Berkshire Chronicle Reading 10-1917

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BRANCHES AND STORES:
HENLEY i 38 HA&T IlT&'<IT.
, 'CAVER8HAiOi:: M-llS, PaOBPIOT STR.UT.
EWELMEl! O X ON .
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BIGH _WY:COM.BE, <13.. OXt'BD STRUT.
WOKINGÂ¥AM., 7, PUOK TIUT.

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, goods from til e .I·ailway, the ra.i.lway workers, th~
f~t.ory workerf' who m,ade t.he f\rtide,
the

enginee rs ' who controlled

the macl\inery, the
neceSS&T~ coal , t.h e;
8\1ip"~n d .~i1o~s " 'ho .brough t ,the r;"lv malfrin.l;
are a\l preJen t ed from working Im··lhe oountry
beca.u,e ot the demand c reated fol tJleSG un·
necesSa.ry good s. The ~\r ermJlent h ~ye d e \"i!c<l

mine r s who

"'ork~rs

alld ' 4,000,\)00
member..
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£126;000,000 I",ye b een. sold ' i~ war I certificates.
Tber~ n.re ID8.II Y \ \·at" Isatings .associa;ti ons i!ri this
coun ty, find 1\Ir. W. C. I': IAndeIson ,' education
secr eta r y, is Hle hon. !'\ecret'n ry 'of . tho Berksh i re

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cates cnn be ptlrchas~ at any Postl Office, ·bank
01' through . an o.ssoc i~tion :
FOE" e noCh I '1 o
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?e rU fic~to ..the Governm~nt SU8ra.nt e~ to pay £1

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t he meanti me the certificnfes can be cn.~ hed ~ a t
t he tP ost Office. 1' h ey n.re enti r ely free of income-

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b ut secure on excelletl q and liquid investment,_

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ACANCY 101' ~ RESIDENT PATIENT,
Mater nity, Medical" or Minor Surgical.
F or Terrhs and Part~cular;. a.pply
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VIC-TORT;\, DlS1.'Rlcrr NURSES' HOM'E,
29. PRIEST ' HILTJ, Ci\;VEUSHAM ..

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the knowledge ' that, OTlc e
do th ei r . own . w~rk i ~
the world, and re8umo th eir plaCE in. th~ wor!,l
which th e sncrifi<!es they hnve _ mo.do', btv(I n--..
dn.ngercd. Th ~ re are many , bot.h tro.de (tad Prl
vate emp loyer9. who a·r~, or snonld be , /" will illR
for the sake o f the men, for thp. RQ.ke o f I.li i\
nn.:tion, in tl)e inter ests of their businet;ses. nnrl
f o r th~ .<:"on.t.~sfaetion or t.h ~ir o,vn (!on5(' i Cr~eR' t~,\
fill(~ e mployment for, or give thA oP.rnpll)yrp(,Jlt rllIj
wh1(>.h men are need ed. t.o th p..8{1 ' mr n wlI{) in
de.c.d deservo n.11 the cou ntry C:ln ~i\' r U~f'm. ' It
iB not R.<:.ked t.hn·t e-mpl<ly.era should ahle t hORO'
",ho cannot do a rull dn.y's work "[1, fllll i\ ~,' > s plW'
b~t t.o emplol the men ~n<1 gh-e t.h~ nn.y· t.l~.!f~t. 'i ~
fou ly earned. Tn t.hp. hOl1o of mf'.f' t.m gl t.hp. I~I ' ('(]~
of tli,e men 01 ~hom wo 1;0,," Wri l,t en '~I\() 'W",T
P e n~lons Com mi t tee of

th ("' Bor.ongh

Rnd tl1 e County or Berks

Op"r~te in. oonipiling a

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pn:rt,! lloll y (lI .c:n.blc d m('n ",111) are <1f .Sh ioUf, nf l (I ll
tatum.A" . p.mploy!nent an rl -of a11
mJ..ll{)y,(·r~. 'N 1Hr
ar·e wt1hng to g lV (': the n ccef;snry € 1 pl()yWf'Tl t . 11111 1
nIl wou ld-be pmp l oyer~ ('~~c lLS \ ((> d to !' ~' l d l ilt';!'
rtamc~ o.ncl n.n ("hc "iw~ to tlHf uffiecs . (It o i 1(' r (~l m
~i ttee !Kit h th e partic nla.rs of th e ! work I.}I'~.\· ('.!"I,

gIv e or eR n 8.MC'p t., a-nd' t.h e wf\-ge, Uwv fi" f'. .! l nITer
or the ~ork of. whj~h thf\y nro, (';t\,n~hV": N ~ t ilrnJly
t.ll e re gIst er mu~t. t,flke t.lIIHl In I t..~ rOlt ipl llI.t.ioll ~
hut,. thft.t if! aH, t1:~ mo~p. r Cf"I.don ' 0 1' ,<'· H i." .,!otill
Of\tlOn of r f>q1llrC'm cnt..<: , · whil e
r.pphl'":.\f' La 11\\.11;1.
llttcognise t l1at, th ~ Tff m lly h i' de lny in fu ftll i lt ~ ".1 1
r equiremen tlQ lIn l p.!,~ nil . il.pp li0.nnt,g g i ~'" ,:mlv
n-iftiflcatioll it th~iT p Cr.'-I(lrJa I n C<:' ft s II :h #! l H" ~"I

satis fi ed.

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,Davi,," .. Noxt fo r duly ,

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L,,;'e":\Corpl. C. A. N~,~maTl. ,

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• ':ralDlng.-The trfllllllng WIll
du DB t he ensuing week
d~r6 nc(:ordi,ng to the p")ll'l·nn"),u,e.
bYd th~m"

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' 'lundny.-Parn..le at '9.30
Warnitng by siren. 'D ismi ss
battalion will '
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pla.ces 1n Cl'111 hfe.. But there G.l'"e othel's bdolllt-

Qnler:; ,fo r week endins Noverobt-.l' 3rd, 1 1'::- .
Ofticer_ f01' the weeli, Lieut. 11'. S, Bray . nc x.t
~ N , C. Q,~s [0[" the week~

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rea.dy (mean!l by which sa.l'ings ma.y be len t . One
thOU&f'-11d fh"'e hun(ll' cd n.nd fH ~y ~V ar So.vings' Committ ~8 and '40,f!OO Wo.:r Savings .A. ssoc i1\,ti~~s are
es tab~1 8 h e d, in {\Onnectlon wi th which are 120,000

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of t he virt.nes of self·soncrifi.ce nnd Uu'itt. mg to a les. recognised c1 .... , th at 01 diwhl"K,,1 '
'l'he Germans .p i ofcss i tha t . the block~e ha·8 been ' men who arc a ble to .follow their own .tTa!de ~ , Or : .
It bless, llg in " disl~ ifi~ fo t Lheir country, ~ it hM ..,to tnke ,oth er ~~p,lOyment f-or which tl
. le y T.eCl,Ui r A
made it impoSsilHe rdr th.e people t.ci'
luxurie •. no ~eclal tralntng', but. wh ~ cannot do 0. full
day.
work.
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They ~o.y be hinking a virtue of n~ e'ssHy, ' but
Rhock and other fonn~ ofl n purw;th enill.'
if th ~YI are right then it pe\1o,e. tJ,e people or shell
for those it 'has b~n ' found that the only C1iT ~
this c01;m t ry to l6eC ure ~the same resi.l lts ·,'ohm 1S th.. t they should work; !,hey are
wilhug I"
~arily . ! R ememhet' whe n . you buy a ny~hin8 wh~~h '(\""~rk, but--t¥y. cannot do 0. . fu ll day 's work .
fs not really n e c e55a. r~ ~h at the shop a.8s istan,t Olve " them, wf rk Bnd Ithey w11l r~gflli nl lh.-:r
who serves yOllr the carma.n who bro ught tho heAlth; . .grve , th<>m , ,he&lth,
nnd f illl it,

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IllclhtleB for U&lOlng 111 neW trade. for whici '
they ,!"i11 be fitted . Th~re .~e othcts who, llJ\ U,~ ,
pre.~ent momell t , are unfftted for BIll, wor
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wh!., will, it i. boped; 'benefit by the tr,e ~tmont
pN)""tde.d fO,r , th~m 80 ~ to resumo their ()ld, 1

W.'H.BRAKSPElR
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There are, unfortun-~telYI men whos:~ ' diBaifi1itl e~
a.re 8uch· ....th-a.t !-hey can never return to theIr 011
tr~~~s, . but 1" r,o r ~h~:m t~ere ' a re erer.incJl~{l,fjillg

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'r~AKSPEA~S' ALES~

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purposes.
To bJ 1\ ' w~r S8\'cr, ' .h en , becomes 0. patriotic
duty, and Ii high id eal. Evcryon J cf n help to
do his or b el' p n.rt in tho wa.r b1y {I~e ng ' 80 wa.r

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The ...use of the partially \li""IHed "dl;'ha~g.. d
sailor or solUler is one which should etlped. 1J .
appeal to the he .... t of tli., Britf'h p,uPIJ

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at home; we nre laying up in store fO~i oUTs'e lves
80 terrib le burden and ha.rd ~ hip 'a tter the- war.
~ot ont~ · so, b.ut l individual extr~" B.ga. ce injures
the na.tiQn now ' in t,\:o ways . It nbsoros fln'ancia.l
t:esou!'c,'18 ~fenti8.1 to th~ prosecution
the war,
&nd . nbC( labour, rrnateril\J.s, . and ene1gy wlliclt

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{or ,.ix w.eeks. At thel end of it
,ns burdened'
and crippled. I So'it will
we ar.eLI very carefu l, '''' ith tHis COWl try
a.rte r tbe.t war. If . \~ go on )avi~hjng our
weBlth a.a we h.a~e been ,d oing, ple-dgi1l8 our se·
·curilies abrol\d ,_lo~t..'\ining. , lon:ns fro~ A.m.eT~ca..
iUtd at the sam.,- ' tIme havll1g a. sumptuous tI me

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One of the g'r eatest perils of war is that it

creates a ki nd of la~ificial prosperity, and that
prospel lty ' loads to extravaUjlnce.
prosp~r1ty of peace com.s frp"t the
'II creation of wealth t tho p!rosperlty of war comes
from tho dissipation . of wealth.-Mr_ Lloyd
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London , to ina,u gur.a.te t11e I\ew w!1~ savings Cl1.IXJ.- ·
lmi go . The r e lllil?-<fer'. is , opport.une.
A great
deal.of money is being disbur sed by tlie 'GovernImJnt , {or muni,tio~"i and,other purposes. Millions
of people are e,a rning wages, of a far higher
amount than they ,h ave earned hefor e. , In m~ny
thowmnds of fa.mi1 l·'es whe re f·aUler, SOD, and
daugh t.er, e nd evel mot.her 'in . some eases, ~re
ja ll rece iv1ng wa r r,ate ~ of pa.y. there. . is "!\on:
abundance of money '~ omp(\r e d with the ·. pre-,var
p eriod. Of courso lfood land othef commoditi~
h ave risen . consid~rablYI in price, I n·nd .1for very
IDMly of the wql'k~rs it i~' not all honey, ' A t the
•• me tim e. it is ilP"SSibJe to ghut one'. eyes ' tp
th'e fact.. th,. t the en,fO~Ciid disslpa,tion ·01 wealth
onJthe par,t -of the Government is being followed
by voluntary di~si ,!,~'b1 0)1 the part 01- a v... ~
number of the co munlty ..... Though t.he Govern~
ment ; ~ .Y not .. . ,,,:aYs l spend wisely t)1ey are
compelled to find the pay, and the munitions for
our br.,ve sdldiersi" ..nd I·sailol's. :But tha~ is . not
the c ...e with those who a,re I b~liefiting J:ry the
h uge expenditure. I Wh~n they sP'f nd the ' money'
nee dle1i8ly on luxuri es I they are' doin g 'Il direct
il;jurV' to their eollOtr,.! Mueh of the ha..qn that
is being done by ~h e ' di1ssipo.tion of· the coun,try 1J
wea lth would ! be remedied 'if every econom r was ·
e. erJised -!iy the people, I'nd they lent their savings" to tho 'Government, By so doing they
'would not !lnly render vital h elp to the' Stat.!•
~ut would be ~a"YJiDg j h ei r . own -money e.nd pre ..
paring for the rainy day t hat is in~vi table- .after·
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th e mOl'e , we lond the_ less -.yijft· Britain Own to
otber s ; and that is ~ most lmporta.n·t factor iIi
our n a ti onal 8ecu~·jtYJ &nd it} o.ur national "e'a.ltb.
'17he Prime Mini.ter
the matter in a trite and
homely 'Y..y. In the old days an electlon- WM a
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very expen~ive bU6in e~5, ~ ~na. many . an e state
3, D\,1KE ST."
·was mortgaged 'to raiBe h uge 18ums'! to r oart'f~
tllf,o ugh an elector..l 'Iwar, E~e.ybody · ha.cl ' ..
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The Roy~l B e llies have had Lh.e ho lour 01 t "' I ~ ' Jl:
m e ntion.~ in a 'dispateh by Sir D~Ug' "H 11 ',%
th is ,beiD;g in conformity With the nOt,w p r <1cti("~~ hV
which nnits of Ith<l British fo rces "I e now "",,0
frequeritly alluded to in ' the Briti,b disp" l.ch'~
A batt alion of the Royal' Berks wi Lh o Lh H u f!I ~')
took pa.rr in the operations on Mon~y .on tho c~·
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successful mif19r oper-a.t iollS were c-firri ed aut t~y

of . our troops ·this mQrning on the b-n,~i.l c fr?l! l In
t he neighbourllOod of po el~nppe Jlc' .'I.J1d. III ,,,no
junction ' with the Fren ~h , south ~ _ lL olilll lllh~
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(olk, Suffolk, E !hex and B e rks R~giJDf:Ilt.", 110(: '
Nortbumberla.nd F· ~1ili e rs at~M' ke d ron :t f ront u
about. one -and a. h.tt(f mil~ and ca.P.~tl \· · d 1\ J!u:n·
' b er of 'stron gl y ' !6rtificd bn) ldiJ~gS' flod , ClJIJ(",~ Ie
r edoubts on t h e ·hill' e'a.st of ' 't h e \"i1l:l g ~.
Ie Rain liad (\ ~a.jn f,a ll en
d uri n t h e: nigh tj r ·n·
dering t,tIe gro~n{l slip-pery lUll]'
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sem blv . diffiC11lt. ~\ In Splt o of
" t.he \~l'~'~i'l~.
our objectives . ,,~e r e c n.p~lIred a
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in which many Germe.·ns were
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beyond t he line 0 ,1 their nh-f~,!,h,p.••
Sir D . Haig a.lso 'r efers'
out in the · same v~c inity.
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"na· 'a.f,t i$' the war n .
October 17th, in th~ 1O';';:n'i.;~:;;".I....~,V
, Reading; by I ,Mr. Silas',
1 of the 'Workm·enls National
Thelehie{' feature of 'th e Ie<J Lure
serieS! of plans of workmen '9
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