Reading Observer. January, 1915.

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speaal • t.t ng of the Rea.dmg Count,. Beneh
at the A.aa rA) Court.a on WednMda.,. BenfY

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'I!son .. Pr ute n the I Mth Coml"&n,. of the
i?frd D V!l onal Tra. n Army SerYlee Corpl! ata
t,oned at C ayesmo e &boo
Pa.ngbou .lHI ",as
cbarged lit" t.h Btefl.Un'" a motor c&r watch ,...lue £2
the p ope ty of Dr Herbert. Wat ney .t Pa.OS
cbu ne on J&IlUJtry 11th
I E denoe;-'t"a.s en by )a.mee Denn.. obaulfeut"
~ Dr w.~t:D9Y who ss d tMt aD the day OI.med rr;;di-;;d~,~I,~:
~e had ooc.ao on to go to PangboLUne stat CD to
,6et the 4.51 tra D
He left h I car for .. fll ...
mmutes qu\.s do tbo st ation to go nt-o the parcels
offi~
"he h wna de ,. ng borne he dl3COV&red
quu. the 'ftot.ch which had been n .. IClltber cue
ob the d~ boo.rd 'W'6& m as n:
On "'IT"- ng &t.
Bu.ckhold
Dr W& n~ 15 reRldence be cydod
back to Pa.ngbo urne &lid "aw tb. lStat ODm.o.ater
a nd a.f e wa ds nfo nDed tho po toe
WM at the 15 a ou earlier n the altornoon
he pr &One t.he e w} 0 WAa the q.n y pel1lon
\\ tneE18 w t,h P S Rhode. sub&equent y went t4
C1 ..y ~rnore t o soo f they could trace he pl'Uoner
Quest aned by pnAOner Wltne&ll aaid he d~ not
t.wo other nen and a lady on the ."'&~~:"~Y.
Wll am GOOf oy R.eet.orT lo'a.rm road
.. D.&w lOboy e mp oyed ILt t5angbourne But on
p ed t.hlLt. on January 11th whi ~ he 'WIllS on duty
h SAW the pt'soner Qn 1J:Ie llla.t.if6rm
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ga.t.eW&1 pnsoner Ia.id
Tllat. loaka a n ce
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Later w t neas aaw t.h<Io prUlOoer n the wa t.-

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FAILURE.
LADYS SUDDEN END
~ IIt.o'r7 of how .. Uttle gni on ptDg ups1:1lJ.TII
to speak to an old stogie lady who 1 ved n he
houseo found her ly!tlt dea.d OD t he land ng 1\"~
told on Monda,.. at the Wok Denam Workhou e
be ore Mr R S Pa.yne the Caunty Coroner w ()
WM ho d nl! an nqucat. lnto the Cl cumstlLnces a
tend ng the deat h of J3.ne Woddle:r a s ng e womau.
of a.bouf:....60 yean of &go
EN .dence was g von by Mrs Mana Mercer ~ 0
of Walter J~ Mercer of lEI ROIHtreet Y\ok
ngham who I!I& d the deoea.sed had 100 ed ~ h
her fOli the last twe V6 months
Deccas;r boa d d
herse fl and ne.er- 8eeomEtd short. of rn()n~
a.bout. 10 45 on Fr day morn ng W neu saw dece~ (I
n the hOU8e and she seemed a I nght I \ih II
w tnesa I ttte g r1 came home f am toehoo
a.fter 12 a clock s heo sent her upsta. n t-o go on nn
erra.nd ft)r tb& deceased
The c.h Id came COil, n
Ilnd !UI. d she had found dec;elLsed
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pa6sa.ge. V\ tnees ca.l ed Mr Head 8. ne gbbOUrl;md
they both went ul:)sta rs and found deceased
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n 'toe paMag& on t he Rnd ng . She had l:een
hou8o a.U the morn ng &nd bad heard DO 00 S
& faJI
The e~ '1'17&8 notbwg n be nu age w
appeared to ha....e been dropped by dece.a.~
.A..n:ewen~ the Jury
lW tneM said de eesed b d
been suffer ng from a cold for about three wceb
and her breath WM ItbQr1 _t t mea
H Ida Mercer a.g~ 10 daughter of tho last w
oes!! Y.ld she went UpostalrS on t:omlDg home f or.
school and folnld M sa Wood ey 00 the tloo
the Ia.na DC' at t be top of the II f\.lre
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not. "peak to her or touch her b twas fr htened
and N.n downstn. is and told her mo he
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Wokingbam st.a ed he had
deceased when she ceme 0
fo[" the lMt year 0 ~ I 0,
he made a post mori-em ex
waa. tlnortnOU II y &tout a.nd
state of fat. y del. tumour n the 18ft

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khoclciog the nm of ~ t w th h II pocket kn fe Pr
left for R&a.d ng by the 5,21, pm tAn
P S Rhodel of PaogbourDe Ipoke to rece v og
ImUI complaint
and' afterW'lLI"da :prooeeding to
a.yce-tl:lOt'e ... b e ll IUTD.Dg~enb 'woro made w tb
tli6 AdJutant to parade the men on the fo IOWlng
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A pa..rcels porter a.t Pangbourne Stat on
~ed the pt"l.lOner out of a.bout .300 men
Pr
~De:t w&& put under e&eort and marched back La
hiB room whe n t he wa.tch (produecd) wa.s handed
tel 'IlI',lt ness b'y Qno of t1 e aer-f(eaDh. of the 61100 t
t-o whom p""oncr had g ven t
A ea.ther cue
also Jnl3A og h~ DOt. beeo found
\\-nen cha eed
he ~
I..a.stI 0 C:bt I wsa n PaDgbour-ne a.nd
standUlg at the corner at. about 8
when .. man
spoke to ma and &eked me t I w"nted to buy ..
watch
I told him f t was of &.Dr good I ....ould
buy it oft him
He Ie. d t 'Was .. b g one and be
&bowed It to me and WaDted 3e for t
I told
him I would gl e him 2g And I bad .. dnnk 'WIth

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Pnaoner .... d he d d Dot take the wateh a.nd be
bought. t. for 2B off a. maJI on the corner' at tbe
'When the bo1 said b& n.w him with
tbfl wa.kh it was 8. 1 e
If be had known the
"lItcb had been ato en he would not ba e bought

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CAVER SHAM PETTY
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SATURDAY Before Mr R F
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cha. r) S Perc~ StlnderllOn K C M G 1 the :a.e.v
R H Hart...Ds.v IJ.....Mr ATE mpooD Mr C n
Palmbr and Mr w B W Iiams
DANGEROUS llEDGES
Mr H B D Vandenli..egen of Cane End K d L!~~i~·,.i;';~'
mo e wu summonoo. fdr Ol::.atrut:t. ng certja n hl6:h___ ava b y lea. !l., h IS hedg&l &Dd t. eel ru:'}lt
'The
C&56 W8.I fi rst heam a month ago when 1~ WAIl ad
}ournoo to see wbat progreae would be m;de -1d':r
A R. Lloy
(C IN. Ie. to the fiM ey n ural DWtl' ct
OounOll) no 8& d that a.bout half t~ nedgu
5Chedulcd h
be6:n. out a.n.d he auggM
th.at an
o~e be m
fo the oomp et on of the wo 11: witdl n
a mont h
t; the dangeroua OOTnera at Ga.llow8
Tree Common n.d X dmore l!lld the hodgfllll had
been cut - An 0 er WM mado for the "'j'k to be

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Don t H .. tat. I A LaxatIve I. Ne"" •• ary
.f T ongu. Coated Br••t1~ B.d or
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OUR SOLDIERS WANT
MORE ZAM-BUK.
Remarkable Letters from the
Trenches

It ha. beeD of!ictally a!l.Jlouneed tha.t tnere will he
nil Uru era.Jo,. bOat race this year from Putney 0
Mo tlake
Ifh. deolS on will c&\:te no IN pI
for every &v.&llabIJ oa.rsm¥ e ther F.re~ber or B lJe
h." ]0 ned the
ours OXford bave won th.1S e en
OD th rty runt oocu onl and C&mbridge ha. ~
tlh.irty-one victor e6 to tilelr cred. t the e haa be Il
ODG dead-bea.t
T:he f&tnOW!J T&ce waa first rowed n 1829 Bcd
th S WlU be the ftnst break n the yea Iy aeq

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