Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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At Wpkingham Police Court on TUw/ay,
Crhn James · J~.Peari:e. 'Binfield. was summoned
we':.t ;for .elling, 'a4ulteratoo milk .t Warf.e ld on
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on: . The defendant admitted that 'UlC offence
Cran.e waa · coullnitted but' not hy him , and no evi.
to 'Crane .conca was adduced by tho llrnaccutioll.
Dece&6ed. · . Mr. S"dncy Brain, in r eviewing the cir.

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and , another ! cU1Il6tance8, ' sa id -tho defendant was em ..
own, and it· plc?led by tho Pa'rk Flirm Dairy Co., Bin ..

,the ed~e; fleld~ ' 8.8 manager of their Btnficld fo rm. Tho
l,nt.o ~e compan.y owned nnothof dajry farm a.t War.

and tried ·fi9Id, . where a m.n ]lamed Howlett had
~n~, ·~arge .of tho herd of co'!'.. Against t.l)iB

. poli~. ma.n- leg,a l proocedlllgs h ad b ecn 1U6tltUtcd
- went to t,p:e tor rt'&ud, but. he had disappeared and tho
eventually re~ . polico were riot able to find him.
should
call witncs5C& who would 6how that it was
Howlett who watered the milk by tnl< inp; as
m uch" n8 ' fivo gallonS a day for h'is ow n usc,

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putting five gallons of water in the milk that
was sent out.. In such circUlM tanccs he con.

tended that the defendant, who w,," ignornllb
of what was going on, was not morally guilty.
WHA'l' A COW>IAN SA W.
Wilkeo, Foster Stro~t, . A . SimmollB, London Roau, Dinfield , a.
they agreed to livo cowman , said ho wus 'wurking at \V a rli c ld

to be.t her.
Witn ... Park Farm with a man named Howl ett . Tho
two years. . He, waa f or~ herd of cow. · numbered about 20. The mil k
of a Birmingham firm of w\", supplied to Mr. Alder, at BracknelL It
w .... fetched by his son. Shortly aft~ r ho

18, Newport Ro.d,
.the · 8e~,D\\Cking 00-S,uttQiI snd Sons . . .A

he addictod w · erltorcd in!<> hi. employment he 1l{)ticed that
thp man Howlett .frequently watered tho
milk. 'rho whole of tJlC mille wn.a not ,ti CHt
to Mr. Alder, ,orne being used for the culves

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Waite. 235, Bssingstok.
j l1'eB<1l,ag, tool fitter, el!1ploy~d ' at
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VISITS TO PUBLIC.HOUSES.
,BoOrne · and Stevens' tin .
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' George Garner told the loourt that on Sat-.
urday
night
about
Boven
Q'clock
he went with
10il; Mount · Street;
the dool\!!Sed to The Lower Ship and had two
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eDIPloy$ld &~.Me8srB. H. glas80~ of beer with him. ,I Witness. then left
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• ,O f'L abour ·news.
him B.nd went to 8e() the pictures,
On Sun.Belcher, ' 106, C&vershilm qay they went to Tho LOIver Ship after din·
~"lWllln.g, pst'.~rn maker. Consens; ner, and stayed thero tmt il l ~Osing time-2,3<h'

and .Borne taken into the' h ouse of the Coreman, : As much a8 thrc o gallonfl a.t B timo
WB.8 ' usod by How lett, who skimmc<i it, and

m.de the cream into butter. 'I'ho waler lh.t
went through the cooler was run in to :\ churn
and .. h en put in to the~ milk which wns fllIP-

plied to Mr. Alder.

He left on Ap ril 25lh,

B.nd saw young .M r. A ld e r three days late r;
The,V returned ,to Crano Wharl.
Deceased b e then t.oJd him abo.ut the wntcrin.1{ of Iht:)
elept in hie cabin and\ h ad some tea.
They milk. Ho knew it was a disllOJlcst prncticC',

leCl at Beven o'clock aoo went to The Lower but it ,did not enter hi. he.d to tcll enyollo
ShIp and had a few drink.. Deceased could about it before.
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At half-past eight they went
By tho chairman: The dc[c.ndant nc\'('r to
::the followil}g etBte· out, and- al~rward. wellt to a house at- a 'his knowledge took a samp le of the milk from
; I.'; '·",,,hl;~"+.;"n
tqe Press:o. corner of,CaoUo Street, where tb.y h.u a pint H owlott.
They stoBped there f-or a
Tho defendant, wl'\o was sworn, sa id hOi
<1eputa'llo,n who have visited .of ;-boor cll.ch.
.Enniskillen, QliutLrter o! an, r..ou,r. and then went to another 'Wen.t ~over every day from Binfi old Park
OU,86 whIch ,1.9 SItuated .pear St.
Mn.ry's Flutn to Warfield Parl< Fnrm. It wns How~ur<:h. ( H~ro ~,«,Jy :had bl1tte.rB, T his would lett's duty, to supp ly ~1r, Aldor with 20 gal.
be. about 9 0 dOCK , . They, stopped .t hcre for lone of nlilk 1I. co.y, AftJ}r seeing tho boy
abOut",! hour. They then returned to Crano Simmon. h. went to see Mr. H ow lett, who

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de nierl ha;vin.g wat.cred the mille,
.H (\ ngllin
The deputy-ooroner: How was the deceased SR.W Simm~.ns, and I-Iowl~t.t.• who wn. ... pr(,Ac nt.
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Wltn... : ·He ~"" ~ettln.1( a bit merry.
Decc~6ed. oon~lnucd· 't'ltness" could w alk
wi~ut 88sistance, and said he" W8.6 go inll over
to ~18 barge. to: g~t a bit of supper and would
r-et.u1:'1'! to witneSS.8 barge, to sJeep, . It wa.s
n~t· difficult Cor the deceased to step betwee n

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then .drmt ted the fact,.
lIe him ,.lf llad
.a(llple. taken and annlysed. His company

bll.(l a good r eputation ,
By UHJ' c hl!.irmnn: He had. no m e thod of
c~'CkiDg either the ol1n.lity or quantity of tho
milk sent Ollt by H ow leU., but siuc.(l Howlett.' s diMPp Cn r&no(! lio went to seo the milk
'Wltn:e!8" barR'e,~nd t~ . dec78scd·8. which .WRa d ~811a.tch cd.
HowleU' n nllowllnco wa s l\ pint

on the other SIde ot. the river. . Thero was a day.
anothe,r bD.r:R'~ between : witne8S'~ and tho deTh6 R('ll ch, t.a king Mr. Urnill'fl' ,ficw, diS.'
oe...oo s.
WItness followed tho deceased be· mi.sed the "delld~llt on payment of eofit-,.
ca""e h'i" had .his doubt.. a1!o~t him. and did
all .ho oould .. to try an'cI ,persua.de him , from
going to hie bargo.
\Vitnqse asked him if h e
wae all ri'fh~ "Yhen ho IItepped fr,om ~itn eee 'B

to tho mlddle b8.r.g~. and-·h e said

~e'oc''''''d -,:eU from the

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portlside -of t he middle
sa:w hlln' 'all inio the :water,

lip allBin . , Deceased th en went
rUlloen""ltn witness's, bl\rge,1
BARtmMAN W'Ho CoULD, NOT
As witnos. coul~ no~ swim hJ ·obtajlled 'a

polo and tried, Without S UCCCfHJ, . to get him
out of the river,
There was ' a. la.mp at Cra.no
Wharf but not on tho bargc6.
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Tho deputy:coronor ; : ilt , must be rather

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. lun did 'l lot

, the:r }eft in
of Monday

walk ina' in tho'· dark. ' II; ~nfuses you more.

rri,,"ph ..·,, that w... moer o.oceptahle after the
of Ia.t ·week.
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The d~puty~()n,cr: , Don't you think

or induced rum to stay witb y()u?-Y 00, hu t
be : would not IItop. ,
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Tho wittleM explained t.hat 'he ' pushed hi~

tho : t r&in.s.' being

This aid n()t include the ' 400 who

wont on S.turda:v for a wook-·cnd: . In ' al.
m""t every eM.: .the tr.in left bef~r.. tbe
~hedulod tim e,. the firot train . leaving
4.37. · ~h~ ·.R eajlinlli TcmperanqO, lUnd . &0,
ooll)pa.nu!d the Margate contingent; . playing
in ,tJJe ata1.ion approacli bef()te ,: the trains de" .... ted .
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Unfortunate ly, the ,weather, although

to 'bo .. the ·0111f eigh~'
works; the trade UruOD rate
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wa.ges 'are &I' follows : ~Boy.,

of the occurrCIJce;
W itto tho poliee station a.nd was disre8u!t of our. investiga~
wjtb - tho, drage ~ '
~t 12.5 the.Y re.
Rule &8 .at present pro- ' cover&J tne , body IOf '!the deceased, nbout 15
·Rule Bill, will be in· .y"r<I. below where he had If.llen in.
of the The deput.r--coroncrt in 8ummi~g ,.u p, com .
.mo:t:tcd uPQn tho 8~raightforward manner in
tho prosint Hom!, whIch qar;ner, 1l'8ve · his eviaenee, but .~i d it

pai4 . to

timed to ,t&r\ at 4.45; ·5, ·5.18, 5,35, and 6 age 14;

o'clock.

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10•. ·; · 16; 125. ; 17. 14;'; ; 18;

16•. ; 19.
; ' 20, 2.1•. ; 2~ . 24~. . Gi,I., 14,
6&. ; 1~" 7.: ; 16••90.; 17, 11.6:; 18. 130: : ·19,

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17.: . Many of the girls on . piece ,

work earn , mu~h more: '. No ,m~'rried : man I'
«eta lea tJian 3Oa. Ioer' week.
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In_ the oour.., · da circular diotributed to ) will in,evi.ta1blv
tho party ,it wall ' stated: -'7-. 1 Here ~then, in 'I'

0. few _WOrdl :-Wo ~ are ." the · on\y. -. biscuit
work&, in . tho kingdom working tho I 8-hour
it day,
Our good&' B..ro equal Rl'\d 'Quite - as
cheap.
'and we can , eell onl:y to CO~operative
J 'bQ8'an to ,rain,
and ' continued
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· o·cloCk. . A thunder.itorm at.o broke
Stores, whe reas other biSCUit houses 'can ae.ll

'on llrrival, ' broke, up, _ At ., ten o'clock

the district, and this '

w·.. . u'rifortimnt<J

· mallY ..",.ho die! not. h4ve · !.he foresight

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-take. therr overcoats. _
The Q.W:R. ' oonveye~ , 3,OOO to Port<rnouth
:in five Bpeei.1 trains, viz.,. at 5.1tr; 5.25. 5.30,
6.45, ..and ,6 .10. Beautiful weather prevailed.
and :a pleasant dl\Y wu -spent. ', Many ',en :
joyOO . .. , sto8Jller . trip to. SoQth&mpt.9n, and
<>thers . a ' viait · to the dockyards.
The .offioil\ls of ; !.he r.ail,,:~y oompanies car.
:r~ .out their . &rd~1H ~uti_ w-ith" eharader~ic deilvRlch·: and . i~ is plet.8injf.· to lino.w

t~t . rtotJiinlf ' l1I\tOw:ard Iiappooed to

the

yleasuro of the day. ~ The iinrt -trains
arrived ' at nino ' 0'010011:,' and litho" traine
tinuod alTivil'l'R' at , intorvaJ. until alter
· o'olock.
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. .Tho arrangeJJ).m,te by , IIb.-, E. E. Brown•
.the · bon. seoretary. were all- .tha.t
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Newbury Dis trict Hospital's two nC\v
, wards for paying patients are to bo
011 J illy, 6t h. Among tho inte r os t~
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.bout them is th., fact that they fi r

to h'-vo been ' dooigned by Mr. J .

B o rR'nie, t he hon. 8cc rc tll.ry. The cx'in tho Gcorgian sty le, and t hough.
t ra.nco fro m tho mn in b uilding
the staff, the' new wll.rtla nro
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to. .hoth Co·?pefative Societies ~nd · p,ivate
This 18 alwget her ·on ....ided.
If
we could go to the priVJlte MOpa wo could

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hAve the Jargest biscuit .. business in the
kingdom.
Seoing
ca.n.n()iI go
to Iib&
.privllte-' .hops, thOD, ,.,'6 think ' ()()-operatol's

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AL FRESCO CONCERT.

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then,.inand
· only then,
they 'doing ,
the": duty
helping
their Are
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..long."
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'It is · stated that .of CruD)~If cream
and '· a quarter mil.
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'1110 deputy-cor-onor and tho jurY .associated
themoolv,es with that ~xpre.=..Bion,
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should a.k for and get Crumpsall . . biocuit.

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pOM<'SB n sepa rate elland "isit.()ra, und also nil

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up which un a[J] uulullcc cn n
wliitin.'(- roofll for r~ltic nts'

tea m3'y' bo sc rved t o them is
on' the groulIJ fioor. The dimentwo pay-wlLrJe lI.ro rClip ectiv o1y 18
(ect 3 incboo. llnd 14 foot 6
Ccot 6 in ches, On t.he other '
corridor 1I. bath-room, amall kit ..,

K e rby, forme-rly one of th o m edical o ffi cers
at N ewburv D:.etrict H08Pital , nnd hi!i wido w
ha.s Jliv.cn £200 towards tho expe ll60 of building nnd furnishing, which has amounted to
£65(1. O nce tho wU J;ds arc paid fo r it
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hoped the.v will be self-support ing, alld indeed the- sa.ngu ino Elta.tcmcnt hil S beCJl mado
that . I I they ..... ill prove n. 6o urco of incom e."

We hope t.hat this is not the efli c'al view,
law its enforcement waa a g,oat PIty that hl> :cc>uld n ot Illduce the and that Mr. BorgniB and · Mr. I-L J. VollOT,
civil war. , . '
doc.eMcd . to ,stop with ' him on the ' niHht in tho m c'mbl~r Qr the committoo perhaps m06t
have met 0, . denu. question. The jury r;,tuTlicd a . ~ordlct of k een on. tho scheme, hll vo not f!ndorMXI it.
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01 Accidental d eath ,"
m"nlIool:a of the'· followmg
Mr. West, ou behalf of tho decoo,ed'. em. I t .rna,Y ' very c(l."jly not prove correc t , for two
ho.v o to be rcmembcrcd, - " Tho Hooployer, cx(iretilj:(..Q sympatllY with tho widow thinE"'
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over, . but could not l..,e the decea.cd
nnd 8. flink-room filted with forced
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for tho 1'01100.
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attributed death to drowning . wuter-pres.~uro applillnCC8 fu r cleansing. nU1C~
intoshe"
p.o." anrl ·bottl". al"o plnced. The
. t~~. witin",. Garner camo
the TdwII Hall about 11.4P, new wardlS forol a. mcmorilll to tho Into Dr.

~'::r!~~~~;~~~~·rr:·~Ct~:nm:~~f :, ~nnll.KI'lrela,

lill'c the earlieat :arrivdla mad. th.lr ,appear.
Ancol, Iwith the eieu~sioni.t.s hurrying to
<latah their tN.in.. .From the .· S.E. and C,R,
..nd L . and -8 .W.R.' .tati'o n.five llpecia.l trains '
Coriv~yed. no fe.w~r .th_n 3,000 ltl\uengerA,· to

·M argate B.od Ramsgat:e.:

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would ha.ve be en- W1IIO to have' kept him back

of excureionill ts this year waa
averago' of prevjoua , YMre, "'~'
W8.8 the largeat: excursion eVer
lU_thc Ro:adiDK' Bisc~it E:actory, .
'.nd B.E and C ..R. Stations

ed an 'ammatod riQ6ne ·froDl 3.30 · (at
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AROHITEO'f.
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dangeroW! to walk on the ,barge<! without a
light.
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Witn"".: With a .lamp it is worse tl, an

there waa e vet:y' ,indicat.i(>n-oi . ·fine
aq· ap'pr:"'l i~bt"" qQ<;!biet§ iq. the ·at.-

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The Viaa r of
Batty) sond.
Jelat iv e to the
Church :"AfLcr

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parish church I
{lrruaiilg tho
(latta of
to ask
ini tll1te

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of · E n~l a
could be
oburohC8

would

ing eugges
('jf\pa.b lo of
:tray r oprOBont
"I t hink I a

church""

,ightoon

dam·a.ged ,

lured , but.
the build '
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