Reading Observer 04-1916

APPEAL
I

MORE COUNTY CASES
The County ,Appeol Tribunal ..t on Thund&y

po. ded o••r by Mr A. J Mack.y There .......
oI~o IItt ng Mr W Donald.on Ra...lm. K C Mr
A W Sutton Capt F C Loder Symondo Mr
J W Walke. Mr J F DO'WlllDg Mr G A
Johnson

Mr

R

r

Ha:wkina and Mr A

G

Kn ght WIth the Clerk (MIl C G Chambero) Mr

F J K ero.. t"Opr...nting tho BOO(d of AjJricul
ture) Bnd Major Bartram (representmg the mill
taIy author t es)
The foIlowmg cuea were lteard from Bunger-.
ford I
J Hambl n a n."oagent appliod for enmpt

00

saymg that he bOugbt h

IS

buamea. fifteen

month! ago had IUlt worked up • good round
and would lose ••erytbing if taken for q.. army
Tho Icx:al Tribunal aeclined to grant the appl ca.t on as t had been ronde too late Applicant noW'
wrote &&y ng he had loot the BIght of
eye
The

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STORMS AND FLOODS

on.

was dillrn 8sed

A E. M II. butcher poulterer .tc

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

THE LAND

tute

IlX

Th. annual distnbut on of pnzo. of tho E;en
attendance of parents and fnends MaJor Stewart I••••,nh,.tion' !~:::'::'f
Ab an:
to have pres ded but o.s he was un 11
s
a.ble to be wesent on account of profMs anal dot 88

ATTITUDE

h • place was taken by Mr E Jackson

Mrs

Alfred Palma was present to diatr bute tbe pr Z6B
and was accomparued on the pJatform by the

months ..empt on by the Idc&l Tnbunal Agam.t

headm .t e88 (M S8 PrebbJ.) M sa E M Sutton

th IS the m I taty represent:at VB appealed con
• denng that exempt on for two mqntbll would be

Mr H T Pugh a.nd Mr F Wmter
Mr JA~ON expresseq h II Horrow that MaJo

ample Appellant..,d he d d prmtmg for many
publ c bodies etc and w.. ~n fact the only
pnnter m Hungerford He was an orderly at the
Red Oro.. Hosp tal He hlld an unci. and aunt
dep.nd.nt on him ExemplJon unt I May 1st W1j3
granted
RACING LADS TO GO
A head Jad lD ra~ W Dace 1"&1 refused
exempt on H s IBmplo;yer SaId he had sent twelve
Jails from his racmg stablea and he wanted Duce
..ndit on ally ..empted
He had been granted
unt I Maroh 31st by tho local Tnbuoal
The.. w.. another appeal from th._!.r
.."'m • st""'.bI....
n respect to F Bollia In wh ch the ~ u D1 ,c
were the same H wu stated that
a£ber the moat. va,lua.ble mare lD England and
.no one else could r de her
Th s cue was .Iso
d "m ssed

Mr Ch., P erce a dauy fs.rmer

applied for

exempt on for A Haddre I a cowman m h 15 em
-11)oy The 10caJ Tr bunal had refused a.ny exempt on th nk ng tha.t no effort had been made to
obta. n a. subst tute Appellant 8& d Ha.ddrell waa
the onlv man he had and twas qu te mpoS8 ble
to get boys 0 women
look after a shorthorn
bull on b s holding
What wag are you paymg th 8 mAn wbo s
10 valuab ef-='Ten sb 11 nga a week and 1 ve n
Ma-Jor B tram If tws man only pa.ys that
he s not k e y to get any a.pplicat ons for" labour
Enmpt on t 11 May 1st waa granted

t-o

TROUT

B~EEDER

DELAY

wasl

thought he had made no elfort to obtain a .ubet
postponement for four month!! but thilf""was
granted
E W Mumfo d a pnnter WIiJJ granted

~ND

noon m the Large Town Hall before alar••

who

Appellant q. d he had been n sole manage
ment of the bnsmess for 17 years
He wanted

·

DAMAGE

dnck 0u-1a ' I· 8 hoD was held on wedneSd1Y a.fter

had b..n

refused exempt on by tlie local Tr bUDa.

I

I

Abram wa.j l unablo to be present ,l>ut had sent a
le,tter exp!a'ipmg that he was ob ged to go to New
bbry Irofer onal1y )rhe Mayor was lunablo Lo
atten and the De~u~y Mayor was nth. 'ame
diflioulty • .t the 1a.;t moment he (1; Jacbon)
had been asked to pres de at that annu 1 meeting
They were a,1 very pleased to have
Palmer
Wlth them Iespec ally aa she was for many yean
lWISOC ated WIth the School as governor
.A.p
p aU68 } '.fhose who were assoma.ted WIth the
School wer, glad tha.t t contmued to IHour sh n

sp te of thel manl dilIjcult es due to lack of bu Id

g.g accommodat on expenenced by th, headm a
t tess and ner staff He.. wa.s sure they would nil
be pleased when that t me came when the School
would be housed m the new bu lding flO the new
s te
Those who we e longmg for that cha.nge
vou d be gratified to hear that the secretary hli.d.
reee ved from the B~rd of Educat on the r fina.l
approval of the plans When that we.r was won
as they we~ a.ll 8U a t wou d be by B ta nand
her All es .r~hen the would b 1 a new !lcboo
and no doubt t wou d be a bette bu ld ng because
of the de ay Ma.ny of the s ho a. s pad fathers
and brothet5 n the war whom theYI w shed to
help and the best wa hey could do sol was by

be ng loyal to the r school and a cred t to the
town

DISPENSABLE

W H /Stephens a. trout breeder wa.s appl ed
for by his employer on the groUD<\ that the man
Wft.S
nd spensable
Ihe ]oca.l Tribunal refused
exempt on ~ng of op n on tba.t trout breed ng
was not a necessary occupa.t on and the Appeal

1 r bml,1 upheld the. ",e"
A B ~cey a horseman and cowman who ha.d

been granted unt J Apr 1 30th cond ~ anal y apI eH.1ed on the ~1'fun d tha.t he wa.s n a certified
oocupa.t on H s la her who employs him a. 80
a.ppea. ed saT, ng tha.t h 8 son s abour waa nd a
pensab e
The Tr bWlal th oks the exempt aD
&mp e
sa d the Cha rman aJ d the appeal was

dism",ed
A. J PC-ITt" &ppl ed or temporary exempt on
fa A C Perns a wate cress grower n order
that he m ght complete hIS contracts The appeal
was dism ssed
The m ta11' representat .. objected to H Town
lend desc bed as
pa;rtly cowman can er
thatcher ""d fann worlier be ng granted unt i
September 30th by the Icx:oI Tr buna.!
Major Batt am sa d two prore.88lonal tha.tchen
I ved u the ne gbbou hood ~d there would be no
dilIiculty m gett ng the nw thatched Th. ap
pi cat on had been mad& on the gt'Ctund that thla
was the only thatcher on the farm. but there WIS
&!lather OD a farm a. m Ie away
The Chamna.n These are very d 1S&~&ble cues
for the Tnbunal to d..1 WIth W. know that
the e 8 & real ahortage of la.bour
T h& decla on of the loca.l Tribunal was confirmed
A Boolrre JUD farme of Wantage appea. ed
a.ga.mst the dec B on of the loCal Tnbunal which
gl.. h m no e..mption It WM stated that tho
man had a fifty aero .holding 40 eows to m Ik
aDd that h. drove tho milk cart and looked after
the horses
The appeal wu dilDussed
Albert J. G. e employed hv Mr G B Stono
had been gJven seven months from Ma.rch but the
m t&ry 8.uthor t es obJected and theIr o"lection
W&8 upheld but the man was exempted till July

Mr F WlNTFR sa d tha.t t was a.
pleasnre to hlDl to move a. hearty vote of
Mrs P a. mer for lter k ndness n com ng to
t bute the p ~8 and to M
J a kson for tak ng
the cha r .l'he Cha. rman h d ment oned t hat
they 1St had !lome thouRhts sumet m es a.bout the
new school bu ld ng th t WM to 00 some day
They had t a ked about t 80 long thl¥ it a mas

Reemed bette not to tn k about t
wondered
that ?l.fiss Prebb e d d not d earn a.hout I,
she ha.d stud ed the p ane so deeply and had. ma.de
so many va. ua.b e .suggest ons that ahe must some
I, mes mag 6 herself there wo kmg w th her staff

nth. better bu Id ng
.1 ~~o'nrr~od.~io;'., 1 1

There were th ng. that

counted more for the welfare of the School tha.n
neW' bu d ngs and noth ng counted mo e than a

sta.ff anllllated by hfgb dears ( 0 the S hoo F aD
h , knowledge 01 the School h. knew they baA
much eaUffe to be thanldu {or the staff they had
there and much cause to congra.tulate M as Prebb e
on her eta.ff Some people present 10 ew the long
years of work put n for the School bY' MlSS
Rundell 8. former headm at ess of the School
They knew the h gh deal she a ways set. Pe a e
her for tho School .nd they were g ad to know t

was st J rna nt+ined b'l M 8S Prebble
:Mr COOltE seconde the vote of tha.nks wh ch

&lid Mr E J Ae XSON
Mrs Palmer
ENTERTAINMEN:r

was enthus ast c.lly camed
return~d thanks on boholl of

lot

Fredk Hatt .ngme ,toorer
"'f&ll allowed four mOlrths ";o.mpti.on,2"' ..>ia"w.od
mother be ng dep:e.ndc.nt on
:mtbonty appealed but the
Exemption till October
was
Edward Hall oartor 1n tho Bel'VlOO of
Long of 'II.,."ell although the uulitaIy &ul>hOlr1ly
oblect!d thb.t the term wa.s too long
lhe Tnbunal refused the a!),',':~. 1n respect of

E F Thome carter and ploug
E J White
mail cart driver and W. B G Aldridge car
penter and undertaker all of Wantage rural dis
trot
Exempt on til May 1st ..... granted on appeal
to W J . Lovegrove .. ta. lor'1 cutter and travellu
Mr Sydney Bram appeared for appelbmt the
man s f&tber and employer who na.ted that If hIe
aon was taken he could not carry on and the bUll
ne~ woul<l come to an end
AppeoJ was mad. on behalf of W Sando.. a
haulier employed hy Government contracton .at
D dcot on the 'ground that he. wu the. only Ion
and mB.lDstay of the borne
EVIdence
given
tha.t. the mother W&I!I e&mmg mone,. and there
were two diwghtoro capable of earnmg and the
appeal was dism ssed
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS FOR WOR~
In the caae of F D Redwood wharf m
et'
m wh ch t w .. atat6ci that th. man could t be
re placed the Cha nnan pomtod out that there
w ere many sold era retumed from the war lDVaJided
from serv ce but who were .lile to do work and
farmers who wtmted labour could gel! tbOMl men
by appJymg a.t the depot It wu probable that
many employers d d not know tha.t these men were
at theu di'p08al at the depots
Mas!!'s E&stman s a.ppealed to reta n thea
ass stant d stnet man~er Mr RatICliHe
sented the firm and 8& d tha.t ow ng to the
number of men c.Ued up the man had had to
appomt.ed mana.ger of a shop and was now n a

CHILDREN'S COUGHS,
Babies Bronchltis & Bad Breath ng
Cured by

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GREYFRIARS

SERVICE

ROLL OF HONOUR

MYSTERIOUS FLASHES
I

M~NDAY

at Kingston

Th. Chairman pomted out that t Iwas destrablo

that • ]a.r~ firm should ta.'k:e all the r cases to the
d stnct where the head office was I tuatcd The
appeal was dismJssed
Appeal WM made for H J Tnoder buildel"'a

machm st of Reading work ng for h,. fath.r who
wu enga.~ m maJring packing ca.ses for the Gav
omment Mr J St L. St&Uwood appeared for
appeUant and submitted th&t the man Wlloll n a.
certified occupat on
The appea.l was dismused
Yr Bunce appl ed for exempt on for A. Bunce
a. motor driver and car man The local Tribunal
rofused My e..m~t on thinking !:hat appl cant ~
not made any Ber OUII attempt to l"e-}llace the man
Mr T R Kent appeared for apRI C&Ilt and ... d
that. the man had speCla.1 teChn cal knowledge and
w thout hi, &el'VlCOS appl cant would be unable to
SUp'P, Y aa.wduat to H M. depots
The appeal was dilJID llaed
GERMAN PARENTAGE
Edwohi Eckert a gut eleaner WM arptlBlod for
bY hIS employer who ,tated that 66 0 thOU' men
bad gone and they were so ahort of necessa.ry
abour that if this man were ta.ken t would be
m~ ble to carry on thelI' bmlDeu m Reading1
which would senoUJJ ,y moonveruence butchera m
Reading Th. th~ lcx:al Tnbunal did Dol agree
w th and had refu&ed. a.ny exempt on The man
.1;0 appealed for hlDlseif He .. d he ~ad matt ed
tho w dow of a soldier who had been kiUed at the
front and her health was now Bllch tha.t she would
he want H s father was a ~nbo.n
Engh'h
•
:!::'\~~r¥.t~ central
TIÂ¥'
neTt,r ' to
C'1t
should

younger
that the man s
allowance equal to
on a.n average he lent
..lated that he had a cODÂ¥'''I'ti.OUl
oombataot Jet'Vlce

Malor Bartram I ,hall

hi tho Army aj>peal ng on
4pl1"lIant Why not. 1
Major Bartram
all'

Foi~,enti'oUl

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