Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1915

, H. I J. lews, whoO willi
representative. at the oome~en:ce,
~>gamatioOn 'io,a<. deeir~bl~, but
Hnes. ' T~y ,wllrl' oOU~l::to ', ge,t th.roiJ!~1I7~
effioient .., a -civd defence foOrce, , lind
t.oought 'it ' WoOuld be moet )mde6itable
ama.lgama'te unle... it' wer" quite, olkr
they 'would noOt goO ill for all shew
ments and marohes. When t~ey
ent they ceuld frem timo toO time IN

• A first-el .... s progMmme

tho patrietio ocncert arra.l<,..,d
ingnam Choral
Wekingham, en
hall was crowded in evory part 'I1Ie
coed. ..re in aid lof tho WolringhlLm ' n.""... 1
for ,Belgian refuge"".
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The ' proceedi ngs oommenced .'Witli
National ' Anthem, ..
by Sir 1Y.LI"j"-ae!
COsta, ~ollowed b.y the Belgian !,","'I'n,a.
· "2ng. Kipling'. stirring ballad... Tho '
{If England," tho musio
being by
" Fre<leriek Bridge, constitUted 'the c~ier
001 the first porti ell of the proOgramlne.
oher,u, sang with ocll8picue1113 preci6lah '

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ba,ttalion

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wa.e:

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the eoloist,
The work

(]rama tic 60prano, was

.uoce~f~lIy.
wa9 credit.ably

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The mi6Ccllanoou6 secooo. pa~t ,o f t~e pro.
gramme o pened w.ith · th e RW!8ill.ll N ..~i'ol'\o8l Loorr.men'te
A~tllem~ arranged by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
M,.., , L , Stiles.AlIEf Mng admirably th080
twe delightful songa "Dewn in tho Fore.t
(Landon Ronald) apd "In an old.fnsh.joned
Tewn t' . .(W . H. ' l;Iquirc). The dem.and for
Iln encore 'Y •• irrooistible. Mr, F. Maljor.8eloO
~nor at ~Vm che .ter Cath"']ral, h"" " .veice ef
~lIC~, r"mlltv. which wa. heard to advantage
lrl
Un tiT" (Sflnd erson).b. no "Fairing&" I'o,,,r,,,,,,oe ,
, (E. Ma,tinl. but his "'0'lt popular SOilS' W!lI'I
!""arsha l!:8 lel'cly hallnd! "I hoo. Y01; call1Jl~ me.. M""~r J. L iodiar<l, th e ooTe boy
at : ~?kmg h nm . PariBh Church, sang- .@weetly . S oldlCr 'gO lll8' .to the wa r ',' . (Wi
and

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'i JIomc
oPj

an encoro

Mr. O. G, Hume g";',, .... a
"Fi"st Concerte
16" ·(GIl . d o
lIe w~. encered . "na t hen' played
toes" (Wleniawski). Th~ concert eoDc lu(letl
wlt.h II Th~
M atsc illa i.se,"
arran ged , .
Ba.rnbv as an i unaccompanied lour-part Bong.
Mr, H. E . En<ly -rendered excellent assist.
ance by h i,. , killul playing of t1!c>accompaniI

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WOl'.tAN's i SUDDEN DEATH,
· M, R. S. Pa~M' (odunty ooroOIJ<ll') held an
>nqu,ty a,t I WoOkmghnm on Monday relntnv e
to tho dooiJ, o f Ja.no Wood~ ey. a ",nglo

wom",n agf'"

nbOl~t

00 yearB, who

w""

found

dead .,t n<",r lodginge.
M.. ri.. Mo~O\'U", I wifo oOf Wal{er . Jam""
M"'Q(>r, or' 18. "n.- St..ioot, WoOkingh&m.
il1fon:ood
jury ilia.<, 00000aed luop lodgOO
, witiJ ' h"" for the l""t tw..l ve ' mOJl.tha.
Deoe"'f"<1 boa.rded. h""""'lf. . an4£,. novor
• .,.,rned shr. of · .monAlY. Ahem·t ,10.40 ' i QlI
F ntday mornlllg V1Jtru!Ee saw deoeawd in ' tho
]IOU8<), o.nd she ~I a1l right, When wit.
"...,'. httle E<irl came lwmte from eohool
l\1at a£ter ~we1ve o· Clock ..he ....,llt her upet;ail'8
!Io go an <'Irmnd fo.r deoroeea.
Tohe child
~o
and ~id ehe lwl fOllnd ~

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the~~ge. I W,tooIs .\lIl"loo Mr.~ IHead-

n~,~

bcf'u"-!""fl .they . 'Went.' J upeta.ira

~ · ly.tng ill

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~ 'oli ' m.~." ~ _ ,
la.OOi",l 8ba nak! bOOn ;'in!' tIl<, house '&11 t,h,e
o~a,ng.*,;
morrung, ,,00 ha/d hEero no ,~, as of jl
{all.
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· An.wenng tne', I'llTV. wftnees ....id dooea-l
found

bile

l'nu been l 81iffe~ f.rom .. ooJd for about
throo wook.., and her hreatth was ehon M

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troll''''',

Hikl!, Meroo,:, .. .-00 ' 10. <.\t.uJrh~...,. 001 the
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l,Mt W<tillffl!!, eaJd du! went UpMa.iT8 on ' oom.
l
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In .. home
fJ'fim ""nool. "00 fmmd Mi...
, Wood/ov on 1ih.. 'Boor on tJJo landing at tOO
ton or 1h" Bt"i re.
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l3okencham, pmOOis'Jl)1' at. Wok;.ng;bnm.
tJ""t :be had OCIJ8tIioll<1lly atJtendeil
<M<~a,!Ied wJJe n she ~~ flo , his IlUr'g.ety, 'but u '.··...u,..,.
tJJe IAAt yoa.~,
~. Gil Ihe OOl'Qneo-"e
maoo, e. pdof~ . exeiniMfHin.
He'I"""""" ":"'" enormo~..ly etottt.. ~ tihe
1Il
an alfvanood .r.iale 001 d"'~mr..;'ti'1r : thei-e WOB ,,100 '" tumour in
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01 tJJe ,r~· lr,~ ' w,.-s, due !<l
w,t,h {QI!Jty. ~. DOOOIIMd W88 In
in whioh' abe 1 ' uld. be iikely b;, .00.1.

6uddonJy after u ' &i.o exer.tIwJ. '
v",,\:jot
,l'CIOOrned. :in ,oocoi-denoo
","'lienl ev.i",,,>o.
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Idri1l~ lind he did not think

was \giv~n.

orche6tra
performed.
M. L. Barry, hon. piani,t to the society '
at the piano.

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After a gUcd deal oOf di.sc1lslen
prope.OO I aml. .ecended that
be .rejooted foOr the pres.nt, but
fuont, prep""ed oy M~. Gadaden
and 8!!OOnded ,by 'M r. Semertop, to
fe~t that I the 'que.!tion be defened (oOr
' ~Onth. ~or.• . ~rth~r. oo.lIBideration, wae
rIM by a 'large maJerlty.
C.ptai~ Cooper aaid jJrere wlls ne ani"1fo~ii ty
:OO~ween 'th, ~woo ferces.
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An e:xpr~ion .ot apprerua,ruon at
the committee and eeoretarj hal!
~hnection with the am&lga~tion , aU.Milio,,,,

prescrvcrl.
Mi.. Lilian Stiloo·AlIen. of Queen'.

sang very

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woro ready' foOr

r""Dgoo

-enthusiasm, lwhile light and shade

oottalion

The Ita;..: H. Smith'- Master.' said th~
thing toO ' be IgainOO by, amalgamatien

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u[ldeitk>ok

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