Reading Observer 06-1917

DEVILl.E

(oPf~gni~:n1) Broad

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Two day., I.'x elU&l.YfI to t.ha Tbutr..l

TAMING of th~ SHREW
A Comedy Drama

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E COMBAT."
In the Pawnshop"
ANI 'riA-TEO OAZElTE
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ursday Ned JUDe zstb.
'1:"0 IU.J!, exelu& ve teo thia Tb.eat~

THE SOUTH."
P,eOOY HTL.um.

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'Vonder Pl&y

, In the
ANllI1A TED

PaWDS~op'

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MR
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Mr J H MUnro
Rca1l nil Ilnd was a

O~TTE

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and lIII!! 1'd had a. n&rro"
recent All' l"~1Jd m LOI don
HerbeIjt T King of the finn
!leedSm~1 of Coggesba.U wru"n a.
them ].[r HI g uniortuno.tely was
Ia.w wn kilock6rl down by the tpree of tbf expJoa on
and h ad h 1.rdly lecovered hLDliell wncn a.uother bofJlb
teU aud he ai5~n'd severe U JUt'leB to tl e bead ~r

3d., 6d. and 1 So
" ..... , ..,0 >. l iS. 1D.clu4laz Tax.

:a.h llald was glVe

re

tempora.rv 8.58lstance a.nd then

moved to t BIl.l tholoIUOW" Ho~p tal w!tere h III
't'0 uds ;rer dre9~ed Ca:tel be W0.8 a.ble to return to
h18 b9me u.t. roggeaball.

nE'\IREMEN:'-ill'.,......,6i,....F~;j-Il.,. ·S

nor too often that' the"
profIteering lD the

goods and
do by

the

THE L\TE A1 Ll':N ),O)lTElR

'1 (: prl)ce~ d. of the fOQtba,ll ma.toh ('£100) for. the
9 t of kin of the lA~ A,lIeu F.oster futve"been IUvested

a

i

Co e

tnent Stock n the na.me!l of Mr Torn La.w

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Ihe 13re"erj To.p Broad Street Mr T E
r DII er 18 uut road Aft John D Ra 1 a. d MNI
!JR'oler
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SOCI
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PAIiAC~ THEA.TR1'l
M~ r e I loyd Quee of <Amedie os ~ n.Dno

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ncod to
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fl.l }e:J. t Ice Igbtlj fit the Pa.laco TI ea.tre next w eek
r lld t on to t1ns spec,al nttract On the grand :pro
.. 1:1 me v 1 lDelude George Pnnoe cra.zz com 'l'duu
Rita !Gell\ld eoutt'8.lto vocal st B LTt~ Fe 0 ~1 g
croll h l\ d nro a.ct and tbe Four C ros,L OOTclt y
• :;:e and cabUet danccn

READING.

and DISTRICL

liU,RDY

In the letirelllel t - for t'M q'UraUoi ~....ihe wU-""II"'of

Deleotivo s.rg\ Purdy, the Readmj1 BprBugh Pqhce
Fo... w II fur the tim,e being lailk the! 18m... 01, .
ruost effiClon1 And popu1&1:. officer

THE WE~THER
Sunda.v was the hott-est da., so fa.r e... per enced
h S 'yea.r the th~rmomet.er reglSter nil 92 dearees
(ith,.i!: readings ~re
FI da.\ 81 ~a.turda.v 88
Alon1a, 77 Tu •• dav 72 W edJlesd.y 75 Thurs
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The n erct"' h lUi not fallcn lbelow 100
Som welcol"J11!,1 ~howers have fallen the ta.m gauge
'Olea.s mg a total of 43 Hls
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AND COMMENTS

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INCREA SED BEP.R PRICES~
6 of the dA Iv ercas ng tli1ftoult 61\
t.h& restr ct 0 or 9utput of material

T 1 onsequBn
! 0IF out of

.. d t~e 00 lil tal advanceR III tbo . . coot of production
local tiro vera hue bo!m compelled to rOLSe reWl pr eel
of beer m n ea.dln~ to 6d per p at for In 141 beer a.nd
~d per pmt- for hitter a d stout, as from Monda.y ne.xt
1 he PfeOOS 01 beal:'!l a d ~tP.uts 1.D tlagom w II a.lso be
n.d Vn.l~ d nom the sa.me~le
:-'AT~ONAL

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BRITISH WOMEN S TEMPERANCE
A~SOCIUION

A d ~l ghttul tr p \vas e Joved 00 TU8!dav by about
170 ~embe "8 and .fr e da on the &;.ea.m hm lob
Dntum a.
for the r & uunl IUIIlDler ft ther n~
1..vo llnd half. h ours "MO spent 0 Stre3tlev b II "" hero
5eYeral fam ly ~rtiea h'o.d tea .A la~e nurobe took
t.el\Olllthe boat u 401 tl OIlUpl5rV I ouof Mrs Burroll::ha
lIra. Puacock ¥rs. Fwrbail
M1'1I Chlud &nd Qther
mem1Jera of ,I e comn ttee Tho we.a.thel 'W&.S beauti

fuJ .fler two ,hghl . l 0 «'" I

Purdy

\1) ~aroh

)011

.d

190'3 a d ueco.me a pliun Clothes
OffiCel 10tlr ,eaMi 1.lor l';rdin tJior m>- he dISplayed
conSldemble 'keenness a d a.ptitude for the work H e
hu mv U R.hly shown n ~ch alertneClI and h s a,11 ~ou d
the f9

C(l

or

ab I tv bas CO nmaudeB. tho tQUlDiel' dat on the ma.gl.'>
trates and others on I IDlerOU8 ocCM~on8 He wle IDI\-da
II. sergeant I
1 ~15 :R Idy I lUI baen ¥SOCllLtbd Wlth
many l1nportant C88es DDd ~ail cru:neo ou~ . w&...:.dut

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1l10Bt loyally under ~pto.ru "HenderMIt (Ch\ef~ Con
sb.bl~ JnepactoT And61"&On (retued) and Detect l"O
I spector Wnlte11l tl e confideuce of whom he eu]oyed
I<> t~. full

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Itls h1.f(1ily probable

that \ e w II jo. tho LOndon !ieolt..h

CH!RlrY ORGANlSo.l'ION SOCIETY

The annunl blee tmg of tb s SQCl¢'t.Y. was held a.t

Ihe Offioo on Thursd~>, 'rho l're.,dent Jd,r F
~ 8.ir]eant (the 'M:&vor) preuded
belt\g sup
ported b\ Col J E Broadbent C B chBJrmall
and membe,.. of the COJ/\l'llttee 'lh. fpI'Ll' third
report and balance Iib.. t were rCcelved and
adopted a.fter \Vh cb Col Broadbent propo ••d
that the SocIety ,hould UDlte WIth the Guild of
H elp m (oImmg a. D ~W o~tuuWiOn t bbcmJed
t1

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Readm g (ounc1l1 of

R... H Wa.rdley Kmg

nett loan mousl)

SQClnJ.

Welf~

Ihe

~ndedJ o.nd It "'~ .,.,.

Tpe whole ot t1le. ot\ic,\r$ of

the SOClet" \\ ern the~

.re"uecied" to conI. nue

In

office unt I the new COl DeIl becOmes au accom

-purch_~

uhshed fJlct and oommffices wot'k Twet\re mem
b ers of the Soc &tv were ejected to meet twel e
members of the Gu ld of Help to .rJltI,n~. the de
t~ I. fo, launch ng the ne" ,cheme VIZ
Col
Bro.4bent C B
Mni W.o.rd Mrs
Jone~. i\[ ss l\fOlllgue Welker ~u.,.s Moxbay M os

SUbWI'''OD to auaJ)1Oi.
by M. Jam•• Dodd In

HalTl.on 0~r~;~~tt.c~:~a~~·tlth;!.'''''~c'm" ,oQI~fri;~'lIj~~~~1~J~~t~~;~~ no Ij!oont case

Au.te Lel~h

the Rev H

W.tiilley K'pg the

Rev }\! 'I Fr end M~ ~rs Ha.V'W'ard W
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Cook I.t P enson and D W: B A.ckermlUl ~1rs
'" LLr ~tenva.i-ds stated she woulp. be unable to
attend the mee~ln~s and lo1tss R Ma.t.th6ws 'Va'S
elected n hel stead Ml'II Ward ProlXlseq • \ ole
of tha.nks and .3Wproc a.tlOD to Mr BlehqTl Ackc.r
m(.l.D for hIS earnest worK: dur ng the ~Mf:, thIrty
vears I hi:. was supnorted by .:f.lr I{aVl\ ard
Col Broadbent ann tho M~yor and was camed
,,~th a p~l.use
Th311ko \0<> the Moo.;rur for pre
s d ng concluded the meet ng
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S!ALE OF W$RK AT
GREYFRIARS' VICARAGE
An urreten~!Ou. but "IeJs.Iu~ .al~'o~ work
was hel
W.dJlelda:), al:t.emoon ill til. V lca.rage
Grou,,,!. Greyfn.... \ a'n Oe\iaU ot the Church

on

MlESlonary. Soc,ety 1Llld the Oh1!(.cb of- E1)gland
Pasto ~1 A d Soc etv fwe weather favoured the
ere ,t "t'd at the t me of openlllg 2 30- lhere
\lo a,!; an Jl dOUHlg ng attendQJlc~ of those Idenh6ed
Wit h, tlle: v. ork cn.rned on at GreyfrJa.I's and other
supporters 01 the obJootofi or tue afternoon 8 gataer

ng

De'"~dul."'t":S~~I;!~;1~~dillh~

~:~~~f:;f;;i~~~~~~~~~l~):t~~~

and

fh. opemng ceremony "a. eafTled Oqt
Un.

orEf s (.Mr s

pM
cd by
theuJ
to t.he
forD
bflght httl.

1Sa.r)eant)

who

b~

~a.s accom

~Ia~or IMrpt.,oceecllUg3
F 4 SarJea11fl
a brio!Pflor
but

(the R", W .A
S V tdr B,\. and

conducted by tile V,car
B A) tll. 'Roev 1
of th~

Ctiurch

a. number of

!.fh.
of

on
charge

h. behalf
they could not
It 1n a. Jiomewhat

two month.

f;entcnce or four mpnths would
t he first
an d

or

the sentences to ron cODsecutIvely

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