Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 08-1914

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Dr PUJley Cmt th ~enera.b18 Dean of York
hs three grandsons aU a~ the tron~ The. Dea.n 8
S6 vears of age And he Ilnd J.#Bdy Emma. recenUy
celebrated their dia.m.ond wcddmg

A rna nage h&!l qu e Iv taken p1a.ce between

1914

Captam Ha v Arthur Doug as Boekett.Pugh
of the Glouceste shir-e Reg men youD!'tes on of

the l,.te H
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Bockett.-Pugb
of C1 r <In
G10ucestcrsh re and M
Bockctt.-Pttgh Read llS
nn Ana6 Dorothea w dow of R T
ba e or
An outcry s bemg rat cd agamst the Norw ch and I\: :dh daugh oCr of the 8 e Char e8
pol cy of restramt from d G::iem na.t ng 'War A bo t. and El.izilobe b Tanner of '\ a esbury
Wts

news Doubt ess the autbor t es learned
the r lesson dur ng the Boer War when
news which was probably of valuo to the
enemy was pub sbed w th a. 1 speed
Now In the r aD..Xlety to prevent the eak
age of news, they are w tbholding deliills
of :u:nportnnt e ents which a.re the subject
of much speculat on and aDXlety Noone
would WI h ill the slightest degree to force
the hands of tho na.va.l and mil ta. Y
author t es and LOdu~ them t o
format on ~ h ch t s dcsU'able to keep
lose The Press has 10) al y co-operatcd
l\ th t ho powers that be n thIS
respect
But the e appears to be no ha m lD pub
shing the b oad a tlines of 1 a.tt c wn ch
a e several days old and which occurred
n pos tons wI ch ha e Ion
amen been
abandoned T c Government m ght
o<se than g "'\ fy the public aVldity
uc ws a.nd g vo t em a s much as they can
It wo uld b. good pol cy No one then
~ I g umble at ~hat s not d vulgcd
be
I cy w IJ know thai t s all for the

APMIX~'!Io'"

POOK

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We sa d last we k that t ere must be
some explanat on of allegat ons made
Roa nat tho recru t ng
author ties
a.t

R ead ~g
v th
c$ard to men t om
t 0
Newbury d st ct
ho
o}untee
cd to JO n Lord J( tchonor s Am y

be ng sent a ~ay w tl out be. nB at
tonded
to
It
s
now
explaIned
that thous! t here ~as reg ettab 0 delay
n
deal D o W t b them a I the men
vho were aet lIy r eJected were refused
on the SeQ e at phY8 cal unfitness
The
delay wh eb has been aceRS Qned s not
a the seo e of med cal cxa.m natian but
of otbe prelim na.r es and the rccr it ng
staff vas ow ng to th e swa Iness of ts
number C'lU to nadeq ate to meet the
grea.t stra. n tha.t was put upon t clUJ' ng
the ear v da s
Step::; have been taken
to remedy th a and t s hoped tha.t no
ty w 11 be exper cnced h(mcefortb
"Thflicu nl
e c stment for the future WllI be
much s myl ded as cand da.tes may be
rued cally lDspected ( f an med cal gentlo
man w II undertake the duty) at tbe local
centre and If J'assed then attested by a.
magtstra.te an !'lent on to the Ba.rracks
at Rcadiag for final approval.

ASTON

COUNT! PAl'ER. SATURDAY. AUGUST

MAIDBKIIBAD

W A.LES FoNDed to date are

PlJ.rt eulan of donatio.aa l'@Qe
D8lDg be tota. 0 £l510 1&

ad ert.itled b

BERKS

TYBBOLD

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The Bev Lumley Green W 111: Mon Rector of

Amn T rro d Be,ks who baa offered 11 a Mrneel
for the from •• fOil of the lllote General G een
Wilkinson wd "",,eel Wlth tho C I V d~DS
the South Afl'lAf.Q. campaip.,

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