Reading Observer 12-1916

aU Ibi•• pleudid
publio . IIOhooli.
of our pnblio scbools,
. der ef thew
I
to be prou

Iho",.· their grit in
~riti.h

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' answered nobly to Ihn
<l! tb ¥r
-il. hour of n,ed in
ing the
of · younr officer. cif 1T11"'"
Sir WILLIAM ~OBB.RTSON "poke RO I Lig bly.
In the word. o~ the .. Doily Tel.g rap h .. I:_
~ ·' .AI!I8uredly· the publio lIohools of GreatlBl'lt ain
,
,
,
h
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Ddt failed. when t ey CtLll lXl.!lsi 0 , ha.viug
prcKluced .uob young men_," the,. i o th. i,
thousands-not as an Axolusi.,.e caste of officerll,
hut 68 true lead." 01 men. Sir 'fI LL)A )'!
RODEltTSO~8 gl~,.,ing

words of f'Ldmira ~ i o u will
give grest. enoonragement to all the ' fieud!l of
t~ phblio sohoolayatem and to thOle who h~ve
,
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worked·
8~ hard for the I Uooe88
of theI Officerft

Training Oorp","

N9T~S AND. COMM~NTS
THE ARMY OR ¥ UN1TIONS.At ~h. Reading Tribunal on Mond,y, th, }!J I ~
tary Jkpreaentative (Sir Cameron Gull) 8&id that
pretJent time 11.11 men pu.sed f()T
than geDeTSl aervi oo bw th8

~~~~:~ m~nition
with

:

16wer
o[

Cll

yrork, a.nd 8QVernJ. .sc! ere
to "pplicanttJ en ring
fa.ctorleIJ.
11'or unskilled la.oonr bMbe at the minimum rate crl 7d. per trou~,
vlelV

8.

ment

and,
1••••

8.

oPtil'

'oa".~I'ry

a man. who baa dep.ndan ~ h+ to

lh.

town, a ruhsi. lence allowance ql 17,\- ~
pel' week is granted. In n.ddition he Wll1 be lpr().
vided\ with a free milw.y wa.rra.nt., and thef~
.. smn.U extra. a.llowanoo for m&rr:ied rl,t' n !;itb
p
four br mOTe children.
Me~ &atnMl(y rl
"nd ria.ssed in ca.tegr rle8 Bl. B2, B3, C], C2 ann
03 J.n get fun partiCtll&r8 of the aa:hJmo om
the Sub,titutioD I Omcer: Sman Town Hall, ~
Ing. \They will have tr> sign a fonn a~eiJ 10
ceita.i.n, eondi~ion!!i, rione ot which 8'1"e at a.1l rhlt~tjl In the ca! e of skilled engineers be inim~ . ra.te of pay ia fixed at I Od. per br uT; the
otherl oonditiona a;re identioal with t hoso !c

ill

lIel'

a.bo.~+.

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WHy REMAIN UNSKILLED?-

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LISTS

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Towohing on the un.killed work... , .., may
pointi~ out that they 0I.Il in the &han .pa~ of
thre~ weeks po lran.formed Into .emi-'IiiI1.d

ON

wnrkl'r' by un~ergoing a. com"so of tn.tn+ S at, ~e

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l~ SI~ONnS. RI!lAll'IN<i.TaJoarBOl.B No. 75.

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Univr,aity ()c)~lege. I The College, however, I """
on1Y ltrain me~ Inepgible for m11itllry !~rvice and,
womrn , of "Il" befween- 18 Y"lm ""d 45 YFan.

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Th, 01'1 of t~. mFition faehori", I. lor skillo<!
.nd

II<\ml-'kiII
ed i",:,orkero, and the unskilled
worker who y undergoing a OOUl'Se of
.

~coioe8

r "'",m.

{-er

Ued worker, i. not I
a.
placfug him seJf 01' 1 hersell in
polrihion to
highr t' wages ~ut is rl!ndering t~c country ..
servioo. 1 The ) "
g Observer" of November
18thl g&ve lun "par ionIan of the moniUqn Olassel

V.

tl

ReSin

in ~&ding, ~nd f thor d.talls may be obw.lned
on Bp,Plic&tio to Mr. H. lL lfuYon,
cJ
,the runition co,J~tt .., UniF'i"1 (JQlIcg~.

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TH~I TEAC

CONFERkNCE.~ I

ERS'

It was to b. ';'gr.tted th~ the meeting ad·
dre ... d by S' J..J, .. '1"0",,11, M.A_~ M!P,

Ltd.

Abt.fy H ..U n Bt tuiday • Willi

nat~re, for

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...o!-lJii.·at.

WIUI

gath.rin .I~ady convinced
I,D ort, he 68 preaching
sum up Sir ameS position
to brin aboyt .d'Joa"i',on [reform
nooersa.ry to ha.v~ much
the lteacher 0 der alop the
pup
to '
& m ..... inj.""tUlg
teaoring l t deve10p a. doaire
1.IlIICluM .1 dy for ito own
finoJly,
paid teach. ;
fa.ult in thi (louJtry. of
education
l~w ~a value
porinds, shilling!! and pence.

to

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READING.
P\lrgusons,

~eadinl~.

. ' Td.'~'"" N~

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PRICS

Â¥,'

'U,"

and,

refonn., ho ever, I OGnnot be brought. ~bont

out [the add tiona.! expenditure of I!omething
five million ounds,. year, arid unlefls i thft
&8 a Ii hole
&n. ba OODvinCecit Of the
thi,l hoavy
e!l9itt= tho P 6Rllt nn!..ti.•f.,olo11[
sta.te of a.fIa" s is likelY to con inue.

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W1 K1NG

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P.-

'ljhere is

ill ,.aJcing u

vid6f.OO,
in ~i'"

p~ICularJ

ere II a. strong imc"""n"'~
UC&+lion. Firat,
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mi~ht · say, we
1I.ve the
Te~hers' A ocia.tion;
from I
of

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&

fuller

are I at

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WOT~

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thel Rea.di.ng Warkan'
tho Educa.tion Committ.ee of
R~g ~ustrfa.l Co-oper:ative SFety,
Ro&dlng B ob
the Independent L.bour

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the: I...aero 1 th, Trad. Union movement and
FrUmdly Sofeti,,! Council. The.. bodj..

A~tion' I'

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A lOry oon1dem~l. proporti6n of Ih,
of ,Reading'l and Ithey !benld be .pl.

f

mt',pa:rant
to

,uftloi6D~ inBuODoo to bear oh t1i~ Finnoo,

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mittee of the Rkading Town. CouQcU wben
~t to tKe Ed~cation Corrlmittee
under

cu~ISion.
Wlith()~ money
,

tb
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Education
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mi tee io helpl. , but unl"'r. the F inance

mi~t66

of

. t~~ Ref.din~

Townp ounci:+l tba t

?f thel town are ljehlnd
unlik.ly to i\"crer- the _ , to '&nyl

r..~i!ay."

extent.

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they

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DIt.
J. H. WAiTERS .....'m''''
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ot the IF"t i1ftere.ting
S.I:u"l.y·,
I ding~ w ~ th, di scussion
6Of.clumon of Sir Jam..

Ja

nothing w~ mo~

t~bution ' of ; Dr.
t~.

!.r.

toaohers, . whb did
wire inclined
to t....,,~
, '

many 'fttt.erances, Ibut '
~n.hJding

t»e

.....,. wen

COt~tl'S ow ..:·to

Wall

wone thin

an' inte~ption,
aC<l1lO8d th<j>n
of
"
building fAirly

the war•. there waa ho
6Bi~. seriously) &rid

.tonn of 'p~,I.uoi>