Reading Observer 04-1917

ROBERT

"MY LAtiY
A:e-rlltrli.
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WI1IIPE:ru:S
W,th Ly.[CIl by ARTHUR W,WPJmI ~

Pictlll'es.

Inclucliu,g MR. ARNOCD

IMATED OAZETTe.

NOTES AND COMMENTS
SAM'S NAVY."
COL WILSON S LETTER I
00 page 0 a,ppean a mOlit. lmp ottant. lettQ:t
! om t he Borougll Member L.eul .col '\V,I,on,
( \1 G D SO 1.1 P on the ,ubJect of the
l"'1": lllltn s food 6upph
Col " lliion b , t'lriU6 of
hiS pO$ltlOn , ~f placed In pc -resfH on or mformatwlln
v.:L c.h of ne~81t., 1" ''It.hl.eld from the geJi ral

of McGREGOR:
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ilJi:ST.r.<E

r: ubilc, antt-- thiS fact alooe make. the natU~Of
h !.. :rppt.aJ of tne mo<.t 'It.al Iml?or taut'!e Su
ed
up Col W ,hon s leUc1' t".leani t~a.tl vol1fIl ry
r . . t amng IS on lts trla.l iU'ld that i}nlet$ h e
c net&l conaulnpt\on 15 reauced t o Ride h m
a
hateful , bub n eCf!:&fia.n :
~ntetp of c(l1npu1a6ry
ra t on ll'lg WliI h8~ e to be mtroduood to prevent

OA RS
AND

UPIIOLSTEUn

!i ODERAtE CHARGES
A SPECIALITY

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the Work. at ilM

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TEACHERS AND POLITICAL ACTION FolloW'U\g 80 clot -lv on Mr F l@!:!.er ll greAt
speech Ion edUC!BtlOn m tb.c H ow"o of COmtllODfi It
W"lS hardly surpr $.lng lh~t tb."re ~.1S an alf of
c. . -pect'11l c' at 'the annu&i meetmg of t h e Herk
h1~ County 'retl.Cher s }uocla.hon on Ss.turda:\
FQ ~ ,hort perIod ::at anv ra te the tea.ch ers.a.ro-Pre
pared to
Wa.lt and !te
The,," are wlUifig. t o
acc"(lt I M r ' Ylllmk s ad,lce 10 eX(!rel~ p <tlen ce

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orga.n

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thIS underpaid prole!l810n h as long !inee been ex

rulU't.d And ortly p, tnotL, m of the hlghe.t orclehas prob, ented them taklhg drutlc .lCtlaD ere ~h1.ll
f,o enlbrce llIelr 1U.t demru:ld~
On 8~'urd .y

",,:ns atmod e:s.p endec! h ~
c :mnts rm e:o
pr nC11lll.ll) G il (OUlp l~11J .... 31
(:l(:.dno
15f: J(l1 ell g iln lInd pce
Ilator
The

little' ,.1>.1.

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Actu.lI. to. pat,ODF" of

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underlying &11 elle

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ha&lnow

READING'"

HR'NT ' '1'n KlNG COOll<lB..

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SONS,

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obhl}"'d flIld p aId for nut. of the sa;v"
tL{) annual c t H (\ ~l so alluded
the
concdit.ion of t 1 ( roc f 111 t c.'O Doeth ~oi lc savmg
fac9d 1\ Ith a hi" CXpP.llBtl as there w~
t.o bl} done I t " ~s una.mm )usly det th e c.lll1.rch, ordell! 1)f'i I"f:qll c~tcd to ob
tu m
ru; to coc:t, ... t c of neVi 11£ thn g appafl.tus and r epa.mng the r OClf
Mr Carter lemar~ed
t 'ta t de,!:..te t he los'.s ! I ev h.~ If""w,med b- tho
de-30th of man:,; pan\l!.loncIs n9hbL l\fus Noble,
Mrs I ~adchiio Mr F KmghU1tl
r LaDe Mr
\\7 B "Ilhams Mrs H as la.m ~~ Mrs Wink
wort.~ the fun ds we"'e up to the a erage
A lot
of 'To~k de"\"o vcd \lpOn Mr D
Isfa.m upon
whom the mam p Ol: Ltcn of !h9 financIal part [eU,
ilnd thonks "ere due to bl n Eff~rt' were bemg
g:Lad~ to ma."k.u the oel1eftcc of Ou.: er ham mto a.
he.ttltl: )l"lflu h.Ivi n. :ic!..a ne had ceu et~d t~
lOcrqa36 then endo" ment
£a60 had been ra "ed
dUrl~ g tlle year nnd '" prOlAl5e of £'20 towa.r~
anoilit:r £100 T~ c money thwr obtumed ha.d
beeo.l mvestcd In 3 p er cent Ini:llo.lJ.o S~ck. which
would Ibnllg III £6 tlo ycar ThIS h ... d iY.!en pl&sen ted to th9 EccleO;:Iastical CorumLSsloners \,.w lio
had
a. grant of £lOO, an whIch the- wbuld
4 pel cent "R oughly, tlleretore the total
WI!..", " t Q..the benefice would b a £10 75 p or annum.
PCI petUlt)
Ihe s lde~mcn " etc then r e clecteil ,vlth the ex
ccptlOn of 1.fl "'... B Wllhn.:ms, dccea'\ed and
)!, 101 J • ro"1I now 10 d ie }-1 my In thOU'
plac~ Me:;J;:lJ J G "i\Test op and F G. Houn~ome
wor~ lIppomtccl
Tho four membels on the Chmch.
CounCIl. VIZ 'l\!e~OIrs E C Cooke C Ktll ~hts
"'~~~,otr~r~~heir'
l l EIl S C
P owell a nd ~ Wmk~"lortb were rc ctectcd,
11
{\Ieo v. er ~ thp. '<chool ma.nSigers VlZ, Mcc:srs
p:';\!~ii'.~~~,;~~::l;"r:
'I" ~I.ml·.,l l E e Po~.... lJl A Holmc~ A I Vt.T Carter and

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THE NEW PRESIDENT ,
OCCU10Ji wlUi t.a.ken of the I etlrem~nt from the
<¥ncv of ¥r G M E Fryer. of W oking
N. to mwe 41l!l a p.... eototlon. and Ibll ple'l"
mg d,remony Wjl.I performed by the mcomln~
PreSlcle~t. Mr A E ViCker. 01 Reading The
Gounty teacheri Ara to be congratulated
mg .a able ~ ,ucceuor to Mr Fryer Jt'
I IhlOW • 'ogjj!al speaker and a brilhanl or~ll'r,
I III '!Yickera "Wi n undoubtedly proVf the' rlght man
In tbc rlglil pl ... during tho tryIng JlO'1od to
come Like -'lOiit teachera, Mr V1eken h~6 put
In a 101 of ttpiO OD dlf!m;nt kilid, of war ..ark
durrnk bus l ell1J.r8 lioUrs, and organisers of Bag
days, : /or ' " ~Qm hjI has 'done a gmt deal of ,m
portant wo{'Jo: .... m an unpretentious. way.. have ~l
queatly pa.td trilnite to the S!!1'Vle.. he h .. ren

on

IS AT STAKE

and a Government
It-s em barriluments
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nom\n~ted

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at a I i lbour Confer• nee 'trayed from th e ~old.
neve r m.t>ntro!n him
FO~th.
hllJlself presented t he ~4B. 1
mkrVi!r. t lO n
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Balfour
Tj.. ReI~l'n, It

and!1 r

very .lfectlVely
111 t o help In
sel l gov ernmg ~ communltiea
treated a. negh~,ble limply
smull th~t the ruthless.
one un scru pulous Powet tm ..
ture of CJvlhst\.lWD and tb.
kind ' 1ih~~e 1\',e are told.
po ltt.co ll elhlc, "h,ch b,tter l
bllrmn,g mt o t he soul. qf
pE'op 1el'O •

mure t D the eommon cause.
wo r ld ... ays M r Ual foar,
the Prestdent lIlust be mad.
\\ lut 15 ru eHnt by d...
a~ eo war fnr d-m oc r atl C' pMnhuty thoc'Tl !;ts hlll.ve

l:t ... "umed.

.rlvocacy' at Uei>ub~Jr
'W ells whn Ha Tt.ed
h ilTe Iltids ths rather "mos ..
lhJ.t he does not In t..e nd th.
clI ns am ption HIJII Idea 1&
earnestl, comme nd to the
a fo rm of 'l"ve"'nment ...
fit to Hdopt ourselt'es
But
the

.. as hardly Il kelt

1<, be

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prot

of tl e O rI~l.D.2

He Icnt.: ws t hat
democra<'J&5 -..s.. weU ..
and be ' T~gard.
a eomm nn prmclpl8l
the human seat of

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cumm Unit]
' Yhoe ver der..
doe' so .n ~b~ n a me(uuJ
t of the peqpl. I lhe cOn" t lta t wh,cn " " "Id ",t up

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restmg in the last re-hl'lO<led supersl,ltwn of
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fhat cml
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t1o<:trlne

but

the

partIcula r raler has " dl"l1~
hIS o wu ",II h lI.JI ne9.r
an eccent nclt, It 15 an lDNo lnng can be abo". tile
attompt'3 'to place hlm",lf cUl

be\XJmes "tYrant, and' 1 ua
ofte n lOS"t8d, lie llIay btl

t.he re a.re no tfangers~
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L;.
e sove,('elgn
mar I,JIII'
!.h an an
if ~,
'1lC1.pt,Lon at "
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of theu dolag '0

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.. h,eIi h ... unttiMI the
tho M"'blishmfnt qf

of gpTftJI.IIMlBt
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Castle SUitably acknowle1c}ged the emblems)
pc"onted the R~ to" wltli n. cheque for
£2 2[; [rom a. panshioner abse/i:lt at Easter to be
.dded to Ihe "mOmlt of the ERiter oflermg WhlCl
WaS thu. mcr.Med to £78 14. I 2d
,
Mr St.oney eiprcsscd lhs grntltudc
M".!. Carle" thanked hiS co warden for thc work
had done
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Mr Castle remarked thnt for: thl! chancell m the
P :JI!h. CliurCll t be, w e e mdebted to Mr C LIter
The ChaIrman nl1uded to Mr Southgate S llcr
VICes durll1Jt the year aUfl congra.tulnted Mr
CooKa on hl A apprnac!ung mCl.rnn~e
Mr Haslam proposed a ,ate o' thanks to tbe
R ecto and warden" whlch WOI! clirr cd

THE 'LATE DR.

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congregation
The PlI.rl ..h'J CounCil, of wblch
he was so effiCient a. chauman (or 1i0 rq.a.ny years,

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lully represented, and nIl th,e members
IMeosrs L P,tney. A Sbeldo1) Ii Fraokhn W
J Iegg F IIIewett M_ Sa"l1dera, F C Paget)
wallled III a body to the churCh Jhero ,eats were
speCla,lly reserved for l t hew Genera.l Waddmg
ton J P • represented the Obunty Bench, the Rev

Ul illd 0[. the Brltleh Club for

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atcuftlel.lta ~tt ilega.rd and Bro1:t't 0., 1D rag time , o.tld

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D I.Y COLLECTIOfi

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lh· Conullltte. 01 th e B W
WISh to th.nlll
a. 1 , ... h ~ cOontrtbut&d b;)' tlo"" ers ~ help on 111m
I f);.e
)s.tre&L colledlOD las:. wEfCk W ld Clf the

lJar

!und:- c the cold,en and.a lo~ Ire. cant.en ilt
he S E 1= .btatlOn The lel uIt \\"d.S £110 f.Iit.er

UlYJ1::t

el..l1~[!£b8

1 ~E6EN [.HION TO Al> ODDFELLOW
H tho Loy_I PlIn",11 Ale.~ 'lndm LoJ ge 01
O:ldf,llowl on Moud t ) ~veomg PO H at\dJ' Inle
mck stc\urd., "W1l.S f>lc-e.nted b, PO 1.1 A Welch
\\1 b a. PUlit Orand's Jewel OD behlllf of the meDi
11 r i'Jt the
as an :111}lre(>lahon Of hl8 vo.lu
l ie '"or'
I tlie lact that h. had lUti. pa ..ed
1 ~ 1"ougb the cham; of tbe L odge !or the thtrd

Louge
and

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MEMORIAL SERVICE.

und ~tlends
N u.tura.lly the very prom ncnt. POIHtlOD 111 10~aJ.
affaln which Ca.pttLm l:[a.wes occupIed was l"eS{? OD
SI Ll" for the attendaDoe of 80 large and mflu e~t, al

{tn el 10 IlU Ildvert.&.ltemout..
111~1l~ UI all. attract.h 0 Progt"aUlwe a.t th6 P ,lace
') hC:ltre lIed )\ eel: tho l trti6~ l Ocl uWlIg 0 ..... uJll
"Ucu nuul, ijlu~mM })even ZylbdstiieD8 1 lto velt} lU
Sold Lerl\,

HAWES.

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Fhe

18 .,uol HoIapltal BundA! Collectioll will tak o

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G Cf. B.

!ferh;J,ps the most a01cmn and ImpreSSIVe. of
meJilorial servlCe! ever h eld - lD the bea~tlful
p a ;!.iBh Church of St J a.mes t.!J.eLess took place
on Monday evenmg and It UI cert:lInly safe to
"'y that never 80 large a local I coDgregatlOn
..romh'ed to do honour to l t~. llfemory 01 tho
bra.,e dead whose ln ea ha.vei beeu Htlven in theu:
couhtry 8 defence Fully fO'jr hjmdt:ed peop,e
wer.e pre<:ent and t hese lOeluded the rela.tlves
not only of those for Whol:n a; ]prevlous memonal
serVIce l::.a..d been hold, liut ot those v.:ho ha.ve
re~ntly J1J.llen~ VlZ
Oa.ptn\ll H awes R A Atr c..
C1Io\vned by tbe numng of tIio hOSl'lt::a.i ship,
, Salla • a fO'\mg" t ago pI;, Albett Richen.,
killed In Fra.nce, and r' te ~1. r dworth who sue-cUIIJbed to jever 1O lI1e,opo~"!,lI'
Mrs Ha.wes MISS N Ha.wes Ca.ptnm lvon
H aw••, R A. M V Dr Gillord (Readingl and Dr.
bitCh. (Whitchurch and I'o.ngbourne), Mr and
James Rlchens knd Mrs a.nd l\{lSS Aldworth weL"
D.1Uong u:'o more lmm~dil:l.te !sOrrowmg rela.tlves

p' ace QII May 6th
1 u..d Orpheu s Society w111 give thetr aecond. !.ubsorlp
t Oil OOlicert Oll }Jtly 9th
1\ .M....y I1k-Y fu..ir will M heM at Wesley' Cbntch
QU Cleli " f(l lld 0 11 fu eaJa.y Ilud " edU6Sd&\ I May i.t
UJkl :u.d See ndvt
PdTICUUB$ of & grand maflnee concert on Ala.1
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LPC!AL PARAGRAPHS.
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natlOJ m Chnrch Ward was filled
under the
.groomeat l18'led by t!:e CollWvallve. Liberal
ana Lahour l'art..s m Reading all vacanc.e.
accruang on loea.l bodies dUl1Jlfl the war were to
be \utomatlcl.Jly filled by th~ Po.rty In POS!e68 10n
of Ipe ..at will!!' the ag:fCe\nent wa, ..good W,th I
regard to tho' ,I.t
ohurhb Ward thero coald
no poM.blo n\'.~ake I II rlnd6ubtedly belonged to
the Lallour P..rt:y, fo~ MIA Dowell .... elected to
tho Board .. the no~ af the R~g
WorkerJ· Eleel:6ral League Th.."foro orkanioed
. bour~ t,presellted by the L&bour RepniA01Itat.oQ
Com!Qlttee, "Ia~ qUite Within lts tIghts 1D. remlnd
109 the B oard of the fact and 11\ aslung the botlrd
that ltt. .~ur Br04dJey m.ght . uccoed M...
Dowell However, a second eandidi.t~lD no
way donn~ct.Qd With the Labotm mO'\'"QDlent- 81
and elected The expla.natlOn of
ollle ol Llblll'~1 and bonsefvttlve MooCl.hon.
WIll ba a'vo.ft~d l With murut, partIcularly' as bne
n ember of the Llbcral Ex.ecutive Comml!'too Ipoke
III
fu.t oui' of t he second ca.ndlda.te POt..!ijbly
however, the Situation ma.y b e reheved by tlbe
l&dy ,l,ko wao elected reiU!mg to accept t he eat
now that Ilte !II placed In full P01l!er.5Ion of t.he
fact.

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MlIhe
"lIor R~ctor
J H Cooper
e.-,;;:p"'c"'"cd tha.nks to the wardens for
t~e work done durmg the ycal. and presen ted
tliel1ll WIt!>. two ne" wands, the mounta benrlOg
St t Petel B CIO~S neaut lfulTy chased m ma "" lve

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Board of GU&l(haDl on 'IhUl1lday. m last week,
when the vaca.ncy caU88d by Mrs Dowell s resl~

It h .. done t he Tight
lor whIch the ForMEn
to ", ..h'ngton ,. wtll
wc"ds It L! U to mak\;
e.l.Sy
e[fechve between
strlV ng ',nt h aU their polter
• I,<tlng peace by the OI\1y
s.ecur~ It Damely, a suc ...
1 her'e " a htU. group 01 per• that ased to ask at).:
we fi~tin~ for ••
W I1,son vlewmg tbe pro
••t.. of beUlge"""ts. deS!
50me concretion of
•
these people
Ie
pbludlls
'lhat was
Dr

cOlnnt,.nQ· '(WI.
~ : e".~':o;~~;~~!~rI

BRE:'}kING ~HE TRuciR<>1atiop' bo!,• ...., Oap t.iJ1
suffiolently embittered Without
by such act,P!" as that taken by the R""'hng

both sId•• of th e ,Hlautic
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to re conSIder thelr P081tlOP Mr White a.cI.Iftit.ted
that he had been opposed I , polll.ical act.on"ln
t he pa! t, , t ot! Saturda.v, ,-hile not CO.DUDlttlDg
h,mself, h. gn? h,s he,,"," 1th lmp""",lon that
he wa. pre~re~ to vote not ,(1)ly In favour of the
Na.honLL] Unl~ of Tea.chen irlBliIitmg
I abour P&rty~ b.y, .1.0 m.l'vour of
:\.sl';oCUlttnn a.flllta.tmg with the "&&dlng
and Labour CounCIl In glvmg ex~,slan t,
the.. senhmentl, Mr White provod that h. li.d
gone Into th& matter thoroughly. for. j\eru",,1 of
h,s relrwk. ",II show t hat he w.. under no mlS
a.pprehentl1on .. to what the consequences of thll
st·p woold be

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bpwc\ et, Fuulkecl "Mr

on uP""
th :trds
fil t. f)fSun
month,
£7,d:whad nbct!tn epassed
to
F und Ihc account for.llght n g and
a, -..;ery consldera.ble sum (£34 15s 9d.,
Clld th cn .0.1 fu lLcr .£31 made
Slime :<;che.l.l1 c ~ llOUW be tdop"cd to
8. n ew and ~ffiCle nt he lt mg apparatus
Calte c:u",~c t d tbn.t fhe1l1e:l.tmg a pl1aratus

,IGNS OF THE TIMES Until no\V the NaLlOna.1 Umon 01 Teachen has
Jal nled for Its metttbe~ rehgloul and pohllcaJ
I eedoDl, blJt. all Mr F W W"htle ",mmded hiS
lellow tcachetR, the hme
come
lthem

BRAD IN"

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ll;:~;:,%:~~;:~
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n ote of det.eruunahon

that ubi ..... ,0'11ethmg ,. •.... dllv done In tbe
matter ~f l:I.J.arlc.a the h .. nd of the Government
"'ay hl~e til be forced hy pohl1caJ actIon

ON APPLICATIOtl.

~n~~~\\LI~~:'(rtu,~r

ct "Work hld !leci
V{lltmIw<,t!" " III t.!te c1 Hch ,\ Itp
greal~w.
e.rne~;tn'''' , and as a. p Il i"' a tb ~y v
very gratothem
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t..:ll.!i~ I e. U.!en "ubnutted llie accou;J.b:! for la8ti
I wbc!:i. ' ad been pre\toueLy 1 ead at tlie
Vc"tn I he\ <"hO\~ed a balance !J1 hmd of

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iND Sl'Llll't
IIll U 11 .1

,t"v.llon 10 h lS lette- the Borough Mem~cr
ma ke, ~ugge'tio" " as to ho, tb. rich may bellI
th - po~r and we lld ".~ h.ia adv ice and ~n",,&1
Will Dot be ,nthout t~elI' effect

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pomt ..... arguable The
troop, abr9ad with beer

lAId that. '~ b.!l.t ' ' w as of

att"l of ol)lmpn
:tti.;:~~~:~i.te;~::~'a.t bem rDaJor
ltv of peav1e

a.

bUGmmlS of

natlo.nal

the iro
th.t fi& had old
t" [\ of the gene~a.l
! o go on J lily 1.t
confimied

P

Popc, the School J-ian'Hfer:s, Mr BOwrlO&,

~oIiinlaj>~cf' l of Newbul). (,l:!e Boyth Bhko Llber~1 Aoso
mabon

Anlollg t..he congl egatlon "\V6 noticed In
to those meutlOned
SI.r Fredenck
Colonel and Mn BalI Major and MIS
c
\11 a..nd Mr
Uoode\AdLUllS, Mr
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tL:! F eV" A Hopl1' in~ 11Jld MiS! Ho nkIns
(l'"dnlar,h)" ~11 t.: at d Mj<.:s Jones ( \4 Jesmun4
" nddrngtL-ll b(f~ 0hamberiaut.
Mr <: Peh oco!una;\ Mrs Orook.;:ton,
I R"bert',on, H" , Slatter (Wliltchurchl Mra.
W lIdor (Sulliam) Mr Pear.).
C Palmet (WhItchurch) M,so
Mi88 iEI.·~n'ir V{ est, Mr Arthur We8~,
C
Annetta (c.u.urch
ohOl!' ,Vete the Rev
1?ar'g'b(''!fn.e).the Rev H

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