Berkshire Chronicle Reading 10-1919

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A medi~ J*~ ..tnaIoea the theory that
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aoti ..itl.. 1& eat _ tINt
Ootober tat.. alUl wu aWe tID
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be ofbtethetill ohurch.
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But all October IIld be .,.... to
peorJ,../.... eo
_a 81lbeequ_tl, took to k'- MI. A.t' OI!II ~PI'OCl"'~t
LDl. OD Bunday he ' had .. _ _
ik. and woooD nItIIO
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bet..
aIM o'olock ..nd aU, 0'
he h.a. It "88 tho .Upel'fMllM!D
Iix mdre attack:. Th
doctor ..ttand.ad
early on Sunday morning.aIld prac~lYI
gave no hope. )LT. Colli@r to.t ooD8eIOua- '
n_ about OOTen o'ol~, and
e'VOr
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JlLined it. .. nd be passed a ......y ..t
0 o'olock
1J\ tbe att.rnoon. The oauae of cl.th .... 1l8
and bronchitis. tollowed by "heart
failnre.
Mr. CoUi~ W8& born in )(i~r .Btr.eet,
RMding. on April 18tlI. 1868, h18 fathllr ~.
log a very aeti ..e member of
ReadIng
To .. n Council- .. fact which w
to~mat~:r
)"('CO rded on a v iece of pottery
ndUlI! In
th o FOl'bnry GardeOB: At the ag!l of .15
lut went to work at h18 fatber's brick lain
a~ Coley. At the tiJl:le of ~ dQath . he wM
a director of the bnck.making buamees of
M06srs. S. and ~. Collier Ltd.. who hAve
exton ive workll at Grovelandtl &lid KaUlsgro ..e.
GRF!A'I: ~ERv.ICES TO EDUCAT~O.~.
Mr. Collier.. a man of maDJ actinti
as .m&:r be ~therea from the la
,
of public oOi'ces that he baa
ild. durtng
the oonnoo of his strenuous car.r. He de,,"loped. quite early in hi. ~reer. a kee~
bit
t in poli!~CII. both Imperial and mOIlI·
cipal, while any mO'VOIDeot that was ~l.
culated in hie "iew to make tor Ute _iaJ
and eeono~ ad..ancement !Jf tile ~
oollld 01..a)'9 count upon hIS
8ympaUty and practical aupport_. ut It WM
education wh ieb W88 hi life I
t. and
th ..u~h the fo .......rd ~li y ~hic h. comris;
Uv ad...ocated during h18 ~y ]'e&J'II
-ooiaUon with the to~n's
tional IIdmioistration exposed him a,t tt
. to tb.
oriticiem Of being prpgr
ve
10nd th~
),oll,1l& of prudence. yet be live' to 898 thl! .
day orb ell 0/1 all hauds it ..... admitted that..' :'"-~-:--~--------:---...!-.­
Tiewod fro" a broad 8~ndJXliat. bis _ J
vice. to LlHI C8\l8e wbicb be ltad .0 much Boards which induced Mr. Collier · to enter
at ht'nrt. had been very valuable. .
the Re>\dil}g To.. n Council. wbich he did
INTERESTING COINClD CBS.
in o...em~r. lJIOi. a8 11 member lor West
.
Ward. and 'fbr a Ume be worked ,,"OTY enern i. ....ork in connection "itll ed tH:~,hon cticmllv to soollre tbe election 01 tltO&8 w'ho
d.lAod beck to tho year 1887.
ApM! of
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Wb
th
views to hI pwn.
tb .. l yoor Mr. O..en Ridley ~~ his _t
d simtLt'
en
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CNI tho old ne.ditiJ School BOAI'4l. lind Mr. borough..
extended l it WAIl felt by
001ij~r was eleet~ to Jill Ule
nc~ of'
• d~ that all hou14 JumJ
' - 1'0" so" . -l1eDt.l" el\t\.innan of t.hat ·
• er
,'ald~rman for 'lllehu",t. but
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o! h e 11'08 1t6t ne. He ren~rcd plendid service
holdin.a: that poIIlboa ttl the_~I1&.
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'On tbe"'OW1l ('~lIncil lOT J6liea..J llDdertaltEducation Act, A.ldenna... llonca beialL '!'P"' I
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rt.an d . .... d
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OJ lIOlDOY8QImp!)tlllel.aDor. . a_ i' n' -.I 6~ cbainnan of tbe Rad'M': J'l@1,
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WIIYS lutoned to willi ill.. ,,~test r08peet
catino Committee. In 1906. 'II'
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- by nlr hit! OOU8aI(Ue8. Wh,ton in Marth. fil8.
lier became c hairman of the ~iDg F~nc:a, he reJ ignecl<-8.nding lhat the strenuous con·
tion CommittPO, he 'lVal! aglun.
aD .nter· dilions of lbe war-tinlo made· it impossible
eating col,JcideDce. tho succeslOf of Mr. to OODt inWl hi work on tho 'l'own COnncilO"Aen
f th
't' n of eduoo.ti.onal tllP decision WII8 received with the I(reatllllt
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retfret. AId&naaa M&rtin doecriblng Vr ..
afl'alt"l UI' Readul'g ~b.en Mr .. Callier. 10""", Collier .... a mod I nubUc mAll.
th" School Board With .. hat It w... tIl 1910,
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.. hen be sen-red bie conllaoU-. witb tbe ' CHAlRJ(AN OF THE I.N~URANCE
F.doCOltion Committee!, re.....als
ertraor- L
.eo1OllTl'EE.
dinllry enan ion that had been made dor· ' !It WI\8 ipj6caat of X,. Collier'w iB.,
in,{ the intervenin« yean.
In 1887 f the terellt in ,tiltlio work that aftN lIIiII o1oee
Srhool Board had un~er ita
atrol our _iatio.n witll adu.aatioa ~ b& d.id
IChoo~K.atll&ltl'Ove. Sll.er St . t. Coley, not ....t on b.U laurels. Whea' )lr. 8teband Oxford }Wad-aad .b~ Ylta Earley bi.JI.ae
T8 up the ah&i.r.lllAllAbip of the !n:in the control of. No.. to .. n &llooI. the "oII.'D'
eam..iUM 1Ir. ~ P. CollXv
tary aebools-beinr then. of co
• out&ulo cnOllOn to
ooeeIi him and the worIc of
it>< jnrisdiction.
SIBce t~ .... achooh bel'
tbII' tnbero~
0Jle wbieh
loan sp~\1ng np in all IllIrta of the borouKh
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to hilil Be held th&-'~nt1'lll Schools. RIodlands. S
sea Road, f!'e& y ~
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{ '..-W.ok ·ugham Road. Wilson, P~r. imd the tiOD.. 01 oWrmllD up to...... time 0 •
WhitleT Special School for mentally lind deAth. .
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physicalty defecl.iTe ehildren. Tho eobaol
Ho WIL8 made a I.P. for ReadiDlf
nih
pooulation. too. bad grown. A.t Lho ond of 28th•. ~!IIIS. jIQ that b. WIL8 ODe of. tIae oIdMt
tile year 1886 tlWlre were on
• registe" lI'Ilrnnng IIl.&fPst.r..tee, He .preIIidecl o~
8.575 children-3.7~ in t.he
rd. echoola ~e court lUI WecI.n.-l..ya WIth ~
and .,835 in the voluntA'ry sch
hile at It... Be held ~ other ~Wie.
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tbe beginning of the year 111UI be numbe.l' ,He bad beell a directOl' of the ~~ 1llI"
iuuf increa.~ to 13.231. In 188'7 the amount County Permaa_' BIIlII6t BOlhlia« 80reoei.,ed from the 1'8.ting a
ority .. u c~tr IImoo lilt$, . . . . . . .!i~t
£5JlOO. ..hile in 19\0 elemelilarf edu()&tion Febr_rl. 19B9. and had ~
, lle;\ei ..ed £34.'700 from the ratea. "nd b~b.r ..me.! Fe~ " lt1S. 11. - - .
. .education a .1OG. Teaebe", _tariM allowed the BeU.iJIIl SaviBp Bank, ~
• qarl'8llllQPding\,T 11.ea,.,. m~. for wbe1'Oh pft vahnlbla ~
as in l~ tbe !ict\re unller til h6ad "", SER.V1CEf\ TO T.IIE BAPTIST CAUSB,
£5.151t. III 1f1e I t stood ..t &II. • In tll!l'{
lIT Coa.illl'·' !l8m_ to the ~
thll ~ncatJo1,1 l'nle "1\4 ltd.
th £ : In _ _ ~ ill' BeMiq aacl ea.~. U'e
19 tt bad, r\*ln to I..
immeanrable.
en} - - . _ of the
AN ABU: ADlfiN
family haTe ' - . uIocdit.W with KiIIa'.
Paiutaking ·.to a ~ •
Road Baptaat Claarch. btlt Db ODe IIu
!'Ia1s uhibited tae
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renderl!d tho church more'macnf.llclIGt deyo1.1Inl!DHla.ble m.t
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tion. Fifty 111&n & menlber the -ror
withla th~ &ducat!
cle&con. tz~u.rer of the oh.,.'rclI.
No queebOIl . U '
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be. etIIo_bt
it d8Mft. . . I t .WIUl· .per· Ria
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to thetIM
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'...... _ _ it 11.1' JlroIDuIl.d lier 1.0. the ...,_..... "0_." ._A ~
to
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pta,. the ~ry Cft1)acily o~~ all
oaJUlOt be ~
·" to.1 with the bit! thi .... Ia tbe cietic,to d01r1l m cold
acted .M ~
negotiatioos. for
f
the ~IDIJ dellt . et: ta.e
l1JlUIIl. 11M
over of BeMi.a1J School by
• ~uoation 1801 ..... . .
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aut1lority. , ~r. CoUi,r disp
_Ired 'Ba~ )(iaelOJl&l'7
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tact. ...d jll4pleDt · &lid he
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to the u~ to eu.tire tUt
adrIiliaatn.:
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" d'" _~ity .of eMII'_ at
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. tile IW._tloa CoIDIIt,"r
. ........_ - f 7 detefl of til.
lioM
tM .t ......... 01 the _
of ~
• echoola ·to the 8d_tlo.
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........ lie w..
to ,..... ia that 1lOII·
JIGction ...... 118 too Iii~
'..d. Deepit. tN a.tUplioitJ Of lUll
1I1ie dutiea
cl the . . tUt for ~ 1 fa be _ _
68rll1:.. ~hIICI Ia. an aClIICIIIP!M" of .0000ftlct;
Mr. Collier
allowid lUI lleronilr to
become .a&d.r di.turW.
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iteading ..;f,t o.lso
t h"l,r, "'''liS of the Ed'oeati on
·:111 1<,<1 that the q
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unification -of tho
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the Trade, Unions dO' r
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lYt('d u re of unUJcatiOil of til<'
·'e . , r the aimpJe ~ that

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If the unifi~ti n of tho
dnne in a tOW1l . 1~. Beadsi ttlilar
ndigon of thiJIIII 81~ done on the Iarpr ~
B 'ReHding
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.. Tb.eoy hayti leamed to \mow Ole. Ally fall,
gro.. n. &Il areuD4 hate hides as lOOn as 1
IiteIl into a boat.". • •

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.. Old Moore • in his almanl\C:k for next
year 1l1'Ophi i a ehanJIB 01 aff~ra ia Bua~ This is e17 utiafacWI']'. for 'anything
that happe
to Ruasia is bound to be an.
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baTe no Ii ire to fan the fiomes of
jealousJ. ut it Wall T8IIl&rlrable that on tile
c1aJ' lli. Smilli.e said.he .w*, ~mil;ll! .to: LoIldon tb,e rail ...., strike ended.
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Hostile Voice in the C~wd : " Whot did
you do ill the warr"
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Park Orator (oreeoendo) : .. Wot did I dot
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~, [ tried to atc:. ~he. bluin' thing."

SOME APPRECIATIONS.

The Y0!DI. Girl ..~ tlie Cinema <olutchinl
at old lady 1Il nut _t): "Ob, 1 do bope
be d
't lill her!'
(CoIltinuN from .,s:enoue oolumn.)
The Old I.ed7 : .. No. mi ; lOU trust m,
"ill.
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E'8
the operator 'ere
d he ..ooldn·t
T~ deftlo\)lD&llta were Tell' strongi.l
o~ at tHo perio4l of their iIlO8P~ffi
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and allow aJl3lhinlr 80 'ard-'earted to ·appel\..
':ndle first."
in
them llr. CoUier, t.h
JlO '8'd atop tuning
orator. won over _ y of hie arities
his
Policeman.
(directing
Samm1): " Do'lrll
perallMin p~tation of his caa..
benl! of tIae CauDeil who h8rd him ~ribe that 8treet. ful'll to the left and you·I\ ._
the j07- life of .. delectin ohild 1rill not the 91d Bailey ill trout Df you; go 8tralight
have fo,..,tte. the hnp~OJl hi. words on-- "
Sammy : " That'li .11 riJ'ht. , bud. b ot what
ereat«l.
is ~ :ld. Bailey' "
Pur u.. last foar f*U'I of
_berslrip kind of a
JIr. ·Collie1' w .. oMi_ 01 tU Bd~
A~ blPP'DJlIG oUoLOOY.
Comaittee, a poaitioll from whWl Ia. ntired'
owiq to _ _ _ _ ia ••. Ia tH
.. Vr. Arthur jlllit him&8lf ot hio
aan.
of· ~ oomaittM lor ~ t.t ,iB. Oi.. v-rt of V8p11ietophel.... "-Pm
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