Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1919

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lIeat agrepte> lIulm_ of 111Mb.
repor;t., the CIIIIIua~
of
battaliOll, Col. Va\ll"Ja__Wua-.
th~t he foUDd • cr-t i.Drpro.-lIIIlut ba.
Doaal.4hIIay Corpe. &lid ctllllit ".. ...
the • ~cy to their COIDDUIIII4er
Capt. tbe Bev. H. L. WYJlDe.
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'l'he corps "ere to ha'fe been ~ted ia
the p&rkr• . l;Iut. owiDc .to the mo~
_t~ UlQ ~ ~ UI. the iebool clcrl.
ten. rbey _re una... the 00IIlJJl6J1d 01
Capt. tbe R&v. H . 1.. Wynne a.od Lieut. E.
C. Sberlock.
. Tho Marquis de Booy, after the inspection, addrossed the MY'.
Ho .. id tbe
Lu_Tooth Fund "'&8 fOUllded in 1912 for
tbe Purt>988 of belpi.Jla all orga.nia&tio.not ~ .~det OOljl8-~ f06t..rint 'b"bita
of d*lp~e and phymul training. The
wu had Intenened. and DO oompemtioJ{ bAld
takl¥l p,la_ Most of tltem Imew of t1u.
ltil.itary Service Act., and the result 'of
medieaJ eumjnw
w:wfer that Act r&ve&led the unpl-.I.t fac~ that only ~
1.II&It out of . three ...... fit to serTe bis COUDtry. )(anY r of them knew tha.t before t!e
"ar, aIId .. f,u bock as 1910, the
phy'#ique of the British DUUihood .... not
what i~' hould boo One could Jlotice tbis
in the -w:eak.kneed sptlCtade of 20.1)00
~ple Ylltebini a faotb&il match eierI Sat.1
unill. Tbinp were not ..hat they should
be when 90 many people ..ere content to
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oth.rs 1)la.1. ,They ......ere not on
a
CS n.a.Oft, but we.r · alec at the bottom of
tll . lin,' 'ilI. pliysic;al titn . There ara
, v&raI ea\l8t!s for,. this unsatisfactory d;; •
dillion. The lint
was that they had
beeome more and mare an industrial
eouni;ry. ; a.od tho people had lett the ~d.
where ~ the influence ..as more to.. ~s
bea.lth. nnd liad congrega.ted in large n ..mbore in towDS, wh re the mllny temptation.
did Jlot incline : to .keep one fit RDd \~elJ,
AIlOthl\T reasOft wa, that fOl' many year, iii .
the public schools. and every Gther eehool,
they had encouraged but]O ~ cent. ,· in •
come fQrward ib spOl1:. That 10 per oeD~
had boon encouraged to the detriinent ,' ori
the 90 -per QMlt; They wanted to tzy .;net
remedy \ht eyj} by bringiJIg the youth , or
the counb:l- to a better condition of pQysi' tal fitn : It wa to them they 10Qbd_
&8 bcjnJr th , future manbood of the cou ...
try. to 11411\> them in this. In physiea.i
tra.ining the eser-ci_ levelled up nery'
lDUIIOle of the body. and there _s ~ sport
which provided that. The .. hole poin't iD
physical tnllninB' ...-as tho t the exen:lau
wet'e very imple. The only thing ..88 to
do them ..e)). and to understand the obj~t
of each ono. He had DO doubt thAt a8 ~hey
had '11'110 the medals for ~he eoUJlty M
1POU ld be pretty ..ell up 'in the work. but
he thought he would tell them what tha
medala WerG presented for. so that ~ey
micht become a.n ~1 nation, instead of ..
C3 one.
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Th~ ~rquis thllill presented medal
to
the following: C.
• P. Lol\lfburs1: KUJ1)h.r.
8eqrta: A; . Longhurst Murpby, R . l DO
mng • W . 1. Macdonald. B. Barr. W . Patterson_ f . E. T~r1', and 1. Baasaa..e. Pte•.
Q. ~, R. ~.!\tMrford . C. l>ea~. 1 .
Brenlt.n. H . W-eston; J . Dunne. R.. Jonee.
H. naworth. C. Broadbent., 1. R. Woollard, P. A. W tbrook. T : Arrillo. W . ~rG.
R , A.ptho~Webb. A. Poncia. "R. BaXter.
D. Murray-Davey. E. Bend. L Quinn. R.
Rlactbutn. E . Po.. ell. R. ~. V. Sal\dJ,
R. England. C. Davey. V. Ackerale.t: p.
Tl.obeou, J, C. CQofD&-Wil1ioms. B . M. Teny,
F. B«s,art:r. H . Davey. S. Baxter. L.
Mulcby . W . H. Kingston .J. ApthorpeWebb, 1. ArriJO. R. Strickland. J . Flood.
D . Carroll, and C. Bond.
Captain tile &~. 11. L. Wynne said in the
r.A.me of tho oIIieers. N.C.O .•, and meo be
wi hed to tha.nk ·the Marquis for comllll
r'own that a.fternoon and ginN' them snoh
words of enCOuragemeDt: frOJh .. hich he
",8S .ure
they would all derive great
I beru!fit. Tho boys Iffie.... well the great /ld, vantages
be gained from pbYlical trl~i nlf. It helped them on the Ru'~ger fieid~1 1 D
all tbeir games and sport.. if tl\cy hod good
pbysiqu . They would no.. be encouraged
,till mDr8 tli develop ' \.heir pbysique to the
fulleet eItent. 80 that irtbe time ever calDe
-tlw' l.Ioped it would not-"he,n they would
be o&Iled ~ to _
their country in~itw
),our or Jieed, thei ould be aWe to
ke
their place a8 really physically fit men a
.,nper AI clua if he might call it such.
'lIe "'118 T8ry proud that the:!' had sncceed~
in 1'Itt'iq the medals, aJld,he Ddped. L~t
.~'ould encoul'8J9 tbelli to furtb& so"!'!"'".
IF had beal'd from more than one olleer
:vbo had been there that they "ere veq ; art oa Jl&r'de. and tarried out their
. drill almost M efticienUy. as. the _Guards.
T~ ,...-.de was then dlsmiseed. .

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the Tefl' rough 'Weather 011
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the atteDdanoe of _bera
at the tortaiP
JDfI8ting, b«4 in the
J&ecre&tioIl crull
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thUl Te11-4Wf oovld han
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• A Cllat 011 the Fruit Crepe of 1m," ' "
Ilr. F. W. CoatiD. Uni-nnity Collela
Pn{t 1'vm, ShiDAeId, ... ho aaicl that tlul
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.. apple ;rear" .....n CcD'. 0rNIp PipfIiB.
IlOt OllIe of' tao . . . .t varietiet to rnnr
.-""17, had Ii,.. -anul c"",,"
fterefore it " .. not tn be ,,0Ddencl at that
other varletiea had produced very It_?Y
eropII. altllOQllh the· prumioe at GGe 15me
DOt at all tavourtLbl...- Taking the n.rioua k.inds of frult
tltey ea:Dle i.to - - JOOEberrie8' 'II1II'G veq pwi, ..~al17 the
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tU_l"es liable . ..., da,y.
I ~ that it ;. .. t~" by-iii.
. . . . . . lIkilst it is .~ to • lor .\he
~tiOD ' .•I .tU ~r. it ill in ~
a aaJepanI to tile -.at....lt. . apiDet ew.. ..... -tarina bOUld not be doee ; r@d
for eoa~tloll. 'naB aa.ly time there ~ a cunaata. very ~1l1, ~t black curp~_ , .iI wh_ .. . . - . - bas~t rflat. .ot 10 Iood; rupberriea Y&J'e a .....-p8Il'.tHa• .,. '1'0; .,lDaut, a real 1Iu1llper crop; ......
.. already tta.t.d. .. 11'GIlClerhal crop. the
TtL~r..';:~";~I';:uu. b:t-1&..or
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fruita . . . of an EScepti-ny flu tdour_
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ill .QUOIl Qo 10 •• ...... iiecaaIioD "a8 suataiMd 1Ir
lI___ . D. no... I'nlkM. Carter. ~
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TOWU6IId. 8m.itll. E. J . Dora. Cox, ~.
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_pet;itiOll for thl'tl! cu.ra.. '"
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