Reading Observer 05-1916

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A meetmg of t,", BerkabU'& Educa.tlon CommIt
held at tbe Shire Holl Readmg on Satur
day Iw hen the eBt.rme.tes for the enlUlng year- were
p......,ted
Tho ICh&irmon (1I1r H G W"lbnk)
p",,,ded and there ....~ alao present 1I1r E D
Mtmsllelc! (VIce ch&ll'lllllD). SIr W C&meron Gull
Bart S... George \ Young Bart. Colone\ G B
Will.. Captain C F Loder-Bymonda ~"" if.
E i're.ton C A F&raIli. J W Walker '.!
Skuriay J P I;ockwo&!. F J ;II: Cro.. E
Parfitt W J Toye G H Pelen!, G F
E A Hanley J I Hlllgh.iIle Rev Canon H
B..."ett the clerk (Mr J 1": llorland) and the
treaaurcr to the County CoUDC~ (Mr Strong) 80lld
other olllcmls
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HIGHER EDUCATION BUB-C()'MYITl'EE

THERE Is notbmg to le qual
Zam Buk for qUIckly
sootblDi: ahd beBhng a cut or
sore or for flddlng the l SklO
of P,mples, Itchy Rashes. or
deep seated skID dIseases lIke
Eczema, Ringworm or Ulcers
Zarn Buk " a pure her~balrn
of umqtle composlhon
t is
every bit of It medic1nal, and
possesses SoothIng
and
Antiseptic qualltielof rare ppwer.1

The H gber Educa.tion Sub Committee reported
The prell'Dllnary draft of these estimatc;s \las been
oons derod ljy tho I County Fin""c<> eo.mlltt..
where the op Ulon was expr~ that l.thfl expendl
rore should be"'"reduced by £2 150 tbls economy
to be eft'ected by ClscoIltmwng expenditure (In
evenlni{ schools and lmutlIlg the grants for
.eholanlupa to those alr6&dy In operation It 1.8
to 1>0 noted t.h •• thi~ p6I'Ilcular form of economy
WII.S not [recommended by the Parliamentary Com
lOlttee on retrcnohment
That comm1ttee con
aldered
an.J'
propof:lah

Healln'r

t';:: !~:c7:rn~;:1l~~~:e~t
euephonall, economIcal

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SEND YOUR ISOl.DIER
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Edward Wood

of the 10th

~u[~~ fio:~~ell~~::u'!s'1;ll~!~. feCI

We could Dever marntJle in the trMcb"l
Wlthoul sucb a true friGlld .a Zam Buk
Zam Buk comes all a God send aft. ODe lias

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not
mOlt
;~~~~;H~;ji;'~~~?~~~!werehe dicli
domg

"_(li~ir;;;~;rib;~:;;;
Mr figurel
Prestonofhad
D)&1D
then.t
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•
MaIntenance of schools
Meci1cal lDIP.flCtlon of ch IdNn
Sa1a.rtes Of employeea on Mill
I
t~ Bernce
480
There 1& an antlcljA&.t.ed lIa.VlnJ: under severa.l
heads .the Jllrgoat of wh ch IS on r lnatruct.lon n
lpeer&l rublec:t.
t.he eltunate b;lUli £1835
£52(l lOS lid lea than the a.ctue.~ e.J:pendlture of
the paat yeat:
I
The IQ6tlih&tad net amount to lJe provpded by
rates UI £45 402 86 8d a.nd the IJUb eom'Clltt.ee
l'e(:Om'p?-end that application be made to the County
Coup4:il for the IiUm of £46 325 equaJ. to B. rate of
Ild In the £
Thls.8 the 8~e r&OO M that
lencSd the preVIOUS year and should prov de a.
surplus ot about £2 922
HIGHER EnUC.1TION

mond
The only thlDg
""cel'llon to woo the £2 160 for
evenmg elusee
CJue""",, GULL said the commIttee were
t.endmg to meet thetr expenditUre with a. lld
when they Rnew they could not do BO It
to bel & shilling, and. M Mr llreston had

If the expenditure .,mply maint,.in,ed
this ·nlte, they-would have.
bad finance and WIUJ hOQd,.mlrn1'g
aad he hoped that
t:oin~~it.. e would put on a penny ~i::~:;~t.;'

not

of tbeIr urgent. and natlon a.l

they ought to ma.ke

Borne

down therr expenditure

further _."_.'u::."

The eattma.tes

Driven Out
by Doaq's Pills.
The IO·Year Cure of Mr. Chas. W, Mayne. ~ ~
55, Portman Rd • Boscombe, Bournemouth . . . . .

were £1 000 a.bove those before lobe war
seemed to be an extraord no.-rv tblDg There
far fewer children m the schools and
A
spIte of eight years' skilled treatment I
STONE lifo 110 frequent complalD~ In
reVISIOn of
expenses were gomg up bv leaps a.nd
Jost strength aDd flesh througb backache,
of the country
Ur c aCli! IS
more strmgent method should be ~-.-:'; -;I~;"ti~~1 1
gravel and Innary stoppage
barn8 the stone fornung In
Ling down expenses and yet
lB
of a. sound character
• F nally X ray e::nmlnahODS
and de!cending to th~
},{r SLADE 8Bld It was a.
d eulosed a bladder stone, 80 largD
Once In the
what was In th~ na.tIOnal mtere!:lh-- to
Ihat an operatIon wo. advt5ed
£2 150 on th. children or distrIbute II amongst
~oan a Pills averted this. I
ratepa.:rers of the county to the tune of about
detenntned to try the.. and I
rate If they had money 10 hand and were
to lend 1; to tbe Government to help go on
8m thlUlkful I dId
They broke
the war theY' would th nk It would b6 ~ ng 10
up the stone and disohurged It WIth
Mayne a oa.se
~~~it~~~;i';:~~l:d'.~dlrectIOn where good would be don e but It would
the urine
BuooeMfuny
~
of no benefit to the ra.tepayers of thiS country
"I was nd of baokaohe and
forr;nations and
have one bs.lfpenny less rate to pay It WaB
more lmportant to keep up the educatIonal work
granl also and have had no trace
partieles
SIr GEORGE YOUNG sa d he bad to report. that
of thea& tro Ibles I!lnoe
ThIS
X ray In:E!eMIOn of
kidney and bladder
after consulta.tlOn With the educat on secretary
statement. 18 mnde on Feb 2<)nd
J'ton68111 6 Bladder
ur 0 IiLC d complaints rh~llU";'m
the :£1 000 wh cb It ha.d been proposed to allot
1907 a.fter a. full year of perfect health has
atone. gra.'Tel dropey and blood
for evenmg c] iUlses could bo redl ccd, Th 8 would
proved the thoroughness of my oure
They do not affect the liTer
1Ovolve the cutting off of 60me classes whICh
hlthel to Iwere on the border
fhev obta ned a.
(SIgned) • (1 W Mayne •
bowe1l
mlDlmum number to open them but thIS could not
by them
be kept up 'lhey were constantly on the watch
TEN YEARS AFTER RECOYERY
FOLLOW MR MAYNE 5 t:"A~IPLE
account the surplu8 of :£3 343 In regard to the reductlOn of expendItnre and
On March .6th. 19.6, Mr Mayne 5aid
196 1d a.t March 31st the net est mated &T!1ount they had worked very hard m thl!!1 connectIon thIS
It Is not enoul'h to simply
to be prov ded by ra.t.es 18 .£6 040 Os 11t1 and the sprIng
lowe the best ten years of my Ufe to
kidney pills or backache pills
He prO! osed as an amendment tlat. n
Sub Comm ttee recommend tha.t a.ppl ca.t on be place of the £1 000 est ma,(;c;d in.,. u['ban and rural
Doan s Backache Kidney PUis Thanks
Doan s Backache Kidney I PI'
made to the CoUDt.,.. Cqupc 1 for the Bum of £8 101
to them, I am In first-rate health
be $ure that you GET DO
equa.l to a ra.te or 11<1 In the £ or id less tha.n even ng clMse8 the amOlmt ehould b6 £.800
1fr 'Ion; seconded
the pr~ed'ng year
All Dealers or 2/9 a box from Fostcr .. McClellaa Co 8 Well.s St. Oxford.st.
~ld PtRUTON repl'\"mg to the dScussIon arud
The amount pa d lD fialllr es to employees on
mll tary serVlce a nee the Commenoement of the lt ha.d ¥n stated th Rt educa.bon m the county
\Va;r 18
375 6s 5d
was d o~t>ing behll1d but when thev looked a.t the
The m. of £2 has heen received anonvrnouel,. figures they would come to the condul! on that the
accomp ned by the follow ng note
JaDuary cost of educatIOn had not fa.llen back lD Berli:~.J.llre
1906
~ The wnter Whl1st workmg n a. County According to the return s presented ill September
Councr! &Chaol thoughtlessly made use or OT Te of last yea.r the C06t of elementa.ry ed cat on In
moved sundry goods the prooertv of your Gom 1908 9 W88 £ 97 285 In 1915 16 the or gma.l estl
mltltee and hereWIth fiends 40& to c1ear con
mate waa £107000 so t ha.d mcreased dur ng the
science
penod m staqes bv £10000 per ann m Th s l' se
,ALD PRESTON S CRITICISM
had tltken place although tbe number of children
Alderman A E PRl"..sTON proposed the adoption under educ;;LtlOn had fallen by about 2 000 WIth Ii
of the report a.nd said he found himself n rather consequent los! of Government grants of nearly I
an uswmal p08~10n as he (ound It necessa.ry to £3 000 per annum The whole or thl~ extra. cost
d saDe a.te hunsel£ from the foHow ng para.graph
for a substa.ntlally smaller number of scholara fell
Your sub-commIttee have been mformed tha.t on the rn.tepaven and nothmg towards It came
the County Fmance Committee h t.ve passed the from natIOnal funds As to hIgher education the
followmg resolutIon b It also that th n fact IS quei amount expended 10 the yenr before tbe war
ESTIMATE OF
tloned
That the estimate of the H ghcl Edu€!& 1913 14 was £21 459
In 1915 1~ the ongmal
tlO[ CommIttee be reduced bv £2 150 and that the est mate was £22 979 bl t under pre8S Ure~y 0 A
Higher Education Comm ttee be requested to County COWlcll only £20 935 was actual!
A meet. nK' of tho Berks
t~
amend these figures accordmg1y
'Wbether or not 'I he estImate for the forthcom ng ye r
m t.tee was held at. Rea.dlcg
as
thl8 Ia so th s Rub comUllttee recommend the a.dop £21 566 80 that there WaJ3 no reductIOn scorn
Tbe Finan"" Sulb·Commi,ct..
tlon or the Higher EducatIon Sub Cornmlti.e..e
pared wlth the year before tho war
!\.t the Wokingham P ol ce Court on Tue!j,day
t
te
f
d b
es Ima s 80S ra.me
V them
He diGeOcIated
The amendment was agreed to and the renort
h maelf from the 'paragraph and from the con of the Fmance Sub Comm ttee as a mended was R chard Edward Al gustus Maynard the 1 censee
sequential alterat ons JD the budget on two ma.m ca.rned 8.'! also was that of the H gher EducatIon of the Red Hou::;e Twyford was rrumoned for
grounds
The fit'fJt was that ... hatever d ffet'ence Sub Comm ttee
5ellmg beer and ... h sky on November 10th w th
or opIDlon there ml~ht be on the menta of the
bMNAGEMENl SUB COM~nTTEE out a hcence
que!hon mvolved It '\las not proper or even SCHOar
The School Ma.nagement Sub-Comm. ttee re
Mr Cecil SiU pson who prosecuted SSld defend
courte~ for & flub corom ttee of that body to t ake
upon Itself to express adve", comment on the ported. ths.t they had decided tha.t all membeTs ot ant w ....g charged w th sell ng by retaIl sp rIts a.nd
Defendant
vahdtty of the resolutIOn passed by the County the teach II:~ staff' on milltarv service nclud n'" beer WIthout un occa~ onal I cence
thooe enlist ng af ter Nove ber 6th shall be r;
Finance Cornm ttee It Was lack nfl m consldera ta ned on th~ nom nal tGa.chln g st if of the r Te ata.ted tha.t the dr nk s were not sold but gIven
tion aDd respect to them as obVIously such a spective schools dur ng th~ period of the war The awa.y 1he quest on 'as hi.LV ng" regard to the
quest on a.., that could only be ra.Ised m a.nd dealt
managers of Earley schools have atp'eed to amalgu.,. cucumstances of tbe ca~e was there suffiCIent eVI
t b h C
F
WI 11 Y t e bunty na.nce Comrmttee Itself In ma.te theIr nfD.nts de1>a.rtn ent w lb the m xed
the second place he tm'Qmltted that that pnr8:Jn'aph school for the per od of the W8..[, and th 8 ""as dence to COntit tute it. sale It was held by the
H gh Courts tbH.t If a. person purchased an article
not express the pop n on or the Educd on carru)(i nt.o elfect on A!J:nl 1st.
The CH ....IlUi 'N 8&ld they were very grateful to cu.l1e.d A and at the same tlme Wall given & cha.nce
Sub Committee 10 anv proper or usual
sense
was not hmg more thn.n the opm on of MU~8 Gull who had vr>ry kmdly glven a COUI"'8e of of purchasmg an art cle called B the eVldence of
an ace dental rna-Jor t v of a small meet, n" of that twelve cookery leesons to the elder g ds at Fr 1
Id be t k
d
f th
the purchase of !\ cou
a en as eVI ence 0
e
bod." the md.Jonty; belDg comnosed ("1r a ~ct on of sham School
Sir
CAMERON
GUt
L
8a
d
tho
course
of
lessons
sale
of
B
Defepdant
La-d
fo
some
years
been
the
those who fonned the mmor ty at the meehn~ of
the COl nty Fmance Committee '\\ hen the resolutIOn WhICh had been gIven was a great 8UCCeS!! R.nd the secreta.ry of a s9uotmg club m Rea.dlng On Sop
they were attempting to Impugn was passed gIrls had attended most regula.rly He thought tembe.r 29th he became the ltcensee of the Red
Members and the pubhc outside would therefore there must be other people m the county who were HoWIe Iwyford ,nu u.lmost at once took steps to
get 0 fi eld III thai dIStrict to hold .hootmg
be a.ble to gather I50me Idea of the va.lue to be quahfied to und.,)-t.ke such work
Tb
ma.tches From Mr Fla.nklm a coal merchant of
--'att"""ad
to th •• speCIal paragraph
H. w.. not
e report was pa.ssed
'r
Twyford he obtu.med !l. !:IU table field called Station
gomg at that stage to diSCUSS the questIOn of the
BY LAWS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Meadow 1>11 Frankl", .llowed a shoot ng match
BUB COMMITTEE
to be held there 0 l October 27th Aftcrw&rds he
~h:rs
to voted
now -for
he had
exprees~
amount Up
to be
evenIng
!!Icboolsnoor oplDIOml
scholar
In tbelr report the By Laws and School Attend found that a CODS de able amount of dam&ge lla.d
an given no vote on It Be was therefore lD ance Sub-Oomm ttee etated. that 628 OOY8 between been don&-motor cars had been brought lD etc qUite an mdependent and detached
e tlOn In the 12 and 14 yeal'8 of ace. were allOWed to leave
Mr MaV'ns.rd p8.ld Mr Franklin 5s
J'"
ma.tter Aldennan Preston remmded the commlttte .school dlU1ng the ,.e~ fQr farm work.
1I1r W"'''''B laId he did not .... &nythmg
FREE BEER
I
of the 8tatutory ~oweT1! of the Co~ty COUDCll In
Another meet ng was held on N ovem'ber 3rd and
rega.rd to education expend ture &lao of tbelr lLgatnst tbo tlt.ihsatlOU of juvenIle labour under the
on
10th and one was advertIsed fOT
powers under the tenul of dele~tlOn to &lter or present CJ.t'C1m1ltanoel but It would be Just as well
Mr Fra.nkl n however ralsed
reduoe ""'/ Jtema they mIght think neceasary and to know what the financuu effect. of thia wu upon
the
county
which the shoots
oontende that qUJte .part from tbll there wu
The CSAI'ltlUJ'l' rephed tha.t each child lost a.bout
to a.llow any
another body of regula.tU)Il' called the schema of
"'",".h..
lOth waa tho
eont.rol • ....hich had been paooed bY the Connty £2 In grants
Mr WALKP.:1t If the chIldren were In 8Cbool We
wa.s made The
Connot! for the express purpOI8 of reVieWIng the
on pa.yment of
propoeed expe1?diture of any yeAr &lld of Pl"Ovts)on should be £2500 richer under the Gll'Cumstances ? Ilnl&tch,,,
The ClrUkHAN Yes
gIven &way
ally IOttling the rates to be levied
PunlUont to
Th. report. W,", adopted
It tended to make t~e
th&t the vanona lub comnuttee8 of the educatIon
anlbont" had eentthelr propoaed figu~ for 1916 ~
The CHAIRXW reported 8S to the m~~tm" of 1 1~~~:~t~~!~~
deal more popular thlUl they
been No refreshments other
to the County Finance Comnuttee a.nd they had the chwrmen or the vano IS Muca.tlon comollttees II
refre.h,rnent. ""ere provIded a.lthough
been oarefully exammed by .. sub f0tnmlttee of held at the Mans~on HOu!!!e on the 19th of last
t was proposed to hold on
tbat bodl They C&lDe to certaIn ooncluslonll about month respecting the qneatlon of cadet tr&JDln.s.
He
s&ld
It
was
considered
tha.t
tbere
!hould
be
was proposed to f:lel'Ve luncheon
the posstbllity of cuttmg down pilon of the Img
and payment to
55 rLdml!:iSlOn These shoots were
ge8ted outlaV' and subuutted them fr r deCISion to formed Without dela.T a. bod,. called the Natlona.l
CounCil whtch abould be concerned firstly
at. a.
... hen all the pubhc houses were re £1 200 pa~tlt8 to doctors
the County Fmance SublCommlttee That waa a
total. £6 050
draWing up of such a. S1'!tem whIch would
to be closed On November 3rd a. pollee grand
perfectly pn>per and respectful thmg to do
The
Thu; was approved.
best for the ubI satlOn of a. number of
went to the plu.ce and observed what
reprelelltatlvea of the Education CODlDUttee were
Tbe &natonum Ben~t
workmg In connection WIth the eDst ng
go ng on n the "'Hoy uf w kmg and bettmg ported tha.t the Comml&G oners
beard at length by tho Fm&nce Co~tlee before
they arn:ved at theIr resolutIOn to reduce the .~,Â¥h~ri,gh~;w~h~;o~n:were concerned With that IUbJect
one thmg (U d another and In consequence of the period from January 1st to Ju e
V,ce cb&lI1Dan and PnnClpa.J of
an
of the Customs of } XCl5e and auoh a.rrang-emenls as tho Comm t~t,e;,.-"n'j"
e%pOlldltnre by £2150 CIa_ 12 of ~he eduo.tlOn _. The
pla.1D clothes went to the fOl' sana.torlUm bene.fit as are not l'
finance report. (to which h. obJect.Od) made no UDlVI!Inuty College Readmg were &ppomted & sub..
attempt to show that tho dOCl!lon of the County eomm ttee for the purp086 of cOUldermg the
agreem61'lt 'WIth the County
, I
to Ue draft &gre6ment belween
Fl.Il&Oce Commlttee reqUired an menta modification matter
B~:l'T'rNG ALLEGED
&nd
the County Council & lelLer was
or l'econlldera.tlOn but merely questIoned whether
deal of bettmg upon the the Comm
s. 0061"8 6UIn"ung cert.a.
.'I.m L'o'"
,t had been pro)l<rly p ....d and purported t<J
was undoubtedly the 'Master of whlch It. wu. decidf>d to accept
restON tbe orlgmM figures That, 011eoUl'8l!l could
was arranging everythmg AU mlttM. have given not C& to t.he
effect notbmg
fr()m the Red Rouse and "Were Counetl to tenn nate the hlnlo of t ltn
Refem.ng te the budget Alderma.n. Preston re
UI de
h s gu dance He hlDu~elf from June 30th
As & re5ult the
marked that the mMn pOint to notIce In regard to
events tala who was to shoot .helters on hIre on Annt 1st was 20 tl 0
In view of the efforts which are beIng made to
the estlmatu ~ the elementary edUcatIOn ac
,,,hlch
the bIrds a.nd her 5ta.ted n the draft agreemen t
mcrea.se the Berkshtre contrIbutIon to the .Agncul
count Th•• urpllll now .tond at £8 888 or
was everyt:htng there Count,'! Council
Smcs the last'",o..",",;I"',,
tuml Relief of Alii.. Fuud by the gift .ale. ••
more than antunpated. That was the
qUIte
tha.t the hquors were bemg Committee 34 C&I5e6 ha~e bee n I"
which they .tarled tho 10ar 1916 17
Reading It JS perbaps ot mterest to recall wbat the ,di.,p?""od WIth the knowledge and COll1!ent of May extra. nounshment. 26 for shelters 15
nee one for nurs ng 24 for sat!ar o
expendltu.ro for the COD4Dg year wu e.,.imal<,d
County did m & Stmilar dtrectlOn 45 yea.rs ago At
and th.t he was taking an IIDp,ortant part 4:ment
and three for bosp tal t.rea t enr
£102 110 which reP""'!"lted an mere... of
the time of the Franco-Prussl8.D War the Roya.l
matter b maelf
1
over the actual expenditure of laat year
OHEMlSTS AND ENLISTME NT ,.
Charles
Horton
&n
offi~r
of
Cu!!toms
the oommJttee ought. to conllder In the c rcum Agncllitur&l SoCIety the oI"!gmator of the prel!ent
The
t:al Benefit etc Sub Co
881d he went to the gate where & mOJl
po['led tha.t
The CommlSS 0 leTS ba
u~:l
stances m which we Were {'laced and 10 Vlew of fund orgaDised the French Peasant Fa.rmera Seed ..
~ 8!!
t.he money He a.&ked bua what W8t1 memoranda. as to the pos L 0 1 of a. el l en 13
the great en.II through which we were now pass Fund -and t'&laed £52 000 for provIding the rnna.lI
omit
on
he
B
ud
spalTow
shootmg
Ma.ynard
and their 8.8StStanb. nder Lord lJe b)!; l\ h )
mg wu whether the COlt of elementary education holders WIth com for the harvest Berkshtra S Illd to wltne1ll!1
You can come m you are a. a.nd tho Y I ta.ry 8e['Vlce ~ct. con e..'; J r [0
On the
ought to go np £2 606. What wae the • ."endl contrIbution to that amount wu .£492
~ocal man
I he cha.rge IS for atrangers
1 wo wel'ded to the Pharmaceut cal Co nm. lee 1 0 n
present
occasIOn
t&e
County
JS responding much
turn lD the year lDlDlediately before the war f I he
bovi pushed up a. truck loaded w th 1 quorl!l and &ccordll.nce w Lh t.bo me nOr d ~ are app 0
'"
total gruel! expenditu~ was £101 76IJ In the sue more generouDly ]Jut t may be po nted a t that pomt ng to 1t MN.ynu.rd stud
I expect everybody the mil tary represen ta.t ve for th e eo
f t J'
<:eadmg year ther budge~ for £10 237 but the COmmIttee of the Fun4 ha s set Itself the task "'111 feel dry \0 day everybDdy fccl. dl1Y when the wh eh the a,rrangements n ade VII I t
u er
owmg to the d..".. of the County CounCIl for a of helpmg to 1"6 es~n.bh sh the small farmers 1D all ~lquor 18 given a.way
Ma.vna.rd SA d
Gentle stood be repo['t.ed to the Ins r8 nco Co fI ] ' ""
reductIon they only actually spent 18.8t year alhed countries on the r lund when t.he onnortUDlty pIan the PreSIdent of the C'lub WIshes everybody say If lD the r <lntPlon the che n sis 5t! v cs e
A very I large s !n Will therefore be
£99 OOOLodd According to the estImated expendl arnves
to have a. drlDk at hus expem5e
He went to a lllsuffic ent
tbre thip fort.hcommg year there was to be ." In needed and If the debt of Br tlsh fa.rmers to their boy ca.lled "111 ams who was serving out the
S r W Ca.mcrOD GlUlI and Mr .r M p~ c e fI
brethren IS to be fulfill ed on an a.dequate scale
appointed as a. spec al sub-<:O.tl m It.(!e to d e ~ 1 \I h
crease of .£2 600 over and abo'118 the expenditure allIed
Or nk and altked for some v. h18ky 'I he boy took the
gift
eales
such
as
those
at
Reading
Wlll
be
needed
matter
fo~d mffiCleDt for Jut year and even over that
a bottle and pOl red the WblSkr mto a. glw ob
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The .sub-comm tt.ee f Irther ret)QrLed that uur fig
of the year preced.iug ~he War It was proposed m every town a.nd VIllage
,ervIng 8<l.y when
The boy told wltne!ls the.t the present yellJ' 89 claims for s ckness bel fit I avu
to mamtain the rate fOr elementary leducatlon at
l here was nolhUlg to pay as the 18 paId for ad been received 50 worc m cont nu at on 01 pre 0 !\
ltd m the £
mJttence mcluded drtnks
claims 39 a.ctua.lly cla. m nf! 14 cIa n s .... ere ot
B~
to
\ Ceed Wilhams said defendant told l:iIm I( any met n whole or n pert ow ng to the co Ir b 0:>
AId.
Tot.al cla rt:js fqr 1916 89
~nfl asked for 80 drm It he was to give ilt to them cre<! t be ng exhauated
Five Oi&lIDS for matermty benofit had been re
OPERATION
~d not md;:e any c~l\Tge
!
ce ved two of wb cb were J>a d n ful
'J'v, o
1
Oroas
eXa.Jnmed:
Be
d
d
not
rememper
telhng
AVOIDED.
the offic~r that the 1s for adm tta.noo lDcJuded chums n respect of the arno tnt 1!ta.nd no In t he
CredIt of deceased contrlbutors bad been reee vilft
Our Portrait
drJnks
\ Horton cross exam ned saId he d d not see a.ny and &l1.wed
II 01 Mr.
act~al lSale take/lace on the gIound
E. OIlG,\N
\ P C Meen sal he offered 2d for a glass of beer
Ofld the boy sa d to 1.1 m
We-f.on t take any NOT A PARTICLE
money on the field The 1s you pay for admit
OF DANDRUFF OR
t~ce lncludes drinks
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P COole ...,d the bov told hIm the,.. wa. no
c arge for the drmks He sa. d It IS mcluded lD
t ~e 'oob you pa.Id at the gate
1PC H Il spo~e as to wha~ occurred Ion a. pre
Save your haIr' Double Its beauty
VIOUS oeCilS on
Mr H Fra.nklm aJ80 gale eVldence
In lust a few moments
IDefendant glvmg evtdence aSld..llot ~cI bad eveT
eQ,teutd h15 ho.nds fo[, the sale of liquor ~at any of
h\s shoots
.. Da'hderlne makes haIr thIck glossy.
IRe called Charles Connon ] censee of he Red
wavy and beautiful
Lion Twyford who saId he kept the gate .t the
slloot on November 10th At tbe close be h:utded
defendo.nt 191:; udmlsslon money Tho:!e who shot
h~d theIr adml!!!! on lJloney retunded
More than
19s "as 'Paid to men for ass Rtance at the shoot
~It:oess had been an Inspector m the Read ng
Borough P ollco Forc ~ for 14 yea.I1I 8J ~ had a.L
tepd~d .boot. for a great many YMrs on duty and
h~d never known any drlDk cousumed at the.:!!!
fUllCtJOne to be prud for
Ohn Ston~hlJ] who Sl\, d he }lad been
of the Rea.d ng PIgeon Shoot ng Club
recently 1D,,",~g('r4,;i
an Mrs
Red Ho lie
eVldcnce a."I
The
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been Ul tbe trenches I get many a 5Cntch
and cut but Ihls hand,. 6rst-a d ~wa,s
hula them Onte. I bad. sore on m, po",
which refuse d to beal HOweYer the fint
appl eat on of Zam Buk did It • lot of good
and tbe place WI. soon Quite better Zam
iii worth t $ weicht aa aol~ out ha'e ..

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BELGIAN OR DUTCH.
A QUESTION OF NATIONALITY.
At tl:Le Borough Quarter Seu ons Jast week
lbrtln Bosman aged 21 -an artUite pleaded Cmlty
to (1) stea.ling on Deoember 26th 1915 a ring &Cd
a ca.se from Pbyllta Mundy
(2) on March 6th
1916 breakmg lOW the dwelliDg house of WiUwn
John Werrell and et.ealiD&' two tieplDIJ • 4:ha.rm
t.wo p&lra of lIpeeta.clea and 2ls. In mon~y and (3)
on the same day st.eahng {rom Ja.ck Burehe.ll an
umbreJla. handle a. Kruger OOlD a George III
OOIn a. da.te atllmp a. handkerchief a oardlgan
.. mutller a p 06ta.l order for 2s 8d a postal order
for 2a 9d and two bankers cheques
:I>et.ective-lo6pector W'a.lters 6Aid the man wu
born at Yprea but of Dutch pa.renta and the.
&lgtan Consu{-General ln London held that A&
DlU5t be oonstdered Dutch
The Recorder
Wh.ore was In.. father born P
'i'here mud:. be a time when one t&k86 the naLloD
III t.y of t he country OM 18 born nt
I D I Waltera replied thet <h. u.a.ratood that
pn6 m~ be na.turaJised belore ~hing the age
of 2L
P~r My father 117" hom lD. Belgium
l
oa.re for Belgnnn--not Dutch..
The Recorder said lt wu a. ~Mt on. of deporiation. He did not think that pnaoner waa .. proper
~tIi to b&ft In the count.r;y but Belgtum w ..
1n the h&nda or the enemy, and howeYer bad &cnminal pnaoner was be .hould not glve hun up
to the German&. PrlllO!l8r would be sentenced
to al% month. Im:priBOnment lD the aeooDd divISion
on each oba.rg& to run coftOUrrently ~.n order
for h18 deportation would be made .".hich the
:aome 0ffJ0e ~1d act upon or not .. they choee
Mea.n.wbtle he euggeated that 'the polICe .hotdd
oommuntoate WIth the Dutch Consul-General. Tb&
lentenoe WIL& lD the aeeond: divia1.oa. beoau..6
would be neoessa.ry for the pt'l8On medloal otioer
to enquire lnto the at&t..e of th& man a mlDd

the new
lncrea.se nut year
theren.f~r
be very limall at present To adopt t.l;le
"",~~bio!, of achOlanhl~ aa a pobcy to be carr ed
'U,'"'~= yea.rs involves &erIOUS cons dcrations
w1ll have to be proVlded as befon! on
'Viit.h\"o,.f the forfOlture of Government gr&Dta
~
tho lDUlnteDanoe a.llowa.nces which the
9Cbol&r8h p8 provide It would be difficult to till
the quota of free pla.cea The children of promIse
who are to be found &along the poorer aa well as
among the leu poor of those att.endlDg·. ei·;,,;~~,-t"';Y1
scboor. are a.n a.uet of t.he Sta.te wblch
m<>re than eve ... the beat eervl<:es or all
who a.r.e best qualified to aerve
H M I WrlteIJ The aeconija.ry acboo1s n
Berkshire a.r6 either new or but recently re cstab
liahed They seem to me fuji of prOllllSe and t..b. s
largely because they have WOn the confidence of
the V&r1oua loca.lit.lell In whIch they are placed
The sjl6tem IS gradu&lly prov:mg Jtself UDder
wb.ich boys and gu-ls ot ..b lity m the elementary
echools ]ll6tify thelr possess on of scholarsh pB
It would be qwte possibJy a. lilow and d fficuJt t&s.c
to rcacb again the same po nl m t he developme nt
ot the r schools if there were any suddeu or aenOU8
brea.k
It. seems to ha.ve been JDSulfic en~ly notloed by
th0&6 who lD an lnformal waf recoTded an op DIon
at the
of the lI\n.a.noo ..nd General
County Coune 1 ad
&ny of the w.ork In
even ng classes In the
~I~~:lit'~' that
had under
been thIS
commun
head
ll.OIu",ednot
claS&e8 1n the

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but tbe ru
held
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of a
,(011 of honour of members &erVlng With the Foraea
as owmg to the callmg up of the gronps It would
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The D W P in the course of hta report l'OOOlII
mendad that more at~lion mould he Irven to the
yonnger State m...berS m order that tb- nught
be Induoed to Jom the ordinary branch and hoped
tha.t the adv&Dta.ges of th& neW' endqwtnent. acales
would be I'laced before !>arent.
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The aiaWt,cal ret..,.". hanDg heen p~nted hv
the Di5trict SCrIbe the Dilitrict Patron. reporteCI
tha.t keen mterest waa bemg t.a.k:en m the cadet
movement m the &cot dlltnct Be suggested t.W
a nnl~d gathenng of cadete should be held m tho
summer
Bro W Goodearl reported on the busme8s done
.t the meetmgs of the London Grand D1V181on
CommIttee of Mana.gement upo~ which he
MIltl the
and he waa heuttly th
for h18
report
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BERKSHIRE AND WAR FUNDS

BERKS & BUCKS DISTRICT DMSION
The quarterly meeting of the BerkohirOI DlOtnet
D VlBlon of the Sona of Tempen.noe IFnendly
SocIety waa held a.t the West-street Hall,. Read
mg on Satunlay. when there woo .. gond attend
anee of repreaent.&tlVCI!I
Bro \V Goodeari.
D W P (HIgh WYC<Jlllbe). preotded an\\1. othen
present Inoluded Broil. S Bba.ekleford P.u~" p
( P ..... Forwo.rd ) Brown D T (Ca~)
E G Ruggm. D Scribo (West ReadlJ:?«) ......ater
Bnnae, D Chop (.A.eoot) Bros .A. Wooldridge
D Oon.t (Roy.! Bern) Rldl!'" D Sell!.. ~Weot
Re&dIDg) W G Clandg. C H. Leach, G N Dyeo
( Press Forwaro. ) B J Fnwklin LSiwrence,
James Mo.. (Royal Berko).
(C&v
.rsham) Shackleford (Slough) M
(W.,t
Reading) H 8tyle. G Eva.n. W Bad.yr· T
Boylee 'V E B Ooodea.rl and J PerfeCt (ffigh
Wyoombe) and S,Ble,.. Lc&eh and MilLaon ( p...,

TWYFORD LICENSEE SUMMONED.

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