Reading Observer 10-1916

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B.I&JP'IlBB, WIN" AWJ
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tHE!' . BREWERY.

r4~. ~ JlILlTllY 'OON'i1u.<j:'rolis.

t.lng

da.ys, be

mana.ges to grllOfl
p .....nce on- occ!aslOn.
sent &t 1Thunday'. "
meetmi
Wheh
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f!le uure I--of 8&elng hi. lOp, Mr , .V.~" OO'
Phl1bnck, co.opl6d a. member
ber WIth

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BAILWAT IlT.A.TION.

PBICB

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ToWn CouDell ~ one of ~be repre8en ~atl'~e.

We.t Ward

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That Ml-Phllbrlck. co-olltlon was

not imannnoul 'W'M not due to "any d'Oubt u to hIS
abiHty to fill the POllttton, liut to the unred In t~
Labour tanka MUSed some munths ago ~iien a
vacancy in Mmlter ~atd ,iu fllle"d )The ~aPo\lr

BE~DINjE"'''

cI.,m that th,s w.. their ...t .and 'il)~?iher
....re wrongly d.prl'l~d of . It, and Mr.•, J T
Brownls nommation in oppq~tiOn to Mr a A
Phllbnck .... m Ihe nature of a prote.t Mr
Brown, however! wlio 11' • pr(j m~"t J]lem~r "Of
the M&i'xio.n Club, only obtained two vQu s.

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BY .&ntJINTIIIENT :to KII!G

THE ~OYA,L 'BERKS.When the hllJtory of thi. war come. to be WTlt.ten
'I1re.r8 W84 a good &ft~~il.'ic~ ' ~
the nughty deeds of valour performed by the drive of the IJhuisl.on$ Club,
RKE KING'S SERDS:!.!: k,
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liSt The tlnv8 wa.a 9Roya1
Berk.b.iro
Regiment
wlll
mUte
lIome
of
the
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mOlt wonderful reading m the whole of the re pnze ,duners were - 1 Mrs
BEADING.
Kent. 2 MI8 ~&mee tLlId Mrs J"'""~r'h
cords
At present the progress of _ the Royal and.Mrs Tdll1h., 4 MrsC<rrlnd.r
D.rka can only be famtly t ......d by the heavy J H ~tilu . .ot6d"lI!
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DlUOJIl LISTS OJ!'
FOR
FARM
casualties susta.med Bn{ the pen~~l recognition
.I; • AIm GARDEN po.t free on .• p~~o~t,on.
WHlSTD~
of t.he bravery of Its officers and tIlen Begmnm~
whJst drlVQ "as h eld at. the hoodqu9.rtcra. of
With the retrea.t fI:Om Mons BIld contlDlllng '3:own thoA. Readlllg
Bt"Ilncb of t he National UOion ot
to the present da.y, the Royal Berka ha.ve figured Gll4wQrkere aDd General La.bourers on Tuesday
m almost every big battle that has been J'opght The followlii. were the prnteWIDners -badles 1,

8UTTO~ & SONS

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Putn1st

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Their mAny deeds of dernng dQ

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WIND IMPORTERS
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No. 80.

THE MEDICAL APPEAL BO<\RD.It * ould lie millmstmg to now wliat t • • Wh·
tary Represeniatl'n on the EAsth&JllPst.ea(l THlinna!
ImagIneS the MedIcal Appeal Boa.rd is for. The
E..thamp,tead Tribunal had before It th. C&86 of
a builder who produced & number of doctoral cor

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APPLICATION.

Tnbunal had to ... ogn... that tho apphcant had
tWIOO
belore the Medical Boord at Readmg,
PM8ed for goneraJ rem&. and I.I.e.. 1m
£bo certIficate of th. ·H...r~.'itr~'~
speelahst, heJD.! cerliBed a, fit for garn.,!lon... puty
abroad Th. Eii8thampatead Tnbunal. I• .,ijd WIth
problem, did what. any re&8onabte man would
0%jI0Ct.
They adjoumod the .... to enable tb.
Mllitary RepreemtatIve to anang6''foi the man to
be IInIlllil.d br tll6 MedlO&\ AppOiU BciCd. Tliii
Military mp .....ntatIT. refused 10 do, and
took th...... to tb.4 BerJa Appeal Tnbunal
B.rb Appeal Tribunal cannot be aCCUlled 01 my
imdue lenIency towtort:it apphcan*'t, but thiS ctse
too- b1uch e.Jm [or tho~ til iwallow lU)el they
VISCOUNT GREY'S S"EI!CI\t.
un.nllDously decIded to adjourn It 10 enabl. the
MilItary Rop .....n~tJ.. to Rrr"!)ge lor-tho appll
VI800uzh. GUY, In .. T&r7
. (lunoheon of the Poreign Prea ~t:~~::~ cant'. axammatlOn by the Medleal Appeal B~oard
ThIS put! the ma.tUr on .. proper footing, for
emphuised the unportanoe of our I t
MIlitary Rop..oentf;t.v. h....lth.r to
out the
ing, recalling. and Dever for a mc)m,e'l'
Tnbunal's Wishes mI allow the man to enJoy what
ling, what ~'!' ~h. real canoe of
will be tantamount I' to condItIonal exemptIon
pomted out that the

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Bergt ·Major)

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U nderclo~hing~UR
fell a nice rpl!a1lan t
w~arer. G~teed
in -d,octbrs' bills . .

UIiDERWEAR.
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~mbswoo~, ~turai ~er,"o.

"Flan~ola." etc., I l a , ~/ 11.
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R,eatber MIlrture. crhmero

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INSURANCE CO~Mrx-rEE' S SUCCESS.• It 10 gratifymg to lel,l1l that tho Roa'9!i!« In,ur
ance CO'lllll1U ..•• nomlO.. 'for the exeeutln, conn.
ciJ of tho NatIOnal ASlOClotlon of Inl1lnlllce Com·
DUt_ has proved IUcoouful W,th th. NotlOual
IJ\otJnDci Act In ,to present uncertiin It&ti> thO
moot cazo/uJ watcbini of .vents iJ> 1Iec:essary
Th~ Nat,onal AsSOCIatIon of In.uran", Comulltleeo
P
IS a Ib ody well adapted to d10 tLIS, for it. b .. over
the W..... tho m1p~dM.ted .. tiI*~tfulu ••s
onll bund",d Insurance COIDIDltte.. from all .,..t
Wlth ... .hioh ·li hoi been wagOd on
the iJilgdom affib.tod to ,t Th. R.odmg ' Ii>our.
Central Pow-en, and tbe sU]~rem. ii/rp()rt,m,>o
Codin5.ittee'jj successful nommee, liT.. W
01 the o~~~!s lor~hloh ..e
1' ~~~tl~~!'ih~ou~I'd prove cXooptiooat1y a~pt.ble
the 8£fort_lr ~d ~lfe lIacri.fion
I to
SocietIe., lor ~ ha.a 'betn m·

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lleceJ!l8ary for the realisation of

tetelted m friendly soclety work for

l&i great.~ ~h'n all but Tor, few.
ClOuld'ha .1orlillli!1 in tho aarh..
VllCqunt GI'JI't h~ laid, It

l>et of y..... and II a P C 1\ of
Order of Fo~n Aport from
ch{",man of the ReadlDg
Mr Stebbmg. II f.mll ..r

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At

the pr8len~ geaer&tibu 10 lU
.1&l.led to sacrifioe 10 touoh for

g.IlJraitorui that _1110 1fti>r. hut

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pr Navy. I'
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7/6, 8 /11

and 1016

2/11, 4 /11) '6 /6. 7/6

1/et, 1iU!. 2/6
GLOVES, l ie to 2/11

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oriIJarit1 !o~ tIU. future pe&OO

IMPORTANT TO SHOPKEEPER8.-.

Buropo, anh nlr! ....riOCeti Will
Tam. Th. ofigm of the war
e:z:pI.imod io a IIlDgIe ..n~,..,...
I story of iS70 over agam. It
and all ther;:JiM are reeoho.d.

The " _ , Oboe",.. " h.. been..ad to
dr .... the .ttent,on of ;JJ trodon t6 tb. Import..."
new Shop Haute' Act wld~ I~ee mto ~pel1'tlOn
a~ Monday nut The full tqt of this tAd .HI
be fqund m our adnrtwng (!olumns, but roughly
It 10)'11 do,,", that 811 shop.. with • fe.. excop'
\loni, must CI080 at/ 7 Ii m on.11 Dlghts .xcept
Friday, when tb~ cloamg hour will be 8 Pint and
Saturda.y, when &on e.s:tenalon until 9 P Pl I. proTided for We concta Wtth the remark ot Mr
Alderman A H Dull at .. msetmg of lho 'teadmg
TOWh Counell on ThunMloy. "hel>. he i&ld that h.
conltdared the Act a 'Very f&ir ' one and " ihoogbt
that the
of Reading / wopJd welcome It
'rho .nlorclng ouh. Act odd. yet one more to Ihe
many dull.. performed by the 1!orough poll!:.
f_.
f..1 ...... thai th. tead'" of ReadIng
Will o6e tb&t ;"0 nbnece....,. waf\'; I.
• on the
iboufd.... Jf an alteady oTenrotkeQ .
Some Ialliude in regard 10 .n •••N~, lI
all.wed al ChrJIlmu, ""d
Ibl. tliollor ib6uld be
;1_~~~T~:!"~.,~Co~~m:~"'.rce In tho Hou.. of
t1i.ro .... a hI, de~f6 on the
p.o~ t1ia$ a con
ooS"OD 'ironld be m.-J. ,,,,..,!!!I shop-k_ra
by .Jlo...!nl! them to r.maill bJIID till 8 I> 'fa on
all d.". IIICOl't 801=lay....hleb itmaItIo o. 9 p m
No I>fllelal 1I1tltl'lalion of t1lil deoi"hn; however,

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Jlolioy...hi h in 1914 .... jullt
1870, 'sball heTer hlt.1'e an ol>:poloiuI1Ut

JDi its ein~ter

game again.

All

~o,i for 'Waf had been ad1'anOed in
stag. be70fd that of .ny other ooi~'ntrr.
\hen, ..haa the oho.on mom.nt
IIla1l'tl!ttl"I'TfJ 'Wd made to pro1'o1te

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At a. meetihg of the Reading ~rl.,. OIOf;IDg
A.sSOCl&tlOU at the Atherueum Glub on rr1da.t 1n
last week, the questions of early dOBiD, dunng
the wlnt-er months a.n~ of Christmu holidi&n were

Mr E RUll8&l1 Jackson preliideld, and
there were a.lso preeent
Mettl's J H Smart
(secrmry of the Asooiliahon), E Ilod,eook, W

CQD.8ldered

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mMl\&b1e.
No~ "OD1r

baa Gvjnouy pl'OTlid
, more 'tho tfl1at ilielliy to tliiO"i"orlld'.
" h.
into modom
..hlah, 1t1ItiloheUp!oltea thoe., 0
:"ouJd him> od.,med
Dontn.l .hip.. the .000 of
,i'ndiacritlrlnate. d.,.truotioll of
high oxplOllTM, " ho iQuoduotiou'

·fub.biu,;.t~
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attempt-toleratod,

G_""y-Io extennlnate tho

mllitariall1 sa u the g!ut anarohiat

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the, world a grealor and
anuchy th... an,. , indlridual &o,..jclriot

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Tho,.... h .., .... n"T.
.rTf.ad .1 a

or elsew)tere .
Better Here.

Ptuc~s,

from tho front to tb.

~o;n,~i~~~:j;:;:-~§.~~'~~~ Lednard G
aoellent

Button)

whiCh

Indood

reoatnd a
owed M)
or otherBald there
work at the

undfll the
PAOHMANN TO VISIT R.EA.DING NEXT

WlIDNlilBDAY

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&Iter "'form in Ita qwti'
~etJ«I Penu&IIon 10 th~. TQ\lunl'&h
clolmB 10 compuI'ory •••1, o\OIIDIO ....4 'aI\ibo"gh
II b .. bad its dlscouragemonti It jJas'
tnlllllJihi!d In Ihe end. It';"h" ' pa[liM the
~.;Jeb" of Ih. lgen...;' public land ...otC!\od over
tI!. lnte~ of thO .P,·op ~.w.anlo. "A4.t.1* not
atoil.p{ea 10 comprOmt.......hon . t _;;.... In Ibe
goneral ...._
to do"? P\,,",bly; , oomp~l..
wiI1 he the ioaUlt ., tho pre"nb ~ei<!loc»;1
_..,.........,,/' --c
• •,

wiD\.,ry

tr.me~do~

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whe.n he ftnt ObtlLJDed

lpinolity
I, holdinJ tlJ.
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-'!1t' E&r:ot~IC::-:ho

iIIut they. .. Viooount GlIIIY cre.lared
,_ . oonOd....., are OTO.,. do,.
'6OD6niJod, " that 'ire,. ponIble,
' ta go Ihrol1gh 10 th.
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th
" •• ""entia];
, __ ug at .. ~nt.y ,10 ~
9l0t0rt. bi.t to tb.,., fulw'e lifO
' ViIoclunt-GIIBr addM : -1
• "Aftor th. war I trust the
,- Iufl'tnng ... haTo uncletWO'" tol~th..,.,
memory 01 the joInt ~.
110 througb. will be a 'perp<,tui~1
..11i&llco.A1ld Iym'pathy bet".ou
monla "'d our poopI.....
r The Dation. which are

'x.;!~~~:!t.~:t '~::~iJ

• ItruggJo.
.anarohist II oa&u:lot
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pomted out, to .spend muoh
.about ';111\1 may' hopplm aft.r T~~~1t~~~ ~

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lIat they 100.1< ;rith faTol" and
obj 'ct ... Preaidont WILIION
ltJ·. l liVII~"-":

ana

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,tho other Ql\lldll1\te for
-&to tr)'lli¥ ~ pro1ll0~'

;11" part In mamjainln8' ~o
if nation. aTe to do
88r..i11,'0.
'war by '·... nol'ng :;~;::~:...t~:1ir
...hClotlon. after tbo ..ar Ia

meeting of tho

So.n1tary l Committee

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report~

th.t dUflng tho four wooks ended Ocklber 7th h~
rooelved notl ficatlODs of tha tollowlng Cl\.. UlSD ca$es
of InfectIOUS disease, namely

6 I scn.r1rt feve r

3

dlphth."o, 5 ery.,pel.a, 1 typhoid fev~r. 1 pJ.r

pera.1 fever, 2 antenor pohOIDyeht'U!, ono of wb:lch
.as very &Cutre and f&t&l, nnd 3 !l1easle~ He also
reoelied notifications of three militarv l OtlBCS, one
of scal'let fever, one of dlphtherlO and ono of pv.r ....
typhOid fever
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TRAMWAYS COMMI'IlTEE I

At a mf)eting of the Tramwaya COmmittee on
October 12th, 1:.be Borough ACcOunt.,!] submItted
a 4'eturn relatlDK to the traffic on tb tr&mwa.ys,
showing tt&t the recelpm from the
menoement
of the ourrent dna.nde.l year to Deliobe!' 6th
a.mo~nted. to £23,552 l2s 100. t that +he receipts
durIng the correspondtng perloo oi the! ISflt finall
cl'&l year amounted to £21 927 Os 2d, tha.t the
reoelpt& from September etb to October 5th
'&Dlounted to £3,806 19s lOd , Ilnd tba.t the 1'6

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WESLEYA~

CHURCH BAZAAR.

DEAtH OF A RAItWAY
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LOOK.JAW RESULTS FROM SIMPLE

£100 RAISED.
With tbe object of reduolng the debt on C&nr~
i hlt.m Height. Wes]eyan Oliurch, a bazaar was

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ACCI~ENT.

.An inftuest faa held on Tue3dav touchlDg the
dea.th of flhoI!lf&.e Arthur OfLto, of 1, Eaton pla.ce,

hold at Oxford road W.sleyan churcli School·
room on Tuesday and Wednel!da.,.
Mr E HoyI •• of Kidmore. preold.d at the open·
Ing on Tuesdoy
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Mr T MAy SaId that a few month. aga the

Oxford·road, a"d 33'1 a porter, employed In the
good. dep&rtm'l'" of ~h. G W R
William Wfodwari1. the lather·m law. ,aid

Fund, £75 realised hY' , tho salo of Whitchurch
Hill Chap.l. £60 from the Ohapel Fund (per the
R.v John HorDl brook)" £60 from the Iru..... of
Elm Pa.rk H&lI and £36 from tbe Oxford Distnot
Fund In addition to tli~ &mount thu$ received.
the ladles or O.vereh.m H~IJhte Church. bad
undertaken to glvo £50, and Mr Homlbrook had
proml ..d £160 from tile Ch.pel Fund. The net
d.bt... w.. th.relore only £7:30. Tb.r w.ro very
muoh rndebted to the ladlel, Without whom the
e.den810n 1!I0heme woula never h"v6 beea btought
to 8.esucces8lul tS8ue With tb.e uceptlon Qf Twy.
fQrd Villnge Hall, the 4eb~ on a,.nnblm Beighl.
Church .. a.a the only remr.lJl1l\'" debt lil conneolloQ.
WIth the .cheme, for whIch \ thoy had r....d
£aII,DOO I
MISS JANET EiAALY, 01 Wltnefr ~o wholls fuuly'.
services to Methodism the Cha.lrman pa.id • warm
tnbute, declared \ the bazaaf 6-~
The .ta.ll-holden, who "'ere ...lilted by Iatilee of
nnd Oxford-t'04Qi Qhurch.efJ, wen ... tol·
M"~iW:ie:Adam., BelfJten , IC&lvert, Dunn,
F,UlDgham, Cfutch Glb.on.
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Taylor.
Stopl.s, SIIIilII,
Mill Griffin &1/01 MIll Ro,.
entArtamm~ts were given

19th, to he
spital
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It.p &red
the .Vldence of EdWin Albert
Cook, a fellow! porter, th&t a nail was loose
the plat orm I'fhe weight of the load wh ich
deceased was wheehng at the time forced the
nlul int.o the p~attorm. BO that It pierced hi S foot
Dr John A , Webster, house phYSICllUl nt the
Hospital, S&ld tha.t deceaaed was !!uffermg from
lock Jaw Be
that a.
nwl th ree lOches
in length had
hiS
toe
Though

dece&8ed, I who lYRS fL ~etotaller, came home in tno
tmlmng ~f Octbber 9th In great pam Dr Cane
debt, which had been borne bravely and uncem was lent I tor tHe nextl dlly R.t dmner time, but ho
pla.mmgly, wa.s reducJd from :£1,420 to B870, tho did not arnve ~ntll 8 o'clock, when he did '" hat
gtfts moludmg ~100 from the Twentieth Oentury he coullor dMl~ased , 1 who was taken, on Odober

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rom

9n

22nd,

'Wns ID too
and h e died on

Had the de

the ,,~oBPltal es.rher he
have stOOl a. bette: chance of
a I!flods superintendent

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of

had been jtolrl of tho accideh t

ha.d worked for thrfe hour!
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ohecker of the G \V R
the deceased'R foot he
work
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'flnan<!'-'! re8ult of the buaa.r"q I Fmt day,
£;!(), grana tol&l, *,100

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WILSON.

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:.aItoa;
Q.;..,~,:.
hope, .{Ufei
in ord~r
to
la to ...o,.J,
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trom

ISH1,NG 'GO.e

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the Natlona.l A.saoola.ilon
TlH!re a.re over 100
thij body and there
t.ee, 16
hs.,ftC&nOie&
been (lleot.ed
for
M.r
ber of the Oomnutt.%
N a.ti6HiJ. A.oclltion. of

Houfo' Act, 00'4 th...... 0
p m. w ..k·day clo,mB and 8
A Tery conlld....bl. body 01
'a11 ,n With the Idea, but 0 '~~"' _P'"' ".ni.~nt

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SANITARY COMMIT'fEE

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Dyke, J W $pIVElY (JÂ¥ll's Rubber Co), M :trancis
(Newbery's, Ltd), w. JAn:her, E Hw1e (Ne11lOn'a,
Ltd) E J Ventrls (Wm McIlroyJ.. Ltd), ! Cox
(PerrY and Cox), G A 'Wernham (Aench and Co ), receIpts dU'l'lI1g tthe corr~pondjnJr period of tho
J R Sewrer, A W ~u dor (Hem1rlg and Tudor), IlJJIt fina.nb!a.l yeer amounted to £3,100 9s lOd The
R H Ba.yll"'t W Butler, D D Ke:qneciy ~ Genera.l Mtlnager 6ubmltted a revl!ed lb{lnu s ecb~ml\
for tramWAYS employees, whiCh. the Corm1t.tee re
K«lge T T,ckl. (E 'I) /dorton), H MIllard (H
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Br06 'Ltd), H V W'lltAhll'e (4Uwells. BlnSe d commended for adoptIOn
end (0), J SmIth. ~. Morn.h (WoolfJlros), W MUSEUM AND ART GALLEIlY OOMMITrElE
Harper, F Oheyney, S SJl.er. P. B l:el1en, a.nd
At a meeting of the Museum and I Art Gn.llery
Tilley (Calvert and T\lley)
<k1mnHttee on Oct.oMr 19th, the Superintendent
It was decided. that a~'ilrlstm .. Da:sr '1.1111 Qn a. reported the receipt from tho exeoutor£1 of t.~6 Ia.le
Monday, not oniy shoV-ld shops be clOBed 00 Mon Mr Alfred Wilkins, of 16, Elm LOdge.-a.venue
da.y and Tueeday, but! alao that the Ma.yor should ReadIDI, of two 011 paintings Ilnd t.wo l groups o..nd
be approaohed Wlth a. iVlew to ...&nijnc Wed~ar eeven flgur&8 In porcelB.ln
DonatlOI18 were re
",oij. Thuntda.f In adqltion, JD hell of tbe two Bank P:Orted from the folIowmg Mrs. Thorold of Sil
lIohda.Y6 Whl0h had. hgen fOl'elone
chester 'Hall near lb$alilDg. &nd Mr Mill Steph<ln
Tbere was some difficulty 1U comln, to • deeliloo 8OD, or 38, Rltherdon·road. Upper TOOtlng, London,
over the ma.tter of early olosin, dunD( the winter, SW
but a.!ter a. long diRCUSlJ10n tt WM ~eea that the
STREET OOLLEGTIONB.
e1<l81D.iL hour sbQ,uld be 6 pm Oft llocdiYI,J TUes·
At & meetmg of the Watch Commithet!ll 6ft Oct,o..
days, Tbundays a.nd FrIdays, and 8 ~ m on 8a.tura Der 17th, the CommIttee ooll.8ldered the question
da,.. thouih Mr Silver refused to aOqu~ In M malnn, reguiatlODs with
I ~ shee t col·
thl.ll proposition.
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If
lootlOtuJ, a.nd ea.m& to tbe wnclUiilon that such
Votea of tha.na were pa.seed to:Mr Jt.eben tor regul&tlons were deslr&ble Tbey the fore settled
preelding and to lIr V.entrIlI, eeelIetU'}' of the and approved ~ft re;ru1atlonB
AthenteUm Club, for the U6e of tbe olab room

THE R.I!!.C A.The Readmg Early C1001O, AII••nallon
deavotmDg to ,0 _yen further than

~tion 'It Turkey-aU th..e thinj(1l

MrM

iRah60n, L

rettpeo'

:MIt W STElmING<l' Rl)NOUR
WI .... lilformed
'II atobblup, the
'&toe Chairman of t he
lnIuraoce Oommlt-

~(- receIved
_ _......
1_

th
••
doliborato

dntamt

proVIded.

~~~t::!::::

the barbarous ill·treatment of

to belle'I!Ce,

the .tI~ lallt Saturday W8re G KilmlIl8ter and B.
Nialioll1. The tint membera' 5OO1al thIS I6aIIOD was
held on Wednead&T' when. .. larg8 oumber were
preJ!lent
partners whi!;t Ctrin of 16 band8, a.r:ranged
by the Co~mi~~, re.u1ted u follows -1 Pte S~hoe
and Mfaa PlthOUlle, 2 Mr. R. Jia8h' 8.nd M.n. Demc.k, 3
Mr A H Hill ODd Mloe WillioD, • Mr. and Mrs
Grundy Prizes ware presented by !Ira. Relf The
mUSical pro~mel arranged by Mr A. A. Nash, conlIkted of daDoing, 101118, etc Light relreibment.e ware

b)!' :or.

", .

b. intrO<I~

TIl. Jo nlllhtly dart tourna"lente ..... ngod by Mr.
liaTe proTed very popular Tfia winners

H. flood

In

trad....

connFY (ilfthll ""'" Rtt..lo)lo
.tap, ...d thai doftJlOln .t.p "aa
1)f ab .1t/"'1\11111l ..hlob
Ibo

•

EARLY CLOSlNG AND XMAS
HOIJ.IDAYS.

hel4t 1U the
Parmer H
on Saturoav Mr Cbulea Mo&9 ploolded
IIlfl::l tliere WM a lUJ. attendance A. capital pro
pmme IODs', recltatiOllJ and Instrumental musIc
,.,u pro.,li it. by the followiojt Jachee a.nd gentlemen
HIIIl!J'"Barn ttl MiM Rider, MUss Dell, MiN Ander1l0n,
!.In IUd • M~ W Mo... W Clift. J e.. Smith and
F. G Bo Ii During the internl coffee and cakes
"'~re sm
at a muill ch~e to cover COlt
seMOn WAS

•

Ptuifian nliJitvioin. imd tho NI1.bli,lui.nt

which
make
•
I

long a.ndl somewhat.

October 9t.b the Medloal Officer of H.ca.lth

SATURDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENTS
'Tli~ fin l' of the ..n .. of Saturd,y' Dllht frse and

teea

~

J

ra

Co¥l1itl~. 'rI milt:.e& con~1ted 01 76 membef1!l.
been reorgaouled and the n~r cut
mg of the Iolluranoe A t; t , aild:
Insur_ ma.king the c6mpetltlon muCh more keen
~ Oonmuttee are to "be oon«r-tu[aied on eflolarOROBS LEOTURE
!nit hi s1eCÂ¥6n to the ~l AuoO,.Uon
of the BntiBh Red CrMa Society •
...ntipol!d. '
:~~,~~~rJ::=yW'aa I1nn at the Abbey aan i
'"
OTenml. by Dr o..mpbel
, . The care. &n~ tmna.

'11' .ho wo/. to the oomploto

paIr

~

to

E Quelch, J B Walters. H Watt.&, F W ponn~.r
J VI' Ma.rbn F W AlIwl"lght , W E Callier IlJl
F Wlnter partlC19&ted
It appea.red that smce the C'Oml!f'ltt.ee had It..
to advl1noe the wages a Jet.t.er haij been received
from ~be NatIOnal Umon of Corppra.t.lon Work~BJ
8tatlng tha.t after October 9th nOLUnion members
would jreheve B.ny non UDiOn members 10 Il.Dj
ca.paClty whatever
Tlll& lett.er was described a
& three.t and as a piece of baret aced tyra.nn:r.. a.n
It was largely due to Its receipt that the mlnutd
of the Farm Commlt.te~ were chnrlenged
I
On B. vote, howover, they we e adopted hI' a
majorIty of approXlma.t.eiv two to one
The follOWing reports :were ado!,ted _

carrr

-nla1ly affool..J bY the oouditi,e,!1 whio}Jilpfl!idn,>ed
..ar. Th. IAlliN ..nuot
tliillr anno .lntil tb.y han olillahled ~bilOl"t"I"
~ur. Abd lmp~ablo aafe«iiir<iI 61nll.gwLnlln.
teM agalne( th. po ..lhiht,: of a
b.,ng fbreed'l1pOh 1I11rop. by
18m. It ii' ...n Wei. tli.'
recalled to L from time tel Wno

w...

~11: ~:~;on l~

GeQrJ,e Bnth.olotbe1lV, of Llebenrood·road,
In"
(Wife of Mr At'thur Churchill Bartholomew),
ba mother, IS tb6 executr}I

eM}' eDte!rl..inment.e for the

PAR1
wr ;I'~~~~d~
'~tha.t.
h; t he w a~e of
ThiS CommIttee
·
each able-boched
workman emp!oyoo. II.t
Manor Fann be fur~er Increased b~ 26 6d ~
week dUTlJIg the Iperiod of the
nIB WIll In,
valve n.n additional expenditure at the r.nte Clt
deba.t& tn which :M~ra. I J Eighte.Efn, J

SNOOKER 'l'OURNAMENT
A mooker tournament Wall held at the Gladstone
Olub OD Monday In the pt'Osence of Ii. ~ood com pA.uy of
mem~! I A fiDe ezpmdtton of the game was ,riven III
nearly au ~e twenty games which were piayea. The
tUlcates conclUSively proVlng that he was unfit fpr fintLlista ?iVod to be R. T Leaver aDd A MtJehaml
a.nd
a Tet close game ",as seen, Lea.Ter W1llJUng In an
the Army
These cerliflca.w.e wert! not all gIven
exCltiug
h b.1 two POlrita, thus repeatlUg the VIOtory
by local doctors, for one waa the studied deCISIon he gnm8d the previous week On Monda.y next tho
of a Harlcy street &peelalls.
Agamlt thIS the attraction
be ,,8,mS bilha.rd. handlC&p.
..

DBTA.lLBD PRIGB LIST

Tax):
3/3&

W LUAI:.6d, lun ~ pla.Ylng IlS lady), 121 , 2. MID'; A
Wellman, 119. mr'tcry, MISS E Allen, lOS Gen·

Read ~

Pergusons, R.eadlng."

Telepho~e:

Ul preVlOUII~

Plesled

hov. been added to agam and .gam, and ~6J. ... \l.men 1, Mr 'I,1ma.. e, 114 , 2, Mr T MartIn
cOlllmg to he reprded .. ono of the crack mfantry ill; lIIyetery, Mr.A " SmIth, 104
'l'CIgunents .. of the - Bn'liah ~'1' ln~ another
SOIlDIER'S WILL
bolun;n·~ publlih -. fufthet 'lial Of'honliiilftliih~d
aa:r't&in Guy' Wolluton Bartholomew of Read
by men- of the Royal BeTke, and, alas, .lsd a. hat i'ng,
forniorly O"f Pilgrmi6 W~t.erh am, Kent., of
of casualtl" sUstamed 10 £b~ recent lIg~tlDg tne XUig's Boyn.. RIfle Co~, younger 60n of Mr
end
Mrs
Arthur Bartholomew, of Readmg. 1l\ibo
Tnlly, Readmg and Berkshire have every reasoo
WSIS killed in-..aetioD III France on August. 25th last,
to be proud ?f the &y.1 Derkahire &glment.
left e:!ta.t6 valued at £a 054 1&
Mrs Cla.ra. St

SP~Ri.T
. MER.C,HANTS
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I,

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TB~

FERousoNS' ,

Recital

Orsgood

TO 'I'D EDlTOli. 01' '1'IDI

It

Sir,-Wlth referenoe to
oel,.ed froJ:n oolleoton, 'p"bJi,sb''!i
O:t yOlD' t6;d.@oY' lame,
canmg&\ offered tor
to tbe wmnel'8 by;
grand concert at
k.ind!r giv.II-lor-th.
Frank T:reevoe, of ..,
perl:~~.!r. at

of the Veterans'
House, Adelphi,

of , that I body,

undO'D.o whICh can
O'fJ and men who

elsewhere abroad
hn ~