Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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I had ' say Boodgood !ri8l?-ds ... Theil' 'frieniiship
ah.tl'emendous.lD8.plration aild' encourage, Im,1a~d th'eir kindn\ess . and sylnpathy
would l/-ever fade' from his' memory. He thanked
~el?- most hearbly on hehl\lf of his wife and
himself fQr t.hOse 'w onderfpl tokens of sympathy
love; a~e~tion, al1(l kindness. He 'had to. acknow:
ledge h~8 lDdebbidness to their biloved' Vicar who
ad beel!. lI;in!iness itself,i and wb'o had always
help,e(i ,:Ium, \Y<iJili.•his sympathy ·and prayers . . It
w~ .a~ eX~!l~~ngll" ' gratifying featur~' thlit tbe
11I~ap.ons -:which h!\d al....ays · e:Dsted between the
ole11q "ot. the.~ Jlarish had I be,m idf..a very -happy
.9hI'~cter. (Applause.) ·Yr. Goetz said ,hew1shed
.~" a~H!?wl!>dge hls :.indeb~n'es. to _·M"'. ~utton
Ii h18. ,1Â¥.p.~I!. &l!~ to ,Mf: .F. A. Cox ....110 ' had
r,e~~kmJL to 1i.1m In the earher, years .of hi~l work< ·
o i"'~ ' .. intor..~nd ' MI:o- Fanston\! he ' also' ~:wtid ' ~
deep d,'bt.. Qt. fti'»ptude. Mr. ' Fa:nstone I had repdei'l!d great a8.~lst,imce. in the work at St. Stepben's
d:unng "t,he whole"of ' the, tiuie he ' had' boon aS80!llated WIth the 'p;ansh: As regattled Dr. M:11fl-eU,
It .... ~~ :very: gratifyIng that he had found the time
to be IpreR,ent I th.,t ~vening. To the' members pf
the congr.egation . be wishtld . to ' extend his 'sincere thanks. for tbeir. g,ent kindness; He' .h.d
always .~~".eived n. hearty and cordial welco¢e
when . VI81~mg then· homes, and their ' 8ymWthy
a~d all'ectl0!l .had always created a deep impree~lon npo.n' hIS 'Ill,elllory, Happy l"emori~6 of lfo)'k
In RMdlng ...ould always linger with him. .(Applause.')
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, To the , Editor of ' the "Chronicle..",
Sir,-May r be 'permitted 'w- call the atten:
tion of your ~ ~eaders to; 'the petition now.Jieing
p""pal'ed in ppposition Ito ihe IIranting of in<l.:.ensed Ba.l~r1·68 ,to oer~~in - muniti~~l omce~B-f' .
The petftlO onn be elgnad at VatlOu8 busllles8
h,o~ses, ,and it . is , po5sl,ble thRt if exten8ivel~
SIgned it may do much ItO save the situation: '
There is little need to proauce ' arguments
a.galIl&t tho: proposed jnpre.~e,'I. 'I'he. people of
~he tqwn lD : an ovenyhelmmg majorIty Me op·
posed ,thereto. If -there Iwere nothing elso to bl!
. s~id ~y way cr~ orith:>ism,' one ',co)lld say that . \the
tune 16 most mopportu~e and the occaeion illchosen.
Not only so, but·.frqm -:,.hat we hear, the granting of these increases Ii!! ~ot unlikely to precipitate
demands ' !rom other q:1artenl; WDiolI, 'by theLr
nature 'and e.tent; · will ; ta~ .the . collective wie:
dom of the couneil to !'t he utmoet to deal with:
And if one man. obtains an advancJ of two qr
three , pounds per ,week ~ . the grounds of his
indispe,nsability, on wha.t , groUnds oan the ooun .'
eil deny a rise ot. as many 8hillings' to· other 111en,
who are at the moment equ&lIy irreplaceable'
No, Sir, let us all Buffer loss together.
The
tr:a.d!'6people of the _ town liave lejet, and we
losing, cheerfully.
The . working. people ~ve
borne witb . their Q'l¥n ' d ~fficultie8 I' spl~lDdidly.;,
Wha.t are we to .. sM1lei"en o( ,those '!I7hO&e gj.aa.t
conoern at this cruel&!- fJ\me is their .own b'etwk-,menU
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BURGESSES' '~fC'riON.

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To the Ed-ito.r of the" Chronicle,"
Sir,-I am sending you a copy of a letter I
have , &ddressed to , the Mayor, relative to · the
.question of increaeed sall!ries .. tor the Town
'Clerk "nd ~rough Aqcountan,t , 'wl!ich . I should
be glad if you would insert in y''our ensuing edition. A coPy of the, prot~t is ~co~panyinl! the
same, a.nd I would lIke to add tJil't m no smlle
'oaBe ' didl I come a.orOes a reeldent who was in
fi-vour ~of ,the. increases.
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Aldworth Rise. RuseclI Street,
Re&ding. 25th ·March, 1915.
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' To the Efd:tor of ' the' " ChroniclE\."
i li!ir,~I note tl!fl.t the IGommittee' of the Whole'
CoUncil have recommended the adoption of the
proposed . incre~&es: ·of...et lary,lw , tho" town clerk
and the borongh , aoeoun ~8Jlt : I wae ' soaroely Burprised that they. "hould ,have done so a.fter tbe
initial blunder in" oflerir.g ' £l,OOO for the poet of
lIead Master of Reading SCBOOL It W88 pretty
certain th!,t there wo",ld be a, crop of applica·
tions after su\'h an actlon as this. w hicb w~ not
even hinted a.t when the poll Of the town was
ta.ken.
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'Now the town wm' be fRceti with a very heavy
in(lrea.8·~>d cost all round 'in offioial salaries nnless
ot thl) officials agree to post·date the
increases till after 'the war.
Yours; ' etc .•
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To the Worshipf'ul the Mayor of Reading.
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25th March. 1915;
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Sir,-H~ewith I beg to hand. y<Ju -a; protest
againet the, action of your council in voting increases in the salMies !of the .:rown Clerk and '
Borough A,*ountant-by £150 'and £100 'reBpecTbe cbange in the' in¥>r'ior of the buildings
tively_ign ed by ,ratepayers in J!,usselJ Street. a.t the :Reading Institution which hl16 taken 1'la.oo
As .. busy man I regret that f ""uld not find d~ng the past few Jday€ iil of a cha,racter which
time to canvass other roads, , but, you will shows muoh enterprise on the part of the
please o-1!eerv e that these ratJepaye.rs in this .authorities who have in h, and a.rrangements for
street ·'8.re alm'oet unanimous in tbeir condem- the oomin,g wound~ soldiet;s 'who are to be
· ~ation of such ac~ion,- and it must ~int out, located there', ,also ai very great determination on
to vou . that, if every road werij canv68sed in a '
' simj)ar manner, ,.n over'!"helming m ority ' of theirr part, to pro,"ide_every oomfort p06sible Jar
the burge88es would be follnd ,who wo . d r~en.t the a.ntici~ated 'iill~afes.
Vanloads of' furni·
your council's ' acti~ii, and,,'" thar.e fore, if the' .ture (especially ,beddlDg) ~ave been oonveyed there
memb€Jl'8 a.t their nel't _P,leetijig ' ",liP ve MId this w<l'8k,' and numerus workmen have' hrbught
confirm ,the ra.ising of 'lhese ,8a'lariee' ~ey will about quite I a trti.lU!formati<:>n scene in the place;
undbub.tedl~ be aotin81 oont~ fto the will : ot which our w6unded Iioldiers will find on their,
the ~burges8e8 . ~ .
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arrivaL oomfott.ahle t.d degree. Mr. ....n4 MrS.'
Bo.rtbolomew ' h!love kindly set aside Park House
.As,. you ' YOl'rself may probably hI'!
oonseqllent upOn the Ilm!elltable war; !
School for the use of'- the ,1a,r~3 Btlloff ?f I nnrses
the !profe.ssioilal men in the: )xI,rough a.re
woo will ,.ttend the wounded ' . men, ·and their
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ng ,. eIr pra.c )oes n ~'!'f' y IIr a 8 . &!l s ;
'studied in every detail. The A_-t ,J ar%'vnl of
oomme""ial. in residence heh; are
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""I\• .~ out a grumu e, ... ' salarit:s
meniioned' tha.t. tbe . pumber aooommoda~ 'at the
t~e period of the ·war, ' and ' 8. ,considerable num· Re&.ding Poor .L$w ,' Inititution will probably be
ber .of, tr&desmen who are not di~ctly inter·
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e&ted in the making of goods for .t he Army tire between three ' apd J~~r pundred. I Arrange,,!ents
~ding .busin..... noni! '0. toO Ipr06perous: 'Now, are, however;- heipg , J:Illiode to . accommodate as
: mllrny of. these 'townspeople '
giviilg their many as eig!'t ~'i~d~.:-.
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ilervices'·, to the oount~v gratuitously; lin gnard.
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hight, servirig ,n;the Re8.d- CASU'lL'r,f\:I',ci'.!I·" A
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h.,!-ve. ,fel~ it. in,c.umbent to get up thi;s protest,
It i. stated by a 'Newlmry, conbe;"'por-ry
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as, eeeipg eo many <!f. our oiti~~s are "doh)g
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their hit ·" whilst receiving, .reduced incomes, &Nl oot informil;d " on ·wliose:'aut!tority) that. at'
the,l tw{) ·dffioi,aJa..in qqestion , are B(l.ting in bad Neuve :.ciiapelle · the 2Qd . Bel'lpIhire<l ,lost 260 men
grace, a~'~ ' unpatri~ti!?&JlV . .111 applying for ,in. killed and woullPed -\in ,addition' to the 16 ojJiceM
croo.ses · Ill such abnormal times, and the mem- whose
,jams;" . appeared
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, bers who l votfld, for the. eame rre betraying the .. ChOOnicle."
of the rat~pay,er8lWbo' placed them
Amopglli ,'the ~ounded WII8 Private · Chl\rles
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. to several , yo'!r aJdermen Newbury,
in the bead. by shr~pne!., He
cOlun'''illbI...· w,h o ,voted. {f~ the increl16es, I. Il'OW m
at Sheffield. Prlva;te Ernest
""A.Rt>TiR tbey addbee ' for 90 dOlll!!" are
killed by ~ e~eJl, nepor
unI'tl,a6(m"ble. ' " .,One alderman,
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