Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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k4iIIr ....U. . Chall Il'WD is _ ef tile
"rJ ..- it the eeaU1. It i ....ira..y
.......... .......al7 beautifa111
........ wkJW tie ,. 10K ." of tbe nab i,a
~,_~~h perteet, with ]11 t .....eIlt
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are eaeed·
T . . Bey. R. de K . Nixon \,:iU retaill his
iatlJ .JMMut. Prete,' little tQ...
.ca as Di_n Ia.spector t4U the end of
ru. aJ[
tIM ~d, ..1liJtt t.he
the ,.e&!'..
~ ~rt(oI wkiala tbere. i. Dot too
A .,t am ~uil'm for tlje fallen in the
III ........ ar~ .. _"rytkiDC
~ : ..~.~ nita will be held at St. Gilell',
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aDd the other acoo
ian
built into the plaee is of the bMt.
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p~ ill, .8 11 matter of f.et, up-to-date in
way. and the _bel" are well t'n·
'to tl.- pride which is in
it.
Despit.e thF Qro'~gll'
May,
R'roun4 Itas 1Jeen
mlllPlln•
C4!n.t "fettle." and on thf Ge4ASi<Jn
DlJ"
Vl8lt a rew daya lIfO I w
Qrpri8ed tbat
I~ ehould han '-n iu 81Ich 8Ouod eoodi·
tieo. Secreur,' Chilas W'M tbere loolring
AI happy !'3 he well mi,ht be, and PJ'Ilai,.
dent. Ba,.hs wa" playing witL a lighttn_
eft hMr:t .which it- was
to Debold. .A.nd
In adchhon to a few friendly strugR'leI\.
8&veal contests ill the London and SOutheni
('.oullties' bowlilll fidul'l'S "ere beiD«
pl~ed. tbe. bare results of wbicll wcort' given
io this paper last week. I now append 41
few more details : •
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RINK CO](P~ITION .
WEST END (ltEADfNO)
BEA
WOOLSTON AND DISTRI T.
Oeo.., FQr:dhlUll'jJ famous dBI!'". "Tis
pace tHat kills.'" ya brought. to m,.
m'Dd bere, "'hen I found tl.e ,reen all too

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fast for many ' of ~he playel'. The ~ult
wa, odI:r a few good eods; all the same the
pla, "'&8 keen ... d enjo,.able and thot ~~r
• l~ "o.n.
:nae Ol)f'oing found Woolston
tUln' ll'1 palDts to tbeor hearts' con~t,
aftd at tb6 end of tb~J)th ;tlivery they !.I'd
by 8-2. Then WNt Ena ave U8 of tJjeir
best and by the time tIl 1
t'nd had ~~i1
thfl' liCO~ wcore ,. 10 all." A ding.
battle was witn-.d up to thi> l~h
, when the filures vtood at 16-1:>' io
tav~Hu: I!f WClllt Ead, who .l'I'foSl!d to pennit
th~ .. IS.tor.; to 6('()1'8 asaln, ." Jctory lMoi)ll
Pined b,. the looa4 by 1.9 -1ii. The pl,,;V rs
wt're ,
WC\8t End (Re dinte) : A. E. Altenbl'o'f,
H. v .. ~oll. E. 'fowner and A. Young.
W.oobton and DiBtrict : W . Arnold. A.· n
White, W. Marpnco and W . ,omish.
.
PAms.
BANJ~F.R PARK BEAT WE. T E.\'D
(READT. ro).
The vi !tors appeared to . t tumbLe to"
tbe il'een _re lj.uiclUy' than .their' o~
panrots whlcb eDabled t.bel1l t.o lead at the'
I1tb, coull by H-1. and iu the t'nd Banister
Parti; su,~ ID &Oo(ing C'1&ctI,. twiOP &II
man,.. , points ·
their opponenlb, the tina I
score ling 2i-lS. Playt'rs:
Wt'st End (l~ding) :'1'. Elliott and W .
Cllandler..
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B.nister Parle: J. A. D. 'l'horuil~ aod R.
Mowllt.
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c!rinks.

Made Jro.m .best·
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GOLD "Jl-.U>GE.

on Sunday woral Ill, July"
Hr. R. G. Dadle1 wbo roee to be a ea)}tain iu the Boyal lir Force, has resumed
duty in the Waterworks Department of the
Readin, orporatioll.
I
The' Mi_ Taylor i,ave presented to the
Public Libraries Committee .. quantity of
printed mat\;('r relatine to Reading ' and
Berkshire oollected by the late M • i. Ok!!1
Taylor,
P.O. G. C Ie i to be 'awarded a medal
for bra ..ery ~d gratuity of an Ills. in ~
copition of the
rrloe whicb M rendered
011 lila,.
in stopping a runa"'.y hoC!l& iD
Oxford 'Road.
A marri
has been arranred, and "'Ill
ub plaOl' quietly (\BIlYe permittiJl,) (It. t.
Thomas's Church, Portman SqlJal'l\ 00 July
2, at 11.30, between oa~jn J hn Henry
Wood,. Royal Berkshire
iment; on~ SOD
of MAjor And Mrs. J. R.
oods, and §ybil,
ollly daughter of tbe late Henry III conoehie de LU8~an. of Have Susscx, alld
Ml'1I. de Lu iluan.
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.Royal Bertcshf,. R.. iment.-Temp. Rec.
LlC!ut. F. Ir. Powell. D.C.V ., X.M.. relin.
llulshl'fl the iaehn, rank of captain on ceas.
to rom and a oompauy.
Con..'Vltive
Fete.-ProTided ProsJl('Ct
~rk i . not required on Augu t ~ in oolln.f'C·
tioo .nth the ~ce oelebratio~
be u
o JMrt of it is to be granted to ~h~ ReadiD«
Can nati~ and Unionist Association for
" fete.
Motor 'luS8I.-1'hl"N' ;inr1e deck motor
~lIUlibuses '':6 to be obtaiMd by th Readmg Corporation from the A880Ciated Equip.
mel't t~oml)8uy. Limited, af ~ althamatow,
for '£1,4.'.& CA('h. and two addi.tion.l m~tQr
cha "~l. t.o I,Ie used with double deck bodies
for ~ elld,.
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All Saints' WI' .. _orlal.-AII
ainl:;'
war memol'ial i lo· t.te the form of a tllble~ ('olltaioirrg t.be ~es of those .. ho have
laid down their 11.... for their oountu
with ~uitabl8 inscriptions. emblems. cot<!:
It will Ix- let into til waU of the narth
'sle in the "Pace near the
ry door Bod
r t will be roughly about.£300.
Wllcam\l to ~ew Minister.-Th
\,icar
t. Kary' In hi. maguine -erlends a
~ wf'loome to the Rev. }'" Burnett, tho
'If miJlltiter of
l
lary'5, eNtle Street,
w~th
"betit wiollies for hill Dew work auu
Dunibtry l~re in Readine." ! t the siune
tl~ he ~l1ank hi prede<lessol' the Rev'. C.
D ..P. Watel'!!, .for hi . ~ady 'help 10 the
panlSh.
.
.Gallant Readinll War4ar.-Kr. Alfred H.
BLlk.e, a ",~er at P_~iDJ Gaol, who on
lolat'{'b 11, at gnat plli'8o:nal ri"k, pllanUy
atte,mptea to ft.."Cue a bo, who was, unfor·
tunatt'ly. drowlled in the KOllDet, has been
a",arded the. Ro al Humane , jety'/ol
.. Uum l't'COrlilD, the deed. ' MI'. Bilke ~150
~ the lIOOiety'
certificate fa h1\v •
mg. on April 21, 1816. C'on' .t o tI.e reeclHl of
a girl who was in iruruineot donger of
drownine in th At'nnet. and whOlie Life !te

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Jock 'Grit>l'9On (W:aidt'nhead.~ronlJll),
Zl; J. Loeke (lkadinr W tEnd), 7.
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What luck t~", "'Wi ill the game certainly wellt th" way of t
victor. and it ...·as
evident throUChont the ~rUClitl that the
,round wos too ~ood fpl' .both of the wenmdeed t '1 adlWtW ~t. , The~ waif .ban:Uy
II. (100II cl1d, ..-acll _~6t being ~idedJy
below par. though, so fa. as. I could dis..
cover, It ",as not a que tion of ,', aervl'S "
with either of them.
}(uc~ imJ)l'Ovem... nt
will h ve to be sl.()wn by tbe. winner if be pLiantly savlld.
.
is ~o far)n the competition) Grierson
.Iilhop of Oxford and Dr. Orchard.-The
led . throu,hout.
BI ho~ of .9J:fol"d wtiti>s in hi Dioee n.
M~.lDe: .' Dr. Orcbard, of the- Kinr'~
IJI(I O*PITITIQN.
Weigh Ho ,has lJl'oduced a book t'ntitlf'd
• The Order of DiVIDe !'\erviN! for Public
READI~G ' v. BISCUIT FAC'l'Olty·
WOnlhip, the Admlnistrltion of tLe Sacro· 'r~e Re dine Cluh
the Readi'" Bi~ meat! etc:.• · ,!hicll I dTifje ~ayone iotercuit Fa tIlt'y ill the Rink Competibon on ested I.U htur(lcal matters or in the ' ~form
Satj1roa,., aod in both e '
tloe visiting of servlCC's to IQt and study. It seems to
tean. secllred the adYlOl~, Fa to!:)' win. me to be fnU of 8uRestiveness aod help"
ninl' un tl~ twb rinks by 3.
Dr. Orcbard is the w~l·koo"n C"ngM'1f~'
On 1he Readinl' F\lad the Factory >tiooali.>t milli.i.er, ",ho has preached at
forged ahead at tl.e COlIlIllC!net'went. and at Broad Str¥t.;.," t. Andrew' and othcor Frne
the .tll cond _1'9 leadi~ by 9. Then, with ehurchK i ~din,.
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a couple of jI's, a 4 aad a S, Rudiog drew
Ne. Organist at Holy Trinity.-Holy
le ..el at t-be 12th coDd. '.rhe Factory had Trinity lIaguinll says: .. Fr'l Deane's suothe{. bettu \If tb ..ame after tbi , !lad t.be c~~ is a rrieat~rganist who COlnl'fl te us
flnat was 26 to 18 ia thrir fltvour.
The With very 11I,h recommendations. T. he !plan
club "'ere repNljl!lltl'd by tile followinR': of
bavinf 1I priest wbo can piay the ~nan
Reading" T. J. Walclron. J. Pawell 1. e'.'a~lt!8
UJl ..to oll'~r a living ~ge by bOrn.
B~rlin, and H. F. I,indull.
'8iliCuit 'Fac- blDuli both alar Ie.. , aad eur dnly regret ill
tory: H. A. Farll'Y, ~. P. ' Vall<wn~rg, C. that the expedient Ulvoh·e;t partIng with
Brown and J. ll~pl'!I.
.lr. G. Pt'ttl~ ~o ba.i sernod, 119
011 tJ- }'actory grouDd . Readine were faithtul!r
aDd well Iduring the past two
mil"' su('cessflll. and tl.e score read 10-1 years. FT. Clark, the new prie&t. IlBH Inacle
jo tbcoir (avour 'at tbe 7th cond. 10 the nut a speeial tud,. of
air trailling, and we
tbrc>e en.ds the }'aetory reduced the lead by a'" very (ortulll1t.e in setting the vacal1cy
&is, but &faio the toWl\ elub lIut their op, 80 quickly fined."
ponc>nts ill ,u...n. T1le final r@lSult was,
~... .Ruln •. .,1 .....din. Abbey.-Althougll
Reoadiuc. 19; BiSl'uit }'a('tory, H. Tit
pl..yen " 'core:: .Biscuit }' etory: C. Hibbird, the rU11LfiI.;<01 ~be once f~us 'Bellediotipe
Abbey
at neadl" a", familiar to m t resi·
T . Lawrence, S. PIlD.Lwlr. Mel E. II. Wlld'tI
in t.e boroogh.~ visitors Ii ofteo
Reading : }'. 'Pontin. G . l!'. l"uLler. J. F:-:I .an
t~r,.aDd 1. Webber.
v"1 pouled to jdeotify the' varioUJl portions of
the !!CBnty t'Olll,!OS whiell ., time' elf 'cinc
~tOT'y play the winuar of'
liOCn" and m~heval ...andali8Dl bale left
Pr()/;[lt'ct Park.
to WI. On, MOliday next (Whit onday) a
party or VISitor'» ....'1.11 be condue~ through
FIIfJIDUf.S.
the nina bl DI'; J. B. Harry, wheu a ~
scription ..Ill be given of tJ.e A,blMoy u it
OU~ 1 L()~v. READI ' 0:
ui.ted in the Middle AI!'" aOO of the rale
foll(Wllll were the seoJ'N ;n tL~ it has i1le4 ill tW' JJ.at:ioul hi tory. Any
frieucU); ml\t~It.J South London v. RMdine persons
inte~ted in tbe SlIbject are iuvited
...·a WOR by South. I.o.oon by 4. Thl\
meet in t'he I •. and S.C. Ilield Coin, to join tile party ....Lich will tart from the
lnur Gateway at 3.30 p.m.
~"t.", In4wltriaJ
C...nc.iI.-'1'h tint
.~ of this GOuDeil ..... held, at the
ReadiJlR' Labour Bureau,
Kay" 'D. Mr.
G. Clluter was elected
Vr J.
P. ~
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H. Palmer and
&veTal matters
e~ 81l(>h as

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SPOTLESS WORK,' EFFICIENT SERVICE,
FRE
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try. A. ~&eetd.iIII'·l,.
aDd it is ''''~1r:-''l1>

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Ing at t. GiIM on Sanda e?'@niDI , .
15. U. a~ tI:.e ReT. F . 1
Gillnlo~ .• 110
ordaiJJ«i ~ o~ Tri.it . Iluudlal "',;,r:-o,
at ·St. Mat7'., n..diq.
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Ma)Cll' tIle)IeT. A. Gillies W eo
claAplaill ~ C....,ian
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M~p 1. Wilken, R.H.A. (jf &eadiDtlO
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Nlaa
cIa-bter
:::t. alder
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K~ng's Fllnd.-Tb& treajlUN'r '" Ii
Kina'! Jiund, H.iUbank . IIqb • ltI dll,~"l
~aonJ S.W.I, IwI received 16 ., belRk ' ft'
tnb tiOllS from t be Readillg Bea.-oll,IHli
CLub, Ltd.

Royal County Tho,,~re -Tbe t,)I I... ~
are tt.. prupecti ~e bookbI,s ~ t tl>l' I: ') III
Count!. " Tbeat..... R adillR' : .. ( ' Ir. "~,'
Aunt,' "Toto." " Roxana ' J •• Uh 1 .~
" The KJUfe," "Notbiaac b~t lhe 'j r;"'~'"

,veR Days' l~avo/· ·u C~ b on I~ II\·\" ; y~.'
.. BIlh!ted," " Yell. Uocle, '" Bl' ( '8"'r'l "
Bab,, ;' "Scandal ," .. TailK l' Jl. " , ii,
PiIt8011 P08t," .. The J.aw J?ivln~. " "I , ..
" Tbe Man h'GDi Toronto," "'fl ... Ii !gll 'II
th(\ Cro s," " Mooty's Flap"" .. ," anrl
r, ...
Jel.rllO ."
WI.ter ExCu"ID.n.-Th e lUt'mbc> ", ,., ,.,
~dUl' aDd Dlstr1ct ud Publr c Ser ·. ~II "
CJub- held & very illCce · 411 w"IA'r '" '"
'JO~ on Baturd y,
when Mr. (·J~"h" '.
Ma) tic oonvered' about. 180 to c ;"rll,!,'. "1'1 ••
pa~
were . eoompan.ied by \ 1r I. .~ .
Whiteley (preSIdent), Mr. (,lark.c> VI<·.··I" ... ,.
dent)· and Mr. 10
, who ma" " till' ar·
rangemenh. Tea ...as ser-t on boJan l
1
qert partr f the
mile"' pmnd;,' ,,"
escellc!bt mUSical programmt'. A plp",," ,
time ..... s pent' in rambling OVl'r ~t ...."d."
Hills.
Highe,
Eduelltiun .for
E~..sold jen .
The Ruding
nivel'8ity Col .... Comm ...
tel> for
. hl.'T EduClltian o{i"' ·Elt-&>n lt..
St udents. •... Id . a mootilljf io coojunch"u
~Ith .t be AppolDtm.ell~ Depar~ent. Mi" .
I try of Labour, ftPlldmg . Mr. ICl.ilds pile·
sided nnd Mr. Pugh. VI'. Ande n, a ou.l •.
tar,)' repl'fll!entative, and LieQt. F. ,I
mitb, of tl.e local millistry. w re amonll'- '
Wft'f' abl r
those prespnt. THe 8ubjec~
d '· u ~lj(\d included tbe foDclio 8 of lb,·
committee. prooociurt' provi io for -,t"' .....
arial ""rriee. (Mr. 'l>:ll&pman being ,·1· • .
ted.) A lotandard Local D1axlmllUJ IV'"
naed.
.
St. Bartholomtw's War
Memor ia, 'The Vicar of St. Bartholomew'.. h"., .,'
oe.i I'd two m unifioeot gilts ot .£JOO an d ,... ,
ta"ards tbe esp0llSCI of too Pprch nt I:,
wt'mbranoe of thO. "bCl from th~ pan.l,
went ol1t aud laid down their liv ~ III t)"
"ar. Th gtft.! I both eaaea nr~ Nll ,ml
mou , and. oJle of the _doDOt'II npre",*,1 ,
hope that llie rl&rishiooers would glv" Itl ~
e~l1y Bod ~. tha.nk!ul for the opporlll
D1ty of sltowmg the.r gratitude fnr lx>ID~
vl'd from an o~rwhelmiJ1g peril. .. W,lI,
och a lead." says the Vicar. "it ., 'W'
~oo mueb to coxpeet lUI outJ.l~nrinlC f
lOgs from all wh08ll h..-art.! 1\1'\' t(Juc h~,\
with thankfnlu.esa, and t hat tl... work Ola V
immPdiately hp put in hAnd."
.
. Tuberculosis Dispensary ell" Associ.·
lIon.-~t to..- Jll(!et11l~
ot the E " eeutiy,·
Committee oJ the 'l'olwrc uL OI>i~ DI~,...n""r }
~are AlI>IOCiation
May :lOth . the fall ....··
rna r port ...as recei ved from tbe Rt-ItPI
Sut)-(;ommitte.r. , ~rmg tlH> IB<lt tiymonths the 8UiH:oDun.ittfoe have dealt WII),
6'~ ~; 2:l . loa",
been gJ:&nted I' u.
nou rJ hment In ~JIe.. form of 81i1ll:. er;co'p'
ID 4 ~ where clliJdreo hay~ t-n pro"
de<! with meal" at the national k:i~,
:l3 children boelldeCl
in country hom,,'
(9 a~ away at preseot); 2 loa
to obtaI!:
clotluDg on conterlp.g sanatoria ; 1 "Onull'
assisted ..... ith DO ' hold
0,",,; 9 """".
closed; IU , f)lrth I' _iatauOEl ...... roll
iclered not' necessary, 4 refusecl tbe help 0/1·
ered ; 1 was referred to the 'NatiGnal :;.,. .•.
ety fol' jthe Prevention of Cru~lty to (hl1·
dreo. l)
not as.isted.
.
.Wesleyan Child""", Gatherlng.-A brl'
dl play "'841 made 0 Sunday afternoon by
~he f Uowing SIUl_y IIChool ~ the Rt'Ill1·
lng Weslcoyan liethOdi t Cil'Cui , viz. ; We>
Ley, Orlor<! Road, Wbi.tley RaJ , Elm I'llr'
Hall. and l.ower C.averellaa., DILmbering "'
aU about 800 IICho1:&rs .. itb. thrir t~b(',...
aod a ceJ'ti . Tbi displa,. took ithe form 01
a demonst .... tion in tl.e ' Karb ~ Place. an '.'
a pl'OCeliSion along Kine's I~ to Weslpr
Church, Qu~o's Road. headed y the "''lu ''
tey RaIl Pr,,..e BanP., and tbe inistl'rs ,.,
tbe . circuit. Plea.&il/-C f_tUJ'f!iS of the pt'' '
oe~ Ian were the ma.DY troops of Bo,. Scout.
Wolf ellbli lind Girt Guides p
nt in lin .
form, lind ,tbe ~ftic nt pla)in, Iof the th ·
f()rd . Road ~allts'
aele Band. Th mN'"
inr, held aftarwards at W '
Cliurrl,
was pre ided bver by Mr. OW. J . 'ilmher. J;
Th ,It', president <Ii tlt.e
.
und .. ,
Scl.ool U aiou, 80 lOIe conoO
worn ·
to . the gatheriqg, and tbe Jil,e.... T . "PhllliDson, nperintcondent min~r of rh,'
circ nit, 1100 pve an aIfpropri
ad<ire" t ..
th schol.rs:
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Actiylty.-The '\T.W,C.! . J '
~howlDl oo~sidN'a~18 actiyity ill ReaJ",~
III
e.onnftCtlon · wltb the nopoo~tru cb'"
sc ht>mt> for huildiug h\1t..;, dubsl and h ost.>l .
for th~ gfrls. It ...as snggest«! , that a """ .
tr.l girl dub and hOllteJ com~'ned honl.1
be erected iii.· ReoJoding. bllt a t~e BelteD'"
would cost !lOme .£S,OW it was
qht th "
t,be
heint> would be too rostlr, bu t i l "
hoped, .at any rate, to ha ..e a
lIer 1f,,·I .·
duh here. A ~tiYfl Otk i
.
daft. t r .,11
tbe p~ i_ in B""d treet,. 11 d.1 fr " II
Chalu b·eet. The . Y.'V .<:'.1\. i organi.",~
a fete and flag ' da • whU W . ",', W.. ·l
ill Readi!lJ will uten
hom J
5 to I~
})uriD« thIS time finn
Broa 'treel all I
Oxford b 'e e' are
u.;eir wiDdo.'
in blue, thi bein,
hA-mt' r .. r
week.
Flae
heiui: 0'
pail I throughout
'abou t ,U'
be.iJI« already arrBllfed .
Glad, t.. ,,·
10ll\on is tile org8llUi.Df
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tba t II b tess hquM if<
lIOldiers in .~rehaQe! bJ
John Amhlliance
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