Reading Observer 12-1917

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SA'l'URD~o\.Y -B~for8 Mr F . B
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chaIr), ~1:r H :M W~o..lh8, Mr
Ja kson
an4 ~1, E O. Farrer.
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NEW DEPAR1'UREr
A number of 8old\er! 'Yterc ' brought up 0If the
01 bemg absepte ••. On thl. occ'8\O~ ~ new
do[.art,ure
by pl.cl~g f\rt!oncrs
(ront
nnd not hellrltlg the charges while

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the ohalrl, ~ !(eu... R.
Palmer, Mi.. G Elliott., .....1..... ,
Smith, Ii:! fl'W"'villg,

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be hanjd
over to ;a nuht~'[)i
Cha.n
)makmg
ord,~cort.
for
nddrcssil"R them, ••id that although they w, re In
cllstody
ba~ not~ 'l>ecn_p'ut! moo 1.ho dar k to

plea.d. but were lal1ii_/d to do BO 10 -the 'pOSItIOn
they: now took ~~ m front of tho doc~ I The
magIstrates '9"erq IfVrs; the 'm<m had broken the
Army l'IeguJa.tlon" 8l}d they would be hande over

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Sturges, G. ~. Brown, B. C.I
:An.t&y, F JI K. Croos, W Oordell, P
A. Froiley, B. Crowe, R S Adam., J . H . .,<uyuu.
T. Latham, kd F. E Roger:., Board 01 ".""cu,·
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POTATO FLOUR.
The Ch,.inli'" .ald with regard to potato
'he
had handed him .. oopy
of
resolution rolienring to tbe
article

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the dock~~ as haa hItherto been

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JARDOX isessl~nu
Fd~d E:conomy,
it not only invigorates
~he. , ti~sues, but enab~es
aSSImilate much n:pre
from-other foods-tnus
'leSs·' food IS needed to
.: n1urished-.
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AN OLD , OFFENDER SENT 1'0 PRIStN,
Mana. Brooks, 4, Bedford·court, Cha.tham- trect
was summoned for assaulting EdIth Levend n, of
2, Bedf6r~-cou~.
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Delend8llt dId not appear, 'n,d after hearinl!

complamn.nt's eVIdehce, . tho Deneh , sentenced Prisoner to one month'. \ imprlBonment, she beilig an

old oflender

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ALTERING A RAILWAY TICKET . ,

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Goorg.a Batten, 48, Weldale.street, Wft.I!I lum.
moned for travelhng on the S E R on October
6th WIthout ha.ving- preVIously pMd his fn.Te and
With intent to &vold p",Ylllent thereof. Hel was

further RumtJroned for glvmg " f.l .. nome

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MI' H E Fraser appeared for the Comnany. .
Henry Jones, ticke.t collector at the B.E R , Btn.tion, Readi',tg, saId on October 6th dsCendant
riven from Faroborough
He tendered a
dated October 6th I A. far u he knew then L

been properly dated" It .hould bave been
" October 5th, 17:· but there was only a

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17 " on it '.that caused !uspicnon and
wa!'ds found out It was 1!llSUed. on the 2nd

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·~he ··Nursing Mirror" 5a15:~ ... fI We think
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neBS took har name ' imd addretlS

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it.was before 11 1n the rnOl'1llDg'
GeOrp;e Thomas HISCOck., booking clerk a.t ,eM·
ing. sa.id the ticket {produced) was issued on t he
morning of October 2nd and W&S aval ln.ble Vtbat
dav or tbe loll owing day, It w.. a cbeap ticket
f\nd issued for 1s 4d
The ordinaT!V ' retutn tOo
FarnlJOrom,b was 3. 'ijd., and Bingle lare I.! lld

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I.. f.,,!?''''~ pleaded ~uiltV.
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fined defendant 208 or 13,..(1ays on

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summons and to

con~bute

£1 ds. to the

cost. 01 the prosecutIOn,
Mr J ackson did not adJudibate in this

what the

pon1luittee wa. lDVlted to
, not only dUl1ng the WRr they

SCHOOL CASE.

want such h~lp as their Committee could
but a.lso when the war W88 over That was
t ho War A~cu1tural Committee wu aued.
h elp Af~l' the '\far t here would be a tremendous
socIa.l upheaval of 1'111 .orts of mte:rests It would

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Thomas Reade, 6, Alpha-street, was summoned
for being the parent of a. qplld named Alexander,
a~ed 13 yean, who w~ prohibited from beinll
tR.ken into full tlm ~ employment was
not
to be under proner con troll.
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Mr George PhIPP', School Attandance
want tb. clearest head! at the top and bottom 01
stoted the fact., Md an order WM made
eJ!J,'1'1I I to prevent difficult tIme. ootning on the
Dol' to attend .Chri.t Churcb SChool eveI'}'
people 01 thi. cOWltI'}' when the war Waft over l.pIT~:1dl~;~ir~
school was open, With 008ts aSain.t the
IL thel'l were going to keep tho }.,ad. of the people
of this country fro. bemg turn~ thTough short·
l!'8'e of l food and hl.gh prices they were likely to
find " .olutmn for theM) dlfllcujtlB8, For ithollO
MONDAY -Before Mr. C. G. Field (
the
reason. it w.. abllOiute!Y"'eceHllry to do all they
,~~!'P~~dti~.d, 1 ebair) , ~ E JacUon, ~. S. R. WhItley &nd
could to lno:rea.ee thb ..am.,ount of home~proW1l . food
and tliat w... the work belOTB tho. Oomnitttee.
Mr.
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Much bl their work was Dot populat; The~ were
tellingl people to brook up l&nd wh,oh "" jar "i!.I
lI'redenck Linge Kaye, 19, of 9J South'll!treet,
they were ponona.l~ ool!cerned they (lid n~~ ~l.h
was charged WIth bemg drunk in West'strB6t on
to hare brQlten UJ.!., as It waa agam.t tbeltr. lodINovember 25th
Tldual mtere5t8 But it waa for the ~od f .the
PC. Kerry proved the case, and sa.id PtjlOner,
nati on When the ,Iarmen of Berkelitre . o!tsed
wbo was I'ar..lysed tn the l eft leg, w.. a ~t re... pat they were beIng asked tb do In c.,.,..;~" out
pairer and ea.rned £4 per week.
tli. orde.. isan.ed by the Coti.mlttee he walo sure
PrIsoner) w.ho pleaded gmlty, Was nlace under
they would foJl 10 WI th tbem, even thougH tht:y
proPatlOn for two Y,o ars and ordered to
the
m,ght be aga.m8t their parsonal intere.t. aDd m·
costs.
cliul\LiO~ He apyeah!d to the District vqmmlt~ to' ee that tbe oroe", ","ere carried out w;ithout
TUESDAY.-Belore £he Mayor (Mr. F. .
nnaue lay. The CommlttB<\ Mired the Dl8trict
Commit:it.-ees to dD -everythrng in their power to
jeont), in the cbalr, Mr E W Ridlev
persuad~. fArmer. not to pOfitl"'ne ope1"tions
J. Cooper, Mr. W H. oIlfDith and Mr,
longer than neceBBMY in ploughlOg up Ruture
CHAR6E !4\HJ:NST A 'I'F.lllP()R.A
laud. titers W&! bound to be " great ru.h o~ ,""ork
'at 86ed l time, and they. wanted to ha.ve tbp land
P"bSTMAN.
J'ea.dY to put in ~ho !lprlI!.g com.. They. therefore,
LeVI Cooper WIl$ cha.,ged with
asked 1411 the DistTlct Committees ~ c~ out
a.bout Soptember 18th a silver watch,
thiS
na.tiona.l enterpru~e whiCh the W ~r
of the Postma.ster·Oimer&l.
A:gricul uraJ Cot!lmittee, baa placed upon thetr
D I Walters Bald that ' pri.OMr had
Ihould.e ,
ployed a ... temporary postman, On ~lf~elllll>'r · 1
Mrl
J . K. Cross then moved the MOP on of
17th the watch, with other ilrlIcIes, was
tbe report, and' in the COUI'8e of htB !6marka stated
a parcel and addressed to a .oliliar
. si\ati,on,,?
that the Oxford.h,re Steam Plou~hlDg Co., Ltd ,
.t Reading. The .oldler never
had plant and t""kle ovailablo lor breakmg
and · Detectlve Charman) of
land
in fa.ct were 10 -need of work, ~nd -i! r~:~~t;::'I~
Police. trdced the watch into the
BUch' wOl'k was ~ot given them they. woul · .hBve
sessIOn ana ascerta1ned that he- had
no other altcrnatlve but to brmg their milo hmery
to a mn.n at Gravesend
Un~ the
Hito the yard.
Mr L. BfLveyBtock) of pagnor
he
for a remand for a week
I{arm near New1)ury, also had t ackle lI."'{aJ.lable
ma.de respectmg other
lor that wprk. Mr F A Smith, of Ea'it Hen·
dre.d Steve'bton, .,leo had .team tockle a~lable.
They were havlIlg more objectlOns in B kshire
t~n.n last yea.T in ploughing
He did no thmk
tha.t could be attnbuted to the ~und
badly
Ellen forRobInson,
:[hb'C::~
scheduled There 6ee~e.d to be ateehng th~t there
moned
ass.:'\ultlnp: ~li~\',:!'
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was !ome doubt as to whether the Executive were
her 23rd She wa.s further summoned
sure that thiS ground was wanted On th pOint
109 ber husband,
Robinson,
street. ond th~ was a.
there must be no doobt whll.t..eve~Th8 could
IIR.y POSitIvely that all theIr efta
wo d be
the hu.ba.l:td was charged WIth
dIrected to gettmg the quota they
ed I r, and
The hooring of' the ca.ses
na the report sLated objections would be 00 •dered
tIme, a.nd a.fter Jistenmg to
60 thot they dId not get land that would
\Iolv.
agamst the different po.rtleB,
wa.stf;\ of energy and labour in ploughIng WIth
the defenda.nt Robinson hsd
Â¥jl.t fact borne In mlDd and the neccfllity
mAin·
She WRoS hound ovv sometime ~1i~;,~~:f;~ I~~~~~:
tailllng the nulk productlOD mmor ob etlOnl.
ber, 1915, for being drunk ond"
Could not be expected to prevail He d
to
bound over for tw'B yeaTS In
~re!a hiS appreCla.tion of the Executive pmmlt.
vieted of a comm6n assault a.nd
tee a.;J a. whole and the unfaihog help
Ived
twelve months, &nq In July, 1913.
from lbat body
VicW 01 &n aggrt\oy.~d ....ult and ~eD,~~.ced
:Mr. Sturges mentIOned that a. good de of the
SlX weeks' b&rd labour
She wou1d
iand 16 th. Wokingham di.trict w.. wate logged,
tenced to ! I I weeks' hard hl-bour for the
and It was impossible for lit to be p10ughed up unMn. Cane, and to four wee. for the
I..s the ditches and water cO'lr'" were k. cleor
her husband, the eentenc•• to run COlICUrit·pbl·l',
The Chturman said that qnestlon had c me be.
Defendant
Thank you, Sir
fore the Committee at theIr mornmg 8ittl g. The
good, and I hope Mr Robinson will
mmit
subject was referred to the Dramnge Sub
I come out
tee. who would go mto the matter
They had
THE RIGHT OF ARREST·
been In oommmncatlOn With the Board of Agncul.
·PROSECUTION F
*,ure on the question
Mr F Rate referred to
John
obtame along the "de of
S E. was
The Chairman reCerred to
tho GWR from
paym~ the Inri. and
Women's War Agricultu"rar;I't,;~~';.'iR~;::~::.1
!howed that there"", .. ; _._._ N
thereot J He was alBo
t eers a.c~pted 10
ticket colector
diLlon 628 whole
Mr D H Witherington
time worken, and they
GWR
a.nC6 from the women
care and 1pa.tl' a. The
are
dlsch&rged
the land The
ca.so forsoldier,
the left
the .( Dlstrict p m tram
on the preVjOU9
,..", g.vini tbo grant
.~i~;~l::;:'~
CPIau/tJtt.,U
"o
want
of
ap·
Bath and W ..t of .J!;n~I",\(1 ~
I,,,,clety,
8atloT, who wna his brother
ha.ve reno found in the la.vatory The
to encourage milkin g
will
Jjers of th. Committee
Derendant ..Id the sall o~ hitd "
OII~ 01 the IM'a/,(\nI
nnder the conditions elrtiWng
01 the grant pMticuiare should be
D ecember 14th
The gr&nt did
National ServH:e Volunteers.
Mr Latham called atten tion to tile
pClency In the supplies of coa.l for l14I:",cultun"
purposes, and said unless there was
out
proprietors of thrashmg machmery
quota.
ceue operations
meet the ~h""',t.",~
I Mr. Rogers SR.ld he would Bee that
out the world,
temarks wale conveyed to th$ proper ndon.ero.
1920'
, The report wa. then adopted
At the. request o f the P'ood froductlon Dep~rt·
The !ollowmg 18 the Executive
ment 30 ton s of .ug.. for preservmg have been
Repllrt WIth .!tght conden ..tton . dlStt:lbutoci t.hroughout the Countb_ Over 5,000
applicatIOns were received and ~,~O allotmen~s
EXECUTIVE
were i!SUed, TwentY·)1me trade!D)O,!I 'Were utlh8ed
, Thi. CommIttee baa be,en
for the pur-pO!le and allDwed' ~d p er Ib £01 their
addltLon ' of ~. Mount, who
.The .ug.r cost 6d. per Ib and was .old
Bmce h ~ return from France,
at 7d. Thil omount receIved was £1.950 4s, 3d
has been appointed
nnd I the expendIture as lol/pw. :,- Purcl!!iee 01
. scheme h.. been
sugnr, £1,612' lOs ; remunerat,jo.n of tradesmen,
ro\luctlOn Depa;tment
£133 3s 8d ; clerIca.l and other assltance, print·
fac1htiel\ to fanners for
mg land postages, £91 14s 7a ; balan ~e to da.te,
qUlreroents neceuary for
£112 16..
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I ere the lost meeting tb~ number of tractors at
Ing bono.,
MId m..
hmeI'}' and
I ductlOn;
mcludl;ng
seeds,
the. disposal of ,the Commlttee... has been- mcreased
not for the payment 01 wages
to
, and n. machinerY officer o.n'il 'tliroe super.peCla,l forms, must be made to.
y,"o!"! have been appoi!'ted . 'rM Qowmittee ar£
by tho Coaimittll\l, when tho ajlll11c6lI'
informed that at no dIstant
larger
I authOrised to order the goods,
the Bank 'peclfied in the aUl>oomv.
nunjber
01
tractor.
will'
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tbaq each dlsLrict will hll,ve
1'... 11 settle tho account nnd treat
IIpccml overdraft, repayable
~;::;:::~ reqUIrements The refused
are ; 20.. per Bcre for ,
• guarautee. The apphcnnt Will sign ~
Wh6l'B the fUlTOW does
note and mt.erest at 6 per cent will
depth In the case of
for the loan, bemg repayable WIthIn
nine montruh The Departm ent are
leed, at p ..... nt, to guorantoe re]pa.}'l!!'lUq
mad. up to .Decemoor ~1at
tionl! far a total amount~ of, £tQ5<.h,'vo
&lid approved (
The !l."ty . 0
petrol licence.
other.
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'Q UITE the best way
really nice Coat is
see a few ot th~ new '
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the latest whims and
lone that's going to suit,
Coats for all occasions;
and Skirt Models.
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The correct place
the cort-ect way to obtain
visit ,any of our

A;t~C:~\JND~R P~BATIPN

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Dolv'T FOROET YOUR ,

SONS,
ANCIfEr

Tellegl'amls:1.. Excolllor, llea,g,"

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Brixton,

pl,,""I'O, '" me to odd
o, IV,,,,o'. Lightnmg Cough
onI1."IfI'c~oa" remedy for oUI'ftelveB
it for twelt'e or four
us. I a.m euxe it has.

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ie the world's I!upreme
Troubles, Al!thma,

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\Vbooping Oough and
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.UO" .~w"!" everywhere.
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Ask""lour Grocer for

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for his address, although ,the tIme he was tSked

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SoUd Silver
GUt EDamel

He ~a.ve· "G.

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mado further mqUiries and found that he Jra.ve
the same nam e and address a.t Farnborou.'lh Wit·
ness knew defendant 8S a traveller. He saw him
on October 23rd a.t lI'arnboroup;h a.nd said he had
c.lled to see him about the tIcket, and he ~aid :
" What a.bout the t lCket 9" Wtmesl '!.lnirl it. was
out of date"and be sald
may lust a.s well ten
you the truth I took It on the Tuesdav 1I ~That
was October 2nd). Witnes!! l.!told· U What "bout
givinp- a false name and address? IJ and he sa:id hel
was absolutely "fiabbergasud" when he W8.8 rskcd
tor'

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Palace Works,
prinCIples of

talns ,he

'had been i.. ued on the 5th It would have been avaIl·
able on the 6th. 1fl/~ being 1I,ued on the 2nd .t
w,. onll" aVailabld"bn the 3M On October 8th
he ,"w delendani; 11ili~ .ald he took the tIcket on
the 5th. Nothing wai laid about the 2nd. !W,t.
Bumn, 01 Weldal.·,treet,

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colleo1>iv. results 01! smon eflort. which find
lan 'illustratIon in the glga.ntlO coraf reeCe:
anima.lcule are re'pea.ted in a mlDOl' de~e
an:,ong~ the human raco.

Two example. in oon·

Readmg! War HO!SJ)ltals Supphes
I..em.'. ,.',,"'hy of record, Que Teferring to
m;ine:ri fl;h~

labour. In regard to the for·
by the Rea.dmg War
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have jU6t completed
ca.reer rand have been

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