Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1916

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Ba lchin, age«
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and ,; ..".."",'~ru.
good-bye" to his
'1'ho man, ...hi>
SBld to
is 5ft, ,7in. · 'n
height, has
Bnd 1\ ""ou.t""he. He
suit, soft
tweed:'
whito , colla,r,
and
black laced
boots.
_A BROTHERLY FEELiNG.
Prea.:hiiIg. ~t,: St. Jol,l n's qlUrch, Re~ing, .01\
Sundlloy mornwg tbe v·"'ar !the' Rov.' W. Bvifton)spoke of the hrotll.erljr feeling which prevailed
amongst, t1~,e' olergy~of all school. of tnought at tll~"
retre~t wlucil he e.ttepded at Wellington College
, during the previousw.eek, and expre..ed theho")e
th.a.! t.hat feQling wou1d ' be extended amongst Hie
laIty,

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~f Yo;k

(a former vicar) to the Churoh
. T ho" St. Mary' s- Padsh .
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11'~lIks to tho directors . of the.
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(' Iuh (or th e ir kindues3 In lendIng .the
lhe. pal"oc liinl Sunday school treat. _

('h ester Road.

Mr . :JO.i l-'ph Fisher, a pupil of ~~I· . A : y . ~.
V11lhling, Mu s. ~ac. ,. l H~s · been. 5uccessf l1~ . In

tho (,~ fl!lU!'~ tlOll ,for the d.. ploma ~ . T . C . L o"
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lI.icclI. liO,O of Tl'llllty College, London) \n
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S'l': LAUn.E ~CE'S.
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Til e R ..' \'. "'. Ii", La 'frobs -Ba telU!lU, Rector of
A:l co l, is to conduct th e .Afi8s ion in St. LaJre~ce·8.

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A[I,c rt Co hurn U, . Brlllht Street, wa s ,c hl\rged ,
" I I h. I{cadillg' B;;rough Pohce Court y?sterday ,
wi l h stl~d lll g a wa lstcoa t .' 30 f~t or ~ope, , 14 ~e~1
IIIIC]; I l~. :lU pi cce.'3 of b arnos." {\nd three cld.ff-bags.
i ,.. ",tho" of lhe \,.tue of 30•. , the propcrty of Irol'n

II ~lIL .S~ . l\i III{'S l~~l1d, :refrOdlnuent oont~:ic ~l'.
li e. "'''' re man dl'd t ,lI to-dllY (F riday) , '\
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I'IILU:\'I'EER CAllI I' AND MAN(EUVRE8.
TIJ'! i"',l1owing in fo rmat io n reached" 1'11& !?vIan
io (;I'!"y
t oo ItLtc for inclusion in hjs 'u;5uaJ notetJ:
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'i'JIII 'Lddouh oad Vo )un taers are arru,nglug ~\ ql\mp
:111(1 lI HlIJ(.eU\' re~ fo ~ S,atUl'llllY Rod ~undf\y . A~g~.Lit

lilli, ,,1, cI 2~ t h, and It IS S Il';~()6tcd t!l"t the l~0'ldlllg
{',? """\ll i ~" shouhl jo!n . tl~.~m, JE ull parhc11ars
'nil )0 [;IH' 1l (Ill! mg gU I .cl~~ 6 Imrndc .
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Till: ntlE:-<DS AND RErRISAI.'3,...
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,\t :l ('(\pr05eJlt ar ive a athcritig .of Ute Society .of
1' '';1'11 <1 .• ru" t ho di strict of 13crl(s ulld Oxon, held
,d ( 'h:l1' lhll r y , n reso lu hol1 ''I'' a~ passed ugainst rt t he
~ I I KKc-'itifl llH 111 ltde, ~n Ptll'liamout, tl~llt .we ,shbuld
111 ~ W (l 1' till' f.;cY(~rll l eF> of tl' entl .-~ o nl wihcted upon
];r'i ti.dl l>l'i~O lle r5 .of \ral" iu GerllJuny by inflicting '
I- iwibr :-o P\-p'riti es upon eJt ~my priso nors of

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iJ1l t~f'Jl(';ot 1 01' iI1lJld ,jon~d ~n Glrcat- JJrllnin:" It; vas
\,Il H l NJ de~l thl, t rctn lWllOJl 1v"Ou~d rostel , E; ~n bl~ter­
I'IlHl t [llId 11,ltd to greatf'1' 1'.ob,h:dao ll, '~lHl~ J Uld
t l~,. , l !llCll l wOldd fo~te r,1 frHHld ly rolatlOns after

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FRESH FR U IT FO R HOSPITAL fATJENT8 .
Th e Onnncli lll1 COTl\'a lesce nl Ho ~pital ' at Beat"
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f~uit foi-

If au'.\" growers of. frUIt . In I· ~he

"icill ilv of Re.diug aJ' e unable, through sca~clly
(If lr~ b.o ur , to ga t he r tho ir frui t, nlTnnge mentA
(·ntdd }.P III a,.d e to ,g"nth(>l" it, i~ sam e
be 118e1

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foJ' Lt,e Ir os p, tol.- ril e Chapl a in, CanBdlan r on\.,;,I:L':'l, ~,n t. H~ ~P it~l , Beat' Wood 1 'f0king~uull . ",,,,

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S I, )IAUK S DE CISION.
T he S ,.. lll~rk's comllluniqanls, nftel' foul' "leet··
i l l ~,;j , rtI l wp ll ntte nd e d , L a.~f decided to I>OstPDn.O
til l aftl~r tli e war t.he questIOn 1\8 to whetl!er ~hey
wil l lIIal(c ~ mov ement tow~rds eventually be~om .. ,
illK fI ""I" "a le pari"h .. Th~re is so much t9 he
,"1~ ou holh sides that it Wt~ n .sliffiCUlt .DlilitIr to '

d e finite con olu si 1'l {~but ' a.t ' 'P1.'6Ben , i
" Ii o\'oll l's, th~re iS' llo tina Inious 'de8lre!':th ' be'
('ut 0-1'1 fro m the old ,Parisb J , 'We JOusi, ' /'IO'W e~ .
t ry to (10 0111' beat to secure) .an additional clelt'gy:
for Olis growing ffldi' trict.
The ' present
jt l'j ~'!i l · ill ·c- !J a )"ge fee1 s kee I tll e bw-ile n dJ ,b~ing
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lio" with Ih e National MissiOn ,-All 8lLints' : .rrhe
Tt ,'v, F, Cooper, R ector of Pt·estwicli, nea~ M.,\n.
(· ho.<ll'l'. f:it. Saviour's: The Rev. Francis ; R'l\i,~es,
SI, ~bl'k' s , Th e Rev. G'. H. Tremenheero, VI~car
for SI. I"ri<i eswide 's, Oxford. Tn lh e latter (lis·
l ri", a Pm)'cr League ~as been formed, th e nlv

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fipt 'lIi1 fit least te ~l minlittB i n .ch.urch on one )1Jl1"
~\'l' I')' wt'ek , prnY1ll8 for t,h e mJ 8S lOn.
r: ,IIL\\"AY MATTERS.
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IIIR, nre IIl c Juded amongst th e
Great, Wet'~ern
!Lllh."UY Comp~l\y'8 men who ho.,v e lost "the ir ~iV~8
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he WUI' j J. Fl'n.nkum, mo.cl~illi 8 t, Signal De~.rt.

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MOTORS .COLLUJE IN 'l'HELONDON ROAD .
, AhouH 7.80 p.m. on W.dlles.d a,, ·R collision 00..
<lurred at the junction of the London Road I\nd
Manohestar Road , het"'oon B motor-'bus owned by'
the ,British Automobile Co~~e.n,. and " a car \jt_
10n8'1ng .to ],{!lS8rs, H,1\ and ~her""ill , advertising
contractor., of , Gl'eyfriars ROad . The 'bu. w~
proc&oding tow~rds &>nlling and the car w~~
~mllng from St. Bartbo1oms\,,'s Road into Mable

.... pRril'ihionOl' hJ\ ~ 'pl"e8~n.ted a
~1t~rJ '8 Ch urch, RondlIl~.
In memC!ry

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In tho collision tho eRr was stru'clt

by th .. 'bu.• on tJle near sld .., and lifted .on to tho
footway on the north side of the road, wbieb '~as
,,180 mounted· by tI.e - f.rant \vheels of -·t lre 'b'Us.
Bot~ v·<>hic'les ' w"re . oonsid0rably dalllligoo, but
luokIly 00 .one was hurt. 'I'ho corner is a - very
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MARRIAGE, IOF SERGT. W, A. ·POFFLEY.
The wedding took place at c11rist Chur,c h,
~ewark " on 'Thursday las t week;
,Sergeant W,
A..' Pomey, Royal E!1gineers (who was wounded
wbile 'Bening ' in. the De.rdanelles), son ' of' lhe late
¥r. 0;. 4 · Pomey.and Mrs . Pomey, ,'or Reading,
lind .Sare.hG, Bolte.s, the postmistress of Vic.
t oria '_ Street Post Office, Newark. Th e
,who. Was given ~ay hy Sergeant J. OiTin , .
l'!;llgll~eers , was attend¢ by two brides'llaids,
Pofll.ey, Reading, sister .(If the br.idegroom, and
:M,ss , Waite, N"ewark. ·Mr. C. King, brother of
the br.ide, acted, 'as best mal), ..od the ceremony
\Va. performed by the Vicar of Christ Chnroh
NewJ\rk. A' rece'plion \vas he)d ' at the bride'~ '
home, where .. largo numher of guests e.ssemhled,
and the happy couple slIhseQ.uently left for Scar.
borough. The present.s ~ere Hum e rous,
WOUNDED' SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED. ,.
The St. Bartholomew'. Bl't\nch of the Chui'ci.
of El)gland Men's '80ci cty entertained 39 wounded
!<Oldiers fr'om tho Roy,,1 Berkshire ' Hospltnl and
R e dlands Hospital on 8aturday, Each soldier
rccOlved a buttonhole, kindly I)rovide d by Mrs.
J: P. Nonis. After, t ea games We rc indulg~d in ,
hJld pqzes were presented to the winn e rs of tho
various c on~p· ~ti tians by Mrs. E. J, Norris Jwife
of t he pres,dent 01 the branch) ' as followa ,_
BowJIS : 1st, Private Ferguson; 2nd J Private
Robi.nson'. Skittles: 1st, Private Smith; 2nd, Pri·
vate ' Johnson. Beans: 1st, Private Engh .. m I 2n",
Private Bennett. Rings: Private Kibble. Tho
bunch hope " to entertain ' another party lof
wound ed as soon as the commi ttee are able 'to
mak~ th el necossary • .rangement..

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MARRIAGE OF MISS LouiSE FAI1RB l'1. ,
, ,At St.. Mary'. Ohu rch, Purloy, the~ rilftrriag& ...".
solemlllsed of George B, Osborne, of Broad Street,
R",adinl!} ~?n of Mr.: and, 1Ifn;, W .
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'IlTpjior _Bas,ldon, a·n d LOUl SO A,
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o~ MI'. E , O. Farrer, J .P., and
K):{)wl~' i Tilehurst . Th. ·brido wu .
he r slst<'r, Miss Mudgo Fllrr~,. , nnd
AWAY bv her (lither.
Mr. Alla n Fram
miui. Th e officiating cle r~y woro t ho
l'rie..Uey, B.A., and C. A. R/" mond,
p lu eoon,t bovs were preSont· in the choi r, .
A . . C. P.' lO;iP hling I1resided jilt ,the
l ilTrer heilig _c!itll'oliwaraiill' 'Of St,
' Re;iding. After the cer&monv !:he' bride's
\l'a. fonTati<led to ' the Re<,,)inl{ Guardio.ns~"

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in' septemJe t., and win be diet ...ibut .' 'with 1\
strong _o.pp 8,1 for 'con~ecutt_v e attendance of an
m ~ n .at. all ervices ,io ,all the -churches used for Hie
nllSSlOn ,

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and m ~llY moth ers t)ll'oughoul the land were glild ·
dened 01; Wednesday mornin g by a leU er from
, the absent olle "lid other little remembrances of
t h e day.~ a t l.o~e which so many oC th e " ~Oy8 ..
are Ion ding £01' ng a in. The event was 8ultablr
commemorated at the Y.lILC.A, in Friar S tre et )
til e Boldi'Crs' ," Home ftom Hom~, " , b ,v n CO llC 61"t

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short · r eligious serv ice,

Mr. W. J. ' B.

Marks, wllO t:,>!.ganised

the e vening ' s eotertum·
ment, presided -over - a large c.ompanJ:'

,af the Roval Flying COl'pS; and m a bnef
ou tliTJ'e d th e objects of "1Ifothers' D~y,' and
urged 'the mell ., to , do , all . tliey: p.o s~ ibly could to
ke-e p alive th ose home t,ies wlllcIt meant ,eo muc~
t(). ever y mnn', and · p:lrt icularly ' to " '''''l''lte home,
to·d.ay,.':' . Cons picuous in ,the Ipunge,. whe!e. the
entertainm Emt was held , was . a 'bnll,alltly
enanie iJ ed letter· box , for th e receptio1}l of l e t~e r8
hom e: 'l'he (oll'owing comprisea. ,' th!, muslCal
'P"OI( I<amnle , ' Son~", "Somewhere a" vdlc.e Is c nU·
mg " , nn c1 "1rIolhel' :r.,lnchree.
Mlse Tee:
"Cathedral
,Voi ces "
a nu ' " The
Star
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B ~ tlJl e b ~ Jll , Of - Ai .· 'M echanic ~lIison; ,two ,finely
', relldered ba!'ito)'l e songs by ~Ir , M ec h a Jl.1C G}',CM'es ;
song8, " 8 111ps thf\t pn.ss Ill, UIS nt.gItt
aDd

" Abide ,vith me," MI'. S, Wl'lght, actlng ~~ neral
se e r e~l\ r y. ' Ai!' :ltlieclHlnie Horne o.pened the ser·
vice wilh praye r; Iv)d fIl~', ' 8, John Gee gBve 1\
short' lIddl'ess. '8'eve ral favourite and well·
known I,>ymns were ' c1ios~ ll . by . the company. Itl j~
hop~.d ~o star t 11 Royal .Flyip!! Corp. M ~le YOlee,.
Clloir jl.t the Y:M , C, A.
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F()()tbaJl~' "B~on. , ~vhidl

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, ,evoro ·. ~glltjng, lDoludlDll" thp co lonel and Major E',
BuoklWi wounded, Scrgoo.t,l t I H~IKJ:Y \vouud.oo, Scr·
g~~nt ' ~rml\ll Wood .n<! Jon ... l"lled:
" M~j<l'" ~"'link Buokley, the inAmna.tional football.,. ,
has, boo!l Aev~r~ly _ ~vound~: ~nq ill ' in' B irming ham

UOlVOI~'ty Mibf.&nr Hoo!,l tal.

He playoo for 'Eng _

Ia.nd lJ.g~jnat , Irc.[tip d, for Aet.on V ililt.:

Ifir,miner~n~

DerbY.jCountY"lllld Bradford. At. th~ bogiIullng 01
Lower Earley, a y.o nng woman,
tho w t\ l' 'he. t.ook a. .l.eading pa.r,t in. or~anisit}g . t ho
got off a tramCllr ,in the King'.
Footb. Ufrr,' · B~tt"lion, ",!,Id vi. it<ld Rea.<hng witb his
i ll motion, ,and , fell, recoiving -, baHa llOn..
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rendered by (1. nur se who was trtl\'elSorg,?8:nt Ha.noQY h~B ' b oo,n w9undted.tn ~Jl.o fll-co
on SUI', d"y night J\fi\;S Fisner, of

('Ar) Ilnd MiRS Fis her Wa.s able to
George and Dl'agol1 T King'r;' Road,
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taking tIt,a CIHtir and openmg tho Jodge
with a'link Of 30brothors. All lUOIl!"" taken 'l,t .

i,n khaki, were partlCltlarly urged to wl'lia home .

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MOTHERS' DAY AT THE Y.M:c.A,
Tuc~d"y' la8t was the 'dny l:ecogn ised tLJ'Ollgl 'ou t
the United Kingdom ElS "Mothers' Day," a day
wh en oil sons 'away ~rom home, especia.llr th ~ ~J8dB

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Royal DeVOl) '.Pottery!

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Clearing:- -U~

L L good '· things
cometo an end. Hence
Garretes .. Wonderful
Summer SQIe, with its multi,
tudes of Bi:lrgain8~ must soon
cease. We have still a fewI
very '. exceptiona'" "~lums"
that can . be . secured lD thel,
next few days. ' Mep's
" Boys' ~lothes~ <figantic StockS
of Sblrts, HOSiery -:-an"I Ha! '
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t he lodge ,,'ore h andocl oYer to the hospital fun ,\;,.
The amouut collected for tho bospltal was £'~3
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R.A.O.B. ; T HOSPl'l'AL PARADE .
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left' est'ate valued at £1,973 6s,-3<l.
1II.~ n.L , Ht:'n.dillg;
·n, Sweetzer, fir eman,
The Buffl 1o"". of' lW(l'ing went b,- motor ch~r"'1I1ty £7,898 3~ . .3d, j' Mi ••, Mary
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1I11,U l n' l~ n,nd Carriage, D~plrrtment, Reading.·
w. I;I\IIC from ·headqua.rters;· The ' Lon<\on Ta vern , .
qf Orleton ; .her d a1,lghter; ,a nd
\. :'Ib:, ~'u~1I81man, R~~dlI)g, has been ~omIJlefldod
Tlload 8tr t, on Sunday Bnd Pl'Op.eeded to W~t;:.
of Flexbu ry Hall L Bude, .Corn(.11 ' :.pe("i nl vigiln nce,and
prompt ' ~nd judi'oioue (ling-ton to
JCf' part in the annual hospital para de.
eX'e9,llt, .;X and executor. The 'lInn _18
·wbet-ein' t estat.TUt, left ;_
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T, Gambrell, p ensioner ~~ th e G lr''!at ', ],he chil"f -.art .of the \ procession waM ,comprised
of Hnlfalo . from <Iiff""ent IOOg~s, wh!, numbered
,d ' 1 t
£'0
\\" '::Iit'~ I'H P CUSi01'1 Society. lias died, age'd 8'4.
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,iO, T ose in atten dance were: 'Pl'l(le of RCad~
her. spiJ}ste r a~g 1 ers;'
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ins Lodlle, Kt, HarritiOn, Primo8 Wise, Stevens,
·Il,:ecut.rix and, executor. , The residue
Wtbb, Wo
and Harpe.r . Xse<\.) , Brothers Put'hr,"nl,rtv
fu her four children,. ~:'I"Y
tick, 'frenc rill, ' Rnel Acton; Ye Reo.c.\lllg A\>hey .t... ~li:..,abeth,
.Carolin e, . Ch ~,.les Elhmrd,
1.,00 ge, Kt. I'orte,·, Kt. Auger, I'ri~o Baker, Bro•.
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Portal', Murdock, and Primo Woods, S,P . ; KIng
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Perris, of ,4, W esliern Elill s Av enI 1~ .
Mi lton Imd Phillip.'; W atlington Loslgo, Kts. Bur..
'death occurred 011 M a y 24tlJ , left
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8d" with "et
cess ion storted at 2 o'c!O\lk, headed by 1\ band and
18s, ' l\{t: H e l'hert ,Joh n Perri s ,
hun'n orA of different frien,d ly 9Ocieti.... The BuffuRoad,
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and Me.
1000 \V·ere prec eded by t wo sturrly mace-bearer s,
Perr is, ,of 87, Want'g e Roltd,
Primos Wise- end Timbor. A s.ervic.e .in church
, inH,M, Army, his so ns, are th ?
. was h eld. ']'j,e BuffBloes of. Reading ' W01'O outorwill -·i. dated' API·it 28th, 1916 ,
tainoct La tea by the W atlIngten brethren. An
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<omergoncy lo dge was ho1<1, Kt, Worley, of W at-

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THJ~ BISHOP .i)..ND MEN.
Th e Bishop of Oxford's Missioll to men in
ReBdin/! hI" no,,(been organised b1 the D eanery
Executne Committee.
It will begin with a
special service, 'Conduct.ed by the Bishol~ '.dU st.
Laurence's Parisll Church on I1'riday, NlNember
fO th, at 8 p.m. ,; 'followed bv a celebration on Sat ~
·urday· at Ii.SO' a,m. Thes,El wi\] be I stlcoeelled
aervices at Greyfriars', SI. MOl'tSI st. Giles', .s
John'e, Bud St.· Luke's, endiiig Wltlt ,~corporat~
communiOli,atSt. Mary' s M fi a.m. dn,.; edlleadtly,
N ovem bel' 15th . A scheme of all soni es, head ed
'by " letter 'from the Bishop to U,e ~ e n 'of Read·
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wife for life, and t he l) : Oo esomi Ilnd on e-thil·d ill ' t rus t fo r

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a.nd" neck, bl.lt fOl·tunatcly the wQunds a,.ro pot 'Sori.
Qua. Hannoy. hilS -sevoral p'iocoe of shrapnel in hi.'t
choek. i \Vhen he \\'~ote he oKl~tcd to boo · leaving
fo, En.gluul short
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Sergoant No'm~n Wood ! of I S~kpo~t I' CO llnl,y,
killoo, ;will bo romo~ool ... U10 Ivery .fino inHid.
l<>ft w~u~"ted ltoadi~ 1M, ";"'''0) He _red ~

nU,mbor of goals fo.r ,;Rea.d-m g . including two n,t Port.gmO,u thti,. whol'oG R ea.d iDK wOl'e Bu cc~ul, .
The Jfoobball&l's' Ba.tt.alion IreceDtlYI had' a 23 hours'
journoy-,_ 6 hours in tho tr'ai h. a.nd tho ' ce rna-iudol'

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the Hon : H~,.old G. , Hen derson,
Ilppoi ll ted to the s lall:, BS m,h tary
'Duke of D'e von sllll' ~, Governor ·
of Canada.
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wbD is ' t h e

s?n

of ! Lot~d

ex'oet'm II B.')' popular ill, the HouAe
,return 1fl'OIll E~YI,t
0\ the Berkshire Yeo~xcellent " ork ' at tho War
to Lord Derby. I
of C'>ionel'Heltdersoll .. will
for him . to resig , his Beat "s

tho , lads w",,?ing inj CUJl6 of. w.ater.

You ought to he-a.1' tho g Ulla.

Y u would nl'tll'vcl '

w ho' J~Il;.'i won tho. D.C.M., is at. t.l-..e ' oaao

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sprAined nnklo; ho ki ft. sOt"'g<)a.nt, "
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T,ho followin g woro tho t ;) £l.Tllfl in In. m At,oh plnyoc1
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Jllly 24th, t ho pl'iva.i:.e3 winnin g 9Y 1- 0:-

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PrrivoWB: ' Pl~vatets Ro~lOi (Brisool !.tov.. rs): 1\,
W <>st INoM. County) , Li"l<l!oll ( :vr~'lchc~te . Uni todl;
Scott (Clapton Orient) ,' M('rc~ r (Notits Fo root.), Mar·
,t i n ,(Grims'by); Korry (Crimsby)' D 6vAn (Covont.ry).

,Whihworth (NorlJuIIlIllton ), ' (; halnlers
Bnrbo;' (Villa),
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N,C.O, '.:

(GrinlHhy),
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Lanc e-Corporhl· Hllml)hroys

(Sutton

Town) ; Cornor.l S.ndoe (Ca;'diff Rimerves), Lrinoo·
CoqlO l'nl B.lJ,Ilock (Hudd ......flold), S",.rk<>o.n ~ Wood .....,l
(SnutJlOndl. SOl'aoo.l>t MoCormick. (Plymo uth), Sel"
g"ll.nt Smith (Bil'm,i ngham) , Ser~",,\1t Welsh (IU'
amat'' 'ul'), SOl'l(O, rut Hann<lV ( ~:W.in.gI and Mi\llchoot<Jr :
City). L",oo-SO!'gCl\llt Co,,\c (Budder.fi eldl, S"..;:_nl l
Wood (StOckl"'l" ), La,\OO,Corl'OO".1 'iFo" d (Nonvic,h

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Tbe ifollowing is n ex t ,~ eek' s 'time -table : ,
Lig,hLing
D,rkcnilJg '
~f. vah icl<l8.
of tile , to\\' iJ ,
August:
, 12
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10.0
8.57
9.57 "
13
8.56 ,
9.56
14
8.54
9.54
15
9.61
e.Gl
1G
8.49 '
,9.49
17
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8.47
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the Abingdon Divi8ion ' of

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. TILEHURST WESr..:EY AN CHAPEL.
The $ ulld",Y 8chool allryivorBary . was celebrated
Oil J ul:t'l:30th. In th e a fWl'lloon a flow er, 81«./ egg
service W w'a s held, th e Rov, A. Price Hughes
, presidiug . . Eighty·five egg~ ,~ e re ,given by , th~'
AUXILIA1~Y I-I(isr'ITAL
Boholars together WIth ftower s , wluch _were a fter:;
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war:ds s~nt to No : 3 War ! Hos,>.i tal.. T he ~tlnual
\T"""~'"" ' FETE) will bo held in the grou nd. treat t~ok Illace 01\ the We<lnesday m a ll\leadOwi
nn". '.rr'a HO~I)ita l, B~th
on · SATUR. len t by Mr. ' Arthu!'s, .
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19th, . ~ . 30" til aid, of the abovo.
A , C , Bond, balcQ'r and oon£ectio no r, 18, ' Weat
overy one - will dnd time to, com~ and Stroot, Read ing, now deli VOl'S i ll this dtstrict dail11i
, ~ trial solicited,
'Phl)ne 674, Re&d~
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C'omo out ' t,poy are nll Ami l~, ana you wo uld Il.q·tf
t.hink tMy haG just ("Iomo aWRY h'ilm tile jft,\V! of ,
uoaA>h.
Billy Bull.), (l1nll.d illg and PlY'nouth ,F. e .)'

,.iIl have t o be ... ~y 'electi o n

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how mcn could liv" thl'OtI,It,1i it all, I but when tho.

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foot: . '" l'i.t.i?-g h omo on July 24th, ~ m()mbc~ of tho
bfLt t"lwlI M Id ': " , We are now Un,dCL· ca ll:V&8 Jus.t boo
Wnd too Iill-€l:3, and watei· is vOory 1 f\CA~'co . You would

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