Reading Observer 09-1917

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l MI.11, ll' ll lglll'l~ om COIl:-.t..ltutJ On were

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had' hef..!len LUtOp. ~t lhev ,ad
fo r . anythiD~ el....
Tbese tliinJ:!' ,
ttll t be fimsh of tbe " ... or fl)" lil>erlr. "
Co un cJl S.1.w the da;(ger of ,{altIDK, a.nd t
:IDlld dIBcouragelrlen, and .oo.e.-- :8y.
tbe tbmg c.~me home to the peoP~ I t
,fleet th eir everyday 1m... They ~an
"bllt tbe 10""l of I' bert,· m,eant. ~.
w o rk of t.be UoUDCIi began to be appre-T heir litcrilm,e obtlttned a. wider saJe~
m('"t:m~'.•,11 over t he country m:e~ 1atger
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a fh hattou.s ran mLo }houeancb,
r or;;.l1\ lo:;atlOD bega.n to be of re&l. ~

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~ n ( J"II~t Tt IS eSRent.i il.J. that. lt · sbaOld
thIS .dlq:I<ill ce to TlberL]"• .:: _'j'hel'e oM
( 'Ill he dOl le, eV(m In war.ti~ Whea
1!<: (I\{'r. the P arty will WIsh 'to pe ~.
Ihe n<hl for Cln! hiiedom wh~
If! 1914
nllt 10 find It.el f eat
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tl, t (' ~e'l t. t.he sflugglcs of the ~'=Jl
Tn Il! clef t.n achlevo thiS, eon' ~ be
n e('('<o:~arr t.r. d:\j" 'l'here is n~:-,~~..1.,...,..
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Pa.rfitt ~ded at a meeting of the
Beading Tribttnal on. ~Y, when there were
~: A.dmiral Sir ~ia Powell, KC M.G.,
M-n. F. E •• Moring, J. C. 'l.'ru.tru.m ",:,d E. B.
IDeadmw th. MilitFY
Repre.enLat1ve,
~ Gull, th. Milit.a.ry Repreoentati.. for
Caw/.ha.in, Lieu!. T. Goalby, and th. G1q:!<, Mr.
B<:mII<d CoIIiruI.

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repart on th e oondttion of things.
an im a.luable record and an arml ,of
'T"ork. could be.'!;m. It Waif' obvious t hat
mtJCh\ loss of hbertv tha.t. had 'no origin
neces~!Ity, but I~thcr 10 the -love of
, tbat 18 mberent IIi m ost of us.. There pretha perfectly n.tnra.l deilre on t.he part.of
authonty to SIlence the poople that they
-.n-on g or DJ.IS:Swded ConIToDtQ<i wIth !
cltlla.ttOtl l the 3.mhontles took short
to stamp ont opInion by makm,
, b..... }i.blUrulg the prmaples of freeth e." profes8Cd., put. a ~ powerlu1 'W63pm
of therr enen:ues.
Conncll found t bey bad • huge task before
It feJl roughly into two ma.tn dIvisions. I
first. place, thc W ilS tho mdlridual case of
'" h ~c pt:vple bi.id to be adYL.'"I!d aod
I n t he sCl","d place, tbe"" W1l3 tho barder
makmg public, am id a network of ll~ and
Just -khat the ~l tuat.lOn Signified. It
~""'_,.,. to ""II the a\kn;"'" of all thinking
women 10 & g land to the death of t.he
11)" , the 8U1caic of Parluunellta'lj. conLho nltlnlcr (,r liberty
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enC'lunt-ered ~n th't'" a.nd ignorance. P~lt
bare l"t" J \'i <Jn ' pi wha t w , ~ ha.ppcnmg To
of tl;em It ba "r!l y ~ee.mcd t,o he .th ei r a.ifalr.
:tnd the Cnnst.ltutlOn were m)'~!C u.od
of whlch thf':)" knew litt le Whet. I
uf the di:lr wer& brollg-ht to t.herr not.sa '

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National CounCil for Civil #L ibertlee'
tIme now been bus~ both in. safeJ
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the liberty of the people,
and re~ ordmg exactly !how'
li'i.:rst, the COUDCll ma de an extiaus--!
of t he Acts a.nd the RegulatlOna,! t he
under whtch such Acts arose a.o.d thel
motives uuderlYlDg them
They
thetr admm l~katlOh Jclosc1y and were
in this by the report which were ~t
all o \~cr the country. They dIsm ISsed
pronnt'c what appeu.red to be legltimea.sure$ lllspIIed by m1hta.ry necet'lSlt.y .
faee<l ' the problom of those meaoures
perba~ n""""""'Y, ....",. being .d·
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In many
it. tra.nspl~ thGt the ao:t.honties were
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EMPLOYERS' APPEALS.
The UniYenity eonege on behalf l' of W. A. Hoy,
26, •. , B1, Iabomtory I ..mtant. The Military
~i% ~d that b. had ...., the College
an,bori~1eo and was
that vm:y useful
work
being done in. tb& laborat.ary, partIcuIarly iI> ""ga;rd to \ ~h.l
vlng of miIk.-Three
mont~ with ltav6.
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M. ' Palm.r for ",. ,)Vicks, 39, lIL, poaed
far general Sen1C6, plou~a.nJ etc.-Two montha
~ obtain a'-mb.tl-.
Mr. J.
Ronth, on behalf of F. J. lhrtwell,

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women at wor~ ~~. the I..,d.
Mr. Proth=
wanted 2OO,0Q(I. H. bas go, them. In Englllrfd
and Walea th.... ore now 200,000
engaged
on. soma form of farm . serTl(:~ doing, u Yr,
Prothero says, U rl real n&tion8.l work."
A;e the... women Il1\IIrtynng
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in the lea.rt.. Houri!, condjtiOns an~IP&J' are, it. ie
true, not at, all whM . ~y might be, bolt. on the
..hole the woman on /<he la.ndc thoroughly enjoy>
lher open-sir life which is in ' ~y ~ .. com·
contrast to the life ,sho. lived QeiOTe 1914.
It aeema & Pity th&t aiter the w.ar thfsa women
..ho ¥ove shown a real e,ptitude for fann worl<,
....ho have mado a """""Y of " t; I."ho have benefited
plrJoically from <nIt-door labour, Uould ""turn to
thIlir former less ooDgenful and -hea.lt.hy occupa.tions..". to J71ctttresqu. 'til.D ..... I
Yet. thlll is .,.hat the.r will Ii<> tml ... by rem.in·
ing on tbe ]aDd they can en.m. ~ not merely
to enable th.m to exist., but to live, and tv proVid~ for t he f..ture. For their """"plene< vi pt'"
ten1t conditIODS ia only ~.
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, UDder the Com' PiOd.etion of la~ month , .•
centml AgricultUfDl Wages Board will in time be
as!.abltshed which will wprk thfough. dist:cict com·
IWt'-. ILs chid doty l·.Will be La fix ll11DlJD1llil
r&te!I of wag.. for both men and women. AlU,ough
the minimum W'''!!'''' fixed will be, it i! _d, Wjth.
oat prejudice to the paym.,nt of higher raWo, pm
h ... mad. cIeac' the nnfailing tendency
a. minimum wage to beciom.e a. atandard wage..
If tho &V~ farm laboarOr'. -8'l is m future to
be an adeqw;ba one, it _
be mad,e 110 by the
Central Wages Board. ,
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Tbo ph..,!!" .. 1mperotige. The ~ .......t.
'i t. agricu.lture CQDtinned. It want. its ci~ to
h&ve tbe be;Uthi.. , posoible OCCupatlOWI. Abov.
all it wants' to dlininiBh in evm:y _Y It can the
numbea of t.h&t army Of uumployed whosej' m.
vaswnj ~:r prove & gre¥tr na.tim\i!l disr.st<!r th.n
enn of a fonligu oerrice.

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Th. woman .... ho workB IS otiIl 'quite gmeraily
beheved to be ruming her I~cee of o.marna.ge .
It 18 no' ao Wldely nlalised how ;'flen tha woman
marries nuns her cha.ri(ES of work. We pnde
' ourael ... that three years or na.tIonal need hove
opOnOO our ey .. to tti. stupIdity of many of our
28~ _m., B2, cowman·..lThree month!. .
prejudices a.gainst women'~ la.boqr. We h a.ve COD,
Â¥t' H. P.. Ba.rtlett for F. G. T~plcins. 32. tn., trlyedto preserve ~er:d ~tln mt.~3mong them
'Bl~ alaughterman,-Su: montb. Wltb leave.
our preJudice a.gamst the la.bour of wlll'ned
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Marlin and Martin on behalf of T W. womeD.
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Champlo~, 39, .•. ,
clerk. Mr. F.
A lew weeks ago & yotlJlg wido.... with two titU.
W. Martin, D.puty Coroner, l!&id th.~ ~ Mr. chilp,ren applied for a, poet at a f""tory. Hcr
Championls tlI~e"Was gi en to h iB work aa porone!"s a.pplicatlon was refused. 1 She took off h er wed.
clerk -Two months final.
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dlDg riDg,1 ....UlII<ld h ar nl&ldon name, a.gain "p'
Th. Msypol. DalfY Company for . H. G,
plied ""d oblamed the pos1::'
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land, 23, 8., manager at
, t.h~ Drlort{-'l'Oad braocli. \ An advertisement appeared In a. daily paper for
_Appllc.tion r.fu~.
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. w;oma.n ' ..hie! """hler, age bet'llle<jD 25 and 40
PERSONAf' APPEALS.
Th. advertlllCllllll1t eDded wi,h the,. words: ".A.p.
L. Vldoosky, 27; m., j gen~aJ aerv!C6, ta.ilor, far plication.! t'rom married women.. ~ill not be conwbom Mr. Sydney B~ aPJ?':"""d.-RA,fuaed, but sideted." " I
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The boat a.riou! e~clUSlon of ma.nied women IS
not to be caJl.d np till eoember 15th.'1
A. Milll!l, ~2, m., • assistant 8upeli.ji"t.endent., from the te&(;hing professulD, where, it aoywhere l
Pearl I nsurance Comp y.-~?Journed one week the ~ ~cnce of a. man-led Wl:!m&U In deahng
for certificate of wife's ~ of b....ltb.
with ~ldren sbould' be most UlIOfnl. A large
R W . Bloke, 39, ~cr, Cl, caJ'1JUIZL;-Otl<l number of educatIOn&! autbori~ies imcist upon the
month fin.l. /
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I resignatIon ·of theIr women tea.c~ m tho event
V L. Sbatlock, 20, .,' C3, boot r.pair"" tm· , of their gettmg llllll'1ed. Th. result is & check
ployed uy the EDgli< Leather Boot RepaJ)'UlJ! upon the aJready setUlty supply o~ kachel'S, girls
bemg unwillIng to tram for a. .kngle »ro.esslon
Company -Su- months with leave.
\V. B. Wa1t.e. 32, m .l Bl, lmanager for MeMf"II. which ItheI'l marriage ~U!t ~d, and a check also
Leooards, Ltd_-Refused, not to be c:alled till upon motherhood tSLDCe women who are ab~orbcd
December 1st.
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m theIr profeS610n ",III l;!a relucl<!.nt to mD.ITY li.nd
Ai W atts, 41, BI,
and repalter,60 brin!l It to an eDd
~fi. IF ..her', dIlw .r.duca·
C:mdltlonal e.:s:emptlon.
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Bill makes no change, It stIll lea.ves local
Potter: 38, m. , 2, dalt.yma.h _ReftLSed,
authontIes to detenruno the qualtfica·
.A .T. Boardman, 33, m., Bl, cwista.nt Reading
for tbOf teachers Surely thiS IS the mo:rH~nt
I nJ ustrlal Cd-operatlv
SOclety . ....!.T~ months for proteSt. . '1' h& na~lOp wants teachers. the
,\ Ilh Ie,,, c, coitdit.ioba.l on lomlng the Vi, T J:> ,.
natIOn wlUlLs chltiiren.
Nee.d mcrea.se In the
F J Drtlce. 35 1 8 1 C2 r l'abourer a~ It-Messrs supply of the ,one nec:ess&rily mean decrease ill
Buntl. ), tind Palmers Mr. '1'. R. Kent &ppearOO the supply of the otheri
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widower, C2 1 coal trim·
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mel ~It )[~'5.'~ Hlln ey
and Pa.lmers.-•f£bre e WOMEN PRINTERS_
ltluch comment ,haa: rccen.t1y been raised.. b .... the
muuths 'U·!th Jeavc.
a.ttltude of the Pnntlng UmollS ""hich, while unAPPLIJ ATIONS
OR WITHDRAWAL
able to 6upply ! UffiCI6Ut prlpLefs to execute the
'The M,ltt.I Y Repre nt.live applied for Ihe prmtmg reqUired lU the country, have yet stub.
\\l lhd"",. 1 of cett 'cates m the following boruly l .. fusoo to adlWt women to the trade. The
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Typogru.phlcaJ Aissociatton now c.:tplauUI that It
A. V ~""asb, 3~ , m 1 1, wa.t<:h m;akerl for whom does nQt. a.t all-obJect. to womed prlDters proV1~ed
." it J S t. L Stalh od appeared.-ConditJ,ona.l
he 'ull
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8.ppren tees IP ' J
c.x: C'mpl w n v ,u led t(1 t ee ,mon t h S WlII'h Ieave.
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Thu;
'\Iiould
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ear
to
reheve
the
sltuatlOn.,
In
H t.: " r11h.m:s, 38, m., ~ , ill
!lser, er..u. l
\' uo h:'W heCD gr<LnLe exemption - .MIlItary ap · actual fact. It does nolhmg' of tbe klOd. The tune
~ht::.l.t.lOll re!u~e(L
of a.pprent.l<::e~hlp demanded by tfe Typograpluca.l
CA V-E RS AM pASES.
AssOCIatIOn is ,even yeti/.'5. ThiS IS wlnecess~tlly
R ~lead(\.w~rofl. 3 m , C2, Jomer, eJployed long, p.nd is only Inslsted upon to restrIct. the num·
b .... )[eSHS s,. EIlI :Jlt t:nd S ons , W,tS granted one ber'S of prmt.ers and to keep wage3 up by i.lrtIfictaJ
n' unth l:iu,d
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limlta.tlOo of the supply of labour. Women will
l' F ::itllce,', 19, s , Cl. .. clerk, emploT"ed by t~e na.tur,~lly be reluctant to emburk " upon an ap.
y
(, 1~ ~t \\·c.s lelll Ra.II~ y Com&a.n
MI n . C. prent.IDeship of such length. At th e ,n.me t.lme
iJ I,l o.l.l'd a ppeat'cd --S 1: m ont s "Ith leave
prInters "Ill not teach tbelr trade to women un,
APPLICATIONS 'OR WITHDRAWAL
lass tbeY do so, m fe.r of . c'TeatUlg a pQJ'tIaIiy
L R Collter, 36, "\'., BI , window cleaner. ~!rj trained cl ... of "black·legs." The ecadlock "
T R Kent appe~ted.-CondltJ onlll exemptlO, some~'ha.t uo(.:ompromlstng.
\ l ied t o three m.onthl '\Ii,th leave.
I; :-.-.,?"uld, 41, ~J>&S5"d for) general servlCC,
I' !I bu~ er. employed
t H enley by hles6l"'ll.. Cole,
ITEMS OF INTEREST '''ouk and Co.- Rd ' to H enley . •
Anot her honour has I.his ~~ek been won by a
wowao ~
Dr Frances I ven,s ·ihaa Jllst , been
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The September
of tho " Ralion ," the magaZine of the Raadin~a.r Hospitals, .. an exool,
. ta.ins ito reputatIon
lent number, aud
bpmg JUst the thing for which 1t wu deslgned-r
an .Jl.round tome fO~all who axe 1D a.ny wa.y IllU!rested In t.he loca.! war hospitals. 'I he ra.c1l1ess
' nt.h ",-hich the ~n t.s are ~I'Itten keeps the
rea.der thoroughJy a.rru~ed and lDdirectly, If ~t.
directly, br1Dgs hom to hllD, In an entertaIning
but nevertheless lDstrctl;e manner, mu~h t ha.t Is
gOlOg on m -connectl3D W1t h tb. W3.I' whlcb otbl
Wl~e would escape. his a.ttent.ion . . IA Tank l'4,.el'"
by a. Patient, dcPIct.J.ng in gra.phlc dialogue st)1e
certam lDCldent.s
a. pusb, has got the re8J
grit lD it and the
tor is e\lidentIy ooe of the
best of those bra:7e
who ha.ve pla.yed thelr
art in the tonks tb the dismay of the eDemy
P.Th<i Kaiser', n.lniiOIn " cause 'F A. Gregory
to dop in:tD rhyme, imd on the next. IPage Sergt.
S Tucker gIves ua ~me wonderful Jot.t~p ~
hill nate·bOOk.
". Th. floor.ttal S'pln',
beIng
vU;it.or's impte!SIOOS, 15 wntten by one who
~an;tands the ""bjOct, "'1 i. f~1 of useful sugestlons and hints. The IUh.!trat:ioo.s a.re & strong
feature of the "Ration," aod ace vory n~ly 8a.Dd~
wiched in ' among thh letterpres.. Al\oRether the
""Ra.tion" lS very temptm g this month, Qlld It
' linakes u, surpriIIOO ,with what an appetlt•. we
flOmBIS beca.use we find Vie Idevour It each tlme
from carver..to cov.er. But. .the reader lll~t understand that this is Ilbe only thing VII' are rea.Ily
~y in and £he Edi\or of the " !l.atiOD« must.
be 'held ~b1o ' for ~ wch delicate
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In the fi rst pb c&4IL mnst flnd t be
I Ca 11EtltlU n of e XA c tly "hilt. it has
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THE fARM OF THE FttrURE In January of tJii' year 'there.ret'e

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d~y fresh dO:
ma d!' '' As the nc ce~lilh {, K of wllr groWl
of Itbert,~ narrow
~ l-e.~nwhile, tbe
,I ",lfle-, open bandedness glves all.
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a5 th " Trndt': GnlOn rul es and customs
tubll l.llN ""ib a YleW to their ult.imate
!O mu~t the trust.ees of the people',
accurate record of such · infringeas tho W:l.r cnkuls
Secondly,
n. clear programme as: to how
1.0 get Ihose libertlc-s 1 eslored.
to-cl"y consldera ble Ignol'3J)ce as' to the
of al!.llrs
Regulllhons follow on&
With such surpns mg mpld lLy that It 1&
Qlltt,ter to keep mformed of the pOSitIOn,
Btl I1H!'Nlt. censorslllp make. us jlstrustful
t hat we ht'ar and certllJ,( thttt there 18
'tC a re no( allowed to hear Many
11Hl not in currt"ct. nOt101l that, for
I of I,he war, " ltberty of speech, of
per"on . hilS been abrogated, t.hat. the
tho IHthotlLles ilre a.J1-embracing , that
01""""'''.10" of man.'" of #OlU' ne" Acts i s Dot
eut!1"e con!OTtlllty Wll.h the lOteottou.
lIltrodu(;cd them. o.nd thn.t ~ert..lin
::>3.f('~u;uds ha.ve be!!n swept. awa.y
~ Ulpn::>b that. people are fined a.nd
eXlll-e~~lon::. of opmlOll, that Eng.
IIIl erned With out; tua.l, tha.t. n. pre·
RU S.) lj':fl polzce-system
grown
t htl t ou! Jetters are rCad l 'ou!',
\ Illr c mploye€'~ regl!>1.ered, our SOIlS
.md our hbertles e~tmc t . Hobe.L8
gone. the Right oi Asylum is denied,
idil",t·ur. has more tho.n Oll(.' e given indica·
mfluence of the Lxecntlve, ~h
out::nde the House, and a conSt;:tution
the fiOish ed khIcvement of centuriea
English men has been destroyed ill a few ~
Th'a.., which lU:;tlued an Envlishmnn's
his country, "hlCh dlfferenti!lted her from
. wh;ch mflde her ., Kn ltor" of greater
"hleb ga.\"c ner almo~t a. J't(aSOnable excuse
dreapl t> of C XP,LnSlO tl ,' t.bat IS destroyed.
tws preaents a. Yen~ l!enOllS sta.te of
l~ It IS merely a. temporary
one.
, thmgs are not even iitat lC, for
a.ccretlOn of p ower makes the E:r:ecu·
lI.nd m ore mdependcpt of ,P arliamentary
desp Lw a. complet-c1y 'Subsernent
. ha" e a. system of .. Orders In CounCil ..
put \he 'power w~ eh should belong to
rel'lc:;entahns mto the bands of a
Pn.rhamcnt m:'w ·find Its facu lt.l::!s
by long dislise. . If, In a sort of '
Jazmess, Jt ' cea~es to sa.f.egtlaro the tnthe people, It is pIaymg strwght .Into
or .. du-ect actJOnI sts h ThC'Se are not
can "Walt !tIl II after 'the war." A!
" preparednc~s " must be set on fom

Al::my),

. HAL~"S ~ISTEMPER~
WILL GIVE YOU

aDd Mm.
C. Gilkeo

WOMENOS WORK.

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o n.tfion al Jcfenl,..'f>. lind LlberaI and
~i~·a "lth one another In surrender:
rrJ ormll' alld c..'fml:C l:'cI O Il~ ~\ ba.h they had
l co::>t III p.lsl c 'lmpu l~~~.
~her asked
III II. m.dl! lin o:;t l p~t1l1ho)l ~ _\. generous
.tll p.lIltC'::. l lI nU 1101b' preva..zled

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'M:SfIom .Iope of the TiIelmrst pbstca.u.
~*-':lf r<tI:.6I~~:ion. may readily b& ....".r;jJy-1DOIaz>g ...
a boot h:!lI <JU It.!
theJto.
to the right, and ~· on .thi.:o:ongh
following :-Beading ~t and ~ tho
at the centre of the line ofr:instep,
~ at. the top I...., hole, Paogborrrn • ...a..dittle
beyond tlm left ha.n,d; top corner. 'l.'liea.Ie .a.ilittle
the heel, Ca.h:ot in' the &reh of th.,.'"",Ie.
··...:~, ....l.J r:rnelwI:st. Common at the anklo POSl.l.i.\n"and,.&!the plan line aIion~ midway beIl-=
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and Theal..
Ii out.id. t.h.. .pbn
a.notber line be dnuon pa:raIlel to ,t '.a.l1. the.--y
round. tn. space t.lrua enclosed' by th. tw:o~lines
roughly represents the VISible
of th<> ,groat:
be,i.of chMk ....m.\h underlies the cl~ys andi~
of the plat-a. Ont.nde thjs belt there i=mot.h.".
cOlnp:>sed mainIy..,f alluvium a.nd · valley gr:a.eIs.
apiJl.eiuiling the. anginal. plaIL
Th.. 'Upbnds
IlI>CIaoed by t.he mnor lin. a:re reacIurl frnm, the
t.1ue&...mouncling wfieyo by rontea ....hich ~
~ There are severa1 sadden .,.eo ""'.o<>;g..
at, Eent>oood and
Two-peony P)jgtt.>, ~
gtaduaI one at Cockney Hill, and another"l=g

a''!' tile st reng-lo ll of th~ PaTt.y, tbey

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anI.! It \:'<, thC':o.O "llll,: h \\ u \\ l:)h to cou_

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Scotbsh WOplen', Ho' pital ~t the Abbl>y. de
ROya.umont smce the a.utUltlll/ of 1914 She hu
lust , opened an ad=ce ho'pi\&! of 200 bed. .t
Villers t)ott.erets.
A report has been romved from Colllt.antmop\e
that Turkey IS now pe:rttn.ttmg Ita women to study
IOOdiein. and Juts &!lowed ~ &choob to
open their doors to women.
Tbe Local Govetrun.nt Board hs.s ..nctloned
th~ appomt.meDt a! two WOIJlen d.nitaty mspectors m CatnberwelL Their Ba.iary starts at £125
per annum and J8 to :rIse JLt. the rate of~ ;t;10 il year
to " maximum of £175.
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Last Sn.nday Miss Maude lj<>lden proached her
first sermon In her new ~paolty of pulpit auiatr
ant to Dr.. J . Fort. Newton '." the Clly Temple.
Her ad<jreos w •• h.teDed to l"Ith th. deepcm tn·
terest,\by a. crowded coD~ga.t.ion.
Flti.een &cholarships are
' offered by tbe Food
ProdnetlOO Department
Boa.ro of n.grlcul.
tore, tenable a.t t.he
4gnculture
Iege at Wyo,
t he reciie.' to a all
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and
retlcal farmmg.
da.tes. over 21 yeazs of age ]>"JI1O ."'I'"
or responmble posts as
tre~, etc."ahd h&ve
pene!lce on the la.nd.
F ood Pr9Cinctum
if Fot activ.
It i, further jini'W<i1lll
for women as rabblf....catoltcn
R eCcot newspaper artlcles
fina.oCI..! capabIlity.
proved, by the ca.reer of
Japane.e w_. At 17,
a ~ banking firm
ram. In spite of
hia coOtent

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ascedt, at Ncreat. The ~iem.3lope 18, gymezaIly
speaIOng, the _pest. taken. as .. whnle, ad, it is
t.his oloi>e Which. is I~t known to the ~
lfo>g a. it 00.. solll6W!mt ~tbe
as
of SUcB walks as are iardinarilv taken..fi-am.
with
cba<ming tmrn in that direction. Thel.. are -=\.-r=tes
(Mr. W. Blab Adams) lS can-ying from the plateau to th. 'vzIlev on the
many laughs to ht bea.ni in W13Ste:rn side. I am wel1 acquainted ~ ftttml

"Beppo
voice and
f1ll't.h~r -resM"stble
t1e house b.,. hiS funnv actiTities and droll ID'llJmeT'.
MIM Sadie Hi-Ott ~ I f Teresa." is delhzhtful. both all. One bas already been oot.lined m thi;a.~
in .ingln'! end act~. and alJIo Miss Ruby Lorn.. o! pap.rs (see Rout<> 4), and of the ~
who mobs .. C~PiI "v,jttorl•. " the WIfe of l ....en or eight I choose the one w:hich, ....3l6re_
.. Thnio. OJ who had to be pn.rt.;ed for ~ """"'6~. out., is probably tbo least known.
'The other mem
of the company. mclndlDg
lifr John Cole (C. 10\ Mr Ernost Pierce (Crum· TO LITILE HEATH.
M), lll1d M, •• Yvo",,~ Bel.to (Angel.), very l.bl y
At the "Pond Hou.. • terminn. 01 tb .,....
support tb""" meniibned. There i, a good choru.. llM8 take the """ent .f GrovelandS'road and
And the three nctr are mo:ri. e~abora.~y andl I where Wo.ter·road turns left go nght. on up the
be&.niluily I,taged. Igreatlv enha.nemg this ehann· slope~ ODd continued footpath to Tile!mrst Chm<h. .
.rn~ operetta., w~Certainl?f aurpa:8Bea a.n~ll1ng
of a rimil .. ch.nc
prevjon.ty produced at; tbe Throogh the churchyard turn right (as m rout..·4)
Royal Connty
a..d reach the bifur=t..D of roads JUS' bevond the
bend to tho left. Take the left ann and"""""
cottagu I on the nght hand, on. a l qw t.hatched
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building ..,d two othel'S in red-brick. Jnst, b&yond th. latter. narrow lane bean to the righ~
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a grassy way set with oaks.. ThlS goes on past.
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1 fa.rm buildings on nght, occupying t.ho Site of the
SlI.TURDlI.Y.-BfF,· Maior~ ,Waddingtcn one time Sou,h Ber"'1 Kennel., the main part 01
(in the chair), CpL J. E Broadbent, C.B., "MrJ th. buildings, I DOw a dwelling holl..; was ongin.
C, E. Ke~r,
J. Ba.vi1tm1 AJld Yr. W i ally the P a-nsf{ 'V\-orkhhn:se, da.ting from prC-illU01l
G. Alexander_
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tunes when each pansh had i~s own workhous(\
CY~ST FlliED~
I Beyond thjs bpllcling the way skirt<; a connleo on
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Dand P~mbrok , 16, Greenw
t~,. Mot· left. where the outer trees ate oaks and Scots pm'"
tiIllL"I', w~ fined
for ridmg a. ~)1fYcle Without and the Inner, larches. Reaching the road at ~
light. on September 17th a.t MortiD}'e,r.
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~ Wicket ga.te, turn nght for about 100 yards ~d
SELT.ING chGARETTES TO A
tben I.ft, by a woo<l on rIght and a fnrzy woste
Mn. G Eggletqn, Mortimer, was summoned for on lef~.
wetl remember measurl?g corn la.nds
selling ciga.rett.es to a. boy under 16 betweeo Sep- OD. th~ now waste, .some years ngo 1 In th5 wood
temoor 2ndi apd 9 h..
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on the right is .Jl. keepees cot.tag~ at cross lanes
Mt' 1.' R Ken, who defended. said that Mrs. kncrwn as .. CharmS{ Cross." ~'\1t.er passmg a. cotE ggl.,"ton beli.ved the boy when he "",d "that the tag. on right Wlth data 1815 the road bl=s left
Clgtll'8ti.e:l were w'lanted to send to a. brotber fu
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France
He askM (or a. la.rge packet of cigar- towiU'ds "'£he City," and at the turn <L copse
ettes, unlike th~ usually a.sl.:ed for by boys, . and
is seen, and close beSide lt a. well-marked •
.he kne~ tjIat b. lhad a brotber in yee.
path leaves tb. road and goes beside the copse on
FlOed lOs
the right h1LDd, first as a strnigh~ path ;rod then ..
P .S. TlYir
evidenoo.
I a ....indmg >Yay with wast. land left and orchard
BOUND OVER,
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meadows rIght, :so to <L croSSlllg lane. , ('l'hlS pa.th
Percv
lte, a\i:l.S Thatcherr of the ~th Tram- Wa! dlverted some years smbe to take Its first bend
tng Rese.:)·e, Sutton Veney, Waq:ni.Jfster., wa.s nght; origmally It.' ran ' dl~ctly out to t.he crosscharged wi~h ,too.\mg 17• . 8d. a.nd ~r of boot., ing lan •. ] O~ reaching tb~ road tum nght, and I.
the .propertly of qilbert Mann, on ovember 8th, rO"h ·the -hamlet of Lltt.lb Heath Ju~t a.h-ea.d.
1916, at Ti~hurst l
! Supt. Ra dalY Sr Id tba.V the prisoner bore f g~ Notlee, bot do not turn into the second lane on '
cha.ra.cter His leo.ve had begun the preVlO~ <:to:
t he lett; it. marks our return ronte. (Note, too,
His na.me was ~hlatcher, but he t.ookt~he Dame of the wh1te copse gate exactly oppmnte the lane on
White V{,bk. hIS Il mot.hcr married a lWan of t~a.t nght of tbe roa.d; to this reference will be ma,da;,
nam'e,
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Pri~oner Wa.!I bOund over for 61:1: months OIl'ms l<lotcr).
mother', uDdcrtaICmg to pay the, prose=tar lOs. AN UN~PED PATH,
do.... n and >11 in\ eekly in.talments f ' 2.. 6d. I
.A 'littl. beyoDd the above lane is & trun whit.
c~nRtN'S COURT..
.I cottage, a.nd a f.w yards on a Itilo OD the loft.
A Mortimer boJj 01..12 was charged WIth stealmg A p.thway (not shown on the onefinch m.p) goes
£2 in notes ~tW~Septcmber 3"rd a.nd 6th frOm from this and keep~ a.n Iron fence on its nghtdor I
Pte.
Sa.mu81 was
Step ens,
AI1my Vete1"i!iary CotpS·1
U~U"O~
Defendant
dcred
to receIve lUX strokes of a hundred ya.rds or so down to a field I!ate a.t the
t he birch rod, an the father had to ' ..y COlts £1 fil'l!t corner of a lYood on TIght. This IS an in·
Is. 6d. aDd ~~ 'I
the prcraecut.or (£l) . I· '
terestiog point in the Journey. The obV!;Ous path
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is right on beside the right h""d wood; that.
i'
route, alter b~dmg ~left across fields emerges on
Su],!>am Lan. by two thatched cottages. But that
is not the route I , ,,,,, tIddng, ..,thougb by lIIIOSO
peop16 it would 1>0 followed.
On rcachiDg the
gate at. the end of 'the iron fence abov-e' refea:led
!l.nd lo ok left aero .. a fi.ld which sl~
CASE; FO STATE CONTROL,"I' &to, Iiotop,
ttl. downwa.rds. A fence crosses thIS fiola,
and a little observatlon wlll reveal a. stile , alxmt
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The criticism irected . &>;ain't the Empi"'!}e' midw.y along, the fence. No path appeaxs to "0
sources D~velopm nt C"o mmit,tee's suggest.lon tliat. to or beyond thiS shIe, but a _!path there is and
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!th
al
I 8. cerla.in rIght of way.
Year after yror it l!
the S~ate should assume ('.ontro of
e p mi ot ploughed out, but; year after yea1 there ,a.ro those
mdus:try, should not dlnl-t attentlyn fro~ the who, kno~ng public nght.s, tread. out lts course
urgent Imperl~l n~ces.,ty which promrted tli. p~o· again. Making straIght for the .ttl.. a.cro,-, whatThe gro~~lDg demand for vegeta.ble dtls ever lies between It. and the ~n.te a.t which we
a.s a. 8ubstJtute fqr amma.l fala has irea.dy Iral~ pa.used, a.nd 'crossmg it.l the route I~ then !b:aight.
this indulltry to the rolnk of a. Vltal one; and Wl1,h act"06S the eosumg meadow towr..rds a. group of
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bla.c.k bmms known' as .. Sooler's " On this route
the conttnunnce. pf the dealm~d. for1 manYI y~s the hnepasSe! close to two ponds on ,the right,
after the war, t?IS tropiC
enterprlSe IS cer"atu and rodeo a. Wicket g~te close to the fa;rmyn;rd.
'v'."~" ""~ wgantl" propor'lon,. -!A, ~mmodit)\ 1.0 Oany through and beyond tillS I)"'" for """,lit 10
to the lationa.i security: a-qd well-being yan:b and turn light, on I\. strmght Va.th., iICTO'SB
not fie le~to the b=ds of pnvo.te en~[. open fields oot to ~. ,til. and gak on,Sulllam terre
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near' the top of the lull
A 'West Afn
merobant of mRlly y~ e;:tnerienee,l who 1S ,n sympathy With tHe alma rof BEECHES.
the co~ttee. lias Ia.ld before that. body an I ~E:mctly opJ)(ll:!lite is a. black gate and & cvcl:iats'!
hUW:ltlvc mell1Ola.ndwp. on tho CO~dlt lpO and prps- danger board". Cross to thts gate, Qpen it and
peets
of
the
1?aJmJOlI
indus'
t
ry
:At
present,
oqnbea.r
leit beyond It, t.Iliough a. delightful 8i\':enue
'("10 behalf of, tbe teachers in the
Th's
a~d tbe superintendents an d ~herll ~SSl ons rc Itmtt.ed by the ColoDlal Office to 'a n of yotthg laXch ~trees on a. grassv paiJnvn.v
and infants'
Schools. Ithen ."'e. equivalent to • qrcle WIth & radIUS of ten leads to tb. cornel' of Sulham Woods The, patb
Sl'viter l\ ih a handsome cn.bl~et mties, wlth- & 'proviso ~b~t a second ~onoes.ion. l lD goes immadi~tely in'o t he" ood and at onc. begU>..
were 't'erv litany to Sf\\" .. Good. t.he SllmJ colony to the Si:lme bOlder f or group iof to drop first ove.r a. clayey Rtrlp and later o!er
ann Mrs' Sin er
The,- ~ could not holdl}l"S must 1:>6 at least fifty nules ~(hsta.nt ~m cbaJ.k untll it emerges from t he wood at a. oomt
lenr-c th !:m, ' WJthou t glVlD(t' hcr ;t Ihe fil"," Each "on cesSIO" thus reP\'<'Sents abOut when> ,J. .t ingle oak t,rM stand, In the open [.fllst
'esteem
Ber brig;ht S) mnaUlctie 201063 acres a.d,;a;rell. capable of pr~llcLDg on Ian before Ileaving the wood the path crosses a hack
''l'", "' C ~IWItD the t-eachers W"~ scholars ~h ke ' bad <L'\'·e;age ratb~· more th an 200,000 toos o.f palm which carries nght and left n\ong lts mner edge.
.
t.bOI5e who do not know Su!harn.. Woods shonld
mueh to make t,gs run ~moothh· in frUit per Mnum
,"Vlth no mill trea.tIng 6.000 tons of fresh f:n;tit a walk a.ion'!J' these paths eIther way and veci:fy
vcal',
and
costIng
£15,000
(exclUSive
rof
p~t
tor
the
trutH Oaf the stateme.nt-" where thcI;O ar&
Sl'VIt.er l5a.id they +ere moet eorry
cracking nuts; separallllg kcrnels from .helt., 'I'd beecI!e. th .... i. beauty." The t.en:aces outBidfl the
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as Ihev had m.de '0
She lq1ew ber husband fell obla,nmg OIl (rom kernel~), this mttcha.nt elili- wOO$! are said to be U strictJv PrIvate :'.,-1 ho...
a.mon ~t ~hom be had worked, m Rt~!) the approximate yearly workin.s coste , as ~y fOlnld them most !leliglrtfally :ro.]
th.Jen "" , he loved the follows
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THE VILLAGE,
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II. d.
&.nu.VU'U
On emergmg from the wood near tbe oak' _,
th
tho chairmnrl for Int.r.. to~£I~,OOO .t~·pereeui." •• ,,\. 7(j/j 0 0
path IS """n to go dow:b. the meadoW'tllqpo,b.>complUlV jo i cd ~r~v ferventh- in Dopreeiation of plaptot 10 percrot. "'. 1.500 0 0
&. ~ed wire fence towards Sulham ""LaDe.
God be Wl,th you, till we meet aga.m,' Sala:ry alld expenees of two ~·bite Sl1per·
lDtennents .... \. 1 · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,000 0
of cqntinuing into the lane rum ",l d at
meeting cl ...d witt prayer.
DlEl.e'!.: lo.'bonr wOfkin~ mm;... .. . . . .•• . .
720 0
of the slope a.nd take a Wh still l:»e::side
Pn.hTf frUIt delivered ::..t mtH, 0,000 tolll at
on ler~ It cantIm:res ~ f.he.. back
21), .. r . , ..... " .....' .... ... " ....
6,000
of oo~s, and, alter C1'OS3ing ODe
e1a
Coon
r of oil, IIeNling ehoolfaJ out,
m the Im.ina line ~ on 1JIet~1:03rl.
"tbng l'PlU '\&jdin g call"", 1,000 ton>
'foot .of Sulham Hill ems. this -road
at 50•. """. \ .... "" .. ".... .... .. 2,~
post office on leftl. :md~
' pa..'\t
Carriage to England, 1,150 tons at 405... 2,3uo
... 1.._
gate of the ehmclJyatrl ea/I!ir' ~ 'y
.:£H,770 0 0 vew and lime avenue with chn:rd1 'on the lea'
r.... ",-.&le 01 4,200 ton. of nl1!& to
hand "" past a fa.nnprd nghl and & orettt......
1at lOs. . , ....•••••••••••••• •• ~~ cott.a:ge left.. out to more open lam1s: beyond.
n.bove Council wa.s
,
£12,570 0
ASCENDING LINES.
at the FnentQy
s
experues •. _•••••••
~ 3,000 0 0
Tho road now skirte the ed2e of a ~,
Brid~~,·ljrcl,t.
Mr R Wnght Eng
aud
our route cmrtinne! beside a ~ fence on
of members
~16;670 0
the lef~ bAnd Where this I fenco end, an iron
B. Deadman a.o;
gate'
app=h to a n=g path over
, the lINel'8ll" price of fine 110ft, paIm..oil at
on t be BOMd
~~::~~mNear
the gat. lS " chalk pit..
8d . .
ton (p..... wa.r pri ___the p+,t
ill
np to a:nd be:,<ond tba wood
and the cost of ~ion a.nd I deIS qmte pla.inlv marked. There are
.t £1& 190 4d., a profi~ of 100 VOl'
neace:fol news m 'Wes-w.....: than t.ha.t obIUn~ Sta.te _CQutrol, & proportion
by looking""""" the 10",I.... ds to ~b e right
Empire lWsources Devel~t
pa£h-l"",l..,d. bounded by the near EDliieRidlre,
and fartber afield and ,outhwlltrl.
q,~~m~~S:~,~O!~:.'f:i,(
should be .at aside to ,
•.
~M~g · ~M.rl
!.he
H""'1"'hi;" Irilli. Beside a deejI uit .on
opusGripti()D of .....aJth
ri8ht where the. cutting now &bows ~, '''in­
.te.,q of cl.alk, the path goes rapidly ~ _10
voods on its right, and. after po.ssmg two
" nlftTo"w la~e on tho nl"'''Â¥Ir '(.;:Thi. lane, m :iliont )00 )'lira>,
"",iOh<",~~ "",,,,,,oro line of £he route ol t»e~trim
thereon. The return J'I'1'l'!l:ev hum
made viR. Little HP.ath dod mo..
(mveTsing the outvm nrofu) ~ ~
dares a. httle. n!ld ta.b::J the in-len<ling from' the wlUte kate "l'and on lt ma.1c6S n. route am.ang
the ~ bmcken nnd the
ont t; the COpBeo mt.te
n ..r The City I knmv h.t V<tIhway vQli. but
,cannot. say there 18 a right of ~Y;

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