Reading Observer. April, 1915.

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llYX
is a unique p~epara.
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of flakes or wafers, which
excels In t,h e washing
of flannels, woollens and
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all
loosely wO'jen I and
dainty ' fabrics ~hich are
liable to shrink if washed
by ,ordinar v methods.

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choose will
buy a. smart untrillllPled

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~t is a pleasure to wash sUfh tlIings

with LUX. It yield~ a beautiful,
cream-like lather. It is I more
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than p I easure to vIew Or to wearthe fabrics washed with it. They
are a delight.

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LEVER altOTHEftS LIMITED, PORT is J NLIGHT.

ELECTION. CRIME IN BERKSHIRE. DEA
I IRI;:TIiRIN~G INIEMIBEIR.S RETURNED.

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Th ere \WII& a very bnght a.nd plea.aani. IweiR!
th, gat.herln~ alit Palmer lflll on Friday eve wn{lD last
ond week for the purpose of lrl&uguratlrlg .... Yaung
P~ple a lLeague, ' which has J1Ht beeD formed In
Re.adiu h
trhe obJect.« of the League are
a reo
markably comprehen.luve cbaract.er-' tbe epfraD
cbl!lement of tUl women &nd the 80CIBI uplifLlng
of hu.m.n.nlt.y· It III tHihat.ed to t.he Unlte<f SufI"ragUlt.s' Society
Tho Pre'ldent of the League 18
MUla May/ Broadley. tbe bon ~ctary Mias! OtiVtl
Read a.nd the hon treasure r MISS lAUIey .AJtFougb
yow:rg men . . in Vited to lOtn the League ~ ~
C1atee they Will not. b& allowed to b&ve
'1'01(0
In Ita ID:f&gement
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The Pa.&8IDEl'I"T, lD • lIhon and conetae opeDlng
addreu. Rid abe h.a.d Irt"eft plea.aure th&t eTelling
lD mauguratlDg t.he Young Pe.ople. League. Tlle

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IIJlIlS a.nd obJect.
of the o.nd
Lea.gu.e
were t.he
eofraq.
~ment
()f all wQmen
t.he sOClal
uplIfting
of

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oehy show a. decreue. but there

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an .mcrease for

hill loS!! IS mourned by

STREtT
IMPROVEMENTS.
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bJ&half of t.he Local Government
OD Thursday by

~fr Ed,,,r D;udley, F S I
mto t.he applicat.lo\, t)f
Lbo ReadIDg iJ.'own Oquncil to I;>orrow tbe~ lum! or
£965 £l5O, £l..300-Vl.nd £575 rcapccti\ely for p;Jr-

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ba.m stieet :rd £Ower Thorn atreeL. the UulLer
~lIuket and Krn.t!.s-road ahd WaWng-ton 5treE.t.
The mcml5en of tbe Corpora.tlOn ~resent were A id
W J J Br,nD, Councdlon W
C.olheT (Chairman of the HI:'.......)'I Conunlltu). F W _O\llwrlgbt,

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Spark. and :A. New-hery t.b!l Town Clerk (MT
W S ICJutterbuck). the Boroagh SuI'!OJor (.M.r
Jo.hn ~en) ,.. tJi,e liP.l"Oqgh Aceoullt.lnt; (Mr Benry
Lund) and ~ 14r Dryia.lld ... Hulam. lUD (&gent tor
some of the propert.u~. a.4'ected) •

'rbere "'''"' no oPPOSItion to any of t.he appltca-

.. A.s. regards u(JIl,mdiclahlo\ offences. there 11 an
mcrease m ArJ1!Y and Navy offencos, duefly under
the bead:.of a.bsentees WIthOUt. leave, but it munt be
r'eDla!D.bered t6a.~ the Na.vy a.nd Army were largely
mcreaaec;t. on the out.break o( war,.-the Navy anr!
Army R.eserves were called up, the 'IemtoI'lBI
Foroe moliilised and the new u.rmy formed Laege
numbera (If troops have been ca.m.ped and billet.e.d
m a.ll parh ot the county, and, cons.uiermg t.bIH,

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In

the year 1911, the

urufonlll~ 1n

t he treatment

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of tramps unaar- the bread station and ~y tl~ei
doqQ..mu~ to hrlpg about th~ · 8&ilaf&4;
tory reduetlorr -from year tq yea.r
Under the
Uocal Go'\"erhment Board reglll&.tiona ~fonn fe
gulO\tlons &II retJ.l'~S food for Itramps in the e&8ua,l
ward ha.ve dUl'nig the ~r l$m ma.de. whlcb now
ent.lrely does awa.y' vrlth any cause for ~gglOg.
and It IS much hoped that the pubhc will not gtve
to beggars or "encoul'Age them m a.ny way on the
fot' they ha.ve now no Irell.8onaple cause for i~tqD,j<!il

spteml haa

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Ibeen ver,
glad good
to s a.y that
generaJly hd,,as 1~1~:~~~~t
Therethetr
ha.ve.conduct
beep. 8atlafa.cto~
cr&a¥lS m nearly every otber deSCriptIon of loon
mdlctable otfer.ce, eepeclally satisfactory decre3se8
undcr ~ tho heaji of cruelty to chIldren, Highway
Act" Revenue La.WII, Educa.tlon Act, Town Pollee
Clauses Act and offences relatmg to dogs
1j,j"'pllediclrh.•",
II It IS very satIsfactory to note that the crIme
oom'ltutted
t:n.mps
coDtmuBS
to decrea.se,
fol
IOW1ng the by
ItLfge
deereMC
of preVlous
yelLt'II l'he
percentage of tramps appl1Ihended to the total
\~ ~ns apprehended JI:lthout warrant I S
onl i3Z ~ cent. compared wlth 55 per cent 1n
the ear 1909
The tota.l Dumber of tramps ad
nut~d to the ClLlSual war<b contlOuell to sabudac
toni decrease:LS a wh ole
Tbere are iricrea.aes at
the Abingdon.. Bradfield and
UDlOn:l; but decre&l6.!l m everr., other UOlon
Of
course good trlde and Itttle unemploym~nt has
much helped. to reduce the lilumber of tramps on
the r oad, and. a.a still furtber proVIng thIS, the
returns from our common lodgmg b OU&e8 shew &.
uductlon of ~b9ut one third &a compared with tlil/l
prevlou8 year
The work 011 the Beibtllre, Oxon
and BuckS Jomt. Vagra.ncy CommIttee, et:t.ablillhed

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an educatl()1131
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to Map1e?urham. WIth
lived lU tbe ldi!

otrence~ of q.b~rung goods by fa iM pmt..enoea

LI8Ut. J obfuton'. end aTe
The deep..t '1"'p"hy "

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yents, and co mmitted SUICide dlrect.ly afterwards
Cftes of bUl'glary. hOUf:!ebreakmg, and Itlmple 18,J'

In Rea:dmg

nmnamty
Their motto wu .. Dare to be free," 1:-·-.-·'-'and t.h£llr colour W3.S green becausa It ..... tho
,ll;ym.bol of Spring. youLh a.od hope
It. wa.s
hve orglmlutlOD, and would make lUI vOice heard
on such quest.lOns &a sweated labour, the high COlt.
of h"mg, chlkl labour on Lbo hmd a.nd lDdu.atna.l
disputes ! It, would keep a. \"",atc:.hful .eye
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SOClal and ludUiltrJal Dlovement..
'they meant "W
6..J: t.herr attentlon on t he 5lD18ter ef(ort.:ll now bemg
made to gel. child labour on tb6 land. ud on the
mUll and "hlftlng rna-Do er In wbich t.be Bow of
EducatlOrl was dealing wlt.h thlj atoompt !1fha.t.
o.pU'tment bad virtually promlR4 to , look the
atla~r ..,., wblle Lbe l~w WILh rega.rd t.o IC~J a.t,.!
oondanee !wa& helDg broken.. The gO'fOlnloJ ~-..e5
"ere t:a.kmi .l!LCivant.age of t.be pree6D.t Ct1al.1 fO boy
to rob the workers children of thelt' aU too tc1l1ty
means of educat.lon, bec:a.U&C they kDew that an
~ucatod dOUlocra(;y would prove more fOrmidable
~an an ~ora.nt. one
Surely It "PI'aa bad ehOu,h
that tho fto"" er of our youni' and VlgOroue \ manbood lIhould. -be d6!ltroyed or mllmed In tb. ternble war WILbout undenDlwng the healtH ~
mental U&lDlng of the D&tKln'al cbddren by putti.D,
them t.o la.borlous toll on..th& fanna. The nlot.Jon
muat. Josikt on tbe et.amplDg. out by tho. Go,ernment. of Itht.t DeW form of child alavery
The
Young P qo ple a League " .. a.1Illlat.od w Lb. Uttlted
-Mra~. a.nd It had t.1fO lides-tha educ~tlon&1
and the lIoolal
They m tendeod.. to meet cvelJ1 week.
fot' lectures and dehllta and" on the aocl.J Bide
there 1'I'oqkl btl concerlB, da!llOtA and BOClal gathertDga. With pM:nlCB and ramblOl )D tbe IRlmmetl time
had already a la.rge memi:lenlup, a.ttd a.ped to) other young J?6Ople to 10m .:the UagtHI
en were ellglbls. to JOID It as &II8OClates I TheJ
feI~ tb&t the hope of the .,Jorld red.ed 0Po t he
younger generation
Tbey were t.he bnght hope!!
at SpllDg and plODtlers of a
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A iN('TI;,j) A GRICULTURIST.
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attempted to murder another daughter, aged four

Board wu li~kl a.t the Town Hall

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marks regaMing crlme during tb~ :r::ilr he sWfes

'lliU Imposed

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1I10RSE

It 11 ,mb
regret ths.t we record the death
of Mr .James. M~'I of Park Fum, MapledllrhR!!I
wInch took 8C8'"" lQ the ear ly hours 1
0f Sattmhy
I< Dunng the pa.st year, the number of mdictnole
:Y:r }lone, who .. as & very \>;el!
and non lDdict.a.ble... offences shows a very sarlsfac mornLDg Ilut
torY pecrease" compared with preVlOUS years ghere known figur~ m Rei&ding aDd distrr, bad Jllol
aooJ'(t 1ea.ra and ten. Unj Jlqll!!'
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.,:.,.,...",' ~ to be lD a.~ healtn bu~
for tbul. and that a. high conceptIOn of uuty baa
he contracted & en n a~
t."ken hold of the people 10 the present criSIS
There W8.'I one case of WIlfu l murder
A wQman
he oDLy lport,allj ,.
death ~& aga-nUeU
murdered her d3.ught.er aged lUX years, and
Berk",hlre for the yea.r 1914

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PEOPLE·~ LEA~UE.

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The Chief Con!lt.able of Be$lJhlre. MaJor _"'- P'
Poulton, h&:l Just ls!ued the crlmmal atatlstl9! for

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lJarry I Day of 7 P'roipoot .treet, lteadlnf. was
lIummonoo for drlvlnS" a. motor c&r 1fllbout .. rear
h~bt ID Wok.ingham road on March 26th ., Tbe
oft'ence .... admitted MT D&y nYlftg It WM 'by
accident. Ithat he did not. :fut enough oil. 1n the
lamp -.AI fine of lOs , Including oo,ail, wu llllpo&OO

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STATIST'IcS FOR 1914.

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P'redenck Va-usc, of Goo1e was rummoned for
puttmg out. a. street. h ,mp tn Pepper Lane all Mareh
15t.h - P C Barber proved the
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lOe, IncJUdlng costs. wat. ilDOO.«I.-'-11\o.
;a.)d he lwu told t hat.
belDg pwt. out In Ibat -,;~;g""bO~~I';;"~,
would have to put a. ltop
thnL tbere were ..n..lrelLdy 50 per
put old'. l and they did bot want. any
for ml&C lief
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HORSB UN.\'ITENDED
Wilham BuLcber, of 51 Shaft.elbury roJd
aummon~ tor belD~ the dnver r;r ... 1lo6rt6 add cart.
m Lond~n road a.nd not; h&VlOg praMI' control ' or
the !tame -P C Hayes Mld the hone and can
were left out"lde the \. Mkrquta of Granby pl1.blie
house for over twenty mmu~, and It lDt.erfer!p
"~J:~::~~~~!~
i defeooapt
wlt.h tbe! tram'llray trafl\e. \\'hen told Qf the matter
ti
re pU ed that be had to do hL& ,.,ork
He wu dehv~r lttg :w.neral waten - A fine of 68

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