Reading Observer 11-1917

thru.st ltaelf upon. UI, and therefore 1& to be all
more valued an'd appNOl&ted on t.hLl aooount when

It CI'Q.oe. our patb

,

BOYS AND

•

~Ht:IR

(Friday)

"
WAY5.-

. ham boy.....11
I n">l,

C:I: )I U 8 VI

to t.hlll Th!, ~

F eatlll II,{ th e famous rllA!IlBOUS!:8 11'nrs

customary

., A Tale of Two Cities."

of the GnE~T t;r f U DUE BEltIAL

Antmaled Hlstor) of Ihe War, No 10

E'S ANIMATED GAZEllE

5

NJ"
e

ISth.
~- t)lI.. Th"tre.

th o boya ohonJd bo full,. reJl1'6l"nted by

.. The Ore Plundhers."

W&V

thm

spoke smen and then perhaps we ahould get a. little

field Colleg•• and Jomea the
he Iv., rutlcled III Lo~ don
He r~erved for two an~ a. ha.lf
Ho~e durmg the Sout/> Afril;an
He b..
been secretary of the Readmg Chamber 01 Com.
m crce slOce July 1904 10 whicH year he com
~D'

H,. WOrohIP. reply w.. not onlv 'Ult

PARAGRAPHS.
I

grave at. the lteadin..&' Cemetery.

r:-v

The ""ICt)

the

whIch tho town and tho conntry gener

Wall

EDUCATION COM:MIITEE
Alde.rmeft Chlven Field, Hayward.
OounciIlors Abrr.m. Farrer. Howell. Jack
N oms. Q~ch Rabson. E M Sut
'l1"",.11 Webb. Whoter. Mr
Mr W M. Childa. 1ir H S
Mr F
HaJl. Mi •• E J Mor
E U11Mon. the Rev Dr

Mayor

U'"~lrian Free Ohuroh on Snnday •• =n,
be gl'fen OD "The Su.fliOleno1' of

Childbirth.
(a.rt ?lul ..,f.) with tw.nty
wlllmg to recelV6 Plltients
and fo r Confinement (Twihgbt
1$

but to the ex:ceptlonaJ. timea

paslmg
forma.l btllmen was then proceeded wlth
IC"m,o>it•.t.e<.. "were o.ppom~d as followl -

F J Q Oillmor A bugler
soun ded the lI ~ast. Post 11 over t,he grb.ve

read by tho

OCC~1 0n

COL CHASE'S RETIREMENT
Col R G h.... CODllDIWdml!' 01llcer at tho
Royal Berk1J iiepot. Readmg n:llifqru,hed com
Gould ..,11 hold a oaI. of hou..hold mand dn Wednesda.y and IS sttceeedoll bY ,Lleut
fulrnill='.H!~
H&II. Mortunor, on TuNday Col J R ol Walsh of tbe ROy'~I ' Barl>B Regt
Col Ch... -tho WIIB a popular :<illIeer was ap
pomted to thelPPOlhon on the deat\:.of Col Deare.
who WIIB for .ome tIm. the Co~ding OIRcer

'f

I

Ba.rra ~ks
The new Commanding Offlc"r
COMMITIEE
,
has seen 8ervlpe In France and W8S !8r"flDg wlth
Drvland.
Field.
J
ackson
AI,loo"",,
the 2nd Battalion 01 the Royal Berko wb.n be wa,
Abram Colebrook.
wounded
rhf8 occurred In January 1915
" 'I""'"."o""er.

at the

AND COMMENTS
YMOUS LETTER~

an unplea..-:ant echo about anonv

\\ iL5

le t lcr~ In a case at. the R ea dIng Borough

on " ednesda v

1 he echo "as not 'evi
an d therefore from l lega.l pomt
Vle w
to do \\ Ith the case \'Vbicb was one of

trlfllll~ unpOl l <tllt:e

genet a/H)

or

But If It 111 true , as

Western HBtel on Satnrday &Iter
~:;jptl~:~~:~~
WIll offer fot' Mle by
~
CO.D.tructed rel!lldence8
bwldings ..tu.ted at

E

N0l1CE TO GAS CONSUMERS
As: will be se, n by not~ which a.p~Q.l'8 On the front
p.g. of thia "'PB thBn.,.dlng 0 .. Compan/: are ad.l ••
Wedll"'~1 and Thunday noxt Me.... HeeluJ 'ing colllumen ¥ gall to economUie 10 el'et'.y W&y ll:0!iBible in the 1I11el of gu In ~e ou. of_IlLS fires It 18
.t their auxiliary
OhI'!fOlh-.'!r..'t, 'iC'~'ei'.!!hAi". a IjIrg. quantit1 of honoe· urged that thq flame .hould not be allowed to " ..
coIiimenemg at 11 o'olock above the top o~ the fuel Tblle ~ aJ.aQ a suggestion
made re8pe ctin~ gas ooo1c:ers, whlle lU the e&se 01 bOlIlag ",a~r the ~m e should not be 1L1l0'l'l'cd to rIse round
the Ilde of t i 'Vessel used
The neeesaity for thIS
requ~t Dllldel~y the compllDY 18 largely Que to the
&rent mCfeU8 I ~u conlumption. and the aijRc..ul~ ex·

•

of gu

TION TO THE REV 1t W
~::t~~.~:n~cl<i Sparks Waite.. Mr A Lee.
MORLEY
E
Mr C H Powell Mr B S Stall
The Rev 11. W Morley, IeDtOr curate of St
Ca.non W W Fowler. V,ce-Ad
John. who I~ leavIDg iio take up wqrk on the
Mr J B Hurry
"l1'"tn&l "d. for th6 Y M.C"A • b .. boon tho reel
plent of a P!f8eDtatlOu from (he OomnlUmcanh
ART GALLERY COMMIITEE
Union At tli. gathanng the VIcar (th. Re., W
Counclllors Allwrlght I Butler.
Brltton) pre.i~ed. and among thOBO present wu
.' i•• lrli,na Clarke Egglnton Farror. Ho.....11
the
Rev
T
GllY
RO$et'S,
M,e,
a
former
Vicar
th. draw far tb.
Rudland, Sparks, E M Sutton~ Turner,
Handicap ID Old The presentatron, whIch was made by the VIC1U'
C,g....tte Fund took the for~ of an album contatn~B &D. a.ddress
• ppe&r in our next WIth over 400 n8llle.. .. cheque for £63 12& • &nd •
WATERWORKS COMMITTEE I
be eomplete right to the .mall .t1v.r p ato
Mayor Alderm.n Bnnn. Hayward Jack
Parfitt, Poulton. Conncillor, AIIWTIght.. ButWAR BONUtsEB
Meun Serpell.s are ~ recelV6 a.
FIelding Clarke Howell, Mormg-, Newbery,
of 4a, the women 31S and the Ph_brick. Quolch. SpA.tk.o.TyrreII. WaJtero Webb
i6~~~
.
;
:;j;:p.;~ti;;jy'~
Tl total
moreue of 15s
FARM COMMIITEE
"'
Oao Company have

JIl COt"l iptmg th o mUld o( n~t onh
per"on s as \\ ell · ' Vhlch 15 b ( t he
I he bud~ or-- the. mtnd 9 That IS a.

wblch the spttefu l Ignorant lettor wnter

of some people

We hope that any of our
whether lonel) soldiers on actIve eervIce..
cllizens ",ho are pursued bv such a.
Illusl\ e enemy as the anonymous
Will ha.ve the 6avmg common teme
such cfl'muons t o the fla.mes &Ild when

• to pray lor the repose 01 t.he con
of people who choose to dUiscmlDate mll
m such a fa shIon

l'

• om~tun.. but It brOOD no mterfenmce
m.fluences to dam Its stream, or
Those who thus a.ttempt to
With th mgs Wlth which they have nothmg

Jts flow Co

cannot be expected to know very much
love affaLrS themselvs or they ... otiid n ever

to enter where even angels would dare to

I"

only excuse for th ese notes is that
the subject IS as old as crea'lDD, a nd
suppo~ed to ha,e ta.ught Us all hil gentle

hy now there are shH

&<1lDe

folk. WIt.» yea ...

on t heir I!5lde who lma.gme by their

little " a), they krJow more than loves
drea.m and tha.t they can fathom the
01 lovers when thore IS af ""r all only a .tonn
teacup

who do us the fa.vour of reading t.be. &bove
will agree that he "ho can linthstand the

and arrows 01 outrageous fortune,'· and

IS

s u cc~s ful1y resist bemg • done to dM-th by

tongue s
IS every lnch &
soldier
he IS In the trenches or the man who has
at home In a sense he 1" If It were pos
53.y 50 In these days a. greater hero Dne
\\ Ith "teel a.od bombs and have the sup

PARKS

battlefiolds of the ,vorld

ob"ervant st udent of human nature

• must.

bave been , t ,uck WIth the quallt.y po...,oed
men of what IS euphemlstIca.lly termed
frocifi,lit.".
" hither It t me.. when"" I~
a. sOj ou rner 10 ou midst, 1t 18 alike
an d mdefi.<:.abJe
It 11 he"Yond
m ordmary p
eology
It 11
a. th mg to be felt t han understood Oenillt
'l lid b, certam cntlcs to be only ad
f<, rIll o f cleverneS3. but ' this dockJDe

lh <uh,mbed to b) tho,e ent". who thi~
f!(' lI US and would like to be accounted
10 '" l.\ lug so
But personahty lD a nnm or

ha\ e

IS a .'!l ea t deal more It does not neeea
m"' tlllCt. or a"gume the role of philo-gUIde nnd fn~n d Dut It does more
I t arrc<:ts< our a tientlOn aa ..8omethmg apart.
tbe man himself and therefore leave. ~ ;m
no;: Such a personality m ay not oftea.

th.n

In

~ ord, nor ye t by anythinc like

st udied demonstration. ~
~ It
.llmo' pl"" crc;(ted a.mong us for 1fll1a1i ".
lD\ 19orat.es u., cheeo "08' (Ill opr
and hfts us m whatever path of life we

t o somelhmg Iligher and hetterihi.n .,......ultl
"tt.lUned If we had not oome 11)1.9 100II~
thot quality IQ hnman nat""" ~ ....
tbe r ight kmd of pen""l'Mf WIll ""..
I

MR.

.1I0w~ble,

I

wa.etfnp; time\~~&~:;:' I;W~!IJh8 has recently retire "'! On Saturda.y even
in'1uirir,. lDto ann ct
a.t the G W R Iemperanf,e Union Institute
on.e of
mo.t i\ir Willis ya. presented by HIS fellow workmen
upon a. local Ru thl)ntv With an lllumma.ted adderesB spbscnbed to b) 270
nndoubtedly crItIcal mto persons a. purse o f money ad. umbrella. and a. plP~
have been JL t owel' of Mr \Vtlhs has seen great developmcnts m the
ofn:oe; :~~ branch of work he h as been engased III &0 long
h ave b roken H e began hIS careerl at Bathampton aferwardl
once a. trihute to theIr gomg to D orche!iter and s ubsequently takin g up
who oniv or tlClsOO. work a.t Re.'\.dmg where he r r.mam ed -1m a. can
18 much like that
slderable time H e snb3equentl v: went to N ew
ino",;"i.. about a.lmol!5t bury where he completed hIS long careel When
WIth llnex Mr W!llis lomed the Signal department the dl'ilO

SANITARY COMMIITEE
14yor Aldormen Cox, Philbrick, ConnedJon
Fieldmg Clarlte. Coston. Farrer. Fram&
Jacl<aon :Maker. Nomo. PhIlbrick.
Robson. Rambow. Rudla.nll. E 1.1. SutG Sutton. Walter •• Webb
DISPENSARY OOMMIITEE

REAlt.ma NAT\mAL HlSTOJlY 800JETY
On NOTODll!er lot membeNloI th/J Socfety. by Idnd
rn..t.tIoD of ~ oad lin T _. "riaitod their residlaoe "
Bamlltol1-road, to new the na.thal
hfItory 00
TI). nrrl&rtre oollection of 1heIII.
land and til
• from &ll poitto 0/ the ... rld Indu4lng
m.", ",rutlojo .,,4 othen nafqne In lhape ""d oolour.
clalmod the _
ana &tteut!OIl of all Th.lIn.ooI·
lection of ~ ..u

liot

Roll thA dIffi

ESTATES AND SURVEY t.;OMMITTEE
Mayor. .Aldermen Brmn. Bull. Jnclaon Ikindlle••
U<1'mcllu Olro' Allwnibt. Childl. D.ol1Qor. Egg~ton .
,." om"'" I
Rudl.nd, SporlU L G ' Button

~~~.~'~r~~~~.~WU~PMtUy~p~,Ud.
Et,n

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I

PLEASURE GROUNDS
COM:MIITEE
Ma.yor, Alderm,OD Hayward. M ..on. COUll
Allwnght. Butler, Child.. E P Collier
Eighteen. Farrer, LeW'll, Morley, Noms,
Rain,bow, ~8l', W ..tts, Webb

~S:~~[~~~!~;~~:~i~;: ~:

ILA

J. 1.

OF
WRENCE.

FIFTY-TWO
SERVICE
ON THE GREAT rESTERN,

II.'

,

ANn

a nd bar prmclple wa.s

10

operatIon

these b em g

in"id,mtal to th(l or worked from the ground a.nd no ~ngTlal boxes Yo ete
work of known In those days
1\;~~~!::,,:,~ITn;~~be. ~'bt but for
The presenta.hon was mnde by ~1:r N eWIDnn
~
the great chief m'pector of the SIgnal Department Read
who preluded and he spoKe

01' WTlt-e

in

fehcllous i1rms

esteem In which Mr Wllh8 Wa.!!I .held' by hl&
Mr P retty wrote m
workmen who de~ lred to .mark theIr re
11 he- had a.rguett thA.t
He had t~cfore
hAve been I~ed I C01IJri pect. 10 a ta.nglble ma.nner
8Jn'eed The Local F oorl J{reat plea.sure ID ma.kmg the prAenlat lOn to !.h
were not hr)'wever consulted Wtlhs to w,hom he extended h ts heartIest conthe lonn. nil came from Lon gratulatIOn.
A collection W88 ma.de on beb,a.1f of l the NatIonal
Institute for the BlInd A mUSIcal enterlalnmen'
"", ..., f,."lthfullv
foil awed.
S ~~LCHER
Executiv. Officer

ROYAL BERKSH1RE HOSPITAL.

omitte4, but time was too

abort to do jUitiat "" aU tho OXbIblll In the abaen..
of the PrM1dout (Ilr, 8_eld). K\-, OlQlond. "00'
prooident, tIWikod. the host: aDd hoot.. tor their !Unto
tion and hoopltalily.,

AND BUD.DINOS COMMITTE!>
Aldermen Bnnn. J""keon. Coup.
AI'lwrllglll' • .Cilll1<1S. Farrer. Olbbon~, H"!fll
N _bery. Spo.r"". •. .1

---

THE FATAL LORRY AOCIDENT
The adjoum-w.uoot ('()nC<lrn\ng tho d..th 01 Emily

Me~th8r.

71. who cllitd ftom mjuries 1111BYE LAWB CO:Â¥MITTEE
g Docked dow1l by .. motor lony
belonging to ~ H and G SiDlondl. lD th. B.th·
." an. Ie.
Brmn. Child,
Dld:.J.
Id
road ..... formally _od by tho Deputy Coro ••r (Mr
.Allwnght
E
Howell, Newbery Sparks
F W MirtIis). on Monday mornla~ allbo Guardianl'
OF
TWO
ClTlES,"
ROOlO It ~ .ted th&t Mro Biddl.. daughter of
tho d.-.edJ who .... &Iso knooItod down at the tim.
CAITLE MARKET OOMMIITEE
,
Ma.yor. A1denncm Bnnn, Cox 1.14"'11', Ooun
w.. ptill nuabl&. to loaT. the RofaIllorb HospItal
whore 'he II datilood th.ou&h tho fujuriM lUltalned! In
One of
forma of enter1aill.ment of
A1lwr1iht. Butler, EIghteen Monng W .tts.
the aooident I Tha »epuly Coroner thero1ore dec\dod
the present day ,. Undoubtedly mO'VUlII' p/<oto P'C
~ lurther ad,jOllrD t:be lDqucot lor & month
SMALL ROLDlt; OS AND ALLOTMENTS
tore playa. onh&noed b:r 4ohgl'tfnl mlllllll onoh ..
COMMITTEE
P,q.A«!! TBEATRI!I
may M ""loyod al the Vande.rne Eleetrio Theatr.
The ltomo eomprilhog the proan.mme for the PoJ... eYtJr1 afternoon and e..nlng. prool ' of whieh 10
Aldermen
Drvland. Yaoon. Coun
Theatre nan week are lach that'th& many patrona will.
1. l?arrer Maker Mor
find. aa W1ua11 • real flmt-claaa eDtertainment baa ..gam eYldenoed by tho £"p1,1lanty o~ thia .. "'o~e of pie- i:~or"'T~E~n;
,.
n"oa',n. Rudland L G
bee-.:rpro'rid8d<for thma. A. oomed,. .kit "Ilia WedH
:Among the great attraotionl!l of the mOVUlg
Mr R T Dar
dmg Mom." to M perf!mnod by Daro Austin & Co • ,. p1otwe. world .. the penodioal porIroyal of worD of
WhItley. M:r
on. of the 01l0CfJ<l , ..\moo lor the ....k. '"' &Iso TOlD
Payne aud ?-en. HilliaId Itl _tineal abt. and. Imper famoUi &utholl, past atad pruent, and next week
oonationL Among thO other Item. .... Jaok Husb ... tho patton. of the Vaudeville Th.a\r&. ue \I> ha..
OEMETERY COMMI'lTEE
baritone YOda\fIt. Sto.... Broth.... equillbriola Rell tho pleaOure of .....rlng a wOllderful PlOtU"W'tion 01
Ma.l'or. Aldermen Bnnl' Dryland Co-.m
and Butt. npnl comedy couple DoriI MILJ, comedl
Charles Diokon.· unmortc>l ...or)< of the French
Fielding Clark•• E P Colher. !>orm· , .
enne &Dd dan~, 16 fetJt.e, mUllcal mstrumentalist
DUd EI• ." HodIN (late of HodIN BI'O<I lUld Jaooboon) Ro.,olntion. ""- Tale of Twp Cl~" In ...hioh J~kson, Morley. Turner. Wt.tt.
tn Jatest 1500r hits.
I
Willlun Farnum will sppear ID tb. <I.w rol.. 01
FINANOE AND GENERAL PURPOSES
"'"--8idn!'1 C&rlton and Ch.rI..
TIIlo tIIatrnuj·
CO:MMITTEE
umea- throogh

.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~~

Pretty addre...d to Mr
Officer of tM Food Con

term. -

BOROUOH EX~ENffiON- CO~TTEE
Mayor, ' Mdermen Bnnn. Chlve", DrvJand,
Ma.rtin. Maoon. Parfitt;. Councllloro E P
W E Collier, Dormer, HoW'ell, Jackson,
Newbory. Nom •• Try., Turner , '"Ialt.ers
PARLIAMENTARY COÂ¥MJTTEE
Th.
Brmn. Buill Co,!, Dry
COunCI Ion Egglll

A La.dles' Committee tor promotmg the !1lpport
of the Royal Berkahue Hosplb.l haa recently

so senously restricted for 1m

'Mr"

R.A.C'~.I

~

Ra.mbow of(meJpber
o( the
~~~;::bt~~[f=~~: (member
tbe Board
of

E !If Sutton. L 0 Sutton

MANOF FARM COMMITTEE
Th. Mayor ,A1~ermen BrlDn F,eld M.rtln, Par
CounCIllors Abram W E Collier. E;gllte.n
Sutton

EFFORTS FOR '
SU.PPLIES DEPOT.

3r~ November. 1917
Dr:vland, Ha.lam E'q
WIIl\ HospItals SupplIe. Depot.
Reading
De;u: Sir - I ~ ..ve ple ....ure. on behalf of the
I!xeel\lIve CommIttee and members of the ttead
ing AthletiC Clup, In forwardmg you cheque for
£50 (fiftv ~undt) .s , donatIon to your fund,
TJ!e whole of the 'Proceeds weI1 derIved from our
..,emng .port! 8t thermgS held In June July and

I

:l\bycn

""roSlll

Alderman

Dryla.nd,

ConncilloffJ

SparD. Tyuelf. Webb. the Head Con
F W AYl"!'" Mr A C Jordan. Mr J
Mu,lIocll •. Mr E Tolbot, Mr J Roo4. Mr C
H. Spurgeon
.
'1
R ETAIL COAL PRIQES Cow.nITEE
A1~11Pw. prvlan~. Co~9'\!E..E
E C!Iolliolt. Quelt1>. ~ ~Jnall
HOUSING AND 'JPWN PLANNINO
COMMITTEE

E

C

Powell

Representatives for West

hurst are to be arran ed for

Any ladv wIllmg

to gl've her 8eI'Vlces In any Wa.rd 18 asked to com
mUDlcate With Captain Ashmore. Royal :&rkshrro
Ho,pltal. Readwg

In pubhshing tIt.e. lol

W. as a body

are glad to

8uch as'sl, ta.n ce on behalf of a worthy
which
much good work 1D the
crlS1S we are passtn~ througb

lSldOlhg

Yoar. faIthfully.
JAB E BEASLEY•
Hon Sec
5th November. 1917

i

re v do not know how ad"qu.ately II
thank' .. t",a,uror. or
Coin fort. CommIttee
IR eadmg AthletIC

COAL SUPPLIES COMMITIEE

systematic

Kate.grove Catle lIatJle Church .MID.ter TIle-

We ha.ve mucH
lowmg correspondence
.l

for
Alderman FIeld, CounCllloli .Abram
F arrer (chairman of the Board of

B.

••

August last, a. detaIled statement II submitted

NATIONAL WAR SA.VtNGS'
COMMITTEE.
•

other IB.cites t o p elp her t o condllct

•
that thll wast.e of lahonr IlJld ClUlvas on the !the. suggested
The fol1owlDg represent.attve. have !l0 fa.r been
P~'b~,,l'd':;'~~i~er.~" hould be perpetrated arranged - Ea.st ~n Snr)eant f Vlctorla 'Mrs
E Reela.s Redla.nd;s M 1U Maunce. Ca.versbam

~leasnre

['be

I

.ofUa'pplication for .ngar regl.tra been formed Wlth tho Mayo", .. as chatrman A
and '1'nt to you has
.. reque8t that I would specIal meetwg of tlje CommIttee w.. held lD tho
LIbrary of the Hosplt a.1 on Tuesday to meet the
the engaged
remark that
myoccu
'p newly a.ppointed honorary trea.surer, Dr H
W&8
In any
n
In thiS re.spect
Followmg Wfllmgbam aell
desenbed my 'rife as • mar
Th. Tr ... urer explamed that he was mo.t
~~~,ff;i~:rat;:y ••""med that" mar anxIous that tho CommIttee should as .oon ...
Lried "w,)m.\n·. 0
I. that 01 looking alter
start therr I campaign
I:Je asked. them
~:~~2~~t;!df~~~~';~~~ "toldrega.rded
th.t throughout
the '~:i~; to qoncentrnte their attentlOn on In
.. adequate
the amount of regular a.n.nua.1 .5t1pport
w hlcll I ha.ve now stated c
them t~at. to beglll WIth t hey fibould
.••III-\DI'p~'led .dul~ie. that my WIfe. In
women I. petionnlng attack the w.1I to db ...sidenbal sectIOn 01 tho '"
and our Allie. I a.m Borough He w .. told there 'I\'\l1"e .om~ 3.000 to
contradlstmctlon to other 4 000 prlva.te reSIdences but of thea~ he found
It wa.
have had their anpl,catlOns tbat only 190 were I annual ,up,cnbe"
reaaons of 110 SIm ilar charac a.rranged to ~ol1ow the d1VlSlon of l.he MUnlClpoj
IS nothmg . hart of 0. pnbhc Wa.rds a.nd to appomt a lady representatIve lor
1S 110 I!carce and valuable &nd each Ward. each ladV to obtam the oerV1el!. of

HOSPITAJ~

01 the great ..t artillery of modem tIme ••
the other has t o fight With the aid of only
weaplm,~'r,me
That IS an old fashIoned sup
although sure m the end IS 80 slow
that It t;u:es the pa.tlence of not a (eW'
b a.'\""e noth ng else to fight WIth It. IS~ ~st
m an s endura nce thiLt he uses t hi S force " ell
succes'lfully 'lIme IS al,,:aJs on the I!lIde 'Of
but moral courage C&llnot always
upon a ~ atlOncd loan or an ... other @Imllar
to 'tIl Pll0rt. It ID Its warfare Therefore m
lien se thJ~ Citizen w ho IS prepared to fi ght WIth
as hiS onl) aJlv IS a. h ero a.nd because of hll
obscun tv perchance should not be overlooked
struggle t h It. IS gomg on at. home as well

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Root. (hpn
and M;C ) opened
The winnerI' I were -LadieA
178, 2, Ml... .F.. Ware. 171 ,
noyolty I!nzII. Mn Ollmon:.
'Eyote.~ ':;~"' ~!"y:'r;O'\.: GoCtfemen 1. Mr A C
A Pri~ 175" ,3. !lfr T
. ~~:."~~:;;~H !leather. my.tory.
t<
Vah ~ P.rro very

rtferred to m the preceding not.o alao
ummportance of rome people when
Hm •• ;••• they have a fit of earn~tneu
It 1.
rule to mmd your own bu sme~ exoept
are co nfident you can go out of ,our
do It for the gooa of the general com
Dut to Interfere m love aJfaLnJ, aI5 wa.s
t o In the Court on Wednesda.y 1S th8

You never know what you 41'6 up
When It comes to lovers quarrels
ohn ous to anybody of ordma.ry mt.e Lh
that. they have a way o f ad]ustmg them
Without the mter(erence o( penonl ~ who
they arO' fn ends
Love runl a dev lOUI

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But It IS alw.y> un.at,.l""tory and
h ighly dIWgerou. to play the po.rt

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"""alGLml held at til.
"'~c!l~r~~1
WednesdAy evenmg ., 'Jhe lt ev

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tbat household dutieS are performed
tbo)
descube a. f state rather thsn an U occupn
tlOU. and 'in these da.ys when so large (1.
proportion of 'wIves
and
married he worked up 0 tho ptffitlOn of ~e,geant n"Jor III
hIli old R egiment In
hlCh he lillbsequcnth had
women ' m Readmg are followmg a defintt.e
calhng-many bcc!tll!Q they needs m ust- t heJ hanour of obtamm a. ~mmIS$lon. as.. a.lready
such tenos mearns much or httle accordmg mentIOn ed The S) mP4Lthy of ronny reSidents u\
a.ccQrdlDg' to ea.chl indiVidual C&!8-and a.llR IIl R ea.dlIJ :{ and the dl ~tTlct will go out t.o MI'1I
ames H afila m In t.he 1988 ~he bu iiultalned by tbe
It IS not my duty to .....ume " aqybody 8 Jdeath
of her hu sband' i and e'leryb"Ody who had
bU'lDes,
of the nchvlty of 'the decesRed officer
But• • urelv Mr Pretty ought to know that f knowledge
Will m ourn wlth h er that 80 good Ao soldier and !O
In .Reading It Ie genemllv assumed that a maJTl ed
a Clt.Izen should be cut down In the l)lIme
,",oman 8 OCcupatIOn uJ th&t of looking aJter her respected
of a. successful careCl One of hiS bratlier oflk..erft
liol,sehold
then ~neraJ. a-ssumptlOn is wrong
wTltes - HIS loss IS a great blow t.o the na.t
Fortunately Re.dm~. 10.. not assuni. thIS for
H e w as n oted for hiS kmdness to all hoth
thous n.nd8 o~ lts mbab lta.nts kn ow from experience tahon
before and after he took hIS commISSIOn
~[r
t'ha.t f ma.m~ women h ave to leave thelr houses
H Mlam wa.q Ju st one of the best men and WI
m order to ~upplement their husbands· wn.ges
a.lwa.y s h ad a great adnllratlon for hlm "
&m drIven to the eonoluslon that ¥r Pretty eIther
wrote facetlOllllv or knows nothmg of the general
I
JJfe or 15 0 many hc!usehoTden In the town to which
he hves and wliose deetmy he largely con trollr
I could JPve &UffiClent. exa.mple. of the da nR'ln's
of assu mptions t.o flB rour columns Let one suffice
The mormng Mr Pr~ttv. letter aITlved a person
who wu d esonbed as & man-led woman brought
bat!!< her form for cprrectlon
She had seven
children of 8chool EliJ"e a.nd therefore m Mr
Prettv s words her OCCupatIon mi ght J{enemlly
We deeply regret to rcoord the death of Mr
havo been assumed to be that of lookmg .fter
her hous:ehold' But mquu-y ehclted the f:1ot th nt John JamclJ J a.wrenca at h iS rermlence 90 P ell
she WS-8 en~a.~ed as a.!labourer nt the factory With street Reading on Sunda\! at the a.ge 01 70
whloh Mr Pretty IS qonnected
yea.rs Fdr sorile years Mr L n,wrence l!5uffered
II There were slmplv hundreds of ca.se$ III wblch a.
mamed w oman
turned out to bo a labourer from asthma and thIS lollowed by an att,ck of
lady gardener. milk mat d secreta.r:v clerk mum pleur ISY caused the end Mr J.Jfiwrenc6 was a
tion w~rker. grocer s Ia-""tant Iand 60 on and m well kuown figure In the town h.... lng been Ve'try
aU these ca.,CJOO Mr / Prettv s assumptIOn would Clerk ot St GI les for no,nlj 40 years bemg a p
pave reaulttld In a. to a.Uy false return. bemg made pOInted 1D the time of ihe vl clarlate of the late
and then when tho Iquantltles of food stuffs re
Bourke PreVIOUS t o takmg up t.he dutir s
qurrecl for n.e.adln.g ~ame to be calcula.ted would Canon
thl8 post he was a teacher 10 the Sunday
have further refmlted jIn the town jlettmg 10s8 than of
School :lond was emplo}cd at IHunMey and Pa l
the share to whIch I~ IS ]Ilstly entitled I do not mers Mr La.w¥ce w \ 5 deepl~ lOt.erested In all
know wh.t~er tb. J'ble .da!(O that those whq that. concerned the welfare of )the 'parIsh
HIS
work I\ot neither sha I they eat Will come t o 1)n.'!sl gcmal na.ture and lo\ eable dl p'positlOn endea red
but It IS "en known that the ~onsumptlon of cer him to everyone an d be WIll lb e grea.th mi ssed
tD.1n food stuff va.ne and therefore In the event n ot only In the parIsh but bv n Wide c rc1e of
of general r atlOnmg l ls ltkelv to be apportioned frIend s 'Iho vicar and c hurchwarden~ Wlll h3\: 6
:\.Ceordmg to the OCC:npa.tI on fonowed In the area. Bpecll1l r eason t o m ourn hIS l ~ss He lea.ves a.
Perha.ps rntlQnJng Will not come-I hope nOf:.-b~' WIdow and two sons The funernl takes place ....
If It does the Food Control Committee Will be abl
d.y (Saturday) the first !part 01 the somee belDg
..to . t ate the reqlllred quantI Lies Instantly and
at St Giles Church at 3 0 clock
back.; un <Its oomn.nos with fa.ch, not II general
G.Ullmphon~ ,
I
t
A~ re2a.rds the I'Itflns taken in other tnwna I A..m
not concerned W'lth them my Nspan!! bIhtlCS b emg
I
for tho BoroujI'h of ~eadmg alone but In case tho
YEAR~'
above explanation
not ref!~rded ag adequate I
'i
JMv perhaus add ~"t I took the OPlmon of the
J,Jfnlstry of F ood ,*,Iore. retumln" tho lonn, lor
correctlOn It 18 tfuB that I d Id not U!58 what.
15 sOmp.tlMes
cn.IJed
du;crctlOn - otherwise I
•
mI ght ha.ve ell'cl\ped MT Pretty s WTath- 1lUt thIS
!
for two "'.. on. F'l"t.t was not mv bu, ,,, ••• to
INTERESTING PRESENTATION
a18Ume
R.nvbod'vj'e occupation and secondJv
.. . mgar ratlOmn~ Ii te> be on a flat rate for botli
AT READING.
mlstresa and cha.rwopmn I sa.w no lustlflr.a.tIOn (or
forms for ~rre etlon on a les." WIde baSIS
stom9chs nnd the only d fference SO far
lIB I kn ow " that the ch.nvom,n dom~ harde r
Aft« 52 years In the ~mploy 01 the a.~a'
manuru work nnrtl'lD ly "equlre8 more food When Wcst.eTIl Ra ilwa.y Compa.ny 41 of whICh have bee n
lt comes tn T'atlOntng thus seems the only distmc spent at Newbury ns a Signa) hnema.n "lr F

P . rfitt. Ph,lbrICk
and 2. 6d to 1 ~~~~i:;~;AiI~l~b,~FJ
d!1':f:~~ti~~
proIlllBOd to I,
.'","'mo Clark
•• Colebrook.
oj
of hOUR, etc,
Gibbon! Maker,
lDto operatJon
Sparks.
attar the ce~tion ·of
":'~~~;;;".:i~dotWlththethe different
TRAMWAYS 001>1MITTEE
~,
General
tlOn
Aldermen Brmn. Bull
nego~latiima ha..e been
If
of tbe omp~yee. of ..ve!ial loeol

the cia tk of anonyTmty n et'er stops to con
P en and mk are very dangerous m the

on betng pressed, she t hought It would have
better ij she h&d not mt..erfered. although
t o make It. clear abe did It Wit) good-

Sntton. Tyrrell.

PRESEN

the bod, the btler aims at and fre

of loll v and IS lI,bl. to end In dtr.
On her own a.dmiS810ll a party ,to a
~ .• uml nl<)ns for aSl!5ault was candid enough to

Dormer, Frame,

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LIBRARIES COM1nTTEE
AlderlDen Cox Hayward. Coun
Fleldmg Clarke. Farrer Moring

pen.need fn o+,nID g DlI\t.ri&l. for the manuf..tur.

PlOtcstcd, and attested
"It n e <::~ s 'tb1l.t anon, mous letters had been
to a. lone h (;; oldlCI about certaLn love affairs
and 10\ cr III this ca e) \\ e can onlv h ope
fu tu re thl're mIght be a. stllcter censorship
\\ hleb rench our tightmg men at, the
<ln om mous let ter writer when he or
t o stir lip trouble IS n our Judgment
on a. par with a delIbera t e pOisoner but
't"ar"e Th IS m ,l\ appear an exaggerated
but It "til be apprecla t-ed bv aU right
persons wh en It 15 rcmem~red t baL
f' or 1 cr seeks and oftcn succeeds 10 de
admIt.t ed

OoUlerJ

LICENSINO COMMITTEE
Aldermen Dryland. FIeld. Jackson.
CO)llClllors Ahram Colebrook
W E Collier. Dormer. Fr&nje
Sutton. L G Sutton Tyn;on

.t.oroo.

thmg and (as long expertence has tnught
me) least of aU a~y person II occnpatlOn
~ -The f.ema U ma.rrie d woma.n
WI£B o f
etc tl10up Bufficiently good descnpttons for
legal docnments tlo not necessaril y Imply

CounCil waa hsld. a con

merely of formahty The mual oomph
speeohea were made, and :M:r I F A 8a.r
duty declared elected to the pOlSltlEn of

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aidon,bl. number of ..tbe publIc being a.dulltted by
R F C SERGEANfS SOCIAI;,
on tl1l8 occaslon
!
Th. Serge""to' Me .. of the R F 0 , Readmg
firlt busmeu to be tranaa.cted was the elec-orgM lsed ~ 'u.cce"ful 100,.1 evenmg 111 tjle hall of
Mayor, a.nd all had been announced l!Iome
Um",,"ty Oopeg~ on Saturday evenmg: AmODg
three weeks .go that. the Oonnell had de
those present were Commandant Lle\lt Col St •
Domb •• le Cij,el In.peotor M' Jor Campbell and
to ask Mr F -\ SarJeant to accept tho
Re
Major Reo, (~ehool of Military Tralnmg)
of Ohlef MagIstrate &galD. the re-electlOn

menced bU811le88 for hlbse1f In Readmg as p.Jl
He W8.8 a. ,keen football and hockey
player rowed tWice at H en loy Regatta. (or the
Rcu.dmg Rowmg Club and also cap lamed the
Church Lads BrIgade ~t Cavcrshnm He marl led
111 August 1907 MISS Florence Ma.y Browle \I, ho
S~l~S him but thcre~8re no chtldren. A notIce
of h iS apPomt~t u.s leuten ant appeared In the
London Gilzet
a. fe w days ago a.nd dalcs
bl\Ck to ijovem c.r 19 6
'Ilie decCR!:!ea. WtlS a
keen 80ldl cr an took the grc~tc8t 'lntierest In hIS
mlhta.n dutIes: a.s lS e~J(lcnced by the fact that

archltel!t

8IdlD~ III the household had to h •• tated
2 -It was not my busmess to assume an}

... I,un,ed to tbe L.rg. Town Hall.
meetmg of

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I -Ihe precise oucupatlon of each per!on rc

Ca.non Fowler. the
come· After th~ serVIce

enlightenm.nt on the ,uhJect But tho ... Coley
boy" eannot bj, eo ve'1 bad wben tbetr excell.nt
i<Choolm.. ter ~iand. up lor th.m .. h. dId m tho
Juvemle Oourtf' on Wednesd3.Y Tp our mmd that
IS .omettimg IikJ> a BCboolm .. ter
Th. boy. ougbt fre.!!hmcnb were served and an entertJ'lDmg mUSIcal
to be. proud of lhlm becaUMI he kn ows when~ w here programme canled out •
and how to put. 1n a word for them
Whi le Ren.d.
FUNERh OF THE LATE MR 0 B
lUg h.. . uob I .ehoolma.ters we beltev. on. CIUI
STAPL"EY
h a.ve fa.tth 11\ onr boys. even at Coley
The funera.l of the late Pt.e Gorda.n Leonnrd
Stapley of thf. Royal B.rk, R.gt . 1,o~ of Mr W
J Stapley ~ose dea.tb occurred la.et week 10 a
military hos.pl al a.t LIT6Tp00l toolr. place on Mon
day the m ment being made m the family

1 he GIf1 fro m FIJ..!l 0

expelciClloe.

D eceased who WIlJl.
teery-d for actIve serVI<j6 in1ine dill~ly
9 u~.1 a.nd he haa been qn
Oct?ber 26th 1914 It. wa.s od'ld8:ted

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h ut such ma.rktha.n shlp IS worthy of a bcttu target
and we h ope tt,he Scoutl or s ome Ilmllar move
ment Win loon cl&lm theae bo18 for their own
VISIT OF MARiE lLI.MlIOURG
1 here must be 180meth mg 1n the Rea.(Img aIr whloh
After an &be~D oe of nearly ten yean, MNSl'I narnel
incItes boys to such conduct, or are ..bey no worse and AV18, of D ~ke atrec.t ~ro IIoUllngoo for" VlIlt 01
tb.n we w..... /'I'y fif~y YOllrs ago 1 That II a qu e. Mark HLLmbourg to Iteu.dmg lhis RWllan mnster
tlOn which many boyR now of olde.r growth WI 1 plaUlst IS to ~I\e tI. I&C1t.\ on lSaturda..1,_afteruoon,
November Zfth 1n the 'I~,vn HAll n fatlY &pplica. ..
never d15CU8S lmpartially For our part we should tian
for tickst.a hould be made
lIk e to have & confe~nce on thl& subject m which

815 pm

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I~beilltl.~wu Qbl!erved :~~~~:~~~I~!~:~~j ,u'n,:.",'""

lbe darkn.., 01 the streeto they make a torget of
pubhc lr.mpi It II of courae a le.nous offence..

neToll1tioll
Sh'.w iin~ :J'w<co Dally only at 2 4S aDd

Next.

tflte

Njews. haa been re':e11'.4
Lle~t H ..lam of
Regt ). w .. klllecl, m

door fOt' Ct'ltlC11ID They mu ~t
&DIns. them ..lre. and .. if determined to IncreaBo

im,~ o l' l <ll work of the French

Thllrsd~y

the.~ aeek their pleuul'eA m a

whlch opens

1 d IC:ltIOIl"\ Film ft ,d HII'tory Phato~
n lw' tur snt on ot CharI ... DiehuI'

follo w ng- Two d ll 1 II

Now It II certal

Coley COUllcII
001 boy" who .ngase our atto",
tlOn D.prlve~ 'If ij>m re~tlon ground they
are drivcq., to the streets for recrea.tlOn and aa 18

.. The Heart of a Doll,!'

On

• by tb .....y. we hope have ere no

lcflecud "upon theIr coo.duot

I

" not&ble and eY4\Il b~:~n~i:;=b:
life
War time ha. not
proceedings of thelr CIVlC

Lasto week "~a.d to say sometblng about cave;

On A/onda), 'N~xl. Nov I:lt/J,I

w..

Th. cheque for
will be inv'aluable

FUNERAL OFI MR. "E. E. FOSTER.
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At Clewer Churep on Monday took place the
funeral of Mr Edward :penson Fostet who was a
J P for B erks for fifty seven years and chwrman
of Wmdsor diVlsIOn of magistrat.e!!l lor thlrty four
years The service w a s conducted bv the Rect-or
of Clewer a SSisted bv the Rev G Budlbent The
mourners mc1uded Major Edwa.rd B G F oster
and Ma]or Thomas D Foster Tank Corps (SOOl5)
the MarqUiS nnd MaTfhlOness of Downshrre (son
In law aDd da.ughtcr) MISS Ruth Boster: ..( da.u~hter)
SIr Walter J Grovc Bart and l\ir Lion el Fox
Pitt
Many magistrates and oth&r represent"'"
bves of the County authOrities b.lso a.ttedec.
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ralthfully,

DBTLAND 145UK, Jt1N

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For" Nata!..1 LoQIrlnstu AIITIFlOIAlt ~H
• P.rfooll,. Fittod~': ..mt1>rt, .~II. ad NaI...
lo.,lraotion. _ " \GEO 0. ~, ~.~
B_1 (BYU PIllIIT BU...). }> ' ~.
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