Reading Observer 05-1917

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at, ~ .ANiz.o Co¢a, Read·
thO$..( lhainn"'; Mr: H. G.
p",,.idjit~: . , There wore oJ"" pr-..t;
Ma.nI&l!l~:chair)Ilan),. Mr. : J,
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fl'"1A. Mount, M.P.,
C
Gull"
'.!.l Sir George y OttDg,
1'. G. B ' ~' \.iapt&in F . C. Lad..•
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Mrs. Mount, Mr. '
, Mr. r, S~.y, ·~r. F .. J. Patton,
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, SIa&, Dr. B. iW, B ... dcnoll, 'Mr. W,
M. bJiiJdsj Mr. E, p&rfiLf !",? Mr, J, Haigh.
:r:~ LATE CO.t;,QNEL 'qIO~E.
Before fOlIllJlellcing th<!. buSUl ... .,the Gliaihnan
F"~fe'TOd to the ,deatb of'()OlRn.1 H. U. H. Thorne,
clerk to tho COIIllllitiee. H. Mid Ire should
,nth th;em in ~ a.n expression of their
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circum.tancu alt.r the quality and efl'ici'M'a> ~
of the •• ca••• of SUN,LJGHT SOAP.

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altered circumatances of our clean
T HE
chiTalrous fighters make no

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their c1ennllnes5 so far as soap is

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Dise~e.

Kidneys

Council had suatlWled 1D the death of
who fell ""htlst 'gaJIlUltiy leading
·~~Jt: ;'~:!~w~!hicb he had only been a

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CA.SE.$, hut

Felbwarv 17th, 1912, Mrs. E.
of 63,
Street, Oxford Ro.d, Readirlg,
said
I CllUglft a. severe chill, aud a
days
w .. lhelple .. with lumbago
violent ~ m fuy back completely
me. I douldn't rvaJJc, fnor get a. good

the servIce ho rendered to education.
prc)PQsed that an expressIOn of regr~t &n.d

Although w:fe &nd mother n"O longer wuh for t.bcir
o nes. th!. sa,me pure aoap comes to their nssJ~t.tleCl
in the front line tr~oehel. Tbe puritY ODd

fo~WtLrdod '.j",

Mr •. Th,oroe.

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bfiJii,,,,t

make 'it a. worthy Auociate of the dcanelt fi&bte:n in \be

nilla

4 0. & 50. 'PER DOUBLET:
£l 'OOO~GUARAm-EE OF PURITY ON EVERY

The IIC!;'~ ecer
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0" Soao i) a G~ar.. n'ee of 'Purfly and E·,cell"'.,,
BROTHERS LIMITED, PORT

L~VE

Sulb·C<>mmi~tee reported thot tbe usual re·

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rcoolyed-" from the Governor.s of
Secondary School., together wltb
fo r th~ present

fi.n ~ncial

bVEIf-,vorkWill help, too,

m operation for 1917 j
County acholarsblp5.

Scad for Preo Sco': an •f
Be sure yOU a.sk fOr
s:et DOAN'S
' 'uloess. and other Lon2
-the PIll!:; I
had.
..4.11 "'alm, ~r 2/9 a boz from F"'tw.]!ctl,lla. Ca" 8, Well. St" OTf,ard S/" Lo"q"n, W. I.

jUnior, lnterm¢dio.te. and

scholarship~ will be held during tbe week

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Drawing·room Suites
Dining-room Suites
Bedroom S~tes I

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Se~h:,l.dj,.=i for Olok

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'I,l"gc. number l;3of eick
ot b~r soldi8rt;, m,.1bdmg

c!~£"t:'.; · f.-.lIr. -"he Coun cli

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FOR PRESENT WEAR, and

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deUl ona t~a

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NEW ' T:ERM ,0

liools

studIes 10 dra.wmg ar c1 .:l ~C- '
mcrl1tn~~ lea-th' 'week, ttrder 1
rtnd

h lS asels~n ~.

Many

paId VISIt s for tndruqlilon
T "0 ..8oCI " ri~JI h HYOl
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•Llc" ti"ns~t,h. H a mp&htre Fleld Olub
Et.on Sci~ tific SOc.Ietv.
Â¥"~!'C ginn t o bot~ A re.-valu~.

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Largest \Selection.
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WHY

IJlform t hem tha t. 10 th~ ·Doml ~ unn '(:P.HS8 r\" 'for tlicfo to
of Pl~! .Isewhe... : lhe

apI>fO,,.d by' theln.

The Board' ,.f to

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paId for fuel
very

v.ry·~n§~~~~::~d~;\~~~~~:~tj~~

ExerC16CS
sinceCommit!ee'.
1906, as l.,n.
or· [ .were
Sir George
hils
been 'the

tee,! he said;

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""" ,u,",nd,ed t hat the FIU1Il Stewatu.
{rum £ 3.50 tQ £ 4tu ' rer

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E.JACKSON,
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~ONS,
CO~PLETE

Smlmon ~ ~u bml t.t.edl his at.i'iul
h yc and d ea d st('JeJ4 tn h~i:I ! on
31"t. last. He ~ald : j U You
there l~ :.. con;;ldern.ble iDI!f~.se .
kl r- t vcu ';;. .,.,,111a1-10n. a:l}d It

SCHOOL "OUTFITTERf'

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JACKSO'NS' CORNERS and Br~nch~s.
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Telegrams: .. ExcelSloe. Re"llIIg."

Telephone No, 249,

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ServIce -Th.
Sub·Committee
Notth
- 1!erka ~~~::i:;;~~~~~~
follvwinl(
resolution;
"In view ofhaye
tJi. ,f of
Teache",;
Educatl0n ,.Authority is of ' tenchel1!l of the
£e.'\Chen are 8ngagcli 1Il work of ga.nl to · increase
the
L ocal Education had, ' recommended that,
to · gi't"e anv ~~TantAe 'matter, at present.
called up tli.t Ii" or her pi""" ... ill that they bad ·id~o~~n~eto:.~~~!~n~
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! direction. a.nd tl
I ~~r;::Vi,f~~~~~:~dCampaign.-The Buh-Commlt- they were able
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of the EducaJ Th~re was a.lso a.
tl~;~!~J~~'
to
bt the War Sav • beil'g eonlerred
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Wlt.h regard to ~he
of ' the sidercd when ¥1Y step was
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of domg the.. thm!;l', because the humours of
Chl1drf:n were the capse of eJtra.vaganC8 in thls

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direction There were substItutes wlllch might be
u 8ed~ but persons didl not know how to we them
and 1~ was Vf!ry imperntl've ,tha.t m formatto~

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should be mlparted. Mr. Slade s.id that aJl In.
struct.lon should be ~en t to ' the uil.Chers to pro-mote the econonuca.11 use of foods. I' This should

be done at once, and lif many wa.y this lUlerfered

·~ Ti .. ~. ' Local

it would be, readily glven, ond he dId not Wl>Ijt it

~o go out tbat tlte question of food would lie left
In 'Abeyance witil the IEducatioD. Committee moved

them.
lIfr. 'l'erard Raid he, understood that instructions
were to bo .ent to the D..~ct C-onncil~ on the

food

que.tion.

The body with which , he w,,"

knowledge of saving. but the enfOTcement of bread
ca.m8. They would have to work through exten-

h01L68 where every smgle fiBl'Vant gave notIce..
They could not ·interfen until Dinrict. Councils
were given .power.

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w~ks ' they would 1>& under th. food ticket 'Y'.
tem. The matter was ODe 011urgency and t~y
had not 'much time to thmk ~bout it. '
Sir Cameron Gull sa.id tha.t t;)Ue Important point
was informin&. people of enbstitntes which could
be n,ed, and "what to 00 wi~h. them. A grea,t;
many people did notl know llow to 11.Be them.
Thero W83, no difficulty in obtaining maize or
barley.'
The 'C hairman SAid that, .. 1.fr.' Haigh bad '
.~id , the teachers would d? all tbev oonld to spread
tlhs very useful mformatIpn. Tl1e coDsumptiqn

of bread

been

Instead of less, and t.ne

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->Io.. ~hin.g :mperat,ve that ,they
the next few weeks.
ren.lise to ,the uttorecon1omYI ' and this

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housebold8

order tba.1i

Thern' was

who were now in l"ebad bOOn tit. caa. be.
was food in oops thev
would .never get on in
brouC'pt home to the
spend money unnececs-

use

t~'~oi~~~:i::~~':Of

tile Ul educat10n. lin
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in- of
Edl1catEi!0,nl~~~~;~!:i~~iI:
were
1iialthe Bo¥ d'toofthe
Hohse

a certo.in

not

Btlt

until
restrIct.-

nro;ve,ne"t would be

~a.s that some
very much 1IIlill they
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READING BOROUqH, BENCH. I, :e~ the -d~fcnil':;'t-:i\Ctnii't~cllullmg

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With , reo
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chait), Mr

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SUMAN IN TROUBUi
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.\rtbur S)T.lmonds, liD fi:<cd aboere, ~ seama~, !

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mom ent

" as ~arged ' n t h have l1m g on the G ~ R vntn- I
- out pa.ri ng b u; fale, :md 'Ht.h ~ tent. to aVOid pa.v· \
menLT lfr H D 'Vltherin gton appea.r ed for t.he I

are ~ ..tnn eah-t
a good -!I1l\ rTh e 1t erns in Ye-

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prep_ted by. the
W~b1ll'ton, M A.,

MOTOR

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Cambridge, giVtng

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";';'t;;;di~;; toCopies
the method.e
of tl:ie

c,,"'p<U1Y - Thpmas G. P ortm->n ,,"d he found :
tbe ,prisoner 1ym!; on the floor qf an ~mpty brake bw·.tb.·ro<ld , ",e.atn~,

~~~(~e::',~dg')i~ ---c!,pec1alh' 50 f.ar

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G. R . J J.Cksou

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st able a few
'r~ther

I WE;)NESDA Y.- IBe/clre
tobe , the chatr) , Mr, J
and , Mr. E
j Mr E 0 F a rrer
. . ! Percy Sa.nder~o n. '

MTURDAY _ Before Mr F. B Patfitt (to

YOtltlg

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to the Secretary,
of Eng!Q.nd, 16, Be<l.
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on~ ai'pljcat,ioI~

van when the trtl.lU arnved at Rea.dmg at 9 30 1

!o::,l,n ng 'been nO

P OJ

possibly be elm.

;He alleged that be bad been ' dru!!l!cd by

_",,-u 6traha.os. but be had D O a-gpea..rnnce of ha,'t"lUg , p m
b ~en drugged _In:=pector H a.le, SaId the, accused c.a.me

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l on \"Ue tD IO-tn >i
I c: tufi's nre at t~e

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t hat. hlS brother pm, him ill !-he tra.in an ho-u..r .. ··..:~
A "'ood deill of trouble was expenenced in gett.mg
b~ to the st".b on - The pri.':oncr Iiilld be w"s
onlllac.ll wbu:kv \nth his brot.her and tw o Aus,
t.r :\,luUls
Ba '~ot III the tram, tbinkUl g th ai. bls
hrnther hnd Lake!) hiS t ickct .-,_-\ccuEed "W"a~ fined
4Cs;
21 day s' b.)J'd lab our.

<old

an,1 altbough t he
<; .II be coruumed
\ ,t!ue in oth er
~o("" lSe.• a • • ~.in.t
as 1l. iaJv

bei1tg in dend
usea l .!eduC$'nn

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r--__=::-+-~-I~ Our Portrait
I. of Mrs,

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i!OJ,"1)AY _~foro Mr. C.

TREVlS,

who ;"Jtes
as foUowa:

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Fteld 11O the
Ch"fl. ~ Ed"nrd J""kwD ':lli-. A G West
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oM MI' S J;t WIlltle),.
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G ateh ~u:!:e.

Lt: 1I1 C' id nlDk 10

If I lU:frered with
• ~ cheek.
bon& ' for neatly &
year, and tor which
I had S opemtlons II],
...._ _~~;;;;;~;;;;;;;.;;;;.;, ho>p;tol,.U df which
. were abf.oiutely uselese. OaBo da.y qwt.e
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of tbe WODd~rful eJlres

19. Prlory ·avenue", aduu t.ted

Pr06p ect ·s tr et'~t ,

Cilver~ham .

On

:\ prl J ~th .-The prt o;; oucr wa.s pla ced on proba.>
t'on f ." t.wo y" :.rs a.nd ordered to pay the costs
A~ AI:SE~TEE

~"'1l hi1.:n SboLt.on , F orestry Carp", Bag·
,~ ot , w~ . charr;e ri 'l'lt.h ba ing an ~bsentee. ~ and
1Jl.13 re(O:\I:..lI!oC t; eL I' <l.lt an escort.

Se-!;'t.

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JC'.l ll t) . lU th p cha.u'. blr J. \J , Cooper, Mr A.
n Dn!: ) 1,. W. H SmIth "nO 11r 1::. W
ll :dley. . -,
hlOlOR CYCLIST FINED r
r,~ 0 ::e O Dearlovl!, Artists' Rifle., ... as sum·

£

'.,d.

2,094 9

Ci~~:t~,~:,.)
182177
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lark ~-lV"'.J.l'\!U .for th'd police.+-P O. Irish .... Id

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'" <nner In Duh·street 00 April 9th- , Mr. A F
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iP.riiiloiP'\1.ly on

a drmgeroUA

11l 1ll~ U fc r cJri.iug 0. motor' cyplo

Ib ,t en ·tb. dav 1Il question at 5.45 H m. he wa.
( II d '. ~y nt thi} cmss-roads
in Dukd-st;eet A
nl ' ~nr l'..lr ..,~ crossing !rom K.ing'l&treet mtiJ
K I'\::;· s .ro~ ,a.t abnut sa or seven 'qlil~s an hour

lr. V-a.r. ~ i~, proper slde. ' A motor cycle d n ven
1 \. r1d cDliant. ca.t':p up from Duke-street WIth a
(" ,\ ~ er on t.h~ l$.rrier at the
was gomg
:!: L,,"!!I:w' td nff...eelJ DWes
the. wrong
!>.'1C\ 01 'I.he load
the c.'\f
c ,. _ ~, t~~ :'!,otor
and m·
J 'I ' 1;[ \ h. r .der.
t
L'l e.:.: ili!tl1.

otherS. so r at
be'n .""'"".~
and .". ..

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l 'l C ~ l)AY .-Before tb. Ua.y or (Mr F

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, Mr. T . fillade said h. w.. inlormtd that that if
something was n(,!t done within the next. sir

cookerv
.centres
f~r I mo}..,n!l
known , tioR.
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.: saId
':';;~o,
of ut ll lf;m.R'
'aB ' fooas
sub6titutes
The' {.,""!i.a.trtIlilD
the ,~~:~~f~~~
ava.tla.ble locally
I come the improved

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With lessons some &.Iiould be done away with m
order to mculca.te fahd econ.omy at the presenio
moment
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Mr. Haigh said' that teachers had been b""Y m
thi'e direc.1.1on. and on the questIOn of war sav1.nga
aft tbe tlDle. . They )Vere helping in all p~ of
the Coun~J dlreCtly or mdIreCtly. In war &"lying,
If tbe eo-operation 01 the teacher. Wlll! asked 10;

;~*i~~~~~~i~1~~E

etc.- an,d

nottfied their re~gnition lil'of Mr. I were fram,ed

ma.rgin of I .aMy. Without 'that th~,.

SIve cpmmittees. The diffiqu!t.j in reg&rd tn the
food problem was 'Dot 80 ~uch with cotta.' =l> as
with tho loxge est&bhshIilents in 1~ent'lenien"
houses. He bad ht.ard of one caoe of a large

an extra weell',' bohd,y being gr.nted ' th. ~orl\hc~iningJetlI· . .

BO<Lrd of Education to ' higher education

NO~, ' ~ONSULT y~?

fair

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s,tatmg that no bbJectlort would be come

-and travellmg expenses of this t cle~nqs.

P.il1~

'as,oci_ted
was_ preparulg
..e deoJt
pro·
posed" ~ call
meetmg. lor
Th~Itbat,
point 'nd
to be
with liv District Council. w"!' no~ 80 much tho

d"ir.bility or' having an '-differed very slightly,
training on the staff of the ~ ask for ' a I~d rato
offer a. grant jequivo.lent to one- points ~lDst ~m

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the CotlIl~
I Makiq.g.- The SUb-.GollUruttee have. lld. to -lB.
concurrence of B rM . ~etol'. a.pproved - they , had been a.bsorbitlg
being t'lIgh~ at' Upper Baaudon tinle h.d come when
I mt<i ,f thero was to
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wore not Tho speaker at the meeting he had
referred to urged the audience very strongly
th"at childreb ought ~ t.o. be taught the nece5~ltv

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Goods sent on

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in those schools where the eleer child· ~
be Ils..
efully
' in ofgarden.
work. [l year. It·
school,
'V~dOjDplo,Yod
\o1ieuWlv,",
tbi. oppor·

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High-class Goods at popular

con::n dl!rerl tbe obser.tdliicns
Officer of Healt h ,ubmltt~<f to
lJo.mlTliLt .. on M-a rch 26th wit.b reo
an d "hlc:) bd
t...ntnm"".. . h wo, ....olved
a tlentlOn to t he IRISe ll um·
a."e .a h"f'a.dv bred and kl!l[l~ ' at

to lknp\V

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'The income and expenditure of the
mov~ t he adoption of tbe ca.llon fund differed only slightly

EVERY f(EQUI~ITE ' in CLftI9'1L1
H,ATS,
HOSIERY~ BOOTS,
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t!::e G()m nutte.e it. was dectd&I' to

in ' ,,,,.,'ncp h ,' t he kum nf £ 3. 800. ' The
t:t~ Ge.'l:era.l )!us.cum A.Od"' SllEhadee .,

HlGHER EDU
' CATION FUND

almost every t own and village , In the
""d htLve always been well attcnded ond

III

N I'S

Kidn ..y

been con;duated by Miss
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during tp.e la.st year
or ilcU'cun?staJlce.B ansmg from
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Su])-CO~P:lltt.ee have receIved the
tmade to ~he County Council for
~rs Barrett.
T~ Stih-Comlluttee
to
1& .rate'~f Is in the £. whIch
record t1ietr apprecla.tloq. of ~1i ,. Barrett'. useful , .!'i'Plus of £4,275. Thi., JS 1d.
for twenty yeoz.B" the cIQSSes have beeD tlia.n the preVlOWl year.

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o t th~ ~ t:eClm eD ~ ~d fithn~ of
A rt (;aUer'l, and a ft.er COll~l.diril

been g reath- lIr.pro\"'cd bv

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reDe3tedlv

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lbt' M.\lSeUm and ..Art. Ga1I~ lor
J.!q,rch j I st, 1917.. The huthber
113,':'66, a da.lly &vera$O
I ,by It
opened. It..l! ·... tl14 .
been llmor.g t h e vliit on

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PRICES TO SUIT ALL

of the Museum and , An

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men"n",'" that bun;.ry grl>Ijts at , mate; at ¥arcb 31.t,1 1917, tbere
obtrun~bl& by the children of !£2,149 14. 1d., or £43~ 158,
schools, espeCla.lJ y within mpa.t"ad'.
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:i;~~';"~~r'l~i~i On the i'eneraJ '}U~tiOD AfOOl' taking mto ilfctrunt the a.bove I
t
?},. UI~U'" educatIon he behevod
tlm~ted net defiCIency for tbe
before v~rv long he cial year amounts tQ I £6,504- 5s, 3.?-d
sob~e~~'::;f';;~dsa.y a.bon~ the beneflts ... Commlt~ 'rtcommend, that apphca.t.LOn
, be
UPDD the schools by ! to the Cnuo ty 0cuncll for the sum of
proI\O"ala of the present EducatIon Secretary. I equal to ~ rate of l!d. In the:£. ThIS IS
seconDed, and the roport waa than tbl;) prevl0u5 year,
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The Sub·Commltte<> have arranged
employee!> co nlihta.ry ·urvice, who were _';:vina
SUB·COmnTTEE allow"".,.. from the Committee. to invest
~1~.~~;~R!~~~}~ Sub·Co:lhn:,ittee have ~pproved hehalf Ila.rt of their aJlowances In WIar ISa·, inJ's
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tn the turri· , Cc,tifieat.as.
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1here llIe i The Sub·Commlttee
a.
under Schedule frota the ~North Berke ~:;~:;:l.
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to those school~ · Union Qf Teachers anll
w,;n:~s~dn:~"'::::l
tal;en in connection with ob- 1 tea<;hers of tbe .AblJlgaon
no
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n.t""l' study. Tbe ' Sub-Com- ' g&rd to inere.... of pa'v-. and
h3.ve also agreed to allow the use of the r action
present taitf'u in
:~r::;:'~n'
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l
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tool! in places where l~ ha.a aecn artilIlged
:Mr
in the a.bsence
the
bov. to cultivate additIonal l..n~ out!lde ' Mr, A.
ba.d
o.::~%~~ school botll's A ci;tcula.r was laJQed ' report.

.111M r.'!-'\(} rL lur t uo y ~~t' f aded

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JlI.Iluary ,h ,t, 1916, are eliglble for these bunsancs,

LONDON ROAD, READ G.

of the Sub Committee be _p-

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B oys who have been admitted to the School elllC8

c~:;;~~ti;;nFurnitu;;dSh . poo,"S,

tbat t!lI ~ proposed ConlmerCIli.1
n'IIH)u ll f cOllllldorable vttl uo to
,on, m,ml l.,. · of our town , and we prt>
fulure to ~u bmlt anoth er report
", en OL~ one on t he ' 1Dfo"llat.lon
COl'llOlltr.tc reco mmended that

AXD ART GALLERY '

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The Sub· CommIttee h.,·e de·

theb.offer
Reading
School sh",lr
on of
thebnr.lIt.ry
oame tines as atIa.;t
year.

Carpets D,nd
China and U~ISII
Bli~ds arid F~tti~l'S

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rt.e;"",,,gtesltmony given here'
'. Pilla rely upon.

...yca:r.

were of a. form a] chara.cter,
been ap~roved The Sub·

May 26th.

them

tho rUk of

Germs poison the
germ diseue tbe
of the kianeYI! is
They weaken.
aches, diz;ziueaa,
and a dull, tired o9n<Â¥~lon.
After
p""umoni., typhoid,
ou pOtO,~u" tollljilic., a.Ud even
signs of kidney
auy. Usa Doa.u's
They ha.ve given
to many in' Reading.
more sleep, le:!8 to

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ahowtld his worth

~fter

. we&Urut the
during recc,.ery,
chronio kidney (fu'et¥'e. /

sleep i I ' EITew JQelhnoboly. It was
-When r~i oviDg the bla.dder. there was '&
g .......
the urinary e',.cr,;tic,n •.
!.' I b ca-:lu to think:. """"_
~ain, nnd except
Jcidney
rm
rid of tl1e lualbalgo.

~;~!~~~;~~~~~~Iaud"
thot they
' lo.~·""d
grOlltJy,
His

SUN'LIGl-IT

Diseases

Figbtlng

short

front. ' H.. had be,en away
lOme time now, but t~0fI6 who
the Cfmmi~tee aince the commenc,9
Illwn.yo remember the lWIista.ccewbich

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Over .a.
or Germ
Let Your
Break Dbwn.

'*hen
Cold.

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IN TI:IE- RATES.

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