Reading Observer. March, 1915.

Pap

Partieularly \

s-

Local P ...~
Woonded Soldi~

:Re<r.ut,n,

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..alOe, both for

PARISH

ctrengtb and for LvPI\!'.

,-"CTI.IRE ON BELGIUM

w~

Weeleyan CJia~l on 1 u6l:lda.y eveDing QD ""g,u!'" There were good congregat OM
and Ita Peo~le In aid of the Wesleyan
were gwen to aId tbe funds of
Hope funda
Mr GOBS presIded
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Quite • high.d~ Tea with rich
delicacy 01 lIavour.

11/10
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VoIu.nteer- ~·f8Dders

ST PAUL S CHURCH

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Ro,.&1 Counties Sho,," .4l\Â¥4ont4

Empl<>_I,I .. n.t.1O ~

drel5l at

Pace6-

NI- Bt.l""

O!iciaW SlJarlu

Pare 7.,....

.... eo.\ of

Coun .. noo".

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Local WIIl .. .1

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MiUIary ~ conntry
&uJbere. LeaffUfI ChamploD.eh.lp

Football.nd'Obw

Pare 8 r

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Gaf'dtn l NotfJI

P..estr lcq on on Drink -

Top''''
of th~ ~ eek
C'<InfirmaLioD at Readin
Berka Cud .. hes

Berka Proin Wons

Cal'" 'I S Boileau AsSistant Secretary to t,e

a

A 8.. S ga.ve an mterestm,!J lecture on Tllurada.y
at St paurll Pa.rIsh Room de.cnptlve of the work
of the Society
Mr H F EVaDS preSided
,

AIRCRAFT ALARM
A hostile au' craft bem~ rc~orted by 'telephone
from Mllrgllte and travelling mland, the author!
tiel on Woonesda.y 10 last wdek at mId D.\ght caned
out the pobee the FLfe Bngade one volunteer
ambulance sectlon ~p.d the special consta.bles the
Qtll5embly bemg mude ~d s tILt on5 taken "IV th
commendable promptness
lhe unwelcome Vl!1
tor accordmg to J..ter new!! turned about and

STORES

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THE BIGGEST GROCERS IN T\-IE WORLD

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ARMY "SCRIPTURE READERS aoCIETY

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INJERNATIONAL

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The Rev F R Sheehan of JIlTV18 13.rook 8m
• fonnel' cura~ of St Paul s gave t.he ad.
church on 'Vedneaday evenmg and
was heartIly welcomed by hilS old irlendi

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OddleUOwiblp -

GROCERIES • PROVISIONS

made

,w. .

La.te Ad,.ertlscmeD~1
B ribs It:a.r'1alles and.

LATE
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MILITARY

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jr"lo"hon. 218 Tcl c~r ~

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BERKS

TOPICS

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SInce our lut lUUe ths foUoWlDg j:u1Ur.11~,..
By t.he faU of Pn.emYlll) lt Ie behaved that RUUla.
h as estabhshed gains far m excetJs of t.he )mme 'been reported &mODI ofticere &nd
diate anc;l tangible advantages of capturmg a large BelD Regiment part. of the garmon and releasmg for operati_nl
[
SATURDAY
elsewhere an even larger Investing farce
It.
Died oJ wound! I L~ ierKt- J Ed..-""", 8132
moral effect will be felt througb the Balkans and

the MedIterranean
Odmany and Austria had
bouted only SIX weeks ago tha.t th~ had a. plan
w]gch would dlspoec or the whole Rtl6&&Il cam
pa'fgn from the Balt.jq., to the CarpathIan!
But:
tbe RUllllan armies it! far from haVlng been nm
dered a neghglble fac~r now have an open road
In

for &ll adva.nce upon Cracow or for press~orward
over tbe Carpa.thllUllS mto Hungaty
In the
W eet.ern area. the German foba haYs
kept
bU~lly engaged a.1I along the line 8Ild the Ger
Dlana are perpetujllly 10ftlJlg grounJi el en If It III
by & few y&rde at & "roe &a wen ~ men tbat they
cannot afford to spare
The cost of prOgJ;e88 to
the DarclaneUea has been heavy. but the Alliee
hutenod to repla.ee lQ the atta.ckmg force the
by mmes IU'ld ~e faU of Conltultinople
growmg apprecl'ably nearer

FULL SPEED ON WAR WORK
AGREEMENT
The followmg IJ a brIef
the

mr.'resentat.lvee
w)nch

th whole ID"~"'"''

Sunday
cOMldelll,ble attention
Ihe

enterta nmenh

dod Lleut A D Gordon Royal
ounded :e Corpl F Smlth 6606

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WEDNESDAY,
83~
Stnnd. ~

Pte.. C
oonded.Pte. B yUmond 10130
Pte C Aynon 9437
Pte C CoaghlrT. 11622
Pte. E Gray 1i782

ne.

of '-he E.acllequer I
'IWatIOI) and IlllO

ftloer wounded -

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L,eu\ J

UecL-

Pt.e H MilIom 99.Y

IBE CO OPERUION OF LABOUR

tIIo

J\oyal

Berke

9th Ron! 'Berb Re_enl-T.mp !JI&jor A
L \1 d S-Y=oort from 6tlI Batt.lI.. to be tem

4th Ro,..l Berb Re.glment.-Lient D R
Gedge fMIgDS htll CODlJXLlUIOD March laJ~

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?n Tneaday 1\ WM reported 'th.a.t Pte
H A Oldacre hu been appomted a
te~ In the 4th B-..tWion (Pnncea ~",!otto·

om..... Trawng COrpi.

OYAL

G
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COUll

RE~D["G

;'_~f~~~ th~,p;f~~,

Th. afP"intment " ,!,,~.t:o, n! .!~'Q4bi!flii

& SpecllU Feat l Tr
Moderato Idc/ul\1>'e

SAND HURST I

. 1f"1~1r"'P AQENCY OFFICE~ OXFORD sm'E/IT

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'~ADI

EVERYBODY'S

WH~T
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language at Wokinscham
on tor
March
16th
- Mrs .And
curate
NnbllT'J'
and' later
W.okingham
was summoned
usmg
msuJtmg
Co at.Reading
ATChdeacou
BoydMchdea(:on
wu fo rmt of
\J
Clements a.lso .... of RO!e etreet sud that t.he de Colombo Ceylon On hiS retJrement. ihe res ded at
fendant used m!tiltmg language tpwa.rda her and Fivew ..ys CBUlbe.rley
aooused her of steahns some ,..ood - l he de
f.ndant on oath oa,d 'l"e had m i..ed ..me wood BIRTHS MARRIAGES D
, EATHS

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compl~n.n'

.dm.d her to

8ummon one of her neJghboul"8 b ~t .me would not
do It
She uMd no bad lanO'Uage but a.d.nlltted
tefl mg compla.mant that she was dIShonest -The
Cba!-llD&Jl (to d~endant.) 1 You W:l~l be boUI1d over
to keep a crnl tongue m y.our head to your neigh
bours and a U the world Cor one year
Defendant
was then bound over In the lIum oj £5 to keep the
peace for twelve month" and ordered to pall' the

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GardenlDg' paperll lind t cm ly

HALFPENNY. wF,k
and

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Published every

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DISHONEST SOLDIER

WIlha.m JannBme a ~rlvate 10 ~he Ealt Surre.v
Regunent rec;§P.tly stattpned at ~kingham waa

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..1.11 uot>ttOoea!Umt. rOT tba colman IISU.' be aut.l:r&
tJeat.ed by tbe namu and 1Iddreu_ 01' t.be pull!l
1
teDdlna: Uae MlDe.
BurrJ[8 an ('.bUild &t the n.te oj:ls fId for the "'"'
two Daet and 6d tew eacb IddJtMmal!m. OJ' 1Iforl tI.
.. 11M dar
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J!:ete~1d..
:di~ ~':'B ~.
pUt 01 a llile an.er
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Stanley Fnmk Halsey, of the ~!ark.t pI..,., Wok
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mghi.m on March 1 4thl-Mr HalleT' • boot.._;--'-'-':'
charged WIth Btea.linl1' a blcvcle beloDgmf to
8"' fOlH' Un.., aM. 6d. hlr -.ch liDto or
of • 1m.
ll'laker 8~l.ld op. the dAy nAmed some soldiers were ANNOUNCEHE~ of BIRTHS liIA1I.RllGE2

\', .i=t-............b:F""''''''=''''"'''lT.~~~~ lbllleted
nut door to.h" BhOP the baci. doon of \
the two prenlll es OperuDg mtQ the !!lame yard On
the uiornlDg m que:stton witness went 1000 the
billet at the myth,bon of some of the roM! to look
at a
atove which was bemg used for cookmg
The bJcycle wa.q left In the yaTd and
' •.. '- ~--- .. - and another l:!oldlO[, were In the yard
8~W the b cycle
"~. --~'.') . Hewet.t sppke

'.,,\Idl,"'bot,

AT READING

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the Managemell4 of

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from a .tack and tho

Walee) LyaJ Berb Regunent !rom.

Court

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MEMORIAL TO' AROHDEACOr; BOYD
To the memory of the late Yen Arc~deacon BoYd
who d eel In May la.3t a. un que tpmbitonc I ai
been placed on the ~.. 'P F"mlor cbucch) "d
COUNTY BENJH
The work 111 Early ~gh<!lh 18th C<e otiUI') and
ledger or altM' tom1::i WIth a d~aled p a
ero&s earved ID rei ef: on tho top ~e msc 'I on
TUESDAY -;Before ~r G A WatsOll (Chsu reads
In Ionng memory of Ch~lCS T\1; n
lnan) Mr E M. Sturgell Mr
J Mackey and Boyd II A. Archdeacon of Celom 0 1891191)2
Mr L R Erskme I
Died May 3rd 1914 aged 72
'rhe tomb s mWOMAN S 'BAD LANGUAGE
cuLed 1D blue Yorkshire monumen
stone &
p."'g",.,~".' ..Mrs LouJ.Sa. } hZOloeth Mill.. of Rose-street mat.enal In U6e &i)out a century SlDc.e for ,pt C5t !
memonals It w.u executed by Mess"
~p T

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cPebru&r7 23rd)

In an interview WIlh • npresent:a.tlve of tLle date. from March 23rd.
On W ..in ..d.y
Da ly CItizen" Mr lloyd George re'n",·~"I .'"
the new ajlreemept that.
U La60ur
th n~ m a. broad and irenerolll SPlTlt and
ragg ng spmt the document '" h ch W8JI
fill
Fnda.y ought to be the great ch&rter
I. H.DoUr
'] he Government set. 0\ t Wlt,h the one
great lm~lIe of, aMunng the expamuon of t.he
meMS of
tOOu(.t on of mumtlODS and eqUtpment.
of wa.r
at 14 le88enUal 1f we ace to WlIl
It.
cannot be achleved Wlthout first of all elltabllslnng
an undentcwdingl Wltb. Labour..
This country
would mcntably Pc depnved of VIctorY if Labour
fnll ed us
But Mr Lloyd George bebeved t.h.a.t
the !Ileceaary undfratandmg With Labour hu b6en
e~tab l sh ed and Lthe rest Will follow
At
same t me Mr Lloyd George 11&)'11 that he
whether the wtlrkmen ID this country
milch depenils on Ithelr ~fforts and It 11'
cu lt. to make them reahse tt Wit hout. telhng
~ bleh 'Would. encourage the enemy

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Re unent han been recorded m t4e
London
G tte nnC8 our tut tuue I
~al Hone A .... n.'" (Berlnlkinl-,Jobn E
C&hlaJ.l Ql,iyw to be &Cond Lieut.en&nt, March
211t 19l1i
porary

5 (1{\

BROADWAY

Ih~
t HIWife
Just atbree
S tnblm
ce be 1
t b&
blowyears
whIchRgo
lefttU11:!
Its Ba.'tte
ma.rk 00
funeral took place ye,terdav (Enda.y) at. the C~ n&
tery PrIory road.

W
Blencowe
Drummond
Deme
de VltreILUd
MrE P G Sale
and othersMajor D F
Mr WBlTlil m a. :r,asterly expolltloq of the
oIltuatJOn llpoke of Lorn Klt.cheoer reqWl"lng more

Rev J W Blencowe &.nO the Scouts under
AUlstant Scoutmaster W Seward, kept guard
a.roUnd the car

ERKSHIRE PROMOTIONS.
ID

AUCTIO~EERS

VALUERS HOUSE A'<D

qwmg to th

I

C HiUy;.rd
FRIDAY

h. following promotioDl

rap ldl y'~

about the coa... of the war mmnr.. mn.t be
•
taken to hnng It to 8. successful l.!sue for the
141" J SpJe1" l!' ROO 6rgan S\ of ~he Bcya\ ~\\
Alhes
To I!8.Ve our \land froml Belgtum 8 fate tary College lond late a. trooper of tpe Berks 'i ~" ,
PrUelsla.Jl Junke1"lsm and to fJlltoI1l the m&nry ha.s boon g iven a commlss on n the 13 h
of BDlaU Sta'tu men and still more men RamplIh l'e Reglment
I
were reqUll'ed
Ihe enemy to J>e got and kept
on t b. run requlr.d large for",. wb,ch mn.,
CAMBERLEyl
be kel?t a.t 8treng1)h bY drafts U IreqlUred
The \
.;
condItions of service wen "uch as wowd enable
dependents to be rroVlded for I
TKz bADING OBstR~ER. can be obtamef.i Ott
SuNDAY MoRN'lN03 of
and advertISements re
O n t b emotIon 0 Mr M TLNE .. vote 0f th --'-~
ce ved for tho same hy JNO CoUkT Sn;DAY
was passed to tbe spea.ker
NBWSAGKN'l' LoNDON Roan CAlI:BBIU,U
'1'1 R
Names were taken o~ volunteers at the C106e of
RKADINO OBIIKltVlm. ean be dch.~red In I: a I
the meetlDg.
Tbe Bo~ Bn~e under Capt the
buret. arid Yateley
I

THURSDAY

on
labour
and employers will be equally represented
or fallmg agreement by tbe Board of Tn.de
(3) An AdvlBory Commtttee repreaentatlTe of
tbe workmen e.npged m production for GoVmti
men ~turement. to be aet: np
(4) Trado "UtlIon rulee And pracOOCl may be
relu:ed to facll ta.te production ,If the conditlonl
8e~ out m the next flaragr&ph are obMl"Ved.
(5) (&) Any departure from the practice of the
various mdustnes llhall be for the period of tbe
war only
(hI Pl'lonty of employment dt.er
~ ven to men m emp~ovment at tho bel!in:~ing
the war who have JOlOed the Coloun and
men now emJllo;) ed
(cl AdulJ.8.aIOn of semI uIIJed or fema'.
not to affect ,.dvep!h C It.omary rAte. 01 pay

.,..

difficulty lD ob~\Dmg !Skilled attendance he 1"
RECRUITING MEETING
rcmo'\cd to '" nursmg m~t tution wb,erelhe nt 1 L
Improved but on Saturday ho fel l idto a. sem
On FrIda.y evenmg In last. week the tepre8lUlt& BCIOUS condltlon from whIch be Inever n lherl
tlve of the ParI a.mentary RecI'\lItmg Comnuttee Two docto!" :l.ttended him and It 1as stated ha.
Mr A C White VIS ed the town and IIpoke on the caUge of dcat.b Wa.s tuber.cular men ngltl s R
the wa.r from the armoured motor ear to a lara:.6 came to Wmkfield !Orne 36 yean ago and L~ ..
and mteruted audIence
'I he Mayor (~d H JV I ved there and at Chavey Down ne",~ by ever nee
Mylne) mtroduced the epeaker
Among Wiose He was WIdely known u the I> rrnuf:mg I sl
pre!6nt. were 1.4e Revs B Long H 11.1 Wa,lter J
and many people conste.nt,ly enqm
after b m

and more men
~Ied men had relponded
IarceJy to tbe CAlI whl(:h 'should a.ppeal wit6. equal
The ttmO :bad puscd for talkmg
force to aU.

8656

PUt A. Wlutworth 9235

(c)

k'n

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Pte F Hunt

putel wblch may anee
ceMful negotlatlnn 18 &
organised labour
(1)
ehall
of

aa

A fa.mlhar figuro on Chavey Down pa~~ e 1 a\l"3\"
on Monday mommg whose death adds a n ot ) i": ~
the long hst of (Jons umptlOn!ll 'VIctIms
M Hr
kins had been away for treatment at Bourne u
twelvtt month!!. s.mce and ba.d I retllI'Ded home p
parently pract cally cnred an~ a lthm gh he
1~
over t'\)e Tf'.8Jlons b Iity of the bos ne1s to h ~ d ch
ter Ilnd son 10 la;w he took active I"t.e~.iit n e '\'
thlDg and Wa..'1 a lwa.~ to be !leen out wa. .Iu ~
the garden 10 whtch he Invcd to :wor k
'\ n
compillmmg he had the mfluerlza vr bleh '\' ~ r m
pant III the d stnct In Yebru~Ty and fight ng t
off he re~llmed h~1 actIVIties but strengtb fa f'l
hun
He kept auout t 11 last Th lri!da.J
hen
men ngltls deve.loped

fad

Pte F r'l"tnall 'lJOTI
TUSSDA
.. "oUlly "'ported kill

Pte R

refreehmenta and

were aga n 10 iull SWUlg, under
the f'usplces of Mr \V T Ma.rtm the local
brancD. of the C EMS and the Wesleyan Church
respectively
These were greatly appreClated bv
the men whose crowded attendan ce eli Idenced the

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lIed-

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p~rade on

Tbe

Lee CorpL E Ode" 8436
Act Berg<. T watt. 8341

mobillMd.. and

at

lotr WALTER G DENBY Elp:h-.tl!eet. and lli&n
SMITH &: BONS Railway Btation Book..t.U

OBITUARY

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(iARDENERS A)lSOCIATIO);
!.Ir C Kight-IeJii pre~ ded ove a fau a
of the members of tb s Apgoc at 01 at I
DlghUy meet n~ held n the New ¥all OD \\
day evcDlllg
Ten mlDutes pa!)ers Well.!
1I 'I
?tIr W SOrTell S vanston House \\ h lei t II I)
hyQ.I!lDtb culture tn pots and l in b~ 1I oul
water and In bowLs by Mr W :It Pa,lmc
down "hitchurch o n the c.ivat on of the
Loeal"plI.8 and by Mr W ~ Sir! on t;U
bedding ..b Bowden
Good d I>CUSS Oll!! follo\\
tbe papel"ll :a.n~ hea.rty vo~ of tbanks ""erc ~
corded to the wtlteT'l\. of them
0.." ng to th e I ~
sprIng' the annual hospital n ght. blUl been al
tI
from April 7th to April 21st (
THE WAR
For Ita 81te Pangbou rne baa p&ld & bea '"
I n
the gNat war now flLgtng
or tbQllI& herOfl ... h ~
names appear 011 the Tholl of HonQur lD the cI r i
por.cb some ha.'HI been wounded and five bet
I
down their il" es for their count ry
The Ja
do 80 ~ Pie Erncst. Bat.ty 2nd Ba~tn Ro ... al It ~
Regiment who was k ned by a sbelll near La n
n th& fierce fight ng on March l~th
IT
brotht:r W II am was fightlUg ne,a.r 1m at LI t::
nnd hl5 younger brother S duey a. La.nce-Co I
n the SAme Reg w ent. snow Teturn no () hP
Front aft.er havmg recovered from ;h IS l"U> ni
l
lB to be hoped tha.t. th s 6pIendid Irecord ... L 31'
a!l an ncent vo to t h ose quahfied l.o SeT
bu
who bn.ve not. yet obeyed 'the r oountry II call

homeWarda

g

Read ng a.nd Rei ef Th
Wokmgbo.m nd oLber

of tho Bpt ..h ""d Fore'gn
preached by tiie Rev E W

Yr !AlezHBrown6 ~e.ve a lantern lecture

,

Now T~wn Councillor
Det.ect.l,.e. Promoted:
I
Athlotel VolulllMra OM....
Wu Items
Footb&JJ LatUt..
Friendly SocloL... CoundL

Litehr7

At both the frl()rnlDG'
the pt.nllh church la.st,

'\

tho

ma

the

agam He
tot proceed
where he

'1'b6ITime.

"nd DEATHS mserted ~n
and
Mormng POIt.
&. le&oh lIot; exoeealDg 5 liDe.;
Standa.rd and Da.ily Telegraph '. ~ uch no~
eIC6twhng 3 line&.
For cuh oIiIt'r-- H ad Dr
ObservcT' 0 . . ,

JAS
Brewers and WIne
Queen BRoad Readiuil

FIDLER & SeN
and Potatr. l\1'.rcUants
Street He. PlUg
GOODALL & GO Oats
Goodall)
r lumbers
Mary B Butts Readl ng

ipe

HARRIS
B~oad Strert
Chijrman

The V.yor of

HOD.

Tre.uurer

Bon

fJec.re~

-~o.,.Ii<'"

lIr Johu
lit S R.
nemved Ul! to week

.tte,aa.lu,~,

KNILL & ~ONS
Prmtera ~ccount
facturers and
Mmstel Str:eet

18 Duke Stleet
READING
PIlOtIng Bnd
Blagulove S tleet

WATSON & SON
Gla.as Melohants
Street Readmg