Reading Observer 09-1916

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Footpatu m t:Ka ,molt.... ancient 9f our national
ok ..p~iona. ~ To rob ..Bntain if ita foot'Were to rob Bntob.s of more (than half their
l, by the ma .. t h'~
~1l'1I}.'1!!~~": though, ot" & . truW!,
i>':~ ;" Wn;t,'ti(:ed, ' or at best, where

the audience in~uding •
other churcheo: m the
th' l form of a
L.R.A-M., F ...,."u"
vocal Items
(the P..t:or's
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Mr. E.

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de,}, a;.]:=~~:~~t~
alter many

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time secured the

DEATH.
FEYER.

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An mquest. wa, held on Fnday In la.st week
into the c1rcumstances lof the "'death of the threeold child of Mr. ilnd Mrs C E Gunter, 10, R6s.
Cottages, P"roap;ect-streeh Readmg.
T he
chIld died 10 the ~oYia.l Berkshire H ospital on IIg' co.tc,
Tnesd.y, Auguat 29th
The mother, whose husband IS a. prIva.te m tjhe
Oxford and Buc~a LIght/ Infantry, s<J.ld her Son

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hod
h_!'Ith.
but when h. fe1h down he 1I ~:h~~rbi~:go:;~ti~
used had
to gogood
blnck
pn thc fo c€) nnd Jose hls brea.~h II
' " I used to cov ~ hIs mouth WIth my own,'

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added wltnesa. '.' Iand dra.w m my hreath to
produce :re8plI·a.tl ~n, and if that failed 1 rubtied

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greaf;est
plpe organ He felt mre
dl'tion of the or~an at that

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be most beneficlal.

The

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h,. face and haniis With vinegar. whICh brought

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THE \NATIONAL .M~SSJON.
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{(;u.iwila

Baymarket,\ S.W,), .hould pro,e \of ' ~t 15fI~
lD helpmg to make :the MlSalon itnd Ita m6Sl~~
wlilely known.
It. baa been drawn byl llr: Eric
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,tlI. X6llpIDgton who haa provide«;l an arresting
Plotore. In tho foregroun\l is tbe ~,"I of Chriat,

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clergy,
gars, women a nd little ~'hlldren.
is a VIVid eODtrut between thiS (!i'eNe
With l UJ ba.ckgrouod of factone. aDd. ~oke,

the whIte appealmg figure of Chns~ 1111the
grouoa. The whole Plef:i:un finely) emph~.

the HUJIlOD. which 111 let out lbelOw
.. Jeeus aaid, The Kingdom of Godl lS j at hand.
Repent ye land believe the Gospel tt' A. 'lJ)eCuhen
copy C&D-- be obtained from S.P.O ~ at M., pOBt

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BiWLS" NOTES.

In the crQ'Wd are a

soldier, llallor, atnnan .~ Croll nUflej l ....,rIc""·••

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SEC, LIEUT MASTERS BRQWN
Second LieutenlUlt Harold Mast.ers Brown 11 C
been seen bY, DI Sta?,field for d,arb())a and conRoyal Berks1h lre iR.egJ.IlumL, who died of ~oum!~
vuls\on shl11took h ~ tb the Hospita.l
on July 9t~ lagoo 28, was the thlrQ BOll of Mr atd
Dr Webster, hOUS&1 physlcmD at the HospItal, Mrs Wilham Brown, of 81m-fold, Sussex lie !"" flS
erud that on admiSSIOn thb child's pUp'Ils were educated at. i!foniliam Gromma r SChool Bnd Kmg I
dilated and Its face w h.s blue It was gasptng for Collego, Lonaan, wbere he took hiS D Sc d egree
breath BOd died I!\:t - 815 that. evemng A po,t WIth honour,.. BiG Icomma.nd mg officer 6I)Cok s of
mortem showed that lIt
well devoloped and him a& i' a. fDost popular and ga.lIa.nt! offiCer, ,, 110
the organs were liealthy. Septu:amua. from pnen- led hiS oompp-ny. of whlch he had lU S!, tak.en com
mooocUB (the uudo-orga.l11sm of acute loba.r pneu- tl)and, ucrosa to t he enemy's lines I splcnd dl) ,
moms; was the cause of death. It W'8o!!I not a. case :Die was wounded m Jive places, afid had beeQ.
awarded th~ M;lhtary Cr065 , after hul. doat.h
of spotted fever, there. was no pOU!lonoua matter.
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A verdict In accordance was returned.
p LD WELLlNGIrONIANj
LLeut a:r.d Adrvtant Edward Vtlhers Brl M:oe.
Royal W&.r'W\lckshire Regiment, lD lSslng, boile\6d
killed, waa ~e cnll'j chlld of Ma.Jor E W .BrISCOO
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(retirf!d), Jb 4.., CommiSSioner of PrUlona and Mrs
BTl6COe. of p9, Barkston 'garoens, .g W: nnd II!~
22 ~f¥U'B of laga
Educa.ted at. WolhngLoon a l d
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Sam1hllr6t, lio obta.med his comtru.ellion In Scptcm
ber, 1913. IHe wa8 present througli the relreat
from IMODS, ]tha Marne, tho Aisne u.nJ the dnl
llIoJ'al Berb Regt -The a.ppolntmeot of 2nd Lt ba.ttle of Ypres Tho gallAnt office'r r' as promoted
R. C<:lrnthwi:l.lte (Do r~t Itegt., Spec. R.es.) to &. capta.m 111 .Mn.reh I 17th, but the notice ouh
notitl~ in U Ga.zette " of Aupust ISLh, IS corr. appeared lD the II Gazette" on August 23th Iho
Temp. 2nd Lt. F T AO<lrew, from Wi:lte day on Wh ICh news of hiS death ren ched ll om('
to be temp, 2nd Lt ' (August 16th, but With Captam Brl$coe f88 tWice mentioned In dr"
patch ...
I ~eniolritv from No. 16th, 1P15)
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Royal Berks Regt - Temp. Lt.s to be temp
CaJ?t& (August 21st I A V RoblDeOn, and to bo
AdJt, E. T alhol;..BowB (Incorrectly descrIbed a.&
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m "G.,_t"''' of August 5th.
T.emp.
~nd Lt. W. H. T Long to be LoalD. Lt
(Au!/uot 21st).
Royal Berks Regt -Lt ·Col E J.
cestei' Regt to be Lt. Col
Sutton's efterta.inod Braeknell on Wednesrla"
deneB a& (rom July Stih (Sspt
nnd nft6r a. ne game won by 17 :;bow. Detal15 Roya.\ Berks
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2nd Lt P. D Col el:.~,
Sutton's' COUIOS, Tnylor, Sborter, Barrett
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Brn.ekneU Sri Curter, \tnoner, \V ;poy ndcr, G
Lt (00 prob ) S. A.. Wheeler,
W""'v;ck-II Brown
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-'THE NATIONAL l!IS8tON POSTE&.
The llppeaJ. of th6 tNationaY.l£iaaioD
...p.r~.r be made by ymoua flHIth~
e.nt waya
Many of tbOM whom.' t.1.." I'''''''~h
r·gf';e.,!'lIly
aeelting will perhaps be Arat, rucbed
to the e1e. TbO''1*tcmal pel.ter Of
",hlCh will lloon be issued by the Soclet, for 'Fromoting Chl'lstia.n ' KDowledge (Greener Houae, 68~

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He had prevIOusly; suffered froOl
but seemed all nght when they ca.me
to Readmg about su ImontpB ago
He liad no
other aJ1ruent s!\ve from frequently b.IlIng down
About three mont~ ago Drs Stu.n.sfield and
Cropp a.ttended himlqr croup Her son had a. fit
after 12 o'clock on 'l'uesda.y mormng, havmg Just
convulSIOns

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amoke ~tbe background.

Before commg to Readmg she sa.w

Dr H"II"ey. at F ,tney , who attended hIm for

the followmg
BOCOnd )tems~
half of'
F (RaBd), Overture
E '(M"~l(lil,
D I ;Flat (Lemare),
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and, Mrs. ' W.lter
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deemer ·" wlth deep f hog, Mise Du,nning
i•• green hill." an~
. Heath ~
bury contributed the duet (Stainer)"
~I love excelling " ,

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2nd Lt

21st, 1.916, but 'WIth SOntOrltJ from
Berke Yeom&nry -2nd Lieut D. H.
granted the temp. rank of Lt. Whlillt
with the !R F.e. .(iJune 1at)

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DAVID DE,V A.NT DRAWS BIG
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Sutton'A P F Barker,! W~ B. S'ta.oey, H A
Peskett, B;. T HeSkl~
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Bracknell JJI. 'Yard, J. \Vaison J C Pltber,
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Suttoo'g· A. Austm, H . G. Cox, A. J . Rawe!,
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lock. W. E J;l"ley
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n.lhenl·s ~p potntDlcllt ,JI
O.over:p.or of Pari&, sa. M DlOmet 1Il 1 ue ;.; ,"
Witners/~ I
not a a ll rcmcmbN the 1,IlHOIl'
procla.r.atlOn In which a mformed Pall :iI ;J I1 ~ th~t
theIr Clt.y w~ld be de ended In ,t ords wh ic h 1(1
da.y a.ppear fl111 of meubmg 'Ve w ele too atl en
hve tb the lea.p3 l fo~ard whICh I day aHel ci3\

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broug4t the 'e nemy ~~rrer to hI S goal , i1ud til'
rehandImg
the Cabmr t tho name I t t.ook \1 b l d l
recaUed. 1870 as if we t .a~tuallY were ]1\111 ': 1I~i'f
a.gam l ~d the hat1e fnl tragedy,
fad s J.,t·ld~
which words Iseemed P] 'fUIlY fut ,le On S'p('"
bar 3¢ I ~ to ~a.ke p m y mlOd to go 1,I I' r to
Londof, whe~ I bad bUBmess whi ch cOlllJ 110
longer l be postponed.
h e lourne rt to D LCPPC \1 IS
a revelation, ti a. Jluzzl g one. All' a. lon g- t be hlle.
camptng m
fields or crowdlnf: the la lh , II
bUIldings, there were t oops of all klIl d,., dll el ul
y,!ung jtroops lfuU lof. "~a1it.Y and Jukes . a, ",h'
ferent to the enemY's a. vance Wi If t.he~ h 1\1 bu·:!
another l>ta:ne~~;!I.D. whlie the, q llllstl olL CHf
lastingly roee m \Diy m nd. Where do t hey "oll~e
from? the cbnclulLon hlch thea' pre scm:c fnl Cl!d
on me gradq"aIly icca. e Btrol1ge~ \\b\ the: e.
troops are lhtlim two da,.ys' Dlarcih 01 llr ill' ai' ,
and Kluck may be outfl~nked, and pelhnp<; 111\ ,,1.1
Terrltoru~lB were wantcq for no other pHI po ~~ alJ d
~h18 )9 not UY.70 over a.~a.lD, but merely thll t: lin
109 out of a plan of which we a.ll have hc,lro and
1U thatt cue Joffrel mU6~ be & wonderful m all l~ hD
kept hil l head under !apparently h eart.bn Ikmi

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Wednesday r esulted In
T Bry a n nnd F, Cmt'r
wmnIng the first prl~es, wbJle S Brown Slid Jlun(;t)
were Sccond
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CKET'S VIC'l'OR Y
MalClenhe:td Thlck:et ,?slled the F'aclon 13 C <III
Saturday, and JSeC\l'red
merItor IOUS
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a.1l other a.rtiste:! ~t the Pa.lace Theatre
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IS a pIty, for
of the other a,tjlJts gIve ,p~rformQnces.
avera.ge. In thiS category must be
--" ch a.ra.cter1,1jdancer, I whose
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Bl tw.a.,
clever
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danJ Is f&1.fly
brmg down the
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prove1 a quatnt comedu.Ul, and
clever lc omedy Juggler, while
Madeleine Yvo$b TriO contnbute an
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act
DaVid
first, appears in 801 sketch WhlCh he t erms U ,.
pnsmg absur<hty, wtltten bond JDvented py
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A num~r bi wonderful illUSions
worked. in, mcluding Ithe great IndHlIl
The la.tter trick b-owcver, disappomts.
18 expected and so lIttle ]s performed.
I)eva.nt proVldes mucp am\lBcment wlth
girl and some egga,. l.and He wmds up
magIc mrrror, probaqly the cleverest and
a.ttra.ctlve llluslon of the scmes.

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