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su pp lied at m od erate ch a rg es and air rifle sh ootin g , b a g a te lle and
oth er gam es are p rovided. It is th e head-quarters ot th e British
W orkm an In stitu te F ootb all Club and th e R ea d in g T em perance Air
R ifle League. H on. Su perin ten dent, E. A . V in ce . R e s id e n t M an­
ager, T. W. James.
Readinq Band of R op e Union (associated with th e U nited K ingdom
Band o f H ope Union).— P residen t, Dr. B oodle ; hon, treas., Mr.
■E. T aylor ; hon. se c ., M iss S. J. K irk .
The R ea d in g Band
o f H ope Union, w h ich w as form ed in F ebru ary, 188b,
has
n ow tw e n ty S o cie tie s in association , w ith b etw een 3,000 and 4,000
mem bers. The o b je cts o f th e Union are to prom ote th e Band ot Hope
m ovem ent, b y th e form ation o f Bands o f H ope, b y p e riod ica l m eetings
o f Bands o f H ope w ork ers and Sunday S ch ool T each ers fo r con ­
feren ces, & c, ; b y su p p lyin g m agic lantern ex h ib ition s at such low
rates to b e w ith in th e reach o f a ssocia ted S o cie tie s ; b y su pplyin g
them With speakers fo r sp ecia l an n iversary and gen eral m eetings.
The affairs o f th e Union are m anaged b y a C om m ittee con sistin g ot
one rep resen ta tiv e from each a ssocia ted S ociety .
S o cie tie s in
a ssocia tion pay an annual fe e o f n ot less than 2s, 6d. Ir ie n d s
d esirou s o f form in g Bands o f Hope, or join in g th e Union should
a o p ly to th e S ecretaries, w ho w ill b e p lea sed to g iv e inform ation.
The Union is undenom inational, and does not in any w ay in terfere
w ith th e w ork in g o f a ssocia ted S ocieties.
G reat W estern Railivay T em pérance Union (R eadin g Branch).—
P residen t, Hon. A lgern on H. M ills ; V ice-p resid en ts; M essrs. A. 1.
Blackall, S. E. Palmer, W. Sparks, W . J. R ic h and L ionel R . W ood ;
Hon. Treasurer, M r. H. R alph ; Hon. Sec M r. J. D oell, 7, Catherine
S treet, R ea d in g. E m ployés in all departm ents o f th e G reat \Vestern
R a ilw ay may b ecom e mem bers.
National B ritish W om en’s Tem perance A ssociation (R ea din g Branch).
Presiden t, M rs. T. W a ite ; a ctin g v ice-p resid en t, M rs. A. N ew bu ry ;
treasurer, M rs. C la cy ; reco rd in g hon. secreta ry , M iss K irk, -Si, Bt.
M a ry ’s B u tts ; corresp on d in g secreta ry , M iss Long.
H elp -M vself Society.— M eets at th e Palm er Hall on th e first M onday
in e v e ry month. Chairman, M r, Sidney Brow n ; hon, secreta ry , Mr.
Charles M oss, W. I. Palm er M em orial B uildings, W est Street.
Thesophical S o c ie t y - R ea d in g L o d g e ;
W albury, N orth cou rt Avenue.
TRADE

S ecretary, M iss Osmond,

SO CIETIES.

Reading Chamber of Commerce.— P residen t, Leonard G. Sutton, Esq.;
v ic e -p r e s id e n t s , M essrs. E. W. R id le y , W. _ G. M illar, Arthur
N ew bery and Stanley H. H o d g k in ; hon. v ice-p resid en ts,
I’ he
M ayor and the M em ber for th e Borough. C ou n cil M essrs. J. S,
K enn ett, D. Haslam, junr., R . W . B radley, Sydn ey Brain, C. Hayes,
H A E v eritt, .J. Freeman, F. J. C hurchill D. H. Helps, R . W. Archer,
W. H. H. C layton, F. A. Cox, A. W. C arter, A. W. T u dor E. O Fraser.
F E M orin g, A. II. Grantham, W . R. H ow ell, W. H. Short, and E.
I-Iedgcock ; treasu rer, M r. E. W. R id le y ; secreta ry , M r. J, Haslam;
Offices, 156, F riar S treet, R ea din g, C ou n cil m eetings last Tuesday in
each month ; general m eetin gs o f m em bers held qu arterly.