Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 12-1915

READING MERCURY,

OXFORD GAZEm, :NEWBURY HERALD, AND BERES COUNTY P!PER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915

OF THE c.E,M.S,
]lEA DING FEDERATION
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READING NEWS

A HUT TO BB PaovtDliD AT TO FRONT.

The late Mr H D Greene

Ca.pt..'lln J S Henderson. Ch ef Constable of
:Re udmg ho.s been nol. tied by the W&r Office
tha.t all men unde. h s comma.nd who are of null

K Cone t me

Conservat. ve cand da.te for BeadlDS
vruned at .£167 076
LoRD

RMDING

the reqUBBt of the

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'l'H'E

left

estate

TREASURY - A t

Pr me M n ster

and

the

READING

TOWN

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COUNCIL

TWYFORD

THE KENDRfCK MI\STERS

tary age are to be attested and placed on the ChanceUor of the Exchequer Lord Readws B
V ns the geo.ter pa.rt of h s t me to
rre~sury
but t.hat thcv '" 1 nOL be cal ed up for gbus
t!55
6Crv ce nthout b s consent The Borough F4'lrC6
Reser e
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now 44 m(ln

th the Co

or 39 per cent of ts sLreng b

OUI'S

Honour to wbom honour IS due
Potts of tbe Ber ks Yeomamy s
to be th e first Read ng man who
the coveted V ctor a Cross

He s sa d to

bo tho th rd Berksh ro man ;vho has won
t • d I' the first Yeoman to ill t It IS
fltt og therefore that the Borough of
R ead ng and t he B erks County Te rr tor 801
ASROC at on
should
n to m recogn s ng
th e COD6p C UD 6 bravery a.nd d ev-ot on to a
wounded comrade sho"" n by Trooper Pott-s
n the Galhpol Pen ntmla Greater love
hath no man than th s that I c sho d b e
ready to lay down h s I fe lor h s Ir end

Trooper

Potla has earned Imper shahle

fam e

and h IS dee d and tl e honoul" ng of
t tS no"" record ed n the annals of Read
ng Long 11 a.y he I vo to cnJoy tl c d st n c
tIOn conCe rred upon him by hlS Save e gn
a 1 to r est I s c cs upon the casket COD
ta nLng th e eulogt m of h s nat ve to,,"
M aj h s noble exa TIl Ie be followe d by b s

breth re n

of

R eading

and

Be ksh re

Troope P otts s a modest nan No d oubt
as 1 c sa d the r e a.re ma.n who perCo m
d eeds of alour wh ch
11 eve be kno ~ n
n t h s wor d Tl e ga ant
of tl e Berk
81 TO men n part cuJar w
n e er I h f

told

We ha e yet to get the I II sto Y

of that wQnderful cl argo of the Btl Bark
Let 5 lop e th:a.t one day t w 11 b e worth ly
told Not even the most rec kless o f I cop C
COll d shov. anyth ng
rna c contempt b le
of leatl tha.n the 8th Berks n tl at no
able r sb n the last gra.nd effort on
Vi estern fr ont

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DEF~NCE

a.nO J ff CI\
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\ S COO EEH Cnpt..n. n
Co mma.nd'l.n t

--u-Preparali ons are no ~ be ng made by the
ChlllCh for obse v ng the first day of the
New Year as a. day of prayer and the

OROWTHORNE

Archb .hop of Oantorbury has expressed
the hope tha.t other reI gw s bod es w 11
JO n I t s not proposed to put forth any
now spec 801 fra.yers tor the oeeas on but
the b shops 0 the var ous d Deeses are mak
suggest ODS to the r cler~v as to st.eps
CH R s~ lIAS
T HBl. ~ G A..;n TUDOR s
A novel
t~g be taken beforehand
The severa.l littlo den. s 0\\ 1.D TU"Mt ce a.t Messl"S Hem nS'
NODconformlst bodies a.J e a.lso movmg n and Tudor 5 of the St.atton Raad Rea.d ng, where
the matter and tbe Free Cbu ch Council every read;!: made tem such a.s Costumes Dre6Ses
.E'urs etc
hu.!"; a. spec al reduced
ng a comm un ca.t on to ts members Bldusl?S
Chn~tma.s CLLTd l'r. eo Ticket thus a.fi'ord ng an
from the observa.nce of Ja.nuary 1st excellent opportumty of secunDg cxeluSl e novel
tb~ A'rchblo&hop of CanterbuTl has fore
B6 a.t reduced l'nccs
For spoo al ordors Ladioe

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WAR H OSPITA

SUPPL

DEPOT - : rh o

thorne and

S.n.ndhnr
Wa.r HMp tn.1 .suPP)
DepOt cont nnes to bo 'WeI s pported
a d a.
lArgo Dumber of \\orkers assemble three t.lDlCS n.
week m the OdctfeUo", HAll
vh ch ha
hl!e
lcindlv lent for t.he purposo Up to tho }l:'ese n
t me the fl um of £333 has been rece ved or he
purcha.se of ma.ter-lB-ls 0 the Fr dllJ n cacl
week boxes of hosp ta rrou I; -e.s ~ e d spatched
to the Kens oS aD Of pOt whence they a.re Ee L

off a.t once to hose

hOSD

tn.ls where t ey nrc mo t

urgently needed both a.t b mo an<l. abroad

SA.:.E OP WORK -The [lUlluu.1 8:we or york or
of discnm nat:ing taste. can ot do better tha.n
ava I t emsolves of Messrs Hem DC a.ud rudor's g1l.lW800 by M 8!1 Bo} e was held nn Thursduy
se v ces fl e r Cutto s n. d l! tters have the ad Jut week -at the Iron Room when about £46
6-F"
wee realised. Th s SulD w II be d v ded between
na.tlDn 8 Spl a. scale such as has never yet va.ntage of the best West End expenence and the
M S!lO Rod R.ed. Cl'OII6 F-.l d
'1 he st.al
the! est mates 11m pnrticularly noderate com
S

owed a.n orgaDised movement for the
dhadAnem.ng
and strengthenmg of the
ntual 1 fe
Th s novement

b ~ ~:()~~

or contemplated

a,

movement pa.ra.t vely

e~ndIDg through a1 the c tIes towns and

villat:e.

of the l&nd..

w th such SOTVlC08 ~ I oy are still
mau tairung thmr po cy of t"tlta rung all of th61r
h.a.nds t.hro~hout l,.b.ese diffi.cult times
W .... U

"holders were LaJ} E Chichester Mrs RUD
t.er M1'3 C ltorat.er Mn. Sharpe the M '"8e9
Wheelar F~OOD P~e La.\" c and other...

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Modern ~uipm8Dt throughout Motor n....
for 'Ii uDoral, at any dllltance Eatlmat.e. on ,..
quest. ValW\honl for I robate
ltonumot.lltaJ
Muonry
YourmDl:. Telepbo.oe. *1 Nil...
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