Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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Ra ... A.' Bu. who for
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; JItin lster &t Wycliffe . m.,r. _. u~&e, r?,uch secret ary of Lhe
.800 hid been in f"il-~ NatJ.{)nnl Umon of · Gaswork.er s a ll d (; r n·
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era! lAbourers of -Gre80t BrltaIn u.nd Ire__
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Me ..rs. S.and
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. A.PPO~TMENT.
. 'W'.h0 'w.~. chiefaB~lBtant
to UllIo n ~ave r esulted in . a 6ulxtalll i:ti .dM.,•• G~a~wl,c,k..l la.," ej;stlon supermtendent . van\l8
wo.g"" of the mc n workin~ nt
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at Re ...hl.1ll ~t..tlO~, Sonth·Ea.stern . and W:atc.rlo? Kiln. , The whole of tlte [;';000'
Chatham ·, ~llw.J'. ~." been appOinted work P,,!""' have been ad "anecd, nntl ol lt"l'

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,oonces81Ons In working h ave hc (' n obtained, beside !d. per hour atlvfUl(' " on
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This 10 ma ny ca se.q w ram;
. Mr. Enc, ~" ~', ~o.cla-ga.n~ Q.SSlstant ae much 8.8 28, 6d. illc.rca ~ per week, <Llld
keeper. ' :V.l!l,tonl,' . and. Albert . Museum. ,represents probably £100 ll1C r~Il'C on tile
.SOuth KeD8~n,..yeet<lrda.y dehve~sd the 'j wages bill of tit,s k iln .
Mo st AlIlIC:;ble
.tir8t::Ql 8.: ,eo~~~ ·df tltree .lect ul'<e8 m ~n· ~ relatioll8 existed d urin g th e ne~otiut io ll 8,
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nec,tloD _It!\. th~ , J?epartme~t of th,e

Ads !of .U:~Vel'6 ;'1 Gollc ge~
_ ,~l.oreutwe. Sculpture - of
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FlUe , an,a. the "firm ge ne r out; ly p a id the i nc rea so

Re&dmg, ,?n from the com menc-em cnt of t.he iule n- icws.
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ABSENT DEFENDANT.

AN EXCITING-EXPERIENCE.

MR. FRANK BAl'EMAN' IN TIlE
COUNTY caUitT.
The C"..a.'Jte ol Frcehody nnd Son ". B a.!I,' IIl :Ul
came on for hcarullt at the Rending ( 'lm lLly
Court ~n. Thur.sda.v on a dellwIt &'\.lUHlI'Hl :-:. '
Aocordin g: to M.r. B r ain, ' the p lail Ll it r ...
wcr~ boatbuildo1'8 in Cavcrsham, ,lilt! .\ 11'.
Fra.nk .Bateman had " business in P iccad illy
3d _ n. cLga.re tto
ma. nufacture r Or ITI l'rc i la :lI .

He, lat.er· on, took lL 1101150 at ShilLfi,'!d

known as Shinficld Grange. Tho p l i\ ill t i lj'~
ha.d transadions with IvIr. Batcm .lti <l.~ Cll'
; back as 1903, when that g e n t le m an Ilflp ....·u.rcd

TH.!J: READING VAUDEVI LLE.
I to be r ..ther lang-winded in hi, paY"',· " I" .
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! In 1905 the pln.intifrs
purohllscd <l !; t ,':l lll
~"", prenuer .. ttracllOn at thIB theatre lauoch for £65 lor the delendant and tln,t
lo r the . firet. three daYB of n ext week ' js transaction left l\ baLtnC'o duo to tile <ldCllt l.
Pathe '·Frerlfs .. latest sucee..., .. The Grip aol of £4 1•. Sd. That sum rem ai ned <lu,]
& VillilUl," a. beautiIully-ooloured dra.ma. for. a considerable ti me, and no furwwr j mn.5of ,inteuse . interest·; :while on Tbureday, ""tlOns took place until 1911 whc ,,' t he <10Friday a.nd Saturday .. Hearts Adri~,'" a fendant boug,ht 0. punt from tbo ptfilllttIfs for
;fa~n.ting story of a.' desert i,land, a l one· £25. .M r. l~ rocbody s!lw t ho defend 'lIlt Oil
me.iden .ud a. 6hipwreck:d man~ a.nd 8evcral· ?OCaS IQI!8 at S hmficId, but nCHr "l1,r..."nulI'l '''!!! that popular a.ctrCIB~ lliM Mary ceedcd Ul g e t tlllK .,J. .a:;c tLlomcflt. Iu Apnl.
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1m 1912, Mr. Bateman Mk<-d M r . FI'13c oody to
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WIll be .hown. ,The la~ter fl
Ico.v~ tho . rec~ipt, and det.ai led accounl, \Viti,
]8 a v.ery rem.o.rka~le and ,lnter~lllg ono, him llllll ho wou ld go t hroug h the m a nd
and ,the usu al vanety programme, nccome send n. ohequo. The ch(·ql.1c Wll,'J never S(' nt.
panied 1;Iy ' Madam . Wa.lter 's London Or· Shortly a.ft.erwu.N1,'i tho dofendlUlt's furni turo
obestra, tends to make the ho.ura ~sgent a t W8&3 Bold, and. he went awa y Il n d wal> los t
theatr<! m()st brillbt a nd sight of. H o was after ward, foun rl nt nn
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llN"an god to go a.broad n.gam.

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e'!<llng , Mr. Ern..., t Fr~ebody, in cro .. -examin ••
BranCh of the Queen Alexa.ndra. League , tioD &dm itted t.h l\t the d.efen dant was u. w(' lI.
to belp poor crippled children. in connec- kna~ n man in tho oounty. Witne", ,lid not
tioo With Lord Mayor Trel()~r . Cripp,I ... • admit tM,t the dcfcndoult complained abou t
Hospital, ·Alton.• a gaMen fete · "ird luvi· the· account th.t had been ""n t in. IIe only
ta.t.i.on b,wn te1;tniB .tourna.ment will be wanted. an expla.nation .
held in the Ci ntu lIrounds ChriRt Church · The Judgo remarked on the nhsone. of 11,0
Road, OD SaturO:ai' next. J A.. bn.o.d will defendant, who, he said, knew p erfectly ~v c ll
00 in att<lndanoe. and tbe .vorious com- ', thnt h o w"". to .. ppear t h..t day.
will include ' A content,on qy Mr .. Ratcllffo tho! . tllO
pe tit'ions and . • ide- shows
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IM)OP a , '<cocoa. n
6 lea~ .I\D)O croqu~ , tiOIl8 'WIRe rule<1 out.
eloek .goIr,' E'\o: . ,,'The tenn18 tlven't! wI,'l . Mr. Ratcliffe sa id according", t,o hi ~ instl'llc.
oompr.1se: Lad1:es
doubles. gen tlem e n .s t 'OIlS, ~he punt wnoS thrown In to ma ko up
doubl.... and ' mlZed doubles. under hB~ dl ' the PI'lM ' of \·I,O Inuneh.
The hOD. seore tary. is Hra.. Walter
H ifl H onour s.u. id that if the sum of £ 20
- ,. Mar.eeottea," Elmhurst ' Road, ISs,( 4<1. claimed h.v tho plaintift wa ll pa id
a;,arlii;,~g.
Lut year £26 was ~i8ed.
int o oou.rt wi t.hin 14 dR.'ys thero wOIl!d bo
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B &tlty of execution unt.il A ugu~t 10.
'I'hat
1."'J!o...,J"toAJu DEALER'S AFFAIRS.
1 would givo t.he d~fend.nt. nn oppmtlln it y of
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Jo,eph Headmgton. gen~ral . paid in tho ardor would appl y.

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CROQUET.

oMoes of the OffiCIal f Tho May mon t hly oompe tlt ion of th e R end .
Reading di.etret. on : iflg croquet Club I'6lmltcd in n. ""Win for M ra.
th a t his f(\i1ure w~ 1 Cox, who \V'o n her four rQu llds wiUlOlit aJlY

want of ca!lital Bnd keen difficu lty.
etat<!me nt

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,".u"',..,,, a defici ency of £732•.

I n th o final Mrs. Cox (7) ben t
af'fail'6 J. C. M. SlokeR (2f,)
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7d. Accord· . been .u~ce",lul in t ' 0 t rcc m.telle. it h",
the l'i'port and observ ..tion8 of the pl.yed.... having benton Fleet b y 5 mutches
Receiv~r fhe debtor.,. who is Bge<1 t.o 4, ul.mberley by 6 to 3, and' W in,l/e,ham
for a.bout 13 yenrs !lrior to July. 1911. by 6' to 3.
...... . employed by a finn ()f ch emists aod . ==========~=======

colOllr m e rcha.nts i n Reading, '!'8 n:inn~er
, of th"ir ""lour de!lartment.
In July,
bU8iOO«8
a. ge nat 112, Sherwood
·f()r tbe
Street,
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£31 an
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The Trinmph 4 - h.p.
"..Motor makes an ideal

sidecar mount.

With power in plenty
a.vailablo. and fitted
with t~~ SturmeyArcher ~Speed Gea r,
any hill caD be taken
suco_Cully. smoothly
and qui~kly; no need
"ill ruah to ge~ over the.
toP. and on the /lat a
r&re torn of speed cao
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'!8ooh a macht.a I. adelltdlUo
bot.ih drinr 6Zld ~ce.r.
OATALOOUE .F Ro.

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