Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 06-1917

BERKS COUNTY PAPER.

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NEW TERM OUTFITS NOW SROWING

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CLOTHING, HATS, HOSIERY, BOOTS, BAGS, &c.
.High c ass Goods at Popa ar Pr ces.

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Largest seleot on

Goods Bent on approval

CONSULT US!

E. JACKSON & - SONS~Sch~i&:~6tters

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BERKS APPEAL TRIl3UNAL
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CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
BRITISH OFFICIAL
W, attaeked yesterday evening 10Uth
and
eatt of Meulnes and astride YprQaCom nel
Can.
The enemy I re8l1~nce WU qutckly
overcome Bnd the whole of OUr bbled ves were
gained rn both locaUtl" We captured aver a
hundred Bnd fifty prlsonen
As a resul\ of
these op,ratlons, lnd Our conltant prllliP e
since June 7th w, occupy tha German tront
tronch .. from the RIver Lys to th, River War
nave and hava advanced our line ftve hund ell
to a thouland ya da on a IIlven m Ie tront
BRITISH CAPTURES OF PRISONERS
AND GUNS
In the House of Commons M Macphorson
sa d since last JUly we had captured 434 aun ..
S nee the outbreak 01 war we had taken 76000
prisoners on the Western front fIXe ud nO at
talt 8000 n June P $Onets taken n Meso
potam a we e 10 000 with 132 gunl exelud ng
ou own reeaptu ed at Kut
n Egypt 8000
prlsone" w th 11 guns

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FORCES

SATlJRDAY~

COIOlEBCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

INFANTRY

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ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
Capta n C "Nugent to tie act Dg InaJor whilst
eerv ng !WI maJor on headquart.ers of a. batt.eJ. on

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BOBOlJGH

LONDON CORN MAXKET
YUT&lLD.6.Y

KENLEY

May 5th

Temporary 1 eute ants 0 be acting
captains wI list command ng compan es
M P
May 6 h E P Jackson. Ma.y Htb
GalT son BaUal ons -Second L eut;enant D G

KILLED IN ACT ON Corpo al F Stone <hon
and Bucks L.I tbe.o of Mr and Mn Stone,. of
York Road and Corpora A Wella Oxon and Bucks
1..1 \ 80n of M and Mrs Weill! of K ng 6 Roe.d
Hen ey ha.ve been ki cd n act on

(By Telegraph)
nactive
English wheat un
cuanged FOreign unchaDled Amen.can fi c
qUIIoUt; C:!I Is deo.rcr but nfer or quaJ. t ee Is
lo\\ c r Town o.nd country Bour u cl ange
Amencn.n firm
Gr nd ng bu.rley unchanged
Ma t ng nom nal Bntlsh oata flrn
Plate and
Amer can unchanged
Ma ze Amer can 19
dearer Bem-ns firm Peas unchanged
L ent is
nom nal

HENLEY RURAL DISTRIGr MILrHRY

LIGHT INFANTRY
Temporary second I eutenanUi from Il Sen ce
Battalion to be tomporary second I cutemmts (at
tGCbed) reta n ng the r or g nal S()n onty -H S
Mide ton
TERRITORIAt. FORCE

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M.rket nry

Pu_gh

MOn" ce W tah e Regunent Spec aJ Reserve)
from Worccetersh ro Regiment to be temp~ra 'Y
lieutenant February 16t! (substituted for not 1.
cat.!cm n
Ga.zette
March 2nd page 2 ISO
lncorrecUy delICt' b g rnnk)
OXFOBDBHlRE AND BUCKINGHAHSBIB.B

16, 1917.

TRIBUNAL.

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INFANTRY

OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
LIGHT INFA..~ rRY

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KING AT WEARSIDE
The K no and QUe&n to day Inspectld the $h 'P

yards and works on Wearslde

NEW FOOD CONTROLLER APPO NTED
Offic a
La d RhoDdda has been appo nhd

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IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS
OffiCial The Wa Office has agreed not to
take tor the Army any more men nl)W engag ed
on farms without the consent of the County
Agrftu turaJ

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PEMBERTON

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GROCERS & COMPETITION

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T would not be good, eIther for
Grocers or theIr Customers If
there were no competitiOn.
Competition sltmulates a trades.
man to gIve good servIce Don'thate your com pelt tor Learn from
hIm

There IS a Grocers' AsSOCIation
In Reading It does a lot of good
Compelttors meet and fInd that the
other fellow Isn't so bad after all
They get and gIve Information.
and theIr customers get better
servIce
A Grocer who IS over.
stocked 10 one artIcle and short of
another could often make an ex.
change WIth mutual benefit to
hunBelf and hIS competitor Sonthampton has Its Exchange for
surplus stock where members can
relieve each other of any overplus
and make up theIr own shortages.
Where Grocers know each other,
no one sells rubbIshy Tea to beat
hIS compebtor
Customers are
benefIted Poor Tea IS no economy,
If you count the cups
We ask
• our Agents (you can see our sIgn
on theIr shops) to push the Tea
that IS belt value ThIS week It IS
Salmon's Sid packet We compete
10 serVIce and quahty not PriCe.
Grocers should do the same

PARIS OFFICIAL
Somewhat violent art try duel n Hurteb se
C aonne reg on
The enemy s reconnoitring
parties were repulhd on the Meu" Heights and
in Lorraine

Food Contro Ie .•

The Grocer and hIS
Tea Customers.

BILLING WALKS OUT

In the House of Commons

Mr Pemberton
Bing asked M
Bonar law to move the ad
JOu nment to perm t of d 5CU$S on of reptlsa 5
to a talds Mr Bonar Law repl ed That s
the ast th nO I wou d do
M
B ling p ~
ceedd with a ramb ng statement and be no
ca ed to 0 der refused to SIt down
He wu
askmt to w thdraw and after a prolooged d to de Iy scene wa ked out
SUBMAR NES AS FISHING VeSSELS
COPEN HAGEN Fr day
A steamer ar iV na at Stavanger eperu ob
stlrv ng many Ge man subma nes dlSgu sed as
fish ng vene s gua d ng thl! danger :ZClne n the
North Soa
FRENCH VESSELS SUNK

Par, Off c al Four vesse s over
unde 1600 tons we e sunk by
mines
FUTURE OF SOUTHERN
Senato F anchett
nterv cwed concern no
h s v s t to Southe n A ban a sa.Jd
that the
Ita ans have p ov deii fo the ttlnst uet on of
tou hundred k om at e.s of oads
oponed ele
menla y schools and estab shed an office to dea
w th the and queat on
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THE OCCUPATION OF LARISSA
N ewspape s state that the
oecupat on
of
La ssa 5 so e y due to the necessity for 0 dor
and m ta y poled on

Salmon Ltd.
Packet Teas ReadIng, June 15 1917

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The
favour
c aues
spec al
se v e

RUSS AN TAXES
PETROGRAD
F nanca M nisle up tssed h mself
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of nc eased taxat on of the wea thy
nc easod taxe, on war p ofits
and a
tax on thou exempted from mIla y

IR SH PRISONERS RELEASED
DUBL N F day
Nem c eu ahd to' day by spec a 04 tons
mat al I sh pr sOllers connected w th ICISI
yea 5 \S no have been a eased

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KING CONSTAN'TINE
PAR S Thursday N ght
A telea am from Athens atates that Ex K ng
COhiitant ne w th Queen C own Pr nce P n e
Paul and the three Pr n<:eSliB5 aft Oropos en
route for Taranto Comp eh ca m n gns n
Athens
A fr endly under&tanding has been
estab shed between the All es office s and the
G oak Gene a command no Cor nth the Ga
son Gene a offer ng fac t es to
nsta at on
of All cd t oops

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NOWEGIAN STEAMERS SUNK
COPENHAGEN F day
Fo 6111n Off ce epo is two 5 eame s and two
$8. ng vessels lunk
by
Gt: man sub mar nes
part of tha cows we e Oit

VC IN READING WAR HOSPITAL.

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BIRTHS AND DEATHS
BffiTIf
s-On J1l6 13
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a. G eat P" k Mort mer
of Lionel Ha.wk ns-o a. do. g to

DEATHS

NEWBURY CA T'rLE MARKET
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WYFOLD
Major Robert Edward Udn8}' Bermon Hodli9
10 nction 1$ ttie
IJeCOnd son of Colonel S r Rob&rt Hermon Hodge
and was bOrn n 1882 He was f(Jr 8Op:1e time a
lieutenant lD. the OifOrdBmre li.I a.nd stiba.
quantIy obla'n~ h. ~_nt l"II/lk IJl ,. l"OBll.l\ent
o( Itu!Eliltra. Two of hIS broth8l"l ba.ve 'beeD lUlled

Hussars who has 'been wounded

dUl"ll), the l'resent

W!U.o

To dQ,Y V;tiS be first marke t m wI ch tI 0 intcsL
Go crnment regulut ODS W(lre put to opera on
t now be ng au order that every beMt
shee p
a.ncL p g co s gnod to tI e market (or 8 augl to
shall be reg stared by the rna k{)t autho ty
T1 e po .co offic ate D the la.tter capac t1 he re
Emd tl e new Order threw a. sr.e~t. amount of ad
d tonal work upon them Its dOB gn however
S U ory conunendab c one n that. t a mil at
prevent ng an m61e C aDgms banda more t.han
once-from the seller to tho slaugbterer-and
may tI U3 have the effect or keep og pr 088 down
somewbat We Jearn
however
that n a.
n arkct INch oM ouu there 1.8 not much likel hood
of MV lIubst6nUal r elief in thll reepoot and
Indeed to da.y s stock of all k adll commanded
as b gb fisurea as ever
'1 he auotion sale pnoes obtalIled by Mt'fIBr&
Drewoott Uld Waban Deluded the follow nR Fl\t B~eerB £40 6a to
heiferll £42 to £46
Hie ~t cows £~ 1O.e to £4.7
freah barren
COWIII £22 to £30 he ten and calve. £31 to £38
lOa he ten In colt £2" 168 to £Z1 10. rear

At thB monthly moeting of the Bn81Dgstoke
Town Connell on Thursday M.r l! Percy W ~eth
of New St.reet bootmaker wns chosen as l'awn
On Wedneaday rught the comm ttoo who OI"gWl
CouncillOr n the place of .tlie Into :Mr H E 18ed the Rut Week at Ba81ngatake 'll support of
Powell Only one other pal"8OD was nom nat.ed. the Y MeA. work for 8OIdioJ'8 met to ree81ve and
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namely Mr Fred rom~kin8 eniUleer "oee
P.8s the a.ooounb Whlch showed B. moat groti
.nams- ....ae fonro.rded by the Baaingatoke Trades ~iDg result After payment of expeIlSN amount.
aUd Labour eou,..U and h. onl~ .oc.i..d 0 . . to oiU Os 2d tlie 8um of "&21 !JJ ¥ wa.,. for..
nrdtid to tIui "\: 11[ C.A heiod~a&i'te....
vote.

CH'UItCII. WOn-KERS GA1'IIBRING -A very pleB.8Q.nt
eveDlog wae spent by the membenl of the cho r of

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Church

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CAKES aDd SCONES made WIth

Dunlop's POUENTA(Maize) FLOUR
Roqq re Ie., Lard or Butter 1D tbe ~_
DUNLOP'S,

COlli.... COAL IIDCIWIIS.

OXFORD ROAD, READING.
FARMERS and OTHERS
who la.e

HAY

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STRAW

RElLUED FOR SALE BY MILITAIT AIIl'IIOal1U,
are inVited to
ofler \be" RICKS to

WALTER PARSONS &:

SoNs,

deDOO of M.r J J hng. £12 15. \0 £17 cow. and colv.. £24 to
eWell
1028 to
Bmcey who to UlILugurate hia election !.WI P'l!nah £40 10. calTe8 47s to 110e
chnrehwarde.n entertainod the abovo guest. t.o a 105. 11mba 420 6d to t&. I.t lOW' £10 158
light supper 011 Tuosda3': The Rev n Bagnall to £Ill 20 6d fat bop £8 III to £10 17.. 6d I
(V,car) I)IId Mr C J Moberly (Ol"fllUllllt) ...... pom... so. lib lib .toro pip me to 89.
Good
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a~ the~.ta Awearty vote of thanb to
_ _ A W N...te IIDd BOno prioeI • IOttlem••1 &I_
lb ADd ilrs B1'BC8J' W&8 aooordod at th'l aloae.
Qwdod Fat cow. £48 lOt £41 lOa. £47 50
C..bod....... U . . . . . .
church workers at the

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