Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 12-1917

READING MERCDR"Y, OXFORD GAZETTE, NEW13UR"Y HERALD, AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
,

gt read tho I ew soldIer {lOOta-tbe

FEAR

101 mu rS of m or I {m d COnIUS80r8 of
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SU I pi cs co t m en s m.:J.1I (:o n p ~"''''
Ic mllJ] 1
\ E'Ulg b r k fI. t.d prICes fi r
Me ndo \4 t a y ra-n gc£
r o n l~"l!-l to 100s
ns to qual t.y
Be.'!1 cio" or
I Os
fa. r Ie good J:lQ t.() 14 .rs mfc r or 12il..<;
to 130s m l:tures a 1<.1 qanfo n J 30 t.o 150"

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PRINCE ALBERT

To day s bulletm sr;.ys P inca Albert
had a fa r r'I gnt There have been

LI TTLE BOOKS OF GEORGIAN VERSE
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Rend ng 1;).(ly S 0 ITC
THE WOMAN AND THE S AGE

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'HillE: BMiIIIlil!RTAL !FIRST

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at " HIGHER
QUALlTY than

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In

GRAVITY and of BETTER
the past few months

from MON])AY NEXT, D~~CEMBER Brd, at the

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Salmon Ltd

o

GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED PRICE of

Packet Tea Dealers nt Whole. ole,
Reading December 1, 1917

S AT D TU'lA'

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NOTICES

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TURKEY OPTIMI ST IC

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5d.
per hnperial Pint.

READ I i\G CO R :'Il M A HK E 1

t he reg OilS P oe1capello Gheluvclt Our s or II
n9 troops 1 ~1NOU S sec tors brough
numerous Br t s h ilnd French nr soners We
rcpulsed a Br t sh attack ~est of So .... r lon
L vely French achv ty In Son dergau

WAR LITERATURE

n

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Government Ale (X.X.)

TillS ALE will be on Sale In Public Bars as

GERMAN OFFICIAL
Art tle.-y duol of th e gr"a lest

MalorJ
WeI
GO I ct

u 'rllY. D OOR 0
II
H nr)
No.,1 o IL

o

to brew theIr

n2ts r or load d el \'(! ror

BIlI S1'OL C \I'1IE MAIlKEl

RusSl.A, nrooO!>als to
legot t e
havo bee n accopt!! J by At st r a

e

I ~CU I C!\LINli

symptoms;",=====

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When you buy Salmons Tea (It
only sold m packets WIth marked
pnce) pay no more than the pnce
marked
Sold by Salmons Agents, Wlth
Salmons sign on the shop
If you
can't buy War Savmgs CertIfIcates
and SALMONS Tell. too, go WIthout the Tea
SALMONS Coffee
6d the ;i lb net saves the Tea
supply
IS

RUSS IA AND AU STRI A

'1'1 (' d a y of a I r
If' sold o r" pxpe r cnc-c:;
Mo !> 10 U l\1a
" ~l(' r ~
n I
, -,<1 1.: C~~ r '!\ con
h
cl

MACDONALD

be able to lDform their Cnsm consequence of faeihtles
granted by the Food Controller they are enabled

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ERSKINE

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ton a. d slrnv. 405

ITALIAN OFFIC IAL
The nrtillBry s tn gglo s !lrov "II more n
t ense nlong the whole front r:; arbculnrly ,
Majette reg on on AmIgo Pl at (lau and the
PI a ns of Middle a nd Lower Pl ava B f s h
mOnlto Illt a br dge of boats ac ross Pa ve
ncar Passar ella

"- J OE IW KNS

pleased to
A REtamers
that

o

LO NDO N HAY AND SlRAW MARKEl

o

pnce

Bs to 35s ncr b,';S====",

I n the Argonne both art Ileries have bf'.!1\
part cularly active :11 0
eg on of Cham
bNrtte.<; where aftcr v olent bombardment
mnortant enemy CotIp ds ma n fa !et! com
pletely

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Brewers, Reading,

~tARj{E[

'-rrlva.ls hoav \ t r d e slm n t s e ocr:dl v IIltc
rn.tcs L col K g- ErI"l\r 11$ £6 1<15 to £ ...
dlLto Qu eens £6 lOs 1.0 £ 0.<; Ke ls Co
1.0 £7 E£sex nJS() Bedfo r£l~ f'(j I
£7
Bkck lrLnds :fa 10 CG I c r Lo
E

PARI S OFFIClAL

wIt 1 urpOSO!'> fo r II e fa s t d ous poclry

1'01<10

LO~l)ON

THE FINNI S H DIET
A fter a ten hours s ttJng the F nn sh 0 st
has elected a Non SOCial st Senate
Th'fl
SOCialists refuse to recogni se It

! or

SIZE CARD FREE

H. & G. Simonds, Ltd.,

armed

10 r notl ng excels tJ

EXT week II the boom ~
for the War Loan Advertisers
are being aaked
offiCially to give apace and notice.
We do so With pleasure.
Open your purses' Take yout
money out of the bank'
Spend laVIshly on War Bond.
(£5 and upwards) and War Savmil'l Certificates (15s. 6d.).
No matter what else you do
WIthout, don't do Wlthou, these
All the money WIll come back to
you, With large mterest
Be econormcal m everythmg else
Certainly be too economical to pay
4s II pound for Tea, It', a fancy

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Fr doy
nst ucted

and Petrograd to protect
against outrages by Red Guards The fare gn
consuls at Aabo hClve presenteli a collective
note to the Russ an
Committee protest ng
aga l'tSt the treatment of Swat! sn subjects
and demand ng that the perpetrators be d fI

Ul strater!

purchasmg elsewhere

N

prtea. before

Messrs.

HelslflQfors
Swedish subjects

THE

COD'lpare our

o

and only In a few places have they been post
panod
The Belche ... k Go crnment Will
shortly appo nt new Ambassadors In London
Paris and Rome General Korntloff IS stili a
pr soner at 8uch,~o;ff;;,,...,==,,...

STOCKHOLM

Buy all the War
Bonds and War Savinga
Certificates that you can.

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NEW RUSSIAN AMBASS ADORS
COPENHAGEN Thursday
The Petrograd Tolapraph
Bureau states
that the elect ons :are proce4! lOR normally

TI e Swed sh Fore fln Office h3S
the Swcd sh representatives at

See our Stock and

•

Don't be Economical.

THE RING SHOP, 23, FRIAR STREET, READING.

,.

In the dehate after the Gorman Chancellor s
speech Sehe damann the Socialist leader
said the German nation d d not want any
Pol sh Crown or any new duchies
Poland
and L thuan a mu st man age their own
aHa r!:i

POETS

C r o 11

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Buy your Rings at WINCH'S

•

Huge Selection at Reading's Lowest Pnces,

GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND POLAND
AMSTERDAM Fr day

rc\d ~

no

nnd Ame r can

r.

proaeh last eyon ng In the ne ghbourhood of
Guvrelle was dr 'leV off by our firo bofore
roach nil our trenches The enemy s artll1ery
was active dur ng the night at a number of
po "is south west and west ot Cambral "Iso
oast of Ypres

I be re nR.tkl\hlc vol lm c II 11.1. gave n. no",
tl 0 l oo1.r y
24 c o 1. b t-4lr.s
noludmg
c~~ 1 1 \,11 Grenfe ll D 1:) 0 $erst J "

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E\f': NING

CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
BRITISH OFFICIAL
A hostile raldll':!] party attempt ng to ap

SOLDIER
POETS
soNGS OF THE FIGHTING MEN

J{'t paper 1:s
uf(lr

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

M onung

l os!

Street

Fill DAY

W ALLlliGFORD

g

The Turkish War M n sler lfortne I
s tant noplc Pari amcnt t hat the Br t s h hod
rP.t red along the Tig IS W thout
fightln !J
The
Syr an
situatlo l W",S
mp ov ng
Prep:u'a t ons were be n il mad b y T I k!!y :md
her Allies that would llr ng th e n i\ f vour b le
d e s on

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OI ::; lltI ( r N I /nSf S n O"1 &
Ct\V II't S BA~1

JARDOX IS essential to the Nattonal
Food Economy CampaIgn, because
It not only InVIgorates and bUilds up
the tissues, but enables the body to
aSSImilate much more nutriment
from other foods-thus WIth Jardox
less food IS needed to be oroper\y
nOUrished.

W I

READ.

Lj. FRANKLIN,
( t.,te I E

We Ih nk highly of the C ., ncen r
ltd a he Cryslll.l P:l :lCe N o ~
II. m the s mul(\ ng p
!
s meo s of mea

F. ~
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ON SON I'.: Co I

Contractor for Pile Dnvmg Camp.nutlung,
and Concreting,

PANGBOURNE, Berks.
FARMERS and OTHERS.
,vho I IlVfl

HAY or

The NurslIlg Mlr rOf qy .. -

jru pr~J5 0

~'

STRAW

RELEASED FOR SALE BY MILITARY AUTHORITIES
nrlil 11m Led to

pre lA fII~d by JARDOX
JARDOX n o only con
b 1\150 I ~ nUlL vc ~n
,\c{

offor l her B. IChS to

WALTER PARSONS & SONS,
Of BLAGRAVE STREET, READING.
p I" Ct"R
qmck c le a.l noee,
cnt. gt'YCI
Cx.ih advA. ncod if reqw.rod.

Good

and

prom o'

sc~ U t:l n

The R.eal Beef Tea WIth
The R.eal Beef Flavour
~ b 71n

h III

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MONEY

- AS-H -ADVANCED

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so U I II ~ liN 1 Qlfl1 \ III ~ CO

] scI :lugo C I a )00

i6 1lI .. t-.lo VO

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l id

l{",'6d Ai

Ask your Grocer for JARnOX to-day
JARDOX
JARDOX

In
In

Jars loz sAd 201: IOd 40z. J/6
Cu.bea Id each or Il:.: ID" 00:1; £0.. 6d

ADVANCES from £50, upon NOTE 01HAND.
Rwsu Ulbl<;
b~

£50
£100

3ardol lid C.....tnl Palace Worh Lond.. 9 E 20

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£4 3, 4d

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£ 13

Re p )"tnen bi to

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£15Q

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16 Old Ht rhngloll Street.,

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Messrs I1 nto

RIOl,

UOllLlOW FIlOM AN ENCLI$I!M.A."1

£ 10
CHRIST1/! AS ANNUALS

Cur ers

u

SFiOO I1 ~ G H :JIES
S iootmg flO cs
Chr stmns r umber
I fl !:!

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to U o~c spor\.t;n e

1U £1000 acha.llce i t o .LOOIOl! Geu l1emen
C1ctS.r i:.I
li a rme f3 M.ar.li:(It G aroWlers,
~ nd J louseboldorll ~ t a. 1'OMOt14ble nuo of

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Nor£. Oli
br

ALON J
rcpu.ya.ble 10 On o !NUll 0 ('
MOl chi, or Q u.'\.rt.er ly l rusta irn6llt.l.

BOSIN ~ SS COMPLff'Il 0 BY POS! IF DESIRED

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oad ~LO

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parilllUJ. ...MI

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Cove.ulry DllIta.uoo no obJoca. l).a.n oula..r.

[TOO

COUNTY THEATRE READING

PRIVATE LOANS.
Would a £10, £20, or £50 link-note
be of auy ue to you jut now !
lit

READING WAR SAVINGS CAIIIl'AIGW
ID

lu oon octlon

F rom

Officer J

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"SANITAS "-'~'"'"'
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to I V the Uti. or 1I"lio 3pooi illlJ' c loglsod

TOlrn lIali as soon a.'I JX)l!elbie.

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Illporto.nt confer ence of the
Rood n Wa r Sav J gs Comn ltiee W\9 collvened
b t h Ij lIL or n 0 1 lor th It t1 0 oXI!>bug- Cam
1 }Ug 0 S ub~nllDl tthO !;hoold be oou61dera.bly
strc .... U €oiled n d some 30 kI t lOnal nam8.~ re,t reS O~ltinR' prom narll. RT d Vl't.Tle I mter&-t3 In the
tO Wl
l\ON Ullall mons!
hIM
Ii
bel' for Rendmg (Col J S!iho Wilson

Will appear Next Week ]

8UZlWIlfGHILL

nn

tRkmg g~!l.t 1I tere.,t 1n the
t.. anJ tho central offic8 t wlll.ch cor

C Ml& monS 0)
m

IS

brc:t:.~nBnd bonds a.rc to be obtAtned IS
beoFhr; Ij\' ~l ltio 1 Albort Ubngworth
P

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gf:

l~ General

~ t :O
rown
°H~r Readrng
Mayor
pTOSide

hns

kmdly

dalDg

H M
consented to

ubUc meeting to be held LD the La..Dfe
on December nth '!"be

will

R M S lJ)eppo ths RoadlDg tBnk ambled
thro gh the streets on Saturday and lurtoo,
o.re expected More "t'oluutaf"1. workan

Vl.Illb

""old be W1IIcoiDod-

BEST FOR HOUSE STABLES AN,\KENNEU.
IlIfel'Csf/ug [l",/thl, " ·
~
Th.
WANI AGE

N EWBURY MARKE'I PLA CE SA..LE

MARKE'!

WEnNT ~ nA'
TI p. lotn.l f\b scnC<l of r~'" WfL'I 1 e to tl e fl OW
:MeR!\'I'l! 'On.\" nml P or ter " el t r es fM tI e n,ht'lve
s&le contpnsed :.154 head or poultrv II '" rnbblt~ r egulatIons thitt a.1I mus be \\ 0 qhed Rne! sold A.t
C}.I\ cs w e r c
5240 n ew hud >eggs fI. (1lflntitv o f 01 10 Ii armies pc r ficor o nDt bmng n.pprec n.t.ed
r It.! and abont- 100 lol'l of d ead "took
The r e ' nrdlv n~ nnm c ro s fin d lot R. very s hnrp Irado
I r)..'! to 639 0\ I fl lfer dO\vn cRivlI g l'CAlIsed £4 :1
~M t\ von br "k trade for t.he pouler\' R.rn::I' ,1\:1
I teg." 499 &1 10 59'4 li I
lI ens
IlI.de
pr ce~ tiled tI raug-ho \t B ('I'I L oh C!ke ns mnde rrom 1 ;!
3!\
11 Lo 5~ 3d R (1 f'ock(>r ol;; 5!j 6d
115 to 128 2d Q, c onple cockcrf'.ls from 8~ Srl
to 1& 8d 1\ couple hem'! From as 3d to 6s Od
PIGS
(!l\Ch rJl.bbrt.'l a.hv(l from h 5d to 3s each (hlto
Harr 8 ImY Co Caine flrc pl\)' na <"In!;
per
l-ead from 1$0 ad to 2a 2fl each ferl eta 78 toO
71\ 3ct ea.cb There Wfi.!'I IUl exceptionally large !\COre dead we igl t or 18s I ve \\ c lJ!'hl fo r
Enqu TICS sobel~d _
entry of new In. d C8'tS for whlch the d.,mand wall b!lcon PIgs 1l1ro fat ROWR
not 110 hrlek as u/m1\1 The r 1 n,:; f7M~ were Apply HArri S CaIn(! W lis
:ls. 4d to 4!'1 a. do:ten pullets eggs 2s 6d to
BU1'1'ER SUPPLIES
3A Id !\ dOJlen
On ons RTiplel'l R:l1d nut! met
M Vmn.'-RR A.ND SON 8
nr 97 Southampton
WIth a rellldy sate And U e dead BUIck Bold not
Street
Rennmg
beg to ot rl M OIr n me rons
ntiafaci.orV pt"loos Tho "uctionre'l'R aro holding
01 stomor.s thot they
Will RhDrtlv be a.b1e to
theIr ~al Cht"l ~tma!lo BI\10 011 Thunda.y Decem
b4ir 20UI (or "Inch uluabla lmzes "ra boing: r esume tho supphe8 of theIr well known brand
gtYelI
Barty oentrif!6 .re eDheSted ,... ac.hed'ules o· M V S bu tt:er and rtgrct thc $!:reat mconvcni
('nce cansed by the dell",. o'\'er whIch the) bad no
mal be obtamed at tbell' omoes.

nlld

THUR8D l Y

LOO], OUI FOil InFo rANK

ON

" SANITAS "_11.

t11e
k i M ~ Darker "hnt. tI 6r W~ nn..,. u ked to
do ;:-r ~ bnoj.! prl)fTlUlent.ly before an clafJW:ft or the
publle13 the des r bll ~y or thl"lr hkinl( up natlonaJ war
hc:mdll
the :-.sf, few dltJoJ .II. Cfl1 h.1 buro.n
had
been
W~IIJ HTO;liO' S~ '" t wt ef'C 11.1 1.16 neee"""," nfo rullt.~~ 00 1<1 be obtalnod
A puhllc tnllctlnlt
to

aug\),1'1 te the autumn ~n.il.".,~gn would bc he d 10 U e

8.6.11111

S GhhYF.RIARS Hom R.E.A.DING

M e gathering w 8 I.<J hear a I n klre~ U) P.rofcSllO!' Evan
Hal'.;'
I th e '] ITa!!' ry on nntlO al Xl Mi s and 1V1l.f" !IlL"
In
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0
and h S ;lddrCAA whl Ii dc-.1. t. hrl Y w th
u ! .,~('~~ cads of tJ Q situAt.lon waa IlIIt{lJ1oo t-o wit!
k . "e
~n
Tl e. ICOO"I work wlIicl h a.s lI'cBdy
b oe 00 ",ttt:l1 L IC'li } 11 e Read n g "nr aaVUIIo!" It~a

tlon

so

OBtAIN

H. WALLIS,

t.

tll o I " n ltD 0
ltnd ~ lru;t WCtlIc Tb c llayor Qlr
¥ \ °Sar clln t) who J.s ~ al n I.ll o f tbo :rtcadlug l,oca
Cm tNl.I ComJ Mc(\. I resided
nd 1llIl000g U Klc!1:l prCll(:flt,
"'(:fC t.he Del' L) Mayor Olr Loonu.nl Suttt n) Caoo N It
house., Dr J 1.1 11 rr) Mr Keeton (I cad runst.er 01
Itcadlu 8 hool) and M..I.~ llirk r I'I C In nIIry object or

16 6d u e t.

CAN

,\:OURNOIBOl llANO lIoud B.EPA'Y
ll Y EASY IN SrA.LMJ~ NTS from

tin I C«>llomy r.am

lIt.kndcd ('Oiderc Ice of U 8 offiC!iU6

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SANITAS'"

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Which would you rather
have-a

National War
or

Mackiatosb's Toffee d, _ /-

-WELL! BUY the BQ'NJ
aad you'll alway. have 'I
few coppen for tbo To~
Rond~ from £5 UPWard,
fmmany PMt Office or Dank

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