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R E A D IN G

O F F IC IA L

D IR E C T O R Y .

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P re sid e n ts, Ool. J . P o llen , M . A . , l l .d ., j.p . (P ra n ce ), P r o fe s s e u r P au l
P o u le t B oulogn e), and D r. K r o it a (Tokio). T h e O fficers in c lu d e th e
fo llo w in g : P rezid an to , M r. W . H a y n e s, V ic t o r i a S q u a r e ; H on. S e k r e ta rio , M r. G . P ro c to r, 6 1 K e n sin gto n R o a d ; K a s isto , R e v . A . H . D.
C u n ningham , B . A . , A . C .P ., 47, Lond on R o a d .
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G a te w a y , R e a d in g , P atro n , T h e K in g ; p re sid e n t, C , E , K e y s e r , E sq ,,
M . A „ F .S . A , ; hon. s e c r e t a r y , R e v , P. H. D itch field , m ,a „ F,S.A. ; hon.
t re a s u r e r , M r . E r n e s t R a v e n s c r o ft, 22, T h e F o r b u r y , R e a d in g .
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S ch o o l 2.30 ; B ib le C la ss a t 2 .3 0 p.m.
P U B L IC

L IB R A R IE S .

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an d o th er p rin te d m a tte r, as w e ll as m an u scrip ts an d p rin ts r e la t in g
to th e T o w n and N eigh bo u rh o od .
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Hon C u ra to rs, M r . H . D aw so n B a rk a s, a .R .C . a . ; M r . W . E . B u tle r ,
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B . Tom lin, M .A ., F . E . S . ; M r . H. M . W a llis, J.P ., M .B .O .U . ; S u p e r in t e n ­
d en t, M r. T . W . M . C o ly e r . T h e M u seu m an d A r t G a lle r y a re
o pen d a ily (S u n d a y s e x c e p te d ), Ja n u a r y , F e b r u a r y , N o ve m b e r an d
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