Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 09-1914

BEADING MERGURY. onORD 6-AZE'FtE. NEWBURY HERALD. AND BERKS OOUNTY PIPER. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBEB
..... IlJIADIliG BOROUGH POLIOI

READING NEWS

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&m!ltoo-road
L euten&nt C6c11 Franc14 Bl1tocker ConnJ'ughii
Rangel1l who d ed at NeUey HO!Ip talon Sunday
last of wou:qd s rece ~d D batt e D FI &n~
wall the t?; n SOn of ld,,]Or:F H Bhlcker who
a. few yea 8 back 1 ved n Read ng F",tbcr and
Son e e Old We ngton'lions 11 a tWIn brother
eft. for the front the: ~y after the de.a~ Mr
C , B Reker- was &. tearfeSB nder to liouncis
and '\\&$ huntUig WIth the Guth last .ea.e.on
nOYAL :BERK8Hllt~ H08PIT.AL.- Week oandlDg
S Dd&y Septelnber 6th In·pa.t euts &dm t ed.

\v tb every day tha.t passes we are getof the
u ean ng of EmpU'e
There was a.
t me when men of a. certa n school of
tho ght were apt to look npon Our colon es
as useless encumbrances They though th s
country ould De better w thout them
Mr Chamborla n ta.ught us better than
that The Boe Wa.r gave us a. gl mpse of
the pos, bIt es of Erup re but that was
noth ng to the d~monstrat on e are rc
ce ng to da)
The Ka ser was gomg to
stagger b man ty
w th h s barbarous
methods and WIth the a d of tho German
m tary mach ne He hlIDsel1 s staggered
not merely by the world s upr 6 ng aga nst
the monstrous Getman doctr nes bul by
the magn ficcnt rally of the Emp r. t o the
defence of the mother cOWltry

n tho sum

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Ba.th road 'nae&la OIl 8wid.a1 _lien
t)Te OJ ODe
of the whee:e band. &od be feU. eM8rely ioiunnJ by
head .Kia DJ1Inea were atileDlIed to at. the Bo)'al
Bork. HOBpft&l

PALACE THIU.'l'ltJS -TIle r~me for next
week no udal! the Im.peria K&nebu 'troupe 11
• Cb n81!16 Nove t1 Aot. Benr_ Bub n b.
W'ODder1u muwcry 01 chi.ld.reo Albct.I.e he
the pop\llar OOmedilrolll and ot.he~ .ttnoti..

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!.fA:roR. 8 BzLJ'E1' FUlm A. roeetlog or the
Ezecnt ve Comlllltt.ee ot the H~ tal Suoday
Parade Cornnuttee was held on WedDee:day eoreD
formed ]8
118 when t wa.s dec ded to hold a parade ,.ad
THE Crv L S'F.rt.VIOE It 16 OfliOlal Y not ft.ed .hoU6e to house coUect on on Sund.,. September
tbat M J badd MSlAtllnt Surveyor of Taxt!s
27 h n .. d 01 the ..boTe ftrOd and t "hoped
R~nd ng, hll8 been transferre3 to the Head tha.t all membera of Fnendl) Trade Bnd ether
Office "London and t.hat he s to be tlucooeded SOClet. tiS v.; ill attend to roue tb. parade a. BUO
at Reading by Mr C W Legge
tran5ferred OMS
The present Committee of the Hosp tal
10m BnstoI
Parade are requested t.() attend a meet DB at 19
Bndge street on We!dDeBday Dext September
G W R Th 8 company

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RUDum -The Bead 08
Boroug Pal co hDTe this week arre.sted th~
Ge mans
Th() firSt arrest wh oh took place
on Tuesday "'&8 th.t of JohlWlDcs Ramm who
ALLEGED SPIEl!! IN

had repnse.nted to the pol oe tbat be w-.a •
bookkeeper out of work
When be reg st.cred
h msel! at ~be polioe trt.at OD he told the offie. II
that he had Dnh been DRead nsz: three months

Inqull' es how.ver pro'Ved tbat he had been n
thIS count. y fOf two yea.re lhat dunns tha t
tme h o had p. d no fewer thlUl leven ". ts to
Ge man y A:ld that he hlld followed no oceupa
bon a nce h& bad been n this country
He ap
peared to be n ery good c rcumstanoe! Ind
appa.rcntly hflU plenty of mODev
Dur ng the
past few weeks he had bee.n kept ander oh!erva
t on by the po ce and appeared to ha e been
part eu at v ote Cited n the movemen II of he
troops n the -ne ghbourhood
1t W&a found that
he had been try ng to eommun cOote w b Get
many v a: neutraJ t-erntory
Ramm who wu
a relted by Detect c Be ieant Wa tenl aDd De
t eet va Hende.<iOn wa, handed over to bo aul
h.
au ho
ef! - Ou Wednesda} morn ng D e
teot ve Se geant Wa. tare and Det.ect e Hende
son 6 cflted Edward Beckman Itond G tal' Pa 11
",nd ba.nded them 0 er to the m ta.ry aut.bllntiel'
Tho foro gDel'fi were unable to R ve flat 5faetory
an '" e 5 to be quest anoS put to them by
be
d~ ect e ot6oel'6
and were cons derl'!d to bfI
~ Mns
dangeroul!I to be St& e
Paul had
on y been n the town a. few days

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We were to d that at the first blast of
war 0 r Eop re n Ind a wo Id fa I
fr o n u s lnd a has g ven the 1 e to that
n no unm stakable fash on Tho st.o y of
t he a d of t ne nat ya pInes and ru e!5 S
a most ] ke 60me wondrous tale of the
Arab an N ghts redol ~n t pf the Ea,t in
ts r cl n ess colou ng and mage fieenee
No wo nder the House of CommoDs was
moved as t bas never been moved before
Ind a offers the first and largest m I tary
fo ce of Br t sh a,nd Ind an troops for
} Drape tnat bas ever left
P necs afre t heIr p e sonal er
n ee n the fie rl whi st one RaJah offers
al I possess
b x Mahara.Jahs a e CO il
to fight for us a.nd 70000 men
l ps thousands of horses as re
n a unts p ate JewelIery a d pr ate
trea
cs <Lnd e en caDle s ~ th d vers
aro offered 1 rom beyond the borde s of
Ind a come offers of pe~soDal ser ce The
Da a Lama, of T bel has offered I 000
troo115 and p ayers for the Br t sb Army
It should make tl e heart of every Engl sb

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REGRmTlNG IN READING
'I he warn 0

pa.trio 8m 1C'h ch , a~p a go 0

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oountry hew; not paaM R6a.dini by and e ~"'Y day
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a.nd a.1tb.crugh dol&. n reg'LSt.Cnng the tlaltW!'ll 0 a
thoe.~ who a. e IIU:cJOUS .0 en 1St 18. oidoo as much as
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make them csoJve to be full y vortl y of
the great trust and bJOtbc r y sp r t d.
p ",yed

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Genera F ench despatch
y of State fnr " . •
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TI e
fa ce was se nt to the post of honou
Northern F anCD to he Jelt of the \
Fa ces Our com nander as to d t Ltt n
h s f ant we e p obab y two a rmy co ps
and a. d v s on of ca. aIry
H e va
qu ck y undece ved Army co ps a te
co ps ;{"a~ brought p aga n t h m
gethcr w t h a. huge bod of cava
our armv w thstood the to T Bc
slaup:ht w tho t matena1 ass stan ce f om
t e Frenc
In langer of be nn' 0 e
whelmed nay Bu rroundea tl c kept the
foe at bay not all y prevent ng them5elves
f om be ng c shed bu t protect llg he
fla.nk of the All ed A mj and a] ow D C';> t m
for the F ench t.o meet no rna. ch on Pa 5
In al the ach c-vements of the E g sh
none can allk g Crtte tha n t b
u rae e that the fa ce escape I and
we know noVi as was more tha.n once
5 spccted
t "as n co 5 de a bl e dan ge
~ ro n th s despatch we can H so gatl e r thaL
t e force of the Ge man attack throug
Belg rn was great y under ated and t
needed al the t n e ga ned by the I'lt boorn
and hero e r es stance of a r men to eform
the French I ne conform ng w tJ the I s
pos t on of the German troops Now iha.
ba been accomp shed the All d Fo co
a.re anab cd to p s h the Germans back
S r J ohn heneh deeply deplores the very
sor ous losses vh ch the B t sl forces ad
suffered but as he says they were .n
e tab e n v ew of 11e fact that the B t sb
A my on l two days after a concentrat on
by raJ. was called UpOjl to w thstand a
v gorous attack of five German army corps

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B!:R.lI:s AoRlCl1t.Tt71t.AL A.sSOClATIOY

Commtttee of thlB Society hu d.ec ded to abandon for
,.ear a.ll compet t.iOllS tor horses cattle sheep'
Plg8 Corn a d 1001:.5, but the 'Plou hin, ma.tcb win
be held a.t Ha.D. Pt.ca Ya.rm Hurmy OIl Thurllda1

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Oet-obor la~ when pnzell W II be glWJD D &Jl the usual
classes for &g cultural 1a.bou.ren .,ntriee tor which
c 08e to-da.y (Sa.tarda.:n. LievL-Co cue! Sir William
C. n:rton G C. V 0 -C.B lta8 intimale<i to loI, J
He be to Humf er _(bOlt eeere~I'Y: that t. ...ill plOaee
hUi M.a.jest:r the ~ng to withhOia the tweDt,. gu ttea
cup for thia yO&r ... desired by the ComDllt.ta6, a.nd
furUler trnt.es
'JIb! K DR' • paUiltul tor the k ad
m....g<> 01 I.,.&lty aDd d..oIJ .. IJ'OUllho membera of
Ib~ R...I _
lIorb q.....1ur&1 ""'....t 0. &.d
hopes the tIme W U !SOOD am.e wh&a .. lil'Nr eup mIo1
aga.m: be preeeGted

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N...'nOlC.u. RBuu FmlD.-The Rector of 8 chNter
the Be B C Het.4er ngton) lumouDCed bat tile
amount collected
SiJcbMte.r Church n aid of
H R.H Pnnoe of W.a1. a FuDd ... £14 9L lOd
wi¥ch bu been forwa.rded to tho Tre....er of th

Fund

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AlonrAL P.utocat.u. 'l'aA ~ Friday Ule 4th
througb the kia.d Ul" t.at.ion of :HI'&. Thorold at 8 I
ob~r aan the "omen of 8 cheau a'~11 mot to.
Jl'6tb~r and apent .. mMt enJoyabl. altenroon Tb.
eY6.Dt make. a. h&"ppy b.rea.k n tbe 41..11 round of
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ton. h. ~ hefJD
no I 'ar.. le.l~ to Urtl
fnr _ ~k and woae
that mill' he lieD' to th
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of Eng I'fI d
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bl!flD turned Illto a
tal" h all tb~ para
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))bernrJia aecHtary t& the! am.tlu L detr.al The
nun.. wardmaid5 cooU
of the local
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The Ilu",btr of ranah1on~,.. of Hunt
branch of tho \ted C-. Voluntary -' d o.taol
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nUl ..ad mU tap1 'OI'UIII
....nt .re all D readlDeiL The .ea too nD
DOW amouata
incdud Dione Red 0r0M nUNt!
For t.beM .,.alat pr.,..,. aN ofettd a\ ,b. 1'1riIIl \HoI ••, 10 11M ' ' - dolacblllont bav. been bard
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pr.mUDJ III iL doe. tomet.l n.. between on0.8:ftla e!lrta ete -Spt:clal~ aerno. of NNelliQD bn
&ad ane-tourtll of lobe able bod eel men D Ut. P&riIb
been bold &1 tb. .hureb IIOd to.... 01 ..P ......
lrl.now.u. a.u. hx1t . . ··:w u.. the purpcq ot u
til9. hMn MDt fOJ' . . to eYe" Ito.... ~ Uie
liaunl ~11 fand Il.diea of Hunt to tbe- DUmber of Roctor -ft. ,,11... II
p.....otecl io Ill.
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In the House of Commons on Wednesday
the Lora. L eutenant of Monmoutl 5h re
ra Bed the question of the madequacy of
the ar angemcnts faT deal ng w th ec
s
Men he ... d had been h Dr cd to
n ental ca ups and depots whe
berded togelher whe e there
of food a.bsence of pay and
prov 5 on for
ash ng an I san tat on
Tha.t s a cond t on of affa. rs that n a more
01' Jess deg ee
has p eva ed In other
p acAS
1 he ex stIng or~a.n BiLL on 15 tot
a y nsuBic ent to cope w th the g eat u.sh
of ecru ts and t s n ecessary that spec al
measures should be taken to meet t he 5 tu
atlOn
The voluntary organ .sa.t ODs tha.t
have bee.n formed to deal WIth reeru tmg
ought do worse than extend the r scope to
see og that the r own recru ts are proVlded
for until they are dra.fted off

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Mr A'qu tb suggested that publ a bu Id
ngs should be aVailable to de",1 w th emer
gene es "hilst he further stated tba.t re
cru ts who could not be accommodated
wo Id be allowed 3s a day It was also
bated n the House of COmmons that an
order had been BSlled by the "v'ar Office
to officers n charge of d stncts and depots
pomtmg out that they had full powe to
1l111,ke all arrangements necessary for the
comfort of rearUlto a.nd that the War
Oftb. would hold them reepons ble for the
exerc Be of these powers to prevent a con
ttnuanee of the 'numerous complamts which
had been TeC6lved There ought thel'efore
II) futu.e to be no difliculty w th r egard to
rocrulta ~e wa.nt the men and It IB of the
hIghest unport&nce that there should be
no diacour"llement for ttiem to come for
ward or IIny d1al&tUilaction when they have
done 60 o~ to in.llOie ant lLCColDJIlod~
tlon

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