Berkshire Chronicle Reading 02-1915

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Bllt,J1el~1ie~r~~forei .~en, nOl- 8\P.'c·e~ (lid it '
to.- Di~ 't~ ]J~ . rBpt ~ allow ~n~ide~tiop.8
obl'&oter t~. lI~fI)l~l!oe my' jud~e,nt ,,~ . to
precis, ; questlO~ 'W.hrch had to'.De deilitled; n
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the I~c.al}ty 1co cern.ed. .
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I wonde,red heil, a.n.d still ~onder, i"!hether.
Mess1"6. ,HUjltley and Pa.lmers . would aPllrove of
the , use tha.t waa' ma.de of thad· na.me ~d inc
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fluence for the purpose' of in~ucj.ng the jus'tiees
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several occasiolUl' previoUBly as ' to the merits of
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w W' Ii'IC h'· I f e It cone""., a.nd !'Iso to
p,rQvision .0utBide the'
St~lWled to oifer .oppos.tion .
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tor, for the geoo\'&1 benefit and '?oD)fort of
My . opposition was bll6ed Bolo;lly ,upon the fa.ct
The, th~t the diStrict oonoornoo. is IIoli'eady adequately
large number .ofl girls whcm theYi employ.
j1l8tices, '!Wwevt r , refJlJlld to tr!l:llBfer, to
supplied with fae1lit,iee for {, the ' obta.ining of
j>&rts 'If \he town .the Heences, o!" lthe
irikixicants, I a.nd. upon my con'v iction that , to ·in·
opposite , ~he F+etOUwhere th~ I!ew U14.l1"'U~;~ I' crease tho~e facihties woum.. be detrimental to
were to h"ve Deen 1-ereoted,
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'tli-il ' interestS ,of the 60mmunity, .'
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• When I hea.rd the counsel for the jlpplicant'
lllIlal'~""ll"" introduce ,the' extran'eoUs matteI'll connected with
proceed. Both Ion 'tbe patt of
gonerapy ; aud of thl~ . Facl9r.y employe~s
I' the . negotiation8' with · Measre. Huntley . and
ticularj regret 11\.9 been expressed I that ', 110
• Po.lmere, .. I was ama.zed a.t what &eemed to me the
01 EO much vllol~e' Rhlp uld be jeopardised,
effront 3ry an4 the stupidity of his proceeding.
ly ,&8 it would '~n"ble "IIo very impprtant
Could he rellolly imagine that the 'gentlemen , 'wh('
at ·.Fact.o-rty Bridge to be carried out, and
were the'r e tol discharge a responsible judicial
wo.r.k at a time when it, u. . badly, needed.
, taek would ,80 far forget their outy 116 to listen,
IB, however, judging by the .corr.eepGndence
I or give weight, to eone:derations which lay alto·
I we have received, a good.9.eal ' of
of gether outBide the sI!p'pe "of their immediate and
' op'nion ¥ to which is ··the best
the ! serious bUSfllilSs T Tl(e ' only question the jUBtlCes
q.....t'OJl· 1 A , ·.general feeling ,
• had to :tryiftwas whether_.the'-particular locality
tb. thos~ inte~este? 8ho~ld end~lIovour' to
concerned n . ed or ' did not need the ' Iicence~
• aettle,,¥,ut, so th!l~ Messrs. HU'ItIey a.nd
It w~ a . c~UIlll of great rejold,n g : to me to
..ers' valuable Ischeme may go . forw, oro.
learn t~at . e~Brs·. Huntley and Pal""e.r s. ~ con.'
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templa.tmg a "sclleJlie such ae was mentl(med.
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at such , a; prosp<;lct, I am sure th;s · honoured·
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firm )Vi II .not a.llow their ' benevolent, purpose to ·
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the ca.sea ~u ;Wllich they had to adj.udicate, They
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mllof hllove t .t 9 pay a larger 'priC!! for-tlie · land. It
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t~ey .do so" and aliow the licen_ces to I~pse, they
wtll lDcre<\il.e the . henefit they confer. on the oom. T<t the ~itor of the .. Chronicle.
S;r'TI .... &Il '(ery pleased to r-ead ·the
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y~u, r .111" er of ~a.st wcek in refer~Ii.M: to
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tion refnee' to , Boll unle~B thai!'- can persuade 'or
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, e ..&.C ory emp oyeee. , ave
b""gain with the ' justiees to grant · th em Ecences
follow in .the ~eou. i on of the Licensing
in othel" spol8, then we ,know where 'the obstruc;
the . s~ggest"d transfer of
tion to this improvemerit scheme aris6s.
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I do not ogre" with the a.rgument .that
But we ,must . all hope tba.t, whatever; the diffii8 the tr~l1Bfer
. c\llties ill..
way ma.y·· be;; they w~ ll BOon ' be
Bolution f th-.:j ,
houses '~POSite the
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BucceRsfull):. surmounted ·~l~thout . ~. further
li6en~es
ReIUanill!' and 1
a.ttempt tieIng made to ' brml! un~d'" ,w ftuenceto
in thIS agre ~ with the LicellSinu
bear in the ' lidminist~ation ' of pub i~: jUBt'ce. .
~e nrt r equired. I quite feel, · howeve r,
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meef,'nl? ' a.nd the article in tho ".
cle,!' th t Me 1"6. ' Huntley and
jHUNTLEY AND PALMER$; POSITION,
con~e p a.tion a most impor~t, __'.'._.__
sooil'~ iii e of tb eir employees.
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features of that scheme a.re
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fOT a.nyo e to Isee tJi ..t such a. .sClJeI!l8,. W()~~'W
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Bir,-As" o,n ' interested reader M your special
!l.r eat, !b n for, the workneople, '
I\rtide / r o The ' Golden Key and IThe G ...den-ers·
the Wrt.
Many of the [latter :
mid-<ja.y menl l in ' tlie Chestnut
Arms licences, I should much : aI!preci"~ tj,~
sure t he would apprecia.te
opportunity of making 0. few rema,rks tl)ereupon .
I,.e uitable rO'l'i.l:on in 0. .' . " .. ",,'U/I
Your nrticle makes it quite clca.t · that... the
8h"dOw~ . esp.eciallY as it:'
Licensi ng Bench were. requested·, more or
" tiliB~d or ' o~her uses for
.dirootly" Il'!.. Wll<l perfeCtly w~n . "go wll to ' all
betterm nt. .S uch being the
partiee cOTlc.e~il M in th ~ court on lice nsing da.y ,
every e
uragement should
· to dump dO~l1 ' ~wO licences in n e\)' areas, IIogai nst
HuntleY~nd Palmers to pnt
)\vhich the . reS idents therein strongly and successtenti nns into \,Pra.ctice, and
fullv protested. It was apparently lion a.ttempli
should ~nd In 'the WIIoY of the 'e ..n'''''·..·
made tv 0. great firm to end,eav.our ' to avoid the
the seh e. p:'his;,. altogeth er I
payment of .compeneatjOOl
the purahaee o~ ' two
verv 'lde irahle and neceEsnry
licensed houses, possibly worth'_ £2,000, DY '"n'
mant wJtich fould, h e c ffec ted at '
offer · of va.rious Btreet improvements; ' etc., so
Brid~e ~ the scheme, the carrying. out
a.s to erect certain- buildings for the b enefit of
·would a. ord I cons.ideTabJo emulo}f!Ient
the,r em!lloyeeB, and . for trwe purposes.
when 'W rk id \he ' buildinl! trad.e is vel'y
I b elievo it is we.n remembered in R eading tlJa.t
the la.t3 Mr. 'W, Iflaa:c 'Palmer .purchns-ed . and
.. BUYING UP THE LICru;CES.
' c loEed ' 0. brewery and . licensed -property iii. Broad
It might b e Baid, of course, that
Street , without desiring the slIghtest ,. ·quid -pro
HUntl6;V~ .. nd Ipalmers should :have bought
quo."
Further, it is more r ecelltly very feel~gly
licenc ... and I;xtinguished them. ' But
remembered by' the employees at Measrs. lJuntTey
the hea y adj:Ution thi. wou'd have m
and PalmeI:$ tha.t .gr~a.t lIums 'of money ' {£50,OOO
006t 0/ L.he ir IBcheme, ~t is cI e~r ,tha.
iIi one inst'a,!6e\ have ' heM given to institutions
'1>" ,COIl81de.,[Ie. obj·e ction t o Buch ..
not a.lways loca1, by me mbers of the firm, from
emp'loyees ' ight ob ject to,' the
whicb thooe ..employees can d eriv& . little or no
puo1ic-House oppOsite the worliB-the
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be ,Ialn:l(fa t s re to !>Braised In eome
One is sorry 'that in .this instance theira.ction
that th~ flr~ wan tea to dep.r;vc their
has not beed iIlore generous, ' and p)lblie·minded.
oppo~h;mity pI 'getting ,a gl£Ss cif ·.beer
We must,. · howev",r, strongl y ' hope . that · ~ven yet
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such a 'lIlIDor -obsta.cle may be removed and the
On " t~e Iltn er h and , 1!.6 I have alfe8<ly
great imp'rovem ents
King's R oa.d
(10 not .fee why Cavel'l!ham and Rodlands . liD'~I""U ,1varioUs
have :li"l"nees thrust upon thein , when appa,l1em- effected. . , :
Youre, etc.,
ly a Jar/!e number of the res id<)ntB
UI,CONVJNCED.
to halve I them. If there is a.
the licelleeB t hat is, of cour63,
for ,i n Ibis inatt~r the wisbes of .the
be the Lhief consid-emtion.
YOUNG LIEUTENA~T DIES
wriii.h~. thercfo~e, from an lunb:a5ed
and with ~o Maooia.tion !lither with
and · Palowf8 or . the
to the
trllollBfer of li cences,
an impona.nt scheme for
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c ~rrioo Ithrough, ' I would beg
LicellSinl! Justices should S'llIrWuel.v
\'(hetber there i.B not a wa.y
They must eurely wish to
nud PalmerB' scheme
it not be well, the.refore, . for
meet the brew,&<>a and see what
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1904 to, take away I
oompensation , and it
thi.n~ miuht be . done
agr¥ d ba.eis; or thl'
facilit'es in other pa.rtB '
m~YI b~ required.' I
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Steck E*change. "I do not
he said. .. It is a place where
Dr,)8~,Ej(,tUB pleases.
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know, ma'am," sa.id ille new
were pasht spakin' whin we
Mr. Asquith's re91y' t6 Mr.
8B<ller1:ed tl{a.t the 'Government had
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Rolj~if.ol"6 are 'said to b..,
Army. Wait till the Germans 'seech"rge !-" Books . of To-day IWd
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of the war I there is ,3 famine in
"re up nearly 100 ' per cent.
1\ J{eaven-sent cha.nce for thAI
: turn itself into a. financial

A NOVEL EN-TERT AINMENT.
The entertainment opened in ~uite a novel IIlJl,nner .. Mr. .George Feltham thoi1/!,ht to please the
ohildTon . by playing tlie tune Iwhioh ' everybody

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Eve; wJa.rs' pyjamas
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fey; sec.onds ·the yo.ul)gst(l~. were 1~lngin" the r~r"'in
WIth .DlIgh t, ~nd maIO', Then Mr. BIll Mose Ilave them

another opportu'nity of exerci.inMi their voCal power •.
by ' .ing:nl{' <' ~ol<l, VOU r/ hand o\'t., naughty .boy,"
recommend fol'
and hav,ing co.ro)l(ld this with .the lut"1013t vigour they
naturallv ~ere on good te~IIl8 v<itn , thcmoelveB and
a.s liow I wur to 'lie abed
everybodv else. The remainder o~ tile entertaibmant
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p ....ed off without. a hitch, the children playing their
part with t;llUch heartincBB wl)enever the' oppori.un'ty
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arose. Thev were particuJarjy. Jdelighted with · th ~
~eports thai th" Kaiser is iJl.
' nigger entertainment provided I by Messr.. Pare,
ow, . la.n d that hie "irth hll6 dis: Bowdon and' 'ray lor. the two former appearIng by tinctly .
jl~r l ng the I war .. His patriotici kind pormiosian of the Reading Cinema, Ltd. MisB countrymen'
..!ti!' dllllghte,'I', at th:B fresh exten':Doris Bril{ht gave one of her popular recitahloM. Sion o~ Kaistertum.~~ j Punch.'~
1 Mr. Will Hive. and MI'. P, ' Uffen gave appreciated
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.. And h J w's' my gardener got on
' chi1~el" ,with eo conjurintr ·im. tc~ t;ain\nent. ·The' re"mamlJl~ ItOms were two of the most! Buccessf.ul nu m- ·.. ince
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: bere g.iven at 'the recent ' chi1 ~l 'en'G concerts, the
Officer:
Oh: . veri well; he's... no~-cOm .
Newtowri School perforininv: ' " Sailors boys at play" now ." !
· and the Battle School .,' The Pi bd 'Piper of Harne'·
,. 0Id ' Lady .. Rea.llYl' why he was Church · of
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· At the concl.uRion o( the ' enter~a inm e nt, Mr. A. B.
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Caudle proposed a hearty vote ~f t,ha!}l<B to all who
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·)tad · contributed tol the Bu",'es. of the entertainm'lIlt
astoundi~g thin/( whenl we exa.mln;'
· by work .and giftel and saW to ~he chi ldren: .. We
are. all vpry proud of vour fath~rs. ,Th,ey .are figJ:t.
it shoul.d be an astounding thing .
,inOl lor Ki~g , and co~~try, and we hopo th ey WIll t~nt:~~1,~~s~rl~I~1; who lhave been e;xamining us
-aU Mve 8. safe retl.l Fn.
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. As, thQ· child ren! loft tlie halt ~h cy were e,!<,h pre·
we bro~en into the hysteria of joy
sented, wit.h a bit:, contain in." <lake, ~we!'ts, an o ra~ e
of ' succe~B."-" T.P. '8 1 ·;Journal of
· and "bun wh!l~ tov" wll1 'he d,.t.rlbuted at tnt»
of the Great War."
'schools at ~~ich ' th ey attend. ,
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THE SUGGESTEp TOWN~8
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· In lIefe rence to the suggest ed town's meeting
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at R~a.d~,g on the ris~ .in t1ie ~ price of fo ?u
fened ' to on Page~ 14\, Mr. H. Sanderson has
received the foll o~ing reply from the Mayor of
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Town Han, Rending.
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Fe bru!l-l'y 16th, 1915.
Dea.r Mr. Sa.nd,erBon,I
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In further reply to .your's of the 11th inst.,
a.nd a.lso to the deputation 'who ...waited me on
Baturd '
laSt to ask me t o call a.
to consider the rise in the' prlOO8
have glv,en the matter very ca.rec'C1nBjd~ ratlOn', ,and regret to Bay ,that I
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think you 'will find : tha.t

MAYOR OF R!l:ADING'S REPLY.

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years worked'
su1'fCl,ed front' hloodless'1eIK",cnes, ViaS ' palef8oO;ed,
afl~ o",/-cIIl~lte,d.
never fit.
Eight .
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weight, 2 in. more 'rou,\ld :
is ruddy, loan ea.t any- '
I fit I could jump over th ..

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office work see me;
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