Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1918

Player.
ena 'ng any.to know and play
~usic ' perfectly
without special training, makes it very easy
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The excellent _k . . .
.1Iire Brancb of
t
60eIetJ WLII recoil!
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)e1d in the Lar.. TOe.
Saturday aftern~oo.a
w
wlI Mr E. A. BI
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flf the Bri tilh
to.o.JIP
D
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MayoreS8 of
di!lf. V
C.B.E. (COUlIt, Director).
ton (ehairmU of l

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wldch
branch.
audited
Fat'r,
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Hietead, NeiP·
Le...l(ford weI;e ' .~MeI

Mardon ~~ ....
hltd reoeiveil, ~ hiAI
of £OOO\,y 6ithllr m cuh ow
n,e t.berefiJre JIIOved
be fort.b"Jth proceeded
O&rrled, and it ..... poiDMei
"ork "'ero begun in MaL it

durin, $he . ummer. ~
b, Mr. Mardon's aiakr, . . .
nephew, Mr. R. Msrdoa,
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in the war, .aa giYeD an 00Il'"'
memorial be oarried
.
il ia p ro~ to ~
with bel.ler bea~g and ven-

war

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.. necltel

county
During the war
dutie8 of county
handed _9..er the lr"""~IrC l"'"
T•. Freelinl!, of
The B ranch h88,
, during the vear
J.&d... P rt'sident

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a
thewOlk in conneetion
calion ·arote V.A.D.
8l>C1l In hospital work.
CrMI would bot left with
ambvlanoe8
and he believed a
been set Q~
foot bt wblch the,1 were
lent out to
country ol'Kaniee.bons ,,1e1'8 tbey
were
needed. WhetMr the polie, was eventually
adopted of lodi1\l! th_ venlelelt or gi.,jng
them they would be tbeN. and they would
be at the di!l()Olal of tho detachment. He
II&W no Je8l1On why the ~etachmenta should
not teach ' fvtnre member. to drive a~
ambuladcel, and to 100'- atter them, and
wb 'bcoasionall:r they eIloulcl Dot tab tIle
patiente tD hoBpltal and ,....l1y look after
t11& ~ovement of the IIiok a11dllutrering
J\erflons ia th ..lr locality.
In addition to
that they had found b,. erperi nee in the
war that though otte V.A.D. had been mQst
~lll'llt hom tho point of view of 11IBtalning local patriotinn and OCC88ioD811y in
se.tting up h06pitala. it had been of ev~n
mOTe service 81 a recruiting grollucl ; whe~
tho military hOllllitals had...i!l~d members
they had applied to the Heel CI'088, and
DnoJl8hire HODse had drawn its Ptll'IOnnel
very IarptI from the detach.ments. !Mr.
Bidedat. abo referred to tl.e necessity ot
baving a V ,A.D. ~e 110 that exnerlenced members 'Who lIad rett~ Muld be
called n1l it the emeTJrHcy Pl'6!l8nted itBelf.
A oordial vote of thade to the speakere
W08 adopted, on tile ~tjon
01
the
Mayor of Reading, eeeonded by Admiral
Fleet:
.
Mr. Ridsdale, j n Nply. paid a
bute ttl Admiral Fleet. H. &IAIO m .."t.in ...uI
tb.at Berbhi.re had Bent over
members to perform noreln,
military and oUler hospitals ovel'llea8

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~AFE AS THE BAN~

youmooey
·calUlot · male more sutt of yout
than by putting it idto Wat

~vings Certificates. You cannot loae .a
WJile halfpenny of it, Repayment is
iuaranteec:f by the whole wealth and
retOutces of the United Kingdom. It

is as 'certain as \he rising of the SUD.
~oreovet. if you keep your money in
Certificates longef than a year you get
back more than you put in-and the
lonaeryou keep if in the mo~l'qu Be~ back .
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LAW CLERKS' MEETING.

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,SAFER THAN A ,'S

ability
to
our
/Create t .intere t in
Berke, was alwaY9
it. and had gained tlte affi.cfionR ....
of all ,.nb.
.
I deeply 1'1'lI'ret tlte death ot tha.1,ate
8I!Creti.'lY, Hr. C. 1. Haviland. As
a co
he as al ...a18 ready with IIJDlpatl1@f:ic 8$sietanee alld I depll)J'III the loc8
at. a true friend. The deaths of the following members on llervice .lao occurred durIng the eflrrent .,.ear: KiM DluafoM, Herb
66; MJ'I'I. Goodlilfe, Bnh 114; lln. 001'e.
Berks 4t2 , Ki ROper. Berll:s R. I and Hill8
Wilder, B erb 18.
The eympath7 of the
bran~D was edended
the reJ.~ives OD each
oeeulon .
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Miss WalthAm W&ll promoted to be Assistant ' County Director in November, lltlS.
Tltie ~ml)('r hll 8 acted a8 secretary in my ia this ooUlitry'. (Appla~).
offi c~ sinGe tile commencement i of the war
and 1188 proved to be most ahle land oompetl'nt. Tho bran ch now numbers 51 women' s
cl etachmcnbr anrf six men's, .... ith a personnel
of 1,'ll. and ;!OO respectively, a oombined
total of 1,414. .
CROSS AND THE FUTURE.
A.
M.P said tbey were

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PUYER EXPERTS. PIANO II1UI ORt;AN TUNERS and

~",.~~:~SJ~.~iPi£~.~_8.. 04~ii()Jl" ,1but ~ note
ing tlie active
The}'
hll8 In
bet>n of
aU of a ,defit to her
,an,d
tIle
who
gave
a
... flU n
ban
Binee the
unl~mlltt:.I .nR energy
t-Ord tht! lam~,nl11d d~nth 0 our J,ndy
had
d~n t. whIch. tonk ploce on Friday,
been
.2Rth. ana i, all()~ed to n 'tho
place.
the County Pi],QP ,.. •
lQit a
COUNTY Dr ECTO '8 ;REPORT.
.
Not
After the aJ'mi iM the an iJiary hospit:l1 ~ ~an closing ~I own in a
ment with
tho offi cial. con ec;rn I'd.
1188 ix>l'n my
!lut\'. on dcmobilisin jf the
hospitals, to
confer on the &ta~ tIle grilteflll thanks of
tbe Berk sbi~f' Br nch
B.R.C:S. fOT
tbeir Splt>Od'ld \"0 u,otary 'orJr, performro tRin that the branch would
been
ltnsettishly nnd u grud' 'll~ and ot t he able to do the valuable work it *d aceom..mo time to im~88 u J1 tthe m the im- plished during the past live ye~s. Everypo rtan ce of con tln jng in th orgauisation, one Dll11it feel that whoever migh take bet
in order tJl at ' 1I11l
d CroIl$
Y 00 main- Dl nc(' there wa!< no one who could adequate..
~ i ned in the fI! Ir('.
'l"wenty-sevpn h06- ly. fill it, Tbe Berk hire branch i:hlaht l()(lk
pllals were provl ~ by tlla I b roll ch and wllh pnd UPOJI whll~ 4t had ~e during
f?ur more wero
ced \tOtler my ju~isdic- thp ,,·ar. No tew('r t~ 23,tM
en were
t lon for corta1n
OBeS. ~ 11m able to tas- trented Iiy the Berkshire) detaeh ut.· that
t ify to the eIt;r~o,· .n8r:v~1 whie11 nni- WI\8 indeed a prond r&OOrd on~u.t ive
1I1a ted all. Tanks" ,,!, .1 t!\k t~e oPPO~. t~IDHY lh~m a U great II&tiBiaction. H.tI lope.d ri!at
of rfcordmg my a13oo1rnbo o · tho OOllclto<1e all ille experienee which had
Drained
wl.th whIch . th!1Y' ~ nded , tl 0 found ed com- ond all tIle material which had been eol!l1llted 10 thelT ciu'I'. I nvariably fou nd iI-oted .".Ollld not be . wasted. . ( .pplause).
tha t the men were .ttende m t ~arer\t Hy, Thou!lh thp actual nl'eds faT W iob the
th at they we~o \w II (MI, hapllY and ~- ~Titi81t Red eros "'1\8 {oonded I'weN not
tpnted . and dl!l'pJa ed a gratfful ·appr(,c.lIB- hkel y to be called upon 'fery ~n again,
l Ion of ~hl' service rendered tD them. All yet theN were many men ".ho ....~Uld have
Ih" h()f; pl~a!s were carefullY nd economic- a legacy ot Rickn_ a.d sufferi r
wbo
~ Ily admmlStered, and reftee~ ,rut credit might be relieved by tlie atten
.,ven
on t he ('()m~al?-a.
. n
n~,'. quart,erlDa.stera !lJld them in noninK an'cl oonvl\l_.t homes.
~l aff .
It III ~Ib~ to
diJr~ftntiale Mr. Mount menboned that the lIIalaDce In
Rmong tl~cm; th . IIbndard m ntalllro
hand from the BerkshiN PUlOneJ:ll of War
a very .hlgh ono. ~he med~ca1 ofllcer~ were Flllld WII.8 bein, devoted to the fbun ....Uon
I~d~fabgabte ; m,." . of tb@lIIravethur@!'r-otaconVale6Ctlntbomeform
. en , ....b'had
vier.... while others drew
all service served ill til. Anny and wlnl w01lld lienejit
!tront. .The total ;numbe of men treated by a 8110rt period ot con.,al-.ea at U..
10 the preeeht
IS
A ve~ com- sea. (Applauae), Admiral F1~ and the
}Jlo~e system of ,
ooDtrQl w inrrt~tuted, commitfee had witla alaorit, Ii~ them
",llIch w;orked
. oooriJ
oWln. to what material they wel'& a"le to I!JN'N, aDd
ibe cordial DO-<IRU on of tb_ concerned. he 8hould like to convey their ,J'&tefu)
J am tnde~tt
Rev. C. Durham fOl thanb. (App1ault) •. There wel'& ,JIO .ubt
valuable .a
~ ia Uli'. d
tion. TlIe similar hOllies wbloh would allo ·,...uire
• ugar ratioD bAli blea admiaittered. 8JI 11&- material and he did Ilot tbhu: tiel' wo1lld
lore, 1>y the CoounA'acl&Jat B. . i . Durham. uk in: nin. Apart from the JIWl wilD ~
and thanle aN du~ to Xr, 8_e, ~Dqer 8uiFerihg &II the result of the
tbey Jaa4
Readmg Ice PaCtm1, w'h!l.. w
bll ltd, the Bioi and tbe allinr al_yt w!th tMJD.
Tolu ntarily Il&rried out till,·
·~UtiOD.
~d the
IMt 'IMI1~ to
TROSB
A8J1STEI).
there ;trY. a ~t
~~i~II:,~ 1I"11Lte<~ to the ell
aurmq 1D tbelr
LMI~m.ntl,
1IeDtownl for . tll_
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Vice-Admiral
Di rector) the
at the" 001'
<.'Ollections Willi
fa ctory retlult.

the Euter veeir7 it
the ooiJ«ltioo. for obje*
.amount.ed to £2IM for 1iI6
Gee (or paroo\Ual objecta _ _
rd Phillimore and Mr. Doble

We ~ It ally . . . . . . . GRAMOPHONE or PLAYE
yo,.r Oltll"",.,.,.".",.."." ,.,,""'''-. Eqeg'olly Low Net :ash Prim )
DlJm-r4 hyfwnt Tmlfs.
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Corne In aacl ~
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Kr: O. B.
L FreelilI, (CouDty
I i . A.
Waltham (Aaeistant
no
G. W. Palm.r./,. lb. C. E.
• Coila....
Robert., G.B.J!i., Lady
'" MaiOl
naDhry. Major 1l. L. P~
..D.E.• Mr.
Alfred Palmer, General
oe. C.B., Kr.
8 'Court. Captanl Cyril TlIlt111. X_ B.
M Apthorp
O~.E., Il....
Crawma.1,
O.iI.E. Ki.. iI. Wyld, M.B ..B .• the Stv. O.
Gore 8Jripwith, Xu. BerWIck' (Braeknall).
Mr. R. H. Dougl~ (ABOOtl. J(re. ~~­
[\mith (Dinneld), Ki88 F. Brown (Didoot:,
the R~v. W . K.
elt'ord (8_w), lIi.. .'
MODClk, V .B.E . (
wfhome),
d, V.JlSIttart.Neale lIiM Mylne
lin. Abram,
If.B.E., Dr.' Scott (Abincdon), re. Tubbs,
Q.B.E. (DoDllingto , lI1'8.;K
lIrs. W.
M. Child&, lIi88
Idem ~N8.burJ), Mrs.
Victor Rhode8. M. .E .. },,[,.. Ji'Ollbery {Le~­
bournl. .!lrs. :J
S. 1J.en l'8On.
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Wooldridge, Miss DurhQII,
iss . Hedley
(Windsor). },lu.
Ie (.H~ rford), MI'II.
Wostern (Woking ml, Kr,.
. C. Blandy
(District Secretal'Yl' Readi~'
rlr. Hartnptt, Mrs. BowleYf Mi..
U Button, lIrs.
Hawker (Kayar a 01 Newbury), etc.
'l'hl're WaB a large attenduce but tlie hall
woold doubtl_ b,ve been fuil but for tho
inclement weathert
The annual report . of
Berkshire
Bt'anch 8tated I The
number of
payin!! and
(inc;ludlnSf
a8J>OC lates
220.
ahow8
off from
last year. The
val uable
Nport upon t11&
ci~ney of
th.e V.A.D.s and
his juris(lietion is jfiven
work
ball been
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and Newbury.
The chair wall occnpiectJrTlfr. 1 . ]J. Jeff",
who WM 81Ippbrted by .JIU'. M. D. lU.ednlf
(hon. 9'~ ret:ary. &li('itont' MAoo~inR Clerk..
Aflo>ociaUon, joint aeeretAry National Fed~r­
aLiOli 01 lAw Clerke, IUIcf prueflioot 01 the
J..(Indou u.,w CJ.erkA' A!40ci&tion), and lIr.
W. R. Hnm:blinj( .wlLo artanm thll JDMtintr.
Mr. l£nmblin/C brief!,. eXplained the &tepa
which. eulmina.ting in All offer fro~ Mr.
Maroutr to OODT~ to Readmg to addre. the
law clerk ~. bt1d led to the moetinll'. and
lJDb6eonentl y inttodu~ this 1I'~lltlemen.
lIr. Macduff l who, by the W&y, 18 a mal'laiinR e)e~k in tne ofti~ 01 an importAnt firm.
ot 80li~itonJ in IAIlIoon with a. staff ot n~ (
ward8 OIl 50 eler1r6, then d Jvered a ~
fnt resti1lif add rOIlS, in which be outhned
the rea..'K)ns aJ)imatinlf Ithe feW' law clerk"
ll8IIOCiations nlrelUb' m exiatence to bold
NITtl\in oon/Ol1'ATJee4 "","lfillg in' thE> Mta}).
Ilsh~nt of i;ho National Fede.ra.tiOD 01
Lnw Clerb, and 4I~J)lained the ebjects IUId
prol'ramme of the federl!;tion 1\8 laid down
at the I\J]nual conference held in London o~
Eaater fODdoYl...a Npon of whieb 8.lIpeued
in the "Daily Telegravh" and other 1D()rDinll' paper-.
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~THE WATCH ON THE RV~~E.
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L. .INDUS WJIIIT W TOH is a ~vital necelsity

to everyone deairlnc to be punctual and effIdent.

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In peace' as in war it gives constant and faithful
under the mOlt trytng conditions.

service to i s owner-even

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• Th. Tillie can be ascertalneCl both qllkkly and acc;4cly.
Made of SOLlD SILVER, It bas a fine lever ~cment. and t as charming'.
appearance as it il relbble
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It car,ies with ~t
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lo&, j the easy ch!iT of the SturmeyArcher i, one of JtS maijy de1fJhts.

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