Berkshire Chronicle Reading 07-1919

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Lecturer, ~ho is one ofthe ~eroit WomC8
bas been deoorated hy two Goven"ill<:ms. spent three and a lIal1 · yean i~ the
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was whole-beartedly 0
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We aumot but «:pet, however
that ~ .tep ~ert tak . to hold, some:
wbere m ReadID,.. a ~ed service in
which an 4enomlnations could join sucb .
as- took place in Trafal ar' Squar~ and
was addressed by the
shop of L~ndoD
and Free Chvcb leaders. • Sunday was
Ji«uliarly a day when . people 01. all
shades of ·thought could meet together
10 express tbeir thankfulness for the
blessinl{s 01 peace. 1t is grat ifying tQ
see th t th old barrien between " .ct
and stare being bro en down . and It is
all the lDOre to be regretted. there£orr,
that the op,JIOrtunity was Dot seized in
Reading to emphasise thf essential unitv
of all Chri$tian people. ThCT~ was one
service on Sunday not I ~kely 1!0 be ' or..otten hy any who paTti :pated in it. and
'hat was at St. GUes' in p':!emoTY o f those
of the Roy~l Berkshire I R ghnent who
have faDen i n the war. !'Spne begins to
realise all tb~t the ' Be i sh'ire battal ioo 'i
' have dona during the war it appear ~ to
s to be t~ duty. s.well as the plivilt'ge.
of those bO are left belind to .k eep th"
memqry green of \hose sJ11endld lads,
who on ' t~ ~ very threshold of th(:l(
career and while looking forward to ~
happy future gave the best they bad to
give. We hope tlult no oPport \tnily WI/I
be lost of preservi.ng in tbe schools the
memory arid the record o f the Berkshtr ..
units. and. it ' may bel that a ~peci a.l day
should be ' set apart tor commemOrating
tlJose w~ laid down their li ves fo r th~
countne.
The remembra nce of their
selfless devotion i a priceless' posses· \
sion , and he younger g eneration- should
h.ve t e opportunity o f ~aring " II
about these national a"nd county he,ro r~.

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Til. Celebrations on ",uly 19th.

In another column will be found the
latest details wi th reg ard to, the cele·
bra tions on J~ 19th. ebr rea d er~ WIll I
W ipteTested to note that the c;bifdren (un
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the later date noW! arra nged)
Price lists of ~ds for the F
nOI to be- taken to on e " rendez vou'.
~ Garden post free on apFIlU;.IUU.J.!_ Pre 5 pe~t P ;uk, jlS has beel) the case 00
previous occa~ ion s.. It will be remenY·
e~===========~.~~ bered tbat a shQl't ,tim e ago we ca lled ,II.
tention to the plea of ..the teacb crs t h:d
it was unwise ill the interes t of tIl('
Ic.\lildren in the east end of ReadIng b J
t ~ ke them all th e way to Prosp rt P .l r~ .
and the !:orn m.iHee concernt;d have ,I( I I'd
on th& idea. One of the chtef di fhcult \('s
it h "bas beSet the com mittee in thC"ir
arrangements lefr Peace ' D ay (apa rt , (j f
courge, rom the: limited ti~'C ~v a il ~ bI G )
has been the tremendous nse 10 prices.
the amount available is .£2,000, the
same 'as a t the Coronation, .but it Woll
rf3d.ily be" unders tood how tbey have
CHRO~]CLE.
been hampered in framing au atSr:tctive
l, Friday, hIT Utll. 1919.
P'rogramme when practically tbe whole.of
the wngs ~hey need are two, three or
fbur times inore expensive than in 1911.
he cost of bands. equipment, labour.
e c .• ha !;oared to such an 'eXtfeme that
s vera I feature which would have been
included have liad to be elimina ted. The
public sbould r emember tbis When they
are indin~ to criticise.
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The Reading Labour ,arty and , .....
The Reading Labour P ar ty rdm;t be
the despair of its friends. I ts fd vourite
occupation appears to be knOCkingfJi lS
into its O~COffin . We are infor~ that
,~nanimousl )' decided
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presume
the same old clique, though
j purpor
to ' be the unanirpou' 4 ecision
of the p3 ) to refuse to »art iciJ)a.te in
any.peac demonstration or c~e bration of
any kind.
We should very much doubt
if this "unapi mQu s I' re olution carves
it the assent of a ny but a ~;u1 proportiO!\ of. the ranklfile; llt any rate
they Iiave had no -op rtunlly en masse
lof expressing th~r vew. And why thls
peculiar attitude ?
ie the local leaders
of the party so chagrln ro that ~roth e r
Boche has been over~own in ~i ambition to do~inate the
rld : or a~e they so
sorry that all the rerr ble,horrors of war
P4:rpetrat q ~y Germ~'y have. come to an
end with the dP.Wnfa of the Iyranftical
power responslbl, r-!I ve \Iley forgotten
the introduction of tfIt e terrible engiDes
01- war, the 'Zeppelin, peison gas. and
maJIY another;
an
the ' wanton
in
F rance
de$,lluction " committed
and Belgium ? - The peepl ,
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they lowe ' :iDe~a~
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bour Party or .any ther partr. have
not forgotten. and t
rejoice that the
war is over. and that eit. son are de1i~led from t~e un !!peaka bl~ ' horrors
which these w1$ellcreS who slI round a1
table do not even dimly real Is . 'One
would have imagined that the I "Labour
Party. with its past protestations Oil tbe
sl4le qf peace. and the _demand that . tbe
war h~d be settled by negOtiatl D.
would be the first to we1com~ the ces~a ..
tion of hostilities. an4 even to orpn~
celebrations of i~ own. . It is certaln
th2t as )eng as it del' rat ely cuts i~f
.tf JrGDi '»«*ular. teetiDk ~ this ~.)l It
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J-/Y 19th.

BATr. B£JUCS 'NATIONAL RESBRVt.and

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HEADING VET2RANS'
BAND wiU be io a&telldaAce, SUNDAY, JULY 13th.
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VANClNG after ~he port$.
I. C~DC wiU kave St. M 's B~ Mmilaion *0 Ground, 1&: Reservet1};JIClo.
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CirQi1ir Tour to OXFORD and HENLEY.
II' MaraIIoa, .. Reading.
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