Reading Observer 01-1916

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oootinuatioll at

Roldiug ....d D"l<le, for 191&
W"l1ich ap~ III our Jut

Presents (by arrangement with MOSS

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you draggmg Iyourself to
your work, wondermg wha\
pams In the back that tlre4 feehng
'1",lOacm:s, d zzmess and urmar y/ llls?

Reading Evidence.
Mr J E Edmonds of 4 Edinburgh :Road
Ox/ord Road, Reading saoys -" One Mon
day mormng while I was gettmg ready to go
to work I was taken suddenly

Wit}

a s.harp

_____ attack of lumbago For a fortn ght I hardly
knew how to struggle about I had to hold
:jJIi"",w~

on to the table and cha rs to help me a.cross
the room and If J tned to stoop the pam
made me cry out

Doctor s me<hcme d d not help me one
bit, but wIthm two dan after usmg Doan s

backache kidney pills my back was much
eaSier After my second box the pam had all
gone and J could walk about .s well as any
body J was off work for a month altogether
but smee Doan s p lis cuted my lumbago J
havn t lost a day through lIness or had any
!iJgn of the old complamt returning

(Signed)
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to
Wnte

and Other Long Lif~

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'dAITLAND MARLER,

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Maid),

C PIDDOCK,

CAL NOTES.

THORNE

COMPANY OF 60

AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA

W i,II,.',..,,, Gxrord street, LondOD. W

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LOOKING HACK.,W,UtJU",

SOCIAL

CONVICTED OF NEGLIGENT
DRIVING

Monday. Jan

How • pony ....rt <\riven by • Reading poIio6
se rgeant and a. oarners van c&me IDto oollwon. at
Thnmer Green rea.u lt rig m r.cnous mJury to the
ca.rner's horse was Lold at. U 6 R~ nr>" Pol Q8
Court on 'l'uesdu.y
Wilham H Whippey a. sergea.:ot. lD the f'\63.ding
Borough Pol 00 Force was summoned fdr dr v ng 110
trap w thout a. light In Pepp.a.ro...rood at
15 p m 1?
.on November 18th
H e Wati o.lso summoned fer
nJ1O'1ng by neghgen-ce a. horse then p3.S61Dg ..lon,
t.h6 road
HI' Arthur]' Cla.rk prosecuted. on behalf of the

PANTOMIME

a

RIDING HOOD

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n preparat On for

December 1913
J "nuary 1914
P~bMl''Y

March
Ap"
M'y
Jme

PALACE THEATRE.

July

Avgust
September
Detobor
ember

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20 33 150

BOROUGH BENCH.
M'I" J J Cooper (f1l the
chair) Mr Edward Jackson Mr D Rose and
Mr W H 8m th
DRUNK o~ CHRISTMAS DAY
Found Iy ng o n the Iootway n Greyfr aI'S road
SO dru.n.lr: on Christmas Day that he WM even un
a.ble t.o J;peak W I a.m B au of S Iver-street was
fined lOs In defa.uit seven d ays
Tb s was the
defendant s aecond oft'enee \\. lh n a few days
\ HUSBAND AND WIPE BOUND OVER
Lucy Barnett of no flIed abode was c harged
w th be n'" drunk and d 100 rderly n St
Ma.ry 8
Butts on Decembe[ 270
. . co 5tab e found her
lun ng up aga. n st t be rI\ I ngs of St Mary Ii
churchyard
She was bho t no and sc ream ng
&Cd though her busband e ndeavoured t() persuade
her tb go h ome she would n ot do 50 - Defend&nt
wa.s bound ove r to be of good bE'bav ()u r for a
year ber bus~nd also be ns.' bo nd ove r for her
good beblM.our
Sl e was lorb ddeu to f equent;
public howes d nng thnt pe~ad I

'i'trESDAY -BerOn!!

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CIE rCO~:ii:CE WINTER SALE
AND

WILL PONTINUE pURINa

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JAN. 1st, 1916,
MONTff

L SEMI TRIMMED &, TRIMMED MILLINERY BLOUSES.
SKIRTS, etc, at GREATLY REDUCED PRIOES

ARIE et CIE, 15, STATION. ROAD, READING.

PIANOS.

rt.5tyca ....

Pboaell~

New and. Seeoad baDCI Player PlaDOli
PUUlo. and Organ. GTamophone• •nd

Reeo ......
MUle: Rolla fot all Playe ...
uaual P"cu.

HICKlE

Pla,.er Expert. & Taocrs

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HICKlE. U ....

WEDNESDA Y -Rf>fo e Mt" E
chBJ'r) and l1r E 0 FSI rre

FRIAR STREET READING

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MUCH OBLIGED i
'Will a.m Jones 110 E ln Park road who appeared w h shea
wa hed n bandages sa d he
was not dnmk n K ng s road 0!1j Tuesday -P C
Taylor sa d he found Dr soner ly ng 1'0. the stroot
bleed nl; from act over the helld
He took h ru
to tbe bosp ta.l and I ad b s I ead bound up
He
was ro drunk t.hat w tne ss d d qot tb nk twas
" fO to let b m walk about ,no sa he b,ought h m
MEMORIAL AT BRADFIELD
1.0 th& pol ce 6ta. on You ou~ht to he very
m uch bb goo 10 he po e for ta klng care of you
LE VING THE GREAT WESTERN
saKi the Gba rman - F ned 5s
HOTEL.
The follow ng oommun cat on 8 pnDted. n tho
THEFT FROM A GRAVE
Decem~r
number o[ Lbo
Bradfield College
Chr
l
In t be Ch Id en s Cou t a s m& boy W&9 charged
w t.b. stea l ng a bun h of flo wers t he properly ot
oruc ~ An mf.e;rest ng eeremODY took pls.ce a.t tbe Great
0;;;] ng ~ a des n h ..nng been eJ:p~ tha.t M 55 Ed th Cun n n .. s of 6~ Qu e n 5 oad Caver
West rn Hotel on Thunda.y e"emnz: m last. week some bUlldin~t Bra.dfleld College tlbQu}d be ded
sbam on Novemj)er U t h - Mr ~rt.hur F Clark
Air N .J Vaughan the manager of t h e cated to the n~e of the R ght:. Bon G W
(DeptJty Town Cicrk) ex lalned Ithat lhl'! flowera
w:a.s presented on behAlf of a la.rge number Palmer Jt hM -bee,~dec ded to make an appeal for wcre taken from a "rave at Caven am cemetery
£4250 to pa. fo r th~8Clenoe uhools n the bu ld They were placed there n the lafternoon by M 88
of f
IS W t h a gold hunter watcb and a fittOO
n of wh c"t! Mr Pal er was SO keenly uterest.ed.
Curwn n gs bes de her fa.t her II grave "" a t ng for
I ~ 6lI ti case on the OCC881on of h IS leu ng the M~ Palm er was a me bel' of lbl'! Counetl of B a.
th& gra.ve to be fined up
'Ibe oOJ was se6n n t~
hate after four and. .& hill yean 6XCCllent ma.n
field Colle e for rna L. ears And devoted bunself cemetery by John Towner an) 8.S8\8tant at the
g
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...... U ad th
cemetery and after."ards the flowers were m &Sed
age cnt
Mrs Vaugban was also pre&Cnted w th
to the m ter est.6 of ;the pla.ce and ~ ev
or Th e bo1 sold them to Mrs In Emmes 208 Hem
a. go d wnst. 'Watch
Tbs gold hunter wat.eh was O'llghly n tho fut~~ the College
He wou d deaD road for 2ci represent n'" th t h had
~-da.y n tke work done
."
a
e
,came
n..<>c bod
Presented -to deair old Nat from h oS bardly l>e d sappo
_. be ng d one b y
"fi Id CoIl ege
0 De ~L
from
Mr HaThfa.cr
e a dgreeng~ce
r of the De gh
\o.IIOU
bcM. rbood
e bo
, _~
pals Readmg December 23n!,
Th. gen tle auu
sand and seventy Old Boys are sen na n the war
""I
y a p1 tloO:'G tbe facts to PC
.~
b
b
Palmer
I wanted to go t the p eturl'!S
he
meni~ ho arranged the n~lon ."ere ':Messrs of these 'We hnve a I ready to mourn
e g ty W 0 sald - The C hs rma
b
ad t t hi
t
H
Donn J H. Ryslo n
P P Capelli and have been k I eel or ha.ve d cd of lIrOunds
Of
n 0 3erv
a t . " was 8. mas
thQ OnOW1ttg were tho subacnben; Messrs H S members of t.he 8ta ff of the last mghteen months Q sgrn.ceful th ng..- The boy pr9m sed not. to do t
In add ton aga n and after be ng sever11Y repr manded he
Dullb J H H:y:slop P P Ca.pell~ W J T ovey e ght have been g ven ootnmI&6lons
to the mal: ng of 8nl ot.8 and other IUrgteal mstn
was dwn ssed
T <h-Dgell P J J oyne. F Tunbrid~ R W
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ment.& a remarkahle develotlment bas been ear
An:~er G P Males " VlDoont. J Br gbam ned througb n t.ho englDeerm~ d$&rtment
Jna H n H V ncent U A We1!Wl8ber
J John whereby a hundred 8hells • week are be ng turned
LO~AL
out..
Alroody dona.t ons amount.ing to £1 S50
lOD W
Va-nman Smlth J Mont.agu& Fowell H
b&ve been r oce ve d
Mr Walte[' Dimbleby ,w
Ske es A W lfJiler " B P Tate C Radel ffe J
co nsented to become honorary treasurer
Dolll\.B
hU17 Jack S mmonds E LB.ngston !Sen E
t ()DS. crO!s«:O Pa.1mer }demor al Will be race "ed.
FIFTIETH IAT READING
L aD.J ston ]lin W Ca.rter F Newland J Wr gbt and ~knowlodged bY bUD addreMed to 29 Craven
F }~ Coale J H unt W FiJ;h F Ayres H
road Read ng
A 8wt.able nscnption WlU be pu t
Br ...,.orlb E Bentan F.. P B~tten J L d on the sc ence 8ohools and Mr Palm~& arms WIll
be pla.oed oyer the entmnce -E Armstrong J H
t"'~ " elLw aheM!
Messrs E Maggs E 0
Fa er Edward '\\ edlake E LaWam Lieut Benyon-. W A Yount A Palmer
\Ia g'!I {7Ipt H ea.th Mr G Hob&6 Inspector
Sta.
Mess", H Adams Woodford-Sm t.h
A
Ma.cf.IlY P Cohen W J Ne 11 A Atbenm th P
T J?on.t n 'V Ford J Ca.mpbeD T Br nsdon '1
To ~ ns Messrs Dunlop a.od &1l'8 Ltd Butle r
nd Sons J Ba.yI f> and Co Ferguson Ltd Read
nf! Da. rv Co Ltd Mr and 111m Church Cole
b Of1k and Co Ltd Reading and 0&versham
Mr A H Bu~ presided at the concert on Cbn5tLaul dry and Scbweppes Ltd
m as Da.y at No 2 War Hoop!-Â¥ (BattI& School)
st of t h ese geTltlemen &tt.ended the presenta.. g ven by the Readlng FavoUrItes COooerl Party
t '1 n whlCh was ca:tT ed out by lIr Dunn
UofoTtuna.tely owmg to the arnval of a con..o,. oil
wounded m e n the pl"OOeodmgl had to !be • good
Mj Du~N sa d that when h s lrtends beard that
' a ug-ha.n n~dl"d to leave tha.t. house they dea.l curtailed
Ho,..ever the ~"our tel had. or.
"
keenly dISaP 0 nlM for he had made a. great SJ?Iendld progrtunme and much pleasure WItS
cc s there
ey &ll looked on All' Vaug ban g ven
Mr A. S. Pyke t.he bon see w.... pre
t y p ca l aportmla.n &tid he hBd e,x.cePeut sup- aent and Mr R. J Irvmg took charge of the
r f rom Mn Vaugban
It. W8.8 tne 11 firm oon p~ra.mme
Master Reg Brmd opened w th a.
excellently played
n t ha.t any hot:.el that had bun lor a. manager 8p r ted m I tary ovuture
I a ~ood mana.erer
In asking h m to accept M sa Ms.y Stokes., of London rendered
Ferfeet
11
s they h·ooed that he would wear that Da.y
l.n really artistlO style aQd, ML'UI Glady"
fo r mtUlY yelU"S to come &nd t.h£t It lIt.aul~ Costes 1n
The Valley of LlIllltbter 110 pleuoo
, me! br n., h m happy znemones (Appl.&u5e) the boLa tha.t Abe bad. to gIve, a.o. encore
Mr
I Ii Dunn alqo ba.nded the ,old wnst wa.tch to F G House AD&,
AJlQe where art thou go ng
s I Va uo han
an old fa."ounte of the
Boy-s &bd pve
Blue.
VA GRA N thanked M:r
Dulln for h s ..wry Eyes" n answer to a "ft!rJ'" much i ~ eJloore
ex pres! ODS
He sa d tJu,\ as all the gentle.- Mr Junmy Dell eauaecl auge fun with
)lother 8
Drese n attended tae partlcular departmeot. Baby Boy
and had to respoDd iWlth
A. httle
h ote l h e looked ~ter be aaw them
b t of something In you[' Eye
tMr Jell Smith
knew them 'Weu, and on behalf of was ....armly a.ppr&eat.ed for h 8 mU&lCal llI~rlude,
as ~ el a:s h msell he tha.nked tbl'!m all .hi!.t PLe. S. G O'Callaghan .R!A M.C gave a
g-r ea.t k ndnese zhown t..o him
The r Eplend d tUl'D In a cba.rweter oomed an netch A
a.coept.a.ble indeed. far it wae tbe ~rl8e Item waa that at • cornet. solo b,.. Drummer
hat.d. om. T)l'e$Cnt he had ever recerved It Sads who gave
BfiLil Bmillng Morn
Ad &
a gI'f~.t oooaolaUon fot' ono to feel thllt wnwl ufJt.o tho enrunJ Hears. PIII'e Bawden alWi

tHE LATE
RT. HON G W PALMER.

PRESENTA nON
MR. N. J. VAU<;iHAN.

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EFAMINATIONS
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ICONCERT AT BATTLE WAR
HOSPITAL

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fre- j

0 ••• walu.coal pocI:e,
TaylOr g.v. 0110 of theu- ....IIeo~ "'lWool sk.w...
would ,twal' be pulling out hll Th,y!:1: roan 01 Iqh\er I eop!ICI&\Iy 14r
u There 8 my aear old paJs
Pare
th hl:8 remarntile fir.eial.:...~1r
The nuli
(Laugbter)
H e hoped that. i&t1.
lona In j ' 'Xiteheuera A~
were loudly

one' pa" III

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wauM not 108e Ilght of one
f be waa brought Inw contact .... t..h
the f tu.re he wonld toot It h. duty to
mnch he appreciated their kindDe81
&:a.t.\lcrinl' thea. broke

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~Iaud~ and iDtADleJ, &P~~
01garet.tea
lri.Qd..l:" p~vkled /b.r Kr Bi&.II.'~ I,," h.,w!ed I'OGmi
dunlll tAle ~vfllU~' &od the IlDI1Jl, of Qt.e Kiag
at. 7 p m 1 brough~ & Qonoa.ed bin
i hAppy 0Irrisl.to • doee

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POLICE SERGEANT
SUMMONED.

When we look back on the past yeRr we ha.ve to
adm t that we ba.ve made
ekes and we ba e

Palace Theatre,

RIE et

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Be sure you uk for DOAN S and let
DOAN S-tbe Pills Mr Ednooads load

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MISS ESTA STELLA (th~ Mil

E Edmonds

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The Latest Revue Success from London

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The preSl'!llCe of a. large n mber of troops n the
borough mado a busy t me for the Publ e Health
Department. and the. apj6aranee of cerebro sp na.1
men ng t s tn tbe ea.r~a_rt of tbe year ga.ye r se
to 80me anxu;ty there bav ng been over e ght c!a.I!Ie6
of that d 5eElMl nclud ng the m l tary ea&e8 the
maloMt,. of tbeO\ bav ng been n tbe .second quarter
of the year whIle the dlSOOlie had pra.c~ cally
oe~ towards the ; j o f the year only IS x cases
hav,ng been nQt Sed I tho fourth qOla:rter
In
otber mspeota the
tlon of the 'Dubhc health
wu f&lrl1 goOd tli'fl h rbbe-c of CBBes of lCUiet
fe~ hlW llg been .ery
ns derably below the aver
age a.nd t he c.ases (If d pbtben& were leM than
belf t.he avt t'age numbeT
The 1O"N avenge num
hef of eases of .ypbo d fever WR.8 ma nta ned hut
mQules 8bowed a tendency to become prevela.nt. n.
t~ second and mOTe especl&lIy n the third qua.r.
t.er! :-sod _booD ng cough cansed a. greater JnOlI.
tality amonr t nfants than usual
The mortality
from ..11 caU8e.il although 1<>w wa& proba.bly
sl ghUy above the average

IBRITISH

RED CROSS SOCIETY

TO TIm B'DITOR OE' TI!B

R1U,DINO OBSERVER"

S r -Among tbe r1!lVlew1> of work done n the
COl nty wh cn you publ sh annually at tb 8 Ume
I lb nk It woula nt6rest yeur readers to have 8
brref a.ceount of t1 e Red Cross work lD the county
oS nce the W&r

Pol ()., and Mr Andrew Walsh dcCcnded
In openlng hl3 c.I'\.SO MI' Clar k sa. d that defcnd
ant d~ve a. poDy and t..rap to a. fum a.t Emmer
Green aDd was r et.trTOJng between 5 and 6 pm It
WM 1I1leged that:. be bad no I ghts a.nd as h e approached the Peppard rond corn~r near the pond
Wil
on h S ''oIlTon Me .rho result ...."as that thero
WllA '8. ron sow 1I
a. ca. r.Je.r's va.n owned and
dnven hr M &om t.I of Gal low Thoo Common
.rhe carr er 6 horse '"NnS con:; Jemhly nJured
ON TIm WRONG SIDE
Sidne:v Ern(.2)t:. Sm th th e carner smd he waa
re t urn ng fro n Readill4; w~th 1 s four wheeled van.
Only he aDd hlS w fe weTe n tl evan a.nd he "as
dr ¥lng W tDeI'5S had tw:o lamps one i l l front on
the Q[s de 300 U e other on the seat of t.bo Iftn
He was on b s noor 5 de and a, he a.pproacl ed t.he
pond he sa"", a. cart. co n .... round t he corne at a.
s ha.rp pace a.nd on tl; wroIl8 s de The cart con.t. uued fO[l some dJStaneo on -6 v; ong Inde n nd w tness proceeded 0 h ~ wa: as b e nat Tally th~
t h6 cart wou d pu I n.oro.C;S to I'. pTOoor sKle h
iI d not do so however a nd came I' • t lOto the
chest of \'IV tness.s horse
nil ct n g a. deep wound
He had not been ablo to use tho horse s nec Ho
&a.W no I ghts on t,he. trap
A rer tbe col l'!\.Ion tho
cob In the C"~rt backed swung round an I bolted
ITe :reoogmscd tbe lclcndant NO tho dnver of t.he
hoT'S6 and ca.rl W tr.te$ ast ed hun f he was hurt
aDd he repl cd
Yer;,~1 I am ent e. b t a:nd feel foamt
Row d d t happen'" W!;ness did not &D8'W~
the q est on Tho carl had two lamps hut De titer
had ~ candle m t.
Oroos-exnm ned When the cart tamed the oar
ncr t W38 not leve l w t.h a. coal trolley but t WtM!l
not man:\" yards away Ee 'Would oledge Iris oath.
that thfl cart had no 1 ght$ 'When the carl Wa.!!
approach hg w tness d d naE pull out to the nght
He heard no one dIout
Whero ..ro you «tOltIrg?
Mrs Sm th wife of the lost Wlt.rleHl, Ba.id
were no i g hts~ on the cart
George t: Cboale."io carman n the em:p1or

The a.mple a.eeommodat on of t h e Palace Tbootre
bas been we 1 filled nt each pcrfortnellce thIS week
[or t. us bol day week a d people seek ng a.nusement
and d ers ()n~ Dew thev could fin<l t here
Nor
were tI ey d appo nt.ed for th-c programme thu;
:y;reek campa
we ll.... I sorue of t.I e uo t pop lar
p O!!'ra n elS re.<;enteJ at tI s tbeat.re
Son e de
Ii htful songs and da ces arc pr('6cnt~ by
lhe
Fi e Aubrey
a. fu-st.-eloss oompao) of refinoo
draw ng room enLe ta ners
Excellen t voc.al t.ems
are a.lso g ven by El lS Ba r e on who has .a power
f I bll tone v9 co A fine con b nat o n of mU SIe aDS
appear as 'Ole Tro nboneers
n a mu s cal 8~na
In t h e Officc'rs QU6rten;
Under U e d r eel on of
!-1r H S ShfL p the,} '" ve son e
a ve llow> melo
dious !Select. OM on the r nstrumonu o f ¥i h ch they
prove the se ves to be nerfect. mast.ers
A ve y
numbl'!r O
f M 'n st.ers vho had done elCce llent work neat and fal!C nat ng .ske c h The Mum n1 Drug
but whose pla.oe.s were re4u red far members of LS preeented by John Warren nnd the novelty and
the Oppos t on whom t he PI' me M n ster wls h<1 to mystery of the p t!ce makes t an nLarest ng per
tot111E\nce "W h c h s anp rec a,cd by a.il v; ho see t.
InclUde Ii the Government
~r Ba.Jfour became A remarka.ble and or nal equ I br st c ad s pre
Fi~ Lord of t~e Adm ~lty, Mr Bonar ~w ,ented by ilio
Les Manuel Franco J>
c6n pany 'Messrs I;>unlo,,-:> sa dUe earl p~ h & b"otleiy
Oo11n al &eeretaty Mr AUI~ten Cbllll1berl~ n S_~re­ "nd Mav HendenlOn fie.
The du~ky comedy and 'the next t1 ng h e Saw' WM toe 0011 SJOn W
~ of ~t.ei for IndIa. and{;r Walter Jlpn~ queen :ts a. vcry popular tum
0 her terns n tho OllTM6r The c.aT't had no 1 gh~A a.nd wae p
P~ dent lof the Loclll Govern
nt Board
Lord tb 5 eJ:ool1ent pro~ramme are Jack Sands cOO1ed a
00C0C1 ng at a. fa. r ~ D3C6. If tho ca.rner h
L
OWDe
Lo d SeJborne and Lord Curzon also and Leol n Ju ggler
pu lled out from h 15 1i&.r to h s offs de he :wo~
~ bd the Cab net and there were man v changes
have nm \nt-o w tnesa. as ho '9INlS only ten y
n the m nor officc.'!
S r Stanley Buckmasf:..cr sue
away when t.he coil s on occurred Afterwards
e
eel LOrd Haldane as Lord Chancellor and Sir
ca.rt struck w tnffiS s trolley R.nd was. t.urned rig
~ Ca.rson Wali wade Attorney-GeneraJ w th
over
&
t n the Ca.bmet
Mr Gulla:nd was a.ppolnted
Cr~ ned
1Ie(1 he&Td two ,,0006 e : t
J
t Ch ef Whip w th Lord Edmund Talbot
Mr
'Where aro you oomiWt?
M. enna tool: over the Trea.sury on the creatJou
'l1l0r:naa
Ta:rrnnt
labourer
of Em
of a. l { UlStry of MUnitIons for wb eb. Mr Lloyd
he was oor ta n U 0 carl had no 1 t&..
rge W8.8 ob'91ouely the :idoa.l eelect on I Un
lot (READING) BAITALION
WERE TIm u"ID'S Lf
tobsr 18th S r Edward Carson res gned deelar
n tha.t ~ fotmd h mself
unable to agree n
G 11' Coston a Elnectal ConsWll thOD€h ootou
duty on thIS oceasIon spolo:e to h nng sbonta
any reepe¢t
w th what b e understood to b~ t.be
(A B C and 0 Compan... )
then a. crash On ptoeeedin .... to
e spot he
G0ge.Mlmerta pohey n the Balkam Mr Cbu bill
oro.e~ for week end ng Janus.ry 8th
t! 0 cart ltpS de din n n the oont (';i of the:road a
who had acceut.ed the office of Chancellor a the
Sunday - ~here w II be 0 paTade
ooal trollev on the left and a oarT er
an on t <8
Duchy of Lancaster on vacat n g t.he Adm r.alty
Monday - Shoot ng D Compan y 79 Factory r ght Two men were lcarung 0 er a fODee 1\ d
re~ngDed qn November 11th
TI e Pr me M ,l.er
range
All
C()
noan
(;5
79
Alfred
etreet
range
bleed ng profusely
Doth were n a. da.zed 00
Wa.! unable to g ve b m a seat on the Dew War
well on t.s pYO r
Coonc 1 ,.00 Mr Cl ur b II fe t that
he could C Comoany \ eclu e Talbot Cafe 7 30 by Sergt d t on The carr er s van
Members fro
s Ie
not. a.cce~ a pas t on of general rcs pons b I ty w th If Her &yal .Berks Reg ment
oLi er Com pan e5 w lJ be v; eleome
Georgt!ll Boller 18!bo rrer of Emmer Green
out a.ny lectlve s ba.re n ta gu dance and control
Tuesday -Shoot n" .B Compa.. y 79
to oSeOlng a. lamn beneat.h t.he oa t It. was n
I
ghted
range·l
MR McKENNA S BUDGET
r
Wednesday -Compan)
parade
Annoury
P C Palmer sa d be e~ ned the 'amps Nelt T'
Vr Jl( ~Dn& s Budget though n cert:l. n details Shoot ,ng A Company 79 Factory ronge
had a. candle and a! candle eo fd not ha.ro fall
It came In for some sha.rp er t c 5 n was un ver
Thunila,} - Rccru ts d 1 Co n Excha.nge
out From the ol'fs do wheel of tho co.meor s
to the feDco on tbe oppos to Ii de of the road 'W
8all,. acknowledged to be an ach evement of sound Sboot ng C Company 79 Fa.<:tory ra.n",e
benty feet
Compan
e1I
79
Alfred
5trPoet
rang
e
AU
and br Want finance
I reto a ro to u reet Itaxa
CroS&C aTIllnoo lAbout fivo pm jJ at eVf'lDl
pantes 79 Pulsomel.er range
ton t ncreased the In come tax a.tes by 40 per
defenda.nt cal ed on wJ,tn~ and both t he lam !II
Saturday Co npany nn.rade Armourv 3
lwb ch only 20 Otjr cent w 11 be paya.ble
The Alfred street. and Oxford road ranges a.re were then I ....h.ed
rrent fina.nc il yea
1915 16) redu~d open to all men hers of A to D Compan es da. Iy
Th s closOO the case for tho PmG('C t on.
hm t of exempl on fro u £160 to .£130 I and both mOrn nand aft.ernonn
P S WhlppeJ] nav~ de >a Is ()f ;yl a.t he
a.ba. ment. from £160 to £120
ncrea.sed
U raug-hout tho day a.nd COlO D{:' to t.he niOTtun
J H HODGSON Lt Cot Comruandlln~
he IiUPC r taJ: on a gradua.ted seale r 9' ng [rom
aCOIdcnt h:\il 1m d h s lnmp..,; ero 1
lIe ov
2a lOd on Incomea between £8 000 and £9 000 10
two coal troll eg and drovo careh IIv r ound t
(E
Company)
35 6d cn) the surplus of a11 ncomes a.bove £1~ 000
corner He tl en 6irW U e :vun a pproac ng Tb 6
e
:\n ut.ra. duty of 4d per Ib was nt'lOSOO o~ tea Orde r s \ for week end ng Sa.turday JanU'aty 8tb .... as room for h n to I"a:<:6 t on 1 5 leff:....hand
waklOg" !pe whole dut! Is per Ib
the du t,Y on
S riday J anuary 2nd -No narade
a.nd he proooeded to d o so H s ponT wa,'J trotti ~
MOlldu.y - Sh oo ng The Ba.rra<:k s 7 30
to a.t s x or ~ven m 1f'..J'I an hQOr and wI e n f\ r
coco. wilf rrused from 1<1 to lid and on 10ffee
and ch corY from Ibl to 2~d tIle dut es on ki r ed 9 30 ! S gnall ng !WI Corn BlCchnnero 8 p
vard.... from tbe van thl': h orse attacbed to the
n
Tuesday -Co upany rlr I Co n Ext n ere 8 pm IN lied across towards h r; ponY;6 1 eiKl nc oe
I
lru t..<; (exeeot curran ts) and tobacco 'Were ra sed
F day -Shoot n" Tho Barracl s 730
t.o
p and shout.-ed wo rd s 0 tho e:Tect
'Where are y
by 50 P9r ccnt and on patent. med c nes Iwe
com r. .... ~
The fro t. of h s trap then st l'OelL t f!I
doubled ~nd the duty on not.or s p r t was ~a sed 930
hy 3d ., gallon
A highe r duty on sugar VI as
Range Officers Monday Ne .... combe and Je r E!5 ea ner s hon3oe
H S i>On Yl ha.d.:ec:i and stll'r'ted
bolb He was th Own 0 f and n crrt>d
pa.rt Y coplI)ensaled by a. reduct on n tho price a t Friday SI ppRn -and Dou"las
A S
Cross-exam ned The I ghts wcue I t
the t
suga.r~
spl ed by the Royal Con n ss on w th
ho was nos t vo of that Had t.he Icarrrer'1l ho~
t ho nel esult t.bat the 1 se n the rcta I pr ce
would
id per lb In nod. dut es of 33'l per
not pullM Vt t tho accident '\'Kl\ ld not ha;~
01:!fl rre 1
I
eellt we e Imposed On mported motor ca.rs and
CALCOT PLATOON
'Eel ..... ar l Lmve.n Ion 25 F'r-ancNl street ~
cycles a.
yarts thereof (eKCeJl t. t) res and ) b "
pee 0 of polICe
Hen al a d who was w lh eoneM can c nema film s c10ckR and pa land n U'S
fendan t a.t
e
0 of
ho tCcident .\'<;0 aaid t
cal IDS m ents.
There was allt'd -p,n ncrease Q
I
ts were I t. r D'l
p to the t me of ~ a.ccide t
post offiC& charges though the !lrooosal to abo .u
Gpo
oe
Rell
ro
n
an
n the e "ploy 0 l!(ess~
t.he ha fp:enn) post was W t hdrawn
Excess ~rolit
Dt 100 who y;~ dn v ~ a coal tro,llev wh ch wh.~
due to the war after the ded ct. on of £100 w II
bel n 1 tI at d en h C1 oale~ n.nd 'Walter westo!l
be t ..
per cent
hn~ Iooler be I ~1'cratcd tha.t. defcndant h
h I'. Inmps b rn ng
THE GR.EAT WAit IAlAN
The ev dance be ng so conO ct ng' Wlth rogn:rd
A D8"'l War Loa.n (ther& blUi alreadv bee one
the I gl ts the caSf) Vias d KIn lSI3ed
T1JC! mal!
cf £350 000 000 Iss ued at 95
and prod~c ng
t ates bowevC'
cons d E'red that lefendanl dro 0
Our
Portrait
1l0lit
neg-I
genLlv
and
for
that
ori'cnoo
6rJed In
=l000 OClO) wa.s announced on June 21st \ No
£1 and also ordel'ed h m to pay the w tn()G$ S
Is of Mrs
prce156 um was asked for
Tbere were ,hree
methods of ssue tlie ord nuy Bank of EnglanQ.
E (jOONA~
lISue tn stock or bonds smaller bonds of £5 or I
who writes: ; ,
mult. pI~ of £5 p to £200 obLa nable tbrou",~ the
Post O~ a lQ 'tar Loan voucher!'! of 510 lOs and
£1 obtafnabl6 at. the Post. Officcs or tb oUD' tbo
moo. um jOf the trade un on f endly soc et ~!:I a d
var OUg 'forks oflic.es
Pro s on was wade fo~ the
Wh ll't I 'VlUg 11
convers on of the old Wa.r boan and on Consa isl and
Inll .. "Ome ye n ~go
AnnUlt e /J by those wbo .subacr bed p oport ontt.ely
It urtmy foot.w th a
to the jev Loan
Tbe Loan proved a. g gant c
staDe, 11'1 I ea &ed a
SUOCBE6
The a.ctuB.l number of subscr bers to! the
Lo&n through the Bank of En~land was ~ 000
and the B..Ctual a.mou nt 6ubscr bed £550
000
By.t the methods adopted for attra.ct ng the ork
ng cluses to nvest. the r sav ngs d d net mee~
w th t.he response expec~
and Mr McKJ)U a
dee dod to olf~r to tb s cl&f:l8 of n"estor tho nauc~
ment of bonds wh cb at a. "0018what. low er rate
of Interest would a.1ways be rea.l sa.ble u.t nar

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GERMANY A BEATEN NATION

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In
deb&te on the mO~lon for tbe
menl GTer Christma.s there wu a. dscussion 0 the
problem of transport due to the necessity 0 tak
ng ItO ma.ny sh ps for convl'!y ng troops and) supphea to the Front
Mr Balfour po nted ou~ tba.t 1
tho de[fllLoos of tho&e resoons ble for m~ tary
operations had to be OODS dered before everytb n
else nnd the best remody for tl;le scarCity o'f t.ono
nags was the encQura.gement of! the bUlldlner of
merchant ships whleh qad almost I ceaSed : nce
the .beg nn ng of the war
Mr Rune man n
striking speoch declared that
so I fa.r as com
meroe was concerned Germany was & beaten
natIon and tbo GAern lent WIl8 tali ng care that
she did not. get. her head up a.fter t!l:e war
La d
RQbert Ceo I ndm n s~red • 8cathing rebuke to
the t:roup of n aJcontent.s ",ho ns nllQt.e thll't t b e
Fore gn Offiee s nfluonced ~y preJud ee nl favour
of Germany 80 t.ha.t. t does not do; ls best to
prevent supp es go ug to Germany
Lord Robert
Ce<:t1 sa d

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I thmk we should be extremely earelul !how we
make s uch charges aglLln8t people who a.r& han
estl,. try Dg to &erve thwr country Tliere are
some I?eople who are not able to bear the 8tre5:1
of war, they ar~ mer&ly hyater cal neurotics
when t.hlngs are DoL ~Olng rlaht f~r the

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moment they 800m to thl~k the proper ~bing "

t.urn ~ound on, tli~e who ..re ~r~lDr tb serve
the r country aDd II&Y
You.are tralt.Or, we are
betrayed ;you ...., th, frl!pdl of. our ellem eI
and the.t IS t.he J'e8.aon
&Hi h6t. luceeeding
I say It 18 a. d .gJ'&Ceful 8'-W of t.b nga It is
destruatl,e of t.h6 mor.l of
eoUDtry &Dod It
18
Ci:q.ty
,patnptlO men to .tamp .upon
It the moment tlle clItarl'e II mld~

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ROYAL

BERKSHIRE

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We.k
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p.tient.lIft,dm tted
Jri patie.te diRbarged
OperaUon. ~onIlli4
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