Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 08-1917

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OXFORD

READDm TOWN COUNCIL

ret 1917.
G Boyd :t1 m bay and strow tlor emplo.ed by
lIAIDElIREAD
l1r l£atthew S~ fanner Pi.nkney's G.nIen.
P""""""-'T1ON ?lr G R. ldor"'1 01 KiDg'. Conditional nampooD
Grove Roarl Ma denhead has this week receJm
B R.. llarvey S'l. m C2 Marlow bead finisher
from MeEiSJ'!I Peek Frsan lLlld Co through the U\ a. pap!' mill. n the employ of Messrs.
chairman (Mr A Cur) a.h&lliieome gold-mounted Thomas Broil and Co Marlow uked far Rb&oMalacCA cane and a. silver 6PlO~ lD oommemora- lute eumption.,- The tnilitnrv assented on groands
t aD ot 25 ea s S8M': C6 as traveller for the firm
of naOoD!!! mporiAnC8 and oond tional exemp..IN TKE CHX8' Pte L'b:a.rles ~wers tion was granted until November lilt
F W Sm th S6 Cl m... Maideahead B.5f\ stant
Guards son af Mrs Ewers of Ailhley
wounded lQ the c.hest. At p~t I16xton aDd caretaker at the ('.emetery employed
by
the Maidenhead Cemetery Co Ltd . waa g ven
the 4th Ambulance E'ieJd Bo~ tal
France and a prog e86mg fnourably Pr vate a.bsolute exemptiqn
Ewers JO ned the Army at the fmtbreak of
a.nd hnd been In France ]2 monthg.

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L tt1eWlck Green

gardener emploJOO
MaJo
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Mn er
R-A M C (now n Fra.nc.e) 18 to go before the

D:U.TH OF A RArr,WAY Elfl'LOYU
The sudden
MOOical BoaN
death on Sonday of Mr H W B aDS a.t hlB "eti
lance 11 College R sa Mil. d~nhead, was heard
of \Y th mueh reg at by hIS comrades on the
G W R and by the users of the Maidenhead ARlIT OFFICER DIES UNDER ANESTHETIC

ra J.w.ay station Alr E vans had been In the ae
v ce of the company fo up nrds of forty yeara
and was for the gTea.i:er "part of that time at Maid
enhead :For u. nutDoor of yea s M.r Ev~ vas
han secretary of the local brn.n~h iiof the G W R
'lempe. an~'6 trn on and be oak a. keen nterest n
every movement fa the benefit of raiJway men
and tho r rami! 8B
DEATH OF SECO.l;j"D

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CoMING

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We regret

to eoord the dooth a Second L eut W E Cum
ng of the Connaught Rn.D~e.cs.. woo wa& killed n

act on n Flanders on July 31 Lieut CumlDg
who was be n a.t Maldenhead was the youngest of
four children of 1I. and Mrs Walter Cumwg

forme T 0 KiDg Stroot., Ma. denhead.. He was
an 0
Ma denhead B t sh School 001 and hefo e
he Jomed the Arm) wa:; D. CGuncil Schoo teac.her
at Le ceste
bOTe h s }l3:ren t:.a now 6! de He
was a. fine sw mroer flDd Rug~ football playe
and was a gene al fa.vour te He lea as a )oung
wdow

NA..f mU.. L U~"l.ON OF EAI"LW.U'MEN Tbe fi tb
annua 0 phan }'und Para ie ill connect on w t.h
the Ma denhead Brunch of the Nat ona1 Un 0""1 of
Ra..ilwaymen took pJace on Su..oday alterDt()n
The

b anches

ta.k n g "'p!lrt

were Ma denhea.d

Padd ngt.on (No
) . Rea d ng (No
) a nd
SlouB"h The M.n.hJenhen.d Grand Uruted Orde · 0
Oddfell.()"9ts and the Ma de hood
nd D st ct
Boy Seou l! ~ b bug 0 band and the Readtng
Branch of the National U n on a Veh cJe W o rkel"s
were also n the proces8lon The M udenhead
Paddington and Rea...hng banners were u. ned,
nnll t he Reading N U R Bra.ss Band p oVlded the
mos c The route was to :;t Luke 6 Church
I ere 8. spec al se.rv co W 6 bel
the prea.che
bemg the"Hev C KinS Gil l'\( A A 00 ect on
was maJo Il.t the ser ce and dunng t h e tour to
and from tho chu!'Ch

THE MARLOW TRmm;u.
Mr J
Marlo\\

Langley pres ood a.t
TribUnaJ he d on ~

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meeti
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we e prec;cnt w ~BU:f LaAU the
(cI.erk ILDd Carta n 1.. H. Greon (m
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l!Ientat ve) Th~ 10 la~ DR" ea.~ we e d:J.. ~~
~ ~ ~n bemg n Ow CfUegOl as chic6y ~
members

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MALDENIJ"E.d..

WINDSOR QUA RTER SESSIONS
The W odso
Tuefrll\y
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AN 0 n OI'Y'XNDER
John Cha. les StevenR aged 60 waa (lund gu I y
o f teal 118 til tUl. of bronchial ozengus vaJue 9d.
he pope t or MeRSl'S-. Boots cnsh c hern 15 ts, anti
fI. r.o
unsJe t e Pre ontion of Cr mes Act Wlth
10 tP. ng etc
Mr Harold McKenna., nst ructed by Mr HeT'
bert Ryland W n L<;(I
proReC terl

Ch ef Constable Carte
cHon

a.gn n!:it pnsone(

put n 37 p ev ous

The Rec.o de scntenced pnsonp
nucl 6, q ,eal""R PQIlce

ha rd JabQ u

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SENT TO A.

to two mnnt.bs
tiUperVlS1o.D..

l:!o~n:

Ash <n domes(: c servant, of
Slough p oo.dedI gl1ilty to aOOndon ng hOT nowly
bo n c hld. wI e ehy ls I ra wa.f!, e dange ed
00

Sarah

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the

!.he G ocer

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:r.he wiant wh ch '" alive and
WM thrown
o ve a ion e nta
moadow nM the Long Walk
W odHO G eat Park
The RaMmer postpo,nM sent.enoe nntil next

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be found fo pnsnne

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table home nught

BW ALLOWl'IBLD
CASUALTY -Gunne

Swift.,

Royal

Artillery

60n of"Mr John Sw ft of W6tmare F& m bas
1 U6t heen "'" ounded n the SIde and Jeg n Fn.neo.
WOONDED SoLDIEB8 -THe ninth out ng of
"Wounded eoldiers fram Reading took place on
11lesday ro Swa. Iowlield Park The 601d e 8 came
from the Roya.l Beruh re Ho&p tal
MOTHERS UmoN -On Tuero.ay &fternoon a.
meet. ng af tbe Mott;lors Umon WM beld n the
Russel Hall a.nd t.here was a good attanda.noe
to lSten to a.n adm-eM by MiMI Martineau
An
excel en.±. t.N. was p ovided the
doqc by Mr G S Bullock

LENNARDS

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I OUBUlg
resolved tha.t the
f o low og m h-comru ttoo be ap])()mtcd
Tl EI
~fA.yor AI iern11U HugbM Counoillars Blake au I
WI fl ey
Both COlDllllt OOH are to report to the GeneMJ
Purpose Con lJlJUee 01 the council

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quest on of 80
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Jl\> t~6 fifth t.un. Pie n rt TIlDJnS, of tbeBo"oI
Berks bHB been woonded th fI tittU!1 dn~ the
l"te big posh He s one of the few of tho RoYB-l
Ber-ks who ba.ve heen oontinuoUllly ezlgaged SInce
1914 Ue
t 6 liOn of Bergt. J. C ·Timms,. oc
4 Berk"6ley Road NEW; bUl")I

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WORLD. FA.MED

'* Q_.SUOBS

Laooard. Lid Headq_
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lIIaoItaIed LillI'''"' ......

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A sperull.1 m.e.et:.mg of tha Wokingha.ro. Town
Coune I was be d on T ofoSdo.y evell ng
T he
Laca. Food Co trol CommIttee was cbOilen a.s
rollows - I be Ma.yoress
Mills Cooper,
M l"
Henry Bntlc
Co u
0 to B aka Bo I e Cbeesonan Wha. ey
I.!J tJ e Town «lcTk as 1'e6pOn
Iii b e Oml'.er

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London Le10Mier Nortbamp"!lt. ~~
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