Reading Observer 02-1916

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CURTAILED DRINKING

~e~RS.

MediCin~

MR.

NEW LIQUOR CONTROL ORDER.'
Ned Mooda}' tbere comes Into foree the new
Order eztend ng the I quot' cootrol regula.t Ontl
under the Defence of the Rea.hu Act wblch have
been In jorce In the London a.re.a. for BOme time
put
y th 8 Ordel' there S a consldcrable reatrict on n t.he hours for the consumption of ltt
t.oXlOlLtan I qhor on I cenl5ed prem Sf)S and trent ng
IS p~h 1) led
The Oooer s wued by th". Ceo
trol Control Boa.rd (L quor Traffic)

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WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION.

TOPICAL

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DISPUTE WITH EMPLOYERS

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In the debate In the House
n anl blocka.de of Germarry
urged that we should
mod fy
18." to su t the prejent · 8itUl.ti"q,·
n.....foro apparently t'/Pli up
I:.bould Ie e 1 ternatlonal law
alto~ethe
Why he
about proof that goods C8lTled
dest ned for th e enemv?
cut 'hat the fill1 res which
the PreiSS and elsewhere
m lccuralc or bascd on .,,:oneollS
&at s x montbe of 1915 L!le leD",,&i~e.
many ere undoubtedly I&i'ge;.
beet greatly decreased by tbe
(Jf our measures
Of the_ 'year's
( ermany from Holland 83 per cept: lrere In the
firgt. su. months and only 17 ~r cent lD the
,econd period of th'e vear
In tlbe case of Oils
there IS a; drop from 93 per cent I to 7 per cent.
, h Ie 1ll December the Import fU almost n I
Scme leakage t ... ould all'ays lie ImposSIble to
stop on the one hand from phYBICa.1 d fficult e.s
Inlch a.s were e countered n the movement of ron
ore ['Om Scandina. ~ il on t.he ot.h er from the dull
at evaslon of a. groat amlY of utterly un!crnpulous
rmople
But the Government we~e determmed to
<10 "h Lt they could to defe,t thcm

CONSIDER HION FOR NkUTRALS
Lord. Lansdowne made the announcement that
the G()vernment proposed to put the wh()le bUill
ness of t.he hlockAde mto the ch arge of a IIlDgle
~liAjsLer of Cabmet I7Lnk who ! would be eo
~ru!Sted 'YO th tbe ta.ak ot generJ l co ordinattOn
'l athe v ew that we should pay no attention to
tho- l eason"ble remonstrances of neutra.J.a Lord
] ans 10 Vl e 01 posed an mnexi )le front
It
would be n\)t only grossly ID1JUSl:i to brush ulde
COl temptuo~ly the re] resentat I)~(J which they
a.do to us but .it v;ould be the \heght or foly
1 here JS nothmg t ma.y be a.dde4. tha.t GeTmany
" lId more deli re than that. we lihould take up a
I It on n whlch we could be pi ~uslbly repre
r; nted as usu g 0 r lSea. power tyt;anDlcslly to the
let r ment of n eutra.ls
As Lord 1 at sdowne li.llyt;
he we h ave done 0.11 "e can 0 mitigate the
hard h J a ,hlcb \l;e are compelled to nB ct on
n trah; we can appeal to them WIth rreSI!tlble
('fie t na.smueh I\S we are fightmg for 10 cause
h h s also the r own to help us n d l:!Crlmmat
I g- bel. ~een legtLlmate commerce and t.hat WhICh
I ak(;s IllegItimate profits by surreptlhously tmd
ng v t h OU~ epemles
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THE C:\SE OF rrHE A,!EDICALLY UNFIT
So r John Sl..DJ.on nused the quest on on Monday
of Ulen who h ad been rej ected asl DIed cally unfit
!.miler the Derby Scheme but who he declared

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At tlu. Read ng County Court OD ThurSday
before HII Honour Judge HUlllgt.on Wilham J~J
applied for arb trat on 111 & d spute between htm.
and Messrs V ncent Boo!! b 18 former employers
n oonnecL on " th eOlDnensatl0n to whIch he waa
-en.t tIed. under t e \Vorbnen s Compensat. on Act
It appeared that 1105 a relult of an ace dent appl
cant 10lt two fingers from b s 10ft h8.nd and sus-talned: otber n unes to that member for wb eh
he WIUll allo .... ed a weekly sum n oompenea.Llon
8ub&equenUy h. employers bel eve~ tha.t. be cou/-d
return to work: 8.nd offered h m hiS old Job
He
back but found h rnself unable to contLnI:lO
and bls oompensat on wu then reduced
):Ir Er a Dunbar for appl cant Illld tbe 1Il&ll1
left hand W&8 st.i1f a.nd uaeley
H s Honour would
be asked j to ea.y that tbe man wa.a unable to do
the work. It W"&& alleged tb&.t he wac ..ble to d b
Apphea.nt &ged 52 5tated tha.t he h8d hoen em
'J)loyed u a .a.wyer a.U h s J fe and was work Di"
on a. band aaw at the t me of the &OC dent
His
left ba.nd was drawn mto the machine and he cou,d
now gnp only Wlth b s thumb and W&e q'Wte un
able- t.o cant nue h s old occupation
He
noti bend hIS wris t
CrQSS-es:a..rD ned by Mr W Sha~espeare for t~e
defe ndants he fiaJd he d d not atk for any oth ~r
work Qeca.use he dkl not COUll doer that t Wall h s
place ti ask.
Re.-examllled He SB.ld he would hue tAken 8.
Job he could do f t had !)een offered to him
Robert Holmes a whecl,vr ght who was em
ployed :rlth Josey laJ.d he did not th nk. th.e ma.n
was able to carry on b s fo~r QCCupa.t. on
The defenda.nla called Dl' Seeretan who ex
pre6l:led tbe '0" n on t hll.t. the ma.n could move ws
wr st...
He thought f he did £om~ sUlt.e.ble work
the stillness would mprove I
Croas-enm ned H.& d d not 6u:;gest that the
man could carryon h" former «cupa.t on ...
MT V ncent
t he ma.n A cmn\oyer said he
tbought the ma.n cou ld do h 15 old .... ol'k f he tr eel
It WM a. 1 Fbt Job and d d not requ re IItrength
He W&.!I qu toe Wlll ng howe"\'er to find t.he man
some other I ght Job
The Judge held that a.pnl cant could not do
aa.wyer s work at the present mom ent
App cant
was 8. skilled work a.n a.nd H ~ Honour was qUi te
"at sfled t.h.at he .... as una.l.ile lo follow the occu
pat. on a.t wh1(;h. he had been v.orklIl" dur ng t he
v; bole of h lJ I fe
'l.'b s W8.S the onfv work that
was offered. h m and the quest on that apphcant
d d not. obta. n otber 'Work Idld not ar 6e
Appl
cant was the;refore ent tied to reoelye full compen
sa.tlon unt I b a employer ~\l'ld find 8U ta.ble work
for h m
Full compensat on must be pa d Up to
t ba.t time but th-e a.Ward. WQuld be adjourned un~ I
pa.rt Cul8.ra were a.&certained
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PALACE ~HEATRE.

h ad been Induced by tbe mlht'7 autbor t es to
bche~e tha.t If they did not comr forwa.rd aga.:m
t hey k-oilld be mpresscd under Ule ],iilitary Ser
, ce Act
S r John S man sa d !t hat he had an
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I sta. ce of a. man who was served, Ith a. form re
A dehghl.fully pretty U<ftette of Juvemles are
q rmg him to Ja m the colours although he held appearmg under the title of RIchardson 8 Elgbt
:l. certlfi Ct1te sta.tmg h m t o be med cally unfit
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l1r H J Tennant the Under Secreta.ry for War Daffodils a.t t he Palace
t II week lhey
sa d t.hat the cl:l8es mentlol ed came as a. sury~e
50me vocal solos
and a. shock to him
Be. Ind gnnntly repudi
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and danc ng
tbe suggest on that them th ngs we'e done It.li
much apprec a.
t.hc cogn :xu ro uf anyone t the War Office
It
never f811 to aatoDlsh
With thelr ma..rvellou8
IS fj u te clear Mr Il!nn ao t. declared tha.t men
rejected as med callv unfit s nee A.ugust 14th a.re
and thiS week
nutslde the four cornert! of the J..( lit.ary Service
Act
But. If aJ1y ]of these men I ut II a. c1&lm to
tbat js.re heIDg
'"' annlet the W:ar Office s entItled toj".qUlre
by the Jorge
"\\ hetber they ca.rulot be of use n 8()me orm of
fine qtecu:nen of
nat onal work
Winifred Ha.re

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GIRL

LHUTS OF AREA
The &1"e8. to wh ch t h s Order applies IS the
Southern Military and Transport Area be ng the
area oomprllllng the tow n and eountt of Pooli!!
&nd the COU'1lty of Dorset. (ezcept og t.he boroughs
of .Br dnort a.nd Lyme ~ 8 Rnd the Petty Ses
'Ioq&l D VISion of BrIdport) the City ot &1 sbury
and tho county of W Its the C ty of Winchester.
the County Boroughs of Bournemowtb Portsmouth
a.nd Southan pLon IUld the eo unty of Southa.mpton
(melud ng the Isle (If W ght) the IC ounty Dorough
of &a.d ni' and the borou b l!l of !Maidenhead and
'mindoor and t1 e Pett:v DSesslodal DVISlons of
lUidonhead Reacl ng (except ng jtbe pa.r she. ot
Aah1Lmpstea.O Baluldon and etrr at.ley) Windsor
and WokLDgbam 10 the county of Ber"-8 the par
ishel of lfapledurham K dmore ':od. Eye a.nd
Dunsden ILlld Sh ~Ia.l:. n the countY~f O.rord
the Pet.ty SessIOnal D, s on of Sto e a.nd the
pa.rlibea of Farnbam Roy.al Burnh
Ta.plow
Bltcham Dolney I and Boyeny tn th County of
Buck nghaDllih ra t he Boroughs of Gildford &Ild
God.tmmg and the P(>l t.y I:ieSll -anal PIVISIODS of
ChertJtey F a rnham Ou d ord and Woking 10 tho
County of Sune) the Clt.y (If ell chester ,.,00 the
Petty SeSB anal DIV sions of Ch chestJr Ar IDdel
Pet.worth a.nd AI dhursL n t.l e C()unly of SU8flex
RESTRICTED HOURS
The bouT'S dlll g wh ch ntox ca.t ng 1 quor may
be &Old or lIuppl ed n any t ccnscd prem 61.:8 or clUb
for cODaumpt. on on t.he premises shall be rcstrIcted
and be as follows On Weekdays The hours bclwcen 12 noon
230 pm and between 6 T') m Qnd 9 p m
OD Sucda.ys The ho Uti het'Aoen 1230 D m
230 p n and between (; l) m and 9 p m
'the hours dur ng ",h ch ntox cat. ng I quor ma.y
be lIold or 8unpl cd n any I e scd premIses or
club for CODS mn t on off t he 1 rem ses tihall (sub
Jed to t he add t lonal rcstr cl 0 IS ns regards
ap rl~) be restr eted and be as follows On Weekda.ys The hout'! between 12 noon
2 30 p m and bct.wecn 6 p m a.nd B p n
On Sundays TI e hours betwCiln 12.30 pm
2 30 p m and between 6 11 m and S p m
RflS'T.RICTIONS AS TO SPIRITS
In &ddlt on to the above general reatr c~ ons t he
sa.le a.nd supply of sp r ts In hccnsed prem acs and
clubs ~ball be subject.. to tho folto", g spec al re
at.rlct ons (a) No orders for sp r l.s to be cons ned off t he
premlSCs sba ll be given by or aecentt4i Irom a.J J
person actually pre£Cnt. n nny I cen d prem ses or
cllh except. on Monda s 'Ilcadays Wednesdays
Thundays and Frda) s a.nd dtng tlo l OU IS
between 12 noon e nd 230 pm
(b) Sp l' t.& lo be con3\. ecl off the prem cs must
not (except as here nafter up -e&&ly prov ded) be
di spatched f a m AJly I cnsed pren ecs or c b [lor
must the:v be taken the refl'om by the person to
whom they a e so ld or I; ppl cd or bv It lly perllon
RCt nJ;" on h s b¥'h" lf r.:xcc t. 0 lbe days and d r
JDg the ho ns a fo resa d
(c) SPlf ls to bo consumed off the n~m :res shall
not be sold or sunpl ed n or taken from n ny
l oopseo::l prem sp!'; a club n any bottle or other
el>se[ tot baa Ii g a label 8how ng the n8me- a d
s lUB.t on of j I e prem es or dub or n any vessel
of a. ea.pac j y et:m l ho one rep ted q arb or m a.ny
less Quant I.y tha onD rcpuled quaIl, or u Hny
open essel
(d) No so r t.s to be consum ed olf t h e prem se8
si,..aU be sold or sunol cd n a take from any ~
fr s hment r.60 n 11 any ra h\By staL on
S~VING PROVIS IONS
Noth ng 10 the forego IlC prav S OllS of tb s Order
sba.lf be dee ned to proh I t
(a.) the oonsumptlon of Intox cat ng
quor by
lLllY person n IIn y 1 censed pren ses or club where
he 8 ('Cf'ldng 0
Q» The- COll5umot on of nw}; cat ngo 1 quor at 8.
meal by a.nv pen;o \ n any I ce nsed prem 5(:.,. or
club at a.nv t mc v lb n half an bo r aftel lhe con
clus on of the ",flcl'noon and even ng hours dur ng
wh cb the sale or 5uOT)ly of nt ox ce.t ng I q or s
perlh tted by tb" Order Jl ov ded tha.t. the 1 quor
was sold Ol' suop1 ed a.nd served d Ir ng such hours
at. the same t. rue as the meal and for the consumpt.lon at t.he meal or
(c) Tbe !tale or su pply of so r ts to .ny person
produc ng & cert. fieat.e n wt' l n:: datcd and a gned.
by a duly qUill tied med cal p acl.1t oner that the
S plt te &re lmmed ately r6QU red for medic nal pur
poses a.nd spee fy ng t.he quant ty tJ! Rp r tlJ reQU red proy ded tl a.t the quantity sold or slLppl ed
Iball n ot ezceed. tho quant ty spec fied 11\ such.
certlfieate

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(d) The dIspatch from 1 censed preml86 for de.l very at. a Dlaee more than five m lea ~a.nt of
any ~ptnts or other lQtoz ca.tmg lIquor
the
forenoon of any day 0 0 wh cb the sale of ~~~ )sa.me
for consumntlOn off t.he prem see lS pe~d by
Art d. 2 (2) and Mltel. 3 of tb. Oroer
tbo
ease may be
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TR::::ATING =HIBITED
Ifo pe.rson sha.ll ether 'by b mself or by any ser
,ant or agent sell or su~ply any ntox eat ng liquor
to any person In a.ny I censed :prem sea or III any
club for consumption on the prem Se!! unless t.be
same 18 ordered and pa d for bv the person so
supphed nor sball a.ny pel'SOn order or pay for
or lend or advance money t.o pa.y for an... nto:( cat
ng I quor wherew th any ot her person has been or
IS to be- auppl ed for COl s m.,t on on the premises
nor shall any person cons n e n an y I censcd pre
m sea or club any mtoz c&t ng 1 q or wh ch n v
other person haa ordered or pa d for or ag reed to
:pay for or lent or advanced money t o pay for
Provided a.lways that f such mtoz cat ng I quor
1S 8u~pl ed or ser 't'oo for eonsumn tton at a
(-0 1
auppl ad at tbe same t mo and s cons me I at. such
mea.l the pro SO" of th s r ..... ulul on I a ll at be
deemed to be cor1rn cned f tl e De son ) 0 MYs
for such meal also pH 6 for" -ch I tax ('; t
I qll bl"
For t.he 9urpo e5 of th s re g-ul lon <'on u plan
on the pre n sea neludcs can!; nL on of nl<l:x
OIlt.lDJl' 1 qoor n or 0
{tnv 'h ~h vai., one oroUl d
or ra. Iway lIt..a.t on all 0 n up: or nea 'to I e ccnScd
'J)rem .ses or lub n ~l ch t.he J q 0 ""a sold lor
lIu ppI ed a d any !')(lrson eonsum n", nlox cat n~
hqu()r n or on a nv such h ghway open grouna
or ra. Iway fitat on "hall be deemed to cons ne the
1 quor n such I eensed pren ses d't dub a~ the 1aSe
m.ybe
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CReDIT PROHIBITED I
No person shall(1) (a) E.ither by b mseIr or by a.nv servant pr
Ilgent sell or supTlly n anv 1 censed 1 reml"es p
club or d snatch U cre frop any I lox cal.. I co I quor
t() be consumed ether on I~r off t.he p e ses Or ~b)
ConliUlIL6 Itny mtofl_lca.l n ~ 1 quor n or t.akc t fran
such pl"em J;;es (I rJub unless It s 0')8 d for fbefore
or a.t the t me wI en t s s uppl ed or d !!patched or
taken awa.y
P,OY dcd alwaYs II at If tl A I quor
IS sold or s unpbCd for con8umnL on at a. meal s~p­
'1>1 ed at the same t me Il\nd s consun cd at such
meal tb s prov s on
not be deemed to be
eonLravened f the pr ce of the I q ()r 1'J DR d to
get.her w th the nr ce of such meal and befo e the
person p'LT ta n thereof qu t.s the Pl'C seR
(2') lnbod e ~r cause 0 be ntrod ('P<l n to t he
&rea a.ny
to cat ng I quor nless t s pa d lor
before t s so ntrodueed l
LONG PULL PROHIBITED
No person sl all e t1 er by h mself or by any ser
Lant ()r Il<>'e nt n s.nv I cansed orem sea cr cl b lI~lt
I~r ~upply to any person e.s the measure of nlox
eat n'" I qU(lr for wh ch he a.aks an aroo nt. ex eekl
lng tha.t. measure
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DILUTION OF SPIRITS
The ule of wh sk~ brandy and n m red Iced to
a. ownber of degrees under proof wi ch f dis
between 25 an 1 50 p d o( ~ n reduced to a r. m ~r
of degre es under p oaf wb cb falls bel veen 3" ~Dd
60 IS herel) pOru Hed and accor
gly n de
termm n'" Vol ether an. offence has ~een comm led
under th';, Sale of Food and Drugs !'Icts by sell ng
to the Ire ud ee of t.bo purcha,.r wh uy brandy
rum or gin not. adultera.ted otberw se thap by t he
admixture of water t S~8.ll be &. gOod defence to
prove tbat such oom zttire has not reduced t.h 6
splr t more than 50 deg lunder proof

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lectu'I'e on the i!!XCa.va.tLon of the
at Sonn ng carried out by Mr
g yen befpre the Berks Archaeoa meeting In tbe Abbey G&te
Mr :p-&rold Braksvear F S A
.1S ted the rum. duf' ng the exca..eZlplainiid what wa.s found t here
pres ded and lD~rodue ed Mr
La h s prad cal ntereat and
ot the s I.e that he had pre-

Habit.
Doan's Pills act quickly
and dJn't cause a habit.

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ModeratlOft Cheerfutne5.!1

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PROOF.

Mr W H Knott of 7 w..tern Road Bear
the Blue Coat. School Readtng, saY8 I bad
a sharp attack of ]umbago eome 01:1 JUlt Mer
twelve months ago
It fol1oyed upon a ohill
caught thyongh eam ng out of a hot room mio
the cold a r A fearful pam ~e a stab from. a
Imifo 8e zoo me lU the small of mr ba.tlt and
&lnio.1 brought m. down
If I trIed to IIoop
the pam m~de mo cry out It was a long time
before I etu1d IStnughten up agam when I did
manage to loend my bae~
I was td v sed by 8. relahve of mine to trv
Doan a b~nebe kidney p 118 he aaid I ahouldn' t
bea.t them or lumbago and I found hIS word8
true enou h
After three boIe. evO'ly b t ot
pa n had ne I could move In comfort &.iter
that
Th~nk8 to Doan 5 pill.s I haTe had no
roturn of t e lumbago amcc
(8 gned) • W H Knoll"

medlcme
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:But If you conbnue to feel dulI droway
and nervous If iYon a.re s 1fr~ nng from head
ache8 dlzzmess bach: Lche tud unnary dIS
orders ,our kl lueyR ured l\elJ $ud ehol\ld
be treated With DORI • B~ckaGhe Kidney
Pille With tlJelr ASS "tRnce ''It\1 0. oareful
dIet more rest tlleep aud outdoor exerOlse
aud by avoldlUg overwork worry o.nd excellses you CfLll tlOOIl get b ~ok to norwal when
there WIll be llO WOle Deed of mediCIne
Doan 6 Pille flo Dot affect the bowels
They are for the kldueys ond bladder only
Judge by the bon est benrtrelt teetllnony of
your nelghbonlO b ere In UeadlUg
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Try a new
81"macln; bram or nerves

U Ilsk for DOAN 5 aad get nOAN Ii
-the PIIl.!l Mr Knott Itad

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WOMEN'S
Most of the men bers

Else Igls
upon t.helr I el
In
ba e beer th U 19b
d.nd tr n Ittho gb _1
have .been pooled a d "v ....d .... 1"
'vere weaUJ g a porLl
robe 1\.11 ~ere enthms niSt c
Hutchm:o;on and the way n , h ch
Iouthorat cs on beh 11f f the I rr e~
The treatmci t dealt 0 t to them
much worse It m ght have Ibee I l i t J at been
for Dr Hut h ~on s coue ge firm ess and tact
IS a mattel' for c nJcet re
the rer ourcefulness
of M as Jack the ad In :st.e tor WM also greatly
al prec atcd by U e Ul t :-)hc , as m01St ngen OUl:!
In obtrL mng food ( r the put)
~hen they were
Ie f t; to cater {u themsehes a d fficult ta k m (1.1
hOl'lt Ie country sufi'el' ng fro n tiC uc ty of food
Pr ces 1\1 58 Jack sa. d were, err h gh Duttel'
'Vas 5s or 6s a I m lk u obtu able brea.d
str cUy allow anced nd meat very scarce In other
ways too M9S J ck showc:l g reat fu vent.lveness
and on one occas on she Cit thr-ee velY sty! sh
skIrts from Ul I Y Il ankcL3
D Hu ~c h n son too
had not h ng but- pra sa f I bel Un t
lbey we e
splend d
she sa d
thev made It a po nt of
honour t.o be alwa.ys cheed I evcn u ?der the most
dIfficult ClrcUDl.'l t<.t ces
TL WIll be remembered
that Dr Hutch nson s Un t (knOW'll as the 2nd
Scottlsh Women 8 Hosp t.a.I) went out ]ast April
and ;tha.t they h",d the honour of be"g detamed
for a. month at :Malta. m the R A ¥ C H OSPItal
llUI'5 ng our 0\\ n men
They th en proceeded
to Serb a. where they worked under canvas at
Va1levo untIl October Early n October sa d Dr
Hutchinson we reee ved orders to evacua.te We
bad to pack up and lea" e very hun edly at the
end and left ValJovo only four da..ys Defore the
AustnllD8 entered
Howev~r ~ 8 sa:~ ed all our
cqUJpment 0 l' orden :were to go to Posheg;;l
It was thought we aho dd by safe there We got
to work m the 01 Iv ex at ng hlslltal Rnd were
busy cleap ng p 1. bu Id ng I wh ch was to be our
own hosplta.l \ he n '~ e agam got orders to
evacua.te rhe Au tr I) S " Cle com ng n on the
ot.her 8 de \\ e leacher V rnJeacLka B:tnJ& on t he
29th October lhere e ve e g \Cn a hospital of
100 beds Soon grave nc\\o!j: came of the Iurther
retrent of the Be Llan \.r nv
l"'he lDvaders !Sa d
Dr Hutchwson came n qu te qu etly on NOHffi
ber 10th 1 here was no d sorder or r nt ng All
the hosp tal umts had to r eport. themselves to the
Alll!tna.n Comma.nde
but the Scott h 'omen
n "ere allowed to cal r'} on tb 1 work w thout undue
nterference for about a. fo t ght and were
dec~ ntly enough Lre ded On t.he 29t.h orders ca.me
to ieave for K usl,., ts to work n a. hosp tal there
bnt. when "'e got to Krushevats on the .:;Oth we
were told Uterc was, 0 ",ork for us thcre a nd we
lccd Krusbevatfi 01 the 4th December
'Iho l('I'h
ther had no 1 se for 1 s thev l:ie zed a I 011r equp
m e~t and f01 th s sa d Dr Hutch nson I de
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n t? ded a r eceipt accord ng to the prOVISIons of
the tGeneva. Co Ivent on I reCused to g ve up the
equ~pment w tb out the rece pt an d [ mean to
make them pa.y up for that. On December 4th we
e t o the c\ rrent Issue re ~ved orders tha.t we were to b e sen t to the
H ~terland ether t o wOlk there 101 to I5e sent
home At Stellach ve were bela up for a day and
n. wght It was bere that w e firl1t began hay ng
a gua;rd and tbe German soldIers were so un
plea.sant tha.~
was almost a
ot imd I
the A Ist.nan Comn and
were
ng n a. bOise box and t h e
Commandant closed up one sfue of 1le
box and put a. spec al guu J on the other
Be was extremely p I te an Il denlt w th the
at once On the 6th we left Stellatcb a Hi
Semendr a. on t.he Dal ube I All t hat day
have had noth ng to cat I I had not run
CroSlJ Officer and cia. rr~.fd
r rahofil:l
a.t Semendr a. about , 0 clock and
by a. Ge man officer IP t In cbarge
guard. and told that we should he ta.ken
quarte1'8 We 'YO ere w 1ket through the
With German 1l01dlers Jeer og all the wny
.nl~ I 'na1'ingvulgar and ,vorse than vulgar remarks
one checked them At the r ha.rf we were
l_onId ha.ve ha.lf an hour t9 wwt but the
to four and • h alf Ihour, and.1
a boat came and we were ta.ken across
had nothing to eat s nee 111tha.t mornmg
,_. 1 ._~ -- I uked for rood I was ttold It was 1Dl
to get any On the other Side we found
had anot.her five kilometres to walk to
KO'Vevl>ra. and this I 80tly refu~d 10 allow my
at that time of night, Ilnd tired and
were I found a.ll'O that we were
and that no qunrters l had been pre
was advukd to 8pend the night 10 a.
hut thai Had lieen erected by the
on aecount of the bu ~dlDgi operatIons
gomg on
Here m thl8 hut a.lreadv
AustrIan sold era 've passed the mght and
a funny Sight to see the Umt IleepIng ou
on tables IUld on benches s\de by Side
the Auatr18.n orderliea Anq here I shbuld
to say that all along the hne we leamt to
on the common Austuan sol ~ lers for polIte
a.nd kipdness a.nd on the a.yerage German
R8 bruta.l1l.3 P98s1ble
In tlie
•"or~itJlgfor oomg
washed lQ th~ Dan~be and mad.
wcre stlll Without proper
nnd
Apparently lIt was
after us and we
some German and
lIJ. a. ca.r Tliey
sent 01 on
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