Reading Observer 04-1916

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Roadina'"

AND DAY SCHOOL

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A REMARKABLE TRlUÂ¥PH -

GROSVENOR HOUSE SCHOOL.
WOKINGHAM

Moun Bathga~ ""iI Co •
tho co'1! market " .. folio...
The month opens wit\l brtghter ~ecto for
buome.. .. weak hol<\era of gralD ond (eedIDg
otUffo h.... pretty ....U W>l\bn oll their ourplu~
~d .. istoeks .... low
II" In tho hando of
retail !.radon in all depan.m...t •• tho t oo. . . oltog.ther m~ optlmio~.. Fer bur pert ..... lqolt for
• monp. o~ ....;r i.cffi... ~ a.nd if .... get any
reports of aenous dAmage to North Amer can and
European cropt t~ ma.y be a. t me of groat ex
e tem, nt We haTe warned our readers. recently
agaln, t the foUy ot41oglectmg to cover 10m. of
tbelX' reqlrirementa and It 18 qUlte eVIdent already
tha.t. 8. great maDY buyers ba.V8 already m Bled

BRILLIANT AWAr VICTQRY

&"&1 ~ord in ~ .LoMaD Cdmbla&
to on had Peen M) poor thie .~a.IOn ~&t not eyeD.
i.h~ mo.t ~ <A th<ir ""pporter. aut.ici
pateci a Victory oyer Quee.q a Puk naal~ on
::;&t.urday
Therefore
DeW. atnTeci n&
the London ofIvenmg paper- which deoIiD6 to ....
port football m&t.chee but. do not .anaple to
profit by ruabmg out WIth the resulta t ..&1
d fficult to believe tb.t & m 4t&ke had not been

"hen Ithe

bottoIJ1 of the warket

There are reports of

Amencan wmter whea.t belDl' lenou81y m)ured
8.D.d It' II known that the cond tlODS have not beeD
favourable It 10 qUite pOSSIble and ma..d probabl. that the extent of the 1088 Wlll be .ngg....
at'.ed but nevertbeless we h&ve to remember that
this exloggerat on ba.a a very pronounced effect on
prlces t though apparently It 18 not of the .1 ghteet
016 to WIiIoTD. othen not to be carr ed a.way at such
& tlDle'
The fact 8 that the very men who
to buy a.nyth ng ) at all wh Ie markets were

wade
It wa.a not 10 muqh that Read nB' had
won-and t.h a W&8 110.- great 11:ll'1>r1se--bU"t. the over
whelming n&ture 01 the VICWry thu. dumbfounded
the Read nK aupportere
Such a. performance
n&t.nraUy reqUU'ea expl&lllJng and thiS 1.1 .. alDlple
matter
The facta &UI that. ~e el4Wen plaYflr8
whom Read Dg hoped to pbi.oe In th&. field were
able to k&ep futa. with t~e club. and for tho
first t me for & long while
were well repre~nted away from

BUY YOUR SEEDS FOR

1916
mE will ta.ke pla.oe on Wednesday next at the
Weat Memorial Institute when he w 11 have an
opportunity of becoming known to h s ohurch
worker&.

an Maireh are ldent cally the ...... Bet who w ll' ·~~;;~0:;~~!i~~jlt.~~o':~h;;=
l~ tJiell' heW completely 88 BOOn 88 there 18 &Dy I·
upward movement. &D.d t 18 the folly of IlUch !n
which forre. prt.... up beyond a l'lll~
It. 11 f~ better to taie It
market be up or down as extreme
very rarely warr&nted
fact. In th ..
~ll1l1"~ion
18 opportune tQ pomt--out that even

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Sf(E & SON,
WOKINOflAM
Quality Hi~h

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1088

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Amenca.

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ADVERTI~EMENTS

LATE

Cbe fO loo"l ag .dTert. aementa "ere reeeh'ed :.00 \ate
to u.p~ar ~n tho usus. columns AU ad"rl~e­
QJants nteooed f r the celumnl n "h cb 6b
oouncemenu. are C " I 6ed mlLS be handed n ..\

ear OJlice, before IDJd-d.y on ;fr day.

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.Read ng went off Wlth suoq .. rush that, the
Ilome te:un never got a loo:£: n
The tame had
b"a.rdly commenced when R Fprrester IOOred the
first goal
A ...cond tb18 t me from the foot of
vartmeif. ,,'wna &oon forthoomlDg wh le G Good
ma.n added 6- third from • ~n~lt.y
A t.emporary
rov val by Queen:s Pa.rk laUlgerB Jed to Hlcka
reduc DIf the defic t but before the nterval Cartmell olaced Ikarl. ng furt.ber abead a~ tbey
to me The horae was stopped by •
oroaa:ed over Wlth a. ~mn ni:" lead of fout &Oats
to 'ODe
Tb03 Ita.n.geni d d rather better in the
hl.l!l way to work and I returned homt
I!loOOOnd h ..lf but they cou d Dot prevent Road Dg
to remmd . , of an advent.ure
add n ~ two mere (0a.11 Forre.st.er ftCOr ng ODe a.nd
PuUea-....put.t nt> throu¥h h s 'Own ~oa l
Read ng a
'9'lotory ~~ resulted n a deput.ure from the foot
narrow escape occurred when I w..
of the Co nb ru..t on t.a.bte and Luton and Queen s m"Unlo.ino<.,ru~g at Pootreswa ill SWitzerland som,
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Pa.rk Ra.ngera are now bOth J?elow t.hem
W. had already been ploddi.,g
r.m nds me that Cry,tal Pal""" who gra.e the
head 'Of the ta.b e are 'On v ew at Elm Park 'On
h ours when ()ut of our party; o~
Sat.urda.y &.nd follow ng lMt week a excellent perl
I deClded to avo d the usual patH
f'Ormll..llOO a good ga.te should be taken
atttempt to a.ecend the perpen

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a. rook wh ch my'"t't end told me was
near t.he top
Jwt wha.t. the team t.p epposa the eIe,.er PILIa.ce
players w 11 be 18 d flicult to say at present but
heen easy near the top
tb&t twill bs.ve to be e. good eno f v clory lIi ,()
the,' ..,cel.t wa. anythmg but easy and
be\ obtamed gOO6 Without lay ng
The P ace
a DarroW Jutting out P ece of
have a very n ppy set of fOTwlI.I,ds wbo have
al~y acored 28 goala e.a the relult of -e obt
from the mounts n path
mat.che!
Amongat those wbo have prom led to
myoelf gettmg .til! and
pla.y on Saturday and wbo are rega.rded as oorta n
,n(,u"..rom above tell ng me not to
at&rt.en are Cartmell 81,tter Ca.ss dy (who atood
down laat week aD purpose to pla.y f.o....d.a.y) Carr b ..,k- - b\lt
on tint I belp aT'MYcd
T
and Cooper
The Read ng manage..
woman like I -at once
r ght. out to ~ the wa.rmeAt poea bl.e
t.hey have not forgotten that the raJa.oe :~~si:.;~:a~:I~ below me I saw t be
8. 10-1 defeat on them & few ween back
Howe,"". t 18 mpo58lble to vrnte m t.oo defi.n.iLe
tflrma as to what la to be but 1 hope to be nght
on the mule w th the Read ng t.eam n
Footba.ll
lAteat
I t"egret to l&U'tl tba.t the reoe.nt gaJ~
d J qu t.e £20 T.'ort.h 'Of damage to the terraoa s di:!
of t.ha ground

TO Di Y'S A'I:TRACTION-

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;LlfERARY NOTICE.
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"WlKDiOR MAGAZINB."laPortMt I &ni.oWj on

eut-:l to
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tbemee are oontn

Aptil. .umber of the
Wllldsor
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of DObbI• •u!l>orl~ and
&Il ..., laiWlly iIluatiatOd from __ nt ~to_pj<a

If the weta.t.her w I only hold up t.Le Read Dg
1 rectol1l Ihould reco ve an s.oceptable 1Io.31den egg
...t Eut.er fer '" caD t&l. pl'OgN.mme bas b&ell ar
ra.DIfOO
On Good Frid ay Croydon Common are
du~ n the wodon Comb na.tiOn on the Satarda.y
Queen s Pa.rk Ran~ at.o m the Combm&t OD
prov de the ~pos t an while on Easter )londa.y 8.
th
really attra.ct va fncndil. bas ~n fixed up w nd
the R.A M C A.lder&ho
I need bard! rem
readers t:ba.t the nJA IÂ¥ c team fDChlde& Jluch
ramona playen u Ba.mpt<ln (AltoD Villa' Vos&crop (the Burnlev mt.erna.t. enal) Guna (L1...erpool)
BobD_ (lIfiddlelbro~b) and 8te't'ent?o: (South

~ Ia~ fa attoclaed to am~ton). Two ~I'.no"" Beatpn( 1>~1e~'maJ'
W tb ruch .. I~ Rf ttlent
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The &pIÂ¥- alIo be: included
lJaod III JIooiOria w;J.... 1>, DO Ieoo .... author ty a v.,.,tabl. football , _ ahouJd po ",I\ltooed
and tho 'MODO.a.,. m ..~b Jt.I.I. eam.1;r be th6 moat
-... tho ~ Prof_r V ....... B I.e.... tb......l1 attractive of th.... uodoubtedl! !.&aty \it;1I to
tDo"" _tolar uacl
011 ......1iAo worlt wbo
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compJO\ecl _ art a, for the H W~ .bertly, BI~!1'~II~: S

M4 41'&_

aa ~1 l<ici4

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bot_ his 1a-~ r death. De..t~ ljIelud.. ,.'
much vahial>10 uplaiaation of ~ntt Which muat

~tl,. b ... .aeemed di1B.eult' to £be .a,. m ad
\0 und~_ m fo~,"nl the queetuaD of mun

tiona of &Il 1d..d.. duriDg th. .... ond m&1J,T au
te_tinr IlluetratioOl aooompuy the text jrbe
W.iDdaora
r:eoorda Of deeds Of hero em ~hJeb
ha.'t'e ..vOll the.. V etor1& Oroaa are oontiJ1ued Wlth
a det&ilod..( acoount of tbe Auetrali&il and N ...
Zealand heroes 0{ the: aupre1D8 aw8fd for bravery
the illu.lnt 01>& to this &<tiel. lno!l!4lul anum
her of portr&1p
Another- &ri.icle
su rnl
of the war contributioDi of utiYe
m Bnl. ~
CoWniea oth:-rr than the pat. Ovent.. )oau ~n.
whd.e pa.rt. ,ILD the war .baa p~ ~ re
corued a.nd 1& finely l>atnatie lnteren u epWll by
th • cbrbu cle of tb. [oyalty of amolI &II!! ...\1.01'0<1
commurut ee among the outpOSt. ot tJie Exbp re
Tb. UJlport&noo 01 the Bugar probijl!l 411flo, the
w r a ducuUed by () de Thif1n'7 Wltb Dumeroy..
ill ustrat am and &oMe l11tereat.in1 '-"I~t.i.OIll

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TWrlORD AND RUSCOMBE RED CROSS
A sta.'tement of the accounts and work done by
the ladtpll m connect on WIth the a.bove appeo.rs n
tilia month s P&r18h Magnz ne The accounts show
November 1!!l§. to March 10th l1l16 rea total of £01> 8. l.Id and upeud lure
10ld le.~aug a balance m hand of
l!d Over 2 700 articles have been made
100 vanou8 h~lntaJ8 smce Novemoot' 19]5
reflects much credit to the lad ea who
e8pecu~lly on Mrs Ackworth the BeCTe
Mrs Young the treaourer

SPECIAL CONSTABLES
The !pecIal conlltables bave been VeTY busy
ng the put wee1c: a~nding many hours on
B eBdes the 1lsual rughtly patrol. they have
SDee al pomt duty re-du'ect ng the traffic owmg
the blocka,!" of roadO ca.oed bv trees fallmg dur
mg the bl zzard In add t on t,laey have had two
n ght cnlh OWIng to host.ile all' ra da
On Fr
dfloY m bat week the m]:D were ca.lled about 9 45
'P m an,d tema ned on· tWaty 'till 3 45 a D'l Aga. n
early en Monday mornmR they were 00 dub from
about 1~ DIIdnrght to 4 00 • m The organ zatlon
of the !IPCC al conStables hae been remodelled bv
the Su\)'diVl.! onal Officer (the Rev R W H
Acworth) A IYsUom for calling men a.nd for re1 ef
h..
arrauge4 The fire br ge4. the ambu
--:;.~;;~g:: lanoe men mea8fl.Il~ and lad e. for dnty at the
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A"embly Reom. ain' know what they have to do

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A 'Yen &ttn.ct ve programme. of ~ neludet

.p. ebe.rm 11K ep sode 10 lDll well Ekit91ift'e. new
roma.nL c ee"flea
The Gay Ha&&n!
• poJr(;rlul
complqte atory by Haro!d B ndlOll MCI .. verT
toucbmg at.or;y of tam 1.1 life D Auatrj,J. 1ll war
t me by Ethel TurQe~.. ",en &8 oomple.te atentS
Q v&ry ng moods .P)' w lliam Westrup E. R. PUD
ShOD
La.ulleUCO .North
..nd other wclllmown THE TAX ON FOOTBAL[.•
authers Capt.a. D Cb"rlea G D R,obert. contr
It had been generally &Dt.icip&ted tba.t the ex
but.ee one of hill f&lClDattng atudiea of ...,ld fe
peated tu. a.n amusement. WQul.d Delude .. amall
and ather fe.tures too uumeroua for nd v dual tu
on footba.ll but the actua.l ..mount of ~the tlLx
mention litO to t.he makinll of th I DQt&bly var eel
undoubtedly too &e't'el'8.
Twopence n tbe Is
..00 attract V6 lUUoe which J,I 6Dcl: lUuatrated
• crushmg 9urden on & spqrt that the Govern
~roughout
meDt ought td foster
After the r dec JIlOD to
suos d se bor8erac ng n the mt.ereat of Kone
breed ng t wu not too much to es:peot tbat they
wou1d reco~n sa the neoess ty of fooi.ball to m&1D
t.a n th~ 6:s:cellen08 of the me.nhood of the nat on
IIJ.tead an endeavour to tu t out of E!118t.eDOO
18 to be made
toJd t.hJ.t t.here
tax on
and I

FREIGHTAGE.

W.A:R EELIEF OOMMITTEE

A emaIl OOmttl tt.ee haa been formed to a6s 8t
the most de&ervmg 0a&e8 of tho.ee 'W tb large fam
1 e8 appUcat ons ba ng ny ted from th0j3e w th
not. less than foUl' ch ldren UDder 14 y.eara of age
Th~ promot.er8
The I st WIll be reVIsed monthly
of t..h s scheme are to be wa.rmly eongratu ated n
ass stmg parenta who ow ng 00 Dcreased pr ces
n all commod t e8 are be nK hl;l: ro y pre sed to feed
and c10tbe 8uffic ent y a.nd properly the r yOUD
fsm 1 es
COMFORn! FOR llINFlELD MEN IN FRANCE
It 18 grat fy ng 10 the ext reme to earn tha
our Ylllage boys a.t the Front ere be ng wdl car~
for
The war work party we 1 sup,p ed w til
mate a a by several g-6he otm lad es and from
Lhe funds real sed by the concert g ven last ChrISt
mas had made 'Bnd despatcbed up to tern dd e
of la.st month 116 pa. no of m Mens 109 muffic I>
21 pa ra of bed socks 50 bed Jackets 14 pa I'll ot
81 ppers (sent d rect to hasp ta s) a.od n ne wa 11
wa stcoats It. s most m sfa.ctory to learn tha
the work reaches our meo w thout undue delay
Res des cloth ng pa cel& &1'e aent weekly conta n
ng ca.ke coffee cocoa. condehsed m k SOUl) tab
ets bullseye pepperm nta choce aLe and hoOD
MaDY g 'fLteful letl;erzs of thanks are reee ed

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CORRECTION

In our report of a~ eaae at Wok ,nghs.m last week
n wb ch Mr. H E Hewens of MaIdenhead wa.,;;
summoned f or fa. ng to not fy t.he Berka County
Coune 1 of the cba.n .. e of cwne sh p of a. motor car
t W8.8 etated nadvertenUy that Mr L M Ner
mand had transferred h s bw; ness te Mr HeweDs
It. IIbou d read tbat Mr Norzna.nd had transferred.
& motor cyc e to 'M:r Hewens

PRESENTA TlON
An. ntere&t ng presentat on WitS made on Fr day
n ]ut week by tbe Rac or of St Pa.u I 'tbe Rev
I M Walter &t the nfe-uts schoo s Mrs But er
ho was leav ng after threo yea s serv ce was pre
se t.ed With a handsome st&nda. d am!) w h cut
g :iSa Teservo r a.nd 'latent a.,p anC6a tb.c Kin of
tl e Rector the staff and the eli Idr-en
The Rector
exp eased. t.be good wUihea of al

LECTl!IRE

LIEUTEN !NT ALLAN WIGGE'TT

Par sb ODe~ general y ",ere ntensel,. del ght..ed
to hear tha.t. Licu..e au .al [Ln " go ett <n II
Royal R fl os son of bIr H E a.nd lJ..rg W gog tt.
of \Vb i.e Lodge wbo wa.s wound d 0 France las
mont.b
save a pr sone r n Germany
Wh Ie
eadin<T four men of h s platoon on n cht patro
somo ftv-e h md ed yards n adnnce of t be Br t sb
t.renches tbey were challenged by a Qe rna 8cn
l y
Throw ng themselves en the ~ound :ro.,W t>getL was seen to ra Be h mse f 1St ght Y and
wa.s mmed ately shet
Ono of tho part.y craw cd
to h maud concluded he WB.8 dead
Later search
part es fa. led to d soovcr h iS body wh ch must
ho.v-e been removed by the enemy
Consequently
h s fe W8.8 d(;sp&lred of Happ y however news
has been rece ved b h s parenla t.hat he a mak n ..
good progress thout;.
1\ ounded
n the r o ht
Kbouldor a.nd 10 German hasda
WEDDING

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO-

Catalcgues Gratis

Pr C6S Low

THREE GREAT GIFT SALES

have
often
of wheat Ie

QUEEN SPARK OUTPI;A:y'ED -

THE MARKET

(e"::I~hed)

Come n large numbers to the three ¥reat g It
sa.les for the AgJ' culturaJ Rel ef of A I es Fund
the Meat and Allied Trades Red C cas Fund and
the ROYII.I Berkah re HaS!) ti&l to be beld. n the
Cattle Muket. and the Tewn Ra.1, Read ng 'On
Apr 1 29th May 1st and He.y 5rd next See oftic a.1
adtvert.i.6.ernent

must

one that does Dot
com.ment as he ghts are
prmmpal oootrollin~ factor and whale It
much to convey gram from fOI:e ~ coun
tnes It 18 hopeless to look for except on ally low
pnces for anything but the general lUlpfiOvement
m the dema.nd bas brought about & certam reaa
t on In pr ce~ The feedmg trade after & penod of
pronounced letha.rgy 18 reeover ng ts feet BIld
there 111 a more act ve corurumptlve dem301ld. fr()m
the country Whea.t offa.ls are reuorted to be
eas er lU some d stncts and better n others For
ourselv1es we look for a. ded ne n the pr ce ofbrnn
but aDi mprovement n m ddhnga ~ha.rps s.nd a U
the finer kinds of offa.ls nO. ley meal rerna na com
parat vely dellr as a.ga. nst other feed ng stuffs but
oata show an all round mprovement n pr ce
t:=!Spec aJly for rea I,. fine qual t es a,va lable for
early de very
R ce meals are ill good demand
aga n !as they are far better value tban any otber
art cle lfor feed ng not only n relat on t.o feed ng
value but also because of the low'p ces at wh ch
they are be ng sold-a figure wh ch leaves very
1 ttl6 margIn for the fore gn sh prer
Sb palaeut. of "be,t and flour d:rect t o tbe Br t sb
I s es w.ere much amaner last w~k than for son e
t me them be ng a. b gl reduct on In tl e quant ty
eXP"rl1d from North Amer ea As (orwa d p r
cbas ng has been on a. mmor scaJe for three months
we expect the weekly sh pm~nts to be comra a
t vely ligbt for the nen few weeks or unt the
re ope~J:! of nIn. d na.v ga.t on bas beg n to t ke
effect The quant ty of flour from North Am.. ca
8 sma.l er than for some weeks past and flout" m
POr1.ert4 are finding t part c 1[\], d fficult to con
duct t~eU' b s neBS ow ng to the embargo wh ch
Arne ca.n ra IwafS bave placed on export bus ness
the
a reI eyed we can look

wound n tbe ta.oe
Hua home s at. Cae d
ad Bra.cknell
Bergt J Thurnter 20th Batta1 en Ca a
rove liane Bra.ckne I a n the Ca ad n
p tal at Boutogne lutrerwg from 8. sb ap e \\
dad oompound frs.cture of tho r ght. a m
one of many brothers se.fv ngs the t" coun

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The RfI'Y W Th01D&l will OOmDlenOt!l h I mtDlltry
at the :Free Church on Sunda,.. week a.Dd 11: order
to glTe him 8. welcome to his new I«k a. gather

WAlt ITEMS
Pte George F& tbfu 1 (If tbe Berk!'l R
It;!. hOlp tal at GoSfOl:;tb Norihumbe Ilnd

On Wednesday the marr age of L euteno.n
McClellan Cave R E aon 0 Mr Ba.sil Ca. e
Consul Genera.l f()r Aiglen and M ss J oyce Sher
daugbter of Kr Obarles Russell Sbora (C v I Be
v ce ret red) of
Barngates
B nfteld was
emn sed in the pa.nsh ohurch
Tbe offic at ng:
c ergy were the ltev J F G Glossop of Bt
Mark s Batt.ersea. and the Rev R A C BeTan
Tbe br do waa I:1ven away by
Rector of B n.fieid
bel' fatber!, and L eutenant J C P Tosh R E
was the r degroom. & 'best man
Pre IIOUS to
t.he Ben ce wbMlh was fully choral a.nd dur ng
he usembly 'Of the gUe8ts the
,Br da.l Ma ch
Lobengnn-) wupl&yed a.nd the br dal patty left
the .church as Mendelssobn I!
Wedd DS' Ma.rch
and the bens pealed forth t.h-eU' JPYOUS atr& ns
The best W1&hes of the "V lage a.ocompa.ny the
newly wedded coup e together Wlth the fervent
hope th.t Lieutena.nt Cave who was ser ously
woun.d8tI n FraDce dunng the e&rly part ()f the
w 11 BOon be fully restored to bealt h

V A D HOSPITAL.
The P&r1sh ).!agu ne atates that; on tbe Pound
Da.y beld on March 9t.h 107 persons contr buted
about. 370 lb&.

and £4 2s... Gd.

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MORTIMER

oeved

PROCEEDS OF WHIST DRIVE
As a result of the wb at dr 'Ie held by the staff
of Messr:; Heela.<i SoUl! 8ud Co t.he sat sractory
sum of £14 55 has been habded ove to tho Wek
n ham Red Cross HOIp ta
The staff of M srs
Heela.s w sb to t.hank the fel ow ng f ends who
he perl them so w 11 ng y n d ffer6l1t ways
R~
freshmente were sent by M e~lames t)ea Ie H
BOWyer A THeel.. 'l1yridale Heel.. Load.
Lawron e Webb Neal Fulcber Ya den a.nd 8m tb
1 ssea Tatl am Breach Ha r on L ud~ay Lever
Beno. ng Jones 8m th ana H I Messrs Pa mer
Tal'" Rnt Skinner F
Marl n C ocker lory
K rkby ~cl Maynard and Ham b cwn
Ch na.
etc wa.s .lent bY' Mrs Mart n Dr 1 Ball} Mrs
Mead Messrs "Herr Dg C L Rourke and BArrow
t.a.bles a.n<\. cbaU'1 bv,Mr Welch and t&b 6S by
Mesdames A THee as Lindsay Barrow Teu.kle
Dr nkwq.ter Mart n WlJ te and Brant
P la.y ng
cardl wel'tl oro ided by Mr ~ H Newberry (Bear
Wood) ~rgt 'Ma.Jor Cole (A/rmy Remount Arhor
field) urns Mr A lnatt
ndlesham) and 14r
Sparkes (Town Hal)
'Th.e e were also numerous
8 bscr berB
amon gst wbom were the fol 'Ow ng
Measre: H Pearson Ph lbr ell:: H Bewyer W

WARGRAVE
CONVALESCENT HOME ro:.OPENED
The E velyn Conva.lescent. Home for poor London
mothers WM re-opencd for the season (In Wednes
da.y afternoon II 8.3t week..
A
pound
d ay
bad been a.rr&D$ed for and llllWardS of 400 pa ~k
ages were reoe ved n add t on te £12 D asb
S~vera.J: lad 6S of the oomDUttee w tb. Mrs T R
Grey came down from London and many loca l
lad fIS were also present The corum ttee &Te very
gntelul for the le.rge supply of grocer es etc
provided.

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n cash was re-

CONFIRMATION SERVICE
The B ahop of Oxford held a OonArma.t on n
8t Mary 15 Obureh on M.a.rch 29tb
There were
47 and dates from the ne ghbour ng penshea
The Rev H W Rogers V ea.r of Mort mer West
End aoted .... B shop a chapl&1n After address Dg
the ca.nd datel the BUibop upre88ed the w s!:
that the older membera of Cbr 8t s Church shou d
alwa.y"" be "U ngo to .tL8S at the younger b a.ncb
He po nted out that tbe pra.yer
AIm gbtT aDd
Everlast ng God
waa w tb tbe except. on of
The lDrd. Frayer
tbe oIde&. n tbe Prayer
Book The hymns &elected from the A.. a.nd .M
hymn book were 2(J1 156 and 540 There was a
.good oongrel{at on and th~ bells were rung both
before and alter the BelVle8

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Mesdamea Hall
W IS0D Huloon

The monthl,. meet ng of tbe W olcin"'bam T'Own
Couue 1 Wa.& held on 'l'hursday e von ng u t.he Town
H.lI the Mayor (AId H (J Myln.) b. nit n tb.
cbs. r
Tbere were a.lso present AIde men Eo. C
Hughetl J Seawa.rd and P Sa e Coqnc lIors W T
Martin M Bake W S Medcalf W J Oheese
ma.n H Goss W Bodle A E Prtest G Fryer
and T B Bokenha.m alao Messrs J' H B Clift.on
(Town qlerk) and C W Mark. (Surveyor)
INGREASED WAGES .FOR EM'pLQYEES
At .. meet ng of the Genera.l Purposes Comm t
tee the Borough Surveyer read a. pet! t on f om
the Corpcral on a workmen ask ng for an ncrease
(If wages
lb was agreed to recommond that n
the oas, of thosa employees of the Corpora.t on
elUmng less tha.n 30s per week; at tbe 'present
t IDe 8.n ncrease of Is per week be granted w tb
a.n add t 0 of 6d per week. for ea.ch ch Id und r
14 yearS' of age sueh nCNl8..!lo6 to be n force or
the dura.t on of the war unless otherw se deter
1:ll ned by tho Counc I
The report was adopted
HONOUR FOR COUNCILLOR MARTIN
Couna: 110 BoDI..E s& d be shou d 1 ke to oan
gratu a.te Coune lor W T Ma.rl n en Lbe h¢nour
conferred upon h m n be ng made Bt mag strll.te
of the coun1.y
He VI shed Mr M.art n tenL I fe
prosper t1 and GaU speed n hIS work
(Hear
bear )
Goune 110r lliB.'PN th&nked Couno lIor Bodle and
the ()th~r members for the r k nd exoress aDa He
was a.lways pleased to do anyt.h ng for the publ
g'Ooo
The war hOO yTOved a try ng time but
he hoped t would not. last long D OW

COUNTY BENCH
TUESDAY - Before Mr G A W.. toou fin the
ohaJ.r) Mr L W Ersk ne Mr R Edecumbe M.
E D M.a.nafteld Mr H C My ne (Mayor of
Wok ngborn) Mr W T Mart nand Mr H E
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