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R E A D IN G

O F F IC IA L

D IR E C T O R Y .

W. A . M ount, M rs. A lfre d Palm er, W. H ow ard Palm er, John Simon d s
J. O key T aylor, V isco u n t H am bleden, G. W. T y ser and lit.-C ol.
L eslie W ilson, C . M - G . , D .S .O ., M :P .
C om m ittee: M iss M. P h ilb rick ,
M essrs. L. Castle, W. H aynes L. G. Sutton, R ev . P. P ag e-R ob erts,
P. T ow nsend and G eorg e W illiam W ebb. T reasu rers, M essrs. Bar­
cla y & Com pany, Ltd. A u ditors, M essrs. W illiam B a dcock and G eorg e
W . Sm ith. S ecreta ry , Charles J. H ow lett, V ic to r ia Cham bers, Queen
V ic to r ia S treet, R ea din g. T h e annual su b scrip tion is 10s. 6d. and
u pw ards. T h e Annual Show w as held in th e P orbu ry G ardens th e
la st w eek in A u gu st. In a d dition to th e O pen Classes for plants,
fru its, flow ers and v eg eta b les, th e S o c ie ty has for sev era l y ea rs
oflered S p ecia l P rizes to C ottag ers and A llotm en t H olders w ith in
te n m iles o f R ea d in g. But no Show has been held fo r 3 years.
H e a d i n g a n d D i s t r i c t R o s e a n d S w e e t P e a S o c i e t y , fou n d ed 1902Patroness, H er M a jesty th e .Queen.
P residen t, e le c te d annually.
V ice-P resid en ts, H.R.H. P rin cess Christian, H.R.H. P rin cess V ic to r ia
o f S ch lesw ig H olstein, H er G ra ce th e D uchess o f W ellin g ton , L ady
Sutton, V isc o u n te s s R e a d in g , , M esdam es : B askerville, Benyon,
P riedlander, H argreaves, L angford, C. E. K eyser, A lfre d Palmer.
W . H ow ard Palm er, M a rtin H, P. Sutton, T yser, W a lter and
W arin g. C om m ittee: R e v . P. P age R o b e rts, C h airm an ; R e v .
C. S. T urner, M essrs. J. L. M artin , O. A . Sh rubsole, T. E.
H ew ett, J. B ostock M assey, W . M oore, Leonard G. S u tton
and A. W . S tirlin g. Treas., (M essrs. B arclay & Co.). A u d itors,
M essrs. W e . B a d cock and G eo. Wm. Sm ith. S ecreta ry , L ieu t.
J. L. M artin , 16, M a rk et P la ce. A c tin g S ecreta ry , C harles J,
H ow lett, V ic to r ia Cham bers, Queen V icto ria S treet, R ea d in g. An
Annual E xh ibition w as h eld in July o f each year. But no Show has
b e e n h eld sin c e July, 1914. The S o cie ty has handsom e C h allenge
Cups, p resen ted b y L ad y Su tton and V is c o u n te s s R ea d in g .
An
annual S u b scrip tion o f 5s. co n s titu te s M em bership.

GEN ERAL.
D e v o n a n i l C o r n i s h A s s o c i a t i o n o f R e a d i n g — P residen t, R e v . G. P.
C o le r id g e ; V ice-P resid en ts, R e v . Canon F ow ler, M essrs. H. Chowm,
J. H arris, Jas. M orse, J. B u ckn ell, E. B ow den, J. Ellis, R . Hall, G.
Shorland, G.‘ E. B. R o g e rs, J. R ow e, H. O. S erpell, P. W . Teague, W .
J. Toye, M .A ., and a com m ittee o f tw elv e. Treasurer, A . J. M a k e r ;
Hon. S ecretaries, H. Burton, 54, R u ssell S treet, and P. H. Y e lle n ,
47 M a rket P la ce. The A ssocia tion is form ed on sim ilar lin es to th e
D evon and C orn ish A ssocia tion s in London and many o f th e la rg e
p ro v in cia l tow n s, its o b je c ts b ein g to maintain th e in terest o f its
m em bers in th e tw o W estern Counties, to fo ste r th e w holesom e
clan nish c h a ra cte ris tic s o f D evonians and Cornishm en, and t o
p rom ote sOcial in tercou rse g en era lly b e tw e e n Devon and Cornish
resid en ts in R ea d in g and th e n eigh bou rhood.
B e r k s B e e k e e p e r s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n . ' —P residen t, H.R.H. P rin cess C hris­
tian.
E stablish ed fo r th e prom otion o f B eek eeping, on m odern
and humane p rin cip les, esp e cia lly am ong cotta g ers, w ho are in vited
to join , at th e low su b scrip tion o f 2s. 6d. p er y ea r ; ord in a ry mem­
bers, 5s. p er year. Chairman o f th e C ouncil, M r. P. B. P arfitt, j.p .
Hon. Sec., M r. D. W . Bishop Ackerm an, 2 M ansfield R oa d, R ea d in g.