a etBte , nIl
n.r.c take n a way from the local
a s:'i(' ~<: m e llt c() mm lttc~~ . They are l eft with
notilltlg t o do wit h) t h e u lr ect valuati on of
\\h at.e\ e r
All spec ial pro--

in

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the c&&e of Wo.rgravc. whor.e

the bUlld'ng was compl.tely gutted and the

old walls weak ened the work of reetorahon ! c~~~~''&~...~:~~::;:;:'· ~~~tU:f~<,~;,.
co..'\ ts more t h a n the elecl~on of a.. n eW' ! t
' church Much tha.t can never be r epla.ced
li 6.8 been rut hlessly destroyed, but It 18
hoped Uld what IS lert may b. BaVOO, oootJy

P O " t? I"';

or

a

the

Kmtt and Son, price sixpen ce net ,
li S th e propo8.:1.1 M unneoos~arv, Im~
blo an,l hke ly to l.>e most c""tly.

1\8 nulwaya. canals,
a nd electl lclt, unde rlaklngs

th,

8~eh

could be a.ll'hed to the rcotoration ?f_

lII; t"ad of from time to tim e Tho
t, "lll c h

gaB~

though th e proe... may be.
"I a m convmcod t ha t In th~ womanhood

are

tak r ll e n tIre ly ou t
thei r hand~ , while
"Ith ord lllA..T V prooe r t ies their only d ut,.
I II cn <::es \\ ll er e ,iher.e i s an objec tion to
deC Ision o f t he valu er 300 the o verThiS p ow e r , the BurveyoT8 Bay, to 19
~ o In . . q:~nJn c l\i,t that It lo oks a.s It It we re

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matcl! II

(If En-'tland there still reSIdes that
lIon60
revere nco £or sacred tbmge W 1
has over hoen 0. characteristlo of the fax , I

or

and I belie ve also t.Q.at the R'reat rous .of wo·

To.l3C In the mind of eve ry true woma n, and
I cannot he lp feehn~ that l\ prn.ctlClLI way
of showin&{ th e ir feellDge . would bo very

Yet III <le .,t r ovlllg the 8S8eSSmc nl com m ltt.eCR ~{ r L loyd George is d est r o } l ng b od Je8 "}lIch, 1\ 5 \\l\.S a.dnll tted lD
t he (> \lCie nce bc ro'('> the D e partmental
C Olllnlltt('p hav e d O'lc the I r wo rk ,v eI l. .. It
IS n. rac t " t he Jl funphle t p r oceeds , "that
mltt.e(- :-i II

w.delv welco med

a

ruhl. would be gl,d of ~n
milking- somo repa ratIon

ill

0pP!'rtumty

T he caee 'l''''' diemiosod, each party to pay rondored by Mr Sidn ey Brown.

of ,

the zight of God their own OOI!Itll

G eorge called It in 1116 leUer t o Si r
ID

r to cai' ry ont t he v",luation of the Bud·
1910 The secUI: d is to make nos·
lIew ele m e n t ary educ a tIO n g rants,
\\ III amollnt to £1 4,120,000, and be

wntchll1)( the l.st IraKml)'llts of the
beams smouldering aut on tho floor.

in

to h~ deprived
thc pamphlet ' tates,
kllo " l ~ d ge 18 to be

loc a.l co ntro l made n negligible
bur.ea uc ratI c depa r tme nt set
up ,. t a (lost "In c h \\111 ~ oo n exceed (and
p robab ly far e :x ce-ed ) a millIon s te r)m~
Jl.llIT lIu l Jj,· 1ll 11i11lv to :l.tte rnot to safc lli';ua.rd

he r egarded

local duty "
/

"t t he Government "h. 11 get credit for
f,,11 11(, 1,1 of a 7rl rate It IS like a
1111; h e lll g III labour Bnd produc In g- (l,.
VALUATrONS CRITICI SED.
Ih~ ~('( flOIJ on agncul t. ural land thB

.. J h ~ ".IlIntion s now being made by t he
H a.s
ncerns t h" gre.t bu lk o f agricultural

a lun iton D epnr t ment a re/ ' t hey flllY l

madc b y n ~~ l s t ant , a lne r s , mos t of
i\TC )o un g mf'n nt salarieS o r £120 to
p e r anllllm
The g r eat maJ ority o f
ha\ c hnd n o agricultural t r aIn lllg
r.
M a ll ) of t.hem do n ot eve n
t h e d iffe r e nce b e t\\ CCII ley grass and
p e rmil lll! ll t pn s l ur ~
. . The valuation

that IS belllg lllade IS of th c c rud est pos.
Sibl e chB ract e r , nlld R. lm o~t a ll Y surveyoJ.'Y'"
of c xp en ellC{' ca. n gl\e lIum cr ous ln8 tance.~
ln s u pp ort (, r ti ll S 81at-eHlcnt
The dcp3.rtme nt (' mpl ov yo un g m e n to p ick up B certa in l\ III U lill t, o r I llrOr matlOll Gild get to--

fi eld
'jll clotlOIl ;
and
they
the n
re Iv on the llfitUl al anxlety of the

d., of the Dep.rtmental

In the kin gd om for rntln g purpooes.
If th e proposal we re con fined to or.
d lnfl.ry p r operties It would, m t h e opim on
of th ~ fiU ryeyo ra, he nb."olute ly ImpraotlC-

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A POSTPONEMENT
ttIe n.boy€ Ar t icle was written the
Gov-ernme nt have p ostpo n e d the Ratwg
Bill t il l next e~S I O Ji
There lB no chlinge.
~ p o l le y; m el c l y n pos t ponemellt.
SJI1 CC

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nEADTN(} COUNTY
RENCH.
- n.,r(, r~
Cc,lonol Broadbent
(III ILe rho,,', ilJaJor DarLy Grlffit lJ, and
C E ICes sor, F...,,,
NO U CEXCE
F.rm, Tlle.htmtt.·
costs for keopm~

SATVIlDAY

nll.tioDlI.l and not merely a. etrokes With the .hirch.
Flat ' r&~e. boys .
~.
Tho moth or vigoroulllv... prote;eted, b~t the ter}: 2, L e.;IiEf Pike

A LONDON I OUTOAST."

Readmg th18 week lB the movmg drams.
"A Lo~don Outcast, I t by Car:.: Loates.
The play. whi ch had an enthuslastlC roo
ception on Monday evemng hy .,. , lar~e
house, b oast. m ..ny stIrnng ,scenes. It
cen tres round the adventures .of Mab~l
Reymond whose father relent.. aller turn·
' mg h er ~rlft on the . cold, bitter wo~ld
upon learmng of her secret m..... r ..ge. WIth
hIS prlvat. secr. ta ry. His nephe w, upon
who "e machinati one the n.ction of the play
is chIefly based and whose advances have
b ee n re jected by M.bel, overt.akes h..e~ on
the Embankmen t, and wves he r mto'

V lCteJ

la.et week.

of

attom[?tmg

to

10

b~oak !

SB;ok race ' 1

open .. box at lIoly T[lmty (]hurch. Rcad,ng. hnm)
l\:a.S

brought up on r emand !or &£lnt.enoo

prLS~ner.

- I Aslel~h

FT<.>derk~ Bldmead (Been.

2 Walt~r CrombIe (Cold ' Ash);
'n o rgCs,1 (Beenham) .

3.

who . ",!mllUtt,,:I the .~t , SkIPPIng ropo rnoe" ( 1 Dor" French
through drmk, was, With her conseqt, flCnt td (Th . . ... _) 2 R
J ' L'Iin
hu .~).- 3
. b r1'~~
' -' h orne f or 12 mon ih S.
&1ICllQ.lTl:
0S6
aco01!l ,..u 8 Ug rnL, ,
an me
Emily
Schubert, (Thatchnm).
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MONDAY.-Beforo~ayor, C. G. F ield.
Slow bicvcle raco : 1, C. Wi"lev (Silabe<!.
Esq (m the chair), E. Jackson, and W. t..-) : 2. S. E.4<lofield fP amber Heath); 3, O.

'100

F erguson, Esqe

C. Eggleton (Readmg).

WEE~.Ij:ND DRUNKENNESS.
John MlOhaer Hannon no fixed abode.

cha.rp;ed

,

W i th

t.ru. case, and h.. woe fined r.,. aod oos'" or
seven days, not (0 bo enforoca II he left the ,

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LOOAL AU'rfJORI'rIES
DISAPPc)~N'l'ED.

1n

t h e after-

Will be to modify coneidcrably , tbe prop,," ..I.
in this ye&r·. ' Budget Coneequent upon. the
ohang... the new gr8nt;,\ to the .1""l'1 au~hori.
tie. whioh were t<> be payable as from D804lm.
ber I.~ 1914 will not rio" bo avail.bl •.
The 'only 'addition ..1 ~ rants which will' bde

thf't

KING'S PRIZE'
WINNER.
__

mechanical COI}VeI~r ~ &~d it g~~na~i::t 'Thl:n!n~!ciap~~~

fr om the gaie t y or

Q,

fancy dress ball to un1&\'f'fully 'eastinA'

her&elf

mto

t~~

RIver

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walls and stra.ys.. )8 an

8triolllneee

and with Mr. Frank Brunell, as
is Irreiistibly funny in the ligbter
the play. Mis. Hetty F O,r gu8son play •. ~o I EjOOI"
pa.rt of Mabel Reymand. ~he ,0utCr.st.
Mr.
sympathetica.Uy and convlDclDgly.
Carr Loates 8~~e" & clever t:ltudy of
H.II. whil~ Mia • . Ida Bucks~ne
splendid impersonatlOn of Llttl ~
the . grandson. Mr. J F. Mlll .. r
cell ent' &s J o,hn TrueJ!lAn .. and !.he
charact.>r.. are' in tbe eapable hand • .of
Mr. Fred Ov.r "'" P.C. H e arty, Mr. Walter
Vall as BHas Beal, and Hr . eh""le. Hall
as Chawl<l/l.

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HENL gy' ENTERTAIN·MENTS.

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,l.011l':".)

':t!oha.rge

He un<!<pI'J'l~'od,

.h.

by

of

;':recfr~

posG .tuoh oondltions R.S r.egarfle new
of Tatrnll{ 8tf'I have hAd the effect of

the O<>!'tnhneme nt of the granta.
Tho II Da.ilv Ch,ronio1e " 'MYS:

met
6
ctLmi.ng'

U

Amon,lt

L'oorai, cl060ly~oonn.cted WIth the work .or
10081 admini.tntion .. like SI~, ~uk • . Wh 't~
and Sir R:vland Adkm8, ther~ IS aOllte . dlO'
apJ1O'ntmen, .~ the n08t"onem~nt till next
,'ear a£ the r.1ik£ to tho heaVily burdonea
local o.ut.horIti~ II

:

Mr Ha.voa F~h6r "JZ'avo "!lotice -of. the foI ..
lowlncr a.mendment to the iFu~apce B tH ..
That this HOllOO. r.eooJll'nunnjf. the lmme·
diate ri"ht of the locol .u.tho~l tloo to .!ub

i

st.rrtjal add,tionaj, I<rant. ID aId ofllatlonB
lIorvicoa locallv a.rlmihistered, .regrate that
no prOT eion should

I

of :

yr:.

be oorreot,. 80 that in ~Il probabJhty. there
will be no rch.f of th.. local rat .. durlD'!i ~
.eoond hall of the finanoial ye.r. Thl.s. IS
.erv dl'.ppointing to th.. local ~ut.h<>rlh~,
,,,hioh havo 8urrero'ld Ion ... from the d~~a,!clal,
burden. imp06ed b, -ParlIament. an .t I~ ..
PIty that the Government thought fit tohod
1m·

custody on. a hlse charge of .. teh~;g ~k:t to:~I' don't thlDk I wu drunk" laid LoUIsa
Speech Day at WellinKton
not"", which I 'l~ere PH1~ed J~ to Pbt"lD Daniell., wh.n oharged with being drunk at thoujlh not attended hy ..ny
by an accomp Ice.
IS e 0 8
. ° .
Cral,{ Aven~e Tl1eliuret. p.e. B0l81ey PTOV- \ Royal famlly,, ~ p~ off
the doc uments .which estabhsh the Identity. ed the c.... ' a{,d defewant wa. put on proba. eclat . The 1,<lQO guests
the lDilpection

n be .offorsohool
nec.P.e6itoue sohool area.a II.n
foorlir-ur
coildr en.

p Kl w

more than equalled that of prevIous
It w'JJ J be remembered that tho qu.stlon
At Bond's e very steam and ~lee.tn~Of Mr.' Lloyd Georgo'e lpro".'iecd new grants
was booked on Saturday evenmg to looal , &uthorlti"" w~ raised on tbe ?"_
had to be boi'\oowoo from ca&ion of'making the rates for both Readmg
"""'Ol\nlg, and many punta /l.ad and the C-oun{y of Berkshire, hut. no a~·
from down ruet.
Some count wa. taken of ~em In thl! yea; •
pa.ssed through Boulter's Loc
filfUJ"ee. M it waif oon8idcr~ that their receIpt

UNIONIST ·AMENDMENT.

WELLINGTONI COLLEGE.

hemp; drunk In Bout.bampton Stree\ on Salurda,. P C. Town .tated
WM

t he lifo of tho outcast on the Embank· K ennet WIth U>tcp'~ to commIt BUICido • . on
the 15th June. , ,
t
men .
.
The cha.irman told the
M ill" CIssIe
had h d
k f
And ,
Salina Good and
one of
tho ~n~~
b~

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SCENE ,AT BOULTER' S.

the \ock,.keeper. H a rr,,?n ,
t.ru. H anaon (Thatdlamf; '
t' _
,
no mishap of sny klJ\.d
Flat.. ....ce, gIrl. ov or 12: 1, Nellie PIke Q<l¢urre:d.:staff
· Lord Desborough, chaJrm8~ of.
(Thatcha.m) ; 2, Mal' AmJa (Thatch am) . • , •
Conaervancy,
. c~me down tn. a
SATURDAY -Before F B. Parfitt, ~. (in . AIl.four. race. girls; I" Nellie Brownio!!,
the mormng. and was satls·
(Thatc.ham)
..
vthe chair! and A H. Bull, Esq. ,
lOck working ~~ IOU tbe IIr·
SENT TQ INEBRIATES' HOME
AII.fours race. boys : 1. S. Burgess (Been.
.
,
.: '
ham); 2', AJymer Rand&lI (Thatcham); 3,
Effie Wllhs, ~1. MlU!On Street, who was con· 1 WilI'G Liddi.rd (Thatch"",).

!onteneo W36 ordered to be carrIed out
pro"""c!> of the father.

lte

made

the

cur-

rent finano ..l vear f9r , that PlIn>""",

and

In

that a,ny J>TOV i SlOn to bo m"rle in .8 futuro
year should be cond lFonn.l on fleUIng up a
new sy"~n of valuation for ratin,:r O,rPiD!
uoo9r t
control or ~ h.e La.nd VtI. 11.nt on

.~tlUl~o~:~.~!~tiJ~

. ,Krounge, for the ~
birthday are h9weve'r. thwarted through -TUESDAY - B. fore J J Cooper, Eaq, 10 wo.s commendably
the instrum~ntahty of Joe Good and
the chall,. C, E Hewett, W H Sm ith. \ telegram ..,nt by
S.lina Good , who adopted the cblld, and
a~d W .' M . Colebrook. Esqs.,
con~eY!Dli~ oolIgrat'IUii~oII.·
(he curla m fall s upon the reunion Ilf tho
WOMAN'S A'rT~~Pl'ED SUICIDE.
~hothl: b.ad. !,,·oa•• Il)lIt,
father and daughter
~e audIence !,T6
E.:ther Gr ange, Qf ~, K eJ1net Sldo, Read· and racket
Intr od uced to r,la ny phases of Londo,! hfe, mg. was brought up on rom~nd charged With .

(0

WOl

Ithat h.d

of the gra ndso n ond the foriune tha.t tion for thr-ee years.
Rwalts him up on attai mng hIS twelfth
---

gl't li e r '.() 1II(, rough flgules \\h leh nre dl ~­

Jllfiu l "Jt h th e ti t le of n I valuat.Io n 'I;
no
.1. tLempt
J8
mad e
0.1.
n. field-

ill g. In the

Maidenhead th e scene

The at.Lraction at the Countr Thea.tre,

[11-"; :-rc \(~ r elj critIC i se the compos lhon
hx h of t he L antI Valuation D epaxt-

Comn l' Ltee . <I well adapted f or ratIn g vnluat lO.l,1'i "lll c h prpse n t e ve ry d egree of dtmc tVf}, " It l S, JIl thp. opinIOn of the surveyo r .... IIl<cxpe ri e llced an~ me ffiCI en t Th llJ
is ti,e body " Inch It is now proposed should
an nua l valur.lioll s of a.ll th e pro-

flur- I

READING. 'IHEATRE.
h

tlOn, th e den a! tm.ni hav mg valued the
t\\} r e O\'(' r
The " ork, appare ntly, wus d o ne b y t wo d iffe rent valuer s, nnd
the ir o llllllon vanN by 100 p er c ent. , BDd
thi S II I : L c la'- s of property ""llch is of the
Sun pl(' <.; t kmd to v allie.
So f ar from t he
SLU.IT of th e Laud Vn.luatlOn Depart mont he-

roo! ootlple of mmut.. whqn tho boy rushed from Griffith and all
By this time
' Ollt of (h<> orowd. opened tho bag , took th" the sun w ... Ketting near the horizon. and as

a model of what the longe.t day
Y<lar ought to be.
CaverAhnm
and the Promenade were crowded
people.

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J11UH ~O '.

11 0 t
nn amen ded
an ot h er ori gin a l ,'alua-

I\ S 8.

THE RELIRF GRANTR.

·On Monday &ft.ernoonj in t.he House ot
About tea·
.w~ a sHghi shower. but lt Commone the PrMident 1o f the Loca.l Govet:nBoard (Mr Herbert Samuel) made an
, ahd the evening, right up till ment
ImpOrtant announcoment. the effect of whiCh.

V' cOs approached the Ideal of what an Eng· 10 CuU. Street WIth the purse.
.
been prOVided to take them home.
h.h vlllago church should boo
It ;wa.
The boy wooded gUIlty, and .ald ho dl~ not
_
Il.,ACE
.
familiar to .nd beloved bv thousands b08ldee know ' Why 11e did it. HIS (ather gave him a
th., rosldent! m tho pamh, and Its re.torn. i good charaoter; he had had no trouble wll1l l F1al race girls
tion oftcr tli LS wanton outra!!o on behalf of .. hiim before .
"
'
(Thalch'iun)': 2 Fl,' .... n .. " .. <13rc,wlliri"
ea"", totallv unconnected wlt.h It 'may woll , The BenCh flCn\enoed t.ru. boy to three Ioh"m) . -3 MaJd ' lI!tat.llew.

n r~

"<'I S

crowded

to the atm08uhere.

L 1t ernH y evorythmg wlthm the (,jlUrch purs~, and ran a way She compJametl to a lb golden rays &hot u pwa rds lik e the spokes
dest royed, and. I d() ub t' If much of the J'1OlicelnAn, ....nd the boy '\\&8 brought beck I of a whee l. f r.o ri-t a banI! of richly tlLmlnated
fabn c W I )) stand r epalr
WIth the puno in hus hand
cloud. ~ and a summer t wilight succeeded thE\:
.. W~U"J~Tlne C hurch
elruoturo and
Wdham BIbby, an .. ttendant at the Poor br1~htncS8 of Ute day, thc ' l.l red but ha.ppy
rou,ndtnJ{s and In the character of Ita 661"- ~,n.'~ IMtltu,t lon, t.cstlfioo to findmg tho boy chIldren willmgly clambered Into the wagon&

fjU P. ll ! I t \ , Ulld I~

\\a..<:1

w.as

azure sky Imparted a welcome

WEL8

\\t\..'i Le d

It

river a.t Caver.sb J\m

young folk ,. who pacJ<..tt the excur·
st.e.!.mers ~Olng up ab-eam to Gonng
down to Henley, and ' chll~tered every
and 1'()wboat th .. t ..l"".available. Bdl·
'sunshine, it obt eilac tly" the order of
more -than a touch of sumand the Clouds ' that eped

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000 huger thfl.lI t ho exis t ll1g grants.
g r an toR n r~ , to be calc u bted on
'\'a h H:~ .
Th ey wil l Cbmi)s t of 36s_
dltld plu :-; 40 pe r cent o f t h e cx pe ndire , Il lld - lcM t ht.: p rod uce of R. 7d. ra.te.

\ o lll A.tloJl

ONLY THREE STRIPES

the v icar's appea l 10 th e fol!O\'tmg 8 y m- , At the Childron'e Court. a Ia.d of ~ 13 was I Dlrectlv after tlie l last e vent-a
pathe tIc illIOH.charged W1t.h stealmg a purse contamlDH' I. r8~tho prtzeS" ' ",cre
" I hllv e r~ad t.he Je tter of the Vjcar of (xI , of the toiftl value of 29 6d . , tlu~ pro" n o rd by Mr Wright,
W urgravo, and \\ould 8.8k perm16s'on wen- r,prty of Edith Pauffiev, 12 SW&Hl6tone RO~cl ! hou r the
.
Llo r&e all he MY!
rhe Clrcum.tan~s,
R.8 r~lated
by Mrs Lamb (of
"I was at eervi oo in WarR'raTe Church o n f'aulBe,y, wer~ tbQ.t on Thurooay evemng Church) and
WhIt Sund .y , .t 9.30 on Monday mormng I . ho waa in St. Mary'. Butt.. and bad her A. Vince, and
"n.8 stand; np; WIthin t he four bare wan. and pliHe In her bag. Sho had onl:l hooo there" finally broke liP
chee'II'<! 'llor

Th e obJect..q of t he proposal , the Burl S t hmk, ar~ two.
T he fi J\St jg to preth() Lf\.Ild ValuatIon D p. p artm ent, the
t, Government department," as Mr.

valuat lO li

a.dmirable a.. islonee beiJlg render<!<!
number of the lkadlnl{ police 10 ..
the ~oun;e " for th e ra.,.,.. MI'!!.
R ~llding, dl(i th$' : ca~nng, and

CHILDREN'S COURT.

.

M

Curhs, Mr. E. A. V moo and Mr. Bu

.

THE IDEAL PARISH CHURCH.
Mr J ohn Murray, the publJeher, .cndorfle8

OFFIClALS.

seCo nd

Ite:. Born

I

and man"

0 \ \ nEr t o co m e to nil agroorne n t rat.he r th a n
fs eC' I h e c:'I: p e ll Se or fight l ng a Governm e nt
d C' pn.rlol c llt. Th e gre a t o bjec t BppeRrs to
b e to rll .... h t h e va lua.tlon t hrou~h. Accuracy
e ffi c l e1lcy IH~ minor c-onslde ro.h o ns. Jl
r1 he R Un e }OI'6 gnc as an -exo.mplc of t he
WB}' in \l11 ch th e \ !\lu£\bon 19 being d one
the ('3~(! o f t \\O cotta.ges en.ch le t at £ 12
0. lear
In HJl2 a provISional valuntlOD
was r ecc J\oo fi Xin g 1ho total value of tlle
cottn~es ~t £200 e" eh
In 1013, alth ough
nu obJt't.: l!oll to thn t valu e h nd bee n made,
a. n oth e r \,t.lufLt lon was r e ceived fixing the
va l ue o f th e cott..ng.c c:: at £ ] 00 cach
ThiS

' I
laet witne821,

With t h ose wh o arc wrecking thelr CII.Il8G by 'There ROO8: Mr E,}ilott and Mre Philhpe, " R eadmg Temperance SOClc,ty.
Ch arh e .
8u oh a.c~ a.nd it may be that thoeo wom en I and he 6ftJ.d ho should put & atop to that eor't M<lN\ tho IJIdefatlfa ble 8OOret-ary, wu orwho by ' thCJr lR.rge co ntributions to tho ' o f t..llJng He dId not uso tho langna.go as: ga.ni lllDR 0.11 90rtJ 0 things :;"~nf{ tho
mdltnnt {und6 hav e ma.d-c Elu4(h outrag-ctl po8 cnhed t o hup.
1noon , and what help h e.DE E was

w h o ' mnk ec; a s hDulatlOn thnt ho
p ~ 6h ou ld - be abs orb ed In

I

tho le tening. ! Farm a r&11plll~
" referring ' slOn to the 8.1",

Ir.....

d oplity chi ef of t he Land Valuation
ment, and fr om t he CIty Assessor or

L

13 phoc::t

\OJDJ~m;;chthoo
08 R b b ' C f aug Cold
Baod.
Tho Juvomle Lcc a
nh _
friend <Jf the
A sh, 'Thatcham, Loog
ano an
. ee &,!II,
cvidenoo.
Sho was In her ' came in by th em !Clve.s
Tho R cadlDg TTh
em•
Dot see the def{\ndant She perance workcra were w e lt represented . . ~ e

l

The complainant did no\ ' fa.mlh&r featu~ of the late ~r. ~.J Burfrom tbe lcttero I ha vo r oo'" ved I . behov~ addreas
firot.
irought, wer e mls. ed but ~ ~ort y &\1 titute w..
thot & larKo number of ' non mllitants
Tho d efend ..nt, .worn. (aid that 118 he was ' found An Mr. F. H . WnK,ht, ,yl].o has th18
would hke to show thcir entire d18agreoment
:nll tho: door the complainant .ald, 1year undertaken the office <;1£ pr"I~,ent of th~

The only eVid e nce 10 fa vo ur of
n nt l,ml\ l vfl.lua h on IS from th e cluef

of t heir ri ght, ,"
\(ll untu..TV local

~

'ld
f
th B d
the <;111 r~n c.me rom .e ~n s
w.. p....
th ~ VIllages of. Baughurst. Little
She deniO<! Uondon, Mortimer Wes t. SII~ester and Sher.
or th.t , abe fi eld Green. and the:"', wakIng H ...teh Gat.>

H Not only wou ld
such 8. fnnd appea.l to
tn080 "ho hS\lo taken little or no part In the
contro\ ors:y about ' votes fo r women/ but knew

not" si nlZle bod y h" ever sought for the

"Th e Illcal authontl cs

the
\

or

men rocogni.., that the Church has consIStently
steod for th o dignity of womanhood .n~ tbo
m ..int.ellance of woman' s T1ghtflll p06ltlOn.
1 on n II nderota1l\1 therefor. the horror and ,
detestatlOll which such wanten aets must

left .olelv for t he purp ose of dlsarmmg
th c opno, lti oll "llIch would Ile aroLlsed by
ti le t<d 1\1 ('xtlllcho n of th e as~s ment com~

Kemne, ""ht c h was c r eated sole Iv

l~~~\ll;i~!~~!~~~~i1~~~

gU" ."'3,•..• ,}''''"• •c.

nr.lZ&.aI'VUI,a

Denartm nt, and subject to
dcstructi.. of looal autooomy.

j

condItion'
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RUNNING .oF T~E TRl.MCARS.