Reading Observer 11-1917

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OVERLADEN

AYS.

ALLEGED ASSAULT

CONDJJCTOR.

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A LIEUTENANT'S RE~ENTMENT.
MAGISTRATF;

ADVISE~ PATlEN~E.
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At the Readin.s Borough lll ch on Wedne.day,
belor.. Mr. E. P Oolher (m the chair) .&lId ob...r
lll n.gIStra.t~s, E PhllhplI, tr"-:...J conductor of 14
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, '
nl cnhelm-ga"-",Di,
wae !ummoCLltd, for' MUU lt~
nn Noveplhor 14th Regln&l~. R.. Qamb&m, &

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I lcutenant of No 1 War ,R os,It&l, Reading
Complaml>l1t aoked for &1\ ~djol1I11ment on t~
,l;'round that. all hiS wltne!8eS WCf'e uo¥le to "t.

t" 'ld thet d.y.
>Ir A F Clark (from the Town Clerk'. Ofllce)
" ho delended, ob~cted to .., ~Iournment •• com:
11 1~lnant had had ample tlDle ~o prepa.re hiS CMO,
nd tho defence were prepared Wlth ,11 their Wltno.ssee

il!.

Ih~ ~mpI.'ined

tion re.erved qu ..t~on.s 01
terests. The treaty of NoveDoljer,1

not th>nk
push
01 w.. glv.n
in the cour.. of ' the oonc\.ucti;r'1 dutr In movmg
down the car, .nd bealde. thore
plenty of
room for hIm to get by. ' •
A young woman named Apps. r ealdmg at

,\a.

all

The Bench refused to adjourn the case a.nd the B ODour Oak Park. ILondon. IIlld sbe only saw de·
h ... a.nng waa proceeded With.
fenda.nt push compl&lnant on~ U he 'Was movmg
AND AMERICA.
'
Cotnplrunant SQ.ld on November 14th, about 615 along the citr to collect fares
I'e and h IS WIfe entered a. C8l' at the Post Office
The Chcnnnnn Bfld the . only questIon was
t') travel to the hospItal In Oxford-road
Defend. whether tile conductor wb provocative And un," It was the conductor of tho car They had to reasonable on !>.i. return P~"~!"'down the car
BY THE MASTER OF BALLIOL.
Defend ant, sworn, stated that when he reached
st:tnd. as It was full A few moments aiterwp.rd8
jh~ cond uctor shouted "All fn.res pleaae,H land complainant 10 the car he \vas 10 COnV8Hatlon and
moved up the car He wal5 workmg hia way ,~n did not trouble q.botlt 'any f tu;ell , a,pd Wlwees hav
tbe left of tho.o .tandlDg, toJ\ing tho f....,
'He 109 Laken other fana. BBld: 1,6.. If Y9U do~t mmd,
W3S " good attend.nce on Wednesday at
Defendll.Ilt did ' not seetn t o take any
UX1,.i'rsity Coll.ge Hall. when the Ma.ter 01
took the fares from 'WItness Fd his Wife, pu!h- please. IJ
1
mg witness lL8 he moved alopsc Witneas'l wJie notice And then he .aid: '4 ~If you c\on t mind,
to the W B A on "Tho luture
was ata.ndmg 1n front o f hlm !\lid he pu, hed by pleaae, I want tp come by " ComplatnQ.Dt'~ lnfe ~~~~.~1~ .between ourselves and America" The
IIII- W. F Splk.. , B A., took the
bel whIle making h,. w.y up the car, at the 8IIme luud: 1, I cannot move I I WltneBl said. "But C
tune slJ.ymg .• MOT"6 nght. , up the C4.l" " WIth no you ",111 ha.ve to movp;" She said . UNo I can·
on heb,nlf 01 the. Iru!:mbers, of congrat.u-

pot and pan in the
proclaims Ithat, as far
is gone for ~vet.
from the ule -of

rejoice.
Tlieworlt.

Woodworlr. elc.

" pl"Â¥""

rinkJ,er-Top

aftc, ward.

wile tephed .

HII

"I

cannot" De fendant. Mid.
:You Wlll have to
HIS Wife rephed
11 I
cannot movo "
DefencLuft
saId ,. If you don't 1'J1 pU8h you " Hus 'WIfe theb
l'('pJted
,j You are .. gentlh!inan, atW't you!"
Dcfendant •cont.Ulued hI S way up the car and relumed along the other "de taking the I .... as he

CHANDLERS. ETC.

j'

Caniatera.

not," but wltne.~ pUlhee\. paat. ,Commg bock on

the rIght Complf1.111aot ~ otned to ~tand In the way
for the purpose. TheTe was no (roam for witness
to get by and defendant dfd not ¥Slst hlm Witness started wotkmg hi !! WfIJ p~ t him W Itneas
bod ,to puah about to ,get. by. but he did .oat do
more than w .. necessary to get' p ..t '"tne ..

Cllles .

And, 8Boondly,

the world, together WIth
BritIsh Empire, were backed
navy of the world and the
1K0urces of the USA, wltb
third or even a. fourth

santy I wQ.g mg ,var'•• "t:~h~;e:m'~~D~~:j:~~~
such an enonnous e
~ ton dem&ud, as would
of preventmg any 'natlOn
from causmg D. rupture of

Th. Master 01 Balhol wa.

thanked lor

hiS lecture, ~ hlCh wa.s greatly nppreclnted.
The Seci-eta.ry announced that the next lecture
would be Iglven at the 'Vorkeb.' 1 Ball, Ridley's
Bridge, when Dr Marlon Phtll ps would address

Th.atl,her. Employ.
texlde ~ir,g

The ChA..lrolt\n moved

hiS reSJg-

1;,,:~~;~~lj:

of the

to legl\rd It
the Association on " Some AS~~ftj of Reconstruc- re$lgpallon aJ'ld asked the C
as
SIX months' notICe m
He 8p~e
U
tlOn
~ \I
fe elIngly of the 40 \ears' se"Vlce
Tbatctit,r
PresIdent 1!oV A Rowe) on h13 re~t
h.d tendered to tb. t~ wn
work
ah:ii~1~'~~, ns a Jt. stlCle dl- the P ence In em·
Mu!s Sutton seconded,
haVing
i I
P
lmport nnce. Of the lIubject of the lec·
been supported bJ Ml
Bcs-tldcn.
IJha>rmo.n qu oted Dr Page, tbe American
'Hl.S earned unammousl)
A'DbilS,~d,or, u follows .. ,Not 10 ~ spmt of pride
l'lPIr lt of solem n obhgatlOo " e ma.v as :we~l
COMMlTN_\ L JrT-rr"",c"i.
recogni,e that upon tho Enghsh .peBltlng
In reply to Mr Webb,

In

·ROY AL C UNTY THEATRE.

1 . INSID;-;:~Lol"r.~

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dId not deliberately mtend to ....nlt him by
depends the sa fety of the 'Viorld JI
•
tlOn hn.d been duly
elbowing hun. His ann \ v&! in G positlOn for tak
Aut holl tles to open
"ho was mtroduccd to the mem
m.g tickets Be dId Dot say~ ... . "If y~u wunt. any
one who had an ' mtlmat.e knowledge of
chen~ , and a r eply was bemg
from hea.dact.I'ltI6lS, prefaced h IS &ddress , by a.
more get outelde, " but he dId say " If rou don 't
the atago n.t tho q uarters Th e Dn, slOnal Fooq Co ~t[o l1 el IS ma.kqu o".t'o'n from a. llpeech of trc Am cflcnn
week, commeu c.- mg p.nqumcs mto the matte l t
outsIde " W ltneaa rephed . I.. Very well." De- move you Wlll h n..ye to iit oiit8\de· "
Orou-examlneq by compllllDllDt,
defendant Axnb..~~.Ild,o r. who said t hllt he hoped t o devote the
01\ W C:\UOflIcndan.t a.1ao sud. •• I Will have your name before
MR E J AKPRElws. p
be a very
you get off the ea.r" Witness then proceeded to denied he told '!.In Garnham tbat If 'he did not relnamfler of hiS lif e to the grcat est of all Ca!!1'!II.-H611;;u~11~',~~~~I~i.~c~:~.. It IS
the fint vi SIt
The Ch~l1rnan,
behalf of.tbe' omnuttee and
move
he
"'ould
pu.
h
her
'
,
.
tl k. the name. and .ddre .... of wltn...ea h,m ..lf.
of England nnd Amencn. Of
TI
th~~ succesduillew Auglo-AmerlCtm SPl the t eachmg pl o{EsslOn gencrb lh , congra tulated
Mn Elena M .y. ~ lchol .., .o:tford road, ","f. 01 im lPOT·tjult effects which th e }Jle:seDt wat was
Gross-exammed by Mr Clark
Be ~oomp1aJl\the Llllell. 11 by Ewl pen Biggers, direct Mr Andrews c n hI S re~ent <1PpOI tru en t as n.
ant) I, compl&lne.d of d~ fendant's Illegal cOnduct m " mwber 01 tbo A S C. calltd for the delen"",
(said the lecturer) no resu't
the Aljollo l'h euhe, LouuolI, w h CI"8 the ple~e 15 Justlea of the Peace fur p .e llo;-o,lg:h
corroborated d<'"fcnd:mtts atntement. 4.nd &a·d com·
fipe<}kmg to hun and hiS ~ife In the way be dId
fmporta.nt thnn t~') closel union b~t" een dOlug ~uch lUlghty UWUIltl.SS 85 to be the only 'l'bC!lltre III
Mr Basedcn, on babaJ~ o f I ~ c t.e~C" l::.mS" profes
I suppose if he had !aid II rplea.se ' I we Mouln Dot pl.m. nt hmdercd the conductor, ... lio dId not use J>llgw''1Q
Amencil. "'· ha.t hope WIl3 iucie for >town thc. t call e.shlb t " bou!o
" notices at each ",on. aclmowledged the bncUl th&t had thu s
_
hl\ . been troublod wltb ~hls ca .. 1-1 Just men- more folce t4an n eC6s1'P'Y
the fqture ? InternatlOn3.1 law had
I
been conferre d on cne
mcmbbrs
lie de
t lOnod that hy the wJ.y
Croes·exrunmed
W )tnsas . aAld comulainant
had It fUlled? One serious defect "'as
Sired a.lso to congrnt.ulate i \ft L ,J-: Quclch on a
InternatIOna.l law bod no !nnc.
Ho," mant people got on at t he Po.b omeo!- caused ali i t ho ,rouble hlm"llf by puttmg on un
slmJlar honour, as they ~ll knew h w much ·M,_
atl.aolled to It, that IS, for un mfnn"emcnt
The ca.r was full a nd there was no more room to n~eesar:r aua He ab&O] utely re!\,Jled to move
Quelch had t he caus:! of tr,e du ldJ;"en at he.lrt
shnd
Mr Cl.,.k!lald he had' other wltne ....
Ja.w th ere wns no IDlD1Cdi:l-te and
The Ohc.lrman co ucurr~d In th~se sentiDH:nts.
Tho
Ch&lnnan
lDt~
..
ted
'thot
ho
di.,d
not
thJnk
"ha.t dld you do when you got Ul !- I I!t.ood m
How could we ensu re IJ. penolt \,
The !ollowm g 1 eports fero pUEse _
tho Bench need hear any further, eVidence They
oper:ltll'"c. certam to act and I t~
as far .. the centre as I could get.
J
SCHOOL ACCO"ElWDAT ON
I underatnnd the conductor asked .. AU fane t dluDJlIsed the case It WM very un fortuna.te th ese
Unless SlUlctlOI}S were attached
A
let
ter
was re,ld h~ Chlll cb.-r.tl eet A dult
pl!Me, move up the car' " That I take It ""'Was In enrs should he crowded In t he w.y they are and
la,v, \vorld pea.ce beca.me dt eamy
Scqool,. ca thn) att~ntlon 0 the urSllcy of prond(:coraance WIt h thmgs
You don't complam wa.s very trylDg to n10st people. aod especi\Ilv
The ~\.m encan nthttyle might be
mgi further school a.cco moda.tlOn or children
when It led tp mt8nnderlte.n~gs of true sor t
hout that '-Certamly not.
up In the ono word-M:'.onroel!m The"
nn9 tope Clerk (Mr Pug!!) cx-ph'De t he Comuut'
TurnIng
to
the
conductor.
th
~~
halrmap
n.dvlsed
dof::t.rmo
'"
Q!
first
!ormula~
bv
Freel1 her8'" w ere other passengers further down t he'"'
~ I were domg all they could In thf matter but
H and rul standmg What waa the conductor s him when he had a. cartlull of people to loo~ after dent Monroe ill 1823 0.3 an nn~wer to • the rhe.
up to the present they 11Q.d been uUfble to seCUl'e
lly In regard to theae pasriengersY-I don't know. to learn to be very pat-leo', and addressmg com- torlcal boost made oJ the t Enghph StatemlnD,
thel necessary btlllamgs eqUlrcd f 0 the purposa
pl:unant,
he
laId
thoBe
who
got.
on
the
CllTS
when
nnmg.
aftel
the
latt~r
had
ac!mnv;leciged
Georg
Ca
L am sure
I suppose hls retnark to move up waa
pOlptcd out by tUe Adul. School
t hey knew they we re ' very ba.dly crowded must th~ I dependence of tDe Spanl! h Co tnnlcS In
to eve r~ body atandmg
'REFUGEES A:-ID SC~IOOL AT ENDANCE
Amcllba,
'
1
I
hr:\e
cn.Ued."
!-.11d
Canning
..
a
new
al.o
learn
to
be
very
pa\"nt:
He
thought
that
H>d tho.e p ... engen down the oar pa>d t heuThe Att~nda.pC'O Sub CommItteo haT"c electetl
\Va!. 3011 the C8f!e amounted tQ
"mId IInto cXII!:tencc to redress tbe bn.ln~ce o[ t he
''''res ' -No
M r NorrIS t.o be th ou·1 ch,urmnn
Tl}C Ai~nd.
Mr. Clnrk "" d he wouldI )lot
old' These" 01 d~ caught the ImagmatlOn .& a:
CaD you tell m. how the conductor ...... to 001.
_ pre .. for co.ts.
nnce
Officer
submlttcd
~'
s
returns
fCor
th e mont h
cou'ltdrbla.st,
Monri:>e
dcclar~d
t.3at
Nort
h
aou
led J1IS fare.s1-By passmg up the car
of Oct.ober, 1,917,
s11o\\ InJ, IOt2r ulm • th ~t t he num ~
South _;\men ca. w ~ to be reg:arded as the hemi
The r e £l1re you agree It was necessary for hIm to
I
ber of scholars on thc "refPst;.Js of t!!c public elesPher~
~ ef fre edom To E urope t nts meant ... Hands
p<l fS you 'ii- Exactly
mentary
schobls In the ~oroUgh durmg t 116 month.
off'
BISlnBtck
st~'
l
e
d
the
.Monroe
doctrme
"
nn
Did he a.sk you to movo when he came along 1_
wn.s 15,581 as cOlnpu!ed ' ·dLh '15,232 10 Octcber,
Intern tIolla.i Impertmence ' I
I n 1895 Gennnny'
Yes. persona.lly
1916, that the a..nr.lge a tend:"!nce was 13 ,8~ 0 4 as
endellTOUl~d to mtmlldato Venezuela. lOto p ayIng
I don't mean you, but peopl•• tandmg Ren.rally!
compnred WIth 13.6884 In October, 1916, that the
Its
dept!
I
t
was
then
that
th
::!
Monroe
dociune
-Ho s.lJd "Move up the e&r," which I presume
1
percentage of a.ttendance w:'\s 88 7 :lS camp:"!.
waa r1nsserted ,. The USA IS sovcrel~n on thIS
applied to everyliody In the car
SOME GOOD ADVICE !'V CORPt. T. 5, contlll!ent " Since that tIme the Monroe doct.rIne
With 89 B durmrr OCtob~l , 1916 The effect -upon
DId he not say to t he public generally: II If you
WILBURN. I OF THE ', ,·A.M,e.
t he n.ttcn dan ee of tL e mflux of refugees hom L on
h aa t;.ikcn Ita place as the ke.j now of Amencn.n
pl.... l .. -Th. first t lDle he B&ld .. Move up tho
clon 15 sh own b.f the foll ow lllg sta teme:u t - \Veek
!
•
POhC~ 'Ye supported tho doctrlDe In the time of
car, plea.se," but not the second tLme
euded Sept embar 7th, numbcr on reglsbr.·
Like
.tomaob,
hY.r
or
lkidney
disorder.,
and
In
the
erlcan
war
WIth
Spa.m
We
"
ere
rcptud
Dld he not gIve you to undent&nd h. wI.hed to
15,248; September 14tb, 15,293, September 21st,
faot mo!'.t other bodily 'il-la, rheum"t1em l'~ults durm the South African W,l T; when the fortunes
poss Iyou. and didn't you mo,"" out of .the way to simply
fl"Qm ftceumulation of impu.r.l.he.s in tbo
15,308; 'SeJ'teruber 28th, 15.333, Cktober 6th.
le~ ~m pa.. I-I could not mote any lurther. H. IIIjllltem. Oall these gerpl!t .~i~~, baOlllI, toxin", of ~talO In Sout h AfrlCIJ. look.ed blackest.
15.44\;; OC'!o her 12tb, ~ 15,524 " October 19th,
Ame
C& prevented a.. co mb ~nat lon
of
Europcan
The
"plav
boMb!
th~
on
tour.
too1c toy fare; ~here wa.s enOUj h room for him j,o unc BOld, or nnythlog' yon h~~. ~ut: they a.ro fill
ooe u!'.ell 15,625, October 26th, 5,731; November 2nd,
HDpunties nDd form t.he primAry cause of orga1ue forces against us. Plcsldent Roosevelt re!erred to and the pto\'tllction 111 (l.n exa.~t repbCR
at the Apol1o. An ~he nrti.stci ha.ve boen snec.tally 15,747
'I
I
Amer
ca
and
ber
a!l!It:r
tJon
of
the
Montoe
doctrme
di......
I
I
used
to
thmkthe
only
··way
to
.top
Y:'I'- say your wil. B&id sh~ could not 1Il0••
ehOflen for their TorIoU8 -nnrtI. anrf are all well known
r}acrl1manq.!
Pl':UL
"Waa
....
~o... drtJ.lJ .. thCf nerJ:~' ~lld t~tal os .. he bIg bl'Othel " lth- tbo bI g stick "
Sent,.
.bould
b
•••
caxed
eorly
in
...m.nce
for
tb..
HroHER
EDUCATION
SUB-COltlM1TTEE
Wh~JO;~th. COD,ductal' to do Ifo.th&- could not
organs in't6~' p8rtial inaenllbility by Wriug oiUates the
onroo doctrme has Its co unterpart m
nt tn.ction
ThIS Sub Committee
elected Dr Abram. to
move,.;.....r.don't mow. I am mre. Ii abe could not .nq
narcdtic drugs, dl l'Uq\)m8",Pn hOlm-em. llnt I Amertc. m the Le"gue 01 Freo State, whIch m!\
I son as their chaIrman.
mov~ she r ooUJd not move.
I
know better than to .reeomtn.end. suoh purel'y jem FINANCE 0 0MMITTEE
TIl. conductar had to do hi, duty to .ollect
porary expedients now lnatead t taka a level t ea- elude, Argentma. Brazil and V.b.lh- the ~-,\ , B, Li
of South Amen ca. 1\ hI Ie In South AIr..enca
,
.
'!
ThIS Sub-Comnlltteo lav~ elected :Mr E Jnck..
f.rJ1 I understand ' she did't move untIl he Bpoonful common! refined 4~." afl1t,.ate4 lD water State.
& so rt of anti Monroclsm ,
lD Central
every Becond mOrIl1ng, Wore br,ealdIl8t, and notloo there
.on a. thel rcb. ,rm.n
p,~a~d her!
how qUlckly it dl8ft()lr.~' &ni permtnen9r Qll!a.ts dut Amerlca., m Pana.ma. and In Columbia t here IS a.
THe
Magi.trlLte.'
Clerk:
ould
you
not
h.ve
~ SCHOOL M'-\:;'A(;EM NT SUB-COMllillTEE_
I
,
of your aystem aU at.Ie:1se.~ca.us.w8'.:,.im~ltiN and !!Ipmt l of h ostlhty ng8.lnst that ' J. Sword of
~I\'"en a.wa.y at all 10 any l!Ienae ~ That Is wha.t Ur. pa.1nfUJ. uno aOld depoSIta or Ilja!'P ~ry.tal. m .ttf!
If-'- ThiS Sub Comnnttoe haT"e e1ect ed MISS Edith
D
am~clca
,
"
the!
Monroe
doctrme
'Somewhat.
Clark me.ns Apart from· ~g &ble to wall< JOInts a.nd lOre mnsc\ea. There ia~ ~otJiliig better to
M Sutton as thelr Gh,a.l mill MISS N M Slrett,
n" ay could you not give ! way m. eome way or cleanse and. regulu.~ l a · torpld ~ liY8r or to 1iueb out IIbaken the doct rlUB was n pe.. for modlficatloQ
assIstant mI stress m tlie mfants' department ot
W,th
the
object
of
stlll
rurther
swelilng
_
the
European
Stn;tes
ha.d
looked
n.ska.oce
a
t.
It
because
ologged kidn ey,... You can g et 80me Qf thIS inexotber t o make more room ?-GrtalDly
St John's Sch ool, ha ~re~Ugm!d The Sub Com,
R
eadmg
Standard
Shilling
Fund
of
the
Royal
n51ve, It&ndard. cotn;PIJund. ;rom nny ohero.t8t. and It ma,de great claim s Without Incurrmg duties and
Crofts eXllmm atlOn (contlOued:) . Did you do a.nvmittee regretted tha.t. l\I
~:r Whttehorn . first
have per!lonally proved.. tl?l\t ' it C\U'es even tlWI reBponslbl iltles MOUloelsm seemed to be on the BCI kshue H osp ital a. successfulj concert wa~ ~wen
assistan t mn.!ter ,It
t e en's School, has found
to ""'1St the conductor?.lI released my body mO!t aevere case of rlibumatiam withiq a few days at
th~
Town
Hall
on
Tuesday
evenmg
by
"
The
dech4e ..: AmCI . C:ln State~meIlJj",,)Jke ~1r Elihu
"' muoh .. I could to let. hIm p ....
It deSirable to gn.-e up
m g iOl a. time on. n.cT.S. W.
I:
R oot, recognised In It nn atte. to rchum nAbts " Sn ~p Shots" (30th Mtddle~!:<, Reglment Con count of IlI·hca.lth a.n d l.,ha been a.dvIscd by hJ.a
Did your wlfe do !'o ' -I preeume 80.
c
~rt
Part1'),
as.~
l
st
2
d
by
the
30th
MIddlesex
Orwlth~ut cor!"~!Jp:mdm g dutlcs
'l he fee:lm.... m
Although . he had Just to ld the conductor sho
medi cal attendant t o fin(l e ployment m the opeu
.A.me~l ca. w u. tb&t the country was bemg Torced chestra. (u~der' the dIrectIOn of Mr C Meyer) '1 he
coul? not move?-Exa..ctLy
air
for a penod or tv. <!IJle OT! t.hs The Sub--Comout of t.he narrow \ le'\\ of the M onroe d octrme, h~ll 'Tas well filled \vlth nn appre clath e audle~ce mlt.t oo recommend that h e be gIven leave of ab
He rulked your Wife to mover but did ~he mOTe?
oWlllg, mon; e3pecJa.lly, tQ the new regula.tlOns and an mtere!;tmg and vaned programme was car sence 'WIthout salary to ell a.ble aim to act on tliIS
- S~e r.l....d h er bo'dy
cerat! a by the openmg of the P,mama. canal ned out Mrs Dracup wns very , su~esdu l 10
To en.ble him to get by'-H. could not get by
adVIce Tho Sub CommI tee report.ed With pleaa'.lr6
were- so lllt.er related that no n atIOn selectIOns and "as well r ecel\:ed. The
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• .10 any ClIcumstances without I touchtng h er
that as the rcsult of q. speCial effort to a id the
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wn,
well
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epresented
bi
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sic
aay II r· am n ot my brother s k eeper
Do you suggest he used m J.& foree th&n ne ces·
Royal Berkshire HospI~a l in It~ pI I).>cnt need the
No 6, Broad strut , the War Savmgs' Office, lS lUrleflCa, too. had l omed H ague ConventtOns Ob H elm, l\l; P e,cy Manton and Ml!. :A.d. la
~~ry!-N ot hn ],)assmg my
orfyself the first begmnmg to Justtfy lltself, though It must be conannual collectIOn 1ecently tr.ado In th~ schools for
the ]'Ionroe doct rme '"Weuld ha.ve h ... d to bl! Cbf:r ga.ve a. good account of themtel~~ lD
t ime, but ~wlH!n he c.a.me ba.ci the~ other way on fessetl that the. hoporary staff are more -thlln
the support of t he I eleIf1entary schools cot
]Unctloll
WIth
the
p
lano.
whIle
Mr
and , undoubted ly, !.the eerninn a.tt.ack on
a.mounted t o £ 55 17s ~d as eomp::u-ed With £29
tb3 1'ight~
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eager for greater sU:ess of WOl'k..
Mr Spo,~CI ,
Lew
lsohiI,
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elocutionary
efforts,
prOYl'!d
" mLel nntlOna l 1mpertmence"
What was y.our po:ut:on w~en he came b ack on the Rev W,C!:hiJ.lll rr.egg, ~r W G. BI&1r+ and
11s 6d l ast. yeal The Sub Committee cOHiSldhed
soo ner or In.tcl ~..1\e 11lOUght Amenca. p o p~lnr The orche, tm had a. good deal of
clrcular 1020 of tho ~ o ard o( EdllcntlOn 'nth
th e I'ght !-Stondmg in the u.m. positIOn.
tho Rev. R I{ Hatt Da.V1S ' ~omplalD of scarcity
lU<mrlRny Into conflict
}i'Ottv yenrs ago It. t o du nnd dtd .tt well, their 6electlOns,
"ere you .tandmg right m the mIddle ?~Right of customers, and ~fil5s D arker:a enthusta&lll for
le
fel'ence to ID~huctlOn and deUlonstHliIons m
that USA would '!bsorb Mex'co, .. MOLnm g, Noon and NIght " (Sar-nel.
m t be ml(ldle
NntlObal War BondI! and War Ccl1.1ficates 1.11 now
D a.nc~s fr om Nell G" ynne" (Eonard Germ,.* ), economIcal cooker), and have o.uth Ollsed the Clerk
the
faeL
Lhat
Mexlc:)
""
Ith
ltS O'\'cr
And I suggest you stood
~ delIberately ~
to arrange fOJ: a Centrel at one of t he Committee's
t oo well known to r~d la.bo'!.PI)gL Consequently
populatIOn ~ ould. have pro ' eo • Intc r mc7.Zo" (Cnvellena RUf;tlcaun),
prevel't him getting by "-D ecidedly no
domesti c centres at wiji.ch demon stratlon~ to the
r
...
o,
atore
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(VcrQ
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bem!,
notahle
Items
m
the Chall-man, Dr IJ II HUrry, needs to exert
an clement, .Am e~a. hnd no de:omc
HI I b"mg t.hree passen~en mio the wltnellS box mu ch . klll m handline h" team Dunng the first
teachers of thIS a.nd othbr a~tnontIes nl "v be given
mterfer.ng w ..~,h 'MexIcan a trRlls Amenca. evenmg' s plogramme l\!C3SIS Dea.ne and
, hal were In the car to say you stood there de three workmg d.ys '£55~ 12, 6d were taken for
by one of the Food C~lil oVeI's dern onstrntOls rewere
as
clever
and
nmm
tr.
g
ns
ever
til.
a
almost pathetIc belIcf m the value of
llbe.tntely1- 1 sttll Ea.y I dld not !!tand there cet:.tlfica.t.es and borids". ana wh~lst thiS
ferred to In the clrcultr, or by MI SS P earce, the
per!!:e The p oltey of Amell ca. "US DOD duo, whil~ a. tn o cmbrLtcmg Msesrs
c"Jbera.tc1y to pro"\ent hIm gettmg by.
CommlHec's SUllerlOtendent teacher of domest.IO
coura.gmsc. It by no m enns mCQ.Surea
in l,c~ (erenl:e With ot.her p eop~c s atfalrs unless (vlOlm) , Me) er ('cel'o) nnd Lnwllc (plano)
I sllgge!'t you were annoyed because he didn't h,llt,.. of the Utlilty 01 the enterp""
subJects
J
one
of
t
ho
hits
of
the
e'.
crimg
t o mten ene
l lrcslccnt \VIl son had ex
Ea, .. plente "-No, not at a.ll I
In the course o f th e even'ng t he Mayor (Mr
Thlee t.hmgs are aimed nt, V1Z~ EMPLOYMENT SUB-COM,\:IITTEE
the fa ct that ~<\.me r lcn. h:1d for &,1 long l e
" lhere dId be put bIS elbo",,'-In my back
1 An mcrease of certl1icate ,.:at saver ~
Th,S Sub.ComlDlttee[ h., e elected!.Ir A W
neuhal durmg the present ' \D,r bec... usc A Su r)eant) and Dr H W Gell, the Treasurer

ed

passed oJong A. ho p... *,tne •• thi. tIme de.
!cndantcpu,hed h,m. and turnlDg to the lelt.
c, llbera.tely elbowed .wltne.. lD the back. at tbe
n me tuna. sa.ymg .. If you w:ant any more come

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Your New Coat.

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making certain of a
come first of all and
and then
from
,pick out the
You will find
well as all the Coat

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Xmas Shopping and
the best vallle.is to

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his' comfo1~

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Actmg Coroner Mr F W Martm, held all
on Satllroa.v mto t he causel5 of the death of
lLI'IIlma.s Pigeon, 50. of 36. T llebure4-road, a.
body 11 /l,8 found In the rJver Dear
lj,l&tbo'"se on 'Ih~a.y in last week. The
for lome tlme been a coa.ehman m
of M.1FiS Vigo at Brun~Wlck Hlll and •
L od~e, lI.Dd he used to hve In the lodge
Recently, It leems, h e had been
house
t o mm e out of the lodge fo r the dur&\~D.
',ar, a s It Waf. reqUIred fOT QthCll purposes

\Yllham Pownev. brother-m·lal" 01 tho
sa.ld be last saw the deceased a 'fee~ a.g~
he seemed qUite cbeerful He had had Mth-

trouble hIm. a.nd had had no ~ . .
61i1J.d that e;hout a manth ago her husmfonned tha.t.~e would havo to lean hi.
RJld al.o that he ""ght by. to nod fro,h
a.t lome tuna In the future..
On
2nd he lIa.:' up tb. key. of the hou ..
upset hlm He went out em WednMda.y
nnd arrange.d to meet wltneca In the
a.s he dId not do &0 !he be~e ,.non Thul'1!day she w.. mforme4 01 her
deatb
,
W How.. sllJd tbat he had made • pod •
exa.mmatlon, w hIch showed that, the d~
WM m a. qU i te healthy condlU'OD
He hadh im fo r over 15 Te"" and had .h..~y.
cheerful and happy
BlOton 81Ud Ihe lMt 18.W deceaaed
\V,odnlosdll.vevenmg, between 6 a.nd 7, wb<lll hi
"""Id be at hom. about 9.15.
3, Abbey street, ..,ok. to ftndm)l!
iUld a cap by East'. Boatho_ on
He !!law footmarb clOM u p
b:mk
to fInding In tbo dece.Yed;.
eric.vl"pe ad droned to hU Wife, beor" All
depse, JtOQd.bye, deaI'wi n
the nver and found tbe 1>o<Iy.
dressed
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.Ulclde durmg Wimpo,"." in'"Int,.
rettlmed, the JOry, aonmer, &nd d.oOued',
rel're.entatm, joining In oymp&th with

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BATT: BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER
REGIMENT.
A ond B COMPANIES.
PoI.tooM No" 1 to 8.
for week endtng Deoember lit, 1111.
tho wl8k Lfeut. W. n. Walter
,
rlulv Lleu\ S. O,d...
for the week Sergt. Dongla
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...a Op\. Dpo,!-

duty Cpl Humphri ..
on duty .t tho Range

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CONCERT IN AID OF THE'
ROYAL BERKS HOSPITA

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TEMPORARY
INSANITY.
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LOQK OUT FOR ' THE TANK.
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Wil1lch p ....t of your back! I Ju.t tell m. what

he did "-.-He

CA~

down thIS way (wlt-nell ll &howed

Ih, pOSltton) and turnod hI! left,
Dld he h~ youT-No
DId you consult a docior ! -No

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2 More War Saving, ' AssociatIOns
th e fued pohcy 01 the UOlted Sto'es
3 W eek by weeki ' p h"er' of tho' NatIOnal SpeljJ,ing from personal knowledge, the Mu.ster of
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Wa.r Bonds
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MId t.b&t. PreSident ,\Y 11son was not de
The Reading Wa: Soven are .plendld and are
from the ord covenanter Woodrow for

now well started and on tho hIgh road to greater
Have you any brulaes?-N"O.
achiovement, Ilnd It IS delued , to m:lke the
~uld the conductor Iha.... e got put. you in any National 'Var Bond i :Monment m the town somo
(Ith-=r way ' -Y ell
/
thmg real It 15 of the utmost nnpocto.nce that
Did you attempt .t~ let h1J1l get out 01 the way! the !ystem of contllluous borrowlDg now mtro-

- Y.., to what extent I oould

d'uced by means of the!\6 Bonds s)1ould prove

that the conductor m oved. completely rucces!ful a~l " ' qlethod of 6nnnclD~ t.he
and pushed 'you gently .. he " •• entItled to do t o Will' Fr om t h e finrclA) ~\pom't .of Vlew ,lt. IS the
p as!.1 :'1 au 1-No, he W B..!!. extremely annoyed a.t best method (l8 It o~vlates financla.l diwrgam5utIOn
"omethmg or another, a.nd It was hl.1I mtentlOn to Illld the tendOIlcy to mfiatlon and consequent
~ "e me a good push
higher prIces t ha.t a.r-e likely" to result from the
D on 't YQu think you hOO given bim cause to be flotation of occaslon&l large loan..
From the
':lnoyed'---No
I
economIC pomt of y~ew t4e ay~em- IS abllolutely
DI.m't you h.lp him in anYI w.y!-I said not ~ sound In tha.t It secures that the m oney raIsed IS
wr.rd ta him until be paaaed me the seoond tune
produced by actufl.~ ~avlD8" It ISJ therefore, In
l\1r ~.o\n.drews Did you respond to hls req'J est effect. eqwvalent to the l atrect tra.nsfer of good~
to mOT"e up the ear'--No, there waa not room to and
Ices to th~ I~ta..te for wlu' purposes
n'Ol-e apother lOch
a.lm of Commfttees IS to_create the ..... War Bond.
\lcs Garnham, WIfe of the defendan t, In g lvmg habit" as they h ave lucceeded m crea.tmg the
e \ ldence, B&ld she and her husband h&d not been .. War SavUlSB Certificate h.b!t."
Jusb •• t he
.:andmg very long In tho car when the conductor member of a. Wo.r , Sa.vlngs ASsoCla.hon 1DHgj,S
F;tld II Move up the CM" Shortly Ilfter this he week by week as m.b.ch RB I he can afford In \Yar
e lme to witnen a.n d wd U Move up the ca.r" Savmgs CertIfiC&~J! 80 sh~)Uld those With larger
She E3.ld .. I ca.nnot" H e stUd .. You Will h Ave Incomes llla.ke &. habit of buymg each week or
to do 80" Sbe. rephed. I l There IS no room n ; eoch month a' man:l\ W il1' Bond. ae po ..,ble .s tbe
to whIch defendant r eJoined .. If you don't move re.ult of tho atr>cte~ personal. economy
lip t he car I ",lIl pUllh you up to She answered:
Therefore each and everyone-"..from the great
" YQU are a. gentleman ," and defen da.nt I&J.d he aT'1llY of war saren l-help, ~tJmula~ by purchaa·
"U <I.!
.As: he collected hIS f&re8 he paued her Bnd mg certlficntu or bondl 4.t .. th~e _ ojIicc
If any
pus hed her. not very much, and then he knocked SOC1ety qr gathenng wourd ..':.lU"fJ ~ be placed upon
her hU!lband m t he back. giving l:ftm "an a.wful tho hst lor
01 <the JUgge.~d lantern lectures
dlg "
WIll they
obhg. by sending tlielr name to
What I ruggest.

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Th. ?'!aSlStrate.· Clerk' vyu it
knoekl- Not accldenta.! at all.

In

accident.1 the Hon
6, Broad street,

Do you say It was wllful'- Very WilfuL
·Wl t ness, contlnUlng, !rud after de.!8Ddant gt..,e
bel j,usban~ thi, .. dig .. in the heck he w..,ted to
have It " out l" WIth blm, and Bald "Come out·
elde" H er hu.b8.lld Bald. "II beg your pardon,
'\\ hereupon the. conductor saul: " I will take your
nn.mc before you leave \hI' bar"
H er huabuld
said I' Thank you "
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Cross exa.Duned , wltneaa: adhered
denoo and, In the m&1n
1) (1 what took ~1&CO, a.nd
(.~he Wtul not hlndermg

her boBy back to allow

Fhe dtd not think It
could p.... her She
,trap. bnt bad 'hold 01
nnd her huaban. were not
the conductor from
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It&nding
It wal not

' Secre\..;ry,
~"i'llng;,.

Mr. A.

the Roval Berk. Hospital, made an .llpeal on
b llf of th e OOlcct of t:!:.e enterb mment
l\laj 01 sal(l tha.t J.1r Rn ers, tIle propnet or of

A "Yebb as <:: b8.lrmani Eighty nme Juvemles (35
boys and 54 girls) left schoo l dUIlllg t he four wceks

ended October 12th ~ DUllrig th,S penod 193

" St n.ndald," meant to I a1SO £5,000 on behalf 01 Juvexules (53 boys.:.n 140 girls) " ere placed by
the H ospItal, :l.nd nc h n.d already succeeded In the Bureau 10 sltuaho ~, 67 of these {13 boys and
j he was m ost tenaClous-qUlctly tenaci
The :Mayor added that fhnee
fri ends rccognu!ed 1115 herOIC self cen tred obt.!lIOlpg .£3.000
54 glrJs} were first Pla r ments after le:'\"\Hlg ;~hOOI.
a.nd h iS fi.:uty of Dtm , h iS ("ll emlC:' h l3 the moetmg nt tb(! TOl\l1 Hall In J uly £12 .000 ho.d
obstma~
Abraham Lmco lll, In. S}Hte of be:!n. subSCribed for the" benefit of the H ospltnl

Jrig:hw,ou"ness 01 h" cau", got ratiler ahead of Abcut £1&,000 was rcqUlrcd The Mayor thJlD~.d
hi. peopl ~. and that almost tho pedot men " ho "ere takmg p>rt m that eV~D
disn.ster WIlson beheved that. the function 109 & entert..t.mment
I
DI H W Goll thnnked Colonel Colendge.
PreSId ent was not to gUide or mou ld pubhc
but to "\ olce lt, not to dued t he will of offic~r ID c.,:nmi.l.n d of the 30th Mtddlesex

tn" hllblio .entlment of

but to mt.erpret Itr Amellca. \\ ns !I. ment., for nl1oYllO g hiS men t o give t he
country and though more socmlly "Ulllfollll Th eIr tbnn k 3 were; nlso due to the :Mayor
poratlon / for t he use of t~ Town Hnll
OUr O"R n, yet It took tim e for a. wa.... e of pubbc
" "Llien.rlt to roll from .hore to ,hore . While In ~{e515rS Barnes and AV IS for many serncea 10
Dr. Gell
tbl' learlY d a~s of the waT', the Ea.stern States were neC~lOn With the undc .. t al. mg
,vrnt""by With Brlta lll and hCI Alliell, III the 'Hnt on t o culogl.!;c t he ~er"Ices of Mr. Rlv~ra
\Vcst there was a.n aloofness cm d a. ten- oU h e had <Lone a nd " rlS domg to promote and
to Iegard both Sides as equ.:ll1y culpable further the. lntere~t s of the HOSPital, and apthe \-Vest there hard ly seemcd t o be any pea.led to al l preseut to do theIr utmo st to su"D"Dort
tbat gontleqla.n In attammg the object he ba.d set
~;:~:~~':;n of the eX.lSteo06 of the "ar, an d CQn- h,m ..If ,,,, achieve.
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little mterest In the struggle But,
Root bB.s sa.ld, " Between right and
thero I S no such thmg as"neutra.lIty" The
'W hen thD Americans woke up wlth a

~ompleteness which we had not
_0\9 tho American expresses It
the prairie t akes fire, I ' guess It Just
Am erI ca. " US vcry sensltlVe to Enghsh
Though AmerIcans "ere l (TfJorB.nt ot
mn.tters, there was a. deeper fund of
thIS country agaInst America
lb the States agam!!t us In th& USA
Brltlsber ·was the ptLSSport anywhere The
W. Tudor,
of AmenctUllJ WM even deeper, though
cim,mcmi,J. than that of ~h. , onent.ll. The
AmeriCA and Eni1a.nd W1J,8 based
of .Ideal! and stanWhate,'ei our ca.luIl1) natOis ura:y 18i'l" to the
COjlt""y, our cono try w .. lun~ment.ll,. p eace.tlll deeper roehng ~.ted.m Amenca.
had Bli:ld: ~ There II sucll a
F proud to Aght ;" ~ th&t Wa:8 when
_"_ ." .__ petty, =.rb6ll- th& &ntagonlSt w.. un·
lobe provocatIOn w . . .lIght. The
A/DertF":"" and lth. BntiSh ~ .both ~ manand, tbonlore, , ......tio.lly on' the
~1&Il4 and .Am~riC& ~uld " _
.. UDlOI1, ' hOD that ~u1d lead
.ru..otf.. i""

8uc!denn,, ,. and

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1.l'l!!>vIm'lior.had
1914,

FRENCH GRATITUDE TO
FARMERS.

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A P'renoh petUAut ID the devutAt.d dfetriot neal'
Arras .to whom !a gilt of poulh'y baa been preeented
tbrouah Ihe medium of the Agrioultural Relief .!
AllieR Fund baa forwa.rded the followlDg letter to the
Committee :-" Wailly-Lez ~Arras. France. Gentleto send you our beat
o(POt,!t>'y;" received
anew
cook. o~:i~~!:~O:~Df~::~
of
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