Reading Observer 06-1916

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TIle lIorough Tribunal or.t OIl Mooday. the )bYOT
!Mr. L. G. Button). preoiding. ' Other _hera
preoeot ...ent: Mr. J , W. Martm, Mr. F.lI. Parfitt,
Mr. F. E. Monog. Mr. L . E. Quelch. Mr. E. B.
Dejldm&n. SUI Perey Soadenon. K.C.M.G (Ca.....ham). and Mr. C. H. Dodd (DUlitary ',"PreJl1lta~IVe).

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CAVERSlIAM CASES.
W. A. Salmon, aged 39, a mlotlager fori Cook and
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Bon, Ltd., of London, ea.id he had a Wlfe. two
children and a.n mvahd mother dependent upon
I him and helped to .upport an mvalid rolative.
Mr. F J. Ratcliffe appea.red for tbe man, "ho wa.
paaod for hom • .....,ce only. The appli..tlon w..
dillOiaed.
Fred1t. M. Thom&a, aged 40, a oommercJ.u
traveller, employed by Planter'a Ma.rgarme Co.,
I applied on grounds of aenoul h&rdship oWlDg to
:tria domestiC a.nd busmeu pOintloo. He a&ld there
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51. " Gf
lIO onU.teiI. four

to be takon. ioavinl{
..dentr,ry work only). towhom
cjm,dition&l exemption Waa.... gxven.
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Pig<!tt'. ipro-war .ta!r·w.. 2t. Of th...
·'."Iioted••ir were rejected. tlirie -are oyer age;
in ~rttfied occupatioDs, lellonng one
lDO•• ,'."U wJll han to.go.
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no1flllng'~~:'~:;~rS:;':

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m'lcb. uric acid
don't>ie.r chrome rh,~uln!l'tisl:n.
'Milliard
say to yourself,.
my kidneys now and if I live more c~l'elullly.
PII ~J healthy: ~ Take enough exercise to k~ep the blood,
.. circulating _freely through 'the kIdneys.
the
'That WIll keep th~ ' blood pure.
, partn~ r
If you ar,!' ea,ting ,too much, workmg
wece OV~:"
~ard. worrymg a lot and not getling the
cha.rge ()!
for ouhtary
sleep you ought. Its an easy mf tter to
of the local
change these habits for a whIle. , And to I

Capt. P.

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X..u,oj-ity, and Mr.
As~ltm...

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THPRjtDAV:S, SI.T rING.

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tort1 ,claim.

The A4>Peal
J. lIukey in ,the ohair.
p""t being : M$l'I.
K,C•• A. W. Sutton. J _

&n irre~ul8.r s ch Oll of Ihe
water was r cetllct(;iI , ttl HI
legs and aD k le!! t\ud c r. us~d

was never R'Olllg t o ge t h('ttl'r
after a fe w dosf!s of D I ' IIII 'II
pills the kidn ey s il l l Bd IU!" a
back soou becam e cOUlfol tll LI!.:
of dropsy were g om g .
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Octo')er 3tb, 1914 - ovu tI! r'!, ij"(J n

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were - h.&rd by the Reading Trtat th.lr sitting on Thunday.
Spencer, heating engineer, app'lied !or. E.
h" w.tor engineer; ODd G. p, Wilkin ••
"I..'>tri ~i8ln: Mr T. R K.nt rep.....nted the ap·
i~pair weak kidneys, use Doan's Backache
who was doin,g a ~&t ·dea.l of Jmporta.nt
1~::;;;-1~~~.~:'~f~~SchtLn
8aId - " D onn 's pill s 1m';!!
KIdney PIlls. You know from expbnences
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g-o III llI e , l t I ~ r ureh.
the RQya.l BYrh HospItal, the schools a.nd
,The m1l1tary representative ' allp.>aI,,,, against
11k'.
the'
following
ltow
Doan's
PIlls
do
good
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n
Sll1:
of
kidn ey trou blo ti m" l ild
At the commencement of the exemption until July 30th
Praqk
pIlls soo n se t lIl e up tLgulll."
In ReadIng.
WfJf6 more Dutch manufacturers of marg&rme In
had 20 men, now he wu reduced Hughes_aged 19.
He
Ji:~P':.j'O~~!:~::~::'1
I the "'t wo' for wh,om he was applYlng
grounds.
but
was
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exemptlOft
Eogla.nd to-cI&y tha.n Enghoh firm. H. w.. __ ::- ,.Cl.__ _
onl,. ~rt banda left
ConditIOnal &8 being a. OOWDl&D.
It
out that;
home servIce only. CondItional exemptIOn
unde r the M1l1ta.ry Service
ma.n would get
J!RIlted.
'~.IDpliiou,Hyde. tomporary m~er at J ac.man
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Postponement unttl the end of July wal gtven to
IWellt.at.rJ"t., was exempted until August repreeent.a.t lve coDBldercd thiS e xceSsive.
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W. T. Farcy, aged 38, a 8eedana.Jl'! atI!lsta.nt, em·
Hughes now said he wanted bIB sen to drIve the
ployod by Mess,... Sutton ODd Bona, on the gToUl\d 1st, as the proprietor IS 111.
mowIng machme. Mr. F. J. k Croas pOlnted (jut
F C. Ne,wberry, head of the ,gentlemen'. depart: that the man would hs..v.e only 14 da.ys m:tra.
of hi. wife'. health,
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meflt a.t John A. Bnm's, Broad·atreet. wAIl granted the new Mihtary SerVIce Act
The appeal was
ADJOURNED CASE.
condlhona.l u :e mptlon. The [uuhtary represent&- allowed.
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~...... TayloT and GIllard apphod for H. A.
t fve saId the mEpl f~in this firm had enlisted very
q W. BalleT, aged 33, Do bwlder's foreman, had
l'titohard, aged 35, They urgel! that they were
well ~d be railed DO objectlon.
been granted condttional exemp~on on hlS e~.
f!lDlaged m Government work. They were apply.
JH
W Ben4a11, alaaghtejE'hoUseman, employed ploYflf's e.pphc&tion, but. the military repreaenta·
Ing for two men out of four. ConditloIial exempbY ,tbe lUniverial Cuinp Co!, Ltd.. WN rranWi u ve appealed" 8tat.~g .that. the ~plOl'&l'
e.xemrtion;'~~ill~J.ho ena"'~Det)ember: j/,
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who eOuld take hia place.
~emptlOn
tiQll " .. J!RIlted.
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PRINTER'S APPLICATION.
I The )' lSnowliako '~dry appliod fOT O. E;. OCtoher 1•• w,,", grj..tcd.
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THE ' ECONOMtc CONGRESS
Willi&11l TregUki•• general printer, of Oxford- " ,:-~oro. meclJanio, 'b.d conditional exemption waa
CoildltionaJ. ~~ ~ hod &en . ........,"'. , '~'~"
:Russell Wade, aged' M ...... a.aI...~ elDploYoOl"lir'r
T:he"re r18 · m -ce1't8.f quarters a. diBPOBltlOD to
road, applied for L Pusey, aged 26, his only re· '-""""
12~nd A~~IIVERSA~Y'I
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Oswald
Carey,
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music
deal~r,
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ID&ining mOD out of th...... Mr. Dodd agreed to IMn. Grant, of Bat-tIe Farm, applied for F. E. ployer's apphcation. The milIt...ry_ representative
mo,ke tbe economic collferen c:e
the Alhes a t Pans
two montha, and tbia Wall gra.nt.ed with a new Grant, head ooW]JlJ.U.
a. ~8 \f(or burnmg COlltJ:OV rslCS on £~cal and
Mr. F. A SM']YDt ap. appealed. and th& appeaJ waa &lIo"ed.
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of a further applicatlon 1f necessary.
TWUl.T'Rd in support. of the applicatIon. Conditional
'11111 DT'-".I"I.OO~'.
The 122nd sUDl'versuy of thIS aucient aDd lS· other rela.ted questIon s The nma ry fun ctIOn of
&!~..U'~u
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torlo place of worshIp was ob6erved on Whn; the conference IS to mob1h sc e~ectlvely agalll8t the
Hill'. Rubber Company ·...d that H. J. Office.
MEETING OF
Mr. En.na, of Chuf'ch Park F-.rm, had been HI· I~!,\,.d.y! and notwlt~tandll1g & ~erl' raJny Inorn.
aced 36. wa.s engaged on rubber BUrgtcal"gooM" Uld e:xemptioo.
: A. ~. W~ey applied for T. Benn~ctt. di~:i fuaed exemption for Edwat'd B6e0hey, aged 29, u. I:
the day not belDg a. hohqa:r, a lar{;~ enemy our common economiC 1c sourccs In order to
t.yros for V A'D motor·can. etc. They had two a.hd teller of ~a;rket gardell produee.
bnng
the
War
to
a
trlUmphar
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concluston
at
the
LICE~CEES.
on Ion
cattleman a.nd thatcher. Be &ppea.led, sayIng he number of VI61tors was present, a.nd the Whole .ot

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men left out of three.. A month was &l.lowed.
e:xempt;on Until October lAt
Meomo. piurupo and Bon. appJed for L F.
Th& ~pphcat;o;Q. ot W. C. Hunt, com merchant,
lbtthe..... aged 29. a millwrll\:ht Th.y had been Broa.d ~tr'eet, for S Purvey and G. Strudley, ca.r.
mabie to obtain the reqwred certillc&te frolD tbe men, reBulted m conditlOnal exemptIon for Purvey,

had been unable to fill the man's pl.aoe, and asked
for a further 6xterullon Be aa.id he wanted the
man
for t.h a.tchlng, ·a.nd ,the mlht&O'
I, ~.pl'_'ntative read a long hit of tha.tchell a.va11
Minister pf Mun.ttlo~. but Mr. Philhp. said
while Strud1eyf, WM granted until July ~5th for
In the neighbourhood.
Until O<:tober 1st. was
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given.
c!6uld not poMlbly do Wlthout the man. 'l'hlS wu I
f.ouly reasOlLl.
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Lhe only man he W&III claimng for, and conditIOnal
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A. Whyman. "irod 36, a pubhcan, of Klntbury,

exemptIon w.. gTantod.
Me.o. Smart, Moore and Saund.... waoted to
Tetain W. J. Gn.y, aged 32, wlw, they Uld, was
tho only competent IlDlth th.y hod I.ft out of four.
This was the only man applIed for, a.nd conditIOnal
e""mptlqn ..... J!RIlted.
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R. Stll.. (Bonny and Kmg, groeero, .tc) •• aid
that W. W. WlckenJ, aged 32, wa, th8 only man
be had a.pplied for. Twcnty·one men had jOined
the lervice. from his employ. Conditional uemp·
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AN EXPENSIVE ITEM.
Mr. Fullbrook, baker, of Friar-.trtlet, a.pplied for
a bread baker and ldelivereJ', F. J. Thome, aged. 34.
Three men hod lomed the Army from this bake-

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The Ch~: D.o you obj.ct. Mr, Dodd!
Mr. Dodd J No, not if he', • bread ba.ker.

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Mr.

The Chauman; Conditional exemptiOn.

Dodd: I notice h. baa "Ten children. too.
'Would have been 'Very exp8nllve. (Lilughi.er.)

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I H. Adam. and Co.• of London-read. applied for
O. AIlen, aged 33, but the application W&II retulled.
; T. Mackrill. co&eh builder, applied for the only
painter left ou~, of throO. W . E. Bh'!"P. aged 29.
~ montha was given, but Mr.• Dodd Aid he\.mUlt
~peaI.

A. J. Maker ...d he had three ohopl. and only
mao~ E. V. Smith, aged 28, to manage for
him. ' PI... empl.,..... bod goo. mto the Army. H.
.... only paaed for labour at home. ConditIonal
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A SUGGESTION.
Mr. Dodd Bald that It ..ould be .. ..ell if
oertifl~tee of the .everaJ kinde of home llervtC&

i!1flth the cIaao) ....... produced in th... applica.tious, U lOIn! of the aIAuea WI", not called, and
in t.bt. .... It ...ouId be better for tho applieonto to
lmthdraw their ap~licationl and mate theD. &glWl
at the proper tim.;
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I Lecfnard Wheele'! applied for two mon. C. Math'Wlok, aged 34, A kiln eetter, and R. Whitchelow,
~ 26. a potteIy thrower. ( Conditional exemption to both men. •
I , Whitcl!<ilow applied 9n ~n&l. ground> ... the
~ support of Ipl 1ridinred mother. Conditional
uemptioD wu ~ted on thia claJ.Dl.
F . R. HerJe and Boo. of Whitley. oollv manufld"",ro. appliod for g,orgo A. Court, aged 29.
(!'boy uked for aix months conditional exempllon.
but were rofuaed.
~PLICATION BY ABBURANOE COMPANY.
, The Refoge ~ .. Compooy applied for A.
Clmpbell, aged 31, an ..m.ta.nt rupermteDden.t,
..ling he .. aa the onl,. member of the Reading
Diotnct .taiI aakod for. Th. man made a penonal

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carrIer In the elDplov of G. and A.. Pnor.
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W. E, Hedley. manager t:ror John, L H01188,
but.clle!i. Westr.treet,' WU lre~u&ed exemptIon
.A~plieatlOn by the ~mplpyer of A. Lewens,
walter a.t the Ship Hotel, was supported by Mr. E.

T. ll~t, tlUt fatled. Leave tlo appeal on personal

grounds

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James Holme. and Co. ~ w:holea1& grocers, ap·
plied for \V. J . DaVlS, co~erclal tra.vefier, but
the Tribunal arranged for the Duhta.r:r rep~tattn to oonfer with l'lr Holmes!o thu htl em·
~loy~J mlght be d~lt' wIth ~, q bloc.

apl'W'lI.led ag,"U8 ~ thl3 decl!lOn of tbe local Tribunal
rref-.u.,ng hun 6:a:empt.lon
The mlhtyY 1"eprElsefl·
tabve asked for an a~Journment .for a month, 8.8
the m~n expresaed hiS wllhngnear to und el'taJro

work of other natto~:t.l lmport.ance.
The military r-.epresentat.lve a.ppet led agalnl!lt the
ten:por:ll'Y exempt.lon gunted to { H Haywa.rd,
M.,J 27, 8. ga.rdener 3.rW handyman, employed by
MI'II A. Collts, the Wife o f Lieut.-C01. ColliS. of
Eaatbury. The appeaJ was dlmlissed
Ptlt'C)' Hea.th, a.ged 19, hVlDg a~ Upper 'l.tantbourne, and employed aa a.n under-ce.rter by Mr.
i S. Pl-a.zer, of Park Fann, La.ritbourne. bo.d
il"ven temporary e.xemptJon until after the halvest. The m,litary tepreaentative appealed. 'fbe
certificate of t.he local Trib~al ~88 varied. to read
until October lot.
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Mr. J ~ander uppe&led to be Iallowed to tee?
C. J. Lee, aged. 29, hlS rickbuildu and tbatcher
for & 3()()..aere farm
The man ~ad heen In .Q.!S
present employmept for about t.,.o m<jlnths.
M.r F. J... K. CroBi said he had l hoped tha t. t.he
..rrangement made between the BPa.r<j. of Agncul
twoe ADd the War Oeioe would have prevenbed
8uch cue. where men were obVIously mdlepen.&able from comlDg before the Trlbunal.

q.,<Idard.

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J . Cox, a.nd carned Wlt.h. P-

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t ho LIcensed T raders (!lt r i\
Lbo chalr a nd -..;I [,h h im II '; ,
(Air P ovey), t he Se<-re lar
Webb) and t h e membcrs of l ilt
tUt)

Tbe P JU':SJl)EN'I' clJ!: pl a lOOO t he posilton, and s31'1
the dcPUt.a.t1<1O had been flllt'ly busy , ha Ying bar.
seve t'a.l IUter v l~Ws WIt h th,e bcewf:T5
He l'opt--(,
they had arrived at a. d ~l on wb lch-subJect (]f
ooUr&6 t6 tho a ppro~1l1 of ~hat meet.mg- \\ culd b'
t.ho mos t workabh; f rom tb(! lr p Oin t of VIC',I; , and
would cn.u~e the Lew:lt. n etlon so far as t h 11
customers were co ncerned

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G. Lai1ey. gToom ota;bl.man~ etl\ployod by M...... e"lly be replaced. but Well&' emplo"Yer decla,ed
HIU and Blienrin, IwlUl refu1e4 anye.xemptioD.
" There', not 0. man in Cholssy, nor yet In W8.1.
G ' B: Guiden. gt<Icer'a Uiist.ant. employed by Imgfoid." H ..... gm... un!;;) October 1. 1

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A DEFINITE WEFUSAL

Mr DOWELL then proposed, and Mr l"'DERSO~
aeeonded, II That the hoenooos refuse to pi!.. lhe
e:rt.ra prJOe. propmed by Ithe hrewer&, and do not
approve of the SUi geatloDII now mado b\ tile
brewer •. "
Mr. WBBB mId tney muat be tn a. poslil Oll to
back up their worqs by deede.
Some hce l "ec S
bed ~n takmg advantage of tho. pl"oposfd In
oreaaea to put. up \bell' pnces,
bad chaq:t U
the InONucd pnoea l:when
w.cro not gO ll l~ II,)
PAT them. T.h&t S01jt ot
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tempor..,. ....mption for tltr.. lDootbi for four
This Wal granted. ,....
RoadIItg e.rpo...tion Tram&Old tJ!l,,~' M,r. Craven (the
extremely well in regard to
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~~;;: upon. "JoB the mlniM1i'M
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M'r W :EBB sa.id , t bIl L the question had been mo'!
fully deaJ t. WJth bet.w«! n the d e pu tat Ion dod th.'
brewers, th e VIce-PresIde nt. and Ml" Hastlll l!~
betng their prlnclpal s peake l"s
They we rt! al i ~
by tholr oogent arguments to pla.co t hc POS ltlClll
of tbe trade before t.he bre wel"S supplemen[llI;:
that by the posilton of the cuat;.c..mers of lhe trade
Tbere was lOme very st.rong dlSCuSSlOn, but finally
they werG abJe to con\U]loo the bre we rs t hat lhtril
waa, and must be, a b eer a t 3d. per pm t 'l'hel
conVInced tbe brewers thnt. It was Im pcra U.o lhat
the working cJCl68 of Reading should h a.vs a 3d
beer
On the oLher h and t.he brewers baa aho
put up a very stong Ca..stl, and t ho sug gestIOn 'oI: .Ui
thiS tho.t th.l':ro he a. 3d beer aa heretofore but,
tha.t
adva.noe be made on stronger ales al\d
stout and on battlod beers
That wou ld mea n
that. bit.ter ale would be 5d per Pint Inil tead of
4d , a~d tha.t stout would advance 10 tbo S3l11e
wa.y There would be an lcer.c8.&O of ld pe r p ) n ~
bottle o n cra.te boers, a.nd, of coune, ~ d on h.d l
pUlt. bottles
Tha t. would noL affect Bass alld
Gumness, WhICh were outside ti llS ma t.ter 11 tJ 0
meeting agt'eed t o tha.t it would ta ke cffed 0 11
Monday nOl t, and until then beers would be "up
plied to them at t.1l e old pnoo
III :;C H!r al clUir ~
the advLD08 had boou made and tnkell to lIluSl
kIndly.
In Lho Witts l\.Tea., howm e r, bee rs h ~i l
always been much chea.per a nd It ghter t h3n 11
Reading, and there ~he brewers were sellin g n 3d
beer
Tbey had pressed t he PQ lnt. of a 3J beer
for Re a.d mg b ecause l they fe H It WaG u p to t.he'll
to sa.y that tho ~o rklng people of Readlllg coul,
not afford, and w.ou.ld not pay, more than 3d The
tho patnottc co operatIon of tbe . 'tlled workers area up to Brnc knMl would be In cluded In Ht'ad
Mr Balfour- has noW"" Rent B telegram ac· mg, but east of Brackll ell, where t.hA prce,
/rGowjedgmg the loyal re.pon.. to hi. appea l bad been rallied, t hey would be main t ain ed The
CURIOUS RU OUR
. ;' The adoption of .~ .. m...ure." be add •• ' WIll questJQn of an m terme<ilat.e beer be t.ween 3rl and
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be of the gmate.t value In meetlDg 'he reqlllre· 5d &rose, but they felt. th a.t tha t. " ould not h~
satl6ia CtorV.
mi nts of the N 8'") "
Mr GiJooAllD (Brack ne ll) moved t ha.t thl': negJ
A WTltel" l1l thl " Evening S anda.rd" Bays '
t Ut tlO ns of the d e puLa t lo n wllh t he b r e w PTi< be
"Wtll ~Lord Readtng, who as had Be, eral m·
confirmed, and Mr ADAltS (Blnfi eld) seconded InJ
te"ieWB wlth the Prune Minister of ]a.te, reBign
prOp06ltloll
the Lord Chief JWltlceSlrip for a. Beat 10 the
S PIRITED OPPOSITIO N
-Ca.bine t? There ia, I lea.ro, a perSIstent rumour
Ml" J. DoWELL (Re8.(lIng) saId he should opr M
m legal Circles that 3Jl 0EpurlUOlty of resuDllng
entIrely 8mh a coun.o They were a il \' ('T V Jllll(h
his politica.l career J8 being offered him
He
obhged to the deputat IOn, wbo h ad d ono t h~ L(~
has 'tendered the Gover?tm~nt much yaluable
they c ou \d In t be Ci['cu'lUstancc s, but. 1hey kn t'w
ia.s8lstance smce the outbreak of the r-var m
'1'0 TO :EOI!l'OR OF Tlle II READrNG OBSftJtV)l!1t"
~hat. for a. long tlmo past. the '\Ahlt s hrewen hlld
spheres far removed from hlB JudiclIJ.I duties He
SU,-You vel'f kindly pu bJtshed a few months been ~IllU g t hClr beers and getti ng '" 1ll l llJ
conducted the Treasury negotiations wI\ h C1ty
financiers In the early .tages .ofCrthe war, and was ago a.p a.ppea l from me, a..q Post ma ster of Read. th m"Cby , and Berke. brewe r~ we re alla ld 10 0 111
preludent of tbe Anglo~French Commls810n WhICh" wg: to t,he pubII£ to ha.nd In a.t the nee.rut Post. t he ir prlCCS up to com pete With lhe W l[(i'. br""rr'
went to the Umted States Ilast autumn ~ connec· gtlice ,JI boob a.nd ma.gezlnes that could convenl' In thetr own tuea.. The hcensed t rIUlers ,-,u.; ln )
say that the prices 13bo uld not be put Il l' III R ~ '!,(1.
~tly be spared for distrIbution to our brave fel
tion WIth the Amencan loan.
U Lord Reading; who sat m ~he Cabinet: whllst
~()W5 m the Army and Navy
I am glad ~to say 10 9 (Applause) Th ey had to pony th e Im'I\ C('
he was Attorney·General, was ' the :firSt Law th.t that appa.J met wlth a very hear t.y response, and the pUbhc had to pn.y them, a nd t hc r)rJIP(' f'(
Officer to. occufY the pOSition. He 18 a personal and that the number of books a.nd m agaz ines lnCl eaao was noUnn g bu t. a n a bf;o]ulc fr Iud IIU
f"o.d beth 0 Mr. A.qwlh and Mr. , Lloyd collected through the P06t Offices In ReadlDg a.nd brewers could afford to supply " fl ee" hQII<e~ \
George, and has recently bee made a ,Vll!lcouht.
15 or 20 per cent. cheaper , :lIt! the n thel wadi
Tha.t 18 an honour whIch h
never prev..l.oualy rmrroundlng towns ra.pidly rose to very n~]y
been, be,toWed UpOll a Judge ex ept 011 relll'Oment double the number that had previously come to & profit on Ula~ beer ~b ey lIo c l"e th ere to fi ;h
hand We have mamtamoo smce the beglnnmg for 3. prmc lple Let. tbe 'hl"ewNs ler l the m '.I h.
ftym tho Bench
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. ~' lf Lord Rea4IDj( doe. joi
the C.bl1)et. b. of tb~ year an q.verl\.ge weekly supply of over they could n~t put. t.h o prtces up unlforml]
will be the fiut High Court judge of modem. 3,000 books nnd magaZlDe8 , but Even that large \Vblle the brewers ma.de unequal pTices till
tImea to retire from the Bench to become n. memo number should be doubled at least befOTe we can hcenoeea had a rIght to say t.hey would not pa w
ber of the Executlve. It usc to be t.he usual be f{Ure that ReadIng WIll more t.h a.n hold Ita own more than other peopl e wer() payin g ( A JlPl:'lI~"t
thing for the Lord ChIef J ustl e to be .. member $Lgamet the good v> or k whIch ] B being dene In The suggested conoesslo n was not. rea lly f1. come!
of the Government.. Lura. Ell nborough, Ifor in· other oentres
Slon, b ecauao It. meant. t hat peoplo \\ (1Il1d gl'l •
stance. waa - a Cabmet MlDurter In 1806 ~ and he
I h&ve ho.d a. further a.ppeal from Lite Po stmll6tcr cheaper article for t bl) same price. H wns fullrU
WaH the Illlit EnglIsh )udgA to take an achVe pwi
L(,1 r ht UI
m 'Pohtu~. Tlie C ounty Court I Bench affords one General. at the Inst.lgatlon <If the Camps Libra.ry lollS for the hoencees t.o thntk: of 11
modem UlBtanco of a- jud~ aba,ndonmg hiS ~udlclal Centl'81 Depot ln London, fop fur t her efforts , to fight for thetr prmc lple, If they lost, Ih (' \ l o ~t
for a. pohtJcal career Slr DaVId Brvnmor; JOljleK, be made In tbe Re adtng d llrt.rlc t . and we conli. but; let t hem fi ght It lI t.ra lg' h t out ( &.pp lalffi" )
Af ~r 60me furth e r dlsou58lo n, Mr A" Of.R"::>S'
the ex·leader of th~ Welsh
re81gned hiS seat ently a.ppea.l 1lg8.11l through your columns t o t he
County Court
to
the House of pubho o f Roadlng !;l.nd d 18trlct. to he lp us still more (Cav, r$ham) me ved :L.q an amendment. .. 'fhll.t Ille
to IUCfB8.&6 our ouptput of' 6U1table readtng for meet.mg does not a.pprove of t.he recomme nd,
. g~~ fellows who are I8bould~rlDg our c.aU6~ bons of the deput.atlon , a.nd Mks t ho bre we l5 to
A 11 kinds of weekJy magazlnell prevlcle b It ter, stout&. a.nd bottJed beers, and .. \60
che a.p b eers, ' s.f:, t.he old prices "
H~ lIald tbe
b~,~':,~~~~n::~w:ma.per& B.re no't'r;. hoonoee.s should MllS8 to pay t he n e w !lrI ce-, and
~ ,
pubhsbcrs a lready
lbe
to be 6Upphed If necessary ref WI{) to t.a.ke In t.he hecl"
a nd all
kinds the
of brewers would soon Bend them beer t hey 'W ould
,~~.nt;!~t;~1~~nd~
deSired
to sult
take if they found that they were eo.lhng nO{ hlO l
luge Army as 18 Dowen·
The ClumluN ruled tpat Ithe amendment . . .1.,
we may he .. p,or,f?,l",!
out of order. amountmg to a. duca t neg:l LI\~
and. tbat
On being put to the vote tho ol'lgln a.l r e~ l utlot
wae lost, only the proposer and 6CCO llder l vo.tl O~

men.

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h,ld been e nga ged fo r the jW

IIB;ritoin ought to run the War and .11 tbe
(Mr
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connected WIth It on Jmes laId down w1thout deputatlor who m ter newoo t he hre\\ crs after
tQ the nee8.s" condltlon8, or Busceptl· meeimg of t ho SoCiety lw;t week

_04mditional exemption for one dI~r, one secre.
t.ry, and one draughtsman, and 14 other men .. and

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strong OPP'O'lltlon t o the suggested In
the price of h eel' a.nd st{)ut .... as C\lDC(>o]
of th e Read lug 6ud D 1SI rlct J ICC Il '~1 1
Pi'O~>c' ion Soc e ty all \\ eo ln eFd ax adr r
called by I Lhe Soc lel \', the 1l1iCf!
to a ll hcence·holder s, 8nd rhe Lr'l'~

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thbem &II to bnv e
t em at t h OJr t 22nd an'"~'>r",ry.

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The~ are critICS of our
who attaok 1t
not sendm g tbClr
~eleg •• "" m the cbaracter of p empotentJa.nes With
cut-a.n d· d,;ed scheme, go mg a.r beyond the chIef
of tho ctm forence, wblf h t.hey are expected
upon our Alhes and to get accepted and
mto effect Without any reference to the
of PBrhament a.t Home
An d It 18 a.
.i~:nU!c.,nt fact t hat the very people who are con
tellmg us that we a re not domg our proper
the War o.re rea.dy to assume that Great
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u.tola to withdraw hIS application and ap.
P"OI ...h.n he w.. called.
,
Alfoooe Harry Stopl0l'. agod 29. who applied 10
r simiJar CU'C~. w ... &im..ilarly dealt ""th.
~.W,.~.H.. . La~oe~ "~ 31, a cl~ and" ~~,
'""" PO\l ....til Jill,. 1I!. • '
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' Emeat." Heap, aged 32, .. commercial traveller for
Peok' Proan &Ild Co.• aakod 'uotil September lot
hiJ Wil. to !iecom. effiment to carry, on m hi. abIInCe. ThiJ' w" .....ted.. Mr, F.I J, Ratehff.
ropreoeol,ejl applicanf.
H. S. Ooodha.ll, ~ged 32, .. checker, employed by
tho R.I.C.S•• w .. told to go !lefore tho medleal
• board and como back agaill m a 'week.
BLOC ' APPLICATIONS,
lfeurt. B. Elliot &Ild Sons, Cavenham, were
I elJ1P~g 250 me~ at the outm-e&k of the war,
which .talf had been reduced to 190. They clauneli

J. Bummer. by)

~arhelt

• Tbe stal1bolde1'8
Burton, Mrs
of her Alhes
Mrs. Sacret. No. 2
and M... S.wyer.
ASQUITH AND IDS CONSTITUENTS.
Fa.rnboroug~~
A sqUith bas been addre8.8tng hiS con!lt.ltuents
Gant and Miss
Hoop-la.·
Burton and Fenner.
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Ea.st Fife In a speech of exceptIOnal Importance
we
by
I S. RObert.a, coa.ch palDt.er, employed
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At one o·clock 0, large number partook
thlrt.y y ea.rs SInce he wa.s firRt returned to th e
Ford, .Jvas granted two montbs' exemption. I
repast m the bunga.Jpw, WhICh waa r ery
of CommolUl by thiS constituency, With
decorated for t he occ aato~ by M~rs.
I E . G. t.John.on and CO~, Army clothing eon·
E A W. J<W.ey and iI. Summe rsh'y.
hi S connectlOn ba.s never been broken The
tr&<toro. applied for T. H ' Rush, foreman .... d J.
James Cregan the pt'eacher and lecturerl for
l,c(»)lil,del)cO which hH~ electora te have never refused
S. Prior, Wlors~ Pl'K8er. Rush was granted. conday deliveted' a.t two o'clock a Bth kingl sermon
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f 11 hared t th
fro~ II. Cormtbla.ns IV., 5-6. At four o'clock a
so ong a perlo IS u Y B
a
e
ditional exemptioD, Pnor was r.lrused.
large number partoolt of tea..
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by an enonnous m<t.lorlty of the
Tbe afph~tion by J H W. Willuuns, milk car·
At I8lX o'clock the .Rlev. IJames Crcga.n d elivered. people of thiS countrV'j and hla fu.me sLands eve n
riu. employed by J. Wil1ia.ms. fail~d.
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an eloquent lecture upon I" Abraha.m Lmooln, the
Great EmanClpator," wh,ch WBA greatly appre. hlgher 10 the esteem f the EmpIre and of our
Tcgettl, Ltd., applied for J. Batchelor, groom
Ol&ted. Mr E W. Thomson, the grea.t fnend of
tha.n It does at. horne Mr Asqruth, like
~, but thtl cI&lID waa refused, aa waa Qne on
Peppard Chapel, preSIded 1al:)d spoke of the plea·
Kltchener, has been the object of reckle.<1.8
pe.nc'maI groun~. !
lUre it gave ,b im to be p~nt at the anniversary
G: S. Lew)I.aod Bro. azkec! for the u:empt.lon ol
once more &nd show hIS CfOntmued lnterest 10 tbe
even ml~chievous CritICIsms from factlon s and
L
work: of the Pa.stor and ~ople.
But It 1S generally recogDl.Bed thll.t the
E. Godfrey, m"fl~g cICl'L,
IIt W&II mcntione d b y
the mIlitary representative , that 80 men had
Until October lot w.. gIven.
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Among tbe V1sttOrs prelJ.ent were Mr. and Yrs. conduct of the War and th,.e dIrectIon of the Em.
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CoE.
(London),
Mr.
and
lMra
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Cox
(Chatham"
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It. J . TuttJc, aged 33, Il hone keeper and oarthrOugh a. penod of unexampled anxiety bas
alread1i lOlDed and he favoured conditlOnal exemp· man, employed bJ' hll fa.tber, had been refuaed Mr. and Mrs. Bacret, Mr, a.nd MrB Fenner) ¥r.
on no one so heavy B. ,burden aa Oll the
tiop, ",[\lich ....61 grar;t'ted.
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uemption, a.nd the new of the loca.l Tribunal W8a Cunalee, Mr. Ball, Mn. Green. Mr and Mrs , A
Plther, Mr. and Mrs. I Burges. lir and Mn
'\\ hose co~ol-dlDatlng 'p bwer and mfluenco
John, McColm- applied for IA. E, McColm. col. upheld.
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Shep':herd Mr and MI'II. Nl8&t.e, etc , and the n e ve
breai~1J alSista.nt,1 bUt the cl&ml waa reftl8ed.
1!'redk. G. Bolton, a.pd 30, employed by lIr. A. C. Morg~n. G. E. SteeleJ W W Hlt.chlngs and
concentrated the whole resources of the EmpU'6
Mr. MCColm'.
oth.r 8O~. had jomed. PlriUipo .. a milker. hod been gl.en until Sel'" W. Povey ,
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t
a steady and undlVlded purpo.e and resolutIOn
A.t the close of the lecture. Mr. John Cox lIa
R
I"aoaging partner of Me.o. Knill tembeT JOth.
The milituy I • repT_ntat,..
at
the
receIpt
of
cu.tom
la.nd
a.nnounced
the
fol·
LABOUR
DILUTION ON THE CLYDE
.nd Son., was ~ted conditional enmption.. He 1.• Pl'ea!",!. conteDcUng that fem.-Je ~a.bour could be.
lowmg amounts a.s the ~ of the dlty -;Mr
A highly sa.tlsfactory a.greement haa been
had been paaaed
eedental1' occupatlOn.
obtained to reloue this man.
tppeUllot. ho,,· E W TholllfJOn·s bag, £4~ ; the Mis&ea Bef'"th, £5 . P,.",·h.A be
h C
h D I
Sir Clement Batlha.che, £5; Hr. Turnbp ll. £3,
tween t e 'onUllI&ElIOn on t e l uhon
8 «1. Bhadbc?lt, I' shopkeeper, Mount Pleasant, 4!ver. demed thia. The Appeal jWa., dlsmiased.
Mn.
Ranson,
£.3;
Mr.
J.
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Barnes,
£1
1&,
Mr
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and
the
Cly
de
and
Westl
of
Scotla.nd
..... eonditioorJIy exempted.
_ WALLINGPORD. i
Price (Cape Town), £1; Mra. St.&n]ey PrIce
CommIttee of the BOllerma.kers' and Iron
T. ~ BOlVm}.nJ, commercial traveller, eDlployed
W. S. Jenk1ns, ~ prlDter and p/-lbliaher, uid tf St8Dle~
(G&pe Town). lOs.; Mrs. stuehbery lOs; Dr Carby Copeliake.\ c..mptoo ' and Co.. ..hole&rJo A. P . Norn., agod 1110 wer. tai:,n fioID hlJD ' It ltng, £1; Mr. Stannard, £1, Dr. CbldeU, £1; the
Steel ShipbUIlders' Society.
Mr Balfour,
dnl.pen, W'&I eonditiona.11y exbp'ted.
wouid be an "overwhelming dlSUter."
The :Mi8868 Barnes, £1; Rev. ~. Curry, 2&. sa. , Mn
negotiatIOns were in progress, had pOlDt.ed
'0uJI, 211. ed.; Ml'I. Pither. 1~; MT. P.I K...i1,
H. J. F..rrow~ exl,hpooitor ..jith the Clawo P..... ApP"OI Tribunal granted until Aug".t 151h.
£2; ldr. Gant. lOe.; Mr. Ff.. Gant,lOs.; Mr. Ernest
m a letter to one of the Comml~SIOn6rH the
Kat.eagrove·lane, W&I granted ODe month'. exemp.
J. H. 8Dow, a r&llway agent. etp., and 36, hali Barnes (Madraa); £1 ls. j ~. JIleate, £2 211:. j ~he scnou8 sbortage In the number of sktlled meu
tlOp..
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been. refused esemptlon by the ~ T,rIbunal. HIS Rev. R. H. lI&rt !>aVIS, ~. ;_Â¥ZW. Ball, 5s.; r avw.lable for Admlra.lty work. 1'he Qnly mea.ns,
OJ
employer. represented by Mr. E . T. Batt. a.p- E. JaeUon, £1, Mr. Brown ~at.cham.) , lOs. , col·
A. J . Johnson, liceQsed VIctualler, uSportsman,
pealed, but the appeal liN di.am~. Mr. Batt lemons at aervtcel!l, £4 Th., r~ ot l bazaar, Mr. Balfour declared, by which thiS eVil could be
BhinSeld·road; w&e ~ted two month.
aak~ for lea.ve to &P~. but this ,..aa rcfuaed. £30 Sa. 9id. ; tot.a.I, £,109
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cured" a.a by the dilut.lOn or labour through the
W. A. P9Qchaud' lolcrkWlthMeaara. Huntley and
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The S1Dg l vg of the Do~lo
brought a very co-operatIon of the skilled men III the shIpyards,
&uccessful anDlversary to &l c
P.lmero ....pph.d on tho ground> of d01llOltic 'hardHorry
hod been
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in the 6a.me way aB dIlutIOn ha.d been appheo In
ship. He bad~ 'beaJlI passed for sedentary. ocaup':' granted oonditioz:aal exemptI()n. The milltary repI
FgJ.D.eering tihops 10 the Clyde dlstnct. through
tion. Adjourned for inqUlnes.
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reeent...tlve appkled, uymg t1!:at I the man cou1d

Ha.wkiris and Co.! Londou.rbad, c1auned G(mp.
WOXINGHA..lI RurBJAL . •
tlon .as: the ao1e sb.pport of his Wldowed mother.
Theu were MV6l'a.l "pPeal. by the mlhta.ry NpRefu~d. '
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resentative &lanett exemptioDB granted by the
iii
eo&chj bwlder with John 'Yorrtek Wokingllam lI>JnI trIbunaL
and Co applied on personal groundls r and exemp-S. J . Pyle, aged 19, of Ta.reett's Farm, Woktng·
ham, a carter and stockman,) had ~ gIven untIl
ohum for ahort postponement on penona.l ground. tlon until Septemikr !lit was granted.
~t ,I "I0wr
' h
G. D• E DllDo,.
engm.. t • Whitl
wa. Octo~r 1Uh. Major Bartram uid the &.hottage
The employ... claim w.. refu"'ICI. but Mr. Dodd
ted
diti nal
t
H had
ch Jd of la.bour in the ~ighboo.rhooii ~ a.ppeared to ¥
did not objed to a month on the penonaJ. olaim.
gran
can
0
exemp Ion.
e
~ l · largel,.. due to the fact that farmera were unMUmg
to pay the enhanced wages warranted at the
II. C. V Bhowyer. aged 28. &Il umtntt .. agent. ren I!pd a&d been paaiea for gam.on duty only.
R. W. Bryant. newngent, Krg'B road, was present tun&. The man In qUe8tion was !9
made a seeond a.pplica.tiod, .. bemg the IRlppon of
hIS mother and hiJ niece. He had ~OUJ!ly been gT",,~d ene month,
• that he bad time to play cricket, oorry a gu ..., .",~
~. S. :Mea.d9ws, Dsh merchant, Queen's.road,,,&.11 b& a member of the Bpecllal pollee. bbour
given three montha, and was noW' refuaed.
be got. U There W&I lahour aDd there 11 labour,"
Fredk.. Thomu Fulker; aged 34. a labo_ at granted two months.
W : )l Newman, clerk. employed by M. Venner exclaimed the military repreaentatlve.
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the Biscuit>lI'oet.ory...... gtven uotil September 1st
and SOJl.I, was gtV!ln three months With leave to ' The Cha.irp:lil.l1 aa.id the applica.tlop in the fir¥
on penoo&l grounds.
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place W'U Dot made, by the ma.:n'. flmployer !I.e It
S. J_ EI_.ld.1 ~ 28. a paint and colour apply again. '
J. Aitken, shot> &88Ista.nt Wlth the Rudmg Ihould have been, !&nd the caae was adJournoo.
(rinder. employod by Mr. J. H. Fuller. was gIven
Induatrial Co--opera.ttve SOCIety, waa exempted till a week.
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condition&l uemption.
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September 1.t.
A IDarket gardeneT. L. Beutler. agod 20•. had
A CONSCIENTIOUS OLAIMANT.
gtv.en until October lit. aDd In thi, oea.ae the
A OODlCleDtlOUl objector, B. W. Coeh, aged 32,
military repreaentatlve withdrew hlB appeal.
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uked for uemptioh.
Alfred Lines, aged 31. & nfu.&ery forema.n. em.
Trial by jury has been IRlBpended" in Austria for a.
There
&lao ~ bUlIness claIm, whIch Itated furtlier perIod of SIX mont/>" The 1m decr.. ployod by Meeero; W~terer. Bon a.nd CrtsP. hod
that the JD&1l ..... engaged 1n making tm goods for lS8ip,ed in thi8 connection suspended trIal by jufY been given until Oe~r lat. The company laid
the ..mce•• mcluding mino lI08t.. Tho case w .. nntil the end of thol present month on the ground the ma.n had entire cbarge of the Propagation of
adjourned for further enqUlne8
U first, It 1~
difficult to draw up h sts tliOlr Alpin. planta. · but the military repreoettt.HarTy Mile., aged 31. a seed grower, employed
avalla.ble for
Junee; secondly, tive B&id Alpwe planUs were not a neoe.uli:.y. either
by Meura Button and Sana, 8ald he wu the Bole
and
ca.nnot be for traimng 00)(116l'8 or eating, &Ild th& 1 Appeal
Juries h ave Tribunal upheld thiS Vlew, and ~d tho man must
_apport of a widowed mother, aged 77. He had ;;i~;;~I-i;;~theBe
of acqUlta.ls go
previoual,. been gtven three monthe, and waa now
ABINGDON.
malcontent
(lV8D oonditlonaJ. exemptIon.
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.n. J . Rutt y, aged 32, a 8Iaugbterman.
etc,
w~
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TOO EAGER FOR EXEAfPTION.
18&1d to be able to n split & pig" better than any
K F Mattingley, aged 30. a manager for the
man In Beru or Orlordsblre
Nevertboless he
was refu8ed , e:remptlon.
London Central Meat Co • Ltd • appliod on modica!
Albert. Edward Lock, aged
ar'OUD.diI. He wa.a pufJed for sedentary work only,

w.,.

the day's proceedings wel"e most. en]oya.ble and
suooessful
At 11 a m SIr John Thoma6,
Lady TbQmas, (Jpened the
God of Bethel ..
·-·...~,C-·-_ <. C.
by the Rov C

.tand by it. (AppJJ....)
The ~lu.iou ,., ... a&rried untlnlmoualy, and \1:1
the Propotltloll of M.. i;:~:~~;;~ cond b,' )11

J!):ra::aamO'1'OJf, the .&me
&ppoiAt.ed, with pcwei'
~",. to thD brewer.

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J1".,..•,.,." .. 200; of "hem

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E. W. WmDLAXE,

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