Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1919

IC. DESCRJP:TION.
11. E. 1'000I.>n (.on of tho 'l:at.
"b .. ""'< rot ~ ~ral y~ ~
Ir.' ol Ih. ltendll'J: tlOIT m.,
h..... "~II ~u~h niM1ug
,. bo i il) h pltal at ~__111&
If.. III n dill3. ·..nd e dell
,\ mli tlc r j .ci
: then!..
day before
erda7 I . .
and at tile I!ame tune
';l· II"'I~"" '"
!l'0\! that ever 1 .hall _ _
t.., ~'. IÂ¥ P ocl ..tnitioo wu ,d......
d oo t io tb sq(l&r &t Bag~ . .
r
mma.nOitlg alf the Forl'eOl. ill . . . .
Til" hospil41 ",hieh I am In o~
fqual't'. CIJld a\l ~ up'
ot!! •
tb.. go 00 to ·the rOO to ....
day was no~ too bot, i llS~ about

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Tile" ,,'en! j-.lred with crowo. .
,,{ .htf..... ,It natiooaliti • whe::!:':s .
t Ii, 'l"n <1"r of 'he globe. a.nd .......
}" ".In ftlti'!e' Ypo. they we~
\ '1119 1,1.tU"',
Aral. t Jew8, ~
'.It... ,.. N.·... ,hpC roen. for the ~
.1 ...·" ....• ,,11l1~ dueko. r.nd tb
A
lU! 1 "t't
'lIf \'lU'iOW! hUf>L
0 . rIa.h,·, 1''''11r pale' bllU! or'l~on.:=
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110., mo1mi,,1 used

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look rat.lter'
e, e
er. m.n\. poin. of vie.... T
r' !..I'PP rh.. ir lace_ ""1'ered ( r rau..r,~
wilh O1a-,,". 80 the · onI~
'''llIli•• "It .....hn tile la~ ben
NH rt><l (1f n.o L The Arap w
"I,ich <'Dmpletely enve
and the whole body
.
in lw the (>ne garm
lit .. ",,"fisl UA kin<! 01
,n hl.~kl. and by ~\. eli in«rftl("1 {llVt-l' olte the ihl~Oll tJJat
ltH~ jUot been taketv'ollt of a
I .m wund~rin g "1'&y ~m the
".. I 'nl" trying to de6Cnbe ~8
pi the ArmistiC1'!
Well. Indiito
1;1~ _""" IMdinl!' to the £qll~
" .... th~ lMu&l dais and the
I"~ fl'JI; rollM ioto .. sm..n com,:> " .. iling \0 1xo • TOken' .t .. 1I1T._
. The .t.reet.. '.e~ d~rated Wlth
, ..Im Ice..
we oombUH\Uo!' baa
. ff .... t
An Indian ban~~I kha­
patriotic anJl popular &In and op.
vf the O.q with h\& a:ide-de ~p,
... go ......BY' ~mmenced .. !rhe
w", re&d th tee
ill FAlg eli>,
Ami Y idd i.h. At the end of it three
"'ore a..ked {()r. r", be lIag that
to be unfurled.
Then U-e .grand old
J~" was' broktm' from the m..t;head
\J,. mixM peopl~ sent. up • mIght,.
",hich could be diUinctly !lura
Dlightv
hooray ! ,The
ou t • the
. 'and then t.h ••
r1a.ed. Twelve 8llro·
tlJ"ir appea .... nce aad nom·
I
of exhibition mo~ernell~
r-t.l""llooIP.
spiral dives. etc... Ilt the
r();>pilll{ sheav,"" of caplea .of thll
prinr.....1 in A .... bic. and letting of!
l>iue .tu", by way of fireworks I All
~. 10.. the popul ..tion of BAghdad·
I
tblUl ' . week pTt',·ioualy. th_
"et~ drOpping things fa.r morll
rho hoalth of !.he people wh<l haP.
\)(' in t he .. ,cini ty ! All th~ee thioSil
III • '~ry hart time. of coune, buiC
momont wh .. n the old A"l\: 8.O&tea
oar :<i&t ional Antbem "'a. played. ~
... 1 neV" r had before iuat wb~t
rau'" nU'&M! I W86 pr~ tbat I w.. .
,. I W"," thrilled to ule oor8. so
. I J . Jwulcl be thore and .11.d COlli!
ir: ."nd ",hen I com .. porne and
" on;•. light the battle o'er again:
.• b!. 10 '..,v. in r .... IUy. wh .., I uaed
II )''"t, '1 i' 1\4 not With t.he fint to gO. I
,t ttl:\uk God . I wt'ot !'"
•
• ; nOll'" p.>opl~ clamautinB. for
<J ~m~bll ""'l iAp The oonHoolDg -.l.
. l; unl1;. r j-'"nton '3 Iptter 8 re UO\..L6ual1,
H ~ "Ii", ) .. 1 upeot you w~ '
U ;'''drtl u w .... all oyer oot hMll. _
tl,~, "'ill keep the troopa
ger tl";n tbey (IONibly can help,..
,10!'<11'~ axept the tel'Jl1jt t.bom
v " I "'tt~ 01 Oa going to " nM!:
W !.N her t his will be 50 or not, 01o uno kilO","". but if this abouJd. be·
J 11m ".~ hili ~, I; llg on beillj{ -home be·
" " I. perr f)( lied suuunpr ..t thll'
f.. t· tliere .. a trt>mendous Army
. uU a lot to do:'
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FARMERS'I'
UNION.

•PROGllESS.

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meeliug of lhe Berks Execu.
tlte • 'nllQfUll }·armaro'. Union wu
lhe Hl'ruling G
Compa.ny's R 1
. The businl'88 meeting waa
lJy a J>ul>lic meeting, II,t whwh
l'.ulw-iuk. G.RE .. M.A .• Chai~
' !IlJllflyeN' Section) of the CentraJ
noa rd~ lind ViC6-{:llainn&JI ot
'E xeclttive Cprnmittee.
.F,U., ~
an' intereo.ting address on the agri.- .
ou.tool< . ii, ' K W. X. Sladt
, 'Berka Ext'euti,'e)' prcosided, a.n4,
\I'ere : :M:.issrs, P ; .AId!-

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J3ra.%il,

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Moore, r~
~"~"'''.!' ' H . R.

Ad&.m8",.A.

F~l.&y, 8. G.
115. ~'1}8ILII. F. T. Lee, S.
A. Cooke.
B . Gauntlett, B;.
. . horney. . HolUday. I!'. W.
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Built in ~on. it can
<1ol\'n and re-erccted, ~ .
be ·ind . proof, clamp pr
(oj(dher efficient.

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Jio1lll

Jj row'!e

aDd Lilly
Poultry HOUSes, Green

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s.rt.;

.A. Reevll9,
C. TbrstOD.
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member IiJp of i71.

, K, Slade aod Mr. P . .lldwinckla
,.,...,.• "" ...... cllairman and Vlce.ehail'1llll£ '
a.leo.' '.
the form....
reu,,,,,,..ol the Berks I Execuli.,.' t
Committee of the N.F.U.

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~r, l~l'.-J. A. DaunN'Y, B,
lIallliltOlJ. C. LuicMttr, 1l.loI.
No,....ber, lt14.-P. lfattiorley
RM8eII, F. 'rucker.
'
lanuary, ltI5.-H. Childs-; W. O. :wet&
IMr, E., Nenle, S. J<'. Oxley, A. W.
Straeter.
Febru~,., 19J5.-W. 1.' . Broom!', 1. i '.
Kabfor, n. 1. WnJker.
~rcb, · 1~15.-T:. B&lIs)ty, P . • Binge s, w.
Dt l're tonl . A.
Soode.
, . ,
April, 19~.":'K ' C..Co,inllton , H . )lil~m .
111;8 1, 1913.-0, Burkett, F. Bright. J.
Carr, T. D\lv~ }'. C. Gardiner. }'. Hitch :
man .. O. B r Jones, S. A. Packer, W. Jnde,
H. }'.' TlllV.
June, 101S.-D. Fm~ter, J . T. Ham.
July, 1915.-A . J. OWl'. R. A. G. Tull.
9ctober, 191'5.- R. O. A. Bell. P. Butll'r,
O. Det\ue; J. A. :&Iwards,. Jr. R. Joyce, ' U,
J_dIey, H. La.Ilf!hMl, }I. ;1.'. Windsor,

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,ave
h~.

not tp

WillJl!m
and 'Plltnllohlkv
We ,id
money
lofek, then, hal1del}
l>oel:et. Cr08l!ingltam
d" whi('h

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N()vember. 1915.-W . BenlpR. W , 1,)1'O",n.

11'88

OxfoM Roed.

in

2,. IJ'tl.
coppers,
under a bUlh ..t IU
Mid .. T hid 50me more at
Church." .' Henry Doe toqk
bag
tl.lining aid: in 001>001'8. from tI'e JINlle bU8h.
JlAying. u tbis is all I had." WitJii88 ' tlten
went to Cr068ini:ham's, who dug up a hag
cOlltaining 8s. 2~d . in ' silver and cwpel·e.
Wible88 tbell Wl!1lt to · Henry Doo'! 110uee,
S, Ee.tOll Place, " 'hel'e- h" I,ahded' bim an
image.
Aftel'wlll'll, Willia.n1 DOll handed·
him 2q. IUd. in copper!. ."l,ioh ~e 1jad
huried ill tile j{1'oumls at S~. j)aviour'e
Chul·oll. and eros iJlgbam gare II Dl • a ball
cont6:iniD.II 9~ . iu cop pel" which' also had
bffn l buried In the rrollnde. _
E !lch of th,e lICeused ·pleaded ,ui ty.

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CHURClIES ENTElpm.

Detective-Inspector W.Jtrr8 Mid on
afternoon of tho Zht inst., the
tered St. Andrew's Church
,..~e~

7. 11'118 tol~n.
th~rpn, ,,·hie], they

the eys of the safe,
bott ff! of port wine.
PI' oCf'd tbe boye tlun.""._
.,
hint tl'em. 'On the 22ml
5taUu Church was entere4. lind
.
olht'r dt\lllagc, the boys
plpe8
from ' the orglln, and did
ndl'e(l
J10ll'1d~' wo~·th '0 (Jaroas!!.
of•
fonees were hown against Cl'OssiDgham alld
Potplofsky.
lIi~ (])6tective Walters') im·
lll'e ion Wft
tb"t the last numec:\ WtlS a
very bad boy, IIn'd ,,' as the l'ingleader.
' lotl'S. ero Ingham' lind Mr. Doe gave good
characte1'8 to' tll~ir boys, but the' laUer ad·
Jllitted it "'1\8 difficult· to keep I,Ls IIOllS
fron PotoI6f@k1'
'
. loll.
G : FIeld &aid that io ~~dition to
the dama,e to tile org II, at All Saints'
CbUl1cb, t)le stone 1VOI'X below thl\ safo was
chipped aw y, lind the handle ~f it lWllS

'c.

broken off, "hich sho"'ed that coDHiderahle

vio)I'Jlce ba.d hfI.on used, and an- l.ndea.oUl'
The" try WII8
Blade .to op!n the 5!\fe.
tUI'll,d upSide dowD-<alld ' was gene 'all)( in a
deplorable contlition.
'fhe
doors
alllO
.howl!(! that eodell"ollrs had bee~ made to
bl'eal:, them open. Wine had been poured
all aflout the place.
"l' he ohuL'man of the Benoh Did it ...as
bnt tbl'8\! weeks 11&'0 that Potolqf£ky . ,,'as
tlteI'e beFore, ' wh~n lt~ promiaed to be a gOOd
boy. hut in 'pite of this be bad done this
" ' icbd thing. J. U tbe othpr boys i had par·
ticipated in tlli8 eooduct IUId I;hat 1be-ir
wrollg doing ha(l been caftfullj thought
out alld 1I1anned 1"'\8 IIllo,,' n by the UII8 01
tools: ero sillll'ham, too, had been there be.
fo ....... Potolohky wO!1ld recei .. e ~x J!troke,
"'itll the birch and would go to a reforma.
tory !!Chool for Ii ve years, Cr~.iDI)uam
would ·I·tceive the same lIuinber !If droke!!
aud wOllld io, to an 'iodastrial ~hool 1I11UI
lie was ' IS ".al' of al~, Ilnd tile Does woulil
each "ec(liv(! foul' .trok(!(l"d be bound
over to be oJ
behniou:r · for. h ,M..,
It
t~(,-th4\ n

tile

IIallle

amount 1I'bioh

wa~

You can buy them from
Shep/r:eeper actin, a$ U'.ncra.
, you '~dn withdraw it in

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COPll'·A.
Witnes8
ford ·11.oa<1, when

ill 0 fClr th,
&t before
and also

enI'PI-M / into

F, ])e Grl1qhy, YeDr., n.. }). Longhurst,
M.M., W. J. TO'l\ner.
'rh. 'following under nriOUA dnte :-J .
Adams, J . C. AtkillWIl( }'. B. :HllIlt, JoJ.
Barlnw, - Dniley, O. Bu tertleld, - DoY"i8,
W . Clarke, W . n. Deac,QlJ, C. ))onhllln, K
n .. ll! ......, - EggintOtt:' H.. Edwards, J .

'Two

Green, G. Griffiths, C. H. Harrill, W . lind.
n. Hootb. G. ' Haylook,

ft~!t1,. W . HottolJ .

I).S.JIl., W. Heclth, M.M., J.
enrn, A.
HoMen. · G. O. Holme!! - Hedge!, W .
Hewitt, E. Helborrow. W. E . lImIt, lJ;8ddy. A. nation, W . Harrill'wW, H .
J,ffery. J. Jelrriel!. F. Knight,
. Xinjt.
W. Lli.1frenee, R. lloJlwell, R, MMdowcroCt,
TIl J . Ma.:nveU, B. Nft6h. W. J. Potter', A.
Perry, A. V, Powell, V. Pottinger, S. P.
Prnt~r. H.M., G. J . Quickenden, G. H .
Uiedl.A. 8opp~ W. Studley, E. SilllJn()ndll,
L. SIl4I'P. J. ~lnit1IJ F~. Shnw. F. St>lwood.
C. ehorter. G. leep. G. Spl'illgiJl8, - SmQ.rt,
T lJ. TWi II. A. Vican, C. Vale, A. H.
Vi\·in.n, J . Woodhouse, P. Weeb. J. C.
Woodley. C. 1J. Marshall, H. J . MlUnll,
C. R. Marshall.
• The Collowing is n li6l of thoSf' who lLan
mooe tIle upr"me g.crilice-- A. R~ es, lI,
I'addict, n. HftmUtou, . F . Rright, C.
.l~ortel·, O. Butterfield', H. J . Walker: R
Gillett.
. Men,.')10 linn. n<rt WOI'k'f'd .f or tlle finn.
but hlw8 be n killed. 1.'heir rathl'rs ~till
work with Me618rs. ElIfptt.-S. Peyb:m, ODe
SOIl • .on tile 'oIlIJue.: .. :Mru:"gall, . one 8C1I,
Yprt\llj R. .&11. jomer,-' one Il'l'. Fl'l\nC4! i
- Bell, ",utchulan. two sona, }'I'8DCe ; -:IInrdillg. one I5On, Yp~.
I ..ist of bonours gllin.d.- IT. Pncldick. A.
Winrlsor. S. I'. Prot&r. '}'. E . . Neale, v.
Heftth, C. J.JIDl'osteT. H. K Longlturst,
awarded tl,le ' Militnry
!>doL O. Ullyloek,
Di~till'lui hed Serviee
edlll
MEB RS. M. V1!lNN'NR AND SON '.
FoHy nW!mbel's of Meo!:.•• Vetu\er'~ ~talJ
joinM his Mojf'~t Y"s Fore . Tlw8e' killed
and mi8~i.Ug induJe Pte. 'l1t,mll~ Banniog.
killed; l'te. }'rnnk CJ\II.Jll b9rlt\.io. lliUed j
Harold Dote, killed; ·1I4'1:ino.Jd Glltf'hou.,
diedi Pte. Cec:i.l Grevory, mMI; Plo. William
HopJdm, killetl; 'l'pt.·. Gerald Jonlnn,
llilIed; Jnnlf6 TYlI'h~. 4.00 ; !'eoowl Lieut,
W. F. F. Venner, died. W . F. I': Venner
obtain!!.1 hiM comDliileioo'. .'
.
llES!o!RS. Wll'EELER nOR.
or the tWllh'" 1ll"ll1~i8 'Of tho Iltnt' 01
Me~--.;I'8. · Wheel..r 1}r~. who joined the
ForCt'lfl, C. It. G .. ~tel· of fl.7. JTigbicro\'e
Strel!t. r~l'in~r1 the J.'r&l\C!t Ml'dnillfi Mili.
ta.ire; ru. died in '~1I11' E. Golby, ."hOll
parents reside ill BOult Ullj't. W.ntlio,rtOD
Str('et, Will' drownftl. a.od J. Abl!Olom, Qf !Ill,
Kennet Side, was 11'0\111(:00....
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I

omcw.,CASUALTY .LIST.
•

ROYAL BERKS AEQ.MENT.
. KILLED.
!.ce ..Cpt W. Crocker (Rt&ding).
DIED. .,.
Sergi. G. II. SlllmOIl (MaidMb"ao).
T\lrt following are men ' of t/le Royal Buh
R.,;ment ,..ho b.. ve a~i~ed in ~ngll\od froOl

I

FOR GENTLEMEN.
a d Frnn't.

"'in,,,1

wilh SilycT

I .

FOR LADIES.
l)61id Silvcr HinJ.!clrl Ca5tl, Crystal G1;tS~, IO-Je1l1c
Horizontal ~fovcJ\lellt, Velvet Calf Strap. w itli Sil\'~'1'
Buckle.

£1

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OUR GUARANTEE. 11'( guar" H/U W gif'e :1014 -tAe fine J l'I.illt you
rim ublD;1I ""}'II'lrat, ami if .W" <ITt IlOt m/isficd will giw YO"
'" MO>'EY
HACA';n filii. ReI"r>. Ihe ",.(i'-/(. ill /lWI/ cO /l(ti(iom VliJh;l~ frlllr eel< rldYS .tI/

#lIrd,asr.

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.,45, & .

. I 'W.tc~m~era and

., e ding, .

JeweUera~

Branche at Wood Green, Hammersmith, Woolwich, ' batham,
Southam ton, I.;ewishiLDl t Clapham Junction and Birmingham.
..'

1856.

~ th.e boy. 0Jr the application, r4 Qllptaia
H .. ndotrllOn the BeDch further 'ordered the CI~m.ny: ­
Pte. W. T.
~reDt8 of PetoIof.y to paT 7•. I. _k:. .

I

Pte, C,

.

. , PIe. B.

2nd

11. (!.

' Ratcli1fe. w. c: J.' lfu8ey, W'.
" U . . C. H1lIIt, 8. E. Parfitt, B. '
J . Hi.sse1'. n.~. Cpcllraoe. ~
~ , MQtrhall (araanuing J!8()reta.rr.
;neQtl~e) ,
•
•
Dual report. which wu · adovbJII..

the, tbe'i'e 1I'1llI

furi!} anel comf..l
tl.1refully ~ DIII.'dolled workmen, it-i. ..,.,

E. Lo1ll!l«J
I'. A..~""

I

B.

.l BRO\VNE u4
HO ' SE will ~

HANDED

ova•

Pte-. E.
Cpl. H ,

Pte. 0,

Pt • • W

IN PUlICE.

'PtI'. E.

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PIANOS
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PLAYER PIANOS
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- ' £rom 5 Gns,

GRAMOPHONES

Larg.e Stock

from 2SCaa.·
" . 80 Goa. .

of

Re'cor~s. '.