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D IR E C T O R Y .
Reading Municipal (Church) Charities. âT r u ste e s, T h e V e n . W . M .
G . D u c a t, A rc h d e a co n of B e rk sh ire , R ip o n L o d g e ; R e v , R . P
N ew h o u se, S t . L a w re n c e 's V ic a r a g e , C h a irm a n ; R e v . F . J . C, G illm o r,
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R e v . T . G . R o g e r s , S t . Jo h n âs V ic a r a g e ; A d m ira l S ir F r a n c is P o w e ll,
K n o c k e e v a n , C a v e rsh a m ; Col. J . E . B ro ad b en t, F y n e s b u r y , S o u th co te
R o a d , R e a d in g ; M e s s r s . A . C. B arth o lo m ew , P a r k H o u s e ; H. B .
B la n d y , M e rto n fo rd , W o k in g h a m ; J . C . B la n d y , H o llin gto n , R e d la n d s
R o a d ; B. O. F a r r e r , T h e K n o w le, O x fo rd R o a d , T i l e h u r s t ; T . E .
H e w e tt, S t . M a r y âs H ill, R e a d in g ; W . J . M a u ric e , B ro o k lyn ,
K e n d r ic k R o a d ; E . M o rr is, C k u rch field , B enson , W a lli n g fo r d ;
L . G S u tto n , H il ls i d e ; J . O. T a y lo r, C r a v e n h u r s t ; C h a rle s G . F ie ld .
1 2 T h e F o r b u r y , R e a d in g ; Jo h n II. Sim onds, T h e R e a d in g B an k,
T r e a s u re r M r. R , C . Cullum , L lo y d s B an k. A s s is ta n t T r e a su re r,
M r . D e n y s E g g in to n , F r ia r S t r e e t , R e a d in g . C le rk , M r . W C ,
B la n d y , 1 . F r ia r S tr e e t, R e a d in g ,
Charity Organization Society .â T h e P rim a ry O b je cts of th is S o c ie t y
a r e (a) to in v e s tig a t e a ll c a se s of a lle g e d d is tre s s , w it h a v ie w to
p r e v e n t th e a b u se of c h a r it y , to p rom ote th e e ffe ctu al r e lie f o f th e
d e s e r v in g , and to d e t e c t im p o s tu r e ; (b) to b r in g all c h a r ita b le
a g e n c ie s in to co -o p eratio n w ith e a c h o th er, and w ith th e P o or L a w ,
an d to form a common c e n tr e of in form ation for a ll w h o in a n y w a y
ta k e p a r t in th e d isp en satio n of C h a rita b le R e l i e f ; (c) to re p re ss
m e n d ic ity ; (d) to prom ote th e g e n e ra l w e lfa r e of th e poor. Th e
S e c o n d a r y O b je cts a r e (w h ere th e e x is t in g C h a rita b le a g e n c ie s are
found u n ab le to u n d e rta k e th e w o rk ) to afford re lie f, a s fa r as
p o ssib le, on d efin ite p rin c ip le s. C h airm an of C om m ittee, Col. J .
E . B ro a d b en t, C . B . . S e c., D. W . B ishop A ck e rm a n , 20a C ro ss S tr e e t.
The Reading Soup Kitchens ,â T h e o b je c ts of th e In stitu tio n a r e to
p ro v id e soup and b read free to th e poor d u rin g th e s e v e r e w e a th e r.
T h is S o c ie t y , s ta r te d in 19 0 1. On th e re c e p tio n of th e M a y o r âs F u n d ,
b r e a k fa s ts and d in n e rs w e r e p ro v id e d fo r th e ch ild ren . T h e I n s t it u Â
tio n is su p p o rted e n tir e ly b y v o lu n ta r y co n trib u tio n s and g ift s ,
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M r . A r t h u r W . A , W ebb, to whom d o natio ns or g i ft s m ay b e sen t,
a d d re sse d to Soup K itc h e n s, 1 9 1 W o kingham R o ad , or d o natio ns m ay
b e p a id in to S im o n d sâ B ank, R e a d in g . Soup t ic k e t s m ay b e o btain ed
o f th e Hon, S e c ., or from th e C le r g y and M in is te r s of a ll denom inaÂ
tio n s,
Reading Philanthropic S ocietyâ M e e ts e v e r y T h u rsd a y e v e n in g in
t h e L o d g e R oom , G e o rg e H o tel. E v e r y su b sc rib e r from 5s. to 10 s. 6d.
p e r y e a r m ay p re se n t one p e titio n ; £ 1 I s . tw o p e titio n s ; and so on
in p ro p o rtio n . T re a s u re r, M r. L eo n ard G . S u tt o n ; S e c r e ta r y , M r . J .
H . S m a rt, 4 5 C lifto n S t r e e t ; C h airm an of C om m ittees, G. H. Salm on,
B re a d , co a l, m eat, g r o c e r ie s and c lo th in g a r e d istrib u te d to th e
d e s e r v in g poor d u rin g th e w in te r.
Temperance and General Philanthropic Society. â M e e ts a t th e
R e a d in g Room , A b b e y H all, on a lte r n a te T h u rsd a y e v e n in g s from
O cto b e r to M a r c h , bo th in c lu s iv e . R e lie f in co al, b read and o th er
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