Reading Observer 04-1916

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Tbe &D.DUaJ. m"ting
of Commeroa wu held
p&IlY'.s Lecture Room, Cro'"'-'tx..,t,
evening Great ln terelt W8.8
IDg on aooount of the
Itahan ecOnOMist and pu,bl,ie ~it ,
Quara.nta. dl Sen Se·,' .rino.
•• Ttad~ &iter the War,
the r commerCIal relatIon.
BrItIsh EmpIre" There
prealded. over by the Mayor of ReadIng (Mr L
G. Sutton), who IS t ho PreSident of the Chamber

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has found out and

for herself that fOl

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there

IS

really no

Margarine as good as

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ARGARI~E,

MAYPOLEI

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A LB.,

or

d.

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DOUBLE
W-EIGHT.

SH-IW;A.DE

Gnrariteed

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MILK.

from

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MAYPOLE OAI
Y OO'~,
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often thought
down under. H

THE " LARGEST

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L....I Aidres_ :-Ma~l. Ceraer.
19. Broid Street,
425, Oxfori Road.

, somecountry

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St. I Oxford Rd.,

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see th'at
is specidly
Woollens

the
member to represent

~:;~~;~;~;)NS

PRODUCTION OF ,

A. Committee was apPOInted
I the questlOD of the
to ascertain what sLcps
to augment the output of

ThI'~~~;;~~~:~~~

PIAN S

SUNLIGHT.
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Es!. SOy,4l'I. ·Pb •• , 1148. Play,r ~1"11:S '"

153. FRIAR

_ the Imt&!l1htf of It
H, therefore
(CoDI/Doell'tWIII , . ." . )
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and powers, aald CIlDon FOWLER. waa m abeyauoe Ptop,,,",.! to begm the new order of aervlcc on
21st
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tI l] the dioeeeaD conference
They propOll&d to

call • parish m..ting. he adde'd, to disc... what
they sbould do m Earley WIth regard to the Mia
Slon of Repentance a.nd Hope
,!r
proP","" & vote of th.,.kt to th.
chOlr. under!alr Hart i the. smgmg had iProved
'W onderfully
hich

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STOX:U se«)nded the propotition. w

pamhlOner who before opposed the .lteratlon
aupporied Jlt, addmg that 1f tbey could get a.
choml service no one could ralse any obJec

was

c&med 1lD&n1moualy
The Rev H. W AllDLl<Y KnfG ~-..I 0'" that,
In proportion. the people were g'1VlDg lIlor to the
collectlOD!

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agreed that the pansh waa on •
much sonnder finanela.1 ba~'Il11 thaI) when be came
C&DOD. FOWLZlt

ST. PETER'S, CAVERSHIAM.

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30/- AS USUAL A~D

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SPEOIAL BLUE SERGl!IS
8427/161KIjLADlES' OOSTUMES
1716
M It~OYS' SUITS
19/1'
No Fit DO Pay-the Stewart Way.

the bene--

sense
the term to '
forms of
of que:stlOns
owners and tho
In t.he town
One
were despatched a.nd
rephee were carefully
re~ (Mr Dryladtl
lOWIng heads - L Ist
mUntt.lOn work, lIst
do mUDltton work,

qUiroo.
m.':1II~~;;~,~rl~,;I,~bllei
and general
dulea were IMInt to tbe
thMlk!!i of the Departmen t
for wbat had boon done
W
Carl:.er) had Be \eral
IItnwter of MUnttIOJlS, and
another nlember of tbe (',omn, itl_
on' the Weat. of En,gla.nd
and III tha.t C&PIlCltv has
dlltriet for shell m&klng
and ls!rgely owmg to the
mlttee\ had IOlli ll.ted anu
'Very cpnsiderahle increase
tiona In the tO Yl n, ~d a
have been anpolnted to do
mlttee all!!iO ·obt8.med shell
waYIi bave done what they
ernment In tbe ulrectlon
The Co1Jlmlttoo allo sJ)Cflt a
1b endeavou lln g to arrange
for the cons truction of sand
fell thl'ouC'.h as t he War Offioe
menUi had been fully met

GERIMAN MEl'HODS

WAR HOSPITALS' SUPPLIES
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The Vicar (the Rev R S Stoney) pl"M1ded lover
the VE!:!try m~t.mg, which wae held on ' Tuesda.y I ·p~rtmg
evemng There were &be Pre8eDt the Reva: A..
E WIlley a.nd A. (J SOuthgate. Me_ Dryland
H ~slamr een , and L Cutte (chorChwardena), 811'
IJ ercy SandeTB<lD, K C M G, MeMre. A W.
Corler. C Kn,ght.. J H Burell. E C Cooke

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Iclerk), etc
1 he llCCOunt.& .....ore presented by Mr L

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and Mr Klllghts, and pused

[he VIC'" thanked the churchwarden. fot. th",
H e had been m the pansh only & eort
t une but he could not ha.y. had more stalwa.rt
help' a.nd better busm~s guuianc8 than from the

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v..,try 01l T\l.,.l..,. Th·
J Boward) &g&ln noml,.W
Ili. warden, a.nd Mr E B ~" cr
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Tbe

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W S
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EARLEY.

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churchwardens

They hfLd given him CVfJrY help,

cnCf urd.gement and support

the

\[r DRYLANH HA!!ILAlI Bald that Mr CaatIe!
"", ould agree wIth him that they were very ,lad
to ha.ve had the opportunity of bemg brought mto
coutact. with the new Vicar They both formed
1\ nry high 0PlD.lOU mdeed.,,of Mr Stoney's capa.bIlities. a.nd they could Dot "help thmking that be
l'rrL'I Just the one they wa.nted to catty on aa.tiaiac
tonly the work of the pa.nsh. It was the Vicar'S
mtentlOn to make the acquamtance of all hill
panulonen, nnd havmg done ~o he would alwa.ys
be open to COil sider WISbe, e3:preJsed to htm, aud
would certa.mly do hiS best to crea.te throughout the
parish th&t harmony which
so much deaned

was

) lr Haslam went on to say that he had been

In view of the new dutlee of
kklmly senSIble for some coDluderable tune past
to alter the nile eoncerPmg
thL he had no~ been equa.l to the dutIes of Vle&r'S
congregatlon of the church At
warden. and he felt that there were m the pa.riah
reada that. a member must (I) be
flthers who ware younger. who could render greater
the age of 18 yea,.; (2) have gIven
.ISSlsi.lnce to the Vicar He therefore 8l!Ike<f to be
Easter that he or ue lnten<b to make
~eheved of hIS duttes Mr Stoney would req\lll"e et~~~~~,:c,n a.t Easter, Dot neceallanly at Bt
the help of everyone In the pa.nsh. Mr H asla.m )
It. WM decJded to add II or have 8110<1.
<:;} !d he would like to bear testimony to the very
declarIng that they are quolifled eloe
l'alua.ble work performed by Mr Castle &I people s
pansb of Cavenham ..
warden H e bad ca.rTled on everyth10g Iw ell. and
proceedlDgtI tennlUat.ed WIth a vote of
In Mr Caatle they had a mo:st capable worker
to the Vicar

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A NEW WARDEN
The VIca n ommated Mr A. W Can.er as hIt!
CHRIST CHURCH.
warden, a.nd Mr Ca.stl& wa.a re eleQted people!l
\\ arden on the propOJld,Jon of Mr HASLJ.ll.
Mr CAllTEB seconded. and the proposltIO\\ was
Veatery. whiCh wu presided
earned
the VJcn.r, the Rev J F !W&rren, on
\Ix KnIght. and Mr. Bu·",ll were elected &udi
evenmg, llr G E B Roge.. pro.
torl!
charch accounte, whioh ahowed that
Tbe VICAR Bald thanks were due to theI dift'erent
d d
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ulticlab connected WIth the V&nOWI churches. He
e%peD e CD.
extr&ordina.ry expen·
Mr
G. E B Rogers ..... re-elected
mcluded the bel lnngers, &JdeBmen, Sund&y school
warden, &Jld the VIcar &g&1D. nODunated
R H
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L!_ a.rd
Th f 11
teachers and 8upennl.endents, the chOlra
flrt>anIs", tho" "'OC1ated With the chUrch
1.1,le.mon_
owe as JU,8 w
en
e 0 owmg
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~ ..,elected for Chris/. Chur"":
lichools. and every worker connected WIth
W J Brown, Bub', J Calliater,
different churcHes
J. Grant, W J Henman,
~dlt CAllT£R iseconded and the motion wu
W J Robertc, W P.
ric
For 8t Paul's. Mean

Chettl. and T. L.",de,. were

ST. ANDREWS, CAVERSHAM

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. MARY'S, CASTLE STREET

INCREASED SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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St Andrew'. (C&Tenha.m) Ve.tery, on Thu....
dav, It wa.s etated that the !UlD coJ1ected durmgtbe
t"ear exceeded the prevIous year's amount by :£6~
Rnd tha.t the subscrli'tlone were over £20 more
than ha"d been received 10 any ODe year
Ihe VICAR (tbe Rev 'D Brancker) preluded, and
sa Id they had been m ovlDg along much 811 In the
pre\ lona yea.r '1 bey did not make any great pro..
gre!S , but 'lne kept bopmg The proposed natlOnaJ

The Vestry of 8t Mary's. Caatl&-street, took

on Wedneaday evenmg The Incnmbent, the
D F. Wa£el'l, was 10 the chair, &Dd there
arlso present Measrs T E Hewett, E
CPopo, J T Westbrook, W. Holmes,
(orgamat), J B Harbor, E r

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Duffield, G~land Sndtb, etc,
and several other Jadiu. Mr T
aga.m nomInated &8 Incumbent's

Relolviwlt. Mr Hewett 8&ld the totaJ
1915 we,. £246, ,..hieh ...as

mllwon had given hiln & good deal of lUUJety

expenses

fbey bad a ml8S10D .. short tIme ago, and one dId

more th&n usual.

not feel that the results were what they m,ght
been, but they mWlt certainly do all they
oou ld I t waa moat lDlportant, becaUse unleu the
Church of England had got a real strong lead to
baV6

gwe the people at th,. time It would hi.. f",led
very badly.
At pret.ot the Church had faIled.
IlOd they mUllt I all try to ,..oli.e for tbemoelv.. _,
.. hat theIr religion meant m the,. hv... and to be
able to ~ of thU to othel1l outauie
When
were thinking tb.inga out for themaeln.s

were much more likely to reach a COnclUllnn,

thll ,.... wh.t
CIrcle 1U

Iiad been dOIng In theU'
WIth the C E.M S H.
on the earns Iwell
~el.e,b~&I.ion_

re
of

tol

cop,

sen IceS

6.naDCWll oondlLlon w..

organlAe the large amount of TQluntarv labour
which wa.s available In the to'f,n for th4;l making
of hospital requ)sltElS, under tb~ title of I Tbe
ReadJD,If Chamber of Commeree War H08pltall
Supplu~. CommIttee' A 8pe:clal appeal for fUllds
was ISWed and premllOS secured at M-~. Cross·
etreet~ but aHer two months' i work thcre theso
prem1$&l were found teG ,mall, and a. move waa
made to 16 Duke street, kipdly lent by Mr
Blagra.ve and rHGCorated frec l ol COlt by varIOUS
firms &nd .,I.ndlvldual.a: S,PB.OI!I docs not permIt of
more tha.n a brief ailuslOD
tbe work c.. t thl. ImIthod~ WA eaD admtre. nnd thnt we could Wlth.
Commlttee. but & booklet IS be:ing publlSbed and out sacl'lficlnj:!' our t>ood mImes as honounble
a
can be hrLd on a.pphca.tlon It IS the out- nn hons at!':o lmlbl.te and
5tand.i.ng work of the year, a.IÂ¥l the CouncIl feel
The resoillte dl~ounG d"li>en'<l
very l)roud of the results a.lr.eady achIeved Many nf Commons on the 11tb
workin!{ partIes ha.ye been organlled 10 th~ towu RunCi man a.nd "" '1>!<,q""nbly
a unllnl.
and county and nearly l ,5OO ! voluntary l\orke~lI mOllstS vole
merehA.nl"!
th~ CIt?
(men, women gIrlS IQ.Jld boys) obtained
£fJZ7
hflld unde!"
p~ldcncy
12a 3d ba.a been collected, and ove r 25 000 artlclcs
Jl't'hruarv renewing ~e nro.
ha.ve been dIspatched to hospitals not only 'n
half a cpntur~ 111."0 lnl;tltui
Reading (WhICh have had first. oall) and other parts
hr tlle purOOSM nf
of England, but to ma.ny hOlplt.als ond clearIng
Rr tl:<;b eommerel&l
COI."trl~!'I I the eolnJrillill l
:statiOns 1D France to Ma.lt.a. r iypt, Serbia and ~ '~~ti:;~i:;.
8aJoDlka to En~l1 sh hospitals, French h. pJta.ls I
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IA.l=t rnonflt
Tondnn (:If nVN" & ht ndrcd
and Serbtan hospItal s, and t~1I letters of acknow·
Brltll'lh C~ ...mbers of ComMeree to eon
ledgment show bow greatly !Deeded and trelnen
llH·,:umrell flltthf'!" t,() .... "nteet. Drltl~h IndUII
dowry apprt:<:lat.ed the g Ifts fere
The Readmg
nnd to remove therol frnm Gp.rmnn ~ompetJ.
depot IS one of the vcry few ma.kID,If wooden t nn (tn."" manllfnctllrel! of o,tJ~' mllt.ruments and.
things, and the output of t ese hH6 been large (If ehemlcal an~ CjlectrlC ml'ltA'lrlAls have 1!16 Mr
and &pprecl&ted
It III 8tlil ~nt1Du1Dg lts good Ru'llelman In bl! 1 ,.hd\f~..mentlOnm RMeCl1 an
work, but. further fund s are ba!:lly neooed for the nounced alrf!8.rlv rocerv~ A. n .... tnbl ... Im nulse)-alt
Committee h&Te only £269 9s tid. In. hand With th0lli6 fact. 'OOWlt to A. plnn (If nl'tlon til b" 'Put
the noeption ot special matenal costIng un~er Int.() f~rce WIthout d"'l\]'j n"'~'t1st. the- ('..erma.n com.
£20, the whole of the materla.l baa been pu,rcha.sed meretal lnV(l.fll:'ln !Th ... ~:ttr"mr.-lv l""'vort:Lnt prom the town
'008al" formul8.t.ed d th iS Gcn nrA' ('AlJlfp.renoe of
.. Th~ CommIttee al:so Ulnsldered the question the ChambeMl of Cofl1meree (\f GrnSLt "Rrlt.atn T<!of the waterwaYII of the kinirdom . and obt.a.lDed I!'ar(hn.s,r the mercantile marnfl nAtuMLh?lLtlon Ilt
and lIuppl,ed to the!! Secretary of the W&terways 'or~lgn 8ub]6Ct'l, tnrlff!; comm~relal ",ttachel ConAlIlIOCla.tIOD a. large amount of InformatIon on the 8111" T)!ltenta t.o fOfelUll rYlvenfoTS, th~ nat.wnltltty
subJect, a.nd It 18 hoped tbat lafter the war thiS nf b ead" of lirrm .) R;T1d of eommprclal com'P lLnies
Lm.~rta.nt ma.t\er wlll be dealt Wlth
the proJec~ of a CtidomR I.-e:j~e hetw~n Enl(lantl
' The dl~r h'mr closln&' Iquestlon was con- Rnd her Alh911 nrorrl!oo In th.., nll.nle of an lmnort.
stdered by t e CounCil, letters written t.o the ",nt I!rou'p "1 th", l:rOU~1'! ('If f"'ommnns hv fho hon
pa.pers, and t dere mtervle"ed. upon the matte r
mf'm'hen 'Mr JTf"'W:,lnl"l fl.n 1 Mr "Peto, &re all a~s
but eventualJ It "as deCIded not to make any whtch Itall nl'l~ hR.11 WIth f) len.sure
recommendatIons
"A. &peclal Committee was aPPOinted to con
ENGLAND'S NEW POLICY
IIlder whether It wu PO&~llble to esta.bhsb a central
The new commerctal ann fiscal ,Doltcv of Entt'lLnd
depot to which traders and otb~rs could Bend goods W()Ui<l apnea!'
nl~o the prnlollbltion
to be collected by the carrl~rs r
Tbls Commltt.ee of Gr.rman
tbe WAr
held & grea.t many meetings ana took a weat deal If
19 on the
of palns III endeayourm, to fink! a. solubon of the
dIfficulty, but eventually It was found that the
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ana

~cluded

maurance

The defiCIt at the end of the

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barn..
the future
&lJa
tn"""h".'"R'
ous n'P.l!llgns
wblch
jT>TPpa,nOr! WIth a. neW' to
" The CounCIl held & &peelat mooting on Decem~
~1.cfeat wn.'l'h 1'1 b ...lore. boM'
her 9th to constder aome lentth,. proposal. and
is ~ n,.rticul r. rlv favourable
reoommenda.tlons It WILlS .uggel~ Ihould be -pl~
of Itahan e':'Cports ftSpeo-before HIS MaJelty s Government lD connectIon
thflt: the al1('I('nt "'I~ tre.dl.
W1th our foreIgn trade poJley laft.er the war, and
I t
f
d
other matters b&a.rtn&,tberconJ Resoluttons were
re '" IOJUIl 0 f{lfIn "hID be·
~re
I'Itllt
fllrtnl"r
8t~gtJjeent to the Cent ral
amber, Iand members were
&,,(1 mlhhrv AlI!Ance, and
appointed t.o a.ttend a conferenoe In Loadon but. fIIe&1ed by
p..-'hArEmcI') of Itn.ly to tbe
aa thl. coDf-cre nce W&5 held In 1916, It. does not CnmlW'ct
Thl'! mnment lIS Mua))T
form any part of t.hIS report ~
o'PPo""ne for r!lVl~!:l' 1\ ldl'9nl! Imnf!f,n" to Brltleh
The London Chamber of Co merce eX&IDlnatIonl ...... oorh t" r;",1" . "~ w",cl1 I'p' lI',frv fh~ pnr.1ent "n
were again held locally under tbe SUpervisIon of t1Tllf'1"b; of :t ntJ .... ptli .. fnr fLnd dilltnltlt of the hated
tbe Chwuber
8t:( Candld&ttjs
Mtv.ea
for eJ:&.Dllnatlon,
..nd the presented
followml them
weco Ge rm A.na _..1 An« ~(rlan rJ aTf' TlII. t UTa.11'V 110 &ceen·
f
~ nod mach In- tbemJlA1Te,
tllated
Let.
J+alvto~ther
A.n,1
Engl"nd,
then ranee
auceeas Q I -J R Bennett., meth vus
closely
rtOt on).,.. DOhtican... ,
ery of btullnesa (~aehera' dIploma.) C S Golding
b t. t
...11 • f
ly b "'..::.
oe nlor book k"~IUk and --·-tODOY (WIth dts·
U .. "0 OOfDDlEI!'CI ':l Y 01" on
.,.. oelng 1JU'Pl>..,.
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mAnted bT a commercial alliance can oUr poUUcaJ
ttnctlon), and
Sawyer, lOnlor book keepIng allIance enihrre
and
accountancy
(WIth
At.
"In
the abson<ffl
of dlfl'tlnctlon)
Consular authorltlel I the
'Vfdthe ooncl"llnn
~_ (tL ~
k +be ll!l'<"f:tm\
D__ .. M1" Cu:rnol'f
Ooun(1I1 by Its Secretary has Tenfied a.nd iiIgned:mo
a VOtoO 0 II&D 1'1
DIrK(ln, laVlnlf that
eertlfioates of origin for .Reil.c:hng manufactured tltey fon()w~
the stand the
goods to be exported
!v'·,thbAnr·
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'!'_e!e~_
fronti(lr~to-daYf
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Aprl
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Chamber
of
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With the
held on the Import ant questlOIjl of capturmg Ger.. Cenml C'1uI.mber
man trade
Mr Barton Kent, of the London
f II
Cha.mber of Commerce, and ~r WIJfred BsU, of werbe 1&1~ III,warflt
the BJrmlngham Cb8mber of IComllMl'rOC, opened
the debate, and both gent.Ierqen~ ,poke at great
length I and there WEaS a good dlscussloa
On
IThur6<i:Ly November 18th, Mr Alten W. S&&br.
Lee.turer In FiOJ.e Art ot the. trDlv~ntty Colleg1l,
Readmg and AtISOCWLte of the InternatIonal Soc1ety
r~d~::'~;:!:
of BculptMI
p.,ntera.and
G....... Secret
toea ••of,paper,
~ ...mte.ot
entitled
Dellgn
and Induatry
. ~....
ddlkultle.
of workmg
tbetha.t)
"]Ierne
.t the
preaent moment
so great
it waswere
InadVIsable
to proceed With It
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WORKMEtfS COMPENSATION.
CLAIM AGAINST WAR OFFICE.
At the County Court on Thonda,.. bet.... hil
Honour Judge Harmgtoo, an applica.ti.oll W" ma.da
under tbo Workmen', Compensa.tlon Act by W
B 'WI~gln' for arbltratlOn WIth regard to oem·
pen&a.tulD from H M Secretary ot Bt.a.te for W&r
1I[r Sy<bey DralU appeared for the -apphcant. and
}.1r Branson. Juruor counsel for the Treuury, 1I'aa
mstructed by Measn La.mb, Brook and Co for
for the Treo.aury

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Appbeant stated that he met Wlth an 8Cmdent
lD Janu&r:y IMt year while worklDg for the &nil,.,
rerult.mg In doub:e fractureJ Be had been under
treatment In the Royal Berbhire Hoapttal, &Dd
WM now under t~a.tment by Dr F Cox
He bad

oo.n re""mng 11. a week from the authont., ••
but he ha.d rece!.ved no paymentll smce Janu~
29th He wa.e. not yet able to do any work, aa hla
leg W(L8 verv weak and I he Muld not wa1t far
Wlt.hout

R.

etlck

He deDled that he had

~n ea.rn~

lDg_ 22s 6d per week smce March 1ast
Ur F. A Cox gave eVIdence a. to the oondl\.ioll

of the toan's leg He ccksldered the man ~ht
do very hgbt work, but could not ao .. fuU d&y's

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Capt.lD W

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~ec~""

apphcant Wa.! qmte
barber
HIS Honour aa.td that

R A KC. Ih""",t
hiS tra.de .. a

had had a fracture,
very senOUi to him.

manent IJhortenmg of
now do full work
811.me time, haVlng
asaes8or, he Wa.aJ ..... u...
some work, and
If he tned
Dr T B Bokenham,ofWokmgbam,saldhewaa apphcant for
called to the Ridges, Fmchampstead, by the pohce
bebreen 6 a.nd 7 p m on the 22Dd Be found de
ceassed lymg on tille !tIde of tbe road, dead. There
was B fra.eture at the base of the skull, and a very
severe wound on the front of the nght .rm Just
below the shoulder. a.nd a. fractured d18loeatlon of
,
the nght ankle Tbe lnlurles were suffiCIent to
causa dea.th lUst.anUy. The lDJUry to the head by
The followlnr eawatU..
ItselJ was mortal Th~ inJury to the foot might Royal Berka Regt. han
have cau"ed by tbe man bemg run over by a heavy lut laue vehIcle or by a wrencb
The lDjlIry to the head
must have been caused by an extremely VIolent
blow The wound In the arm appea.rsd to ha.ve
been ca.used by some penetratmg mstrument
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THE INQUEST
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The mquest wo. held by the Connty .c0ron~r.
Mr R S Payne, at Fmcha.mpste8.d, on Tue!day
Mr Bullock represented Mr Kenw.~d
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HOW rrHAPPENED

Jeue Bone, Crlchet Green, H aldey Wmmev, a
cella.rms.n at Mr Kenward's Brewery, .aId he haa
known deceal'led a.bout aeven yeara
He wa.a employed at the brewery as an odd man On Satur·
da.y, m eompanv With deceuad and another man,
he went from Bn.rtley \V mtney to Eve11lley In a
motor lo~ a.nd then on to Crowthorne. a.nd on the
way b&ek to Hartley Wmtney, on the RIdgell,
Fmchampstead, deceased, who Wall SIUlDi' on a
small cask In tbe front part ot the lorry WIth his
ba.ck"- to the drlver, siud hilt W88 gOing to get a
more comfort&ble seat He sUld /I Ii Will ha.ve
tba.t ta:fpaulm cover (WblcQ was on the t8.1J board
Ilf the :lon-y) got up, took a couple of stnde&
st.andmg upnght, overballmced, and fell over
Side of the 10rry The lorry WA,Il a.t once .t<'pp'e!I,,-1
a.nd Wltneoss found deceased lymg by' the
the road 25 or 30 yards ba.ck There W8.I
between deC6a.'H!d and the dnver, so that the
could not see wbat deceased wu domg
A STEADY AND ABSTEMIOUS MAN
ReplYing to tbe JUry, wItnell!l 8ald the 10nT wall
gomg verv slowly, 8.9 tbet'e was a bend tn the road
Just ahead. Deceased was ~rfectly sober

B, Mr Bullock

man and worked well

Deceaeed ..... a very steady

Thom .. George Child, .r Hartley Wmtney, the
dtlveT of the lony, aa.ld the 10tTy WlUl gomg at
about. SLX mlles per hour at the tlme of the 8£Cl

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dent
Stuart Percy Pernng, the manager at Ken·
ward's Brewery, said deceased was a stead]', reha.ble and abstemiOUs man
P C Gngg, statJoned at Fmch&mplte&d, S8Jd
when he was called to deceaaed he found no SIgn
of hfe. Iteceued's foot was almost le'Vered
A verdict of accidental dea.th was returned, the
JUry sympat4ismg With the rela.tlves

DEATH OF MISS COLVILL.
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:A12 old Reading resident and well known
worker paued 8W&Y on April 20th In the
CdV&loc<>d I
Mi8B ColviU, of 26, Jease te!'l'8!()e, a.t the a
f
88
Al'L
h
L
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t
age 0
yean
WlOU,
k8l' ~IVl Ita
more of the put, her interest m tlte work of
Church lla.d In. no 'WI!5e abated
Th
eraJ]
d
h
e fun
took p aoe on Tues a1, t e first
of the tenl.ee bemg held at St. ~IS Cburcll.
The ttel'Vl,"""
.... was choral, the hYl"l'lln. l..!.lng U I hean!
,,_ w
the VOle8 of Jeflul!I say" and H Boly Bloather, chee~I
our W&y" The Rev R Wickham Legg OffiCl8.ted,
A M J L_ _ I Th
'
&I!1llsted by the Rev
oJWllon.
e mourn.
era were Mears J C Colvill and R.F B Colvill

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()jJ\oora

Wou"ded-

c..pt S B1- Hugo

Lieut G. M Moore.

Killed -

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eon.elI.

15712.

Pte F KIng, 8064

Wounded, Shock (St",IJ).+
Pte C G Evan.,

OXON & BUCKS

(n'tL.-.).
Mi•• L-". Colvlll, tL- BI~-r Eli-.~
.&R)...~.......,au,,,~
____ The followln: cllSUaltle8
bet J C He, and MlISIJ EmIly M j Colvill (DleceS)r <nOD &Dd Bucks l.olgh~
Mrs Fewster and None Gllbertl
ported durIng tbe past
Wreath. 'Were sent bli the followin';l -MillS E

!,O

wo.a £7 48, 9d, but it waa DOW about :£67
m eetUlg of the trqllteee t.l!at afternoon it waa
to diaeontinue the ~er of £70 per
which had ,''been practised for maal rearl,
pew rentl
The people's COD.t.ribUtlOUt!
&<IPf.lN' It wu &D.
In_... _&I!lounted to £U7 13't~, ..,bich ..... ourR_"
tereatln,R' pa.oer,
' aome
~ . nry 'f&lua.ble
Hr lUns, ChlJrmAn of the Committee, ~~
£100 Ie.. than wn. gl~'" .to the C M B •
...u ~ to
£236 17. What they, moot reqUired the adoptIon of the report, ...
mora contribution. to",.rda church fIX
ELEOl'ION 011 ~lDENT,

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READING.

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The German commereu"l succelSS '0 Ital,.. then
may hfI .attrlbllted I to tbe foUowlDg eauttei!I To
the profound nowle3ge they h8.ve acqUired af
It.a.hlLn habits a.nd nee(1II to tbelr admIrable
powers ot adaphn'f themselves to the surround
mg. of their Ita.IIa.n chonh. tn their tenaCloUs
pene~ranoe In
overcommg dlffieulhes
to the
fa.elhtle8 of ercdlt tbe" J?1ve to their Ctlfrt-omfit'll
t.o thftl r tystem of U dumpmfr" io creat.e a dE:mand
for thelT good... and to tht\lr InslIr,emble method
of aoqutnng e't'erv kind (If comm·erclat 1nforma.tlOn, WblCh enablCII t.he ('~nnan e~Y)()rt lnll' firm.
to know exlLCtlY wha.t. IS needed a.nd what is liked
by the pUbhc In everv pa.rt of Italv
In a ll thMe
methods With the exception of that of "dumplng'," I thInk that we ma-v alT Mmln:t German
~nergy and initiative however mud': we may dlslike and desTlIlJe the ("TfmnlLn ndlon ft)r Its eg011lJD
lind fOT Its lack of ,,11 prJnclDles of honour ChIT.
atry and huma.mtv lIt hR.1II IIbo_n lou)th In th~ <*u&o
Ing antl In the conductln~ of thIS terrIble war
n would not be tM1~ however. to IIny that Ger.
man «.Im-merclat tm~~ flre due ~ntlreh to

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12/-

35/6 39/6

hfe of Europe of tn.morrow
must lOOV1tabl,.
folIcw tht~ ~tupqnd"us
and whl<:h will
substantla.lly roadiEv the commercuLt reltILt.lone J,.&..
tweea the T&rIOUfI ;n&tlons, '" 3 ~hal1 well be Justl.
fled In &!liking ollrselvc~ whather t l1e fIOOnom!Q
rolatlODtl between GTeat Bntn.1n and ItaJy W111 be
e%'telrded and In{.eWllfied In P,e &am-e way u,
tbanb to the, lhv4Iua.bl~ b .bo\l1's of OUr two em).
nent Amb~ors S,r R-enDe ll Rorid and the
MArqUIS GuglJeJmo Impenoli, the pohtlco~mlhtary
allianoe betwe(ln the two great nahons haa been
conl!ohdated
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Enghsh fl'oods are Immensely sought arter by
Ita.han~
I WI 1t ~ven ventut'e to eay tbat they
are "too tmlch" 80U(!'l1t aftnr
It IS evident
186
that BrItish made a:rt.Icles the manifest IJUpel'
Ior lty ot' whIch IS 2'cnera.l1v re..."<J!fUlsed ID Ital,.,
must alwavs be In Igreat d.emand and t he WIly
~nnl!.n! bemp perfectly 8wue 01 thJs, ba.\ e ex.
plolted on a.n Iflcrecilble scale our strong Anrr10phll
tastes
They have not scrunled to felslfy Brltll.h
trade-ma.rb, ~nd WIth th(l greatest use and callousness sy,;tcmll.tloal1y to Il\.beI artldes mttde In.
G~Tma.nv With tho l)~t'Suaslve words II mad~ In
EnR'land II Rut now we are brOlUtht fa.oe f;o face
WIth 1\ stra.nsre and anomalous fact
Notwlth.
standlng 'the nahan pre1ndlce In favour of British
gOodR Rnd the high esteem In which tho~ ~OodB
FALL F:ROM A TROLLEY.
lire held th ey are '~teadtly rllsBnoearln!f from the
Ita.han mRrkets whereM German and Atlstrll\n.
made artIcle! wblch aTe rontemnt.uouslv quahficd
A brewers' eella.rma.u, n amed Wilham George
8.:'1 ~Insr U vul::!ar" .. In ferlo r" and II "hoody "
and ~ 'Whleh, on account of their anttpa.thetlr. Elhs, aged 41, of H artley Wlntnev met bll!l d~a.th
natIM",,1 origin, are bouR'ht bv It~hans ~ lth great under very sad cIrcumstances on Sa.tnrda.y on the
unwtlhg~ Hnd are tnundat'ng the ent.lto lEingth Fmcba.mpstead Ridgell
It appea.re that a motor
and breadth of Italy
troUey belongmg to Mr T Kenward, brewer,
SOME ODST~CI.xs
Hadley Row. l\ia.s proceedlDg along th~ road from
Wb&t, It may well be uked are the reuons '\Vcllmgton College over the RIdges about 6 pm,
tor so dleoouragl1~g a result of BrItIsh trad(l with when Eilts, who wa.s Wttll another- man. Vi &8
It&ly, i1otwlthstft.ndmg the marked preference for
Bntlllh made ~oods 1Ihown by my compatrlobi jI movmg a t&rpaulm H~ fell ovnr t.he. SIde of t be
One of the chKlf reasons for whIch It ha.s hp.en trolley Thoma:3 George Child, the drIver, heard
convement to Italv to Import " German" rntller a. tappmg' on a pn.nel, and was mfonned ~at Jr~Ili5
than " nntlsh " goods IS becau!e of the low pr ee~ had faHen off He went back and found E.lls 1,:;tng
of the former as comDft.red Wit h the verv hIgh lD the road apparently dead
Rone, t~.
prIces of tbe Tatter, whl cb ar~ often doubTe and man who was WIth ElliS, s.nY Elll~ stnndmg up
even treble the !mces asked bv the Germ&nfl~ to move .. ta.rpaulm and t.hen SaW hIm fall over the
much flO' that t.he term "En(l'hsb r pneeg" 1n
Corpou,.l Fredk eu.pes, of the ml1JtnR~
Italian hu come to meaD I' ldlculously .. eX0e9fllve pohce Rlld
, Red Cross Hosplta.l. Fmcbampstea,
nrlceR "
Another seriOus oh!rlncle to the sale of
BrlttAh ,!l'oodll In HOlly 18 the Im;u;t-encB on the sa.w the ltirry pass him "lth t" 0 men on the
part of almost all ihe BrltUih ex-Dortlng bouseR In baek L.ter be ..w Elhs lym~ lD the road. but
contlnumg to emnTo? the comoitca.tcd. Eng-bd\ did not aee hIm fMoll out Dr Bok~nbam, wbo was
monetaTV 8ystt"m, aDd the not Jess eompt.cat-ed called to see the body, fuund mjunes to the fight
and antlQua.ted fll vatem of welJ;!'hts A.Dd mClLSUres foreann and ankle. the, la.tter bemg smashed. whIle
wh6'f1 dea.l1Dg '\I!lth Itairan firm! The Germ.na a severe fracture of the skull had also been sus
a on the otber hand, Instantlv saw the arl ... antage ttl.tned. ami thlll had ca.U5ed Immediate deB>th ,"
of adoptlQ~ the fIIltn,le deCImal &I'd matrto SYI!!. MA.rks on the VClllcle seemed to mdlCate that de
t~s lD theIr onoe. III"ts flnoi catalogues HDt to eea.86d had clung to the SIde for & DlOIllent, then,
Italy, as well o.a; In theIr finnncI&1 tTltnsa.otJons hiS right foot commg moo contact. With the dnvmg
WIth our 8hopkee,ers 8.nd mfLnuflicturens
gear, ha.d flung hIm vlOlently aSide moo the roaO

A.. Comrruttee consllstIng of !desen A.. W
Carter, Dryland H aslam Jun. C E Ha:re-. D.
H Helps, C E Hodgkin, W IR. Bowell .ad A..
W Tudor was appointed Jut September to

APPRECIATION OF NEW VICAR.

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SAD FATALITY AT
FINCHAMPSTEAD.

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Suits to Measure and to Fit.

89a. BROAD

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shrinking'.,

G

reAP

made

valde oar motto-value ~1 the
time. That m~ans a lot
you.

Imponalpur~ed
.!~~~~!::~~k~~~rj:~~.~D~~r&
the economIc

l w~'re

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secdnd nature.
For 36 years we

both eountrles The Ita.hl\Da lwere fignt\Df wltb
elder by eide, and he h'Ooed t\lat 10 the future
they would trade l l1de by -aide to the comm.on
lnte.... t
\
TRADE AFTER THE W""-R
Tlte &1tON then dehvered a long la.nd lDte1'8tJ:Dg"
address, ID the course of which he S8Jd
One of
the chief &dva.nta.gu th,s war haa bl'ought In It.
traul., notwlth.t&m:hng lbe hec ..tombs of human
In''el, tbe
and the
sorrow.!! lt has
ear,.-wbere
h8.'5
unmll8klng
the a.tJM of
po1r
which had
teo.
aU over
of
mlh.
been utterly
Germany her·
the muir from
for- 80 m&DY_ ye ..rs mocked
UI

~rl~,.jnt"OW ftnaUy f.Ue. ' Tho

shrink
you'll
doesn't

warden

T~e buyer wanta long
- -,and I geta it in a Sb'lW:luof
Suit because good
i.
with ua I a first thClluglllt and

1ft tll. State.!! as Ul Europe a.nd wherever he had
,o~e be had done much to oement- bl8 ~UDtry wtth
the j eountt:;Y be was In , and to help ~f!I trade of

ttallif

not in
style.

Jt'

lntroduelog the lecturer,
trade after the wat' 'YiU a matter that
minds of everyone The busmess men
gone out to fight tor tbelr country Ihlld done
they could and It: wu for those at; home to make
thelr country a ~ ... t one for those soldlera wh~n
the,. ca.me back The I'laron \\89 q well known

p

Wear & Fit

HE test of merit ia
TI
uphcllstered
and low ·nriee!l.

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The annue.l roport st.&ted
II Durin&:, the year
four new mem.ben ba.ve been elected. and 18 haTe
resIgned. (ChlOdy on account ~f the! war), 80 tha.t;
the number of members OD tile roll at. the end ")f
the year l\ &s 135, as ugalnst i49 a.t the beglDntng
of 1915 The CounCil ba.ve dJnng the yceri held
two!vo meet.mgs a.nd a large number of Commlttee
meetings Mr Ha.y~" hR:i conti1nued with hiS usual
energy and ta..ct t.o SOrve the Cnunell as ChlUrman
durmg_ the yea.r
Mr F E r:M:orlng WB.5 er~cted
VlOe"{''lIaum&n, a.nd on
occasiOnl! when
:AIr H&yes, OWIng
bas bad to be
absent, he
ta.k:en hIS place
Throughout
~ea.r Mr Ja.m61S
Haslam h88
military
dutIes, and bls
JUD.
baa bet;tn aetlng
,
"The &.D'ftuat
when Mr L G
t he ftsumg
Jng membel'll
the, BCoounts
" In

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enough
about.

waa added to
seYen members of
aUditor•

the

RETAI~ERS.

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WELL
MET!

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THE ANNU ~L REPORT

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TIES.

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.oldlen of tlle
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Mea .,..

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M Colvlli.
MorreBrown,
1a., MissMiss
E Lou\sa.
Tunbndge
Mr
and MrsMrs
Mlcbael
Colvlll
,,_ R-._Lb u_ W U __
U_ ' C
be ,,__ rr
.1llI'II
uaw y, .J.U..I.S
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OQDl,.!DIS.
Fswster, Mrs Long, Nurse GIlbert, Michael
Dolly, Phylllll, Mw
the Imembers of
Glrla' Bible Clan,
Colnn, I
Mwes Grace, Mr
:Mre
the Mllnell WaJth&m..
Mra B. C Newport,
.~~~~~,MrMiss
andRoa
Mrs

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Mr .~ NIrWBDY .aid ~ l,tho Ch_bW hod
G W Newbel'Y.. w.. 1'", elected , peo~le', been mo.t ,ffeetl.,ly .....ea dun.r the put. ,.....
and the !Ideamen were re·&PpolD.ted • en hy the )d.yor, wbO had fulfilled the 011108 of _ ..
dent dUring thai , time. • They lUI
he W'N &
'PfllllUted to eODllder th. bWlY mo.n. and that
had the
of Xead.
be gtyen to the diocesan ing a.t beart, and
called upon to
oall Be
help tlIrm
a

It

bua l D.fIU

ii:~

re-eleCted
SUlDg yea.r

Mr. P ,J

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