Reading Observer 03-1916

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\, WOMAN
FALLS
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addre5f ed

lolol' t b elni Mr \\

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mqu..t mlo the oirC1lll'~¥1oel •• rrilUD,dillB
the death of Mrs 8unP80D.
Stmpson, & commerCla.l

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UDi~ty
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Concert to

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bridge. Woodley. was

Footb&il Not...
·Parhamenta.ry No •
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The Tribunal.
Cheaper Tram F&reI for OaT~ham (J ~ fit

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SEEDS FOR

havi'ng flung he~lfJ

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Great WOBtem

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1lr W' Ern••t

La.UJ'~noe BtaU,.,ood).

St Patrick's Ball

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Property
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Wa,DLt ••
Not" •• of Meeti~,.. eto.

Reading

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WOKINOffAM

Committee.

EdUC&tIOD.

SON~
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Lighbing Order Summonaea.

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Quality High.

Leading' Arlic1et!P06lboD of Unn"enlt,. Colle,••

PnCfls Low.

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Caulogo.. Grt.tie

The Berhhlre Timber Company claimed for the
follOWing employees W G Day, r..ose-street, E
Milam, CahforDia Lodge, W H Rance, LondonrOOd, E Cotte.U, Nine Mile Ride and W I H
We&COtt-roa.d
CondltloD& lexemptlon was
In the first iwo lDBta.nces, the &pphcants
In a. oed1.fi.ed trade
Ranee and Cotterell
were granted one month,
exemptIon
P E Hall, Mllton-road, BlUgle, 8&ld be W84 lIlto his fat her, who carries OIl the bUll
of a n undertaker
Two months exemptIon

EzeltJDI Scene at Wokiurham.
Rea.dIDR' Borough Bench
South Berka Hwiot

TrinIty College 01 XOIIO
Exhibition of Jap&DMe Work.
Portugal.

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'Yorkers' EdUC&tiOll~ Aaoei&tion
FuMral of u'e late IMr. F. G.
Re&dlng' Town CouflJ

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Women'lI WOI'k

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TowOlda Eooitomy (Pr<> Patria).
SaVIng for vletory· 1
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Wax H osp;w.1a
Depot.

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Sappb..

8.581sta.n¢e not
deceased
Side of iPe lme

Berb County CouncIl
Berkshire Ladles la tPra.ooe.
ReadlDR' RefllglS -Annu&l Meettn~

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Laura Mary Morgon,\

games t.oUl'nalUen t

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MEJo:l1;.;C,-S
There was a cro9;ded meet l1l ~ at tho f 0 Ul 0 1
Mt' SDella lEbop on Tliursd ay In I:.l.'!t \Ie ek \ 1
10structlve 'topics are ~ 6bnted from wee k to .... 1
add on tb lf occasion Mr M. J Sale a \ e 01 I If'
on the <f l'ia.hoDa.hsatlqn of Railwa y:;" , lIl :>t II l llll
what the lPeaker though t Its probobJo ~ft eci n ff Ihe
service generally Economv 1Il };1. U:!t; ma Il t f ll i ll
and betterpa.y for em:plo,) ecs. were fe IIU res <} ,11
pa.per
Mr. E J 'ra.vlor oft ofw ard s "' :\\ t
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a.niJWer against n&honahsatlC.rn to t\l~ ly PO~1U II ~ ~
had prevlOusly been made

Ra.lhv&y Fatabty
Wdl of Mr
F.,,g,,IOn.
TbeCorn
Wolcingham,
and other Di strict
NewlI
Late

Butts H,II bndge, wh,ch BU!lg..lt.ed
had recently got over there
The JUry . returned a. verdiCt.
temporary msaIuty

Copt. m the

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bo.m FlOone., 4tb (T F) .J
and Buckmgham8hire LIght
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of ca,u,.)!i••

the ExpeditIonary

Mr

Headqu ..rtera under

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5t h Royal Berks of I'
',,:;;;~;' i;~si.bii:;. a London bos'l ll Ll t. 1 fl d

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<!OUNTY BENCH.

WILL OF MR. W.

FlYlng Corpa, tbU'd .on of

Hambleton, 16, Oxford l'Oad, married, &
baker, oondit ional exewpblOD granted. bemg
a. certIfied trad.e.
J H Ot.ten, 75, FalrvlA" road, bootmak:er, Single,
&ald he was .hIS mot her S 80le support, hIS only
brother bemg In the Army
He was gr&nted
three m ontbs exemption
W Irvmg, gt'ocef, wme and 1!>lr1t merchant, of
Pesch-street, applied for exemptIon lD the case of
J LY.:te, an asS istant, who was 1ndlsp6tl5able as a
dls ~rlbut.or of food
A month was granted to en
able Mr IrVIng td ftll hiS place
E W R~ves, of Ymchampstead-road, furDlture
remover and contractor, was granted condltioDal
exemptioD wblle he CIIor[' led on b ls bUSiness
The Agent for the I< Reading Obaerver" at Tllehurat
The Forest Timber Company, Peach-street,
c1&lmcd exemntlon for F G D Noyes of 26,
& Mr IE
H GOLL YER School road
South&mpton street, ReadlDg, & wood turner m
A NONAGENARIAN
theIr employ
He was lndlspenuble to them, &nd
oldeat mha.bltB.nt& of Tilebunlt 10 the had loet one eye
Absolute exemption wa.a gra.D~
Willia.m Abery pused a.way on In thIS cue
In
hIS 95th year. h aVIng be4!ln
Ma.y 6th. 18'Z1.
He dlcq at hIS
In Westwood 61en, Tdehurst. wh ich
OCOUPled for more tban sixty years
1 --old the deeeased left schoo l
the eveDlng school whIch TUESDAY -Before llr G A W.ateon
th~ WEL& sixpence a.
chll.1r), Mr. A J. Mackey, Mr L R Enkine.
ea.clil pupil had to proVide
Mr H. W Verey and Mr H C Mylne
a.nd wrltmg books
He remem
WITHOUT UG.HTS
bered the time when bread was two shlillng per
George L Blake, for riding a bicycle Without a
lI'al1on &nd nowspa.pers (four pa.ges) were sold on light
at Earley on March 2nd, W&..Ii fined Is
the Bath-road at a. shop nea.r the old kennelS' for
Frederick Chipper, for a hke. offenee at Sa.nd
aevenpence each
Mr Abery WOrked for Ma.Jor hurst
on March ~rd was fined 2a 6d
Stoner on the Purley Park estate f9r over' wenty
LeWIS v.;a.s !Jummonoo. for a. 81ml1ar offence
years
He h.d a. dlstl~ct recollection of the Son- atCyril
Crowthorne, on Mareh 3rd. and was tine d 2a. 6d
WD2' cutting' gg the Grea.t Western R ailway being
'l'IlE LIGHTING ORDER
made lQ, l~ A few years lll.ter the hne was
Henry Mllls, for failmg to &bade .. light In a
extended to Oxford
The decea.sed on one occa.
Sion was ploug.hlUg Ia.nd adjOlDlDg the ra.ilw ay bUlldlD~ VIZ, & slaughterhou s, M. Wa.rtield, on
near Pangbourne when a. t ram passed
The horses February 24 th , was fined 10s.-P C. Fletcher
were 60 a.larmed th a t he had to sto.nd between proved the ease
WIUlam Drmkwa.ter, for .a. elmllar oft'ence at
them till the tram hsd gone
He W&8 mat'ned m
1842. and there were four children
After hIS Bmneld OQ February 25th, waa a lso fined 10e:wlfe e dea.tb he m&t'1'led agam In 1851, by whtch p a Brown proved the case
marl'lage there were seventee. children
Till ! John King, Ia.ndlord of the .. Three Froga
qUIte recently Mr Abery w ....ble to do hiS own ILondon-road, was, on the eVidence of Supt
,da.rd a.nd PC B&lley, conVlcted for allowlDg SL
litardenmg.
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hght from hiS tap room wmdow to shlno out mto
the roadway, and fined. £1

the att..endance 3"&5 eX .I'.!~ tl
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8to<:k at the Mal kc l on J J
sold for M e6s r ~ f :ttl f
£37 51; each
F Lt It I !
barrell cows £ 19 lib I (l 1.. I
numerou s, selllUg t I 01lL z()
weU. tegs makIng sa;.; t
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porkers rellliSlll o J,:.~ e l l
and sO\\ fl L'9!:!s
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H ens fetched 2s to ..\ .2
7d , ano cock erels 2s "I I
W! r6 very plentifu l a.t Is 6d I.) 1..

TILEHURST.

and Woodley, saId she was 'Oi{dition.
wliom she found In a. dymg CI
Co , did
what ahe could. but It was
P S Punce spoke to findmg
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TRIBUNAL APPEALS.

Not.e. ..Dd Oomme~ta
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Boa.rd of Guardl&OI
;S..... lary Charge
Appeal TribunoJ
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lNtlll~1Sh.ed Condttet.
Loeal o-tte Iteol..
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crlhba.gs, dra.ughts Ilnd bllhJ.rd~
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which the VIBltors wero boa te l! It "I 1\
"",loc~in,od stated that. ~ll lol(hers and f,(l\I<}I ~ It~
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M h0.p0rn.ry r lembers aL thiS cIt/ I..

~UGATIokAL

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the W orking Men's Clu !) t'n l l't
me~ statIOned a. t Ascot fi ll ~II !"

Sell... l'i'O&D'iol, P"..IIol>.

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William

Ferguson,

Ba.th l'OO.<\, Rea<ling, whOle
JanJlAl'Y 16th I..t, h... 1.lt
value lof £33,863 17a

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£24;863 1•. 1d
Mr Her~ Edw ..d "1
of Sh~donr 36, Alexandra rJn.a, Readmg,
ani epmt met'ch&nt, hl8 son, an~?tIr Alfred Walford Pou.lton, of 7, Hope 'p&rlf, Bromley Kent.
aoo two of the execut ors
The Iwill IS da.ted 13th
Apnl, 1916, wherein testator left·£100 and household effects 0 blls wile abeo

lutely.

.£50 each to the Executors

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£50 each 10 hlB d&llght.ers Etb.l, Mabel, Belen

and Gertrude.
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£25 to hIS ~nd6on, Ronald Elha
£25 e&eh to Robert, Rlcb8.1'd ap.d Rosa. DeR.t'le

God·

£2.5,000 4 per cent d.benture eIock "I Fergo
aona, Ltd, in trult for hiS WIfe ~uC1ng WidowhOOd
WIth remalDder &8 to 2..6thl to h{s BOn Herbert and The Agents for the" Reacitag Obaener" at T>;a.-yford
16th each to h .. ,Old daughters. I
Are:r W CHURCH, N"wearebt. etc Sla.tiun
£25 to his grand.dAugJiter, :Etleen Ferguson
road Meaan WYMAN and SONS Railway St.
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Prenusea 118 a.nl 119,~ - Broad Iftreet, Reading, In
tlon Boobtall . and Mean. W. H -SMITH laud
trust for bll s8J.d four d&Ughtera
SONS. 1.
Re81dence m t'n18t for hiS ",,-,fe dunng Widow
SPECIAL
hoOd , WIth rBm&l.Dcier to: h tl Bal(l son

TWYFORD.

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Statton road

In the ev.nt (>f hi. wjf.'. re ram~ ,h.

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recelve an annUltv of £100
The TeBldue of hill property h1 1e&V6S to hl8 S&ld
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m&etlDg of t he SOen cc l
Brit ish Women s

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Rea.dmg, sang and recltoo ,l nd 'I
an earnest tlddrel:l s
FII c <
.enrolled
P utor Cole p l ~ " d '

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LL DOG Boys

CRUELTY TO A , SHEEP
WIlha.m James wq fined £{ for clUelly ill-treatmg sheep at Woodley OIl M.arch 5th -Supt -Godda.rd g6.ve eVidence that he s aw defenSdant driVIng
.Bowe sheep
The anlm"",,s were ~err tired and he
was pokmg one &long wltli a stick
He also at.ruck
It two blows on the head wlth the stick
The
a.mmal s eye was mJured and blood came from
Ita
- Inspt Dowty, R S peA, cOrrobor
fla.id he aa.w the sheep
I ta left eye
closed a.nd there W&I!i dned blood on

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TO QUIET - THE NERVES
ANI) CURE IN OMNIA.

The Agtlute for the .. ReadIng Obllener I I for ero....
tl.orn& and DlItrlct. are Mr GODWIN Crow
thorne, and Mr HUNT. WelhDKt.on College

FORESTERS' MEETING
The qua.rterly m eet ln&, of Court " Marqws of
Lorne " was h eld a.t the Foresters' Assembly Rooms
on Tuesda.y, Bro Woodage, C R, presldtng. Bro
G Slyfield was appomted on the Comulltlf!e of
Ma.nagement In pla.ce of Bro Vti.ughsn, who has
gone on scLlve serVIce
There are now slrOOen
members of the Court on active serv l. ce
A vote
of condolence With Bro A Cox. on the losa of h IS
Wife waa passed

DOCTOR S,US AVOID DANGEROUS
OPIATES. SEDATIVES, BR,OMIDES. AND
ALL OTHER ~EART DEPRESSING DRUGS.

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IUIIOmnJa. like beadaohe. is al 'f&~' doe to high blood
presallre 10 the head The brain ~a:J.ua too a.otl.. e. 10
too muoh blood rush. to it, ..nd ",loep III Imp08l!l1bie
The wual and harmful procedure i! to VUtly depreaa
the heart action Wlth drugs 10 tho ~gh blocxi. .1 'reuUfe
aQd tbrobbw.g fItops. That 111 the 0 lly way dtuga can
prodnce sleep and you tShould &voldlallauch temporary
e:xp&dlentil A few weeks &gO, ~ lpatient complAmed
th&t 1II8Omnia nearly drove her l~e . a.nd bromide
cauaed numbnea and peJpttAtiom Then IIhe wss
att&cked. by &Cute- a.rtioular rheu~tilm
I a.dYl86d
simply takin~ A hot ealtratea bath a~ night Jult before
retiring. Thill 18 prepred by d1l8O VUlg tn the water a
tablespoonful of ordinary refined Reudel Bath Salt..
1'&UII, which any chellUBt can lupp1:r at IIlIght cost. A.
half-ponnd 18l1uffiment for even thq worat cartel The
Saltratea bath I500n lltop~d all b~r rheumatiC pains,
ag Jl ~rmaMHCly curtti "".
too. The hot
Saltrate. ....ter altght11 UJ)aIlda the Burtaoe blood
,.euell1, thereby leuemng liiJh · lood preB:uu,& and
draWtDJ exceas of blood from the braID ~Aho It
-oothee the nenea. and by relicpng aU oongestion
9.wclr:1y lltopa ~y diacomforl or reetle9flll68l, !O l'efreshmg lleep al"aY' fOUOWlS the moment you lie down
Next time you have maomma, dop.;'t merely ,top It
WIth drutic hea.rt defresaa.nta balbt-forming OPlfl.te8,
or" 1I166~ powders
d, Mtut'alty, by followmg my adVICe
I ma.y add th6t for Immediat-ely
stoPPlll« bad foot troublet I knoW' of nothms to equlli
8. foot.bath in thl.l aaltra.tet wat8C', and aJlIO m CD.868 of
U18ODlDl., i1 not too 86Tere, IIlmply & foot;..ba.th Will be
suffi.01ent -G. N. H .
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FINANCIAL POSITION OF FRilENDLY SOCIE-

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,WARGRAVE.

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MellSl"ll Bathgate and Co', weekly
the L-om market 18 .. follow.·-

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Smce our last reVIew there hu bee:n. no ltD·
portant deve~pment to record th~"'Ould &!feet
the gram m It: et I ,although lome antlClpatioDs
upon. the pomnbill of e.n early
re openmg of t e Dardanelles, Wlt. all the con8eque~ce8 th&t would enme
None know, preelSely ""blot facihtl es there are In South Ru.. ..
for ahippmg wheat and other gra.m on an exteo
have been

Blva .000e. although I~ will be remembered that
at the outbreak of waz-. a l arge~ri1llll\~ ...,f · ,'~e~..1a
Ij"pretentmg tonnage of About

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up III the Black Sea. and &l'DO"gO
have llnoe beeil d.otroy~ by
,..ar, It 11 C"ert&m that there I' .till
Dumber of ve8l61a avatl&ble fOT
jo b&ok. the oort'OIJ!OndJllg
lind
weekly eh,p"Ieuts from
~cluding anythlllg ~
~ d Bulgan ......re ,on a very
menta of wheat had, been bea.'ry,
lU'IfU1g from Roumama and South
luge percentege .Df our feeding
~t&n,,", the weekly .hlpmeuta
the rate of 130,000 qu&rte.. per
10 one-third 01 all ~he ,upph..

WHIST DRIVE.
drive lof the aeUOn was held on
1D lut week 101the School Green
pnzmnnnen were -Ladles 1
"",~~leii,e;;': Tarptt, oolUlolatlOD Miss Os
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1 Mr J D&1, 2 lfr IF Smlt.b
l~l!;l:.~~~'~~:;.'i!
VIO&t: the U'1'8.ngemen ts were

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Idenden and

PA·RIS!I{ J.!EI!Il'ING
held In the Mlttord
week
!lr A.1dn~J.!'
p~lded
Messrs E
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W. Klr-

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eouroes Of "'Pply become ,vl,it,bl. once more
m the ne8l' fUture, ~y would n~y exert
u/ftu..... , OVOl\ if U,e l ~" 01 ehip-I :i5~j,i~!:a;~·~i~~g
10 zapl , . . IIUght ~ hoped.
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dull Ilde d
g
preMiht month. aJ.tbough t ere b&i
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~ere
willinbeneat
an
day for
wheat. an
flour
demand In the near future.
Although
now more ~Ilfactoryt ..It 11 to be'

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Hemi.phere t;.lI;ea lODger In tr&Dl1t
Amena,
... hil. Aust~
ihipmenb
anything
oxported frilm

begin to arrir e untIl the beguuqng ,J-0f
meanwhile, unfortup.&tely, Australi& u

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freely
could
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GARDENl!:R5' ASSOCIATION

at.tended, and

EARLEY.
DEATH OF MRS F. LEA
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parIsh of Eader has lost an old Itlbia.blt&nt
lD Ithe person of Mrs F Lea, of Hea.thfield, WhlCb
oocurred a.fter Il short illness on March 9th The
funeral took p'a.ce on Monda.y at St Peter "
Church, the servlO6 betng arra.nged for three
o clock
The mourners present were Mr. Lea,
MWB Lea and Mrs Walmes1ev (dauS"hwrs) Mrs
J J H Lea (daughter In·law), "Ma.rJOfie, Al~ 8.00
EI~zabeth (grandchildren), Col B arrlng'ton
MIjS Henry Fisher and .Mrs Joseph.
(Sl$Lers-lDr!n;W), Ute Rev L A Fishll§r
F I FIsher a.nd Mr ' IJerbert D :F lsh~r ("6Phe"'),koAW'BONC
ill Hammond (brother·ln-Iaw) Mi$
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M~ George F Moore, Dr W~l1er, Mr P Cow
slalle, the Rev Ce..non Nash a.Dd the maids aDd
outdoor sen-ants from •• H eatbfield" The official,.
In${ clt~rll'Y were the Rev Canon Fowler, t he Rev
Csno"," Nash, the Rev Legh A Fisher, the Re~
G , ... F;sher and the Rev H Wardley KlDg. A
large congregat lon assembled. from the dlstnct,
amongst whom were the churchwa.rdens IMr l! A
Sa.l1ea.nt a.nd lIr Ed'lta.rd Heela.a), Dr Rlt&on , the
Rev C .E &nd. Mrs Adams , the Mu;ses Be&uchrunp, Mt' \R. Sutton .and MUSil PhilliPS
Mr
OlWAN IREGITAL ,
Hart pre&ld~ at the organ, and the chOIr boys
On Tue&d&y evening a.n or&an reqt&l W&8 given led tn tbo 8tnglDf, of lhe hymns, .. On t.he ReliuTat the ParIsh Church by Y168 Pltney, daughter of r«:tlon Mornmg , and "'I:bey whose oourse Ion
!orr Loyd Pitney, &&Slated · by Mrs Nor ton., of earth 19 oer," the Nunc Dunlttls bel. ng eung at
.A.ahampet.ead (vlohnst), &lld Mr, C!ril Brown, of the end of the serv.lce
The 1I1terment took place
1l.eadmg (ba.nt.one).
Every It.em was 6plen4,ldly In & gra.ve by t he SIde of deceased's son and dau"'h
rendered a.nd there 'Was a. large congrega.tIon The ter
Vf!ry many beautiful flora'! t nbutea w~re
oollectlOn vr&s for t be organ fund I .Muchl praIse sent from rela.tlv{l8 and frIends
The funera.l
1B due to Mia Pltney and to Mra Nprton &nd Mr arrangements were entrusted to Messrs Heelas,
Brown for the way In w,bich they did theIr puts, Sons and Co , Ltd. a.nd were ~rt:led out under
and the Rector &nd obUl1Ch.ardfl'nII w tlh to tender the superviSion of IMr W B Fordham
their hearty th&Dks to !them for theIr kUld a.nd
The progra.mme W&8 &I follows uaeful eervtoes
S:?mphone (Widor), baritone 8010, .. It 1& enough"
(Mendelsab on). KT. <{.rril Brown, fanta.lsle III E
f!at (8&i.nt-8&eUII), violin .010. "Jode:lt from Monet
,"RENYON" LOpGE OF ODDFELLOWS.
Vita" (Gounod), ){1'8. L ~ M Norton, Tocatta preThe ba.la.nce sheet for 1915 of the Loy8.l U Benlude (Baintow) , ba.ritoDe 5010, f'lkrw w\Umg !my
I) a.ternal love u ~el)J lIr. CPIl lBrown 1 v.10hn yon 1'1 :todRe of Oddfellows shows a. successful
solo, H Meditation Rehgl&U8e" (A. Lehe&U), ~ yeali'8 worklDg £57 16s 9d ~mg saved OD the
yea~.
The oa.plt&l now 8b&nds at £353 198 8d
L :M Norton; Dithy~b (Horwood).

PANGBpURNE.

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POULTRY FOR OUR ALLIES.

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CEMS.

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t.el'l!l uatun11y on
e~n heaVier ~C.,e, . I'be
.,... th. 13th of ,Auguot, 1913 to
1914, bemg as much &II
"bout 750,000 quarloNl I... th...
Ihipped from BI.ck ~ porte

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The ordi.nary monthly meetlng of thlll Society
took t..he form of .an Interce&alon llerv:l06 on Monday e vening, 1n the !>8.rltlh ehureh, e.f'ter which
the Vlcsr gave an mteresting 6tudy of the latter
haH of the Book of the l,Prophet Jonah

The last m~tlng of IthIS AIllOOla.tlon was well
a. very Iqterell!lt:.ing a.nd practical
p"'per on U Roses" was contributed by Mr J F
Maacord, gardener to 1dr H C Bond. of Wargra.ve Court
He treated on the SItu ation for
rose garden, trenchtng and
t he
plantIng, prunl.I1g, mulch.in;,
diseases. a.nd. concluded With a.
\--anetles In cultiVAtIon
A good di"eu" "'In
CA~AIN
III whIch ma.ny took part, and a. iV0te of
lir
Mascord
was
carrIed
With a.cclamatlon
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The many meum of Sir Ch ~rles NIcholson at olose
W6Itminater (!lays 'I The Tunes ") were deeply
gneved to hear the new. of the ldeath of his oilly
so~ Ca.ptain G C N Nlchob:oo, who had shown
PMtISH COUNCIL
the directIon m which hill amblttbn l&y by contestTh,- Counell met on Monday evomng - Yr L
mg the Henley DIVll!llon at the last General Elee Pitney presIded. and there were also present
t10n - Oa.ptlloln- NIcholson was tEe of the most Messrs Wlnkworth, Frankhn, Drewett and ShelT·h e (!}halrma.n POl.Oted out tba.t matters
proDllBlDg officers of the Royal lymg Corp!, and don
With reference to hydraDh a.nd alBo to Green lane
L0'id D.rby
decided 10 ..II;
to become w. were
uDder oonaidera.t.ioD by the Pa.rlsh Oouncil
exp;ert secretary, whIe he waa ~mg &8 Chanman 8ub-commlvteei,
a.nd the Rural Dist.rKlt CounCIl,
of the Jomt W8.1' .Air Commltte:e Capt ! NIChoJ- and could therefore not be made pubho for the
8on~ who WB8 in 'the Flymg Corps, died as the re 'Pre8&Dt at e.ny rate.
The Gler k 'WD.8 ms~ructed
I~lt of an &CCldent wht1e on duty.
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to send a ropy of a. UDa.nlmous resolutl0n exrreasrlug t.he 1Couuctl'a a.pprecI&tlOn of Dr. H.awes
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VloeB' atl Cha.tnnan of the P&l'lm Couneil duiing
the past eleven years and t~$ coUrteAy and
equanimIty displayed bJ! him In1 o&rl~mg out Ithe
duties
of t.ba.t office 80 eP.iOlently
Dr Hawes h as
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a.eeepted a CommIssIon 1n the army a.nd for ithe
Poultry keepen in the Home Counties contn durat Ion of the war hIS serV,Jf::8S Will be 10.61, to
freely 10 the cowllgnment of 1000 biid. the <;ou:u.cII

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NOTOIQber, 1915
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Tbe balance sheets ue to hand ()( t he ~yal
U Crow thorne "
Lodg6 of OddfellowG, Gourt
.. Marqws of Lorne" a.nd Court " MarchIoness of
Lorne, A:. 0 F
The Oddfellows 6how very aatls
factory progress
The total membership 18 593
288 of whom are for State benefit. only
The total
va.lue of the Lodge 19 £.6,952 9s 6id, an Inorease
of £268 58 3d on the prevIous year
The 10terest on tnvestmenLs IS £263 69, acd the total
recell>u;; for tho year £6SS 58 9d
Payments to
Sick members amounted to £237 19a ld, tl-nd
funeral chums to £94, while contnbU'ttons for Ulos.e
servtnj{ at the Front came to £88 5s 2d
['be
luveDile branch IS In a satlflfa.ctory state, t,he total
membenhl'p bemg 95 and the balances amountmg
to lover £100
101 members are on active &enlce
The Court of Foresters show a m embershIp 01 138,
WIth t.he funds at £1,934 6s 8d , an lncrea.se ot
£100 8s 8d
Int-ere.t rea.hsed £78 18s 1d
Sick
benefit was patd to members to tbe extent of £76
65 1d, and funeral c la.uns amounted to £66 The
Fema.le Court shows a. membership of 1UJ, wltb
totta} funds amount ing to £446 lOs 2!d, &1ft In
crease of £34 l6s 2~d
The In terest was £16 17s
lId
Sick pay to members amounted to £36 6s
2d
The total funds of these SoCieties together
"'i'0un" to £9 333 es SId

han been ..nt by the Agricultural R.h.1
CommIttee (16, Bedford Square, ~C'UU'UU' " I
~ ). for cfutribU'tlOD among F'rench pea.sa.ntB
whqse l lands I have been devasta.ted b,. the .....~r
m"",
Mwjy of
bu:d.....,.. 01 pedi""" Block
and pt'1Z8Wl1lDen, md ,were veJued Rot aovera.l
~dI each.' To ensure th6ll' well-bemg &II far as
ptlO8Ibl. 0 P9ultry 'pBC,&illt tr.velled on the __m.
10 ~PBrVl" the lO&9ing &Ild unloadmg
Th,s .hipml\llt bnngs ull tha number of buds 001.
lected by tJi. FUIltr 10 nee.rly 3,000

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ond Di.tr,ct

funeral leVies £5 41
ContrIbutions a.nd IDtereat.
amounted to £69 156 9d
Th.er:e 18 6. small balon the ma.nagement fund, and £.16 6s 3d has
credlted to servlDg men::iber1l

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Moorl a nd V1IJns
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