Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 10-1914

READING MEItOORY. OXFORD GAZETTE. NEWBURY HERALD. AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24. 19140

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READING SATURDAY OCT 04, 1914.

The news which we a..re vouebsaJed from
the sea.t of wa.r te Is us of the steady progross 01 tbe Allies
An6ther
brilliant
I t t c scrap a..s The Times termed the
Hel goland .f! .. r has taken place of! tbe
Dut-eh coast and resulted m the s nking of
a. the four Germa.n destroyers engaged.
'lh s a.nd the prev QUS naval engagement,
sl ow that n tile a.bove boud figbtlng our
Navy s wol abJe to bold ts own If t 1 aa
suffered the s mgs and arrows of outrage
ous fortune from the enemy 8 submarmcs
t • booause n the work of patrol our
sk os are exposed to da.nger from which
the enemy 8 free because be keeps his
sh ps safe y n port. In the land fight ng
tbe A hes have done very welL Slowly
but sure 1 the Germa.ns are bemg dnven
back at all po nta
It s part cul",rly grat
ify ng to note that the Belg an forces ha e
no, a Iy • ccooded Ul esca.p n~ I am Antwerp but still reta.in the r fightmg orgam
snt on a.nd mora;le
Thev have put up a.
stout figh over a. long 1 ne w th a. arge
bod of Gem ans and have more than
held the r own

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BEADIliG TOWN COUl'(CIL.

W4'l'Ea.r..Oo GA.LL•• T'-On

the .. rternoon of the 16th i.Dilt a.nother fine
gt<UDonlione ree ta
fI ~"eD at MesSle H k e
and lliekie. 8'61"y 103 FnD.Nltreet wben
about .. dOlen famous ems we e prc~e:ated
aa.ah on a. separate n.trument the mollt m
portant be DB Borodia IJ !ODS
Print:le Igor

A meetin, of be ltead 118 Town CaUDell wu
~eJd 00 Thursdav enD DS when there were pre
...1 th. Mayor \A denll" C G Fold) the
Deputy Mayor A d"nn~ J W Martinl. A der
men P ..rfltt Rid ey Cox
Cb.ivcn
'Dryland
Muon a.nd Bull and COW)elUon ~'yward 'Ven
ner Dr G S Abrlltll E JacUoQ Frame Ei.h
teen E P Co J e
Ramon Fa.rrer lbke

Rod aDd WECo or Childs Sar'leant lIh... ,
E M Sut on But er L G Su tan W.JteH

Howe

Norns Dormer Staoev W&tt! Turner

Glbbone G J LeWl5 Adey W u er
SpMkfI Q eI hand NewbcrT

Moring,

from .. record of Cb.uapmt'l the grl'!atr RU61 ltD
bus and
My a n folk
Mdme C arlt. Bot)
Mr George C R eb.a.rd8on Jo Read ng bantone
e.n~
Up flom Somerset
Sanderson ~ th
,;neh ac etlta.~e thst be Vi $.a en(!:o d
Messrs
H Ok::iB a e. lC'\) uridOrst&l'ld arranS DS an e on
IDg ree tal for tlwe:s of thtnr !)&trons who

not well attend n the afternoon.

L.l.Dms Co'O'NTY CLUB Th ~ club :s 'OOW' re
IS tig
t ba.. ng been re formed a.t 10 CrOISIS
frl"zeet about a ~ Ago f om be memoers of ..

organ

arger cub preVlously held

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Tbe

~t eet C ob s eOllvep entJy .s U&ted be
tween the atat. on aDd the sbops t hns a. 8 00d
memoonh p but twenty De", members .. e 0 be
Cl'O/J!

added of whieh Dmnber half .. e a. ready e eet.ed

and he club b ds Ct.lr to be .. grut flUOCes!.,
MIss F FE II Cu UfllE:& CO~CERT8. The Comm ttee have thought t.av sab fI to poetpone the
til tumo eer ell until the J)l"Ment ert3 II.
!'II
put
Due notjco w U be pven of the da.tes when fixed

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TR!FALFAR DAY IN READING
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S r Robort Mowbray also gave a rem n
der as to tbc duty of tb s country towards
he Belg an relugees who are com ng over
n nCl"eas ng n mben w th no mea.ns of
ob a. n ng Bubs stonee The debt wb ch we
owe to "Be -gla.DS can never be repa. d and
t c east we can do 5 to OJ t Jlate the
ot aceo Ci ~ to 0
mea.ns
Tough no
p blie a.ppeal has been ssued a sum of be
twen £600 or £ 00 has been contr buted to

t he Belg an Relief Fund

Ul

Read ng and

a 0 er the distr ct a. great deal s bemS'
done towards hous ng these people and
prov drop; them w. th the neecssar 6S of
exJ.ste.oce

The Oblef Oonotab!e of Berksh re Y"'Jor

Pou on 'Presented a. report to the JustIces
at the Quarter Sess OOS on Monday as to

tho

format on of

the

Pol ce

Spec "I

Re:;erve Th S DOW Dumbers 4 000 of wh cb
500 are to he Sworn n for duty
Those
gent eruen who ha. e come fo ward to help
n thh ma.tter [l,Te to be congra.tulaood on

the r publ c 'p r ted ""tlOn
How nece'
OIL y s the r he p s shown by the fact that
although", large number of the pol ce
foree ha.ve been ca.ned up a s rC'3erv sts a.
umbel' of ext a dut es have devolved upon
the 'Pol oe suob as the cont nuous wa.~h n~
of tbe ma.m b dgM over the Thames and
a lwa.y nes tbe req s tlon of tbe 'Police
he m 1 tarv a.nthor t ~R fOl" mobiliza.

purch...," of hor'es veh clo, and b I
ng and the no.t nil' and d .tr but on of
y orders The reg Btra.t on a.nd w&teh

ng of

J\

ell enem es has added othe

m

, or ;tnt dut es
The aS5 stance of the
sp C 80J con tablM s therefore a.
ery
a\u(bblE': one aud thoae who ha.ve volun
tee red to help l.D th s respect are perform
Db' no mean serV]ce to tbe r country
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The proceed ng. on Read ng Sehool
Speech Da.y were "f more than or.d nary

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PUBLICA.TIONS
nterest th s ,.ear for advantage was t&ken
of the oeca' on to nduet the new be&d
n a.ster who however w II not take up h s
The followmJ: two bockt b&n ~
Th. _
of tho Roof by Harold BiIldJ_
net vo d t.. nt the end of the year
To Yr Keeton WI 1 fall the ta.k of Iaunoh &00 Sir Vmoeot. Pa.w.nt b". HeadOll Hi
Wud Look &nd Co. \vaTW '" H.....
lDg tbo ono schoo! scheme It w II be I1n M.....
Sa.habury-equ&.re E C &l'f'II tb8 puh iaheM.

arduous fond exact ng one but Mr Keeton
PJU1; 1" 0 9 of the
W'" Budgot..
ke pUt. iI'I
e not appa. ad a.t the prospect H 8 con
cout.a.ine urth& IJp oodid illastnuaco and
ildonce S fib own by the fact that he s alleS,
photo(OTapb$ ftIIat.lng to ~
nclud OR"
Ttk.
lea.'Vimil: a flood p'ost to take p an ,ppomt Bom~ &I1d Fall of Antwerp
The .Fl1JJht
TIent tha.t he does not re~&rd as a. tempol' from bo HUM n Bel,r urn
Iond Tho WelOOlDe

w.

ary one Several d ,t ngu sbed old boys
came toO g ve the new reg m8 a bleBS ng
one who caod dly cODfesAed that be. was
~a. nst the

am&'Wam&t on
The ~eat
th ng a now to pu1) together to m&ke the
new order .. 8UC'l!l~' and It will help a
long way f tho ala lioyo roily round the
sch",,! and e"<!....~onz to Dl&lJ\M.Ul the old

trad tiOnlJ

o the London Sootti.b.

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