Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1919

wa~

portion
crop 1(as
fMIl rick. 'Tbe
was

but

1\

rooselUtbl@

rick, which WAIl

Cl'Minl{l!, ought
lI' here

I

th~~e:t~~Kbi~r'
t~

.. ".,ta;"'~cl

ir(>t1rcell 20.

I"y. 'I'hat ,·jck
it 'Would be clj!II1'
able EUop8 ought til hln'e
Ikfe-ridant ·to thr h it n
lin lllible 'use bf 'the tuft'
lIfr. Denton, the tenllnt
entitled to the 1tJ'n,;,
casions he Wilde rlMltlll!!llt~
stt-gen to thrl!8h
to Ilim that the rllh w.r

nnd wete. d\UD.agiJlg hie

and comploined
into it;

~tibg
0"'0 crop

of

O:1ts

In the lle11libourlfood.
Mr. Vft11(leret~n
loolc no notice of the ' reque.tH mnde to hIm,
IUld the rick WM Il»w..l to .tIl1l<1 not only
iu the whole of tlie winter -of 1917, but
tIlTough ·the ~.
of tlte i9pTing lind winter
of 191.11. ,The riclr 11114 KO~ into . a· deplor.
able ..tate. It WAS O"l'rrun 1I'itl1 rllu, the

thllte.hinl!' WM blown llbout by tlle wind,
lind Its contenh
re rApidly dl'terioratill/f'
'rhe rick ....M lett in that condit'on U1)hl
IIltp .in DeeMl'*', when; 1V! the t9Sl1lt of infjum.e, these proeee<iinJ(8 were ibstituted.
It wn., not until thi8 Jtlnuary thot lbe rick
Willi threshed. lind t.hen th yield of oorn;
in~tead of bein" IInytbing f~om 20 to . 25
ql1arteN!, " '1\1 only 13- I}Ullr~.. There WAS
I\t I
a
of seven q\lllrt~r 01 corn.
Tbe
."oq1.l leU them,
hlul
80 deteriorated tIS
h
for any · purpo: •
Mr.
An.ilable la.boilr
to
tOOulfh b. had
own wa;r. alld
·fooclStnfts to

- from .infec~on ~ be succeufully
. a'VI ned in every home where
...

[Itl:l':l~ft~~jt
procountry.
tan~,
r~
tlilt
be n a sedo1l8

linll.

FIRS1' AID .
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dtllfeDtlant, Mid Ulnt
rail if Ilfl pioTed, AS
the wley was

humllll ooJl8umpJle atlded, luid
crop. and .the re~ult
hedgegrowll. It. hf\d
the w'i nd lind min
goltl). ...reo by'th ... ord luary re.'U>llr. at;t4 the
mower hlld to be
1100. TIle ~hmnte 0 the crop from whicb
the rick of bllrlf'J in <\lIestion Wrul made lI'a!
!,bout 10 qunrt.>r8. The bnrley 11'1\..' &tnek~
ll\ ~et
~atbt'r, lind llr: VAnder&t~
clc;c~ded to lea'l'e it stM.ding until the followmg 8ummer Ivr the lfareh winds and
th .. Rummer 1m to drr it. The de1ny in
the. UirCllbjng ' wl\& dbe to lo'bour BhoJ'taal'
na.cl it been thf~ed eJll'lier j t would hl\T~
IIIMnt tlt~ IIthu ADd JD()re important work
would have lleell MKlet·ted.
.
Def~lldlUlt gn,'., e'Vjdence: IIJId detailetl
th~ ndTeT@e OOll.difio1l8 lIrev«niDg wilen the
bule" WAIl tiown JIIbd growilllf. The crop
w&~ hf!d«egrown. and-li" did not expect 'nat
8!') of
wpuld .,. lit fj)r IIlIInan cona\lm~
tlon. 'J!be ~leJ'
stncked in a Tery wet
' ~'ti!liticln.,

~

,rllS8

is regularly,

,

Uled. ·

FIRST AID is the scientific di.infectant
soap jof guaranteed power; , It i. mad~
in a unique way, and ill value in
, comba g.. niicrobe!boriie' disease can
hardly be over.-eatimated.

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m~M be u[etul .. J!il

y bj Chriltr., Thom•• & Bro.. Ltd., BriatO) .
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WilliAm 'Bucln • deI......t'8 baili., iaid
that h. barley hlld her. rMldeud un6t for
b1l1lUUl lood ~y:!Jte w_ther; 1I0ne of it had
hem waeted. ~ ris wl\S ~ot ' th1'flllbed
b£('1l)1~ of lIor" o! lilOOIlT. He did not
00II,81
111..-_ IIIJ11l1Ie. of corn lIr<tduced lUI

.

ust Aiel Book, 40 pp. of illuatr.ted firat
aiel
tI, free ';0 ' requelt if wuI dealer'.
..... ment~ed~
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"as.-.1_

It wa.a
to thresh jt- 1Jntil
th .. Mazch winch and the J~t of tlle,.uJl
b..d bftn round the 'Yitk. Ue ''';1\8 lhert of
hl.bour. SIID1pIM of the (,OIn hlld betn sent
~ the rolWl woo 11. .
bovgbt from lIim
I\Ild be Mid it . . . · ,110 IIOOd to him
bQt

In t'riple' tablets, 7 ide

and

dtr.

11t or

"

.,1Iwa.u food:
.
.
John J;lrain Rnd 101m' Bntlfr. emploJ~ on
~efl'iichlDt'li mm; lUs6 18ve eTidelloe of a
11 ke c:hua.cter.
T.Ja~ BeDch. retired to oon.~itHr their
del"MlII n , and nfter a ""ort II_nee tJJe
Cl)airman .-id thet held tAM the Cl\8il -1144
~ p,..ed. ~t wOll1d be bed
.at ud .at co.~ OD the Jlret IUmmo:ne.
)(1'. Sune lAid 1M! would withdraw tile

&1UD_".

'.

other three
)(1'. Berry A""'the .Be~h.to d"ifI a Cl\se
bnt ~~eatf_ 11'" rUuflC!jl. tl{e e hai/maJI
•
lIlI tllet no point of law ha<t
.... . iM.

"'_~~BI

were
wllole
lorptlnl
wllich
re f60 Ln,UU!nt
with tlwu ~n .. ";;;'-;;l~ltioJ;;
to all cIa
."
be dealt with
reap the lull ,
which
had wn gained J>y t ir
UII. \
!;8i1ora if they had tl iMen ibn.
lir. Eric 'imonds thank d Colouel W d.
:SlInolD w~,flllOn lor his p~nce and 101' tbe . •hlrp,~
I,ad deliv. 1. He knew Ito,," very 0<cupietl Colonel Vilson wa wed: in nn.1
week out and it Ins reaU! fi straiu too h im
to come in t~e v"nin.&' after a lonl! cl".\' "
work, alld they would not nlltCt him to
often, "With r iml . to hat Mrs. Hdp<
D.
ulld 8IIid be BIt'ree<l that there were ' lol . "r
lind Mrs." J .
wllo did iDot vote who coultl ho",
(III'Cret/Il'Y of , A
but all l!l'aise to Ul~ ~P"' who
tt'rnble wentbe:r. ,Next tim"
}'11'et (wll o· kindly ftl'l'aoged
nau~lcal progrUlllwe>, lh' . Gile8 A.fl'e8.
would be a Vf'ry d ilft"'ent onp. I.,,·
C. Pope. etc. '
I
they would
another 16,
01' U1Jl4JO
The IM1y chairman ~id it was
Ilt'Ople votiuJ.
had to reJllembe .. IIlal
j~an · since they met in tllot room. .
8,000 Toh·d -for
Bolsllt'vi t . BoJ.I'f'vi'lII
they nit't under · entirely ditrel-ent
Willi 1\ diseal*'
was cnteJling, but I" ,
tions.
Whitley ).a<l. bef.n taken .
hOIJed it wontd
cattb too ea t in lleoHlfolel of Rt'lIthng. au<,l .they ,wpre
ing, but that
would . be .taJ)lPl'd
',ut
to r&>t at hODle there, thoultD -U'f'Y
'fhpy had .
Id oue-It'nt!, ~, the Il or:
. y at. fir t. But they · bad- &een' given
rors of·
HI' a ked ajj in Ihat
\,.,ry k.iude.t of wf'lcoO}{'jI. 'I'hey . felt very wart! toof the nry gooll
tilere
ot the 0;gani8llJrnl()li · thc I> rting fl'o111 tlleil' oM friends in
h B<>r.k:~• • lind )JaJ:ticulMly with Mr.
"'hkh hilft
thj~
8gni1i~ent
and Mr •. Mount. he did Dot think !telld· viclory for
son. It wa only
ing rlUl)ised lit fir.t ·.... I,d sl,.. hft,1 bitten oft', by Ol'lan!sati.on
~ver:v waru tha t the."
hut cerlaiD people ...·bo walketl down to
nll~lIltalD
WiI80n iJl. the po";JAlw~r Whjfl~y on a certain clark
night
whHm all
mllldPd people in
ju.t before ll,,, p011. ct'rtainlv knew now
be honld
Up,L M r.
til!'
of the cli triet and of t Church
II ,,'{Hm hibute to. tl,P
IJ.aullltrt·).
'l'hey wllnted til t~ll
" '''ieh Mr. G. L. B rig.
, i1!1On lIow Uau.kr,,1 tlley
were
ward at. the elect .." •.
Wt\ll retu rocl) by such l\ sub tan! ial
lIi . FLa.,u:an an.!
and . the;t: IllU t COl\lfratulate .tllcl¥·
ward foil the roal1·
heArtllv thnt tltey bad hIm 1\8
rendered thoS4l
'l'bey neve1' ex \l@cted to
,was. B ~reat l'elief ~o know
seconding, l\i,1 IiA
with no
unce1·tai~
Heading
If'!'ded "
much.. to do in the future.
he l't'joi1led that RI'Bd·
t
...."re .l~.OOO Tote.!' ltDrecorded at
member. Their ~nbt'r
tbe last elettion, Surely it was up to thpm
a
the nPetl 01 jUBtice heing
to _ that those ]5,000 "olers were into tho~
caused I be h'Ol'l'Ol'S of th"
lIuuoed in tbe l'1«ht dir&etioTl nex\ time.
Re had _u an ilUDlense amount of
aJld tltnt they n>torlll'<1 tbeir Merulwr
ltorrors. )fr. ~nll18Jl p~eded ttl
II ftv ... tigUl'e majol·ity. (Hear. hear.) ' 'E e
the atrqcitiee ' nBict~
tlIa Se1·llf'rCeJIta~ of t lte Tott'S recol'de<1 at
e leeand Eald tnat A day of rcc!t:oning
tion lVlI. only M pel' unt.. wheiell ill Gucome. Tbey hal a mombt'r who
IDanv 80 peJ" ofnt. of tbe elector polletl .
be listened to lind they batl wpSurely ...·e flulltt to 1\a'\'" a ~tt~l' l'ecor~
a ' GOTel'lUlleDt -.,:hkh won\d Ufi8 ih
than tbllt. Tbey kne..... that tll~'Y had 'go<ro
to
that IU8tice w~ done 10
and fAithful JIII'Il in the Honse of Commons,
tht'S(> &\\'!ul orders.
ond . let them I\'ive thl'm their cOllfiitl'nce.
-/rill! thoroughly
pn·
'i'hey ...·'re moat rrnteful t o Colonel Wilson
contributed by Mr>.
for coming thp1'e in the midst' of ]li5 tcry
.
.
Mitch,)),
IIn.1
arduon." duti ... IInel. they ·.would show ' thair IMI 8 tl'Tens.
11'1" recited wil It
apprec)1aholl by livlDg hlll.\ A "'&I'm weI· tier cu~tomary
'(1).e . dramat ip
come.
'
. ~etCh' " .The
was capably PI'('·
.rOIOMI WilllOn who was nry cordially &eDtI'd by. llr;
I.()\,. .lInd Plltty. anrt
l' eeh·C'd. !l&id he had no idea that ·he tmuJd
rovoo lugMy enterta\Dmg.
One of I h"
be callfod upon to ad,ll't'lI8 them, at .... hat be lC.~ tUl'llS on the programme was the conllnderHtood Wll8 an eonteI'tllinmen t to celc- ~d~JllIl)f~' 11', H ..Wilson, who, with th"
brate tbe recen t victory, an<1 lIe hftd not "I rl of III Wlff', prOVIded a roo t attracti¥<'
prepared a political SlJeeCh.
H e "'ould, pe I!rmance, and 'ODa which .... as greo tly al"
however, like to express Ids Yel'Y ineere pl"eC.atec.1.
..'
tltanb to tile ladit's of CllUrch W ard !or
Altogether the gathering Wa& of a h ighly
the invaluable belp which they gave to -the lu.scl'85ful ohal'act~t'.
'
CoIIJition cause durinlf the recent ..It'etion.
Lc;l,tors of refl',t nt their intlbiL\ty to- be
WlIitlpy !.ad only 1"POI'ntly beto~ Rdded to fr nt Were received ftom Mr. a.nrl fr •.
the Parliamfntt,l'Y boundariu 0 nead. ing. obn ~~Il\D.~.. r, and ,Mrs. R~r~~ Gener ..1
~re. H.elp~ 6&ld very kindly the they. ),lad n(dl "til' . ",hIPl)! Hornby, Xi. )Iattbe".
linn WhItley tile very kinde
of i*el. n ·0 ler~.
.
com'/'!. Be ,.ouM 6&y that those ",ho were
Mrs. HelP'! ~ d ~he 1'e,ret.ted to lUI·
ouhlQ.e t\le elec:toral boundal'iU of Read- "olmoo th ,eslKnahoo of theIr lote I>8Cr~
iar before had ginn tbe ost cordial wel- tory. re.~. ~. Brt>wn" of whoee l ' plead .. 1
erun;' to onti who "'a~ tile repl'''~ntativ" of r,0l'k M~le could n ot ~~k blghly tnough .
BMdiDj' bffore tbev bt>lonll'f'CI to it. and he n1'. OJ.!
loyr
bod kinaly u~(tl!rtllkell
waft nr:r ',rat"ful lor it. He booM neve,.
1)0 t. ~==~=~=!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!t
fO\"f"t the enthuAia!lD\ wJlich wa& .di!'lJllayed
~
n tbl!! c1ay 'ot the .. I""tion byi.!lw!;e a8'locia·
tid witl, (,hunll· Ward.
WhelI 0111' ~e·
MiurAI\' MmAlS AWARDED,
tnOlberN the ;'Nlther wbich J)l'enilNl on
that Saturday one recoanised that thl' en.
th'lsiann 11'88 ba-:J enth-ely on a 'keeD 'I>- .
preciatlon of 'tllt' politi#1 situation. and II
ineere cleelre on tJle ~·t of tl.Ot;(\ ....1' 0 went
to tht' ~U to do their dnty to their coun·
try. .)b•. Helps wae corl'l'f.t as t o lhe ~r­
cent'ce of vot~re who w@nt to tIte 11011 in
·the co\lDtry 1\8 " whoJt'. but he
vioc.d frem wb. ·h.. lea.rned
plfICtiofl tllat in tllat district
larl", 'in Wh.itlty Wood th~ Del'eel,lalr"
far ·all/ber . than 00 per cl!llit.-lle
it 11'111 ao.~fl'Qtioll
say thRt
Wood p'ollf!d qllite 80 1>('r Cl!!ut. (.J,
Whu It WAS rt'6lilltd fhat they bad····"·_-_··
lour JIIilee.to ,"ot!! it J)Oke volrune8
and he' 110ped ni~t a.DC"'·".'·.'
whH tlle not election c~he,
1.H.J<!k!n.hfllfi~·
Ally did not want an election eTery
mobth, ( ..ptel')-he tru~u that some.(lQ'J'A1IpJIl.llt wouUl be made by
the Local
ao'lel'a8\ent Bovd, wherebv f1~ t'1~otorJl in
Wfaitley Wood "'ould be able' to Poll neanr

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to

Jl!t1I.&iaE;

bo~.

It bad ,q.m him the ..renten pl~SlJre to
come UWJ'I!l: Colonel WitlOI1 repeatf!d h~
nmarlla at thtl AbbP.J' ),Tatd gatbni"r u
to hili ho~ of
ill.1II of IIOlDe thoulftnd
of WOmID Into the _ialion, aud said he
"W" nre tbeiz- xeeIJ.nt trea~u1'l'r of th ..
~':_'8 A.aeia.tiOD, ).lin We.ldrotl, and
~
)(n. liIe:rmour, 1{,oQ1d
be
oaIy
th . He could
aot
., - the .. ~ent
espeeiatiy of
hoped the

t..,

into the

that very

o.