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READING MERCuin, OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBtrRl
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• AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER SATURDAY,

SOOIBTY AlrD l!Bll8OlIAL.

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Esta.blished 1723
RIllADING SA.TURDAY MAR. 18 1916
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We regret tha.t there should be a.ny
necesSIty for ag ta.t on by m8!rr ed men
aga nst be ng c~\led up under Lord
Derby 8 scheme
It 18 now nea.rly eIght
months B nee that scheme was mooted and
sever.a.l months ha.ve ela.psed s noo It was
aetua. y begun a.nd surely there has been
ample t me to deal w th a\l the defect. that
ha e been d sclosed
At !LOy r,,1e t ..
now bee some weeks s nee t was k,ao"n
that tbe y eld of s ngle men from tho c
lIlg up of the groups had been nadeq a
OWlllg to the la.rge number n starred and

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reserved tra.des

postponements and ex

erupt. ons and steps m ght have been taken
earl er to sec fa tha.t a I tI e s ng e n en
who COll d
av ng rega. d to t.be oounbry s

oterest be sparcd should be obt.atnc 1
The Go ernw~ t arc nov. nov n~ n t h s
matter but we wonder whet.her tl e r act on
would be n
ded bv M r L ovd George
n h s too la.te
At any rate a call was
pend ng ulan further gro I s of mar ed
nen and was postponed at the ast
moment. It 5 to be pres med that that
cal would Dever have been ma.de unl ess
the men were rea ly Vi anted and c hope
that the po ponemcnt of t. tll DOt. oper

ate

to

the disad,a.ntage of the

IDen

&1 eady enlisted and to the prelud ce or
tt e war ke operat 005 be og cond cted by
th s country It s a. great m stake eveD
for the sa.ke of Just ce as between man and
man to starve tbe ar n es n the fie d of

n""dlu re nfo cement

We trust that that

not be the outcome of the postpone
.nu ment of the call ng up of marr cd groups
J dgmg by tl e ap~eals of Lords DerbY' and
K tchener n the Ho se of Lo ds on \Ved
De day we fear that the res t w I be to
hamper our forces nless the s nglr. men
ca.n be obtaJned 1\ tho t de ja. or the ma.r
r cd men show the r w II ngness to come
forward
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READING BOARD OF GUARD~S
THE CHAIRMAN S REVIEW
LIQUOR
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TIlE RJlADING REFUGE

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V CI S T u DES OF WE

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YEA

Generally speak ng the news from
font ha.s been more 01 eerf \ the lut fe v
da.ys and we may a,t hwt beg
to hop e
that the 1. n of thn t de a!; begun
O(
fiT6t mportance s t e
llcces f J res st,..
ance of t e Frene a.t Ve d n
We mav
takc t tha.t the eDemy d d not str kc w th
e p;rcat forces at th~ fa. no
F onch
fortress for the f n of the th ng Tt esc
cost y fronta assaults have 0 or a.nd
aga pro ~d to be m staken
a.nd
eDem
ould not I a ce ected
SacT ficed thou,ands
pon tho
mon un css mpe a.t e ne ass ty had de

manded

and the great battl e of Ve dun

nay po e to he onc of 1.1 t n ng no ts
of the n.
st a.s the Battles of the
Ma e and Ypres were
We a.re Rpt to
cred t the enem y 't\ t g cate powers than
he ea l possesses
Samet mes- n pes
n s1. c n ood people a e apt to he seop
t eft. of good fo t n e con ng to 0 r arn s
to beJ eve '\\ hat the Gorma.ns wo Id a:ve
s be e e that they a e nv nc b e that
tbe Gel' nan hosts are nexhaustlble a'lld
that t.1 e ha e ample s ppJ es fo yea. s of

war and most rnportant of aU thev are

al a.yR look n~ fa

the next Ge man blow
That s one of the advll.n ages of the ill t a
t va a.nd rea.lly the attitude a gl t to be
~here are we to st ke the Go n ans next
The Germans ha.ve been a.s succ.essf 1 a.s
thev have not because of the super or ty
of the nd VIdual German over I". adver
sarv b t beca.use of the r nrepa.rat 0 S

and the lores ght they ha e shown
we be l eve we ha.ve now a.rn cd

B t

a,t the
stage ong foreseen
Go many has a.bout
done her worst a.nd Verd n '6 the last
grea.t attempt a.t whatever cost to seeu e
some dec s on n the West The battle n !l.V
ot yet b e over but there R good re.ll.&a n
to hope that the worst ha.s pa.sed W el1
'We turn to other d !'ect ons there s m }
to encour&~e Turkey B suffer llJr at the
bands of the Rusll a.ns and the B Q'1I.r ans
seem n none too ha.pnv a. ea.st The nter
nal cond t on of Gerrnanv s grow n~
worse and the v1l.lue of t.e mark s
Ilraduallv fa. J n!7( n fore 'In countr es B t
1I.lthough aff'a. ra havp- taken It t rn for the
better we cannot afford to A ha.te a lot or
t ttle of our preoll.rat ons \Ve 1n at can
t nue to p t forth every effort n o r
power and I we do th s t here 5 Ilood r ea.son IDr B T'I""oS: Tlg tnat B b tantila.l
a'TeSR mav be Jna.de th s V'ear and the
of the wa.r be n s ght a year hence

Arth ",.
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J H Ben:von
hR.S been A eeteri eha rman of the Be ks
Co nty Coune 1 n success on to S r
Robert Mowbrav No one more nchly de
ser cd the hono T Mr Benvon ha./\ made
an adm Ta.h e offie al leader of the county
and we BiTe sure that he w I be as con
Rp c OUB y sucoC8sf I n h R new post as he
has been n the offioe of Lord L euten"'Tlt
and numerOUR other h gh pos tons
Mr
Benyon ndertak .. h s new d t es at a
most d flie It t me but no onB ,. more
8.8S d ous n carry nil 0 t h !:'I p hI ('! work
Rond rcs dents n the co nty may he
a .!.sured tha.t th~ nest
llterests of
•
W~FOLD
the
county
WIll
be
safe
n
h !II
ha.nds
Ampng the manv office!! Mr
sm ROBERT HERMON HODGE S jlON
Benyon fills A tha.t"'Of pres dent of Un ver
WO,,-:fDED
&1ty College Rea.dlD~
'In nronos ng h s
eleotlon &t the Court of GovF!rnors on
L e t.eo&nt Leona.rd SL Lf8&: HMIDOQ Bodge
S&t rday the M&yor of Read nf( referred ard Ba.t.tal.i01'l GJ'fIDadier Gui.rd& e6T&Iltb and
to the grf'llt.t rlebt of gr& t uh'l t hft 00 elle ounges ~ IIOD ar S r Robert ud Lady H.rman
owed to Mr Benvon ~nd the mmense Hod~. h.u ""'" .... nded 10 .be "lbI .". ond
amount 01 t me and thought be g&ve to the head
by .., JW!CIiI\.PIoI bomb upI<>olon I.ieuloo
work of all the eemmlttee. connected WIth anI Hermaa.Hodp . iloDdlliOD Ia .. oot O&t!sf....
t The oolleR6 1 ke other tnst)tut ons s tory
110 ng through " very dilBcult tim. just ;;;;~==="'"...""'''''''''''......
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~uld&noe and w th tile &1d 01 the Ren.rous
frl,nd!l wbo ht.vo stood by t III tb& Pllst
It "'1I OOIIIe 8uco••afully th~o~ thia paned
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PArt: SH COUNOIL A meet n8 of tb@ pansh
oounC11 was heW n tho Schoolroom 4'\ T esday
when there wore preMnt The RIov R Bllgllall
Somer
oba.irma.n) MMI!!l'6 W T Adamfl W
ton W Ro ph and I! W ng The m nu~. 01
tho nllt moot ng were read and 11 gneel
The
elm rmaon eftd.. etio from he Cfitate agent of
S Fran ill Burdett. agree n~ to allow .. l>&thway
to thfl a.lln menta (I be U Jed tho couaoiJ ta t-J
• quit !'eDt 01 h Del" "ftar The ofl'er .., unlDI
mow, aooeptect IJ\d .. eomtlllttee ... appo1PlNi
00 WI'UlIlt' hir the required ptre Me &hI') eo... or
,.me to be deb k.d to the diltrit't Munell

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