Reading Observer 08-1917

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PLEADS RHUBARB
A FRUIT.

YOU DON'T USE THESE WITH

TRANSPORT AND LA OUR

I
S~ORTAGE

A t the Reading B onmgh B ench

Qn W odnesd&,

before Mr E P Colllor (I
Martiu and!tIr D Roee

W see

tbo ob{ r) Mr J W

ere w ere wo IUmmonse&
aga uUlt the B ntish Autd Tt'flC. on Co
td Kmg8:wa y
London for convoY1DI ~ 'af:l omntb 8, gre.ite.r Dum
her of per!.OnB thau · Uw.t - ~ified 1U
e ~enee ( VIZ.

3'Z) contrary to the by e la,,{,1 o f t ho lCoq)(m~tion of
Re&dmg, on August 11th [rhe summ onses were In
reIpOOt o f two conduotresaes 'TIT. E ~ a. Radfold, of
SfllMUUltou road and Edith ~ood of Ldhdon road
Mr C H D Otld ap}>4Â¥Lred. for the CODlp&ny and
pleaded gwltr to t echl leal b reach o., of t he by e lawe
PC Harmon Btll l that a.t,2 50 p m Oil A"U$Ost 11th
he wa.e 0 ' cluty lU BMlllgstoke road and In CODse
quencc of &- compl amt he st.ilpped n. motor omn bus of
WhlOb Edtih Hood w u the o?llductree!l H e f\8ked her
how
pl\ll!lienge ra abe ;had In t~e bul' and abe
rephed
don t know
H e 6J!ere<! tho vehicle and
counted them There were 11 n.dults horo big ehtl d:ren
(lud three httle one8 H e 81:\1(\ 1;)0 ~ (l U ln ow you are
only licensed t o carr y 32 on )the bus ? \VIlt) au count
th em ?
Sh e replied 11 , 1'6 fu e 41 but w e don t
take larC.! for tb e children I P eopl e l e1;6 stn.n<l np; 111

THE
housewife no lcmeer h8$ to brave
the dangers and unpleasan6iess of a
steamy and overheated atmosph~e---J;here!s
no bOIlmg needed with Rinso. Soda, drill
board, dolly and scrubhin~ brush no longer
wear out ~he clothes be~ore their timeRinso was~~~s while the housewife sleeps.

.u,_

the Jil'angw ay a.nd on tbe.

I
From all Grocers,
Stores, Otlmen,
Chandlers. etc

No, 1
Ibs
\-Vltl e5S to ld him at
the tgut trees aDd he show<jd
He .aId

m g up a n d coul d

t rees and two sn al l gOQlleberiy
'W ere :)() sUlall 'WItness could h.a.rdly
R . . . iXu d tuey h ad no frUit on thea
H e Siud tba.t. b e had obtamed I!KJ:ID&
Itran!.:::ers ...nd from V flon Oovrt.. He
thou..,ht. h e wa.s qwte n ght lD ~ 80
g fnllt
It d d not m.u.ttcr m not
the gro md<: Wrtness saJd
should
the m nt ter lhere "as 0 stoot

Aa'iI

Mr Dodtl

to 'hL1.o ton n. h ospltablo
! whlch
BOYS' SCHOOL I plntea.
pnft of t he anCient parH!h of Fresh'u te H ere
fot nd n. "" arm welcome {!'Om the V lcar who w as
JOURNEY.
most ktU1d to liS ilnd h ere agam "e w e r~ able t o

GI~ES'

_ __ I

10

n

squ \fe meal
(Tv /JfJ Cu t

UNION CLUB
--...-1.

HORTICULTUR~L SHOW.

rhulxtrb
H e unders}O?d t.hat rhu
same t.h ng Ueca,l Be It ma.de jant.
sa d de.iendnnt. had Signed the
fru t a.ud soft {ru l£ and he had

Lh100 the S ugar CommlS!:il On
I D,~," n t

people from domg

waa

The 01>-

CO 'ln DCli,~ ion was to enable p eo<>le

own fruiL and thus prevent \ .it
1 ht" e was nothLDg' stated 10 the
persoo s be ng a.1I0"", ed to buy fru it for
but s mph"! a nd f;()leh for preservu g
!!'re,"

By his oonduet

themselves

defea.(,ed the whole object o;f t he
t,l) sugn,r lIDder t h e Defence 01

He was hable tQ • penalty of

mrmths Imnn,..ontnen t bnt all t h ~
t he dI!rt.nct the Be~ did
to take liuCh a S8 UflUS vi ew although
,mpr=; upon tbe publ c t hev "". Id DOl
to do thi S sort. of thmg
T he), eottJd
for nT'""~f'fVln ~ fruit [TOWO bv t hem
not hoI ght frwt
Defeo:diUlt WOOIW
OffCflOO 10

BOROUGH BENCH.

I

AND INSTITUTE.

tbe premISes

tho
.of oJY!mon that defend &nt hitd

ted)

I IllTRY

saId he \A.'tJ ked m con nect
W'lth,
"\, bo gr ew fr Ill. 111 another diitrict...

the Cha rID"" said

'
1

t:11 c anoth er 006e of t he best med c ne f or the 1
th t I\TlSC from summer soalci ngs VIZ a go d

[BY OU ll SP ECIAL cORlm s PONDENT ]

0 11

Jll

dur11lg :reoo'fery
chronIo kidney
q erms potaOn
g enu disease the
of tpe kidnoys 111
11hey weaken
&chi. dlzzmes8

the same

On Sallrd ~y a. very successful fl ower and V6jil'oL
lble l)11u\\ v.as hl!ld b) the mem bets of the ahare
In statut n
rhlo!re walS a large n um ber oC entries In

thl! 27 classes fOl "hl(.;h. pnzelS were g vell tJesldfs
::0 u e ll~n dl d e.tlu blts which -v; eI6 n ut clltcl cd Cpr
pr ze
l!..le I:>ho\, lb u. w h ole WHb very gaud In
d~etl "It b t
1 U I lH! l of the ent lles , ~ excel
toll.)' J ne
EnLI ~~ U1 ul d ~SC:) w ere. slnct.lv
cuntip.ed to t h e mClIlbCl s:.of t he I n st.ltute '\1 ~b
the c I;CpLI OU of cJa~ 27 y.: hlch '" a!) 0 1 en ~o

10

t~tes

:'1

after them
tho "ok of

andadull~t;~~~~:::~~::::~:~

tbo.t m

I!I.

task

hMdthlDoeS8

typhoId
and even
of kidney

U sc

D O lm 8

1

hardlE-the

I n rally to the Ma
W AR 8. Cl OS6 dny

ST.

At 3

Genn

DIseases

not fall out
tIL
J
Did vou ha.ve nn v tComUla mts frqm pn ...,uge ... 1Ye~ from one A W OtPfLU ~ the.front
said It . time Borneth p g wa... d oue

detenWwt. 8 "ugar for

' ,,,>,.,vi,," fr u,t

lIIteplJ

or

I

The pll g!Umgo~ wer all lnlnde sud
th e safety bur was a~o5S the 'pJntfdrm so t hey could

ot been !O""llpplied.

un J uh 16th he V ISIted doI V[.~r::::':~ma ld told him toe police had
Ii
(bot he had obtamod 60 u..

'Fever.

a

-Dop~ ILet Your
IDisease.
~neys
Biealt. Down.

p1S!t'llI!ors
By 1Ifr Dodd

to delendan!
He ~ eG
" th it. In the u!:iua.l wav ...
I

I

day 1 e lltollped a. second motor bus of. 'hich EVf\ Rad
for I W !l.lt t e conductress I fe tul k ccl p or If bh e knew
how mflny pnssellgen w cr?j 01 tho lJuB She replied
No but 1 co.n toll you ~) my ,'ray btll
Shortlj
altcrwar 19 she 6 ~ld there " ,6 3) plUl~1 gars WitnesS
COni ted tho p u.asel li(ets 11 th ~ bU B mq ifo lid there were
3 adulb t" 0 ehlldrcn over rthrrtcAn y,earll of a ge and
a IItUe OD e Another bus J ~8t behilidll bo.d only twolv.

In 2d. & Id. Packets.

!;l Oeer B renham s;ud that m
t."O lon ns h ow dClcudau t. One
to h s Lon don a.gents Ilnd sub. . ~ t h e S 19 U" for so ft fnllt on ly

O~r

mIlD,!

Soak the cl~thes 10 cold wate~ With Rmso overnirht Rinse and hang to
dry in the mormng.
Rmlo 18 the easy washer-easy for
the hou8ewlfe-easy for the clothes

ad

m

Clert"

'tV

tuess

Bald

It

addr~ m~ t he Bcn~h I\Clmowlcdged
~
ty pf a tochPlCa l offence but

that hIS cliepts were

01 tI B r behalf he had 0 r6llllud tJle .taagultrates of the

great liffi cult 6fI under wh cih they worked to da y n ld
a lso the lifficult es th e e:q?l!In onced in cowJ?ly nK' with
the bye 1l\w8 l 'bero as it grekt 81~lu.ge m all mat
tel'S of ba.1 q XH t IL8
ldV8.1 ce af l5uppl es

he d ema n d

as en ormousl y lU

o

U I del a oom
Cl rcumlitanteS
the Company would m ord,cr to cope 'tV th the pl ese nt
B t ua.tion put a ll ad(h t 011u.1 buses but a.t the present
mo mc ll t It \VQ.8 IDlP-O!'Illlbl e l or them t d get veh cies On
tbo oth er hlu d If tl f Y cd uld obtain the extra. bUBes
they vould not be ablo to gft.a.i n t bo petrol and even if
the)' sccurcd th e pet.lOI tlley 'Would n ot be able to ~ct
the me
Cous8qUI'IOt,y thoy were p,ll\ced
n. POStt on
10 wh ch thcy could ~ nothmg: to relte~e the prescut
stn.to of th I g9i 'lI e Company started th ree or fou r
:venn a.go cat;r , 1 g P sa gel'S froIIt o uUy 1 f! d atr cta
mto RelLding m [UI ly roUg}1 distrIu t~ Dot lIet ved by the
r ",I "uys 1 ke IS "o1I0~ ficlJ
Some of. the Jourl oys
were bet vecn Rea d n & () }fa ne.,l end but In that
ease tho b WlC8 p eked up pasl5cngery. b ohreen ra. lwa.y
S tu.ti OllS
Th e sb l)rta.g ot vl:jh el es lin. 1 beeu a lSe llOUS
m atter for t he Campa y a.mI t ho Jl fIJI c and b e I5U"
gested that at thIS ~nod orr'" r Vl l ~ oue h tW to take
a ll t.hmge mto 0 0 SldeT/l.ti~ Jt W WI not n. t mo w h en D.
bye ):n,. of the d C "l~lpliou \ n<ler ''Vl ~ lch t he summonses
,vore Issued should be 91ft'oreed "tdctl)
'l helc m I5t
ue 8. cer b t lUllouut of clnstic ty C:l . h1cl1ng thllt tl ugs
were u tl ev Me That ph nt h l d 1 een recogu se 1m
oU or plu1.s of th e count)',.
I he Compn llY owned
Slxtv four b I Bee fll 1 w e tl
Wlested n, n .ous tram
wo.y compaUles throug] out tht.: co "try Ii t I ll evel v
8 u~lo
"tauce 1 the ~e of bop tl elr b 8es M d
t ru ma the pOin t to " h lCh lie re(e.tud ha.d been reeag
It WD.15 reco tl sed b y t1 e City a uthor t es \ 1
Co nell l:v~n to thc ('~t e t of p tt ug I p
not ees 11 t he b uses 1 ottfYI ng tI ",t 'J-L U I O Ere6e t timo
(l've't lottclmg '"' 0 lid be
looked Ul Hptte of th e

ache
Iw ns an ample
Bn.rracks Reud
le t t o fa m e ~
a ll a pphca.t.lOD.

at t he Shire H.a.U

r7

1 1 lde Dnwn ~i:,; lCSlciw g \\ It iuH a ra.dlUs of fO'\1f
lies hum the l lalitute };HJyb(J d) h.IS b euu
nte!)" on m ClpU5Il g t he q lIln tlt of home.. glown d o.n gors
rooJ t.h ls J eo r but t h at. loLls h ua n ot. detracted
Mr Mart n !Hl.l d tl ilt would not over r1l.1e n bye Is. :v
fr om the qnn ll~ Of Lb!:! vegetables gro\\n \\as
JUI Dodd contended that ne v~rthe less tho :pract (,,"6
ItlCOl SUl.l tl) 1 ODO"
de onstrated bv the excell en ce of th.e exhllHts on wa" d emdod ly .nllowe 1
o wn expel ence 0 1 t he
the Great Westc D Heath 1'1
SatUlda)
It , a..~ mOO88lblo to A
I b J 1) IU w m ners u d t he donors of pn zes were Hn lw ~y nnd on t1 0

oye

r

ht o ue a \ULY o u
as fotlo\\ I tlchIr
Mar tin "Y ou see It
d
Vu,. of Cut F lo".r, (pnzos presen\-e by Mr
\Va} IS (Lnllghter)
G Marcb<.Ull) - 1 J 0 Pet)t 2" T Drew
Mr Docld ewd he
Roses - 2 ,}j, J ~ alllel
SunHoMl s -1 F S Partndge I
1, eh:e Cut Fluvct :s (pnus prese nted by tIle
Secr~t try) - 1 J 0 l'c ~t
I
ApI J s !prlZ cs pre"euttJd bv Mr J M eeSI&8)1 W Selby 2 W J eox 3! Stllman
l"lota.toes -WhIte ROllld
A J H ar per 2 J

I

ov.ercro wdll1g

Oil 1"bt: R cudwg tram
p enn inl!ton,
Tha Be d ng
t he phl,t [onD

:i~jlE sa.uce
bn...:k should
of tho
~':;~~~~;;r~:tJ;'tM~;I~:,~I;:~'
a
the

G

:M u'Chalnl.

;S 'I

Drew

C l o u re~ R ound

fOI

r

1 A.

W rren, 2 J 1.1 Gee 3 r Drew
WhIle K Id
ne) I 1 r F Hopkin' 2 A J H orper
3

l..o\el l
1

Coloured K ldMy

Drew ;S :'\ J

1 1

F

H opklDS 2

H arpel

C I.Ultfl owcrs - l J 0

Peet 2 J U .lIarch um
Cobb.!:" (pmos pre,.ntod by Mr. G l'h' ppeIl)
-1 i
S ~> u rtndgc 2 J 1G Mar ch am 3- "IV
Cudhpp
Cfillots -ShOlthorn
1 ~ 0 P.et 2 T F
H opktns 3 J 14 Gee I ntermedIate 1 1 Drew
2 1 F H OI kms 3 A Mar chn m
(
~

Bceboot - Rou d (1 r zea l p resented bv t e
I,. I>Ul"') - 1 F 1 P artndge 2 A Marcham 3

Co mmItfor lea, e
\Ii ho~e

pom ted

nlOUlCt ~
I'l l

t tb a.

left to the care

MI"

C

FJeld (m

G

Jackson 'ruld M:r S R

the

Wh tlcy

AND OBSCENE LANGUA!TE
a.pparently ot muidle age rough
.)n appearmce wea.-rmg a very

describOO
traJe

ill:

ol~Do fixed abode a

'" u.s chiirged WIth begglDg

H . ""'" llll1>her

eo,tta.g" on Sundny

nmcane la.ngpage
or pot ..,uilty pnsoner

~> u "v u~u ht'w It)

t1"!r"triWcs'

Is , t true yqu ..ere

1st BATT
he m ~uJted nobodv The n el$rh
were the fim. to m~lt hlm H e.
t
!'.a, m amiwer to the ch arge OUld
at thE' mertj of the Bench
Jr~\!d pru50ne r had told h m he had

at

Va.rlO U ~

places

tn prison for

a,

~nd th~ ye~

m on t h for not per

ta<.:l.;

did not. plead gwltv to

USlO g

o'b5cene

Our Portraft
I. of MIss

ASHLEY,
whose

-

father write:)
8S

TRIBUNAL.
bm e I nhlln al was held at the
Iii !.. J \ hckev
,\

F

F.

nresen t on be
Cros. . .

J K

loHows

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