Reading Observer 06-1916

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"f1!In the elooted 4_lot-teo ' "'_""
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our larg_ friendly I!oej.ti~ ·ba..
thii w.u; notwlt.hatans."I the , ~ -Wh"
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dOolared
ernment had .I'te:p,ped in
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d~y should not, ~ kept ~,. ' I
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AnnUAl !Jfovaple COnt..... '" of tile
Unity of i$dtIf~Uo'!'. hII6 !'"1l i.n _!oq at

and ~.,.~raJ. im~rto.nt problern.. ar~"!a',n~r:'::~~~i
from tha war, have C&1.!..t~f.'iinpo~t
Thoee 'who have ' attended prev'1oul!I

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n&ture ooukl qot help DO~pg
, . rostr8Jnt '" the p~nt llphea:va.l , ,has pl~
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the genera.l arraDg~ante ,
the ...k'. prOClefdiDi8.
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It W&8 .not nriU PtWru&ry tha.t the 90ard
Directon
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pat urgency.' and

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periOd £5QjI

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of 'i"i!itio~ i ....rred
£l.e{!!I tor
J.~;U;i ~D~:;.;t fo' ~b.

r"", he....t Iti.bllity
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• Uti reoelved
~ D ,l!l f" co~tri­
~biM Di.t.rict oonlnb\lteCI

and £99 lor. contri~IIf1()~
for benefits cleimM. ud
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-yean it :h1l4l been

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10 IUD",!t eo",e
&lu!l~tions
DJ,oetlll1!:' f,,, con.ip61'....

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brancbM " b"villl
re.81lfbu an.Hof .. mutual remade baa ,trlpI,
doeillon. a.. or
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POD.'·.. .. jn thiA bra-nch or

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t his wben _ , l'ecegn;,- tliat we Pllia
~f '8,/)00 ...I..... t1
~ltJrH dttHftr 1915, all of wtuch were pOSSibIlities
for ihoreaain,*our jv.venile ralilu,
yat we have
to dflp]ore & ·total dflor ue illlt..ead II.
increase.
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At , ""'1IiderN>16 trouble and Wit • desifA to
&8:8i8t; itt tJ:li.' d1UctjQ~. I '?itl.$ enabled, with the
'kiad . . i.ta.nce
n:~hl"t !"f o.mci~!a of Ju ven ile
aooteu., to <:o~pde a. smWtfamphlet. explanatory
rn Yariowa ' __em.. ~ratlng In tb()le Dl"tric(s
and --hat eould ~ donel' by 'Otti.ers who might fol~ir gf/Od ~""p1~.:. The Di....,to" &dopt&d
the relUl. ~f TnT etfor':ff.J~ pubJi,h lng tbI8 r-am pblet &Dd di.tributing.
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,t.he DitJtrlcta of the
Unity , lI'rOlll the mr.
of enquiry 1 ba\e
,received I am encour "
.' tlhnk It hall been,
and will oontinpe ' ", lie. o(oom. ,W It to tho .. who

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meeting. I hue
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c Ieamn
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for a v'jctorious
a victorious
Lifebuoy Soap.

viC:,l0rioull lI?d d

mtld• car.bol\c
•The
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is the , 8'i~n pf its ,plendi~ protecttve qua, 1CS. ,

SOAP

MOREl TlfAN SOAP, YET COSTS NO MORE., :
'cLEANS AND DISINFECTS AT THE S-I\-ME
Enclo.e G Tablet in you~ next parcel to the Iront; Ihe
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determine to make 'an atrort~.w ,this direohon. Of
one thing I am 5lrkio, th ..£ if we are to hold
our owa hi the (uture I llD.cngat the great mutu&l
friendl~ _1Oc1etles Of fbi. eoua tr:y ... e 'must aecure

the chi~ W. Dl.ucb JIU'Il'et' numbera th&n we ha'e
done ia the past, fqr tbe1l81., lIea aU fUt.Ut'fl s ue-..
U Let tboee
DOW' work who never worked
Wfbfoa,
~bollO
alw ..ys work now ·work tb.e

maul~all~I

and m~i crobes.

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woman
' ""~",n8t germs

e",ernptlQln~rn:lan,

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L1MITBD, ' PORT sUNLlIiJUT. '

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to comp'heation and ()verlapp~~g, am:J>ol_,n:.i'ier.~t.,ou
of whioh will be #<lund durlllg the v
of IUch propolI.]s. I &llpeal to yoo
up 11.11 the 'bUSiness before
. we persist 111 the conduc~
hnM. Should
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t.~., ~ge,llqa., '~" L~r!.

punctuti.ny at. twelve o'clock t he delegates role
body whIle t.ho Daad Marcb WfI,S ren<lered on
the fine organ in memory ()f thfl ).ate Lord
,itchener, there blmg at .~ lame time a
memoria.l service held In the cIty.
FollOWing the atraina of the Dud Mareh ' aa me
& bappy JUgg ••tioD [l'O" B,o. Plnhor. t haI •
collection should be rJnade amo~8' ,the _d.eleg~t~, fOr
the T.M C.A, But Pimd.
T~L8 was 1,mmecbiM{lly
taken up. Avd re.ul~ In the gratlfymg eum 0.1
21 81mieea belnl rea.lieed::
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The .'.port pf .the J.....ir.tio • • COm ..I,I..
." .rded. grant. I tG 30 me~b-eta to tbe extent ot
£269 a¥ tllis was .greed w. There wet. elevet\
In 8.

d~:~:::;.iO:W~.ea.d
ma,."".,011,
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)lpplicatlOltl for

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Tla.om .. Collins" )l8Ift?"at

whiQh Jwere aw ..r~tcl fqr tne first time,
and two qelervm!i o\cJ ~eml~tu,,' we1'tl • • • Qdea
pensions ."0' "£13 l.pep ' lear. ~ In all th ... 9NH tb4
usual p'tiecalrtHSn was hien t.hat eould the'i~
~rants be ta.ken !into ,com!lideration by aDY authorIt,y t.heir 'p&"yl'tleAt Fhs.ll aease.
At th~ adjourn:
ment the reportr
the Investigatl.on Oommlttee
was l!itill under discU5sio n .
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.. T.hrou.rh "'IAb, rMohe and -act, our WIll tt
11 moved by undte, med forcel st ili,
!ad tlo ~JJUl.n meUUfes In adva.nce
B'Js fltf~bkth with untried circuOlstance.
A, -st.rellml!o take huo from sb"dc and 6UU ,
'As r un. the hfe tho eon,:r lDust I'UIl;
But ~Iad or !lad, to H\5 good cnd,
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GOd gr anL the varyinr no~e s may tend':
Followlnl • h.ar~ yow ef thank. to Bro,
8idd'U. a Cil l4.) weloome "fit . . gIVen lo thi!l ConfL"lr.
flmJ& by the Lord Ml.yor ...nd SberiJl', Doth 6f
whom gUe YeO' practical ad.dr~sli.s.

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OQ U8e{llbhng ou W~ne!lday, there wl.a a dlsol1"lon u to wh,ther • Oenferenee !'IbQuld bt! ' held
n~.1. y~ar, in vJ"w of the ".e'Mltt fep ftl.tlOoal
economy.
P,G~~. H'wkinl suggested oounsel'a
opmion should ' be Laken as to th~ p(l&ltlon under
the Court. Emwg.ooy Ac~ bllt Wt,ll " •• ~ .. tl\l'ed,
and on a. vote belt ween Ithe Isle of Mftn and Cb~J·

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ten ham, the forber' rooeiv6d
b,g maJoritY"
-Should the ~'ar not be over, it is to be held .~t ~'Vcd
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eilith
Cheltenham . pro~'lding
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THE EL!imON OF OFFICERS.

AD Inttlre.\Ung illllova.tIOI1, and one whleb ahauld
tend to grea.t:Jy flWllit&te tbe pre,re-.s ()f tho
businea o f thls and future ' A.M .G.'a, •• tbe alter- AN APPEAL ~RGM A ItE'ADING LODGE '1\
at.lon III the proeedurQ, FQrlflfJrl, the J,eleetJon 6f
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()fficers look pl9.C6 Oll ' Tbuuday, but Lh!S leal' It. . In the Io\'cstlg:atl n CorUltll tt~f!I'8 r~J)(ltt m<lh· moq~
was. Wen on ' Mood"y .
Deputy Gr&l1d Muter ~i~n wa.s made of 1 I ~pp'e.. by the .. h-ead1ng De,-.'
Wl.lIlCe Bmlth lUs ltnanmlo Qscly appolnUld Grand i\ bbe.1" (Female) ~ dge ft'\l-init a deoa.&ion of t.lIe ' c, •.on";'.' iIjhqlo.",
M&flt..r ot the Order, and DII'ectOI' U.ye& (Sol1th- Balird of D lec~ors I In deoidm, tliat tit. propOted I "
ampton) Deput.y Grand Mulet',
COllseq'ueQt. 011 transfers lo the .. Readlnr Abb&,... (..-enille)
t he elect.lon of Bro. Hayee there v,'a$ a. vacllIllcY' on Lollge ough t, not lo be oolftpltf.-ed. Tuft't ooOdl1ct
the DirecLol'at.e, &rid t.hls .... ns fi lled by the appolnLl
()f Bro. J, Coulthl1rat, of Blackburn, P O.M. tak;en by P,P·Q.AI.1 G. Tubh, of Rea,cmg, lind the
of t he , appelt tltfor. the COlnm11 tee W.I under·
~', C. Pavles, of Mdcbam, held lng the appeal was a.llowed. On 1)elng pI'~ent-ed to th~
Conference it Wl"e caU6e 101 a. long dl..llCUSlilon , and
after severaL 8PHCheil from - members ()f the Board
th e and iL ma.lden .8peecrh from _Blo T ,ubb, the appeaJ
Wft& dsfcfted.
' In t~' afte1'll()en t,he .rn6etll\I proceeded wlt.h
the conaldent ion of the OU'e<ltors' ~port .
The
tint clau.. dea.lt W i th th. nunterlcal PMltlon of a. mi,no,,,y.

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-.the OrCer. This showed tha.t 19,225 wers admitted

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.nd inltl.ted durinlJ 1915, Ilbete -.:ere 14."51»
doa.tb15 and qedUQ~lng l",ps98 there l'emamft(1 ,
965,390 m~mbeu, of wnich ttumber 24,844 ..ere
femalea.
Addrng 'the nuqtber of Juveniles and
honorary ~em'behl toqe t~! ,il'lde)ten Q!l.t memberliihlp rellCh~ a. t-otal er 1.094,797_ When ~ thiS
Rdded tbe 15latl!-l •• urlll ",eillber< we
a
ot~ grosa mergberablp of l ,:!I09,891, & Mereue
OD the year of 6.1i!NI1

OF INTEREST.
6,V8umg the ' Grand Ma,sttr and
Order iogetlter WIth 11 la'

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dinn. ",orsh,p "
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the. F.
oourse
(lr <l. V('I.Y,,'II
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the deputi •• &right when D"eotor Li.g
'1l early
Some Iu!). .... ii.e. <
!'> .\he qul!St,on of the
a "reaL nat,on
no. In h. '
Monday .."""1.11 uke<! , o. he)"lf 01 tb. J?lrec- I amalgamation of . m.1l D,.trocts.
Several ,ueh,
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commerce or ",e.lt h " "
tore for urgency to diacusa the
Impor tant r baHt been affeoted, .. ad Qteat Marlpw ha.ve agreed I her
... I.oil'- ptoleetlon of sruall'!!r pe.-.pl \k
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t()I' )OlU
it h WIQ.dlor
.ratner
tha.lfI....
-R4IadlDg.
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The true Inan wou ld I
quos'toIon ' on th • ag ••d
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tb, ' Grarid'
MUlA,',
and con,.,
tributioDa ()f soldiers .Jld ."Ilora
In
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were held in ,lthfl j BilJJ RooQ\ of the GrRnd
d&ng&.l'OWI
aDd de&pBIl FIt\(
Majesty's FQrees. This_
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att-ended by 8. large
\'our throue-:h h16 hRart's lo\e lo
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of deputiu and
wire-s,
and a spI en d}d mUSIC& I &nd strengthen reso lve Lo conlmue.
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menllwltb
were it.
much
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ell, lin
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In tb."
Lh. subject
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atared thai
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