Reading Observer 04-1917

tqr as ,
numbers

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prelJded.

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order&\ by peat.

Mr A. J o y ,

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to $:~~~:~~.!~.el~dCl(~t~~~~:i~1 ;~~~~!~i~:
people
8 ' proPer
ALL PROFITS ~HARED BETWEEN,~EMBERS IN PIIiloPDRT'ION

C H Hill and A.
8lld -A All.n (recretary).
,tated
~11Il.g!ll'ent. in l'resentmg
y..,. ending December , 31ot.
to BllJlounce the restgDation of~.
W"nk-Ivn through .ll he&!th
i
like other fl1mdar InstitutIODS, liu·,
war, to face the poulblhty Of manJ!
upon Ita fUDdi, but. hithertO
have not been numerous. Though
LS well repreaented I on th& vanoua
·ml.mt>e,., drnwl1 from dIstrIcts through·
IS ant;iclp.ted that the reserve

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ANNUAL MEETING.

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m eetmg of the Reading and' D,s
tn el Branc!l of the It S P
took plaoe 10 the
'..bbe Hall on ThurSl!~... ill lakt wecl" the M.yor
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and
presidlDg
a.p tam tF: G F ~l.!h(Jlni6 spoke
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there we.re \ &lso present the bon ~ec..-eta.ry (Mrs.
(., ViT (Young), the! hon t.reasurer (Mr Stanley
H a.l"W3J'd). Canon N~whou:!e, and a number of
IsdJl!.!l Mr Ernesi~ SlmmoDs, tbe Cba.u-man,
was unable t o be pre en t
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The t.!l1rty ruth
ual report stated:- DorIll . the year one 1i
dred C<lmplamts ha.... been

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meetlllg of the Berko &lid Bu&.

Un IOn was held at ~~g on
L:o~ cJ I meJtmg wu ~d , In
Schoolroom, Broad street, m

I AXNUAL REPORT
to re"port CDDtlnued progren 1»
of the Utuon'a wati:. T.he
,has been permltt~d to enter
echools. and .t I' pl.....n!!. to
of teacbets a.nd sCholars of
profit derlved from these. VUilts
often ~ressed that_ more ~
be patd to t he 6ch"'lls\, •
put as I th. Dlqum m.
been gIven, at ~clf
~i!;--;~'1~~1 and 111 ,teachb-s ~ere
has been granted to .. Ill'
and Bo~. DeparlmeDta,

!,umber
actually s:a.t for
pmes were "variled
fo1No pn7..es, sta.n&.rd was I\Pt
D IVISIon 2 FIrAt ~
Bopt"l, 2nd, Glitdys B~
3rd, Mabel Duntiing.
which

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Stocl<well.

1.t, I Glady. A;

ImmJlicilmt .n!.t;les, no other
aWarded" Slough BB,PtlSt "._
WIth an a.verage of B9 mw,
out. 01 se\'en pr:lfl'e!5 Greyfriars'"
0f 56
seco nd WIth an a.verage 1
lectlOn 'for the Band of Ho~
fernpen noe HospItal ~ah!ed
oi £7' 190 8d on 1..1.

M,,.of

Rand

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ill 6s 6d (
~r. We hoome
Co res J. nd !:econ4 ·~dih £2
thud" ,th £2 6s Mis.oJ Hop·
col lected £1 6.,
End. ~1 & 9d
WORK I~ FRANCE •
hIr B roWDe, the otmonths JVork WIth \
and he left for Fnhce
de~llO..tlon ~be1Dg Abbe.Ule.
t o taklOg ell rgo of a hut lie
hts c:clentifi lectures on terq·
to condu ct debates on. vanous
q~estl o n, a.od all wtWe n·

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; the dl BCÂ¥.'110lit1
a:
beIng D1DIe. hel pf~)."' flld

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pledges were take.!1
SolO~ n
p ersonal efforts Ob UDed
among:!'it hi S co mrades, lP' ile if,~
t o b,.e ,"an) of t he ":a~.('
t he,' were o.!d BIWld :of
1m "for the ~tlmulus and
h<::\d gaen them The
'''''';'''''eo 'T"lth e.xperuneDts~:tod "'",
lectu res, three debat.es and (
was very ta.rUlIble work.
tbe fi rE t adual Ban~ of Hop<!
to la ke an offiCIal poalhon in i~e
France the Bern , a.nd Bucks
had everv reason I "" ' be
t he 8Ucce!8 whi C'h 'hU ~ atr
IDlstrat.lOns
He liaa ml
Lo Jom togethJr tt& g:re&t
mp~ra..n ce
enthu8Husm
....hich .. IS
fnde Qf the channel!' as to
,,"01k a.mongst our brave lad.
Ollr pra"rs and mltrest will
'Yo e hope before long to welcome
very succc'isful tlme of f'M'D1'k
Bands of Rope, arid our Ifhildt he ll1"e~8t Int.ere.st.
Jhis
tIDler,nL'e \\ ork In the ~y
,
" orl of the <tear we are oreed
t baL t he best .... <1. DIOat efll"'~'v.
h tbe drmk IS to- ~veH 1D
nur na.tl"n by unp~ifD$

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WORK IN FRANCE
Captam FalrholIll. ~hcn gave a moot iDtoreat·
u.g account of the woH< of the SOCIety m Fra.nce
dlIl'm~ the war
H e bmmeuced bv CODJtr&tulatIn~ tIt.; Br..,ch on th.1splendid remIt of the Fla!r
Da.'t"J a.nd expree:ud tHe hope that another would
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he- hel4 dunnl( •the len!lllIDg
y"t'. There were 170
m the Armv &lid
members of th. Soc,ety
Ka-.y
(A"plan~ ) I H. dIspelled , the IllUlldn
th .. t the Socletv _M only & pt"06eCUtmg organlsa
hon. for IIlthong!! 4.900 eonv,e>IOIlA had beeti
r p~ l stered q.unng the I Y!la.:r:. 19,000 eantloIUl , and
bad allO been gIven
They had unfor
t cna.telv lost 12 mspectors~ but he h oPed th a.t
a.fter ~e war lllspectors who retumed bome
would earn" pn the work a~a.m A wondfrful
lmJJrov~e tlt. had been made m
the Army
V.t.r.nnarv CGrps, which at the begmU1I1g of the
'Wa.r. numbued only 400 officel'1l and men , but
whlch now tot$11e" 26,000 They 'Were the nnlv
~oelet"" w hich ha.d 'bee.n a.uthonsed bv the War
Office to undert*e t(l collect and give nrelimmatv
t!'O lnlng to
fot' the A V C • a "~'prk In whu:h
ths. had been mqst IsuccessfuL, Tiley had &!so
nromded. hO$plta1 Bfcommodatlon for 9 500 h~
I~ ~1lditlon to t~,~, they h~ proVIded 130 hol'1!\'
l11)d 10 motor a!l)bulance~; and had their fund.
nol ?<len m e:m!Oueo;-j the Iinrs.s woUld nrobs.bly
1I.I')t hAve had tbe &.neSt of the mot6r l ambulances
to assist them The Goverhment had at fint been
'\mwUhng t~ allow them to proVlde mqt.or am'bul:m.oeIl but t he fi:n t j m otor ambubnce provIded
had, in three mnnths saved enouFh horses to pav
for ,t, toot They had collected th' .u m of
£106,000 for thIS work, conlrary to al\ e:roect..
t lon' of the Government
Out of th e horse,
which h.d p'....d thrOuph th.,r hond. , SO per
cent had heeD ,a.veC!. The mea.mnl! of thIS W3.1
m:!;ne I"'l e;l.r bv tbe fn.t!t that m tbf'l South Afr lca.n
V"..ar th e ,..uta.ge: nf horse.'; was 60 per oont be
c.l1l l:e thpT\ there bad been v ery little A V C
> w-nrk
'K ow bow.eve.r. unfit h orses were colJec
ted mUDded up. and .2'One thTOustb, a.nd sent hack
,,, tho ne .....st hospItals by fodder tra.ms Everv
tn n C'fle h orse that was operated on was treated
""t h chloroform and t be op ernt m ~ tbeatres were
qlllie U R'ood' and complfliJe as thof;e of surgeon1=:
tvhn operatP.1'! on hum a.nti£eio~ The I1tlhty and
V~ i'I ~ bcal a.Q\ a.u tages of the Sr.clcty had been
('0' Ident
lO oevel'lj' direction find the Director of
VeterlDa.rr S~!"'\{u:'9S had felt that It was a. speCIal
dl!lnenMt,lon of Provld"nC'e that sent hun t h e
, ol :: f:.l!lta T,lce of the P S pe A
Re!errmg to thp.
of C'f~ Army borses, he ,aId that on the
tJU:t.ern fTont tlili practl.::e had beeD di~oontlnued.
hut ID F u ncc OWln5{ to repl'esenttlt lOnlJ havmg
'hfoen mage thA.t to stop the sa,le of these h or<:es tf')
Fl~!'Icl\ altI'lcnltul'H::ts "Would be hlDdermg Freo <:h
as- ri culture. the \Var Offir.e h ad R~ee(l to the
talfl 0 ' '\. ceri"ll P l,ujuber of beat)- draft' bones t('l
f:J rmers wbo blld Men vouched for bv thE"lr local
;\flH"'Ol' M
Prp.fcct It c011ld DO Inn~er be con
tpnCled th.,.t j";embBrJ't nf theIr SO(,letv were fad
d.isi ,: i\D.d enr 1tsl and the Te!u1ts of ihelr l valu:\u]e
f:1'tn" lces h ad b~u to convlOOO t.he sold JetS tbn.t.
H:~ y w~r8 A.O ~·sent.Ja.l and praeLIca.1 Socletv
In
t hulo way the;- had won a. great de..l of suppor t
anti svmO:lthv
(...tpplauce)
4,..;<l.non -,'N'e'9Vn fl use pront)~d a vote I'lf thanks 't9
\.<lpt<t.tn F aJ.Thqlme for hlS ~ranh !c a.ddress and ,to
thE' Mayor for pretildi Dg, which was heartIly car

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B rood .t.... t Co'n~"'..sOJi~~
J ohn

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£424 19,,; s,ckness

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pensIon

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penslon ait.er: 65, £5 65 9~d ; penSIon
£8 2s J endowments, £9 17s ld~ j pay·
.t death, £70 15. 2d.;
t. £355
; totel £907 3, 7,d. against £924 17,
£1.305 3.

6d.-,

m terest, £150 ' 128.

• u.s against £1.482-

yellr

liS Smapt Sp=
SUk Sldrts In a
Yarlety of Itripe.,

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£33 ,

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6d;
2d

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reebmmendcd for
J!l.~r and waahing

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EXPENDITURE IN BENEPIlTS.

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r .A"'IU-'~ce

Branch -For SIc!:: pay till 65, £7
for .lck p'ay 1111 70, £52 7, S'd • for Slck
li!e. £477 12 .. O.d , de.th pay:, £85 2. , :
~'lSl(lD• •,__~£
~~49 l2s
total. £672 ' 0, sd,
year
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[ Dovo,sit, ,~~~~~:;:i~'~£3,rOa~ to mombora; £689 ,
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lld ; payment.
£1,156 19, 6d. ,'

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J~~!~~;~l!,.~F:;r~ooo~k~~•• ;forbalages
t
Theae are

Zephyr, brown or
2t t.o 30 Ins Price.
are lold, to repeat will be 6/11Ma.y Ba.rgain Pnce , 6/-.
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u~;:;~'~'i ';:'n,;vd!u. Pand.m Straw Hat. for
t,
!ll1mmtlr ",e:Lr
All white wlth
bl&ck band•• 3 /11.

TERI:ALS.

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te
wl,h noat ...Ip.. in bIttel &Del
pllablo for hloWi.. aIld ladle.'
29 in..
VBDally

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l~c'CS'l'd y~d.

of S.lk Crop... de
hngene. ~to, lD sky
S8.xe, bepLver, potty,
May B&rgalll

Patterns post free

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handaome
oolourmgs
Jinmgs, etc

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Grey Ilnd all dark
for blotllJes, coa.t;
Worth 3111 ya.rd, Ma.y Bar
gam Pnce. 1/1 i Palterna post fr ee

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~ piecesl natural Tussore 811}<9,
r 82wB Wlce, fine qUtl.lityaDd weIght M.a.y

Barg&ll1 Prl"/,, 1/11~.

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TERIALS.
Hingle, yery
Sbade. :,l dlU'k
~%~, J ~er,

Ulnl.
Price,

BAGS, &c.
A. vel'7 speclal HD.",

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andD.llwdes~Q In
l.dlH" leather
Sh0'lPiUg Bag

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704 mem~8 J nnna.rv 1st, 1916 ,
6'
1s t 1917 DepO'!llt 1,392 memben;
1916.
1,390 Janl1llry lot. 1917
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boys
JUVE~E SOCIETY I
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, hght decrease ID th13 brimch r The
t bat
a.ntlC1pated I1I1dJferred to
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report W. generally peak1I1g,
satisfactory results The co petltlOU
Sqcletles to let bold of
young
keen. an it IS a. w~U known fact
of a SoCIety d'lP""da largely' on the
~Si~bHsllu!>'D! of
strong ]tlvBnile 'Ibranch , 1. .11111
"I'hlcb liM In put ye&rll don.
direct be&ring on the Soo;tety·.

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Harry Lauder's practical hrlp to tile
ID the tJ-ell&hes.
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flUe wIth bmcr
pockeL ColoUrs
bJtclr.lla~.lfreen

8Ddltro.u. f
Size 1 Ix 18"11
.. flDx 87111
.. 111xlD 8 /11
Extra 9t1aUt)l'
bla~ 18...... Ban.
Sa, finN wttb

w..,

_~Slze

II! " 7 ••Pr~. 7111
Black Dl>otre !
B~

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,~~~~:;~ ~Dllt'."""'1·1''''t·~~~~be ~ppolDted
H

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M':VM

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She
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etc"

that

made I f6r

a.n d 'D rlSoner
. rem.Qded
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TUESDAY'.-l~e!o,,,,

]eant l. >n tb.
W Ridley and
tbe Society hit.d done amon .t"~t them woul~ m
NO
' utPTe regard It oue tfBJ.ned to alleVlat.. suffermg
Frank
Ca;ota.io Fa.irholme .J8n thanked t he andumce DaISY C&rter.
for the" appr.c.&ti!1l1 of his addr...
'WIth
of 5. were unpo" eQ"
The

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IT . ~tjsntadtScb&rged • •

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Sootb Pte John
Ptc ,Walter Birch, all
9, For"",, P te J S

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as The
abtsentee;Y and
elicort -Tte

Week •• dinr Banda,., 22M April, 1917.

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in h,s repl,., ","phasi .. d the hope

tli .. t t~ 8~ldieplJ . h&vmg MIen the '{cod 'Work thAt

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BtRKSHIRE
HOSPITAL.

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SECTION

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yo&l' were ' 16d' ll Dellollit
and management. £3 190
11 decla.ted at lOd.
"re.;o08:l'l',

~1'u~~"'!. •. B!clJl<;l~, . £192 0.

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The membership on December 31at, 1916.....
.pProxi!n&Wy 2.150 men and 957 women. Of
tJia f~er ~-ha.ve lOlDed t.be foroell... The uwnbet of propo)Ws kcepted l..,t year WM 'lZ7, ..
oomp..red with 223 m 1915
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1'he CommissIoners IlIPIlj1 £3.066 1I1v..ted. to
DeCO!Dber 3lat. 1916
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Th. Chairman mevedr th. jadoptlOn of the reo
port
'rhat 1""" tbe third t1l1le they had met
dunng the w~, &lid they boPed It would po 'the
laBt and he , believed It woul(l. ,- Althoug':ij -such a.
l~ie number of member& ' 'il're
they hed
h~ 'V cry few clauns for long .Ilclmeu beDefits
H. regletted l~ h..t the Juv"rule !$oclety S!!'" not
1I0uruhmg. and he sugg.Ated.that a sm&ll C<lmj
to , go ':t!!t:<; the que.tl<lIl. ""d I
could 1iO ' deVised by, wh.ch thoot
could be Imp'rov~
Otberw... tlie
Sltua.tlon was sati&factory
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Rev 0 P i Ctawfurd aecoDded
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Carder regretted t.hat' Uie I memhenhip doyenr lifter ys..- • They had 37 ageDt•• and
bad only baen U4 admi.slons dunngl the
Thue, he supposed, ~ been dist.ributed
amongst /sir 'It ocven agent..
Tho ' SOCIety
offered ,the best ht:Defit8 tJiat any 80Clety could
offer,'l and some means ought to be taken b;Yj whIch
th, Management OO!I11lllttoo should bflllg the
matter of the decreased membership.. beto"" the
agent. throug~out the County. and urge them to
bri!>g about. Change m tbils dfrectlOll
r h e ChlUrman thought that something shOUld
b6 ~oDe lD tile matter.
ljtr WIlham. suggested th.t oomeoD9 should
be l'appointed to go round to the ' ageDta and stuthem up to get more mem'OOrs
Mr GIll saId tlle Society 'Was 8ufiel:Ulg In ~om­
m)Q W'ltb other hlendly sOCIetles, nnd he saw
t ho.t they wouJd ha,e to fight th o mdllBtna,l
cOIflpames on theU'1 o-,\,'n. ,ground
He sugge3t..ed
tMI the matter should be put off fo r a few
m'ftlu: He suggested that the In'ie ~1l1 e1 SOCIety
"'" at present const ,tuted shoUld bo .boh~hed ,
an'll be made Do brllnch of the Juverule BeCtlOD
of ~ the paxent Society
4: sinnll C<lmmlttee
sh~uld be appoJOted to go ifit~ the matter •
~fr Carder sa ld that 11 cU'cuJar letter should
be drawn up and sent to the agent'!, n.sking them
to do wh&t th ey could re~g the ml"'>bershlp
of ~h& Sdclety.
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he report ... no adopted, and the 'qu~tl on of
tn easlDt'; the memBenhlp, and abo thl abohtlon
of t be LJu'\:emle Society w~ referred to the
Cci,nunHtee of Management
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Ir G,ll moved
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st ute thea Committee of Management ferr the
en umg ear The PreSidept~ the V1Ce-PresldW.
C~\PDel W P N., h, the Rev G P Crawlurll,
P W Ilh ams, the Rev Oa.nnn Trotter, 'Mr
A J M""key. tbe Rev FltT.Wllham;r C GIU,
m'
nd tbe tollowmg benefit member>' M.."",
JO!'. HJtchcoek G F "Lane, .T SmIth, H Loder.
WI' VIDC. and W. Wood" ..d"
~ & Carter secoDded, and the proposItIOn was
a~d to
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1\& ,'] hompson moved & Vf)t:.e of th&nks to the
President. the VIce Preslden t., a.nd , the members
of I the CommIttee of Management l.or theu
va. nable &erV1ce8
Thls was e&med.

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with

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Sizea )(' lii.
PrIce, 4/11

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EY Em:;n

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RECEIPTS

2/11 i.

10 TaUor.out Imarl;
atripe OO"OD 8hi:rta
In alee 'J"AlliJ
prillt, all good
0010111'1. Pr~"e

ca.rr.ed

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prove

coD.Slperably lower t han the prevlOus (fear,
the receIPts remo.m muc~ ~8 t same.

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th e annulU repOrt waa sub~hlch read as !ollowlr -

en-

p~e

Yolle Blollua.,

gEfera1 statement for the year 1916, aa set
sat~factory results, the Sick
and depos,t br&llches

anI

GATHERING&'-

times 'Of

60 DalDty ... hHe

shows
Ibelow.
both ID th. =anc.

m'Ycst.gated
Fort1'~ 1f16 persons have uean reo
ported ~or 6enous a ts of cruelty I t~enty-thre:
'1\ ~ra
CODVlcted,
d the penaltles unp ~

amcimt.ed to ~O
u:teen received a.~orutlons
from the heM office, and sirly-<>ue cautions wertj'
P\"U for lllwor .octs of cruelty l 'w: hea.vy haula~e of timber In the Forest distnct has rece.ved
La,) Spec.iAl at t.e.ntion]f tbe m spect.or
Th6
annual UlCat.iDg of tfe ranch W8.6 held &t the
_;' bbey Hall on .!PfiJ 13th, the Mayor. J\{r
LeoDa.rd . . Sut ton. Ul :the chair An s.ddreSll was
g .. eo by Mr Gordo~ J es, of headquarter8; he
,ppea1ed f9r help fOi the general fund, and for
thl t of the" S,r.!<
wounded h or.., " enumerating the mOllY w'Y' ID which the R S P U.A IS
bel ID at the front
W • • gam "",b to em
fbfslJ the fact tha the Roy a.l Soclety for the
Plc . entlon oi'"Ctuelt t o Anlma.h, l.S tbe onl)
SOcletv re~ogmsed bYf the Waf Council and IS an
Aunliarv of the Army Vetermary COTES A ,Bag
day was held tn R
lDE; EUld sUlTOundmg dtS
!nCt. op June 17th
SId of the R S PC}, f1llld
for Sick and woundc BrltIfh horsc!! .& SpecH•.l
CommI ttee was form
for Its orvantsarfon uDatr
the pfe«ldencv of Mr Benv('In With tJle gr3.tI f y
mg result. tha.t the su of £373 was rea.llied t dUB
Lo no small extent t t.he amollilt of good work
put ID by 14rs Youn , h on sec M lEiS Waldron
of Coley ·,venue , mo~t generously defraY,f\d .11
e~eru.es of the day The a.bove amount ,'Vuh COD
tributLODS recelVed~
' mg the year. lDcludmg a.
don.tlon of £25 , th part proceeds of a b =
. etv kindly COIltq
by Mrs Harvey. of
Amliarrow Sandhur
enabled ua to rem,t £408
16.8' 5r.l t~ the DUke.
Portland's Fund D eath
b911 agaln removed severa.l keen and vaJ:oed sup
1'<'rten of th. BrOOch, n otably Mr H B Bl ....dy.
SIT Robert Mo" bra. the Rev J
and Mrs BlId ~ :bIr B1andy 'Was Mayor of
B crQugh at the tuUe the Branch was fortn.ed
1b. 'year 1880 ... dPl""'ded.t the tint< mliet.ing
The t hOllk! ' oi the' Co1"DUttee are due to the bon
~cret.n•• and OOllectrB for their kind help; to
the ' P~. for reportI g meetID~'. p~o ..eu\ibM,
ttc 'to the pollee,
Messrs Sutton~ Sona,
lor ihe use of th~
' Ab '<" H&!l . lor Its m ..tID~l
41ldj to M....... F
Cooksey a.nd Wolker for
l.'1Ddly auditmg ' the"
IIDts To close this reo
port
have pI
m testifvIDg to the gooft
a~tvl~ rel)~ by' ~.,..,.ctor Dowty dunng the
period under ~ " I ~ l& a. bala.oce m hand
of £15 11, Sd.
I
T h. ~r p"'l'I""d thlo adoptIon of the top<lrt. ne fact tli.it £408 Hi. 5d. had been reo
ll'lltt.d rto the pa;re.!\t 80CIety wu. he uld. m 1tse1l
'D. IIDd distnct who had
on th. work
?Ir R&vward .-nded. and <om~nted on the
tinanctal eta.tement which showed .t1i&t £179 "lOs
had ' been.... recelved 'by j'1ibsenpt1ons, which Wl'lfl a
m.tter for congratulatton to the lodi .. of Read·
in.r- and dJatnct who he.d caned on the work
The report IUld lin ' CJal statement having been
adnnted
The Pj-eoident rPriricess Victori,. o~ Scbl'l!W1g'
Ho lste,nl" t)). Vice·PreSldents, the C~mnl1ttee.
r.!:.a,Ll·. .D'uni rMr E
fI Slmmons), too B on
Trea51lrBr (Mr S Ha:1jWardl. a.nd the Hon Seore
I.". (Mn YD1lJlgl
all re·eleoted.

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