Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1919

T
LOCAL

A P"""....

E
IONS.

'1111 common with en~ry otber
n lage in the Empire, Reacli

towu .,.d I Majest", R.eadillit carried out the two min. tribute'll'" silence. At: - . . . , lJell.ool the ".le
to the gallallt dMd on
All 0ftI'
t1i.
~r"" ••d It' wu 1111 ~trilep
the tOWII, in the street, worblao ••41 h_e,
a.-k W Uaea aad t.., to briq' bome •
tile Two Minutes' SilenO& wu 0 ned pel Ii tie to fMir wnda what the ' 1.raietioe
in _era! ,ptae. impreaai....
"e~ w:it- .....t aM ......t we ....
to coan
81181»uioa of lforlt
....... ia ......ora.. _ ........t ..........,.
all paiU, aiI4 tribute to
_ .....
1I'a paid ia eftIT facto", a
.
• TM . . . .th llOll' of tM
t"!4a;' of
lhe .YelltJ& moath ..... Ii
bY the
lIQo.ncl~ 0( .U the ai~ la
to _ _ ,
the tolliDr ot clu\reh bell..
the lIOaad
"':&8 huhed all 1II0velDe.t
r and tile
S !!IfI!II[JIL
811ence had the' ~ deeplr
efPeet,
.
It was an .lIC\.t of rev_t ho
to . all
those who haIl~' ~ CIftI'''
th other
. .
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,
side, and:mea, .omen and ch' reD e..e _ ArDl.l8tice D!, wu ........ .b, a DOt.
wh ere 8IlAlh ioi1aed the .......t rom
, who~ worth, M •• t III tb. boBIe. _ _0. ~ ai
rr mefnbered tile deed. .
)(~. Huntley alii ~ BlMait raeNatuhlUy the .Pe<>{I!A!,J:hroapd to tbe bUlli. tor" when a tab. . to the ~ ~~ of
thol"OBghNre8. ~!Hre
the I'or- the 0&0& . ..-ho. laW ,town their ....... III the
hurY Gardens ' ceased
ir
1'IJ wv wall unveiled by the cenenJ JllallaCer,
at the ti
tood
IIlIlI, ...
Mr: H.rbert Prwtt¥,.
'
.carried ':,*t
S
the: 2.:.r,s wleli.
nemaids'
~me'.)Omed
tplrlY'nine
m.mo.r. of the in¥oioe
o~
.
"1':
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./ otfioe
the lon:es. a.ad the.. who
too, called .J;~elr chd rea to tJa
sule and were Left be1aiDd aonllidered it a nPi~
kept them ,.lent. •
.
to ~I t.hc.e
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.
'ii.- li
Broad Street was particularlT crowded. del~ut"\"Y
and OR _ve _moe "h.. t e
lf2ICIfIIJ
Workers in the adjQinlnl prem'
left their t:he
~orte. The bBlaace 01.
.. orlc .a nd 8f:ood .in -a l't'verent attitude at oe1lennrn~ J'~h!" ~ ~
~
th e wmdows, while the people tUI'Ded away m • ial tabl t'~'
a . ... from tbe shops and stood on the erb, Ttle g:::: with. ,;...;.~. ~I..!!~oe ,!I~:t
throit' of motor-i:8.r soon ceued, Ileavy carta f
h tb
hol bei -ti.-!
stoJlperl their rattII', and all 11' ' quickly
000C,
e 'II' ~
II&'
- QD ... oak
qimt. One carman da:red to diBtu~i,l ~fI T:~ry repreae.D~ve I18th~
. 0'0n~n
oJ-the otca on by. 'con!iinumg eent at the cer~, 'ndudiM~=
011 hIS way. Even the attempts onI:ookers J Korton r D B~ W. Dian
dill ' not ,Prevent him from moviJag; I}nd .he . Brown o:-:R. inoomft'ld· E i!'~'
proceedoo lIB fa.r I\S the , po~t o~. Here a N cOOk .H A Far!. e ':I
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,
poltceman-one .. ho had 'evll'lMltl~' lost PArn " . .
e&, J. R.. G~, B. O.
comrades, for he wore a row of rl bons, and R'HAW~f.iblt a ' P. WOldSimmoui
amo ng tbem the MoDS stl\l"-brought him f th
.
..~_ F a '1'~
I8fVIUI
to a ~ta ndstill. ffil appeared to.
the only °h
.e OOfnpe.ll,l, JDI. J'I&~ .Hackett, who
'
h
t
t
til
h
h
d
t
..
ed
as)
IlBt
oom'pleted
his
IJUtieth
1'811-1'
0(
Olli' 0 I , a ~as
ro,?-8 w o. II DO recel~
service !\lid repreeentatives hom all the
t)I P message, _for
unmedilltely on ,beIDg cleriMi depa.rtmenbr, numberinc -abo t 250
."oken to by the officer he remo
his hat
Th fii
tutefull d
ted: th'
and stoorl in a reverent attitude. ~n.. anotb,e r ooceJo~ :lth'1rnion JIlC{
d a:~ e
t boroughfare a well·known
hat . dl8- IUld Mr. Pretty's remark. were&nliBtenedet':;
Illrbed the gl'neral harm()ny by rldmg with a .ery great &mount of interest
though.
.
()1Ii~rs and soldiers (,\-Hywhe
stood at STRDU G SPljJECH BY ~. PRETTY.
atle nt\(~n.
Trnmcars , were b ug4t to a
Mr., Pre.tty said:-Fellow- lI'orkllrs; This
standstill ' at ~h Q spot they b ppen~ to morrung, In common with tbe wbole populo.reacb at tbe hmo . . At every street corner tion of' the British Empire, .11'8 interrupted
~he people stood. whilo grollpH of men worle- our work for
fe.... briof moments, and conIng. on t he roads were.. seen to dro~ theu' \l8lltrated our thoughtB uJ?On the great Ii&1;001 a nd . un<;ove!" their be~dR. Eveu the liveran~ ' whi h the Empue had SU8~
animals, IDstinctavely 40wlng somethmg from the foulest conspiracy against human
stran ge " AS Ilfoot, kept II~nt.
.
.. li~rties wbieh had ever boon fostered in
'Then th e chur~h bells rllng agam. altd 88 malignant br.tins; and also we concentrated
""ddenly OR b l~8 V1 ess hod topped. It began upon the memory 'of thOlle . wh& ha.ve given
agam . The t ribute had. l;le.e n
d to ihe their lives for us til the great, struggle which
dpad. a nd everyC!D& gloned 1D th fnet that vanquished that conspiracy And. so · on this
Fln.;land ~as shU a free country through the first anniversary 0 the Armistice
I
thp i r M CTlnee.
think ' t .
th- L
h Id
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At the Ba r racks the whole of the men
1 IS proper ..... we s 00. collect here
were p~ra dNl . a nd tood I't aUllntion' for the tp.day to render tnbuUl. to the . memory ot
tlfO nn nut6ll. at t he conclusion of whicb those more c1011111y ~soollrted Wl~ most 0
buglers so unded the " La t Po.t." :rhe men U8 bere, and to testify to the. gra.titude tha.t
we re t hen di~ milll<ed.
we bear to them and to those who returned
AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
KADING from the wa.r, lor all thpt theoy bore on our
, .
. "
. behalf. (AJ,lplause).
I , take It that a.nalysis of the feelings
'I'h er.e wll!' an lmpre8Sl\'e s~ne at the hall
of nl Ve[JIlty D<>Uege. Rea:dmg, where tlie which prompted us to remllin here' to-night
lJl~mbe r8 of the sta1f !lnd the students to unveil this tablet shows three emotionB,
I;:nlhpred, Mr. Cooke plaYIng the organ dlll'- tha.t I .would cla~if'y 118 80rrow, gratitude
m il' .the 8!1Sembly . . The !,al.l 11'1\ full. Fol- and legitimate pl'ide. It seems a long time
lowl0g tbe ' two DlInutes ollenoo those ure- since on that lovel¥ SundaY,Ilmnmer morn~n t Qang " 0. God, our help in a
.l)a, t" ing of Au~u8t 19", we wt're brought faqe
and th e Nattonl\l Antbeqt. The rlnclpal to face With L ms in1ding of tbe terrible
~Mr. '"W . t. Chlld ) re~ r'rt'd briefly to ~h& r~litie. that ~nfronf.eil. us by the sudden
puth. of l'rofessor Salmon, 'll'h
lworil: , Jte , alliltgllut Q Nle Reserves. But the arutiety
f' u(oglsed:
.
, I WhlCIt 'filled us at the idea of bein~ drawp.
. The trIbute Ln. the .schoolR 11' also very iltto the war was. I think.. lUI"Ilothmg oomImnre&!ITe. At R~adll1 Sch~1 th O:T:C. parecl ..ith the anxiety which we 8ust&lued
.,..ere parnded. and aftel the Mlea t1(O mm- 10 the following ~ hours If18t our rull'll'B
utes the company was Ilddre6eed ' by the
. . L__ tin th f li"
.'
Mayor (AJdeMlJrul G. . Abra.). In the ml Ulo."·pre g
e ee nit of the nOtion,
elementary llbools thetChildren wete ."ar. hould fall to ,,;espond to the I)Illl of honoW',
aded in the ball, and !lo.... ing tile silence Il!I-d aoould , faU to .put ~hemll8!res by the
lhe scboolmasters dwel on the nJl'aning of SIde of tll~ wbo ID thIS t-erflble trouble
tbp day..
'
I have proved t. 81Uselvee !luch staunch, oo)1rA busy scene ....as uiokly trl\nsformed Ilg'eOUS aDd f ~ful Allies.
Well, looki~
into a silent one Qt the ~tation. P&8Ij8n~1'8 back ovc: th
five ~Omento~8 years.• It IS
nod workers alike honoured the dead. The al!D-o.et dl~eu to bung to }lund aglU.n the
Ca rdi6 expre, , due in ' Readinll' t 11 a.m., stlrrmg tunB8i thro!,g~ WhlOh we papoo..
~tonped .... ithin 50 :rard of the platform, The nl¥'elty of war In ltseif Will! sometKmg;
and after the two mmuies had elaP&ed drew the prUle, oourage, IUId the cheerfulIUllll of
uP . i n the ~tation.
I th~ re'cruita as they joined the ColQurs· were
Wherever practicable work a broull'ht thmgs never to be fQrgotten.
The songa
to a standstill at Messrs. H. a.d q. Sim. that they framed for their marching h4\l'O
old.. AU the gates were closed IUld the at home carri~ them over to thll- tronch6ll,
I!fallic WQ.8 stopped for the tw minutes , and.8ustained them in the hours of the die·
During that timo tho flag 'll'M dipl>ed iu est trouble a.n.d danger. Alas. to those danmomory ' of the m~mbers of til st .. ff who gers only too many .succumbed, and the
bAd made the 8uprem
crifice'. T.
feeling of sorrqw, whioh perhaps is the up1n the evenin!:' Boy 8oO\lt..l, who Mse bled perm06t in
hearta, is neverthelees not
f.t St. Peter's Holl Earley, W
pjl.raded. 89 'thorouJhly ~ia.t.ed with tlie mOil thema nd stood at attention for two minute". The eelns who ha~ fallen as wiUt · the berOltved
,. L", t Post " wa tben lIOundocl, fo))owing parents and relnti"88 who 1\I'e 19ft behind .to
wbi~h buglers !.love the "Geneml ~8Iute ."
mourn the Isu4,den cutting sbort of promi8AT MESSRS. UTTO .
ing !W'eers.
i'
At Messrs, SuttonS' Royal
. EstabliJ!n, .}'rom sorro,,'. .'",e t)lm to gr~bado. The
ment the occasion WM partic rly racog. hUltory of the LD1"IuIlon of Beltium an4 of
nised. ,All the depa1,'tments we~ oloeed from the north-eMt o~ ~ranll9 ga,.e uS 8jlm. ldea
(1),45 to 11.15, and a Apecilll memorlnl ancJ of wbat ~uld lie m: tore for us un)
we
, tItank riving sen-ice wa held at 10.47 in the found vallllDt breasUt 10 offer the_Ives as
Abbey Rail. Those wl,o did not wjsh to at. 1\ bulwark ag.un8t · the horrible Hun . We
tend were at liberty. to I ave ~ t" p emi-. have a right til-en. -and it is n dutr "Yen. to
but a large number were pr ent.
'l'be fee~ and to exJtess the intenll8 gratitude th.t
bymn "The seats of God"...
sung. fol- we feel to those who foU by the 'Wo.y. and
lowiag which the Rev, W. B ttonl B.D., to th060 who equally 8\\sto.ip.ed .the burden
gave a short ·address. Theore W l>iIeno& at of the day and who happily bave retqrned
11 o'clock, and at 11.2 the Gen ral Thankg.· tn their, hearth8 and homes. (Applauee).
f iving was said, foUow811 by tb ijinging of I And if 'r turn to the emotion of prlile.
'0 God, our help in .ag I!l\l't." It was 11. 1 there are of oourae different Idnd~ of pride;
IU08t fitting and touching er\'i .
. there is a. Jlride which iB simply vainglory,
_._ _
.
but there 18 also 1\ leritima.te pride, a.od I
Col. leslie Wi! n. C.M.G., D.S.1).. M. P. thi,!-k that w!' . Britoua .have .. a rigbt Ix? a
The two minuf6ll' Hence
a a very feeling of , legt~~ P!lde wnen ,,!' think
happ, a.nd glorioll8 thought. .1 myself was of the vanous CI'1'll eanup froin ~ch men
a~ work in m'y 1)1ioe in LOndoll at tb.e time, were summoned to take up .arms wblch th~y
ad aa I looked out of my w'
,,1 sa.... had n!,":&r tb~ht of bean.ag, a.nd fe&b)tgs
tb.~ )I!&Ollle who were 'wlllkiDjl ~rougb St. of IfllfltiDlI!'te pl'1~e o.t l til. unmurmunDg
~es'8 Park stop, take off tbelr hats boy oourage Wlth which they faced tht" tf8llolt.
their heads. and remain in a reverent atti- and the Rorran of bombardment. fe&linp
tude. Their thoughts 1 know at the time of pride for an tbeir fortitude and. cheerwere like mine, dwelling 011. the. years fuJ.r:ieu, a.nll for the
tha.t tbe.f, in
t1!rougll which we had ~. I: pe' thought their grave d~ger, set .., 11. . .10.0 .....1:8 liri ...
came to me at the mOJDeIlt
ich made- a more or 1888 m comfort aere at 1I0me.
mudder. pa!IIi through roT body: thae of what
SorroW', I ....v th~, fint grati~. in
our p081tion would, haye '-n ID-da.,. it we next place, and "pride in
laat place,
\ad not emerged 'fietoriou. And 88' I r hope. in fact I 'feel.
th_
fMugilt. of tliat, ~a~u ...
'1 thoughts- disappearaace ffj)Ul
~ed to those who made lile free lQr us we
lO-DllrlU.
n ........-t:h ...
....111, who bad really 8'1 ea UI ife, becauee less
if ",e had not '-n uCC888rlll we should ~U.lmUIII"D
Dan merely exillted a u
n4nIre to
M1.. f~.rbd
1IODJ6 military system in whic we . .mollid
bave ~ no vo~ce or
. r t t
'8 ileiit
t.o DWlutes "'1I1 become II.n
DUal insti-

m bo,.

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GHRONICL"K.
Novem* ltUa......

11 FOR COALITION.

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a

( , lIJ"'f~e for the future.
['Ill (,f hflpc if it is fll~d
r:~:!tt '- pint.
At pr~t

to uodge pa)'mg
1)\ p;j',o., l ~ on the bur' f r' , 'd nu . Of the part of die

" I r,l1 dc:lc \ .
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to· expedien~y
rt U I )l~ lIl.
The sooner 'the
IJp lC'" honestly with. its

" prf,nC'I1C')o.;

". fmann.:1 r nd otheTWlse,
l e- It

\\,1 11

be.

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MIMIAtU~ RIFLE

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Joyd George and Mr. Bonar
ve both made pronouncen pohcy withirl the past
nd they have reminded the
f the I easons for the Coali.
the necessity for its Con.
existence. Replying to the
lOt of the Liberal candidate
• the Prime Minister
ou have no m ore justifica.
holdlllJ.: me I unfaithful to
ra l Pa rt ." pecause I be·
'na t lfln;d illter'lPt s. could
"c'n ed b\ the contmuance
In'la 1 g()~'c rnm ent
than I
;>\ I' Ihl' [lgh t to det;fi you a
hCI "u'c H)II bel iev~d that .
ed. Itl' ~CN,t' wal of party
'i
n," re Important than
II I :1\.
Mr. .Bonar t.a •
;.( a meeting of _the
; JI ,.. J( It of the National
.\'" ~,a tl (, n . !iaid that t.he
P' ,lIn IS "t ill to supPort
Itlt '11. ' His reason is t.he
1\)r, Lk~yd George ' s. 1 be
111 hi" k tler
t o Mr. Foot,
th at " before the last el~c­
e tn the delibe ra t e judgat I was es<;ential, . if 1~e
w as t o p ass safely through
period after a live
\ oar, tha t th e unity and coof pa rt Ies and a n.ational
11 ( shou Id be continued·"
'slly IS even greater' _
n n g th e w ar.
Then the
'c.s IIn i:ld' in face of , the
rla nvc1.
Apparently.
nr ~ he samcr urgenqr f9 r
pdl t ~ confli t t, bu't if the
r A"
ci, ,wn t f ) the root of
It will flllu thn t until · .the
t: I" f •.1Inws
g reat· war
1 < \ \ ;' ~ a l1,v other pouey
1 •• : 111 •• 1 "ne
would be
I ht"rt" a rf" men' who "'are
'"lId ; ,~ , d the pos t~ w.ar
~ t'. ian t he Ha rne o f ' QI lld ~., ,<I t hor
OWll
axe ,
rJ c( II. tid a t them barI (.-C,pf'r;1tlon of all classes
fh e nation c;:tn cppI It'lt it li as c
C
~ •. nw t f)'1I1f; episodes
itll ",I1 '>I,j(' r abl C' s u c cesS,

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•will 'b&evf!I'Y
cIeIId.
do
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rear

d-. for
e ..e~inll

00_ baclr
limbs, ~

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Ot. r~_Lup in ad .. aa~ the 17th chapter, of
S • ~& • • N_t _ ...., Wore • .,......
~l --hc... ,lane. he in9uirea ho" ....,
...,...... ad read the cI!aI!~ InIU;l!etad!., ~
or 110 IaeId Up their haBd.I At whiCh
he th __ recl: .. Yoa:'re th. ..~ ~f801lII I
"lUlt to tall to-t.la81'8 ian't any 17th chapt er of Hark I"
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*e resnt to reaOl'll • death of Pr,,',,_
A..-MM Viotbr Sal--. which
~ at bU NIiM_ at~ M,

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~::; 1Fith. ttl.

·An Irish ladr "eU Down to aoeiety co.:
trib~tecI to the 1I*ie9' of .atl
the other
...._!BI' ~ duIWa!r mto the ll_ry uuI r.
~ tier eIdeet born ia mllDller follOW'iIl«: "I jlUlt willa ~r f"tlter waa at 110m.
10 .e evenillA' to _
how ' YOU behave "b
De III out."

S ..... hlaae'
and'_whell
Qua_,
tJae . . .~;
. Aa_ _
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. . . . . . . the iia.tJa -.II the reolpient, 'th.
PI .. t up
..... ~ qJapathr with

FRO)( "PUNCH."
A'~~ pu~ the beet of .tIII. An .... iU1'
~-- ~,is cou.g about d8cln.riq
that he d13tl.netly 11&'11' Hr. PuliIIyfoot lob.

EJiu A"IIlU8,
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the widow ....

ftaoIl

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CtIIeh
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t~ai

'-ib· Tlte ilbimaia of the

Lr- of VerMilIel\ . . .

the Uninrsity of
PaN. He came to .EqtR1lll ilL 1903, and
took up a lectureship 'at University CoII-e,
Bead'~. a nd'm 1917 >........a_
.....,.....e proresaor.....of
~h Ln.nguaje MMf· Lite,.tu.re.
At tbe
time of his death h. ........ a lDflmbe of the
Academio Board. 1l~ 11. el Rho been proleslOr (If Romance rhilol~ at :King's College
~qn, 8ince leos. 1141 hid made a prO:
f«mAd 8tud,. of anciat'renoh language and
literature, and wrote a 111IIIIbe1' of works on
th!J lubject; he also ....tied I18veral !licti~n:anfllJ. He 11'88 enmLDC at the UmV.""tr
of. London, anil had leId -simillllJO po&i:s at
LiverpOOl, Jlanoheeti8P: Birmingham, t. An·
drew., and Glasgow. He was a. F How of
the EeoIe dejl'. HautM-Fltudl's (Romance
PhilololO' I\nd Histor:r};'-ilnd T'l-Bfident of th e
Federa.llion of fhe British Brafichee of tbe
Allianoo Frllln<!ai.sc.
l?.rofes80r Salmon leaves a. -widow, thr
danghters and one son, thjl latter being DU\fried. His son fought with the French in·
lantry during the war, and was badly
wounded twice. Prof8ll8Or Salmon's motJa e.r
and other relatives lell into the honds of
tbe Germans during tht'ir inV8!Jion of Norlhern Fra.nce. aDd mos t oJ th~m die-d of starntion" I\nd hill wicWw is.at preaellt Il-broad attempting to recover- ' th eir i-trec ts. The
daughters also saw coru\iderable se rvice os
nur 88.
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Professor Salmon.' ntkde a ' personal hobhy
of poultry fa.rmi~. and WM ... ~l-known
among Englisjl poultry experts.
A loint meetinll' of the ()()ul)c il lind Academ,io Boord of Univer ity College mot on
Tbursday morning, wh('n a T lution of
'condolence W8S paSsed.
The funeral will tab place to-dl1Y. thl'
lipst portion of the sef..ice bt'ing at St .
James's ron'~an Catholic) Ohurch at 11 a.m.
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READING EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.

MR. L: G. 'SUTTON .1: THE FlJTl1RE.
A meetinlfo()f the R&nding Education Committee ....s held on T e.t1lO1 afternoon. wbn
there were preaent: The. a,ol' (AlderIllJlD G.
S. Abram), AhierlD'9
Q. ;i'ielcl. . Hay.
wani, Couno~ JbUO.I.' J'vroePj." L. E.
Quelch, F . Winter, T,;;.Clrn., ,W. R. H!'well,
W. R.- bort. A. F. ~. )(IM E. K. Sulton, l}r. R. n. ~r..8I1aUh. lCr. W. H.
Baaeden. MI.88 l(a(riage )and iliA }(lUIS()Jl,
wiUt 'Mr. H. T . Pugh (_retary).
. ELECTI<;>N'PF , pHAIRMAN.
Re-eleeted by ballot p. chaitplQa' of Ule
commiUee. Mr. Leonard Sutton, in thanking
the members for their renewed con!denCle,
&IIid he regarded it as " great honour to be
ohOll8ll to pr6llide over the deliberations of
suoh an important ~mlnittee. Wben ~t
elected to tho.t poatiiOll he was told
t~t
the dutiee required more thaD
one ma.n's labour. &ad he did Dot
expeot tltllt he, would be IIIble to satisfy the
oom.mitu<e. oorta.inly.,ot for _en years.
Be woula do his beet foe' allocllu year. Dur.
ing the past twelve mODths their attention
It..d been ia.rgely os:cupieil with the question
of 8awries. but the teaolull'II had now 81[p r - t tbemseh 8 a, oemplaUily satisfied
with what the council !tad been. II ble to do
for them a nwnth or two !lIfO, 80 they would
now be able to go forward with j;heir work
reli ..ed from any an1iet,- on thrjt aoooont.
Th~r had import.a.nt w ... to do !luriD, the
oommg ,.ear, and tbOll/ll ....bo bad tM<! Mr.
Pugh~s report on "Tbe Problems of Reading" would realise that there were JIlaDJ'
matters to eDlI8ge thftr Uaoughti BAd elemand
their utl1lost a.ttention. They were"in II. better porluqn. -perliaPl. than tlaeir predecee1H>r8, in08mucll as ...erybod, DOW rea.lilIed the
importlUlC8 of ,.-ivinl{ the beat education they
could PrQvide for the coming 1JI8II....tion. .A
Vigilance Committee, he noted, bad been
etarmd to ki!ep ed cati01l11J matt8rs In the
for~, Ilnd be was su~e the, would)all wei·
oome any reminden whieh the cQPJJB.ittoe
g(l.ve them in T6IIpect 01 educaUolllll needs.
Mr. E. Jaclr80n Will! 'r&-81eo6d '1'ice-chairma.n. and the 8ub-cODl11li~ were reILppointt'd.
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ROYAL BDISHIU HOSPITAL
The foilo"'ina

~ntributi.OIl8 ho. e been r&-

cai....ed with grn.mflll thIInb darina the week
enelilli NOVl!mber llth, lJl9,~
.) .e 8. d.

N£J~:'OUter SubsoribeQ,
.
T.ia WOl'~'flp.. 3 Dept. 2 2 0
Cburcb a.d .Chapel ~DI18 ••• 68 iI u
Donatiou:
~ill8' Work.people'. _A'I8OOi,~

'F!;:.oo,
.~:, 'whlte"W~ithaili:og
Gorllllf W orkiq
uit ... '.
1
Â¥08~

Detriea, W. T .• 11

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6 5

~=.~~r~~. :~~ ~~o~ 1 1
E .....ler Social Eve~' Com- .
..w... per tlie .Rev 'Tannef S S
Hi5crid Paiade .... v ... :... 21 0
B
the HeIr. H. I. HartleoJ',
.tpaU JIeotoi-y.
•
take 1 1
rmd Out-P&tiefttB' ~tiou 3 6

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:..ellll 6

I)

porter.

.

]i~',..Â¥oihter, ~y

I go and _

" plLet me - . dsar.

woul
e ' to be
da,..
aJlet4. Uld.
C)S!rtala amOunt·
ha:

at"

P«I

ciad
in tla.
ooata,laination
'Otere wti:a also
contend with,
this m.tter
severel,y lin
to
collect them
mUT instances. th&
additional
a.cjoommodatiun
case. 'been
necessary for tho
f'mpties. etc.
Aftpr tbe matter
dealt with at
lengtb, and the pr()tJ
COM had been
a.Mllled u~, it waa telt
t little could
,dolle effectlnly by the ReMing Cbamber
Commeroe. workin.g an indep<'ndent scheme,
and tbal; to ennre 8Uccee8 of such a s~
the co-operation.,f the various Ch&mbe1'8 ar
Commenl8 throughout· Britain would be
nec sa.ry. The followinB' r8!iOlutiou was
Uterefore adopted lind tJie secretary W118
directed to f\lrwQrd copiee t() the A socil\ted
Chambors of Co.mmtroo of Great Britain and
thl' London Chftmbe~ of C.ommerce ;- <
• " 'l'he council. or. the Rend~ hnmTi0r of
Commerce conMd rs tha.t somo 8Cbeme of
rood trnnspt)rt ill very det'ira.ble. and ther~
fo e ut:ge8 lha ·A8!tOOia.ted Chamber of Comm~ ce ond the London Chamber o f Cc>mmel'C& 'i con vene a meeting a.t
date
of btte V1lriou8 chambers .to.
I!Cb~me hl-reby thi~ rl'l"lt can
Duri ng the course of th l' 1'\'4m inll'
fringe of river tr8J\8port wne touched upon
",ith (I. view t () m(lT enco\1 nt!:~IDPllt bein~
given to thi. infO WI of tnlMport, wh ien
mWlt \ludoubtedlJ b.~ resorted to if the full
,rfW)l1rC('s of 'the notion l\J'e to be tapped in
the intere6tB or indu8try and monufllcture8.
Owing' t() it..q Itf'Ograpbical ~itua.tion this
t6 wn w()uld benefit eOllsiderabl., under uch
an ()rganiPSltion.
Thill ma.tb>T is to be
brO\l~ht bffore thl'< next meetiI\R.
THJ: HOUSING BCHJ:ME.
Th Secretary read the following letter
whjcll had been received from the Town
Clerk in reply to the resolution sent by
-the obamber urgin.ll' the H0U;8iDR_and roW'll
Planning Committee to 81[eroU18 the.lltriC~.
oo()nomy \n their hoWl ins scheme a.nd protesting against the erectIon of ' hoU1M!18 for
Pl:08~tiV& n
B, which it ,d id not ~
were likely to be realiiled:" Your leJ;teI- of the 10th October h88 been
ellbmitted 1.0 the llouaklg' and Town :man·
rung ~ittee ud I am deeired to state
that the, n.re
n.in.oed that. IiOO is th4I
.nLillt'8t number of ho~ wbiola !hlly ~
include' in the _ _ wlUch ha. to be for.
mulated und&r th& HouMn.g, T01f1l Planning,
etc .• Aot, 1919, before the 3bt October. It
must 'be r_mbel'ed tha.t it ;. extremely
unlikely that there will be .n1 building of
hon_ for tile 'II'Orkilll
by private
enterpriee durina_ the ned two Of three
ye&l'8 and that the OO\lIIICil in preparing
their scbeme' lIl1let have np.:rd to the stat.
of cwercro:wdilll which uJidoubtedl,. exist.
in oertain ~ of ~ t&wn ud to the
n_ity for pl'Olridina ..--odation for
tho5e people who DOW liye ill ' - - which
are uDdouWedl, unit for It IlDI&A habitation. MoreoTer, a 'ODnaiderable nwnber pi
hou_ are requitfld at the p _ t time to
meet indlllfl;rial devel~te which are
now tAIling place. I . . &bo deaireel. by the
cOmmittee to .tate that in order tQ !tualif)'
for State ua!stance IIood pr~ Will han
to be made with tbe ach_ belore tile 31st
July nqxt,: l\nd it must be OOID.pleted Wore
the stat luly, 1929. ()r sueh 1I.ter date 118
the Mini ter of ' Health ajlPf'OVee.-Youre
ta.ithfully, (signed), C. I. 10mr80N, ToWll

at......

Clerk."
The Cha.irman

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BOll enter a Dublin hotel and call (or a

oNv will lie 1audecI'!D the- lamil,.
P""-r SalaoD, .: hi L, Dip16mtS de I.dulCWllliOli
l'Eoole dell Hau_~ (Section de Phllo_BI1ltIWII to
locie Be.auacie) wu bona II.t Drou.illY, Sein&up of
et.lIarne, ill lA7. and waa eduoatea at the
and tile

oojumn.)

has cI4iu
. Let WI

oc.dllet,iq •

~~ t~t ~~.~ tM aest.iIIIat
t
Lianr. .I. . . . _ e . _ra 1'811-"

upplemenW the abov(,

11\t~r witb the rlllllUk that ' it ..as nec..
aary to draft a
erne for ID8 erection of
thi. numlM-r. but it .. ... not n
I'J" to

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(''l1l\rlie Chap-

Do I

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kno....

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hit

Soldier J' offeoring set\t in French tram to
portly- an e1d~!rench dame) ; " 'Ere,
a_:rell-voue, M
e. "il VOWI plaH."
French Dame; " Ah, non MOWi iellr-c'ed
~ '1'on ..I>'
SoIdi~r; " Go on, ' sit do.. n, yer silly old
geLIIel' I"
French Dame : " Aft merci
[ousieor"ws etas bien eentil.'"
,

To Naw P OOJt,
th._
an y reaJ1:v poot'
famill an ~ llariab Mr . J onp,~ "
Country Parson~ " Onl y my own. my
,
lord ."
Bi,a~op :

"AN.

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,..

FRO I " LONDON OPI N ION."
We J't'O('ntl y hennl of eomething that
hadn' t lI'ODe up. It was at chu rch, nnd the
"ica,r said the collection hadn't.

..

Burglar (aaupt b1. policema n i 0 th~ act) :
" Lonime. iI i[ aiD t old Charlie! W'hy
Cbarlie. I ain 't _ n you ei aoo YQIl pil\Ch~
that ti n of blackinll' off me in the billet at
F estubert."
.....

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Magistrate: h On your Inst oKence I tl n.ed
Yl:0u ilCven shilliug and 8ix~ ; thil/ time
. fin~ 'you t .. enty-one !1hilbnp."
Pnsonllr : " W ell . t hat's wh itt I ralls p r ~
ftteeri ng, m1ud- an' 1 8hall report lhl.t
' ere CBSe to our local committee."

..

The health of " King Ororlle VI. of England " ."D8 receil.tly " ronk at t\ Cn nndinna'
dinn"r. f\lld we stronj\'ly 811Spe('t that 80 WI\3
the Toa.stma.ster.-" Books oi TMOY fU\d Tom rrow/ I"

• • •

!IoBB DmECT Aq'r ION.
Customer : " 8& tiOrry . bu t I' ve left all lilt
mouev at home:"
Ba.rber : .. Very well-then yOIl rn o stop
here unt il your bea.rd gro .. s aJ:a.in ."

• • •

I~ THlI DAJX:.
~~did [Ounll pa,riabioner (to nell' cu rat~):
" fie all ike the- kinem& ilnuoh better than
chp:rch. " No one 1faJi1a )'00. to wash your
face to 110 to the pict~" -

4'. DAl\VALL:.S NARROW
.

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·ESCAPE.

•

COMES DOWN 1M THE SEA.
liieot. lla1f'r8nce Danali, ,son of Ml\
R. T. Darvall. of 2, .Tilahurst Road.
BeIldJ.ng, had a VI\IIT narrow e8CIl'PO of
la.inI Dia life laat week. Lieut. DarvaU,
..he W'U a.ttaciJed to the B..A.F;.r .has ~
.t a _plaaa IIObooI at r-~6D.t, and
w~ IeJli; hom ~ to W~ to By ..
tn DlIIld.., a diataAce of about
IiOO mil
About 2 o'clock on the afternoon
of
O'Y.mber~, when he . . . about ,, '
mile a:nd a haLt- from West&:a.te. he ~d
engi ue troubJ.e, aDd the lIllI.Chine ornsh
iIlto the __ '!'be _1'88 were very hiak
and the IM{MaAe beoame a coDi.pi.te wreCk.
Aftiii' about three-qUArtere of lUI nou r Lieo.t. .
I>al'ftll W'NI piobd up ~ two ·men who
went ou~ in a boat: he WlIWI sitting on the
1I'nICbP. The lifeboat from llargate ~
went out. Lieut. Darvall 11'118 taken int.
W88icata and came hom. 011. Saturda.r night.
F()rtnnatel" be)'Olld the .ock, ~ 1.& non..
the W'OI'M for bill perilous expl!rtooce. He.
of COW'lle, lost ....er:Ythimr that he had witlL
him. Lieut. D&n'aU, wOO ~n hia K .O.
la 'Salonib, baa dOlle flyinl in IF4r.1 p C wi tll
the R.A.F. H. waa eU\lO&tecI at Madboro,.Ja. Houae SdtOj)I, Beadill8', a nd Do .r
CoIleCe, and is .,ed l!I).

_ra ...

erect the whol& of th
if 1_ number were
found to be sUftici(>Dt•.
TRAIN aERVICE.
TIJ. Secretary 1'(9C)rled that he bad r&ceived a. request. apally from the proiq, to endeavour to
feMional- men of
obtain th. reintroduction 01. the 1 o'cloolt
A field gun at.'p~ by the 6tb .&."
p.m. fast train to Londoo, and he WNlll8kecl
to oommunico.te with the G.W .R. a.utbori. taliOD Wilt.bire Keciment. oommanded ,
Wrd
AI ~nder 'l'hynile. M.P., who WI
tHIs thereon.
.
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There were more nommatiol1S to t he killed in aotion, bas tIeon I\OOePtod by W.
lIrillilter.
memberl!hip of this chambeT.