Reading Observer 08-1916

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any 't~!en;entt'

vety lOrry·

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the ptisoner'&
interest! he,

in oUitody for a. week, wh4:lrr
would report on the s40~ bf his nHrid.

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i 11'1. the Murse of its article on BundA.;

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AND TUE IVOTE1:

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, ha.;e oppof!ied the clB-iml on ooe ground, land

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BEFORE T~E ' DAWN.
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stile loy thll edge of • fiold of
No .tan shone I througJ< the mantling cloud.·, nuT
· Wu there &Dy sib. of j da.wn. The ' light bf
'· I.gg.ro moon for Ian i'1'tant: lQught to
·the dark cloud·curf.in OY
1 erhead, tI!en .~I ,,!'&
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'. an dO rr.a.r
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" r., with !fonnlees vapour.b~nginp, denM dark
..r¢ heavy. Yct,ffor ¥e darkest night. i.
al::Jsolutely black-there ~&8 liaht . eD:0ugh t.o ,
tt'66.forIns' nnd ~here these .tood
· Cl'Owding 'CelloWll, ligb~ enough to ,
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· . ~cies, for e.a.ch sepa.ra\&) tree
'. bl&ck mMS· against th~ess d~D"
•J th~ clouds and ~ ita o~tline !~owed.
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, }Vith no &.pparent so roe of h,ht, It _~ w¥
' though old Mother E.
.... tI!rOwIng: ollt I
of the lightof yesterdty as tribute to
pt'~aclll~g heraL4s J of ltD tber ' day.

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The clock- j"n eo near

~urch tower struck

in tone. which sbivere throuiJa .,~~e nljl'~,.~!'~(1
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me, lingered in
e wood beyond.

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. a.wesome in
sound of
I lOmethirlg
oburch clock Itriking h e hour ill night iepecl.lly if the night i>lotllJ.
wa~ seem to tremble and vibra.te intO
,eJ invilible. dne lilte8 to be1.ieve tha~ .
• f sounds are never jIoat, .that tbe~ .pre~ "in
ing circl .. through .tbe F ive"" ~d atrike
siTe tone. in all I they jtoueh. . <?oUld our
1. trained to be~r it. I do~ht. .not tb~ each
-e&eh' .tone· of ourl great cathedral.
to ~yu;an the ch3.~tf!i a.n . sonoroUS ".ntb,ema.
doW\) t brough the oeritJr,.. h&,.. been

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the ohoir, thul re-echoiiig .. &. grand Te
thO hhlmon1.. ' ~ all . the yun. Suob
catpe to FIe on~ ~s 1 leaned againlt the
- oC '8o beech -tree lin a. wood ·.to ,
• ~BoI ' na. wipd to ,. tir the ·leaves, yet

i . lisu;mng, with eAr pressed- elMe. against
r Muld detect, ,ar perhr.po 1 tholIght 1

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the libilance . of tn_oving } ea.1'ea

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LEvER

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THE CORN

bu t they are nGt
price of wheat ~
the fre lgM deand tbe Plale

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Commonwealth

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at b·Itrari Iy aD d oflA!n f 001"
"" y tbe to\n mark.t ~ 'a s follow.:for oJ) let .llf .simplify the thfflg·
I' I', d'=cul' ._ mak. a. reliable. -.tim,,1A!1
to 'Vote be s\ven Ito every man anp
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large tOlUlag6 or
aW.thltingteJ:port
to
e! eamcu
10 the "Times"

bllS attained yean 1 of re8ponlibility: d&Dlage ca.used by rust 10 North AXllO"'C',
tive. u.nd.twenty. for th~n .tbey ~ave ! we are ",till of the opinion tha.t
_~Se to J;lut a~a.y .chtltlilh tlh~g! . . 80mewhat exa.ggert\ted. . In two (IT

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also chaT~red
sa.me purpo!.e
many of them,
a.ctoally &If\ved.
thev represent;
Australian 'pIt.

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THE PRIME· MIMISTER 'AND
WOMEN'S ·VOTES. ' .

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beannge ln l two ye~r8 .of -ra.r, I li U h ve more (le1lnite information;
nght to be 1r1'~.d WIth Its
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tend t,418 year to i~ue rather ~ter
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:annual', tiummer en.imltes of the
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crop" ':'. !heco~dition..creoiedbrthow'~ri'ndlerit
?,ore th,:", evtr ne.e,o&ry ~O<Iopt ...oryproii....tion
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m cAec~LD~ .80 (-.t as pOillble the
m!!i .v"';oua eonnfrl .., more
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e.tlma.tes have themselves so
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''1'wleai\ii.,. We wlinhorefore deal for the
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broadly with the qUB!tion of IUpply and
In the co';'.; of his speech on Monday night in so far &I it it affected ' by the l o s s '
the HOUle of Commons Mr. Asquith aa.id:
undoublA!dly been IDstaine4 in U.S.A.
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bd, l urt.h*, the moment. you bekin .. general . In the 6rat fl,,?,. we ~ve to t.ea.r
enfranchi8ement on the8& linea of Sta.te lervioe you Jut yeU"1 crop . uceeded ' all
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a.rel~ughf face to f&ce · w1w... anothef moat foJlllid- to ~t orop the~-h&d aleo to ~
~blr propo.ition. What . &re.. yon to del with the
lOme 100,000,000 bUlhels, or
wo'jnen? (Cheer;' and laughter•.) :,1 do not think I quarten, ea.rried · forward from the
shall be suspected-my record iu the ma.tter is I To: ·tb:eM We have .to add a tota.l
cleL---of h&yipg a.ny apeci&l$deaire lor predisposi· I Ainerica ol roUildly 160J OOO.OOO
. to bring Iwoqien within the p~e of the' ,(tan· then, at the beginfling of la.st.

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but
1 have
a ' a.htliorieed
many to
repHsen·
of 162;500,000
fro~
thosereceived
who a.re
apeak tot&J.
r.QD.!lWlption,
incl~dingquarterl
seeding,

&lid I ·... bOWld to> "IY tha~ they ·pre· Iiben.! ..tiJllate. or the home
not
a. reaaona.ble, but I think, Oana.d& IlrIld ! continental U.S.A.
an ;unanl,,:,erable

n.'rr.r,tlv content if

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of thing',
in • . new cl ... of
ev,ir "ro"Ddl ' of ~t'at" eervice, they
uI ,can p08sibly ' deoy
war the w!,men . 01
,.,,?eitd
effective se"le~ iJi ,
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an other .01...
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lraared-high
· of"th.
and a near
darkwoM
h,kigsrow
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like tbe ' walla .1 00lI1. old
, .~d nJjDoui. Aw.y,beyond tho ",00II
quickly ~ a' ', atrennoDi highway"
•meacia, 4nd agafu beyond these lio,
hill. of anotheT l shi"'! The..
't'illibte lUI a. da.rk Im&BI ou the far.0 indistinct tbot tbeir upper, linOtI

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t.h61t'longer
II.Oriow8
andto the women
thOlt' 411.
can ,we any
deny
who 'l'hea
~ave
wr~u~ht and suffered, and who bavp worked :fell
even if they ha.ve not suffered, ~he Iflght to sna.re
future of the nation whose fa.te is entwined
very he&.rt,..strings? ,\Vel cannot. ~be
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and they rb'ave iproved their
.it. The time .ha. come . to giie &.
·D(lftlOCrncy; io make it · a. rea.l
of the nation, and not Qr..

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of ! its sPle~'did
I and ha ds
with it-L-

Wash' bed and
all the. floors

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fact Of their sex, were deba.rred from bearing 3.
in nationa.l defcnoe.
We were wrong.
Women have: borne. and s.re bhring. their full
s~a.re . in the hospitals, in the munition fa.etopea,
in all the depa.rtmentll of life in which they lia.ve
tuen men's burdens upon theit'shouldera in o~der
to release men for the wa.r. And more vet in the
uncomplain}ng .heroism with which they eLM

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fuoHTII &riuCTLY

uSfd.

p~o~cti~e. qual
wi~h it-Bathe wi

one ground alone--no.m.ely; tha.t women, by Itpe

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Lif~buoy Soap

t~e future bails o~ ~the fra.nchise the H ~bl!e.rvl~r "
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The mild

dis~us!ing

of the right of women t.o vote. trhey
.arned It W. "'1 '0 frankly. In the past

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help Ito
'ospitalor
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of this

drive disease
home. So
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.wonderful
mi6robes of
let alone

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BUOY

Ill"""'" sen.e

~t' 76,000,000 quuten.

Exports (or the

mier, Mr.
-tocltl~ the ~hQI. ~ituation: m
spint.ed manner wben 1P thj.B couontry, lJld
a.rr.ngemRto have been made for very heavy ex·
ports of h~t from the Commonwea.lth during
the n~xt tb,...s or fone month.. It will! be seen,
therefore, that, ~arring further dama.ge in North
America or elaewbere, the .prollpect oC 8uppheil ]S
not .t 011 a bJ.d Ion., leaving entlrely out 01 co,.
aideration an~ ahipments t~a.t ma-y be ~bti.med
from Rus~ia. o~ any of the mmor exporters) such as
Egypt, Algeria., Peru, etd.
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If tim~ hid permitted, we ,!,oul<j hove prm nt.ed
out' ealctilationa in ta.bular form j but as 11 very
large per~enta.ge of our staff is serving with the
colours, there IS lees. t6me than usual for .uch a
milthod cit presenta.tion, and we can therefore only

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In o'rdered sequence the
as they presenL
themselvk
ill the course of dicta.tion.

Since aictat'lng the 'foregoing, it i. announad

that the tot.al number of vessels cha.rtered by tho
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do no
Australian Government i. 95, and th.t t cse, WlL
to '..bide last @6&liO~ r&D\o~teci t6 & littl.
the 14 8te&me~ purchased, will be utillsed to elyou are 6O,~,000 qu&tten.
T.h'"
port about 10,900 ,000 quOJter, of whe.t.
",hat- 136,000,000 qUI,,"n, wblch. IU;~~!\~:g f.~d:;:~~
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out II ffom the ~t.1 availabl. at the II<
1915. ~ .bould ha.V8) elt ~ .8urplus on the
thia yoar 01 36 500 000 quarters' huo
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' 1st' B1fT. BERK'SHIRE VOLUNTEER
pnoe, alwaY' reduce the ccnBUlllptlOn of
U.S.A". below the norma.l average per
REGIMENT.
especially in the lOuthem .talA!e whe",
la.rgely oon.umed, ,it will be found tba.t
--o___
of wh..t haa by 'thi. me"", been in'"..~... d
5,O<XJ.ooo -quarters· more ·than the th',oreti qai
ht l lan~ 2nd COM~ANIES.
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order to be ~n. bhe 8 &f& side,
the a.,ailabl. reserve on the 1st July

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IIP,ooo,OOO .qu~rton .

pe~ptibly I the, haDgiIa;~g
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The
b,~·':7.~it:~f,!:~!.nd
of .ky &lid

Orden lfor week endmg August 26t h
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Owing to t~e dlfticulty of arnlng l D~ LM cater'
mg, it will nqt be posslbie to sleep out OD S:llUf·
ds.y night. ~<lmben. wi1l therefore parn.de , u:~
Armoury 8.1 I Sunclay m orning , aud go by 8 :J.l~

train to Twy 'ord n1IUchinrr to Know l HI ll, {d,

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after w\Uchlng b~k to 'r;"yford ,,·it! return or
the 6 .8 tl:&ln ~D the eve nin g. 'l'nos6 members \\11..
care to do IiO oan oycle the who le dl~ll\r.N , tht~
~iIl parade t Ie Armoury 8.15 and l .lhe n!lt't (0:
dummies. M n mUlt take t heLr ?w n ra.tlons
Monda.y.-8liooting, No.8 PlaoooD (late D, LOY_:,
Alfred·street Ua.nge, 6.30 to 8.30. R~ erulto clu~,

there was no'

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A.hnoury, 7.3d:
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TueWa.y.--Bhooting, No.4 Pl&toon (lale B (oY ·':
C'a&.> 10'
Alfl·ed·Itree£ IRange, 6.30 00 8.30
N.C.O.'6, CloU-a tiTound , 7.30.
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1"c!e..Ji~'ir·· "'rt!i> thO· ,"..ti~ ",f !,"p,",tion
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only ' an' iatimate fot co

~~~~ U~;:~ A~y·tb. lu~ American
blh&Jlitante of the Philippi*e.
Th~e, : bo'l!'.Ver••hould. be
ll.Ul;!,.~::-I · duotea, •• '. ahil>"'''''t~ from ' U.S.A.' to
aa~ ~ortA,

Armoury, 7.30. "Band practice, St.. Gi les' HIl. ~I, 8
Wed.p06day•.LOompa.n~ pa.rade .o\rllloury . 73!J. ,
TbltJ'iJdaY'~Qotini. No: 5 Platoon [Jate ~
Coy I), jAlfNXi.;keet }{a.nge, 6.30 to 8.30 Ree!!I]!..'.
cla&s, Arm0u:r1. 7.30.
Fl'id~y.~Qoting. No. 1 Platoon (lll.le A CO) 1:
Alfred-strr&et ltange, 6.30 to 8.30. Special 1U~ ,ru,
t1on, .umo\Jrt . 7.15.
RecrU Its.' ICla&s , Ar.JlOU~\.
7.30. Shooting, No. (; P latoon (late G COJ .), Ear.c,

RAnge, wmaJ tlm~. Shooting. No.2 p)aUlon ,!i1\l
]) Coy:.); Bart~b. 7.30 to 9.30. .... llango offim,
Corpl. Newman.

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The Alfred.'street- and O:<loro.road Ran:;c5

and not &8 qOlDleJI"c
open to a.ll mfIOberS of Nos . I, 4, 5 a nd 8 plato,);!
dally.
181lml~ti;>n .; .b~t it is' very nece.,&ry tb.t
I. H. HODGSON r:](' ~ t Col.,
into ~q'idetation in forming
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Coul!IIJuci nl! !
cJysioll .. to avail&ble. supplies.
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CALCOT PLATOON .
t..~ ·
u.. of .iho in.ccur&Cy Of lome JI<I••~~Dm'.nt
retur9s, or allowing for 80Dle of last
Saturd&y, Aug. J9~b . -See Batva.ho D Or<ier5 • k
being ·unmUla.ble,· or fQr &oms
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Wedne6day, Aug. 23rd.-8bootlDg , C ;J. !COL r ar
6-30.
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p".""'"U· .1 own, we rei:luoe the available aurplue
Saturda.y, Aug. 26th.-Sh~otin g, Ca kCot. Pork
~ 60,000,000' qU&rtero for bhe
done wi. we do not
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that our ..tlm.to io

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Rifle Brigade, feU - from' a. wmdow a.t )llllbJO:>
Hospita l, &lld was killed.
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War economies and re8t.r icLioDS h a.le resllltN 10
"'.;C-"'","' to t.he ,publrc puna of Ishng ll)D of o.. ~t
twelvo Jllonl.hs.
Footb&ll As;~oe!a.ll on

U.(••ermnoi'"

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the War Oftke ur;;,ng ! ~~
.tu on gat;e.-moDey lIudcr £5 <:t.
war tu: was lea.dlU~ to tile

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cha.U1lla.n of Qllat lt : .

salary

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tor t,be ti [i,t. ~\\b:
voted to t

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