Reading Observer 05-1917

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:On Ithc
pf hia rebrement,
cl!ect ron M.rch' 28th, Mr. Oeol~~ Miles, Di'\tlct
Oood ~ Man&gcr of the G W.R., ,lV3.8 the recipient
of a. I~re&entat.lon ;.at. th&~bey H~) on FrIday \in
I.. t 'feek. M?, )" ed ~ (ot jMesl!f1I C. and
O. Apell pre.uded; arid in the .bience of Mr L
0, Sutton, the pre"ntatlon was made by Mr. A
H. D,ull. Ther,e were .1'0 p"","nt:. Ml' W.
Spar"r,' who prbviously served tf;lO . railway companr lD tho office from which Mr. Mil •• h •• relSt
ed; Mr. W. H, iLucna, ~{r, Miles' BUCCCS60r;
jAlIred D~
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'Y. Smi~h : good.' auperi\ttondn.w R.; Mr, p. W. Il'albot, . Mr. Pilgrim,
Mr, Nevtlle, of ~~&r8 Huntley, Boorne and

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H . .n;tsyes, of ~~8S=i. WhIto and

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Mr. BurtenshaV',

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Messrs. Wethered's, Mar-

low; Mr. E J. '~oodley, JIlt W lL Ball, Mr
milk, even N utt, of Measrs. I Ba.yn es ~d ' SOD) High
mod.ifi,ed .c.,drdin. to the age WYCOlllOO; and Mr. E. '1 \ -Lunn, hon .secreta.ry
Apologie~ j were recd'ved from
; but it i, and :tre&8uror.
the Import- }.Ir. f-eon(!rd Sutt.OIt: "lib expressed very great
for tho .ab rtlgre~ thOtt an Important and unexpeccted en&nee
ga.gement prevented!", hIm from hemg preSent,
.of infants aI\d
and tlso greal apPflCl'}atlOn of tb. valunble SCI'eat
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less
than
The food
when the cluld VI ... Mr. MIles bad I1'nd.r.p _tho. tOwn.; Mr W
th. Contron.r,• •How,""c",
that tho quru,- M. d olebrook, Mr. J, W. 'Male.bl, Mr. Benton
groWl! older and
and Mr. Price" of tp.a Midland' a'nd South W ..t ral' i~n.ing point
tity it needs js im'DOI'tal,t
ern ~uDctwn, the Landon a.nd Soutb: \Veatern
of view. The ma.i.n
O~!~::"::I o'er
five
n
o&tm~l, Ra.il'Wa.y, an~ 'the Dldcot, NewbUry and South.
y ...... old are milk,
amp,?n Ral!way, rospective)y, SouthamptOn ;
mixed),
barley flour or ground
Mr. ' Wqoldrldge (Hungerlord), tbj> DomInion
~tca.ke, puddings,
I 00. (Aylesbury), Mr. I,atham, Mr. Glbdrippmg meat, baco~
and Irwt.
that the··'tofJri· of ~adm.!f
The most. likely foo,3~t'ill
!ortunate 01 la./.e yeani in its relappJied in milk,
Vo.I'lOU., ra.llw&Y companIes, Illld
.t puddings and ba'j'n
greatly due to the c1a.es o[ railwa.y
a.ir amount of BOme ~
wllb whom the business men of Readuilg
Uld be grven with
d
,,!re 1brought mto eon\llct, They a.H knew Wha.t
r jam, Dacon shoul be
It. veI!Y. keen man Mr. Miles waa; be h:ld bce.n i\
e up the fa.t, or a good
splen~ld ..rvant to the company, aDd yet" he had
-the frying pan or the
alwll~s been ,ea.ger and ready to do anythmg that
A lIttle frUlt, frUit I jup
h. oould for the tOwn
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:nget.ables mqat bo proVIded. I
Mi<_
Bull
observ~d
tht
the
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butter and ..,me borougb ....'1' very severel! tued ' by shortage 01
ren, WIt), • ,Iioo 01 Dread
.hou1d be gl'.en ,taff :and'lbltcn hed to forego mootings they would
mIlk at bedtime.
,hke to. have been present nt. It wns pleasor dl!hea
at the mId-day
mg Jjh at it~ey wer~ able to meet ' tha.t e"CDmg In
eggs, benna or nuh
tlmCit of !>tress and warfare for a. very happy pur.
Older. children, liv&g
~o~e :; He had ha d n good' many yeau of busmeEl!l
life, ma.y have 6e.h~
hf? 'i" Re""':;",g. an~ R. J'l'ahoCd '.. hat ;I. , gre~L
&180, -but can do qUIte
thJn~ It 'lOla for tho buain... men to li••• ' the
or ~tea.ke~ and milk
sy~~.thy- and g~od w>ah."I,Qf the olllcllllt; of the
alwaY" to
g
rallw.n.y company.
Be linew - how kmd the
dinner .hould be t~e
offioi~ . hali· becD, and how - ,thoy h.d .Iw,ays
meal, tea, sh&nld no
.ny donel their best 10r Ibe traders in the town
after dLDoertime, and
~. 11\o1l1e8 had been m R~dfng, ·on aDd off, fo~
thl.i!.
m.eat or protein food ; sleep
con- ~ grl"'t many ye:ml; he had made ,,~"t many
meal. however plentiful, IS
and not. a Slugl. enemy. (Applause)
ailo,,·an."'l. is to give !~Ieo,ds
onnient divuilon df thJ
lhcre '.el~ bound Ijo be cfilmcultle. at tlnteS, but
pOlTiclge or oa~ 'Y-ndj Mr. Miles eyerytbtng ho.d been cl.r ped on
80me a.t brea.kisst, btit only
or none If I!) a nICe, frtendly way. '!'hey were all 811lIenn"
take has be"" e.ten, 'I httle at
from; a delay o[ goods, but. whoever blamed th~
there IS a nouTls hing pudding
ra.ihvay company for tha.t 'vaa fooh sD. mdeed
m.oat a.t tea Sugar ileed not
Ml . Bull remarked on the perlioanl regard and
meal. Except fot' infants,it is
es~m m which ~ey held I~fr, ;trhle, for the
neoessary food, because we can
st.racii,hbfOrwa.rd, kmdly and courte ous ma.rulcr Y,l
in our bodies I rom .thb .tarch
,,~I~ h.
c~rcted the. Qf!ice he 'had' hQIU.
Care Ulust be takeh to'
t B cou d hnof" I presg all tlla.t those present}
IlD ,manybw 0 wer~ not presentJ feltl. on tha.t
alowly, chewing all fl>oo, wh"tll,ot
OCCOUflon, ut they hoped that the na.mes qn the
hy decayed, lose oq to
a.ddr'eS3 would serve to Temllld him m Bomef deirl'ee
of tJ>,e ""pect and est .... m ..hlch he'>.wJt. beld
right. Every meal ~Ould
cru.st, oatcak'e or a iseuit toO
rm~ ~~I the fnenda he had ' ronde in Reading. ' They
lfol~ he \._ ~ould be spare~ to them for m3.DY,
..od prevent decay.
m..oy yea",.' (Ay),lau ... ) ,
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: Children ahoul4 be te~ght
M,1'.
SplU'ks
Said
tba~
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supposed
th~re w.... no
,jf th.ir meal, after 11 the
one.!'Lh:ere wb,f) ~ kno~ Mt. Miles u long or
and, if th.y a""~hty, betw.l.n.
l1.8 mt.lDlateiy as he had.! Mr. Milp8 had ~ been
the age of five or sa: ean DO
chief £lerlc t.o tliree Bbeceelive '911Jtrict -goods
ma.nagers before he
Sparks} was. aP??tnted
be given. After that mIlk and
~ t~at ollice. Mr. Mil
wodo:ed' ap!J!ndidl)! as
lIavomcd at breokl.. and tea.
his chlel clerk and when e re.igned there iv"," 'o
only ahould be
, or
ftavour.,d
one .better able te sue
him. He was heaJtily
tcnit juioea.
gInd to be able 'to be ,,~t :Dow that Mr
between Mil~ waa bein,g a.cknowled~ ' on hi. retire'
Nothing whatever should
ment-.
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~. lI{t\rea (Soutpampton), rep~nting MeI,n.
Both at home and at .chool,
White
Co., ~na Mr. NtiU alan spoke 01 Mr
..aped both .... g~ tho lood
M~lrs' unfaIlmg f~ and courtesy. : ,
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"""ked, ao that. tbe Id .l'&Ill1ot
. ~r. Bull then p~sented to Mr. Miles a framed
to be gIven on a.ny: one da.y.
IU~na.t.od. ~ add\:-ess; · which 'Was executed by
1!.olps 'ppetite, MId ood dig,..$c,ti
MefiflI'3. Petty and 80\1& and contained 85 nameii
and; 0. cbeque: for £145.
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petite. It i. easy to fo<get
!h. UiI.. laid thnl. tho 'Valu.ble gifb bd
ber of waY!' pla.in f~s
the lkirid word, t~t had fallen from tbe i,p8 of
lD. . d~ care but do.. rot nec';..arlI.v
tbe l_pe.akera, had bverwh elmed him willi thankc
ThOJ'! ~ Qijlioujty in
ful~eee. He ha.d bieen in touch with the putihc
durl~g tj,e wbole 01 hi. tim.. ,in the com)j...,y'.
ltfea.d eaten by ' Older
~loe, and he cetta.mly had learned tba~ rtpere
of 3 lbo. of flour "
w~ a public "d6 to tljo qu~!nnl thlt~ .rose
" ..enge _, and·i.
W.t1enever therft had been a. reaJ50nable caae ,fo;
ron of the lood nee d
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tb~ l public he had I gone for it. The ' trQ.ders of
III many casco pa.ren . , if
Re~g ha.d been- Ivery fair and ~asoD(t.ble kd
I IJa,boriom, w,ill ~ oble to
th!'lr indnlgence ",*00 tbe ovar began had 'been
most m&rked and Jilf the greMest helD mutUally
eelves and leave mo~ for
He :w&s very glad i[ he had been. able to do
e&n be made a.t home and
g~ in the world., partlcuta.rly in , his" native
tow,n of !Wading. .
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~ Lunn thanked :Ml". Bull and MeSlIll Sutton
for ; the loan of thq hall, and the C hairman 'was
,m ., will ~Ip out I the -,u~ling
also thanked
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amount o{ wh01...,mF and u,
~. Miles was tile recipient of another ptescnoerea.ls must also be used
ta.tlon on SatUrdavl when Mr. Wilham Sf}a.rks
far .. they ca.n be hft and
pre, entGd him With a beautiful Illuminated ad!&Choala and mstltutJons
dref:s, hn.ndaoll1ely
in dark <4iw.k. ' The
raised price of SUb8tltU~8,
teatilmoniaJ.
for by his - numerous
1.01the bread and fto\", ration, it
l'allw.y
given to Mr.
a.t a..,
hiB ~ilwa.1. J:ollea.gues
lea.st & ..pound o[ flour less will
a.t. ¥easr5.
premises 1!"riar.street
, child ' in ~ho week than was forbierlv
'rbo addres6,
was executed by ~[elSrs'
In some school. th3 diet
and Sona,
the rnmioe of several llun:
atarchy lood, such as bread,
of the late
Goods M.ru:i,a.ger"e col_
of 11. proteih foods,
I ehees6 and bean., ~d of
Di.tl'iet Goods
cjtoir, tn' the
'!.age. The amountS of food
DIJf!lltC,r, ' Dh'l~ional
ech~ of childrell 'l'o.stly ov...
"'ele
ri1 be similar to those given
R.,a,iin2 R.
on Weekly Budgeto.
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The bo1l5ekeePlD g i for ehJildJ'OI\
I, and a.t home ~all8 in l
I "study 01 food values.

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good deaL The lood
4en1y Without making sure
~clen~ 8.! co~parJd WIth
, OJ IllDpl~ w.y of fin IDS out

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crease .low.ly, t.h'1"gh ib
ihat there 6re alwa.ys <So few
and gl.I'ls m a
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WOMEN'S
--+-THE SILENT ·S£RVICEOn Apul 20t h fJ.' long and glowing a.c:fount app,eared m the" Dally Telegraph" o,f wl)at might
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d th . 8 1 t S
19 000
we
name
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or so tramed or skIlled women matrons a: d uftrs:e~
of Que{'Jl Alexandra'a Imperial Nunnn~ Sen ICC,
and tlie l Terrltonal Nllr3ing Setfvlce.j ..
very occasIonally, ana pal tially, IS the I'C'l
to revea.l n. httle' group of nu.mc1ess b<!fomcs,
pathet.1c and ;)'Jet maj estlc figul·cs 00 rontmg.
f
UDmovcd Iby pcr.;onal fear,S,
cal ulated t.1,
make strong men blench' .
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It is a. well understoo<l t~d l hon of t e .sen'ICe
that nurses do not talk of what, t e~ 01.'.0 d one
If thoy did mOl" ",ould have. bIen ea d 01 the
~eneral
of ordereq effiCiency , in th.t first
call.up on Augulit. 5tn, 1914, whep, q letly ! a.nd
wit hout ~the least fuss, the WhOl ~ nu 51llg PCl"sonnel Of' Genera l H ospitals were mlls~ered and
' slipped quietly lover .to fdeatmatlOns unkO.m\rTI, but
" -Some"ihere In Flance." Even whcn, a. a tnbut. that many now feel ~hould p. l~dpre. to
tho nursetl, some: little ~ltmp ses a.r~ officla.lly perJ;Illlted into tho obSCUrIty ~ d. WH.$ only on the
und.rsta.hding that ind""dual nanl", s.v. where
the supreme sacnfice of a.ll has been mai:lc, s h o n l ~l
not be mentlOned. Nevertheles3 it may ~c double\.!
whether the course of thIS war ha~ l',,!alea anl-thmg comparable ~ the her91<: ~ lof t e women
on UotU'd our hospital ~hlp3, lhe ca. e of the
"Gl~ Occ~ter~Cflf~t.I1:t.:l : IS .~erelY'. lHustr~tlve. The
vessM ",as t I,e ,vw at .ntgh,t tlme ~ wh~n she h ad
399 pa.tlen
lon hoard, mcll1dmg Dl'{:n \vhose
mentaL balance had been unhul~ed byl .hoek 01
otlter duse, and otbers 80 maImed !h~t they'
qClu1d no't mot'e \Vhen tho emeLJ~ency ~ol' such a
crl ~IS h~d been thonght , out. ~efore~nnd. and
kWlltly laUd qUietly the patio"t. wefe r",cued
from the doomed '\'esse.1 An 01cer called "Art'
all tho sistera oil!" .nd a voice replied , " Yes:
but not I th c ma.tron" 'fhut h roie tip- ure Wil.'!
emulatmg the fin'e, chi"\"H.lry of thh setl., '\ hlch..ldlctates to! ..-ery I British ca.pLain tHat he Ishould , be
the lust td leave Het hopo 01 I salety, ,... . the
last boa.~ to be 1v,,'V6red , contrunmg n'mon~ other!
an unhftUDY man of hetculenn strength, who!e
pund had been completely unhmged Ollj service
' In another case a. pa.tlent on board a. bombarded
British ambuliL1Jce tram. remarked of the llUrseE

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that the gres.teat care mu.t
th& lood they n..!d,
them will lie the
won by the blood
fit, in body

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~~j~:II~J~'~~~t~han. war b~

with deSIgn of
colouring
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DUKE 81. SlORES lacksons' (i;'frJers),
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Mauve,
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READING

Yet In the ,,-ery t.eeth of such proved facts as
Lhcl:ie J tbe l\'lmslc:trr of M.UllltlOOS stIll r efuse to
l a.ke action The matter IS further cumuhcntcrl
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b~r the wageE! questiOn An 3ddi~lOnal penny an
hour brl[JfI' lJlg the ordihary tIme '"age to about
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23s ' has Just been ~mned after ,m obEtinale
U!<;!},!\.y - Bdole 1Ir
U. P :u1ilL
fight, bnt llU the cuse of a.U girls who hve ml lod~- I
Mr. G R . Ja.cklun and Mr.
ngs iL Hi e);:trcmciy (l1ffieul~ to ma nage on tJl1..s
w,~~e Hence- m order to live u\ comp?ra.tl\ e
'CRUEf-/l'Y TO A HORSE
co~fott overtime. night. work and Sunday" 01 k
ale neces~3.l'y. ;w lth their conse(luent h ,uvcst of
.r Agg, (;s nlel , (It" The
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'l a:" sult!m oned fur <;1uel LV to ;1,
f.ltlgye anc~ J lerVOUd t!:ollb e
n the opm.~n (, ~~~~~~~~§ I,i;c i:':\;bh;tc .m dn lIDH t cOlldltlOIl Oll
women who are iutllnat.e ytlth a.ll kmds uf ~ndusC(Jm;t"ble E~est 'Vil rburlol1

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remedy is to rnal{.e the
deck ' h118 so many soldier'S, and. 'unconcernedlY I eIght hour shIft unlvec 1, but. tin s would be lIltwn.lt~d ~hel'~' turn to enter the boats. I We men POlHnbie fbr the guts ! Without a Bll-..bstant wlly
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are pro~d of, them, and we c:m ouly hope England higher standard , .. age. U ness
t he (,·o .... ernmeu.t
will hear of their courage. They we~c m.gOlft Ie d '" Ith ~h Hi question Iu IIv an d Jall 1y, I t. " It1
.md ,that it is rm process or kllltng the goose that
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la.y5 th l,} golden eggs.
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'''hen t~c ,1I11ma1 '" ,l"ii
l.nge la.W wound on IU;
10 il. very uoor condlt lOll

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R S P U _\ . 'l: a.ld tHe horse "HIS ,t il
\ el y pam cunditlOn 'l he " ouud
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MiddleblOugh Guatdllln s h,~vc apPOl_ed a. Ia.dy
doctor III p)g,.ce of bhc~r medll'al ufficel, "ho. has
been cMle.d up fot ftel'Vlce \\ Ith the colours.

Westminster Council repo rts that the women

employed 'in tbe block etieet-cic<"uIJ:!g gh.ng ha\·c
been aOing their work mcst MLu;facton ly. and It
IS 'proppscd to employ mOl D "omen f~r the pUl-

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Mr. ' JJ.!.'tice Burton, in -DublIn, has dismi ssed

the -pet.ltion of Mu:s , Gcorgmo. }'If\:5 t to havo It
decltn-ed Ithat she liJ ,entltled to the pOSItIOn of

l'ettr SessIOns c10ll> at Six-1ltlc Bridge, GOUIn)
Clare, ',in RUC~SS lon to her fa.ther , who filled lh~
pOSition for forty yent's. Tho Crown had refu sed
to sa ncLlOlI hel' appomtment on the gruund that I ~t"p-,:t"ll gllt~I" ,
n. womnnl was not ()liJ:lble a.'lie },:alUbUlgh JU$tic5S hnse decldcd , 0" i
the I:iCRreity of malc labour. tf) license <u,l.bkl
"omen ¥ t,lxl·cab driv.ers-wIth the
vISa that t.hev m\iol' L not accept f~l res
ha,lf an Hour aftel sunset!
A mcdal IS to bo prcsentcn to A. woman t unl}
w ty-car Icon.4uctor of Dlackheath, Sta.ffo,dehne,
"ho bv pwmptl y applymg the broke on a luna se:' ious acciden~: "
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Attelcl\ff•• Sbcffeld, sa\'8 . _ H The
first dol'L! gave me gl~4t..teh8t. 1 CAn coufidently sa.y
t h,\ t one hot of tll~~ e llnf. 'liftS <lOM 01 . ....more good
tha.n 4,1 thA ~Mlelp.I,.':I t ~n.'1e ~kell.'· Robert Leake,

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SllJerSt~t~
pUll.r~~~rllllley,.,wIitea
'"of "Pl'ieele11'1 worth."
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a.m plcued
Wilkinto
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Nellon. '1!.ate, : .::-~" My sister "uft'eroo frOiX'
:w'enk
toa~OJl. 001:, whieh hu done ll.!rm,or,..jI

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Of the women 9n board the j (Yre(L~ ho Pltal 5hip
"BrItannic," which WlW !\.un~ neal' he Q rleek
bland "I Z.. on April 17t6, " RAM C officer
s&.ld, H I knew thnt women CQiJ1d be bf.tWe. but I
never dreap.lsd they could rl~C to Isuch h ei,l!hh of
cool. unflinchlng courage us these nurse di~ wpen
under MISS Doww; the m.~t,lon, they I, ned UT)] on t rml condltIOns the

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deSCrIbing whfl:t had I happened,
staff .!l hli-e felt t~Hlt t~i'-' h ad t o
.. t.o th~ wonderful st,lDd~rd 8pt b", the
nuncs
A lew W~kR later tLe names of the
three Indies were gIven u. recipients 0.\ the Mlltta.ry Merlal , but no word >\ as VOUChsare{ tis to the
type aod pa.ttern of fine feU-control th y had upheld.

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AN EARLY VIEW OF WOMEN' FR_-I.NCHISE SCOl"fISH l'RAri-F""S-C-'-O-NGllESS AND
'~I~~I~~~\;' ~'~Iel hoHl " "" Yi''',,,k
.o\ccoromg t.o t.he ,. Dl'1tl.sh Modlcal J otlrnu.l .I~ CECTOR-:A.~ REFORM il1" .f-· D,,[endnnt ~ald he wa.:;1Cil.ll ' lII '~ Uti
of April 2ht, ~(a.rcelle Tinayre, bnc o[ the, most
,,!\.t Its o.nnua.I' Council at Fll.lkllk, the ScoLt lsh
~lr Blind. \"ho \\,u; III the Allm
brilliant Fren(;h "omen writers br the da.y, hilS Trades ' Congress paf;...'ied ~a lesulu.LlOn c,llh'lg on the
t..) 'LPjl~l fut' rc e~~;tml!1 ,Lt ltl a :!tl.Ol LI....
unea.rthed a m.Ullfesto iRbui.d at l\1~t'sel11e! m Governme.Dt to Iultil the~ pledges i.l11d IHOnjl~Cj)
40'i \\ a. impn~ed. and the Ch,L\l m,Lll . 1
1789, entitled "The ,cia-lm of the ' ,wtn:cn Qr J.~ro­ given In regard to clectOlil-1 reform by introducl:!g"
te d t.hc spc<.:l,d c::msdblc on hl!j act lL:ll
vellce to be :1dmitted to the Statclj- Gehelal " In
01) (lemocratlc .. li9 cs , illld dedanng n ,lt
SEED POTAh 01'0
the account Abc hil i g iven of It LH !L
issue anoDleas41c
DiH would be slttisfucLOl'Y whlch did n a L pHI· 1
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vllie
for
the
extenslOn
of
the
fr.~llchh,e
to
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of "Le IJ uurnal" sh e j'descrioos itt ~";'J::t~:;tl'~~-i
cei\-.ed ; Iclearly drawn up, and !!
adults , m'tlle and fema.le , t.he holdtng of all clcc'
::;ellmg seed potatoes tu peuiun I , 1 I
t lon s m~tbe same dn.y, the amendment of the
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force and f rcedo~'m~g,,~n: ~d.~\ u~~~~x,el'
call. a IkIDd Of. ll
Corrupt ,Practices Act, 0. more equal thstl'ibutlOn
"",,,e,, .. I,, and t; hld defen d,lflt:,,- ',ill
of the realm
of seats,-t\la abohtlOll of 'plural votlllg, and p lO- i~;~::j:~~J' \Jy .\. cl cr"d 01 \\Olllen
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third "tav.;
·repre,sent.atlOn.
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ouL half ga llons juf potatoc!i
POFtlo{ta.l
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m tMc women '~ baskets
sbould 'be
members
AUSTRALUN VOTERS MEN AND WOMEN
h,m 9d ff';;,!'.alf
pOl:tloniIJ
of noble
Not': only tho Austrll.huD solchers in London lire
"",d.-·- l)d .",,,!.) ,t
to ~long votlI)g in Itheir OeneIal Election, but- also tpc
.\1nt.vereal AustI ahan L~Il':ieS here and women 011 the hea.d· i1";.4. - T ile 'm".~ i ,5tr"t("
fJ lgmficant I q\,lb.tters a~t~j h~"e . votes, and ~n'e using t hem.
--~1~ \ veal S 'llhere ru:. two women candidates in the fi eld, who M1Jc~ U~'l.Y. -IBef6rc
rl gh~ to ale b oth, lt lS believed) on the OP110SIt IOU Side
M. C I S
to the It Ii> expected tha.t'the women wJll get a b1g
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Cooper .111,\
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