Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1918

1918.

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BROAD sTREET CORNEl,
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REPORT f o r th.jV.... 1 9 17.

di.t.ri~,nl.od! tp£ .17.4!1
Lo' cOmpany'. PolicyhoLder. durin« the ye~r ended 3h~~'
• • Of ibia amount £ 2.t • •013 . . . ,~. UIlder

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and C\&imJ a rising by 4eat.ll r.boorbM £ • • • •0.3 ...b"", included
durin, the year on Ibe
o( PoticybOLdera .wo '*I( m04. Ibe
the ~oe of their Couptry. "I:HE Tt>TAL SUM: PAl~ TO DATE
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TS TO £ 157.000.
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.-The Company'. boldi~ of W.., StooD M ~e "'ose of]
...noun.ted to £. 100, 0.00. Thia .... BiBee been inc.-ed to £ 1 \250. 000.
l'remium Income in "'''Jl'!Ct o~ Wo A_n._ ~mounted
increue of .: 7 2 •• 22 OYer the preWou y .....
i\."""' .... amounted 1.0 £ 1 . 471 , 24, .
AND EXPENDlTURE.-Tbo GltOSS IlfCOME from 0.11 eoureee l
7 , .5" , beillg an INCREA.SB of £ 83 ••
o,.r the
~ Income
The TOTAL OUTGO _ounted to £ 1 . 371 .017 . lea.ioll a
'¥......I"'~,'''on the yeu's ¥counta of £ 30 . ... 40 . Out 01 &wI balance
h.. been .....itten olf Stook EJ:c~ SecuriU.. .ind other ju.
a NET ADDITION TO THill FUND.8,OF £ 1.5 ,~ 7a .
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pald ill Claims up to th~. December.

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246. OSford ROIld. llEADING.

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....ory fC)r f cea alld fOl' peotIle wlliell ch~
teriMa him. . ddreued Colonel WIlloB. W.i':I
witla tb. r~k... Yo. ..... in Ut. )(aria...
IOBd ha4 a ~r.f coa. ...~tio.. with Ut. Colo ....
Ria ....ieotr
.bowe<! tb _ . facility 10.
IWBem....ri"'. , re. Cra....... '
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t1l. flprd to ~atte" .Ili h ~t tIM ...ua" of
til. peoPle., Indie&teiI 1t1 • ctuetl081 10
Ilr. L . 1;. Qu loh. wllo
p
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Food Colltrol Committee
T. ,Qu..D mad•
inquirl,
of Mila K ble. on of tII.t
V.A.D. eomm ""lIta, aajt a'" of Alde ......
Field. <:OlIoe'
tt.. ~i ... acti ..ltiea Ia
.Idoh thee~,
if.~ . lJ> iatrodaeiJl, Wt •
1 . OkeT TI,I, r, the WIl10r~tiOll..r that Ur.
Ol<ey '1"a1
III • •,01' of
...dipc ..hMl t\.e
J!.'!lI'. 11l~ OUI fatb .... Illd Queen ,Aluulln
..en DlAl'ried. Tb. lIaTor I
Hi Vajest)"
of the OCCHI oI Buai_
.... Wen wben
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Belor.
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ia aoUei.. tia. a _ .....
~oo the ..on lied "'Idi~".
Voclf reu. o~
w.... acoord .. til. KID, nd Queen
the
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Bilh pr.i.. I. tlu .. tOI Vaj E,l'illton for tll.e
admir.ltL. ,oeI It)" .. Ith' ..hiplt tit. prMMltkl
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Mr. A. B . 01\ atllliled iD the arranrem eata
for tb. fum · in,.
ne foUo .. 1 lIlemben oI I Berka (') V.A!l.
~Ied a • . • te ro: ~t ~
daat ~ !.....
teI'; Section
dora J'. LambQnrll8;.Ai Tribe. A.
titcomb. J .
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Lance-C rpor
A.. En~toJl, l'rl~at.e F. .EcJ:'~
totl, T . W. "9per.
Thomu. Illf 1404lIw.ton.
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returoad to
110,,0.1 t~1p. r lunelln.
. The lIeyor of ReadlnJ. e rtaiaed til. Lord
Lieutenant a d 9ther viiito 1\ at .,. .... r·lime
lu chaon adm rably eerv"
the Greet Weltern
1Iotel. Readl .
healt of the Kille w
h&Artily drnn .
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cert.iW bT tbe Brita Analytical
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Conllol ~ be ABSOLUTKL Y
alO,.. At ,....., point tb. em·
• diA'erent· de.-rtmtnt. ..era 00IIPU!& AND GENUINL
th.lr ... tho~ kne.. no boQJlll.a.
tiel proo.ded to ~e Faclo']' ya
&rI hi(bly rICOmmellded
S tion
,Queen Vlct!ri,. Street. Broad.
", 'e medical faCuity and hue
Stl'Mt. Kin
treet. and Kin,'. lIoad, tbe
&eon lupplild to the .Royal Bert·
cro..d. &Ion, lbe route hein .ery L rge. Ther.
in th. ",.hr.hbourhood of tIIa
chire.l HOIpital ier 0 ....14 'CO ,ears.
l-'aotory, and the windo,," of tTle hou .... oPPolHe
SllppUed in Cask and Botlle.
the buildil1ll' .. ere crOflfded.
On the
~ d at tile ent noe to th.. Readins
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FUL v
Bi nit Fact y ..ere _be foil wing I.dies ",nd
,_nemen :- rs. Alfred P.,.ID1"~. Mrs. Charles H .
Palmer. MI.oo V.... Palmer. MIn Norah Palmer.
Mra. C. Eric PalmII'. Vi .. Dal'ba.... Pal.mar ua.d
ourse, MiM
rker ..nd nIU·~. }fi.. Olive Pretty)
Mr.~.lIho ,the Re~. A.
CI\rI'. til. Re~. T.
B . oarl<er
\8a Betty P~lm <"'8 nurM (lll.oo
T-allorl. Xi BuQtin" M..ItII Eli_betb M:c'turk.
IUld M'1.as eft reb .
Ttle M:N'or _ei.ed their llajMtiel on ..nih I
r.t the B,lICu' Factor" and V-ted
r ."· W.
Boward Pal .r (chairman ~f tbe oomplllll) and
Mr. Euat.ace . P~ID.r (doputy..,hairman) .
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The party 1> ~ed ..t 0'l~· to the Board Room.
.ltere ber
jesty a~Wl a bet.utlfol bodquet
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from the t"d \·e.,ye r-old d ughter of tbe DeputyChai rm&l1. '
Tbe hair an tben ... id w)fa,_ I no.. liave
the honour 0 pr... ntinll 1.0 100r llaj ...ti.. . VrL
Ho....ard Pal or, M1'8I. Euto.oe Palmer. Mr .
.Alfred palmI' ir E~neet Palmer. Dart.••Dd
)lr. Cecil P mer. I.;ecre th. ab.e~e of ru,
Otlwor diJ:eeto • my' brother. Kr. Cbari.. Palmer.
IMina: Ul fto an. operatio.; Liwt ..coI. Albert
Palmer, D. . .. ccmiiw>d.inr Ule Boyal 0100081~rwre Uu
.... , no.. in P . . .t.iae : LieuteDaat
Erio l'.lmer. ith the J.t LU. Ouards in· hue.;
and Captain eo!re,. Palmol'. in tllo Qu....Q O..n
Oxfotdllhire u_n, hi f.,.,.ce. Anoth.. ~­
IMtr of the f
il1 .. 100 YI_ on tile lIOiBt of beinr
made a eli...., r of tbi. oo~n)" oen .ar bro,k!
oot-Lieut.
IIILd Poulton allDe•• of the .IIot"}
Beorkah!re
iment- .... iLled in ~ranCII io.
M..,., 1816.
" ther, alao .
onJr "'''. LltInt.
~nald Pal ~,ie .. rvlll i.n Frail.... ith 1O"r
lUje fy', G nadieT \l U& • i and 8i r Eruet
PRlm,er'l you I~ 8011., Oa tain ApIoOlcL Palmer.
o WIth. tb~ o,al Berbb lle(imeot. In all,
,inee til .. out reak of "Rr, ~ of ow:: mell han
joined your aj..tl'. 10reM. aDd I am "y to
"':r _that 108 h ...e 105t tbeir lin. ...
1Ir. Palm.. added : "! ,...e MOO tbe boftOI'r
p ...llmt K . Herhert Pre~t)". 01lr ,.8.eral lIlAh·
all~r... bOle
, I l't'Jnt to IX'" blS '-n ..unliT
wounded; Mr F . B. E It, Ollr head maJ.nt cturer,
..ho. wlt.b ~
r~ioe witll ns. hIas ru. to
be &11 lI.lI!Iis t dir;!Ctor: lh. A. T. ~ht. "chAir.
lDan of th. F~o..., Wqrken' R..WMOJIto.tion
Committ... a d alao tbe preaideBt of It he Trad..
and Lo.bour
uooU of ~i ... ; ....d llr. D . W.
BLunden. aec lary of U!e Factory Workers' BeprHeDtatiol\
mmittee."
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Tllelr Hai lea tb n In
ted a l"fII'. model
of the facto and tb. ~i~nature9 of biB MajMty'1I
fath.r ..hen Prince nl Wal ... and her Maje t)"
Queen lli 1')'
fore ber m~·rrlaie.
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Prooeedi.D1 0 the 1aetoTt yard. tbeir- lIAj ..
~re ,reaU7
terHI;ed in ~ POllP of
men eaplt
nth the fi.n record of lifty yean contilluou •
.service at
he factor)", and thei Majesties
cbatted wltlt 0"6 or twq of tbe
u . Their
Y.jeeti.. al .howed mue. IOLiCltode jn R group
of l!8 men .. b bod been W l1nded in th...ar a"d
retorned to e f~cto...,.
their }lai Ii"" 111"0oeeded up t ,.&.I'd tb.y ..ers ~ed ..ith.. uail1ll' welcome rom lbe facto..., egin .. and \" ' ferol1}l cbeerill4r from the
A. vety oordiaL .to
caption waa
_rdecj the members of the
, ....... and
• ,.",eraL ~n I~r. "bit Colooel
Wileon. U. Kember for Re..diD'r ••• ..• ...,
• ... rtil,. bh..
in IIOv.ral of tbe liopartmant .
Their Majo ti .. oo~ced th.ir tollr of tb.
factory at th depart~llt. devoted ~ th.. DU>.110factore alld
killC of A~ ra n iecuiq, (lJ,.
far tke lara t item ill t e lit 8" rk to-da,).
roMedJ nc IIf rward. to
the .ak.i , of ruakf.
h. putti
p of ~a\1 packe fo :he E~
clitione...,
ea. tb. ....nuf.ctur.
"uio...
bl8cuit~ for
riti II prisOne.. 0 .... in enem)"
eOlllltnM. ret min,' tlI ~ one of the Ino,oe
olli_, "ne 0 tb. Itda'e~OIli ,a~ tile ALLo,
and teCj)rd
1I\l)e. 1"11 ..rr de~nt their
Majuti... clU
yed ihe
.141 t lDteFut. aod ..
kell 1.0 b,
aWllber of tb" old.. r emp y .... "",e
tb. Kina aad Queell. Tb Kiq and u..... uked
. .an)" qilMtio..... to th p _ of man..tao~ .... th. _rchin, nal"
of tb. inquiri", lIbow1ft
. C tlle!r abeolute comp
....iOll ~indU buL
problenu. They alto ew.,ly exallliJl
the ..orlt
In Ute ellCiMerioc ' ';:irlllC
118, .rhera
tb" mnnitJOlI .orlte.ra
them •
l oordiel
tioned r.h
altho..,h
reception. It DlI>Y be
bet".. tile w~r 0..... fOihnndrNl rieti... of
blecnih .... re mnnufactu
• ani, A ,of compaRtinl, pial .. ~
IIOW P
Uced.
All the m.euita for B tilllJlriao~ra 81lpplied
bJ tile Calltn.l P n - of War COmmitte. are
UT la ....
aaada by HlI.n~ and Pal_nt..
.... titi.. are aloo ...;'t~..e.,. ....I<
til" NaYl
i.Jwl Army CaDteea iiOakt. the Y unl Mell.
Ohlatien AuoclatioD,
d til. eh rch Army.
for
of our (or
..broad.
ck.t. a ...
tbio troope. all neaT!, hto
(IMo c.-Io
T. beao a,1I t to them

Their Maj
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