Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

on . the foed:ing of ohildren in
'.
ptePared by tho U",,<iing
.

'

~tatc8 :"-

It

..

to !!c hool
in prCVi U\l6

mua.is
n.6

•

bc~ll. 5nt i::iiu. (; t~J ry.
rovJ.QW t ho 1'I'o \'i .

roooi \' N
nnd
those 324 IH W
plat.;cd fl O

IlAmee

.

' ..

I

were . reported a.a £9110\. .·8: ..,
teaaber, 213. '

e.~'1.~9~t:.Oll of tho pO'T(~nt. t hroll g !.1

.

JWIRler); the ~.
i:'in
A. M
~Y, .C.- V, .Jlik? . Mr.
- W. C. G.Â¥o . Miss J .r-

&BY
.

';'booi

medical ollicer.
ocGb"",f nuree; l.

. j

KIULED
I .

' .

e '

A

3.

uil,., of Help, 5.

361 familiel!,
The oi.r!",matanoos of. tho p~ron l . of

MOTO.R-OAR.

Iho

32.4 fa.Mthes whose Chl ld ~(m wnro p r . ,,,' i <l ~'d
Paslor . aD(hMI'!!. W . C.
'"
wIth moals may be .cla.s"G"d "' u" r1ur' "
(Be&ding. An~er~Jl);
Hr. . A. E. W. Cb~rsloy. tho coroner for
Distr0e6 due to ~ I a.ck of c~lpl L1yr [ I ""1l 1: (/\)
A, Butheru.".d•.· Mr . . Foord, South Buoks. and , a jur"', of wh ich Mnjor. 1Tdo~~1" unem psh
l<>ycd,. 70 fnm ,1 C" • .'G] ,· hi!.
Mr. . J"oh ... Ihrd (Carey); .·-he I
. . . .
"
.
.
\ ron. (b) 00
ort t) m~ : 37 f;""II . ~" 122
.. ,' ~' .""l. Mr '·- Po.lkner, ~ J4r: Keeble \, GeDez:a.t Wylie was choson foremo.n .... w.ere ehlldrc,ni (0) PermQ.neJ1 t; ! cu.~1J H1~ : :h [:lI n il il~g.
161
tli,; ' Re,,;- ·W . . J~ ·' Pbillr.... oocupied fot thr~ bouM at . H<llly Bush 1
.0h,laren.
.
8t
" . Mr. E. J . Nutt (Gro.~lnD,itJ}~ Sohools. lle4Berley. ~on -Wednesday even. ! (
due to t~1{111 ~!'1 ( I r cils:dJ!(,\II!~ l1 t.. \
' ,
.
' ~
"I'V
'J •
• th ' d th f A th H' . a
0
v.... unemp O) CC 0 11 I'I.C('()l UlI, ( ,I !Side,
G. Fa.lI'utrn, . ....r.~,..... . : I mg, oonoorml)8" e ea . 0
r UI' are . nees or d..able,!lOnt: 5r. famihs. 133 ,:Io il.
:Mr~ _,A.. CI.r~e~ Paet.o~ ~ A.
:v I ~~ett. '- &g.ed 10 years, . the son of- Mr. . . dren; . (b} Pa.rhally .i·~ (;apaf'i1:.i1 ...d. carn:n!; iI
MI'. S . O. CollIer (Kmg.lI· Roadh ,h,mes ~keU, of O~ fin Lane, ~edger·1 r~duoc!f, etc.: 7 .1~nll lie" , 19. "lIil·1ron .
.,
the Jt.eT•.•:'w:
.. ...... tl.,J8Y• : .' -;.. Ipoomp'9~ famll,os.- (a.l \Vl(I [ . 'I\' ~: 32 Lin,.
Calli. .
. ..
~he . :J>oy ....... knocked do.. n nnd killed lila, :68 . oh : ldr~n; (b) [k.:lOrl ml wive" , 10
r41 School Lane, near Holly Bush corner. fnmlt:~! 23 ch l'~ l'~n; (0) unm nrric d W O lll (H!:
. Lin. the. p'!o.Jjo~ of ' F .. mbam . Royal. on 2 fatroh..... 3 c.hildron.
..
.
Monday/' evenmg by a ;heav,. motor.enr, l Father m full wprk: 6() f.m," "". lUI ",,,I·
'. 6~ .'b y · Hurod·". Ltd., of Brompton . drTen""I '324 f ' j '
913 I'll
1L.~in! .~ • • Bo- ~ • Lo-~ d ~ .
G
&mJ 108.
0 1I { ren
,
~.
uuvn, an,
urlyen uy
eorgo , . Ino~.:
r-oferenoe to tho 60 cn..~
,i-.
11

\
\

P'TWi

~O K~ttering Street, Mit- fatl)er was

Mumbl'aj, '- of

Tltomas I Thom:aa Devonsij,ir-e. aged 10, wbo wn.s
A.. ! with .the deeeooed. · Ba~d the car ca.me

fAt.her WM working " wny from hornr-,
ThE'/ wngee in thoao 0l!..3C6 var y f n J rtl l~ ~ ,

Bacoo sfraigbt at first Rnd then r a il into the to 280. per woek .
. greeJ;lsw&M on the .i~" of the rondo Ii
DECREASE OF 5, 8 .
I urc n f ('i I ( I 1I f1.11'"
. then ~me slanlinll across the road to· . j The tot 11 I num bor 0 f C h'I'
wards them. Beckett .. 1IB a litlle way in tho yo~ waa 913. aa comparod wd h 1.471 ,:t
front of witoose, and he (De.'f ol1shire) got the previous r ear, show:ng a. d p.c r f't\.~ (,f S' ·,I .
.intQ t4e ditoli :to let tbe' car gp by. He This large deere""", i., parlly " ""oll" lo-d f·. r
saw' tJi.e front wbeel of ,the · motor touch bv bott.or wea.ther condition.s and m O !' \ ' \ ' 111Beckett, wbo wao on the greensWa·r<1. It plovment during th~ winter.
k rioc.li:.ed hini down . and then went Bcross
Tho peroontage of children f~(i to tl ill
th~ ro~ again and stopped. ' He SIlW number on the registers ofl t he c \(' n h· nl Jr 1
D_'. t · I .
b
school. is .6.2 per oent.
""".!"e. ~ yong on t e grass. but be w ... · During 'the year the ch 'ldren I,,,,, ree'.;,· ...1
afra'd to io to Ii'm. .
7. 162 bre.klMt• • and 32.3.50 <linnc C'. n ,,, ,-,I
I Mumb~ay·. the driver,' slated lbnt he 'had of 39.512 mNlk M oomp.rcd with 55.73·1:
-ayea drl ven . care for 14 years .. an d the only " deare,,,,, of 16.222.
·oonviotion against himl was for not stop·
The hiO"host numoor of chilrlr{''1 fl~d OT t "11"

H.

pinp his , machinery

.'

RI

11
D·
p .... p....
a •• I . 118
10
••0 1:14 1011
1 K .' II 5 '1 ' '.4 •
&n.
• .. f' lhll
118
..} " . iI ' ... 6 , ., .
_
. 8 It
JULY.' AUOU5T ..... SBPTBMaER. ,·, •• -Weel<.day• •
III
.8
. "
.8 _
. a
D
III
"
LlD,~
p ..... . p.m.
·10 U
402- 818
0 0
6 IS , ' .7
12 &g
arr. II!
:01":'
10· 11 IUSl

E

'!Y'U1JIouta
IOor:1attoR

.a.m..
·1 8

L.:II.
.DOG.
lO~· .u.O"IO

p . ta~

V·• -. . '.';0........
. ff:' , ...."

: :.;;.::= ., .

,.m.
... .

:.ft

"K ,

18,

p ••

IOU

,or

p.m, .....
f .. .

11' 11

while

stAtionary

at day

CO",,,

.,x,e~~l1lJ! b "!lll!: ~. · 'if·did for
';"rk. fo,
d~ h r 'improving
of t1le people, and
tb"Df
their 8pirituar 'de"elop.
.
.
•
.

to ' the -front I .,"'s e~ruok 'dumb when :1
' I'a~: t!M! ' bo,. in' ;tbe' t.ront: . I ':pulle!! ~p '
sh.rp· .a s I ooula, and , got down &nd 8a.W
tha.t the OOy wsa dead.',:..
,
Dr. B~en"mann .aid wh~n he was called
to the boy he
quite dead. " The . r'ght
I '
f th
k I]
I I ·f
evenmg a. public ~8rvl~ Was br.>ld, , 81 d e 0
e 9 ~ was cornp e t-e y ractu:-e d
.j""",.clJLer heing tbe Rov. W . T. Re", ' a~d deot.ed ID.
The besd wns Iy.mg
tbie b l'ing f()llow~ed bT d ',rectly In the run. ot the' rheeJ of th-e
oo~ducted by
the cu.
,
..
.
CaveTShlU!'l .
After consultmg m prlva.t<!· for over a
m'~inJ!• .oD W-ed'need~v b p. FCan !fitb. : q u arter of an hour, t"he juri ~turned &.
The bu~n~s 8&-:- Terdict of If Accidental dea.th/·
.
. 'd d
.
. b

'''ONLÂ¥ A SLIGHT INCREASR'

.... ' . Fifty.'.efcctoo . child~n . were

W .tur

w""

TERRITO;lHA LB.

·1

.""""tn., '

.

17~:'- "

11. "

echoor medical offioe.r for ('l xam inn.t.ion , 0\.11.1
tooir preaid~t '. wbile He r.un . Into me but for mv steerong ov er to 43 presented them selv es.
Of thi. ,,,,,,, I,,'r
la\ll!icntllon.. he POMe~8f' 1- ~~u1d 1'6nd~r- ~he off·side. I tur;ned out ~gain to come only 11 were certified to bo hadly no tlri ~h (" 1.
.
d·
over to m
d
hI
t
Although sleps w e r e t.o.hon to pm .. :.lA
very h e I1"I u1.' BeT'noe
ur~ng
- ~ n-ear-8! e) t W en
Ba.~
wo mca.w for All the chilJ ren who WNO fU lIlld
..'The 8peaker' s .rem~tklS boYd runrung out from a g'llte. leadIng to to bo n oceoo ito 1l..<J, yet i t i,s to bo re ~ r o-tl od
by the hyin-d U Join all the a wood.
I swe r ved. 9 v.e:r to the ofT·side tha.t lowin.ll to(} tho ohj ections of pl\rnll ts !".O!! tO
,.
• .1 '
I
'w ith the id.ea of giv:ng tlr,o,m ple~ty of ·of . th-Me n-~ro not fod. T ho loca.l c-rlu cat.ion
bn-eflJ tbn:nked the room ,~o mn UIl on my nea"ld.e ,
~n8tead authoTi"y have no po wer ull<'ier t he MI· 1\.13
hie "
~s t.he:r preRi, of Q()lng 80 tbey, ran acroB8_ the rOflc1. and Aot to cnforoo t he attendanoo of cltilcl r.f> o fo r
.. paper . on" I..w .... under the impr", ion that tlicv hud m ....l., but in
01 p e rsi,t~n t oogloc! it
Church I . ",ilh both gone ·bebind. I took my ens o~ thell might bo a,lvisablo t.o r,>roseou\() . " oh ,,,.rcnta
uoda,. .Scb<loli. ., front . of the oat' 00 tliat I .hould not go for or" o\, y. under SilctlOn 12 of the Uh,\dr cn
a,. lteritage. of . ~!> ' into tbe ditob, alid .when · I looked all.ain Act, .1908. , .
.
,

T.TtE

CUaraI).tee.d,

. pnny.

426, on the 2nd Anr !l. 1913, a nd Ib"

4wotl.'d b.nn .~ hlm a ma.~~g ~or my near·slde. and ~ou \d haTe

W h.Ie . waa proo' e
Over
S. G. Colloer.
FINANPIA.L POSITION.
n
•
t ' b
d
b 1
..
'
; t t'eMure:r s r -PDor IS owe
a.
a
~
,~
of £96 • . 7d , broo!!ht.. fol'Ward from
: PRES~:NT RTRI':NGTH.
ye ar, a.nd a. Jl~.~Dt _b a]a-n ee of £3
_ _
. '.
Od.
Theoo"tflbuhon,· fMm too \
ob'oir<,h,,'. ~bo~~ a dec-reaee ,of, £28 1.0s.
Figur~ ehowi.ng the strength of the m~li.
mdlvldual . .u~r' Dtlorul · belDg taT}' umte adminiot61'ed by · the Berkohll'e
.18. Od.
'
..
.
.'
. ~ Coun.ty A6sociation h&~e . ~n .oompil':" by,
repiwt "f . the mis.i.onan
the ' I!OOretar:,," of the AeooClation (CaptalU
J N ~ h) Bhowoo tot.n.l -eubscrip- ~orter).- - They MOw. t.p.at . the .total ~tab .

'Tandem Tyres,

Wtl.8

be bore a n"ine Sl0113h . . He said, "I' ...... driving nlong 10weat Wa.1 8. on tho 8th Deoomber. l Dl .'
only;n· Reading th:e.roM. · and on., a Iftdy ovel'st rooming
A SMALL PERCE NTACK
. th~oul!h ~oo co~n:;Y - to:W~M 1Il'! . wob)lin~ atong.
She W&8
Fortv·n' ne ohildr<ln woro re ferred to

and

a .m. LID. LlII.
alp. ; 8l1li. 12$ va,
art; II ,S 1.... 0 . 1 '1

~:'a.~rd " l" :~!

i ll)any 011\1.008, but tho chic! MO low Wi\ '!{' !\
, nnrl la.r~o f-Bmi1:c8,
In a. few C;I..",r:." 1)1' )

, Mr.

Y.1...poo! · Sl.

in fuB work d i"lt r~~

,P., ~ c~am ' La~J S~e~tham.
E. I The eV.ldence waa moat confiioting. .

B

~

.,

.

-

-,

weig hc,l <Ln'!

moa;euroo ' before ' reCelvJDg the m,cale , ,a n d
1l'Z3.tn at the end of. three m~nt!ts f(!'Ct! II ~g,
The results eb~wed.'n the maJo n\J o[ c,, ~"
only. very . alight moreMO of wClght.
One porent was .ummoood beforo th o bor·
OURh ' mll.~i{!trat.e [or n on.paym-Jnt of ", II
.ccount ' for in~\s suppli",l to h:" child, ",, 01
the juetioe..'l rna-doe an ord?r for t he' tot a l
a.mollr:'t of the .account, WIth Bs, 6d. cogls , to
be l'&1d forthwlth.
']'n.e cost · of the m eal s for n p( ~ossi' o t1.'\ oh!ldl'cn for t he ye a r WM fiB , fo ll ows :-- Fo.' !>4 1,
£'>72 90. 3d .. 1.655 penoo per meal; " ~"' H"",
£219 120. Od .• other ex pense.. £91 H·s. 6<1 .•
1.831 pence per meal ; total . £073 17•. 9d.,
3.~86 penco por me.1.
Cont ribu t j·ons of pa M nt-s , 128. 0:-1 .
At tho 'Vhitl oy ST)O(·jnl Sch" ol 169

ch ilo

d,en wer n pro <itl<>d wit h p ,l;93 h, o,III".,'.,
15.644 d 'nnor8 , a nd 12.881' o l h~ r 1O(',;,1!'.. , 8.
tAltal of 35, 0'8 . .... compared witl, W,b99 m
~11B previous y ~n.T . an in~re n. ~~ of 4.319 wh ir h
due to all m ore",,", '" tJlO numb~r o f,
8c!iola~ in . • tt.end~nnc . \ the 6"h;>o1. Aho" t
25 eh,ldrcn lat. tlHe school reoolV",1 mn, !'

"I

frco of ch l1 rll!'~ . o.nd tho('. r e lnlll nL1 Br C(l n,t.' l h ' ~t ,
l 'shment of .the four um. b~ ·' l" J 64 officor3 a.nd cd !Jl1m,s varym'T o..c co!"r:l m ~ ~ t ho [,Wl \\Y ('If·

£1 ,013. l\!s. ltd .. a ...,t Illereas& \ 1.786 other ranks, a.nd the .• trOngth on June c"mst.n..... '1'1,0 total ""cc.pt. urn<Jun l.d to
16•. 7d.
.
.
U.r wa. 59 ' aod 1.634 ; roop\'irtive l,..
T h u. £75. '
.
rellOr,t of th-e .commlttee 8bQw~ d £iTe offioe~ a.nd 100 oth-er ranks are reqt.ri.red
Tho obet of fooO for tho mr~l ~ g !\'(' n Il~
present membe ...h ip of the churches in to. oomplet,e the OBtabliebment. Comp~rod thi.. school wa. £121 12'" 1d., .833 pen ,'" por
....80ciation t<> 00 2994. a decrease of !",th MMch u.t I... , the "tronjlt.h wa ... a.n nwal.
,
.
..n Average decreaSe.of · one ~er mol'ODoSA tOf 000 officer a~d 32 other ranke,
Thc. total n,umb~T ·,.,9£ 1 meals 8up pb N l, tu
TJi<, Sunda
'Scbool f cb ue ' Bed", Yeom&llry are 23 .00ther-l'6nJ<.o below noee:"tou. clul"ren . lind at th :,. WI,,,\.·y
. S 860 .
· Jcr~
f 146 TIie' I" ot rength; R.H.A. 8 other rank~; .Transport Spe<'.l.1 School lor too :v" ar ., . 74,0,0 a.' , n Hl'
'<I:~~~:~;::;=.'d i ' th an I
;s.
f' th ··and .upply oolumn 12 other rank.; &nrl ~h p~rod wit~ 8~. 43' 01 the previous F " I", '
: n
e, mem cre p o. . . e.. BattaHon Royal Borka ReJ(im<;nt: 3 officer. decroo.se of 1l.9il3.
cbu",b." IS sta~ to he due to the reVI01.01l. .. .... d 89 oth,e r ranks.
' .
~""""""""""==",,,,====~

h'

6

,

Ii:

l

' :'.

.

A signal' troop of one offioer and 21 other "

<lme o ..... ra~. bao bee~ . "dde~ to th" yeoman,.,. . ..· "AQ,UlTANIA" A1' Fr~Hrm:\nn.
tbe tabl",hment .moe October 1st, . 1913.
'\
~'.a<lll~~,i~ ):~~
·
The . total st,en~th of Roservi.ta in .thl>
-::.
oounty o~' June 11l· · i8: OffiOOl'8 104, other 'i Tl.10 Brrival of . the ~un",rdc.r '.( Aqlli .ral)ka ll,991. tot!,1 3.09?
.
tan '!)'," the gre'lte;t tnumph III I.he art
THE INSPECTION. .
l of 6bipbuiIdjng tbnt tb e world I. :" ," y.,(
The LaM ,L:outen&~t ' -rMr; J. J:L , BGnyo~) ever witneSsed. at' Fishguard on Tl,l (-''\ I i;l. T.
;r,.",. h"'!ixerl ~lurd'1. July l!ld1, at .4 ·p.m., for constitutes one more milest ono '" lh.

we re ele ctl)d

Cash, or

,

:IDIIlOEme,a 'o n' 'e~y tc::~ms.

:t2tl·

OO~i7n 'a,l~ '2t~(~eekli·
:Jt:
,*_.
4.-, ,

~,,_,:,

. l'

E,

.

p. ! the

Abel

•

n:i.!.~~ of t.he IjarrtiOD&l &etee.rree ~nd annals of the great tro.nsR.t1sntic p o r t 1)£
Aid DetaoJuneota - 0( • ~er~"'. oall which the cnergv nnd for<!t;ight of Lh o
Tb.> "....ade w]I t..k. pIaoe on' the · King'.
'1
C
I·

I Vo1unb!>ry

j

.~~. J . A . Meadow.

Re&ding ., ~ po!'$ion o,:...·whioh

Gre~t

liM

~est.e:t:,n.

Ral

way

o~ p [my.

1,\.S

King.
. ' heen ' k' ndly pla;;::i at· the ' diepo,;al of ' the brought onto 'eXLst.enoe. nnd .whleh br, ng;
eer.•.rd . tn, A9Sooiation by. the COrpor~tlon. ·There ~il1 Europe BIld A>pCflc.a one ... bole day n" ,,.,,r
G. Fa'rb~' rn I he " r_ned" e,nclo.!Ui'e near .the Mluting tQ jJ&eh other. ·· Some travellers by th o
' Vi6itor~ , " \' poi~ . for. ,wh~... .'-'1 choi.r!19 to the '.' Aquitania," ~Iready popularly kll own a,
. n.v. J. publio for .adllllMK)li w.i11 I;>e mMe.
, the sbip beautiful. keenly apprcc,"w t! t ho
in hi"

l"epl~,

all the"
'h';;";~.n· work.

.

'

.

t

..,

t,

advantage of getting to London or t he
Continent direct by the Gr-eut Wes te r n
expresses. whilD o; ho,.s linge red
~
,..~ s.while a.t the up -to-d n,te II ].f~h.gunrd Bay
" . , . , H otel. situat.. amidst tbe lovoho t seen err
of We.tern Wales. and . then procoecled
,
" 1via Fisbguard and Rosslaro to Southern
lreland...l.tho laDd of I"k_or modo 0110
or oUler of tho inuumerab1e tours \'fhl~h
•

,.

."'.

·MAIDS A.Nn PAI{SONS." .speoi&l
.

.

DR. L

~

.

.

_:... .:

,

..

.

CHURCH
.

the bolida.Y li ne of England olfer., It.
patrona.
The Ie Aquit:mia" left New York
noon on Wednesday. the 10th inst., and
w ... · sigbted olf Fishg_rd at 5.10 n.m .. OR
the following Tue day. ,The ' I:!lnnt llller
ancbored 25 /:inules l.ter, and 715 P88l1enrret'!! and , 1,323 bags of mails were IAn·
ded. The maile _re ""nt forw ' rd by
specinl tra.ln at 7.51 a .m.. ....hich "rrived
at P&ddingtoo at 12.36 p .m.. and tb..
pcusseng.en 'W-ere conveyed by four sp'ecia.1
expro_ ·for London at 8.53 a .m. ,. 9.8
a.m . • 9 .24 ... = ..... d 9.33 a .m.; 'due nt Pad·
tha~ dington ai 1.46 p.m., ~lL1 p.m .• 2.17 p .m.,
. nd &nu 2.26 p.m. re( pectn41ly.
'J'he niunber of pusengel'l l~nded Is the
and Iarl!6St that disembarlied from anyone
men.•Ii_r calling at FiBbguard. and is " .trik·
in!! tribute ~. th~ " ~winl . popul arity of
th ..t port .....th·- ~en9&" ·pa~oeng6rs .
,

ft.'

;ut. .

!.

to

. , ' ,.:~ ,.,'

~

-

'

The fonn.rd'. JipliiI, of tlla milwBY8 in tJI.
!elo. of W i(thU. of i.!i!treot tD tourist.. Third·
c1&~ uq!r.el!l· at .;;;' penn.J a mile are
DOW
,. ued i.l ·· ~U ~ otI.tlona · 111 the ...Iand for aU
tr~ . ius. " 1'1';1; ' tJJ,e piec OOU•• · at
R7d" Pier
sta."tiona..
.:.. ~

j'
:/

of liv e J
. Jl nry. ""
r ela id
B oawl
chid
'Wi t.h
Rpe aks
S l\t to ll

~€6t c nl

r