Reading Observer . June, 1915.

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Efficiency IS the! order of the
day. Nowhere is it more appreciates than In the Navy. The
most, effic1tnt Sailors In the world
I use .the " mo'st ~fficient Soap In
the World. They know from
exp.enence that SUNLIGHT
~lS0AP 15 Purest and Best.
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':~~:hi:~~~;~m:U~'~b'e'd:.e~Cl~~opponuru.yto once whether
tho peril.! 01 .Iack em"

must be lO6>ked for &fier
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oountry at the cn&lS of Its
the IUpply of • Hilnr bullets,"
Oovernment plan enable. hIm to

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on tho same foot.mg las the btggeat

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rd, even

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ma.oy paca,gmpha.. the tremendous J?rogreM which
g mB.Ae In the organuUltion and speeding up
of the work lor mUnitions under:btr Lloyd George 8
U18PJn~d and l 1nSPlrlog lea.d.eM.h\p
Much of this

"Ibetn
~.liai.g

I work,

too,
of secrecy

neceuaru) c&lTled on bebmd a veil
IBut mention ma.y be ,ade ou ij.. few
Important 15teplS that. have been reoorded...... tn the
Press _
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(1) Mr Lloyd o.orge h .. had. long comeron".
v.:lt.h K Albert; 'Ihomu, who III charged

all Lhe way

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STOMACH CRIES /OUT
.. ,I!-r'D PfAIN TRY A LI1Tl-E

MAGNESIA.

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k now him 'WelJ lc:new tb&t for t.helr brother the
t.rwnpoLs had sounded • upD1I Lh& otb~r aide '
'J'he mAtrners were Hr aDd I
I Robert
With t.he responsIbilIties of millutlOD.S In the
B ~o ad Mr and Mr.s ~ SlDlt.!l. :Mr. I
Ml'1I
French OO'f"emment., and the re.JUlt. of tJu lJ
Dawson Barkll&, MISS Barltas, ·irrs.";GOO<iw;;;:
cpnference 11.1 tha.t .. the two t;lational mdus
llroad, Mrs Charles St.eTenl Mn OHa.rles
tnes will be shle to develop th6l.l" clolSe coMr aOO Mrs J H Puller, HZ'$. H J Colher,
operation '
)hsaes StenDIS, Mr E Cot.t.roU, lir W Cottrell
(2)
A hlghly-()rganLSeIi body of technic.al \and
llr F Cott.reU Iond Mr G Burrows
admuustratn e experts hu been caUed moo
14esar& Huntley il od Palma..-, LUL. were represented by tho ((lUowlDg Dt.reCtol'1 M.r W. Ho,,&rd
eXlsten~ as ~be Metropohtan Mumtlons
Palmer (chairman) Mr Buat.aoe E Palmer (dtlpUt"
Committee
Cb&ltm.::.n), Mr Charles H Palmer, l:1r VI Built
(0) The )Vel.h Commltt.. h.. demded .. eotab
"ant Williams Mr Herbert P~ij;y
man
h sh a.,...natlonal tlbell factorv l.D. Cardlfi
ager) , &8al5ta.nt d lroctors 1fr. Ci M
M.r
{4J The INatlonal A.Civuor,. Committee, repreF B But. Mr C P Newm.a.a and
sc.nt1n~ trade unWD3 concerned m the munu
Lea, secretary , Mr William Lea. 0D4 CO"""""
{act.u~ of mUnitIOns of W&r, has prep&red a.
m&.nage.r, lir H j.1 Morton
Ther6 were
scheme. for eurollmg sklHe~ artUillUl1S a.ble
prMent at the 11""'08 a. l:u-ge numbor of t\le
and
willing to make mUnition., who are not
of the Export DeP"'rlment. t.oietJler WIth npreleat..tiTes from other departme..at. of tho _orb &00
at present engaged on GO\l~ment work
oiIioes. mctudIng Mean R H Wilson E A WrotThe scheme will be carnoo mto effect by a.
W Bishop, A H. Peach,
Bennett
.ub department of tbe MInistry of MUDltlons
Ghariea Morna, Alfred Dana, C. G P
aJlI, W J
work:lOg With the AdVISOry qoDUDltt.ee
Gu...... H A F'arlby , A W Ca\'d.ry J L 11;1MIt BONAR LA. ON NATIONAL
Itim, W H WIllt.e W Conlery, JI. ~ E J
ORG.u."ISATION I
Sc:rnenM', W Taala.nd, H Moon 1... de Doncker
Mr BonlLT Law, speaklng at ShreWIbu.!y School.
~ ..PODChaud, J" W Goodger, W B Hi I, H WWkr,
A B.. Perkin&. _ White, P Clark. Wi. Warren F MJd 1000e Wise ,,"oro. on n&tlOoal organaatlOo
Eo JelIDIIlgt. W. 3 Greg-ol'}', B. BI.rl.holomew, E He declared ~bat. -~
Ve1U1, .!,. Fr&n<!la, E TbompAOD. J. f:ii:oyated. E
, 'the organisation which wlH succeed 11 the
Dt.cup, H A11oo, E. Hoyllied, A. Bhl ..., P W
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orga.nll!&tlon which mterieres ac little U poulble
Em:unona C Brown, P LaW'f"eDce, T Biggs, E
With
the oromary ha.blt. and custom. of our
• 8 ....... , II E. Kelt,' T B BlShop, J RiUon F
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h1iel, but mterferea wheri mterf~oe IS neces
Hackett &nd E R. T Morae
tlary
It. u. tbe kind of orgartlM Ion which, m
Among the 1~ oongregaiioD at the cburch ,..e re
•
my beltef, flU not succeed Wlt.h us unlees It
noticed the Rev W, Almatrong. I N.:esars W
a.ppea.n .nght and }UlSt. D Ot merely to the
Poalton, 0 Sf.e_ud Smlth l W !I. Colebrook A
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ma.Jonty of! the n&t.lon u a. whole. but to the
:
H. OunlllDgb_~T
F WhltlD" Dr L.Il{ Gu,1dlng,
the Rev R H
Dana. Kr Ernest RaveolCl"qft
ma)onty
partlcul&r claa8 wlio are ELffected
It 15 Wltll. deep., J"M'l'$t that we record the d ea t h
(fle~g the
~ .A.rcbeologiea.l Socle~1) ,
by It. '
ot the Rev JI,obert Silvey. Pa.ator ot £*.be I W1c~e
lin Barnaon Jones (repreaentm&, "the ReadlDIj No more feli~toUJ terms conld he... ~ been chosen B&ptLlt Churoh ......hicll took. l1!J,a.o& wllb ptllDful I1.Id
Cbanty OrraDla&tioa. Society). Mrs ~ortimer, .Mr, to describe m advanoe the lme! 00 what Mr. Lloyd denDeM on )(0Dda.r eTeDlng r;1 Tb& d6Oe&lJd. mln~
laud Mn. ll'arry U'W'l&, lfellll'L J J' COoper, Arthur
ter had been 1111 railmg health lor acme long tune
T Clark. E P Collier, W E.. Collier, 8 G Collie&"J George's La ur for MUnitions Bill h.&S been
put. a.nd had on aevera.l. ooca&lOnt baen ......,. for
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(). Hulci ... (re_t,"II lin. !!oM1.y, of S.,"" lramed
:1.
4on), Hubert Fergu&on, A.. 0 I.e Huray, Aaron
a TeSt.
About; a )'Nr' ae:o be had. a breakdown 1n
Mobbs., Wdll&m C~le, J Bond, J. 11 Cook, G
health. and th& deacol1& ot tJie church dOOldw to
&. Seymour, W J Brnln. Et&.n1e, Coli:, J W Peta
allow him to rest ... ~uch aa poeatble, 10 oon.seJ T Ford T 'St&iner Collier, W Ha.yne8, Y;
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quonce qf whIch be .... &8 absent for a. good many
St.ebblngl. T Walle, Edir&rd Jack,qu , A.rtbur
Sunda..Ys.\ About all: weeki ago, 'WhiJst. a.t "BrlghtoD.
Newbery J Catley, cr- B~W J D~Tles, G. W
An InqllCllt was held at Olewor H&ll CD June 17th, be had ~ot.ber rather SCl"lOUA att&clt.. or beart. trou-Talbot. W Moore, J K
J Hobbe
RBII'
Co t. Co
th body bIe, but rooorered lufllclently to resumo h iS Illlnll·
H6111"V Medw..y, A E P
toe-,rtt..,;B Bn~
~ber, ;8
by M;
ayne.
un ,
roDer'. on
0
.~
~ V'I...-.....
of Norihcli1tJ John Cooper, a. ma.at.er cbl~Y try
0... Yonday e.elllng ho att.eoded • church
Baker G Hookham B .TohDatoae, P Adlam G
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E Symonds, G Ru~, Mr. a.od!lra ElIb\U}l F ,sweep, hVUlg at 73 Gardoner IS Cow-age., VaJl81t,- prayer mleetJng a.o.d ~ed home leemmgly a.s
uaua.l
Be l"etlred to red~ but earl7 m ~e njght.
Eades G Correll, etc. The seatiag arra.ugemenu tart-road. ClewCT, who
foUDd. h;W" lOg to a
had & ~Isure
Med~ aid waa at once flUm
wel'f) ( admtrably B.Dd1 courteously C&rTIM out. by t.ree near LoJers' Walk, Cl.ewOf
I
moned, bUt hI> IUCCwnbed before thlS wu forthMt" H J Collier &net) Mr A W Smal\bone
EVldeooe of Ident.l'fico.tion waa gnen by dooetl.aed 1 comIDg
Among t!iOIte sendlDl:' 101'&1 tributes were th e
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A much belOTM QUaId«. by the members 0' the
follolQng
Prom h.ij; wlfo,' ~. Ike aDd No.:ili" brot.her Frederick Wilham Coopor. a. cllaufreur• Edith Dnd Arthur and lia.rJorle Dubert and gardener at
DeanwllY
Chalfoot et Gilu, ...lio ch'Urch a.bI:i ooDrregatioD, and Widely J"eGpocloo by
Audrey
LOUIe and Barry and Mary,' • JOhD Itl fQr[D ed the ICoroncr tbat d eceased 'Wa,a. a Single the to:wwlpeople, ibe news of hiA .. udden death
and Betty' Mr Cha.rles GoodWIO, LI~ C R [Dan &nd was .54 years of 1Ige
Wltoneu Jut. MY createdJwidespread regTet
Tbo eeeued. mU:I.1&t.er eame to Ituding "'from
Slavens.
MIllS Broad and Lily ," lit and Mrs R hIm a.l;.\l8 oq Sunday June btb wben he st.a.\cd
J Ullher,
KILty a.hd Ja.et. I"uller." 'C1:.arle.s, had no~ been \cry well and bad boon under the Broml~ Jl.a.ptist Churcb, OQmmeD(:lng his mlntltry
~am a!ld VIC Gould" tlr and Mn Eirnest Cot.troll doctor
As far as wltneS! knew t.hcre were no at Wycliff'" -.Church on. SU1lda.y June 2nd, 1907
:.\Ir and :!Ih;s Walle r l Cottrell "F.-l and EdIth lDoney t TOllb les IUld he had ne\cr known ~ecea.aed Smce bellol' at. Reading he hB8 pronunently Ident.1
Cottrell ' Mrs Bosley -r..nd f amlly, Mr and Mrs t.o t.brcut-en 54lclde
Wltnea.s had 1L brot.her III an fied hllzUlelf With the free church hfe of the t..own,
and wu at the tim.e or hili dea.t..b Prealdent of t he
G H 'Burro'lO's Mrs A Cottrell, "Ernest and Aaylum
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Be was also PreLoUIe ' Mr a.nd Mrs Stanley Ardsl!i, Mr and
liba.rlotte ~nle Cooner, tJ,ster of deceaaed, stated. lOcal P'tee Cb,urch Federation
Mrs Herbert ArdlnG', MrI Ja.mes Wlthen ldn
had bee keepmg house {or deeeaaoo. for the '!ild~nt-eleet. or tbe Berb Ba.ptlst UDlDD .nd
J !\'R 8nurgeon Mr J A ~p~rgcon a.nd Mr :Lm!.
rnqnLh
She hu~t aa.w hun a.ltv.elon the Dlght. to haTe d<;11'I18INld llls presldenbal a.ddl'eQ at t.be
He then aeemed n.bou t anq,uaJ. lI1~tinp of the AIUIOCIa.tion. on Wedlle8day
Mrs "Muller t.he Ohalrman Deputy Cblllrman and of Thur5da.y June lOth
II~ Ia ... e.s 3. Widow , one son ILDd \wo
Dlreclor3 or Huntley and P:tlm G1'8, Ltd. Mr and tIo8 mua..I
~ went out abaub 6 ... 1ll the nen
Mrs Cha.rles H P almer Mr and Mn \V Bull va.nt next rnornlDg I Aa be did n ot TetU~f to breakfut dQ.Ughttn
ITbe
funenJ.
took pl&o& yeaterda.1
A
'" i1Lill.nlS the General Yanauer. Aumtnnt Dll'tlCte rs she made enqulnes and found he h
Dot been t.o
report. Wlll .Ppeat" lD. our Dert week & ll&Ue
and See.. cto.ry of Hunt ley aDd Palmers, Lt d the tbe house be bad arraneed to attend
Foreign De partr.'lent of HlIl~t.le,. a.nd P&lmer1 ,Ltd ,
John Wd~n a Prn'l:\.Le 10 theo Coldstream
the Pastor and D~D!i of Kln"'l Reid lDbI:.pcl, Guards, stA.tioned at WlDdsor, st&t.ed~t he .... a.s
1hi3 PreS ident , \ Sc~r~rtrle& and Members of the walking wltb ~ fnend. &to the iop e
of 101'6ra
He _d ing GUIld of Help, the Committee of the Gwld Walk, Olewer, on the eveUIDi' of
a.J June
o r Help the Old Alfjredlana, the Stutienta of tbe 15th, a.'bout 745, and aoIlle children t.oJ.d t.b.em t.h&t.
I Readm~ Art StudiO, !the m~-Eh£&both, .. From
there was a. ma.n lD Ule Walk WIth a b~k h.tI.ll.dk.er-.
one t.o whom he was a fnend I t Mr a.nd MNI G L <:blef In hiS mouth and thes round. hlS f:a.co. They
Mil W M. ..coLEBROOK SUED.
Baker Mrs Barka8 ~sen, lit ..nd MTIS n c r bert wcnt to the pla ce aDd fouad a. ma.n a.ngU1g to a
Barli:1l.i Mn Robett. ndley, la[r and Mra WAlter troo by hUll bla.ck mutHer
Information W&I gnen
Bra.tn Mr and Mrs
aID Clark and If;.. and l'dn; to the j pollOe, a.nd wtLh the help or ~ cnilian the
A tIdM In Whlch tt. {arm. bsuliff, T JonEl!l, of
P S Cl:lrlr: (Wn.ntige) Mr and Yra Arthur F
man 'Waa cut down
H e wa.s dead
appeared
CI&rk Mrs S J, Q,llher and famd] ... Mr and to ba.\ e been thero several da.ys
me !weepil Home }'arm, WarwtckshlI"e. sued Mr W M.
Colebrook, of M...... eolebrook and Co ,\1teading,
Mn St anley Cox a.n~ Lito.... Mrs Fitch and Mlu tools were ncar the body
FItch MISS Flana.ga~lI:18 Maud Ft&.D:l.g:tn a.nd
P S Yeates statIOned at Spital, eposed that for £25 alleged to h&ve been a bonus agreed upon
)[I!.S H B F1anagaq. M1M Hodgea Mr ond l lrs
abou t 8 pm on Juno 15th be recelV
IDfOrmatlon
I.e Hura'\"
Mr ahd Mrs Lo-r.ilI oDd Fn::.nk
tbat. a ma.n had been f()und .an tbe
veTS' Walk for Q, Y9&l"s work &.t their fa.r:A at. Fmeha.mJ!lstead,
lfr and M1'8 H J I Mo rton, !It' ruXI: Mrs G S hangmg from a tree and h& uJlmedia. 1y r..roeeeded Wa.& lteard before hl..8 H on our Judge H.vmgton at
Oades Ml" A W SmaJ lbone, Mr 3.nd lin Cha~ to tho spot, where he sa.w the body m l n.n adJ3Cent the Rea.di.ng County Conrt on Thuraday Mr P
Steward SInltb Mr ":Lnd Mn 'llrre,I.1
plant ation
Wlt.ness e18..lllmoo t.he bod,. a.nd found St pe~ appeared~~or plamtlff. and defendant
I 'bThe
n-lth
!l.Ce at
ng Cemetery
was: repreaent&d. by~· 'Varren
PlalDt.i.ff wu
... e gya ve uelDg ~n ':..'t WI
'D\OiIS
n 'y
f""
The funeral arrangement. were curried out by bl&Ck material (produced), and under t e tree where engaBoo by Mr Cole1irook In September. 1912, at
M6f8I"B Heelu, Lt..d under t.be personal supenmon lbe body wa.e found WaJI & set. of ChI ney sweep s a s&lary , of .e2 per week: In additIOn there ,.,81
ot Mr. W B F ordtym
rods and brush , Tho body was oo~eYed to the to be a. BonUi which pJamtlff claimed wu agreed
t
AN APPRECIATION,
mortu&r~;Jod on
s~~~eta::: & ~~ upon at ~25 per ADrlum For the derence i It/ 'Wu
urged. th.t £26 _as the sum agreed upon tU boem
'l1Ioe Dame C!.Dd Pisonalit,. of John Broad Iwere I. "~"' " .~" .'!~,'''u,•.!.'
h oulH) Innoe he mornmg
hloW'll to tboUG&Dd..t_! He .... u . ma.o oC el.ceechng
hsd been
ged and for the first year only, and LhM.t the bonus t.o be

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9F TH~ REV. RO~ERT
SilVEY.

FREE CHURCH'S GREAT LOSS

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una.blo

movemtDts aILer: tie lof$, home
June 11th
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A verdict 01' .. SUICIde by hapglIlg o1fIDg to tem
poraty InsaDit y .. W818 returned
.1
Mr Pa.yne also held an mqwry I..Qtb t.1Lc dQllth
of Henry Earley, aged 69, a buteher. of 24) BedeY
b h
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It.reet., W 0 ung himself In hia house the prenous
day
J ohn JlUlleJ f.,arlcy, imng
fi d t~ bod
c" r b
e
e
y B& t.n.u.t 0
IS
seen d eceued ror the past ei.gb" "o?',t~ •.. D~_ooed
had ~n III tor sevcra.l
neunus
Dr Ell:'ood
VIOu.s day he
OP

found the

IIlltlng.room

nature and rur&! surroundmp, Mr Broad wa.a aho Dock

'Th.e

a man of cult.ure of literary a.t.t&'irl1JteDY and anLI· Itrap fixed
quarlu.J1 knOWledge
Whil~t 1D tlie UTa to come boot1aco wa.s
we lihalJ mus bls kindly prereDCe eren more tban
Ii:
~e do to-day there ahoulq be no rne.l.&heholy thought wqre.q.o IlL1l'
.~,"'~ti~.
nmongs.t. us for he baa gone to the goal tba.t e.walt.s :nnd~~~:' the
tho good and reats f rom hla la.bours
G E
montba
b.g~d~~j1':~;OrOC.

NATIONAL RELIEF

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'MAY;P

.£ 1,000 GUARANTEE OF
PURITY ON EVERY BAR.
The name Lever on Soap i~ a Guaranlee e/
p"rrly and Excellence.

PARTISAN SUFFJt4GiSM AND THE
NATiONAL CR,ISIS.
TO "t1R Rl'!'Oll 0,. 'rIta .. R.~txO

LEVER BROTHERS

PORT SUNLIGHT.

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.. po&Ilble into equa.lity 'WIth. fightmg 111 the
trencbel, and tlilS tbeae bdltoffJ do ' ttiougb their
. pa.ce UI alleged by them 1:.0 be ioo valua.hle for the
adnuulbn of rephes Perhapl the molt grqLeique
dlu.-trahon of thlll nudloWily. contributod ml&representation has been tho story, .&ppeal'lbg and
re.appearmg, of .a. Pnmltivo )tethodls!; mlDUlter s
Wife who UI lUst now gOing "thdt preachmg round
Ot b...~ hlllband's district ",hile be 15 acting acme'llrberek u chaplain to 'the troops, all ( women

preach... ....re no' a common cbar....""" of

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Mr
ofebrook 'in. eVIdence. adm..itted that he
guarao.
A.. £25 bonus for the tint year only,
whlph h
1lOen p.tJd. He ..Id oomplaman. th..
the Company (Moaare.. Colebl"9O'k and Co) ~ a.
bonus schema. He aleo told him that if the farm
were
1'''00 be would recOJrnl ..
hLA
Improvemen t
Be '(pre-

bUi for the

of

THE LATE RONALD P

AMBULANCE APPEAL.

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-pi.~ :',,;"'On 01' TiOl

A V{EEK OF VARIETY.

See tat noble

sernee the women U(I rendenn2 I WI ~c not
Origlll&lity l&. Tery b.ud to ,find tn the average
deserve the vo!;e when the w&r';l ~ ove~?"
But
Ha.ll .. tarn," and Ute Jaded entlo m.ay woll
nothlDg could be DlQre illoglcal than to hlaini that,
If he IS tempted sometlmes to believe
becauee women ea.n sene 'the nation nobly &nd
after aU, only a. la.bel Invented. by the
:rr~b.tel~ III .theu- 1lWQ waT. th~'rerore they have "i~:~:::;'l g~ntlomen who get out tho prop-MDtneB
t h -- govern It , a.od the pro.poct of govern II
Fields and LewIS aucceod In getting Some
WOOlen, e",!,n If tbey ha.ve been heroIC
u lbuslDes8" In to thcir burlA"""ue turn
th pi.
1ll"8IN or hospital matrona. Will. i':)\cn after
......"
,..: wt.iu , remain repellent to the vast ma]onty ot
County Theatre thl8 '\Ii c~k and tho proec ~ women a.s 1Vell
men 'nIo StU'Vlce o r I I ~T&ll!'n'. deacrlptlOn of II Novel and Orlgmal
lS
o;':n:w
,
I the vote w~re azmp ly
,u5tified
Ce:rta.mly. ilie tU.fn 18 the
before
But t
been dae to tb.cm
bill
'.[he Throe Leopolds mee &. good.
D.8
ed to
1 11
.teward, It IS a. trust
fmd knocka.bout. turn whIch Roes wltb
fo~m~"O'I the the sex
alone 11 cnpable of per
throuSb. and Do Lilo a.nd Mei,z follow
.u.d tl
f d f ndi
Imes
G W P.ayne, a. comedi&n, IS
tbe country
m~~~t'fi\~~~2th u C$ 0 e e nr;
and hl8 .Item bus severe! lUllullng In
lesson whioh:
e!\!Dd
Snvon:t.a "'ppcar In thcll'
upon
PDhce of Orpheus II a.nd
sheo of the cvemng & pro.a. Ipuslcal Que. Wld WQ.8
performel'8, who are a.tmodern butler',
!Iuch
g""
sue·

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h!n tatn

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If

WILL.

1UU.DINO OBSlIRVtlR II

mx months IIlDeo an appcal
colaID1la on beh31f of t be
"Arub,uJ,me," AssoeuLtion for c10thlna and

the
aDd wouDded, and the
response was 60 prompt and generous that. our
warehouse was Iwmecha.tely l"epleD18hcd With all
sorta Of garments household tinen and comforls
Slllca t.be $uLumn 8. va.st new army has come JDto
bema: 10 Engl.lnd, while ot.her arD:l es have con
verged from the DOJn IDJOD!l Oversea.s our Fl c.ets
are ~$htlng not only 1D tho NortherIi: seas (but III
the Moolterranean as well, our 'frooDs are wag-lOg
war 01'1. Af lC:Ln a.nd ASiatiC' sands as well o.s In tbe
trenche~ 0 France and Fla.nders Thel eR!Ualtles
are \or:; hi 3VY, and not only do our o~ SICk: and
wounded cod. a practically unlimIted ! mpl)ly of
everythlng [or tbCJr comfort, but. we should ba~e
fal~ed 10 our traalt\OD!l If we had not sen t some
!luccouli' to our Allies ~n France. Bel': luw aou
1!ia.stern Europe
We are ~hJS {~ '\'ilt.h Increaamg demands
while ~he 6Upply uoon wLllch .v; o hRve to depcnll
Ilhows a. marked fal fmg off so th.a.t our shehcs are
emtYlng f",t:e'F than we can keep thom filled Our
Slck and ......'!OlJ'lldcd delerve all lbRt wo can g~\C
them, If they 'hIlH~ se.clJficoo health and hmbs
sight and lenses let. us at. least see that t.hey have
eorg.fort8bl~' bedding 10 WhICh to rest t heir suffer
IDg bociles,l l!,ealmg drefjslDgs With ,vhich to recO\cr
tbem of tbeLT woull<ls clean and coolmg clolhmg
for liOfJ~t.&l and C{Qtlvs.lesc<>ncc IJnd 8-0010 of those
OtivlOua consf.o rts-:l.lr cush ions In'Valid foods, Ion '"
chaIN. toi1~t reqUiSites, sta.tlOnery, etc - With

GIFT TO

colDfortl:l for

whlCh "We bp.!.tp to tb. bed3ldo of the ",'k

r.rofit

AIr ~rren submitted that the ~ndence
d,d n,. .bow for 'fh.. perloo .hl honOl of £25
would
pa"L
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Slr,-I oMerve thnt cort&ID e(1itora &r'(I glVIDg
mueh of th ~ r .-pace (e~,n 10 t~ when spa.ce must.
.be pa.rtlcw.&rly valuable) to eCIIDtrIbt.tied glon&a.at IUft'ragtst action m ..... ~ ~a deSignedly mla.. War Work" 10 order to brmg It . . nea.rly

Pnolltlve :Mat.hodlSlD alway. aud. everYwhere
But l the ordmary contribution from Suft'ragiJ:t
headqrarterl inJUy concerns hospital work, aDd
I ha~ &eeD 11:. hDaied .. Women Heroes. lD Wa.r
Hospitals
wbat. S#ltr!'liril &re domS' ,
It II
na~1 to wonder ",bat>
hOl:91tU.la ho.v9 dla.t.lDCt.i]"eJ:y to do With tho Suffr~llit. part,. ~r the
Li~rytl ~rty or the: Labour par~y 'lhe excllUlve
"uo(:tat.lon of women.. • wa.r aervlce~' wltb one
pal'ty lor wom0111 more th.a.a. another I8 unta.ar aDd
.malea(lin" though It J,8 t~.truelrivo
It C3.l'l'letJ
'1VlfJ1 It the enttrel,. ~roun~cQ Ul8IDJlltiloo tba.t
th& wpm-en who' bbJ6Ct to t e sull'rGge and the
WOIneD. 'Who are lJidUleren~~
It ar& leas -actiVO 1n
the ........JC8 t.han: the wome~ (who inaat on puttang
.. lUfiage stunR upon. It 1 Aa Trcaau.rgr of the
Na.tionaI Len~ue fot' .oPPPS1D; \ WOW:LD. 8uBrago
ram Ul .. P9Iltlon to k~w Ifrom 4bundant eVidence
thB un.apa..nh.g Idevotion of our''' braillohes and our
membelll, not co)y to hospital }!or.k but to oJl the
vUied kinds ot servloo fo! wHich the oo~try J&
cd.lliog But the prrnelple"'ot cur Cc.ntrO!! organll&.tlOD amce the "101' beg,,&n hll.S &JwaY8 ooen that we
ebould l lhrow oo.rselve.ii. Jnto th •• work Old 89'"' lce
hand ID ha.n4 wlt.h Our l fellq,w-eount.rymon aud
oou.nt~ women WlthbUt dlinanotlOn of parly~
At
the pl'f.M.Dt lynCture there IS DO room CQ,r any pa..rty
lUoept the Datiornal pa.rty, and yet the Suft'rage
pMty aeent to,the bent OD making room for them&elves The oliJect of lUlU BUfI'rn.gllt6 \1 I»cnk for
the body as a 1 whole :Lnd !lOt. for uidlVJduitJs here
and there) 11 not, to make capltal fbr ~eU' propagabd& out. or the p,a.tnotlc 'Work they do a.nd hence
they _mk their pa.rty' natne But when'-PlU'llG'ropha
are h~ed for the.Press
WhA~ Sti!'nglsts aro
~r::!' I~11 pla.1D. tliat tb61eye li Dot; slDgle tbe
~ JOr
Ject for .Z~ I$h the ..p&t.riotIo actIon 18
e use of ca.nnot:' De mJirolfeD
'ThQ. poIlC]' f
!~08e "ilho .Ql.&ge t.hel~ patty in the policy ~f
d~Uho .:Itr~~~::i! party'
bot be more
Intend~
n.
' 'Ute
pobC1 I.S
th "L ':'lcat.ch t2te I UDW&o- aDd
rea.sonmg

These

aro th3 da]& m "hlch no one of us cau ever' gl\e

enough

The WIll of the *bte Lieutenant Ronald
h
k 11 d
Poulton Palmer, W 0 was I C in
Flanders on Ua.v 4th last, h as been
£22,310 gross
He left the [ollowmg cp~m l ~le
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egacles10 the 'Workers' Edllcatlonal AsSocIatIOn £5UO
llw Rugby School MiSSIOn Nottmg Dale £lqo
the Oxford Bcrmond:;;ey MI~lon. £50
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B.tlhol College, OdOll1, Boys Cl uh, £50
Huntley I:LIld P almeMJ' Bene\ olent Fund , £100
Huntley and P tImers' Recl'CatlOn Cluu £100
And to the VIcar of St John s, Read mg I() ho
a.pphed a.a he shall thtnk fit. for the 1f00ht. . . f
the UmVeI1Hty College, Readmg BOilS UlutJ,
00
1
£1
Afler bequeath 109 other peeuDla ry and 8P~~\~Cr.
legacIes. )ncludmg a lfga.cy of £17000 to Ily
brother, Dr Edward Pa.lmer Poulton, the test {Ii t
left. hiS reSIduary est ate equally between
thl
sisters
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ORGE

THE TkADE."

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All contrl1?u i lOJIS ~ill be very thankfully reccmld
apd a.oknow l~ged by ihe Chairman St. John
I 1jO !'1'Wi: BDITOF OF 'fR"
READING OBsr;R1. R
AmbUlan oo~wa.rehOUSO' 56, St John s squale,
SJr .....} fThe Rev J D Thompson, PreSident OJ lhClerkenweU E e
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Yours falt.hfully
PnWlt.u e Methodist Conferenoo, W:LS wr~t.. I '11<'1 1
ADELINE M BEDFORD
Mr Ll by d George a nd cha.rged hll{lifv;lIh t !1ki~ ~
BA!I'URDAY -Befote Ma.Jor Darby Grlt6th (m the
56 St Jo n's square
egTcg loua and unutterable plffic
Tha [ --:.. rcb.a.ir), lIr C J nH.YiJa~d. lIr R Osmond Cq.i
Clark nwell London
poliO, IS the rev gQnt.icman S Hlea of te!, r c r~ j o
WalLer Thornt.on a.nd M..- C E KOYller
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~une 19t.h. 1915
lunguage on the lSubJect. pC temperancc
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ASSAULT AT STREATLEY "I
hOwevCl. to labour under the de lUSIon tll ;!;t
t1 1l~
mfa.mo 1.i trade" "'8.3 t-esponslblo tOl th ~ f;ul fU
of tho lal:.e Chancellor s pla.ne
I cl, 1\11 11 (1\1(1
GeO!J;6 supply the answer
III ]l1S 13ud.ot' :'PCCC
!"
on .May 4th be sald
" There Lf:I no llIan ItI t.hl ~ House .... bo IllS fall"" ~
t.bcm harder than I have hut. I .:1m bound tt
that they: met the anpeais whl~h I Ill r..d o to II
ID a. patriotic splnt.. In a n a.tLILudo of UJlIH l I I n
could Jeave noth_ng to 'be deSired {rum j ht IJ{
of view or anybody who IS trYIllJ to h elll Ill:>
cottntry -along I feel bound lo say th II, ~ :; an to d
poht.ica.l opponent of thons I say mOle t han l hl t.
n tJ:tcro 15 3. failure I do nat thmk the bJam p rcsl .
upon them I a.m uouud to cay so, and I. lhlllk
I S due to Lbcm II
I
AgaJ.lI on May lUh in I ho Uc'ha.to 011 the Dr
fonco of tho Realm .Bill, Ml l.JQ}d li lorgp b~ 1 1
tha.t f tho dlflicultlCS are not; COrulU <- from II )
Tr~dc, I hll.ve laid Uml once bef(He 1 h l\e h(~'
met 10 t he f8Jrest pes.ilblo ma nner by rc p r~ ~cnl
t lves of the Trade. IljDd they h a.ve 1I(1t. lIl tjr r '
UlSUpor&ble obsta.clc..s
My J:;realesr. dlll1c lI (II I
l
ha.vo been WILh thQsd "po hale fixed Ideal)
who th ink that In these. mumt..lo n are ill': It I. . II lH
be bet.ter to allow thmgs to cO DtlDue a... t li(,1 ~ e
t.han that. wo should depart. 111 tho shgb t.est fk.o l'l'
from those fixed lde».s '
~
The latter rema.rk was add ressed tc the e:d n' '!ie
teetotallers and parttc.ula.rlv to t bclr leader ~t~
Lief Jone ~. the President. of the UIllt.e<l Klp",d III
Alhance
A.nd we Yea.rn tbat.
Th e] rll il 11 , r,
Metbodlsu; were the first of the m .. 11l 1 ril
CbMstlan
to ~akO It a liO'lXl
"+"
general ruJee to 1l'eiD the alms of the U K \
tota.l problbltjOll I I w" lud adVise ?tIr Th olt I n
to obtll,lD' and read" R'cliglon Ilnd Drink bl Ihe
Rev E: 'A WUSOQ, D D Rector of St ~ t (l)htfl.
Epl5COpal Church, N ewark N J
H e l\Ill V tlll n
alter bls ways.and r~fraJ~ from l.allnn", e.rrf:> lo "I'
and unutterable
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COUNTY BENCH.'

Old. Headington, Oxford
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YOUR
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Chai rman fno Mayor of R(lA(ling
HOI1 Treuqrer lir .Jobn SimoMs
Hon Secretjlry M'r S R. 'W;hjtley j
Ron Sec of Women II Section M.iaa lh..rgaret
I Jones
SlQoe the last. lis' pubhched the following oontrl
but.lOns have been ecolved£ • d
M'c.alra R Il'oomer nd Son. 5th ooDtn'bu.
lion
3 1 9
Pulsometor EnglD:Eg Co, Wom _ ""t 20 7 0
Puboruekr Eogloc nne Co, 0fBce
1 4 3
Corporation Trim: a.ya. Employeea. 11th
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1 0
1 9
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0 1
2 9

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W.th apologia to .. Jack', the Boy."

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accept.ing a new Ilboation ... lboa. Mr
cooId not hope to' m~ a
o~ tho
lonn, fo not !.en..,.... wore 6t W P lIlIt

hov.

Coleb

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Just the Soap for work,
Just the Soap (or play;
Just the SOap when girls are sad
To charm their tears away.
Best of Soaps afloat,
Best of Soaps' ashore.
SUNLIGHT AHOY! You're iust a joy
That (dl our hearts adore.

reP;Orts ; notblDg' a.bnormal,'
DO appreciable In~ast:l-'
'11118 geDeral conclu81on that we bave atl'lved
at, th~roforo, D.bout t.he reporla that hue been
Clreul.a£ed ... to tbe large numbetll of W&r BablOfi
IS th'" they are wltbout "ifOUOOtJJo-D, and ,-:efleet
unfair'" on the char.acters iof our soldlera ana 'O\1r
girl! We do not. mean tp dell1. that Ui~ hl\S
been: grave ecLuse for atl1lety on a;:roqltnt Of the
prev&iling low moral J standard ~a welf aa on
accollnt of latempera.nce, often the rnauU of
tb01!Â¥htleu trea.tmrr, not' that tb~e bas been l mu(:h
glddln6811 and foohsb. eltcltablhtJ,.. among the yOUDg
ants leading of~ to most utldulrable ~ondllCt
But 'We teel that tb~e.y 1ft whiCh, the BUbJect baa beeD. treated lD
y quartera IS rkely,
~. IOPle of t.h068 whp b., Il.l)swered our questions
have. 8&ld, to"p,o mcaJoQlatlle bamt
.. For. those. and W(I know there must. b e 1I01:l}e,
who mil nefid specal help we liehe1fl that existIbg agebCle8 l&re amply fUfficlcnt. What 18 needed
1& t.b.t tbe~ agenclOi should receive more a.deq~8.t.tJ
lupport"
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~e Teport IS sig ned by' Mrs Creighton Adohne
Ducheaa l of Bedford, .M'n 1 Carden, Commls~loner
AdelLido GOlt (Salvation Arm y) Mn; &:md:L1l
Da'nd son , MilS M llosaruond Ff.rencb, Mra J~lIles
Gow, Ml!1 Nora HaU' larid Mrs George Mor.:an

d...ot.nd tb.l th. £as!iOn....... for t.lio ·"""",,,,~.~c.""--;C""
oal.J.. ..... Had he undentood t.ha.t he would ;-

tOld oomplainant be

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READING COMMITI'm

N:~ G A Howland
r.:
Reading Corporation Tram,...,. Employee.
Measn G H.wkea &nd Soot. mont.hl, CODtnbullon
,
Ill' Riddles
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Tt'&m"llf.,
1tetd~1

~~~_.:~~~:: :"~I:~~ :d~bl C;:~

him ..

~u:'::~~:::i!:~~J.~'
but It"'&1 never IUgned
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conl.rijjpt.lOn

A QUESTiON OF BONUS.

f~rU;c.:rn.\h~!y~f dRC:S~ Lb~~e!'~W;
bee: p~S:I~~

a«l'Vlty &lid a.billty
h18 life
ipent. largely
In fost.enug the fOfelgn t rade of Humley
and
Palmers, Ltd
He ... u hela In gener.aJ: este&rn &Dd
If there wel'f) more lib John Broad In tbe oommer
CIa.! world t.hero wodid be Ie8a labour t.roub1ea:
He
AhraY8 lD81Sled on Wf;Dg both..1ideI, UId hi, decl.
mODS were .lwa.ys f r
Be 9U .. ~ wbo fos-tered the arts and alto and e_oo blen' lU
every form
John Erda.::! novel' ---hI. to I be n
tho hmelight, IDd hIS name did not-ofto. &ppea.r In
the subscnptlOn hst but he 'WU .. rell6rona.1ma.n
aod "'a\o In liuch a manner that It.would be hs:rd to
to
say to whom hiS glr..to a.trozded the more p!euure.
lo t.be giver or the receiver
ChIldren, lD an walb
of 1i1~ appealed to blm 1~'bI1, a.nd nothing
iJl'orded him greate r dchffbt thAZl to p't'e them
food dot-bel! 5weeUi a.nd
Jolin Bro:ul dad
DOt. talk rehg lOn , he- 11"ed. It.
A _,rut Javel' of

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u hUUlg
haVIDtc hal)
~fterl plact:
no mcrease ex.~ct.ed

a. Oovernment.
secunty at
good
ra.te 06 mt.erest;

caplta.lu5t
SPEEDING-UP MUNITIONS
[t would be unpoS61ble to put on

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