Reading Observer 01-1916

HED
C9NTINUE

~HROfUGH!OUT

THE

MONTH.

BUT· BIG EIR REDUCTJONS THA¥

Coats, MiIlihe y, Blouses, Underw~ar, Gloves, Hosiery, Farcy
NEXT 7HURSDA Y, JANUARY 1 Bth.

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GENERAL

REVIEW OF

offioo of S r P E Smith whose farmer position. of
Sol Oll:.or-Genc ra~ has been ftlled by the Right Hon

Ge[rrge en e
In November on the announoement
of tho :lame of Ole m embers of the Inner Wa.r
Cab J}(lt. Con n tLoo MT Church 1 handed n h"" re
I> na.t. on of t he office of Cha.DceUor of the Ducby
of Lancaster and announced his mtention of JO U
~ Wi_W flle ~ta at th& ~ 1B15 il8 to pre
n I s r egymcnL n Fran ce
WD) .. """""""Y of _tv.. montho'.....n'=o
In
Th e re IJ"C Ly of mu.riit O DS h avlDg h ndered our
Barop& DO leea. tlta.n hIDe eo~ ha;~e wa.r rag1 go opemttonB n the fie d Mr Lloyd George under
"'W"itlrin their frontieT'f> wh1.l8t. tweh-e ~~ are ook the H ercu can ~AAk of orga,nlSlllg' the arma.ment lYO ka 0 Grc&t. Bnta n and a. new office "'-"
~ ~ n the g:rga.at:io struggJa of I fe a.nd orO<'l.Lcd n t he Ca.b net,........l\l Du;:ter of J,WniootltJ
death. T!::t&l'e 18 DO .ach u.mg as e-o-en a. d swt.er 'Ihrow n& hirmetf whole hfl:arledly ixri.o hlS wc;rk he
He
eat.ed DI!Jtlb'al l!lpectator
AJI the PCJ'rJers of tbe aceolDP 1Jhe<i more than :y;&~ ever ~
world a.re ......t.clU:z:tg ·••d.b 5eCI1""et or opeD 8ympa.t.h ~s } ad QIlDy d fficult.)(l5i. to contend 'W1tb web as.
Ii n kos
lo.hoar
t"t'ouble&,
~
general
alacknesH
t.he de6t.itnM of the n-a.t o ns lJlvomoo
Some tired
b t w Lb the Pa6S b of the M..urubom Bill the
of owa.tclUng and W alt n'g ba-ve become 60 e.nta:n ... led effect e -proV1: OIls t contained eDS.blOO h m to
In the mesh !Iha.t t.be:rr 1 ne of a.ctton takes mote d e
gra.pplo w t.h and t:o OT't tan ~ effootually the V&nOU8
finite form
TberefOl"'el eftryth ng o f ltnpOrtaDe~ nd u str es con erned There was 8. oerta n amount
wbicb II to be 'Wl'itt:.er:t np n tlle blStory of our t meg of drscus.s on llOO OPPOS t on when tho Bill ",as n
troduccd but
passorl qUJckly Ulto law last July
...-ill ~ some bearing o n CIt' be connected 'W tb the
1 he 1\.a t. onal ReglSt.rat o n Act W64 part 01. a
'WOrld war
b !;In~ 1 k e sc heme to £> gaJU.80 th,.<6 Dation
It
pro ded t h l\.t eery pe rson n tho Un t.od Kingdom
Mn.ITARYEVENTS
between
tho
&ges
of
IS
and
65
eroept
soldLers
aDd
~
put ~l ••
sa. lars 6houkl. fill up .a. re ... istraho'D f onn OD August
iP~ 'Which ha..
oIut an sed lS\..h The fonn a~Koo f or va.rKlUS nfonnat on M
t.he ~ of the la.nd ~pa. gn 'nJ.e battle frouton
,0 R{:"e
OC(' p..... L o n
nnmber of dependent:s ",nd
"the WfiSL- has eltered. very little indeed amoe Ja.nu
~ het.hcr
he
cl v dual reg stc.ring "Wa .. able a.nd
-T'y 1st.. 1.9ffi1 t.ut Ul the EatU: we haye Aeen t1 e .... n ng to ass !>t dcfi rul..cly n tho p rosecut on of the

1THEA!RE.

PIt.&.ft'\JL

THE YEAR.

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THE NEW BORN YEAR

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PrndemJ futuri temporia aubem eal K'1DOR nocte
Premit deua ride~ 81 martaha wtr& faa
trepidat.
Ca.rmen XXIX Horatii

Rf!!Iad Dg Oblerver
by S JACKSON COLEMAN]

[Specially contributed to thf!!l

Of the wrecks that strew the shore of the paGt
another has been

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lttl5S1&ll!J n~ East Prttssia. a:od. Gal..ici.a. ce.pt.ure
A..pa.rt from t.ne Buagd proposals and tho Tot ng
~,. l &Dd. other unportant towns only to have of • .ar ous gran j,s a mo~t other log &Ia.t on deal
them rileaptured by tbe Aw;t.ro-German lorces who y; th t 18 n~ r ef; t.m t.o recall the successiul passthe '\ ar r ons ons A ct.
tak:iDc IWa.ma,w a.nd m .... ading .roland have dr ven
the BxlWan a.rnnes out of their t.erntm~ 200 m I s
AT IIOME
becI: ~ Russia
With the entry of 1t.a.ly n to
only real ~t o n of warfare 'Which
b fray • ~"" battle front haA boon noc... taW exper enoed at home has b ee n l.D consequenco of
"llIi ~T::tm.o wbilst. the Ja..t.est deovelopme nt6 n tbe coce ntne alI raids on lA:lndon t.he east and
the
have opened out a hoe of operatlons soutlt-ca.st coa.~ Tbese 8.t.l.acks chiefly by means
more ~t &nd unportant than anythmg yet at- of Zepoel os began n J anutLrV last the dea. be ng
~
Ag&ln dunng tho ~ of tbe last 9 st.cal 0 er our 1>101'"es II Icn Iy under tbe cover
twelve
we have witnes&ed. the landing of a of darkn e~ and to qu ck ly throw bombs a.oywherc
milit.&l7 ca:pedit.oD on tbe Gall pol a.nd the so fa. r b ut ch eft :\, on thlCkly popula.ted ane.aB n the hope
bo~ .tt..eorpts to force 8. pASSage t.hr:ouSh to the of ~:o::c 1 n o a. pan c a uo ngd
I e peopk~Od f
~ble t..o des. roy by ncend a.~ bon bs
t<>:ncs
capital /of tbe By"""t De Elmplnl
and
publ
c
bu
ld
ng'S
The
raki
of Ootober
Lh on
.Amo~ the many h storio events of the m lit.."\l'Y
t he Lon< on f1 1.1'" ct. n "" b id 41 c v lillJlS W~ e
UUl4J&2tb crt tb<6 pASt t"wel,oe DlOlrll:ta t I.S nt.e.rest- k ned an I 107 nJu.rod and n which thero 'Were 28
mg to recall the Br ti9b capture of MUTe Cbe.pellc mil I:.e.rJ. oasunlt C6 was the only 6eT olls &tten pt
Ot her ra de. of moor JmJ'Ort.a.poe have
Oft ~ 10th.
The fa.ll of Pryzemsy1 &nd LI e mude
SitM::e <Xt,ob.er
~ b:fI the R.m;siall 8l"IDlle8 of 126 ()')) pnaoners occurred a t uregula r nl.e.n alE.
ow nit toO n nw prcca.ut.ionary measures adopted
&Dd 700 gum; on March 22nd... and ta recapture on the GcrmftIlQ n&ve not suoceodoo m p lloSSLDg over
JID:De 3M
Tho.gTea.t AogI~F.ren ob advance In the our coast.s
Ga.IIipoJ.i of June 4th a.nd tho capture of Lemberg
The eve
n'CreaSlng oenhsbnents of able--bodied.
aDd I~ by ~.ns
men ntoO tho new anrucs senously hampered the
nd
fSt
al
Rnd
W"1t] Dg oomm n t es
and reeu1t..ed
Toly 9th l8 the memora.b~ on ",b)c:.h Gen&Tal
n tbe open n g out. of 'De'W spheres of acilVlty for
Bot.h& ~lliIC::bJded h s Sl:ceessfol 0per800Oli n German wome n
Not only m tM o1fioe6 afl1i shops are
Boafh Wat, Afriea and. August 6th t:h& OOCQ.Sl(ln of ",omen be ng t. I sed but n the workshop& on the
tr. famous b.o<;ling at Anza,c Co;.e... l.S another dat-e ra. 1.... &) s eM se r leeS IDun!C1pal departments a.nd
class. o~ ","0 k d one by men n pre war
whit:b Will be 8eared In the min<k of Br tons a.t n (. e
home and &broad
Durmg the continned. a.d vance days The g cat.est n8u:c: of 'Io1o'omen 15 of 00\lI;;e
nto the m un t op faclone.1
or the Ge:rma.D.!J. 00 rhe Easter,n front n August and
i-iot h nt> I ke the g reat War I.oao of 1915 bas
~ Ule further
to-wns of Vovno
No 0 ever been hcard Iof before It. was very popula ly
Geolg ... 6h BTE6t LitowQc.., GrOOno and V Ina. fell Tece ed and 6n~scr bed w hy tbe people
'I he
iJl,t.o tAie1r bftTKls
loan was of an un! m ted amount and. could be
~bu ffith the <Ia. of <be croat All od ad
sub1:'oCn b€d t.o n amoun ts of 5s. and upwards Thc
"t"&DOe 10 France bl"Ooght gl.edDer.s and Mmfor t A.f e r
r&t.e of u terest w as &! h Gh as 4-% per C{!nt and n
tho :m-.tortutJ~ Of the preceding 1Jt(lIlths
Com
ull half ycar s d vidend was payable on December
lug doWn to October 5t h WIth tbo landiD~ of the 1st even tho u h the m l>talments extended ~ far
Allied foroee at SaJor4ik&. :we etrier a new »base of
October 26th The ndustrial da.ssee were
the world war whICh Ibas brought w th t tho eut :y
to partl<'! P&t.e too
loan, aDd every
of BWga.ri& on the side of the dnal AllIance
h e ed';~~;:;,:~e:
a
'WaS lraken to mduce the workers In
InTU10n of SerOl& remi.nda us of the hmIUbJ1t on of
othe r hlghly pa d trodes to nvest
Be\gil:in &nd t. 15 "",li th regret WoO recall tb~ faU of
war advances In the eeeunt.y
Uakub /and NlSb wh ch has Opelled. up the way from
n 18 est.. maW thaI; the
Berlin to Con..st..a.Dt.i.nople
ovcr £6(YJ OOJ 000
T!IE NAVY
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T!Jo.t _ _ al tigbtiDg ... taking plaoo n.Ml. ill.
Earl" n the year It&ly suffend from one 0( her
Bn~ Empue • -entirely ()Wlng- to the fact that our chanLCterishc eartbqua.k.ea :whlcb destroyed the
nary 'I' .t 1I • 8 poorij;i<>n to domiMto the..... It town of ATo.....o and k ned
30 000 people
15 no fault of tbetrS that we a.ftIo still unabl& to wn te mJllred 10 (0) a.Dd left 50 000 hameJes.
up t.be utter- destrnetion of the Gertn.an fieet Not.
An at.t.empt ~ murder !lr T PiarpoDt Motg. .
only has th e German nary refused. to COJll6 out and the Amenoa.n finanCIcr was made by .. G«man.
try OOpdUlilOnS with ~u r Beet. bttt. t 18 onlv ()n very tea.eher named Muenter al &S Holf>, who &red at
rare OCOB.&lons mdeed. they h.-.e .atbempt.e(i t.o tal:e h m ~ith a revolver )II' Morgan who had been
the rUdt of hostlibes
On Janu:ary 24-t.b. 8. Br t!li b r eod enn: great 1inaDcial a.c;sista.Doe to tl:Je AlhUl
patrolling aquadron lD tho North, Sea.<llocovered that :was fortuna.te n gettLD~ a.:way 'Wltb. .. not. very
f our ~n wanh ps had como. ~-t,o. repeat. theU" ae.r ou", wound li18 U8&l1Q.n.t, COIllilnltt.ed. atticid& WT"De LiOD I" .on
East. Gout r&id Of t.h<6 prev OU8 mouth
It w,," w th ","00' T<'J:Tet thAt th. Am..
ft . ng the flag of V.,..Adm"aI Sir Dav d n •• tty
lOO ~e Brit.iAh 1 De WW action upon ·. cincb the the Dewt! of the r angn.at,.io.rJ. of .M Delca.&U, as
Ge rman cru &en t.u.rDod. and 600
The Germa.n F'renOO lfillun.er of Fore g n. Ma:u-s. It WOI!I ho
cTU~ Blueber "WaS e: nk ADd tho Scydlit..z and whow. German mt::rit!'u& ",nod n:)en.&Oe dra.e a.way
from the Qua ifOrsay \ a.nd whom cn the outbreak
DerlD nger were ser OUfi~J1 damaged
Dur ng tho year .all the GermAQ It,'ht CMll5eNl o f wa r France reeaJ ed to th~ Fonugn Office
knowing that no G erman dtploma.'110 treKbery
Fa d no o n the bJG"b &cas were..dlSpoeed of by t he uo
however wo t would ever inBoenoo hrm ot' us&11
t ng eDergv of tbe British tleet
Ona of t he mOllt mport.a.nt p~ of worlc: wb ch Frnooa. A £Tca.t lover of all t.hiog8 Bntish be it
the navy b~ unde.rt.a.ke n I!I tha.t o f the Da.rda.nell t:s Wag ""ho 80 suc.oessfu ly concluded the En.&.ent.e
The full cief.cr {> t on of t..be .A..nneruan ~
Operr.WODS
W th the &!ISi.ataDoe of French battleFrom April last the
ah p6 an .. ttemot ...-as made to force thc Narrows horr ed t h e Clv bsed work!.
Wlth dl&3.&trous r esults
'The bs.tu'e'h.ips Bouvet &y5temaLic murder of Armcnum me D women a.od
Irre& st ble a1ld Ooea.n "Were mmod or torpedoed children -by t.h<6 Kurds and Tnrkish gend..vmea
Thousands..,.ere 81tbCT btrtDbe£ed or
w th a 105& of ~ (0) I Tes..
In the caorse of the fol- cont.mued
Ot.hers who &OUgbt Tefugo lD the
10Wl ng week submar ne E15 'o1P'M""Ift'"eOked and bat,.. burnt al ve
tleshlps Golltb Tr umpl ~Je&t c alWi transport h Us pen!.bed of 6tarTa.t on whilst many of tho
Royal Edward woere all torpedoed WIth ~t 10" of youD~er women and eb 1d:ren 'W6T'9 80ld 1:b the
1 fe
On Au.,rust 9th 3 Bntish 6llbmarme s.a.nk the Turk ,h ""'ble Tb. Jlrit sh French &od American
autbont.le8 'Wero a.bl~~ do a. little to aee1s!; ~
Turk sh ba t t.lesh 9 Barb8J'OIIs
ID co-<rpera.t.icn Wltb t.he RnSSlAll Bait e Beet. Tm&erable peop\e by t:mang a. fBW thon.sa.nds aboOll"'d
Bot.i8h subma..nnes nlHcted heavy loaes o n the t..OO AUiefli warsh ps.
~rrnA.nl!l on August 8th m t b-e Gulf of R ga "'\It'b1Ch
RAILWAY A=rDENTS.
tefjU1t.ed lD the GermaDs a.balldorung the r D 4\ a.l
The most f:Jf!Jt" 0U8 d"isM€er tJ::.&$ baa eT.er oecarrod
()~ra.tioD8 agoa nst R ~a
Sinee Ja.nuary 1st {he British navel lo~ ft.II a n on t.be ra.il.road 15 that. which took place at Quint&Ilou.ooed by the Adm ral t y hav8"'beec. I third elaS8 h II ncar Gret na. Station on. Ma.y 22Dd last. A..
ba.tUe&h pi!! t h1-ee des.t:roy en; two torpedo boa ls
local tr&lO shunt..ed Otl to the up ma.m liD6 IWU 'l"Illl
f ODr mbmarines wh ~ the Germans have defin t.-e ly lIlto by a. specral troop tm.in from LnTbert to UTer
lost. olle tb rd class bat t.lesb p one armoured cru ser
pool
The wreckage (ololJed the down line on
t ,, ~ 1 gbt crUISers
ODe de5tz"oyar
four torpedo wp ch Ule London e~ 'W8S approech.ing There
boa.tA, and !\even (probably mOT'O) 6Ubmu nes Con
t;idel'"lltg the active part tbo Bntish ftee t hll8 been be ng no ume to stop too I...andon t.raio a .&eCOnd
pla.y nq aDd the prachcal non e.cttritv of tb~ Ger WU lS on oocurred Fire broke out.. which. i.ncreaeed
mlln fleet our 10000s a.re of 00 account n comp%.r so n tao deat h roll and added to the agoDlm of the lQ...
w th the Ta.tua.ble geJ'"T coo rendered by OUr na ") too lured ~ o less t.ha.n Zi!7 lost their li..,.~ and ~
were n~rOO thlS be n.g the haa;vi.cst death roll n
the J:.nt.en te e atl.S4'!
t he history of the world 8 raJl~ a.c:cid&nm 'I'ho
ROYALTY
cause of the trac;edJt. w.as the blundering of two
Nat.ur.Llh the war bas grea.tJy
gnol nren "ho were "tried COtrVK:ted and aent..onoed
epona b 1 F,1eS of l!lS "Ma.Je!!Ity the Krng but the ho.. r to mprlSon ment
The lltord r a. lway d saste.r of Ja:.nU8.ry lMt 1)
d e n o f h new out. cs he hse b::rr-nf!!I n a manner
w h ch ten people oat the r l ves "Was allM) the r&.,.,.orfh,. of 0'IlT' bel>t. na.tfh na.l t radlt ona Ana.Tf r om liul
l of ca.rc1esaneu
An expreM from Clactoo ra..o
b g Twta tQ bi& t.T"OO"pt> both a.t. home and abroad
nto & loca Lra. n cutt. ng it In two
The fin~
he baa 8t90 done a great deal to expedrt.e: t.he output clai !J conch!"!R whtch rece ed the full force of the
of mtmltiOns by LDspeebng many facbones and
mpact we re completely wrecked and the rear
spea.k:ing rwords of enoourageme'D't. to the wo ken
carr a o '!'!! were ,,) 't'enuroed
A scn ous a.ec dent hefe!1l the fIOeOnd. oort. 00 of
AloDK ouritp:l Qlleeo Muy be h8& also tak en 00 act. ve
mLerest ijt the 'Work O'f the Milit..a:ry BOSplt.a.1s and" t he H olyhcad eJ:[)resa from Eu8wn on Angust 14th
thetJ' TlSlt& to Bnghton and v8.l'}()(1A p1ace5 gave \\ h at tra vell ng a t. h gh speed between stO'Wtl
mueh· ple.a.aore to the wounded Indian aDd. o lher Tunnel a.nd W&C!1ion Stallo D the traJ.n left. the
BrrmsD t~
.At the end of Ootober His Malesty r a Is a.nd tpe first .even COft..Ches were thrown over
on each II rl'o of t he I ne
N ne pa.uengen were
~ TfA~ hIS soldiers In the trenches n F anoe
The &0a.nd WÂ¥ reee. vEld "9i t h ~ entbusla.em
Un k lied. nud about th rt.y &eMOWIly lfi.)Ured
(:
d
ent
was
bel
c.vod
to
bave
boon caused hy the
fortU.ne.iely on the morn Dg of October 28th after
brea.k
ng
of
a..
stool
rod
belong
ng
to
.a.
Rugby
he liad. lust fu:J shed th e second of two renews of
t ram wb ch p~ on t.ho up line
'nle broken
~ bia ho rse fngbtened by thie cheer& of the
rod
IItruck
tho
H
o
yhea<!
tr~n
and
also
damaged
menl /reued The first t mEt we ca.me down on her
f ore teet. but the second tmle she fell over "W th t ho per m a.nent way
tho ~lt that the King was aeveT"ely hurt and wa.s
CR.IME
confiDed to blS bed {or several days
P robably nder tb shead ng more than ft.ny
'l11e Prince 0{ Walee haa unost.entat ously
otber t 6 tltL ngo to recall the Lus tan 8. outn ge
iden~i6ed himself Wlth the a.rmy and hu won for
h meelf populU'lty 'Wlth all whom he has come n At 215 on Ma.y 7th when W1t.hin • iht of the h u h
coast the Lus ta.n a w&s torpedoed. Wlthout warn
c.c.taet w.t.h 1D Belgium and F:re.Dee
ng by t oo German 6ubmar ne U21
At. 2 33 , be
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PIRIJIW!NTAlty
A. fa.r 811 legisla.tion and P.a.rlia.menta:ry aci on wen t d own only 761 pa.68cngeT"8 B.lId crew be ng
Over 100 Amer cans weN
• oonoerhed. praot ca.l~ nothing baa ~n dealt II&ved out of 2 ISO
Wlthl o~r th&n queau0'D8 d redly and nd reetly drowned '" Tlie German Government alleged tha.t
OOlloerned Wltb the conduct of the "War The. m 06t she.. carr ed a. bat.tery of 6 n mounted weapon!! but
thua was proved to be untqle by the ndependent
T~kable event m our history wa.s that. of t.~e
neutral test mony of t he Amenca.n
Tbtl
teooDJtructlOD. of tbe Ca.bmet as Jt. J. so.c8.l1~ Court of Inqu ry on July 17th found the German
but which wae Teally a Dew Government and & a.ut.hor t es and officers rcspoU81b le fo a.nd gu ity
GMermDent .h.ich assumed power Wlthout oute
of W11ful murdar
Tbe I!I nk og of tho Fa.laba OD March 28th by U28
from a.Dy part of the
The new C6.b oe.t
W 8l!l also a.nother exnmple of del berate aDd cold
of twelve
one blooded murder
11.2 Don oomb8.t.&ntll penr.bed D
the Fa.1a.ba. onG of whom "wu &n Amer can c t. r..en.
The ulju.1 Amer can Notes faJled to obtAin an,Ed,w.ord!i ut sfact on for the murder of thc r 0 \.il:enl Va.r
oua oth~r n~t.R.nces such 9.8 the H eaper 8.0 and
Ara.b c of murder by German 6ubma.r oes a.nd the

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er m nal cases wero t e
the tra n mu cr
fint o f these An e
of a L eu lcna.nt n
wa.s found dead n er
n hor he ad
A b
nam ed Mar e La.nt~ I o Lherw se "'hea.t! y
w th whom the h usband wa... c ry nt. n a te
8S
a.rTCSted tr ed a.nd a.cqu tted on the charl">"e of m r
'It e sec rl
d e.r 1 No f nber arrests werc made
caae "V>'U t.hat. of tHe ~urder of n. se e n )car M
g rl na med Marg aret Nal y of Padd ngton wh
body" ~as found by ft. rfl.l"flv nspector n one o-f
t he com~aTt1D.~nt.s of the lad es wt\. t. nl">" room at.
Alders ... a.t0-6troct stat on a. few m nutes her r
m dn gh~ on Sundav Apr 14t h
The eb ld ad
been !:.err blv assa.u ted and s ffoca. ted bv an [ '
ee. Ia.nt who hils never yet been d scovered
Sl'OR.T
In the Iw-orld of sport the war has put an end to
all th n~
Tbe .great nat on3ol game of c.nc et
hn8 Dot "been played as usual The vaT 0 IS 001 n
t es that part c pa.t.ed n 'fi rst.-class c: kot dec de'i
t hat no Champ onsh p matches would be played
-seMon
Th s meant ts loca l a.bandonment. I\nd
the utilising of tho coun ty grOUnds for otheT p I.
poses.
In answer to tho call for men
cnoket.ers have glVen .& response worthy of he
best sportsmen
Many bavo g ven the r i c
pla.y ng Tbo Ga.me amon gst "Whom may be m pn
t. oned. Capta 0 R.. 0 Langden t he popu a.r Ox
foro B ue Pr v::Lt.& R W .Lee M ddlesex , nd
Me C
Pr vat.e Alan Marsha I Surrey Cap~~ u
Stlld<) L e utcnn.nt Coli os Capta n Ryan a.nd m any
oLlIer&. Three ()t.ber f.a. n oua or cketeTS have pa Sfed
away du ng lhe yea A E Stod 1ft. t.. Dr \\0 . 1G
Graoo and V ct.or Trumpcr tho v; odd fa ned
tral an
Assoc a.t on footbaUers wh 1st not fal ng
to
I ne W1t.h thelr cr eket ng fr ends Gee dcd that Ino
profeSl\ onal football sho d be played tb Ii ~a
son
In ScoUaod and cert.a.m areas n Englan~ t
has pra.ct <:ally stopped altogether but n m ny
parts of the NorLh aod the Midlands the gam !,
be ng played although on:R.
fripndlv
b f,
The author t es felt. It would b e d saslrrous to s op
tbe gamo a.ltogether and doe ded to carTY on by
org-aW8JJ1g specKJ.l Jea.gues for tea.ms n cI~e J) x
rtllty
'l'.be pla.yens were to draw nO' pay 0 l y
expenses-tnd members of the teams w.ere tO~be
e noourag
to enlist or help In tbe mun t on ac
tor es
Iy a. very moderate rnt..ero&t haa b en
shawn by; the lmULl football B1l'PP9rters a.nd I S
bel eved tbat nuder the new ficheme of recTU t ng
many of the te.a.ms will find It unposs hIe to con
trnue
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In the mt.eresi:l!!: of tho natioo t waa decided tpat
rocmg except that &t Newmarket sbould
OD. May 22nd
Some d sappomtntent was
x
p~ 10 certain quart..ea tha.t ""-6 should h ve
no Derby at EpROm. bnt thla W48 800n «:han cd
_bon Lord Derby mbocribed £l 000 tow..ro. be
N"" Derby St.al...-es wh c"b.- wel'~ decided. a.b N w
market on Juntl 15th. The WlD.ner wa.a Mr S B
JoeJs fi.ri.e coJt Pommern...

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BATTLE WITH ARABS

OLD • COLLIDIATE KILLED
OBrruARY
So faz as l.S a.t pcese.nt known ~ local men ha.ve
fe.1len
Tbey are
Mr Percy nImgwortb the popu,la.t: member for
Trooper Ronald Eric Brown., youngest. son or Mr
Sh pI<>y aJ>d Chief G<>remm.nt Wh P
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I _ and Mrs RIChard "Brown of Cape.nor CN&cent-J'()1I.d

Lord JlmtlCe Kennedy &- most ()8.TOfu} ~..
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eclenUoua Judge, SIr Thomaa Duckrull form~r1y
of the King B .BeDCh DiVl6lon, a.nd SIX Georg e ~""
..ell Lord JosUce of AppeaL
Ma.}Or General S r Luke O''4nnor V eKe B
who roee from the raw to ~xpma.nd the reg ~ent
lD which he enlisted 8.3 a
died 1D Londo
ID. his 84 tb. year
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Tho death of the Marquess f I..ondonderry I~h'
fa.moue Ulster leader t.be Earl ()f CadogeD a. 1
popuJal' Lord Lieutenant of lreland 1895 to 1~2
Lord Rothschild. the ~at flDanCler Lord Sel
mcruz; Lord W e by aoo t.be Earl of J ersey r cmoves
some vatu.a.ble momben of the Peerage
jl
The "Rev RlCb&rd MeUJ: Beoron the fouDd er )an 1
first. superiOr of tho Cowley Brot..herbood d cd. n
hia 90th year
Father BeDson w U ever be f :u nous
a8 t.b.e first who re-J..Dtroduc ed t.be commUD ty
f
ot.o the Church of Engla.nd a.nd the or g n a loI 0
o ne of the most &uoooae:ful to. 51 onary &00 ct e 0
the .. orld-th. Soc oI.y of St John the Evaog'i't
Anotber loSs to t.ha Church was the de.a.Lb a!
BlBhop MoorhotIBe some t me B shop of
el
bO'urne a.nd M...nchetrl.er
In tb..e work! of J teMture art and mu s CODe
hu to deplore t.he pU&lDg of aucb. dols a.a 1 65
Bra.ddoD t.he novefut 'Frank T Bullen
uL
Rupert. BroOke tbe poot wbo d eel 00 act. ve se.
VIce L eut ...coi Gu?: du M&urloer, author of The
Enihsma.n l!Il Rome
k lied tn FJa..nden
w s
Waller t.he popuJ.ar .aet..or George Ed't.8. d es
r;J
Fercy Dearmer plR.ywr ter who cl ed In Bcr 18Profe66or J &IDea Geik e Dcan of the F a cll' t of
Be ence at Ed nburgh Un vers 1"
and founde 0
the Roya,l &ott.ish Geogra.ph ca.l Soc et.y
Probably the dea.th wh ch to ched the bea r
the public more tp&D a.ny otber
of N
Cavell. who w8.8 brut&1.ly
mana at Bnl6sele on the
Little known by her deat.h
Th II hero c Engb.shwoman who
a nurse m the servJC& of tho
was charged wlth harbounng
8oldier8
She adm tted her
accorda.nce w th the German
s.cnt.enced to deatl
F ear nit
vent. on of the Amer can and
B4ron von B 8SJ.ng G overnor General of
dec ded. to exped te tbe eIecut on and to'
aeorettV
The whole c v 1 00 wor d was
by the revo t ng cruelty of the HIUUI
bel' 29th II. memonal lIernce WIl8 beld at
Cathedra.l wh ch was of s. repreaenta"ti~:.;~e'li:h~;~l!:'~
A nat onal tr b It.e to the marLyred 1
who waa happy to de for h er countn'."

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IN THE TREN On

YEOMANRY CASUALTIES

the wa.r all championShips being una.o moml,. e
f erred for the duration of the war
A tboug I1iO
ma..ny golfen are people nel.iglble for m I tary r
SeveraJ ca&ualt e8 a.re announced among tbe ranks
VIce the golfing oommUll ty ha.ve every -reason t.o
of the Berks Yeomanry lD Egypt po nt og to the
he proud of th. number 01 famous pIa.ers ~hO fact that tbey haTo a.g&In been n a.ctl(ln
From
have..!!J.8d& the wpremo sa.crifice for tbel.r coun ry
IUch names 88 the Earl of Annesiey 2nd
sh the fact that the easualt as oocurred on Deoember
Am.a.teur Champ ow p Capia n J Gra.ham h e 11th t appea.rs probable tha.t the Yeomanry took
is.moue dnver lIr A }d ~ and Mr Ma t n part n.a.n action with Arabs 'Which occurred on tha.t
Scott. a.re a few of the best lu own playcNi
ss
A Reu.ter's message from CaITO dated DeNeill Fraser the popular lady go fer gave her fe day
oenlber 12th il es the iollO'WUlg acooUDt of t&e
whilst ...nth. the Rod Cr06S 1n Serb a
La.wu Lenn a wu also suspended and m ny &II • .,.,
players of the gume rnmed ate y On the outb
It s offie a.lly nnnounoed. U~t a reconno tring
of wac threw down the racquet and shoulder
foroo from l4.atruh encountered yesterda.y 300 hos1"186.
To what exten~ may bo seen from
e r
t Ie Amba
The latter were dr ven we5twa.rd
ca.sus1t B!J ."b ell e:re exooodingly ht:a~y
Yam us
Thmty five were k lied a.od, seven 'Were taken pn
names weh as Ca.."'pta n A F Wlldw., L euten n
soners
Tbe <6D\my were armoo WIth r fles and
Kenneth Powell R.. W Dudley A Ai Bend ks
cons sOOd of Must..ahtn (".I\rrlrith Ten fur a15) and.
1... Ba.rvey. · R. D NQlan Canta n Forrest lind! J
rrer;rulan
Tb~ Bntlfl.h <O&S!.tILlt ea ..... ere s "X"t1en
E Hampton nnd cate tbe true sport ng lDSt. 1cts
killed and three ofIioers and fifteen m£!n wounded
of the t.enDl& world

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Golf like most other games was mfluenced by

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ReadIng
~per Brown 'Was 24 '\-.,ears of age He
W88 an old ~e':lI~g CoUeglate School boy and was
a fa.rmer by u-oo.e enl sbng n ~t.ember 1914
This WAS h s fi.r£t e.n.ga.gement for although he went
to ~t WIth tho frrst contlll€ent of Yeomanry he
was n hoop t.al at the timo of the gallant a.8sault
on Burnt Hill
I.ce -&rgt Artirnr l!l. n1man, of iMorumer aged
28
Sergt nlman "'8.8 In the YOOTTlQ.llTy pre., ous
to the outbreak of 'War
Be crossed w.th the tirst
e:q>ed.it on but. was m oba.rg-e of a. base a.t Ca rO
wh lst hlS regiment WeJ'(l oper-atmg n Goll poJ For
&even yoa.rs he w&s employed at a motor and cyclc
"Works at. Newbury
Squad1;'On Sergt Ma.Jor 'Will am Charles Cox
Scrgt MaJOl' Cox was tbe eldest. son of tIr and Mrs
W D CoL, of Alma. Rouse Alma. Sll,eet. Read ng
He was 30 y~T6 of .age
Trooper W .Msrt n
Trooper L1art n reSid-od at
WmdBor 6nd"W4LS well known as a member of t.he
Ee wa.s 21 years
W oosor a.nd Eton Cr cKet. Club
of age
Trooper F J North Trooper North. W3..3 a nat ve
of Hungel'ford
He- was only 18 years of age He
enl tted 10 Sep.tembu 1914
Trooper J. JO&eY
TrooP!'l' Josey was a. Wanta.ge
man r cs d ng at Brook/.ide '\ian.tn.ge
Soc L eut J ~ M
ltesslCk and Trooper H
Greenough (at NeYto..,'ll Th&kham) "Were wounded
and CorpJ. W Thornb 11 and TroOper Arthur Lowe
bolh oJ Wan t Rtie, Wer& sl ghtJy 'Wounded

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Here we come a-wllBSa I n g
Among t e lea-ves ~o areen
And hore we come a.-... a~der ng
&0 frur to bo seen
ut:.e andlOll ctmU to au
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HapP!I New reM

Orford aDd fBucks L I -'to be Sec Lts - Pte
COO h\... the m..ter of thIS houoe
CLay Irom tho InD' of Court 011 C (Dec
(':rOd blebS the :mt8tres. too
19t.h) D G Loveda.y. (Dec 29th)
And aU the hbtle ()h Idren
Royal Berke Reg 1, -}.fa J G R Wals.b 15 re
That round the ta.ble ~o
ta ned on the Act. V6 I..iSt superrl.y to ests.bU
under prov s on:; of Art,c\cs 120 and 5:?2 Ro)aJ
Wflve got & bttle ptD"&6
Warrant for Pay anI Promotion (Doe 5~h)
Made of stre'lohmg l6ft.t.her sir: D
Oxford &nd Bucks L I -Tmn.s:fer of temp See
ADd we want a little of ,.Our money
Lt C 8 .Beuson no~ 500 10 Gazette of Nov 13th
To line It well w tbm
1& cancelled temp sec Lt V G Bell from a Res
Wassa 1 be t noted 18 dar ved from. the AnglQ....
Bn to be "'rnp See LI (March 6th)
o ford and lBUCKS W -Sec Lt 11 Dawen fl Cnon Vaes Ba.el be In bea1th and the com
secd for (i ty Wlth S lI{ldland D.l Cycl st Co po6 t 00 was. ale nt1tm~ sngu toast a.nd roast-ed
emb5 or apples
... T.be Wassa 1 Bowl liaYs Wa
(Dcc 3rd 191~ Gnd not; as formerly flta~)
Tra.nsfarred from Reserves to Regular Battal ons ton
s Sha.kespeare 5 GOBS ps. Bowl n the. M d
as tempora.ry officers w,Ith da.tes of &en or ty as rrummer N ght.,., Dream
shown NOS ET CEDAMUS AMOm
Royal Berks Rel;p ment -Lieu-t S V P Wcst.on
There has al-,v<Lya been a. clOGe and myst c M60Cta.(Dec 17th 1914) Seo L eut, H C Thorn. (Jan t on of kiss og !w th tbe Neow Year qwte a.part from
7,h ) A P DobaoD M P Pugh (Feb 26th)
Lho fam lar ~t.letoe bough
Everv lover lf c I'
cumsta.nC€a perm t thus salutes hl& s-weetheart at
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tbe dawn of
New Year-and. some lovers a.re
not part cular 'Wh06e sweeUtea.rt she ~ that tbe,Y
t.bus sa.lute 011 th s amp OtOUS oeeas on
There 18
lion &DC ent II: gp.ng ClU$tom as&OC ated w th a pSrlsb
churoh n Lan~htre
'!'be legend runa that any
o~ who at the first strake of. m dnlght kUl8e8 the
key bole of the l churoh door 8~ then t'llshes nght
round the edifice lD. t me to klU the i::-eyhole bef()re
the last Slr&kei ()f the hour IS eerta. n of good. luck
dunng the ",hole ot the. )'lear
Churchyards cur
ously enough have always been fa.vour te places for
New Year OfJOul.a.t.i.on
In the Wensleyd.ale d 8
tnet ad days gone by all and sundry could. k sa
'Wl~out 6C9.ndal
on New Yee.r 8 Eve n the.
porch or the Church IT"nfortuna.tely we are told
that the aoc01iunodat on fen la.me..ntahly sboTt of
the demand .and consequentr there wu often
mO'.l'6 MUee£J~ than k1861ng---J. that. "tVoco_ po88ible.
1D theBe aeje-qera.t.e. dayS the lot of ilia iMayor of
Durham ta f.&r ~1m- t.h&n that of hta ~!Mol s
D &DOleJlt
s
rf tr&d tion Cfl-D be rei ed. UpOD
1\1& dliel
Inlo ..... then un~ tile .ol'l!.t.,n
to k.i.. the
cow tb. Brat; _beep &.Del the 8.nt
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