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GREATEsT ,
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in artistic Fairy Story which will "''''''1<1'''.

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people of everj age.
rring ~nnette
.man, the modem Venus,

" The

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Cobweb,,~

from the play by Leon, M. Lion and Nauton
Dav! es. Featuring Henry Ed\Vard~ Stewart
Rome, Violet HopSOn and. Almauylor. •
The Cvdonjt;, Serial

"HANDS UP,".

Part 8.~"THE FATAL)EWELS.'·

Allinlateci ·Gazette.

Path.'.

xt, Oot. 8th,

On ThurtMlay

... nd followlnlt two cia]'" exclUsive to
T_fre.
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I n interesting drarva of love and intrigue
Starring Wallace Reid and Ann t.lttle.

" COMRADESHIP."
From the play by Louii N. Parker..
Kins: Geqrge said :-" I bope' thai the splendid
spirit of COmradeship on the Battlefield wiJl be
kept alive ill Peace,"
f his · su~rb All-Briti h phot~play giv.s
tmphasis to the gy,at need of this quality of
'Comradei!bip upon which recons1rucbon of the
Empire so 1:ugely depends.
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Starring Lily Elsie and Gerald' ,Amee.
The Most Beautiful Se~i;ll ye~ p(es~qted.

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PART'l. " THE STORY Of ~NAM."

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A succession oJ thrill and stifring acencs.
ltarring June ' EMrlce, 'Kilty Gordon
Idonta<gue Love.
SEATS MAY NOW
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.. A TRIP T HROUGH 'ITALY,~~
• COLOUR&D SLIDES.

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Frida)', October Srd, r 919 • •
all iDduetriee.
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~N UNPOPULAR STllDE.
: the NatioDal AlJiarule o.f ~
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&iId Em~y_ aDd in -817 fIIIl'IiWe
...ay ~ earry oat · 1ooallJ' the·
The best service that ilnyone can
of tbt orp.ai.,.w... .
rende~ the community is I to refrain
If ;. 00pbd 't.hM tla:i:s
·will lie
fr:om doing anytlpng ' to ~a~graVate
in tha IIJl!ri t in whioh
that tha reeult will be 6 .....
a depler~ble and \)Serious situation.
radeehip 8lld m~.'
The
greatest hOfe of ttl natigD is
debce. and of enihuaiut:W · ':il:~~~~:;
dealin« with the PreMDt i.
that not only wil the pressure ~ an

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comment. which '," Y
Btfiitel'll. aDd po, 'I .
to the leaders. "h ,· "" d
unneoessary and j! Ii•
little experience
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angry public opinion havel a inoderating influence. but that the pat;riotism and good sense of the railway!'Oe~ wi!! e~ert itself to b.ring A he
Mr. ~ Talbot, Mr. G. ,D. Bromwinn, Mr. strike to a~1 end. The rallwaymen
W. ~ llr, G, W. Cbuter, Mr. Ben h.av'e yet to have thei~ay in, the
R_U, Mr. ]I. Pulop.
THE
matter.
They were not consulted
For .f'ariher ~c:u:lAl'II tl.p.ply t):> Hon.
Seeretary, Mr. , F. Adlam, " Ledbl)f1," upon the quesho~of st' ng. T1'Oe.
Green Road. lWIaainc.
the rules of their union give pO~eI:.
to the: leadClrs. to can a s~rike wlthPARISH OF ItEADING.
out ~a~ng a Da~ot, but ip the long
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ADDITlON'AL STAFF.
run 1t IS thel Ieelmg among the rank
_
and file that must count.
Hail or Shine,
"",-TURSES wa.nted a.t ·the. Infirmary of
f a ballqt had been 'taken the
..I. ~ Readirig IIl6ti.mtioD. iD COD8eq
union would 'have ', haWo explain
01. tha GUa.rdiaJls having adopted a ~
l..
~ 1/ 2/ ' 3'/
d 5/ . 'Wotk.imr week.
th", points upon which
'v required
. : , ', -' , - an
- ' . PRO~ATION.Elt NURSES.-Salary ' 5, the men's decision, and iliere would
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mCnlUlD~ .£5 '=~ly ' to ' £2(; per ann
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....ith ra.tiOIl.8l ~.ng and imioor unif
:
~ve aen a c ?nce 0 , re~ovmg any
Half,p~lce to all parts.
War :80008 of
:U....P8r a.nnum.
,
IDlsuooerst nding. · As It IS, there
ASSISTANT
u:RSBS.-Saltl.ry £35 iJ'N' is obviously a good deal of' misapannum..
ar BonlJll of £20 ~ annum.
h Th
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with
ratione.
l~~:~d
indoor unifo:rm. pre enslon.
e statem""f"t IS etng
BRING ' .R.I'UJ" ,
ON For fomur of~oatJon ab:l:r to , the widely circulated that many of the
~ the G
s, s~, T om Street, railw.aymen are having tliejr, wages
By
Ordert'
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reduced by i4s. a week, ~ereas the
I
.~ W .t1 OLIVER.,
, to
G1erk to' the Guard' e. f>."'ct s are ~ a,L-.. ,no . a tter .o'} · IS
1:Aoo"~ IN UlSPENSING. · 32, Thorn Street•. &&ding,
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• take place or ' three m®tlis, and
Sep~mber, 11ll.
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the,? only if the cost of liyjng qas reD ~.ADlliiG B
.
. Blt.OTRElUlOQD. mamed at o~ below the lW 11" eM,
.n,
SP.BCIAL I)[EB'I'ING.
level for three cOns.ecub~e .months.
SUNDA,Y PT
OON. QCTOBE& ~h, Even three months hence there is
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no prob,ability of the w~ges of any
· t1NITEDi!F;TING WI'l'H
' . ItIan b~mg .x~ced 14s. , bec!l-use
"BRO D 8TR
WOMEN'S OWN."
any reductIon. IS dependent upon' a
M<?ND Y EVE
G, OCTOBER~ ,
reduction in the cost 10'£ living.
, Special }[uJ;,.~tP~ih - lleeting .
Unles~ the co'st of livi?g Iieturned to
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the pre-war level, which is .unlikely,
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COAL Am> FUEL (EMERGENCY)
the
fall would have ·been at the most
BltA.K
oE,,'bER, 1919.
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a few ~hillings. and the tden were .to
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be tonsulted upon, the m l1'thod of ar·
ST.ATUTO~y Rv;LES ,AND ORDERS.
ranging the sliding scale. The
" ~ DEF~C F THE REALM.
GovernmentlQffered to delil speci~ly
"J:he Ligbtwg, Heft~g and Po...er (Emer- with any anomalies. r The aim
geney) Order, 11919, dated 26th . Se.ptember, · of the Government was to ensure
1919, made by the .Board 01 Trade lIndaJ'
\0
RegulaU()Ds 2 f nnd '2 JJ of t.he ~fenl)(! of that the real wages sbould not fall
•
I the Realm ~ulation8.
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at all. Therefore it is ,either a mlSHE BOARD OF- TRA.DE deeming it ex· conception or a misstAtement to
L
~~ent ~ &RroiS6 the powers ' con:r
ferred upon thtJD b~the Defence of the' say, as the National Un~n of RailRealm'Re«ulatioD8 thr he fUIJIQ58 of mail> waymen. db in their adv rtisement,
taining 't;Iie 8UPPly r Coa, 688 and Etec· that
tricity and otbiT arti ell of Commerce r~
~J~ru~~ : ' 43, O~"D 8T1Dft.
guired fo,r lightin,~ ting- and power P1Ir.
. " The Government !HOW
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"hlllll SDUT,
~ llereby oroer .. ~011Ow8 ~
£2 Offi ' I t.
f
', . 'f
1.. AIl 'lighl" 01 the following cl~s8·e. and
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cIa ligures
cOi t 0
"'.IIl~~url~'-ltL~J~ at M~ Price
descl'iptiona . 8~1l be extinguished
' living show that this i wort~ less
11.1)(\ ~uch li8ht. shall not be lighted
than.£1.
Are we t be fl...rced
, .-.t a.ny hou~" ~cept IB provided In
back to t he pre-war w e W!!'l"were
ON APPLI~TION:
(' peTa&-raph 2 nereof:.
'" . . (a) .Sky sign. illuminated- faciM{ . rejectin~ in 1914?"
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lllumInated ,. ~.ertisements
Rna
S urely t e mistilke rou t be n the
· other . liarhte usfd .utelde 'Or at
entrance tOr~~ yrOOl1aee I for
part of the draftsJ.Ilan 4the adverpu~ 0( a4iYlirti~nt tll' diBpla.y. tisement. because;t
5 'exactly
. (b) Light>. u ed inside any shop
,
1« the P\ll1>OlMt of advertieement or the ' contrary.,
'.lb~
overnment
crl:8P~ wben the 8ho~ is ' cl08ed for gave guarantees that 'J he wages'
8eCYlDC: custom61'S.
2. This qt~l'r 8h"1~not. apply to by should not go down un1 ss the cost'
pu.bllq ~~ , ll ht or any o~ light oi-living did; and if t'he C*
I st 6f ~ivjng
approv..u by t e Chief otIcer of did
' t he
· POlice 1\.1 neOO!~ in tihe 'publio ingo dOWD ' t hail
e r wa men m
terest. .
I
lowe~t grades were Ito ~r.ve. a mini3. TbJ! exprea.ion, .' Shop" in tbia Order mum of more than tWI e' th P' re· bAI the \ fitli!lll mee'ning u in the
1II.J!j18 A~ llU2
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war wages.
To be p cise, . l22~
[nil! _qMer WtaJI IlJ'ply to tlte pet; cen t.
.
."lId <JI G~ Britain. aDd Ihall
It ·IS. .a .{Housand
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,take
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tbe~~ereof.
pltie
that there
• Da~ ru.. _ .~ of Qii)D'iS. 1919.
should be any ml~und ' rstai¥lin
: l'...Udeot ~.~ Boarfof'rt'llAe. because the issues are 'so s
"_~~.~'a'k-~!]I ~~~}. 8. "Ha- ous H~at it is of the- utmost inlport"
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ance that the public and the f;ailI
<1QuNTY :SO.RO~ OF 'READING.
waymen 'should have the . il>~ues
and Scissors Ground. '
c1early befor& them.
fh~re Is, .a
SHARPEN ED.
sb:ong feeling am~ngst I t~e pubhc
that orderin~ a stnke whIlst nego~tions . were in progres~ and p~e­
ci.pit.ting i~ without suffiCIent ~bc;e
OF DANCING .
was uajustlfrable.
It ~ave rae to
~ NOUBE,
.......~.ua.I' the dpiriion that the stnkt? was :not
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••pplj- _ply an inQus~rial matt~r, hut the
work of agitators wit
pelit~
.
We ate _.ilad fb .see that
"b1";~~""
.of Trade Unions has
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MEMBERS OF TIlE OOlUflTTEE. '

Chai?lD&n: Ifu ~ip the Mayor Of
Reading (Alde1'1XlbJl S. )I.&.YWUD).
Mr. C.' E. }(aye!\.)£T. S. H . Hodakin. )lr
P . H. P.almw. ' Mr. L. G. Sutton t J .P.,

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The first and only film v.crsion ofCccil 'Raleigh
. nd Henry HamiltoJl'" 11e;U Dri!t'y Lape dra~ ,

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(b( To. promote the Wlfa." at tM
dUltriaJ worken, -aDd tM dhDeaeJ'

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all object I~"o n III In',
lightning 8t1'ike on tI", r.'d.
only to visit the G.W.!t. :':1 ••
.I.MIlKUllg, on Saturd!lY morn lllK It
reIni:dd.... of how qui<:klJ .'nol I." "
ordinary r()utine of IIIl' 111 "3
,di81locatedl . When one looked at lb~
bere. there and e>trJ."
..n·nd.,.."" At the rapidity will
accumulated, and l'eaJi8ed the
iACl0ll1,eR'iell'~ whiclf 80 many people m ''''t
that moment. because 11., ...
lbe 8ulleriD&'
... ho are
80 indu8mou8 and P'"'' ,
tual had dAA~"t.otI their. -posta.
It " .1, ~
8peCl~1e
~lation. seriou8 and .. ,.
rl!4Ching.
tbink of the live stock . I"'I~
it may be. left 8uddenly - unprovided ),,,,
And ",htm
,tJu-ned to the human !<ide I ~o
mind ."as mqre sickening " Jli.
.. ho had served their "' ''1. ,
",1II1}- 11I«1 Ifl!lly j.w;t relu rn... 1 I r" O!
stranded man y " i"a
and compelled to ta~, ,.t ,
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ooast 01 ~rlalll I" ,J""
bring the D!l ~" 'I' ,,' ,"
had the effect on I b. I",,;'
lislunllJl--tO\ put ' his beck up. J I ~., ,lIr·
i>\ demoCratio qU&rters ,til' ,\....
l\l<l!!~ ; dur ing
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GoveJ'.'IIlIl.ent wO\.lld bl" i,J
been a Radic 1 all my It,,·.
for better treatment for ti l'
workers,
h!l\,~ my elf tRken pl\rt in "
strike. but have never known an)! dispu "
which had
justi.fiontion.
I sin~I .,\
hope the
will nut give " ';"1
Such was
llentiment expressed to ,I,
writer by life-long democrat. And hl' "
only
what hundreds 'of otber>
simi1ai nrc.m..n.... views have ~n ;"! '''~
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George's description ", I
action as
ana:rchist eonspi rac:~ .
thoUgh the great majority of the ""
men oi.the countrY, and certainly ill I I,
ing, are qu te .iJmocent of such dp>lc '
cannot he
'ed that it is the rH u~lIl
mpallt iJ). the extre Dl~ I
',r
has been the driving
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or the leaders, both .t/II ·1i., 1
and loeal.
When men ,in Read l,
,:
openly glo ifi.ed in the ternl .. »,,1,
and what ' implies. fhis i8' n ot ,II r
And the ppeals this w~k fr Olll
vanced me at RelUJing have i>;>rll
in the B sltetist jargon-the
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"elB8S co eeiousness," the st.all·llItn l
,
they must ook ,. not only to the /IN,,1
to the ' hel ngings of 'the wOTkl n~ " I..
the arrum nts that the ., old 'UCI" I
muat go." nd thtlt " this ",as Lhe iJ(>g "
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of the end the final grent st ruggl,' ,,'
wo:rkers f r emancipation," all ,I" ,',
motiv
w ich' are arlinuLting
JIlUII '
those ' belli d the strike.
The ~ Ip II." .,,'
... hioll the speakers could put for"'A I'll
tlIe.d.isaste their lendors have brought 11 "
the countr is that in certain eirclllIlSI ,lIld >
w ps in
min railway grades wuu ld l.JII
'!'bey do ot tell their membeni tbal I h,'
GoveJ'Dllle
promised tbat tire ....n- all".,
ance shoo be continued 80 JonI' as. Uiol
east of li g reluained on its p
n
I,
to seeare tha t no rllll ~J' " ar'
eive a less wage' in 's 001,.
4IpreseDt. It is .i.gn.ae nt tltAt

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very vagu

y 01 the stribn hav. nil J
den of wnat the are Oil' I I.

Splendid
dt.
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It is p~I::' to turn from .thi~ 11>1,,','1 .,1
e ma~~;:' er to the splendid anll .10volett, work ot man.1 "hll have pl a~~ I h,''" '
aelvee and eir cara at ~e dispors>ll of '''~
wtrnmen 101' th tl8rriage of milk or Olt..'r
~eeeap&ry II pplies. I .was speaking III (1110
Joana lello ;who would . belore he 'wh,'1.
have put \n o~ twenty.fou:r hours' tOO' ·,11 '
tivt York. and thiS Qn
umillY. }tl' had
c:ome lrom Wi.Dd80l"- with: • lorry, hHd gone
to Ch&l!low,
Wantage, to fptch n bllt'
load of milk, Bnd ....as proceeding 10 T.lln(Ii,n
1I'ith ' it. It wu a laborious uod rrl"k ln ~.
'but he ....111 q'llite cheerful about it. ,MJI

near

1.di:&SI1lrte;
. H it is ~ disput~
and
a 1iec1araticm
that ispw-etrade
the acCDsa~n against
OtI~Dm'eDt· that they . want to tllOlip foed'.... n lie too 8lII!Y 10 prowu r•.
VIU\lU~ falls to the ground Jt-u the same pi)1t of jlersistpnl "Dol U"j
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and the ~ad iopen to t~e resump-- tirilli"e!Fort "hiM h . cllsractewwd
f I Ih~
tion bf negotiatioM. ~use there 'Wllo JI"ve oom fO~'IOU'd to lieI p •II ' PI'
.. 1)jtect Action" polioy, Aud to ,,'" Ihot
'~~~~i1I=irj~~is
no IM!IIH in.c~dtin~ a dispUte the oou':ntry jOll8 not Buffer froUl luck "f ";
~
W
JS still. qlore than
a.nN food \\pplie . It liD S bM'1l II It"

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settlement. We .bjeot -~ of the,,1\ the EnJ:lo~h;:;;n ~~
the rau.faV- ,....,.. to' place him 11 whole-brar t~'"

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