Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 12-1918

DRY, OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBDRY
HERALD. AND BERKS COUNTY PAP
ER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1918
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READING ELECTION
lIR F A SIJ(OlfDS APPEAL
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iNGLEFIELD HOUSE
DE110ElLl�.:l TIO N
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THE

TRORlIBY 8

LOCAL

COL WlLSON S SUCCESSFUL
(lAlI:PAIGN
L! BOUR S BOLD BID

TO COL WILSON !';SUPPORTERS

FIlIAL IlALLY

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IOCIlITt AJlD ,ueoUt.

To

the Ed tor of 11 e
R.od ng
a nd
Berk. Cou ty Po per
S r -May I bo) allo" ed I he p h liege

Merc
of

Iry

!;; ng
� bur valuable calu} s to
ISSUe an earnest appeal to Ihe 1)any
thousand or both men and
eJeolors of Readmg who ha,e prom
lsed Colone Lest f' \\
t heir !l:Up

Ilson

port to exercise lhell light to 'ote on
Po I ng Oa)
Saturday lext

bcr 14t1 ')

Tt ere s u dangerous !\p r t of 0 rer
confl ience abroad that the eleclIon of
Co l onel \\ Uson IS n ceria nty and it ill
eJ ecto rs Indl\1rtually need nOl t[lke tI e
trouble to re.gtsler U e r rotes
\\ llson s election should he 1 ct'rtR n
tj
J dgmg bj md cat ons
I ut Lhls

Colonel

n ch -d osued re� lL can on:)
be
La ned ,f each and evefJ: voter
h s or her bit
at the poll

I fear that

maktng

e

extn \ agant

Prom ses lre cheap

t has bee

1

prom scs.

nd the l

lerab y d scountcd "py

cons

t at tI e a th o n; of tI em

a e

neVCJ

I kely 10 be caUerl upon for fulfilment
1 r e iher the J lbertl or Labou

put forti

u Parties

p o n v. hlCh
they really thought thev would secure
<'I. major tv and vere prepared to U 1
dertake the re.ponslb ltty of office
t
a

ould be

programme

ntelligible

Clrcumst3n

es

t o e:o.:erc

But
se

n p resent

the franch se

pOSltLon (or many years to co 1('
Member for R eadin g against an�
m ght
enh e
to enter
the
agamst h m

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I st act ons
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(cne I mettlo 1 1 e
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d a ge
CUlS ne 1 eaple
tI slot
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to forget ecent uslorv rind for U e
benefit
ttenhon
nay be
11 ect.ed

few Importwll facts
fwo ,eaJ!5
last
Saturday
the
Coal ton
heade 1 by M
Lloyd l "eorge
ca ne
IDto be ng
By the lJ 0:;1.. Ul1aruInOUS
'"
S8cnt
the cou ntry he was l at ked
out uS tl e one mu \ ho vas bent on
nm g tl e 'A ar an I vt 0 had suffi
cent e c gy to o rc e
tJ e necess a v
easures U ough
He look office at
the black est
the
He overcame a)
I Lst and gre atest
tcun ng un ty of comlna

to

a

aeQ

of

f

onc of

of

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ifIc;,D'I;I1l�''''i'I)IC

grc Lt sold e
ge us Vi!:')
Roberls
bJoc of a
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T1 en aga

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;,;cio�g��n ;S,�e�d����!��1

Lord

gotten tl at 0 c
th e
and novel features of

of

was the di u ho n of
the lovernment by

p o�p.d capac ty and of selt ng then
to con c entr ate on u rg e nt prabJe ns
T h a.t s a s) stem that should be con
There IS a \ cry la rge n: cas
t ued
ure of as' eement abou t the prollems
neces::;a y to be soh ed an I e lren upon
tl e
solvmg t h em
Man v
these prob ems such as the prov Slon
for returned soldi ers and sailors
n
crea..c;ed producbon
mproved hous ng
h ea lU
educatIOn rural development,

means of

VfCTORY

GIFT

t

THE FRONT

ansport

largely

of

and

adJ

elect 'lcal

lruSt!

tons tihoUld be

a.ll' e

power

are

These ques

emo ed fro n
tbe
sphe -e
party POlitICS an d the I est
men fitted fo the Job should be caUed
n to deal � th them
The la ssez

of
o

f Ulre p l C)

10 tI ade matter::. m u st go
del to cheapen the p roduc t and
at the same t me n ru n l.a.in bappy con
d hans for the workers It 5 necessar y

1n

0

clerrhfic management n
to establish
By the ad op t on of Im
ndustry
tram;
P Dyed methods a narvello us
format on was effected ID i1 e output
The advances which
of mun t Dns

nade must be ma.mtamed
actones are adapted
The most effec
to p eace condItions
t ve way In wh ch this can be accom
p ished IS by the same comr adeship In

h ave been

wl en fDurubon

anrl
e dec,o.
S
by �{€flsm Reela8, Ltd

1st V BATT ROYAL BERKS RBST

l

peace that earned us safely and sue
cessfu ly through the wat

Sergl;. NeW'lD1Ul
Dysan
drill

LEADERS AND
WILSOJIT

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The.. term reactlona:ty has
plied to the C oa h b on b It there
nothing

A Wrot

f

1

15

eacbonary abQut the r pro

nor
ab out
their past record
rhey p assed the
greatest FranchIse measure n hIstory
and e nfr a nchIsed women for the first
bm e
They passed one of the most
progresslve and democra.tic education
measures tha.t have been carr cd fOT
the last 50 years
They have ra sed
wages mcludmg that of the agncuJ
tural 1abourer to the tune of
gramme outlIned above

COL WIL80B 8 OPEJIT AIll
lDETIJrGS

Col(!lnel [.res e W laon held a auccetilul
open &U" meeting at A Ban a.nd S:&.mmonds
Worka on MondA7
rft" mMtina WAa JUII&­
y attended the women
employees
be 0.1
espec ally not ceable Colonel Wil60D sa d
that he O&me leM w tI the ob)tet of mak Dg
a pt'Il ticmJ 8JW!Oh than ot (; V1Jlg to workers
who m gilt not b6 able tn atten d hJ.8 eVIID
UlfC meetmgs an oppo turuty to uk h m
an,. quest OIU! they might tb.ink fil After
the meet nit he eallM' on
I16verel
holl*,­
holden! n the ne ghbo hood and weut on
"here
hI>
to tl e Eleotno L gM Worb
meeting thn 19h amallet waa fW1uaUy sue
cC!lIisfnl

thmg Ilke £500 000 000 a year
greater production has 'been obtained
Not a ba.'d reco rd for
out at the land
a.
reactIOnary
Government engaged
on brmgmg the country successfully
through the most t?emeqdous war 10

the world s hIStory
By their frw .
ye shall know them
rhe only

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Strikes!
Are

unknown when the

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ELECTRIC STARTER
to

your

t

chance of gett ng a stable Government

of aVOIdIng the dangers lof Bolshevunn,
and at the same tune pr,ogressmg on
lines incticated by the war IS In a
Independent
LIberal srn
Coa.hbon
has nothmg to orrer wbilst the Lab

A.T HERBERT'S ENGINEERING

�VORKS

our programme 18 a d"ngeroll� �om
prOlll15e between constitutional rofqrm
The tende� 10 It
and BolsheVIsm
I
Is to emphasise those extreme fea I '
tuns which can benefit (\tlly the ant1
collllUtulional elements +whoae watch
but
recons\rUctlony
not
is

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0a Tuesday Cnlonel J ..,. W IMO ad
df'elll!ll!ld & 11 eceeaful open-Blr meebng d ur
IDI the dmner hour at Herbert. En gmeer
ID' W-ork.. He pomtsd out bow Deoe6I& r1
It \lU f the hl£l ... which tn hb Tlew
were a\)a)lut2l,. lHICflI!Iury ..ere to be ob­
tamed by Bl'itiab worker&. that the enem,.
should lie pr8"TtDt.d from unfa irly coDlpct
nJl by ihmiplu,aood' produc,ed b, ...Iod
labour
Be Raid aleo l.bat the enem, who
cau.eed the war mtiat be made to.PI'l for U.
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At: a larp. and
.. utic meet nil I eld
on Thanday the 10110"-'0, roIIOlat on
rut In th e nn;n;,nn I
unarumouaJy can eel
of thiS meetia,g tbe Intl!lMlUt of n,,,,,rvIIlK
of
liberty
the
and mlUDtaialDg
oan bMt be ..:Illnd by IOhd support
Caloul Wu.... .. thout aaJ �rd at
.-t joactu. fo• .,..., poUtieo lA
toaD .lIar .... "

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