Reading Observer. January, 1915.

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~.. boi,.. .. tho ••,.,. _

~bo-, 2011>
bod,
t.he Jl.t.y J H
Reetol' of PurIay who

• flij' od of five weeiu the
D~le'y

! Matthews

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dt.owD6d wllilb ~ tAo nytil' 'rhame. a.t. "'pl&- I P"O".n.~,
durb.am "'... t ..kea uam tbe n V6r It Rcmenba.m
De&!' Renley ou Saturday,
Thc bod, "'well
p..... waYeUea 15 nU~ a.nd hM..8'QI1& <over eve 1'1'611'8
.. aa found bI 111' A. J Tun. 01 22'1... Elm LodlC"
."AbtH J.eading oapt.ai.n of~.
JOI'~r
&.nd
id&nti6cMioQ was au SliM by tbe watcb &nd tho
b&n.dUrcllief Iila..rked w Lb deceaaed •
lUlL ala
which wera found on Lhe bod)'
THE INQUEST
The Oount,r Coronet Mr R 8 ParDo held a.n
inquelb ou the r ema os at. tho Pa.r . b. ~

lact.,

llemenham on Monday afwnoon
I
!d r e G Chambers. watched the cue
a.nd autll ~ , 1".,...
Laur e of the Thames Con&erv&Dcy
]0 hi. openmg stat-omera tlbe Coroner
from the e. donee he d d not th nk t he Jury ..ouM
Aa.YO &P.1 ditr.eult1 1.11 ~U~tiIIlylD& tbew.aelvet th .. ~
th.6 body wa,a that. or t.be Rev .J H l.Iud l~y Mal
the:n. It.ia.u eTidenc.e of ~og lou here w~re
• eo art.ieIee found on t.he bod y wb ch UIUlted
ide ntiAoahon or coune t Wa.8 :l 'l'ery loll.( Io\.y
from Mapled.urbam 0 He n enhlLW but they a ll
kneW' tbit D the water obJ E:ct li ,.; cre o.&rr ed .. IanI;'
lI"Y and It .... not IIl1'prob&ble t4it. tb., body
kad JODe over M ...en1 we f:I Th06 d eoeaaed Be n k;.
man W'&1I very well )mOWD n Read ng IUld be (lha
~. .) WI& IUl'$ 1.hu.1. eV6:J'one would deeply
f1"J:.fIve tll&t hia uaefullire had eome to II\d • dose
Orauford. Tait H&tt.hew. ab otB.eer In the ROJ at
XiiD;~ cotjIiO id.ntiAod tho bod",fQ@d ..

tha!

01, bl& lath"

SUITS

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ot the nsura.noe oompany

TO

Thmk a b1t' Suppose we take a
piece of cloth - see for yourself
that 1t 15 smart and serv1ceable
ISuppose we cut 1t to your speolal
I order-gIve 1t that aIr of style that
\)fou can t help lIking Suppose we
prom1se you a perfect fit better
still suppose we guarantee to pleas..
you No!" suppose s'lch a Su.t
cost I you 13/3 15/3 or 18/3.
and your fr ends put the value at
anythwg from 301 to 2 Gns..
15 not that worth hurrymg here
for' These Money Savtng Oppor

loh Ii.no- PMI'!:lIi!~""

~ :!9, ,,).. I Ted .. Purlor Re,ctorf.
Vi tn...
.... liii:D .bout t.we1...e mon ths &eo
Be .wee an Cd1e:':)fn,'-:'!I\\,ont.ri
.,ct.lve eD6TgetlO man a:ad wu aocuatOmed to he '{
rf'f'V D'.e WU 1JL
habit. of croulUi the r Vel'
-;:ior);t~oo~;,·;',,~il
. , X.pledurham to us.., m the ?",ort. there .nd
'
the lHHU'eI't bridle walt tTo m Ie. up.at.ream
LOCK KEEPER S ilTORY
J ohn Tame look keeper at. M.a.pledu..r.b.am lock
'lAid he h~ kno .. n the deoeued for be J~n 'l'he
!Bm Dudley M.at-thews had • boat of m. own ..
&mall ligbt iliff wh ch he al ,a.,1 bad. put
to .... rda "b.e end of N ove.m be.r a.nd
t)qf)
Jt on the OCCM on of hUi deat h He
to .M.aplcdurham but not often l&te
'&he w nLer ho would bor ow t.he lock
dlDgb.Y . tD 8'0 1il.c.t'1»8 w wd be
the 20th D ecember
On tha.t
t.o w t.llfIU nbout 4 30 P II &Jld
have t be boat loO go 0 er o!lr '1"la""'':'
&8 he WL& gOlt&. to tel. t.here
VIC6 and would not. be hllCk
caut on.esl h m and to d h~ to
we 1 up.5 t rc am Ilnd he repijed
That a all r gb
T ame d o n t worry about me
wr n Ul S&W .11 m
&Crou aJ..I n gh" and Ilt. 7 Jll tqoked out fo r b ioi I gh
bn' .eowd. not. aee b m .. hen
A. t 7 40 e looll;ed
a.glLln and &all' his ligb.t. on t.bo other e,lf:Ie
Jie
went out. to Ia.nd bj lJ and ~aa in ~ba g arden by Brmgs b"c~ It~ glos8
the house 'Wben bo heard docea&ed ca.1I
Ta.me
d
Tame
The tound came.. f he bad iot 1.00
an
b gh up
He heard hun call
'lame 1'.me
a j am ~ _~ ICr ellffi from tb.e othe'r..Ji~de and 1r t
n en iooked to tbo nr:ht and u . tb .. boat O'l"er
To be
tb.~e
W tness ran round the l;ilCk
Lhe ! IU!ltroll9
ho
ovor t.o called
tJ e 'Ie r aqq •• htl; JOt. oq the It. matter
plat110 udd eouf,ed
Tam.e Tame
.sn n
] t I eu,. II."~d'f~~'~;:'i~;;~l~.i~;':
W nen al¥luf.OO.
AU n~ht I rIm hj!re lipng iot of t

the

tum ties await you now at our
vVlnter Clearance where In spIte
of the g reat mcreases In the cost

of rnattV a ls we a rJ energet1cally
upholdmg the famous standards
of values set up In prevIous years

GIRLS' THICKEN AND

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BEAUTIFY YOUR

" No Fit. No Pay"
just

lo~

de
"tness D t il large hi. ge book d ow n to
h m a;td Ilia. d
Hk g on
H e hung on to the
hook: &.n4 fill d
~l nght T ame
\Of tO etlll t hen
lift.od !lim b gber 0 g e I.:a II bod) on to be g un'!'; It e
of t ho boa
H e d d ot,. speak .ifUn but hlS
body .eerued to roll r eund t.ill h. got to the Ilu eo
aud bo water pu ed b m r om the hook
He
seemed t.o haTe co lapsed for before that he .... a.s
tal.li. DB all nght but after he KOt. h old o f the
b.ook h e Devar &pok e agatn
Ono scull was n h el
boat. a.nd the ot ber sen y; &.II gone
The d st&nee
from the plalf.Qtll to t he WAter was a.bo ut leve
feet
It WM a b Ue co.ld n gh\
The e lUS no
d.a.nger n c rol!8 ng f he had kept. the boat. bead
up IiI'C&Jll
The decea&ed. had been over when
nyex w&& m;uch' worse Lh a. t. wae
'By • Jurymao h w .. h . h.b , '" keep. ligb'
in tll9 back windo w as 50 beacoll
InS

as

usual!

But please note that we cannot
allow more than one SU1t at these
prtces to any cllstomer neIther can
we pay the Carriage on any orders
taken dUring the Sale per od S UIts
to Order 13/3 15/3 18 ~-lt s
a b.g event-a helpful event-"
tT umph of modern ret<,.hng ul')c!er

or

on
Bethe .. eir do
.... n!8.W
tlirougl
the
butt.. on
and
h n dt he
ng up..,
nIl 0h tbeofboat.
The boat was turned s dew.D.y6 A. d .... 88 "I wr,;t all
Ullder ",at.er and d ec.c ased 'ili S ha.ua: Di on tQ the

ORDER

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In.
ttledenn.
B.I d reot..d
a) peuanee of ab d. 00
coftlp61n bl~ HloIII a 1
~p ot. find .. Ull e of
1 yo ur reR} e rprUie '" 1
wI e ) ou ",illltee '~:~~I;r~'~~:~'
y" but reallyne'l'l' h
ICkIp-DandenDll
gro'l'ter destroyer
"lid t net fan. to
It you want. to
I'I)&U7" mouten
C&n!fully draW' 11.
Ilra'lld at a time
I a. r "tIl
~uti/ul In JUst a. few fUO nenb a. d,'ii~lhl!~'~~1
a.wa b neryone who triell tbUl

abnormal

cond hons

should' call early
sell qUIckly

but

you

The best lengths

REA nlNG
BOROUGH
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llECOVERY OF THE BODY
The bdlDg of the body was de!ICr bed bl Arthur
laDlM fl'ull of 22 Em Lodf"'Vli llUll Bead nK
""Pt~ of tbp tug
&1 aUo
who laid that on
&bud...,. monun j' at about. 1 45 h e was cormng up
. tl'UlD _hen he DQuood Lbo body n t he .~ter
Whma he nnt. tIIIow t t wu cellr rlemenha.m ~rm
Ho had t,o aWUli J.he tug rolWd arid TUD. down
IItNIlm before he could r;:-cl. the bod,.
He secured
l\ D,t&r t,p,e eJld of Temple Is and and banded t

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P 0 G ~u
b
aid
bl Mr 'lu

t.ha.t

OD

Saturda.y be ,,"u cu. ed

he showed h m the body of the
n the w&ter taco down'Vi.rdl
He
J'eCO't'etwi the body a.nd eonyeyed t on a hurdle
to Reme.ubllnl Ii arm
The w.tch fo und 00, t he
body !>ad .topped .t 7 40 aoo • ~et b""d
ke.l'clner born tno nq,me J Jl D MattlicW! The
body wu much decomposed
Ottiel In.ap Laune aD behalf of tbe !l'bames
OoDHrv&IUl,f exprtued aympathy w th lije rela

deeeued }y n

ti~ ug sa~d t.h"t eTI!J yt h "II:' that cou d be dOOle
toWards recove r ng the body W88 d Olle
The 10111.
acuU ... as reeo il ad at ClI.verl! bam Bndge unbroken
The d lltan ce from Map cdurhaw Lock .to Ttenum
ht.m wu a furlong under .fifteen m lei Ibe Con
&e"anoy d d not IJ ame the lock .k&eper for end ni
$0 d ngby ;a twas & much l'afe boa.t
The Jury returned .. verd at of Ace dents.lly
clrownl!d ..h Ie crosam g the r \"4!
And expre&Soo
tb r deepest sy mpathy VI th the m.t!p]bers of the
lind the Coroner conc trred n tbat _pre.
aion
Lieut. Ha.t.t b ew8 thanked ev~ne for thelT
-rmpa.thy a.nd 6a d bow much the fam Iy approc ..ted the ~fl'ort8 of llr Tame and those wbo
.ae:lpedl Ilf~rw,.rda n the (earep
The Tb.p1ell
Con&el"Vanoy had been very kind &1ld he expre&8ed
Ilis thanb to .U
THE FUNEll.AL
The funer.1 of t he late Rev J H Dudle"
Ha.tihew8 ook p la ce a.t Pur ey pa.riah church 0(1
Tueeda,y morn ng am d many I gna of ."mp .. tby
and respect
The body W!\5 enclosed In a. coffi 01
0 11 k IP.l mou nted w lh a brl&B cron and tbe LLOnp
n
John H e nry Oudte,. l'la.lt.btwll born 2bt
Ot c her lBtJ d cd. 20th Deoem~ 1914
It
was e e~nt,J..y ca tied from the Rector,. 1.0 the
church tal 0\\00 by a number of mournelll and n
the cilUrcb a a ge congTega.t. on, nc1ud ng a nutn
be of ch Idrcn f om t.he school!! at,tended hG
beaut fu ler ce
The firet pa-rt of the Be co
in t.he cbu ch wu oonducted by tbe Rev E H
Yoscard U6l.!1t.ed by the }te... C, H 8 MlI.tt;he wl
eo of tbe d eceul!:d
~ favour te hlmn of the
late V car There 5 II. land of pure del ght w.u
W:Ui and t he 0 gan at, M
'.1,'. R Wr ght b'i'
.p:o eJ request p~ed. 0 Rest n the Lord and
I know that my Ro4eeme r I veth
A ery
affecting scene took place at t he gr&vee d e u I e
bT El H M OSCAI'd rec ted tl e comm liltl sen
~~6) and Lbo remll. ns we e lowered n t be gra.vb
~ rra.ve wu I ned w lh h.tTf &nd beaut r I wb le

89a.

SOUTHERN SNOWS

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ClNE~IATOGRArH

lr,;;iP~\:::;:!';:C~'~~~' .w:
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chief rnou Den 1Ifela Thfl .. do.". the Re
H S Matthe ws Dr C T Matt.he ... Mn F
... !t4a.tt hewl t be M lUI fLattbew. the R ev E H
~d Mn Moeca d Mr a.nd M.rs Hin os .nd 'Mrs
Down ng Fulle ton
There WeTe aJao presenl- Mrs
Walter P o'\\ e y the Rev G H.!l!,per Mrs Aid n
lJr Ilnd Mrs Hodgkin the ]P llleS 'Thacke~y
Hans aUt Rnd :~.h,dalUo Van Bcveran and ra m ly
l!r E 0 Far cr !lr .:ud Mrs J Tame M SI
Durell Re:ed etc
1.'be beaut fu l Bora tokens ncluded tr bu.t.el from
t.he widow and fan ly, I,ady Sykes !tin PetToookin.o Mr and J.f ra Herbert P owley (Devonport)
Lt4.Y 6&ye a.nd Be e Mrs Speinolett Mr6 J'
lin Pb I" ps 11 .. Bay. tho Btd .1 St
lIart:a.retl Sch oo Rug ey- H e rb the nbab hnt.
~ Pur-ley the Re
E H. Mrs a.nd M u )foaca.rd
the M.i.IIaas Matthev.-s OevoMh e) MI1I1 Sellon z
l4iu B.ekher Mr a.nd.Mn. Cecil Aldm liT .nd
Mrs 0 £ Hodgkin
Peter and Russell
}{anap
E &rgean t.
'l!J,e f une1"&l 8.rr&Di,tem6ntA .....ere cond.ucted b,
...... R eeJa.a of Read ng unde r the pereona
~Il()ll. of)lr 'Yo B Fordham

e

f1.nk."

SENT FOR TRIAL
SOLDIER IN 'l'ROUBLE
At the Wokin8b.&m Borough PolICe Cou t o n Tuea
day • soldier Pte Jeaae Stovq of the 10th Bat.tl1
Northumberland lru l lien ... as eh&rged w tb att.&mptod c.r mmal usa.ult on .. (ttl of 15 .pd .....
5eJlt for trial &t the w sea
£Jbfm, John Bogen a. itrelnlan emp.joyeci b,
t be Wokingham Corporat on de~ to WlIDi
prl50r:.er talking to the 8 r about 3 40
00
Sunday
The,.. went tow.a.rdl the lad M
a .....tory
nm to the Town Ball bul d nga aDd he ea..... t.h~
~ d.e
Subaequently b.6 ~nt.ered Wltb the C&l'6-

f."

P S 8p&rka 01 the Worugbam Pol De
t be caretak.er depoaed to be ng ealled
prenoUi .. tncse a.nd tD find ni pnAOnCT
fld
Supt Goddard I ii. d that when ~M
Po IOe &ation pr SODer denied. the offence
Pr ISOZler ga.v" 8' denee IUld denied thab . , .,...

ruIl'
,
AI.t.a.tAd

prusoner"'" ~it6rl far ..,.. ...
tho next :& h As! ZCII bail beiD, allowed 10 Ii20
on h s oflke;r who WN 0 Q:rur~ undertH:iug to
Me th at he a.ppeared
A.rilm g out ot tl:t.~ CaM t:..U lirl _wSf "!"'~
t ar being found wlJlde=J.:~ ~ •
.... ho nerdaeel. P"9tl'
lP.

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Sputl -.Jd

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gil'l &bout the aireet.l
II!biI
~1:d.1 e'fer Iiltco tpel ~ ~

au"

<Jod<l..-d aaiIl U,oi ~e.o
biau'kht. to t.he l'o1:lee Bt..uon m.
deplorable oond t on
had
tAl on
did not t.hiak &be
11.1;16 tor h~ act OM

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Th. fI,1 """ plooed ...... 'loa . . . eI lIi. K.-aer but be ng lI.1wmab Ca.thoilo tb6ll.M !'ather
1)oiu, who WN pre.aent undertook to Ind a IU t,aW. . . . . . whiaIa aIuo eould be ....

tREADING.

Our 'ort.alt

AT THE THEATRE