Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1917

to th';' .~per';:ti~c soeieti... In . ~e~d i(; , the
ezoe.. pl'(iftt .tax.
Tho ..ttao~ upon the sodiety
!>ad ·had the .am.~l!eo~ &8 8UW.t~ ..tt.ackB had
btod. with r.llnrd ·
tr"" u..lonlSlh: · ,th.,r htod.
oomI"'Ue("OO~pera '~e 8IIil!etleo to) , f~ 'the ques.
tion of beilng represented In Pa.rllani.lnt tbGmselves.. (App\&"",!). II'" ,,!&8 glo,d. tq think. thAt it
w.... belD.g re~lIsea much mo~. ~tlll'Jl i ~tl ever harl
boon before LOw nearly P.rliament:l".... re~t.ed
to the W.. of the people of..u,IA countryl(' P-rivate'
!nier..,ts had never negleoted p..rllament, and . the
people wh<> hid 1Ill0ner &od' I....d did n<>t neglect- It,
bell .......· 1;00,
b.~!t mean~t;:,illom ; "!'G
no... tb... ~~n ...."r. alaD b6«1
to re&liM'
the aeat of ,powor becaWl& It
made the 1&_ th&t ruled . the land, and he yd.
tured: to"'l that o<>-<>per1lk>ra ......... l'ilht In .....It..
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tD' th. ~lg.oilIc.Uio," of l'arli'ament, With

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general bo<lv of -federated unJoDII.· oz
w~r .. ~o(ng to st..ad asidel from tb&t '

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euoh II. meuure ebould he Im.po&ed from above.
It WIIoS not ""'v to 3"" fat. pl~ aDTWh,,!'e. It WM
right tIm;' eVCf"ybody should have tll'8ir I fsir sha.re
M1. tb6li nobodl' ·..bould hAYe "or. more .~an his,

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.society h"d decided to issue 1n the tie... year
I"'t!onlng <lard.. tor tbe prlnoip ..1 cOIDmodJties

Ilfo, for whIch purpose it wRs ~'p'roj>osed I that the
")'Btem of ~tration &lNIftd)" ' 1n \ e~tenoo in
oonneCtion WIth' sU8·~r. should b. utlhaed. . The
qhiQf items that -( would ·be " t hu. ration'ld weI'e
bU.cOI;l, butter; mar:ga.ri~e, te,&, 1•• j,fL11i, . m&;r~B.lnd o,
arid Lard. He qJj). not',"Illean L'haj; they ' would ,,11 .
get e~.irything tb~y tequired;-that fovou.I<\ not Yjit '
Qe tJ.1e 04 ••• · he :Wl'S ,.~orry ~ .ay--:tl'ut by Buoh ~
'syst.om, of r'ationin~ l\U the members of the 6001C t y
would RIlt thatr quo~1Io or the ••• lIable tood .I'll
plies. The society ha.d already endea.voured ' to
,,,,"ure ,that :Object, IUld be ho'Ped t),at wh er ' tIle
. nation's JellPJiUes Iwere .issued a tit~Je J'lnore e~n­
ruten,nye&eli fndJViduol.would be •. reo of gettlllg

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Telegrams: .. Excelsior, Beadling."

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hIs propel"' !sho.t.e, ! The Issue of TO. lonmg cf\rds
by the sOciety -would 3lsq ~om'pel membcn . to
tra&! only lwith their OWl! !?l'rtloular, brancb" , 111·
stead of goin~ 'from' one br~neh tlo .mother a8
-W&e th&' <laaeat pr.,gen~, !'lld it ....ou1(l tfus MpH-

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littlo pTerl1a~l'e, but be might a.nnonnoe ,thl'l.t I ttlIJ1
~ommlttee
the Read.ing Indo.trla\ ·Co-6I><'rattve

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THtdHILDREWS

9t lib" most 6Ord;"\ character, and wbilBt he boIie.ad th .. t <IlYery t ....d.· \lolonl.t' ought to bo a
<><H>perator he aloo boUeyed that ey"ry 00oPerator lIugM to h. a tnde u{llon;"t. (Al>plaus.). Tbelr ch,.jrman hnd ·8Oo\<I tb". t.b"1
{J'topoo.ed tD ~i\ti.on themselvee, ..nd it w... to be p.....
1Elr1'ed Ib.Ilt ,,1I"ga body ~ the cO"operatit'8
800161y ohollld stnrt to ration itBGlf rather than

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d oalt bqoeettv/ wltll t.h. .od.~J1. (Hear, hear),

There b<rod, ' of oourse, been a IIre~t 8110ringe of
provisioMi bU,t he cO,uld &oMUra- tb~ ,that tho
committee . . of the SOCl.ety h~ ,beeBj dOlUS 'everything In. I.b~ir po'wel' Jxj Obtaill /8uPflies. and he
hoped tb·.t f wben - the rationing '
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>brought .ipt.b eXi8te,nl'e it" would in!lethings bett e r' for illl "conceL;Ded. (Applause).
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Mr. G. j. W&mU", ,M.P. ;- spe ng. "t " Int"r
RLage in ' th~ procoodmgl, ••id be. w/"". gla4 to ·b.
" bl. to i;ak~ tbe pI""" of f!J:r. J3eJI't'!'Y\ who 1~"<1
been calledi & ...a~ 'b.. urgen); bU~JDl'08, bu.~, like
ill'a tl'ue man h.e ~ra!. ' h.ad not le fi the~ Ul th.~
lurch , They were met there that ,tvening unde'fo
- the nuopines 01
R eadl1jg lndui!trial Co-opera.,
. nyC Society not ,n;'tely for t!Je iI.jtrp~ 01 eu·
I /' ov~n g .the conce~t but· &Is\, a8 eomethlng" of II.
Ju"iness . m~et1ulI ~ntended to str~nll!Jlen' tbe, f.itl>

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' MISS RENE WEBBER. the IittJe .daughtor
'/I1 ' Mr. A. .R.. Webber, of Reading, who : had
til. ·honour .f dancint · at .Madam.., Kar'na's

concert . at . the Larue ' Town . Hall · 0"'4
i' .Wedn..day.
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properly dlstrib.ut.ed. T,liey must not lmltgm9
tbli.t the·· problein ot di8tribp.ti0f' "':'''" &n · easy liae,
n<>r ' that -.ve.ryt/ling they c_omplalD~' of Will! .due
to~" w<>utd, 'tIot· say tD · .omebody • ,pl1-lDd8~g,
but .to eom'ebod""81 gra.sping deeir& lot pl1ofl ~
6ome'" of ,it' WM, ~rid.. ..where , thn.t
sbould 'be iilimiM.ted ' hy.,the strongestf
l 'tllat the ' Ia". pl'()vlded: ,b,!t It bad largoly
dlBtrlbuticni., We bad _now cam.•
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. LEATHER GOons,
STATIO~ERY 'and'
CH;INA. Your choice here wil1 l ~ivc pleasure
to receiver ~d satisfaction t~ :YOiself.
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time all roads lead to lac ' n's . C?rners.

enr" l<>Cal oo-<>peNltiye I'O"lety, and' it
fol' the.R,,&dlnA lIOCI&&y .... fue .the que•.

\,hoeo abla .(I1_tioD , the .
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Bellamy, J.P., who "'IWI to h"v~ oIdd"""sed tbe-,
. meeting. had lleeo un&Yoldr.b", ""tied! 'Iway to
th~ nortlI of Engll'nd. iealii that , a :"/,ry' &bl.. ....t>j .t.itute bad been eent 10 . tit<! pefoon lof 1>£r. G. J.
Wardle, M.P" ,Wlt~ '·k.efe.\"noe to ~ de:monetr",
,Hon wIlion ",W I to te e p ..... tI,:" .-t day h e
".. glad 1.0 ~ I tb&t, IJ! cO~ili'''noe of the
obomlnable end dlsgr aoetul atate o~ lung. whiph,
M they we~e ..u "IW."; '1'.... th<l (t~ se of the f\,oqu~nt !ood ' queu~ latel,.· .... n ~n e town., the
wflrkcrs pf ReadJ~A' had organised i.o proteat to
tho , ioc&.! .'lthorlti~. tha~ . \~ -""" n!f paot the
tim·. when they ·. ho\lld be.tir
elves tD orI'Ilngo thi"I)88 a lltt~ ' dilferentljr, ' In rde~ tb~1 the
toad that VIM avaU&!)le millht he mAde to go raUlle!
"" far ' M p~ible. (Hear," be....) :~Wlth tegll.rd
to the question of ratIon lng, '/many I them ' had
ho doubt .een that' the ltetod.J"ng l!'o
COlD-lhitteo
had declded to J'Atlnn th" town .. t t 10 oorlnnence.
IIDcnt o( the new year. ¥e bhlieveiJ; t hat, to be a

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Wardle,
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