Reading Observer 06-1917

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His ~jeety the King _Ii.. been gncioUlllv
plea.aed to .&pprovo of the a;wyd of tfe VICtorj.a.
Croo• . to No. 8763 Lee,.Corpl. Jame. W.lch.
RoyaJ Berks Reginlent, 10r m..t. C9Ill1picuOUl!
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On entering the enemy trench he killed one
man after a. severe hllJld·tO-.be.nd struggle.
Armed. ouly witb an empty revolfer. 'Lce,·Corpl. I
'Velch then chased four of the enemy cross tbe
open and ca.ptw-ed them· 5ingle·biJlded.
H. h ... dIed hi.· machine.guh· wltb tb. utmost
iea.rlessnesa, and Pl.ora tba.n once went into the
open fully e:tpogeQ. to heavy fire ' at ahort range,
to search for 3l1d collect 'ammunitioQ a.ud ware

Nerve
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parts in o,rder to ·keep llia guns in a.ction. which
be succieded in doing for over five bOUIS till
wounqed by a &helJ_
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M.P.. ""d Lady Fie"1le.. of Stuq!.j.nd . House.
StudIand Bay, Doroet; and grllJld~QJl of the lo.te
Lord, Saye and Sele. Born in 189'), ~e was ~iven
his conlmission in Nov.ernber~ 1914, and reached
the ro.nk 01 Captain iD rebr~ary tl:ii4· year.
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PRESENTl\TIQI!I .OF MItPA"S.
At Reading ba.rraok.. oQ. ~o!l4a'y~morn.iI1g' Major.General Western. preaentect.:tBree d~gui8hed con·
duct meda.lsln.nd !U:J: militllrY m.:)altl. four of ·."hich
were banded to the wiciow, of decenaed soldier1\.
SOn;le of .tho award8 were for 'qeNis "!bioh took pl&ce
in 1915, dllebcingato.l1ipol,i. Thsrlcipieuts wore:
D.C.M.'.: Fl;ghl-~.rg<>&~t .J. H.rgrea.... Royal
Flying Corp'. S~r_nt. G. W. R Ford. Wilta Regim~nt. Serl;'elln't \" V. Butler, q'be ' Butts. Military
Mooals : Pri\"ate L. W. ~ Peuill, Royal Berks Regi.
nt, , Private J. Kirkho.m;· L8n~iio Fuiilier~'
S~geant :F. J. Allsworth, lIut.. B.egimeut, l'rivat.
0rGradJ. O;,;on .nd Buck. L.I.

Ba.t.bgate a.nd Co.·s weekly report on
, t.he (;orn ma.rkd is as follows:}.fCSSt'S,

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~. S~me of :th~ nwspapen express the op~on
tIilit Lord Rbondda is going to reduce tbe price ,
of bread
800ut ODe half. 'Vo feel perfectly
contide::Jt that ' t.b~ Food Controller would , Dot
.enLerta.io suc!!. a. fantastic ' propo5al UDle6~ it be
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.h, his power, to make t~~o grains &:I)W where, one
'gnw :~X!fore, We ha.ve illrea.dy pomUd. out that
any Illbilrary redutlion. not based upon I an
e':"'oomic .iew of sppplies presen t an.d pro.p""·
tiJe, would ha.~~ the ...-ery opposite effect. of that
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'-ease, ~til. the crops of the northern and southern
hdn;,pherc. Ille finally aDd ~ely secured by ne;,;t
February. '\"Fe cannot a.fford to pla.y with any re e hI whcat or olh~r l\',in that m.y p. held
tiu..ck Wltil _.next July or .AugulSt upon thrt very
mdder,'l.te reserve. Also it. should not ~ neccs.·
' '''Y to ",pea~ that any artificial reduction In ~rice
would result in a greatly increased oonSUlDption,
unless we 3l'e to he placed upon a strict i system
.uf ,rationing, ,vh.iclt would ,probably cause . a. good
'de.:il more trouble and discontent tha.n high prices,
wllidl in fact can be fa.irly well paid y the,
average a.ti-~~. \\"hoS6 income has risen out of
Jlrop~)rtioll ~o ,that ~f any otber clas! of t~e com. munlt.v, ,lespeClally II he went biu:k to tile .tvle
, of li'\"ing. to which his pareuts, and even xha.ny of
the middle da.~es, were 'accustomed to .J. 1 ~enern.(ion ago. 1 Pciha.ps it would ' be a. good thing if
N'mc leading 'member of the Ca.binet were to en·
' force this truth with a little more emphasis than
has beeo the ca,se in the past; and he might also

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corns, hard skI n,· bh sters, Dumons,
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hf" 1l - 1d s , a nd p qisons tb.2.t pull'

ltnau cr how Ha rd you work.
I ho\'; far YOu ma.rcb. or how
)")'Ii [cpt : T IZ briogl!i re.c;t.{tlll
u. ma(J'iea l ... ra nd woooerfu\
.-wu;le n. :~l1 R:;ln~ f,ret. Ah! bo'w
happy Vf ll fee l. Y our feel:.' j ust.
boou. n'(:\'~ r bur t or, see m t ight.
in the Trenl'lll:!I .3,'IZ is lnva.iu8.ble.
. o f TI Z :n ow fr otm any chemist's
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f .JO f LllrtUre for Q\'er - w ea.r your
\"our f(:et fresb ,' sweet :1Dd b.&Ppy·
n:tr' s foo~ comfort ,for only 1/ 1 t· '

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coined. 'All communi .... tions Ilhouid be addressed
tol tbe Secretary, ROom 5, Tower Bridge Flour
M:ills,-Bhad Tha.mcs, Bermon~,ey, a,E. 1.

OLD LEIGHTO~IAN KILUD.
Sec. Lieut. William BurneU Vi<:ker!. RG.A.•
'W'hn ~a.s kill ed OD .June 21st, iLged 26 , ""31'. the
Cba.rle.a Vickers. of
cle the ' opportunity oi IU-pla.inilj.g tha1. no mer· elder son of ]'Ir. and
waa educated , at
'chant or manufncturer in thi.s . country ~ ca.pa.ble Edgmont, N ottinaha.m.
~i Gbton Park School,
anti 'bec8me (l
'of controlling the prices which 'may be demanded director of the firm or
and Hine
' abroad 'for lIlaoy or tbe a.rticles commonly im· (J.. imiteci). lace manufacturers,
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~ pprted to this country. We deal in , t.DJ8 review 1913, At t he outbroal< of ·the
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'with grain. and Wf( ma.y say tba.t we are not at Norwav, and when he ~ret.u~ed
: all inclined , to condone any un/air profiteering. pul lie · Schools batta~"" of. the
He obtained his conuni8aion in
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Quite the l'everse, in fact, as those who ha.ve fol- me t in March. 1915. and went to
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'lowed oor views since t he beginning of the wa.r Notember lollowiDg. 11. roturned
iu July,
'must. ~ well a",,'are; but it may not be a.Dm:~ 1916, ha\"ing been tra.naft:ired tC'l the B.,G.A., but
<imply ·tG mention the fact that the greater part ",ent abroad agaill witl! :& siege battery last
of the adva.noe in the price ' of human lood ha.s Oclo!>.r.
bel!ll' due to the higher prices demanded in "'"
porting count'nes, as well ' as to the fact that there
ha.s not been ,,,Bicient tol'llage 'to brinv norma.!
, !.QPplie s to t~s r.ountry. "-' Studying the markets
TEACHE~S' . SALARIES,
01 tho world. we find that produce of all kind,
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, before t.Qe war, a.nd it:. would be a.bsurd f.<> sup.
TO '!'l'tt XDrrot !''' T1R II QUnwt'J &'8lnvu.."
pose that either our Gov~mment or anvor.t) olse
Sir,-YoUr co~espondent, lfiss Mardon, infers
could dil±a.te the pribe at which such foreign on I ncga.tive gToand~ thilt,t I agree tha.t "a.cc.ident
of birtb should help , to d.!<ermine .~I"'Y'"
Let
.hipper,; .hould selL
!-lischie! ha.s been done, and the po!ition rue hasten to assure bor , that this .is not the case
gr..u.ly aggravted. by impru~ent speeches in nnd to e'pre .. my , reg",t lhi/t the note referred
, this count,ry, CUi well, as exaggera.tion a..... -~ar.in(! to unintentIOna.lly com~eyed ~'1ch a.n impression
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. ·the fact that the community at larg~ has shown If MISS Mardon b.. read the lull "'port 01 Mr.
~ tendency to mako the eT-il WOr3C t han it a.ctuall'y Fl'sher's speech 1Il
iJltroducing t he Education
"'"", IT, instead, they had begun to restrict their Estimates (Han,ard, Ap.rll 19th, 1917), I tbink
expc:ndltu...-c., .u tb.:J: could ba,\-e ~3lIlly done t'vo she will llgTOO wit h me that it '_ iudicates a
~ean ago, . ~6 'Wo d b ave boon Lfl a very much progl'essive policy . . But my 8UuIDptitln tha.t the
""tter pOSlloon to·day. Instead of that. as we I
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to .eDqUlre
in many directions, not only by the " '~or¥ing " mt.o the prl~clples whloh should det.ertnJn e the
el~sSl'.B, btlt a.1S? by many otLers who , en jored a construction of s caJe~ of Mlary " it! & corolla.ry
iaLr 'sorylus of lDcomc bef?re the waLl , If all,.a.s on pro~ress lve line~ m",y ;00 unc1uly ~ptimi 5tic,
n1any d~d. had red~Ice~ therr no~mal stvle of llvlDg espccia.~y whee considered , in conjunction with
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by cnttmg off dehcacles. reducmg lhe number of th
('oursez- to a. mea.l, and li'-ing: ' in a pla.iner stvle'
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t~lrou:;hout, i~spective of :social consideration.." to your correspo
t for as.j.hng ~t:eDtlOn to thIS
they would ha-ve done :such a service to the fact, which I wa.e not a.wara of when the note wa s
country <1S may. Dot present itself again.
""'Tit.t en. I a.gree with her -that thePe is need for
Crop prospects . iT! Amorlca. rem ai n practically acLion in the ma.tter 00 t4e , p~t. of tlil$ , teacb~rs
ancha.nged, a.1tbl?ugh there i ~ a. dIsposition in some ! t bemsc!ve:s a.nd of aU o~g~fs~tlOnfi Qeq,lUig wltb
qua.rters, to ptlUlt enrythwf! couleur d b rose. ! women s 1Dte~s4l, ~,re5u;t t.~e enactment. b,- law
which aJ. lobo moment does not a.ppe;. r to b e 'war· of a dlflerenttal mlDlIDuJ.:q, . for m,en ~Qd women
ranted. " The great 'pring ... beat crop ' IS in ,, : teachers, . If I. am not ulIOt&ken tn , my judgment
hR.ckward !it.ltc, and when t~s is t he CO fie, there of !\IJ' .. FIsher! pol!cy &uch. a.dtl<!n ' W'OIlld De the
liTe a.lways t"vo r isks to be run, First Ia.n undue ; su rest m~ans 0"1: ,tr,ngth~nlpg h IlS ba..nd a.nd en.
rlevelopme.nt of rust in the event of an .d.ugu!>t 1 o.btio.!! him to overcome tqo in~\'it aple QPposit ion
rlrought. or ' ei!e damage result:o.1! froln ca.rJ:l ! to Ithe establishment 01 ~ equa.l eca.le for both
frosts overla.king a. late crop. l"rom Canada. it : sexes.
is rla.ted t~at the a~re.1.ge sown thi s ~on is
Yonrs laitbJully
' :t per cent. m excess of the a.rea. reaped 1 ~~1 year.
THE WRITER OF "WOM,t;N'S WORK."
It js neoessary to I empha.sise t.he fac t that the
a.crM};'e sown' of wpeat is a.ctually .less than tbat
of la-st ' year, and there . i... no cause f ... .. undue
optimism, because the a.creap;e 8Ol\I\ mi\y e:tooed
that" 01 I.. t year'. ha ....e.t. whicb, it may .be r eo
POTTED' , BE;ANS,
membered, was rnaterJallv rerl:lced as the resulf.1
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of rust. From RUSSIa. lt is officia.Jlv reported th:lt
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theTe has been a great decre:u;e in tue ,",ua.ntlhof wheat sown. Rnd if that countrr rema.in lD a
Ga.ther beans young 9n & dry (by, 8tring and
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turmoil. for any lenGth of 'tlme , tb~ out· I cut them U If to be cooked, B .ve .req.dy a. good.
!~kl f~ e~rt In the even.~ of the war COmlDlZ: t.~ , sire4 earthenwlll'e crock, co,!er the bottom of it
,' " er d Dllght Qe greatly Mrsoned.
inside well with coarae ,.It, ..dd. & I&yer of beans •
then a. , thida: one of salt, .o.nd ,s o on. altqnateh
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uDtil tire crock is full ,'. ""ding with · salt. Ii.
down with thi ck, bre..w~ ~ pa.per, and .keep ~ a.
cool. Dot too dry a , pJ~, ' Th~ jar Il.. d Dot l1,e
filled o.t. ooce; more b¢ans Dl<'Y be iJdded ... tbey
but coVer <4cb ' !aye; with !aalt. When
, for eatillg. taJi.a
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The students' concert' for the summer term l in
connection with the Uni.eMlity College, Rea.dinl!'
took , place on Wednesda.y a.fternoon in the presence of a large and apprecia.tive audience.. The
progr&tll.Dl8 was of a very vaned a.nq representa.tive character and 'gave ample evidence of the
careful in.truction tbey . ~11 receive4 from their;
.... pectiv. teacheMl. , Tho eoncert &lto.. ther
reflected tb. ntmo, t credit on students and tutors
alike, and apart. from the interest ma.ny of those
present had III tho young performers themaelve~,
the many voca.l and instrumental selections. ren·
dered . afford'e d evident · pleasure to the audience
seneraJlY. th., applause being fr~uent and of the
most. ~earty !Ul d . spontaneous kmd. The pro·
grammf1 ope.n~d 'Wlt~ an O'rK3.~ solo by Mr. A. H.
~usty, ~b •. p~?c. bemg Po.rry $.cboral prelude on
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s.· ",hl,eb was, ..,ery . finely . r""d~red.
The pianoforte I solo, OOIl151stmg of vaTlatlons on
"Tbe IHarmoni01/S Blacksmith " !Handel). I by
M!so E,leen Sly. was partIcularly weU dODe • .and
thiS I yopng ~tudent has oe~?ly got, an e~cellent
grnop pf pIOJJofcu-te, playmg. Bohn ~ dehob,tful
H ~~ka., "
as }1. Yl,?hn du~t ,by Miu D~~hne
Mall~y and MISS Elleen. GIbbon" 'Was a. ch8rm~
ing piece of ,work. and, 1t was als!> ' a. further
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C.M.S. MEDlCAL 'MtSS~ONS ANP THE WAR
Th. war has eon8iderably aBected' the work of
the MedieaJ Miosion AtWlia.ry of the Church
Missionary Societ,t.
PaleStine and Turki!h
Arabia. are still c,\bsed. and ' the 'Work in many
:rt.a.tions 'l,n ot.ber parts of the wotld has been
reduced , beca.u!6 doctors and nui-ses have felt
that they could not resi3t the urgent eaJJ of Ithe
country for their ~ces. ' On , the othoi' hand ,
the lu.rge numbc.t- of wounded sent for; treatment
to tbe C.M.S. hO~itoJ in' (h., eapit...! of Uganda.
Central Africa.,
neceaaitaW the .-,.",;emoDt
of
.\lospital to a..ecommJda.te 400 p:u~ as
'against '170 bed.
fore thl. war; .:ad in 1the
same 1"ay ' Old Cairo HoopitaI , has been belpmg
greatly by
a.tienu .ho, but for ~ ·wa.r,
~ould b&v.' been dmitted . to the GovernuleDt
hospital.'· Many
ia.n ~diers from one or other
of the ba.tt1efields l1a.ve been ' cared for in the hos.
pitals a.~ Peeha1V~J Banna, and Dem ISmail
Kha.n, on th~ Nort.h,We!t frontier of India,
pianofo~ solos bt.er 0!l In the afternoon. ~U8 The t.ota.! of attenCiances is certa:.inly fewer than.
Dori8. J.3arfoot Ba~Jl WIth ., mu~, effect twq ~f l,umaJ. but; nevertheless. , l3!t :year they reathed
EIgar,~ .on.~ ra) Rondel. (b) The Slrep~erd,s the vorY respecta.bl~ number of 3.5.00() in.patient.
Song r while }Ierhl'+ps the youngest. or one of 'and 1,695,000 a,.tt-patients. There are seventeen
the y01mgest ,Performer!. WASil lItt.le. Master"Allan C .. M.S, doctors ~dj nine nunes defillite~y working
S!y, whose pianoforte solo"
MarIonettes. won 1Willi the Army, and &even others white on ,fur.
b~ ~ ~ell ~e!erved encore. Among other fon-I ')ough are taking cf-·vilian practicas, and thUB j l!tCt~
trib Utl '1"s which ",ent to .make up", most ~oy. ting free
to .. e with the Army.
able concert were. ' -Iohn solo,
Rondo
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gretio from Concerto No, 13" CK,rel,L7.er), by }Iiss
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ment it'om Sonata in C'· (Felix Borowski), by
TOGETHER.
Jeanie Laurie,: a. violin d~~t. I, Sona~a." ' (L,ae:ilett
Miss F, M.. Cl~e, of the C,M-S. hospital
1128). P.v MIS S , lYa Laun . .. .. d Miss Wln,.fr.d at Pes1. aw &r
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Tul1· pia.noforte &0 10 by MISS Florence Sm~tb;
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'Miss Grace Staples: Vlohn solos. mcllldmg old
51 The ' war touches on us in an indirect fasliion
F,ng]j~hI a.irs. hv ]\-[!ss Winifred uJl : J?ianr> floto, even though. ~e are 80 far a.wa.v from th~ ~tv.ai
MiM n~1inda. H eatheT; son""', MI!'I~ Mane Howes;
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THE .. SAN IT AS COMPANY, PathaJ1. w.ho c,,",lle lin the otber d~y for treat.
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Isplendid· looking ;'\"n. who had r.ceiv~d five
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At theannusl meet,ing of tI,e "San,tas Comp,l ny
IlnLten (as they call Bnghtonl, and "'a8 1full
held at WiDcheat.et Hon,",. London. E.C. ; on Wed- of s~or~es of th~ ~'ndne~s lie had received, from
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.idenoy of Mr. C. T. KiDgzett the SIster SalUbs an.d everyone else , rhen.
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, ' a few days a.go, a.t:pathan woman came to_tbe
F.I.C.,
(the Chalrma.n), a. final dlvlden~ of out.pa.tients' depart _ ent wliCJSe husband Wil.S a
5 per ccft. and a. bonus of ; per cent. was decllt~ed, prisoner in German .
bringing up the totni di8~ribuHo~ for ~he ~P~'l" I ,~ 8
\' If the war has j don~ nothin~ else, .nrel,.. it
per cen~ Notwitblitandmg tho In oreased dlflicul.tles has drawn. Ea.st
'West
lIttle bIt nea.rer
attendft9t upon the conduct of busincRS under c~/st. togcther."
conditi0pa, the total ~olnme of trad e done.. hy Itha
Company during the pa.st year show" a considcrlihle

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expaneiqn, more pR:ti<;:u,lary in th,e OXJYlI ' t hr:tn(1hc~
and in t~e supply ot dlSLnfcctA ntA to the Government
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CROS& FUND.

fAlhough the ,B riti!h ~a!mer8 , ha.ve now eontri.
buted the spJendid total of over £631,000 to this
'F~nd (~.ery hallptll1Dy of' whjch ha. been aent) ~
t~e Britillh Red C,'r0l8 Society lor. uoe in connee.
ti~n with our wounded eoldiera), fUrther tupport
is urgently, needed to ~.,Pfl ,with , ~e eyer·~crea&
in expendIture of the. Red Cross. wlUch 1S now
ropghly £50,000 per week, Fur~.4er donations
wpr, thuefore. be gratefully ~vad aDd ackriowledged, and o~ers 'of.aa8ia~ce in oonnection
with the organisation of (urtber ' ~e& will be weI.

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The announcement ia m,'a.de that. €a.l'ta.in john
Eiis7ace Fieunes, Gordon Hisblana.,... ha.. died
from l\:ounds receive.d in action. He w;u; the elder
son a.nd heir of the 1I()U. Sir El1~tn,ce Fiennes ,

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ONTARIO'S GIFT. OF MILK.
The d~"y farmers 01 Ea.t"", ·Ont~rio, Cal)1id~.
are to contribute the \"alue cU at lealit one day's
output of milk to t~e ,Agricultural R.elie£ of .Allies
Fund for the a6sist...rJ;oo of the fumen in the Win"ra1'<lged dis~rict s of France. Belgium. ' Serbia jllld

ltd,.

and get
Pills Mflj, Haines . had.

FRIDAY . ..,..Before Mr. G. W. Webb (in !.be
ch.air). Mr, J. C~tjey, Mr. G. R. Ja.ckson a.nd
Sir.-Her HIghness Princess Helena! Victoria .Mr. C. E. Smith. \
E.:\STHAMPS1:E.ill. 'I
WIll
most gratefu~ by "\'our msert,lOg this
Tribun I C_ .1 .
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t.i
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peal for our Voluntary H osplmls, rho Prmce>:>
ROAD LOCOMOl'IVE ACT.
• u<w gra.n""" exemp on """'"
ODd her mo~her, Princ... Christl"". ha.e done! The Eddison S""F' Rilling Campo.ny. no,..
(final) ~ W. H. Hunlpn. 37, m..
m ore than anyone else ill trying to -nt the , best , cheater, were ,um..moneq for two offences under
and estate agent, ' oI: Btack:neD.
nurses for our suffe.rin~ poor. a.ud after the ~a.r the Road ~OCOJllotiv~" Act and were fiiled £1 ,in
this th6 mi.li1.ary app~ Mr.
our wounded and sufferlD~ roldiers will I fear ~tIll ellGh ca.se Deleo.flant.s w~ Dot repre6eC.ted.
ap~ on behalf bf ' the. t&o
b~ with us. Therefore It. is necessary tha.t 9ur
.
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spondent,
Soll.d he was in partn!ersb.i p with
Voluntary Hospitals . hould b. able to .end out
.. U-UUGfNG GRASS.
his bther.
WlUi '75 years old and Iwho, owing
well tIained nur~s and .doctors.
:1
Harbert Ra.uking tnd Albert S~, youthJ., to the ~o!l<\ition of his heaJth, ,was un~ble' to take
). OUI~ faIthfully, .
I pleaded guilty to d~aging graas and herbage be- an
in the bu.iness. Becently his ,
""SOP
l¥th ~~DOCfH,,_~
longing t~ tha Corp ration to (h., viJuo of . 1... fatbr.oer
an illDess. The firm wJre the proH on .,e,
for
I
e ~.guo 0 = ' - J '
c
prJe n
the Ilr";knell Cattl. Ma:rket. where
Bucj<hur,t, WoklllghiUD, Jun. 26th. '
.
and Were fined 5•. e u..
he w..,
auctioneer and ~1.S1IlILD. 'Tho marl:et.
Thel Lord Mayor in his letter about RO"JIital
HUSBA~D AND, WIFE,
was •
IIDportant one. and if he had to go it
Sundav; strongly adVocates th., help that should
CharI•• ChrUitoph Ree.es, 3. School Tet¥loe, 1would
to be closed, which woul~ be a great
I
farmer. He was also asilistant over.
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be glycn
to .our V- 0 Iun .,......... .,.- H OSpl tal S both In 'Was summoned to.•b w. cause Iwliy
order sb.ould Il OSS.
La d
d
h
t
of taus a nd rate colledor. Mr.
n onthree
an lD
t e allover.
coun ry, England thev ha.ve
.
llot . be
him for deserting his wlfe.I i~t;:'a~i':tn~~ ha.d written a Ie ....
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the
For
years
• made aga.mst
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T.J..Itlr
borne the 108s of doctors', nurses and staff all Mr. r_ R. Kent ,appe.a.:red for the co.mpla.m.a.nt,
their most earnest eOl""idel''''lon
going to the Front, as well a.s an increase in ex· and Mr. S. Bram ; for defenda.nt.-The parties , to ,
ont that
penses of food. drugs" , ete~ , maintaining th,e ir were recently before the Court, when 'the"hullba.nd 1 of great
agrjcultmista in
great 'Work for OUr !iick p oor, in a.ddition t.o ca.ring 'vaS summoned for ~ saulting his wifa. The case hood of
and would be
for over 150,000 01 our . '~ouDded moo . Ore, was dismissed. Sind.. then the husband had ar.
staJl' had
12,000 lO·patl enls are oc~uPYlDg . beds .ID, Lond?n , ra.nged to uye apart l frozrl hi~ wife but acoording
• 16
~~:~liJ~~~~
alone, and 17,000 out-patlents are recclvmg da.Ily
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wa~
treatment. Although 'IÂ¥any.. things ha,e to be t.o Mr.. Kent s ~t<l.ueqtent ~e ~ ohlY,allowed her dUt.les
n eglected owing to the 'War, th~ worl.: of tltese lOs. pel' w eek, Thdre were three children, The
Hospitals must. be the ,ery IMt , to suffer, and eldest, a. boy of 17, Jw.rned 15&. M . , 'and Winifred,
being the voluntary product, 01 tbe nation, h ~ve 14. had just oommebeed work and ea.rred pocket
e\"c,r ~lven c.~se for reason n.ble .pr,de.
. I
money,-ComplainaiA having give,n avidence, Mr.
'When the hIStory 01 tbc war IS recorded, It wm B . addre<sed th B eh ' d ' called def dan
undoubtedl,v be ~O'WD that they sust~lned a. Pfln.
ra.m.
6 1 .en
~
en.
t,
cipal piU"~ in the svstem , ,vhcreby the enemy was who, ~d thD r.easotl 1n Apru lut why he oon.
confronted Illld overthrown.
,
suited his. solicilctro
boca\- hill ";(e attacked
.
him wit.h tL knife. ·tHe wu ~uite willing to con.
tribute to his wife's maint.ln'ow:e• . bu. be could
'hher, &gam,
I .
Iive Wlt
as h'e Wall: a.frai'd of losing
STUDENTS' CONCERT' AT not
his temper 3lld c.omntitting a breach of the peace.
-The Beneh
p~ion order. the deTHE UNIVERSITY.
felld3llt to I"'Y 13•. 6d. per week and the coste.

tie

WAR ITEMS.

MAYS &

sotne of the

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aSk tor DOAN' 5

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70 , SHADES.

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l RINCESS VICTORIA'S APPEAL. .

Pte. S. Gale. 12716 (P~I.!l.y, Bridge.road),
Previousl:- renorlcd Wounded. no#t reported Dicd
Pte. F. NlchoUs, 15532 (Bath:imwills):

Apply

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:Q:O AN'

VGLUNTARY I:IPSPITALS.

Died, -

OLfTLAY.

doctor.. ~& .......c1,oiDg
eommenlled Doen' s baek&ch.
bronght about .. more
action' lof the b!&dder aDd' reduCed' the
It is .ujp.rloing thatiDo,;..·...
oolm,"obfor me at ,my' &£6. , 1: &m
,..._,hi·-.i,,11t.1
"H.
HainM."
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lqt<r--llIlrs. Hlline. ·said :~.shall
my jlEI,I!l.th .. .. ..", good.
the doctor told t4e there I
about me ,now. whie!> alto...
th,orcla!ibjy D6a.0's-pills cured me .."

1.-_ _ _ _ _ _ _. . . a.ekA_~he

"r

A GENEROUS RETURN

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baclo:aebel

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w ILL

KtJtry

Pkture
Ulla a.

>i1l,1ieaIer.. ... 2/9 • 00" fYom F.,t".J[&co,1l<m Co•• 8, ll"'dZ• .St.,

The following casualties in the &yal 13erI,;,hire
~g ilJlent have heeD officia.lly re~'orted:_
Killed!- '
.
Loe.·Cp!. F . Timm" 16055 (F'rU1gdon).
Pte. J. Cox. 37391 (Abingdon ).
,:
P te. S. H=mertoD. ;)3754 (:<!Ow '- Boling·
broke).
:.
Pte . T . H. Liney. 10991 (C"",den Town).
P te. L. J , Pullen, 28567 ·rBiT1llingham) .
Lce .. Cpl. J . E. Smith. 10727 (Newbury),
Pte. A. E . H'ld wn • .2,845, rBr\.tol) .
P te. J . W . Mulberry, 36393 (Roy.ton).
Pte, G Webb, 36514 (Newmarket).
Pte. H. Harmer, 203127 (Rcadipg).
Died of W(JlInd s. _ '
pte, F . -C, Bennett, 202705· (O~ord).
Pte. J . Tregloun, 37709 (Smeth1l';ck).
P te. L. B. Blackmore , 18109 (Henle,).
P k W. C, 'r--obes, 115C8 (Shri~el1h .m).
Previously 'r eported VloUlJ,d~ , ' ndw :eported D ied
of ounds , ' "
Pte. H , J , Pendry, 19445 (Windsor).
Pte . G. D .•:1.. Field, 17654 (!\'otting dill
Gate).

HAlt'S DISTEMPER

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Send tor Free Book on .. Moderation •
Cheerfulnes.5. and Other Long Lite Laws."

BERKS CAS'UALTIES:

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oould.n.·t .wolk.propv~. TIl"
*"trn"cted, &nd . 1.'_
'" flUli0'Y

'I'h. good Doau', Pills Ii...e done in Readinll:
i. proved 81!ain and again by me.sagas of grati-·
tude !1uch ~ the one given here.
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a.

.. Hall' s Wine i!$1tbe most depeutlable rcs tor41uve we bave,"
&ays a doc tot.
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m.r-...

do:pgbter, wife or motber.

Battolion of tho Royal Barks Regi,tnent.
been pre't'ioi.lsly a ssocia.t.ed ... with ' the 3rd
Militia, He is with the ~ti and is 'one of tho
drummers. Lce, ·Corp1. ,.W.lcl,1 di.hnguJohed hIm·
self ,in CrOS!HX)untrv runnin!;, and for thl'ee or four
yCiU~ h.ld the chalnpio~slllil of hi, Batt.lion.

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Selpte,OIb.,. 11th. 1~13. M~ H.
f
ReacliDg. "';4:-" pr"Pl'Y
fi .. yean ago. ~ took
bnt got wone ~-!1 of
.• ",ellinge iu, my !.iga and

rtter

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Lee,·Corp!. Welch enlisted Ilt Rea.ding Bar·

H::oJ!'s Wine

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N eouatry pI"",,",' ,,!,here womea iiv& healtby,
: outdoor lives. lVeaz. I008~ cloth,ing a\l~ take
&lmo.t an equal part ,'I'ri\h men, . they are
pi~u!-•• of health. '
~imple living en.urn lound lddne1.a. perfect
bl6pd filtering, and ncrutic acid tToubie. .\
"frio aoid in the blo?d caules bo.ckacb~, !~et1malic and nervou. troublea, headache, diz~8Ht
'j ~ues. n urin&~y d~o~e~1S aud danger of g,~.,eJ.,
dr~.y. IWd Bnght • die~~ •. ' .
1v.hen you have CIkUle to luapeot yout' kidney"

rack,.. on Ja.nna:ry 25th. 1908, a.t th& Age of 18
yean and 6 months. a.nd ' ~ thel'efore seen
'W3.rds of nine yean' service"
He ' joiti~d

giveS the aid requi red.

•

u.e DOell', B ...k&che Kidney Pillo, They IMve S/(yry.'~
b~ped tbou.and. of wOlDen. And ~ cet
anf k.ep better. make it .. point 11'1 get a .....y
fro/", hOUl!ework •• el'y day for a bri.k walk.
Dri.u.k more water. eat simpler food, and, l.leep
m9r.. Better health will make yon .. rtter

He showed throughout the 'utmost v.lour and

initiative,

tainties, overwork, and
other worrids puts ' a '
heavy tax on' t\le nervous system. And the
nerves in consequence
need strengtheningordinary diet will not

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ntry

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3.

I~CREA~ED

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In a written 8Jlslvcr to a. question by Mr,
Lougb., t!J.e~ Cba r.(',('~ l or of the E.!:chequer gives
:mme interest ing in fDr niation as tn the revenUe
'lCCl'U~g frOll1 incr+e.d or new ly illlpn~~ ~uties
'A ad B COMPANIES.
oh va.rious, imports'l From tea., on which ' the
O,ders for week endiug jth July, 1917,
duty
was rillSI'd lrom M . ~o 8d. per Ib, in N ovom·
.
I
Officer for the week : Lieut. S. Oa.des.
ber. 1914. ,a.lld from 8d, t o Is. per lb. OD, S.ptOlD.
Officer for t.he week: ~ergt.. J one!5~.
her 22nd, 1915,
l'e\"enue in 1914.15 was
£8.627.858. in
• £13,962,210. and in 191~
Platoohs N 05. J to S.
17 £14,314.762,
year'. figur .. b e io~ su],.
Sund:l.r.-~Il.rade ~ ~e&dquarters,. 9.3~. drill ?rdor., jed to correction,
fru its (el:cept cwra.nts),
T he paralic WIll he dlsUllssed a.t 1. Warumg by su'eu 9. on which the
from 7•. to lOa, 6d.
The banq. will atteDd.
1
Monda;y:. -R~ruif.s· drill, I:nero.be~s and signa.llers. per
revenue
,.
H ood l(llnrters at 7.4;J p.m.
and m
Tuel:id~y. -Phy sical , trainiug and Ba.yonet fightiug
uuder £1'my Instru ctor, H ea.dquarters 7.30 to ,9, while motor
Shl)Oting~practic e, Alfred Street I4Luge, G.30 to 8.30. on the
B&nd Pr clice. S~. Gil.. ' H.ll,~.
.
.
vielded
Wedu sdav, ....:. Bombing and entrenohiDg pragtice.
the three .1n~~~~.~':trj~: dut~: (,!,re,nd
parada ~:' Headqua.rters at 0.30. No: 1 Pla.toon "Till adqitioQal
practice !the a.ttack all trenches at Pioneer Daththon 2 of the FiD,ltJlce
digKing ground. to be there a.t 7. p.m.. The Pl"toon of t he incro,'J.~) ' .£19,
B Comp~ny will :usemble there I.t the ta.me hour for 191t'>-17 (subject
digging aud will'pa.rade .fi.ret a.t Hea.dquarters",to ~lI~t the
increased duties
the tools I
of
ThurtWia.y.-Ifeoruits' drill, members and .aiguallen stantia.!· additions
1914-15
at Headquarter-s. 7.45. Shooting pra.ctiee, A1tred· tained.
was £333.m; in
street *ge. 6. 30 to 8;30. _
,
, ..
Fl'ida.y.-Mullketry, phy51w a.nd btyo~et tra.ining ",i,ed the tota.! to

Rluge·

In

B732,943.

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S.turd'y,-Mu,ketry .nd rUle exerci.e Headquarters
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d 3.16.

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~;~~~r.;~·G~~u~n,j(Cl~~. Instrac:t:iou in Rotchkiae Gun

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Smitb, :I'ua5daYB &D~ Thursuys,

BOBT. Y. GOrmaE. C'.pt. & !djt.
lot Batt. Berks Yj1l.lIegt.
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New
&lid

Cotta~e s:,

Warfield
who was 170 years of
the 'fa.ithful sel\'.mt.
and Miss ilewai, of

NEW AND
IMPORT
OUTlEr REVE~UE,

1st BATT. BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER
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REGIMENT.

for recnUts at H£!o.dqnn.rten 7.45.

of the 1a(6
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SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY. ,
iill~i,,.r.;aI'Y serVices of the \..IFgregational
were held on Sunday. The Rev.
Hedingh~m; EssQ>:. was the
the, afternoon a. flower service was
specia.l hymns were suog aDd recit.a..
several of th8 schoJ'1-rs Iwere j!iven. ,
It

large

g,~thering

of teacliers, scholars

from thtl Bapl ist and W.esleyan Sun·

Mr. Monso n gave au, b.ddre,<:;s, The
'Which wera on behalf of the School
i
very gooCL

W!~~~~.~~~C'.
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ASSOCIA110N.
on Weclnes was heidi
,,; of H olly Bo,nk, kin ~i y

~a~a~:~~J.I~~~~7~;in;:i;~1
~

; when a lecture. on

given
by" Mr.
H.
of Ruskin
College,
attendance of IDemfollowed by
of th anks
to Ml'.
L. B ..

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