Reading Observer 11-1917

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........,"''''" con~ins all the noutirshm~:nt lan,d
of. the 1inest fresh beef

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89a, aI:oad
Stow.ria C1otblor• ..umlted.

The :Real,
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Over

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BraacbM.

Cmiji(8ft

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if Merit D,

Grocer for

ORDER ~ OF ROYAL BERKS TOBkCCO:FUND, I:!~k~~:
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. 11. meeting of the

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kO.F.- "ai' held at the Court
Wall atten<led
lJ,pr...oting"27 coon. and the
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E. POVw . D.CR. , A. W.
E. C. Liddiard. Dlstrict Secretary.
street. 2m &t~rdn.y, and

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Brunsdoo l Dlstnd Trea.surer.

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of tho Committe. 's minute. OCC&aioned useful
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:iut.e.reat~g ·q.iticussion .
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INVESTMENTS.
. Th. ,ns:"ported' that J 8UIll of S2,5tio
been CO~O{ted Illto the 5 per cent. War
~tocl<; '.'1 ·1941. jn July l.,t, and ointa
<late and • ditio""l £).,150 . Stock had becn
chued. 'l'ho.... tota.l .. val,ue is £3 1 871 1)1. 3<1.,
wh~ ' Jr"" paid ~'3, 589 Ol!!. Id.. .
I Kl.en iPt.<!r<Ii t
the mlltter w .. shown by
deloga;t.• I, MII .som. valu.bl. infan:nation and
vice WÂ¥ iten<}arc,d by Bro. J. Freeman, C.B..
a.ction or the! Committte ~ng generaUv
FUNERAL FuND.
I The D.S. <p:pla.ined tb.~thecan upon the

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QtlARTERLY MEETING OF
READING DJSTRICT.
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l'lainly
and perbaps a little bluotlY.'",d therefore inai;tis.
tically simply because, fraiIklY. ,we do not ' fee} it
ought 'I> be n.ces .... ry to ask ·for ~h" £300 odd reo
quirod to make up the required £1,000 w4ich must
be m the hands o[ the Committe. ,or'thi, Fund
" to coniin;'. it, good work.
have ,tu~ioUBly
avoided the woTd .. appeal," .•• Royal Berks leI.
die.. do pot want "appealing" for, T~ .,....far
abo... that... all with ogre<> who knQw, tb. spirit
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Tho!!" who
that the light
wbt~1 eg3 T hese
laying brewf' a.nd

Wednesd"tY,- a. ~ec'ure was giveri to , the mFm.
I sof the W'f'~' at the Friend,' rueeting HOf'"
in whiCh- th~ lec~urVJ :Mi~s .,rarkinson, who 1 at
p~sept the'
t5uperin"t.endent of the Home for
Sefbian Boys
)Bulmenhe-roe.d,' rela.ted her exPeritnp•• in Serbia Doth prior to, and durlllg, Ithe
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Mr'
enemy
ocoqpatlpn.
. C. I. ' Evan,,'M.A. head.
m~er qr Leig~t<m Park School, presIded over a.n
.~~ience which li1iUed the hall and which h8teped
Wllt h rapt , at!tion to the lecture,'. stlrrmg
M/'l"&tlve. .
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turies
rhe lecturer . ",.ched Serbia in October 1915,
4S 1 ~De of & unit or' sp __n.B Americans but herse1f.
TÂ¥ir ,io;entiont wae l to 'fo11f>d the firat maternIty
bo~pital in ~~bia.. 'l'heir fi..rst llnpressfon of NI.!!h
l.here were no wa.tetworks l 1)10
or sanita..tton, in a. town of
Nfsh, on account ~ lts com·
to Belgrade, Sofia and
po.ui,on Qf enormowr. strategic imseven mlI1tary':' hospitals
to 1.200 bed,. and ili.
incr.~.. d to se~en time. its oar-

yet , ~ a D1 t j Q)!ty I

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the :.20

usually b.e~v I In

nnneqt of t~e
t herr dlffcrcnt
01 odurse the

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have put forward . . ~~~~~;;~~~~~e~I~~~~
baa taken
in
appeal' when it is
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wish to know an

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mente. hUla been 10 operatjon since
wh.....,y ·the li&hIIlty was ' pread
Order. the E.C. rna-king levies
Disi-rieta and Courb . from ttm e
cIaima ' met by t.he District
~aorvice ' membera ana ODO
lJOr, with an """"'80 membershil'

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The District had ~id to the E.C.-- . ~'.-":" v

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...,.;.00. £161 ; which apP"'\rod to P""'" that

Districts :. ,.. belng :hit harder than ours.
IBro. E;. B.I n~.n remarkod that aerious

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Grovitch, who, was I
to the ·conclusion
1the care of the

¢on'grl'ga:te on tho
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Lon·
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cnurch funds
held In tbe
buildings on
the proceedmgs

diaeaoo contiacted dnring the war,
had beenl en~gin~ th~ attention of

indust.ry

Conle:renee of 'Friendly 8.gcietiee, .
"Was not in favour of going cilp m
aSsi.sta.nc& from the Go~ment. he tDI,u"l1t
80m. s)Job action should be taken

funds of to
thistheburden.
[:~~h~ad~!~~u;j:~~
referenco
N;Dtiooal
' l'he Committee WM
desirabilitv ." of m;llcin~ ,
qua.rtera CcSiDcide .and ·to prep"'" any
o[ rule thet · ,may be · ncces.1llJ' to mOk.
opcratlve.

polity,
governs It.
also a '''~I \
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'tve
Council 0[.$. A.. O.F.

GRANT. TO HOSPITAL,
. It W88 r..spl..ed tI!~t a doo&tion of £12 12•.
mad. t o tho Royal Berb Hospital, end "
of £5 ·be made to & member o[ Court 3939,
Ie","" t;; appoj>l· to- the E.C.
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Thi~ WM

Ru.hbrid~.

Mrs. Sound ....
the chOir
Mrs Shnr L

Prior Ihe
show, a nd t he
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c..11'efully \\ 1! t e l~e.i
salea",oulen as the ll\1is~es D OllS Cook ,
and ElSie l\ed~ln. 'lhe re!.rcsL.·
so important in functi ons of ' tJ.J 1S
resusclt..'lttl pu:r asers ' as the,' g{'
gentle process of bein,!:!; button If' led
after another, w:..s tboroughlv ,\ ell

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ing .Imd tbe ,c~~,,~i;;'~~;:;:c>~ the prinoipal
t,ropblCll hAve a
in
isSues of the
"O~~~er, "
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C'lptam Hardv, of the Vjolunteer aSl!OCiation
follo:vs,:ed in a vig~
, rolig B~ urpin(!' \,he Runrem;
iQl.p~
lrtance of e~c ~- fit man ~o mllv to the Volim~
tee.: movemen.t. He .:re(e~ . to developme;nts
WC~ m
fitren~t heDln !I.. th

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I{ress

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re~nrsanisin~

C!adct Corps ~ t hroughout

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tlie
coun~ry ,including, Re.ding I and caUcd uoon an
to Ufle tbeir . influ~c;.e in fUrlherin[! theM objects.
C~l. Sarocold ' ~I ." add ... acd the meetinJt and

paidl" hiFh bibu~ to
. men for all.u.,y-cl ''''.
.han ,",on. in · t~ Army.
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, ~tbe .COl",e of "the ---;.,~
."njoyallle.'I,:J'....

proJimmme of voca.II.;}.~!;:t~\~~lrJj,~i,i
carried mrt. the I ~
OreH!. Miss Ethel

E. H. Moss ;'Ind I

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~~~d,~0:ir course Its lnntrou l! were, t nn
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been jmorc care£l111y
cords maae of ea ch
beill ~ bred f rom
best. I",nd t.hru;;e
is as good as
for choteC when

yet there

COUNTY

lame

whereVCl' hymg
vam;.ty it'. z~ways
why the whltc is'--W

otber and greater risks to be {<>oed when
members I ret1rrned auffering from th9-...:.~ ..~ __

Bro. E, B. , Deadman was
laled upon oecuring a se&t
notice o[ which is to be
Mi"",llan.,.. He is- the pailD.St&kjng. secre?"'J
Court 49/iJ.. and u. held . great
JIIlIlllbet1l. He baa· for many y..,.. been ideotillleiJ.
wi.\Jl the Friendly. Society- movem6llt,.

In tmles l'ke I
about which lS
ehick~n IS co ulln ~
be~ins ~ to la.y and a
being grown ~ro1,l, n
a cert6m sla ge then
fipd aJ cu::;t.omer
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mper 0 Qur men.
n _ ~ ~ 1 18 to
be hoped they will know notbing' of '
difficulty Mr. F W. Porter and · " ' 1<IO"~
Hope, the ioint ,hOD. 'sees. , are encountering
now in getting tho balance of tbe requu.ite £1,000.
Stated brielli. the po, ition i. thIB': 'e;er ',inee
the Roya.! Berks h ..ve ~ atJ.h~ fro~t,thi. Fuoft
has ensured them " re~lar
. supply of tobaoco 'and'
0ciga.rettes, thanlu! to the seoerosity ot a.
circle of subscribers. For, some
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temporary lull In thel_l'l"p',n."

to pa.y oVer this 'year's mt.erest on the a::~~~4lj tJop. and what it.
! held by them ' n t r uilt f or thiS f~nd was !'1
in ~ another
I necea:sa:ryLowing to the large rnumber
that ha.ve Peen paid for sen-iCE) members. Ar~~~

this lia.biUty . undoubtedly waa,

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WO',.j .o. 'RSSOCIATION.
~: EDUCATION
,'EXP~~' EN~E~ ' IN SERBIA.

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assisted by Miss M:c~.wghl
n"m,,,.o!,. and Miss bella. Cro~b\, eath
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tb. opernng speech"" h,d !">cn

~t~H of o~
c. the
ring 4',ntiro
for proh:!
to rotlpd
g hIp.
~~:,;~;,~:~,;~;th~e~~ar
thes
that
empty- n,lll<'cd
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our to*r of mspectiOn, an
of all

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wants p'O\ Hlc d

hou seh old sta.,l. wibch w.ts uuder
exi>eri.en,:ed gtildauco of ~r. and Mrs. Raiu·

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charm m:
remarl; c;
of WM!;.
the business of l!1C'
.ta.IJhohrers.

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