Reading Observer 02-1916

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'I~EA~S

EDUCATIOfL
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Bntllsh Jines, a abf,1l
fell only I&bout

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EMPLOY,MEN'if OF
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purpoee:s of
pare for different.

'!'he em'""! m..tm~ of tho Re&4ing .. d Dietriel.

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_dAnae.

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beld m th. large II.U

and m..". eublock

of tmporta:ljoe wen <li&cuseed.

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Mr. J . 1L=I. of
Roy'" Fn. Bebool, Wmdoor Gi-eot Pack, t.bO
president, pn."led
., the ~ of the """,!.mg. IIId ..... IUpported
by Mr. A: E. Viebrs ,a:ctlDg geuen.I oecret&ry)
""d Mr VI H. Veyn (mmatrng ..=t.ary ) I H.
rcIenoed to the BCnQlIS illDees of Mr. Candley ex·
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tympatby ""d rood ,.,shea on boIraIf of
H. a.ltJO referred' to the lamont..
a.hle and
tmely death of Mr... Dan " Wilhaml
He ....d hat they hod heard no doubt with ex
trelile ~ and IOrrow that the hfe .0 full (If
kave come to so untiF~y aDd
p roIDUle
tra.gle ~ end. He mo.ved that an exp~ ,,{
regret a.ud ~oleo.oe be &ent to the i.,u:Wy In
Ih." sad 1_
T his . . aueDted to by members nUDe in thelI'

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The ~ ,Mr. A. E Vlcbn) road eopteo
of _ _ ....t do"" by tho ExecatJ~ Wlth
regard \0 "an adequate supply of - .ffiCIent
~.. "the reduction of t.he schooJ age,
.I:.ady um••"."",hl;r low." "that. 0!"DJDg ochool
wark isloold be continued,'" .. the feeCling of DeOeI·
gto.UA cbOdrma.,
and .. th&t aftu the war the
.wm "'" of - . must bo restored ot. the ....li..t
possibla moment. '"
Tt... ..... &lJ adopted. on t~. motion of Miss
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],LuwoN
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advertising
"0 I 4IJmake
new
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In]ury. When 'he wa..s plckoed
hIS f:.em..
penttur.. .... 100
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Second f Lieut. Pocock: 18 a.n old Kendrick School
boy, and during his. four yean ~t tha.t echool he
had & I Vf!ry Ir1.J,OOe88fal career, wlnntng I many hon·
00l"8 at sports
Nearly tOUTI years .alo he went to

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is a bold move on a Irising market; but I we
bought lonf. ago, and the advantage is ' yours.
We're hoi ding for the ', long fature, . as a
firm of 35 years' growing reputation ~houl" tlo.

ThiS JS the age of the -peclah st, bot do not let
us divorce the few short years of chIldhood. from
the wld~t possible VJe w of the p agean t of hfe As
a lJIodern ~hmker bas put It , .. \Vbd e the a rtificIal.
structure we create! become!! more last, more com·
plex, 1\ more cunqmg contnv anc of m aChlnf''''the mdiVldual m an dllmn~ hes In stature and
authonty The p Imltlve sbepb eryi . shearmg h18
sheep) !pmnmg hi wool, wea.vm g hiS cloth, mak·
mg his rude co.tt, was n earer the Iheart of things
tha.n the multltud of c1tnr mecho.nl ClI , ulesmep,
labourers and de k! who each carry out some
detail of the m ode
mdustry I I Ou t of the neces·
5lty IUld our mg DUity w e ha.ve constructed a.
monster who has made u s slaves The remedy
fot' tiltS tra.ge;dy 0 Cl\lhzatlOn. which exalts the
machme and beht Ies the man , IS In educatIOn.
Smoe we cannot a't'c the JOY of l creation whi ch
the old cra.f.tsmen ~b ad we m ust learn to let the
mmd expand outSI e the scope of lo ur dally work
The child wants t e full light of t he son, not t Di
broken fragments qf the spectroscope, and In that
tight we can safely send him out. a ha.ppy wan·
derer along the b"ro~:n:~d!.t~~~::w~~

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lIbae MAru>o.. ~ wby
~ far iDcben were annoDDceG 1D tla.e WID·
dow of the La~Excha.n~e . and were they l&
acrced by employeh who wlishod, to eave the cost

of od . . _ent The Secret.a.ry .... d that would·
be em;>1oym. ovidonlly cho.. thi> _ . of od....
"'lDg m ~ca \0 other mean.~
,cll BlIght bo
more dBai:mbIe
In mply to _ o r _ _ Mr
H. V.",.
""d \hat the I'08IJOn wby tile och
for Ihe DO!'
lecUon of D<"'~rs bod been dro pod ..... be·
(:3,Q3& there were now 'DO schoob open on the other
"do of th. ~ whIch mad. I' diiliC1J!t fM I dlI..-Jq,...
!!ChoD u. deal with the wbo1e town r and as two
ochooll had \0 be <lCCOmmy<tated,.m one bnildlDg it
was Jmpo!Slole to find r oom to st.ore tJle pa.pers..

REPORT
wa.s a dopted as
annue.l rcport
reD,,,tiD'

Mr RliS8 Y.l.L
vote of thanks

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a.ddress, saId tha.t
of ldea.ls but one" b o conSistently
the att&mment of b HI Jdea.llj
Mr W H BASY.Dl':::roo. ""'ODdir,!:. 8BJd that he
hoped that when peace cnme
more Mr
ACkrin's words would be brought hom e to the
pa.rbts 6r the chIldren It WRS I the apatby of
the p a.rent that was the greatest btndrance to
educatIOnal progre!s
MH~S COLLISS supported t h e expreSSIon Gt

th""k, '

I SUPPLEMl';NTARY T EACHERS.
Yr HAWXINS moved the foll ow mg resolutlon
be sent to the N., T COnference •. That, 10 the

op&uon of thiS .v;onference, the meertJOD of ad~
vert.l8ements for s u pplementary teat:h~rs ill • The
Schoolmaster ' 18 1lllmical to t he 10terests of
and mdefenslblc on educatlona.l grounds"
that they could not afford to na.ve tlIe
taught by t-eachers whose only qualifica·
tion was that theY' '~e re over 18
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TweeCi Suits
Blue Serges • •
Tufwear TweeCis

Mr HAIGH , secondmg ,

1581d

t..o employ

that

none but q w>hfied tca.cben; would meall mcrea&ed
bot tIll we h,ld effiCient teachers 'the money

wasted They
~~t£~i~~~I~~:~I\VOUld be largely
scdh~e~m~,.~~SJ~'ti~~
m any suppleroentary
educational
recerved th e ~
EAlu"atio? and the
war an

j>t~:nd,mce. would

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,341/-

I All Winter ,Coats Decisively Reduc:ed

lewarts
THE KING TAILORS,

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Genna.n

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with the attractive ' prices
service - reliable cloths .- neat
patterns ' conscientious
making.
'if Suits with: a Style, Cut, and Fit, I
well above the average. 4IJ Maybe itl

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not tI~e product.lon of a wa.ge eJl-mmg maebme
maat lie the first conslderahon There should be
no attempts to teach R. specific! trade-th ou,2'h
to lea:rmng by domg" c~lIld no doubt figure ls.rger
1D our methods The problem of tbe boyar gu-l
from J.2 to 18- whlCh Involves a. cI~e relf,tlODaOlp
betwceh education 1Ln'd mdustrY- ls certainiy one
which needs stern attentIOn
En~land
largel,
falls m the mdu!5tnlll world where lramed mtelh
genee 18 the deCldmg lacter, I&nd to r emedv this
there IS reqm red a. sound Ih't:al educatIOn m our
pnmllfy and secondary schools, followed by an
equanT sound and compUlsory trammg In our cen·
tmuatlOn) techmcltl and e:Clence 6cliool! Social
reformers h<we !la.dl v e~d
to reform
from the wrong end- the
product- the
.,,~trel. tae
the crunma.l
and tlIe
oC adolescence
could be
Instruohon on
technreal
of these
formers wo uld be Qllt of
and
should p.. ve united the beat
onr
system wIth all we s h ould care to Iad.apt from the

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: This is an
I,offer customers.
along
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IMPROVED GEN
AL EDUCATION
The all-round ~enera.l edUC3.t.lOn of the chlld and

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edu.;:atlon 111

but Ito develop
c1tild's /8ellit.H!!S 80
he ma.y be prepared to
enter a.ny waJk III Ife. , O~ loducatlO,q. will eert.amly ha.ve to become more practlca.l..Lthe child
must more and~ore be taught to do things M
well as to knd"W thmge
BilL Ih se~rcblDg for
greater effiClenqy we 1 must , above I all thmga see
that .we do not lose tha.t 'tra.lDmg of the ~f"8ona.htv
whIch 18 the chIef endl:nd f' lori of lour school
life.
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tlf the Swaose'.·r.d 8cllool on Batn:r;da.y lut, wbee

tbeN> .....

dr':~~:~~:~,a hOUise.
l-Ieut.
but.-,. fortunately

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mefltmg

v.o,cat;iol,al education, It

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Sale

See. -Ljeut. E. J

89a, BROAD: STREET, READING.

PO~OCK.

8cmth merla to tu.k ~ up a bcl/b ItS eC!eountant on
the
ntul Argentln<! Ra"o1i"a~ , At
of W~he returned. to Bnal and WIth 1
othen La enhst, ~n .:i ]omel the
of t b Roy &l. Engmeera at
800n
ameci promotIoD , In
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,liCra.D.
a eomm lMlOn In t he 8th
left E Jt'la.nd for France a t:. t he samo I
Lleut H P Dymore.Brown , of the 5th
.... ~urhd In t he e) e o n Ja.nuary 17th
the b
be has been at the front Llcut
bas
n In 8 0me of t bt'l "warm
experl need me.ny na.rrow
will bt; pl ea.e~ to heal' that
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IJS BRANCHES
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LONDeN TO ABERDEEN.

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toward, C<l m,Ie te

LONDON ~ITY AND

BANK.

SIR E. HOLllEN ON
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A. nttrnber of qU~tIODS of the g re&test intereat
In th~ fi.nan clal situatIO n WE:ro dealt. wlth by Str
Ed_~ Holden on F rldD.Y In 13.5t week lD hl8
&llnua. speech to t he shareholders l of t.he Londolt.
City
d M dla.nd Bank, of which pe 1S cba m nan
The h Ia.nce sheet of the Compa ny , which hllB a.
bran c~ m Broa.d.street, Readm :;, appear8 In our
advertisement columns
Sif Ed ward rec.a.!lC>!l t he fact 1.h&.t In h iS last
ad<lrrnts to the $bo.rcholders a yea.r ago he had
m adc & comp.WSon bet.ween Brillsh and German
war finance, o.nd bad }X>lnted ou t t ha.t German;r
wou-ld I hll ~e ~rca.t dLfficulty III paying for her Im~
ports JWlth exports
He hnd quoted a. G&rma.n
banke~ a.s saying t hat e'ery mark would besquee
unti l It shneked, but he n(]w tbouehf,
that e should pr«oent.iy see that th e mark. b.aa
been
sq ueezed t hat there IS not eWln 8. llqueak
left In It..
Lon on had been,
to' the wa.r, admitted ly Ute
tina-DelfL centre of t he l\ hole world, and be Yen
tured ~ !Ioav tha.t ... e :should n o~ only not lose th&4.
POSlt lO afterw aTds, but shcmld g reatly tmprove
lt
r ndon was EbU both t he borro\vIn0 centre
and the £old centre of the wor:d
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THE {;ENTREl lOF CREDIT
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The ~&SlS of Ollr creu lt, ~ as the pound IsterlLDg,
&.nd we u~ It. fo r the Alhcd ( Quse ... be~"er we
purch~ed anytblni abroad
The to pound .~r
lingo," Sir Ed" a.rd Holden d ecla.red, IS . , a. lwonder.
. 1 m ~ru m e n t . II
It"W1lS mtrms..eallv the En ...h:sh
122 50
Tgold) ¥>vc relgn , WIth a. mlntmum \\ eig bt
JP"ants ~nd a maximum of 123 2n g ra 118
But It",
forei gn "rcp:-esentatn es" were fore." "n bIlla of
exchan e cable t ransfers and sI...h t dr;(ts a.nd 1t
had E g h sh
represe ntltt lves .. 0 In oll r 'f&ltubar
chequ.c . bll~ of exchange , and bank notes
\-\ .th
t he abrtonna.l dcn,ngement. lo f International trade
and With 0111" e normous Import..6 for war
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a.nd WIlh gold" now only BowlDg to
our ow n Po.:;sesslons, t be "pound
never a~ to ea.rl7. such a. lo:u!. as at

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Then
been able to

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wh ile I 8 eJ:changa value 'm New
dept IfltLon of 19 per ccnt.. 1]1
per
SpaID 6 per cenn~t;",:/~"~n;i~I:.jI~:i.':;;;~~1
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per ceo}.,
ce t , In
It 1110
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Jt hem "" __ BeodDig aDd Berb
tee. [ : I t Ol:iiLty, Cd ......, \be
for _ '.
itli 1MteeeA. m. ~ta

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has
tihown _ &

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i;~imponiaIiIy
A~n ODd
and ",..
Ita C;:d::~

The ~ I didiee ol ~ hav-6.
heeo d't8C1 i .1 ..tth eo-.pknaua
by l{rs.. ~. EJ1ia, while the other

tnlnned

l!OoatlOn.

u. I t.be
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Tbaub
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""-th.~ ~ ax!

d1!TlnK 'Cbe a.beeooe on military
eral and. 'IDl.Jl1dmg Iiec:ret:ane8
cnmm J1;;*ee WoQ)d lite to ~
of t.he co~ and vahabNo

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MILWALL

n.n lncre.mg ~ l.Zl dte W'Ork
,. that we may bolo!, ~ _ Ira••
'.reaIer an".. m \He fataro.
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)1Uso Counm r~ ~ tJ.e
a.nd
orpb""age {nod .......pt.a ........ £I38
lOd. . as
'~a.JllBt £147 3& ~ m 1914. ah""ID.fI ~ d..,......
of
ISs. 6d
The contnbutionB from !the chud.
ren s concerts were :£26 15.a. aa; ~ £45 ,
decre:ue of £18 1~
D~lons Dad been 're~
~e l~ed from that ~I&tion, ~ ~ v~
• each....' A.sociotiOn and the BerkO TeaCh ...•

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There I had bqen an

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10 oar education the celSSation
'preached this flame Bntiah

most

address spoke on
Was a. very necessR.I'y

pj:1>dtJI,",!~g

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lfI ut b on educa.t.](>n.

when

oxh lb,t,\.On by uvJng 110
of the ;::: il..Dle. lHorl&T

Lolt.-

IJUccesaful

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Bea.diOg'_

children

diverted , k

clolOrin\ouch
must.
our

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p ye j, Because " Im extremely good ~t,.l e. Mr. Ted
H~bbe cawed 10ta o.f lat1,Q:hter by hill

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calls 0'1 s yokel, Mr. A. :Bllo(,on ~:;;rg:~;:~~:
e.nd Mra E EeJlDet.t boded
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(Hear, hear) If the

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mta
ery by liu!iallJl.
and, e.
Heated
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.HICKIE & IUCm,

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encb, boast,lOg of
IlM of t he d own rH.1l
THE XEXT W.\R LOAN

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A1! It"egards Bntlsh \\8.r loans, SIr Edwa.rd , ho .
e.ar, expressed e. , slron~ OplDIOU Lhe.t t.he GQ..,ern.
ment bad hlll"dly 8.9proached t ho l'i bole questIon 0'
borrowlllR' 10 a fmfficIen tly b1'oad a.nd comprehe~
sive manner.
There was, no d oubt. a sense
whlch they mJ:;ht be congratulated on hawng
ra.Illed somet.bmg like 1 000 mlll100s at an average
rate of 3i per cent., wherea8 Germo.ny had been
oompenea,.. to P&Y oyer 5 per cent But. an even
more Important Imatter t1l.alJ toe amGuut of nnL
term pa.id annually bY I too Exchequer was th~
the resouroes of ' the copntry 8bould be as liquid
ft8 J)08S1ble. a.n4- that om;: natIOnal secuntl(~s I Bhoul~
be at. • premium ratbe): than a discount.
TIn,
eould ouly be a<eomphsbed If the T",OIUI'y placed
lta JoanA 011 . terms e.ns.uTlDj; the freest market!.
ablhty dunng the \ war a.nd the ma.intenance of
price alter the wa.r.
WIth -the excention of thl '
country, every na.tiOl1 had not heSitated to t D.1D1it
a.side &lt~et.her the ~ome tax on Ita wa.r loaD61
&nd while he did not lIuggest tba.t It WIlB D6CeBSo.r~
to take that extreme ,etep, he believed It to lM!I
absolutely 'eaentiaJ fOf the :aext loan tlaa.t
investor sbould know at a.ny rate wbtl.t. WA$
rn.a.xtmum amount of ilHjOlll&"ta%. he would bve
pe.::tonit.
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DISHONEST WATCHMEN.

MAN'S SUICIDE.
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THEFTS FROM THE G.W.R.

FACTORY EMPLOYE'S TRAGIC DEATH

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Heavy fines were Imposed on two G W R em-

AD mquest was held on Monday on the body ot
ployce.q wbo wore COD'o lcted of dLSboneJit,. at the
Cbarles Thomas KlDg, of 25, Adelaide road, who, .tloroU:£:h POllOO Court on Monda.y
IU!. reported m last woe('s "Rea.dmg ObserveT,"
Tbe first maori dea.lt With was Albert Lewendon,
was found by.lt neighbou r lying wItH hi S throat cut. wIlo waa cha.rged With stealmg llh uti soap,
2 tool h3.tldleo. 2 roU. of Btnng,
)0 the back kttclie n of hIS bou se .
It. was t.hought 11 files,
9 6t.ples, VaJU6 7M 6d. froID
at. first that h e would reoover, hut pne umoma. llb of nails,
the G W.R. Company , by whom be was empjoyedJ
Kupervened a.nd h e succumbed a.1:. the Royal Berks h etween No\emw lot a!ld J a.DPQl"Y 30th
f
Hospital on Saturdu)
Decea8EKl .... &$ 38 years ,jf
Mr D W lthermgton prosecu ted on behalf of the
a.ge, and bad boon employed a.t Messrs. Hunt..ley Comil;a.ny, and eal d the ease was a. very GtlnOU&
a nd Pa.lmers' hl!'CUlt f a.c\.ory ever Sln(:e he was a onC, Inasmuch as defendant bad been eUloloyed bl
boy.
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t he Company In a very responsible p051l;ton :u; &
MatIlda. KID .... the wIdow, sw decea.sed bad han night w3lc hman over their rropcrty
ThlngLS had
nervous brea~owns d Uring the past t.hreo or four been m l SS ln j! from th e wareho use. at Read nr for
years. At. the hctcry he worke.d a. gas st()Ve all !tOme time. and !lo me pl~es of €oap w e re ma-rkccf
da.y
He complamed to her of hIS h cad and get- by
p Mount]o,' , who subsequently found 110m,
tmg IIiO sleep dUt'mg t he past few weeks
Just of ItI on Lewendoll
Th e lDspeclor then Wlent
befo~ Ohri.stmaa hel" hust>a.nd srumbled dtown·
Lewe;ndon s ho use a.ud tound the oth.el'i ~IC
Sta.Ir8, a.nd she toun~ blm 10 the I klt<:h s n afLer·
enll"lera.ted to I,he c ba.rge
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wuds WIth a scratch Ion h18~ nec~ I Sb e thought
ArplUr J oseph Luwlsay, chief w~ema
a.t the time that he mtght have scra.tched blmseit emplOyed by t.ho G \V n Co a.t R.e.<w.hng,
falhng dOWD.lltaIrs
She ealled lD I a d octor , &nd to DlJSS IIl f;' Llll ngs from tbe ' stor e.s
The only perT
decea.sed was a.Ltended lfor two or 1tllree days, bemg sons IWllh a ccess to t.h ~ sterns a~ Olgbt wero · tli~
kept 10 bod
At 'fir8t It was uggeatoo that be mght watchmen.
He d entlfiod tbe articles prot
sbould be sent to ah asylum, but j the dootor duced as belD g s lrollur ·to tllose at t.ho Stores
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thought It was a UJorough breakdown, and be wa.s
Iklectl\e Inspector MountJOy , of the G W R de~
sent to a. conTeleScent home on ~mber 24tb, t«l:.lve scrVlee, said after mitlkm:; the k>ap In the
aDd stayed there t.hree w eeks
! ~~en he r6- storeroom h ~~ conoea led h llm:df m t be eDglneerlDg
turnerj he 8sid he felt lIuonger, but couldo't get hIS yard
At 545 thc ne xt mornlllg he ~w defend t
slecp.
On January 2imd sbe }Ven ~ out shopplDg', a.nt In the
t im e room making' up a naroo l, IUId en·
lea.vmg th~ key JD tho WindOW 801 tbat her hus
tered and fou nd a p Lece 6f marked s'oap lD hlA GJClt
band could admlt hlDl8e'lf. I B e WAS ID no fina.n- pocket
Dcfp. nd Rut !;nJo "I had lhe piece. from
Ct8.l d1incultle5, and did not COlupl ~1D 'Or Ius work there (refenm~ La t he s\'or eroom\ Don't sa,. any.
beyond ~png that It! W0\8 monoto¥ous
t iuDI: about It II
At rlcfenda nt's house he ~f,otrnd
Mrs. Alice I..ewendo n, Zl, Adelf!-I~e . road, saki tbo nlc.<;, htc., producM
They werel Dew files l
about hu ~ o'clock In the afl.erno~ I of Januaxy and ~ne .. as br.tnded .. G W It II
Defenda.nt said
22nd ehe keaul a. knockIng on tbe w+lI lc omlDg from h e bbught th em all fro m a man far Iii I Defeadla n +
deceased's Ihouliic .
She thought froql that t.hat admItted tnklllg the nalls and staples from th~
lh!'!y Wi shed her to ~o tn, and S~6 r-ent lD tbe
back door
Sho 56W doceased 6h.l.ldlng up Ln
A J.08-T OPPOWl'UNITY.
front of her :IUI she wen t In
A table l knife la.y a.t
Def.end ....ut Didn't you g'1ve me the opportttuit)"
RIS fees, and hiS UnoaL was cut right across
She
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iook deceased to the aofa and wen V f or assistaa(e. of t.a.klDg t be files back
Witness Yoo
That's wby I ~ldD'~ 1 ane.t 7'ln
ISMOK;INC A ClGA.RETl'E.
t he time. I WA!Io In sr,mpathy Wlt.b. you eo fIJI". I
J? S. Messer spoke to bem... called In to :75, atDefendant
eouldn t t.a:ke a.dvantare 01 the
Adelaide--cdad, about 426 111 tho aft.et-noan
He offer booa.use I Id 'dn
I know wbel"tl they f..a.m6 from.
fotmd deceal!ed Jymg on a. (;oucb. lin I t.he kl.-tchen
Defendant admItted stea.hng the s oap, but. DO~
wlth a torel wrapped round his throat
De~
t
he
o
the
r
thmgs
H e sa id be bou,:::bt the 4~
cea.sed0 W&Ii qwt e CODJiC10U8 aoo waS smokIng a. a.bout SI X y.e:t.rs aci0 fe r 15 m a pubhc-.liouae.
Hoe
clgllJlett.e
t b e trlme
He put deceased o.u an rea.lly bad no use fo r f hem, and they ! bad ItoIM'Or
a.rnbul8.ll.te, but as be was
th:e llQa:>e ])r been unwrapped till t he detective came
The
SqUll'e alTl-.ed, a.Dd dre&lOd the wound, a.ELer na.l}a he got when v. Q.I. klDg at Leammgton five ~
h&
Qeeeo>ed ll' th<\ Royal Berks Ho,· ago
The piece of sash cord was ~~en bUB 11
Plt.al.
At. i.he hospital dooen..soed. mot.loned for a yefan ago
•
lueoe of paper (produced), on which he wrote."THE OTHER WATCHMAN
"Good·bye • TIl,' and dear c•• Woon I No 81eep
Thomas Hu.rry Rumbl e, who was ea:raCed
for au: weeks.
Ch.a.s. Thomas King."
On a
seet)" pleqe of ,pa.per (prodQCOd) leowrote, II DOD t !13 night watchman With the prenoU6 ~
fondant, v'n.s. 1charged WIth llteallUg 28 mehea at
owe a. halfpenny"
Dr. R. S. H. Todd a house
SICIa.n at the k:a.tber beltmg , 1\ brnsh and a. file, .,a.lue 4«, from
RoyaJ. Berks Hospltat said he 5J'W decea.eed Oll the G W R Co, by whom h e was emplo~
Thomas VIckers, a. foreman fi Lte r e mployed III
adm~n
He was pale, appare.o ly Ifrom loss ot
blood, 6Dd snfferlDg fl"()m shock.
'{'he W-Ollnd n. the engm6erlDg department, G.W R a.t Rea4i1lg ,
the n~k was largo, UTegUlar and gaplng, III Lbe S8.1d the p iece of leather nroduced was 61milu to
sf.a.m!)oo .. G W R ..
cenke ()f the throat, but the big ~loOd vesseisl Of tha.t at t he wo rks, u.ud
Inspector MountJo.Y' deposed to finding t.he
Uae tbroa.t ha.d eecape(l lUJUry by I (I, ~ ery narrow
margin.
'I'lMI windp1})e, the IDLllet a.nd ,be le ather In defendant s coa.t Docket when- be onepiglott18 were &lmo:st &evered . • 'l'he IDlUrres Wet 9 tered the time office at 545 on January 30tb De·
l'epllll'ed, but about three days ~fore l deatb Signs f c.ndant told hLDl t hat. he had t.he brush at RoIDG,
of aeptlC ~l&. s.ppeared , a~ost certa.tnly due &aymg -he took It about a week 8 ~ O to do .-me
to bJood and foOd get~nc ' mto t.pe Jungs
De- "limeUlg~" and mc ant to brmg l it back.
lie
C6aaed. died on S&tttidayz hi. death resultlDf;: ultl. went and fet.clted t he brll~h and a file
DefendfWt adlTLlltoo steo.l mg the lest_, lJut
matetytrm - eattlDgJD-tB throat ! I
A l'e c\. of Bwolde durrog tem'bdrf),l'y maanity , not the brush. He p.cked the file up trom •
oa1i~ y a '.MnOWl breakdown, was r~tvrIWl, the I!CUp heap ov~r two ;yeurs ago
~ur1 sympa.sbismg l wlth too Widow ana com:r:nen<i- ~ It wa.:; 6tatcd tho.t Lcwendon bad been em·
ployF'd bl" the Company for nearly 20 yelfOl'a ..aU
mg Mrs. LeWtH~.Oll.
Rumble a.boltt 9.
Lewendon was fined 4(ffl or 14 days for liltealing
the SOIlP a nd 405. o r 14 days for the other things.
Rumble's ,case WM not e(]naldered quite so seMOU ll , and & fioe of 30" or ten dnys ,vas lmpoBed on
the fi r st coun t and .3(\s or ten d llV8 on .. the second. •
Fourteen days were allowed In ea.ch case t.o pay

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READING

CORPORATION

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Traffic ?ecmpu waek andIng .r&u. 2itb .. . . 751 12 2
ColrespondiDS penod 11l.&t year.......... .. 623 9 ~
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therr VlgJ.!anoe ODd f'O'l"oge
for the boysl ""d girl.
on lDspeetm had nlenod \0 hiDI
len', IloZIlbaaad6r," tint It oooid be
t.aeben, lor t~ oJi the

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• --u.ua1 pric::ea.

153, FRIAR STREET.

No dooht

rou~ ti~e m educatlon,

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de!l1'<lChl.ted
a nd I talv y,ere pursLi, ng t he
to the 1'elenUon of theIr
thst our D:lV men tJ'; 00 t.helr
€xchan .... e "u.st as elree! 1\ ely as Our
But we had le,t OHr gold flow out
I:!Cot m ore t han 60 [[:ll11onll to 4.,ne,"e,•.
ns we sup:ryhe-cl jgold when O'olcl was
Loncion nll1"t con t inue the ~ nancial
• 'ril e Rank of EI!g'mnd hall nt
50 mtlhons sterlin g of
ha.s 23~ mtllJons, and
a. furt her laL1:"e sum, wblle
III hoa rd mg Il fa ,r amount.
lIO e 'ha.vo (l.
emi':;." \J(ou, flow of £:,old fr"m South AfrIca;
conclt,~ lon of thoe war, we are sbll a. f~
tO I
we !Ohall hllve scored a fina.ncl ~l
to thlll country as a. grea t

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And Face. Child

_thaI
bT.

them a.n yt.hm g II:. had shown them
mt ellectua l eql1lpment. 8nd It WQ.8 a. ~~~~;,cl~;t!:
pohg to cut down that equlrment 1:
at any rate a 13rge l share 0
on the ele~enta.TV Bide and
r.i.c . and the'; eqwpment
pile!! had beEn cut
~uie they had curtailed
011 h· step for
.edD",rti<,n,
and be must enter
.:-- -: .- -r '
nwa.,.. from those who

goa1u.per~

the concl:Q.Jt.aD

and enthntlUlam~:r~fI". R. J .
chair The llrogramme lwall opened
who played a 1?lnnoi'orte 8010 m
Woodle'V, "oo lollo n o<1 With A.
'lKa.y to your helLrl," "lUI ~o milch
"lIcore ,", u tlemR.lIded nml r eBprlllded
t;a.\'e the " Dut-chm nn 's Poodle
to ~Ive another of Ns now fllmOllll
Mr. F G House r cudel ed .. When
" &0 beautifully that the audience
1\.gR.1I1,andhegavA "Blue E\es"
ill the
sang .' TIll the ~.a.n{ls of the
cold.
Oeo rp:e S IIllth, who IS mak.inlS
1l.appeannee, delighted the" Boys
on I I Ahce where art thou ~ .. and the
which the chorus ot bls cneore song,
..
blo ....... " WIlS takcn up showed
how
were enjoyed
Mrs H IL Talbot
ver:,
M llg "The t;wnllo\'I"A," I'I.nd betng
enciored she M.ng l" The Spring" MI , BIll Moss "ave
ID ~115 usu"l enJor;
1bie style Wmlnug at the magta·
tre:te," follon-ed. f OOllr5e, l1 v tho IUcvltllble encore 10
· 'e t'n8 t "00 I us ........
' • H e (lOU 'd n ' t.......
' .... n'" ".
v. Wood' ey

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~~!~~n~~~to~berib~ro~U~g;:h:t~~in~toJ'"!d....

diClI

b'-l t. onl If Gooc1.
1I!J1n: l~

On

Committee they had
tl p fu r he conSidered
he ·bome m(]re :equally by
Inp , took from education
tn ·ldren , and be
not think
take a.way from tbe c hildren, who
len oC the workers The workers
pay theIr share of, the COfit of the
' I J.va and It was unfa.tr for them to

of bl6 ilt."St. dlSpl1l.YSl,

:~~~:~t;~
a!l
t hen to :pa y ,,", ... '

by

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rationally.thlDlilng belD~
and :rittUe a.nd who are chan.c·
tJDUDd OOIDlD,on Ie""". Moral ' qualitIes

little tbelll ••\viwntten
•• but
Will write
.. larg • m:ammatlon
.,.d resplendent
lif. of tho
8M-IlL!,"':" .CL~SllE!l NECESSARY
the
of education
.in!l.'~n",! n&tional character, end

.,tob'Dgm' l

Concert Party plud & Ti.lllt
(Redlands) on Sc.turd:l.Y. The
i l l numhel", were
1l0'means

tho expenmental t.IId often

.,..tem

oeen able to understand
In

judged by Jts tn:ftuenoe on
And imrely to-d&y Enghsh
haa been tated in the tie_

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HUGH,

6e

We are proud of
our soldle1'8
~
~.' and
I
deeds a.re t he UOIIt re1utatlOD. 0
bv snarling critiCS a.g:loitut the
tbllJ oo~try While acmo .....•
of many f&Qlb in our ays·

pen1

~liss'lrRETIRING
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m~ than ever before , we Ite6

In th~

nlimOer of 5s SUbs&iptiOIU The fund i pa.id
stons to 54 masters and 218 mutresset, am.ou:nting
I. £6,556. and mOlntaip,ed 80 children m tbe
urphanage I t was hoped that eve" member of
thc ASSOCIation L.w ould '6eoome a rrnbscri'ber. After
2& -rears' work as
hon. treasurer ah& wi!hed
t" reo,!!"
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Th e PRES IDENT
I obltged to

educa.ttonlst~ported

ao-ealled

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REDLANDS HOSPITA'....

It- begm's. there seems little that. we may
adYallt~ Imlta.te
li-enna.n ctJltne 18 reaJ.
Ita wav admH·a ble, but It IS t:he cold, cal·
eultore of Babvlon, not the culture that en·
MClent Greece to the buman race tlirouvb
We may wuelv extrnct and adapt from
system, while percelt"lDg the underlymg prm.
to be unBOund
.. We Wlll not 8Crve the
of the heathen, Dor won'hlp tae golden
t.. _
II
w b Ich ~ b ey lJJ:I.ve set IIp
..
Ul our ~nlZhah cha;racter .........8IstentlY
ourselves For vean Enghsh l writers
told the world that England 1We becom~
na.tloD And we have been taken at OUT
ee:peclflJly bv the Germans, whose
theme hM been the greatness of Ger·
the lD11.n<::lbihty of ber a.rmv the mIght of
In our edueatlon It baa been the ..

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ex port
there dar ing
milhon ) ~h ll.n we i~fr'i::~"f~':e:
pecla.lI~ to our recent
W e C<'?f ld Bet. t hiS rle;h
land biut there \li ftS alwavs;
In th a.~ case
If tho present
e~rt.a of Jiold wero
find lLLS WilY f..o Germany
, OUR nEE COLD M~RKET.
In order to ensure a. satu,tadory v. orkmg of the
cxchanges . l t WM essent ia l tha.t Lhes to nouna
hhJ,f " ~h ould r~ mnlD as steady as Doss·lble.
m Oll t. ll11portant exchlln':!e WIlS that
York and London, and :Sit· Edward .cIpl .in.od
to t he fall In the
had ba rrowed there
of t t~e
OOP'lSit./OII . nhe In "'ew t ha
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THE
GER..>.LL"I p~~·~Fe;.:io~
eaaentuw fallnt'e in.
neglect
spmtual So fill' 8.1 her
be: re
places of m struct.ion we
ohfJerve
but whe", r ••1 eduwlon-as we under·

Music Rella (or all D l _

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Number of PUlitngltl'.

173.6~.

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