Reading Observer 08-1916

of tIie
)leld "" Saturday' ~~'. w .... , I'ri.ver 'ailld
~d J. H Denyon (~i
A Fera.rd, Slr W. Camero~
Capt. F, C L'!'ier."
G. H. I Peten,
C • Rlcaido, H
- ' Col G. 's w.n.. , H
G ' Adi.m., G L Baker;
F Bate.
' Co!eli!'OOke Carter. P . de M'
Cavell, C W Cox, :t1F. J K, "Croas, P E .. ._'" .....~
Crutchley.
A F&lThurst, A F1)Igley, It pod.
dard. E A Hanley. J P Lockwood. J Loual!'Y;
,\ H Maude, G MitiilieU, E Norkctt. E. ,PM'
fill , Lord Georgo Pratt; J Rankin,O W Raynor,
L Rob",n. P, Bolo. T-"- BlrnJ!:&Y. E W K Blade.
F ~ sm.~th
r B 1 G 0 Smltli. 'Pr' B '1:oyl••• W :
J love, J I
Walker, ' C B ~ Wilson and SLr
....tmg

.M::;i4.

EVASIONS OF THE

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At the Berka :ft.snrance Committee.
Reading 00 Saturday lael. Mr W
sa.ld that there were a. gteat number
wh.oh tho lnElUl'&DOO Act w ..
Women and B ~lgI8ns wero bemg ....,PI<.y.d.
no a.ttempt made to st.n.mp thetr

Jl

t,

' Bart.

George Yo

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very unfair to other employers, and

know .f they could do anything in~th. \ 'nat,ter.
Tho C!LUBMAN (Mr FranCiS
mIght not be so generally known
came under the IAct However. Me
brmg the matter before the Fmance
P~03E!8 Sub ComDllttee, beca.u,se It

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THE LAfE.'Bm MBERT-·MOWDRAY.
The C~- ref.,....d tq. the' lolS wll.oh the
County and ~
I
Council had 'W1tained -!» ~
death of Blr RoJ>crt Mowbray, thelr law ' cI!!'!r.
man He was sure everyone deeply rep,tted his
~e ~ 8ame

luss I but at.
\

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whIch affected tJieU" mcome

time those who knew hiM

THE FINANCES
The Fmance, etc I Sub Committee
their stat.ement of mcome a.nd .X],~e~n,dit"'i

iliiin during htl illoeaa would feel tha.t
hiS d"'a.th h~~' to him a merciful release He
moved that .. ' letter of condolence be wntten by
the CiOrk (M~. Morlond). on behalf of Ih. pounCil
.nd hild

5CICD

perIOd 16th April to 15th July.
Bcnefit~ AdnllDlstratlOn Fund
vlded by Committee), £350 end
£266 18, 6d. le.vmg & bo.\Mce of
Benefit Fund
Income,
expenditure £31 lIs 3d, leavmg a.

to the Rev. Ed"?-U Mowbray and other membera

of the I'DlllyJ and entered on tho minute.

I

:\ld Pn$StOl'l lseconded the re8olution, which
was carried ut8il~ce, all .!tanding
THE VlCE CHAIRMAN.
The C~ read a letter he ' had retfeived
{rom ~e VIHe Chairman, Mr W. A Mount.
)1 r . 10
I.e .~lId he WIlS afnud there wag
110 c h!\DCC t1ift 'IIi" would be able to attend lobe

II

to

was~

whiF

to _ ~vI~

meetmg that {d3.J.

Although hEr was gomg on

'refy wel). in a hok"e. he was not yet' allQwed out.
of bed lie ~oy{d to get home m teuays or a
(ortmght's tl
~

canv~1
-, \
the Army ~r

NEW MEMBER ,
On the mo lonl 01 CoL Can... oecoiided

which wo~lf •

Mr BAK.n.
E W K sf'

!he ,l'YOri t~
.llSlQ~ frqm the

l'C ounoil lUJAIllmoualy elected

e'''n
the
j

f ComptOn, NewbUry, a

CounClllor for
II8ley Electoral D,VISIon
place 01 the I to r J . J. Ey>ton "

attached ito

E1ifto~noN
1the

B~J
I

£1,168 8s 9d
Medical Benefit Fund
£4,500 nod expenditure £232 15s 2d J
total expendlture of £4,565 148 7d.
a fba.lance In ! hand of £1,484 58. .5d.
ma.ted expendIture for the ensui.r:l g

In

the

THE
AId. Capt

COMMITTEE

'(

proTlded' temporarIly
mmiatratlun of the War
1."~n~'CC~~~b~~~~l~~
such 11m> to be ut.hsed for or<linl," .d.nitlilltr.t.i '. j
purposes, IUch as salaries,
poatage3, etc 7 n.nd ['or no

Its a.doptlOn
j
~ld Sir C G~ observod th.1 .. to boys taken
from ~hool e lioped his e~ence of the lost
feVi weeka W3 UI' exceptIon that provcd,the rule
A fortmght It 7 ("'t·Thut.d~y hi.o balldf &pphed
for a. My to he}p m the harvest-field, and the
attendance 0 er}..c sme down f but up to late. lut

Col CARTEll ~conded the 4",en,dm,ent.
after dISCUYIOn, WILl!! agreed to
report pMsed
AGRICULTURAL INSl'RUCTION
I
The Agricultural ILlI:itructlon Committee pre
sented .. report of the AgrlCultural Organllser.

IFnd.y) Dlgh. n~!fing hod "fen .... of ,the boy.
10 day. when
w.. 8U~ urgent neea to get
tbo bay.an c.;,rn harVemf that acomf!ld to hun
I1
i
be
fld,lcuious H"""~ perfect Y wIUmg to
prosecuted and pa.~ ~l:ie fine untd the barv~ '\!faa all
In
A ne.gnl>P.tiif.of If..; no .. at the front ....
who had lost ~:f Jill! men. had a boy fot two da;rs,
and he (the " PeKker) was tOld that man Wall
g Oing t.o be~r~cuted. H the -Q;,DlDlltte• ....re
~ such an extent thtly
gomg to C8 r ...
tApe, to

iii.,"

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a

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tTf!lw1~;i

h~.,

recelTed.

,!~~;;~~[~i'::~~=~i±:1~:~

(81l' C

ckt

;::reanin!:'truetijIf a=:;::n~::;~:eT:adunng Iii~~~i;,~;'~th;

re..,• .a ltf : 'He. ifoUld pornt oul lhat
no such .. thInia~Â¥ uemptlon& for children
13 e%cept they JiM a certi/l",,(o, AU Ih. Com,
mdtee_ could do 'f,!wu to lnstrnct thetr attendanoe
"fB~ ;not iO ~cUto. and th~t Instrncl_ ..... I.~;;~t;;~;~
.i!i ear\.eat' p....ble moment alter
I
g.y".pn, ,a.' :th0 ""
; v,l
the 1l-pphcitlon WAS teC8lved. ~e thought It ve~
un'foitunafe. thJJ.t '" member of the COMetI a.nd rof 1914,
L

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BENCH.

lOWing year; .and
.this ve¥' the. ,~~~~~~~~3~~{!~~dj~':~_;)~t,~
Berks CO'QInlltt~ - _-. _" _ ...

the RoaQ Board
authontte.
AI
m~ roM the

~V1D8' .. ~pttons lor fa.rm work . . Smce
th. ;W.~ 1h~.Y ;hll1it glme beyoDd that. and had m
Blructea their af~dance omoore thlit 1Q pl'\!por
C"...ser. aU cliilare~ jllnder 13 should be a.llowed
go £0 Iat'Dl 1Vor~, and had told school m!"'.'S"·.... 1
lhet they would put no obstacle m the way
They had .xe"i~ lI!'oro than ' 300 children Inoder
13. anil apph""tw'nTwere dewl With every Solur
d' l
No pullhcl~ office could be expected- to
work~ more rap~y than t ha.t , especiluly as the
elcu~mg of lI1diYip,ual chIldren was closely luper.
ViSed" by the Board or EducatIOn
They would
contmue on theirf present linea 1n SPIte of any
otrong language ..,.hi$ ~'l!ht be "sed. contmumg I-::~~~~~:..
t.o do tholr best ; .f1ind h. hopod th .. Conncd would I.
Ou! In

(llear, h ear )
~
SIr C GULLJ ~fluB pomt was tha.t the deC1SJOn
should 118. ClOlIllIlul.icsted to the apphcanl at the
'icry tint ~~t~l_w~real m "" the cue .. of hta
Dlao more ~ ;l'. ~ortnight had gone by and no
back them Dp

commUQ\ca.tlQJl. w,Mtger ha4 been made
The ..~~ ...op appro ...d.
•
SMALL HOLDINGS .AND ALLOTMENTB

'\ :f.,olOaTrEE
.'
call the':'ltiniloJir..Of the B01ud otj,j~:~·~~r;
fhlS Co~t. clliocted thB

Fish ...e. to the fad that .......) proport.ea .n lb •• 11'I01Il1.
Count,. Bl1!I CD:'DIJilg moo the market mortlv
to enquLre "!he,6h:er, m i the Board', opmlOD, It.
would be "'1Mbl. for .~hose proptrt... .., be In.
tpected and' consIdered wltb a view to

""'lul,.tion

aloau

holdmga noder lhe

;~:~':~~~~W~'!trh~:I~h:.i.0:bJPct
llI,,,;.. ~~iof
.. btingcin.

CouncIl's
the nolleo
be '\Iiorthy

NallO,:n:~aI~:~~~~i~~' ·pnivi.sion

.urpasse~(d1~;!:E~;::~;:

egga were ;

:~~:S~'C[hh..~:e~~~l~U~~r whom

GU])

t!i4t ~CODUDIttee~
1 ould go about.tIJlng-to ISpread,
amtmg .. ~}aZr{ tum commumty partlcula.rly,1
an JJDpreil.~ion" ~.. ' tliere W8I any unwilhngn"esa
t o do what th~~,fro.J?trl1 could do In the matter
of releuing '- boYtl!· To ' tell'"' peopte that If they
"lntt,t tioys It...;''U no l good wAltmg for exemptlOO, bnt~4-~e. them, was a direct JOoentlV~
to peopte ~1io l~not bor the law to put t~emsel... e's lD direot. ~~ltion WIth thf!l law AJ a
fact the B8rb"'Cinmittee had alwa.ya been gener

I

O+er 180 Z1tlmg\.

!!!~C~~;il~~~~~!ff~~t Za; ~
-gtVeG "/( once

Bedford. recelvcd from the PrinCipal

dirtnbutlon scheme l has

In tbls

~. o~~:'~f~"l:h:.~.

lion ..",""

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r1!:~~:~;:.4~1~~i~T~1~~::~\~:1 ~:l:~~~~~~'~.f~:

ttl..

cITat.efy upon ,P t CatlGn beIng
c;>o tie 1ran"".W!d II to' Ihe

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d A t
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f A
It
f U
t ' Cibl
'V'
c 109 ean 0, gncu u;r 0
Dlvor:" y
lege,. Rea.diDg IThe report d,..lt. With the WOl'k
dunng the qua.rtelj
&ltb. 1916, and
...I.id "V.,,!, o~ mspection ~av. been
10
'different # he:,t hla.l cent
ln the
lj>8Ipe,:to., .,
conSiderable In I ase In the advLSory
the work ho.s !become notlcea.ble dunng the
quarter. Requests I,~or -adv.ce on vanoua motl<jra
have been dealt mtb, and V15~ts have been paid
m. a numDer of caLs,
1~ clllefly, In connection W1~
manunng and fungOid attack! One or two
b~.. 8J!I1 ;r..et uln8~vedJ are bcmg
:~~~~t~~!~;~~~
fwther ~ Thlrtc~n samples of V&r.101lJk. agtiiJo" .,"o.;::. _1
turaJ. commoditIeS :ve:- been sent to the
" ; ,jionndi~il~,,!'. ':,
for. anal,....
- by llerkafiii..
~
f...-mors Work
\I
ttectlon wltb th abortion scheJlle IS progressing
mOllt favourably and several new herd/:! h&v~ (been
tncluded m the tlCheme The success of "be' egg

ended Jurie

'Wou d make
a farce, and earn the conAId. o!L.'l'1UJ(:
IenJpl
the co tIaoroughly, agreed mth Sir C
Gull, berng 10.1~
'l~ .... about the lalDe ~tlon. He
J.
L t .u..........
was 10 Id In Lpn
....
.....ocaI authonly had
powat' to
tIl the matter, and that every
facility should be1gtVeD; as the two htJ.rYestt wer
Tlta.J tl)" the
\~ The.. Education Authority
,
,1
...,Al<lWlL"m.f
emed to
""
_~d
leelmg
8"1< C.at GlIIl,
'\!J lor
hodnolgJvonhia
agncultunatil.
facts qw~ corre~l, The first.. a.pplfcation waa 1' .!~U"!'lte
made on rFri~
{ , 'tJuly 7th l'he attendance officer
tJ••• ".",\"oo
cl:tuld not go < I....". g a.bout to all pfaces unble

fujI

PR:PF'OSALB.

meDt to the effoct
m the dds~t,on 'Df

The report 0{
Eduea.tlon Commlttee has
already been ubi'ished. and AId WILLINJ[ moveCl

~

"k,-,.!",,,,,,,"

the .wIlmer With a. view to ndvunng them~ upon
,!.he further man',.g. ent of poultry, Ih • •beqefit.
of the scheme .J~uld l?e further enhanced itN~m
..vetal centres tllo' Iel!lre h .. been .xprcs~<!lltb.'
the echeme 1'Vlll be contmued next. yeay f' Mr
Costm, ,inoIructor. temporary charge of .b,brt•.
· Rea dinb
CJl It ore at U mversll Col Iego.
g. .. pllJd
Vl81Us of adVice to lSeveral gardens
allofOtents
He 18 a.1so engaged 1m ludgmg: and at tb~ jame
time glvmg adVlCO llpon 67 a.nd 55 gat dens and
&llotmenta at Burghfield and Speen, respectl~ely,
under the garden prize schellle of horticultuJraJ
lOCletles at those \places AdVISOry T 1f.qr~ by
correapondence on be'e culture baa been daaltWlt~
Owmg to the Il1ne5~ of Mr EdwM'<U} ' a~ge~t. were made fOr M.r- ,'FlOOd, anot'li6r: tt;XPert
at tbe Belkeh.ire Dec Keepers' AsSOClatlon~ ' to ad.
IIDd d6mon8tra~ upon the manageih~nt of
m the Hurst 11.trlct. MISS Malp.,a,1 who
was gnmted an cxtr.nslon of her daarymg ,.exhlbl
t.on at the I..t meJimg. aM whp hai 'no~ en- ..... -__ •. ~.-.
lered upon the fO~ has w",len &XJIreasui'g her
tha.nlal to the Oomm ttee for t-helI' act.lon Wlth
a Vlew to startillg Struct;lOD m cheese makIng;
fur'her enqu.r••• h.
bee': made amee -the IJ,t
meetmg. bUt no
looa]',£y ha. been,10,u1d.
of the Bo.~ of
been kept lR!<l!mIe,J
tn the COUJltY]rer k
connJ,O'fion WIth
has been
cnpAClt'; or as
m reg.,.d to the
for horve.t"

and

tho 21st of October was
tlon Fund I £320, Sanatonum
¥t"U"~' I £1.700, MedlC.1 BeDefit Fund £8.890.
£10,910 The ComWlttee's balance at
on 15th July wu £5.684 8s 2d.
£4.039 19. 7d must be deducted to
""j.>10,y~(118tandlDg cheqne •• 1••VIDg £1.644 as 7d
PEPPARD SANATORIUM.
The Tuberculo... S~b-Commlttee
the County Council, haVlDg been co,nml'lnic.teo
Gre)tj'ri,.r;· :1 With, ha.ve stated that under an
the Loca.l Government Boai'd under
of the 1911 Act there was no power to
t.he tuggklJted representat.~on of the It:::~
Committee on the ma.nagement of the
Sanatonum
Tho m~tter
referred to the SUb-(~lDll~t." • .
for further negotmtlon

w..

INSURANCE ACT BENEFITS
ThiS Sub Committee I also reported
the lut meeting of the <Commlttec
ha.ve received extra. nourI.shment l 20
nrc.V"'M w.th shellers, 13 Wlth
ho.d sanatOl'lUm treatment,
sent to a hOSPltal.

DRUGB, IN BULK,
MedIca.1 Benefit. etc, .B.ib.'Co.mnli~l~