Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 03-1917

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READING l\IERCURY,

m"'RALD. AND BERKS COUN1'Y
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Prud~ntiill JlS$,uriln~~

timit~d. LATES'!' INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON

ChIef Office: HOLBORN BARS, LONDON.

FRIDAY

EVENING

CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
PARIS OFFICIAL
Our detachments occupied a number of points
In advance of our n~ batween Avra and Olse

Wo took a score of prison,!'! Enemy Co.UPi de
ma n near Caur firs Wood and Chambrettul Farm
failed

The

Pebt Pari len

PARIS
specltJ representative
Brltl~h

at Am Dns telegraphs that the

t ohtenln!] to Ind Bapaume

griP Is

Th. Brit sh Com

mander now knows that hI) can b, In the town
at the time Indlc3.tBd by him In

the

devolop

ment of h s strategic plans
COPENHAGEN
M Brantlng leader of the: Social Democratic
Pa ty docl n r~5 that the Oppos tlon cannot agree
to the Prom er roma n ng In power and th.UI
be ny permlttod ana n to prevent
agreemlnt
w th 8r h n
A
Offie al

~

At

RAID AT WESTGATE
530 this morn ng an

hutilo

aerotJ ane dropped som<l bombs at Westgatt
There were no casualties and the matnr 1.1 dam
aile WII5 sl gilt The Cantral News correSflelflient
says that twelVe to fourteen bombs were
dropped A fell on optn vround

THE RUSSIAN

OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT

LONDON CORN lI.ARKET

I'!r..!LLED
Socond Lioui.onant J \ Grl\'V
iieoood L outena.nt J {\ Ncu.lQn MIddlesex Rogt..
e.ttd. .RQyu.l Berka Rcgt
DIED OF WOUNDS
L Cpl A G Ed ... a.NI! 12895 (L:Hor; Grove N W )
I Cpl C. Rutter 21818 (lhatcb:loO 1
I Sgt R. R ralbot 36938 (Newark)
Pnvat.o J... 13M/! 36243 (Sa\\ bndgcwonh)
PRl!,VLY REP'fD \;QUlIIDED NOW REPTD.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Socond l.i&LltCni'lnt A B rcl
PREvL Y REPTD WOUNDED AND MISSL"\G
NO\\ REPrD DIED OF WOUNDS
Pmate G 11 Brown ng 20460 (Hood ng)
WOUNDED
Ca.pta n A A H tfll1nbury Spa.rrow D S 0
0 "'1 1M. n H Jt. \\ Wood
Ca.pta. n '" B Seobell
Lot t.e am A r Dobson M C a.ttd Machme
G n Corpii.
I out.e ant B lJoso
Scoond 10 tcJlU t 1 G F Snth
Second L e tenant H S Gunson Royal
R og t a.ttd Roval &r].a Regt
second I CUtc.nant G \\ 1I ornton

YJIS'l!.lBl.l.1.Y

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FClOj."1:

1tI.urket firm
Engl sh "hl!Jo<lt flcl
de.arnr
Wh toe n ld red both q oted BOs t.o 8-:. 6d fW'r
qust'oor Fo elgn And Amer can d M:.o firm Tow
flour firm Country ditto 6d dearcr Amor ea.n
dltt.o r&th(\t' dMre r
Grtnd og ballloy firm
n alt:.ing d tto fJnlel
Brlt s h oats Ie to 16 6d
deare r Plf\t,c. and AmorlcM
dLtto 18
6d
Mn. 11': 0 s teady BeA I'! lStoady P cal! ~
Lentilfl firm No arnv....ls unbl Mo dn,

MEMORIES IlDler

around the uoe of
HudlOn', Soap Grumj,
when • child, r&D mAD.,
an errand to the ..i1lqe
shop for HudIOD'.-U a
to dean the old
a WIfe the new
was made all the sweeter
the rel!Ular uoe of ~._
aa a mother ohe alway, wubed
the YOUDgster,' prlDt frocb and
pinafores With It.

LONWN MEAT MARKET
k 1 od

8d

E ... en to-day tLouli1:b ty-wma f ..hI_ Ctra.a,.
.. ltill ItrDnl in ber cODvlallon that th... II
nothing IiI. Hudaon I Soap for aU bo1DO'
cllI!&lUha-for walhlftB up after meal..

REVOLUTION

So Ih

lid

Odessa h av~ ssued dr-clarat ens of the r inten
t on to join the Ey.llcut ve Committee of Petro

Then ha

lI1'A.RCH 17, 1917.

(BT Tel£>gl'nph )

AMSTERDAM Frlda.y
Th.e
F rankf urtor ~e tung
lurns that tha
munle pal l cs 0 Moscow Kazan KharkoY and
grad
P E TROGRAf)

P~ER, SATURDAY,

Thursday

LO~DO~ n 1'1 AND S l ItA W MARKET

InuSilDAf

reeeived Friday

heen no fu thor dlsor Iflr5
and
f rln !] as teasod
Soldiers and
puhllc havo
been In Sf arrest nO the pol ce of whom thou
sands are nder lock and key All thl pollee
st ilt ons I a\'1: been destroyed
The Tsar s sa a
at Pak o"
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PROGRESS BEYOND

BAGHDAD

0(1 c a he posts prey ous y
announced
estab r~1 ed th rty m Os up the T gr ts were en
the eft bank We attac~lld the Turk lh rea
rl ard on the r aM banI fillnn m Its north of
l3 aghd d I1n Wodnesday: dr v nil the n three
m II!
T h e ene ny wero sUll fall nn bat:k at
usk
\ 'i; a O&C UJ) ed a pnrt (In of th ll to 'In of

Bakuba GO tt e r oht bar.k of th e D ala
We
i t! .l!d 3 tim<lll t e amor on v h eh Turk~ we a at
tc:npt ng to ercs tho TI(lr[s T vo hundrod and
f f~
f $ and a qU<lntlty 001 a n n t on
foun I 0 I lJ oar(]

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READING BOARD OF GUARDIANS
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Smart COATS and SKIRTS for Hard Wear.
Sol MC· Sh!l"t of tht!ll Prddelilbal Auurance Company Limited
Summa.ry of all Braacnes on the 311t December 1916
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GRIll' PITHS

13 h Fobruary 1917

D E !lATTHEWS

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FOR

NOTICE

llISABLED SOLDIERS and SAILORS.

\. the ABnEY HALL (k nell'\' Ie Lb"Me."s
On Tl-TURSD\Y N I X'l 1'.1'. OH 2? 1

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fUr t;D I -:&>fore \ J Mack e) ] q. (10 the
c h Hr) II C' Mine F. D Mansfie ld lno H
W \ e re) E ... q:s MnJor RaubuI'J and Col

F

Barker

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Till L_1E 1USS GOULD
lhe funeral of hhl'.S (0 lid took place a t Son
nmg on SI:1-L't.lrda
tho co rtego being met by t he
Rey G r Cr.).wf rd (V car) who took tho ner
vIce a5SlStOO I Y t.ho Rev A B My Il()t's '1 how
present from l\f.orf mer wore tho VIC ~r the Com
mn..ndallt or tlo local Wfl.r Hospital SlSUlr nnd
SiX nurses from tho h oSp tal t.be teaclung staff
fit t he school Ml's.. All IrOWl> nd Mrs Lo\all
Wronths were sent from tl 0 deceased s futher and
mother
H Ida Cha.rloJ' and fam ly (Shlplake)
E d 8.1 d IV)
(s slers)
Sorrow n,8' Brothers
Chn.rley
Harr\"
J..ctJite
nnd S ster Allee
A wt e }1 nn 0
Doroths South Mr &1 d Mrs
l.ocho an I f\l-lJ lv
Maud!) and Mabel ltfr 31 d
Mrs Ba.thum (K ng",ton-on ThalDes) :!(rI.l ani
Mu,,,,; Bayhs (r(!Wkesb r~) Rlloon Cook Mr and
M", 'In.ylor nn b.m11r
Lil Eve
(Wa.r[p1lvc:)
«CbarlnJ' Harry LeslIe a.nd Sister Al eo
ALr D.ust: }.fr and Mr,,- Cox and family Mr
1tnd 'M.m E Hobbs the staff and patients V A D
AnJOURN1U) LrCKNSniO SBSBIONS
Tie h ... c 00 0 fhe Busb lIotel was J'lIoewed ",lid H08~tal Mortimp.r the tc.n.ehers and chddrMl.
of St.. Mary's Mi:roo School c."non nnn )f..rs
t raDsfel red to Mrs Rix
On tbe dPpl cation (If the 0 ..... 0&1'11 the C86& of Lovett CamN"Oll the tcnehOJ"3 nnd cJuldnm
The ned \I WoktoCham Vr"'aS adJourned for a of St. lfa.Ty's Infa.nts' School a.nd others
The mom:q,ors were tho parents a. brother thM38
f lrther three weeks
Iflst~ a. bff,thor 1D law the fi..,ncee of the hrotho.r
In.. the case of The Swan ArborfieId, Y'r E
wns 'kl11OO m aetion the hospItal stn.fI the
T Hntt, represeuting M~rs H end G SllDOncN who
R.'l.ld that tl e mAtter had been adJOurned 80 that j:mclun"S 'Mrs AndrewI'! and Mrs LoVAn
a nll n m~l t bQ nn the premISes It had been
found ImpoSSIble to compl: Wltl tbat eonditlOu
FARMERS and OTHERS
\lId the hoonS(>() had gIven notioe to QU1t
who have
1 u -thar tI e hOUl5e had now been placed out o(
bound!> by tho nulitary
Supt. (oddard objected to the re!M!.al or the
licenco
RELEASED FOR SALE BY MILITARY AUTHORITIES
As the tODfLut and his three sons were somng
are moVlt.ed to
In the A rmy the Bench ar,eed to n. further
oller theIr RICKS to
adJournment for thnlo weo B to enable the
~rowers to find a U\TULD.t.
With regaro to Tho Hind B Dead Bracknall
Harry AId

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~holl!rll a f N ewtov;n Bays School
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WQRINGH 1'\1 COONTY m.'N CR

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Speaker Mu;s MOttRIS (from) ala
Charrma
Rev C D l' \\ AU EItS
C !;tlo St.red

~ent to the Man&ger Mr

Harmer London C tJ a nd M dland Ba.nk
28 Broad Street Read ng

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PRICE S Of DUTTER AND
I ho r eta I p ce of best fre~1
cia. fJ
butter n Ru.1.dNlg fI l q lOd to .... s _ I
New In.1 1 eggs are :!oS p er doze n

1\.NNU \L l\fEETl NG

Appeal for an &ndow:rnent tor a

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ClMrtcroo Aero nta t.s

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RICH MON D,

S tibould be

CO

Dlltnd Office
15 BI.grave Sh'eet Readmg

Sl.lpeflntendent.

rHE " STAR AND GARTER," 1

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COr.:CJo:RT - A mOM; W0()('68{uI oonoollt W!U given

4 0
I 0
I O n th0 &na.t.orium Sohoolroom on Wodnc$:lay week
1 0 Dr t.'u.!1 ng pre. dcd amongflt; the prlDc pIe t.ClIl:6
1 0 bemg 1a.nllC3 h... tho children ,., d aloguo,
If It
1 00 a.m t one th ng-\UI
other
fNtlI~ Adk::i.os a.nd
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WOKEN 8 CLUB -Tho secret.a.ry (MJ"6. Woodwud)
1 0 nnd the oonumt.tee of the Womoo 8 Social J!lub are
1 O ! t.o 00 oongrMuJa.ted OJ tho h .ghly tluOOO"'eful 1IOOIa.l
1 0 evening held at. tho Parum Roon on TueM!a.y
0 0 Thore waa A large Gottendanc.(l an &pproo1.ative
0 O! audlODoo bc..ing treo.ied to terns by Mr F Morns
0 0 Mr Haddock Rov Dr Mll.unce-Jonee Dr Gandy
0 0 M2M S1"I\it.h MUI8 Baaeeo MI8I! AdlcillB M.lsa Alrol'Zl
0 0 Kuiman End Uld Sonnmg GPmmon mOJ)lborf IUld Mr E 'I; Hatt said It had been agreed that
0 00 memben of 'ho Derk! and Booke &matDriam Si&ft' arra.nge.mon ts bl!' mooo for an office for Messm
Hunton auctlODeers to be. erected a.way from the
0
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at_
lic'..ensoo J):reI11Se8

too

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1 0 0 I Ask your D~JU>a.n or Groeer to supply you
115 0 I wlth ilie eeJebn.ted
Ii V S
Brand of Butt.or
-,.-,- 1t It
(!b,oice creamy flh..,r wblch you MU
!lPPhas
.....,. ~

____ nom a a

Sn/ll GoddanrobJootecf 1.0

tb~

pI,.", subnittted

6hore ooDSultation the ~8tra.1ea decldM. that the plans be a.ppl'OVed and the :renewal
Al£er

Q.

of the licen... OoDlirm8IL

HAY

or STRAW

WALTER PARSONS & SONS,
Of BLAGRAVE STREET. READING.
Good p1'1.OOJl qU1(~k clearlUlcl!
aet.t1elitent gt..en.
C ..h od,,,,,QOd If "'I'D'oci.

and

promp~

70s
NEWBURY CATfLE MARKET
TUUBSDAY

A very large compa.uy of b ,ers from a11
paC"Ls a.tlo£!1.l.ded t.o-d.-Ly -tttl"aoted by IlD e :r..cop
t ona.Jly Lruge entry Uk Moscrs
Urewcatt tUld
W.tso I tI. sa e wlleh compTised so 11.(1 8 ... hend of

eattJe nnd embrDOed two small drut\ herds
rbMo l'l\tt.er evok'tlcJ lnuch compe! tlOn and ma.clo
hIgh pnc!;'"
downv.e.rds

Cows and calves Bold from £43 lOs
IUld down t'!alvlng

cows

av<cmgOO

about £35

Other mdch cattle from VAri OUS
sources made £38 lOs £.38 £37
etc
barTt!n
qows £43 to £35 168 F at beasts W.(Irc ID good
supply ..nd demand the prlOOJl

moludmg

£53

£47 £.a lOa. £46 lOs £45 £44 £41\ £38 lOs
down to £30 1 he ea.ll tt"ade "a& o.bout tho
same" the-r:e be. ng no vealers wo th t.he name
Hlgheet pnce 1056 .Fat t.egs were agam ECacOO
and de.,. ma.ki1l8 lOSs. Hils 1008 90s 86$ 6d
86s 85s etc One bundl"oo &rid Oft.y pigs were
penned mcluding" however very fen hogs

and

tha&e or mneJl tI12<e bot. they reallAed b gh pnoee
.1 £11 12s &I £10 17. 8d £8 10. £8 ...
pod,~n 1165 9"....!
f)6!'1
97s. 93.! 9"211 down to
63& fM lOwe from £25 to £14M6I!JN'1I A W Neate and SoUII
eluded. Banen CO,,& £S5 to .£$ lOs. cowe &Dei
oalveA., up &0 £32 55 IUld In-ca.1f bellCM up to

£22 lOs oalvM up ~"08
e", e.s 95«. 6d
r&ms 958 iags 83,1 8J 8 etc
hogs l07,. 6d
19& etc
porke.. 90. Il2II 81], 6d

etc..

110_

43s. 10

£17 Jae;

£11 ]J)s. 6d

etc

so.

(lo1.on
rHE SUPPLY OF POTATOES
/I only II.
S ippi
of'
potatOCti loft. Irl t.he country eqw\&lont 10 I ;l..! f 8.
pound per pe rson per 't'. oe k for t.he nexL 15
weeks WM mado by Mr E I V nden prCft deu t
of Oro Londo Il.I'Id }IQmc COl.lUtlCfl AIISOC!lJl.t. on
of Retat era not tJI6 r ",m urJ IQOCting on T} urs
da~ mght
H o mad e the siAtnmollt on ~ho bal'llS
TI e st.ll.k!mcnt Ihat ~ h erB

or a.n t'l3timat.o by Mr J Dt>..nnll'l

The IB'l'g'eGt uIo of pnmo-brad JenIe)
that. haa ever bC6J1 he1d In thiS country

~a.t.t.l{)

t.a.keft

OF

Motor-Cars, Motor-Cycles,

Cycles. &c.,

NOW PROCEEDING.
Solid lor Liat

PRICE OF YOl\KSmRE WHEAT
Yorksh ro whoat reached 86s a ~ariel'
Drifnold on 'Thoreda.y for good dry nmples

BLACKWArBR MONTHLY

aJ,

S~LE

FalD.u

pl~ on ~ When !.feasTS HofdruXIond Uld
Cr&wful'd &1'e attenDI the e.ntil"fl Wei' Thorne..

Hord ~36 heod) of proliilc I!1ilkm.

or

PotAto Supplies unde r 'M Mimab'y of Food and
~lIoId he B8.W no hope of reho! for 8. OOD510eub\o
tim e to come
Thera wu." nn mcTeaAe n (be aupph of pot~toa.;
Rot. tt 0 KIDS ft CrOM Marlret on ThlI1"l!de) mom
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