Berkshire Chronicle Reading 07-1914

impo~~a~t

.ral
of the proposed
master,
R eading
wlth at the meeting ()f the .t«,noLDI! il
CouneLi last Dlght.

Jt

THb ~EW

MEMBER.

town clerk (M,r W. S Clulte rbuck)

tpe, unopposed ) e\ectio p

to the

of .l'Mr. Arthur Newbery, and
we lcom e d

tf\at

gentle man

remarked 1hat Mr. Newbery

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I-known busmess m an, and he wo u1 4

duubt prove a h1 ghly useful councillor.
TUBERCULOSISI TREATMENT. A
DtpUTATION.
n ext

bU$mess

was

to

appomW

by

the

Comtillttee

to

urge

to be born wlto re-

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I ALD CHIVERS' AMENDMENT.
Alderman ChIvers moved as an .!:rlienc!ment

(A)mm ltiee, had been
to I deal wlth the

[\ town sch eme. .t\lthough the th~t the pcuutIon or head, mattte:t' I5Ji~ uld be
.!Il SUI.a nl c e Act might not be d om g all
ad;vertJ8ed a t £800 a -ryear ~ with re8 1dence,
h Oped t t w~uld do for ~ufferer8 from ~~ '6&Y~~~
h~':;n~v:oJ~ ~~ryn~~~:;~

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mu st

remembe r

Isqla.re, pa.rtner 10 I the well-known
IIn 1the backwater of - the Thames

mca!l~

Bo~lter'8 Lock on Tuesday -

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ounclll Il""ted that ,by th....rranllement b~
would unde rtako ' tho re s p o mHbl1it~ for thb head master would have a
treatmg th., IIL si.ase as n whole I That , centivtl t() work tJie numb. ",
would be followlOg the ~a.d of many largo ' com mittee's proposal
The
nnd prOgre.S1Ve ~ ro.ugh m t h e Kingdom, He..d Ma8ter of the City of
a lld • cour8e l1i., , \~ •. I f •• oured by tho Sc:f1oo1 Wa.I ~7s{)
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L ocal GOVe1;nmer
' lt Boaid .
"TOO EXTRAVAGANT"
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".A, '1' LL ORDER"
Mr. Venner Beconded, and maintained
the terms offered would- "Uract very
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undertake ,(\1 the work If the.
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CounCIllor E P CUlhe r sn id there we rc atile men to apply tor the poSlt~
now abou t 33,000 I ns ured p er sons In lhe I Education - Committeets recomm"·'·_ ''''''11
t own. They were In da.ng~r of wo. ~tlJlg waR too .. eZJ'bravaganL .~ I
a. huge sum of I money, which ~h ey we r e
Mr. Sut ton Ela.id- i:be lIJ.n.tter was

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alreody expendllll! 0' utte lldlllg to exp~nd, ollt very oarefull1' hy the -Education
bec uuse the scheme would not be com· mjttee, They ea¥.'.e to the
uai~n 1
plate and CffiCiolit. The In suran ce Com a 8alarv of £I,'r.0 per
wiluld
putrtee had I more cases for sanutorium I more likely to ..ttract the
tre.tme nt tJha" they wero ..ble to Bel nd ,
8maller s!llary and cap,tattOn
for laol< of I fund s. Th e c ommittee ap· wanted th~ mal) who would

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p roac hed t he Commlssloners, '\\ho at once 1.80ho01

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n~e n: ,,·,,·e· rI

h "lf the CO~8t would be Ipro- I man who would do aWRY
the
; vlded
T he deputallo~ ,made two sug· PI ?IOns whi ch existe<l with , re~ard
, gesotJol1s- fi rst, 11,at there should be l one Readmg School, and put 1n people s

• Ch ro1l1cle " re p re :o;entatlv6 '(
Ilw lllbe r. of the par ty and

t h,w

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of ~he II1.'S u ra n ce Comm~t.4.ee. ment t o show how Prmclpa1 1
Il'ha.t might !;Cafll rather a II
prBi3r," ,his 8uggestlOns fixed a salary
put the sch eme would ccrto.mly provIde and :it appe ared to h1m t.hat this
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the ;OWIl counCi l should have com- had 'only been Jumped a t,
plete finl\IIClal co ntrol; also that the - '
"A CERTAIN SUCCESS"
counCIl sho uld
adequately represented
hn Lhe Cowwltl'ce. There would be 'only
Mr. E. P. Collier, Bald they had

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one 6~t of cl erlts, a ocoun tB) ap d orgBnis-a~ th e man wh o would mn.k e t he
a.nd so I there would be great : success for oertn,1t1.
They could
lOo ,
l<oconomy
It would be a great h clp to afford to rUll risks.
They had
f uffe r e rs Thc IprovislOll the councIl I pro· I conslder the condition of the Echo
posed to m ake \w"" of five beds; Bnd tho t he p reaent t1me
The ~c hool was
f.omm lttee at ;I"esent i ' ha Q 1'4 beds, of to be more difficult 10 the Ifuture

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for

" f\ ..... LJt ed

pu t [O r\\ ar. .l n t. Thurs d ay'
i, r \ t.l le ( 4 '1\ II c oun c il t ha t no,y.
fi t I (J I~, hn " {o rne nl·o nt, 1\ renny
,1. 1" m a ll mu :; t
be ~C llred

tan

t

£ 1 000

th', ,he Q IlQ .sehool'e rp,
.,1I ~"vl l1 nd . i\ t he E d ucn t lO n CQUlIDIttee
.\ '. d rt l 1I 1l1lH'll d r d that a. hcnel maste r
nl'l",, " lcri f OI Re. umg School at la
" " f.CI 00 9 a ; e nr r "lid rC 81dell c~.
Ix h e, e tllI_ " "huut £300 10 £3®
t 11:.1 ' \ Dr E r pst":-1n U': C{, I V-e ;, un t h1e
h '\ " IS uf f pl:: "
Ii IS .\ bI g Hn l n.~
', I:; CO rl S} ci 0 r' lb Je rOl L~~ HI t h)
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~ommltte e

s

i:X hool

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' body III the Itow n to admLDiRter tbe .that It was to be a good scliool
\natter, VIZ ., th~ SanatorIUm Benefit Sub·
Mr. S!larks said he could aee

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)K' () pl
,,'~o \ ot eri f or rih~ on~
plJ! IC :: fr e lll the Idea L ha~ I t was
t.() he L: iJ{'up a r C' h:l\'Jng t he I r ey~

lI t: d \( r) y tllc klj
J,\, ,,u lJl. k GJr h '

8UCceSS.

referred them to the c?unml, "'yl~ lhe ir."_ld:r... &b)!.on'&Uppo.rteill ttlh~e:"'~!~?:::~'lD~~j
Hobhou, e
gr~lIt haal, been "peclally I tion of tlie .."dueation [
arra.ugoo to I e l ~ t\ble lo?aI authorIties to Isaid tha.t If the school was
. <1e.l With t he ?latw r, and that when they a $ueceM. they must attra~t ..n "",tsta,,dimg

Il( t, ;\ 11\1 vr df ou lld lffi!lrea"lOn which
\ ' ''-' L 10 J relnnd ma.de 011 th ell \l~lIIds
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t th (, l r ' lC \\ .., w e re e ven m or o
I t h a n th (' lll lld\v " o rd ed T(!port
" fl: o., s H.. l1 f" rl to r pu1Jlic n t lOn
')llla,e
h e !l0 (Pl c st lOll '\\ 113tc vc r o f t he very

E '1C HOOLS Q UESTlON

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',hLeh 10 were perma llen.t ly engaged j If in the paat from some p-dPnts
they were co mpmcd t~ere WOI'I<J be Isuffi- he w• • of ol?iDlOn th.t the .phool
bent bed. t o dea l, at present at any rate, 1have fBl led unless they attract ed
~ I th t he wlHllel of t ho se In the t ownl who wpo wou1<1 prepare for ~
~leeded snnulo~lUm trea.tment, and r,.'VOJd cqurse
h e waste that , had to some ext~!I>t oc·
I DR. ABRAM'S ·

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the I,JBst.

'l'hc lr second reAuest

'a' wlth regard to
iWould be generally

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beds ", o uld llU no

the cluldren f It
a"knowledged I that must be .of great
WBy

meet th e need~; q:~nh6 ca.t10n8, and ) at

If the t hlng were done &t an it must be you~g: H e
b e doric well, the diS€~se bemg fun of ambltio'1 ' and
wlQh .~ ~ whole
whole thmS : 80t If' be ~ .man With
b don~'
a cos·t , , ront of him to _ a
r :tes of 'an
had to take his rel)Ula"on
,
It WB5 the
DR ABRAM URGES
mi~tee which had been
' from D r
4nd ing ~hool .?y tth~,e~r~~~~~I!!i~"n:,I~n,
8upport of
lof no t s uffer In c1
811gIl11'S,L
I ~.egree J and

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tho ffPutatlOD should

they .. &dopt.e.d

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chee8e~rparing

>1ollld rUID , some of thos",
'l'an I tlley wanted must I
,\qu~Jly to help tlie boys
mentl" rv 8chools to climb
t.\()nal , ladde r ". as well &8
were' ,he 80ns of
I;;_ur"iic~~'
IDormer
\lad not beeD
tlon

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web.ring a grey fla.nnel

In

Sa.turday,

Butt.

poor "

St~rn.

who is of

the Dw;nber of bu~nneB8

letters,'" one baVl~

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back in teraudie nce at

and lied , un·
-Apollo

n ext

doorr

bUBl)rlesS, he s.i<1 h e w.s tI: l
and w~s admltted,

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Mr Roscoe's pocke t was found the
re~rn half , 01 a PaddlDgton to Maiden.head ticke t, issued on ' Saturday, \!nd ~

its Lond on name·
to mU Sical: comedy~
a little ludlcrolls

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-may I rel rence'fO "b~o~er who had negotiat
' Wile
£2 00 Worth of mLlwav eha .... s.
,
Hal n
Sub·
r . .RoBCoe was well aequl\inted with , L
- tll rlver. and ,in his ;younger days W8~
0
MiQ(lletoln.
c<i""ider·ed a , ~ry skilful oarsman
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.. iou
l ith.. inquest, wh:eh w,," hel~ .. t hut
I 1:.. plow .yesterday, there was no eVIdence
I to show how decca.ed- gilt in~o the water.
HlB brother said he k-Dew no r.ea~on why
I d.eceaBed
should commit BUlCid~ .
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verdict

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RE'ADING ', i'IN ' FACtbR)r.
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j. REDUCTION l~ NUMBER

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8.

.e had been missing sIDce

in

dom"," they ha<l ehowh th.t they

ns fa 119 adult sufferers were COB~
' rued hoped and mt.cndcd to m a ko the n ew ftChe mo
r
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h
I Id '"ucceed Alderman Chlvers arg ued tha.t the
and was l ea rl~breakin g w ten t e IC 1 ren oollnml had. been over~~ooroua In their outwere con slde re<1.
'fhe <:omm1ttee
ould lay on Re&dmg Bchool m the pa~t' and

: d e alt 'Yl,lth

puzzled,

near

there were' brmsea on tlie faco and
h. d, and a wound behind the ear.
When Mr. Roscoe left lila home at
Sout h Audle y Stroot en i:laturday after·
no~n, . preilumably to I.pl~y golf, he ap·
peared
the best ot heaUh, and w,,"

that \ Iy for tho com1\med school, was in .y mp~thy

ing tho scourai'> whIch was ver y senouS Vlew. By

10,,; onc ()lhc r ptJl nt. O ne of tho
( I1th I. . m .. o f th e LIiJ-e ral P re ss lis
t h (' d " pu illtH)l1 " Jg n a re port lJl comIl. ud t h(d tl lc r l'! [or e .ts value l S
, " I n th" e,l .e of t he Readingdepu.

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pe r s n8 w.ere shll burge sses, a.nd wlt h pay ng a large salary to; the n ew hlea.d
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h II b
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d m .d~<. and he .dmlroo the member. of the
e a oV'e
oomml~tee'Who wo~e oppOsed 'to.that schome
Ja m hl\nrl s WIth the counClI In fighrt.- fC!r bem~ 1:10 g enerou8 a.s ,to eupport t hat

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.t"s.nt,pmlme.", by G B .

P 'P. of olicitors, Meiars. Field, RJ)Scoe
after B Co. of Lincoln '. Inn FIelds, W8.8 found

.eOmll11 t~ o e fe t t ley s au (

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them what the deuca

tho IThe hody of Mr. Hebry Lmcoln
work I of !to, Soutlj Audley} Street, Grm,"~nnr '

it would have 1kcn well If a JOlOt

sease, they

yet to

nothtng 1·

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11l VIm" of aU tho arrRngem~nt~ bemg

now,

"'_A""

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Girls prefer

e~. iMTSSIN:G SfNC r~ SATURDA~,

on, and IS ~ld 11he Insurance Com mI ttee
that

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Cc>uncillor Rubson 1Otroduced the del'/'.

r e prCS<lutmg

The Rirl

-him.

the

neces¥ty for the formation of a
sc heme for the treatment ~f al\
10 tlie borough .suffenng
from
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thl s ~tim..e~Iast . year,.'

tlle1{lat,,,·,.ve·fhr.t,ilet.'

HtlliRS. ,

OF

H Ith6l'to tho hours worked
ee& nave been 54 !per
' be reduced to 50, the . arne

the femalo ompl!,},ceJI have fpr some

~n worklDg.
Upward. of 700 pereonl
tie &0 affected, but no reduction would
made m w~e..
Work will he co.mIlo,,,,aed

at S,.>'c1<lCk am inetead 01' 6.30
f"re ·1

correspondent).

him that it wq.
. H .. LDstan!\y

o~'~:,~i~~r~;~~~
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It is announced that a. reduction in
4 number of h"u.re for m.le employeea
the I M.,..ro. Huntley \ Boorne a nd StoveDe'
I f&ctory w111 short y come mto op.".ti,on .
Ina- mto effeat after AUJlust
~llnllmul.m

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two and " half
when h\"

herero.

air.might be
he
hour I I agreed (as
and sBld to the hoy,

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rephed ,
down I "_H

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No,

Even ~