Reading Observer. February,1915.

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_DftoJt 0" Trr& lIurmro 08SZltV'llt
S~ -I rulty mUIt take except on to the er tlCltm
'h) , . . .

of the Labour movement; mad. by the HeY

Drafcker u'ftIport.ed

D

Jour

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of 8aturd&y lut

In lhe ~6 of htl lecture at tb. W E A .. to
~"t be rem&rD
The Labour people faded ..,

Q,

edc the lip t of Chnat
were peraceul
lUen
nto ]0 n ng trade un ona.J
the Labour Pmy were
n""ll Ilg altA n~t tbY.' ex lLina- 1(Xl.I ordeT and
wou d
I hecaUH of the r UN of force
Fortun
dAll,. the orgllnLled W'Ol'lr:er. to-dav pay 'urJ lItt e
heed. ~ lb~ cler~,.. and 1m lar people. a-norant of
tbe fo.rk~n real poi t OD Itrug~leJi aDd up ratiofIA
but J8 &lr Bunker'. m lMlonoept oK. aDd er'rOn mar
laadf .ome of ,.our f"Md.er. utra,.. I WlII try &IlQ
re&llon ..- t b b in
F ]'.!It let h n be qu te su", of h s proof. before h~
aq:w;ea
m~n
of
en
mot ,.et
Organised
workcuw .re not Deeeqar 1,..
perMCUtinl other
men :.I'hen t.hey take .at. On that. eompeli tbo..
... ho &HI mperTIOUI to N&I(Ib. and Iorio or a(>J)Ulti
to the r I~nae of )uat oe and common huma.n {y to
10 n t.h,m
] ~ huma.n lOCtety tbe act ona .nd th~ 1 bertles of
nd v dual.ll mUit be determined and regulakd .a ..
not to n re tbe ,.,,11 be a, 0( ItOC et,.. ..... wbole
Tht../I: nd v dual. mUit obifll'Ve lawl of healtb ncb
as clean I neu ... n tabon etc aDd refra D from
coDduct.. that nft CUI P!I D and D}Ura the 1 bert eli t) t
tbe whole peoo e
Therefore 'When argument. aDd
penruu on fa
ace et,. lethe 3t&te, oompe I
t hem hy for~ b,. 1lJlpec:~J'I pol106 aDO arm,. to
obe? Ie 1&1".
;!
Wber. men are well dfc:uised "'11(" are oom
puat. vely h gh boura> .hort and the eond !;ions o!
....ork and I (e good
Where they are unorganiAed
IN"u.t nR" long b ours bid
I'M po,.ert,.. corlaUmp1. on and It.unted chiid 1 te pre,..a t..
'tfade UDlon.at.. 011 _00 nf blackleg• •nd uno-rg ..~.ed wortr:en
conlptll ng w h the.m M,
TheM men ha"\"'lI Dot
paid in money D work In I&oCri6oe and .ufferlDI
the toll 'l'l"e have a.nd ought not to r6&~ "'IIr1thout
10"101{.,nU more tney arll a da.nger ad leUe ,pot
wh ch w.:iJr sprcaa and run :ru n our work
We w 11
not allow them to bnng .u.tret'lag UDQQ U8 aDd our
W Tell aDd children 10 "lI deelino to MIll our onl,.
eommod ty (,ur labour power fr<ee "" "h 1.It. tb I
Dl(Itlaee eDIt..
Soc et.y to-d..,.. I founded upon
(orce
"Beh nd all our la". are nlpect.ors t.he
a.rmed forces aad prlilOn&.
Now thll econom c
eaptt.alwm

Compl~tely

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fl1'en

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to1'f'n~5

street tamp.
on .. dllot.aJlO$l apart
shorll of t. fanaet'
I' h
!I

for: t.b~ t.r&Yelle.r

oor ner of yore Broad
nngd.. d Pi and the

of huy d" kneM
It. ong
~ , (If the ,bops were flub
p ..lace£ did D OL &bme WIth
~ n; "".n '·' .

t he Arc:adt
&Spec
lD the y:.,.bt
~ dismal
The bnaht
....... ere out. and "hm"6 wa.a h.
L rhl Compa.ny I o~ ,,'be e
of lhe e fICU' c .I In ....he e
h~ to.. n <:lock'
JTia
He e too the I ,bt. we e

OnlJ

Th .. a.h~

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wont

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a1a.:re of the Pal.aee

fombre gloom ptfJ'f'&l1ed

AS USUAL
aa us

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1A the d.&rt

t he bu <:be

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r;t 11 .tabd

li.hoppm, '"'

tblS

.he t hea. rei .. before IoDd
"6 Ihall c.ont nue t.e ...-.Jk
&nd def-.!· the n gb. aad

wavy

our 6l"en ng

A

NEW MEMBIm..
On ~h(! mot on of Mr W IE CoLLIn MOCUKled b,.
the Rt'-" !F J C GtI.LJCo. tbe Dame of the.tte. T.
Guy }lo_gen W88 added to ,he l it of thOle sen og
on tbe Comm tt~
V.acaOO1e5 CIUSed by .t he ret rll
lTIent. of Mr W Stebb nga 1I.r C E Hewett ud
MJ.68 Sande son wc 0 lcft
be fined by the Exe
cut ve Comm t~

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TO ASSIS'l F CTORIA-l\;/S
A. letter W&II reee Ted fro the Read n8' aDd D ....
trict. TradI'l8 and Labour Coonc l lD -.vh ch t: wu
ltat-ed -that a TC$Olut on had been pa&ed proLest ng
&,1;3 nst. the officen of the
ng COmm ttee hav
ng dee ded tbat the e m1")lo ees of Yesartl Huntley
And -PO. mem we e not. e g eo for a U I.!it.a.nce du.nng

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a f electr.., 1 ,lit to bot ~
& (~ subdued flare&.
No

n

Paralysed.

fad

n the eheaJ)elt
.J?<!\ lellpower
n
to-dar
we hUfi labOili"
..... y . •,._ .::::::[;:~
of 1 re dea.r hee&U1Ml cap Lal .. .
of no ~mal em::umatancel have
monopoly po'l'l"e
t.o Db and It.arve
"bo are sa.cf fi e nr 10 nobt, the r 1 mbs and
t'le r country
Mr BrabCker would haTe
""orbr be meek rec t.e the Sermon on the Mourn
turn. the otber cheek to theee robben yet he approves of tM l;T'eater force or the All e. being pitted
B«.Alb&t tha.t ot tbe German bah,. k Herw
Why
not. plud w t.h them Mr Branchr not to uae foreeP
SurelY S r f t be wrong for underpaid worker. to
"UI6 force t. • wrong for a nat on to do ,"0
No ~
I welMl1 ne ther German baby k'illera cap tal Ita
or t !te.n aTe open to reMon and appeala
We .han
Itop
GffMn&n fr Ifhtfulne.
not. beeanae ... eo
fooliahJr aMerl:.«i
r ,ht IS m gbi. but beeauifl
the A J I)l batta! on u& the ItrOn,er force so tbe
wurkera w II .top mODopol .t e~ t and cruel DlIIcb na
t. ona not by ple.a.diDga and tea.l'II but. hy or,an'-ed
(orce
You ca.nnot hue It roth "W&v. Mr Bralldcer AI
you bel five n the compel Uve IYltem :you mUll
abidfl by I:.A la... , and. not blamfl the worhra for
try nK W III I the r labour pow-fir the r oommod t,Y
n the deareft market. and buy n the chupeal Juat
all
the cap ta.hats do
UnfortUDa.tel,. all t\"le
Labour Pan, do not
rebel agll nat the preaent
Il001&1 ol"d~r
Thoae "bo do are not Ht!Ik: Ilg to
overthrow t b,.. pb,. eal force but h:y chang ar t he
m(!~ta.1 out.look of the people by ha.nd 0(1" .n work er!!.
toKethe n one body politic and by cbang n, the
16"'1
ThUI ao ue ng .. th ..11 'Worken:; their monl
and nteUectual fOre& to remove those who p-1'event
tbem from IlnlOy1ng the r r gbUul heritage a I
naturea loya a.nd belUltu ..ad the enrlebed. loe a l
tl-nd ooolleetua.l I re rce~!t&nt qf the thougbt and
to 1 of m 11 onl of bygone worken
I cannot IItn. n the Ed torA good nature further by
tU ng more lpau e &e I Ihould -p-rove we are nol.
onl,
deltroyere hut bu Id&ra _tao

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f,ted

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ARTHtJR BROADLEY

ChLJrm.an IndePeadent Labour Party
Conl8ton
Melro~avenue
Read I'll( February ht 11115

of OU oeU&.r1 open &tid eD&ij..re
tn ranoe to bem"'-6 abfU aot

HUSBAND S TRAGIC DISCOVERY

'l'he Annual repo t of t.ba
of wh oh Mr
fluergetJc bon aee baa

st.a. tee \\ 8 ..re glad to ltate
effort II on beba.lf o( the

hu~

w!u ng
c r-eular th~over
secretary
<:onve-ved
\ dara
at th.t
Chriatmu
8. penodi
of weekAsome
In
th nq to the Distnct; Comm ttoea wb cb had caused
them to act n So d fferent manner to what {he
wou d have oro nanly. done
The t ne wo.rked at
the Fo.etorv was Ie.. than llilual .nd the {lOOT men
bad not had fl opporl n ty of mak n~ prov a on for
1\ wee.k 6 hal day whwh t.h,y m ght llave otherw 8e
done
He. a.rgued th~ th~ lecretary bad no nght;
to d fterent A.te between th\::tse men at. the Facto y
a nd other ~ "Who were ~ sted
The Queat on as
to whether the t me workeid wU norma or abnor
mal ""'u not wed of the ~ t.ber men to whom th ey
srranted rel ll( nnd t.he reshlt wu rou~hly to put
tb.~ r finller dowD on
men a.t HunUe} and Pal
who
the poorest. paid men in
wrong to have IIIIUeQ
tbey ou,ht to mILke

Dr. CaJsell's
TablJts.

Dv CaMeU I Tab et a e a genu ne aM tosted. remedy.! fer
all torml! of "D~"e or bod 1:1" weakn_ In old or JOUn( The,.
aTe eomllOllflrl of harm ell! nlfN-d ~ntll "'h eb bave 1.11 in
on a the nlll"Ve cnntrus, and are tb.e lurest

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KIDNBY DISEASE
INDIOESTION
STOMACH DISORDE!R.

'tALY.sI.s
AR:ALYSI.s

NE(;tV
SPINA

INPANlILE

PA~ALYSIS

MAL NVTRITI8N

~~~e~e~HJ!eN~tITY

~A'ts.r.!fA~m~eASe

SLEBPLESSNESS

VITAL EXHAUSTION

AN-EMIA

OLD AOE WEAKNS-'S

and ani eI~lIllr ,.a nable for NUl!.II1IiC lIothen. a ..4 tlt.e
Cntica Penod" 0 L (e All Cl-bem u and ILorea' m an parts

of he WI) d 110 I Dr C..ell I Tab ell at

lO~ 1 11 and i~
tbe 2{fJ a u be ng the tIl()It eoonom. 1:&1 A J!ree Trial ",apply
wil be ~t to JOU on reoe pt of naIn.fl and.
ar.4 two
starnPI' for poII~ aod paeldtli" Addrelle DE"
Co
til (Box ~ 140) Cheater Road, ~chea

a.d.;tn: c...eu.

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the Mayor S Auggeet 011 d d not a gnJ; that htl
v e"ll'"s n regard to the pcwlon that Corum ttet!l 00cup ed haa Altered
He st l~ held that. tbe,.. ought
to defy he Central Aut.bor ty .tid manage thelr
bus nelS
I
M r BES" RUSSELL seeonded a~d sa d thtoy looked
vpon tn I n.ct on a.s detnmental to t he i uure ati'
tempt to be made to eecu re ~ b gher wage for
1
labour
He 6& d t hat to a <:erta n extent that Com
w
m tlee w.8S respon9 lile for the! 10"" wage beca.u..
they d d not put u!> the figbt tbev sho Id lui ,.
done w lh t he Cent a1 Author ty
He wa.nted l to
see 1I c Comm ttee tak1 the matter n band a.nd deiJ
the London body
Mr W E Cor t.mll ~rced that 185 WAI much too
low to fi x for lVagea to be pa d to men employed
by tha.t Comm ttce
lIe I>B. d he would 1 ke to ~et!I
t rImed to at east 23s and the Central Comm t,.
tee 6hould be urged to
ned ale
conI! der the
mattel" w U a v n... to nere-as ng wages t1 ey would
o.uthor se tha t Comtnl~tee to nn
:llr T G CIUVERS aijkcd whether the 25& woulQ
mean" ork n~ on Sa.t~rda)fI
lIr \V .E COt.LlX"R. aa.id that the monev cou d ~.
!!arnoo n fi e days I
Mr J Rt..B8oN" thou,S"ht t;"WM most; unjust a d
d eb mental to nduBt:.ry tha~ a man 5hould be aakt'd
to wou. (or 55 less than h~ wo Id r eel'! "6 n reI e
i he were not work ng
jI1Jat
what the pre ,
lent "po, t on of aff'a rs amopnted to
I
The resolut on wu then / put a.nd carr ed'and t
WBS aloo dec ded to I;blbo<'y t
fI. letter \Ii th the
rurrae.sllons put. forward b )T Mr!r Rabson and MT
Quelch
I
111r .A. BROULll:1'" moved
'!pat n vew of t~e
~reAt 1" se n pr ces the Reat! ng Comm ttee urgca
th~ Centra.l Co nn ttee to g CI f rlher coos dera
ton t.o tie q eAton o ~ t he .scao of reler beng of
op n on that the max mum 0 l~s 1\ adequat e 10
prevent dl&t N sR
He expla n~ tl at the organ
SE:d wor;c:ers of t he tow n were!bo d"Di \l meet
short y to cons der what. co d be done \Ii t b regard
to t1 e i ~I e pI" ce3 of (ood
Tf1cl"e we e 60me 8::':
tren e peop e who thought her. 51 OU d 1"& d the
shops but ho d d not Ith nk tl a;t. wouI\l be a WISe
course to adopt
Be wo d 1 ke to Aeo a I tlle
workern fiton work .and tI ere "ould then be a
speedy cI a nge
They d d not tb nk t1 at the n
ceased 1")r oetI were due t.o t.b ~ wa r but to t he
fact t at,
e had taken adva~tage ()f the e t •
t on to se the monopoly powers and er:t sll the I fe
out of the v;o.rkel'1l
He sa d hn (tbe R.e.ad ng
Com n t. 00 had been firm n the first netance he
d d no t t ll nk they would 1 ave been n tbe prel!ent
1 011 t on BA regards the acale
M
.:>TDN"E
nil. N seconded the rewlut on lIay
ng 1 & saw no r eagon whv t he Con m t~f) should
ot .... unan rno I'l on t1 e- quest on
1
","~nfiout fu rther U IJICU88 on the rl'l8olut; aD was

ow.

A woman named Aloe Waldron ag~ 37 I v nc; a t
70 Gnnby ga.rden& pu&ed away very au<ldoenly
wh Ie D bed. lut Saturday morn ng
Her bWlband
W IJ am Waldron L pnvate n the 7th Battal on
Roya.l Be-rka Reg lDJent bad been out 5bopp ng
ter the pr&v 0\16 evenmg and they J'ilt ed to bed
g,t &eved 0 clock
AIr Waldron got up at 440 on
Saturday !norn ng &Dd after .peak n, to hi'" fe
wen~ do"nata r1 and made lOme tea
He took a
cu p o( tea u, to her at" 510 and then mlA;le t he
st&rtl ng d scol"ery thot ..be "1I'"&a dead
He called
n a Jl6 1ghbo rand sent for a. dodor ... ho conS med
the l1uaband'ft lid a ap coni
The deceued bad en
]oyoo. fa rly K0C)(} health though early lasti year
8 h ~ bad bten attended by .. dortor for uthmo.:.
At An nqUl'lIIt beld b, M.r J :W Mart. n t he B~r
ough Coroner at the Workhou&t! on Monda.y motn
Of Dr E Squ r& 6t.ated that Upon exam na tJo n he
found dO<lfla.sOO W&.3 S"UfI'er nJ( fl"om &;).,h I ted a
cue of the rna n blood VeetelA caus nJ::" tb~ narrow
lniT of t he vene!1l of the heart
In h " op D on

n

I... :n~'.nt,

h~~nS !~b~~':~~~ a~:t'v.o: I~h:;..:.b

beat ng
The Jury returned a verd ct n aocordance wit~
med cal cvideoee a.n(] ex preSleO he r &ympa h,.
the bush.md tho Coronor ooncu r ng n tbat

n.g .t he heart- atopped

tRUPTION ALL
-OYER CHILD'S LIMBS

a n .d

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SATURDAY -Be(or" Mr G W 11'ser (D tb ..
cl a r) M&]or Gener.al T Wadd ngt.on Col W
TI oraton lIr C J Hav land and Col J E
Broadbent C B

TIiEFT OF

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' ......" '... Lan were . , . ,

b.a1'6 tieeo

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ROBINSO~ ~~rUSOE

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74 Crubrook Bes: 1!It., John a Londoa
II & I:nll- M,. Iltu. PrI tbea ave )'e.&I'I
old bad ber .d. ba.&7 11.... ~e JIdD beIaa
rubbed.
II
IIOOJl. 'ormed. a
I" r & . , matt«y

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3

THEATRE.

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L ttle Boy ~Iso Broke Out Other
Little Girl Had Face Same Cutl
cura Soap and Ointment Healed.

FUND.

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READING COUNTY BENCH

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$

Iwas

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Soc flty

Chnat nu--wook
Upon th e Mr BI!J'I" RUUXLL moved
Th at aee.
ng the c roule.r d equal fYIP.g appl canta for rei ef
who were tlhut out fron work from M8AI!In:; Hunliley
and Palmen d rmg Chr
week wal Dot d,
CU&MId or adopted bv th II or the Execut ve Com
nuttee t • hereby repud
Rnd a I luch a.ppl
cants Ahall now reee ,e the mount.. tbat wou d ha.ve
been due to them under the leale provided the.
d squal ffIng e rcu ar ha.d :not been I15Ued
He
I!&Id hat. .. a membeT of ~e Execut ve Comm tt~
he had 1'10 lmmed a.te know1iMige of the c reular unt I
~ had been acted upon by the va.r oua D Itnct Com
m "tees The e roular It&~ that tbe lost t me at
the futory at Chr1ttme..ti Jln~ wu normal and nn~
due... to t.he "War and tbe~ore t was lDlp08IUO e
for .anr of tbe b atr at Comm tteea to g ve re e(
ie contended that they as ~ Corum tJ.eo-had to look
at the whole quee t on not. from tile one or t ... o

d1,.uI

' ..t w ....

tbelr doors ~e
Now lll.m ever so well

IOreA all ov",
To malle matWft

d
0

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wone my Un,},
boy aced flip'
broke OlUS
Mia
(ace

waa

tb •

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..om It ......
d~

.llIb.

Then mJ" "ute cirt two and one hale J8&l'*
bad ber face; fhl ame in. no time Tbe ebtl
d.reo ",we tormwCied ,..-Jib "&be ~bl. JM'I
tll.tlo;rt
My ltute boT 1Md. to. plck.t bt.
........ ., mueh to tm
~
rea.UT
thoucht. h6 ... ould. )J1<,Jc: It all ....,. Tbl.

"eep

....

.t;ro,ab&e woald tOl'"1Q In mactery plap_ aad
.. no iiIme they would br.k AZld. turD. lato •
17Mt ~:r er&b&. '!"My did. DOt kacnr wbM t

~ .... toPt.DlPt·renlor ......
I _"'I.'l&be Oo.tIean. Soap aDd OlDtmea.1
ad.~ la Ute ,..... 10 I tbonsbl I"

u.e..
am _.bi &be!'
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arul1k'-d
euue.,.id.t.:r
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Umea •

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alep•

tile ~ wttti lIM

~}:t.ln. Wary ~ , ..... U

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..ll~ o..Ueura .,.. bd
... del ~l"""'tf'arId.. -.pl. 01

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