Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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9.~n"m,el1oiug 'at '2.30 and
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INCREASED DUTIES. ..
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In the firet~)ace it should be
proposed incrl'ase's are:- ,
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, " Town Clerk: lj'r.()m £850 to £J
· .. . Borough. AC()onntant: £650 to ·
· Inspector of Nuisances: £200 to
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three annual incremenui. ,
' :t:hese ,salaries' app\'a~ a.t ':firet blush
· slderaple, but, the ' chief factOr . ,
salarie.;, is th,e am~unt pa:d for ;simillar
other to'iy"ris Qf a siniila.i"siael
tOww; of the . size , of Reading
paid to tbe
Clerk exceW • .
£1,000. Then,
the extension
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del\l ' of
.:whiclr in the
to the Cavel:sh.a m UI.LrlCL
Naturally, .alBo, with the' lDl(c~re~fr.~e~1<1ti:tspl:~albU~i~
ties thrown upon local a
(3:<>vel"I\lJient, the num,ber of oomm
· ings h&8 grellotly increfUled • . It
t~!\t in, the,do"s of th'e present
decessor .the . practice was in
To~n Clerk considerable honoral:iu:1Il8
work, ,but this prncticfl hilS

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Be with
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it is ev,idcnt
the ' the HoroU~~eh;~~~~~,iFi~~
thtown - upon the Town
cODllideI1l.bly iooreased: of
be.!n ~oi'nt.;d out' that . one
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is already in receipt' of JI. g"lary of .
lind that it is only just' that the
cbief official of the Corporo.tion,
paid 'an infel-ior galMY. This ~:~~~~l~t
doubtellly weighed wit/! some ()
ing to a. dec: ..ion.
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RE~SONS FOR THE' INCREASE.
A writer .in a. Newbury
[rQm hlil 'PQ<!ition, is' ajJ ' fa.it
in,gs of the co1'Jloration,' .
as :the cMe for the Finance C~mn~itlt~
n1en~ing, f .he increases, of salary
o(liCla1s .Ot. the corporation. ' 'He
btjefly} !h'o Ca8~ for tlie increasli8'
of -the 1i ~ad8 of depart.ments, is
The'yhaYc been at theirr r.p,~re~s~e~ntti1~l~il~~~s
man,y Y,el'l"S; (h) Their r'
· very :' atly increased , '
lip'
"undaries;
"\;e. e at9'nda.rd of S~t~~.~i~~~~~;"
cou .. ' ,Qrongbs of similar
· poj'nt~,o(,~i"bility", they' have few;
countl:y~ (&) The iilcre;\sea w~ iUlftified
lore Uie wOor broke out, and
ferred 'be'c'ause ' of it; (f) It __ ,',, __,_ t"_().I]IOH'Y
ni~gai'dl,v in res,pec~. of ' the aallaJ"le8
whose 'efforts the nr,osrlerltv
'Iargel.v, depends. " The
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p(iiIit' only I must emphasise. :
!Dain justifica.ti,cm is held to ,' be
rcspQnsihility in conseiplecJl¢ of
!h~ ~ ~orough, it is only . righf,tliat
all ,t'\te - officials 'Whf> have I been
should be considered 80t the same
be ·l8or"from juet . that tIle eQu80l
offida18 should be prejudiced in th.,1 nIt",..
fact tha.t th,e' council had be¢n lI:ellel"oliEi
who ,had been quickest to .pr.ess
THE PETITIONERS' POINTS. '
On the. otb~ side there ~re
that the salarie.,a , already pa.id
Iib'e ral, ,a nd ·th.!>t in the present clI:qumsm~fcea
extra burdens should be placed
pay!U's. • It is also arguEd that
plications . will be speedily J.O,1 l0'W"dI
and that the workOlen in ' tho ', ,,.rlm,,, <llenalitmenlB
.w ill push , their cl aims. f Th'e
memoria1iRU! are puttins before
· the fol!owinp: terms :." ' To the ~o.r8hipful

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the 'lase
in' ,,Reading,
of Reading
~ig~ - 110 m,llm~>ril~1 ag~ilist the
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be acquainted with' ,!the
fade . I, th~I'efore, propose :to
an'd cons, leaving my readere i to form
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For overy failure to perform their sBare of
ClOm'm<><;> task 'o!' '0 e, ,p'art of ~e .D!.\i~.tl'ial co~­
batants, ' ~he 'P.~lce wllr- have 'to :1I( pal(l 'by tbelr,.
Clomrades Iin the' 'fie~in 1)160<1: and {thE. whOle
, nation will sulfer, even· if.!.it ~in t~·e1."::ictorY iii
the lonR" run.-" Eye,Witne;'. ~ witli. the British'
Forces.
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un'lValrra.·ntil;bl~ ~a.ttaCks
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~rough 'of Readillg,
PWPOlied il1,(lr~a.se in
''''po/,atian officials at':tbe
, r.e$Q.rd to ' ~he increa.S).nlggoi!':n~:!'~'~'
bemg made upon the, c.
o.re~Be in tli.e price of
rise in , n-ation8ol taxation,
looal rates which will be J.n.,Titablte
f.u ture. We f.eel that whim
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~ few 80t th!! eipense oi';the
the ·same burden to bear.
1, l'e8~otfnny petition you ; t~
eM,ions . on ·the above grounds.

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