Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

ChildTen .

ihd impeetGr . .
1h» the tIotaJ
-' ..,pter w~ 143; 1l1d tllree
\be e.go of 7 ·yee.ro, and ~ Chilili'en
w ,the care of their
. all

l
.

~. iof

~ district.

Two
Mort.imer IIIld
tOO.o d istriot.e
been
\ other ' ohild
. Messenger. "ho had
to. its mother. It
~

haa

be inotr:ucted to W;~~~;:~~~
". tea wr the p

failed toP'?, notify
letw.
written to ,wo i\f~l~:r.=~~
~

tlon to the prit'<"jo~8 of
11008 in respeC.t tl":~to.
ported that the home of
~Ie, &nd th.• . .clerk wu _~~~~}I~ted
parents to renOTe the
DUI1IO mother.
, I Sca.ttered Hom Cft.'-The
Scattered Home8 ri>ported
, (h. r.hildmn and ftin'titure
'i and tho h01l8 p. was now qni~
, fut ' 21 chilctro~ . i.n fd., Wil£on
riffield and M'18 V,ckenr aT!!
ornA together. The arrangement
IIIIt;m"ctory.
.
.
,
.
.!.
Boardin.<r-out F ee.•. -T.he r.eceip.t ·-ofa le.tter f;rom
tile Berkshire Oounty · Cou~J . ~ith l 1"ieg;"'d . to..l ~
matter ... "" reported. The ~erli' . inldrmed tb" com-ol
lI'Iiltoe that .. t . the meeti1)<I" ,b " , bad' had ,.;th ' the
ileputY111erk of the BeT"lcshir"e C~t:r .eoonc'iJ~ he
;,-.. ihlormed t},1Lt if th .. oruMdiMrs' ..tlDÂ¥d,.'1'f!'!'68
to pRy {OT thp ....),ooli" ..' of the
~· ~);*-en '
.1. I.he rate 8UKgeoted by ~e ' rY" c?,:lU!'<liJ, y", . ,.
1'!2 30. per ' head ner annum. thi1r u" r:ngem,,:nt «>lJJd
' be emere<! into IQT. .. ""rind of y~ The com·
",HIAe recommended' th"t the IlUm '.•Of £~ 3ft. per
lIea.d n'" anm~ he ..,aiA as ~u,,'l:~ by ~e oounty
oollnoil. lor .. period of 3 or 5 yea".
FINANCE OOMMITTEE.

I

·bdarfe<t.o...

.

cir;Mr-..

Mr.

.

.

COlcl>i-oo{
J. ·Lew.,: they . would"Jose .the. aeqi"eea
of the .. old membc.... Mrs. Colebrook' had..
e."cellentl -work, eQlooiaJli in' '~neCtion witb
the Inrant .,Poor Comniittee; -Mr. Le'Wl. bad deOOOO -to de'Yote himaelf entirely :bo his tdwn council
~utiel; and JIb. Frame!I:lZ"r~t serviee. to tho board
lie w9uld refer ~ prlllCntly. :
.
.1 Tbe. glui'rcliaru. had t...ken ateJll'l to amalgam ~te ,the
p,&risbel of. Readinp; and Caversham. An 't'quiry
.,(,... he14 at the Town . RaIl on J&DU..ry 28t.h lut
":~ ~~ : 1'/e~e' T'qw ..waiting t)1e ' '\"60It. The air
!orm~1 "118\1, .... pnoo. aU. round owmg to. tbe w.ar·
Ad put, the';Store, .!I1l<1f' Finance Committees . iii a
, , e~y idi~n 1)o.i~ion, tint .they IPropotMia ' to. make
.allJ!lstm9.pte :~:n~ :,Qiey <l1qpOO , would he l eon~idered
f~r...and ."'lQ.ta;Ii~-tietween tbe contractors and l them~1ve"; TOe Reli~ C"ommi~ ~ad made .~iJ!creA~e
tbe .amount ()[ outdoor "!"chef to comP.en.~ate lD
omo meallUre {or the increased coot of ' livirlg.
. _ '" -tiuBUT.E
MR. FRAME. . "

i

the 'khool secret,,'iei wU!
to fulSI remainil\. SxtruroB, beand fOfW .. rd the rCftults to. the

-To

Mr. : Farrlir · JlI()v~: "This board do place on reo
inv~lu ..ble services
'~endered by Mr: Williani Framcl &8 Jllember of the .
Appointment ·o.f ·Over8CO~8.-The . co~ttee , .re- . ~0Iird tor 18 Ye&r8, durinp; wllich pOlio(! no ' W&II
.ported the recelp~ '01 not~ f~Ol!> I , the ,ReadmS' Chairman for 4' yeal"& aoo ·'vice-chalrm&n · for 4.years.
Town Council,! .tati.ng. tha$. the fi>~ ~Dt1,,¥,el/ ':I'h~ ·boa'r d . hope that · he will " have health and
ihad been apppmMld ov.crsee:ra f~r ~e plUiehca of .strength to enjoy nu. retire.m ont for many yea,... to
Reading and Cavoroliam re~l1'ely, for the year come."
'. .
. . I"
.
ending 3J;st M~ 191.& :-Reading:, Meal18. D~e
I M~. 1i:al"re.~ · .ai~ it .ft! witb . ~e very greatest
Egg:inton, Edwa;d Oliver Farrer, iErnost FrallCl8, 1'.0~bto lre~et that ', ~ey Jiad to .~y -f.n~ewelJ to Nr.
&nd Wilham Sp,a.rks. .. Cavcrsb~: \Mesen. W~~r Wilbam ' F1&I)le, the senIOr mom\)er. 6f , tile board.
Jennings" Thomas Henry Knight; a.nd Thomaa They woul~ all min hia kind-ly presence "" .. m~mNorris. I
-.
!.
.
ber"but 1IJJ.:t· time he Iikod. to · 1001< in on, their de'
l Vacoina.ti<ln.- The rece1pt of .. ,letter from ,Dr. liberations 't hcj',would be !non dlel~ghted to ..... him.
0. ' H. Cheooy, publio vaccinator for Ca:ver8h&m"; ,W1La .Hie D~e would uwaYB , be . a~iatea with e~
reported ' .tatin(l;" · that, owing to the )reaVy .~ork ligbton~ iLn<!. efficient. Poor 'Law I ailmiMtratiou At
for the last two months, he had found It tlfCeediiJngly Readipg. ,
. '
'
.
i. .
difficult to keep hie vaccination going. ' e .h~
• Mr. ' H . .G. R&inhow (the v1cc-c~a.)fmanl seconded
hoped that Dr. Deane would> he ablo to he"lp hIm the vote .of-.thanks to the senior 'Pember .. and 'said
w.ith it but unfortunately he had beeu
and .
ther. all regretted that Mr. Fr" mc h'ad .felt C<lm~
,"way from home. Dr. Cheyney would
nel d to r 1;'
, The
ld ' I h '
hi g .al
'Verv glad if Dr. SL"mf.old could do the
pre!nce ate
eDt
elf 'Cave\"sham ag woll aR Rea.Jing. Tl,e
, Several of · tho members cxprcRaed their appre.
l'ecOInmenaec:l that Dr. ChC!vnc.y be a.
fiati!'n 0.£. ~r. ' FrlLJ1le',9 work, &nd the motion wal!l

I"":
,

,I

.

0C!l"d ' thei,r ,_apprcoiatio,{ of the

lJ.:ir:meJin;;" ", m18. •

Ii nquish pis pooition as public v3.Cc inator for
eham, aJ)d tila t the dutiea be h anded OVer ,to , D,r.
Btan s6c 14 as .",lfIl"CRted.,,thb remuneration. to be' tM
~amc as ' lH'w jpaid to him {or Read ing.
, BuIindlG AND FARM COMM:rr:r'iEE. 'f'-~Bridge rl ver' Portman Brook7-The comoiittee reported th r eceipt ·. of tho following tender.' for con.
structina .. -new timber hridge across the

1:

....
~
Br",?k on. the ' and adjoining the institution:

CollIer
Catley, Ltd., £108; Meslls. G. A.
And -8ona~£109 98.; M ess.... G. Anaway -'and '00.,
£112; M
Phillip. and Son, £J}6; ·M~..

.1"8'p '

W. Fen n ;

~~.

&nd Co., £1-17 l Os.; Mr. G. H .

\}'ucker,
Mr. McCarth'1 E. Fitt, £131·; and
recomme~ tha$ the t<it!deT of Messr.. Collier
and CatIe I L <I., to carry out the work be ~ted.

Farm

1"1"100 WIth aiiclamat.on.

.

. Mr. Fr,,",!,1! feclinlZ"ly acknowlodll"ed the kind ' woro..
1!"hicw bad been aaid concornjng. him, &nd said .that
~bings · had changedoi'.'P.' he Itr.t be~e a&.pciated
Witb ·the 'hoam, and ' thoy "Were changing
Speakinlf of the Scattorod Homes, in the e&I.. blisl~ment of which . he ·took a prominent 'pall;, . he 'oxpresoed the hopo that -thoy would go on arid pros·
nero Th£lre wlia, a great work to bo ddno in eaTing
for th!l YOUIIIIr and it!'" Jl:iving them " 8tart in life.
T'L
' ti
. I dod
·th
Lt '
.._,
. .. e mee oj!" ' cpflC U
Wi
,. 'fCaT 11 VO~ ' "
·tJianb to the chaIrman, proposed by Mr. Frame.

MA·I,D.E"' NH
' EA'D.

ccottnL~Mr. Wate!:o& called a.tteutioh to

---.---

tho "mou t of caPital expend'itur& on th. farm, ·and,
after ,/isc'l6sioh. the f~lloWi.,!-p; . were , a.ppointed 'as a
Specia.l Cpmrn1tloo to go mto .. the. t,,?-attet !'-1'4 re;

RAILWAY FATALITY.

An inquest was held on ' the Qod!y of Mra. Emily
Amphlott, "gOO 36; whose bodY ' '''1\8 found on the
E. Monng,
M . ~immon~, . W. Stebhmg8 ~ and
Great Western Railway lino in.
mutilated ""nI . R Wai.ers, with' tho m¥ter and clerk. , It · !Va. diticin, Accorqing to the evidence f tho deceased's
point ocl out d1nt, as the lAnny' CoqnctI wotil~ I t~e
' who is .. c1c.rk . in · ·tho. Great Western
poo..oc •• io n of
instituti?n buildings almo~t, , 1Il"\:
his wife ha"d per tir~ child iA
.. deformod' 101t (club foot);,
modri ai.ely, pr~per comp;m8On oo,!l~ Dot · b~ 1"IB?e, DccE!Inboir, ,. "nd'
required a!1 oper&~ion. Bey:pild WOl')"JUlg a.
, and it W~8 decided that · the
C01lB!CJ~tion.
'Of ~hc matter I-llould he parl.p(ined !lntil thel:guar. to
cost ·of t1i1s ......he- dld not thmk the ooce ...ed
dian. re-enter .into . occupation " of tho institution
.
had any.-trouble. JJr. Edg~ stated that an .opem..
tion :bad. been a.rrangoo ·fOr.· Th& dl.ce&/lod, b", 84id,
I.
. ,: I
. 1"
premi,,,,,.
at'
wO,!"ied l'bout ~he fee] wliic.h OWaB to _ be .
EM~GENCY OOMMI'l)TEE. . "
i!helh~d mMe
Anny Caunoil and InBtitoUdn.-Tho clerk ieild 8.. , obout. 40. gume88,l b)lt aC,,"rwaf'Otl. 8a.~
i
letter from thu Local Government Boord wit.h, refer- , arrangemente a:bout it. ' . The jUrY foun d'" that the
en.. to the ha nding over ofth. izj.t! ~t1on. to .. t!Je deceased W8.8 killed on the line, bitt there W8.8 no
Army Council, stating that tbe Ar.qy . ~nIl(l'1 '"I'1Or,e . evidonc ~ to ehow . how she. camo· there.
, anxious to tako possession of the G,uard., an¥ j.1n"""
--- tution a. soon.,. poss:ble. and th..t the Boarli Iwould
therefore be glo.d if the arrangements
the
· transfer of t ho institution ' could be oompleted
. at an
early date. ,!:'he letter added: "Th!'i Board q elli re
\0 take this opportunity of expre9Sipg 'tlle\r ~~re· ·
i ciation of the patriotic action of ,Lhd guard,&n~, ,and '
,
of .assuri.n!>; them that the financial i,!~re.te of ~be
, 'J un :on wIll be adequ
,
The clerk rend a ,
· mont Board agroomg
"ar-fIB.
..
Remo',""l of inmn.tos from the lnsti ·tut"01, .~-·l
C!ommi ttc() reportodl that they , had
Ing arrangementS fCYr transferring
the instit;ution, <h:ford Road, viz;
Grovell1.nds Road Sch<>ol. which
118 o·n infirmary.
Tho Mansion Hernse, ProspeCt
_opt.ion of infinn and phthmicall1'i~~.~~~;.,__ :"
, 40, RUM<ln Street, for aick . and
. Tho OOtt.n.gC8 and recoivins;r
.
... '" rocoiving home and ' ~OOb~~~~V;~~J
bodiedi mCli "n9 women I
,
farm an,l at the laundry,
1- . The. Ncwhut,y Guard.; ans havl'
!'Ironto 118 }ncn and :women:.
<
Rungcriord. 45;
·M ;,
'. .being boardc<!l. out
recc i ~cd l from
, J 1 6COOmmodation i, not

port; The chairman of" the comlDlrtOO, M.essno. F .

"f

ll'!.

Ithe

furtbrr

finn.

fn.'

i

l

. , """m

.
now ' being . t.a.ken
"\ 'Ute above ,uniona,
v 6 reaclv th.1
., dian! nll,l thel i~~\tl~~~~'~

.

Council, wJuoh .

l ..

!l'0nth.

The committoc

· IlOnnection
School, the

<T\.

..recciviilK
~riod:' 0)1&

minutes . had ..gone ' when tho' ho~
8UCCeB8, 'and this,
too,
of-a-clev'er . piece of ,()()inbination
tIle fOl'Wo·rds. Loftliouse .witia:
nnd 'C horley . sent. the ' ball
, tbe goalnio'Otb. -With e,l<cellent .
~oweyer, Balley: ~eturn,,(1 it to ' tho'
enable Alan f.oster . to ~ore from 8.
range. West .Ham ' made desperate.
iinJ>reve their position before the -.in·
JYlth Smith I!ol;)d Tbo"!"son 'playing with
re1rnn.rK!1pLe-soundneascat bncl<, it looked as' though
he thw&rled . . However, just b efore
Puaaefoot sent in a shot
to -time accur8.tely, . with
.,.~ .•. _, •..., .h ur9-oo eff Ol't :he .J> uslied
no difficulty in putting
#tatter of_ fact; · the
se.o*,"ecl ilieir second

itlNr·'ba.1l

hadtla.ssed· 009t&.

'l'oa.ebed it, hut bt·.
the _outeid.e -right .1Ul.ved .anyor ~ dispute., '.
ll'O,RTER

AdAlN.

-

.,