Reading Observer 05-1916

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County bui~ .................... 3167
1l..,W. l>eJicieocy Act . .......... 'I ' IiOO

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.pul:diC .~tb. rl ............ ).......... 7164
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Allowance.l to Itall on aetift

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oorvioe I " ....... .l ..... .. ....... 921
6alariea and adIn ID15t..re.t.ive ex' i ~
vOnooo poy.hie from 8peo,&\
(;,,,,,,t1 '~od 1................... "' 10 116l!
Sm311 Holding............. · .. · ........ ·1 479
Bri<lJOO
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tCost of pohce" ' .... .... . ... .~ ·· I 21.643
-It 18 6l5ttmate:d that £4,656 will be received by
\be Cofinty Council unde1' thus lea.d. The figure

man the l Educ l\tlon
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t'l'be amount rece~T8d ip Exchequer Contrlbutio~

I..t year " •• £15,567, ... d it II ,.tlm.ted for the
curtent yur t.b.t £;133.248 will be received.
THE ANNuAL ACCOUNTS.

the

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&eguowledgod
.unllOrt:t~1:~::£;!~~:j~i~~lE:
Fmance
Committee
... opt~on'·' I t.he
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not a questlOn of 6.
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or disagreement.
of diso.greemcnt
on
In expenditure
Thus I mentl, and 11.6" '11''' Mfmg th~ Council to deClde
not &Molutely I1blig,atory betwe~Jl" two truated RdvlSOrs. The I EducfttlOD

of 1f17,968jncludes £7,025 (at 'the treatment of
tubercillOSlI.

Mm of H.leeh march to ~t('r.J'.
Victor,. u htw'rinfl 'o'" ~~
Brillhtteyed IrUdom atantU , kim
Hear JIll not ' her CIIll ?
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GUARANTEE OF PURlrrY ON EVERY BAR.

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L~VER BROTHJ::RS, LIMl-rE;>,' PORT SUNLIGHT.

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AGAINST BAD CO~DJlI'IONS.
and that th Ifl
lOme ~wo or tht ct.
been Inst.ructed A metlt.lbg waa held in t.he Markeli-p1ace on
v!ew of the lilteh~
the muin roads be. Sunday afternoon, under the aU8plC~1 of t.he Read·
iIIld FJnollQaipttead.
mg and Di,trict trades and LaboUT Council, the
frREEB
objMt of ~hicbJ os set forth in their prmted band·
e~n~~ oj 28th bIll. wu .. to protest agamlf. some of the condittoDS
ttMB were blown prevaHmg.' tho Biscuit Factory." Th~ speakers
, ra:o:f,IV~: were Mr. J:.tek JoneB, the Ol'ganll!e~ of the
OJI t~ n..th- ' "Nation"" 'Pp~(Jl1 of Guworkera and ) Genera.!

could. Til•••lil)!at.e4 ~ndlt\lrl. lot the
oomlng year
& .iry I..... ..duction on 10 ..
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dean fighte~r if it
were not for ita high standard of efficiency.
as there is n better
in the world than the Pritish Tommy, so there i~ bo better
the 'WOrld than Suhlight S.oap. It i~ ueed in the h0f:e~ of our
fighters, and by our\Sol~iers in the trenches, billet. ~~d Icamp••

I wi cont.jnue that nup0nfl ibility eVen after tb086
Reportlllg on thd fina.nces of the Council, the oj lrevi .. d ..
I reduced item!! , because thcy believed in educa.tlon,
[l' lDanGe commIttee
ported on Jut yeat'! account.a
1 and t.bb7 b61iend that the future of the cotmtry
Invited
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II.S lullowl:.
Exchequet CoMnbu~lon Account. - 'fie baJ.nnce
ma.tter
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Il~g up the educatlon and pro'Vlding better ed1U::al. carl led t o t he credl~ of thy. general County: PUT·
COll;\ci l prnposalYre. l l\On enry year Ho dId not tbmk tbtlt could ' he
P"""
£16,660 17, 4d or £1,638
.~j~~!~'J.y~!~.16\'~OO;
which 1t 'fVUS , clea.rer to thu~ oount.'iY ~b"'~1 now. 'l' hflt grfll.t -',,~IU'
1711. 4<1. iu ex(."Css hE t.he ~yi.ftfkl ertirna.te.
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ratell bv 3d. in the I was 1\ Ij:tl~lggle bet~een Jj,ng}an~ wltb hijl AHles
G8Ilera\ Count.y P JlUJ?Oiel Account. - The mcomt
f!urPhl~~ t1n~ the I'&-" 1 a.nd a. natllun '\vhicb had belletltet1 b, " Mlllen ,Htlly
for Vaar 1~15·6, 'e xcltlUVe of t~ rat6 Ilnd 6Ichel:tuer
that Walt the
orgo.lH!led edvclttJoh. It. ...... not thou 't!dllC{\tloh
contri.but.lOn ~llwce WM £ 1,7S7 5tI Od . more thun
end 01
1th.1 had I"ug~t tkenl to do thi. tblnll " but It h.d
alltlci~t.e<l. tbe lprm ipo.l lOcred..eI. being in re!pect
reAult. Nt
• 'JlrbVlde~ them .Ith the meUM uI ot"glliliflmg The
, 01 nlaid ",kef. ir.nd Ib.nK inter•• tl On tho .tliM
: <lOOl1ctlon. 'NM thn.t thev in ~~~t'kNh ,ro ought not ti~
expenaiture "'.. £668 14,. 2cI. I.... ihllb
, do JIJlythln~ \0 lower thelt eduCatio\!, blit to
e'tim~t.e-, .wlth !h. re~ult ihot Ihe .urplu. at
W1l. £12,190 1~ Id: LI aglllnit
earned .,~'r!
true eltet'
war was
In true
ordlQary
ALrenj[i.hen
Jtl the
If that.
now tunes
It woueduca.ld be
141r. 5d., 6r an incfflAle of
than tlOb had encleav01?-red to bnng the Ir iling ;genera.tlOn
it bd to etep into tIlell' plaee, a.nd that. mUllt be done
Ml"ricel bE>tter if pOlllible than berore. On' the other hand,
Jell .. han ' entybodr. .perl thd ~conotny Wll~ heceAltary and
would be n gat. but economy dld not reAlly in lobe long run
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coneilt, tnflnlr of not !Spendmg money, for tli,tt
ml,ht work out to be the mu~t dpehllivB economy
the . The .F.:ducH.tion Coounitt-e& lilld tti ed a.nd wc're
p<>..... ~oIl of :ltwa.yt tl'ymg to r&duce 6.nd economise wherever

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~e could not.aasodate Sunlight Soap with

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and efficiency of our
cleanest fighters h~ ) the

~.'tI; ....large
pon.ibillty;
theymoney
knew wbulh
they were
wer~ - 18.2.
part of the
was '~nd.
rnl!ied
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I ftDnt the fatepayerA, but thsv had. not heSitated

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18 me. f.l\ ai*oa Ih. L.bo~""', ond ¥r,Bcn R....II, the 10ca!Jl'eiln:tory
.""~,,, ,__.. _ mile, was held up for of th'e 1:TmO'll. Mr \J E . H Ickey, secretary of the

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latte.r' ~ lei£hmeD National Union of Raihf&ymen (Readmg No. 1

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t~i:~c1!;ea~n:brl:tt~;1~=ta:d
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B ...... ob)"..t.. \lie choirlnon, Prior to the meeting
"proooJFllion w.f.th tra.de uniop. banners and hea.ded
the 'Gc;uncU by the Band o! the local btanch 01 tbe N.U R.,
traversed t.he main thcWQdghfares bC tbe town The
M~ket-pllieC W.I orowded. but order WM carefully
p~~rY"ld t.hrou~hout the proceedmgs
Of the few
men of mllitarylage who took an actIve part In the

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WAR WEDDING.
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~ I prettt ,ft.1' wec!d.in~ toot plnce at St. )h.I1's
ChUfth on i Ma.y 17th, between Priva.t.e 'Leonard
Go BeeTet5, R.A M.C., only M)n of IIr. A. .R.
aeo.retvy !of the Odoro Du)Ctaan GUlld
Btlll'in,'en. of Fathenoll~J'oad Beading tl
Olf~~road CoUllCll' School, 'and
Brant. the' only
bter of Mr, a.nd
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deln.onl t.nti.on mOlt. w.-re lftatmg armletll.
UNIONS AT A DISADVANTAGE
The OtLuakAJ( sa.ut. trade unionuJtM ..to the pre·
IJent dlom.mt Itere a.t a dil&d:nntage owing to an
agreement ~t'W'Hn their natlonltol orga.nll!1atlOn aJJd
t.he Gqv~tJ1mept. La.rgeJy the act.lvlty of tra.de
umona h ad been lilld runde .. and It was quite eVldent
tha.t Bome of tbe employers locally were takmg ad·
vantage of the Bltuatlon- .-Not content With tum"
thelr ordin&lY profits, they wanted tu enha.nc~
them at tbe expense of th~ wotkers He alleged
Thomas
that gulll &D;d 'fomen had token men's. places at ley, admitted
I h alf the men s wlLges. What. would thell' brothers I motor car lD
I sa.y to that when they returned flom the trenches? I 8ald ib wu &
When the men returned tbi em~loyers would say, lU & aide

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t.e er at by the Vle!U',
School. t.b6The
P&-fd)ii:lled
Jte'f.cere·
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Mr. Summenby ltlildly pre·
the
'l'b& brijlumaida were tbe
Alice Reenl, U!lter.. of the
MUlo!'le Clarke, eouain of
Priva.te RlohaTd Allum, B .A.M.O., .bly
belt man \ 1J.'fb. orJde'! dress- w'M of wblte
.o"'!,red .ilk, ~ with pea.rls. She wore a.
real \ la<:e Tell, and 1000t'ned a ehow4tJ' bouquet of
wbit~ lilac The b#demn&lda I Ired be
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mauve and wb~ VOile dresael!. trImmed Wi t h
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and pink Itlk. They ware .... bite tulle hats

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There's
ob; you
take It
or
It. It.
was up the
to lthose
whocan
.tlly-eq
behitld
to lU'tltetit
Frank
ng8tnst tbl,B Only four yean ago what one could
purcbase for 118 4d now cost 208. Referrmg to
A,!rl.labour, he sald the gll'll5 wele not to blame.
'I bel: parents were to blame fC!r bnnglllg them up
hke It. It the. parents had a httle more of Brlt.lsh
grlt, and ht.d lnst illed It l.I\to thelr chIldren, they
would nDt take men's work fDr WOnl.!! D'S wages
(Applauae.) The workel1l muet ,get well orgalllted,
a.nd t.ben the. emp loyers would haten lVery carefully
to what .hey had to say. 1'hel'e would bave been
a. larger attendance at that meeting were It not for
the tyranny exerCised over the workpeople's mmd.
wlt.h Iil&e, &Dd Ca.r.rloo. bou~uets of ma.UV8 by their fQ~ine'D anti mana.gers
Iiloo ,tiod "ilh
The, olIO wore tot
. WAGES ANI)
PRtella.
t..ol...,,~ll &00 Sliver ll..A.M.C. brooches, th.e
Mr
RUSSXLL explained tbo.t' the mectiug
or tDe brldeg~tn. I .~t the end of the
was
~e 1\tl.de. ahd Lilbo\lr ,Council In .",..I,.-·l1e
touoli of StediDan trlples W&$ rung by
the
lLnd ' G~neral LabOurers Umon
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wal ,the .oa.t.terln: 01
for
paTtY'
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colonrl!l - It they had ha.d.
1(]1t. 400 to 6O(Yofthem
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I'rlm::6 Il.nd Print!''''

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the Kal licl, ,1.111

MOTORIST FINED.
A COSn,Y SRItOR.

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