Reading Observer. April, 1915.

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ENGLISH MANUFAcrVRES.

MAYfOLE MARG
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SUGGESTIONS.
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hcnr and when the

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his ad~ II&ld

ONE QUALITY ONLY

wu gotng to ecd they

could not. qwte Re but. It. WIoII oertam that the
world "f0utd ne'\"1l be the Qme;8gam
Tbey had

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THE VERY BEST.
WHY
PAY MORE?

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MAYPOLE DAIRY CO., Ltd. I

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had seeD m the House oCComm:ona the OppOI t ou
loyal y co openLt og Wlth the Government. for the
benefit of the EmplJ'e (Applahae)
It waa t<l
tha.t. co operation that he loalted on wb ch t.hc
(ut.ure ~elfare of that great. E;mfli:re ehQuld rest.
lee

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1:HE
VERi BEST

pomt of VIew on many .. ubleds anu the r
mternaJ d ft'erencea had been
wde and they

WhlLt. be hoped to

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MAYPOLE TEiA

leen 8. great. prosperoul and ~werful na.t on who
laJd cl&l.m to be ng tbe mOlt ClY11 sed nat on D lhe
lIuddenly go mM Ullt Genna.ny wou d
Iworld
not rega.m her pM t on m th8l con ty of n..t ana
far IL very long \.ime
fhat led them to aile;

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DOUB
WEIG

The One Pt:rfect SubstItute for tfutter

THE SPIRIT OF c()'OPERATION
ltI opm~

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wh ch means
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Mr BAlL'tO"" KUT

ARE
THE

wa.a A cl+r co operat. on n

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THE

many ways between the ar oua oornpone.nt.
of Lhe EmpIre fiCtween the GQveJ;tlment IW t.1le
tnu:ie["8 between the lIaboratoJ;V If.nd the worbho)
betwoen 'the banks and the budDeaa men bet.l'Vecn
the merchnnt and-tbe manufacturbr between dP&nu
fa.ct.uren and be compet torsi
who .... ere m .... U1~
the aame goods a.nd between
e employera and
the emllayed
Refemng to o!er co operat. 0
bet"-ee t.h e vanou!! pans of the Emp re the
llpeaker r.a d tbfty bad lleen sonll of the r dom n 0.1
rallymg ro nd the flag of Emp Mliln a. way that h ... t1
BU p'r Aed aU Md ellpec a 11 the Ka Jer and b II
sdv &en
In the future they could no louge hold
them at arm I lengtb but would have W bV ~
them on the r coune Is and D'I l!t obta n the r 3.1
a st.anoe and advice140 the better welding to
gether of the va.r QI1lI parte of the Emp I'll
The
must endefl,vou to retu n U1 fI(Ime way the '1d
va.ntages they had g ven to the m9 her CO'QIlLrv bv
a prelerence
The Emptre W<WI pract CA U) sel l
supporting for t here w ere ,ery feW' thinga they
could not produOl!l '\II" th n t and they should g 'f'e
.. prefermOl!l to t he art cles COmlIlg from the
Colon es

LARGEST

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Local Addresses - Maypole Corner West St & Oxford Rd
19 Broad Street
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425 Oxford Road

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Boot Life
Doubled!

GOVERNMENT SHOULI) ASSIST

1'1!~rd, closer co..open.tlt)n ~tweeD the ( ov
emment and the traders Mr ~(ent lIa d there
were two funda mental differences between the

Reprur bills halved-for a

Bnt aber and a. Teuton for the ~rlt Iher bad n
ua.t ve a.nd tlie other d sc pi ne I Both were v-' 1
good but a wIle admmure of the t'Wo was tl:!;1t
best of a. I
He knew tbat merchants and manu
fa.cture["8 were fight ng &h,.. of alking the M&llt
~ce of th~ G<lvernment they tbkrught they could
dO ~tter on the r OW'll w thout ~f molly cOddlmg
If tbey looked Ilt. what had b ~p pened n l.J~many
t hey found that t}"e Govl!rnment l could be of the
gttQ.wt

IT IS

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SUITS.

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ass stance to the manufncturer

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Dn ped n Sole outlasts at least

two ord nary lea ther aoIei
New boot b 11. cut down too - fa
u Dc ped. 1\ So e. on DCW foolwear mll.kethe uppe

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last longer

G.t the doubl. weanDgl wot
fellSbog on pod Solo Leather
ID future-on bath new and re-

and y t

England at U the greAtest comlUUCl,al nat on n
1 hey
t.be wo Id ha.d no Mini8ter of Commerce
h~ a Board of Trade ,...h cb ha.d1 done IOrne good
-e!Ipec a.n, 1lltely-but the ConSli ar aerY1te 6t I
left cry much 1:0. be de81red
:Â¥e had been to
cP cago a.nd he wu .Ii'lltpl'l.8ed to nnd that n tha\
'f'ery mporta.nt centre tlie Bnt all COllsul on
re
ce'Ved one t h ird of the subsIdy t hat b I Germa.n
and Japanese colleague. d d
Those German II.
Ja.panese Consu I were ahle to qnploy far moro
clerks and oo.ulld do very much more for lobe mer
chant.s a d IpanufacLurers of the r couotr es tha
the Dnt sh COD.!Iul could do
BUlmua w&..!! ~o
n por Mt. a matter to t.h II country that be thougbt
thJ:Y m ght w sely .!Ipend more money on the Con
.!Iula r I16tv ce
\V 1h regard to h4v ng 110 manv
~r. t. fl h Consul.!! of fore gn na.t onaht,iea that wu a.
very d fficult but mportant matter but he .,.ould
1 e to lICe everywhere poll! hIe .. Br t Iher g ven
the preference of the &l,)PDlDtment
.A great deal
bad been done labely mth f1lgaro too teQhn cal edu
cat on and that ""1.11 & matter ot benefit to be
whole commun loy
It wu not a paroch !l.l mat
ter and far too muoh had been l,left to p'nT'a.te
mudificen ce
Borough a.nd Counw Counc II bad
~nded large lums of ..mgoey b~t tb6. educat on
be~6ted t he whole commuD tf, ~Dd ought to ~
pa a out by the taxpayer and not tbe ratepa.ye
In connect on With provuiing ana1lne dyes faT the
text Ie odustry he saW' that the Government
scheme p 0 ded £10000 for teo y~rs foT' resear b
work b t tb t WIUI totally nade uate (or three
firms n Germany h-pent more t ha,p t at nd v dun
eacb eRr
If the Government could gu ran tee
t he p otect on of a. new dyes ndultn A.,P'n nllt Gc
mlUlV tben be thought ma ev w ~ Id have bee
fortb com ng to esta blil h ~ 'Veral anal n~ d)l' odus
tr es
Ihev wanted co operat on from the Go
c. nmenl
Th e utab! shment of such
dustr u
m ~'bt ha,-e res Ited D some of the German manu
facturera n clItabhshing the r wQrk. over here
and be d d not tb nk anyone woul~ grumhle about.
that
It would employ Bnt lh JabouT II.Dd the
ncorne tax on t he profit. would aaslat t be count y
and be week y wage.s .!Iheets woul~ be of mmen lle
benefit to t he labOUT of the countrv

soled footwear

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FACTORY EilpLOYEE FOR lOVER HALF A
CENTURY

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THE SUPER-LEATHER FOR SOLES.

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READING AND RECRUITING
APPEAL ~Ol JEWS

FINANCIAL MEASURES
In urgUlg a cloler -;0 operatloD bet"et:n the
labdratory and the workllbop Mr Kent UJd ae
d d hot tb nk they re a ly apprec a.t.ed tbe llllmen8e
adv&Dtage t hat research work could h a,e. n tn
promot on of ndustnes
In Oermnny research
work had been iii vtn a. grut dea.l of' altent on a.nd
t WM one of tlie tb nga tbe Bnt !I~ manufact re
would have to look alter If he werl go ng to co n
~t.e w h success In the future
The spMke
nex~ touched on the relat onsh p of the ba.a kII IA>
bUllllleJIS men lind &ald In late years 1lDt'e the
arge .lit.ock ba.nfts b&d ab.!lOrbed 60 many of the
p vale bankl'l he d d not thmk tb R.~ rnanufact.u en
and trndet1! had had such large fac 1 ties w h banks
3.9 they used t'l have
In the olden days 'be
bankers knew the cUl'ltomel"!! but now they d d
Tn Germany the manfa.cturer wa.s 6nancej
not
by tbe banks to a. very great extent but he u J
not tb ok t hat '\'faa " !Ie too far
One of t he re
'I\') 'l'11"li: "Ot"l'O'R OF 'MdI
JtI;.l.D"'tJ
suit., of tbe war !wOU ld be th.t w h en thll end can e
S I' - The enclosed announcement
here would be the m06t drea4ful 6nanc at
n to day s
r mes wi.ll I th nk
cata.cJvsm n Germa.nv that t he w'orld hlld e e
seen So ml\nv Iman ufacturers 1Ve1oe ndebted ~ to vour readers
he b nks that would not be m a pOfi t on 0
o t nue- " bout fu rther fi anc al ass .!ILance and

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ST JOSEPH S CONVENT
A PATRIOTIC CONCERT

TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL
P.RESENTATlON

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MR L E QUELCH

of tbe Rend ng Tta.dc~ anti
I on I uesday at the Ttlade Un on
Club IlDd I nstltute B., presentat on WIUI n ade to
Mr tL E Quelch b) the P l'es dent of the Coune I
Mr 'w eMnOn on behs r (If ftll ow \I;~ ke II
'Ihe Pn..:.sIDENT
n milk ng tho pt1!sentrt. on
sa. d that t. was a llcasure t.() bK.nd oye such.i.
token of apprec at on to M1' Quelch as he fclt
that t waa well tha.t s~ strenuous a wo~~ !hou d
l'I "Valued by those' Of Lehal
know tba.t h !.I wo k
of whom be bad de oted e.atJy 30 l'I'~rs of j
1iT~ H. (M C", n n lopod Um' hi Quo oj
w ld be spared n any nore )ca.cs to put up Just
WI
ccn a ft~bt as
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1r A BROA Y.Y sal tb t ?afr Quelch II work
on t he 'Iown Counc .I1ad been of great a.Jue tv
th workeTH
n fact th~ past twelve month s ster
] n work bad n.!lp redJ manv otbe wOllkers
t as hoVOd M Quel h would soon b ~ e othe 'S

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Y CLOSING
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mee~ ng

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RED CROSS IWORK
READING MEN TRAINING

to help h m n ha :worle on the C uuc I
:Mr QUELCH n ret rh ng thanks sa. d the pre

eenta.t 0 b~ come B!I a. urpr 86 t h m
He
W&I grellotly gmt tied tu kno v that h.i~ work 'Wa.
appreCIated.
Tbe gootl fellowship beh nd 1- ~
g it was p 7.ed more by h m than the merA V<L

of the

a.t1o

d es

although they would be b ghlS

him as toke ~ of iJO!>dw I
Be IIhould
Htr ve n the future a..'1 n the PiUlt to deserve d d
confidence of the workers <LS no matter }iO\\ ruu n
a()me nught differ w th h m he ..lways acted 'loll
pr zed.

by

he thought best m the lOW "ests of the workel1l tu
whom he belonged
Tbe present. cons !lted of a w.aJ.let w t.h an n
acnpt on 6n a I lver plate 8.8 follows~ - Pre
sented to!L E Quelch by hi. oomr.:d,s n t.h
Tro.de Un on Il.Od Soc al st movements ~+ a In
token of theU' ellteem 9f.d apprec atiol\ of li::i
brave and c()nBtant fight 1.f!O uplift and e!ttAnc patd

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wo ke["8pncket
Reij,atng
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were-also
d a.ry t\.'pnl
founta.
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tie of mk
a.nd & aIIIl&I
cheqae
Th
r botu..
..."e fol ow uS' P owo ons h ~e reCl!.n I beeu
e WU.9 e 0 WI ll made II t.he Detachment m r 'ates; 0
neoeaearv tunds were subset bed "by lust lover
Corporals i\ J WhIle J Corby and P :po Egg ..
fallow worken
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