Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 09-1918

READlNG MERCURY. OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBlmY JIER!LD, AND BERKs COUNTY
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READING lIEWS

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SPECIAL WAR
SERVICE
BRlT SH OFFICIAL
We forced t n a Samma cross ngs south
of Pe onne
n face of v gorous res st
nnce
The v Inge of St
Chr st
Br e
and Le Mesn I Brunte were captured
Our
soners
pr
of
r
w tn
be
um
n
a
Mons-or.
and
t oops ea hod
Ath as
Cn3US.SOO
We captured 00 not and
ma.de
n po tant progress on the h On
Nu lu
ground between Peronne
and
Bassee
We ga nod ground west of La
a so
We
and east of Neuve Ch3j>el e
ne nortl west of Armen
ildvanCbd our
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PARIS

OFFICIAL

ng the n ght we cont

COIU(]IROI&L

CORN PRODUCTION

IIfTILLIGI.CI

THE APPEAl FU1\'D

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CENTRAL NEWS

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WAR SUl'PLIBS DBl'OT

SATUBDAI SEPTEMBER 7, 1918.

nued to ad

\la ce On the who e front between the
Som ne and Vesle
Our troops con
t nued to cross Somme
Epenancourt
rag on and further south pushed for
wa d
to
tne
Ham-Pe Dnne
road
No th ot the A lette we
eached
the
outsk r15 of S nccny a d
plataau
of
Land court and s..outh of the A leUe
we
f ant
the
Vauxa
n
Rav ne.
Arner' cans. on the VErSIs' front have car
r Bd the
I ne to the outsk rts. of V I
leTS on Prayers and occup ed Glennes

NATION ilL SERVICE NOTBS

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RE\DING SATURDAY

SEM 7

.laoal4 be _t to
Tile Editor

ReadUlI M.CW'Y ad Berlu Coa..ty 'a."...

b Ing before our readers the Import
ancs of brmgmg every acre of land

7 Mw... Pia.. Road...
.. d will be .ckaowlad.od by bUD III
.orl), ••\Ie uf the pa.
n.,. abowd k .ado p.,abl. to ....
R.ad... Mweury War H ••p tall Sl.Ippll••
FWld
aad cro... d
"Barela,..
B.ak

under

the most ntensl\e culhvat on
the
most
modern
wlth t1 e ald of
n achmer)
so as
to
ensu e
th e
The e
IS
ma.'I; n n food productIon
no doubt that the policy of alffimg at

cel tam

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mcreafled

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acre 1ge

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perfectly sound one

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thanks to a large p QV Slon of ha.rvest
mg machmer)
the harvest
despIte
U e shortage of labour bIds fau to
be an excellent one
well gathered
There

vas

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Meur.. .BardaJ' cl:. Co.. Ltd R••dual B••"
ha.. o� .. acc:o_t for CODt butioaa
to tbe fud. ClaeqIM. ultl otIa. remittaace.

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ThIS lssue forms our autumn farm
mg numbel
wh ch 1S deSltrned to

a

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good deal of crItiCism re

garding

the

appJ catIon of the prrn

plough

Dou.bt1es�

OFl!'IOn s

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c pIe of putting more la.nd under the

ill

In some Instances

land ,-"h lCh was better left for pasture
vn.s ploughed up
But on the vhole
the pol C) was fa the bel"il
Unfar

advantage

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make ful l use of the present resources
Ma.ny more tracto� v 11 le nvrulable
J
these CIrcumstances ngr c 1t r sts
of thIS dlstnct may be rel ed upon to
a greater
prod ce next ye r c\ cn

amount than they have thiS) car

C�LLED lIPON ro I!ESIGN

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Agr cuJture 0 B erk
art cle entitled
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the autumn and wmter b t thJS year
thele w I be ample t me n wb ch to

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done tbe scheme was not !;UffiClentiy

to take full

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AGBJCULTORA.L WAOES BOAR" (E "LA�D A.: " "'AL

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the ba ley ac reage 1 as been

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Increased from
18367 to 19058 nr d
from 34 788 to 36 098
Rye., beans

oa.t

tnd tJ edge corn ha, e Increased
2..723 to 6220
acres
\Vh 1st
these figures st 0\\ a satIsfactory t en
denc:y It IS ObVlOlS that they are not
exhau t vc
Berksh e :vas asked to
Increase Its anble area to the extent
of 33 000 a.eres b t fell
hal t of
comph�h ng thiS hj 1 825 acres
lhe 18 1 il lcres broken up It IS 5 gn
ere bro ken
fieani that only "2.., acre �
tI e
p
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Ne ertl elass
f et. s t1 at 0 1879 the aCH'.age asked
for Vi as under U e plough
It IS s g
ge;ted that the d tference n ay be nc
co nte d (0 h) the (act tbat do,,)
and that some
�tock has LDc.rease 1
land I as become
ns I tahle owmg to
choke 1 d a. ns
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Dot no v I e pass hie to get 111 k to the
po� t on
n 1872
h t, C\ury effort
sho lrl be made to arr c a tl e POSI
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by the po" ers that be.

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covering ground that was lost 1n 1914
Wha.t the enemy Hi seeking IS un
doubtedly to parry Foch s blow by giv
109 up ground and rellr DS on a lIne
fu ther back but our Forces are war
rymg hIm a good de al ID th e process

MADE

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STARTER
POR ALL

MOTdR VEHICLES.

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PRICES O� VEGET�B) ES

RUKTIlfG APPOmTlOllTS

the

German
some in
Amy may
than
stronger
stances considerably
no re
ours we are giving the enemy
spite and If Foch can only keep It up
the
before
It should not be long
ellemy s IIns gets ba.dly cracked and
g
thore ",,11 be poSlllbJUt I.. of doalln
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captunng a. conSIderable number of
men and huge quantities at matenals
And 50 fal there have not been many
y.eeks 01 pause, as there were between
otfensiveB
German
several
the

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lhe II ndenburg Ime but the SWitch
Tn e we have not yet
line as well
rega ned all the ground lost earhel
n th e year
but that WIll only he a
question of tune
By way of contrast
\ Ith the German offenSIve t IS not ee
able that nowhere IS
tbe
enemy
able to bring our advance to Si. corn
pl ete standstill and we are even re

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To 1se the words of the Kaiser to a
fnendly potentate cal her n the war
our troop� go from \ c.tory to VIctor)
They ba\e not only 5JI1nshed through

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCE1dENT
Coats &Dd Skirt.& Overooau DrMII68 o.nd
1 pra -Heminlr aDd T do nVlt.e thoee who
wi8h to obtain & Coat and Skirt. Overooat
Drea or h1'8 &t & moderate �rice to vJsit

thAll' 8Mly �utumn show at 8 Bt&tloJl Road.
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IRE SOUTH BERKS ROUNDS
Will meet
Mondr.y Sulha.mplJtcad Pa.rk I.tell
lhurada.y W8J' OR'
At 7 0 clock
THE eRA VEN HOUNDS
" It meet
Mtlbcia.y Bapor 7 Q. m
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The '0111)" na lU'e the week-end p ce&
R Dner hMnK. !d pII'll' Ib broad he&.n, 3d
oabbaaM. 9d , and 2id «"Cl.Ch leth CB.
2d., 2ld 3d 8.1111 4d I'I8Oh IAU] Ro,,"r 91
td lUld 6d ee.oh oarrotR, "d pt'r bundle
apph'l (cooking)
Hkl
OD OD1I &d � Ib
per 1 b
Md 111 per lb. dMlltrt. la 8d
rh.hub 3d �
..w.oeo lid per Ib
hundl� m..rroll''' ld per Ib
_VOYI. ",d.
and 3d

per lh

PRICE OF EGGS

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