Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1915

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'. U,n ~i!l.w,. Qf~
e.rou,ed: by . t~e. 8DI;oil['
iaaH week ., 011 .I!~E'-tltfpliii!:'1:·:~:all:f ,~~.~iI\!rg/
readers wUl be- fnte-aifQ;i!
1\·i'UJIe 'WHich ' ha. ~ b~i~~;~~!i~:tb:~~~~~rt~
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~I\te. p... ~p;e ~y : came
. ~,lttll1g :, the. lUII~lt~catrOJl
concept, many,
quarterly properties
of privnti\ property
denby in ,t he p ....t few years
place whenQe they came.
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. Everlbody. knows that .II stat~ · gf : llOuse.fllmme
bM .8xlst!l/l .ge,nel'811y thr~ughout .~he 'country for
8. cQn ~idel"l\ble t :m.6.
I.t . 's fre.\l ly " et Jorth ·..t~~t.
cerLain house - ow~ers, particularJY:iI~ . the munttion
IU'ea.~i, are seeking, to take 8n ulld,~e ,..tvantage of
the pcnrcity ·of .)yee,kly 1.ouses I~y' \I'~,'R!:,,:nd}n'g \In:
reasonably high rents, ,"",'d tills. !I!:itwlt~standl,ng
tile ino'r eased cost of h~mg and .~,er dillicllltles
caused by the ·)Var. O.n the ' othll.t'" hijnd · fan.Yo
I ..ndlor& ' complain that th.e y <:anpot, get. a ~aLr
erid reasqnable income from 'their pro~ ertles WIthout · incre..... ing the rents.
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, . No fair -minded person c;!.n obje'c~ to pro.per
' measui1ls ' being, take n to protect tenants ag ..lIlsl ,
.. high rent sharks," proy.ded the .ipterests of the
house-owners who now find it neceeaary to make
re88on'a hle increases be , not prejUdiced. " .l'he
danger of the !l~itatiol1 against extortionate
owners is that unless c!l.re b e taken it might
Tlie month
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possibi y lead to the indiBcrimina~ , resistance of ori Monday.
pr<! si~ ed, ,nil deml\<ldsJ for increased. rentr-a.;..p olicy which there were
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would , riot find favour eve n with those who are Franklin, M.·
IIn& t,he cle'r k
llelpini>: the ' t en"nta ' to resist \lnfair demands, ' to the council. Mr.
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no~ with thJ great majorit~ of the tcnanta them- business of public ' i
in connootion '
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10 an ,App'lica.
,'l'h e question arise.., ., Whatl is ' a r easonable tion by t he counc il, the
of th ~ '10cal , gl)~
rent to be d emanded under tile existing circum· company in t i'11a t,e(i ~ h i\t
tor s we re ,vi,Iling
ll,ances Y" I Bubm it that nobOdy ... enn clIll an to reduce lhe lill;hti
Iry 5f! ...,p~r lamp
owner of ordinary w..ekly house property, in ' a per annum condition
p eri ai)-. <if ligntreasonably good condition of r epnir." eitiu!r grasp · ing wag r educed by one
in .Nle light.
iug or' unpatrioti c who, havill~ bought at about ill~ or ex'tillQ;uishing nf the
Th~ general
the usual ma rket pric e prevaihllg ab tho time of oplllion of · the council was
'the raiJo of reth e :purclluse, expects to ,r eceive n c1ea.r income at duction in cost V) thnt of lIle rliminution- of gas
the r ate of at least SiX pe r cent. pe r nnnum consumed was ndvanl:l-geolVl to :th el company,
0 \' the full nm oullt.of c':p it!\1 s)lnk }n such -~ n inthough no resolution either for~-ccePtande o~ deve~tment . Wltlh the I~ t W o/ 'Loall showlllg fIlor e
cl!ne .of th o pr~po sl\ l was taken Eyent."lloll:(.th e
tHelll. 4~ per ce nt. and the next OIlC expected to b e LIl(htlllg Committee were errpo 'l.e red to cons i<l er
Is"ued at five per cent. at th e le'l8t, this would ~nd act u,?on if n ccessn.rv ' tllo . cs irahili ty of sav· ·
b~ a NllIsonabJ e demnnd.
a portion or lIl e whol e of th e lighting rnle in,
:.IJ the in crease,in the rates and the cost of IllII;
~h e village, exception be
. ,rlade , tg I,ho light
r ep'airs and d €corat i o n ~ prevellts th is result In the Square and at lh e
Tidmarsh
be in ~ attained ' the rents sh ould b e increased nc. .1
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cardlllgly. Even ' if the ' increase p!aces the Road corn er.
rentals abov e the comp08ition limit, the own er
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8hould not b e ,d eterred: In th e' past own ers
nS f,e 'orten refrained from in<;reasing -rents
wh ere th e difference in the p ~6jbl e increase
would.have had this effed, and would, lIierefore,
result ill very little g8in to. themselves. III such
C.....,98 the tena*ta 11ll.VC reaped th e benefit,
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Last week's' meeting took
,rates are I.,v;ed ill respect of the occupancy o'f l the tions in vase decoro.tio';.
p te mises , not ~ f the ownership, a lld ,are presumed the 'cl".. for h ead garde ne rs
to bc expellded for th e benefit of. the tenant 1 Mr. F. Gray, 2 Mr. H.
rath er "thall thh lan'd lord , and th e ,increased C08t Wixon ' arid 4 IN r . I" .
of repairH is ~ matter which ,h:ls bee n pati elllly chltord was' awnrlled 11
borD e by mall J landlords for .. l on~g time b erore men's ell's.•. ' The judge c
the war b ~ g.all. although it ca,nnot be denied winners on "Tra ll g'emallt
that r epai,.,. .have become Illuch mar<> costly since. which were very tustef ul
. A. r egards the ' illcreased p roperty " 'tax, the ,ce rtificate was awarded '
landlord sh·)uld re meIjlber that' this t !li'" n ~ver ' Gil-Mens) for a b eaut :ful.
,,!a~ a d educlioll which o\lgI~t ! to .be nind e in ar- Bowers ; were s ent to t.he
rlVIDg- at the actual net income to
be <\ privM ·J , p·ital the folJowiug morning.rrol!l a prop&rty, and liS the increased burden' ,;s
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~ .d irect conseq nence 'of · the war it ought -,t o
CON~ERT : AND ' ~r:iH~,"rlM:n
fall on the landlord, who ca.n have no reasonable
A combined ;concert'
ground for attempting to mulct hi~ tenant3 in th" the W qodclyffe Hall on~~'~t;~~~1~;1l;~v~~~:~f~;~
p,uyment of his illc om~- tax . .
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e ausp:ces
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S(>Cieofty. t Ie .
I, When lin owner
perty he oughlt not to expect to · be recouped by ellce, ' j'nd the
way of increasod r e ntal s in r esReet of any in - known Reading p e,fo
cr9"'e in th 3 rate of mort&age interest over and livered on the va lu e of co,ol.el'"tiio·li
8b~ ve the r,lIte of 4\ p er cent. pe):i annum , wflich Lindsay, who presided,
was becomln k U,e usu.a l maximum rate before {presi<\ent of . the Alllft,J'garrl\\t;oo
f,he war and has Ri nce b een b otb lhe usnal and Engineers}. Samples of the " ,I",'n''''"
t~ e min ~ mum i rat.e. The i iricreBse in th e p r ice w er e d, istributed Bot t _
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of money is. of course, on e of the misfo'r tune'B of
the war, p " .. t :of whicl! at all !'ve ll ts ought t o fall
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on the shoulders of t hose who h ~v.e borrowed it.
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'In .'view of ~he proyisions of the, Courts '(EmerA Il'\eeting of tll Ei :Whrg rave Br anch took i>la~e
. ~en cy Pow., rs) A<:t, 1~1~, which ' already prevent on 'Mon'd ay eve ning, ' the vicar jbebig.in tIle c hair.
'1\ landlord frdm. dlstra ll!lI1g fo~ r ent or r ecovering T he clt;ef ,busin ess w as the secreta.y's rep ort on
I/'),~es81 oll of ! hiS premtse. wlth.~ut the special the C.RM.S. Confere n"", 'heJd U'1I London l\' short
«1 r & r of th " c ?urt, and of the wide d. oc retionary th,e ago. Mr . Ch encry was than.lted for ,! hIS
I.'0wer of \.h " Icour t in grantinJl; or l-cfusing such 'clea.r "",oo able stat~m e ll t. 1\-"« several qu estJon s
to the propose<!
ord,ers, and in vi ew also of tll a . possibility " of 'Y ere asked. T h .. vicar re ferr
~resh . lcg;8h,t i'01l J,ill t €d at bv' Mr. L loyd George , miEBiollary m~e ting shortly 't:J b e held in ,' t h e
~t 18 lI11porlan~ lh:.t th e landlord who 1I 0W finds it Woodc lyffe Ha ll. The busin e.5s fer future m""et-

differs.from others, in i~" ability ,to partialll,
by self-c
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means, the fresh new
with
is · p~~p!1red. . Think, how Ithis helps
invalid through illness and
Bengei-~s is a pure nat~al food
dainty and-delicious, and highly nultriti.vC;
Many 'patients say it is the 'one fOod
never becomes monotonous.

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Ben,er'l i. a most inte(e.~1' fo -:d to ptepare.
The changel it undergoel teach a l~n in
human digestion. It ,. all ezplai ned in our
boole. " Bengers, Food and How 10 U•• iL"
Plcue a.pply for a copy. P'8t free.
Beng.i. Food i. Brili,h mad., And sold in tina

au~miat.. etc., everywhere.

n eCE)'3 s ary t o ra.ise r e nt.s to obtain' for. him self

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iugs wa.s discu ssc<l. th e ViC3t'

traduce th e subj ect for d'
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HOSPITAL ,. SUPPLI~ I:'.
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DONATIO,. BY COMMERCIAL
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At. tho mO<'hng of tho R cading and District Com· ,

~nc["clal Travelle rs' A ssoc iation on Saturday even..
mg. M r . W. H. Clayton, the del" J,'"te of the a.saqcia- '
hon to the Chamber of Comm erce, gave an inl<]r-

<>~hng

description , of the' ,splendid' work being ! ca.rfled on for the war hospitals hy the Cham~r~'f f
Comm~rce W ..r Hosp.tal .Suppliea Depot, 8nd IU - '
gestod that tho ILssoc.al.\on s,hould recognise
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value OL that work by '" donation.
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Mr. , C_;. Gladw!n' (..cting ch.. irmfn ) propoeed tjt&)
& Hum of two gmneas he voted ~
He knew the exoe(·
l"nt work ,,,hioh waa being done" j '
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Mr;' . E. 'Po 13 .. tten, in 'seconding, said it ws~ . •
1l10st:, e~oollent 'CILllSe and he was rery glad that Ute
""SOCII.tIOU '..hould associate itself Jwith , th e work! .
. The propositIon

W8.S carri<f1 una nimouBly.

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MACKINTOSH'S CHOCOLATE . TOFFEE DE

L:UXE- Somctbing now in Ch<Xlolate-Toffees.

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BIRTHS. IlARnL\GJ-~S Boil DEATHS.
Annoum ements of Births, Marriage., and Dcat!t~,
must bo authenticated oy tho name. and ..d.
dresses of tho parti es scnding tho same.

The ch arge for Births, ~farriagcs, and In MemoriaIi..

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notices is 2s. 6<1.

Deaths arc ifl:lcrtcd without charg<;; but iC udditiom.

aro made to tho ordinary notifications they aUo
~ ro chargcablo as ady,~rtiacmcnts.

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BI~HS.
II" WK ES.-O ll the 7th in.t., at .. HollingworU/,"
W,okingham Road, Heading, Ule wife of ,Ernest
J . S. Hawkes, of " SOlI.
RODERTS.- On th e 5th illSt., lit .. De"onia,"
SJ1"ncer's Road , Maid",nhead, tho '\dfe of Sorgt.
W . J\ . Roberts, (1s t) 4th Ropl Berks, on lIctiro

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, seryice, B.}i. F 11 or n son.
SMITH WRIGH'r.-On ' tbo Mh inst. , Ilt 3, Uprn
]'ark, Slough, tho , wife of I"ont.-Commander J.
Smith Wright, Royul 'N"v,V, of n d uughter. I

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Bra nch /)j)icu: Nnw YOKK IU.S. A.l' 92. W Ill a m St.
SVDNlW (... . ~w ): 1(1. Pitt S: •• 3ud Dc:pol:illbtOUlihoul CA~An ....

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I"eo.sonabl e net yi~ld should on his part b e able
to ,show tha~ he' h as a cted in a r ellsonabl e mann et if allY diffi culty sholild arise with a . tena nt
who In i ~ht sdek to tak~ undue ndvantnge of the
pmt"ftion against o!'presaioll afforded by the
law. I.
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Wllllst the re cnn be 'no sYll)pathy With those'
owners who would ex!>loit the \louse ' {..mill e in
war-time, t he case of tlie own er -Who qemands lin
·;ncre ..,," t hrough tI)e cal(ses before I indicated
stands UP.Oll ~n entirely qilferent' . fo?ti~g. Now
.the .. questlOn . 18 80 much to, . the fore It i8 for
Dwn e rs who a re dissa.tisfiec\ with the net vier<! from
their propereies to j,ake th., . '\latter well in hand
_.pd to see to it that for the ',present time in
any case their rentals are placed UpOIl a reason·
..ble a.n~ .proper footing. If thee. war shouM t.e
,.e'~y muc;h more prolo nged . and. should have IIlte
-eftect of ~ausing still , fur~her radical changes in
' 'the relatIve value of money and ~ r el\ts I admit
·that the matter of the right and ,Pr6per rent
which an bWller ought to demand would c!l.ll for
• til I fut"th er re~j.ustinent.
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BENGER'S FOOD. Ltd .. OtterWorlu, MANCHESTER.

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D F'}OAN.-On the 5t~l lll st., 1\\1" nUrSlll,g home.
Alfredo Hubert Duggun. of Bu\ field, ,Old Windsor, son of tile Into 'l'h oma~ D
of. Br enos
Ayres. und husba l!d of. Gm
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'l'oDD.--'-On the Btll .lus t., a.t 'F . -liB l1e;~"Richard
Todd, of ' " Bettes\Vq rNl, " } Kenorick R{)nd,
. Read, ng -(late ~of ~)r.grefi:~ld L' aged·· 70.
HAI,L..-;On t~e. ''P· lust., nt 66 ...· Erleigh R<¥Id,
ItMdUlG', Edl.th .. Boud, -the d,ea.rly~beloyed w~'~
of;:"~,.ry JIall, ?o/ter a long ' and .painfnl iu.n .
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FAR~j>..-Kil1Jli , in a~tion,:

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in ' France, on
)Sth~~,ult. , R'egt.·Sergt .•)t:ajor Stephen Betllio
Fa,rmer, 5th- Batt. ROyal iBerks Regiment, ~'b~
<l,earlY·gelo~ed. SOil of Stephen and Elilll~th I
}i ar~er, HIllSIde Farm; ,Shinfield, aged 35.
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IN MXMORIAll .

WtLlCINs.-In loving memory of my dearest ~u&o
baud\ ' Thomas Wilkins, who ' passed away
No\'rmhor 12th, 1913.
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