Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 06-1917

NEWBlJUY
Jl[l'ORTUT NOTICE
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most

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BBADING NEWS
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lIInablish.a

of ourto scnd In part c Ia s of all local
t.b:[llp,lt oS and hono r s h cb may not
Clio
so a.ppea r 10 0 r column
other'"
~t

17~3

last the All es seem to have obta ned

cont.rol of n.ffa. rs n

Greece

For

two

ono t n e the German Emperor hoped that gazeUed on Apr 1 l)Oth
5

a.rroy

"It!

auld be a.ble to force a Junction

the Gleek Kmg s army

but when

th span :vas frustrated ho ga e h s royal
brothe r In la.w the adVlce that the best
v. ay n vh ch he could help ;vas to preserve
h s t ron e E.vents have proved too strong
fo K ng Constantine and be has been
dr v en to r eI nqu sh an untena.ble pos t. un
Thus ends a most un sab sfa.ctory chapter n
th e hIStory 01 All ed diplomacy
the
Bfl.lkans
The onl,) redeem og
abo t t hits been the sav ng at
eleventl hour of Greece fa
the

How

mue!

toe

Greek

P]I PPA 1 D.
THE

a.AY

CROP

-Many

lannen

ill

the

ne gbbourhood are busy n the bay fle1d1 oWlUl
to tl e proloDSed dry weather however 0l'0p6 wo
h8b~

A woman named FJ. z.a.beth Goddard aged 75
of 5 L tUe Street Reo.ding d ad suddenly on
Wednesday e\"en ng Dr StaDefield 86 called I n~;,;;;~p;;-;
n bllt vas Wlab e to gtve a certifica.te
It.
In the hat of King ~ B rtbday Honours Major
(emporary Lieutenant-Colonel) B
G
C ny
Dragoon Gua.rds command g '" battalion of the
Royal Berkshire Re8'1ment was pro noted to be
b evet 1 eutenant.colonel
It. s notewo thy that the Rending t amway
reoe 'Pts fo tbe week end ng June 7th were
£ 031 2s ld au llC ease of £ >':"0 2a 7d over
the correspond ng week lnet yea
Second Lieuteml.llt Ronald Baskervil e Hughes

f HERMON HODGE THE PROBABLE years Krng Constantme has not only defied
the pop In.
I but also thwa ted tbe
CA::-": DID t'fE
efforts of the Alhes
H e bas been pre
tho South vented from openly Jom ng the forces of Ro . 1 Fly Il8 Corps who was killed wh Ie ftyn g
the Central Emp res merely because of the n E gland on Ma) 31st was tl'a ned at the Royal
geog aph cal lsola.t on of h So COUIlir Y At FIymg Corps Cadet Schoo at Read llS and '" 6
h

7

0l1l18ELVES

The publ c aTe nv ted.

And w6 ea.do:s n t h S qla.tter req est ng

5mB.

PlIRSOlUL

Free fopd sa.vmg demonstration! are g veD at
Mf\'!srs Gregory Love u.nd Co 8 old prem see.,
170 }i'r ar Street d~ly at 11 45 and 3 0 clock..

t n a complete reeor 0
should con a ua.lt es susta.mod dur ng the
tho J~:d c;U the honours awarded and
'Waf
therefore n te t ho co operat on

\'BE SOUTH OXON VACANCY

SOCIETY An

1917.

He 'las 18 years of age
Temporary Lieutenants M P Pogh 50n of M
H T Pugh) Bnd E P Jackson Roya Bel:ksh re
Reg ment } a e been npoo uted capta us whi e

con manding com pan

9'5
Capta n C
Nugent
has been appo nt.ed act 118 mu]o wh c se lna;
ns a mllJor on 1 eadquarters
Colooel Leslie Wilson C M G D S 0
and
11.1 E netiit Gardner voted
n the House of
Commons f9r Co onel S r H Jes e s amend
mcnt on the Rep esenta on of t e l eop 0 B
ns ructing the Boundar Comm sa one s to n.ct
on the assumpt on t at ProlO tiona. Rep esenkl.
tion as not adopted..
CHELTENHAM Boy EEL EVED TO BE N RUD !'iG
-Harrv Pa EQ S aged 14 of l'he Plough Hotel
'\ aul s H gh St oet Che tenham
5 m ~ mg
r on I s home and t lS bel eved he s n Read
g He eft Cbs enb::u:n Ma.~h 1st
S ndon and took t am to Read ng
He
pa e comp ex on da k bro'" u
a
haze

&Del ratber promlDent teeth

R1W Cao .. D4T -The collection for tb. Bed
OHS Society ,,"68 mads rn PePPArd on S&i.ur
dav M sa J elUlS waa orglUlUlel' be D8 uaiated
by II. Dwuber of ladjaa who made a houlIJ to.
bouse collect on of the wbole p&rub. A lood
C

sum

88

ra sed

ACOID!NT -1< rom

th., Mrs J
pa.rd (who

qwry It 11 uoertai.ned
T Pollock, 01 CoIdmoor F.rm Pepw th her I ullblUld rccentJy mot w t.b.

&OC dent n Read ng) 8 pro~g
-.t _rae
Mr15 PoUocJc wal ba.dly eut. about. the
emp ca, but. M
Pollock 68C;aped w Lb a aovero

a.n

tor y

shock

WAit PBI80NER8 11 (lNO -The collection t.aken
fa tf s rlInd by M SI I hyllia W lliame amongst.
~l . Berk. and Buo" San""", urn patient. and
staff lLUlounted t.o about £12 dunng the pa.ilt;
t.welve months A e ft'ort. 1a be.wg made to
1'& 86 £5 monthly
Pepperd o ... d 0' tbe fund
M 88 W 1 amI!. h. ng been &ppowt.od &eCreLoi' 1
aDd collector
PIUSONEI1 or WAll-Mrll
Fvnbronsb haa
received • postc.,d from h.r IOn Corpora.! F
Farnbrough Ouo dsb re a.nd Bucltin.ghamsb rit
L gl t lnftw tr)) \\10 was reported UUBSlDg IItat..
8 t.ha.t he il Il P saner 0 tile I imburg Camp
It 5 P oposed to make Corper&( Fa.mbroug 0 e
of tbe men to "hom a w6Ckl) pa.rcel aha. 1 bo
sent f on he I eppn d collect on
A G LANT OFfttOy.n - News hlL!! been l'6CCTvOO
tha.t. Seao d I (lU ena "Sao c I West Ha npah e
Reg n ent la .Q of Peppard Farm ) 118 r6CeJved
e lel t.h 8: at _ _ h. •
shel wo nds n
no v n I asp t.'1o a.t Woolw ch A bro~he office r
y,r tes
L eu ennnt Scovell ga.l1&ntly went to
AND TELEGRAPH CHRISTIAN rree} 1 8 horea f on Il. ;;heU burst and n do Dg
} to b mself bu t 5ut:leeeded D
8_
J\8
ASSOCIATION

A...'NNUAL

llEEflNG

Nl!TTLEBl!D

MEMOltIALS AT I'IRST COST
F RO~! 1 "I

JON ES

\ CT U \I MAN UE a CTU Rlm
MASONRY WORKS
Bedford Road READING
Clh hed IB65
Pone 537
£2 0 £2 000 Speall \ V M c monat~

IOOR4ph sen F ee

Frendo ...

lst BERKS VOLUNTEER REGIMENT
A. A!\D B CO~1P L'l IES

Poons 1 8
g Ju e <)3 d

W17 Seeo d L e u ('nan I

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THE

LIGHTING

ORDER

June

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g s next eek s t ne tab e L ghti g of Darken D8
Vehic es
of '10 n

6

946

18

947
948
948

9
20

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949

91

ng
att neted by wha.t Pres dent W lson
A man age has baen arro.Dged and
statements of nr nc pIe w th a
BOYS AS VOLUNTEERS
plea.smg a.nd sonorous sound
A uerlca
place ery qwetly ear y n August between
Leo a.rd Wheeler of I'il~hul'st Be ks
and
wabts ramed es and V111 not a.ccept the
r estorat on of t he status qt 0 a.nte bell ill UNIFORM AND EQUlPM'ENT FOR LADS Nell e Aclru d of Quendale House Cnmbr dge
That status was the ca. se of the war and
OF 17
a 1 Go rmany s agents arc work ng to re
HONOURS FOR CAPT 0
cstabl sl t 8.'8 tho m n m n but they have
othe r objeots Th e y know that f they can
Under an order recent. y sauea by the
o TOlCbm&Illl RAM C of Alder
weaken the All cs In the prosec t on of the Conne 1 boys between the "Uge of seventeen
'\\ 0 bu so ed t.hroughout the whole of
b
h
h
f th
c gl teen Ita)" now be enlis'f.ed n Volunteer
war y t e use of SPOO'lO S P rases a
IS tal one
An I'ppea.} fol' 8uch recru ts e ma.de by
has been low ce wounded r&oelvod
cnaracter they can reap advantages
As I c 1st Berkilh ra Volunt.eer Regtment o.t Rea.d
"fO the Croa de Cuorre from
p.~"iil~t 0 the Fronah Ropublio and laat
Pres dent W laon says
f the forcefl of ng W ndeor Mil danheoo. and Wolcingbam
appeared &mong the ~I B rth
autocracy can d VIde us thev wul over'll'! boys lU'e r l'!qUlred to hI'! un to the phys callM'iiit;~;;:-C:;;;'
h... mg been prell6.Dtod Wlt.h the
come
The great mot va of Gennany s I'i andard or the two sect ons A nnd B of the
to separate the Allies and whether they Vo unt.eer Force fl.nd De prepa.red to undertake
n fact a.ccorupl sh It or weaken the nten tha sa.me obi gat ons '.t'hat 18 to say they
t on of one or more of the A Ihe~ preVEnt m at s gn on for ~he dura.t on 0 the wru' and

calls

NEIT WEEK S TI.YE TULE.

The follo

P es dent W Ison does not content
self Vlth
pos t e statement of
cO'ltnl;rv' 5 wa a s
He t rna as de to
Russ an v 0'" s Though he does
111·'.trn<',nt;i~n t speo fica,lly he undoubtedly
phrase
no annexat ons and
ind.miliiie~,-"
Amer ca. s not n the

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to 47

1048
1048
10 48
10 48
1049

Car Ughtlng
and Starting
Bntish Made Tlsroughou!
Ti!c"SJstent wltich IS ,imply p¢eo~
""etaase It.1l perfectly SImple.
l'IIIllGrlicolpn ~ fre<

Co., LIlLI

a. only
full contr
to theBut
cause If the
rng
esult
differsbutlon
In d egree
we
stand together Victory 8 certam .and the
1 berty wh ch Vlctory w 11 lIJecure
We can
then afford to be generous bot we "amIO'"
aff()rd thon Or" now to be wea;k or to
sny .g DgIe guarantee of lustl~ a.nd seour

,n:;.~~*~;~~~~~;'l~~:r
""', '~~JfC'rd.
II~. J~,tt:~~~1 ,;.:

Pl
t neffie
Dotent
fewer
fourteen
montha.
utI
andthan
& lDln
mum ofdrills
te flo dnlls

II onEery
h thereafter
volunteer

on 'Oroof of effi0l8ncy w
reGe ve from tbe authont.l68 un form and equ p
men cond tonal on h&VlDR' at
s l[ mon ba
volunteer ff!rv ce before him
m I tary 811~ e el8'hteen
ty
Phrases
adds Pr98 dent Wi]
The opportumty or ~obi8ini,,_g
son
wdl not aecomphBh thIS !'ilBult
trA" ng ope.. d by this
Too Blatish Government.
mtlme.ted should prove of benefit to
their Wllh"gness to
our
them lb. immodl&te PrOq,..I..:!
menm WIth RUSM& for
into the 1'aDka ot the
but &DY wealmes8
~ in advance a
to
b"..,...:t. )~_to • ....,.

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DEATHS.
of UnNS conlra.ctld _b I.
o activo sen: ce 0 East Afnc:a L But Arthw
Do glM Kna.pp NYlLMland 'F Q d Force th Td
of tho I.to M G S KnApp Boa D L '"
1 ford 11,,11 Wqlverton Buch and formerl,
Sooond J ,ut A[ 1 t II. Battahoo Own and
BueksLf apd42 RIP
Rt:"ltT - 0 0 jllne 8 ..fter Il long Uneu Em I)
Ha.rnet Carow Hunt da.o2hter ttf thA I"te RftD".
(,;&nIl_ Hunt ",nd tI .tel' of M&JOl' GeDeral c..,..w
Hunt. ..ed 71
WRITE -On lune S at 8 Alfred Slreet. Rfed olt
WAiter White. a,Pd 66
Et:.LtO'M' --on lUDe 10 Alfred Damel ElUott ",
Sbeep Grov. Farmj Mortimer tbe <le&rl,y.
beloved huobuld 01 an. Klhott.
lIA.rmJtLWONM -On June 12 at SUlwoad p~
Dngbton Em JJ' Ma.r'l. the belonct wile ot tM
Rev C H }{alldell.Jones It loP
YOUNG -ou Ju.ne 13. at 62 Liverpool :po.d.
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