Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 02-1916

'READING

OXFORD

LA.TEST INTELLIGENCE.
LO~fDON

FalDAY

COlrNTY PAPER.

P C Hollo said he found the men 60 helplessly
lrunk that I c had to ohbnn a c~rt to bnlll them
mto W'Ok ogburn

BABIBG8TO][11

FEBRUARY

OXP01D

Supenntendent Goddard ,tatOO thut
men were boongl t n they were both u,"'o"",;ou_,
and ono war; n such a bo.cJ stde that
(or tI 0 doctor Thill murDlnll they su d .U". c_'uu
ODO hnfl g ven them a bot~le of wlutlky
Anto 1 l..:ooPf'<r 0. Canadian u.nd pnvate
4-'1th Hlltllnr del'S (also n the hasp tal)
gu It) to gt 1 g to tho abo e-namoo

\ JaIT 01' TDK BUHoP 01' (J'UILD:roaD - The Biabap
of GUlldford apent Sunday in Buiuptou. He
took the IS 0 clock celebration of the lIolr Com
uuo on ani at tho same time dodleated a DMI'
SerVice Book In memo" of the late Mr W C lb
fro n s lardsh P pl"Ulcbed morning .nd Meninl to
large COnKr~!Ltiol1s And oddreued the children 1ft
the nftt'rTIoon On Wt'dnesd,,) afternoon he .. toontran: to ~he J)cfm ce of t!he Reu,lm
ten It!<l. a meeting oC the Rurldeeanal Conrerenee
PC Jtol£e i'ltated that he snw prisonor n"!~r_!n,, I llod d scuRi:4etl With the members t he arranpmenbl
men w tl n wh skv bottle 0 :n s poekot
for hlFl proposed ,; s t to all the parish .. ID the
J..egg pro ed M'lhng Cooper (who Willi 10
deo~ry I e:d ",mmE'lr
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clothes) 8. bottle or wh kv
Ihe eha rmlln sa 1 the oO'enec wn~ n ,;erv .. MocUSJ
one nnd m ght have eausod the death of the men
BABINGSTOKE GAS COMPANY
Had Cooper boot! n. c I nn he would hn.V8 been

EVE~lNG

CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
PARIS OFFICIAL

Cannonada cant nued with less vlolance in the
region north of Verdun
The tlnemy did not
dBI ver any attack aaainst our posltlonl during
the nluht We establ shed ourulves upon. IInti
CI
es stance ora an sed behind Qeaumont on the
he !II 15 oxtendlng to the ealt ot Champneuv IIti
south of Ornet
We auln fired upon enemy
wo Iu n region of Cheppy Woads In Arg,nne
there was Intflrrolttent artillery aetlvity betweert
Malancourl and the left bank of the Meuse

Yen severply 1 unIslied
be d ~aha rsOO

All three prisoners \\ould

SInce the war bepn. more aDd more
people have UIed PlD'ltaD

111' They

THE KAISER S REHEARSAL
PARIS

Frday

'jJ I'Ound

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ITALIAN FRONT

ordrnary _PI

Use WIse economy at thtl time

WOKINGHAM
IUlSDi\.Y
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KURDS DESERT THE TURKS

D~fo

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COUNTY

\

M Sturges Esq

nn 1 H (

THE LlCEN SING QUESIION

Athens d spateh states
taused ;'tmong Tu kish offic als owing
that Kurdish ch 81& a tI aid ng the
advance n Armen a and r.cfule pay
wa tontr but on

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STRJ:NGEJ>,"r

NHV eIRe IiI AR

THE MOEWE S CAPTURES
Llflyd 5 Tener ffe messalle stahs that taptalns

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BOROUGH BENCH

In the Westburn repori that the r VlSse s wertl
sunk between the South American coast and
Fo nando de No onh:l between January 16th

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lnd February 9th

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FRENCH KINDNESS TO REFUGEES
PARIS Fr day
A S:tlon ka tele-g am saYi that Genera Sar
ra has placed arge quant t " of flour and r t:I

COMMERCIAL

INTl!LLIGEIfCE.

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rO~DO N

at the d spolat of Gruk retuutla!l trom Mace
don a and As a M nor who are n a terrib e
5tata of dost tut on

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KF.T

LAMBOURN

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DEATH OF SIR GEORGE MARTIN

PROTEST AGAINST AERIAL WARFARE

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GERMAN VESSEL RETU RNS
LISBON

Funchal

FRENCH HONOURS FOR TlIE
BERKSHIRES
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ro 10 ng nB-II'l(!S 01 loc:\.l nt.e.Te6t. appea-r
c L t of honour.> hc~t.owed by the Preti'ide L

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WINTRY WEATHER

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Cotpcr.U Henry W lli ru Ca.st1o Ro~ 0.1 I eM
Arttllery Yo ho B~id he 1 ad boe throug} severfl,l
e gngementti and been g3S.'lC 1 W:l6 charge.d
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be ng 8Jl absentee from M Hord Cnm
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romg .a, d "a8 remn ded to awl&. t a.n escort
WRDNE5DAY February 23rd -(Before the Mayor
and olher Just ccs)

od at the commencement. of the week over an
incl of snow fell on WednMda.y n ght dunng
'!Vb ch there were -about four degrees of frost
.. d th'8 Thursday rught. Snow agw.n feU hea.vily
W

vesterday afternoon and evenmg

~n.OOURINO LIQUO&

SONNING

CYOLlSTS FUlED

BONNING GOJ..F CLUB.
---+-!A team 01' goUet'S from the Royal FlfUllf Co~lI
played a ser 05 of matc.has on tlie Bonrung Golf
Course w th members ropra;;.enting tho!! club The
r~ulttl Weft) lUI follow!!, _
S ngles.
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CAP" Webb I '- ~ RoIhweil lInolam, 1
II R Sehe l 1
J HaU 0
A M&a."Ullurn, 0 A "
DellDe 16 _~ ...... _
C&'Ptairi A zlewood 0 F W H.~
H ~ 0 MEllinger 1
H HOod; 1 J S Henshaw 0
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COUR I

SnURD \Y Februnry 19t1 -(Before
and J N Pall Esq)

In common w th the rest of the country w n
Lrv weather hBS preva.Iled n Reading and dis
t.r ct. dun.ng t.l e week Follow ng a. b tlarly cold

Maudsla1 (80m ng)

IS

more than
use the leap

PURITAN
SOAP ....

-e G A 'V at,c;on Ef.IQ (Cbu. r
J Macke
F:>q ( ' ce-Chu rm )
I rsk c Esq 1 D 'M I field., Esq

Tribuna

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that •• ve. Ita COlt m the cIothea at lava. Ule

ROM E Fr day
Ital an steamtlrs
ft s off ca y stattld that
conveyed acron the
s nee
m d Detlmbe
A hund ed other vel
Adr at c 260 000 men
The
St s transported 1S 000 tons of material
n nltun
attacks sunk
1I'I@[l Y submar nes
n
three sma stearne s wh e three hostile sub
mar es were lost

to news

pro".

The .avlng In the clothes
the COlt of the soap.

ITALY S WORK FOR THE ALLIES

lliarm s

the, h...

It I' the OI..M Oil In Puritan Soap
wlllch .alle. tA. clothu.
II no

ROME Thursday Nluht
Offic al The entlmy artillery displayed pa,
tltula act v tv aoa nIt pOSitions on
Monte
P ana w thout cauSIng damage On the htlighb
north west of Gort a hestlle groups approached
the Itat an I nn and commenced
throWing
uphyx ding gas bombs
Thl Infantry and
batte y f re repulsed them
There hive been
heavy snow falis along the who e front

A

10 beelU..

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oops
SNOW ON

hive done

Soap.

out wbat thou_. mew before,
wbat . - can
to-d.y If you Will.
tIuot Porit... !Io!p _ _ !be dDt.... from
wuh cley weer
teer

The 1"8t t Paris en states that the Kaller
.ner a serle5 of war counc II ardend the treops
to dtl va a kn!)ck out blow against Verdun
Th e Ka sa himStiIf ar Ned at the last moment
and nave ordlrs for a rehearsal
n which the
t oops operated as f n the prtlsenc8 .t an enlmy
Thl attack was tarried out by thl f1nut of Gar
man t

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Kate Goffe of Twyford lIummoned fo;r
~cycle Without I ghts OD the Londan o.--~-;··.7
Twy!ord on the ] 1th lD~t did not anllwer
IIBnt a letter
PSI t::rce stated the facts and a fino or 58
was Imposed
George Stnderbury of Fmchamr.tea.d who had
pnth at that place on F.ebruar) J2tl also failed to
been summoned for ndtna: a bicyc e upon t.he footap_r
P.C. Gnn "lUI the w toees and sald the road
l
WB3 In Rood condltion for oye IDg
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WOUNDED

SOLDIERS

Fredencil: Woodbridge (22) lo.bourcr who I ad
f. led to 8urrender to b:\- 1 tJ e pre lOU~ d&y
pleaded g Ilty to &0 offence under t1 e Derel en
of the R6aim Aot He abln 00 t'AO boUles of
beer fro 0 & publ c bouse
no 1 took bi em to
wounded soldicn r:ro n the Red Croes HWip tal
He "''IS 8snt(jnced to a month 8 mprll'.!onme t

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