Reading Observer 03-1916

GOVERNOks.
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very much hO'ped that
able to obtam lIufficlent
to c&n'y O'ut the scheme
be placed on 8. sound

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TYRRELL

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from the 1011 of our own 1
A s & matter of fact Portu$'&l baa been friendly
year the to the Allie!! Bmoe the veJ;Y tirst da.ys of the war
cone.equenoe of She Dever professed a. ngid neutrahty and ha.e
pleasmg to note hem of considera.ble e.aSl.8tance to us not lea.at n
iJ~erl\~d With the Trin.ty her Btttitude In Portugueae West Air1C& which
of chddren had ena.bled our South Mccan trOOpl to round up the
therefore the Germane m South West Africa.. The lDlporta.nce
distribution of thlll may be seen if we compare It With the
neutral attitude of Spam which allowed
_~'~~dlbair·J m~lw~@.~tOMn stnctly
the escape of German troops from the German.
Kamerun
.be
,ty
Though an &Detent ally Portugal and Enghmd
were once at emmty though tha.t 18 now long ago
and Portugal were botb pIoneers w.b:en "t
cl~ of the MIddle Ages th~ world began to
opened lip
Portuguese BaIlors were amongst
the moat mtrepld discoverera and the wOl'ld owes
much to the zeal and enthu81um of Prmee Henry
the NaVlgator a son of tbe Kldg of Portugal and
the daughter of John of Gaunt
They were Por
tuguese ladora who gra.dua1ly crept down the
western coast of Afnca t wa..e a Portuguese ex
plorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope
Mortly afterward! the Portugue.ee reached India.
~o promment were Spam and Portugal m the
rU.lm of dJllcovery that four hundred ~ears ago
the Pope divided the unlrnown world between
them
Agamst thls monopoly of the world-a.nd
the
o f , ,~~~~!~;;)I'~ two Powers Eng1and
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BUccellsfuIJy for It WIL8
by. the dew.t of the Spam.a

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certificate! m Portt1gall!l mtierventlon, the moet a.muemg per
of Muslc W&IJ haps hemg that Britain bas urged her to come n
Hall 80 tha.t her African POS8eS8IOnl might be ceded to
MrWJ
~rma.ny at the end of th6 war m order to sl.ve Us

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Portugal I our oldest ally haJJ now ~ntered the
war aD t he mde of the Alhes, malting the number
of Sta.tes engaged ~ the conflict tDlrteeu
Thete
a.re numerous Gepnan theones as to the re&8on for

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.... tbe Wokingl!.am BoJ()urh Beach ora Ifoad."
- . . . Mr R. 0 Xli . . ODd lIr G A W&toon
!'rederick Shepherd • Ca.nadia.n eoldler
wu
u..rged Wlih being aa lob8ent.ee
wu remanded
to .WIo1U a mllit&ry eacort.. A. further chUge O't
alding a.nd 6beLting Eva. Bl'ant n obstructing the G
polioe m the uecutlOQ of their
ty . M dlsUllaed T"i.t,,,,,'"
Supt GoddW ..id he ....,~
the house &nd
pn&On61' Cf'Ouching behlnd
umebair In tile
milt. room
lIe called to him to nrreoder wben
:be. diaappea.red from the room
~ner and 'Mrs
Brant were lI1Slde the 6CUllery
When the pohoe
..... odmitted they found
pnapn6l' biding
bebijld ilM> klteben cIoo<
ETa Brant .. married wO'ma.n w~
IIel'TlIl&' Wlth Hi. lb)eet.y II !'orIoN of ~~..m,ildrc.d Wo'king'Â¥M
cbarJred W1th
a.Dd abetting a. deserter from ll.1I
obotmotong the pob.. "blk> .n!
...~i;fo.
t.b8l.r duty; ~ .oo. (3) with &68a.u l~ng the: P'?lice
Supt.. Goddard Bald he went to Goodchild~a.d
on the Dllitht of H&rch 11th
d frO'm wha.t he
WM told went to the back. of
1"6 Brant II hOU!le
.00. there ..... PC Footer whom he Jhrected to
kooek a.t the back. door
M.rs I Bra.nt then aatd.
~p 6 mtnute
WltDees
to ber
YO'U
must. let UII 10
She 1Ia.id
I !will In a. mllwte.
The door W&5 T&tUed ags.m
Mfu IOUlp long time
abe o~ned the door
Witntl8a "aid
When'.! a
the .aoldler'?
Sb.& l&ld
IF'ind h m
::Sbe
turned up the gas
Pnaoner jll&id
Yoo ha.ve
had .. good deal O'f fun now I will UTe some fun
She took up • ravolnr l and pplnted It at hUG..
Wltnesa c.ated 'futh hert and p ,C Barnett took
hold of her 1eft ann .ad 1f1tn- fo~ the reTOlver
out O'f ber h&nd
The reV'OlYer wu found to be
loaded In tive cbambere 'WIth b..u ca.rtridges 'l'be
pollee drew the cbarl'e aoo iired l lt to __ 1f 1t. waa
in
Prlloner WU i"ery el.Clted a.nd had nO
been drinking 1 She
ureet.ed and
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THE RESCUE.

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THURSDAY

Germany 11971 l et Batt.
10094 1st Batt
Hitchcock lt541 2nd Batt

A letter was
Edu,;";,,.
nO'tlfymg theIr
ernment made
lLlla aakmg the
FRIDAY
hers of the GO'vern ng
Berry It.:.A.. 'M 0 a.ttacbed Berks ac~rda.nce tbereWlth
rhe CLY.RK pomted out tha.t under the art cb
y ~0!llan"y .. 18 reported from Egypt .. boy
th~ Govemmg Body sb\ould cons st o( n t rn o e
tha.n 19 twelve to be appomted bv the C U I
Mltcbell 12282 6th Ba.tt
two by the County ~ut]or ty. two by the l n ~r
Slty College one bv the Commlttee of the U er
Slty College of Oxford and one by the 81 J Un
the tBaptu5t CO'llege at 0 ford
One th rd of thu e
a.ppo nted by the Councl~ should rettre ann all
The LYOR moved thflt
accordance v h b
casualtIes among ll~ aoldlen O'f tbe Brtlcler, of government tne Counc I do no v pro t
the fqllowm~ twelve to l';erve on the B uard (If
.... Ight Infantry b&ve been
Gbvernors The Ma, or (Mr , (.. S ttu) \1
the past week. Dn land Mr Field Mr M nt n D r ~ br m \ 1
MONDAY
E I P Coil er Mr E J kflon Mr J Rabson 'Ir
F A iSar)ea.nt Mr Eg mton Mr F \" cr and
6850 2nd Batt.
the R1v H R Cooper Smlth
The~e gentlemen ha.ve all been work ng f r thll
past two years on the n pcatlon Co mml tte~
Mr FLELD seconded nd the motIOn' as il); ~ ed
to

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& BUCKS CASUALTIES.

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RESIGN AnD"

.A l ~ttel" was read frOI Mr A S Caudlc res [!n
mg hIS pOSitIOn as mem r 0 the Ed c Lt, on Com
mltteel In consequence 0 cont nued lit ess
The TOW N CLERK lia d ~t he had con mun
c&tf:d WIth the Readmg and
stnct l ea ... w ; ~ ,
temtones such as Portuguel!ie
8ociatIOn as the vacancy, sIw Id be fine I by one of
m China stIll rema.m to relDlDd
anc ent power and the days when
theU' nom nees
~
trad ng state
She IS. at the pre
IT he MAYOR D oved th t the Counc I nhl ee on re
cord the profound re t .nth "hi h thev I)
PO'SSe88lOn of cons derirble terrItory
m Africa. O'f wh ch the ch ef Ilreas are Angola O'r
celved the resignatIOn 3j!1d tnen b Ilh to e at 0
Portuguese Welt Afnca and MobamblOue or Por
of the valuable servlc~. fbe h Ad endered
t nn!v
tugue8e Ea.st Africa the latter of which wIll pro
a member of the Educa.t on Comm t~ b t all
especially ~ t he O:o:: fo rd road <:; chol)l
VIde a. b . {ol opera.t ons agamst. German East.
AfriCa.
:<Ichool
tj-e II ~ d th t. pe ba.n~ 11 tl
E or over seven hundred ye&rs Portugal was a.
"',;ounCI1 would rat.ber ,\Ir Caudle" had co t ed
monarchy but the rule of kmgs came to an abrupt
of the commlt~ee tpough thev knew be
end a. few years ago
Eight years agO' Manoel
not be act.lve.,
der the pre cnt
rC1lm
II a. youth of nmeteen succeeded to the throne
b, t th S W !lIil IS \"I sh
It w s n PO!
Fulker 16648 6t.h Batt
on the 8ssaSllmatlon of hlB father and elder
hlble to spea.k too h gh) of the :re rvtc e~ he h ri
brother only to rule for two and a half yeaI'll lhe
rendered to the boroug fOT he han her.11 It ml'l ~ ~
,*;~~~d~I.:A~. El. Small
2nd B.tt
revolutIOn of 1910 abolIshed the mona.rchy and
v~luable and rehnble
ember of the Edu a.lon
t h e royal exIle hke others before hun found ..
Committee
Mander 5100 Uh Batt (T E')
~fR..10r
AnRAX
secO'nd
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:<lay ng tb ~ e er II noe
home In thIS country A republic wa.s estabhllhed
thdugh there L'l at
by no means mconslder
Mr Caudle had been a memper of t1 e 1 d at on
able Royah8t mmonty the new form of govern
Cqmmltt.ee he had been n lIl}n.sl!um ng
d h Oil I
ment 8eems to be firmlv esta.blIshed
m \nded mcmbel" on fl.1 occa.s O'ns
H s l oad
'Vhllst Portuga.l hu.s had her share of mternal
mmded prInCIples m we all tb~ other n e bers 9'
diflicultte8 she hWl SInC'} the great Na:pol~Dlc
the Committee look on 19 d~ClSIons w tb Tellpe c~
wars steered falrlv clear of mternatlonal cothph
~ E P COLLlER S Id toat he hn.d hcon n I
catIOns
In 1857 she had trouble With France
mately a.ssoOlatf:d '\\"1t MT Caudle ,for many
over tlie capture of a slave boat but war was A1NUAL IMEETI~G OF BRANCH yea.rs and could hea
08t ungrudg ng test n onv
avel"ted
Much more :recently-m IB90-Bn~aJ.n
to the service!. be had renl'lered
and Portugal came to thel very bnnk, of war over
MISS SOTTON as Chalman l of the Scho 1 'I n
the questIOn of Central Arnca when t'he latter was
h
T~ a.nnunl meehng of the Readmg Branch of agernent Sub CO'mm tte~ assoc ted fwrself
compelled to submit to an ultimatum presented to the Workers
ducrl.tlonal Assoc atlOll Wa.8 held at the remarks tha.t had Jieen mllde and sa d 1.1 L
It by Lord Sallsbqry
S nee then she baa aDan the .lmor Hall on We@esd.y Mr F Crltcbley abe would like to draw the a.ttentIon of tbp. Co u I
doned her a.mbItlon of un tlDg her East and West pres,dmg
to ~bat he a.nd others had dOl e In Cl. t me of st.rc..,~
I
Afiicall possesllions
But wh 1st there ha.ve been
T~e annual report "as present ed the follow ng T~hers under hl B gUlaance hn.d for
lt d a
assassmatlOns at Home Portugal h aa not entered bemft extracts In Splte 1of the wa.r whteh has scHeme for supply n~ tekher ~ whe.lC there
s a
upon wars abroad
Now sne has dra :vn the clal~d over 50 1 embed so far as can be tr~d shortage
She dId not kno'" ho\ the f: I 0('1,
sword In a European cODfi ct for the first tIme for the decrease of me 11 bershl p repO'rted last :March could hlJ,ve been CItIT cn o~ hut for the e (
more than a. century
Th~ Bo lrd of
ha.s en at rested The membelhhrp now Dumbers denial of Mr Caudle and otliers
Her W'my as anDle8 " to day S Dot large and 423 a.gau st 420 u 1914.Lv
The number of Education after enqUlnflR' what was be ng done
her na.vy will be but ~ veI1" m Dor additIOn to the a.ffilIa.ted societIes s 42
The a.ver ge attendance wrote expre3swg astOni shment at t he rIorra nge
sea forees of the Allie,
PortUR'w. MSIStance m at the Palmer H<l.1l lectures has been 134 The ment
the war WIll be forthcommg matnly In three direc a.vera.ge attenda lce beforc Cbr stmo.s was over 160
Mr RABSON la d that while Mr Caudle 1\ as an
tiona
She occuped an Important postlon on but the hght ng rest.nctlOns aJIected the numbers esnec a.lly well mfO'nned man he ne. er let that
the Ilea. routes to the Mediterranean the Cape and coDl51derably m the new year
'lbe CounCIl of mterfere w th h s dOing oonkev \\ orw as' as e
Amenca end may be .. valuable factor agamst Ger the .Association met eleven tImes dunng the Bell dedoed. by hUI worle for lU\eJ1116 employment an d
ma11y m the latter B submarme campaIgn a.gamst sum WIth an average attenda.nce of 26 out of 64- tht'l feeding of the chIldren
trading vessels and m brmgtng to & apeedier close repre!ellttttives
'Me~ Butler ;Wmter Farrer l-brtm and
The ABsoClatton haa been keenly
the explOits of 180lated German ralders
In the alive to' the 'Problem of Economy 10 Educatlon ~ Watts aho I5Poke and the resolutIOn wa$ lam
second place the weIght of her arm! 'WIll be a a.nd by the kmdness of the class teachers h808 re mously ca.rned
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deCIded asset In the Eut African ca.m"patgn ,VIth celVed periodically statl!5t CIS of s ize O'f cllU!S6f1 In
the entry of Portugal mto the wa.r German Ea.st the elementp.ry schO'ols ID Readmg:
The subject
1.,,----:-'__7' totally cO'mpa.ssed bY' the p~sSlOns of hu been freely dillcuflsed and on one occasIOn Mr
Bnt sh En.st AfnCRj and Uganda 11e Rabson addressed the CounCil on
Sta.ffing of
the BelgLall Congo IS on the west and schools
About 40 wounded soldiers were en
18 :flanked O'n the lSouth by RhodeSia whi16t along
tertamed on Saturday February 4th to a. whIst
the lIouthern borders of the German colony Por drIve tea and a concert In the mIXed club
IbIS
tuguese East Africa. extends to the coast
WIth new venture was cl\tlrely due to the InItiative of
preB8ure from all Bides German East Africa hke the women 6 commlttee and the cost over £3J W8.!S
the rest of her Afman possessIOns should fall mto oovered by contr but ons of Ithe membere a.nd Dandruff
and haIr stopa
the hands of the Alhes
friends
A 1 bra.ry catalogue haa been dra.wn
Lastl,. not tho lelU!t ImpO'rtant fa.cOOr IS the up and 79 books have bee 1 loa~d smce Novem
coming out
mtemed German shlppmg In Portuguese wa.ters ber
The class III 1 terature under Professor E
One of the gravest difficulties not O'nly of thiS T Morley havmg completed b three years course
country but of Frn.nce BelgIUm and Italy 18 the last Ma.y a de!\ re was expressed by a. majority of Try thIS I HaIr gets beautiful wavy
shortage of boats for the transport of goods The the oflgmal lit Ide h fa 0. new clllSt! ID modern
and thIck very qUIckly
entry of Portuga.l means that at least a. quarter literature
'1 htl:l W S I) tcc.essfully na.ugura.ted m
of • millIon tons of German shlppmg Will be added September 1915 , tb 24 on the roll
The8e con
to the shlPpmg of the Alhes
ThIS may not hnng tmue to .meet on 'Mondays tt the Umvers ty Col
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If you care for bea.TT. balr that gl stenl 'IV t b.
down freights but It Wlll m h ta\e aga.lOst a. lea-e and bid fan to complete a full course III
further rIlie and brmg Borne relief at lea.st to the SPite of deplettol ~ of male membenl owmg t.o mIiI bea.uty a.nd 18 radUl:nt Wlltb 1 fe has an ocompar
able Goft..ness a.nd IS
Y Ilnd lust rous t y
preasure on our supply of boate
tary dutIes
At the end of the sess on many of
ne
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The
treaty of 1373 between England
the students Will h a.\e comllet.ed fO'ul" yean study Dander
J~st one appl cat on qoublell the /bea.ut y of vour
Spite of mterruptlons tn the past, of EnglIsh 1 terat Ire
The modern h St.Oly clas8 haIr bes des It IDlwedia.tely disso ves every pIlI
been recogrused &8 valid
It now under Professor F M Srenton was completmg Its tlele of daodru1l you Icanuot ba.ve nice bell 'f
a new slgnlficance
The mterventlon of BlJ:th year course and suffic1ent stud ents ha.ve eX hea.Itby hllJr 1f "ou bav, dandruff Th s destr ct vo
Portuga.l mta the present mighty conOlct UleTI pressea a. Wish to cont nue for another ,eal" ThiS scurf robs tbe b8.l1" of Its lu ~tre ltr strengt.h anti
tably compels a comparison With the wars of a year d scusslOns hm e followed a t;er es 0 lectul'f:s on ts
hfe and If nqt oVf rcome t produces a.
century ago when N (Looleon sought to lmpose h s the Growth of ou Const tut on
The Assocla fev~r sbness and >1tcbmg of tbe scalp the ha r
wdl upon ElJrope
The natlOns of the west re tlon fe61a some dp.,ij ee of I r de m the e two classes roots f&!Dlsh 10O'seJl &nd d a lhen tbe ha r fall.
volted a~alnlt hegemon v as they always Wll1 which give ev de ce of pennstent desne on the out fa..c;,t
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If your h a. r has been neglected a.nd s Un
The Central Empires during: th e present wat' o.re pa.rt of workers fo ed ca.t 1 of a high Umver
~&dually findmg ranged n.gamst them the rest of SIty charaoter
Ihe Jomt comm tree of Labour fadq.! dry scrs.ggy or Itoo ody get a botUe of
apply a. ht.'tle- as direct..ed Ilnd ten
Europe
and the Uruvel"8lty CoUege wh ch IS financ ally D&~denne
nllnutes a.fter you Will .l&y thIS was the best. n
responSible for these classes hili been 8.ble to COD vostment
yO'u ever made
Sold b~ all che 1 U
In a recent article "The Druly Telegraph In tmue the work by means of further grants of £25 and stiore15 Is lid and 2s 3d
No nerea e n
p er cInes from the LO'ca.1 Educa.tlpn AuthOrIty A
eommentm« on the lmporto.nce of Portngal s ac small room ha.s now been set apart at the College
pr.w. s ncerely beheve \ reeardless of everyth n"
cesslOn to the c;a.use of the Alltes g yes the fol solely for the use of tl tor 'al class members and else advert sed, that f you des re soft Iu s rous
mtere8tmg p articulars as to the friendshIp fO'r the aceommodo.l; on of books
The embroidery beautIful halr a.nd lo!+ of tt.-no dand uff- no
6XlStea. for so many yea.rs between Eng class at the College undel" Miss Wllson IS now Itch,n'" scalp and no mqre f 11 ng ha r- yQ 1 n ~
In Its fifth year nnd s still a.et ve and a further u se I Knowlton s Dandenne
If eventually- h'l'
land a.nd Portugal class has a.lso been opened to women members m
Dot ow'
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W. cannot forget that on. of the best of Por lace ma.kmg at the College
lhese two classes are
tuguese KIngs John the First ma.rrled. the dau~h under the auspices of the women s comfDlttee
ter of John of Gaunt and tha.t fine old EnglIsh
The Secreta.ry Mr r v.,r E Sp l presented the
worthy hlDl8elf fought m the penmsula as well
VOLUNT~ER DEFENCE
A.CCounts which ahO'wed <to tota.l expenditure of
Welltngton &t a much later :Period
There 18
£44 Is Sid the veal' comn epc ng With a balance
a. common feelm~ umtmg the two nat ons m
1D hand of £2 Os 3~d nnd conOludmg w.lth a. bal
ardent love of the sea Enn' ph blood ran In
al}C6 due to trea~urel of 13~ 7d
vems of the gallant Prln C" Henr¥ the NaVlgatO'r
The officers wele elected as follow Chau"man
who was the son of Phlll 1>1 n of Lancaster and Mr Rowe lady v ce chairman MISS Hmder
K n~ John and Pr nce Henry wa.s not only a. htera'.ture secreta.rv MIS Brewerton
h ,ghway
brill a.nt seama.n but the founder of the Portuguese secretary Mrs Carter
reg shar Mrs Wblte
Empire won throu~h h 8 d 6caverles ill the fit house unattached members (n the CounCIl MrfS
BATTALIO
ORDERS
tccnth centur:v
He WIlS tbe predecessor O'f the W lkmson ?'£I1!I P Lienee MI S 'Wooldudge Aust 11 more celebrated Vu.s~o da. Gama. whO' rounded Hod~oll Mr Padley and Mr MarrIott
Ordel')3 for \'leek i ndlng 25th Marcb
the Ca.pe of GO'O'd Hope Ilnd dlacovered India..
Subda.y -Parade K ng .Eclward SLatut..e 930 fo"
It was agreed that the retll ng PreSident should
The sa.dors who landed at Cah c\ t and elsewhere be an ex offiCIO member of the Counell for the Dldcot
Tra.m leaves 10 0' clock
declared tha.t they came to seek Chiishans and
I By order H F KINGH.U! Adjutant
and mdeed the combmatlOn of 1nHISIOn ensllIn,l! yel\r
On the suggestiOn of Mr Crltchlev It :was
commerCla.l enterUrise whIch h elped
to appomt a crnnmlttee f fi e to go mto
to ,e, tat,Jj"h ~'or>'u.:ue,.e dom mon 10 the Far East Clded
C and
Companlea)
ql
estlon of EI. permanent office for the A.!;l;OcHltlOn
10 some measure ch aTacter
our own
efforts m the sa.me reglO'ns The I comm ttee w s annn I ted IlS f fllows Mr
orders
gua.rd duty Ill.
the very operun~ of the: 8 xteent~ century Cntchle.y M Rowe Mr Uleen M s PatIence
IA~~~",;;D;:~ for
claJIS Atm o v d
Emanuel 8.8sumed the tItle Lora of the a.nd Miss H nde
ral ge 79
Navlga.tlO'n and Commerce of lndm
At 0 ry
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IE:tbi,opi., Aqbla. and Pen! a and the proud cl urn
D Co Allred
was
altogether an emptv boaKt see Dg tha.t It

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lla.t.ilda, WM oharged
b.U N!IgUIlfmt alnee
m&Dded to 6wa.lt &D:
THE REAiR
Alfred R&ymont. of 57,8tT1~;;;;;;;lA""lUe.
don was mmmoned for

ligbt Ul PePJ>azd road on "t.llmiory
of 100 .... DDp60eci
Jamea Ba.rnea of 6
2a &i for qcling ~thout •

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M1d that any ,""ork m
Berks Hunt WM a

had been througb
,tolletlber. and they borl a
was eertlltn tha.t
bitt feuce that the
WO'uid be followed by
was declded to form a
collect th e money he
work tha.t WM en
were tlm~s
they were mnre
when h med t o collect nearly
a year
Now on y about £1500 was co]
and It W&I morel difficult ~ collect the
amaller amount than It ~sed to be to obtlt n the
larger mrn
Thev Dlighti ~et back to those goO'd
tImell e.g&m
Wbether they dId or did not It
was th eIr dnty as Bntlllhen to rna nta.m the finest
sport. In the world o.s thllt' fot'efatbcn handed It
down to them they must flo their beet to ba.nd It
down to the generatlOD j.n.t was to come (t\.p
plauBe )
]4r ALFRF.D P ALl!J':R n oposed a. VO'te of thanks
VI tbe Chnuman of the Hunt (Mr W A Mount
}.{ p 1 and the Cbalrm ~ of that meetln,", (Mr
C H Palmer)
They .mecla.l1v 'thanked lr
Palmer he !aId for the tremendous amount of
work he had done reCently;
Mr HtSSEY seconded the mot on which WA S
earned by hearty accla~a.tlOn and Mr C H
P ALKEJL ISUIt&bly respondf

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Tra.ftiO ~ ntis week end ng Ma.r 9th
Corresponding perlod last.

Incre~
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was confirmed by rope Ale~and.r VI m 1502
A8 a matter of fact Portugal had become the
foremost cdlomsmgi Power in Europe followmg
In the footsteps of the Arabs and beg nmng where
tbe Arabft had left off by erploflDg the AtlantiC
The natIOn could not .expand except by sea be
cause Spam cut If off" from all mtercourse WIth
other European countnes by land
By sea there
fore came the Portuguese merchants to England
and Flanders and the whole ra.ce through geo
graphical pOSItIOn &B well as by na.tlve lJlstmet
I was tnsprred bv a spmt of adventute Here wal!i a.
na.tuml tte of lQterest and chPorncter which did
much to lizik England and Portugal together 1D.
a.mlcable bonds

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The funeral of the late(Mr F G Drew D rectO'r
O'f Hortlculture &1. Umvers ty College Reading
toolt place on Saturday tbe ser" ce be np; held a.t
St Giles Church
Tbe ch ef mourners were
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Mra Drew (w dow) Mr Ph lhps (f&t.her of Mrs
Mr Jack: Pbllh1)9 (brother) Nurse Drew
Drew (s sters) Mr Hazelton a.nd AIr
old horllcultural friends of deceued)
W Smallbone Mr Ruiliard
W Costn

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