Reading Observer 02-1916

~ 1=tAo=;P~,.'+itr;i~ Oo:~.

.....
:l ~OIl_ay

., .

lees~

'~_D~"
r '

!~~~,~$~~~~~:~~~

G Botoo'lJ pr"I01eQ,
.A.ld .A Ii.
. Councillora

Norna, L. E. Qu<!lch,
A
_I.,
W Dr
A.. Ii. R Coopor
...d !.he Clerk (Hr ill T Pup)
~ A.T L.l8l'
I
The Cbu: ~ a letter I'roD1 tbo T...,. 00eeH
'" "hick .. " .. atotecI ,bat ta,. PriYy o.....ot _
opJ>l'(>?ed 1M Scheme of tho lIOO<d of _
for t.k omoJ1\&"lation of tho Xendriek and Rood

-.
~en~

• ~ bY' lf1' P .. Honng, the
10taled thai Hr A~
eleeted ... Bop14th 1908

He~n8'- ,-,--;'-'- L-- Adoy Mr Matthe ... Nutley and Hr Ben

lng &bools

-The KATO..

w..

Tberel"....ere then three oaodi

Ml' .!.dej secured 376 vote!! lfr

So tW • at Jut • utt.lei . .tter

Hr

BOER WAD Hl!liIIIORUL.

Mer
_ , ..led the Jloord

tha.t. a IDEIIIlOria,l to Oid Xebdriclc
.".ho fell 1Il the Boer W.,. UooW, be remoftld.

elAtion MlnDI:'

tho

Ul

"ill.

_ate

the old School bwldlllgo to tile

• .... <IownIand.
~ ........ rift

'_- l to
""'"
Dorp..~.,,~,
th1 pomt.m,
10Ye!a
iIBopldoiautb...

.....u
in~~~:::t;~
~ ..ana
def_
...

~ Tha !&Ie
Wloi.tch1lrca--tlle ' Rev
;r ~m ,&eelJection l not.. 011 ~hO history
of Q,. pariah;, rot.... w th... eartJ.worki al re

of .. R<.mai. tamp, and .pponnt.l1 booed
hla ecDclum:~ OIl tIM one fact that tho north west
00I'Del" of t.he eneloa:re show. the Inght-ADgled for
maUon wh",h 10 _ally I...,.,.!ed ~ Roman
••rtl",.orkI. I han roeently Diado .. preUulln"')'
_ _'OIl of the gronn~, m ...hie)!.
htlOn
I walked. rood the IIlte a.n.d fottnd In addition to
tJw, well pteSleJ'Ted emba.nkmenk ample eVidence
I I of ~eA b."" auccumbed to th. repeated
~a
ofl cultivatIon
1Ky present tmpruslon
JI tllat he~l we b&ve the re:ma.m. ~ ~ eontdv for
ti- of '?':'tRoman date, tb• fact that one of the
Bolda " , t " " , the enel."."..l hear. th. Saxon n&me
.~ Binditch does not auqiiy t.hia coaolullon ..

.>t>••

Saxon names h.Te, m many eues been ginn to

Bntlah earihworb.
I
...
In pnmona art.iol¥ I h ..... _ l e d tile
WJity of the Berbbire R"lp-T hanng ""'iinUed
~ S_I.y 011 a 11iD~ by
Famo
~gb AldwOilh
Upper B ...
to the
ghlAl abo... the Thamea at. Pangbonm. "hen ..
• crossmg could
been mad. to the O~ord
e Ridgeway at '" pomt .here the hills rea.ch
opt to meet each other The certain course of the
~d&ew.y on tho Chilterns has not pII. boon d.
~ _(though I m.,. perhaps say that eYldcnCorl IS
~g from pra.ctioal <\xp1orUion ,.h,Ch Wlil
!'I"":'bly enablo • fnonel. _
myapU ~ offer at
I~ one probable route) I If we aaume th.a.t. a

I

I
/1

I

Bo........

ldon

and'

~

b....

~g ensted near PaQ~ume connectm« the
Downa 'Wlth the ClriItI!:rn Hilla, It I.

~re

I

"juonabl. to suppose that. tli& oomp ., Whil.church hod oome suoh ,...oJi..tlon With tho >Rldge
....y on the Chilterns as
Begbury ",th the
~ Rldge or WAlb'fT with the Inkpen
trJ.il
It IS somewhat 8tri.n~ that no reference
tel tJl:iI earthwotk II made 1p- the VictO'l'ia COtmty
Biatory of Oxfordobi~, and it ]a only upon qUIte
reb.m&. 11$1Ue.1 ~ sa: lD.ch ordunce maJ- tAat the
Ill. 11 defined .... catnp
O1le\ence of a Itrcm\pold so c1_ to the
cam.. With It the certainty that. oom. route

1."4

f

r

J

fI'h"
nrer

lecl do.... from

the camp to th. atream

WOB.'KlNG FOR THE WOUNDED
The Cl.s:u reported on th& work bemr d.OOM at
the five noon work and metal. work ceatre. lor the
wounded aoldleJ;$ In the l'VlOlM b08plt&Ja
~
a.rtlclos col16iM.ed of finger 8pli.note and other a.rti
clc.s mac1 pa.ri8 requmng ..ery careful mU:::iDc
bomg work m both wood and metal
The worle
had been C&l'Tu:d. out. by the boys aDd the matena.1 prtlvided by tho .A..OClAtion In Duke--tro6t
w'hlc.h was very IJTnti1ied witb. wha.t wq bejDg
done
In making taO" articles eyf'JT! boy dld the
'Work he would haTe to do m hlS oourse at. tAe
wood work
Dletal work oentre
Mr E. J:ACK.90N &aid tba.t be tmdentood the
AMon atlOD. was vtJry pleased 'Wlth what. t.ae boy_
had done
MlSS .su-n.ow .eaid th.. DOt anly wu ta6 boya
own work dontJ well bdt. de(ective wer& d.cwe by

THE DIFFICULTY OF TEAM RAISING _
Revertm~ to S,turd',,1 gam. it Rhonld be noted
ngMowav th.t the el....,. "h,Ch dld dUtT and the
eleven which the DIl-e"ctors mtended to {>lay -repre

or

!rented the difference between cha.1k. and cheese

WIth t"o very ObviOlll oxceptlOn. the ..om
fielded was by no

THE LATE MR W
TIle MuoR, referrlDg
doal:.h of Mr Venner.

&Il

ItA: a.pprecl&tlon of the 59r'YlCc1
to the Comrn ttee for over twelve yean
}J:r E. JACKSON eeoonded u.ylng that h6
pe.r.eonsJ. reasons for reFettinl: t.he loa. of
Venner
The reaolutloQ. wu carried

IlUb IIilentio ..

mGHER EDUCA.TION 8UB-<XIlOIrtTJiog
The His-her Education Sub-Commlttee Teported
that aophca.t.l0n haa been made to t.he Board of
EdUea.tlOlt under ihell' regula-tiona for th. local
m&p&gement. and conduct ot e:um.IDatioD& lD
SClenc& and technology for the appoIDtment of
apee al -pa d 5Uperm~od&nte: to oonduet the ez:
anuna.tlona JD Readmg dur ng tbe comlDg .pnn~
It wlwl decided to recommend tha.t Nr II F
}daze of "Onryenlty ColJege Reacilng be 'f'eqUest.ed
to mako the neoetiU.TJ' arrange-menia M In former
Ye&ra for ho1dmg at Ule CoH~e t.hese ez:a.mm ...
t OM at a cost to the Edllc&~n CommIttee of not
more tha.n ten gumeas I

Opportunities DI$ lster befell Readmg ten mmllte!!
from the stnrt when S mlM worked <\0 fine opemng

&lid Butcher defent.d Cooper

furtber dam.ge relUlLed

INSTRUCTION IN IIOU8ElWIFERY

In houswitery more pra.ctjcal tban 18 po88lble n

..,ill

alll

-:~f..a:~'~:

rna. llt.a.in

b&r'e ]a:stioe
lLLLL-MA:'iC" aeoondod

vote. and M..r QuelCh
Fa.rrer) ga.ve hll
of Mr Wa.teon, wbo waa

E 0

i""t.ntly,

the deounorJ. lmrt com. to
of the ..leI:. lI.ud Ek1t to
body
If the smaller
U;. l'6pt11!S6nht.i'fea w. tJri:s
must. \We a.L1 We&llS 1D
as effectl'fO as poe8lble

llr.. ide.,t

"'Ch~1

coWimuatioD. of &
be decided.
donce afforded 1l?Y IU';!1 , DaI.,!"

yet

Brood Street ~

'pro,!ected

Fabn near Herin B pill
.. ohld Int
pollllbl. ~at ~mn""ic
dderlJpne -..he orlgm
bnf.d~ deocnbed\ but to wltl.~er
a8S1gn~ ODe fact remAIns.,
lIar e ~hoeen a bettor Ipot
the Chiltema on wblch to

The ball was uDder
of t he ~1&tIQn

hIt.d ba.ck&che
be.ek "In cease to hurt

beca.nae your

eTet'

&D y

more lIll8ery
,ad

baal boca

WHY OUR NAVY

of .. a.tisfactlDn on
proTlDg the popularit.y

n may be Dattu:&l for
of the absence of information I;OI:"-'.m~
In thi S re.. work &galDst Genno.n
due to llr Percy 1)lat.i6ft of a ling~ng dea.th. m
secretary of t.he oom may well str ke terror to
Gorr ng the treasurer the BntlBh. Admlral1,y hAve
eo,,,'itut;<l tho committee UI <ler the pe,ycbology of t.Ae a:il.ua.t;ioo
J Eox Bergt Me-Jar E m¥:ing aoy mentloo of ~
K mber Metsre :I Y
d~ructlOn 0( lJIo U hom.
S Slatter G Page J eft'ect uoon the p8noJJnel of
and E R T Mone ot t.hil a.b6olute 81le.oce as to
manues a.f~ they ha?C!ll left
eUnpf,. ow.u
80 I<mg
ooaM "ft'hich Wel'6 c.a.pt:.ured
ea.rl.ier weeb of. the war was
ror of Ullcert&in.t1 waa
feW' months oYer hBlf •
to return
'!'hey sainted I.I:i
t.he.tr base aDd that Wtul Ute
heard or a.ny of them.
Voo 'I"'u;o,en.De'1[
that lbe pr..... ~
\to m.a.y well be a.
a.U.&1ned

There

'Wall

aDOther endenee

the second baH they pl F1.'Ved for 11.11 tbe
not been 80WD.. no tIme. 8ftould be a badly bea.ten sHJe and little
When the ground 18 f&lrly work sloned when first. C8S dv and t.hen Lo,rtn.ou,se
to the full depth of tbe fork a.nd to Readmg Ii lead Both lloa.1l'1 were
Rake It amoot:.h alld take out kmd C&81dy s hemg & terrific shot
of an !neh and sow thft Reeds range and Lofthouse s a. clever goal
should be fifLeen to OlghLe,n seemm~ly Impossible angle when 'PP,,'entlv
r ounded on all Bides bv opponent.a
Pe." com~ .hoye the ground give the d Olle Do ler concr-ded n. peoalty
meo.n8 of ebQrt tWiggy It des to scored Luton s second goal
of the Wlod
T1 e effcct of tb s
later on when thnfty roW8 of
eLght. mches high and of healthy
appeift.jce,
Of eourae l'y th18 tLme the
be glVen bu~ tlte Bt.akea need.

rof.!

bt.

fib-

St. Ja.eobe Oil De-veT
Lieut -Col Lockkart recom:meuded
lor 60 .Jears.
but. 8ll" Percy Sa.n
JD&tl1hty to be preaeDt
the lar,e hall beca.me
In full • ."IDe till ODe

perlenced such excT'Ucmtmg luck
ever, dill not prove & tea.m of tighten
tho .. l..ld hod ~one they cracked up

:t'.ej1that
T~ northwordo,
leaVlll, th. north

BACKACHE AWAY WITH S ALL
BOTTLE OF OLD HONEST
.. ST JACOBS OIL.

an.d twinles r Now 118ten That s lutDba.t;o a tica
or podl.pa a e:tnU.n bu.t whicho ....er It Ia tnat.a.ut relief
111 obtained the moment yeu rub your back With
lug penltmtiDe; St. Jaeobll Oil I
tnk 5 001;
tha.t o.cll:in~ plUG and I(dfnoaa 80
tapIr
rub It Oil Jour back aDd oat
It pofoo
feetly harml.eh: a»d does DOt
Do not aafter' Get a. mIIall
frGm any ehem1&l.
ad aft6r WIlI1I it
forJrOt t) .t Y0D.

I ~.~~~,~;~~u~aodoudLieut.-Col
V
Lh. Ad

109 Wlth Luton, "ho had played '0

af the ucentz.

RUB

.w, ac~

I••p-y .... ba.n _La held by the
Veter&ns A.esGemtton 1n
fund In the La.qfl 'lo-wu.

The whole
upect
of the
gamei~f,""lli:;.~,el~~~:.
altered
near the
lnterval
wheD.
result of ~i1leent 1010 dON
hant gOal8 and Readmg eroeHld.
totally une.xpected and m some
undeserved load One could not

a good nn,tci>, , of

I

BALL.

THE TltANSFORMATION BCENE_

an umntor

RUB WEAK ACHINh B
STOPS LUMB1 GO.

Doe. yaar b&ell:: bart P Can yon not
J'Out'IIolf tip WIthout feeling HoddeR paws.

form

otitwOTk of de

W ..... ---.II ......
5
On the IIeOODd
l()

favour
Stevens and r.a!';sldT were
lot of nlce work on the Readm~ left
showed lmprovement at In S de rl,!ht In
Cooper continued to do well and Horler dellqn,.ed
splendidly Wlth Wdcox determmed If
hBnt Only Slatter among the ha.lves WAa

from

of lfr IImbort

_

gradua.lly the game veered

!.hi.

that SpIrit W

g-reat. e. futor &moni them
wa.r
That thl~ should be

ngat polutlon where he w as practICally
senger for the remn.mder of the game
1)rovement was wltnel;sed almost at once
hOUBe loon fou!ld wa V8 and means of
left wmg on the move Tn addltlOn
avene to eRSaym~ a stroot!' ;;l(liviriu,.l

W,

.t

of the repres.ent.a.-.
be elected ag8.ltllllSt .. U
the lntent.lon of tM Ae\
oo--optlDg & G'U&rdian that
as f 01:1' .as iDe,. could the
co"sLiiLu,,*,y 'Would expt'ess In • COIl

centre forward showed some prom Be
80n
as Lofthouse 8 'PDJ:;t ner rendered
Rnce to the attack Lofthouse therefore
the bold course of ~tng 10 the centre
,0 ng mSlde rlght a nd GneraoD. taking the

uf.ty of thO for-

;:,~fl':~:" lb:.near

follow t he pol cy t ha.t had.

_._ -. ,--

At thll!l JUncture the
.. Jimmy Lofthouse reahsed
rA<'hcal a.ltemtlOn w tt-s made
lTItl.de
'was meVlt3.ble
The Readtn.'t
partlculal'lv C:oodman WM
the forward hne WM hopeless

to GMl.8e aDd evry

th.
the
do,nest,i. ~'~J'~ h ..

and he 'W ould go. further
or gentlemaB wha would

i&ADING"e REMARKABLE RALLY-

the unoccupled rooms of the Cen\r08 by ..tabhlh
109 rosident.ia.l centres as mlUl1 ot.her Authonties
have done but O"lt'lDg to the unsult&blenea of the
present. Centres as res dences for teadlen .. Te-

It

election, and had la.tely
two t.o ODe ma.)Orlty f~r
Adey repre&ented a. wa.rd
wh ch certuuly Kr Wa.t-

struck. off for offlRde

tlDli~ past been deslrOus jof makitlf Ute Ul1Itructi~

and POSition It.

True Luton d.d get the

ball moo the net a second tIme., but Wileman In
hiS RnXlety to IICOre mterfered with a. sbot from
the Lnton outside left that Wall 8OO1"lng an th.
way WIth .-the Iesult tha.t the pom~ was COI'I'tctly

TIle School Management. SulH)omanttM ~
ported yOU'[' Sub-Com'IlUt.tee baTe tor some

thclr

Spurred on by thIB

m.CC'esa Luton pla.yed better than c~er and Cooper s
char't'JI was subjected to the severest of 8evere
bombaromentS
Cooper however "bIT covered
by Horler and Wilcox never wavered and no

"bat would have

~,
tr"""~ !.he
rupwd TleW'

They .aU .agreed. tha.t

Scheme
Be
tee hay Ilg heard

ofMrWJD

.. f....
!rhii

to • W'88
bodynotof neotsJllU<lh
i:E~f~::ij~~"ki,n~ th.t

would

a.nd till bt &l:'&'U8t & la-hour
no doubt that. If there were
for Mmder Wa.rd )(r

t.he town had boon

nterest. he took
Chnst. H06Pltal

ha... •

fH ee

It

The g~me opened m a. manner wht~h boded ill
the RI!cUJteen for I llt on hd nrcttv wen a8
thav liked dnrmg the first half hour The Luton
forwa.~d! who were n. very WRrm lme could do
notb ng wronrt' SlTnms the Chelsea. man !!Ilmplv
v,yed "W th Goodm an and when he bad drawn
Sla.tter nut or -POSItIOn 1"e1>E'at.edlv swung the 83,1l
out to Dvke of A ston Villa fame Dvke s ex
pos tlon of oublcle Tight play w as fine mdeed a.nd
he pt"OTlded the Insld!) forwa.rrl/! With commendable

decea&ed gentleman

ki-

belOW'. lt hu

bad one but

contro",eray of a.ny kmd
'or that. I'f!&!OU tkey
they bad e?ery reason t.o
elected by the voters of
had an opportunity of ex
MlIlster Ward had be
Ib. Its la.bour teo

VlilNN_

That th.

"hen

meILm R

Adcy waa • lIDlaU tnd~
was • big 0116 they abould
He was apeaking 00 ur,e
he urge<! unsuoceosfully
He lipoke t.here with

b ... been far better hod lt boon no....l. to play
the t(eam as Orlj;l'lDaU, selected However Ia.te m
the week mtlmat.lon was nce ved at Arcade Cham
ben that the Mlht<'\ry authofltles bad l?fnsed
Ma.ve to several of tb~ men "Who weTe t'e~a.rded as
cert&mtl6S and a h~y search for rmbstltutea was
rmd~d necesary I ThtB IS a.lwa.ys & buStnes!
fraught w th !"Isk and In thls CMe on, oomplete
failure a.nd one Reml fAIJure wel"e amongst the
.. captures booked a.t the eleventh hour

ot.htJr wo:rk~I'J; wos also aeDt tID them

or part. of Path mil - . iIUs route seeme
dear wben looe COn8IGet'a tae contours and n
tioo to tho .Ian'mg rift _bon referred \0
III th. "gnificallco of the hollow I.........y
eA strikes from the rb.d a f .... hun~ 1-.,11
her up an4
direct '!Pproacb to th. north
oorner of t the fortrea:
The prec.IpltoU.
chj"",- of the dopes on Ith. &Oath ... d &outh
wriat preclude tho powbibly of _y ..~t or d.
~ "on tboee Ildea 10
one ma,. adTa.n6e the
th~ry that In Pa.th
pre histonc
~ t.o ODd from a
The ltoop
ohirJk hill round.d
"hi.. fronto !.he
~""" of the
oUght _
of •
yard!
halve

l>~ opportunity
bof; I
firat

t;rad&e

uO!n\u,,&t.>d 1Ir L Jl Qaeloll H.
follow the argumeni OAI

1

yo

&

W.lllon hod J;,ed ILl!

tho H ead. Master h.a.T.lDC'
It was agteed bo dO Una

~~ ilu ~ ...
wiBdoi up .. deep rift, ,~F_m.g
h\1IIra, the - . " o!

•

....... also

n"" IChooI
gtven bta approvLl.

~reare

AE

t~:::=~":';h'~D(une
ot Hr
J
A.s 11r

A lott....... read from !.he Old Kendneko J..o.

-WW..

Rn~lI

25

n.

I

1!lIenee w b:icb. bas

boat.a upon the bl{;h
factor II) breaking
warfare - From an

ma.n I Last Hope
London :Maga.zme •

delen'l"

Th, n f'" from
JIlOillificOnt
and tho
any'O;~~:~~~h~:'!~
~ pte historiC or even
• pl+nt hour upon
much of Interest' other

NOTICE.

I

I

•

THE NERVES AND DIGESTION

Tho rela.t OnsblP ~oen the nerves the dlges
tlon and the blood rwill be understood when we
remember how strong emotlo~ lib anger gnef
and despaIr affect the appetite upeet. dlgeetion ~
l'nfluence one s " 1)p eah,ti~
,
So ln t.llDa.te are these tbree the
the
nerves aDd the cl4r~tlon that when
Ulem ta.lls th e ot herS suffer more or _,,_ .::-_-;;.
Tb8 blood proVldel!l the nerves With
coot.roJ
stama.cb
s f~~:i~[~;,.~~;~::
blood '

•

IN THE

1n a shoo that

to ma.mtaln

t,i~;~;~~~~p

I

R.

should
pr~ooeCling.

throe
Thn

DING OBSERVER."

beeu

t;~~}~'

CLEVER OASSIDY N OJ:t to Lof\bollsq. ~..11 ~:!I~r.:~. cl:.vel\ne."
was of moet value to the B.
VIOUS artIcles I ha.ve deSorlbed
of thiS skilful Scottlilh exponent 9~i;;.~;r.,Y.-:I'i:'h;
he brought all them I~ lPI&y on ."
wonderfUl body 8werve r the magic
foot over Ille ball w.!uoh
.0 m" . tifvi,1R
op,p'o!" .nts, and tho .m.~in8ly:

I·

the

I

DVERTISE

':;~~~f.~et,t;;.:r::;1t;~,::

It

•

IS

a most

antageous mediuqt
for Advertising.

OVERSEAS BAITAllONS

is not a
class paper, but IS bought and
by all classes. It is the Local
y Family Paper for Reading
Dlstnct, havmg a most
influential circulatIOn in ;1,
also ~dJoining l Countie<,.
"READING OBSERVER"

I

of Charges sent on, aplplic:atj,o~