Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1914

Atkins has bNln lhe ,;', .. n of t he '
Ik::tll~g this ""eef: &!1tl ~ ~he' ,,'

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of many (\ )'outhfnl Ternto"..l must ',·1
; ,, {\ll c<l \11th pri d~ at ~he cheers
th ~ un iform he we ars
Lh~ pn-st, t.h o passing

hns ocossianor 80 bompari-,
om' ('iliZE'1l 6<Jldiers
would
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lItt le ill t(>~ t and 110 e nthusiasm.
r(' nees of th e I tJlOughtless may
Juu e lJ.2 E' 1l fn r from compHm¢!rr..
t \" . lten Bnt.nir': s ]t\st e fforts tb'
fail€u. anl! \\ or was offic''''lb- ,I'
b e h\f··~n lh is . count ry n.l1d Ger- \
T C't1"ltorin\ s, ~'3 l\ for ce for hQm~~· \.

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p s!:- m n ~ <l

lln~o rtnn ce, and

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(; l\lht\n 1, RS heen hen-I'd to
regret. thil't h e La<1 neve r joi ned
TJlc re arc, of courR<", some
!I N' p l~ " ho re,mrd t!,tc <'mbodylng
T L'I n tor i:l.!s as of lit tle sigmficanc€ .
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CHEERFULNrESS,
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mallY thou sand s Q1~ ~op19

WI""''-,'''' •h ei r d e pa rt ure hy train
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thci r cou ra ge ~nd cl,ICel'f'lllnessl or
All t hn t 1II11:hy o f lh t> m kn~w was

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I h t'Y hn d t o (lp[)nrt hy. sti c h tilJdJs uch a

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b",,, :d f or POl lo mantl]. Wll.t would .

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t hey cou ld not sny" ,
I till S, th(>y were <l c t e iJnin~-tb~t ! ,
r tnoli fell to (heir lot it would b6 .·
t o t h e best of lh~i r. abillt.y.
The
Ullc (If .'TI)nny of the ,,\oungc r members
r ,nmpl" to u~ ~ll ,: and we wera
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evening fOI~1>OlUI",qUt11;
mobilisstion
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Berks.
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' "Bobby," said the ·llldy in the Tube
~~J:"', waii ,verj' little Itime k. bid
rrulway. seve""ly, ." why .don ' t you 8'e~ Ul'
well' to- fn~l\iJsI . and relative • . . The
aiid ~ve your;sent'to your~ fsthcr! Poesn'~ '
headed by th6i b, no, _inov~ out
it palO you to see him' reaching for i th~ . ( _
first
~- •• - •." •. ., Drill Hall at ..bOul ,hal,-pl.st
·~W~: i~ a tiai~:'" said Bob~y.~"IAnafter
!!Cene WI!oS very , ini~re58Iv4!'
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DriII .Hall th,;'lpatrlotism I
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ma1i'e their way tlirough
found ·exp~""ion; in .10U:d
' MlIoiiager
touring "lIt:uji \': .\ To·
to the accompaniment of
:wav~ of hats; ":1" l1librelJM and
-njght~' -f.J8ddie" we pby -.' Hamlet.·"" ,
The crowd ... II. .w hole took Lhe
chiefs. ' Th' b~~' 'struc-, . I!!" .."
' B.W.. ~I!·.er_tormer" "Then .you must lend " I_
in$(serioU81y, and only wh~1\ the.
~i~~~~~:~!~~;!:~oJ.~~t,
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ba<!li;
mRt~.
i to GeorRi~
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word of command was given for the troops
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' J\(;.naRflJl: ' ',On 86!lOnq thot1ght., 1a.qdie, - l' ,
• th'In,,
' ' 'In th"n"t·~
• O·'-ello.'
"-',' Londo'"
.!'lareIl w"" .~
u. e re _,\,IY
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ofl a public demonatr"tion. Thil ' arriv al of
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one ',sturdy-Ibok ing section jnJt after .eight
playe,l the National ·A,nthem., _The detach•• '. • •
'o'cloCk and the martili l note. Qf!'the bugle
mellttentr8i ,!~ t\t ''No! S p!atlorm. , ,: :. , .. " I'll be good' ..if you !live me . ome :.1 ;
blllld helped to Il,u t the crawd in J ietter
The remamd~r of I.tli? 1i~a4quarter chocolate,':' eaid the ohild. -, . '·1, ·
Bpirits, but there/ was more. cheertuln.es8
un~el!We!1t l kIt Jnspectron, ope •• You must be good ' also it I don't, I I
on the fllCils of t he Terr itorial s th emselvtl6
tie pr: ll l H lIII ,an
,?~er ...i<1 her moth~r. .
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than on Ihe majority of the_ countenances
Icpange' l ~o me? ~Hth
"Sure~y you dO\l't w.n~: m,e t<>. be i!0<I4
'o f those I who , witnessed their ~ep8.rtt\re.
a:uard~ t:?t~ tores. .
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for not hmg1 " WM ·the ft,l'U\ll·, retort'-I 1_ \ .
. mor /lIna: the ~
"London Opinion.'"
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ana ullderw~nt
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S treet-Hall .. nd the
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,Sh e : "Don't· you , tblllk . we would ibet-'
te,r go bac)c through England again .0,\ the l .

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• lte ir res erV~ t(l di sa ppear ,
,'ari on.q de t achmcntB an

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wt.v home'''

,hU'"It,'L,e , " bf:l nd : ~ lT." ¥:l:' ltheir r eturn
. ' and t~e good impre~~ion. w~
ror me<l or them b e S lT<· tu~ lhened . by'
eo nu uet at th is t im e of trial 1
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li<e" like th rse, ~o';lcI\ow or othe r , knit
oi nil hefl.c [s and narll es into ono
f ll lli "n , whi ch, etri','c a s t,hey may,

A. H . Bull,

{;; trl1(; k the- right n ote f'q n
tit £' c fI ~~e h he (leJivered at

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that some"
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l):x;.ome
some,,'hat
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1191'1),. nIH! thc sigltt
of seveFal
,.. h ops lJ/ l i h ~ to\, 11111 a 5 ('~ rta.i n]y not!
1.0 c ;t,.~e 1h.e lr mi nd s. rlh e placing!.

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(, I'd ...." r s. at t h e ('ommencement of
611 ppo se,
inevita.ble, '
hEld th e e~" ot of placing ,the
n a (h fil ~ ult P OSlt. o n, There is

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w ',upr ose lliat the supply ot
" ,II b e C,JIllC i~ad eq u"te for spme
o"" ',,w , "u Je tlll1 (> t o c ome, but this sudden
in \"r~ c stocka of certain kinds I '
in "ome ('asos h~ the effect "
i~1J[:ri' asi" a pri ce s nncJ (:A. US' u g a. temporin t h e market, which i8 1
out .;~. n il proportion "'by t r
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not t a k e !:! uc L lact ions as :will
ll n nr(;(,SS 3.TY
in ~on vcll1ence to '~
n r e 11.01. h! Ofi C-cd with the snme I

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d e portm ent of til e crowd.
ImS g~n ri Se to l iltle eau""
although Ro me of the youngof tho co mm unitv lUl.\'e oceaought it in cees' ar), 1.0 form the mto ba:Hls nnd -exe rcise their l ungs l

the shf' uting of patriotic 6q ngs. Thel'll,

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o.nc or t ,) o ullfort ll J1llt.e mei dents out-- , . -_
u' c ./o tlOII all IWedne.sdny night, buf
h"d co me d own t.o Rce fri e nds '
\dlO nre m nmbers of the Ter~ '.
nuna,lS. .o~w.rc not inmch inte rfered ' wjf,b'~ ,
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e ". 111' remcmhel' Ula!; the ti me
hnt; pn.95()d , a lld actions a.re whAt' ,' .
p owo(!aYi3 1 and rE-me.mbering th~B
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To , ~uel1 propOl·tions that 1 lear
I'll have to mortgage
I own · '
. To !>~y for her ref'!"tions dear, I
J lorder! up no vjn~go. " .me,
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Who ~nne<l that most ' sUi!J!A8tive lill~' l '
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'me:" rinly _'Yith ,thi~ ey~ In ~ I
• ,' ~" Judge, " New IYorkj. ,
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Professor of ' Berbn Unlvel'fntY2 'I' d~]ares .,
tb!'t,~esult, ~of 'thO', .hig1J~r educ~~i.9n. '
women will in ..the n.'a'ra...fu.ture be tOt
! allv
b ..ld, a.n'd
wee.r 'p,sRfarch's ! beards "",41
Jiloustaches.
'1-'ll"Y:; .~ill l~n,.1 no
'Ret the vote · h3; ·thre.atemng ,thllt. .
't/leir ·wishes ire gr.a'ntEtd, ~ tbeY I will.'
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every man t.he~ m'e'eiW 'at: 8rlih~-" ~ ,
" Punch." ' l 'f t .
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will

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A. notoriously c)ose.fut.o<1

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. hi. g~ftng ' OOli~a." i..!' Sc'oU,an.i,
by_' hard bargatnlDg, m~t:~gji;~,0'1~;

cme

~h~ -exc)usive

cadaie,

services ' .of a

was -know.I): 1:9 ~ a
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the public in eve ry ~ wa.y# I
th~ d~m ~nds of thei r C:lUBto~erB 3 I
pi,'ehmlnar~ S tS.~(l8 of. the SItu- ...
Hot unre n.!:'o nal!le,
TIle gr.e a.t~· ,
fir if> f or pe ople to keep their l '

th iS ,,'orM's goods

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-circlunsiailees
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PDrter-and, Major- J. H , !Cooper.
Col. S eroool<l , the ' oftIeer OOlrnnrarl(llnR
th. , 4th Berks J1.e~iment, jntrcduce<.l
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mavo'r to the officers, 'who ~ ~ ..cc~om'p •.n2:~.;I.1
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him' on a ' tollr :through,' tho rank•.
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w'1rship spoke to each man and on
of.him self a.nd th e citizens of the
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wished 'them God·speed.
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The 'men heartily .nswered the
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given liy tne ·llD.Ssonge rs of tile exnres,,,,,;'
which 'rBn through the 's tation
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up il,l, cOPlpanies, th~y W'EI!'e ,
1.'1atform for their apeoial train.
The I I specia]~' Boon D~ cked 'into
bay_ .The Co}on el's . galJ~nt charger WI\S I~~~~~=;~"",;;;""""''''''"""''''''''''c"''"",,,,,,;;;;,*
first boxed .in, the r-e ar Df the -train, a.m .,
munition,' ,lshoxela for ~rtnching, ... nd U
boxe. of -Himtley And ,Palmers biscuits
we re loaded in t hOl luggage
nd ·tlien
the ordel'- wf.s given for ~hd men to take
thcir- &eats . . A11f along th ' jine the gra~ .
enthusiasm' Rre>:ail ed. The m en
h l8'h
and upresood t heir
at the
t h ey 'we1'O about
dergo.
I Brltann .ia,' ~
and
·as
<Ieloar'tUl,e of

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tnk iJlg t he-i r fl hare in th~
t ltrlr ' \.oun1I'v 'ri
inter ests.
,,'lI so;), Ole - M.e m ber for

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-fed £l.S8u r ed thsl- the
borough may b e r e lied

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cO"Bhed."+ ' Tit· Bite. "
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l ~ f t b ehind to COIl.- .
rvund , the C'-Ommon task,"

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Old editjlr: " ,WBat'sl that? Whs~

or 'c ommon means of
,d t.he !lroJl1 otion of unjson

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a l most impoi;, ihl e to .Unin
ctJ uni..ry is in its normal '6toote.
dllr~ng ... h(" PAs t w~k, it is
t o -s a v t h:1. t n ot olle \Itoord of
118.5 .been :6poke n. Th is is
tUlle f o r !:'o wing ' th,o seed of polj~i~
d" ''''',,,io n j rnt hc r he it the occasion

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He': "But we did England."
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know it. . ~·'But si nce we .we~ ! tJi~ re
tbink 0.1 all .. ,tbe lovelv ,new ru!D8 tlj<rlsuffragettee have .' made 1"-'-1." Life,", New
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, Ymin/!·-rreporter: .. The eto.r m I<i)lg 'I'
hurled hi. torn · aild tumbJing torrents jover .,
the mills,lof the bro\en land di8memb,e red