Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1918

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.tDl)!°1ed • t th ... Air inid,.,
tel tbat h ' nlnry might l.e
t th~e W8 no,~
n ·t,. httle work for him to do. A no OU' l l
do.,' lope;), tll(> cl eo' TVntio"}
upon hhu Iia ~ now been re s <It

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We ~l'I't to rem", • death of lIaior.
o.
..ftd r1lert ""..... • i'Mt. ~
.Illeh oot plaee ~ F!IdW Jut .__ at bit
1IicIe.~. J;J.mt.1' LMie.. Bath Road,
Major-<hnual Boifttt"at! ell·
too • le_lIy ud hi.hl,' . ~f'd. He

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«ivin~ us IIn6tber

U montJu,' uuempJor'
Dlllnt pay'.
em nil riaht."
\
~otul Gentlswlll of u i 'ure : " Y.s. Bu'
what about tb e indijpl i1y of haviDI{ to fotch
it? Why can' t tbl'Y bYing it to o., ?"

di tingaieMd milituy cUMr.
Be
t e youllCflt IIOD of fhe' late Tlaoma..

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,of Crul!ford BIIU, Rumnndlaam,..
a& born at Gl'!!IIt 'Ya~uth ill'l86' •
at RkdII'I_ ColJ~, he became aD
eD' . in the .tb l'oot \Il 1838. EleV1!ll
year.! ater he wall made adjntant, and becs.me polonel in 1885. He llerved "' ith tlta
.th F~t tHroughout the A bYIl8i.niaD ,Cam.
~iID. 1 from 18811-1878, ,.nd was presrit at
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Al;cording to t lte B' hOll of llinclie;IPr
th~re " a
ocbg 01 CUJ'lltc, A piu..tf' r
"ntt' to y that he is ~ urprised con.
idering how quickly tbf'Y get soapPt-d Ull>

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Yagi h'nto: "But what we;'~ yo u doing to
allow 1\ man of the 1>riw~r' ' lIhy. iq Ub to
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you n blacll eye?"
. CoI'stable: .. On t1W} mOT1ling of Toof<wV
the Fir t o. April, your Worsbij>, I wa g
dootj~ out..oado thCl 'Doole of Wellington'
p\lbuc·'onsc, wben, Ilt the in~ti~tifJn of tlla
PfisoDer, my attention WI! dmwn to HO lD •
trull' that wa,n't thl!re. '£ then 'it me."

the action of Aroree and
oaptU1'8 of
M~d'lla. He held the
for that g .
p&dtti<tn, alld' IlI,j() thf. King
Corona·
tion' Medal. He ~l'vt'd in
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th.e
We<>t
J.ndies,
~:a~:~~r:'
In 1890 lle came to J

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We regret to tate that the condition ot 010
WD Clerk of Reading (Mr. W. S: (,'luUer·
bud, how. no improvement. He i••tiI1 1'8ry
ill, and it i anticipated Uld he will be unable
to reMime his duti" Cor some' timl!. Tllc work
w ieh has be n performed by the TOWrl<Clerk
ou bel.. J( of tl).' town and the county during
the 1m fOllr year. bas been of a 100st oner·
OUt character, and there i. no doubt that rus
llc~lth hns been badly impnired.

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FROM '1"tO DON OP~ION . "

'Tll e w~r.«'I'Y or tllo girl N ont 01' wor k
w1l0 d~IJne dom~ ' tic 6ervlce is el'i<.l~IIt1y
.. llritons nen'r will bo s lay~y~ !"

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Thfl L-Iington Board

Ouardi.
ba<
nt'poin\'ed a gardener 3S barbel'. R'<Pediol(
him, ,perhaps, to \lse hi. ~WD la wu.mowp".

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. ('I\ptoin . mythp (on ), i~ wf'dtli ~ll'.day, to '
"ttle brotb q ·in.lnw): .. W .. IJ, J ud '1'01
going to tnk(' your sibt p)" Rway lind b n; p lipr
Otters are iucreuir:g Ul) the Tbameq and nil to my elf wheTe "<J U won't !;('e hel' a ny
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I:f.nl . aml two ha y() 1:~en killed. RemaiDll more."
ot nYe trout which otte , had c:llI.ght I\1Id
~o rk: "Oh, wel l, I clb! >t,lDd it, if .' OU
¢rtly eaten h il" ~8 foulld on the lJani enn.'u
','
of tll~ Lea and KelUlet, llcar Ware llI'I.d
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Newbur.f.'
AN OTIl1'.R 1t£1'.8".
PropPietor (ju ·t dtmobili ' J): ., Yu ~ 1',."
been
rough it-{)lIiceTs' ctok I wo ),f-,H"ouDded twic()."
Tommy (tul!..tinl{ . tJle
Cl Up) : .. You', <>
lucky, lUat~. Irs' n wonc\cr tht"y dhln't
kill yer."

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a. ' "Inte," could bOlle 10 ~ lUl l ~ al k 'l'wniu'.
comment on his Jlwn ('fl . e .. ' . ,,' . t'~lll\ ~P J"
atf'd." But £1'. ·lt t.. tJc) n 1<1 , wh om 1\' I'C'
,·jc)\·or. in nn Ab:'t'lIf.mindp fl tUom nt, I'eferr~d to as "lilt,," h ll H mudu a , ·t'ry 110<,<1
repl.Y. WbfD he 1ead the r "iew he t~l r.
I{Il\plledJ l'I1M III tl'; ri oe nt 'e,'en ,. !-,. Th;'
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for t1w T\"' tl'Da . at I) ret!·
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An aeropiwlne nccraent 'cu r red un W ••l.
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of .,.' hiXoll ('''Ill.
Will iam Arthur de
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brigg.l'. BOil of Mr. w: P :. rutes Bn illbrigg • .
of Hill cl'()rr/ Berkeley. AvtnJl , Rtll cling, lo.t
hiR Ii fl'. Tn" decet\.£1'd WM Imvin/( tho.
Wilton Al'rodrome lit Bourut>IDouth wHll a
\>fIa IIgel' to conye,}' 1\ wttchi,,"tl to Wi\,che3trr, nnd wb,l:ri at a IVJ.:bt or 500 yard~
the mnchine no~·divfd lind era h et! to thA
around. Tbl' pR eDger WM kilkcl outright .
:1JIc\ apt. Ihin'briW only IIIr"i"ed 10
minut~ nfter ~s arriy,,1 at tb" H<J!iC()moo
lI08P itn I.
I Capt. Buinbrigge hod a
d~t i ol:ui.b c, 1
cllreer durin/{ tlie .11I.'aT~ of Ili ~ ,Army Ii ',.
He l'nlisted thr days nItH wllr W II9 declared in a contin~n t from Ct>ylou-wllpr"
be WIl ma~l'r of a. t~'" and rublH-r Vl n ut,••
tion-nod "'1lS gazetted to the };kIrcltl' 1{1!f(1.
Deu t. H 'went' 0 Egypt, I\nd frow' tlif'1'Ii
to Gallipoli. !loin!!, rIght through t1,,, t e~.
pedition. At Sm'la B lly h .. ~!OmjUIUlt!ed h ,<
comll'lDI. aDd was one of til f~w otfi~ 1' o ·
tbl' battAlion wuo caml' ~iI!e y thr<Jui!\1 ' th"
8C~on, although If""eral tim
hi. Clip III '(~
tu nic werl\ pierced. }.'oll~"'inlf thllt . .. ..
to Enl{lsnd and joined lht" R. ..\>' ..
n.t the time 0 his det\ th wall ' second in
oomwand of the Willtun Aer()(lrowe. '111&
fol1o"'ing lattN 'rOlD tlie oomll'lIndinlt
bJlloer illll trnte3 tb"lt"Stet!m in ,,.nich CIlPt.
Bainbri,ge ,..,,@ he d . Writing to
th"
4f c<a,ed'II·/iLther, hfO Y8 : .. 1 w1."h I.,
clffer you all m y sympathy . ClIpt. BlliJl'
briRre bad ~n with wy achool since it..
61' ,t .. tart ma nv Jqpnths Il.g() I\t BiggiB HilJ .
1 fir t
4llI1. lase' )fn rch, ancl \'I'r1 q<licldy
rely oh him nrof~g3ionaJly nnd to
illlplicitlr. HI' IUICI COID Il1llIJd of
tlq;bls early III luly, which h"
lor se"el'a] month •. a~ n I~eulen.
we could g-cl hi
cn lltnin cv
biU) . lust rl'Ct'ntl y 11, "1\(1 b.l
• ml.in-comrnllud, in which )iO
vOIUnl£f'rl'd to stili on and clOl<t>
the w h ooL II" won ... thp r1'8\ liking
('/ (;Ver officer and Wlln on tU B
none mort' w t ban lilY oW II .
he wns al ..'a,s con.cilYltioll"
nod cpn idpf/l
to a ll tl,..
und r him : in "the w.,,~ h ...
all, lI14uiet. r Ipr~ed. aud
to f'v,.;r,body. I bav ... nf'''p,'
y lIythlOg' ()f 0 IUnll to hI«
nf~dny"

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1Ii'·IIClvIIDt:all:e. TIe WM lI. DU\n to b In' ~ ~ ..
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e:fficcrll.. foun(1
to tbeir ndvalltajtt"_ , Wliw I offer YOli
my 81IJ1path)" I am e:otpr!'5sing my rf'lfft'/.IIot ,.., mnch for the lou of Illy senior ..ud
O1Ie ot my "ery lINt qftl~r • as fo., the 10' "
oJ. n lP!'ll whom , J uneerely r !Xcted to,'
IIi;) qU8litiu, and of a ~p8J' OJld friend ... it1L
whom I ru"'e 1>£en al!JlOCiai'ed in work and
JJlny .far·,jlleL a ·rear. X,._rs Vneeref ,) R.

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