Reading Observer 04-1916

SATURDAY.

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ELL THE TT~~~_.,~=~.~.tboon~~

DR.

Spea.lci.ng at the

8en'le&

of the Read ng C EMS at tho ralaee Theatre on
Good Fr day evcnmg the B sh op of the D oeese
Dr GORE sa. d every country t.hat au ved o.t (I,

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AT THE FRO"lT

SAVING

held under the ausp cell

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Tliu sda,. e erung n ast;

certain pornt. 0 C v I sa.t on must ha.ve some way of week Mr F E Mor ng was voted to tho cha.
measnr ng the passago oC gene a.t. onB
All pr() tem s.nd Mr E 0 Farrer and Mr H G
Chr 81. an countr es had adopted ODe way a.nd that iRlUDboW' were re-clected to t.he oflk:es of eba. r
Wa.8 they recorded t he years hefo e Chr st Beman ",nd V ce Cha rman of tho Boa. d respect. ve y
on the p opoi:l on of Mr NORRIS seconded by
And a I the years a.fter J esus Ch st tl.8 const. tut ng Mr DEACON
a new epoch Anno D om n
An extraordinary
Mr FlltUElt said that UDder DONIla. 0 reum
C lIJW la y beh nd that maD er of reckon ng the
stanccs he s~ou d not. ha. e ~t.ood a a 11 but n he
yen.rs
the who 0 of the war d s h st.ory bad t.a
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tate f aff
h tb
ht t. best to
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whe J es" . Chr .~ W ItS born and lived .pn 000
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0 r.;& r.s e
OU o
m{) e
culm no '
thE! ~p r t of t be i'lmcs wb cb was L at thoy
and d d a.nd ro
nU the nes of un versa] h ~ sb.ould go on.a.s Lh ey had beeD ooog He a:w .hat
tory before the nrr val of Ch !!It and after H 9 he had put n ~OO &ttenda.nccs dur ng the past
a.rnva] depended from tha.t cvent n~ the r centre year n cr ok t p'&rlanoo he cou d say he. had Illude
I t was nn cxtroord nary cl:.L m t.hn.t. Chr stendom & century not oUt (App ause
bad ma.de bccau f'l t W QlII the be ef that! th a J esus
Mr R..uN-oow also tha.nket" the Board foT' t he
of NlLz retb '\\as truly tl e 'e ealer of God and the HODOU d one h m a.nd sa.ld he would fi tbe pos
saVlou f m n v. a9 th~ teacher of 11vme th ngs t. on of ce hu ,na.n to t be be 1. of h s ab I-.y
A le L~
as oo.d f 0
Mr'
e n w ch hoO
nral b e v s he sav 0
of t.h ose who 'Wo~ld lia d t hat he bR.d. so far- reeo e~ as to be a.b e
t ust n h m R poW'e fu
It v s be €If tlia.t to wa. k 6 few yards 'W th t.he help of a. !:it ck a.nd
h o came to found a. so et"" of redeemed one h~llY hoped soon -0 bo hack among
be be t. body of
Cu.tho c Ch ch n h ch peop e of Rl count e
me n Read ncr wh ch 8 t.lu~ BORn} 0- Gua d a.ns
a creeds
ere 0 be ga.thered tooetber n one
The Loca.l 00 () n ent Boa. d .... ro e ca ng the
h p
at ent on of he &&td to CILSUo. paun S (If III
A MOMI>NTOUS THING
touy.go and .\" ~ ng ~h t tho Anny Couno
d~fud t hat
those .oen we
reee" xl. the
He was sur
cd to be speaking to an &udieop:! n a.t <Elr shou d
nt. on 6 not. ft.«l to hfl. nea. est.
of those not.
tho bu.h 1. of attend ng thOIr p !lees r ecru ng ofli e who would be nst uc t:d. how to
of WI) sh p Ho knc v t hat tha.t mret ng wn.s not p 0 ee..i
at Il. I In cndeti to be n com pet a
w th tbe
'1:be CHAJR.XA.N bse vw tha.t aa R&a.d ng c;urua.
chu.r bcs a d hD onde ed whut '" a..s ns de the ~ ani wItS c oeed.
ey wou d ha e e y few wdeod.
IIU.ll,ds 0£ h saud ence
As he re a l ed to the
of such cases
6Uch &I obv ous fa ct 8.S the c ru n made 1 your
A G ud an h
to be co opted for West. Wa d
reckon ng of tho yeo s he wondered whethe they n P n.ce of Mr Gaud (I e81G'~ed
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mad
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Mr DEACON propo!OO a.nd Mr F E MORING l5eo!'eo. y
a
no",
eve \I
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6 or ondBd Mr He bert Wa ta who hlr DcliM:on saJd
Him nily bv H m H o a-s low Iv of heart he
suffered &1 kmds of nd gn t es and bore them he d the saane Vlews w th .re.gard to tb.& 1:'00 Law
a.s Mr CaudJe
Mr F ,V HoJ1llK&.W.u.xmr. proposed MAE
WIth pa.t enee wha.t a tremendo 9 cia D1 for one
to bluo who WQ.S low Y ill h eart -th R c $ m to be V ckel"8
M
V ck.era he aa.id had bee n the
the inla.l be lDstrument as the Son of tho Father toacher5 representa.t ve on the \Vo kers Educa
for disclos ng the r oal ty (If the be ng and the tonal A.88OC1a.t. on, a.nd wa.s th~ eforo n close
chMo.ct.er of GOO and so th s Ill. m to be able to touch w th wha.t t be workers needed
lnVlte a. men to h tru elf to put n Hun the r
M Sl'I Dumt M!'COnded
abso ute contidence fo t me and for eta n ty to
Vot. ng eflu tfJd l n eleven vot-el\ be ng cn.st for
WI} h s g dance n.ccept h s yoke and renose Mr W-a.t.t.a a.nd 8. :ad for Mr V eke s a.nd M 'Vattl;
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The annual meet ng of the Read nr Board of

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od O-day

EASTER FOOTBALL.

WOMEN'S WORK

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upon
h m as really a.nd tru y the dlBCOverer of God
in
humo.n
form
Men had alway!!! been be evers
n a god or gods 'I here had n.lways
ce ta.m
de&:!! the ph osophers had reVlled
people and the common people had
~cofJed at the philosopher!l lIcre was one
cla.uned the sa me thmg from W 50 men from educated and uneducs.t-ed meo thaI; they shou d look at
H shuman na.t re and character and see n that
character the bard and difficult tbmgs of the un
seen God
To bel eve that WiUJ corta nly &
momentous th ng But the quest on was D d they
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THREE SATISFACTORY

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RATE

The eaW Dn.tea 0 the Val' QUS comm ttu! showed
reduct on n ezpenditure eq a.1 to a. noDD}' rate
The fllrge~t IlIUOU~ waa £2 171 on tho Finance
Comm ttee 8 a.ceo t W
tb. th. WI. Office
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CAUSE OF THE W.AR
Sa.VlOg of £403 w~ eftec 00 on out,.. el f a.nd £200
them murmnnng 8&ylDg
HQw can on n rna nteDanee A ogetber n. sav ng of £2 e7
I be eve that God !!! love 1 If He B then why was fl6t mil. ed
p IA; .... e e esUmat.ed to P 0
doesn t. He st.op th s war?
Let us alwa.ys be duoe £6 4GB m ng the net 4lxpenaea £12 576
tole ant and pat ent. Wlth people who exh b ted From ~b s & b .. 8 ce n hand of £1 000 must be
any s go of real t.y a.nd t W 8.'I a. 8 gn of realty deducted .... b eh w th a con ibut on order fo
that. people were com ng to real se wha.t a tremend.\ £13 800 w
ea e a baJance at t.he end of ho
ous difficu ty there was n rea 8 n,g' th II
The ha. f yea. of £2 224drength of the Ohmt an relig on was th s that t
In DreSGnting th09 est matee Mr T NOlUUS sa. Ii
WM de1 vered n 8uch full conteem I t
f all they had borne n mlPd both the a.tepu.yer and
h
d '~ uJ
h
P a on 0
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I-. e poor to each of whom they hELd a. duty to
t esc L.U.lC t e8 t a.t now appa.rentlv for the first pe fa m The Read ng G'Uard aDS .... e e to be con
t me some people were find ng In the Old Testa. .g a.tulated on tbe suecesa w h wh ch they had
ment. they found the record of the way n wb h dealt tv th the Orlordshire Counl;y Goun
The
men first. cattle to be eve In one God 8. God a. 1 arrangement ¢Omo to wo.s -ext erne Y SELt. sfaeto y
powerful
Strangely t was am d 8U~ very from the &ad.ing Gus.rdians po nt of Vlew D 8
exper eoces wh ah people were now Vlewmg as a \ tress WIlS not an g~at at. t.he p esent. 1. me a.nd
difficulty It ~ .. t 1;06 ",hen the world was th shad ena;bled them to make a. reduct on n
trampled on bloody mderneath the Aasyr an 1.hat. direct on.
They had to pay £600 to the
Baba.lon an Greek s.nd PCI'ISlIll) mvader~
And B adfie d Un On m respoct to 1.he nco po at on
when Jesus Christ told men tb t 0 d
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of TilebuTs but they got mo e than an eqm a. ent
h
a
0
was ove
n recc pta
w 1.h re am to rece pta Mr He
'W at caused men to have confidence n HL8 teach
r ngton had done ext eme1y we dur n the past
lUg wa.s that He taught from &In dst the ve y yea.r and elIpectaly du ng the Dnst. baff ye(U" A
difficult ea that had ever been an aI"gUment In. the penny ra.te wou d produoe &.wut £2 000 tberefore
human brea.st or bram aga net divme love
Dut t followed that .. 7d rate wou d .p oduoe a. I tUe
W'&I there Dot Bome ~lanat on of why God was more than the £13 000 they we e uk n for
Tha.t
love or why there wa.s a world such as th s world? wou d reduoo t.lt", jI'a.Le for Poor uw purposes by
There"was. The:B hIe waS ma.de for 8 mple people one penny He must thank the cIe k M W H
and It W38 very true that we should never get a. 0 ver) n.nd h s Btn.ft f(lr t.he r ass sta.nce n p e
full 8Ill1Wer f om our pre~ent pomt of new to the par qg t1 e ~t. ma.tes .a.nd es~ a y t;he clerk He
question
:My God My God Why?
But. 10 a had been left eut 1'",ly w th &. female staff a.nd t
tneuure there was an 8.08wet' perfect
t f to
had been necesaary fo h m to pu\ n many hours
It was that God
ht h
mad Y" 'hAC ry h mse f to usura accura.cy n ne figures
'DUg
ave
e 8. muc better
The etlt m&tea were ad opted and contnbut on
....orld a much more sa.tl!factory~ smooth w9rld had orders a gned
he made a. world of bemgs Without free wills but.
he ohoao. f human phraseology m ght ho employed
m .p to of tho r ..k to make a J... people God ETHICS OF CORPORAL PUNISH
put man mto an unfin ahed world to complete t
MENT
into a. rwned world to restore t. Tha.t wu the
meanmg of our manhood There was notbmg more
monstrous than to 13.y upon God the ev Is which
came beca.me man had refused to do the b dding of

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THE CASE OF MR CRAMMER

BOWLS BEGIN,

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God. This great war-how could people ho ••
ohollow as to lay t on God ? It had beoil 10 rurect

PUBLIC GREENS WELL PATRONISED

de.fianoo of the w U of God
God had no chosen
people all men had thetr gift. from H m to be
developed
Whence came t11e war? From the r
m.t.a and wa.r agamat one another In conc1us on
the B MOp urged hi. aud ence to read St Luke 8
Gospel and Mk themselves if they bel eved t
f
thej must accept the el&lID then In the name of
- . . r y i l i rung that dignifies human nature Jet tbe r
vea ho 10 acoordance WIth t
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H B write.
The nne 'W'1!18. h
t.s eff~ct felt on the publ bow n C' en 'lit
tb. f;0peu ngo fOt" the season was a. e ed u
good reaults'. Both at. Fa. mer Puk and n P ()
pect Park good a.ttelldances were rem~ f (I
Eu~ SstUrda.y and E;u;ter Monda
T r
apr ng wea her pre w\ed and t.h IS "as Jl,
reco 11 atte9danee
Somo bow e.ru fo
somewhat. and we e to be secn p a.
OTcrcOat.s
s oar y yet to f() ee t w
of 0. season awo. t.s
eo different e u'bs h a
Ih. Falmer IPark Bowl n· Club has p b hed

DE'ATH ON THE OPERA~ING
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A woman s death while und~rgo ng an ~~al (In
.~ tho llDy.1 Berko H06D tal on Apr I 18tH formed
the bb oct of an enqmry h eld by the Acwr.g
Co (lDer for the Borough Hi F W Mart n on
ApI'l 20 h
The unfortunate WOlllan was Mrs
Mary Ann W n ed Abbey aged 58 of 47 Stat on
road lI.3.l' Ow
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husband

omploYed

Walter Abhoy

at

Weth~rcda. Brewery Marlow sad that h s w fe
ge nerally enjoyed good bea.lth but ow ng \ to s ck
n.cse on Monda.y Ap il 17th on Dr: Culhane s ad
ce she went. to the Hoop tal
D 8tac.ley Todd houso phyBlC a.n at t~ROY&1
.Berke Hogp tal J;8. d he deoeasod had &
l?ture
wh c
c&1.fi!ed strangula.tion She was b
Jl r
a bad sub eoCt for a.n operat on to r~titlV-"'1 the oir
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et on and sbe would oorta.inly have d ad n
&Dy caso
Dr SeC'.N;ltsn 88Sisted by Dr Bevan
operated" a.nd he admm18tered the &DfeSthet c
M the <1eoeoscd d d not reV\ve a.rt fie a I rea]) ra
tion wae resorted to but WIth no avaiJ aDd dea.th
took p a.oe before the ope.ra.tiou waa oomp eted
In referr n g ° the doctor's a.tte.mpt to 2jave fe
the Corone re marked that poop e (lugh:t to be
very tha.nkful for such a.n l..ll.!t tut ou 8.9 tho RoyoJ.
Borkshire n",p a
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A verd ct n a.ceordanoe w th tho moo cal oeVl
dence was returned the Jury oomvhment ng the
Coroner's officer P S. 'Vb ppey on t.be p ompt
manncl' n which he alwa.ys dfschar.R'66 h s dut as
Mr Mart n endorSed the remarks

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FIXTURES
M.y
24 Aecot
June
1 Mo. de.nhead Th cket
3 Ma dcnhend Desha 0
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12 Ascot
15 Factory
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acl..-ne 1 Pa.rk: .::::
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A gust

9 West End

A very pleasant even ng was spent &~the last
meet.mg (If t.h'8 sp'r ng Bess On. of the fie ng and
DislrlCt Ga.rdenors Mutua Immo emcnt Assoc a.I on wh 01 w.. he d n t he Abhoy H.n (k ndJy
lent by Messrs Sutton a.nd Sons) The PreB dent
(lli E P Foquet Sutton pres dad
Tho sub ec
fo
he everung was
The R:oek Goa dcp
&nd
WI!.!!;
nt:.roduoed b;y Mr J D Hall burton super-ntenden!;; at the Roy8. Vetona. Pa k an~ Bo an16
Gardens Ba h 00 esenta.t e from tho Bf"Lh Gar
decers' Deba ng /3O<:l6ty) The lecturer dealt w th
hts subject n a most p a.chco.l and ~ncU«t 'Olanner
under t.he fQ. owmg head ngs -PO&ltion~ Jsoil and
d 8.l.Dage protectlOn
time of p1ant ng the
mor&1ne comnosts a.nd be p o.nta AU table for
'YIU' ous pas tons n the rackery lay ng PllJ't cula
.t.resa on aub eL as s :u.fragaa. unsurp.a.;3sed fo
,~net'al usefu.lnes,
ca.mpnnulas l,m muills oxa s
sechuns scmperv rum s v 0 a grac to geum!!l and
dwa.rf shrub
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I:.ere8t. u~ d scuss On ~ol owed.
In the
po ow
compct t on tho resu t was as
folows -Ur C Or ppe The Gardens S dmou h
G an e IOIt' po nta fo na.J"CtS& Mr \ H Fulkcr
The Gardens E mhn st 10 for narc 6S
Mr A
W Eggleton T~e Ga.rcl6ns Asb ton Lod e B for
p l.muhs It be n~
ho p tel night
a. 6p~end d
show (If cut fl ownrs WIiS staged eontr bu ed hy
:Meslil'S <AI. tcr Or pp!J Our a.nt Egc: eton Fulker
Forbcs H nton Jones Reeves Townsend and
'V<Elbb The flowc .8 we e sent t he next :morn ng
to tbe Royal Berksh re Hosp tal
At. tbo conc uSlon of iihe ordinary bue ne88 a
.. ery peas ng oe eJ ony took pl&e6 v z tho prc
Mutation of 0. S d ma.hogany wr t ne table to
the Jate bon socre ary Mr La.wrenoo Cast e In
making the prcsenta.t on Mr: F B Parfitt wbo

wa. pr.. dent dur ng the 7! years lrIr
carr cd out the secretarial. dut

BATHS

Tr hutes of a. less
meut oned above b I,
constantly appear ng
col1ectors are- Ba d h

ta.ng bIe natu e than those
none the less S]1P1- ficant are
n the Press Women t cket
M Alderman iWr ght the
Willesden mag strote to he qu to as sbarp as the
men 10 dctcctmg ca.ses of a.ud 1Ir ~cCallum
of the Underground declares thJ: worneq mechan C8
are a great deal better than men 0 4.01 cate 6 ec
tr cal va k i t s note vorthy tha.t qhese women
~ e pa. d at exactJy the sa.me ra.te as the me they
replace On April 6th M Kellawar! P;J.llia.n en
t rv Pr vate SecretarY to:or t\. uisOn a.t the
)01in stry of 'Munut ons pa d a 1!t ~g tr bute to
the work women hndj done n.nd were do ng He
,. d that what Germanr has dobs aftor 4~ yea.rs of

ceaseless orgl\lll.at on

Casn.

devoteiJ. to

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Ho (Mr

Parfitt

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Ith 8 country h"!\ d<lne

n less

than a quarter as man,y months and tllen he added
the foHowmg B ~ca.nt worda
Th..e a.oh e ement
bas i/only been ID.ade n OSEI b1e by the fR.Ct that the
M n fftry has been Sb :8 to b wg mto the tn\lU tons
nduatnes 195 000
~men workers a.n~ a. grea.t
number of otha.r nn l)kj ned labourers
There 8 a.
B6W18 m which t 18 tn e to lIay ~ha.t o-ar Arm e.s n
the fi.ld h.ve been ••• ed by the effQrts of t1 e
women in the mUDlt on faoWnea
In some
ocoupat OUI women have proved themselves more

ezprMSed the
m dcb edn{)SS of the m embers for aU h s work on
beha. f of the .Assoolat on Qnd the t rna he had
e.g

l=new

h ow onerous the dut ee W0ro of an 8.88OCt&t on
like thell'B but Mr Castle had &Iways carr: ed
them out cheerful y and to tbe best of hUJ ab I ty
lIe fo t sure the present thoy had made to him
t.h6t everung would always rem nd Mr Castle (If
anany h&PP'Y hOl?irs lipont w th the members
Kr~ t e n .. few chOBeD "'orda thanked the
mem
II mOl'!
beart y for the r va.luable ptle86nt..:
Jt had me WI a gr a.t surpt1ae part cu ar y at a
~ when ev~r,) one
38 pass Dg through auch a
ternble Cf'JfN.S
th I made it doublY valuable
,AJthou,lh the work was onerous &.nd &n:nOUI . .
lir hrtit. had am yet t had alway. been &
..hour of love It would b(I & r6mlnder of the
lDan;y tr ench me;d.e dur III the tune he M.d b.eo
OOJUlected with tlhe AMOC ation
table .... .uppl ed b7 K.... lI..lu

Pa k

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AS~QCIATION

PRESENTATION TO MR CASTLE

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5 },fa d enhead Tb ket

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B a.cknell

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17 P ospect

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woman mun t on
mon~~!6r.0r:me:~t;.hin~~g~m:::oro~:;1uae~~:f:uJ~~th:,.~n

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THE HIGHEST SPOT IN BERKSHIRE
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h 11 four mt C8 oo.st of IMcy
genera y known s th~ h ghe
g nd ::l
for we read as fOUOW8 n the n
by Ifr W Hewett on t 6 a. j, qu e
f 0
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