Berkshire Chronicle Reading 10-1919

PROVIDE
lot fOUt

P INfS

EVENINGS- AT

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: . 'T'HErepresent
Otercoats ' at W.J.G/s
Ute finest value obtainaqle

TJaia W..•• 5...die. at _.ES
APOLLO. IOliiJ oaIl ~. . wilb
JODe doora.aDd IaUH, llf •.

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day.

Not only _n the matter of Price-which
at the loweSt -ebb- but also , 1ft the
t matter , of QuaIi~wniEh is of the I1fe-*ar
--' Garrett'Standard. Each Overcoat isihe Te$f.d,t of
very carefuJ st dy, and is posse'ssedof ~ ~ stin~t
character of its own whicn appeals to th~_ . ~{er.

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tone arm, )1IIIior I0Il......1,
nllllj:lr p~ . . miuatea i57S
revoluti()D8)
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PEIlAftIONB. · .&ted . with

dIluWc-.,....,...... "edoon, .

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eftellellt .epiCAtotdioit... '

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'·HIS ........... VOICs,"

alway. possibili-n.. ~ til
I II. tealUs made daaproQ8 iIl- for 1\ 10D.1f tiJae-to 'ail
10 l"l" cMlclal point. Nw r
bas t he Readiq ~
I"'nplra ted, but ~ .~
nnd Harbi d&oe W1I6 a ~Wt
It was lucky for
g
ft<v~ ••, n .. WI\ not more
Yeo
• u ~ood oppor nity of
and Ckristi
The
,. was dl'Cidedly y dep.~
h ~ " ould flUt badly , the
T\'s p(Il\.~ ible for II pi
of w rlt
t In its cxt-cution .
e chief
Ill, ploy i" that In ' lriclting
. ,lI1d " pry olten 1\
-"'clt
bIlll. Oil t he ot her hand II
gn ~ t\S ... ith tbe rearu:ves would
world . (1/ 'good . li nd I be~ he
bl.. p <»-sibiHties
a 1ItIttk..
bi ~ Va<'<'
w
:very_hal.
hi part. W88 "~pointm,
good displA.ya.
FOBW A RD WEAIlI"l~Â¥ES.
we.~ kn (',.;;es amonpt the
wbicb Iftlve yet to be remed1ed.

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M .<l r,,d amoDpJt tbe eIOeme
bot), tlut· up
aow.
.11 hiB old p
ity< a.nd
ar r
tbe general
y) ceogrpal Mal of aOOUl'&C.
But
loon. musl gLye a g
deal
In nt',.. (,f t be opposi '
whicb.
If Hallt',. W8S kere ~arly
no difficulty 8 S to the inaid&ior .. J oe's " e thusiMm Imd
cu rr Ies him tbrough, aDfl he
...ould lead anT defeDi:le a
The Queostion w~ i(I to Iill
t and centre p08itio~ iA IIOt
\'fray. with all hill
y no means '. ll ideal ~, for
t co Dtrol the .ttack, ~faet to
liTelv ],a1l no do.nbt
.1Ivteil.
, that Hastie ,..aaJd .ate a
iosidl"- rigbt . . But Ito is ..

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COLUMBIA. · in mahogany
borbles., very fane> rtprOOu

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reocmia. HartelsOme table Grand . with lint•
c1as~ motor
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JOO I OTREI GIWIOPH

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to seI~ from. including ucdlcmt s:nJ1
secondhand hornless Gramophones in perle t
order, at prices rancin&: from 1.1 17 ' .

. 10,000. .RECORDS:·
" His &faSter's Voice." Columbia, Zooophon.,
Pathe, Wmner.
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.Write for Latest Li ts' to

HICKlE' & HICKlE, Ltd•.
PL." YER EXPERXS, PIANO
: AND ORGA N TUNERS, ;

1&3, fRIAR ST., -alld

lDf QU£EII VICTORIA aT.,
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MailEY.
DatI, InTe8tmint Corpor~­
M ONEY.-The
tien, Ltd., will lend
iIld .p1t'Vdl
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on note· of hand to reaponaible P • ...,na; re.
paymaDta to suit Borrowen' conwnienOSi
no f
charged; m0d8rate intereBt.-J.PPJ7
to their Local ' Ollice, 221, Oxford Roac1,
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MONEY A
PLATE,
VERTU. and everT d"''''riint;[t,~
aaaQ Conurtiblli PJ'Operty. ADauities
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ob
.- . foreign mone, changed. A
prtJAl room fQl' Illl Plate and J e..1. dllpos.
ibi. P.r4vaj:e office; private dool ellll-ance.GOQD.iCRE'S
Sl'. MARrS BUT.TS.
UEADING. 'Establish"ed as a Pawnbroker
and SnNEnS1UT,B 'iII 11i3O.
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BY

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l:l~ CAREFUL ~ WHERE

YOU BORROW
I lend money on the JollowinC tem1a -:
.tI D ..........7112 fer IZ
.tao La... repay .£80 t.;. IZ
Other 'amount s in proportion. Spe'
to "' armers.
W rite in strict con6dence to the Actual Lende~
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to

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mIn. farmera, IJ,ldeue .. , Carden Ball
Ho....bolden

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ibWelt. I.. "riet prl.ec1, IqlOIl Dol. ''''
bud .IODe. lt~p.y.ble In .... aum, or
by .. eellly. montWy Dr qll.,t.l,. IOltal.
menta. BUlio... completed
pan if
d..ired.·-Write 10 conlldeoce, HndJol
Inlt particulan and requh·_ea~ to
){idlaod Diocouol Co.. Ltd.. Lele.te••

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EDUCATIONAL.

DAY AND EVENING

ART CLASSES .

For Drawing. P;untinj! and p,:
. H . DAWSON BARKA ,

Mill ROSA HOOD, A.

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5. GOLDSMiD ROAD, READJNG.

Leuons -¢ven in Piano, Violin, Voice
Prodaction omd Siaaiug.
Pupils I5DCCesaCuUy pr~ed for tJlc R.A.M.
and R.C.If. Euminattons. '

. MI, tonCLARA
It CHILDS. n. J)pnllin••
Boad, Beedm", line r..on.
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until the fund
uh&l:I&ted. It
Mr: Collier suggested that the a mendmMt
to him to be UDfortuDab& that, aeeing \hat shoDld be takeD as a separate motion, nlld
dwn-e.
had
been
80
Mute
in
many
d·
*Ills
...... agreed to. Mr. Collier then 8I\Jd
ALLEGED
tio~ 10 la.Jve a {lOrtion of the fund hI. reeoluQon would be all follo .... s : " That
ehtnlld lltill be in band. , (A pplaoee.) It the meeting refer tbe final closl'ng 01 the &!)o
MISAPPROPRIATiON. - DUfht
lurve been quite ·leJIitiili&tel,.. 1l6ed ootmt to the Executive Committee. aDd r&
dlll'iD&! the ~t
to have belQn prao- S$lve that that oommittee should con tinue
ti.caJ.ly. exha.!Jllt.d., and then not ha e Deen to meet for the P'lrpoee of reoommendi ng to
LABOUR PIOTES
dietributeci 111 ~ reck~ or. extraya~t tle Central Couuni t tee ca.se8 of distress."
~ay. In the fir.t day:e the reh.f W88 qulte.: Thi was the~ carried
uutdeqllait&, a.nd they made- a prot8l!t ~
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deput&tion.
The. money Wll,ll in~
Major Porter', n,ol~tion that a de~uta·Tbe frqa.l meeting of the Rea.dillg Genera.!
later, but it was ifn:Pouible for them- to tiP,n be Mnt ~o a~~t the Central Cow-.
Committi!e 01 the National Relief] Fund of do
than ad.mill.ieter the fund un~~ Dpttee of th8ll' dOOllllOll WIlli a.b o agreed to.
B.R.H. the Prince of Wa\ee was held in th too more
l'IlII'ula.tio.ns. Ther were. at one time- The bon. 1IIlCJ'etaz:y' 8 . ntport 11'8 11 preCounoil ChiunlMtr. Readlng. on T.uB8C1ay. threateBed with ha.V1D1I' the contributioll8 641llted, and we 8l:ve the folloWlnlf extracts(
The Mayor ~Idermnn
lla,wa:rd) presided, cuJ; off. '
'Pbe - R8din.r brall~ of· the Nat.IOlUll
and ther. w~re also present, Mr. S. R. WIlltA. member : We oqht to have .tooa.i f tnnd which \II'U ina\llr1lmted by r'lla
ley (hOll. eearetary) ~ Aldenno.n C. G. Field to ' t, too
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Priooe of
alee. ' l>eg~n 11'8 W'Ork 800n II le r
·CounciUon W. K CoUi\U',- L. G. 'Sutton, R:
CollU!t 8&id that wa~ \be ' vie
~he
outorealt 0 , . 1Vl\.r @ ,d er the ~ayoralt.:r
O. Farrer and L : E. Quelch, Canon W. yv. he held. The, originally: decided tlia! the ~f A.lderman li mid . . P rm clp:u Chtlds
F\lwJeT, the Rev. F . J. C. Gillmor, Major money ool1ected in ReOOfng 8houid go to a.pPoiBted the hon. .lIOOr~J;.r- Al.toge
JII. L. Porter, Colonel lV. W. Baker, Lieu- t:hi central Fund. Ha.vin declcled that, .£5.583 16c!. w.~. 8ublICl'lbed lUKI hlUlded over
teD8.nt, J. ' H. Palmer, lIiBe Mox.h.ay, Millil they could opt honowa.bll dII otb-er than to Mr. John 'SllDonds. 1!~0 throu g60ut 14"\8
~lll8den. Hre. Beloberl :Mrl. C. G. Field, administer under the regulations iS9Ued. acted. &f ·bon. ~eaaurer,
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Mri. A. J enk:i.Wt, Mrs. If.. L. Stallllfield, &lld 1'h&t they did al ....ay. aeting 18 ~er...... .
QUIte early 111 the admlJlll!t r Mlon of t.bl
Mssars. B. RusseU, B. Sharp, A. J . 'Lindial, oU8iJ; as they cOUld and a '" ry- ~t deal fund it was decidod b-ll9Qd all Fu
eubsqn~
W. O. Blair, F. A. Hllrrington, A.
T. of real ~va.tioJl and h~ ~ been tipD' to UjfIIlent tl;e <AliatTllI
nd i n
IUright, R. B. Turnbull, W. E. Brunsd.on, avoided by its admi..nietratloo. Now the LOndon, and ' to nSCelve fP'IUI t from the
and B. Salmon-.
• time . had 00\Ille when th.e Central Commit. Central ComllUttee (whose wqrk hils been
Letten of apology fClr absence were r&- tee th01l8ht iit to dillb&nd thetn, and they ' carried out under t.lIe a.uBpJces of . the
oeived from t he Rev R. Wickham Legg, oould JIOt do other than di8baml. · T-hey JAlO8l Oovernm&I!t Bol\l"d) M they required.
the whole thlB .1\.l'1'a~ent h as _rk~
the Rev. R. M. Rawii,1faQ.n, and Mr. F. ,A.. stated that the 1!.DI()1lIIt of W'ork ..... 110
Simonds.
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. small t'ha.t it coUld be done more .eoo~mic- f~rly well. but ~th thlY'oollsta.nt r l80 In
ally from the Delltro. He felt 8Ure. t.hat if Prlce8 the oommlttee Jsa.ve ..ften l e lt alld
" CONTEllPTIBLE' TREATVENT."
Mr. Quelch and others had mare carefull, stroD«l repreMnted t() t}le. CODtral Co~­
Mr. Quelch mention&ltl that no nouoe WIUI wa.tcJ.ed the '\Irordin« 01 the ap~ ChI)' nUttee that tho geJlemi scale of rehef
would
have ·a.voided ~ misundeQltandi.&!g allowed by headqll8rt..nl1a~ beeD too loW'.
talteJl in the oot1'l!8Donaence from the CenA -tolar of £~Sl.• 1> • h~. "been granted to
tral Commj.ttee of'
no ~Jutron8 that. had arisen e.tld would ot DO'Ir
that- ~ qui~
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aeking for a eta
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j tteo.m e ea
... . )leJd in w
to those ~mploy"d '11r1
of the 11lnd. the to
'tute, and the tnw.ted. had ~n · m.i~t ·
did
DOt
belieye
that
obaJYc
P,ll1.ld
be
1liid
d~,
£278 48. !lid. to the women and
ohaanels through which it- had beeia u.
t
\be
~tiY8
Committee:"
other
girla
wbo
worked
ill
the women's work.pended. lie moved th& • letter
prota.t
ea thc;r '1Iliaht lM-~ agl8.iJaet thAP.n, rOQPl, £U lie. to men lll6trueted Itt the
be forwarded, oom~J8~ at thil ~~.Pt­
ible treatment.' He wu..o satisfied in hia ~ut e tho.u@t tIIB fllDd had been admin- Collette in .metal work , £47 19s. 4d. for
mind that aCQQlding t4 the Ant appeal to iEltereci - qUite fairly a.ltheugh IWt gooe.r_ . ~ proVIded to children uot on tbe
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sc;hQ9ll'elfisten, and lAl7~ Is. lid. for meal s
the publi\\ the funds luii boon m.isapJl'\'opri- ouaiy.
M
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. io nwsiD4l( ana expectant IIIQu'ers at the
ated. and be wapted
know where the,.
r.
utton: Ha.v~ ~ eent u~ mont D~ l'I1U'IIeries. [Detaila. were then ~ventf'
ha4 gone to.· The Central Committee had money than 11' ha.:ve .J'800IY8d back .
u.. '\Irork prOvided.] Th oommi~ee are e~ •.
'&J,>parently ignored their reaolu tio1l', and he
The II80retary mud they bad lent Ul! peQiaJly iIIdebIIed to .the foUl' ~0P& of t lfe '
Wlllhed to kno.... if the 860ret&ry could pTD- A;,683. and. l:,h!, a.PP.roDlIUI.te total l'9ceived borotll{h-Ald. Field..... ho <j uanrated t lie
Viqe any statement containing their d&- hI;Icl: Lor Clvlhan dlBtre was £2.600_ H. work and lInder wh9se all§lices . the. llpecisl
" mUds.
..,did ~ know at all ho'\lr muoh had. \ D. ~inel'Y wllA bWI up; (JolHl<llUOnI L. G.
T\. secret&rr said t
'Was a very rOng spent In ~e. borot\&'h on cues ~f miJjw, Sutton a.nd F. A . Sar)eant. .... bC/ through.
st.tement, whlC(h gav
eZp8II.ditore on Imd naval distr
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out their may«alty K'<Ne oveTT special and .1 .
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tiyj] diat(lI88. a 8umw
01 the grants to . 'the Rey. . J!'. ~ C. Gil1mor )Jbi:ateci ollt 8nn~thetio CIl1'8 and tho1ljfh t to all t lu,
local OOlII.mitt-, and f 8'" ~pen4itore on tha'lt the orl&lWllU ilocumen' stated .. cl&pen- intrJeaeies of the work,; and . )9!1 to t h'e
naval und military distress.
tlIe total da.nts ~f. lIa.val ~d milit&r7 meI!." -JId lI!!!'t preaent Mav4l', ~Id . . Hayward, who hal
v s. It ,,?8 toO a.bly OJ!-!1'ied on the high t t'lllliijoD4l 01
amo'\lnt af sUbeoriptioi'l8 wU1'iven, together the mihlary men th
latel:l> ItO back lUI to what their poliq hi, predecessors ; to the many . members of
Ollltht
to
have
been
but
he
"'as -not at all ~ local 8u~mittoos wbo tbroughout
the- members of the comi
DOWll. what ."u lakin., 8qre that they won d not ba.n been fietter t~ period haye I\Iinu mncb time a lld
liad been ezpended 011' ii they liad kept the money lIlla· ad· t~~bt to t.be Y'&l'Ji~ needs of th081l wbo
th ese special
organisations, apart 'from minititered it themselve&. The great difli- al/phed fOT help. Amon
WIIoS in the early daye in getti!!6' allJ' mention should be made of the bOD. "ecreoornm.itbee and the Sold~r8' and culty
thinA'
like
gene~1I8
tl'8.tmellt.
Wliat
he
ie:l;i1l8
Mr:
R.
n.'Purnbull
t
be
bon . see reI.~ .. u,,,·,,,
AssoCIation.
now ....as that these (G!'
whlc.b ....era tab "01' the mOlit acti ve ' di "ieioD in the
~d he: tho)lgbt .it
wo'UJd felt
goinK to be a.d.ministered !!rom London to.tn, ....ho hal !{ivan \UlBti uting ferTice.
ha..ve
1\ very simpllo matter for the Cen- would h~e no Me locAlly to I):eak for and to Mr. A. E. Vickers, who haa Riven
tral Comjllittee to lulv6"l'eplied, and to him them. 'l,'hey had been able to do a - ~ lik:e Benice throulfbout ; to the Rev. F . J.
it appeared there wa a. want of courtesy: de6.l-not 1\8 much lIS tlle:y ....ould have h~ed C. Gillmor fol' b.i11 v liable If. :p 81 chair·
Be was not at aD BIt
eli with it.
to ha.ve dOD&-ooOftoUlie tJi!l.r klWw t.h:e · 111II !II:¥. 0'1
. TurBbU1l', distrlct L and for
Mr. Knight ob~tt4-to the wOrds ,. final lIlld outs of the 0MeS. Now that would lJiII ' kindness 111 ~l&ci
a Toom ' at the
meeting." Wu it be
tlone beoJ\l1!8 there not be done, and ' it w~ poNible the .
• at th~
_ of tbe cQmm ittae
lffi8 no diatr-eM and .ot. likel,. ,to \Ie 8.lIY?
W'Ould lj.OW be dwt .nth. 88 me1'e ~
" i r mechn
~ c.; to Mas ~
e~ ·
Mr. QQ.elch aid ll"'~otiCl¥l 1II1lDY socie- of p&per. It· wvuld hUe been. better ' if 8oD, _lao in the early ~dministra l:ion Of tile
ties iD the statement lilinded to him by the the CetltnU CoIlllIlittee had had II&lDeOlI& { nd provided DJBoe and furnitur~ free of
""" ...tJ,pv ....ho · had had grante a1Id bad no locally to report from . time to time on ~Dt; to the maDy aotive workers of t he '
atill tc be admjni.~erOO. loc.J Ouild of B rop (now Council of Social
them
them were QneeD. speoial
for lim blll88 TlulI'Il still existed ~ · the tow!), a.nd· wouJd Welfa.~), who bavAI renderiid innln&ble
exist, C8SB8 of ei-yilian diat~lIlt owiDr nrviceeby Eheir eymp&thetic and. skilled
tirely to the w • There W88 a large in?8llt~tion and reports ; t&>-the/ nrioWl
~A"M""" amount of- money lltill in band, I\lId *bose mllDicipal · authorili . who 'have Ct\natantiy
..t'!t~~~~4~~~
people in suob. dist-res '\Irere Still tile rendered lI~1r help whenever it,JuM
.;.
proper subjects tor' l'81i.ef from the tun!! .
been &Ougbt. The committee are ll8peltilly
After further di8clMaion Mr. Collier sug- iJldebted to Vi&9 ' aYaH, upon whom hQ
ge8ted that the Executive Committee of that fallen the bulk of the admin.i&trative ' and
G8IIerai Committee should . continue in MCret&rial 1roJ'k. which ~ b.I.s .Jft.,Y1
existence' for the .purpose 'QJ, reoeim, ill- ca.rried
IDOIIt ahl'y. 8.Dd :'!ympatheticall,..
formation of any cases of distl'888 nmO!ljf a.a,d to the entiro sa.tisfachon of th. com.
t.be oiyilian pOllulation. in eonaequeJlce of BUtte&.
.
the war, and should keep th8lD881 88 in corThe ~aJor moved. f:be adoption of the re- .J'88pOndenoe with the tM!Oretar, of the Cen- port, 'WIth the addItion of th.a nb to ths
tral Committee, forw-ardin« to bim inlorma- hon. ~re~y. Mr. S. R. .Whitley,. and t9
tiOll, aM en"'vo~riJtg to obtain illfo~... the vlO1M1haulDan, ~. W . E. 9ollier.
Uon 68 to ho... cuet -1'0 being dealt Wlth.
. lb. Button eeoonqid, &lid this W&l cal' t,."
1lr. ~Ich _Deled.
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Pied.
Major Portq, mond an amaldment that
The seoretary reported that the IllDOunt 01 .
a d8latauOIl .ouW be' 881lt 'Dll to expnw. niliet administrated ·..during the Idx weelu _
the stroll« feeli~ of the meeting.
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am.,. their last meeting up to t he date of
llr. :Kn.igbt seeon ed.
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elOlriDg wa' .4 17s. for 2' eaSllt.

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