Berkshire Chronicle Reading 10-1916

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GROUNDf FOR WITHDRAWAL.
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:of the damage at Mess l'., H u,,!,
Jey and PaJmer~' fac tory on 'J uly 7th ha,
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, The t Town q:lerk Bu.bmitted a Ie-He" (n, ,,
' Huntley ,\Dd Pa'r ners, r.jln it.ed, st alill":_
H We duly )'ece.iv ed your le tter
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n oqrqng us .thwt our cla.im Ull dt t' tlUl
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(Dam,agesl Act, 11886, had bee n l' cJen cd t I'"

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PRIVATE ' WALLACE
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JON E5, CycllSL , Co ...., I~t~
Royal B~rks, Croll Stree~,
Woklngham. "- wollnded
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L., LEWIS ,'-pound I.ae.
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fen'cd 1t to a " ph,commlttee, conSi sting of Ih" j
Mayor, th~ chairman of th e COllllllitt.c e (AJ, I-,
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man Bul!) aD~ +Idel'men D"yland " nu P,,,r;tl'
, l:or c<>:ns1derah~f [md re~ort, Since ihat ll.d~ I
'ye have eeen a ~tatement III (l. local pJ1pr r t II '
. e!foot ,that tl\l~ Irntte,r cam,e be Core Ihe ~'''\'~
CounCIl at tl1mr JDeetlIlg 011 August 3, d nn 1 I
Alde rllWlon Bull tllen stated that tho ~om~: ; I t
acknow'Jedged nOI claim, We call1lut l,elp r n I ( ,
that it ,I. " ~ubject for relll'et tha t tJ 'e , I"'"': l ll R
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of th e W 11 t CI1 'c
.ommlttee
should h ny€ , made
BLa.~ment of thlB char,a der r eb Uv e to a 'jI , e't i "~
,wluch ~a.s to be l ~ ubmltt.Q1 for co n f,id c l n,tioll jn
, 8. commIttee 0.(1· "1J~le h h e Illmself \\'n8 a mr.m bfJ '"
,The W alc h CommI ttee, au t!. UIlJ e ,' th ell l I:
Chief Consta.,b ~ , larc w~ t n]s-fi it) l'e::,pOll fHl;Jc! :'I~
the ,mtepflyers J,fo/, pubhc s ..Coty in t.he horu ".h,

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was b ltSe<1 upon l LJl O f'ld

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tbe pohee protpction a.!'fol',led to o~ ,· P' oped 0"
July 7th was totally l!ladcqul1lc, the 't"L"'~,e, ,;
d e ~ the Tow!! Co~ncl1 by the d ,n;"," "" (,'
t d Watch .C"?mmlttee In?lt: a.l c9, to OU1' mllJll, !L
de6ire ,~o "I?l e j upgjl a ,subJ ect i ll whi l h lti s VI<"
re!pon~lb~hty ~ r hrurmnn of til O W a t. ~ h C(lln.
mltt€e was ll1volvjld, and to p)'ciud;cc the Ii,
p[J.rti!'r,cop.1il~~atjoll of th e su b}eef hy tl,e ' U~:

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f il e result wou ld p "obn.bly h,' n.

controverB;Y of " very l1(nfo l' luhal.o ch oraCk r I, C,
t,""!,eef!. ~()UtlBel,,es ~nd Ole COl'ponlti on. Wo r('f~!
t~la.t · \n.t. any time, i b.u~ . mO.re pal'ticu.trr1 y in ll ,if:
tI.me of W1\r, when It ,s essenlial th at ~11 mill "r
rliff~re~ce8 .bo~!d be SUlik, suel, n ,(ale ,j
af1'all's l'.1,}V°ll ld b lj- v~ry d ep]Ol' ab ~ e, ,w el, t.h f l' d cl't"' .
aHhoush . we feel t/,at, as large ra te payer" wo
1u~ve serlOU~ grf)u~rh SOl c O,mp1ni n t as to tho
,failure. of the W" jCh CoUln}} LLec and Ll'e IJu\ II 0

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t.h at prol r. ction Lo \\ !llch \\ I)
n~'e entltle~, we . <l0i' not rlesi rc i o P lH'SUe the Ilw tt~r Jq ~ .?ontroversJal fjtnge, Rll d \\ ,e h:n' C'. f.)jf~ rc ­
foro, d~Cldt'~ to vn th d.t·a ,~ (Jut' clai m, ' Ve hOD''",
< J~Q,!ev ~rJ that ~ th e latteutJon wo It:lve (irawil to
wh(>t w~ constd~1' t~, hn ve been n, Jack of i li Leili.
" g8I\t, a,Ienmees ,on iI,'e pa,rt of Iil e out hori,ti"' W~
. ~. h~~.e l}a.~e~ ~vi~~ b~ . t he . mea ns of b,.illgi ng nhout.
" a '!I-arke~" lmprovemeni III tllO ol' ''~n is" , iOIl 01
' in: e~.Emte·9 ~~ for ' ~~l1 ~*I' illg pu})J ic s~reLY ,itl LIto
'., ,hox,)ugh. ;J1l)9 .-th\l.$/~fl'oru;'l g ra t.navel's Lllnt pm,

-~.ti.O~ ...tOl· ,person and prop e rty which t.hey

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, every ~i8li~'tO:'e~eCt/ '
.' O~ . tb ~ inotion
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t1~-e Ma y or , ~f~ .\ "a 8 rr scd\' t:!d
tqat .Huntley alld Pal mers, LII'lJte-d, be in.
forDled,,'
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.; (i) T'hat the , ' co~unittee n.Jll)rpein,l~ Ih o It'i l.ll~
u.Mwal of the 'elnlll1 , as they \\Ollid ha ve fel!
bou~d).o reCOJ).lmepu th e coull ~il lo cl isn..ll ow it..
and any controversy betw~cJl the (,; o l'l1u ra~ i o n
rul~, th .. company fon ld be g,'?nl,J, • egre; le,l,
(u ,) Thl1t th e c'ImpJ:" nt of In a dequa te polic" "/
p ro(".ection a,ffol~d e~ on JUly 7th has' ? £-C:Il
thorough Iv Jnves tll!ated-th ~t i.I'e , commdt" "
,find that, th e I100d QonBtable had no ,\\'l1l'1lillg (,1
any hkelthood of t1~e trou bJe T€ fe l're(l to. 1a.n d it _.
' waR, the-rerol'~~, im'Hos,r; ibl e for hiin to mobili se
a large bouy of po/ieo at t,bo timn . lirotecli<;i'
, was .~JUght--t.h"t, ti le com'nl ttee real ' se that ,
the .cltcUm$tallc6S or f..hc cnse, sllffioiCII{; j"'[lril, lnll could not h ave I be en giV,e,n. and th'fV or"
, /llad to know that F hat mig h t Io'ave dcvrl one-J
, !nto " Ber'ions, S,Cl'ile was Ball"factoril y Bell,l eCI

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HISCOCK,
Fto~al Berks, I 16,
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E. W. O. ' OAN,JELS,

Royal Berks, HaJley

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'A, ' 'R. ALBU;RY,

Royal Berks, 21, Meadowelde
Panubo,vrne, awa.defj the Milt.
hry Medal and wo~nded,

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PRIVAT,E
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Roy~1 Berks, ' _I,<epp el , Row,
Peascod
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aw.rllle d tho ,M iUtllry Med al
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SERGT. G. E. SLAD~ Wa~
,tage Hali R.'E.'s, Th. Dread.
nought, IReadlng,
awarded
Military Medal . for ,repairing
t elephone wire under heavy

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R; F,A., 21, Wescott ; Road,

Wok[ngham.

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' Royal B~.k., " Cilurch , End,'
C~loot" ,awarded " the MIII~ary ,

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:-Ioy a'! 'B erks, 14. St, GeorDO'S
To-rrace, Reading, awarde~ tho '
Military Medal. A nativo ot
Til.hurst.

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"EMILY DOORS" AT : THE

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whwh ~19.V-e b een Dlai e fO, r the pU!' llo~e nro snti:-j factory.
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In -a short space of .1Il1e.
'nnt tile st temei,t made by I.ilo· chait ,
tho subject ·a.t t he la."~tJ COUIlC'i] fl lp.Eti ng
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imply t hat ~Il'e c~mmitte e hr1.d :\.}I' C' :\(I .\r
to l'€commencl the council lo disallow
~he .elaim ' blit lIiey Iid id not a dmi t li n-I, i l;(v, as
1t had, not th en b een iny eB Ugal ,,].
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, , (iv,) , That th e coinmi ttee flill y l'r a.l is~ til f'; r
retJpon6jb~Jit.v for th!e effectivo poJic in g of tll (,

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IMPOSED.

, Th ~ ; ' T/lC'atn'6 , r,i&nsing Commili eD or r.Jw
Re~d~g. pOl"1!0l'a.iion hn.ve cOlI slde r c<l. n. Idfc- l' I
whloh .th e H'e,a.J, coust.a~e, had j'eceivcd if rom ;\ft-. !

,H. LOW~' l ~r,98. F~iar ' tr eet. ~R ea(l i J lg, nlkg ! n~
tllut the ppblJe "ouli:1 no ob tain a<lmi,,, ion I,) ccr.
ta.in p.art.~ of 'the R oyal County '1 'h,'a l,,'" awi [1 ,0
g eadmg l;';ioluce (Thea ~ .. e ) 'o f V" r idi cs "',. i[
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innnedi ately pl' ev jol.l~ t o , lhe COllllll( . :!;!'j':\.< ithtlut paYJ}l (:lIt c. f , 011
'I'he To wn' C le' l'lc -l" f"o P OI"

t of p er {o/'munoes
l .'m.' enep.rly
- (l~or" ehnq::~ e .

.J ,te~ t}~~t J ~e JH~c1 .' info!'lJ.'lc d t llC l k e n s;lf'!; of l lit1
c(}ml'lalnt" aJ1d subnut~~" leUD.'s ", llI c1l lltl hill
.reCeIved fl'om them <1 ell }'flls the , alIc!)nft i oll , n
'Was resolved th a t upon the gt'i.in t of al~ t.' )fn ! ur..,
lic~nce' fo~' the l)e l'f0rlnq.ll~~ ·' of fl t n g, c pl ry.l ~ nt. !l l l\
:t;-'llv,al County 'fhe~tl'~ ~' a t the Rl' arlh~ ' 1'''," ''0
lll.-e atL:e ) ·of. V a n ejt ws . the l'utes w}H t ' h~. il lO
iCI?Dsee is . now' req~li}·.e.' t o ObSC: I' \' C hI:! ' .fiu'pp lr '
monted ,'by", "Il le IJI'j>V ldlplg, I,h at the pulll, ,, rha~ l
b e a dmlU e<l , to any ~ ",rt l of tJ,e (h eol.,'O, Will1,,-,\I (,
p~Y ll1 ent of. a n (~. e.alHy'· pOOl· 1J e:hal'ge, I fi l tc( i\
, )Illlnutes at le,as t ,hefolle tll p tim o "-I' pollil edl foJ' [li n
-commence men t of any p e ~'fol'lu ,~nc e . fo l' wh !d t j.ll s
licen ce is r equ ire d . I
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