Reading Observer 10-1916

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of thewlheh
audience
that ~o d081red to make the N ~,tlonal

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of RS11wa.ymen the ca.tspaw vlIth

dr&w the ch¥tnut, from the ~.

to a certain extent countor&~tod by tn •.! fact
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k nme I0 f the InenQ1le ~,
that the prevIQus
the 1oca.1 branch of ~e Umon, mcluding
..... Mr. E J -Hlckey; had vlOlted the
The New Tr~q8port Company, Ltd, and
anved a. practical demonstra.tlon I of the
of the proposed system and had been co:nsi'~.lablly

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The Perfec'
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AWKWARD QUESTIONS,
Neverthelell8, questlon tlme l!Iaw a.
questlons hurled at the locturer,
had often to :be Bupplem1ented by
M Adam, whO' occupIed the chalr,
of the N ew Transport C0rPpany,
Horruman~ .lir Gathe shied badlUY;~i:.~~t;a~."q,~;~~~,~

Nothmg else can ,,:'~~~~~r~
aame m&"elloul bo.lt~g_
dis.... trom >he tissue...

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Buk _the.
ItchioR', "np8 f ••ter.ng ated

relu.tmg to the natlOna1tsa.tIOD of :'
he atated that he Wa.8 Qll1t.e opposed
finding be was not cal'rymg the meetmg
he greatly modified thus view m a

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An a,oertlOn by the lecturer
bUJ scheme would meaD an
ment. a.t. the rate of 1s pe r hour
men fell pleasantly on the eelTS of
but. a.e be fat led to produce fl~Cts
ehc.wmg how thuJ would be brought

don m place of the 74 goods 5ta. lons now III
eXlBtence and to fi t ttj ''''Ith the la.t st mvent.lons
(termma.l machmen 1, So th Lt h and a.nd foot. labour

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C. E. KEYSER ELECTED PRESIDENJ'.,

St.,.ons, II would be practically abolIshed
The bU lldmg.
several storeys ll\ gh would occupy from 15 to 20
acros of ground, and It would be SCn'ved by some-

thmg like a dozen tracks of ra.lIwa

The annual meallng of the Reading Literary
Sclenttfic Society WM held at the College OD
In

l~t week, th,;," Rev

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ditlOn to a number of roads for mota lorry tra ffic
The New Transport Company ",auld own 5,000
motor Jorrles to wbrk between th ~8tatl0n8 a.nd
tho c1ea.rmg house and the busmes8 ouses and the
oleanog hou!e
The working of I be term mal
machmery IS too t.tichnlca.l to expl8J.u here, but It
mclud• •overhead cranes, 11fts and C<fDvefor belt!.,

Cunnmg-

S:au:t'TING ELIMINATED.

One 01 the 8tron~eI!It arguments lin fa.vour of
Mr Gattie's proposal IS that it ehmlDates the
extenSIve a.nd dangerou8 operatlon lof shuntmg
FmanClllolly, It 18 clklmed that a surplus profit of
£12,000,000 would be reahsed 10 thQ first vea.r of
workin. It 18 estimated tbat & P'1l! proportIOn of
the 80lieme would be put mto 'Workmg order 10 SiX
month., a.nd tl at meade three !,Yurt! the thIng
would be complpWld It L!J admitted tha.t a. great
di8pla.cement of la.bour would rest,t lt, Ibut It 18 Bald
tha.t t.he lowermg of raIlway frel~ ts~ which would
come a.bout a.utoma.tlcallv, ",voul ma.ke the coun·
try stations so busy that the s aff \ dIsplaced In

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FOR DISCHARGE

London would be absorbed mother directlOn8
Another claIm, and a. somewhat exthwagant one,
was that freIght rates would be so chea.pened that
the nation
not only
I a.ble to produce
enongq
food would
to ~UPjort
ttself be
but
~ou]d have a.
surplu8 to export
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HOW IT WOULD WORi~
App~dcd IS an extract from a. Ie ture deltvered
by Mr GA.ttte a.t Btrmmgharn escrlbmg the
economies and n.dvant.a.ges to be l ob aJned by he
lDltltution of goods clearmg housea swtably de.I~ned and adequ~tely eqUIpped lan<! .ppr.~ed'
'A goods clearinghouse 16 a 9ombmntlon of all
gOod8 statIons In ADYj la.r~ centre lIt 18 e nba!
to the full realJ;r:tlotlOn of the schkm, that It must
b. coup)ed up With railways .pref.diI\g 10 ,UIdlrec·
tlOns, a;ld pTefeTa.bly WIth all 't&l,lwav8 M'!'Vlng tbe
centre 10 wblch It 18 !l1tuated Wpen Ii tram. Jellters
London l\OW I It l' ne~essMY to ~ht It Into ~it8 ill
& shunting yfttrd, 89 that one tIjUck may be sent
to one ~tOotlOn, and two trucks t? tlonother siatIOn,
and 80 on ,]be work of takin, these tru~k:s as
between shunting
Itnd goo9~ stations IS done
by pJlot
are shout ,VO o~ the~
pIlot trIPS
day. I But under Iclear·
InB"bouee
I!Ihttntmg and these
tripS are
The tralD lwould
moo the
WIthout any
ever Tra.Ins
loa.ded eo as
the fla.t trucks cO~v~~h~~!J them
ibm
by
tlonal. <eleva,tion:
ary goods
The ordinary
all ',i.;{coio.mlmicabl. ver>~ic.ll1V

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tho debaor lIad
an borrowed money Be
applicatIon untIl the next

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THE ,RIGHT
'SPIRIT.
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Ot8cial Receiver mIght be, conto oeming to """'. arrange-

.. disdiarge oouJdl be ~,,,'f,ed
than merely COD8entmg r to
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NATION:AL
PARTY.
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of medical men

Hall's

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appreCIate It -

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testlmomals from
users prove it. If
Imtable and [un·
HaU's Wwe to.da.y.

say;s:

prelSlon crea.ted soon pas!;cd awa.y
businesl etandpomt, hpwcver, there aeemed
to ••:y m favour of Ih. scheme Summed up, the
Idea 'WM to bwld one huge deming ~Iouse m Lon

R~ADING LITERARY AND
, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. _

conveys a fee~lD g
and well ' ibemg.

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lIOn. A questIOn by Mr Arthur Broaelle:!
how the scheme was to be fimmced,
answer th&t the bank behmd the
Company would tprm~h the illoq,~JU,IJUU ""emil"ed.

wonderful way.

means s trength
By enrlcbib g the

IUgbt, when I "as la
area, my pa.t.ient Wall

collapse from frlght.
bav8 som4 Ha.U's
aDd was thankllJI.
<ei''''Id " :~

paneut .t

o~ce."