Reading Observer 09-1917

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BLEAo,HES

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Benyoll;

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to •
1inancial adVIce, a.nd It W&.8 one Of

01 the Trustee SavUtgs' Banks thaJ.
had
hke Mr. Higgs, who wall w sou rce of

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and counsel to all those who so greatly
1' ~~lea h j, help. H. remembered 80me tIm. ago
thert\

1817.1B4Z, Mr. n.. p. W.
1842-1854, Mr. ' M. G. 'rhoyt.. 18fi4.
1875.~ Hr. R
Benyon j 187&-1896, Mr. J. B.
WI!SOD; 1896 1897, hUjor ThoJ[los; 1897·1910,
Capt Coj>ham; 1911).1913, Mr. J. Horben
Denyon; 1913, tho Rev R H. H;Jt.DaVJ.I.
Secre~.ne~ o.nd
Actuaries. 1817·18al., Mr.
WIlham Andiew8; 1821·1841, MJ;. W. E. Drad·
loy; 1841-1842, Mr. William C~· 1642·1870
Mr George H ..wkes; 1870:199>, Mr. jol)n Eggm:
!.on; Ul~Mt. A. T. ~

WASflE,S.

..-t¥ one. of

those blts of SCfl.I"eS 'WblCh
through rthe country at times one man gave
D.oti~ to withdra.w a. substantIal ~ H e went
t~ reoe.lve it, and as Mr Higgs passed It over the

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dl"'k to him,
B&ld .. What .... you t llDg to do
Wlth It?·' .The man looked very perp exed a.nd
last ,he pushed the .mount. back to '
Rigg'
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sala" Will you take ca.re of It for ()1" He
not trust to the Bonk, but he eorlld tru.t It

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EXECUTIVE
.FARMERS' UN'ON. II

the diffbrence between a clerk ni l the fost
&Ild th, m.n
Savings'II Bank rrqt
ThIs mattera
UlcideI\t seemed
to lllu!i:them m these.
Such 1Banks
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fll<> ¥Oda<t of t.hcir OWll
beauti1lcation of their own town
Be k:Dvw- of _DO' town that could
n.mlb more than Reading ~.
~~::'~~::, preet.. ot, the Lord LiJutenant
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SiJo 4li>ert ..id h~ ....mel! .to' ,b&
~!I:-.ilmoot I"" berOOitsry ~""d of the Readmg Say.
BimIc. H. t!tought they W"",' mdebted to
l).en.yon for one or two striking remarks
..... I~.IDO . wo.. ~iDte:reit thai; Defoe too~ ,ill' t1ie a_v.
"','''''''11,/1
movement. .!ir.gland ..ldoml. had &

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rruJ¢~eIlb;"in~oors.
porl~lUliS o~-gr:~~,

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th'1o!d way
hou:-s,
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THE MEAT ORDER.
hod ~en 'I gni"" thing. Manyl thousanda
had been enab"lea ,tOO make prOVIsion for
wete dne to IIthose who
Iand th
an active tI
in: thia work for so many PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION AND
palt. Mr Colh'~ 'tlien W4nt on to n)1~r
THE WAGES QUESTION,
part the Benyon family Md pl~~ed in the
of the Rea.ding Bank, and ex!lressed the
t heir presel'lt PJ.,..,dent, :!Ithe Lord
~ght be spared to
such 'a.
~ me.tmg of the above was held at the G t
hlS predsoessors had achIeved.
Western Ho'tel t Readmg, on Saturdav a!terno~,
oth~ nilme, o.nd that was Mr $. Thoyl., Mr, E. W. Slade I~ the chair. Among others
present were: Messrs. I W. Cbllhngworth, A .
tho.n
Da1.iBl
Defoe,
and
certamly
servIce.
to t he aDd
Banktho",!
ran to
ihey hod regaz.ied 'him .. "ueb, Idld now
the hundred,
were ti"'044: names Frpgfey, W. J. Cumber, E. Rolle" H .• Illshop,
were remmded by th? tribute paid by the
h~d given gre.t st.b"'t~ to tbe work F. Taylor, R D. Taylor, C H :Maid"" "",d A.
W.I rlf."rd Lieutenant. of the ~t economIC fact that
Bank laDd had h elped to insp~ bon6dence. J. Turner (o.ssiBtant secretary)
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it. W;YJ Defoe whC) sUJl,ll'e!!ted the small sa.vinga of
Rev fallon Newhoue~ seconded : the resoluLetters were recelve1 from the Mmistry of Fo6d
and the Couoty members acknowledgmg the ::.esl,.
the poor lor those who were depending upon ' th,Ul.
was earned UDaDlmously. I
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'When he thought of that he was glad v. thiPk
coml1Ument was -acknowledged bv Sir lutlODs' WhICh the ExecutIve had sent them relating t(} the Meat Order a.nd the Corn 131U
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__' _,......irI.......~1 Defoe was an Englishman but he only ' just was
Rollit In ieHcitous terms.
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o.n Eng1i.daoan, SO to 8p8~"" for he hod wntteD
R H Hart-Davis, m propo'lOg a vote
The first busmeM before the m~etl!lg "Was
abottt him,eft ... My fo.ther was born In Bremen.
to the lthyor for pre5ldmg ~nd hiS kind comndel what steps tha. E.xecu~l\"c 8hu~hi
We made our way to Hull and tJ?ence to Y:ork, np'plltallty
afternoon, saId hus Worship would :Wlth reg8J.d to the att.l tude of tht/; Far~r5'
THE Y4YQJ!.:s HJB'DlRIllltL BlIRYKY.
10 I-eapect to the Meat Orclc.r.
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where my father "'88 marned ana I wa~
in the Councll Rooni, but tha.t
'rJre ClIraitman. in opoIliDg j;he IlIOding, ....d
:M:r Cumber was of OPlD10D t..ha.( I~
So,
contiued
SIr
Albert.
in
hiS
p:::~~~~~,
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other
pntpose8
owmg
~o
thc"
In- • good thmg If they could hAve • m<etmJ
~ tbt!r
ope wiIG /rim ther
no.rrative vein, Robinson Cru~oe was not mnde tn
of CommIttee meetings that were by the N atlonal li'a.nners' Druon eo cruwuer
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i ' ' N.,.,....t tbOoo
Germany. (Laughter I He was,jll I>ngh'l'man
InCidentally, Mr. (Ra t D.vlS ,atd th. ",hole question.
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~emhered fob. &odIDc Sa.,qi Bank
m em.ry .en.. Of tho tenn, and a,,~.ry hbnour.ble
of the B.nk were del,ghted that Ihe
'rhe ChaIrman thought they ought to do
~ in 18I7,. .... ~ ,... ~Vjllly ..rtam
too. W,th th... prelim mary lim'ppration hod ~ked Mr Sa'1eant to be Mayor th.y cQuld to blmg home the fact that III
Engliahman,
,none of tbID ~ be }I'l'II4l!!n~ when that
there must be a. shorta.ge. He dId not wa.nt to
Pleasantries,
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Albe~t RoUlt ~e'nt: on to say - ",.1- 1- _ dunng the ensumg year.
~ """wi, d ita hl-;gep.~. He wu
J;luTrY !econded ~he resolution, which was a.:n~ctLOn postponed too late to be effectivp
was pleased to J>e present that afternoo~ because
"" ~ • oep<d ...hich nJ doubt most of
Cumber Said th3t whIle conslderm O"
it was hl1 duty as Chainnan of the Sa.vmgs' Bank
to "WIth UDRnImtty.
Beef Order he thought ..he Mutton pldel wa~ even
,...'11' in • ~ ~ on Boturoay with
Inspection Committee to perform for th~ comMa.yor~
ill rcp)y, thanked the meetinR for more sellOUS, as It '\\&8 unpo8sIble to produce and
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io ~ &olt;, .... hich Istated in the
muruty generally and e!pecially for the Statut.oI"YI
the resolutlOD) expressed hlS delIght at seU mutton at, the pnr.(!s tha.t had been suggested
I~ .. \bat " mos$ respect.able
Alter some .fllrt.h.L!.r dl..,ctlSslon, 11;. 1was agreed to
Conmutteo which boo to report to P.rhament1
help the Sa.vm~' Bank i~ any wa.y,
~ uaemhled, m COIlIleCUon Wlth tho
call a. meetmg to dCOlde upon a. Befinlt.e hne bf
duties
which
at
the
88lIle
time
en.bl.d
b.im
t~
",.retted
the
Council
Chamjler
wao
not
.va.l·
iIimillary mooting <if tho Bank ,. hundred
ac IOn LD r~gard to the M.e.Lt 01 dcr w.nd that Mt'
• tnoote which was pre·emmently dn. to th
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Mount, M P _, be osked to t.'\ke the' ch.lr
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ago, iust all if it was likely to call toll"thsr
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Yn-n."eedmg8,
those
pres
ent
an,....,"!
tranep and managers of Sl\vwgs' ~anks.
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The n~t question diecusscd waa _ arliameutarr
IlJimljer <if 'poople who wonld not ~~hl. to h
of !.ea a. gueats 01 the representa.tion. the Chairman remarkmg ' that ~t
trta.rt an instl\ptlon of this kiltd. JLaupJer.) T~' heart of the SAvingo' bo.nks was not .t the
had been mentIoned sever3l timea wW:. Jbe object
:fhat reference' rather ~ him. There waif lnsp)n:tion Committee in Landon, but wa~ 10 the
of puttlDg It on the agend..
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o.nother poiut which otmck him. He noticed in different distncts of the country in "\vhich the
Iw Mr. Cumber pOInted ou, thl,/; It "'as no lP;o?d
hODol'&l'Y
managers
...
d
trustees
lielpcd
the
nrovi·
tho origiha! rnleI it mated thl,/; the rate 01 in&OItmg for a Gener..J. Elect.i,gn Ware taJ..L.:1Qg
HISTORY.
about It
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'-rest...,.. 4 per cent, , but .. they eame forth.,:' dent pOOl' to aooumulate the", savings and lto. mru.:e
The ChaIrman .so.id of course ~oy oonld do
on III the history of tho Bank it ....... :Ii per oent. them perlently secure. (Hear, h.ar I He felt
what they liked if they found theIr own money
ID 1888 and lij per cent. in 1880, at which figure tbere WIiII DO debt they could repay tel those
bUL there was a ceniial fund tpI'ovlded for tlil~
' ~~:'~ !l~:~::!t tho centenary the Commit:· purpose
1t contimted.
He should have thought see"ing gentl~en for their sympathy ""d help to delloSI.
The Oxfordshlre Coh:unittec had cles!
I which Bald IGovemmeot secarif,iea W8I now at 5 pel cent. toii, but he would not D!ijJI the word p~trQnage
clde!i to run a cavclidato If t.hey ra.tsed "orne Id f
Tha,t;.
waa
the
PIVot
on
'fhl,ch
the
U,VlDgS'
);,anks
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or
fund
for
~v
that money In the Copnty and the central f~d
£he Stwing!' Bank should give an lDcrea.se on' thel"t
rested, and whatever might. be sa.ld a.bont /
Tl~n~in" a.t a mectmg In would make them a grllJlt. 'rhe sum of £ 3,0P9
:£2 lOs. and a IIItl. more. But that ..."" for
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I 1817. It '" .not was In hand for oontral funda for that purpose. ! I
, ~' Bank 9o=ittse and no' for hIm to s.v need of oflici.1 ,.vmg.' bo.nka-'jVhlch h~ <lId
Reading Sa.v- .' Eventunllv t~e ~.tmg deCIded to form a P~"
I In the Commit.tj:e'. report th_ wm> one or ~wo tlcny:-he thought there was a co~tras, t.."_""n
hament"ry Repme atlOn Sub,committee throu h
to have members of the d ' crent bra.nches in the COUD '
I featmes whieb ihould ~ Ivought promlIlenUy be· .. Imllliug tnlSt.., and a hVlDg actua,ry,' an~ merely
a
red
pillar
bd.x
with
a.
protruberant
mopth
domg
depm!llts
fore the ~g ~ afternoon. He notIced
The ChaIrman raised the qu~stion of the
on Septeniber mum: W$.ge Bill as regards ~ shepherds and c
~ ~ t4e 1t!lDdj'ed yllf'l'l' there hod been all I~ oonld to get a smile witeoat r_It ' (Hear,
and their allowances, and it was understo~d ~
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seven preoi~, eight vice-pr18lCloDu, . and si.J: hear and laughter.) Harking back to w~.t the
of the Bank were for a. tIme at ~J Wages Board wa.e to he . t up in London to
secret""... Th"e wen not TfIr7 larll" 1I1lD\ber. May.or had uid. 81' Albert lIa.J.d he was! glad . the
the &l1qw~nces It w¥ ).mportant from t he f~r~
in connectIOn t.FTia.r·.treet. and af\etW.~ds, u til 1649, at
and .W6n! therelfJre noteworthy ' .. calling for at· m... tmg At Reaaung 100 y....
mers point of . vie'\'( thllt wages should he settlM
' LJ.,PrJ:;.
WIth
th~ir
SM'Ulg8'
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jl.tbel".'"m
Friar.st\!eel,
whtftl
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alte
was
bought
tent,io\,.. He IQUild that
friond OIl his left (Mr.
Immediately, beca.use they 3-5' fartnerS ' could nbt
.LQn~(m·';tiitet. and the preaspt buildunzs erec· make agreement With respe.ot to wages ana anow~
Benyon)1and hi. predecenors hod ljeen·in office for .ble" one. (Laughter) -tie WS8 present
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began In the new bUildings on .nces If they were hkely t o be Iit.de InvAlId. I I
n,o I... !~ term than '87 years, Mr. R. P. W . oontena.ry meeting of the YorkS ,Sa.vmgs·
Mr, Cumber tbollght they ought to ..k the
of that year
~nyon WCWJ Vl.C&-presi.dent for 25 years, then recently} when he heard- even more le.qulvocal
" Sprinter I I
of ~iculture~ set up tho necessary
the , hours of ,op'ening dld DOt ex. Board
pr,dent 12 years, Mr. Richard Donyon VlC8- worns used, wh.n it ,wa. anno~nc.tI .. ';Ne wei·
machlDery for thiS p O!e ' at once ~ Ha pror
per week, 4ut In tha.t year the posed n. ~ resolution -st in~ thnt the Execut.ve
preSident for 21 yeaTS, then presJ(!ent for 22 years, come at \the da.y of opening large numbe~ of the
d.uly from"\ l1 a.m It, o 3 pm, Committee ()! the ~erks}nre Farm~rs' Umon d.~L
and their present Lord Lieutenant WBI ~V1C&-presl­ jlower' cla.ss" 'He dId not hke th~ wore .. :reSa.turday evenmgs from 6 to 8 SIre to point out tO I the BQl1.rd of Agnculture (h~
deot for three yo ...... a.nd hod DOW heel! _ideot &pect.a.ble," or the other oIJe v:sed at Yo~k He
hour was added ~ VIZ., from 10 La urgent neceSSIty or aettIng up llDder. the Corn
for four I years. So ,ltogether tho Benyon faUlil,f' believed the trus~es 1D domg wha.t they could for
the Bunk came mt.o lme WIth tbe ProductIOn Act a wages scheme {or thJS County
IIad been vice· preSIdent.. of the Bank for no f~w ... the p,oor created an equahty of: the f~Hn~ of
by October 11th next, as many agreements were.
..the :5wD.. and IS now open froOl ma.dc WIth }"IIeu a~ that time for th~ .cnsu..lng t,,.ell"e
than 87 ye..... In ~ditlon t(j that lt wu iii honouT&bl& obhgatton whIch they.we" the fit1!\
on WI.dnesdays at 1~ 30.
months
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terestmg to look at the reoord of their aec""",ies atlep~ to be thankful for. In the ~ourse 01 lurt!jer
oj 1 per ceut was gIven; 10
Mr Taylor aecooded, and Ibe resolutinn
or actuaries, of whom there hod been su: dunng remarks. Sir Alpert. Rolltt-who ~e speech wo
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was fixed at £3 6, 8d per carried.
the past hundred y••ra. . Th. ~ w~o had ~. Qbhged to greatly condense pWlDg to the extgen·
Jat.r the in terest was rejluced
pled that pomion the I longeot was Mr. John cle. of .~oo-said amonl! many other t!fngs ·.be'
III 1880 It wa~ 2! per cent, m 1888
Eggunton, who sorved 33 y...... They all knew did ll.ot. hold tha.t money sh~~ld be accumnla.,ea
10 s at W h ICh Iigure I~ .tilI,I con·
'Mr. Eggin~:,. '\lfpo .'t!~ very; lIluch ,...".cted il' ~ be h~ded; the !"Cmuner&t\.ve spending ~ or
the tow.... ~ of t.l>e llank Next came money was much more dIfficult than the saving
due to depoliltors at the end of
Mr Gearg6 ~, ... 'W..bo aptod for 28 yean, ~lr. of It; Tnlstees of NatlOn, l Sa.f lngs' Banks dLd a.
' It was .plondid
£6' ,81 5,and In ten yea.rs It had
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W E. ~y for 20 years, "'ld Mr A T Higgs, great deal lor ,natlon.l "h,"",9~.
. C' ured by!' Zam.B~
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I In 18~ the amount wa. T errible Leg Ulcer
their preJ/ent ILCtumr, who bad ..rvad th.m for tho. way our ,people had mad. ,acrdices I for the
wal
Th.
banka
had
proviaed
l"fgely
the
,mews
£2A6,301,
and
m
1887
£30:;,118
14 years. He' Woke<! young r,0ugh to be actuary
, the Dank' now amount to £407,887
for 1ID0ther 20 y=tt. Then I Mr. Hart-DaViS be· of war. All the accumulatIOns had gono 10 the
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Having
there are nea.rly 11,500 depoSitors
caliIl6 manager m 1876, president m 1891. chalI· Government at. a 10w rate of ~ntreset
1 hardly know how to s1'!Mc highly enough of "unlmo,wn
prud
~
hlgh
com"plim~t
to
~c~~hng
a.s
,..~
l
~unlcL.
SOCiety
wa-s
form,d
tn
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In
man of tlJ,e ColtLDutte& In 1915, an4. viQlt-prelii.
~am.Buk t'!'be oure It brought about for me was
';;';:;;:'h~~;~::I~rr, ~'.;..
}Vas glven for investments In Govern- marvellous I l Thus sP2kf! 141'8. Ada. Mu;tf, of 12,
dent m 1913, and h e~ "gaUD they lOW how fai'b · palay, for its progreSSIveness, to its indust.i:-y,
and In !l905 a. Speci'ai InvC.Bt.ment De- Ivy 'l'e:~ , Llghtc1iffc, n.alif~, when. recently
fully Mr • Hut·Dav", baa' served th. n.... " Pl8nufacturel!l and enterpnae tn the world'. marlnt.ervi ew1 by u.lQOOl Preseruan. Continwng, Mrs
opened, lt}e Jin/.ere., be,." £2
Ha"'1'i read an en",", from fll<> l'Iport of tho ltots, S", AlbeT' Rollit proceeded to dIp mto "".
ljllld :r
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was ra.J!ed 1m 1915 to £5 per Milla
Truste.,; Savings' Bank lrutpcctlOn CommIttee, Clent hUitory concenung Readmg highly lntereat. I
H Followmg au loperation some five or six years
ing
to
the
arch1eologlSt,
bnngrng
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ffi
d
19m
77
ago, I Doboed a aman patch of what ap~reg to be
referrmg to the 1!&tisfactory way In whioh the
O'Gaunt'. COOP.c'lOn WJth the town m (the long
9 co, Wi!-"' opene ' '1 y. .t 6 , acurf on my 10". ~TblS gradually developed into •
is , now the property of the
work 01 tije Biluk
cameQ. on, tho ~~yor
a. seCoJ}d branch offic& wu opened larc-e open wound, WhICh lVII., so bar! thnt 1t 10C[lkod
turned to the finanCIal pOSltLon of the institution. and diatant paat, all of which anCIent 'W'89dee ,
end oj tbe town, 16, Wokingham. just Ilke a raw beef~teak. When oLa~diqg. the pom
They found t!ia~ depoe,t, were fim rel'l8lved in WIth varlOU. othep t~ro'\YIl in ,by th~ .'-~enl~hl ~
was terrible.
....
sam~ :rear the system of liQme Mfes
the Town Hall by eIther the Mayor or Town speaker, were capped With a telhng story' or pow
"I trIed all 8ort.; of herbs, ointments,
but
and
a.gam
wlth
a
humorQus
remark
which
and
'Broved
a
Ier.tl1&
60Jce
of
mClerk, and 10 the firl¢ year of the hinorv of the
gained no benefit tJ1erefrom. About nme
as £1,000 bemg reoelhd in a ago I deeide<! to giv. Z~'lI-Buk a trial, and
BauJ.: the . um Qf £9,815 was paid in Bl\.t .f~r m.teriaIly ~ivened the proceedings I m tile
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iU!l"lY ~en t for a. ~~ple.
,ho growth of years there WM st.anding to theIr Mayor's Parlour where such mundane affams as
The sample box did me a lot 01 go~, and
Office Savmgs Ba nk was est.blished
o=dj. £407,881. He thought the Dank served a finance, thnft, economy and war sa.vmgs fOr("Qed.
time in obtainmg ~ f~her IIqpply and ~"ti"/ti.ng
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moat. useful P1Irp9ee In addItion the sUIll of the kenwt.e of the digCUSIIlOn. TurlUDg toward}
the t~tment.
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o! the Bank "trn ~ vested
~ .OOO had been paid 10 war loans.
He was the close of hi" address to the si tuation or t;but
.. All pam And lrrit.atkm vanished, the
country
In
the
seriOUS
affaIrS
In
wh~cb
It
wa~
In
a
PleSldeht,
a
~lcelpretlldent.
pteMlllt n.t no mcctmg IMt Frlda.y week at Sa.hs
thoroughly eleansed of all bad
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WIth It~ Alit ••, h. (Sir , Albert)
twenty·fou" man,):ccf' aIr ••. ther. is -notlJipg to shlfW I ~.q
bury Square ' in conn.ctlon WIth the salrillga \>1
hiBtoric and burning words on hb.rty
seeretau; olso
uudit0I WIlS ap . leg. The .o!e I~ _perfectlr healed np,
. tho Indu.trtal cl ..... durmg ~he t,me 01 ~h. wa.r
absolutely coq,fl~entjh~t my cure ia peltlDl.n,,,,tj
loan In the country at. the pre5ent tlDl.e It.9ere law, and l~ ConcluslOn said' the '.InapectlOn
lt baH ' 9
With he excep- dne entirely to Zum.Buk. I t
mi"ttee,
of
which
he
was
.chairman,
alwa.Yf
desl~d
Comnutt~e
l"\ln&
fimt
were 1,500 Committees for War Savmge, and
Zam-Buk 18 pw:e1y herb~l, and gets
1831, .
DlltDagers root of skin .Shseaee.
35,6]0 Aalloci a...t.ions, and there had been. i16 ll\II. t o recognlSe the work of trustees and maryageril of
Tha.t 15 why Zam·Blfk
unequalled ror eczema., bad legs, poIsoned
IiOD oertlficates L £4,000,000 boVlDg been .I.ved :meb bonks .. thm' • •t R~ng 'rIler' , mor...
by the working claase.s
He felt. looking over, always apprec10..te4 lOF knowledge, and
the l"ll1"gworm, pijee.. eLe.
.a.\ these figure's whIch had been given tq him by thoae at hl"'dquar"'rB . had. the adv.ntsg~1 of l'<!nCh.mnan pf'lhe W,r Bavings' Oommlt~ ' lft proC(lotlDl! bf havung col1lpan,OIl" at !JIel~ fing~rs'
He
' fla.lisbury Square, they .howed ~h.~ lDitltu~ion. end. whioli local ho.nks ml~\lt not posse!".
"'ln u ~r to the l\eadina: Sa,,~gs' Bank, h"q eer- nl'ged the Importance 0(' the ,.tau~'I'ent of
Ist . BATT.
VOLUNTtER
~\I.lly done a. grea.t deal of work 10 pre.parmg the branch banks In Bu ita~l(\ areM, and Ln&tanced ·the
REGIMENT,
'
example
of
YorkshIre
and
CUqlberialld
10 th18
m.tnl!!:l of the workIng cJ<\SB on the lIDportanoe and
!
ad'f1lou tnges of thp..tt, and by th.{'t m~n s had been dJ.rectlon.
Mr W S Cameron, the Secretary of the
abtJ to pllve the way for the large amount of sav. A .!'d
.ul~ that bad been, effected In a COD)paratlvely Tl'll.tee Sa,mga' Dank ,InspectIOn Cpromlttee,
'
~to.n. No.. 1 to 8.
IIh~t time
'I'b~t bema the case h. thougM they foll owed m a. ~ch full of onCOUl age~et4 Alld
Orders for ' week euding Sept, 22nd,1817.
to
tho8&
llltereBtOO.
In
the
movem~l'lt-,
stlmulu8
0_«1 ., gloat dea l of gratitude to thOle who had
Om ~r ~OI l!t-~, 'Week
Lieut. H. S Br&y.
r.1anltged Lhc Readmg Sctvm~' Bank for so xpaDJ'" a.nd IipO~O In hIS-hIy complimentary te~i of 'the
!'iexllOj' dub' :(,ioqt E. r.. M&rn~t"
y~ pilJll.. and, Without makmg invidious dlttm c· hundred years work"1lone by"the Reailmgi B",*
to _

aifS

,f tho l

ble.f.ch.
reen;
DJ€~c:nes

BER~SHJRE

old.

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"ilAJta. .. p:roa,l n. ' Il
t..n.... of ~b~ L pO li m

la~y

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sent

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f ]JIlUIl1 '; ;..lH'm

'cry t;hrl! tit .1.;""
,lin h,u:l lOW all
flf lhe P enm
notlcetl t.11,lt

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tit.

ago

w.

STRIANI
I

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--~{:rst.nd

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R oa~i llg

the commulllt.v
~h~refore al l the
th ey " ould be
~ATlONA'L

Mr

LqOKED dKE RAW STEAK:

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l

11',no, be should hke ~o potnt oul tjt.reo 'o\'~o 1M. IE. ~. QO:(,LIER ON :.fHE PERSON~EL
'~ CT"\'I responSible more than ' anybody else In tbat
, I
OF SAVINGS' BANKS, "
. "
COI\l\ OCt LOI1, ViZ, tho Lor~ Lieutet19,nt: who ,..,a.s
Mr E P Col1ler propoaed a vol!f 01 thanks to
l ' .<Oldenl of tbe Readtng Bank, .b. Rn. R. IH Sll Albert Rolhf lor hIS presence Q>~t .Itomoon
11 1. (. Dn-,; 11 Vlce prc~u deDt.. aDd Mr. Hlggll, the. jlI\d 1m tb ••plendld speec1t they had li."'ned to.
a r t mu\""
:A pp.la\1"'~
\
'
•
H. was ,,1'0 .. ~~d to couple willl) "e f ote the
1H L LORD LIEUTEN ANT AND DANIEL namo of Mr W S Cameron, the aecrctai" of the
Trustees' InspectIOn CommIttee, for commg to
DEFOE ~
,
MI Benyon sa.ld be rcce l\'cd 5 letter frozp ~r. tle1n theul on thlS notELble occasion. Bel Wi\S der
H nl : Dn\ I ~ [I ~king him 11 be would mmd fellpo.nd. SIred by t~e man.gers to acknowledge: the g~eal
1'1':: (.(1 the Mayor's in VItat ion With 8 '"'Speech
lIe servlces Sir Albert Rolht hnd renqeted to the
replu.d thtLl he did n ot know Stwings' Ban)\'! ' Tere count'1' and, to the Re.dl~g SavlnJlJ.'Jlan.\< by con·
~ ,~ ;.p) od peg to bang a ~recch "4pan JUs.~ no;w
So ~~nl a.d"VII~ and fo,siS'"h t J T~e~ . ~~ ahvl\y~
b ~ hud been sea.rcbuJg the EncyC!to:predIa Brltanmca. tbank(ul for t1!e "'''j ce thnt .am~ ' !t0l" ~.ad.
on lb. subject and b. IOlln~ tha\ ' fillviqgs'. B~I\k' quarters '!lld ~lIey .~ Ireqjlep\ \y ~\l :W!' ii· lie
were 10 exlstence III 1697. l;te ll~g ll!lt)"~O)i b y CD\\I1 not hell' thiqkung wlien . t~~ ?fay~ wa~
D nm el D efoe. who WM dutiI\gushcg for o\"~ef grumb<lllg !lbout tbe rate of !'Itere t tJt .. Ban\<
'lungs be.!udes ba.nks La.ter on. m 1797, Teretny was pa.:, mg hI,) wa.9 IQmte free ~.al it l w&!!! bOt.
'Bentham Instttuted the • Fl"1.lga.lity/ B~" in th." -fanlt 'S" Albert RollI' haJl 'lj>id I • tOo aDd
tbat It "as not hI' foul',
wro~ Id"po'Eil.ot/!,
connection )\"'Jtb tncGt\l.l S9.Cl.6~lel
lrroJIl
to h,m "II~!D
d90r
dat() be d1!ul o"Yered there had been a
Jill'lIlg,'tp.nko, Includmg the Readmg <inl!ti~ution, v.I'Y' eftlctenLI:v ·. I.!DDI.d'
"bl c~ \Va!! !lta-ried in 1817 A Jurgo
told 1that
They
coulJn6Lhlhg
·e."ly T/q.
...
tb..r savmgs' bonk. called fat til• • t~cnl'oti
@creasing
tJ:1e
l1J.terBst
thE' leglsl n.ture. an" various Acta of
bonk. ai the preliell~
!?~·.er"m'''';~
were pa.,ed, Ipr r<,ul.tang '\P~ takil\g
mcr~sed ~e ln~e~~
n".a.'*'. ·1
the';" In , 1861 tbe Q qvenllll.n~ .ta"ted
,,}jato huge '"F m t.b,e
OOlce Bavings' Bank, and consequently
llP, aud tho Qo·nftt8l t !\t . "''111'''.
th•. smalicr, ~TUI~••aYlngs' ~anks IW~' Rl!!.qrlile<l
thlli
OLt
by the P ost Office. Pus!!bly tl!.is "'f!.\l
who t,op1; an ",terti.t bn
....
(lmon~ '\he Poot'l!r cI ..... mors h,ar·
'hoi> .!l>e nml~~I!'ree\ c'I1Poti.~Jit,\.i~

Lt~o;:t~~:~;~~ii

mUf' go

t.lIel'r~

l

~~ C~MPANIES.

N.O.O.'. on ~"ty .t th)'

, •• d Corpl Maritan.

I

Ro.-f)'
•

I

Sergt. ~\Optoo
1

bter would
London- t.h ,tL
10 more than
a. most.
to Hyde P:nk

the ~p l O1LlDg
on too long
days aft el t be
V lgll anL"e

Cn,,"")" .

delll (ln~tr .•l1 0 \l

depul .tt1 on h ..
T o Ius c\ ed'L

tbe oel,ul." "'"
t.bc hc~ t. pa· t (,!
t.o belLI :sume