Reading Observer 03-1917

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TREATMENT 0

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SEWAGE AT MANOR FARM.
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The B tte

The Mayor (lIfr F A SlIl'Jea.nt) presIded at i At 3 meetmg of the CommIttee 10n ''F''brtlary
tho monthly m.,(tmg of thol ReadIng Town 19th the "Town Clerk ,"bmltted ¥e
Councll which W8.3 held on Thtttsda.y There were regula.hon conta.med In An ordm fade 8y
.al~ pres~t The Deput.y Mayor (Mr L G Kmg 1m OO1,JDcll
Wlth a. View t~ m~mtamlDg
Sutton) Alaennen A H Bull a G Fu,ld F A the stock of plgS In the country any';ocal
Ctt:< W J J Rnnn Stanley Hayward F B authorJty by whom a bye law hal be.,. mad. '¢lc4
Pa.rfltt T Muon J W Marlm H C Dryland IS for the tune bemg In force prohlb
restriCt.
and CouncIllo,", R J Tyrrell ~ -G Costm A JUg or regulatmg the keep ng of PI~S may grant
Newbery L 1': Quelch W SpOTks F E Mor pennlBSJon eltljer g.n.rally or ill pa I cular
tng E 0 Farrer W E Butl.r W R HowelI 10 keep pig! notwlthstandmg or co Irarr to ony
E Jackaon J EIghteen; E P CoIl er W E prOVISIOn of .ny ..ucll bye law subJ ct however
Colher G S Abram. F W AlIwnght F W to tho observance 01 any dlreclion 01 the local
Dormer T :M:orley, Capt Trye F Wmter H authority m the lOtereBts of puhh he~lth
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Ohilds T Norr~ H Watts Miss E :M Sutton was resolved that a.n advertIsement
mscrted 10
J Rab.on Ej J ' Lewt.!t and T H Turner
the 10caJ new.pap{l"Il glvmg notice f Ute regula
The M"yor appolDtad )I{~jor Denys Eggmton.. lion I"'d that applIcatIOn. to keep 'iiI notwlth
h15 auditor for the year commencmg March 1st Standlllg or contrary to proy Slana 0 tb:e bye l;nv
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In lot.. tn ,h. borough regulatong ~e keeping 01
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b. ",nt or deltvered to the Medical
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Offi"",. 01 H ....ltb
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TJtat lho resolution p ....d by the Counc I on

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'HEALTH STATISTI

'rho M.dical OfIic~r of Hf . lth re orted 10 the

JO~ y undertake the ch~ of any maternIty .nde~ Febru!u"y 3rd h. recelyed

Otl'j" of the
Collowmg C8!ea of mlectlOu. dlsea.se :VI~
I a snfljCJent area
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which have been 1-eI,eh'ell. saJ/oil~~:~1t~h~~\~rIf;!:'
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of sc.rIct fever ..ven 01 dlphlherla louf of erySl
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pelp two of cerebro spmal menl gltlll! ten of sons reSident IIm: r /'~:rldb'~~~f~~'
of applteant. f,
german measJes twenty-elght 0E~lesI one
port exclUSive
of enterIc ~.yer one 01 ophlh m n~onatorum.
part of tho borough
one of :.pohmyelltle thirteen <C
of, q Ulmqnaryl already been satisfied or can
tubercUlQ:,61S and two.of non pillmonax:;y tubbrcu allotments '11t.ere shll remam thei-.,Co,re
10sl&. It was deCided to grow tpo~ on some phetints to be satisfied of wham
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unused land at Wb-!.t1.y Small Pox
eastern part of the borough 35 10 the Ca.rcrsham
MAXEIUIITY !\ND CHILD WELF j\ll.E
'rea and 14 In the cenlml part of tlie bP:>rough
~t a. .meetmg of th~ Samtru:y. CommIttee on In addItIOn 47 apphcatlol\ hav. , be~D {L'Olved
~conded a resQ).utton as follows Februtlry 19th the Town Clerk Bubmltted a. lettcr !rom persons reSIdent In tho we~t.e~ lIart of the
Ihat until furtiher order the PublIc LIbra!' as from tho Local Government Board statmg that borOrtlgh 80nd these have neen handcd ier to the
3l1d the ~{useom and Art Gallery be opened to they approved generalfy of the CounCl) s proposa.ls Readmg Co oper.tlve Small HoJamgs,an Allot
the pubho on Sundays between the hours of 10 for materntty an\! child welfare
Th. M. dlCai ments AsSOcla.tIOn,. LlDllJ,ed to w.hom
e ounmi
A m and 5 p m and that the respect ve Com Offi
f H aJ ~
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e t rcco'llmenue t_t hIS recom ~ave let all the unocedpled land tolUin m that
IDlttees controllmg these InstltUt.lOns IJO
mendatlOD (Y) ~latmgr to medical attendance a.t nart of the borough Havmg l"egard
the num
th. y ore hereby direcf,ed to make the retlu;',ite the three propo d oontres shall dow 'be adopted tier of appl\ca.nh who remam
and
arrangements for thIS purpose
Inasmuch as It w uJd be 1mposslble for one medica.l our mablhty to secure fqrtb'er Iap.d
Aid Co::s:: ChaU'Dl8,n of the PublIo LIbrarIes man holdmg the lomt appomtrnents of tubercu ljlnder the Order we <t-re of OpinIOn
Com~lttee., oppo~a the opemng of the hbral'les \0815 officer- nnd assistant school! medIcal officer to ha.s a.ITlved for the Committee to co·nsi.d.r
The staff w .... now depleted and Itlhad to be aJ.o ~Ive Jib. tlll'" tequ"ed to ""ITy on the work He the CounCIl shall Ibe aR~ed to
I1rne In mInd that peopl. had an opportumty of also Jj<ICOl!lm<lllded. 't~af, if ap.d ",lien the Corpora
of portIOns of some of tIi. tpltbhc p,\,rl;s:orple,aollr.
usmg the budding IlX days lD
week. There tlOO 16 empowered by Act of Parhament to ~x grounds in the borongh for tbe
h a.d been no deel.l'6 for such a. thm
pemt money on day lUlr:serles they shall contribute
allotments jun({er
Orde l ' ~tt,~:~':.::::
lIfr Martm S&ld that if IIfr Q elch po,tponed towards the eXp?nse. of t he two day nur&er es vldmg
recommend that th~
oC the V
h1s resolution :until &fter the wa.r he would
-on In Readmg As the
Reereahon Gro~na
MEETING AT
port 8llch So proposa.l
IS now short handed by
area. of 3 pcres 2 '"'"U,~' ."'u
},{r Monog spoke ID SllQllarl terms
Gray 8 and Mr Brock s absenee on aboub the
T!:. Depuly Mayor moved as an amendm.nt 1 1'~::;;,'~r.r1)~~:~~~~ he recommended th.~ MI,s Ethel the norlh
that the hoUl'll 01 opomDg be Irom 2 p m to
of {44 Russell slreet Readln~ which .corltallos
EUDJce Murray
pm (eltmrn,tmg the Clrcul.tmg lIbrary)
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the Roy~1 S.nttary In,tltute', ce.
by t be local
saJ.d the 1501dlers would ha.vE! a place to go to to
JDSpectOrs of nUIsances sha.ll be
dom I..eague held
.pend • qUIet tIme
t~m'pornry asSIstant- m.pecj;or of
Thursday , on tb• • u:, ]ect -ol
AId Ha.yward 8econ~d A:.
to as:nst In 81Â¥ta.ble work other
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MISS A±ma Munro
pO"!'''"''''.
"omen Il Freedom Lea.gue
Mr WlOter said tha.t If the bUIldings
tha.t of-hea.1th nSltmg wlth a. salary a.t the r llte referenbe
and o..sklDg .for vot.eg for
opened It would draw a. 1* of youog)eople
of £70 p6l" ann~ Upon cOO1ndera.tlOn ot tEe re.-- j parka 1Vas
heved that It w .. iml~".ti"6
from rehglous orga.Dlsa.tl II
port the CommJttee tIDally settled the sc~eme for CommIttee oh
d 16
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matelJllly ""<I chtld wel'ar. In the boro¥lh and
have a. direct say III the n~:;S~~~t~~b~r;;j~
On a vote 16 we,,,- fo an
~galIlll
resoh led that It Ix! adopted and be ""bllutled to
The Town
a. bU11(ung up of tho nat~on
Mar or dId not ~ a.nd declared the resolJtlOn the Local Go"emment Board for -ap!,rov&l The t.viibon of Lands
re--.bUJld ng Q.f~'l' the 'W(Lr
that wom~n would JUs be tnl<Of:·r..
lost
CODlUlltte& approved the appomtment of MUiS cIrcular frOm the
Expery;enc:e bas shoWtl: to the
PO CE
Wb~eler
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com.. of ,vhlch It
'Ul wo.:r time as 10 ~oo-tlme
At a meetmg I th Wa\cli
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of tpe Board did" no'Hblin~
tegral part of the ution the
Pebruary 20th t ~a.s
o1.ved to
Th~ scheme proVldes general1y as followa
grounds 10
need of ber fl8 It had of Its ':'t;;'~4
worp.en to perform uch Utl6S of
(I ).1 That tfe Corporu.t on take over the three w'IJ ~4 to
Bubst.a nral
re'll'O"W)n I (I\-.en more for women. ~r
r cla.tlOn to women ~d
11dren as
e;[J.stWg Schp'ols for Mothc.rs !Which I are pow -;:ar could With
brinzina
be aaslgned to them tha they be
Tied ~n by tJi~eadlng Hea.itli 80ctety ana by a l'el5o'ved
vote the whole of the tl e to such
Comnllttee at Weston Mead ca.verst&m and that upon them
&~ ch1ld welfare centres whloh the- Council may.
cs h.b. lD the Boro~gh be rescmded a.nd that
sub ect to the- adoption of he BchBme a.nd Its
apf,al by t~ Local Govtmment Boa.rd Dr
ru CO Arnuf'ago be at>pomted to undertake
th~ work for one
This was seCQJ:lded by lIr E Jackson aJ'd car
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QUEWR S RESOL"UTION
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Mrl L E Quelebi moved and Mr J Rabson

, 4- pound .1
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the /JYst i~J',iSio,'"
A pound 01

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SaOlt.a.ry Committee that durmg t!O five weeks that.
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er and .A.s:aiatant Sch,ool Medical Officer

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IISTARTLINGINQUE

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D~bei' 7tb Iaot directmg the Tuberculosa

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GROCERS

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:. COFFEE ., GROCERIES
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thatremunera.ted
they be -proVld
w ment
h uDlform.
be
on 1.\ dnt;nn
a.t the same
u proQat1ona.lJ con tltable and after the
perlod of a.pproved s~rvlce accmdlOg to the
a~ whlcf other office-r, In the force are
ted an~ that one h~If of their pay and
of the fO't\ of thetr l umf rm be charged to
exchequeEoutrlbutlo~ ace unt
Mr F \Vmter: moved t a.t the questlj)n be
ferred ba
to the Watch CQmml~tee fOT
COllSlderat lon nnd rennrt Be saId that.
.t'i'"'
W atch Cpmmlttce C me to their deo~slOn
further InformatIOn ad been gabhered b.
l:hlef COD ~t8.ble from 0 dIfferent a.uthontles
The res~lutlOn w . . .econded and on being
to the CoupCll was ca. cd by 20 votes to 9
OR .FARM
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The Spec al Conum tee appomtcd to lDveatlga.te
and report p an comp,la.mts bf smclls from Mano~
F arm rece~ed a r eport at their meetmg o~
F ebmar:l 9 h from ~r G MIdgley T af,lor I~
which he f mula.ted
"cherne for addlJl chloro.il
t o t he sf" lige It ~s estImate d that the
w ould be ab?ut £105 Mr Patfit t an d M W
CollIer ~ e r~ deputed t o make the req~lslte
rangtlmen b
r the en y m g out of tbe w rk
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.Mr 11 A Cox ask d the M Il:i0r. wha.t the cost
O f t he chlol'" s wb\ch was
bemg added l to I thel
8ewa.ge ~ a.s j
Th e Mayon I mu have notice of that ques

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~It Rabso eald e would suggest t h at
cost f t he llhl DI os as £24 p cr d Ly (CrlEls of
S h U.11C \ltd I::icanda.l.~ul:! ) H e tho ~ght that Ia.1
too mu ch t o nt.y cspec ally In war time
Ibn fi g Ifes be ng ne ther confirmed nor refuted
tbe t CounCIl by II. bIg m a.Jority threw out thf
mm utes of th SpeCial Committee
\The lawn lelk said he d d not know what the
effect would be a~ th.. CounCil had conferred
~,eeutIV. P Olfct S 011 the SpeCIal Committee
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£PPLIC<l.NfS FOR A.LLOTMEl<TS
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lhe tim. 1I H old Dg' "nd Allotments
t he Chamna~ ("11 J Rabson) saId that 350
pi catlOO S h td now been receIved but he
aorry to sav tha.t up to the pre!ent t hey had
been abl. to "'Isly 160 If they eould not
land f9l' n eryone tho•• "ho applied fil'St
NCf'.tve 'thc fin;t consideratIOn The ;problerq how
ever would
consIderably ea.sed f not solved
bTl' the mcreased powers whIch had recently
gIven them
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At. a meetin g of the Samtary Committee

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F ebruary 5th Yte Oommlttee l\ere mformed that
tb e state 01 M1 C C Chld,lI . health d d not
admit. o[ h S XC$ut01Og the d Itles of temporary I
tubercolos s officer tha.t the CouncI1 hud dU'ected l
A angement. to be made lor Mr H R Mmkley
the !l.SSlStanl Schoo) Medical Officer \0
to c18cha.IgC the d"hes unLII further order and
deCIded to Inc rease h1s remuneratIon to
y e r III con slde ratLo~~ of h s undertlkmg
I\n~\: that ono half of thIS amount be
thd .Iem.nl.arr educatIon ,ccount and the
ha II to t he ~eneral dlstr ct. rate account
Chaorman II a, deputed to make the
arumgemcnts Wlt.b the EducatIOn Committee
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PIG KEEPING
The lown Clerk submItted a. letter to the BallI
t ary Comm ttee Irom the Local Government
Board tra nsm ttlDg a. copy of a commumcat.ton

~9~1~7~~(N~01:;~2!)f.'::~I~'~~:i. rE':~:lI1t~~.~~a~~'n~C~~IP!~~

the
>,ol untary
who land for
ha.ve .~utherto 80 ofefljcthe
cntty
ca.rr1ed norkers
the work
other smtable voluntary helpers be enco'Uraged
and cordially welcomed at the matermty centres
(u )1 Th,a.t. If and so Soon as the C9rpor abon are
empowered to aId day nursenes the day nur
selles estabhshed In the Borough by th. Readmg
Hea.lth Society ~d the !Re~mg Women 8 Suf
fra.ge'13oc1ety be aIded from tIme to t ime by grpnts
ont of tli& loeal l'afIeB
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a
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Ie matormty:&centre be estab
lIshed On tho pnmlses of the dlsused polIce sta.tlon
In Lgndon street and that the •• proDllse. Pc altered
and ada.pt~cl for. the- purpose 1n accorda!nee With
tb. pl~n. Pf"p>red by the Boroqgh Eng~eer and
Survcyor a.Dd approved by the Corpor_tloD and
t hat .uch office accommodatIon I~ thB bealth
[ lutOrs ~s cannot be found 1
m the MUDlClpal
UndU~8 be prOVided Ilt this centre
\ (IV) ! That there sha.1I be two branch maternity
ceDt res] one at Ihe east end 01 1he Borough and
the other at. Westoll Mead C ~\ersham nnd tbat
more commodiOUS preplses t.ba~ those at present
used for the fint na.med branch be hlrcd as 80011
a.s IJfacticabie
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(v) IT.ba.t for 9l\e year Dr ?l-lartha Florence
.Armitage one of t.he local mjdical praetlhonen
"-~~- I d one th • I k be appOlD ted
w h 0 h av. ~
ul",,=
by the Corporf:IJ.lon t o be n crharge of the centres
and tha.t she be paid a fee 0\ on~ gumea. for each
Bess on !:!be ntten~ I
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M Moxh&y the la~r supcr nten<Jent of the local
Queen Vlctona. In~tltute fo ~UI'$LDg the SICk
Poor of Readmg ~ apP9mt d t~ supcnntend the
ma.terDlty centres -+nd tha.t
ISS Moxhay be paId
£40 a vcar for her rn;]ccs
h
h 1
(v I) 1 at !two Tea. th VI IS tors who shall be
t.rau ed nurses be ppolll~ed ~ anti be undln" the
cOllttol of the Co :pora.tIon at a commencIng
sala.ry of ;1)100 rIB g by t.~o ~early Increments
of .£10 to a max1 UJIl of £ ~~er a.nnum and
th..t It be a part f thell:id
y tif to v",t and to
help tp n1lI'8e whe nece&fj ,. c a of mea.sJcs
V~'~ EAL 1DI l!\SES
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Ihe ll'0\V1l Clerk submltte~
lcopy of a. leitet
which Ithe Loca.l G~ emment~ a!rd h ld IJoddl'essed
ilte Govetnb... 0'1 tbe ROl I Berksh!", !j:ospltal
'l'ference (to ~ljOP08aI8 f r ~~ dl.gnosts and
tre atmeD~ of yen~a.l dlseas 11 there
He also
submlttf!:d corresPQn~ence Wl.t t'he N atlOn~ Coun
ctl for rcomba.tmg these dtBe,scs~and up neon
of lt ~he Comm~ e recomm~nded
co op.ratio In the scb. e ot pub)!c can
preve~tlOn and treatment of venerea.l
catIOn
dIseases
to ex~ress the r wllhngneBs to a.p
pomt a representntLve to serve on the ~.xecut1... e
of the Ilocal commltl>€. whlCh /th. Nat Ional b ounell
sl1gges~ should be eptubhshed to an se and calTY
It out 10 Readmg

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Ct TTLE MARKEl IMl)~~ EMENTS
At ~eet1Og of the Cattle f.a.rket Cok m,tf ee
on F~ruBJ.'Y 12th t h e Borough Surveyor sub
Ul tt
a. repor, ill to YRTIOUS suggetlted IJDprove
ments at the Cattle Market IqcludlQg mnk ng up
the r0l'4w~y from Caversham ro~d to the Cattle
M l.rkef l8.D.d alteratIOns to the u.ll~OD.dmg pla.tfornl
lor she.p It was resolved that I~e 'platform used
for Ul]1oadmg sheep be alter cd at a cost of £6
"!1d tIf~ the other work. be adjourned untIl after
the terrinatlon of the war
TAKING ~ND HIRING OF UNOCCUPJE D
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wh eh they had reoolyed from !ofr R J Venner
At meetmg of the Small Ho~dmgs and Allot
b
f the firm of M
Venner and Sons
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~I:~e~ef::e:cc to th0 keetnDg 'Of ,Swme m the ments youtmlttee on Febru~
the Sub Com
d f the mltte. rqported m regard to thf takmg of un
he
buroug h <.LIld re(lue~L ng to
In orme
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OCCUpl d Innd tha.L they had 1 spected varIOUS
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C.... nc I S 'on'ldera twn of the B oard'~
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h Incl,.a,e ll PICces 0 unoccupied 18.11 sllu 'tte 10 the .Dorougp.l
l~ tcr ( f J a nuary 5th on the subject of t e
and con~ldered these pieces of land the tota l area.
ot loo dl.upply He sIS() suhmlt ted a copy
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letler , hleh he had wllt ten t o Ihe- Board 10
of Whlfu, 18 ~CI1ls ~ i OO s an 1":0 eS or el e
!Dloo n no t hem tbat tbe subject had receIved
. bollts r dlo beh·nIOrtolid~· forr':.he lI~h ose 01 cnlilv~
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h t th
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..ey I ere l ore recom
CClrrUO tt~c
i1.tlentIO~ and t a
ev were
mendea tbat the CounCil for t hWIth enter mto
pared to recommend the CounCIl t.o e:xercLSe
them The
reTlOl ted
anw pr a~e
the power to be conferred
they
"he ll\tcudu d
too ena.ble IQ"ca.1 "ulh';ritj ~ . 1
the I.....pmg of
p~~vi.i'l-l18 01 restllctlve
'j>repal..d io
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Sir -Ma}1
seek tb. hospltaltty of your
columns fot tHe purpose of ca1hng attention to
the obhgation Imposed by the Reg stratton of
Bu.emoss Names Act on shopkeepers and other
tradesmen and In fact on everyone ca.t'f) mg Ion a
bUSiness Of ~ profe!slon 10 thIS country (except
Lumted L1ablhty Compames and other corpora..tlOns)
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ThIS Act prOVides that on "l'd after March 21,t
n6..'(t Lll persons carrvmg on busmess In thIS
country must 'trade under thell' own true names
or else lI)ust lie r.glstered
'Ihe obnct of the Act 18 t3 ena.ble everyone to
know With whom they are traomg and If person
ara ..tradmg u.nder theIr own ~Da.m.es With no ad
dltton. ex~~pt t/telr Ohr18tlan l'nam. or nam.s (0;
the inIt,ate thereof) It IS not necessary to regIster

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but
1£ antthmg
IS added
to thea. true
1f a \
bUS~'(I3
18 CalTleq.
on -under
fancyname
tItle orregis
tratlOn must be effeoted between Februa.ry 21st
and March 21st on pam of h ea.vy penalhes
A Blmp,le mstance Will serve to llhow "bat
reqUIred If for JD.8 tance John SmIth
bu,mess h. may trade i'" John SmIth or J
Smith and need not register but If he trades
SmIth and Co or adopts a fancy htle such
The General Draperv Stores registra.tlOll must
be effected 4nd in additIon to l eglStr.t on all
busmen letters trade catalogucs tra.de Clfculars
and show card;:, WhICh are Issued or sent to any
per.son 1Q. any part of HIS :Ma]esty B DommlOns
must shoW: in legIble charaCters the true name or
names of the proprietors of the busmess and the
present national ty; or the natIOnality of or gm
f otber t~a~ BrItISh
The m~ iv1. dua.l and busmess firms who are not
trading u ~derl t.helr own names (Wlth no additions
thereto) rle ll~ble If not regIstered bv March
next to a. pena1ty Up to £5 per da.y for every
day of tne 6ffence or f such lQdlVldua.1 or firm
enters mto a: contrn.ct while not regH,tered
such contract canI\ot be enforoed by Ia.w
If the ot.her partY' should want to g0t out of It
It IS also open to any PTlvate mdlvldual to set the
law in motIOn agamst It defaulter except m
sectlPn 18 (pubhcatlon 1D trade eataJ:, ,,,I",,
where the consent of the Board
b. obtamed It IS ll~der.tood that
of r~gJStratJO'I Will he obta n.ble on and
Febru~1W 21st from I the "rmclpal Post
and the offices of the RegIStrar for Eng
and Wales are at 39 Russell square W C
Your$ f~lthf\llIv
JAMES MART1N
OhlUrm&n of the Parl amentary and
CommercJal Law Comm ittee Lon
don Cha.mber of Commerce
FebruOJ'Y 20th 1911

ALlJERtTlONS
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I Great Western Ra.I1W'a.~ Ma.gazme
for
Feb~uary says
Duong the l past month there
oam~ mto Qper~t,jon upon t~e r",Uwa.ys of the
coun~ry lQcluding tho Great !WeSOOlO a senes
of changes ",flectIng p8Ssenge~ travel ID fulfil
mep.t of notIces gl)en m December
Ihat these
altera.tIons would eni ,l a <rertam amount of
mconvemence to th ~ tra\ elhng publIc was
clea.rly foreseen at th t~lTOe they were recom
mended and nothmg b~ 8terp necessity arlSmg
out of the condltlons In which the war haa
llivolved tho <:ountry pauld .have brought tho
Railwa.y .Executlye Commlt~t'-w]noh consISts
of a.
of ra.llwaymou wHo wha.tever thoU"
and shot'tcomlngsi ..ma.y be cannot
nghtly be charged With havmg show n wa.nt of
enterpr1S6 m the conduct of ralhv8.Y nffmrs-to
advocate such 8wee.pmg changes 88 havo been
made 10 re~pect l of t16m serVIces and oU or
d;.,.""~r,,d " faelhtl..
It 18 grRtlfymg however to be able I _""V_';I
to say th80t not'" I~hstandmg Tie mcon \ enlences
and I' dlsa.dv&ntages ar smg hom a. drastiC
reduotlOn III the tram sor~ces :&nd the closmg o[
statlops am:\ Bomo branch liiles-all of willch
have becotne neces arv owmg ~o the depletlOn of

staf! and tli. demands of the GO\ ernmeQt m
connection With the war-the pubhc w1th that.
ready ~f\Iopta..blhty for every rhange whIch the
wal haa occa~31oned ha.ve ace mmodated them
selves w1th extremely good humour to the
changed condltlOns
The rehef to tho hue!';J w J).lch the curtail men t
of plIBSenger tram servICes
effected 18 an
m Cldental necessity Irt conneotlOn With 'tho
transportatIon of the huge mercha.ndLSe trafiic
passmg eIther 0 11 a.ccount of the Government or
al'UHng out of their requIrements If thlS alone
wore t~ teeult of what has ~n done It would
]llStify the .teps takeJl out l of COurs. much
more than the more freemg of the 11Oe8 was
m VIew U~ COl1nectlon '\\ Ith' the restrictIOns
lIDPOseCjl forr tlie very .unpolitant part whICh
tr&ll!Worta.t\QU tnutlt play In the future opera.
tlOns of tll\l war wOj! ~lIe ",am f.ct<>r whIch
had to ),.e born. m rrnnd
Tq9 abandonment of the pol cy. an.d
of the cond,tlons
whICh t:qe railwa.y Bon lees
of tb18 countty
blld~ up '''''' • change
far ~ indlVldua.1
go but after all
of the fMt ISSues whlCh
QI~dll:(~",W:;;.~u~are
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