Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1917

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S."'~. AND.I <,l.n. SUMMO!'S 'AU;m; R:\E lJ
(:ieo)'ge Batten, of 48, Weldale Sh'e,,;
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moned for travelling: on the ~oHth ;.~~~t~r~ $~~;;

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G~u\tham R-ftlh~ wLthou;t hUVIng prenom,l}

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24th lnst, the ~~nch £lfcetilllg to the recl\l~~ 1.

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ho-uys on the previou~ 'Vedl'lesday el"ehing 111(> w:~

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~ppeal'ed !n f~Pect to an appbca tIon by hl!) \/dlll
for n. s~jlrahon order,1 on tt1e ground s of (r\Jl.: lh
Mr . '1'. Rowland Kent wn.~ present on behah H!

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.CO~TE:N TION I N THE Hml)o;.

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D('fendant was fined 5s.

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annoyed by ne~sboys, who were shouting lout.E:idll
t h e ol ub . These boys hau made the V'tC ln l tv ('\
the club" kmd- <?f rendezl"ous, and th(>Te ],a d het>r.
£I ~\lent comPlamts by occuplerfi ot ~ aclJ'H(>n!

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, Arthur P~zzey. of 34.. 1 Foxhil l Rond I(t"ldln
W88 su~mone<l: for Hho u ting whilst ~lling' n(' V, R',
pa-f)el's 111 StatJon. Road on the Hth in st.
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. StatIon Road, Readmg, stated that for a~6ut t '

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TU,EJSDi\,Y.-Befol'e .t he Mayo!', F. ,A. Sa'leant.
E"'l,. (m the chan), Rnd J ..T. Cooper ' l' ~
S~lIth, ·F.. W. Ridley, and ,A. Rowe, E';/, . ,
SHOUTING BY NEWSBOYS. ,

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IllS (a1'o. and \'ii:tih,lintent to ayoHl· payment tI~;~~;_
uf, ~n th~ 6th Odt~h.r; and was also charge"' lli th
haVlDg glv.e~ ill ~onnectton w ith the mat ler a.
false name. Eo a sef:vant ~f the company.
Â¥r. H.
Fr~t;e;;J. 8ohc1t01i to the S.l~. nnd (' H
jComp:finy, ul?phed for an adjournment 11nhl il,~

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F. B. Pal litt, E ,q "n \1",

G . R . Jackson: and E. U l!':U1 l'l',
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~Il's . North s ta ted thnt she b ihl bl't'll mnl'n d
nl??l1~ t.fhe yenrt;. The nets 01 cruelty UU lUlllCllI.: .. d
nbo u't jtw clY~ months Ago ' wh~m
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hU fi bl~ rld
strllc!c her a he~yy hlow on the fnce with the
lint of hi~ \lnnd, cnu,sillg nil nbscess to fOlm The

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fe-ndant Wi\S Ithen fineu .£1 and bound m(r i u
kt'ep t he p~,a.ce. Se\iernl simIla'r occurrences hl\d

sm ce tnken pla ce. the most recent occa~io n bml1j{
O ~l SundRY. when her! ~usbn nd struck her lsevcr,d

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t he head !lnil puoljed her out of tlo e

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M r. Kent. rtddl'cssiug the mC\gistrates on b~h,~1i

or the r h~ sbnud . Stud, thnt a ll t he trouble betw'~£'n

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the partlcs ruad 'been cnused by the compl nmant'",

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own conduct. She hnd repeatedly run her h,,>- ,

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bnnd into debt. even when he g~,,~e her s u ffiCWllf

money to k eep house with , and in con8e<lueI115~ ''to
of Iier not paying the rent he bud bn.d · to pay
tbe landlord bimself.
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I Defen dant hqre out his solicitor,s statement .
,fi nd ,stRte:d. that Q~ the Sunday morom!,:, when
Iu s "'lfe refu sed t o cook the breakfast nnd dinner
sh e nagged h im so much dint he p"f;hed her out
of t he hou se sb that he s'hould not strIke bel'.

R e hnd not SLTuck hlt)
in May.

Wife t:ilDCe

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:Mnb ldn Patey, of 752, Oxford Rood, sh ul sh t
l,n,! known the parties for some time , nnd be- ,
lreved that l defendant had nlways been a lToo.1

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Defendnnt inform(,r1 t h o D e nch thnt h i"

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,the Edi tol' of tire ChtOonicle / '
S lr •...:·Mt. ISparrow bns qu~to ~rSun9.ers.tuod me
in thmking thaU I rMerred Ill\. my I. tter tQ I1CCI,dents to cycliSts. I merely ~entiQ ~ill the cyclist
as _[\. ronel user i\\~ho "naturHlly nohces thE) pnme -

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factor III street. acola.nta rat¥r than I he' paVIl- ,
ment Uf>e r . It is t he motor and similar lasf...
moving t ra ffi c that is . most dangerous tol the mnn

who su(Wenly steps imt 'on to the ,\ road wlth b ls
back to whatever is 'coming a lon ~. It i t! fori tbe
'Very reason that .t}H~ c;:J:tnract.cr of the rop.d traffic
lins elltirely alteTed that the nnblic . ..,fetj d", '
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To ,the Editor of the "Chronicle."
Sir,'::"-'The OifordshlfB War AgriJulturul EJlctllt in H)QmmittEle will be grate(ul if jypu. WI ll alto,v
me ' on theu! behalf to d irect attention to un ... /.
" ~rti Blime.irt which appear~ in 'Inother , "\>Iu"",
,urgUlg tlib mportant~ of immediate apqilcat wH .

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.oting made by O~C\lplers of agncultural land 'Who

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may require! tractors to aHSiSt them in brp.n k u l.,r

up grass land for tb'e h a rv ~ t of ]918 lfl conn€( ·
tlon ,with the sehePle prepared bi the Food 1'I U-

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FACILl~It;S_~OR .~XFORDS~ F~MERS,

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-tho w-ildge he probably Isteps stradght.

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in flont of a ca rt. motor. or Qther vehicle. which
hn!S , not time to : pull up be!oTt'! t he aCCIdent
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39. Fastle Sireet, Reading,
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argument in it.

naturally tur~9 to face the rrnul, and lconsequentl"
CUll BOO what is approaching, whereat; I n 6tePPlD~K

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Mr. Sparrow: must remember thut in the

,insta nc ..-th"f he quotes, t he pedeslit.n,
crossing
the pavement from t he inner. to the- ou~er e<Jge.

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which has now not

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duchon Depaortment.
The adi·er.tti.einent sta tes iul!y the {",.Ii,t,.."
wIllen the Cbmmittee Can offur ill the way lIT
tractors, but. they al'!O wisli tQ r emind Ithose IV 10 0
a,~ OCCUPYlDg land w.blch ougbt to be' broken "I',
and which is not suitable for traetor wo rk, Ih,lt,

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RIGHT OR LEFT?

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llnd pawued pl'ac tlcnlly everyth11lg tlmt lwiollg'cll
to him.
The Bench . ~'rter considering the Cl.\5e for some
time in . pri\'a~e: declded to dism l~ s the application . the ChAirman expressing t~e hope thAt
!Deans migh t be de' JoN\ wherehy Ih~ part ,., could'
I,i ve am icably 'It Ogether.,

111 a ccordnn~ . with advelbaements whlc h hl.\.\"
' prel'iously apR-eared. they are bow in n POHlli o rl
to l11re out , ~m.~ , Qf hors~B in charge,
f:(J fflpetent 'plou~men. whose services may ,be tset un·cl
on applicatJ(}n being made to the l:ieer~huy, .t
12, Beaumont StJ:eet" Oxford, find that the Oxfo rd-

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shlTe Ste.m Ploui!l' !Co., Ltd., ha~ made ,arra n ~e ­
m'll\ta to keep .lts ploughmg-englnes l at 'lhe .h,posaT of the Ulmririttee d l,inng the wi-ntfI' mo n th6

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.for the 'purpose of lirooking up Kras~ l.iIJ .
. Every commulli co.tion reS!eiv~ed froUl t.he F(){I(I
Pl'od~ction

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' auc'bon in 1 t h ose countries on which we haHlr
r elied fol' _ food. We ate th~r(,f(r nt
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is E"s~ential t ha.t tl1e pobt y c, f
this coun try ] l:ihouhl be
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growIng neceSSity fo r mnkwg a U lposslbl e p r1t·
'\' l s iQn for feeding -ourselves 'by iDcrea SlJ\ ~ ~l nl'
}lom'e-grown supplies" anti tho ' ?~port'H1 ((~ uj
b r inging home to all ' the fact that t he danger "f
iI,' shortage of food is a reulit" win ch .x tl" IlI"
beyond the perjod q( ,... ~\ r , duo 14l gely to th e
decl'eaSe in mau power and COD!:icquently 111 1'1'" •

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