Reading Observer 01-1917

thel
that he

IS

of an
to

.~k:j.ti~ut., !~t ..factory to
18 provided

lih.~i~."it,.rv Oommlttee

local lmol"ledge that makes
lDdilipensa.ble'" Y~t for thE1 fike of provldmg

.u~,.~,'" I!;ireolt'frc,m lb. Alhambra

t.he '1 own

IOhtary recrult for the f\nny
111 prepared to

t he rl!!1r of endangermg
of tbe Cl' 11 popula.tlOn of Readmg m

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to tJ}oa6 of the m any sdldlera b !leted

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Borough

In

~=~~~;~~~~~~~~~;dl.II ANOTHER ASPECT OF TH~ ICASE -

Another aspect of the Cas'f~ll5 tho di1fercnt
trj'"t,ne"t meted out to Gover~~ ent servants en
m "ork nothlDg hke 80 I portant as that

the Ipspector of NU1!lIIlce, Th~e tort)loate
IOdlvlduals are exempted over Itf6 heads .of the

S~"'''.o" ro LE)"'S COOPER

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lItERCHANT,

MARKET PLACE,

READING"

Local rrlbunal and BO 1ar so!! \we can learn rhe
Subetltutlon Officer has no Jur'8~ ' ftlon where they

are concerned We do not SlllZ{!ert tha.t they are
not mdi'W0nsable nor do we n'Cfssartly 88.y that

tlley should b. released fpr mIlitary ServIce but It
15\ neCeB&~ to retain 8011\6 sehse of propprtlOD

and herore a~mg to the re1edelof the Inspector
of NUisances whos~ work UI really Important the
Town Council might enquU'e 'flien some of the
young gentletyen m
V3TlOUS pb~ernment offi.ce~
In Reading are to b~ SUbstl~ted
Clerks ca.n

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AN

Th.

655 'fW
1 POPULAR

ILL~ICAL

of NUl ••uce,

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EMrLOYER,-

01

The trla.is and trlb~latlOns
a. Tnbunal Here
11l~trQ.te'd a.t a slt:ing of the Readmg Tnbunal
on7}{onday when a. ±rrner protested agamst lobe
achoD of the SUbStltU Ion Officer In offenDg 1 m a
substItute fa;' !:its mIl roundS~'! who ha.d been
pa6sed for ~lneral 5EllVlCe I Th arrner appeared

BEN
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~ spared before ~n Ins

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bOfore the llrlbun&1 land com I med of unf'lf
tre.tment becau.e h,. "'t1~ ro,;y~sm.l' was to be

NAVAL

taken )Vhlle other firms

MILITARY

I
READING.

LIFlTS

the town were allowed

there were speCHt! Cll'cumstances ,hen cxem~tlOn s
were granted and that very fe
If anv of the
exempted round$men were fit fqr rgeneral service
It ma.y be pomted out that the fa.rmer would have
been a.llowed to bve ~~t&'f'ed
had he not
been pa1ised J or g, neral
The ultImate
declSlOn of ~~e Tnbuna.l tha.t t e certIficate of
exemptIon ~ w.thdra.wp condItional on an
effic,.n~ oubs(llute'bemg ~rOVld~.id 1 wa, , Ju.st and
proper one, ~
I
1

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1!mao

ON

RT"'ON

In

to retam their ~mplo,;ces e gl1g Ce 1m SImIlar 'Work
r he Deputy Mayor endei vourer rto explll}l\ that
eaCh case was dea.lt With on It ments and that

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1'101READING

rervl

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PRECEPT Af.D PiACT\CE
I : '
The ca.use Wlptematlotta.l So Jltsml has seldom
~ceJ.v.ed a more severe blow In ending than that
dehverea on Sundn.y last I and ~rra.doxlcal as It
may sesm the blow 1""' stru 'Il by those who

BY APP011N~'Y':NT

, Utd.

place .Interna.tlona.liBm In ~he f refront of theIr
programme, It ~ppe",s thnt th Reading Branch
of the N a~lOna.1 Soclalt.at \Party arranged B. 'VISIt
from Mr Councillor F H G rle of Watford
whose extenslve kno-w.led~ of
19tum a.nd Bel
glJlll ajf!l,lrs e minently Iitted hI
~o 'peak on the
burmog IsubJect of tho ~Iglan eportatlOn. ThIS
arrange1!lent ,..ems to ha.ve glvf'1 oflence to the
pacifist 8ocltl,list~ In I;t.eadlDg w,~ Fontended that
such a que.t,on mIght well be \eft to wh&t they
choose to call the
ca.p\tnitst I Pres!
They
boycotted tho meehng
full report of
on another pltge

arran

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REASON

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THE Bn,lItho,.,..

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"Fer.Ir.,8'DrjS, Reading.
No, 80.

DBTA

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GRAND JQRIESI
J uIle, has aUOe
and al Ihe Jao! Borough Qu,lr!i!!
A H SPOK!!S (Ihe 'necorder)
illf'oI-'ul~d that a BIll WIUI Ihortly,
to abohsh the
Grand June. &'1d he
become 18w J\Ir S~'OJl:E~
I
days .1 w&B ,ablurd that
I
p""iti(~n should b. 8U1uUJoned to try
room whethe. a p"m~
be '8ul for IfI~1 1 to a Pelty
Ireflol'fled m th. pat...ra 1,1
fiudmg he had only
de.1 With boldly deo.ded to
QU"s~ton of Gr~nd

placo on
Stratton wsa uucomprom1s ng
wa.rds all forms 0' wh.t h •
•port, and ,t ",aa Jargely due
.f!orh l ~h.t the abolitlon of the
took 'p1&.. The lRe" Stratton
opponent of Ylv14ect1on tmd
book"j on th.t ,ubJect

--'--For

.elling

baking

powder eo~\&lnIng

a.t8e

H6nr1 Pree\a"d
and Fra.nk Gook, OOl"D.

"'0,

muchanta,

Waltha.m

.tow were on Saturday

fined illi

...h at I tbe

SIr.tlord Polioe Oourt

of 1&ndon are
_•••~1 ., the Read ng