Reading Observer 06-1917

BERKS PARt]
-DIVISIONS!
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.cholarsb,pa ",d ezhlbttiqt\. Ul
Unlvenuty College, jReadlng,
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REP-RESENTATION OF
pEOPLE BIJ;;Lr ,
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Q.uthontLea
Ad•• rtJs.d for by

~NQUIR..,Y
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oertitioates or ga.ma
t efer to a noUce l'&Sp,ectm~ the
.,," " .. , 'r ' the froot p.!L$te of th14lUUe

1;n conoectl()n-i wlth the R<,p~,""'t~tiOD
are ~H'en at People B}ll RedJ, t.rlbl,l.tIQD
ond Co " late prom".. , 17~ , "Cowdv Maxwell f,L D
11 45 aud 3 o'clock Come a.nd I tended at the I A~~e Courl",
DIDlOYSTlu.TlONS

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liThe Work of the ! day to hear any

ObJectlon' t. ;,o~~;;::~J~~;~;t~:~~~'

dUl'Ing the War" o.t the I st·tutlop. of tpe Parliament.a;ry
Suud&y eveDlug
rhol') l.IIh1re, and ofj recelVmg any pr'Dp""'f'I~9r

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altero.tlon ~

lhe propo
North~m
The
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the
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County Iol '~~iin;;!;~:~4d~'iB;~
fBA4oroughst.rnf.tveAbmgdon
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Urgnn DIstrict of \Vantage

The Southern or Newbury ~~~~,~n·~~t~'.~~tg
of the R ."" I DlStnc,s of {~:'~"~~!~,jJi
a.nd ,Vokmgham, a nd th& !w
D "rur~'". '
Newbury andl<wokmgbo.m
The ·W m.!sor Dl~ J!!lon-rconJolst.lng of .Il~r ""'ur..

the College Holl

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bIrthday on
ot iiCA~lUS" 1II 1862

WM !da.yor

A 'I ' HJNAL

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:tDd the MUD1Clpal
FARMF.RS' UNION
I head and Ner Wm d·o,
.be held tn..... tho H.uad mg Gas
Those ptes~3"pt, !Deluded Colenel

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Af S~jCONDAnYI SCHOOLS

I (Member for

Sout.h Be"!..a), Mr _ mest
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I K C (.~felllb.r fbr North Berka) ,
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I BlUen~e ICbaimlOn of tbo South

~.~:. ~"J~.'::~~u,:~ bo oft'cl ~d for compilhbon t wo sen:ilt~ei _l\ssoclat lOn), Capl1tin
s L Rel.l.dlllg" School 4-net (Chal a n of t he N orlh I
' ~,~~~~'~~~n~1te~;'D'~b:l~e~
tcnu.bJ., a* Kcn!}rtck Gala As60ClntJon), Mr F J
will be fou-tld lU our

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E, J Forster and Mr F Wngbt
gl\: en
and Liberal agents respechvelr
I Berk.), ColDn~1 WIll.., Mr F
tho I IChtrman of the R...:hng 'C'ID ..,rv;, ti" ,6
tlOn), Mr ' P '\P" lamstant agent
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~ servatn e A :::SoCID.tlOn}} .Mr \V M
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the Am .... :5
Regtmeu t of
am oum ,
e ~yor 0
eldel !'IOI~ of GeOlf1"e Pullen of H l,,,ker), th e Town Clerk of
c') llIltancc , ~OUTIsest daughter Q Louc:l) Mp B Cllllllenor
C Borrett, en, ot LB.ucastcr I Abmgdon).' Mr W Bt111 lh:l-ll (:b~:!(I:~~k.~~~ 1
C G Chambers (Deputy Clerk l
County Counc'l)' ete
at the Couuty
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EAST llERKS DIVISION
r',"'."O :"'" eo!:~~o~~ ~ • W~~[~f
lli E r oes t Gordnel", M P •
a. big cou\p&ny ot JX"Ipull\r ~ prese nt th at. moo;ung tn ~'~~::l::i,,:':ri
chorua while among sp"cIIlI ma.tlon tha.t. t he AU lstant
be the Mimo"a Matdll
hear a.ny a.pph.ca.t1ons or obJec~lone
to the queslton " f ,bound&l1e. that
A ."C:'~,Ul~;~"' ~
O",n ,..
'I Would be d..Jt Wlth by the Hou.e \ of vomnl~p.,
vou 'be .so kllld as
ID e \ htUe space ~n your thought he might sa.y the )ll.J\P
uh.:.a.blc p3.pet t.q tholl1c 1.11 ,,.ho hft.ve beeu ro IO ntl to I pea.red to hIm to ba.ve beell as
mcdunll~ the two jyca.!s "\\h roh 1 h&ve spent m the
uld b
ndel' the ClI"cnm!lLancee
ho} a.l BerlahU'O )IOIp,tal
I wl;\h eapecltl.lly to thau~ co
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-:'Ir I lor (]ulltlm" Ill~ the Ma.hon, Ststera And Nurses be recogQ.lse d that those who had
fOl their k udncss'
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County aJl this time m)ght ha.ve
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whu,h would Improve the map
:rhey
WHIST. DRIVE,
ask f the COm.tnl!55wnQr to CODI51der'" Wll~t~
A very 8uooe~.fll.l ptlltner wtUB~ r'lrlv9 wa.a held on
T np.!'ldnv at the Ge\lf~rtLl "orke18' Hall King's roud
was unperatlve if BcrkshlJ'c ~d W'in'~>r
The follo\\l11~ were 8u"cess[ul ht, MJ'A Smlth Ilnd 1 blDe they sh~uld lose ODe M~mber,
~fr It Ada.!..08, 112 111(1 ~.h <l Bus! .and Ml A \Y h oped he wou ld c:.onsu!er the prpposal
flu. ul crs 171 3Iel, 1:M1'8 l'born Illld Mr Chard, liD
ld be
nl) llterv priZ.e, M~ Chn.mbcila.Jll &n'4 G A RaDley
!.fernbers outsIde of
& 109 wou..
·!~.tioin!,,\
~1 rs ) \VIlkius kludlv presented the pr:.us to the I for the County
He W(l.I &'!are of the I w.~ru c,
Wlnuers
I t IOns I"tiued by t he BOWldary \)()?,'mi"~i'~n.'r,
keep as nearly 70 000 of the popul.tl(l~
I E&T 'RE~DlNG LIBII.RAL CLUB
constItuency, but he would ).ike l<> call ~tt~nl".on
All qpr.:n "hlst drive, foll owed by 8. dnnce, WAI held
b
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dilleP'''',d
on Monday 6venmg thelO being & good llttenrlnllCo to tbe. fa.ct tha.t. t a.t ma~ter _Â¥JU. ueen i
fhe Mlimen were j-Ladles I , Mrs ('...AnllOn, 151 2 I m the House: of Commons only a.~nlght
),'nl D oddlltgton, 150 3 M138 Fuegle, 14.2 4, Mus ago and the GovernmeDt accepted the
SehoS-eld ~2:J Ge ,tA I, Mr B e-&oon, 150 2, Pte
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"'..t hat
m e
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bIDS 122 Mn
N Sounders
presentedHI
the(edt)
priz e! 4 Pte Rob. on
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except
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FUNERAL:9F MU GEORGE DENT
wheJl the ~t.tuctlon.
The fUlicral of the- late Mr G H Deut lDAu&g"er of 1wu hoped that latItude
the Berkshire I ll u, King s roa<1, who. &S -reported last
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" ..k, dIed m 0 mliltary J>oeI"I&i .t Aldcrtihot, took l f •• our of erkOhl" ........ 6UltgpBt1(ln l!f!<lI'''Il'"
pla..co on :)a.tllrdlu. a.t nead.i.ng th. Rev: ;l" J C 1 he-,ed,; the concu.rrence of
'two \. Cd~~!::~~!
G timor coud uctin g.,.the sernco Mr Dent. bc.looged to It was Idle forI h11n to Bay they COUld."
Ih. R G '\~,T~. Imo.r".rs WOl" the ",dow and I that thore W'" a populatIon In the four
Jaughter .In? aud Mrs 'Butler. the deeea.sed.'. S IX t
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6 11;t~1'8 and b\ 0 brothers} Mr S. Higgs aud Mr Ha.mil. questton at all u.pproachln{! 70,000, but ilF'.<;l-the'!I
tou
less there were- ClI"CUmstanceB which
abJe the Commissioner to

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P.4IjI.CE THEATRE
lhe Hou.e of Commons aeaepted
t th t
red B 1m c" ":M1
There arc lIome duo star ' turJls ann ouncod 011 the
programme for the \P a.lace .Lheatre lied week which men
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empowe
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lII~udes GC01fe Motnrt COmedlOJ,l ,lU a.1l1uli Jat".tlat auc
to take mto coosldel:atlon electors

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co ...., ltoyce tia.l:I"
Royce, In a. llovel 81llgmg Houd I popula.t.IOns, and tha.t h e assumed was advocated
cl nucong ~ct Four S,lv1O!, ncrobaia nUel tuw ble18
and accepted m COD.!lder&tlon of there' bemg
ltobelt Gallthony.
UlI¢ lightlllllg ClLrlcatu.rut a.nd
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W S Percy aud ~ III a. !!Creaming fa rCJCfl.l comedy varIous pl~ t-hrougho\.lt the oollDtry l.U(e gar
IIketch, ' A Doh1 D~ueh," tho compauy ill cJudiug W. rison toWIl8 m whIch soldiers Jhad -vpUe
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course very few of them ho.d f..nuhe.; Witll ';:i'II' :~~::~~~~~
so they would ODunt on tli. P2pulatlon ~ great
AN I!dPul0RTAN'I.' DAY
deal more eqUItably tp"n tho.. who ll~ed m 3
A day "web s.QQu d rem am uppermoat 10. the
, th j th
fl'Lmil;
ThAt t ,.lw "" ted
m.mds Qf the r eSl<Â¥nts of Readmg and dlstnct di.lltnct Wl
ell' ~es
"T f'JC
Percy (by klUd petrllll!lon of M'r Alfred Butt

at the pre~Dt mo~en t

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June 30th. when they

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Certa.m extent

W.mdsQr

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an

ordinary toWn va. also ~ g4rrlOO/l l<>wu
I\bo~,ad'lrJ
was unablel to tell them the number of ,pldie",
th., we". UBUe.lJy .~tIOned \.here, but hI, be
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heved, It was , COOIlw;P,Â¥, e IWm r q an
those whom he repre~nud alohd the Cdmnus
SlOncr that day to conSIder the propos1tloJ that
Berkshire should not 10.. lto fourth !lUmber,
RAILWAYMEN ENTEIUA.IN WOUNDED
I e., outSIde of ReadlDg Nort~ Ber.ka WllI a.
Ou TLlesr.l a.y 100 of tbe ...."\\ouuded. mcludmg ::10 from Wide areu., not ' only In measuremeut, but dIffiCult
iiedln.nds 13 flom IIlIH~, 15 frow Stru&u House
'10 fmm De, ou ~blr6 Lodge, .ncl 30 from Wilson ", ere to get about ill It "VI 0.8 0. very ecattored j area,
eut.erta.Wed to l\rtver trip to l;[~nJey on,the 'Brito-lin!" " DOt. easy of raIlwn.y communlcatlOD, and It wa.zs
, her
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a.t th e e.xpeuse of the Great \Vellt.ern R&lhra.y Pa83ellger nearly Imposs,ble for a Mem
to pay froper
St.H.ft' The .statlou'Olu ter, Me J H Noble, .ccom
lJllmed bv Inspector Wood Wa& on board The !tOl"". atteuhon to 1t ill a dlloY South Ber~U"e,
F J C U ~ thnol ,va.s?f- cbarge of tlie party, which \\l1.S a.lthouRh III a. lesser degree , "as alIa 3. large COD
arranged by the lteaclmg Care and Comforts Committee stltuency, eovenng :l. great deal of ground
i\(lIIllca.l Jtema wore swell by Mr 1/ Bill" MOSII, Mr
Wmdsor and th"J l'O.t of E""t Berkshire ,we,.e
Uffeu, "lth Mr Leweudon at the pULUO

WIll b. califld op til .how the", Iymp.thy In the
b.. , pr.ctlcaJ mOlluh by g,vlOg freely to the c.lls
wh ICh
be mo.de ppon thom o~ the d..v In ques
tl OU for fund. to contmue the good wor!; of the
Re&d1ng War Hoslllt.als CD.l'e and Comforts \..Jam
m it tee 10 prOYldmg. home comforts for the
wouuded soldiers 10 bur mIdst

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a sphere of usefulness. Va hlch
of \illould Dlake Bl1tU:b.
COmnl"":' a 'FI pow,r m developmt.eresh 0 11 the Contment,
and Do
LOns the Far East.
Dre markets to be
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THE • SPli IALS " D uontng HJS M a.Jesty 8 Inspector
knou ~
Ihe IS ta..lklllg about.

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LIEUT H BASEDEN WOI&DED
L,eu t H Bued,o R FA, elder 80n of Mr
W H B8$deu , head must.er of Swansea roud
School, of Morgan roo.d, Reo.dwg has su.tained a
I've•• gunshot '\loun~ te the left foot H. IS now
m the let London
eneral Hwpltal Lleut t l
B ~ede D wa.e 31 tld~d to MeseI'fSo .R.a.V8Dscroft, Son
u. Id MOlTlli. of the .Irorbuzy a.nd was altenvO!'ds
at the \ .p.il~l\"alty., ",,\:h e nC8 h e received hlB com
ml8!:.lon I~ will be remembered that Mr aDd
Mrs BaM:den" othe~ son, L 18Ut &10 Baaedcn
was kIlled ;no-&dlOn ou October 26th

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D S 0 l',OR MAJOR ALBERT J PALMER
rhc D .S,O haB bee n conferred on M' Jor (act
\n":; Llcuten3nt Colonel) ..""1. lbert J P almer, of the
Yeom tnry MaJor Palmer~ who I S the youngest
Ion of t he Jate M.z Samuel P a.lmer and & all"ector
of M essrK H untleJ and Palmers has heen a. lda.~or
In tbc Yeoma.nry SlOte 1~12
He hila been wltlt
hl S reg nent !S Ince tbe outbrea.k of the "War . B e.
rerved 111 the Od.ll1poll campa.ign l1lld hilS seen a
grc.t Ga.l of " 'rd fi)!htm~ in the 1101,torrane8n
theatre 0' wltf Imee th&, t'Dle, but happlly has fO
w: escaped Without ~ scratch
SALE OF IjEADING PROPERTIES.
M e8SrR Coobey 1:ud Walker offered by pubhc auo"
ton "t1heGrelt \\ eatel1.1 Hotel 011 Thursda.y Jut, by
o ll er ("I f th1l e:ll)Cutol1l of Yn E A M Berhnrt,
I t"COIIS''(] free1ulM pro~ rtJes 11l the cedtre (tf UeKumg

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very popula.~ed ...nelghbourhoods, lUld Jt ,,"U only
fall' to say that thay we~ l-::"Pldly m.Cre8.!Uflg III

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popuJatwn
popula'lon of to-d~ :1"0uld,
peril&p., be"" only a .m~ll relatlon .Â¥.> w~t It
would be ten or a dozen years' tune Th~ pro
po.al of those k. was rel're~n'wg had beeD PUL
In wrItmg. and the net result was thii
were
wmg the COm.mJssloners ~ form , _
const'tue~ tha.f; would toJliO m WID.deor
olp~1 Borough ' wlth " populatlOn 01
rhere JVa.8 a. military element U1 the. town
of COUl1JO, would make a --dlfI8l'8llce
dl8trtc~ compnsed.. 15,645, the
17,999, makUlg a ~twJ ~oPul"hon of
East. Berks DIVISIon would remw.n
Bel ka "" ,t h Mlndenhead ... I,t. ch,ef l<>wn
enhead ha.d a populiitlon of
to,vn waa rapidly mcrep.-smg
D18tr,ct hod 12,748
Wokmgham
Borough was not. u. ru.pld1y mc:reK.ilDg
,ts populatton was 4550--Wokingha.ni
trlot 17,221, the tet.l populatIOn for
P9sed Parhamentu.ry are",! bewg 50,303 There
remn.lDed now· the South :Berks DlvlBlon. mclud
mg tbe Newbury MunlC.p~1 Borough, "'Idl the
N." bury IIlld Hungerfoo;d Rur&! Dumct I Th.
jigures for Bradfield were 14650, Newbury
12,376, Newbu;y Rura,1 10,948, and Hungerford
9,141
For North Ber!'. the total filrn!'e ,

'l'R!'. a. jldoJl attelldance of bllvet"!J' and a moat sue
""inch resulted Ul a.1I th e lots "helllg tluq>O! ed
rho "ollq\\ lll~ llrlCel were reahlt&C1. Lot 1 t\1' 0
In the ooune of further '~:ci~,~.r:,
fn eholll COttl1/:"C residences 25 a.nd 27, Prmou .treet 53,460
Gu.rdncr went. on to Bal that the
I£:Uh Jot 2. 11 pAlr of freehold cattal:e. 69 .ann 71.
\ Vnthu .. tou . .. ttcet./ !2'>;'i Jot 3 the freehold ro.ndouct: \\1 lDdsor was of lOme Jmpo"?ta.nce It
I.l(fJo1U1n't lot 2 h CIIlg- 73 Wa.t1m2f.on street £ 18') lot to lficrea.se and if the Oomnus8lODen
4 fr o:: hold prl\llton. d l;lllce 81, BlenhoWl road, £-400, their way to 1eaTe the County WIth
;'1 tI j O Dlellltelln ro vI
£200 Messn B1audy and
bere that would g,ve great s:l:tlslactlOl\
(;l.:.ambtl'S wele. t.llo sohcltors for the vendon
County
There were one or two powts
CONCEllT FOR THE: BLUm
probably A Id not occur to
"ho prep"""
Th e 1'1l1rue r Pl'Lrx concert and collection Oil Suud&y the map. before them
He
to
(OJ" lhe R6Ildl1lg" BUild AId Soclety "1lA q,ll1te II. record. t.lon of t.be Wokmgham RUl'tll
£70 he ug t;lkeuJ Th,crow<1 wnagreata.nd tbeweatht!r went off: to u. very narrow
' ple",\ides J ll !1tj(~eRe",hng
...nc.
Pm.. Band
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tl'"1 themllel,
Ilud h .. dTemp
.. hearty
teceptlon
1 h~ nor th wes t corner I'~
fo\lO\\' lIlg Willi tke :v.roR;l&mme - Oruod Proc.,...lollnl co:mect.lon wih Twyford.
l\f;m ;h
F.d!lrR" (J.,Orll Hume), Overture, 1/ CrOWll J ham. and ~uscotnbe, he would
n UllOnrls ' ( Aub~) StlltlctiOb, ' Macbeth" (Verch) there was lery little 1D the wi y
' erell..,le elL) ' 0 Sole Mlo tI (E dl Capua.). conlet 8010,
. ...
(h)
lh" nOStty" (};thelbert N6TUl
HCOUllIsct! nC8I
tween theBe places aDQ Ne."Qul"Â¥
"f !:\f.OZlll t (Fred Godfrey) from IJ F1l1.nt9 Maglco, Don Dn 1 ~lon
All Jt.s mteresta
-, If,v:\flnl, Un. t Fau rdtta No?Y.e· d, ~ro. ool101ud· tra.vellers went by wu.y o! I,t<:.d;~n~
111,.( With serlHllldo nnel finale of Don GtOVIUl1U Anthem,
d t
Id ta!te these nAople
It r.alm!l of Blue" (t Newton) M.r W Farr, eon
an 1 wou
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dil.ded
to be conneete Wit I QU (
aware tI:J.I1V If they put ~~,.j.li"!,
of Ea.t Berka It ...ould
m· populatlOn,

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On1Wedueaday the Acting Coroner (.Mr F IW

M,ilrlin) bel~ "lD"Allqu..t on th. bod" of Jame. William Cutf;i.,
19, "'ho w.. aoojdentellv drown,!il

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d d no.
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thought
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ASSiISTANTS' U~ION.