Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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was well aescrv.Nt
:1f.<lading defence ' h!l8 ·.ot
irresis,pble·' _!ltn • .
, .. 'J immy .. Caldwell ' saved . a
give the Reading keeper
~s:nr.loDCIe. for though Woode I ~t
8~!,u1!~ ~ .:ldl~ ,gOl~lle ,.it .w as · a pretty hot ' IIIlot-·
. ')l the Norwich d;irecto....
~ tba.t Jook SmIthWM .
ever, :Soowing the wa.y. i~
is! Again tuin,g·· the mea.eur.;() .
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"would have been v~nJ. hard luck

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drove 'the ball hai!d - ~aiitA ~e
baek, ' WM Woas ji/Bt ~lt.h.in . the
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us, and it was in
sympathy, for clearly
would be deterioration,
JlORSible, . within ' the
refugee.. shoul.1 be absorbed · in
industries. So fnr as Reading was
Ernest Hatch said not mucll 8C!)pe
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parelltly been found, for the-pt;li~on of refu.Ji .
labour. Of the 60 male ' l ~efugellS under the
control ot the Committee only -ei~ht had fOIDId
employment, and of the
femllle refugetlS not·
oDe had beeu engaged fo-r regular work. T~e
cia.. of refugees in Readin)r. perpaps. to some
e:.:tent, a ccounted for thiR. irhere , were a s many .
. a. 30 belonging to the T>nJ.fession.J· 'and qlloaiprofessional ranb. ' But their mi6Ce1:laneOUll clll~.act er was not an insupera"le bar to ' their employment. The Belgil\JlB were hi~hl,.. adaptable
'and, .. ~ e"]1!1rience el sewhere had .shown , could
tnrn tlleir talents in nel" ~ireetibns with .great
fa cility.
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TUE WORKSRO~ · SCHEME. '
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If it shaull! provo iliiit openings ' eoultl not be
foWlu for them in t he ordhl.ilry way, Sir BrnOBt
r suggl'Sted they might adopt E' Reading. the workshop schewe recommended y th~ D4!partm~~r
Co'!'lliitteo. Th e nature. o~ the. BC'he~e 'Wa,a ~
plained at "orne l ength m
e ' hgllt of th;6 worac
which had beeu done alreridy In' o"ijle"'t''' parts 'of
the ~ount.-y, At lIradford, it was 'j,lioWh, a ' large
nu~ber of refugees of lxlth isexOli are~·9.ealt "tith
under a joint training arld .workshop Prole6t,
under which, after receivin~ necessary tecbi:l~cal
llll!truction, the refugees a~ drafted Jnto 8hopa
where furnitur~ a nd vario~ articles in wood .are
made, boots and shoes and c)lothing arll repairod,
and I drossmaking , nnd.- millinety oollrations are
. conducted. Workfihope are IsnccesshlUy working
at Glasgow, Hyuo . (Cheshire) , Carlisle, York,
Leeds, l>orfhcawl, -Bir*.nhelld, ' Pninilwi,ek,
Littleport and elsewbere. A striking feature of
these WOr\.SllOPS , to whioh ittl;ention :was p.r ominently drawn wO,. the r emarkable minghng of
refugees of vllried occupations. At Bradford a
schoolmasterl a l awyer, a policeman, an ODginller, .
a olede, alld a dia.m ond cutter worked together
ill I the woodwork .FOOm .. In the ,boot repai.r ing
departm ent a fitter# mosaIC :worker.. a carter.. and
Il doek labourer were fellow-workmep..'l'he same
spirit · of "camaraderie» existed at Hyde; where
at adja.cent benches were 00 pe seen" stoker, a
fitter, a _compositoI', a bic':yale. maker', a copper
eng-raver, a -dock hand,-a scnlptor, illl d a comli:riercia! haven"r, Sir Ernest pointed r out tllat
anlongst tho 22 uncII!ployod, ~efugoes ' o.f ,tllO nonl)I'l 'fessional Iclasses III the care of tile M;ayo,,-'s
Co~mittee ther e waa a good nuclous for a ' work. shop staft. lJ'be.r included, for el<ain ple, two .carP~ter.1 ' a cabinet maker, a l fumit;u.re makef', two
bp~t and - shoe makW"S, and ' two electrical
workers. Wi tit these men to gi ve til 0 ·. lIilCCSsary'
b ,,:£kbone to a wQrksl,op" a aclieple with good
mlllna'geme~t Bhou!d, Sir ErneSt ' thought, be fl8
suoce8Mul III Readmg as else,.,. here. An advantage
which they would now be l.1.ble to share liD commop with othe.r centres
til., 0pJlOI·t!un il;y o~
obfuining ll!C]>9rt advice in the execution of. thcir
workshop ~ Bchep:1!'. RecentlY a Committee of·
Belgian Technical ' Expe~ts l hOO been appointed
for i this special P"rtSOB<l, 1p1d' U,ey in [Readillg
would be able to obtain fr<;>m them ..dville ..... to
the type of , a ... li.cles. that Dri/tht be tnaTl.uifactured
wi tli tlie . best advantage, 'aDd desigJis of such
articles. The Committee lIjould ,if desir~ prelllu:e' a general 8cheme a~d would send ~ dOWD

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ure from wl,iLt' he bod seen ",nd Jleard tha~ tbC7
n ReadinC! -recognised their mQrnl :rl!8ponsibility ,
to.,j-ard ... the refugees in tbji. "",tter of aDIplorrilent, nllrl he tTuated that·th ey would CrOWD ·their
erlifice of good work in · this
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INCIDENT.
re;Fe.r'e8iina ·' indeed wo.s some thing. to· woo·
Per}taps the etrangest . incident
in ·cbarge disallowed a 80&1
in the second ·half. "Jo& ..
and ·with a. sple'1d id sprin t .ear~
the OOMel' flag, centring <j1ll!lt .
to get" one home . in his. llIi1aal .
The . referee poirite(\to , the .
atteution was attracted to the
~neged that :Balley' .was ' ofNo;~e
ret:~"edI the ; ball 'nea.r tlJe ba.lfwa.y line,
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reiit,;rl.OO &t 'th'at point: }t
inc!idEmt did not ~ide
game,
decision is !lOt caleula.ted to
n the ,.oftklial in charge or eiJ·,
l 'sm,O</I~hnes& of temper.
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!A plell~o.nt· '?""'!D'!)ny ' tOok plaoe on 'l'J1esday at
~h e Readln4l' D,stTlct O~e o! t he London ",nd: Man.
'~r Indu..trial Assu'rance Company. , Mr. J.
S, ' rg18S, the eat.eem,cd .superintendent, il>v.it.ed .t ho
., (f t9 .. f8.r<lwcll su.p'per, ho hll.viT4r boon appointed '
~ t~ ullportant distt ict of Portsmouth A. Mr. J, H.
14rJ genera.l.,Js\uperintendetit, was uuft.voidably o.bi
~ t. 'rhe a88CJllbly haviD/l partake n. of 8lippor~
"H y arra.nged · .by Yza. Sturgioo, Mr, T, ColJis
R~adins'~ victory.
Nor":"ich ~
(o~des.t ' collector) p:tEllOOtcd Mr, St":II'gi68 with';' ~re~s(l(l the . ho pes of tIle lteadiug ' ''''1,=>.1.•,....
Q~~en Anne' "'!A-ar bowL suitablv inscribed' and BUb- .o.rid it is-·.ev;del1t that thero will b e a '
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for J:>.J: the staff. Mr. CQJJis sP'lko of the '
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rll11~ q",,,hti os a! Mr. Sturgiss, and conveycdi the . for f the (l .amplons Ii!. 11.8 'Watford,
ccr~ w,.hes. of tho wholo staff to Mr. ",nd
We8t Ham, Millwall, and Cardiff are
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S TgI" for their future welfare. M·CBl!I's. . ham. rnnning
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pi n ,(a.. istan t). GOOden . P et,tiford, Lawrenc/i I a.nd ·
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Eerrot alSt) t.est.i1ied to the aliilities of Mr. Stu gi... he ,ooyond their powers i( lon}y
L~ter, Mr.: W. H, TO,!,llBcl1dpresented Mrs, .Stcirlti8S ' thea prooeut . fo~m, . and w~ ale
with an oak tray, al.o ~ribed for by the ~t,,-.ff. make a special effort to pull off
M}. ~~tti!ord proposed the heal t h o! M r. anu Mr. .. our l On Saturday. tlwy meet
~rgll!9. and family. flud "poke of th e "minI! &8-'
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~,.rk, and ·they also entcrtain
g ille,' in ,replying, th ankodl tho staff f~ the g;fw,/l-nd Luton.. Away th,~t moe"
&rid thoul(h sorry to leavo, wished tbem every suoton, alld Exeter. Neither of
!l'l!'s in' the fni~" Gamee, .mooio, etc., ·brought a lik~l.y to c~li.se .thtlm g~eo,t anxiEitv,
pleasant evening to a cl ose.
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~righton and Exe ter li1/lt .se.lBo,n _om,y

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~Ji'..ND·bFF CONCE~T. AND
(.l'he.e WW! a :lairge
Hptel ''00 Wedneed",y.

t ~~tford ' will havc ' -a
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ccrt was gJvcn in hOIl()ur
m!ade numeraua frieoo. ;in
hood. . Mr. Sturg;.. "W""
Ii n\lsome J)resell~ conaist~ of a pair
ornaments.
The" compa.ny was presided
Mr. R . E. A. ¥~YlWLrd. who, in opcninlJ,' th e pro.
oeoolngs. p a id tribute to the bu si:ncsR capacity . 'of

Mr. Sturgiss. The ch",irmllll also roforredJ to .Iris
gen;,,;1 nature and biB lovo (or every branch of pure
sport. ,. good . prograrnriHI had been &rranged by
Mr. J. ChR.mpion.

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Wickens, SymoDm, Chaml)ioll, W . f'T~ItI,

.time, whim

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t.hey . Pll~y .
~a.tFday, ]l:o.sw 'Monday, and
!l'}~\lY bave to go to . Luton ,I Swindon ; GilpinglltalD,
Q·i td· Bri.dtton, while lheir. iJ()TDe 'f ixtures
!rIYjihou£[t', f'utori, ..a.ild Norw.icb: Can ' ....r_."',_~
kLa,y the couracT Tlwy have done
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ex~ected m~ t . C1r recen awny ' ~lI)eB
II\a.y keep tnc leacl.
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West lIam ilo;ve one morc away
Rllltding, . and Northampton, Caroll!,
and Crysto.l' Eala.ce wUl not fall eMY
dif!' "ma.y also bave fiOmeth.ing to say

' Haln on Good J?riday, otherwisll their home '
C. Cr<>oeingb<tm., J. StUTI!""", Eakm, A. JIII,tiile, gp,m e~ are not difficult.
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W. Hi~ and ' PriVILt-e.. UTldeThjl\ and ThomaeJ
. Cardilf ' City are a. great sid e a,t :qom~ ; lWl.' they
Mj", Shl.rp w ...... moot (llJicient piani.t.
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' showed 011' Sainrdo.v by t.rouucmg MIllw.aU by
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unpleasant incident, and
II' off of' Stoveneon and WHtwelve minutes before the
spectators . allege tha.~
was ·the · aggllessor; ' ·at.
Wft,8
seen to make a for9ible
men were giVJlD marching oroe!'l!:
forwards, Chorley ·beil!g
.middla iJi nk. Tbe ~ffeot. on
pronounced than on lteadinf, .
forwar~'; 'oontill llcd t9 pl"y
. the "Reamng defenders were
of keeping O'lt the somewliat nu"
.ICI[[o:rt}" of the other side.
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t\te Reading fo:rwards sho'j'loo &dkppJlnp!.. and v. prompk accepto,nce of
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.. Baj\.e~ , who is settl!ltg·.down
led t.o the scoring of ~he tint
·.centre, The· b alll appeared to
reach of the I!.eadpng forLc>ftl~Ol""',~ with ch8ra<!:te9stic de' on
aD'd with a clefV er fast
i}lto the corner of ~he . nel.
~.e~}I~~r,'()~()~·~o~lt~s.~i;d~e~e mert ' gave , -a ~od
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gILme, and Ralphs,
of ap .opportuni.ty,.j;OOr . .Read'I5~:':i;\it~\';:'i's inclusi<>n
This JOUn~
"6!'W1lM 1111 cer,.
' in' the ' te~ if only
, but on S~turda~ he also
and., dete~nation:
deseMle a WONr ~f pra:ee
The crowd were· op t· at .. II
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tho presentat ion, Mr. Un<lerhill !laid
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. he (the sp eaker) had travelled over the greater par. 4--1, a.nd the · Welshmen haNe DOW sco:¢d, 00
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ti oll of th o world ~uriJl"" the last :10 yc'aTs, and goAls. They ht>ve, h,owe ver, '60mc stiff h urdles... ,
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never, t11rou~ the . wholo 00''''''0 of hi. trov e1., had &nd 88 they; are not 60 strong awa17 o~
home
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h e met I'- m an far whom ho held J\T03.\e r esteem and these mav prove' their undoing. They ~a;ve ,t o
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n.dmirnt/on t h"n he h"d fOr Mr. ·Sturg is.. In hi s . g.o ·, to . B. ri ~tol, We~t Ham ,. R eading, an~ . 'Nqrth2-{)
ne\,{ OIl,cor h e wi<oh\'d hjni evru:y BUCCCJl'! , and he
amntoJl, aud 'a.t h,omoe receIve West H~!l1, Oroy(the . sp aker) WAfl, conll.dent th ..t all prellCnt felt ""
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ho f elt, . that Mr. StDrgie~ wns oortoin to at\ain it. . don, a.nd Sout ampton.
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(Hear, bear). ' Portsmouth'a irl\in Iwa. Rcadinff'. : to~h lot -df. fixtures, an1 they ar~ two points
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l\I.illwall are not kee pin\il ' up their bripiance
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and refJ,rM t.o ,the prido whi oh was biB i .. ooing. aw~y from hOJDe~ but t hey have only three more
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'-held in I BUeh <l6toom' by them.
awh.y matches agaill6t s ill at h.ome. Th3~ haye
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t aif1v easy. T:h'1,)'. ' :b~ve, however, Ii,ve POIptlo to
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CONFIRMATION.
club C<luld win : -.
v. North~!l-ptc)n
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A COnfumlUion Stll'V;OO W86 hcld ..t the PIl1'it<h
Watford
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chur-oh~on Ttitisd..y afternoon, the holy rite hQing'
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Saturday, Marell 20 ' (inclufive).
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foro 7 from .'IRt.combo and Ffrom Bear, ' Wood. N''''~~ll~' tb~re~,';;:re; " a ·g~~i·. d.~~1 '(ie~f1~\~
The' h nUl , " Ollr 'Blest · ·Retleemer" WA./I sung at.
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. 'Prior to tile ' I&ying on of h",ode t.b& mHtee ' that Millwtill, should be allowed 'the 'two
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bymn • Come, Th.ou H<MY Spirit, 00111(\," w:ae \lun~, pomiS for'. .their unfinished .~me . willi' Q*e~n'6
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good Ii~t. " The IH tmIt CRndid&~
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