Reading Observer 03-1916

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Auctioneers' AUDOUDCllDCtiI. Orblal

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3.Reading TowD Council

E, Compa.oy Volunteer Defence Battahon -

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Annua.l Reporb

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Palaoe Theatre
Church Cads Bri gade Inapeetiau
Annmn'U,ry of Wllltle,r B.Jl
ThcatricaJ MemorIes (By J.l&ne Lohr)

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PresGotatlon to &l1 Oddfellow
Concerning Suga.r (By W D Whit-e)"
The Shakes~ Festlv&l of Mercy.
Women &lid tJ:i.e S P G
C,,9en;bam Petty Sessiol1ll
Juvenile Frnployment lD 1915
4 The .Man lD tbe Stroot" (A. Britie

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No... fr:<>\D Ip ...li&ment

I s Juatioo Bhnd P (Hugh E. Walfo
Our Story of Looto

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CaWOI!U~ GraJ

Property

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of Me6tinC" eto
Le.+:1:lng Article .. The war ..~

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Nota and Com eata

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Loeal Item.
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look a,d9ant:aio of the
Mayor for dnll and aton Thunda.y eventng wben
course of mstructlon

~".ran<:e C ral s....ty'. Conoort.
VOhmteer Defe en BattallOo Orders
Comfort" f or
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n ees of three
aboutl 258 feet
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Corn Market
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Adjourned LioeidUli' lloet.ini
!!"! UpIa.nd f!ay (By P W Holmes-Walko,)
Th, eo.tu,n.. l'oolb&!! M.rob
Gu Comp&ny'. Annual Heetillg
War H""",W. Suppli<lo Depot
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CHILD LIFE AND CHARACTER

Borougb BonclL

WOmeD'l Work.
1 An Urgent Natl0nal Appeal.
A B oet.e1 for Young Women
Our }la.n1age Lor. (By
Jacmn Col.l!Wl)
County Thea.tre

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Pootb&n IlAteot.
Ga.rden Notea
Yeoman Officer'l Wedding

L'terArY Nob ...

Woking bam Cavenbam and other DIstrict
Newl
La te Adge['t..:sementl
Births .M~nagea and Deathf

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LATE ADVERtISEMENTS~

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WlLUAM GEORGE HAILSTONE,
DECEASED
IS HEREBY GIVEN
N OTICE
St alute 22nd .nd 23rd VlOt

!'REDX J R.ATCLIPFE
1 Blagra.ge S~t Reading
Sohct'tor far- the Ezecuton

DOAJIlD.RESIDENOI!1 ..... ted by You", M&n

..D . full board near town. Eut "EM anl,. --:Ad

dreM, elating lowest tel'lDl, Box '1857. u Obser·

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Oftioe, 1te.adlug

r1OMroRTABLE BOARD-II.El}IDENCE
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'-' po.6lt.lon terml modez-a.te. oentcllU -22, Jeue
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"I!r'()RNS ()foebnleal). 1<Jtd • Wheel oUI .. , ell",
.m. pletl> with
lid eacll, Hub Cog. 81d,
~ar Cues, 21 6d. Bowden Co, I Bci&r Brakes
311 6d Inner CablOoi 3d. BaU:~ 6id. Tyre BeUs
101:1 -Fortescue II 1, W eal; Street &&dIDg

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poULTRY HOUSES a.nd Coops In ltook. Port:!r &bte Bwidmgs, Motor HoUld, Gatden
Frames Ligbte, etc..
Inspect or obt&ln Itbe
" IBeU.er BUllt ' 118t.a -Hawthorn a, :9 Duke
St reet (and London Work •• East Bt.Net) , 1!.Iading

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EWING
:lACHINE
REPAIRS
are
our
SpeeJa.hty
It muea no d.iJference wb&t make
t.be Macblne I B , we can rep&lr It
Get our .Free
Instruction Book: and B-&ge trouble -ll'ort.eacue
Bl"OI . U.d 1 West Street R&adlng

Y OUNG
local
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YAN for ihe "WIarohou... roqwr~ by
Wbo1es8Je B<lulO.-Wnte Box 785e,
Obset;V6l''' Oftice, ReadlDg

for Timber Me1'cl1aata' 0Ii0e.
Y OUTH required
lrnowlecke ot trade ealculatloDa
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GORING.
crop may

FOOTBALLI LATEST.
TO-DAY'B TEAM
.. H S' writes • BMdLD.g will be .trongly r&p resented at t be Palace to-da,.
The fO&WID.l'
e.leven are expected to tah the- Aeld ~t. Ma lor
Bowne (Weat Norwood) , 8ergt.. G Horler and
Gunner Lacey , Corpl Horton, TrOoper G Goodmo.n a.Dd Trooper E Sharpley A. :M. Andenon
(R F G, Wantage Holi), J Lolt.boule~ <l1mn.r R.
F 01'I'@Ster Trooper .r C&8Sldy &nd J Li Carr ReBerve Gunner H BrO'Wn
Tbe replay ma.teb WIth Queen _ Park Rangen hI..
\>eQn fixed for Ea8ter Sa.turdayll.
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.THE WAR WORK
OF THE

NORTH SEA FISHERMEN.
Prominent among tJJe articles tn the Harcb
Wlndaor MagaSIDe' 1& an lnterelrl.lllI ~r OIl
the North Sea Fiabermell a.nd the War by 141'
Tom '\\ lDog', Y P illuatn.teQ 'WIth. many photo.era-pbi
In the 90U:r86 at h"a theme J4r WOlD&'

1ILYls~oe t.be: fateful 4th of .August. 1914, thousand ..
or our fishermen ha.ve been wat.ehlDt: the w~"Y'

da.y a.nd. wght, keeping .. ooJllPa.ra.tm~ly safe aoune
\ OpeD for our merobaut sblppmg. exploding the
nunes wh1ch by aweepmg thel brought to Lbe sur.

.oORING YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY
TJle mem'ben of thlll Soaie9", With the a:t8lltance of
friends at South lStoke, pve a. mUSical entertaiument
at Soutb Stoke dn Wedneaday In lut l\eek The atlendanOfl Wa! KoOO a.nd the receIpts I&tiafactory The
Rev T E HengeI1 Jones. of Gormg, pl'e81ded

be
autumn
Harden
them off for a ahOl't tune m a oold. f ume. If they
ha.ve fruited early. and later on plant tbem out III
a 6UDDy 81tua.tlon
Hen they wIll make a. second
PRESENTATION TO 'THE LATE STATION I
growth and flower and frwt dunng t he autumn
MASTER l
A late supply can elso be ohtamed by pla ntmg
On the lrutatiOn. of 1dr Chs.a tHobba,
Streatley
&t the present tIme t be peryetuaJ. 80wenng "arIC Y NUl, Meean. Weedon and others, who are
st Antome de Fadoue Deeply dtg Qr trench the
&011 on 6 warm sheltered border
manure It
6t 1ile 18.1D6 time
The autumn mI.)" be cold 0['
wet d~nng the time of frUltlDg, and the .b.elter
and W&I'Dlth of the 81tt.tlon will contrlot.Cte to tb\:l
rlpeDlDg of tbeo fruttlir
TRIIf "\'EGET~LE G.A:RDEN
The trenching iw:wl mlUlUrlDg 01 grouod tor .,.eg:e
table IIbould be completed " SOOn &II pouible to
ft1~ It time to I18tt1& &Dd becom.e firm before aow
log ~ pLantlD8'
Thi8 work ftni llbed will also
a.lI.ow
mo,re tUlle for plantmg and 8()wmg
Omona tha.t were 1IOl'n under g;iass durl.IlK Pebruay 11'111 reqwre tranaplantmg I mto other boJ.eI
to bep t hem groWIDJ '\ead1ty &.Dd to have them
ready for plantmg out In tbelTI permane nt poBI
t IOna m April
Put some well rotted manure over
the drainage. of tbe boRS and
wIll be poSSible
to tra.napla.n.t the OOlOns WILh &Ol l a ttacbed to
them
New -v.:1&nl:e.tions of ltbubarb may now be made
The 11011 should be deeply trenched and well
manured for Bhub8J'"b 18 a gross feeder a.nd makes
most progress 1n fertile soil wltli plenty of dept.b
fOl" the roqta to st:rdce dO'Wll dee,Illy
Remember
also th.a.t Rhuba.rb at.arta m grow th ea.rb.eat. In
nnny, ' .heltered IltUatlO1lS
Stimulate the growth of Sprl,ng Cabbagel by
dustmg the ground IWlth lOOt or l ,' nth sulpha..t.e of
ammon16 at tho rate not exceeding haJf a.n. ounce
to the aqual'Cl,.a.rd
Tins ma.y be repeated In
the CO'W'88 of tbree ot four lf~kB if can.atdered
W,i .",.", MagaZlne •
neoeI!I8&ry
Hoe t he gtound lmmedi..a.tely after
noh-ble
applying It and tliat 'fill be ~fIlOlent covenng
W.r
A1little. earth :may be dra.wn up aplnst tMr plants
if they .are lona-.... teinmed. cd lik:el;r to get blown 1''''''''101;..&bou~ by tho wind I
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LITERARY NOTICE.

8eab.le m&1'
now~(!1lld.,
be p'la.Dted,
if theInground
hla
thelJ&rdou
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I.Ild dlhble
tho thong,
or pt.... of thick root about one foot apart
Tb.

hoes should be «I~teen inches to two feet apart
In aJl good .oila, to lallow rootq f-rr _trong growth
Rhul)a.rb 11 Te'Z'Y ...,.. to force now by tbe aid vt
obo:rea or barrel& W1~ut bottoms! and surroundea
by rank or httery fresh manUJ"e, or that mIxed
'W1th lut aut1l1Jn.n a luns
B1 U81DC' b&rr&15 the
Rhubarb sta.J.b caJ1 bG obtatned four feet long, tf
the ...anety grown 115 & robust one further the
ataJ.kI ca.n be bl&nehed; eTen Without manure
PI&nt Bh.tl.ta WIthout f""herJ </<1",. lf 11 bas
not yet been done.1 '"'ft'e ~ should be trod
den. .. for Onlonl thOUlh It need not be ao firm
Then rue It amooth for appea.r6noe aake~ and la.y
vbe _garden hne a& a gUIde for the rowa
rake the
ShaUotA between the finger
thumb, and press
t.bem ba.lf way lDto the 1011
TUl'lllp-rooted Beet may be IKlwn to iP:"e ..n ea.t1l
IrUpply It L8 very hatily but tf Isown on a Ibe
tered. border f6ClDg' sout b or Wef!lt... It will come o.n
mOI\fll qwokly
Long·rooted va.netles Ihould no~
!be aawn y~t -u they &nI ha.f,le 1.0 get too ~a.rg~
a nd OOUM before t.h& end of tbe seMon Tb~ Il'ur
mporMted Beet 1& abo SUItable for hea;.,. 6nd
Jumpy SOIl. not euy to penetrate by the )ong
rooted v ••rtehes
Peal tha.t have been gerlluhate.d In a boUle WIth
a little hea.t WlU now ;do mucb better m a cold
frame.. wlle~ they Will be close to the J!;lau e.nd
get pl~nt:r of ilJR'ht.. They can also be more hber
ally n nti.ted. lI&re th-.n. In houses "",hlcn are 18
u se for IOl"9l"an:lmg ather aublectB, requiring ltttle
hea.t for acme'lttle time yet

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_s.,i;~.~~~~~OU~~lturo~- ahouldl now bq
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Twyford
d efendant u
(}o.ooperntlon
Lop-don
Wttn66s
winch was due to the.
miSSion a.nd defendant
to tbe Assoclatlqn
Later
dOIl6 flO
Michael SuUtvan
&.u d he had. not recClved
D etectIve Sergellont. C Sqwre of
P ohce said tbe defenda.nt gave
RaId he WOJ; .short of money ~d
which he was entrusted andj. ~-"
now penmless a.nd Wished ~
cleared up and tbe worry removed
P S Pierce slud that on hlflo way
the defenda.nt saId
It. It; qUite
the money
I d tdn t meUl ILo
teLephoned to tbe d octor .n~
to flt.a.y III London fo r the n l{;'ht,
I went on the drink '
Supl GOOd,.,-d
" Ive a.ny acoount
a. man ot education,
In Lho South African Go,..I"'bul •.ry
finger printed Without r esult
Defendant saId whatever oourae
took he would pay back the
n ot tell tJhem all hiS troubles
g[,leved a.bout the n'la.tt..er than

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Â¥.ARRIAGE OF MISS MURDOCH.
A qQlet weddlDg took place on Thursday In last

week "t Finchampstead Church , when Ailsa Gladys
Murdoch d30ll.£'hter of t.be lat.e Mr C T Murdoch
once the we lt-known M P for ReadlDg and Mrs
Murdoch of Buckhurat Wokmgham \\ u marrIed
to Gener&l Tanner, who has served With si'stmC).
tlon IJ1 the war. and h8.15 recen t ly gamed prolIlotlon
to that rank
The bndal party In WblCb were
the bride s mothe r and slst~r motored over from
Buckhurst, arn vmg at tbe (l"burch for t he ee ['em ony
at noon
Mrs Letbbndge another lIster of tbe
bri.d.e, was also pr~t and lent h er bOUie, the
Manor Bopse FinchLmpstead for the abort honeymoon tbe bnuegroom belDll home on a.n eight
da.ys leave

Anotll er WOkingham lad has given hi. life lor
hll countr-y
We regret to learn tbat Sergt or
HIli, of the 9th East Su['reys bas been killed ID
actlo.n
He was t-he youngest 6Qn of Mr Alfred
H 1U of East H eath Woklngbam
A letter Writ,..
ten by bls P la.toon Comma.nder and addreBsed to
his sUiter MISS HIli of Ca mbertey oonrotns tbe
follOWing Dear Madam - I am wrlt lttg to you
to express my d eenest svmpathy for ),OU 10 the
1088 of your brother Sergt filiI. I C&D find no
words to elCpreS8 my personal sorrow at lotlDg blD'l
I bad known blm for some months and he bad always
shown \l'u m self a fea.rle u sold ler and &n extremely
ca.pa.ble NCO - very popula.r wl t.h aU hiS office"
and wlth bls brotber lI ergeants
It was a. ter
rlble blow whe.,.n 1 beard he bAd been bI t
I ca.n
o!1ly SAy that · by the grace of ProVidenee be oan
H e dux! IDstantanoously
AI!
ha.ve had no pam
the me n lU my ],>l&l;oon which waa bla, laID me m
e.lpredmg their deep sympa.thy for you ln the lOBS
of your gallant broL'her
Again eypressing hiS
W e r egr et
deep regNlt t be Lieu tena nt concludes 'HlB cheer dea.th of M['
ful SPU'lt In t he worst of pieces WIlIJ tbo Br~at.est mucb .respected
asset an officer cou ld ha.ve
The late Se['g.t H1l1 WM at bu u.!mal
was well kuown m Wolcingham was 8Jl old schola.r Monday In last week
of St li'aul s School, and & chorllster of St. Paul s on \V~dneeda.y at 830 t) m
church ebolr and was In add itIOn an effiCien t mem CU['['~ half an bour afterwaroB I
"" t\.S
her of Ithe W okmgbfUIl Companr Boys Brigade • keen horticulturi st, b •.vtng snt'!nt ih ~ firlit fOllr
MuCh sympa.t.hy 13 felt for hiS f[,lends 1n their be-. Tea.n of his career m t he ga.rdeps l\t l Wokefi.e.ld
r eavement
Pa.rk Ilnd the rema1Dlni;: t hirty ;y'e&rs h e waR at
MorLllne[' H1.11 t.he residence of ISlr V Hunt.4!r
Ba.rt as head gardene['
For & grea.t rpany yeOl.TII
h e was m tereE.ted l In the local Sowe[' l.show and
beld the post of hon seeretnrr and tre806U1 er The
funel'lll took: plS.081a t tbe pansh (lpul"ch on Satur
The monthly meetIng of the Town Caunctl was da.;y
the Rev H J Tre90r oftioCl atlng ' In Spite
held lD t be Town Hall on ThurI;day .n e nmg t be
of the dee» &now a. largE) number of s~m p 8.thl a er8
Ma.yor (AId H C MyJne) helDg In tbe Cb &lr Altterld«!d
serVICe
The chletf mourners weN!!
Thoro were also present Aldermen E C Rtlgbe~ the Widowthe
Messrs J an d W 'Iha.:l(':her l(brotbeh) ,
/ . 8ea.waro and P Sa.le CouncIllors W T Martin
Mrs Shulr and Mrs Vincent (s-u~tel'S) Mra Mallett.
(} Frye[' 'V S Medcalf R A Hammond W and M111i VIncent (nleeeB) Mrs Jol;tnstone (s;i6ter
Bodle W H Goss A E Priest and T B Boken- In law) MesBrB Ch1l8 . Artbur and Herbert Rani
ham nJ80 Mess['s J H E Clifton (Towp Clerk) son (brothers-In Io.w)
Musa Illmll.~ and :Hessn
and C W "Marks (Surveyor)
Blmco Lov~U and Jackson I Aruqn gst tbose P['&GENh'RAL PURPOSES COMMlT'liEE
sent a~ the ohurch were Sit OhM Hun ter Mlsa
The Borou"h Sunoyor reported that planJ had Hunter Mrs Cameron Mr &Ild Mrs Moadell Mist
been 'teCEllv;J for the enlargement of t.he bulidlIlg GardIner M.r& Looker. M.r Purse y Mr Porter
belonp-Ing to Mr A J Priest at the earner ot and 'MeSflI'8 A H Baggs.ley, f1:ll1cnce, Ja.cbon a.nd
Langooro l1 gb~ and Luckley Patb and that Andrewa (represeutll~~ tbe IC hurch. of England
Mr Priest h ad been requested to state biB terms Men s Society) of WblCh! dec~a6ed Iwes a. member
for the sale of 0. strlo of land to ena.ble tbe en F10ral tributes were senti by Lndr !a.nd Ml&IS Hun
trance to Howard road to be Wldened sufficiently ter CaDDn a.nd Mrs C Lo ~tt Cameron .A and
to perm t vehidular traffic before ProoeedlOi wlt b E H a.rrlGon Mr and Mrs LoJveu MJaII Inman lf l83
t he proposed enlargement
It was agreed to re- Ga.rdmer and M'l'S M~ell nlecea aDd ~ephew l!I
commend tbat the owners b e approached IWltb 8.
and J"""o, 0 M
Mr aDd. Mrs G
VIew to their contnlmtmg towanls t he COlt of t he V B obbs, brothere. and S18t.era I a.nd
A few
proposed Improl'emen t
frIend s II
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It W~ agreed to recommend that Ald Hughes
Cou[!'cillor Martm and .)lr R H ernng be re--a.ppomted overseers fOT tne enl!ll11ng y ear
The Town Clerk referred to the Order under
COMPLE~E
UH~ Election. and RoI'!gu;tratlon Act 1915 extend
m g tbe t erm of office of the e:ustmg elective audl
Our etaff and ",,"orboDm ta IUdCl,
tors Messrs J H Breach and J H B,ard by
one year
are .udt tttat they
c._~
~~ete (.,.hen nel::euary)
The va.nous .repoJ,'ts ot tho CommIttees were
MOURNINO
OR
ER
passed lerlatIm
wttbln
belllnJ I dec
7'be (lOrpora.t.e gea.1 ,.,.218 a ffixed to the aPPOintm ent of'! overseers a.Jso to the hcenoo for the
BritISh Bus Comp&ny for drivers and conductors

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WAR IITEMS.

The Telat19es of Gunner 8 lowler, R G A , have
heard that he bas had to go Into hospital Buffermg
from trencb fever
Gunner S Lawler wbo h ll.9
boon out. With our troops In France aome 59v'enteen
montha. )11 &&0 an old &uth AfrJC8.n tighter H IS
relatiVes at BlDfield heard from him tbat he W1l8
unwell but had wed the d octor to a.liow him to
TeC()ver If po!ll!ilble Without le.aVIng h'UI post
A
cam bas been received from a. chum teUmg of h IS
admu;slOn to hospi..taJ.
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TOWN COUNCIL.

ADMIRAL [DE CHAIR
AccordIng to the dally Pr~ AdmlJ'&l Sir Dudley
d e Chair h.aa been appolDt..ed to
tbe Foreign
Office on questions conQected With for8lgn trade
and the blockade
The\ Prime MlDlSter expreued
bls plea.sure at the aooe~tance of tbe post by Ad~
mlral d e ChaJr. a.nd 8ta.ted that h.ia pra.ctICaJ ex
perlence would be Qf a-rpat ...... Iue
Admlra.l and
Lady de Cbelr came to reBlde at Braoknell sbort ly
before the W&1', and
de Chair lS Ittll In r esl

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TEA AND ~TAINMENT

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A. well attended event: wok place a.t the Prlml

tlve Methodist Cbapel W lnldield Row on Wed
nesday Februa.ry 23rd, when the Sunday Ichool
scholars and friends partook of a caplta.l tea provl.ded by the membet"l
Subsequently Mr E H ay
ward, of Slough, pre81ded over an entertainment
BUcce6sfully 'Presented. by the scholara and fnends
With Mrs F. W Bowyer a.t the orean
Some
s-pleoold mU l lO a.nd. 80ngl were r endered by the
acbolen who a.1so gave lome pra.lBeworthy J'eClta...
t lonfl
Miss N Benton and MiA A Everett were
good In a. dia.lo~e entitled ''!1le Old HarmonlUlJl '
The CI;1B.lrman a nd. Mr W J B 1Shop
lated tQ& orgaiiht tea.chars and scnola.1'8
capable elfom, ~nd 90tea· of thanks were , _.~~,~

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
monthly. m eetillg of the Board of Gua.rdI&DS
I wasTheheld
on T uesday
Mr.A. E HUgglDS pre-

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d.nced
01 .h,p.
d..trOyed
fa.oe
they
18 and
mlUlng.by
86 tho..daily
weD as tiTrecord
the l&qe
numbe:t-Ot'tra.wlen
blown u~ a.nd tho lluudlWlda of heroiC
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Wokmgham

Mr ~ P e&['man wbo, as phal rua.ceutJcal cbemlst
OCCUPI~ In the ' 70 sand 80'&
Ihe sbop now
held oy lIr H F Gorety
Deceased wt\& e.,.
tremely active a.nd unttl shortlv before :her death
was able to carry out. her domestic dutIes lh a.
mann_e!, unusua.l In ODe of lIuch adva nced. age
The
late Mrs P ea['ma n With be r t wo ster.-daugh t ~r8!
wbo 8urVIve he[' wera wall known o:6d rellpect.e<1
as work(U's In connect.lon With .\H Samt.a pansb
Tbe fun eral took place at AU SaJnts. on Thursday
aftern.oon

memhora
MMen',.•'Ri,",~,rd. o n
'G;m:ti"tI~ pqnded
was
tD the billiard room , wpere
Mr Smith had arranged a mUSical propamme of
hla:h ment
Mes1R'6 Dodda. Wood.. Richard80n
S Adami, No['man Gaze Harry W1 nterbu~ W
Hi"'e- E Callas .p Woolliama E B~ J:Lobbs
and BllJ M08II contrtbute<l to the Rrogramme Whllst
M'r T G Felbham presIded at the pla no

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p1Ul8ec1 away on Monday at t he e.dvanced age of
93 yeu.ra
Dl!Ceaaed wag tbe Widow or the late

D r Graham Aspla.nd iWbo Will be r ,mem'bel'ed
by Brack.oell people In OODnect10n WI~ hIS work
'JII'lth the grea.t m18fuonary effort h eld at th~ V lotona HaU before the war haa reached London
from Serbll. where he la.boured. as a. member of
one of tbe wounded alll68 hOflPlta.1 ~l te
He
p.resents eVidence which tends to prove that
tS
not well between the Ge~&I111 and Aus rla.ns, and
whitt;! p aylOg a warm tbbute to tbe t rea.tment
shown by the lR.tter to the women or tbe Red
Cross detachmonta baa notbing good. to sa.y of
the Germans
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I gentlemen members of the
programme was pr.ovlded. La
<.:ontrlbutoo. MeSltTS E MariK
D Ayers .E H PerklDS
II.nd Burland (readmgs)
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Light refresh

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been p.repa.red by deep dlgglDg and manurlnc Lay

'l"he reality of the nski

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punuant to
Cap 35 that
all Creditors and other peI'8Ona hanng anfr£lr,rs
ag,tnst tb~ estate of tbe Rev~rend W
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G~RGE HAl4'\TONE I_te ~f 39 Green Bold
ilb!ladltlg m t.he COUDty of Serb Retired Bap@t.
MlDllitec deceased (who d ied on the 18th dlloy 1of
October 1915 And wbose Will waa l?l'oved In lobe
PnD~}'I p&J. Regtstry of tb~ Probate DlvlIIon of Ria
M&Jest.y 8 High Court of J Ulltice on the 23rd day
Fe'bruary 191.6 by EID1ll4 J ane BobbinS Hailstone
and the Publ~ Trustee the ]4ecuu,n theretn
nalned) &1'& hereby required to send particulars ID
wnt~Dg of t.beU' clapna or demands to the ,under
signed on or before t.be 15th d",X of Apnl 1916
after wbloh d .. te the Executors Will distribute tbe
a.saeta among the perSODs entItled thereto havlDg
r egard only t..O the clau:ns I.nd dem&ndl of~ which
they shall !ben ha.'16 bad notice..
Dated this 3rd day of M&",h 1916

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GUILD SOCIAL

At tb. lut meetlD-{j 'Of 8t Andr~w aC E Y S
tho memberS d1scUS8e<ll .tbe problems of eblld hfe
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ch a.ra.cter 1n connection With. 11001&1 quest ions
It W.&8 found tbat wbilst tbe ~eneral m ortahty of
LENTEN WORKING PARTY
As ln ot{ier yeat'll. working parties Will be held the country bas declined consIderably dunn ~ the
last 6fty yean the ra.te of mfantll& morla.l\ty Iii
d uring Lent at the Vicarage on Friday afternoo j
stat IOna.ry
Tnbute ~a.s p aid to the splendid
work Idona by echools for motbers and other age n
HOME FROM THE FRONT
mes for promoting the lea.re of child life Chanc
Wbenever potllublo leave :HI granted to those who ter 15 • fundamenta.l probl~m In sOCIil reform and
a.re rterrYlng t heir klDi' and COllntry end at mter· t hough extreme pover (Y Ihaa done much to
vall many of the Hurst sold iers have been home
Amongst tbo!te wbo ba.ve ~om e from t he trenohes merecbaracter
largewIll
sootlq.n
lncre&ee of
of awages
not
IS Pte F Prlel5t, 5th Royal ~rks who a-r'rl:ved
15 our neglect of the health
home lut week
tl.'ft,lDmg a.nd ha.blU 'Of the masses
suIted In the undiSCIplined. chara cterless men a1ld
women the SOCial fallures ... and pbyslcal wea.klll;lgs
WAR~RAVE.
In our m ldllt I P.,efintte rehglous educa.t.ion Blays
II large part Irl the forma-tron of chara.ctcT land
GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION
ha.vm g lost ground 1n thiS d ir ectIon the only h ope
.At lut 'Week'a oJXlfleting of the AS5Oelatlon Mr T
of tbe present gene['atlOD l]6s In a great 6pIr.ttua,1
lra.tchelor of Bolney Court G&rdena Shlplake gan a. awak:~n1D.g of the whol, nation
very interestiQ~ &nd pra.ctical ~per on carna.tton
cultoze He dMlt Wlth every detail tn the oultivs.tion
of thMI beautiful flowen
He adTlled takiPg the
cu.ttin~ In three batches lQ. order to keep up a Bupp:ly
tlirougblout the year .nd deacnbed the method&- be
follow&(}, 111 hie: OWJ1 -praotic.e The vano..us pest&\aH~
disenau to 'Wblch the carna.tion lB subject were
ment\oneC1 &ad the best remediea deaenbe4. &ad the
pape; concluded WIth • litt at the beat Yl!l.fletiea at
preleot In culti9ation. A.. good clliaUallOll followed WId
a hearty Tote of tb.&nks was o.ocorded Mr Ba tchelor to
l'f'lpch he Tflplied.

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6.30, the Ma.yor .b elng In the

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Bided. ID the ab98nce of the Cb&lrm&n a.nd t here
were &l~ present Mr F H WilsoD Kr C E
Eveleigh: Mr F 0 Bulhngha.m, Mr C Aldrld.ge,
tho Rev, C E Shaeldeton Mr G Ford, Mr IW
H M....Y J.1r A Rasey &ud M". A M A
Heelu -l,
FIREWOOD C\J'I.'l'ING
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The quest-~on of purchasltlg timber to be out
up Into tirewooa. was raIsed
The M.umm. (lfr Coope[') said they .."..nted tbe
timber U It provided employment for IO~ classes
of men llnmatea who could not be othJ""'" en
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Mr Y A88Et said they would not wan a lot of
timber on thell' handl If the place were turned
Into • bosplt.al, as he underst.ood migHt be the

have been lo&t.
, After .. twe It was found tba.t, not.wltbltaDdall tMU VIgilance, a.nd fidelity. tha work w ..
fruat ra.ted by ftsbJ.D.g and other.eaaela whLOb
the
of pe.;.oeful commerce, we.re con-

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CONCERT
!JA eonoert orge.nised by the.Rev C E Gr&llt In
atd. at the & Y8' Olu.b of St Marltn'a Cha.gey
DowD, on Wed»esday Dlght, was 6 great .ucoess
and & 8'Ub8t&ntlal contribution wdl be forthcomlllg
.:to the fund
Messrs....!. Gray :E... Kntgbt. G Sim
moods Hurst and &mey were (fiery entertalDlng
In tbelr plant&tlon !longs, "Polly Wolly Doodle'
and H Old Uncle Ned' 8.8 also were Mel8l"8 J
SarneJlf J Scott, Kentl Fisher, Morley and B a lley
:WIth "thell' p\a.ntat.~n sketch
A one act play
II Mechantcal
J &no," wf-l! voted U gTea.t ' aud
Mesdames Marr Curne au.d Kemp-Welch ' met With
\ hearty a nplau~ for thetr presenta.tlon of the
Mr F
U The Boy Dectdes '
was
all!O were
Mr E ~eney Mr
Da.91ell
Mr 1 E
P'.i>l~~Y'; and anotber
enthUslaam

CONTRACTS RENEWED
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Thfl contracts for tbe supply of bread meat
grooerle.8 eto for the eMUlng 611: months 'W'er6
renewed
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DISTRICT COUi4CIL.
A m ~tlag at the Rural DIStrICt CounCil fol
lowed
The Finchamprt.eed PaTish CounCIl wrote com
pla.mmg of their representatIon on the Rural D1s.
tnct CounCil !! but the Clerk (Mr Sa.Ttte8.11t) po,nted
out that m&nlbe.l'8 on a ctive f;EtT'Vu:e were not
thereby dI!KJl,lahfied by non attendance for bold
tug their aeats

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