Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 03-1917

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READING MERCURY, OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBURY HERUl>, AND BERKS COUNT! PAPER, SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1917.
!lAMed f(Jr geu4lul IIl}f oe Mr llro1ll:o bAA 01 1,. fl eoonded R. tA50l ntion t hat sanction belQ . en for
two mllken. fo r h 8 ()O" II And cOntended tha t. he the £800 expenditurp. on t he a.Ilne1 6 1'b JS WflS
UllIloDl tnOUlIl y a g reed tv
mUBt ha. c hell - 1 ho Tr bun,,1 n:C l.!!ed (':tem pt on

Don't Overlook
Your Underwear

DE:\1 H OF ALDERM..AN R R AVENOR

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rx POLICE conu

NE WBUR Y OOlJ ~

If you buy from a shop which orders " From Hand to
Mouth," you will pay 25% more than Mcilroy's
charge you.

Authorities

Whereas Mcilroy s contract for hll~e quanlitles before the fac tOries ha ve turned out
the r fi rst dd vene:s t Im:. ge tting the a lvautaoe ( f the o ld pnces and the extra diS
counts secu red by lhe SIZe: of the contracts al d pa\lu em of cash

Can any of YOUT men PLOUGH?

Compa nson IS not odIOUS-It 18 welcomed by Mcilroy's. If you
know what others charge for SImilar qualItIes, you will certaInly
buy at McIlroy's

There are thousands of mcn In CIvilIan employment
wh o understa nd ploughIng They are to be fo und In
all the occupatIOns recrUlted from the country , and
espeCIally among policemen, carters dustmen, porters.,
and so on It IS essentIal, 10 VIew of the grave menace
to the NatIOnal food snpphes, that these men sho nld
be released, wherever pOSSible, for temporary work on
the land dUrIng the next few weeks

THE NEW HOSE IN THE
NEW DRESS COLOURINGS.
Ladles BInd: COLtou HOSE wit h
In

cu brOid ered fl outs a nd clo:r
n~w

p a.t.t.erns
SptWlllol a t.

1 Ot

Lad es bla ck fi ne Ha le
f-OuS ,.
wltJl Wid e

double !.ups 'V,yr.lla
u oshr ukil.f)le f e Tbe
qllnl t J comfOl Land
Dt \ III be ttpprec a t d
Special at l IS .\.

rl"r"I\"\,,,:I

W"1'I'!

A skilled man can plough on the average, abeut s acres '" •
week raking good land '\Ith ba d, tbe value of the crop Will be
at present prices a bout £ 1;, per acre
If 4 000 plfJuglu,.tn co.U
be "btaenul they would Plough III three weeks suf!iCUtJt tUt'eage to " eld
19OO0vu 10 £1 000000 wo,lI. of FOOD fo , ,"an a.d b, ,,,,

COrl

for crcmnt on

NEWBURY

La.l c'il S lk:\ov L ::::; rOU h.I MS llack
l bbc.rl o. pIn.

red

h~ lO:'luri

SERVICE-

and Local

W hy) Because tl e shop ~ hlen only tar..es small quantItIes as Its stock runs low,
must pay top p n ces and m ust pay the tt!rms In vogue a.t the lime

x d Uerout.

NATIONAL

JBJW

To Employers
Tho 1'1"

B

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S hot w th gteen nil.)
vh t1.l ~dl hel l e fas l on
A PI r 4 / 11 .J.

"-DDITI ONA L

DISTR1CT

Local AuthOri ties and other employers-the country looks to yon
for help In th iS cfI;'lcal hou r, when as Mr Lloyd George baa
pOlDted out our food s toc k s a re dangerously low

HOSPITAL

INl'EXE FOR WOUNDED
S() LD.lliH~

Lend these Men to the State
while the ploughing season lasts.
Ith the n ew hal (
mo.e . cl ilhle nd lonf,'C'
wllie. be ng V!'f"\" r cL

Ploughmg IS a skill ed occupation
P lollghrnen C.1.n DOt be
Im provi sed 1 11 ere IS no t me to teac h men brough t from ot.her
occ upations 1 he p loughmg season IS al ready here \~ll thout the
,\ ork whi ch yo ur men can cIa the land cannot be used to the best
advantage
So urge lt s the 1Joite r tl oe )0 ' art asked tl) call ) ,,"1.11'
t l tp oyees logether ftntlm the I ext 2 t l ours if J D5nble and to find out
\\ ho among t hem can plough I n many cases their R eglstrahon
Cards w 11 s how thiS

.. pn rs to. 3 15

Lad eA S Ik
!5100 KL'IIG :::i
e ~h n llr t< I lled

r :'Id les mercer sed 1 ~ J e
till cad BOtiE
Hole
proof
H r LIS'} make!

knot Rhtch

r

Wlll"rH.oten not

to

j!l(itler

bottle /nee

tan $ope}

I n black tau
o ~g (\ r uny
putt, and CJat

10£

n l~ J005t'r

nu y coat;

fa

You are asked to send the n ames a nd ages of these men to the
D irector of the \gncultura l Section NatIOnal Service D epartment
S t Er 111n s L ondon S VV together , a ll a n offer to release them
for temporary wor1\ on tbe land un til the end of the sowing season

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For Na tional Service

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M cILROY'S
Reading's Shopping Centre.

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High Class
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Wm. McIlroy, Ltd.

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