Reading Observer. March, 1915.

Flower Seed" !-awn Ora •• Se'eds,
Seltcted Seed Potatoes.
&'TAWGUES GRATIS

SALE & SON, Wokingham.
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ESTABLISHED 1818

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F90TBALL

On Saturday afternoon &n mterestmc football
match waa p la.yed on the FmchamJl:6k"d ro~
ground betwoon & team repre8@nbng Woklughllm
Town and the Buft's (EaSt Kent. Reg-b.)
The game

MESSRS

OYER CUOPER

was very evenJy oonte8ted Woklogham ICcired 10
the first balf tbroug.u. lJuckner lI. ad at. th, nt.ervai
ilia hcrue 8u1.0 led .by the only goal &cored
Dul'
" go the eecond half f,l1e Buffs llrelised abd scored
on thr eo OCCIlSlOWI
!l'hfl sold eOi had & 8plendKi
goal kecp,:r w60 und
Bide from defeat

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BAf'I'IST ,~ISS'ONARY SOCIETY
••Grl'-"to,·8••t&rt a l ble study m
C E.N: S. ~ on Sunday
place at th" Vl.C8l'Ilge by
MT 0 T Knlgbt. pre
of memben " .. pl'63ent
'fe~~lt:;~".'::'.tBl\t:!:'I~I:hat Tal'IOUS
the flnt extra.cta
subJact
1<1
~;.~m,;;;i~lC:~on tha 'Mmor
the "ubJect choeen
It b.u been. armnged to

Thlt

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mectADg 'd-(lDDneotion With --the BaP

tlJt MI48LODaty SoheLy: was h eld In t he ~ Lecture

Room

)lliton roi.d. Oft Tuesda.y eyenmg
The
Paa.t.or (tbQ Rey ~ E. Smith) prftSlded aDd the

aM&Jter WIUI tm. Rev Mr Charler of Ceylon who
gave aq 11DtereatIDIr a.ccount of hiS hf(l and 'Work

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among 'tbe CUlp1ete
Mr R Kirkby hon sec
and t.re-.surer to the MI,slonary Society or th~ W04
m gbam BaptiBt. ClIqreh uported tha.t. the cooul
blttlODS amounted to £JO thiS year comps.rea Wlt~
£40 t ut y~
~ dilference the ~a!rma.n e~.
phUDed waa acoount
for by ine proceed. of jil
bnaar 'held Jut yea.r by MiSS Ba.ker which was
nolr held Lh II year
eoltectlOn waG taken on
behalf of the fund!!

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AUOflOi\EERS :\!'\O V
ClIAiRTEB.ED SUR\ EYORS
AG~ ~ rS
PRIAR STREE'T REA
I And at. 45 Bedford Ro.,..
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DIlATH IAND FUN"i!: +A-L-O-F MISS M BARRY
We record With regr t the clece.a!.·H~ a.t t he com

st.a.te of the
aratlVely ear0' age 0 50 .rears on Thu.rsd.ay m and pOin t mg
ut week at her ..remdeDee Wmg-moro Lodge Ro<:e dent w!, ch
IItreet. ot MIAS Mary 4i BarTY the. gIfted honorary A letter was
PUU)llIt or the WOkID8"~l\m Choral SOCiety
The mg hiS position or p.'.';'h .,eo,m,;n'f':
fltneral took place on Saturday at St Paul s "thu1'eh ha."v ng left the parUlh
tbe Re<tor (the Rev
M Wa.lter) officlatmg Mr Olerk 9;r Le to Mr

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G N Durbndge
the organist
played
sUltab le
""olunta.rle8
and tbe boys
of'" the choU"
also .ttended
Two hmnlJ ""pere aullg
Let &. ntA on iearth in

DEATH OF MAJOR lLlliIUSON
We regret to record t;he dea.tJ:1 , dt Ma.]Or Oecil
Eustace Harnaon RiDe ~Igade the ~t. lion at
Mr Robert. Ha.rriAon of Sblplake Court,.. Deeea.sed
"tr&I!I 37 ye.rB of age
He JOI Ded the BI8e Br gade
In 18Q8 -and ID t~ South Afnc&Il War (dunng "'Vb ch
he was promo~ lieutenant) was employed With
mount.ed mf80ntry a.nd a station Staff of6c:er
He
wu at the defenco ot LadYl.Dulh t.U.inc part In
the famous IIOrtlC of December 10th 1899 and be Dgo
shght..ly wounded-. 10 the action of Ja~aQ 6Ua 1900
H I! W"n.s &180 preeent at the actloD8 at L~mg 8 Nek
Btlifost and. Lvd"enberg
For hIS 5ervloos In t.he
TranavuL operabon of the lattu
of tbe war
he was ~ntlobed tn dlSpatches
H& obtalOM hili
company In 1904 .nd his 1na.>OMty la&t December
being a.tta.ched to tbe fifth BatfA.bon
Ma>or Har
n!JOu IDalT1ed 10 1~ Ahoe younger daugh ter of
Sir E P WodehotlMl K 0 V 0
C Band lea.ves
a aon and .. dllushter

uuse
aocepu.d inl<,m••'iollOIlJ

to

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m&de In Dece.m,ber
of SJ:IIIp&thv and

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womep. of Fra.nce who
by tbe war tbR.D the women
m ..~ examples of the practIcal
spmt of fraternIty which she saw - · "-0" ~,-:...;cc
The W~ such .. thmg she slud ae an
COrdi"
U\5t.ing bet.ween FiaDce and
but I they looked at I t close ly It. had &lwavII
view
It was etther to prevent
eille
a.t thOlle Jomt natIo ns ahoula be
wben war ca.m.e
They wanted an Entente
dial tha.t b¥ abeQlutclv nothing to "W1th war
lApp use)
Temble &I thAt war was she be
liev
It would have the effect
dra.wmg the
mme closely together 10 that. time of
com n sorrow and would brmg them
reah~the Ip nt of fraternJty
lhey w.re
tng at that feelmg eXlitmg between lI'rnnce
Engl d "Would
out over the whole of
nQ.tlO
and tbe
men wen! at this moment plan
nm~ n mtemat.1 nal conference m H l11lnhd. to
Whl~WOinen from an oveT' the world would go
They would talk about theIr OOn1mon mterc!tIt ~nd
try
bring about a better undudandin:g ~

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g the excellent work which ahe tound-the

ODlen domg to aalut each other ~ Mn,
n..~d .. ~I l tbey were aU tbirlking of wh.t ,...
gomg to hannen a.fter tAe W'tJ", N ibm .....are t.wo

Fren

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les "\\ bleh might guIde them

Iprnt of fratenllty

a.~d

the other

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concert sIll!"
and
JOBu Lover of ny Soul
Tho mourners were MISses Barry &00 A
(slatel'1l1 t.l;te Rc,v S ~1lTT:J' (u.ncle) Mn
Barry (brother) lofn B rry and Miss Cooper
oP the residents were p eoont the Iltte MlSB
havmf{ made a w de CirCle of fnends
Those
sent
JDelldM the Rev B Long (ReCtor of
famts WO"klngh::un.) Mil" T E Ellison Mill P enny
Mra a.n~ i ) .h l'.(! Eth erIngton Dr Ward., M.r H R
1 RG0
(conductor of the Wok ngham
SOcletv)
The wreaths from frleuds were
numerou.
Messrs H~lRl; SoDa aDd Co of W<lk
Ingham nprellent-ed by IMr Cooper J Brant. car
rJed out tho funeral ariDgement~

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THE RECRUITING
IN SOUTH

00..... 'the
the jlplMt

ol fe3.t" and she hoped they were Dot gOlDS to be
governed by the l&tter
There may be web a.
pea.oe!u there had been hefoN the t.alimg of pT'O-VlDCe.t by one natIOn to Which they did not belonSbut ~&t would be a great mlltake
The.,. did
not "ant to hamlhate Germany all they .....n ted
dd WILl to humiliate mil1t&nam 10 that the

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The annual meetinjf of th" Shiplake Pa.riah Connell
took plaee In the 8ehO!)lJoom on Monda,. eTenJZlg
There were preeent Me!lsn.. Hardin,it (in the cbAU")
Lyford, Cordrey Robbe, Tubb, Qu.&int Warner
Dohle &nd the Q1erk (Yr E C COOk). ~ letter trom
the Henley Water Co "WIM rud am1 dtaeUMed In It
they "fated that. the coet of. bnngmg tbe water to the
aebool field would be .t7DO and tba.t they would reqn "fa
a guarantee of l~~r cent em tbeU" outlay before they
undertook tho m&Uer They 'had. DO poWers to take
thai" .....ter to 8hf])I..-.:. B.iI5e. It wu felt tb3.t t.h&
amount reqnired oould not be met.. Letten from Mr
Saundera and. from Mr Jhker re. the provalon
aJlotmeDta for SbiplU:e Bottom were re&d aud di8
cuwed .and ibe meeting ooDlidered It "ould not be
~ for tbe*1ict1 to dlJltl:lSe thelr oompallOry
p.ii... j~ the
Noli....... ..ned to tho placing
of barbed Wll'$ ih e fence near the barn to the eta.tion,
and the Olert . . inatmoted to wnte to t\e one:
BikIng tor. Itt ri.inonJ The aPl'lual aocoll1lU wen
read a.ad paUed
1.'h" puUh m~tiDg follo.wed. but there "9{et"$ no
p&riahi0lW'fl preeeni uoept the metDbers of the Council.

WARGRAVE.
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hOM'oh of i914 would nol be TOp<at«l Th. opil"l
of fr8jtern~t.y would have to triumph m the peace

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MILITARY

larg~

A
meadow 81t':::-t>etwMn the Eutbamp.
ate&d road and London roa.d belonging to Mr W
H Palmer wu on Saturday aHernoon the centre
of &tlta.ctlon t<l a large crowd <If 30idtars and
c\vJharu; on t he occasion of a mIlitary Marathon
l'aoo held l bY tho 7st B.ttn Eut Surrey ltegt The
Dattaholl r ecnuted solely ~;noo AUg-tJ$t Jut haa
undGr the able and Judici us tralDlng of Second
Lleut W1':r.tI .qeveloped la s ng foroe ot runners
At Sh'?rtlcl Ife three weeks ago In the co.ntesta for
tb., 12th lDiVlaJon the tpam en~red by tblS i Bat
WlOn fin18hBd lerond tbb Suft'alks lJ:elDg int Th"
ODJect otj Sat\uliay s m·J eting was to select new
runners fr.r the ~ wlhch. J5 shortly to '''''m'",~''
I.t an AlOenbot meetlug
CompaDlel1 0 &DC D
w.... haudio&pped\ by t.h<i fll<:' tJu, ....n1 of tJ..lr
entrautll AWUlg tP creeeil:t! vaOcntatlOD W,,""," unable
to atart rm fact nelLher Company was &hlo to
muster tti, neoeua.ry
men upon whose per
forUlanc& the team. dCOI&IOD could. ba baaed
The
first ten men tn were counted thelr fmiabmg Dum
pfllll' added togeth~r to form... an aggregat.e
~ wl~h the low~' ag~ate (tha.t l i Lb.
IÂ¥D homa) W~D Major Wilson .11 .t.a.rter
and aome IJirty got ~ off JO .. bunch Wlth one ID
front. Tho eourse was & five mile run o.er lan(l
OCCUPied ~.I Ha.lor~nerll. Loma.x (J"rogha.U) Mrs
Murdoch (Buokbunt) Mr lfacDll6b (ArthuntoDe)
R.uAhto~ 8 Farm 'Do.Ie s Green Keep Hatch .(Malar
do Vltre I) then Budthul'St and Frosrhall q-am ano
80
to the town end
Mr. Palmer'a meadow

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natural dem.re
8ntielpated - baTe been moat

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made from "tart tJ
alrilled B"Qob wo<'~m,";

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EVEDYBODY'S

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negotiatlona But before the IIpLMt of frat.ernity
exute:d betw~n the natlOn'.!l It 'fould h..ve to eDit
ID.Sldq the nRtldn.s and they w-ould not h&ve
true pea.ce untd aU were gove-q\ed. by that. ~t.
and mHz-ht,. pr nClple of Fraternity (Applause )
At ithD close I:Ieveral queetlODa .... ere 'pu"t and &D
nrered and th& thanka of the meetlDg to Mn.
De!pa.ni were

VOIced

by MnI

Sa.cret

A ' HAPPY CHILD
FEW HOURS
Cross Consttpated

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Fevensh

C.Morn.. Syrup of P,g••
Then Don t Worry

The followmg eeheme for 6.xmg the Rgular holi
daya 0{ the pubhe "lementary echoola b&i now been
adopted M,d to(lll (Spnngi -Lui Fnday oftornOOl1 m

'l'UE,SDAY crBof.... Mr I G A W"loo"
cl au) Mr ~ R En'\Pne ~ W R

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February

.. Easter -Close ..choote on Wednelday el'enmg

befon!! Good Fnday and re Ullemble OD the follow
lUg Tuwiay iweek
ThIS year the aoo1s are
I ~i80~~~~. -i;;.~
be closed at n oon on March 31st &oDd the a.:(ternoon F
be takell for stocktaking
!
Aacensloll Day -\"'t hOle dar.
\Vbltaunude - Monday and l'ut.&day
Summer ...:,GlolM! 4Choo1. on the enDlD$ of .. e
",o·under.l&nd,1 l ..t Fnday In July and .....sembI. on the follol'
mg Tlle!ldo.y four ween
M,d u.nn I ~ut~mnl-Throo doy.
To includ.

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1st N ovembelChristllllUl L..C1ose

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on tbe eveD~g of
December 23rd when Chriatm.a..a Day faJ.1I on
Friday or Sa.turday; othUW!.le on the Fridll.Y.
berore Ch;lStmlUl Day
Be ~3emble on tJ:ie fnl"I ' :~~:o
lowmg Tuesday lortrught
'1l"lar\t'''~''''Iod .lI~liD~
Emplre D.,. -All Empin Da.y this year falls on
of the WhIt Monday It IS to be 0"b!erve04 10 the echool.

qn the preVlOu." FndfloY I but the usual half holiday
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not to be glven
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SWlmmmg Gala - :Vternoon of the day fixed for
\ this event
BI!ICU II Faetory A..nnna.l ExCllnlOn -Whole day
on date fixed (.if a.ny)
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DR NA,'pUm JONES SUl!lo!ONED
D r Napier JoDeS,-- pf Ct.'()wtholne W.all SUmm,On.ed
for falling to notify & ease of suspected &Wllle fever
at cro"thorne on Febnlary 20th -After heo.nng
the .ldeoee the mAgJat ra.tes ordered the defendant
to ~y the casUs

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BU1ID.IONED
:utY THE ~;:~;'~~::!d
H~
WdlatB Wolrinl!bam,
. was
the CorporatloJ;1 for payment of f:8
tlOl1.Qlettt under the Pnvate
1892 .~ Wok Ilgham
The sum
Abare or t.hjl e4$t of mwng up two
Borough -~r J E Clifton Town
tor th~ qM1ll.&n" order to be. lnade
could afford to, ..pay -Defcnd&llt oti'e-red
pay
lOa a. month, -Yr. Chfton 8uggested £1 a monthl
hut. defendant. ~ald b(l coold nbt afford to pay rtbl..!l
He had p.n mvahd "'lie and an lDVahd molher
a.nd ho would be only too fllea.aed to 080;': if .Je
could atford it -Mr CI f¥n mggested tltat aefend
ant could borrow the money If It were 4blOluLely
neceslltJ'Y
He owned [two cottages -An order
for 5s Q, week was made but the eons were re-nutted

WITHOUT \. LIGHT

IAlbert Lloy d Mushroom Cutle WJn\:6eld I for
ndlog " hu::y~ W1tpoutl .. light .a.J; Warfield on
February rotb _all tined ~ Inclul!lIve

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