Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1919

The Suuestcd tr. . . . of
~i-( ~ the ezpcQditve cloYD, becalis;e he
stration of
the f Pow
to beIicnd tber. w081d be just ';) much f!Â¥p)unty
and
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.:~ ,~tve tbea as
'hI! ptCSCJlt
lXlet 'with
CODsiderabie
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proba'bty ~ He had
in many parts' of tlle-- country, IRanI a . . .bet of ReMial' town c:o.aand this oppositiea hu - ially dUors say OYer' aDd Oftr . .ain that tlle
StrOB" in the case! of
of C01IIIdl had quite enoul'h work to do as
boards of guar.iaIl~
, It- js it waso aad' ... did DOt think foe' a
stated that the co.lICiIs
quite aia.... tbat the eowtcil tlesired to tab
enough to do.as it is.'" da~t "the the work Oftl'.
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chana-e 'would not mak'e for the adYantHowever, he ""~ the thiy ...s
age of the poor. nor woUW it
d. as in. . . . BOW, The Local Go¥e.nJDellt
some people wrongly imqiDe, to the ,Board had (one, ha.~ _been ~pd
lesiening of officials. The ~ib into the lIfirustry of. H~ ' aDd it ....
would merely take oyer tile
bither- almost a foregone CCiIIduSlOD' that coanto done by guardians. and would engage o1s wo\l14 have to .take the lIoards Oft'l'.
j.ust 1tS .many officia1s to do
t work. But be did not tlnllk tbe change waS
~ntly. most'of the pres
sq,tfs g()m. to/ imprOft matters in the least.
tn!w4 simply be t~·all5'ea:reI. In ;r~~
THE RATE QUESTION.
~.4 and . es)teCiaIly
rear well The Deputy-Mayor (Mr., ~. A. Sarlt~~ the ~r =~ by ~boa.l:.ds jeant~ said in his opinion the toWp
:tatc~di~~ yejlI'S past. aD4 it is the: council had too. much work alr~ady. ~be
lVO:dt " workhouse '/ and .. iipe?" board of gUardJa1ls ~ a parhc,ular ki~d
which .have made the system to De dl5.- -of ·worJ.c to perf!WJll_ Ul connection 1r)th
liked py so many. There is a great the. r~hef oJ distress.' and also with
tendency to overburden to.nJ councils, asslstmg the awed who had DO. ODe to
ak the th
responsible authori- look after th~. and he tb?"gUt 1t would
t~ m e m . e
h'
ill a be a ~:reat IDIstake saddling the town
1es
tbo r10b.[ Pf'Th.eacw:a,lly: ~~~UlI'ylillie to council with duties which a!l independent
ro~
.re I;> pr
r body were moce fit to undertake.
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be said
t~lS WIth. regard to the Poo
Ttiere was one question ~ich he felt
Law, and .1t 15 questlonable whether the should be ~ven more into the hands of
change ~I '"'be. to the. adYanta!t e of .the town councils, and that was tlIe queStion
co~mu,,"'y .at . larf,e. Be~~ these of the rate. but ·whether the two could be
I1O mts , m ~n.d, a
Chromcle
r.«;-pre- divi!kd' or not he was not quite clear at
senta~lve ~lted
s;c,!enJ !.promm.ent the present time_ If it could be arR;eading men~ and eliCited the follo'!f1D8' . ranged that the town council. whicll was
nel"(s from them:the real spending authority of the: ,tOWll.
should have more weight· in the' matter,
he thought.it woul,d 'be advisable.
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D.IEr TAD 'oRING.-In this Department

T AJLORI~G.-=-We !:!ave

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large stock of Suitings in TWII II. and
'also BreeChes TWeeds and Sports ' Coat
. ma~, F1annels, eJ.c. We are at your service and guarantee fit and satisfaction in thr
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_ Mr. T. Norris. chairman of tile ReadI' iDf Board of Guardians. writes ;-" In
r~~~rence to the Question of the transfer
. of the' Poor, Law I am strongly of opinion
that the handing over of the administrjl.
tion of the' ppor L,aw to the county or
borough councils at this juncture is
deCidedly . a 'retrograde
movement,
especially in so far as the pOor peo~e
themselves are concerned.
H There may
have been some reason
for this. say • .1i.fty 'y ears aro.
here ~ n
some rural areas one loaf of bread and
a shilling per week was
nsidered
adequate relief. hut times have ' altered
since then. aq.d especially so in
roughs
such as Reading, where practically the
whole of the so~called stigma' of paupe~­
iSID has bee~ aboli~hed_
ror lIIany bf
us [eel tliat poverty ifself is no crime;
cOllseque ntl)' the children. infirm. _ aged
or sick are ~ealt with in as ho:mane a
manner as the r~tioDs of the Local
Government Board will allow. and this
is possible chiefly because each casejor
home -assistance is known to the
~diaDS personally. which in itself i.s
a check against 'abuse or ~avagance.
" Oar institution. which., wili. its infirmary building~. ' has been sud!. a boon
to the wounded officers aDd itO • rs durina- ~e late war, is one of the ' best In
the country. '
" I disagree with the craiisfer to the
borough council for the following re4IIOns:.
1. The proposal is based on the
Minority report of an inYCStigation
ma:de some eleven years ago. '
2. Upon 'the Reconstruction Cc51D{mittee (of which Sir Donald Mac/ean
was chairman). which recommended
that boards of guardians should be
swept ·away. not one single member
ha.d the slightest experience of the administration of the Poor Law with the
exception of Sir James Curtis, who
came on 'thq co=ittee after f:.his question W,; lS settled.
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3. It does away with the administration of the Poor Law bein, .d irect
ly 'responsible to the electors. and this
1 consider a great mistake. The
question is nbt one only fat tbe
DaECT ratepayer; it is also a very
serious matter for the working.-classes
themselves.
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4. It does not lend itself to adll\iniL
strativ~ economy, as the staff cannot be
reduced. an;d the work must be . kePf
&'Omg. and possibly at a higher cost br
the ' borough council. with less ad
vantage to
poor.
" There ar other serious ob) ectio')~
on e could me tion. but space forbids one
dealing with ~h~m now.
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AN EMPHATIC" NO ' ,1
COUD. F. E. Moring, vice-chairman o~
the Reading Board of Guudians. · said
as far as he could see the coencil did
~ot want tlie chaDge; ~y laa4I eDOU«lI
to do already There was DO doubt that
it would be bad thihg for ev~body
concerned. ~d he did not !lee the use of
~ transfer .l.t tall. The Reading Board
hid fought lagainst , it all' through!
'in ~ up-~;4ate boa~ sud!- ~s
ReadilI.g-he. I. did not inclllde somt)
of . the
htt1e
country
bo<trds-4
:the poor got their wants aDd comfortS
attended to i~ a way wbiQ it was im·
possible for any council to improve
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DEATH OF'
JOHN
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A VWAILE ORGANISATION"
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P. Staveley. () Butler'

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18 6
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JUT. I Ri. maW objected to wnJ-l:i~.'f~lted
houl'll in ~UE'nC8. FilleJly.
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WOKINGHAM ' AGRICUl;.

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oae OYer' or
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1110. . . who bad for)JeU'l
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READING~
coneereing
chairman
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DELTA ~PP.mm.
Th ere pass ed away:u hIS
residence.
Pl..,ed &~ Dell:& gMU,lld .OD. Se.turd&l'
Glen Elfin, Eastern Avenue. Reading, Delta. batted first; IUld. Il\!ID Jed the ~ul
on Wednesday morni~. Mr. John Wuner, total 1o( 89 ruD&. Titoo~ adu chiel ()()II'one who had a great 'deaL to do with the tributOr with 25, WiIldllor'
&. a 1U8laJ.
development of Read~. particular y in' lJ, and all th!l mem,bel'8, of 8 Ilde ~~d'!d
the. eastern and lteCilanlilt districtS. lb. to the seore. lncludll)l .If: Ext.rasJl 18.
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of
'-- h' Perry bowledj finely for h,iB ide, il.i. nl(llree
W.lDtet.
w o .was
years
age ....... t IS being 7 wi()k~ for n tuna. On. the Tiettorii
wlle. to whom he had been marned ~ taking t~e " willow " th~. c u.~ laml!lltyears. about two Yl ars ago. and the loss abll before the "frun~ " of Pam_7
was undoubtedly a severe blow to him. wiokeb or 8.. runs-and
pr-3 for 15.
He hat! beeD-,.amewilat failing in health 'Ill., wU'e diamilliCd in 8 over. f~ U. The
for 'Some time,. lMlt nf' t8-t~ed chapel on homestel'3 thul RCUred th pomb by ~
Sunday mOrDIDa. and was out on Won- r~. Scores:- Delta..
day. On Weclbesda'y he panO()~ of his
H. 'Iit()Olllbe, b 'P1tJT~.. .., _.... 25
breakfast. bu~ 1"'::5 lat~r taken illl and
H. WioUor. 0 Redaea. b }>tn'1 ... 11
passed:'an1 m hls chall:.
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W. F. w.-t.. It. P-errr .. ... .•• ... 5
-Mr. W'lIItljl' 1VU a aaUve of Clneveiey.
1. V. J[napp. It·.Pwi7 -:( _. -... 5 I
where h~ . was afterw4C4! in business
~ !'mata. MIll _t
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a buildllr. ... He came to-'Reading bet~..n
To B, Carr ....t.
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forty and AllY years ago. his yard being
Eo GiI~. b Perry ... .. w - r- ' ''' 7
situated on tl\e site of thetea4ing .. ,.
1-. SlD.1th. ,un out ....
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hit
F. C. Payne. e Wal
b ~rry 5
oper'!ltwe. tores at e .c'7 . tery. w e T. 0_ MWY. 0 Pitt, b Farnborhe lived 'Ul the villa ac1jo.UlID, the yar(l.
ouah ............. ..........: M, 8
He did a p-eat deal of build~ aU thl"
A,lK Searle, not out
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Reqlands Estate. and also. near l.le ceweEltUajI ... :.. ... ... .. ... _ ... 18
tery, as well as· at Goring' and · other
Total ... ._.... .. ••• _ _ 89 •
places. , He also carried thro~ the
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drainage of the Redlands Estate. and
W. ·Walters. ~P~
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with Mr. McCarthy Fitt. who became his
V. Pitt, b Kna"'pp' N• • _ ... " ...... Ii
partnel;, built Redlands SchooL He reW. ~ecqwm. 0 WiDd3Ol'. , b }>aJU~ 0
tired from busill.ess over 25 years ago. .
. C. B~. 11 1UIap~ ... ... .. •• _ 0
W. R~. b Pa;rae ... 1 . .. ... .., I
For a time priot. to the war Ml'. Winter
B. BiahOp, c Can:. II P yno ...... 8
resided at SV~lands. which he pur·
F. Pal'llbOrollI!l. b
0
chased. and 0
e ou.tbreak of the war
E, PennT. () Weat, b
pp ... ... 6
he plaCed it·, at . the disposal of the
W. BUt~r. b Payne ......... _ N. 0
refugee Belijans; to whom he ' sb.ow~
W . .LaB1{., not out ... '''1 ...... .... 0
great kindne!$. He 'also allowed them
W. ~CI,a.ytdD.. b Payne "l
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the use of a shop in Er~h Road.
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The deceased gentleman was a "IIlember
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of the old .Reading and Earley School PEPPARD v. HEBBERTS.
Boar4. but apart from that · took little
Thia match wu pla,.cl at Wz;fold GraD.«6
part in pUblic life.
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He ~2' for many years ' a member of on Saturc1ay, .ad ~lted ill a win' . for
l'eiapard
by 51 ruu-. r.. 1 ttudol' played ,
Tririity"CoDlJregational Church. but in
r~ent years, owing to failing strength, IOOCl game , lor Herberta~ makin, .19 II,ot
out. ud E. Goode 1I'AI 1" lars With· the
he has worshipped nearer liome. ' at 'balL
C. BiabOJ) w ... the ' chief lOOter for
Wyclijfe.
P.-ppard. makin, l ' rung. Score.:The deceased was very fond of
Pt'Ppard. "
children. for whom he always had welA. G. Butler. c and b Goode ...... 0
R .. Hedjfea, b Goode ....
5
come gifts of apples and sweets.
W . ' Walters. b Goode ...... ." ... 11
was ever ready to give a 'PfC)mllsllIlg
V.
Pitt,
b
'Qood&
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youth' a helping \land. ~e was he~d
A. Powell. b Good& ... ... .•. ... ... i
high es~eem ~Y a Wg;e · cl~c1e. ~f fflends.
W. Re.-mon1 e Balley, ' OOode ... 8
. B. Biabop. l) Goode ... ... ... ...... 6
C. :8iabop, b Good& "' ...." ... ... U
W. Clayton, b Goode , ..... ~ .. .... 0

ere the pe:mla.D.eDt 0
5 of
\hey either had to _
tak~
over or pensioned oft. If die eouncif d~
. DOt take theep over . they bad ~t tQ get, I ~,lIda;Uii
a 0eW Kt of officials to
e their"
]IIace. and there wu &lso
. expense
of • 'bit' stat( heiDI'
In ~
):a.Se they had,cot to
bell the staft'
pjac. wbdh~ they tool!;.
prescot

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