Reading Observer 07-1916

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Guaranteep.

The u ... .a 'pnotioo
Green 'w .. not, followed thia YClU, and
que~ ot~ th.u, &nd ~ ot the many call.. , on
publio (enerositY'. it"' w .. nob altticipatcd \ that the
&l:Donnt . cdUect.ed would. equ&l laat yrar'1I coUee.tion ' But c.venh~ people were ... generoUs '"

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MAYPOLE 0 ••

TH~ .' LARGEST" .JQl:rAiIL1!:,~S.

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Loca1 Addr'" :-Manoli Centr.

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19: Bf.... ,Stnet.

425; Ouor. Rod. '
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RINK C01lPE11TI0N.

EXCITING GADs IN SECOND ROUND.
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THE transformation in th daily life of our women·

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BOWLS NOTES.

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," St. Peter."
feUow.;·
band, 3rd Berks BaYT ~:::l\~i:"! .~:~1;
ba.nnel'. Court .. Pride of

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Conditional
Puk
Farm,

B;;~:-(lo~~*it~;;
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J. W.
plied on behalf of hi. co...........

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charge of the B;rr&ngem~nt8
H. Borton, tingle, "".,'-"
T. E. Pov.ey: vlce-cha.inn&n,
the only really
on the fann
~aaurer;- · Mr. H. Brl&t.ow;
of 280 acres, on
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COW8 in milk,
' aeca.,
A. H. CockS and A. J. Brown;
~pplying two d&iriea_
The other had been re- eommittM.,.(,. ¥e&8tB. T. Parker, O. Lal ly, E. Tugjected aa nnfit':' He could not get women to do W'6l1, E. .t:t.a.U, P. G. Oakley, C. Woodford, J_ A.
milking--5 D..m. 'Was t-oo earl:}" for them to come a. Dance, T. Lambournt..,. G. Shlpwa.y, H. Good, W.
djstance. Conditional exemptlOn waa allowed until Bakewell, A. St~y, 11. Smith, D. Cox, P. Ba.rney,
October 11th.
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H. Xe",", W,. Well., J. Mayer, F. C, Rumble
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and G. St'rong.

THE SOUTH aXON W .....TER COmrANY.
The South Oxon Wa.ter. etc J Companv (represe.nted by Mr. Gea.t, the mana.ger) a.pplied in re-

folk puts +h a tax 0 thel ~ that g~ looks
,and nice complef0~ are s n lost ~essy~D~ Yusa,
the,Oxygen Cream; IS made part of the daily tOilet.
Veil·Y Dsa in oe/entific prep alion thll !",ntaine. the ~tural

food Ihat the human ekin must ave. ··1t 18 Dot an ordumty
toaet'cream; it is a l gOod deal "fr~ than a temporary covering
for facial blemithet, ,
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Ven·Yu", conveys bea~ifying aDd invigorating oxygen to
the ·,kin in .. novel way. It relrl..h.. at once, mak.. the por.,
~~t,[eathe • properl~r. and imporb a leding 01 youth and 'healthy
clanlin... Ihat is quite beyond the power of even the pure,t
IOaJt and wiler.
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'yell' YUBa is the perfection of,refinement, and a pteparalion.
of refDllrkable ch~ and originality. It mceto the urgent need
lor IOmething to ~eep the .rw. .oft and healthy, and to counter.act
th~ destructive effect 01 worry, the dust of the Itrcell!, over.
a:eftion, or the boa!}' air 01 .id!·room or workshop.
VenJYusa is a ~\lue ool1lbin.tion of soothing. cleaillil1l.
refreshing, and bea~~g dements. lie regu\1'" uee enrur~ a
.kin of """ch·like SoItn... and a complexion ' alway. radiant
with' the beautilul de.... bloom ~ ywtb.

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A CONGRATULATORY MEETING.
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A.ft&- the count in the evening, the .Re... R. S.

(vi.oa.r~f C&vemam). the Rev. A. U.
~ct of their waterworks engiueman, .aJfred It~~iSt:.band Mr. H. Burney, seeret~.Y f()r the
Bltokea, of Mount Cotta.ges, Cl~ve, lingle, ag~d
pital, attended a.t the comDuttee
34, on the ground that bta ser7.lcefl were elSl:I~nti~ l'OOma
t'eC8lve tlie reau-lt of the collections.
in keepiilg up the public water sUf.Ply for a dlStnet
.Mr. ll'. E. Po,,",\ prwded, and ...d that. he
whIch coven over 30 8qUa.re mi eB. Spokes wu would first like to w,e lcome tbe VISitOrs. Be hoped
now he said, w()rkin~ 17 houra a. da.y, a.nd the it. would be thelr pleaaure to meet the Vicar 0'1
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many occasiqna, fo,t.. it was evident from hll
ma.a:hinery he worke was comp lea , an & addreu that afternoon that be had the spIrit of
bre'akdowu would be very setioua. Conditional the Friendly Societies &t heart,
He hoped Mr.
exemption had been I granted Spokes for tl\re6 Booney 'Would come among them and ~ve them
montlJ'~
in allowing a further three the Chalr- what aw.t.a.noe and enooura.gement he could, and
man said it "W"U with 'a very stroug hOJ?6 that the no doubt It would. be eood for them and good tor
Company would get ~ man and tram bJM-a.t any him. The work- they were dom&, yeu.r a.fter year
rate to .ome extent.
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the ~u conaid.er:ed to be of grea.t national
Mr_ Francie WUton" 'of Heaq.. Barton, Goring, importanoe.- Both membel'll
non-membera
claimed in reSpect of hiei gardener, l!'. G. Cle.rk, of beneJit~ and durinll · l..t y.... they had , ..ued
Bridge Cottage, Goring, ard 40, married, ~e over forty tictc..ete for the ROSPlt.&l, haVing
Aid • oonoidOrable portion of the produce 01 hlB obtained them by thot oollection, and they also
bad ticl::ets
for & oOnvaleeoent home at l.utbourne.
,arden of about an acre went to woun ded 10ldiel'I The
Boapital
parade had &Iwaya IInt&iled &. smaU
m the B~tle House ·Ho.pital. The Government e.xpenae, a.nd
they had gone one better
were &110 urging ,ppopl~ to in~n-e&.se the o~tpu~. of and reduced the eJ:p6D1es, and Mr_ Cari:A!lr bad
food to the ut.m.oat. IBis under-O'ardener JOlDed kiDdJ,y come lorw&rd. &lid otl'ered . to p&;r the print.
the RM.L.r. laet yea.r, hi~ , <;haufteur had Joined 'Oil expo".... The rNult of the eoIlect'on "'as not
in London, and Cla.rlr. 'Was the only man left. . He' aa good .. Jaat. year. aai aeeini' th& number "if
IOId noShinR' from the .iarden. Conditional e::z:emp- h.elper. who wm &tr&y, that 'waa only to be extiOll for"OIle month (toDe final) W&I granted.
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pected:;. but with practically. 1l~ ~:xpen.&e8 they
W"'D
were ..ble to baud over the .~ IUIlOuu,t _ laat
CHARLES PALMER'S STE ....,..
year to th. Hospital. AlthougJr 80 many memo
H. P&lmer, Bozedo~, Whitchurch, hera. were .erving they had had 11681 aItllculty In
l"8Ipect. of E. G. Speer., married. aged gattiDi' collectors than 1n previoua ),e&re,
ste....ard: Mr_ Palmeri &I Chairman
The Rev. It: S, &rony laid that both Mr_
~ibtIDl'J,_~d not act, and Mr, Mitchelmore 8outb,ate &nd himaelf were intereated in Friendly
seat. I
Palmer ga.ve evidence iha.t hi. Soci~tlel. and w'eJ'Ie gild to lee the work and make
678 a.ct'8S waa divided mto 348 a.r&ble and the aoqu&intaneo of· the membera. He had heard
268 grazing. the ,balance being woodlands. He haa rood &OCounta of tMir aociGtHlfJ &3 eont&lDing the
408 head of eattJ~~ sheep and plg~, and hoI'1e8 were II!lite of the wor4dng men, &nd lor that reMon was
alJo bti8d on the eat.ate, Mr __Speer kept all · the glad ~ be a.oqU&inted. with them. H-e was very
&eeouuts of the
he:d entire eontro~ when mlfEh lmpl'faed with their organllSa.tio-n that day,
be was
added tba.t his
t.wo 86 It Ihcnred their ea.rneatne. in t.h.e work .
.having been .
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'O•XYGEN forI BEAUTYJ

~ TAe prooesaion W&I compoaed of the fonow~ng:­
!'lags of Belgtum, 'lI'nnoe uKl Russia. (tind13 lent
by Mr. A. w,. C....r and 14r: T. Wlii.t~belo), bo~ne
by ld....... T. 'R. Povey, J. Manden; Beech aod
Ma.under i Readi~g, Fire Brigade motor esoa.pe;
l?a04 of' the ~y..t Berb Be,t. ~,. kind permlBllon
of Major Go:. Ricba.rd.l); o8ioe.ris of the iReadwg
District A.OJ_; o1&oen ot the Reading hospital
pat',.:lej b~D.er. National ,Union of'Vehlcle WorkM_,J..'M: banner;' iuv-enUe Court "Leo," A.o.F.• lwokingbam; King Alfred BrIg Boy,' Band; banner,
Court U Robln Hood,", A.O.F.
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~4 Saunders," 4,O.F_i be.nd ot ISt . . J'.t.,
'Lada' Brigade.; banJ),er, ~utt
Gormg Heath; banner r .'Na.tlol1al n.~"ld;;;","'ijhiiOn
ba.nd and 'banuer, N&tlonal UOlon

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eve;, • and' £39 JlI. . 4jd, Wile oollected~ Lut year'1
collection amounted to £42, but then the eJ:pentea
were £3 141. ' Sd., ..1i.iI.' the expe.ll!Ie8: th.. year
amou'nt to' \>JIly £1 s.. 4<1., and !I!I:. A. W.

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TOPICAL

WOMEN'S
~iDce NOl'ember, 1914. 3,074 womc pdrolt
ba.v.e passed through the registers for 11\ork ,U
EngJa.nd and WaJ.es.
To tbQ6e wb'o ~n ow dIe
n&tura of the work to- be done, thisl Dw;nber l.)fld
the self..a.crifioo It denotes 18 Sllllply ut.oll ndl!l~.

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A painful impreaaion W&II
Common. on Monday 1;Iy
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annou,ncement Its to t e

oivi1iaD.a mterned at Ruhleben.

It baa not the glamour a.nd eXClt.emr nt 1of

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Dr. Taylor, the repre80Dte.t1v0
in Berlin, that the German
deliberately reduet;d t he food

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unj;il ,they repre.ent less

food Unit.8,' aod ' th'a.t th.,.- ha.ve

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of money -whiCh

ill-h~t.h o~ , a.ae,i

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duty
who, by
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and haTe only ' ~&Dded over 22 unfit civilian.
in eicDUlge. for 375 Oednan cjvilia.na.
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UUl'ernment as m,,:unate t.u.a
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erman
Gonmment dOf!s' noti accept, withm a week: from

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theJ.r reCeipt of It, th, proposal that
British
civilian8 a.t Rubleben should be e:z:chah~J for a
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be f n__
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oonipelled to conaidet what COUl'le to ~dopt WIth
regard to the ratJoDs lof G;ermall civilians interned
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POINTS IN THE F~ANCE Bf:L.
1wo points in the F
,manha BIll which hare beeD
Bomew},la.t keenly deb8.ted are (1) th'e ppbea.tion
of th, iri,crea.sed exoe~s profits duty to controlled
mu,pition etta.bhahmentla, and (2) the ad 'tionaJ tn-

COPlo ta.x on Amertcan ' securt'tJes whIch are withId
th Tre
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he when
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ettablil!lhmevla c?ntend tha.t, ' as under
the-Munibfone Act their profits a.re limited, they
n'd not. ha.ve to.· R&Y t h111 exce,"! profi'duty.
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But; Mr. MeKennio ~inte~ put that t~e. barga.in
with tile MiDl.Btry dJ. MunitioDS as to. limiting
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profit. aa the cODsider&tlon require
v toe W:~
union . leaders in retub. for their consent to the

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The b-f8ain cu·
not imply that cooticlled. firibe ehould
~:::r.~~I.~~~ &ll httvre t~a.tlon. Ho-.Jrever, the
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J4~uer, the Prim"l Mi.n.ister,
George received a deputation of
of coutrolled .firms on I l.'uesday
that a ' small committee
the deputation Ito thrub.
Mr. McKenna and Mr.

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'in the atreek as in the hYfl-W'&]s, &n~ n I weatl.!~'
, - __.0'·, baa been had enougb to deter thcse~OluntarJ

ahould ha.ve
ratiOns. · The Germ~ Govmment
oUr prote8t that if ~~ey a:re not in
their
of war it is
'JJh~y:&T8 TFtaining
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work" la.belled 116 such, altbough It wo..:ld oe
difficult perha.p!I to find work more Dftedeki at ::1I:!y
time. II.nd above 011 during the uDna.tu~a.l t On<! "
tiona of war. Far from It being 1n tjh8}unell ght,

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workers from tb&r ee1f-imposed but rna ~ neccs·
Everywhere the l'eE.ults of pit rol \\ ork
have been exoeUent. Girls' clubs t It vo ueelJ
opened and IUOOOl8fully cwrled on, lond work ,ID.
the neighbourhood of a.tlttiOO6 biLS bQ,
t.,,,,r-" cU. 1
larly gOOd. frwt.
In 00'6 case a. 't!a.\I~n official
li'a.ve. patrol t.b.o foUowlDg qlUt& unlsohFlted te~·
t.lDlODLlJ.t to the value
the work. I1e , aid· "J
want to tell you what a d1fl'oreooe yOur hieing berB I
hu made; it 18 qwte wonderful. We illsefi to lUL\'1l I
I=irle ]n the booki ng hall by t he dO'~ ' I IJl:t no . .
It 15 nearly clea.r•• _ . I wu telhng ou,r prJva(.8
what I think; be I&W you at dina (here,
to 8&y tho aa.mo to oJ D Io'It.: (~
when he comes rOllD~' Ob, yed
foJ;'
g-ood WOI k, tha.t It s " 'lh ~

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a.utborlUes al ke .. peal.:: 'n
The ' Dublin Can·
responsiqle . r~, jnuch ,m·
atreets. On pne OCtlLlilon
th&to .be would ha,ve T uoh \:!.lutd
of women pat.cob, and In lli 1*£1 occur·
renee he WIll not h.eaita.te to send for t.bcm On
a.not.her OOCMIOD, patrols rendered grc4 t ~elll at :a.
large mll~tary camp on th~ outsk,lrts ~f ~ 8ubu ~b;
tho road l.1IBAt whtch waa ito f& votturlte rF,rt. a
gnlt of 't¥
Their be)lLvIOW. dur n~ the ftr.,
week WIM
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hande
appeared upo tbe sceM,
tnelrtbeadvent
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