Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1919

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At ItMdiIll Poliee Covt OIl TueecHy, Ber.
...,. LlblDaa. 01 . , Elm Park Boa., BeN·
iq. wa. chUJlll with .te.lin, at BeadiDef
Po.t: OIIce a .,..... 'CIIIMain11ll AI ... 8d.,"the
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b o( B.Il. poetmaltflr.(}eaeral.
I iii: T. R. Keot ...-red for the proeecu·
ttcm. aad 1Ir, A. :P. -Clark d"rended.
)(P. Ient lIIIid fhere were no fewer than
....GeO
in tm P08t OiIce. and
wbeB any'
happened like this. parlioo.
larly In a di trict like Reading. ' it oaat a
cloud upon everyOlle. On that point he w..
ibattuclled IIy the P08tmaster-General to
p..- the ohaqe,
William Sl-ratfO~lerJc. in the secretary's
ofllee. G.P.O., LoadQJl,
d there had been
a number of oomplain made with reaard
t<) the. non.djlliv6,y of 6tters in BeadiD,
8omo time and
pa t.On 26th
In ~~~~~~~~e,
he
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and th~ best preventive ' against
chill is a cup of good. hot · ·

lam ' fi,ma. N.S.P.C.C.,....,

on the a.atter Uto
(,' <upport hi8 ehilclren. •
II,' N'u ld not Ii,,~ with tile
.1 llHITneyman ho co.icl
kN'p t " '0 homes colllC'. Bis
rrP"1 J.-J to .£2 lOs.. a ~
N A.<l~" hH rd laboW' ,,1\& iBt.,

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~lWf('re

1-'. B. Parfitt,
II. M , Wallis. E . O.
E. Q,lIlJlch. Esqs.
O~

Cocoa for breakfast should be
the order of the ,day. for those
whos~ occupation necessitates an
early ':norning journey.

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W ~n . fortified witl.-

I'll B FOOTPATH.
of Wantage Hall, was
on '
foot.
~~jd.·-U~lenal~~~
w\o

you can . face with impunity the
fogs aJ)d frosts of the hardest English winter.
J.', A. Sarjeant, Eeq,
and 0, R. JacDon. E.q.

Id·

lo' ALSE PRETBNC£S.
Ui1es, of

S.

i-lb. pkt.

i-lb. pkt.

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2

charged with. obtan.
prerenees from 1. 'B.

was

fica t e was Pl"l'allted., .tat.
was too ill .to a.tmDd . . .
ourned for a fortaigllt.
O~E LIGHT.
of Thfte lWe Cr<*l,
a motm--ear wia...l
in
okingham:a-l P.C. Hannan saUd CIIle . .
was OIl t, and the lam p _
83id the ' lamp . . ,
met the oonsta,b)".

'Ill

There IS ano~er j~~rt,ant. ~int;
about Internauonal COcoa,-THE
LOW PRICE. '
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I. pther makes

....s

H other. makes

accompan.i.lld
of New S()(>tulDd
up a
leather PUfSC.
DOtes, a
a. lIori.Jt' ,and fwo pennies. The
all marked. '.rhese were wrapped
paper and addressed to "Mr. J .
ins, SWILIl Hotel Pon-gbourne, Berke."
w~s po8~ at Reading Post Office a t
11.30 a.m. ' lfe Jave Inspector Dee inatructiona, and t~e ~ctet was p'qt amongst those
for pr~ s iIIlivery, At 5.30 the aum ..
day he ~1' Lik~ ,at the Post 0$00, 8nd
a"scriW the paclket. eaying "It has not
been
aiBee you daalt with ;t. What
have --,.ou
sa,.?><
Prisoner rl'plied; "I
~!lVB Dot _
il:." Witness eaid ; "Are yOU
willing to tum 911 ,.our
" and pri8on.r -d~ 80J Be
other 'artieles, two A1 ,
as. &d. ud
Witaeea
theM notes
and .coi1lll lUI th_
Packet."
PriitoDer n!plied . " I
taken the
~cket. l' thH~ the
~nd pU11lC
a'W'ay in Batli ROad. I
the florin and
the _penDY.
dc:ift't
I did it."
}!d8Oller had
liS a temporar.v
poStman since
hia wages
".,ere 1I2s.
he hlld a
Navy
served
in tho

D LOP
·9 other

Ie

'.
the Post
8Qme tubes

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The

Pea.cOCI:

laJt,

""id on 10th. _ oTembel'.
b<)- onrered The Peaeock",
so[ue drink, Be 8&11' he!;
glljJ<S to someone .ontBid& €be
from a ,,;ndo,.- lut.sa w ~
into .his pocket. 1VMD
into the ~'ard ~
gone. He o..-ert.,.,IL"
Bod said to the motaw,
,vou stole f l'O!t} mt
I ga..-e it b~ _t9
a fruiterer, corroboi.teL
ltUi It 1',

an said glas.. stealing

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Reading.

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?'fined the boy .£3, and ord~red

pa:\' the money.

r.-Refore W . Poo.It-.oh~ ~.
chair), D. Rose. and E. 1 . .AD.
8qS.

• HOUTt 'G NUISi..~CE. '
1l'rbert, of 21. Abbq W ,
for ,hooting
for tho
on 20th
N _pu~
_--.r.

.-P.C. Thom~n aI4 ill
of oompWnts .he went to S'-i
'-". 0.2<) and found del......•
7 o'clock edition." He
~
ntll 7.30.-Detendallt was fiJM!d
NDT LICE.-~ED.

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klri,bblin.~. ~f Maidenhead, ~

as condoctDr of an .."...
liceneed on 22u.d ·NOV1!lD;<'

'101·..{lnv .l Dlr

of Maidenheed. WM
the ...me'1Io wi~·

further um~
Jam'lls , p.ropelb
JlJ(;nr:e{l . --J'L line oll08 . ....LI\ . . .
case. and on the
d'
utToned.

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NEW NAME AND CONTINUED
INTEREST.
• The annual ' meeting of . £ad v ao<l Di...
tricL Defence }'orce w !\s held . St. l~e(N' ·'
on Wedneedal' I'vl'ning. NO\'emlx>r
Itth. ~Ir . J . Rushbrooke vr ided, hEoio g
81lpported _I?Y Mr. A. W. A, Webb, · hon.
leiretary, 1\l.!ior Hall. }'. A. , rjClln~ J.P.,
Mr. H . J. Wooldridge, M,.,.. T. C. I:lm!t.h.
My. n.-F. Davies, Mr. A. R. , .- Thlvie!l, MI'.
1:. Gibbs, Mr. A. C. Jord.ln, Mr. R. C.
~ , . Mr~ J . L. WMwiclt, Mr. F. W .
l'Iarrill, liIr. H. Culham. Mr. I'. W . Boward.
... ~ "'Of _a.yology ~n fnll' absence
- . r - t from Mr. S. D. ~l Commander
, ........... )(ajor and C&ptain
hehl.., and
Ca.atin Millei'.
'111. r&pclrt .tated :~The ye r' K work 11'1\8
elM • I M m~d~r !l'08t ~V9lll'abll! cir lIm.t..... fhe Armlstioe baY1nK rO\lltht about
CI
tio>t of h08tUiti8ll. and
C l'Ommittee
_ . Ioekmg forward to a 8~y_ return of
~ old ml'mbers, and a
ntinuauee of
the n.rioaa com~tions, 'but they were
ioeIned to diaappoiBtmeni; ud eWIl now
_ _I 01 -thl'.ir nllDlbel' DO,.e yet . to 00 deil:!elli.l-.t • • The sWwaria, ·wllo haY8 ~
1Mildm. thB fort doring tlu!ir (lbseoncl', felt
thAt a little relaxation ·wu now .necesaar),.
w'tII. the r86tllt that it Wo.tl d idoo to posf~ Ul6 principal event.. to
later datI'.
..... llna ha"e ~ reunioo on the ret<1'l'l\ of
~ who had MIIi«ted to flIl tile br ..ach
fpr Ule defen
of xmg and tIOu.ntry . Per' . . . til" most pleosinu featuft of the - _ baa been the l\llOI!o8ion ~f young
. ben. who Ita"e M'inoed muoh kfenness aud
..... peat c~t on tile
ire wp.td&B
1.. 'l'aJlOr. who hol8 ooochtd them most
~I,.. It i not' too mil
to bay that
haT. a team of" c~ c ble of lIold:N. ,....r own in alm08t aliI
panr.. -Tb
""-,*,,i..- _res1llts we fflel re ,nll give
. .-at &&tiafaction to all W~Q ltave interested
. . . . - - in thie undertaki .
COM-PETITION 'RES Vl'S. '.
_ "'IW'".- Cadet Competitien,-I. Cadet W .
Cadet A. R. S. Davi8ll,
III; ., Cadet Holt. 92.

:nan

Me.

tended Jlis efforts on behalf of \he prize
h md, whioh he ~rigina.ted at the inaugura.
tion of the force.
The force are d@l!ply
mindful of the grea ~ loss Jl1eir ptl'8idel\t
and . t he members of bis f!llRi ly have s\l!ltained in the death- of A,Ira. S. B. J()(,'I, who
always evinced the keenest interest in (11\
that pertained to their welfure.
To our
hon. trl'1I8UrCI'. Ir. J. R\I~lbrooke, w~ tenu sr our grateful thanb for the man., kindn93_ rreeh-ed at his lhands ; i nll_1 , it. i
not too much to ' MY that ' 00]' :existence is
clue to his ~ncial a.bility. in conclusion.
we tlceord ' our ~t thonks to lhotl6 ladies
nnd ,l{eIltll!men who have I!O gelu'rouKh fav.
ou red us with their IIUppor:t. and n\thongh
tile orisis has pa88e<i. we ffel sure the need
of such a club a.s this will ' commend itS(>lf
to all. ,
THE.:ol'FICERS.
Mr. J. RU8hbrooke W88 r&e\f>()ted tre&SUI'I'l'
and Mr. A. W. A. Wabb • . hon. secretary .
The v~p ..Hidp-nts were ~ElCted en bloo.
The committee ....118 elected as folloW's: MaJor
Hall)..,. M8S8ra. H. Culham, D. T . Da _.
E. ulbb8. ~f. HlU'knMII, A . C. Jordan.
H. €. Shepherd, n. C. C. Wai.rht and 1. L.
Wa_ieJc. ~{r , H.;S. ~ldrldge IInd' Mr ,
C, J. Howlett were re-elecled b~. auditors.
- The atatemeat of aC,OOunts. ~howing a
balance of .£9 28. 2d.,
A heart" vote of t
~ was accorded
the officers for their 8pll!u id ..odt .
On tile llrOjlOsition . of Mr. D. T. avies
it was decided to 1I1~r the naIru\ of .thl' force
to the Earley lind Diiitrict Rifte Club.

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thoroughly en}O.y. your d~nc~ you' lTIUst
feel that your shirt and collar are\ perfectly laundered.
If you st1nd them to us t~ b¢ dressed
. ; y~u ~ill have just that satisfa0ti~n.
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ROYAL

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TilE MOTOR '8USES.

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P10P.osEp ROUTfA AID BASIS
~ OF FARIS;
As from t«rDlorrow (StJut:ii..~·) motor
amnibu8e8 are to be nn upon the foUowing
route, llBDIely:-From St. Andrew's Church,

Ca'"rsham. alOllJ Albert- Road)" .lI'he lioullt.
PriM Hm. St. An..•• Road, {;hn1'1lh Road.
.~. Street, ea......h_ &ad, T.-or
~ ,Station Hill. 8tatioa Road, QuN~
VictorIA Street. Broad - treat. St: liar,. II
Butta, Cutie,~~_~~~~~t
RoIod. Wa.....y _ . urvnot ....... ....-. 0
the tram..ay ter:m.ba1lll in Odord Road,
thence aloq Oxford ROad, Norcot LauIL-.
N oraot Road, and School Bead to' The
Ploqh !P. TiJehunt. 'Db& fartl8 to
ebrjell are to be at tile rate of ld; for
mile .. pa.rt 01 a ..u. with a wainimum
of !II. for !-Il7 . . ·clMtaaoe. tJwa

CChe-Expert Shirt and Collar q)r~eJs.

W'OI1I

lI~d twp bol~ ;J

WUTARY

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GROVELANDS,

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"Tere mialilll fraq.
t hoi: of pomade

tate Exp~ ciIfI! ~tM .
Afrer tbe Benllb hili! retirei.
chairman.
)lr.
F. A, Sarjea.nt,
they ~ could not II ibly
tll0 :nT,ilill,npr
off undeT the Pro6iotl.on
Th.is WII8 undoubtedly a.
not on1r .on accou.n~ of
though it' must rall!e ~u.,p,"l\'1.l
round-but to therenern pu
great many poor people sent
tht'ough thE' POIlt Office. and if
carried on there wn no knowinl!
it W88 ~oing to eltend, ,They felt
th ough prisoner had a very good'
,lUld tllat he had beell given a good
ter'. tiler couTd not take the idE'll
troub\e -ilerioualy. ;rlli8 Wali not
the spur of the 1Il0mGnt, bnt had
sv teniatica.Ily for the lalit
They would deal with him as !:nt:~~~,,::
p<lISSih1e under the. eLrc\lmstances ,
it was a ven seriOUS case. He
fined ..sUIi or: in default two months'
onment.
'1'0 the prisoner nle chairman said ;
hope it will be .. lellsOn to 10U. Do try
tu rn over a n_ leaf."
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Eii8ged. ,

-the..,.n& -.....- ............
' - ....,.."..... to -. . tile , . . . . .
~;.r::':..':':U-;:i-':"""""a:::1 _",.--Kcilbel't& I the hOalll'4l~ . . . . . tile OIIlatltu
run.

..akes

Pri1lOll8' ...~_~.~

suffered
JIlr.
loo,.hooa. He atfrom we,a\;.
at the
tended the
tradeemon,
age of
joined the
and then
when he 11'''
Na.vl. He
invali<l,od out~· ... 'f"rinlr
plaints ill <mInectloo
in China ' he had a I
stroke.
8howed
servioe
couru:ry.
oa.me to
a'\ld
,erved on
1916, had beeIl
was a married
of

rams: .,

..... Ib1..ilnt, aged ' 14, of l~
r' treet. was cluu-ged wiOi
glru..-. value Is. M ' l f.-I

manufacture

.FIRST IN 1888 ':'
F.OREMO~T EVER. SINCE

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be8
.ad ..
.applioatiOlil.

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Dylb.

on 12th NOT8IIlIIer.
an engineer to ~ :PM
sliid a cahle ...... eqt ill •
n .had been tad. !-.r
about fin
taken.
the boy said his aon w..
in ~Ie phones. and. w'" eon,.

EARLEY DE FE CE
FORCE.

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Total of belts

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on

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ohlttl'lfe papers,
ter in every

to

ments for cu.tti.ng · the ' cable
the beJ\" s home.
..£1
each charge, and, .I!t

1000
790
210

_8 eo

c

ca.ble

388

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lIlaDufacture

CA...8LE STOLEN.

lAne

868

Total of lyres fitted to bicycles

impOlKd.
So<~ tb,004te

1~36

maou&cture .

,d.

)e

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A SHOW
,

Totai'Dumber of lyres fitted to motor
eydee ancl cycle
., can

eml::-

Prevention · is
better than <:ure

O~YMP
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RECF;IVING OFFICES ;-

1159, ea.........un Road.
69, LOndon Street,

' 286, Oxford ROad,
172, Wanta.e Road.

THE PHILISTINE puTbS'
Tbe Phi1istin~ Players, II company '. Of
undergraduates from Oxford, are....P~ntiD'
a tdplI' bill at the Small Town Hall, Bea~
inc, OB Wedneed"y and, Thursday n~t. Dec. '
U)th nd 11th. at· S p.m., with a matinee o.
Wtdni!eday, December 10th, at 2.31 p ,m. Of
-the plays prHetlted two. are no .... being pe~
formed (or tlle lint U1ll8 in England, ., ot
,thAt -IIOrt of Oirl," a ~aet sketch, by
o.o.rge Austin BUd, BI.a~~rd Davies • . ani
" ,'rhe Price of an
' a Graid Gwgnol
tluill, which caused
t 8e1lIIition wbe.
it was produced in
year. with ~
Severin Mara in the '
role. The thud
pla..v will
,e
" in whiolt.
-will
the celeDra.tl!ll
in "PiDkie
ail4
esty's. a~
"Hie'
Sir ~
remelll_
cut incladea lit.
and )(i811 lIarp.~

BEDROOM SUI,TES (WiUlOut Wa;drobe).
.

• guio as, , . guinea •

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'2: guineas; 14
gumeas.

With 'Wardrobe, £, 18 108.,-&22 180., £2-. 'Os., £29 lOs.

Y

Tllea.tre, Load
..,lI~. A
162 Ad lt3. Frial-

18, Cavenliam , Road, Re~ding
(One minute frllm -W est Street).

as.

Fall.size Black and Brass BED.STEADS, heayy pil~rs., fro-:n
I
• .. • ...•. • . .. '. '- . " from &.I I ".,., '
BEDSTEAD. SPRI~G MATTRESS, WOOL MATTRESS,
BOLSTERI :md 2 FEATHER PILLOWS,

£3

Oak BEDSTEADS

e. lUI ,