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THE !!'LOWER GAlI.DEN
Border O&rna.tlone that h.ve been kept m a. cold

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A:1IIeOC'lr.tion -Annual

"age
Toplcal Notes
\\ ol'kman 8 Compensat1on Cu&
Pa.1a.ce Thea..tre
The l\'~w Llcenslbg Order
Mr Ke(ser IS Dusooveriea: lot 5oomor
Women 8 Work.

Page .. ,.Property .. nd
• Wa..nts
Nohcea of Meeting. etc
Th. Corn MLd:&t..

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Pare 5 Lead ng A"rllcle WELt' II}xpendiLure·'
Nobes and Comments

LocaJ P"'agraphB
Redu<ed Lii htUlf ProsecutiODa
Newe of Colonel Wilaon

'Vomen s Libera.l 1!'edera.tion (Letter)
The Looa.l Trtbunal

Dioob&rged PM..,..,.. Aid Soc
Oounty Tb.ea.tre..

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Volunteer Defenoo iRe(imect Orden
Choral SOOletra Conoorl;
County Court
Some Random ReooUeotlons a.nd Reftectlons
(By Loarette Taylor)
Cnme Its Humour aDd P~thoo (By S JB<koon

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Oolema.o)

Footboll.
Boru toasu.J.t.lelS

Page , . Death of Mn! Henry Kemble
Brotherhood Me6tlngs
L 1oensoe Summoned
BiIletUlf Cue.
Reading County Bench
Sunday Socia-I Conference
Concert &t Wilson Hospital

Wa.r H()6pl.t&l Supphes Depot
G W R Temperance UnIOn.
CIu><s

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ADVERTISEMENTS
Th e fot oW in g adverliseme nL9 were received :..00 latA
to uppf:a r In t ho u sual oo11ooll" A .. ndvertlS6j
m ell l s nten-::l ed fur the columns 10 which &n
M ncement s a re c Ils~lficd must he handed ID a.~
our OtIk .. s before WJd~~ Frlday.s

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fnome ~tbe winter m.y now be pb.nt.ed out If the
&olf IS n Ii hea.vf but 10 h&a.vy 6011a and 10 town
ga.rdenll It Ime.Yi be del&)'ed for another two or
tbrre weeks
It 18 a good plan to use acme old
potting ~U or to mu: leaf mould a.nd sand to put
about the rOota Iwhen planting
A ha.ndful or two
of thiS light dO' materlal 18 of (:T6&t a&8U1tance
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Tender Rose:IJ that ba.T~ been protected Wlth
hracken or SW-&W dunn&, the WInter may have the
oov~nK" removed otherwu:e buds that. should l'e.
maln donna.nt I for BOttle tim& longor Will sta.rt
mto growth
!Where the aoil haa been dra-wn up
a.g~t the crown 1t lIIhould :be levelled down The
top growths are adva.n.ced but tha.t does not
moa.t.ter
With Ma.reh Ihere eVery availa.ble me.&ns £hould
be a.dopt:.ed for the propaga.tlOn of beddIng and
other p1&nt.a fSom cnttlDgs a.nd &leo for the ralS
InK of stock from seeds of half lla.rdy and other
annuals
A hotbed 18 very UBeM for germlnatmg'
aeeds where .. oold frame or ~nhouse 18 avail
able to put the s.eedJ.inp when well up
A commencement may be me.de to chp Ivy on
walls and tree trunks.
It will not be long now
before the yonng lea.yes grow to hide the naked
ness ot the W&lla
Where la.rge pot. or tubs of the South A.frlca.n
Lily (Aga.p&nttl.us) hATe been put under the Iilt.a.glng
or lD dry Iilheda to protect them a.gaJ.DBt. frost
tbey should be eummod
If the soil IS 10 any
way dry gtve 8. good watering to prevent tho roo-t.e
from flhnTellillg a.nd. aUto afI'ord Lhft vants a
chance of beginnm( new growth early
Among
seeds that should be lOYD at, prellent Ul a. heated
g:reen.bouae to tleCUl'Cl a.n earl,. dIsplay are Sweet
ScalbIoU8 ea.rlY"'Aowenng Coem08 &toeD L"hlna
Asters
Lobella.
Golden Featber
DI&nt.hus
All :should be
Chlnell3l8 and D c Heddewtgu
transplanted lOto boxes a.s soon as they ha.ve made
a. 'roUgh Ie&f or two to ~eep them gTOWInE" and
prw:lvent them from drawlDg
Hollyhocks that have been wIntered In gre13n
houses and cold fra.mea may now be pla.nted out In
aU thO' Southern Couutles and In nlild dlstrioi:a
The work may b. ~tayed for two or three ,.,eeb
In other locaJit.Ies eIIpoolaDy 1f the 8011 .IS <heavy
It l.8 hee.vy wet 8011 ralher tha.n o.ctu&l cold t.ha.t
18 1, Jlll'tOUB to Hollyhock&;
T1ie plant.l..Dg of hardy wall chmoors .should be
completed WIthout delay
Ralf-h&rdy k nds ma.y
be pla.nted at tho end of the month
Plants JD
pots can also be pl&ntJed late but thor. ;IS no
necessity for delay In the case of those that
qwte h&rdy
Remember tha.t chmber8 make
most rap d ProgTB68 In dooply-dug soil
Where deep trenches ba.ve been taken out for
Sweet. PeILS and left open for the winter thcy
shou1d be filled 1Il &ft.er mlxmg the 1.011 WIth
a model'8.te &mount of fa.rmyard me.nure wood
ashes and bone-meal
The two la.tter
Important for Sweet Peas

and A.!.sOCIa.ted Chambers of AgrIculture held a.t
the Surveyors In.lttute W..tmm.ter, Capt&in
BevIlle Stanley :ALP the chauUlIWl. I&ld he had.
been a.sked wh.t was the po~utlOn of a tk8ted Dlen
who were IlIdJspensahle to agr:tanltnre
That
mornmg he had ..en Sir H Mackinnon who told
h m to say t.hat att.eRted men should apply for cer
tlficates of exemptIon espeCJa.Uy when m 8.11y
doubt
Mr T Ldham (Wa.4!.nl{ford) moYed that the
Government should be asked' to make ootter kllown
tfle steps ncccna.ry to be taken to r.ecure the con
tmU3JlCC of the services of men mdi8peD.labie t;.o
agrIculture
Aftet Borne diSCUMlon the resolutIOn waa camed
Mr ILatha.m furt. her moved that & defiDlt.e as
~urance should be &.liked fOT from the Government
that IrI sh labourers findmg employment 1D Eng
land ate exempt froIQ the operatIon of the Mill
tllry Set'V1C8 Ad
'lh ls lwas ahlO approved

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D~CORATION.

The PrCll dcnt. of t.ba] French Republ c ha.s be.towed the d ecor&t on ~CrOI X de Guerre • on the
folio .... mg III r ecognition of thell' dJlStmguished Ierco d lrlng the cam IJ.gn -10330 Actm&, Co
Ser,.,l Ma.]or \\ Bl"Illl ~ 1st Rcyal Berb Regt
8037 Ser.,t F .Pearce

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THE LIN BETWEEN
FOLKESTONE AND DOVER
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At. Folkest.one on Tb~ay the Town Clerk lJl
formed the T ow n Council that SIr FranclI Dent
told a d eputa.t on of the CounCil th;.t the BoutJb
Ea.stern and Cha.tbam l Ra.ilway Company would
not he 8.ble to open up ra..iwa.y commUllleatlOn. betw&en I F~lkeatone &nd Dove r which W&8 d.-troyed
by 6. la.n~:hHde dUTlng the war the Government
belnlt opposed to the expenditure of eIther money
or l&bour for the purpose
Tho question of ma.i:
lng a. JunotlOn between the lines of two systems
at Canterbury could not be 8ntertalDed owmg to
the engmeenng di.flicultlea. a.od the co&t

REGOGNITION OF VOLUNTEERS.
GOVERNMENT DECISION.

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Tb. GO'f'ernment haa dellded under cerl&1D COD
ditlOn., to g,ve ollic,al reoogIllilOn ~d l~tU' to
the Volunteer TralDlIl.g COrps throughout the
count.ry
~hia Will be done WIthout legudabve
act.lon through the powers already possessed under
the Volunteer Act of 186:S
The proVl810n. 01 the Act may be eummar,..d
It. gIves the Crown po~er m the caaa of mVlU!IOn,
to call out volunteer COrpB for adual mlhtary Ber
VIce In Great Brltam
The Crown may fonn II.
permanent st-aif
Volunteer officers rank With
Regular officers all the youn~at of thell' reapec
tlve ranks
Ihe Crown ma.y put the volunteers
under the command of general and field officers
The Sehetary of Sta.te has power t;.o make regula.huD.! (or the government of the volunteer forees
PrOVI.lOn l! also made flJr pen810nm and aJ.lowances
111 the cases of volunteers killed or dIsabled on
actual mlhtary sen"we
The controversy over
the Insb voiunt.eera 1s shelved as the Act does
not a,Pply to Ireland
A. '1 mtlmation of 't.Â¥8 decunon o( the CablDet
Wa.8 conveyed on Thutaday afternoon to a. group
of M P II who were, holding a meetmg UDder the
chalrmanahlp of Slr Conrtns.y Warner, In ISUfPort
0' the motIon on behalf of the demand 0
t..he
Volunteer Corps for recogD.1tlOD which Mr A J
S}kes was to ha.ve brought forvoard on Comuuttee
01 Bupp'ly
It 18 expected that the condItion. WIll
be luml ia r to tho.66 la d down In the Volunteer Bin
la~ l. Seru310n
That measure, after pasamg
tbro IC!'h the House of Lords W&8 • hung up In
the H use of CommoIUlt owmg to the controveny
w1th regard to Its appncatlon to Ireland) and. by
tbe method no,\, odopted this part,cuIar diJllculty
d oes not ansa
It ,. expected that the Volunteer TrainlllgCorp.
to be recogrn .. d mu.t be affiliated to the Contral
M8f)C1o.tlOO over which Lord De:sborough preIIldes
and mui\ be recommended or certified by that

THE VEGB'I\\'BLE GARDEN
Now 1S a. swtable tlme for 1IOWln: early

ties or Peu 8Uch sa Gra.dus .. nd The Pilot which
KTOW tbne feet high or rather more In good so La
They Wlll make .a IJ'UCCeS5 on to tb068 &own earher
and further 1I0WlIlgtl of second early a.nd mamcrop
va.r~hei may be made ..t lDterv.a.lS of a. fOJ'tnlght
St.ake any Pea.e tha.t are well through the ground
Autumn-«>wn On10ns ahould be tr&napla.nted
w thout delay lOto soil tha.t baa bee n trenched a.nd
w&11 manured fop Oni<ms like good!eoding Wh~
the ground haa Iboen levelled It. IboWd be trodden
equally a.nd. firmly all OÂ¥er, to mduoe the forma
tlon of good bulbi Without thIck neck!
Rake It
smooth e.nd do not pla.nt too deeply
&w Celery for the ma.tn crop
A high tempera,..
ture UI unaeaeesa.:ry fifty liTe degrees by night.
b&ing sufficIent to gertnllla.te the .eed8
Th~ small
leeds should not be deeply oovered: a.nd 8. pane "f
gl&88 over each pot or bo!r. 'WIll prevent the 8mi
from aettlIlg d='i till they come up 'When they
should .have full I!Ixpo6U'l'e to light and alr TUn&pla.nb the Ieedlinga early
Sow the .Dl1UD. bateh en Onions at the earhen
pouible moment. tirst preparmg t.he ground by
.forking breaking It up levelling troe.dmg and
then raJung It to a perfectly smooth surface Tho
funo,," may be halt &.n Inch to one lIlch deep
Cover them Wl"th ftn.e ~I~ tread It and then ra.ke
the surfa.ce smooth or even
Atls&. Crs.Ig Cran
8totta Excelsior Giant Zittan Bedfordshtre Cham
plon and James KeeplDg are exocllent vs.rletJes the
two lutrnamed beIng good keepers
Brond and Long Pod. Beans ma.y be &OWn to (QTm
a SU~IOO to preVIOUS sowlngs
If 8OWl1 lD dou
ble lines the latter should be 6lX Inches apart
Three feet from centre to centre ..111 be enough
a.a they a:re &eldom ..llowed to get Tcry taU They
are Atopped 00 get nd of bla.ck fly and to promote
the fillgtg of la.rge poda low upon the stems
The beginrung of Apr 1 la th.e best ttme to ma.k.e
now beds of A.sp&ragut! and to be Pe.a.dy for t~t
the bees should now be prepQ.J'oo
Trcnchmg ud
hea:ry manunng ar~ 1I6cesnry for thIS crop and
If the SOIl 111 heavy It Bhould be hberall, mlxed
With &and lea.! mould old pott.lllg 6011 !OliO sweeplnir'
similar bght materials
Sow toma.toew 1n a. temperature ot -6tty five to
Sl1ty degrees to get th~m of good. 8l:r.e for pla.ntr
lng out a.t the end of May
Transplant t.hem IOta
thumb pots whan tho first rll'llgh leaf 111 formed
OT even earlier and keep them In the warmth till
they get o( some SIze
Shlft them Into larger
pots before the roots become m"tted a.nd do not
put them Into cold frame s till tbe weather ta sum
clentJy warm to keep l.hem groWlnr Without check
There MOUld. be no delay: lU BOWIng Par8U1pB &8
&000. 8.8 the ground oa.n be got. .ready
It t.r6nahed
In the autumn or early WlDt.er It Ihould now be
forked ove? &nd bToken un M finely as poSSible
It sbouid not be trodden upon more than ca.n be
helped and thIS can ~a811y be m&Il8£ed If the
ground tS fint muked oft' Into beds
A &OWing of Short Born of stump-rooted vanety
of CaNot ma.y be made fol' a.n early supply but
the long rooted forma should not be sown for 80me
tIme yet
BefOTe raking the ground g ve a. h ght
dust.lng of 600t to act a.s .. deterrent to Ca.rrotr8y

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THE GREENHOUSE
Pr.imuJa malacoJdes and P ~onlca to com
menee flowenng )n autumn should now be sown 10
a. tempera.tuhe ot 81xty degrees to start. the seeds
mto Vigorous growth
\.AJJ &oon as they are well
up they must be fully exposed. to hght near t he
glps though not exposed. to the full glare of sun
a}lIne
These two Pnmuiall a.r& not difficult. to
ra.!lJe If they are rown 10 equal pa.rta of loam a.nd
lee.f mould With nt&1'1,. as much liia.nd
Tha
soil at least Should be finely sif~d e.nd the
1i~bt.ly covered 1I'lt.h a pane of glaas to preserve tbe
mOIsture till they a.Te up
Tbtse precautions &re
well known to every ra.18er of e.eeds but It 111 more
partJcwa.rly necessa.ry to be ca.reful Wlt.h })ri.mula.s
which reqUlre muah longer tune to germinate
Plantl of Begoote. Glorle do LolT&l.DC that were
cut back: eome t1me agO!
plaoed In heat to
make lreth rrowth w1l1 no bave l»"Od:uoed
shoot. for cuttings
Imert them
10
, soIl 10 tbumb pota and place them In & propa.gator or a cloee C&IIe wherft .,e:r wW let a.
!bottom heet of ~xty iTe delreee, ] which m ..y be
body
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&UoMd to rlBO to ••WlotT d.g..... 8unng tbe d.y
A stat.ement on the 8'ObJeet will prob&bly be Old -plant:. not aulioiently advancad to .upply cut.
",ade by Mr A.oqwtb on TueedaJ
ting. ahould be p'Jaoed. ill ........" bouse, w,th •
mOist atmOll'phere to atiinula.te moo f""h rrow;th
Out.tings tAken hRJIl the bUe, or nea.r It alWR.YS
ma.te wuch .t.rc~ plaata than th066 from near
t.It,e tipo o~ 1M _
xm-I, tho. ohouli no.
~ empl~.o ....... it caR be> ..-..oWed.
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Catalognes Gra.t

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nc"I,lo"""IIO', Wind on Wedne&da.y
conelderable quanti tiel

TEACHERS
of

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eveDlng With t.he us IlLI at
of 100 guest.s assembled aud
?;6S spent
'l'he ladles of
Brant l:Mlsses H~r mo ll
ably orga.nlsed antI
,it~':h~;::~~;~~ wh ch
lncllded a
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PrIzes for the
- Lad es

Mrs

Goodch II 3
Mr McEwan
CEMS
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'lllYilt.ery
Mr
The annua.l meetmg of 8t Peter s branch of the
C EMS was held on Monday evenmg a.t W~ton
Mead the VIcar (the Rev R S Stoney) pre
The Secretary (Mr C Kmghts) .ub
8ldmg
mitred the report for last year which showed that
one of tbe army fly n g
the strength of the branch was 34
Five nte
occurred a.t. Bettr Wood on
serv mg WIth the forces
Durmg the year a B hie
The e.vlator said to be a
study was started and carned on WIth success
on hIS wa.y to .A.ldcrshot
until va-rlOUS changeB cau sed the meetmgs to be
'''~' Lh -'''''t d reet on
Ho seems
temporanly abandoned, It 18 hoped they wliI be
a descent but OIl rea.ch ug
resumed ill the future
Mr T. Newma.n pro
gOlng ~o strot gly or
posed the adoptIon of the report which was
v; as so great as to ca. ry
,"conded by Mr GIlbert and camed
The bal
Wl l h an Ollk. tree nea.l
ance sheet showed £6 2s 1,d m hand
fhe elec
hIS lDu.chlne
Bo'i and th o
tlon of officers: and commIttee resulted 8.8 follows
flYing mRIl d d not aopear to
PreSident the VIcar, VlOO prestdents the Revs
P S TAm bourn and Mr A H
1ho SI)() L wh Ie convalescent.
jI. E WIlley p W 0 Jenkyn ~d A C South
from BeILr Wood Hpeed i J
gate and ~lr D Haslam secretary and treasurer
the" re.ckage
Mr C Knight!, commtttee Mes81'S Woodley
Prince Argall. Honublow, Wyatt
GIlbert
Pmchm Youens and SWift
In a.ddltlOn to tho
preSident and secretary Mr J T Woodley and
A patrlotla
a k nd worthy of 1m tat on
Mr A Prmce were appomted delegates to the
by Mn Fulcher Dunstall
FederatIOn
The monthly service of interces~lOn was made on
8. d Qf Red Oross Funds
was fixed for the second Sunda.y m the month Lodge
Instead of the first 88 hitherto
The delegat.e~ Mr& Fulcher
selccted for the annual conference at Ba.nbury tn swects etc alld
for 8'ale
June were the Rev A
C Southga.te Messrs
Sunda.y the ser Kmgbts Woodley and TunbrIdge
On beh&lf of Unfort.unately
Wa.8 held m the
terfercd
:{' t.ll
the branch the Rey A E W11Iey extended a. wa..q proVIded
and at 530 In
warm welcome to tbe Vlca.r wlio exprelJ8ed hIS ceeds to go
thanks
s stance v.: as rend,,/ed
Ml1i BOjd a.lso
by II We M 15S ..8
WT ght pln.y.ed Gel'fl,i",,,
prooeed1ngs
The Agent for the' ReadIng Ohsener' for Three
MIle-ern.. 18 Mr JARVIS WhItley

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GIBLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY

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RECRUITING
SERVANTS.

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Instead of holdIng theIr annual feshvlLl the
merobel'9 of the G F S under the dlrectlOn of
Misses Ha.sla.m kmdly entertamed some seventy
!wounded soldIers at BaJmore BaH on \VedIlesda.y
afternoon
The men Were conveyed from Chfl
House St Anne a HaJl Colesberg, No 1 War
Hosplt.al and Struan House
PrIor to and after
tea. whIch the members had proVIded v a rious
song! sketchefl etc : were r endered these IPclud
mg
Mrs Mullig8.ta.wney'8 Sprmg Gleanmg
and A Fa.lry Match GIrl
and a reCItatIOn by
Ivy CannIng entitled ' BIJa. Brown
1fr E
Langston amused everyone WIth hIS sketchea and
80ngs at the pumo
At the close Corporal Roach
expressed the thanks of the company

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MISSION~Y {UNION
On Tuesda.y ",fternoon tlie annual meetmg of
the Ca.ver.!ha.m .M1sslonfU'Y Umon took pla.ce at
Balmore Hall. a goodly number bemg present
rhe Rev R B Stoney (VIcar) preluded and
Rev T Branker rea.d the report for the lear
w~lch W&.8 of a. !&tlsfo.ctory character an
re
vealed the fact tha.t somb £150 h~ been collected
was better tha.n I before
The committee
re elected Wlth the a.ddlt.lon of Mrs Jenkyns
VICQ.J' then mtroduced the Rev G Dexter
of Sa.rawak who gave a very mterestrng ad
the work bemg done In that part of the
Dnrmg the Bmgmg of R hymn a coHee
taken whIch amounted to £5 15~ 6d
served

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THE FRUIT G.utDEN

Apple trees tha.t have been rWned by Amenea.n
1QOR Sale t wo good ) OTOR VANS In good hI ght bad nnetJe8 and worn-out Pea.rs or Plums
..£' cond ..ton -Apply ~ Greys Road Henley may 00 headed down now and regraft.ed a.bout
TJ10UR ROOMS to Let, o,er Shop, 61de entrancei, the end of the month 1f the roote e.re atill good
.£I
13 Caversbam Road -Box 7807
Observer I' Very old trees &r6 8C6l'C8ly worth the Rouble and
Office Reading
It Will bf,l more satisfactory to uproot them and cut
Ftne dessert and cookIng
EW PRICES -Rim Brakes lOd Bowden Co • them up for Arewood
Rear Brakas 3s tid ChaJU Guam 2s Dresl vanet.les are now plentiful end should be pla.ntOO.
For the treea that are headed
CoNI 2ld Ped.t. I . lld "",r Free Wheel Is 3d In theIr plaC6
- Fortescue Bros Ltd 1 West Street R eading down gralta should be selected tIed In ama.H bun
OULTRY HOUSES and i Coops 10 .tack Porti" dIes 18.be1lOO a.nd la.id JD aoil In & cool sha.dy
Gra.ft.ing 18 most sucable Bulldings
Motor Houses
Garden posltjbn to retazd them
Fra.mes LIghts ete
Inspect or obhm th~ cessful .,..hen the atocks Bl'e a bttle Advanced m
Better BUIlt
h8t& -Hawlhorn s ... 9
Duke growth whIle the gra.fta o:re qwt.e dormant
If
Street. (a nd l.ondon Works lEast Street) R&adlng
preferred the old t.rees may ibo aJlowed to make
PIBITS BEST QUALITY -N<cbolson a Loodon fresh growth a.nd be bud~
Dry G n Buchanan sand DunVlne Wbiskl61 growths
Wells Oakh 11 (SOmenet.sb.,-e)..... Wet hered s WhitE \ery effort, should l>e made to comolet& the
bread II Sim ond s Dymore nrown, Osborne
planting of A.pples Pe.ars Plums and Chemee aa
Arms
G'l"&yf ru~.rs Road Rea.d mg
soon as pOMlble
Thm a.Lso applleli to R.a.apbelTle6
EWING IHGHINES f~om 150
We repair
(work gua:rant.eed) 8.nd flUpply Needles and Log&nbern~ BlackberrIes a.nd others of that
ms for all patterns and Plakes Get our free clus New pla.ntatlonlil of Stra.wber;nee mi.y now
nstruction BooE ILDd
trouble -Fortescue he made 1f It was Imposs1ble during la.l.e .ummer
Bros Ltd 1 West St.reet, ReadU:Jg
and early aut-.tfDIl
Use well rooted runners of
lab yoal'
OMer OIlEl6 a.re urele&! 41nd never guo
a utlsfaetory crop
StrawberrIes In tbe ma)Orlty
o( .o11s are not worth growmg after the third y ear
though there are exceptional euea whero they
contmue frtutful for a longer DOrloo
The SOil
should be trenched and well manUTed before plantAt a meetmg of the CommIttee of the Centra.l lUg

SEEDS

PSA
At Bttnds.y II meetml~, an address was gIven by
1.1r Mllla.rd, of tli& ~otor Boat Rel!erve In an
episode m the hfe ot Bt, ~drew
Bro Newport
sang Je:!!JU Lover of my soul and Strengt h n
~UletneJi'
and & Simple BIble explana.tIOn of the
life of Melchisldech wa.s gIven by Bro Rlcka.rd
There W8.-8 a. good attendance over whlch Bro
Geen preSIded
I

LECTURE

On TuesdAY evenmg a. very mtereRting and

10;

structive lecture was given a.t tbo weekly meeting
of the GUIld by the Rev E Stevens entitled
The World s Greatest MURlcHLns
The Rev H
L RiCe presided over a. raJr number of members
and frIends The lecture was Illustrated by musIc
pla.yed bv a musJcal friend from Rea.diilg and
ba.lance sheet. of t.he Loyal
Star songs were sung by Miss Stevena At the close
the
lecturer WlUiI heartlly thanked as also were tIle
L::>dge of Oddfellowa, Burgb.field
issued a.nd notWIthstanding the war friends who helped blm
of st:eady progress
It 18 plea.smg
decrease III the IItckness benefils
hemg £249 9s 6d whtm 18 Z)O
lesI than the precedIng year
£47 WM pa.id
From Jnve!t,.. The uanta tor tbe Rea(hn~ Ob5e" ~ !' at Sonnllii
ani ittr W ALLNATT and Mr A J PBJOB
waa recelved s.nd Un., enabled
a 8II.\,tn« on the year of £112
'l1HE GOLF OLUB
of • membership ()f 261 there a.re
A team 01 gollers representlllg the &yal FlYing
time 56 members servmg theIr
most.ly from the Immoo1ate ne gh Corps played an mterestmg' series of matches
a.ga.mst .. SIde of Scinnlllg Olub players The "ames
·~:;'~~~.
d
~~~1:~tUi
a.n excellent proportion when resulted .. follow -Bingl .. -&yal Flymg Corps
~
the
WIll have been e8tab17th
The a.ud tors A S Henllhaw 0 Oapt W6bb i F S Schell 1 A
which the mt.e"reate Ma.eOullum 0 Ce.ft Alzlewood 0 H &.got 0 H
by the ~ta.ry Hood 1 A. T CUI 1 total ~ 80nnmg H Matldsthe hon tt'eaosurer lay li T R. Haslam 1 F .r. Hale 0 A W Deane
A real Interest In 1+ F W Ha.rru~s Ii M IEllinger 1 J S Housbaw
Four ban. -&y81
They also urge upon the o E W Brooke i total 7
m',m b,arjI and past ollkers to .ttend the m...t.- F1png Corps A- 8 H.nohaw and H Hood 1:1
carry on the Duslnel8 of the Lodge Gapt Webb and F S Schell Ii c.pt Aidewood
bret~ren a.re dOlng' their best and H Begot 0 A. M..caIlum end A T Cull •
&nnlng H Ma.udsla.,y a.nd E Hensha.w
(or thelr
and country
A Ju<venile branch total 7
lA a1&o run tn connection Wlth the Lodge t &Ild It II o T Rothwell Hn.slam And 11' J H&ll 0 F W
hoped m~ "Wlll eee tha.t thtS valUSDle feeder Harries ~nd A W Deane 1 W J Susma.n and E
W
total 81
The club won by li
to the adult
18 kept up to 1ta full .trength
mabchea

The
Star

ike!

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HURST_

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HOME FROM THE F1itONT
On &turd", last Loe -'C<npl G Booth iR.oy.t
Berks R.egtm~ttt arnved bome from the t nehe.s
looh very 1:I.t .a.nd weH
He 5a.W fighl ng at

B9 VR1L (Ij.IMITED).
pre8ldmJ on Tue. day
tbe annu.1 m ..tm. of
Bovril (LlIXuted) the Earl 01 Erroll K T , ';Iud
that notwlthsta.ndmg the hlgher cost of materials,
tra.nBport and labour, the ~et profits) wlt.h the ex
oeptlOn 01 the Boer War
1900 con.lttuted a
record m the Company a (hIStory The morea.sed
trade W88 largely accounted lor by the gro:wmg
popularity of BOVl'll thropghout the Brlt18h Em
pIre, and to Borne e.rlent by the la.rge supphes pur
chased pnvately and sent out to soldler frtendFi
and relatlOna at the front The net profit stand
Ing at £168 796 ,how.d a.n mere ... of £31 211 over
lut year IVlrol (Linllted) had lor the third year
m i:luccesslon paId .. dIVIdend of 12~ per oent , and
m.crea.sed the reserve fund to £27 500
Mr George Lawson J obnston (Tlce chan-man)
referred to the mcreased oost of raw ma.tertal He
hed recently looked over lOme notes that he had
mode ...t the factory dUl"Ulg the fint year they hod
ma.nufa.ctnrtd m the Argentlne~the year 11,.0...... It
m'ght eurpnse them to hear that the cost of beef
at the 'Worb a.t that tlIne was under Id per
:pound.. In those ~ys the frozen beef m,dustry was
In Its mta.npy m Australia. and the Arger;ltme
to day there lare over thtrty free~g works LU Au;
tra.ha. whlle the fngonfiool of the Rn er Plate
ha.vo dea.lt 1!;lt.h over 1,000 000 head of cattle 10
one year .A:ll tb18 competltloJjl for stock pM
helped to !a13e the ~nce of mca.t to an entllely
different. lev:ol and if th"l bore n mmd tha.t It
rook many J>ounds of bee to make one pound of
Dovrd they.~ would hope WIth the dlfec::t.ons that
the upwar4 1 [Jllld would not continue tno rapully
SIr Jamel Crichton :QroWDe Bld that Jlldgmg
from the testimop.131a regarding 1ts use "o~ m
field and hue hoqntals at the different fronh and
m hospItals ca.mps ca.nteen! and mumtl0n :works
at home, Bovril m1ght be rega.rded M a natIOnal
..set H.:wu ..t,Bfifd that wh.n the war wa.
over and &11 manufactures an~ preparatIons of
German ongm ha.d been bantshea from our shores
the umqu~.I body bU1ldmg power of Bovrtl would
be no leu. ~elpful ill reatonng to health our broKen
men and building up t.heU' shattered nerves
The report Wag odopted

i:!8

year

I

Accordtng to tbe U Schoolm&Ster
11 400 men
t.ea.ch6l'9 are. seTVl"ng With tbe Porces and abdut
9 (XX) have attested under the Derby echeme
lIn
addlt.lon there &t:e 147 servlIlg With nava.l forc es
and 236 women acl.in .. 801'1 n~
Teachers hav e
already gamed five VICtorIa presses wh~le Z3Z
have been killed 118 wounded and nme al"6 WISS
Ing
I
A medal With eleven ban awarded to J ames
Lord of the 195tb }foot rea.hsed £16 lOs at & sdle
of COlnS and medals &t }lesarB GlendtD ng Ii ga.l
lenes In LOndon on 'nlureday
Tbe ba.rs were
de8Cl'1bed aI 11 l'8.re combInation bemg for Bar
.l'08a. Fuentee de Onoro Ciuda.d .Rodrl~o &da}oz
Sa1~&Dcal Vltwna., 8t Seb&t.l&n Ntvelle Nlve
Orth6l!l a.nd Toulouse
1
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OXFORD DIOCES,\N FUND
~:II ..>ti!?ns were

tIL

en 8 ~
ILt. 11

WAR Il jEMS
WIlham Art~~[" Suuth D Ba.ttelJ'
R F A
of \Varfie1d Dr~knell 11:1 reported las
havmg b een woundeu n he h ea.d by librap lei
a nd as bemg In the 1st Gen ru.l H os r tal I F ran ce
Pte \Y NOIT18 8th Royal BerkH of Bracknell :5
In a. Lundun h08pltal 8ufferIn g from n. w U Id n
t he rIght arm and also In the grolD
I nopt! r
TIlbury 2nd Life Guard!! lo f Bmfield 15 rei orted
as h av ng reee ved a. WOid lIlJ the 1.."1l CC and ,
now home cOllva.lescent
Bombadu~r

THE~M::-:A-=R-=KET

The snowy weather ca used a ehort. ~ up plv ~
the markpt on 1 hursday
] \vo fn.t bullock'! 'vere
suld for Messrs F a nd A Hcad ngton II. Id maua
£30 and £37
Cah es wero t.' elY IIhort liupply
frunt 198 to 34s
Sbeep I \\ cre III demand tegs
ma.kmg 40£ to 66s
Pl b"S were 8. I!bort SI pp1r.,
sellmg ," ell porkers 34s to
6J
A vQry
fine IItock of Rhode hlA.nd fowls was !lold for Mr..
J "lrd Ea...thampsten.d. Park whtch made fair
prtc.. HelUl ,old from 4.. 3d I<J 6, 6d pullet.
58 to 7s and coek erel!5 68 to l1s
Other poul
trv was very short h ens scllmg from 35 l d, to
5s 3d pull ets 38 to 59 6<1 cockerel 45 tu 81.
Eggs fetched 1a 7d to 18 9d p el" dozen

773

WH1S r DRIVE
In sp t.o of the wmtry cond ttonB $OD'le 27 table.
wer" ocoupled at the BroW'l"\low Hall Warfie ld 01\
'Vednesrlay night ~hen a. 'fhlst (Ir \e wall 1 ~I d u
:l.Id of Fhe mterned Brltu~h prUioncu; of v. rtr 'I)ltl
prizes were awardcd to the follo\\ 109 - I adlt!s
1 Mrs R Lawrence 2 M 8S Gregory m sterft
Mrs Geary
Gentlemen 1 MI l'h uIO" 2 Mr
Wilson m~ 8 terv Mr '\V Bowyer
It-b H l aw
rence acted a!:l ~t: C
An inVita tIOn wh t anvil
and dance wa!.'l held at the Guardlil.us ln stltut K':l
a ll 'Wednesday c\ enmg m aid of the Pr Cloners oi
"War Fund
A good company assembled
The
resul~ of the whJ:~t dnve was - LadIC!\
1 \lrs
~ eIl s 2 ~hsg Noyes m)sterv Mrs Colllm
l ei
tlemen 1 Mr \V ]>oynt.er 2 tir ..... o::t I ~t.erV'
awarded to a lady aut ng HI gen t leman
]jane n.;
followed

BROADN-WOR
OBlTU'RY I
There pa6ed a.wa.y on Sunda.'J Febru ary 1.)(-li,
a.ft.e r an Illnetss of only three dllYs tho"", fe 0
~ttendant ,A Cox
Deceased was only 11 ar ed
lut Seplember and mILch syn pa.thy & felt £01 the
bereayoo hqs band who 111 8ervl1l ~ hiS cour t ry n
Kltehenor's Arm;r aM ha.s been prorn olAd Sergeant
The husbMrl was able to v s I h s \It Ife berote );1 e
d ed
The funeral took plaee on Th rsda.y
last week
Membors of tI e Broad noor D:flht.
wa.tch a.cWd as bee.rers
rfhe serv ice w;:.:, readl.by
the Vlcar (tho Rev a1 F COler dg c)
Deceased
was trent),.f.!IX years of a~e

SONNING.

ige

SOLDIERS EN'j'ER rAINED
The members of the We!lleyarl Ch r(Jh h.....
thrown o,ven their church preDlIscH (JJ Snnct.a.t
a.fternoon8 bet.ween schoo l ~I~e Olld b:ef\ Ice tQ t b&
soldicrs statlOned n.round tthe d !ltr ct a ld who
make Bracknell a vlslt.mg pla<'"e on g , nd ,s leae
are pruVlded at n. small charge
On S mduf t boSd
p artlclpatmg llccorded the Iworkeu a hea rty ,ot4
ot tha.nks

l in

SOLDIERS.

In

'.'ULw;;~~::;,t:::

drink. to oonva.1escent

• ~P:,rY~~~.,I~:n~to~XIC&=tIng drink to two
OIl F-ebcua.ry 2l&t
In the R E
Bnd AJ£red
sergea.nt In the 21st Mtd
dressed In plue hosp tal
answer a cha.rge of betng
m P newood avenue Wok
rhe men are patients ID
at Crowthorne
gullty
be found Bra.ln and Carter
a.bout half past
conveyed them to tho
were datained
men were unconSCIous
r emamed In that state
ala.rmed aud called m a
~1~\~~;I:~~~~,:u~ln~c~~o;~n~~SC1~:ousat all
m. ht and
SI
mtervals
he fouod "Bram and
other prisoner Ca.rter wltb
hls pocket
He 'Was then

I

aDSW6r

II

F! ~; ~r.

to IDumerous eqqumes we

:~uo;;;s

at. the Wokingbam Polloe
Anton Ca.rler & prnrate In
Canadl&n Contingent 8. cOn
Pinewood Sa.n.a.tonum )!Vas

(l

S~LE--i-I

NP

OJr Motto'

be~

Dot baTIng

nuine Sal

o Sale.

it

We 15b11 supply re able qua.lity Shoel t
keeJ)est pncel

I

M~I L

RD~

BIRTHS,
~

elF' thel""

~------r-~~-----r~
All fWllOWlOf.Dlente for hi,
mUl\ be &qtb~

t1cat.ed bl t.he Dam.. and.
1MIWi1p1 t.be Wh.
IhAT.8a lLI"e 1".h~lled &II
n.

.......

ot

1

or 11 6d. tor
Dl!t
dlL OUIIL 1lU or ptri <>I

t.wo llnM and 6d. tor
• llB.e •.tter
.I
IIll\Ruo.. are eba~ at
rate 01 2a. 6d lor th&
Aut lour llae. and
lor ueb
part. jot a lin_ after

addiUoull'"

DIUTHII are lnft.rtcd. wi bou'
arlP btl!! If I \tlonl
~ made to tbe ordl ry Jl tlllc.Uont they ..lfO art
Clharceable .. ad,-u ana. at tho 1lAlD6 r.tu ...

BottOM 01 Births
J• .IoI • .,OlU.l..K

"'Odo

f

oj,...

I
m.Oflt SUCcelS
Woodclvffe
llIcludmg
H~Pltu.l

HOBp W

a.t

pl17.e wmners
1 MI811 Plbworlh 2 MISS Hayell
Bla.ckwaU and eonlloiation l\,fIII H
Buker Gentlemen I Trooper Fo!\ter 2 Mr ,V
Hunt mYIlte.ry Sergt. Fawoett consolation Mr 'V
Hope
The pruee were kmdly -PloVlded by Mrs
Hmton Mn Pennell (Lawrence Waltham) and MnI
Ward (Osterl.,. Park). Tbe Committee were able to
hand over a. sum of three a:U\D.e&II to the V A D
HOlpltal authofltles The eatermg for refreehmen1a
were moat capably supenuteuded by Mrs Hanaon

GORING.
I

fMr G A Watso n)
he was dOlDg wrong
mcn & drmk of ~h skey
m agli'5tra.tc~
bet eved
and Southwell were In
a.nd m ght cyen nave
would have been n. "Hy
He would be d 5DlIS£OO

were also ,everely oa.u

BENCH

BELL BINGER.'!' SUPPER

On Tuesda.y Di~ht. February lfitb the ehureh
wardens &Dd bell nngen were tnTlted to supper by the
VIcar ~the Rev A E Dam.) and Bpent a most plea.saut
time OWlng to several. members being away the com
paoy was Bmal1er than UlUa! put nevertheleB8 n. most
enJoya.ble time was.spellt. l1ie nngers had preVIOUsly
been to the tower and rung fOT a. short time After
IIUI)p8r games were entered upon until the cloak had
struck twelve when Mr Shield, on behalf of the
churchwardens and nngera tha.n1r:ed the l!lcar for the
plea.aant eTenmg the! had llpent. Those present were
the Vte&r, Mr 0 Shield and Yr H Lacey SmIth
(ohurehw&rdenll) 14e.an Aldndge 'VlIson Bower
Napper, Cuter &Dd Trel'811 (nngen) The practice8
noW' clOfl& for the 1IC8.8On.

WHITCHURCH.

CIGARETTE F'UND
81.1' F WataoDt Dyson d1l5C~ at L1:ie "&oY!Ll
The balance sheet of the "'BfldUe Rouse Chr st!nstlw.tlon .f.be compolltion of the Milky W:a.y u.id
that nan 10000 tImes br:lJhter th&u the BUn were mae ciguette fund hAS been lUlled and shows a
A ;Lord of
olaued .. beintr of the n'nthf mapitud.
Star. ia.rge 8.mount of good work done
ot the 13th imagmtude ~re known to be 600 tlm~ pral8& for the results att.a.ined 18 due to iiMr E
&II br>,ht .. the II1Ill &Ild from thM fMt room wt"
Baker the propnet:.or and treasuur f a.nd Mr G
g1Ten to the uD.profeutonal ob~rver to wander at E Sharp, secrebary, also to Mrs ThomQl'l of
-the dUltanae such at&n must be place:d from tlle Thames Bank, for...the U&8 of a. room for the whtst
.~h
I dTlvCl The recClpts were H follow The BrIdge
Hou •• C1imtmas club share out £1 13s 8d d,tto
at the C Hatch Gate ' 188 6d collected bv Mr
Baker £1 receIved from M:rI'I Thomas £l Ml0$8
Slatter 58 collected by Hr J Des £1 5s pi oft t
MRS. i
oli whist dnve £2 111 8d toW £8 138 lOs The
e:tr:pendl ture was 8 000 Gold Plake cige.rettEIB £7
WINSLOW'S
t.obacco and chocolate 3s 6i) "pOitacO paper and
SOOTHING
l!I~ng £1 lOs 4d. tot.al £8 1311 lad
One hun
dreG.
ell&rebtea were leDt to 82 a.oldi.n. and -'&ilors
SYRUP!
& . . . . . N4~

'hO
,,,rt 01r.. liJI.

are obarred ZI 6d

ftnt four liD. and 6d.. tor

b Uno or

MARR~AGEIl

SILVER WBDIllNG
NUNNELEY - ROWSE --1FOb*tLry 20th 1891 ~t 8~
Andrew /I Presbvterlan C~l1rOh Read ng' bV th6 Hev.
Samuel McComb D D
d\';f\ T Nuuueley Id 9t
son of Luke Nunllelov
f ' Imhlcdon to !I~lIlni~
Isabel IJecond dllu{thtc of W 11 nm HO~ill of
Reo.dmg Iii\> Worple Road ~iWlDlbledOt1

DEATHS

BEASLEY - On F.brn.~ 15th at the Ronl Berk·
shU"e HospItal Allred tile de Iy 10 :cd huobwd of
Eh7.a.beth Bca.eley aged 49 yeu 8
I
GODWIN -Februa" 16th n. b" Cur7.0D Street
Readwg Lizue WIdow of H ;\ God" Ul ag~d·3

VM~

[

HAWKINS - Fobruary 23rd a 4 eranbur\ no.,!
Reat1tng John HawkllllS lll.te of London S rtle\ th.
belo'l'ed husbaud of M.ury Hawkina aged Rti Y~f"~
d
KING - On Februa.ry 21st at ' I Douumgf.o I
RA!1l.(hnS" Ellen KIDS" a::;ed 02 j;eurK
22 F reshwa.ter Road
wldo of JamelI

r

61

Jf rs

Berke

Y',

Red Lion Bruk
of h IS licence
the licence were renewed
would be cautIoned ag8.Jnst
ho saId he d d las t week
of servmg drinks durmg
was befo re t bo magl8lrates
was mportan L teet t he re
U' h . . . . , Autbont es should be
!I!f;tstcd In the house
person to lcavo tn

Printed and Jlubhsbed
SoN a.t tbclr St.&&bl
B~r.v. St~t In the

ReeD.l.D&' In th. COUliLL,.
F.1>NtIr7:a6th 19la,