Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1914

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lation of
tunlty of
at ilic

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p ~e-J 6vJng
I u ~e d 4uildlllgS J

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of qm ua cment are ot,artm;oo.
daye to
lll Cn l)S

&nd
Burden,
Co.,WllO

triumph
that it is' "elnel'allo l<nn'wn:c..' ... · JMWliliR~
to be
ou't~c lv ee what

l:J:avin8' been
neBl!ll in /tbe
drlven from

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llBS~{::~~:::i~~.~~;:~~e~~
second
i n ifuportane.e ~i:~~~~~w.~
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. re bUSiIYI~Dgaged~i~'1~&~.
! I1)00C wh om the l
t he . tnajor\!;Vi.,f them
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h~.e br u ~ht distress

I of . n er'~ B oys" do nQt

i n Rcnd i n ~ b efore tb'lY

, .. Iran"" i s'

l!l the hearf.6
of h e b orOll~. a lld if
, in, "tn.t,io n lto . l c ome
I' the many
ope n to tll em
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Gra~t handled 'hi~ car splf\Ddidly, ~9d. all"

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wards tile bank, wbi'\3!' th ~ ]tlly compJl ~ motor

merited' him .upon hiS: .1'~mpt aey on. After. 't.lon.
a lon,:l he(\nn~ , tl1e

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Why ehould pot the TOwn

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If n. Jl ~ , which w II b e required less fre4
; nuentlv thj ~ \\;i te r tban ever before ! for ,

eetio!:s, etc.,

b~

thrpwn

e., to th em 1\ d ,iopular cOJice~' gi"ea
Iop
nightly from six t ill ten T" 'rbe iid.e& ap.
'pe!\r~ enpablq ° d evelo)lmont, "nil;' if .• ,

, comm ittee were ormed oome schemC'"l!iigh£
"well :be drnfted. PartICularly on Suudays ,
· d oo. .. 1'onmiy" ,rv nu,t to find hfmsclf in _
brigl!t QUU congenial 'Burroundiryg~,
TUITION FOR SOLDIERS.
Another opportunity wl~ ich the presence '
thesc aoldiors lin 'our midst affords lit
t egard to educaho~. l matters, arid it ia
th"e '~'t Il.ls not been lost sight of
n ead ng 'C ommitt ee. Tbere is ~
Ispl~n(]J(I wor which the local education
Inlltb.or!t llos can :r:ende r the milita:ry in the
of c r~m iDg instruction where
of ' recruits a.nd other

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'P (.) of a certjlin: '

th" amoun L orl g:"nlly sct aside f~r i1lie ;
'fIllS estimate ,
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ho.",c<, u p ~ n th '3 1 o.~certl!j ned expenditure
or the lns L f ew " beks, \\ hich, it j s ' stated,
," 11 b" large ly inclrc .. "..I. ' f grcnter distress

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P! € V'Il.JJ~ nf lc r Chnstmas.
The c ommittee
"xp eel lhat " graln t of )r.1f the exp lmdi1lire will hQ provIded by the Boa.rd of -

E dllcalron l b ut th" Will not be nvailo.ble
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A \' ALUABLE Ll<;AD.

R cading h ..s .

of the',· ,

r'I~ n ce 01 Wales ' -Natio nal R elief Fund"

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a. t h r uugh the medi u m of a.n aueUon eale~

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we hope, be followed by other towns ••

Th e Bum oJ about £400 which WJl8 rca.lised .

qlli te exceeded tlle expectations of Mr.' E ,
Dl'lIlcall Prnser. of I the well·kaown
tK)1 \~e <s

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of the e v-ent should, the ref ore, be

great incentive f~~ similar aucHoDs to

b e: h ~l d, :i n ev~ry 1....... " "11 in the kingdom,
and thw!I p rovJde fl'D · immense source of
pr ncti~"1

help to ~ j noble causo.

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h ave , r a.ised £400 ,' ! said Mr. C. Arthur
PeareQn, joint hon. 1 Hecre tar.v o{ file fund,
to ?l.1: r. Fraser, on ¥ondn.y, I ( a nd by your
eXll,mple
lJO pe \\ P. s ha ll T t!!SQ between
£ 40 , 0~
£50;OO? by 6im1l 31' m ('.:!IPi.

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t\iSnrrERY.

SOJJDIER FOU.'iD WITH HIS
'rIlIWAT CUT'.
A t ragic r] ,£cove ry

was

m ad e

R on.d, R eading, on ~,4:~1!~~i~~':
(· \ ~ JlJng, whe n n iS oldi e r who wa.s
at t hat nddr('ss WU 8 r!HlllU Iving
V n.c hd

II "",· of th e (<ont bfdroom wah Iii•• ~ ."--." ."

t·ld . • H e is b e ll e vcd to b e a ma n ........"00','
, ,J ulaJ,~ S Me yeoek,
the

(, lo.f.itJ! ' W ight

'NatlOna
In IWlmJ'D:a the
I nfo nn ation \'I'M giveo' to

~eol' en gaged
Il lI t'S.

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finn of 1>lessre. Nichola8, who
orga.niaed the Balc. A. 0. matter <;If 1act,
Mr Pra.ser nu t.ioClpate.d that a iittl~ over
£300 woutd b e r'aise d.
'l'he lIn""ci ..'
!5CiCCCS9

poiJ c'c , nnd p.e. nlX Vj Bltcd the boU8~.

(oulld the man JylOg ,face dowmv!lrd8
n. large' "ound 10 hIS throat, aplpal:e/l'tl.
Inflict ed \\ ith a rBzor whJCh
the body . . Dr. C 6~ton WIM .s.ulnm:~De~,;. b,~
h e cuuld only p r onounce Hfe

the body was conveyed to the m()f~LlI'I'l~N

Street,

R e &dintt.

sn.id. that, op the ~or~ of'

November 4th h e left Rendin~ m a ellr reetlon, of
hv himeelf to visIt one of tile bral!9h :wr;eoked,: d
.hollB at Braolrnell leav ' ng about nme 00. one , Bl e,
• I k
Tl e car' whioh contllined Mrr" odrlver of"the
. ~~~~; ' foll~'wed him for 1\ disjance ' of> &void tlio' w .•.u~'''1''.

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liu rp o~o of , bout £2.0 00.

b~ hall

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r.. lIl ') unL of c r itiCism , th o:> committ ee i s per.
f Hlln i'll g ' lt ;; dut, to th e young life of our
t ow n 1Il...,p. mallner " h.J('h has ~n t~\llcd the
d e \ Oti t'lll of mu ch ca r e Rnd thought, Q.Dd
, Jl, \\ lil
probuuJy C ODle as 1), surpri se to
III nn)" !H'! (J pt,,· to . le arn ihat l it e estimate of
tll ..! <: GEt of pr o\l<hng th ~~ m eal:=! tor chi!.
dr ~ J1 sh o ,, "! nn .ex p e ndi Lure o \ e r und above

ra l..; ing money 011 '

e!lr. you first 'Saw

'rhe c o~on "'r: At o.oout what' sp eed were

n rlClthf'r i mpo rtllnt sph ere of work ill which
th e f eeding oJ

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or ~he · 5econd

BE1UOUS CONDITIO~. an b"'~~
. .h .
t
Bay
W8. the
The coroner sMd . e was sorry o
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i y
p~acl'iq,.II:r.
tl,a.t thev would not have th~ ~dvl>nt~e of ,yonid y:':'
the ' evidenoe of M~. ~Jlpth . f\~d Mr.\ reparlng
BUJIOOn, b oth of who.m wer~ inJured , as I! Did ou
the result of ~h,e acclfent, &8 : they ,,:ere the
not in f\ conclltlOn to attend, In regard' d
f tb
to Mr. Burden, lie wB!' "fr.nid h e. \\'01119 ;~fth~n~ .fde
n ot be nble to nUend eyen If . ther·lnoUest
was ·ndiourned for a month. Th~ doet
, or 1.distan.ce:r_~
.had sent a eeJ.'ltificAo~ ' to the effect lt,It&t
Mr Burden's condition WM 60 stn:"IOtl8 tho.t
be 'would Dot h ~ reBpon8 1ble if.
attended
the oourt at pr... eut . . , He (tlie coronjlr)
would t~ke till the ..vaHable ev\d.el1C8 " iit.t
~y, and thcn consider. wha~ course ~o ; ignal that
adopt. · .
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MR. HOYLE' ~ -EVIDENCE.
. The witne.a

you traveUin" T
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Wilne.. ," Itight to ten mIles ,when at
The Three Tuna, but I gradually mereased
it ..tterwArda . .
The coroner: Wbe~e did the otber c~r -Deciaediy ;
pn." ' you T
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'l'he wibless
Witnr,sa : . The fOil was I~ patchO'l, . ,and . from .hie eeat,
r ~n.i.ed my speed- to gettllla on fot. wind sore en "0' 0.,_'0-_",
mile. an hour. The fog .w.... then .fnlrjy of the /lin...
cleaJ'. The car 'pn.ssed me h " lI 1\ -DlJ~e on oar . 'loti! he
tbe Rea.dintl Blde where the A.cCld~nt \The other ~ ca.r
occul'rea. I slowed up to allow the car sweep 6S ! 'it
to "as. me.
cart. - Hn.d h.
Did yn" see &nyth'lfg of the actual he did, t he two
ooUlslon between the two CA,:"T-Y,,:, . .In to r""e.
front <if their car was Mr. E lghteen s fifth i
c ....t'," lUld the dri.e~ tried to lIet P)'Bt that. be bn.d
' At >that time the c&r h~ ' P.·..ed ' me,' and inJl to
when the aceiJent QCCurr&d, ~ would he
In reply
from ten to flft"en yard. belund
the witn<!8S
. Mr. ' Hoyl~ .aid the c"r appeared to be wllioh the
1ravel1jnl( .11 t'~ht and under perfect ~n- have to
tro!. .He .Iowod down to under 20 m,l'" fish-cart:-an h bur wh.n h e allowed the car to IPa • s \ .
. ,-",,,,,',,,,1',,
him. IM r. Ei"hteen'.• fish.,car.t. was . !\bout
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P,S. U<lcldll.r<1
• foo~ from the kerb when "tM I c~r
Bwerved ronnd ' to PM! it. • The ollr >yas wh e~e
about .. foot from ,the cut when, P'''''"Dg., fe et. ~
_ Ie He did - not remember he ..r1D~ I any I wre<;k·. -,
b~';" aoand.. d. 'bat the dtive~. of bo\h ears olr,tront
which.' c"me i.ot9 colli.i0t? mIght have <lone I the . off-fr'!Dt
w i lie did not .ound-his qorn . M \)e .was \ Do"r'"1;IIre B:
fl>lIbwlh lir. S",ith'a o..r. He d,d\ ,!,'O~ JlI~~:I" and
no~lce I the > othe, <\aT • until the D!>II CIOn Ic\dlioiilt"01to~"'.e~,~4i~',,~~l
toolt. pl""e. '>.He then saw a lady lD Mr. \ '. The ~
81'Q!t.h' ~ car ,-tRnd . no as th9t!/lh .he WAS , denoe
I 89biir I ~ her:- hnRb ..nd. She then boun,ced I
. t 'of -the ' jl&t 'an4 fen . to the gronnd. ,
O'n ..l;'hti~i . from [his .,enr-'l Ie ,aw. Mr... '
bein", carrlrI -to th~ · bo.nk. f'ol"l ,
Bllrd
. Downiiliire's oar had., t"ken ', I> v.ery .. deep
I . , erv.e on the olhei- side, ...nil was on the

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The s pl e~d iu len d whieh

HR. BURDEN'S

b etween Sf. and 4: roUes. 'I'he chauffeur he had
BOunde~ his hooter At int~rvlll..
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COS T OF FEEIJIl\G THE CHILDREN:
' Re fe rence t o t he n.ct ' vil1cs of tho local
E<l nc Hot.w ll. CommiUee brings to one'e mind -

,.,j.,..cn

of DO")oVnehiro, the oWl\er

Duke

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th e co-opcrati oD of thoso in Wll0M iotereets
i: has IJ ""n framed to ensure it s <JOmpleUl 1

.!l1 the' ,current

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,M... ~rs . Robert Nelso,., nnil Co., ' of 1,0·14, car ' 01) to

nnd "" it emanates tram ths ':

1hey nrc c llga~ ('d, V.IZ.,
11<' co." lI ou , c1ltldr~n . III

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The coroner:

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DOl,,1 of Education itself, it on ly requires ,
f,uccess .

returned • "er~

Mr. E~eRt Hovle, ifi84"jCt man ager to car coming'.

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concentrated, ]
<e'cu,,,,,· ,.
*is. arrnogelU<cuts have
for th e estnblishnlent Jof 8uch
cour"." 01 stud y ... may b e rClJ.llired &*
the W ,I><1n eve ning '6chool. Ti,e 16ultjects
whi ch arc considered most sJ,litable for
sludy 11.<0 ge og~"phy ond h istory (witl>
fi PN:Ia.) rerC ICn e!! , to th e present campAIgJl
· Rnd t h e grO"'i lh of mod ern European
'colours are

r:'J I llations sl n C'G 18 70 ),; usefu l Frcllch worda
nn d phrnses; nnd ambula.nce T\"ork. Th&
f:'omm nfJdin~ officer tl.t Rf'a<l :Irg Barracks
]ln ~, We un« erHtnnd, giv en th e sch eme hiS

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dict of "Accidental il.i;a~h.:'
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..ware' that ~ iri
Mr. H. C. Dryl&nd. ~ al!alD rep!e~CJited _hitneia : Not
j,ho dri ....'" of the cftr :whi.ch was. ~reC'ked,
Mr. Sydney Oliver SmIth, of Readin~; ~nd
Mr. G . O"rdiDer, soli<;itor, \>1 St. Sw,tlup:e.
·LQne, LonuoJ), apne lired for the MarqUIS

h,,]p feeliDg t at Q conference ' ;'1'10,,& "
tho'e who l are e ~.ged in this wori'-'nil&.ht .
havc very benefi Inl results, one of !' 'ifllIcb' ,
IXI lght be the ar ngement or an oc9.8.8lon.u '
mass moding { tho soldiers. A:J oQN'e'

th e purppse o{

'Rljadii1l'

the coroner said I at tJie inqJlCst ye~t~Nl1lr,
he undoubte<Jly I~nved ·hi. own. lif~ 'a'lid ,
that . of hUo' pMseD"er ' \>y tm;pn)g l't .tC?<: Road,

ever smolJ it may 00, kn owin
the;'" 'sons have been .to fin d
frt "' ndship ' exte ed to them
bille ted In b st 8nge town .

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.rur~.nl~c.~ t, · 1JI'c·~.&I'(J'JJI,""I~'

injuries, R.s did the occuprmt. The" .
conta.ining fdr. and Mrs. Burden, ' ~b-~ch
WftoS ~ BOm ewhat light one, WB.S wrecked J
wbU s-t the other eM, whioh weighed ~~o
tons WM badly - damaged li o n one .. 61d'~~ t E:&.!I:th";;,p,,tea;a ..

fri epdly r eception awilitiml
is ;10 qli es tion of p
Wblch Ihe~e good
m',,:ny pn.r<l~ts ha~p w.•lenn, p,l
tUllity of p e rforml~g some

flPond c nt 8.."Iks,

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moto~, &nd 'when o.~'lli'pachin
the driver, Bydnevl
ing pMsod a flrili cart, and
got' three yords past it when
with a c~r beJon"jng to the Marl,n:lil ;'
Downshire. travelling iu the
direction. Th'e collision wM
one. Both Mr. ..nil Mrs.
thrown into the road. Mrs.
killed i nstJimtly, "hilst ,h er ~-.- --.- -_
the d~ilver wer ~ bndly injured.
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of LQrd Downehiro'6 car als o 8u,Bt.,in.><I·1

bri gh tn es~

::m d mnll\"
~ rpcm be rs
lIves.
Much

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Mr.
and Mrs.
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reIneroM,.ed
ihewill
Bro&<!
Face

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in the '>'~~~:::':-':'"~
'" the
board
before
ing
of

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t<> I bring

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