Reading Observer 01-1918

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PUBLI,,C_, PR~SENTM'ION
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important is- the fa~t that
suits a re good in every point .
shoddy stuff got together
specially for a Sale.
~ut fit and workmanship of the

Thomas Forsbe-t-. M.C. ; R . Barb R. .oommnnd of his battalion, '-when his
n. OI\JI1UUty. Bnd
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l~e following official I nnno~n,"'nl en'~

twico changing dit·('O-

on Monda.y night:-

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H e thcn made

"",..iiah.ed the pO~lIt ion
dofen ~ive

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bis M.jesty', ~Ji~:~a,~~.
t.~o King has been

usual" Stewart standard1 eliable.

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missioner in tAe '
of imb"",.'dor
potentiary .on Special
Lord R eading, as

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This year" s Sale must have

tlle attnok with utter disheavy 61", and the' dash
~.lltalioD went fo;w.ard in the attack
_'U'''' l a oo'nsiderable Dumber,of prisone1'll Wl\~
'hiMfine personal eXAmple. He w aa

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On his ad\'ancemcnt to!an earldom
t ook l the oath and his se~t ' in the
on Wednesday bis
being
Lord BeauclJamp. He
by tho King and ki~ed

wowlded in the chest and ·back.

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day nllyinj:!"
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nod ,.howing
grasp of
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MILITARY CROSS:
Toyler, R.E" late of tbe National
!,!~~vin1lial_lilank, Reading, has been awarded tbo
distinguished conduct in tb.

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Sl~la.riea a,lLd
the Sta.ff who ¥O engaged with
nod Bonu s to other mClnbers of
Resen'e Funds forcf!o Dtingcneies
p"ymenl, of DivideT\,.ds for lb e yenr W17

:-E'or p&ymetR- of

ecut. po r ", nHUm. l ~!\ Incomcl'l'B% ,
carry forward £73:i,785. The !D ivi~

1m' HUG with o.ppropl·j~tioul!I
;; i JSs40 ~1I iJi, r'-'---Cra.tc
forwnrd :£243,038.
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MERITORIOUS SERVICE MI',IJAL.
The following bave
Service M~ nl ;!
S"gt, F . T. CrodO!l, !l[~!ile~ll,:,! ,j,
tBerg-t.. (Aot. B at.
R.F A.
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:Under this beading ;we ha.ve Brrn.n.ged to pnhJlsb
weekly an u ticl,;y on Poultry and Pou l try Keep
;ing by an expel'lf. "bieb sktould pro\'c ~ery useful
at. t.h& present bfn o., The .....· rit.&- ..... 111 be pleased
to a nrwer any qucs tions oy rcadcr:s, who 6hou ld
!illUdjthelr correspondence
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:All:,Jngs considered; this has not beeen & goo'd
'. !ea.!on fbr ' egg's. It dac's ho~ foHow"that because
,a m ..~ h1a.s been 8"!l ccessful one year thnt the same
.good fortune wip follow bim every year, 3nd thi~'
. 'ha.s causJ?d many dir..a.ppoin tments in the past . 1
know of Itwo usualJy very StlC~{u! c.gg p rod t:ceNl
who th.iS seaoon have complamcd b1tterly about
thB ~() df eggs and cannot mako out the
lOne is a man who nm5 hi s bi rds on the
&emi-~ive principle, tha.t is with a. 8111aH ru n
to each house wl:iero tbe birds are let out on fine
da.ys, but kept inside if the weath er should be un-'
favourablo.
The other man baa nlways w,orked
purely
the intensive plan and hence keeps hiS
b irds in tho h ouoo aU ithe time. 'I In t he first Ca.6e
.#te ~an last year ba;~hcd hi s stock fairly early
&Ild h.8d the puUets la.ying in September, with t he
result ~ says that they dropped off by the end of
D ecemOer, so that he tried hatching ' 3 fo~tn ight
to' throa ,9Ceks later Qlld now has hardl y (\ pullet
:Joyi"lt' Of couroo tb e weather bas a good de.l to
do with fowls la-ying, nnd dump ooId wmds '~' IU
~eep them off ,more tha~ the frost and drymg
.winds, but bes¥Je all . thiS t hey WO~ hatched. a
'littJo too late. While J:e WM getting • goodly
' 6upp ly of eggs. &lao he used fish ~l in modera.tion but this yea? he lms been try1.ng freshly cut
g~ bonO- and thinks this hns had some~hing to
do with it.'. ' Now I doubt if the actual feedin g
was the cau.-..e, but that they we,re batched later
than llsu&l, and ,.,'hen thoy should ha.ve come on
to 111-Y tho weather was damp and cold so t hat ~he
birds did · not receive nny encourn.gc.ment. \Vlt_h
the intensiv& ma.n it is difficu lt t o account for hiS
'l ack of eggs. becavse ho sa.ys that conditions and
i,£eeding have been t he t11\.ffie each y~ar.
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l'hero is on6 raitber important pomt~vblch m"Jst
not be {o~otten .
The foods h a.ve not ~e n gO
good all round as ' twelve months a.go , for many
ihings became sbort and t hen e~her, nlaterial.,
were bonght .Ul to make up t ~mp1et.e ~lon.

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THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
Thol spooinJ form of service was need at Holy
Comm.unidn a.t 8 ~l m. , Matins 11 _a..m., and even·
song atl 6j p.m. Ha.lf of t he offertories, , amounting to £1 will be given to the Red Croos Society,
SOCIAL.
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.A whist dti.\'e and dance was held o.t the School
on Now Year's Evc , llpwaros of forty being ~­
sent. The proc~ ds, a.mounting to £2 ~. , were
givenl~ to the fund belns: r aised to assist Mr. G.
Turner arid his frun ily. The whist p rizes . -Were
won by ' ~1i ss Lucy Bayliss and Mr. ·W. ~cath.
Between ' ~he da.oces· 1'. musical programme wa.s
contributcd by Mrs, Hughes, MIS. B.ker, Mrs,
Edwards a.nd ' M.. srs, J . H, Baker and C, Ed·
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An InUjrc~ssion Service . WM held a.t tbe Church on
Sunday. The Vicar wa.' a&8istbd by the Rev. c .,Niglit~
ingale. The collect.joD' wero dovoted to the Red Cross

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MRS, BENYON'S HONOUR.
The . a.ri.nounoeme.nt of the honour conferred OD
Mrs. Benyon has given univ.ersn.l plea:ru.re through.
out tho district, a.nd it is felt tha.t no honour wa-s
more d~ rved.

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CROWTHORNE.

IDEATH AT THE ASYLUM:.
An inq~ h as jUlit been held on an inmate
named Rooort At.k inson, ng~d 86 yeaTS) who had
been in t he instit.ution 'ti3 years.
A LIN K WTH THE PAST.
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T he funeral .kook :plnCfi' last week- in Crowthorne
churchyatd of ,)\Vilharo Engleulild ]It tho age of
~ y~ars .1 Deceased J'erru:;mool'e.d both oranches of
the SQut,lj Eastern I~nd Soutb Western Railways.
CAROL SIN,GUIG:·
Durin ~ Christmas week Mr. Tomlinson, musio
master at ~llington College, with & party of
ladies ana gent.lemen snng carols in' the ne~g h bollr­
hood and Tiliscd the sum of £ 40 for St .Du1l8ta.n's
Homo for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors.

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The annual §uppcr of th o PCLl"ish Church Choir took
place in ~ut&ena Schools nn Dec. 31st, The Rev. B.
Wright
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parish)· prosided. A happy time
was spent m mwna and Sames, in which Mm. Wright

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WOMEN'S ' INSTITUTE.

A succeesfal New Year's meeting W~ held last week,
a d~ s ~ Kiven by the Bev. E. A. PhiUi-pll, of
BIl8iJdon, &oud Mrs. Ker. Mrs. Adey -and Mi~ E. Ford
won pr"izd in competition.
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tre atlUen L If nJ t.(: l· a ll p lun IS Ig OHt" ! ~';: : " ~
r etha ins emp lov l" u hb jn~ or m nss~,'!(, ~n d mr: '
men ts of the ·joint. S lighte r spr :J. i~ 5 of I l. <!
ankle shoul d be strapper1 Wl !h a (l h r~ ' e
pI oster in !"'n!1: sl rips aboll t· 1[n 1 \~ ! d('
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e trappil~g s110uld begin around t11C 1O !' { q~
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POTATO DIS'l'lE"S.
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S ix or eight I potatoes (p arboile d), t ,<,,:)
ounces margA-rine, a lit.tl c s tock; one tabl e.
spoonful of pursley (minecd), j one oltlml
(min ced fin e), one tnJ)lcsp oonful of flour , d3pm ch of thym e and ma rj oram, p ep p el' nil ~
salt. Cut th e pota toes Ili lo ~ h cfs n quar! ~r 0 1
nn inch thick.
Dissolve ~hc I~ ~ rgannc . III it.
stew-pan, and ndci th e on ion , finelY mm cc d,
and le t it st ew t.lll it 1S t.e nder . Dr e(!gc the
fl our' into t.he p all , and >s t ir t Ill l~ is SlIl oo til
and brown; the n pou r 1n gr ndull.lI)' as !Il u"'\\
boi lin g stock ns will make t.he s~ lI ce 0= t~Q
cons isten cy of cream. Add n Plll9h of thymI)
and ma rj oram, tile c hoppe d~ pnrs}ey, pep JH!r
and sa lt, and any o ther flavouring that lP ay
be des ired. One or two dr o~s of, es!'encc (;1'
s,rlic are often an Impro ~ emcnt , bu t th ey
mu st be used with di scretion. Let the S Otl ClI
for 0. few mi nutes, put iu l_tho sliced '
'THE ; TUB~C~E BACILLUS.
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and when th ey a"rc t~ nder, witho ut
Fortu~&tely for m ~~kiDd ' says the Nur!\'tIg ,
broken, turn the whole on t-o n dish lI nd
J!1rror,' the tubercle 1)nci1lus. live5 3. verY ll're. 1
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easily devita.lised and !
l'u'R'O VI:Rs.-T nke six lounces of
destroyed. It hns not been known to mul iply I ;;:~i:;~~~d~ ( cooke~ nnd sien:!d ), one egg, 11. hut.
outside of living . ti s~ e ~ excep t in lnhol ator i jf
c'ookeil 1 mea t, two Qunces of m nrgaexperimenta, a.ltboug~', it may remain virillent
and pepper. Bcnt. the mar£:tr ll~c [0
for ncarly a year w~en o.~lowed to lie in the
mix it with the po ~~tp \r add tho
d k .
b eaten, nnd enough fl our to
ar ~n .d~composi~ sputu1p:
Sunl~ht ruili·
paste. Turn it out · on to n fi ou red
tates ueclslvely ngalnpt Its· e ;lt!st.ence externally.
Direc t sunlight is aMIe to destroy a. co lony in ~~rrd~a~hi~Sit:!~s~i~t~:nflo:rq~Va~~c~~' O~n~l~o~I\ (,\:
1\ few. mjnut-cs to n few hour s,.. depending on
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the e:x'tcnt t.o which it is screened by Bputum, thick; cut in to r ounds with n cutter.
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~c . Djrrus~ sunlight can destroy it in (\ few r endy some 1"Vcll- fb.\'ou~cd mince.
For sli ell
daye. It' is imp or t,l\llt to note t.hat it is ti'e a purpose o.s thi s th e mi nce will be nicer If a
ultro.·violet ro.Y:5 ~ chicfly tho.t exert thi s bne. var iety of odds 0.IH1 end~ arc u scd, such a" Ii.
tet'icida'J Betion , ' and thnt orc1inBry window ~ slice of bueon. or hum, !a. few slllf\ll pIeces of
glR ~s cu.ts c;mt t hose Irny !; from .sunlight, r cn - beef or mutton; .a nd some scr nps of l,co !d grt nlc.
dermg It lnefieo t.ual.
F or tiltS reason, in Put a little of the mince on one- half of (' a"'~ l
rooms occupied by t ub er cular pDtie nts t he of the rou~d s of pa~ te ; ~OUble the ~~h (' r !l;)\f
windows should be mnde to open like doors~ over and pinch the edgcs toge ther. Ihc t U:'nin order that the n ys or t he sun mi ght pene. O\'ers mo.y be either fri ~d u a d ee p p nn oi iry· ,
trllte directly and f~ee ly into c \'e r y part. ing fat O l' they mny b'1 b ru sh ed over . wdh a
Thcre should be no blinds or cur~aiDa tq littlc oeaton egg·, put. 9n a bakiug s heet, :l!HI
obstruct the light.
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comage
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forma.tion
productIon
f eggs
Poor
food
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-.ever beabd
made
'to[ gl've a. osa.tIsiac·
otherwiae the birds caunot la.y them. ' Anyone
at TiJebun$
en see tbat the grain i. not no.rly
good ..
_usual, and though some foods are madc np to f
,meet the requirements o C the' few, the feOOlI18. a ll
'p rayer w.u
~ i, mucb below that o f pre·wor day..
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The Roy.
_ e dte.tiicts it :i8 n?t a quest..ion 8,l one .0£ :nri.co, ~:::-~i:~B:' c;,;;;;::s~illh o"'e",ted. ,...i , .", by the Iu)\'.
Imt f~ing stuffs of My h Ort .ha.va been difficult.
to obtain, ·so tha.t. before rwmmg out -make sure
of a fresh supply by or,eenng a new st.oc.k when
4be ou..r~'
otting low, Of the wbole foaa-,.
certain
e should be meat or fi! b to make
up for t i l t fife wh~cb the fow l 'Would .get. If
on a. free range, and though 11.0 ~r cent. IS tho
recogDieed a mount. this can be. mcreBsed u p to 15
d u:ring tbe cold d~p weather.
It i, very import.nt tbot ,t he birds bo kept dry
with plenty of 'litter 'on tho fl oor which csn po
eusily scrntched over.
The fact tba.t there ' ~s
EoOmething on t he Boor is not eno~gb , but I t
IJhotrld be light nnd raked over occaslona.ll v to en'1!llro the bottom part coming to t he top to be aired
ruld k~pt ·dry. Alt.hough we, have had n9~ &11y
'Sunday
gr• • t r;iinl.U during tbo past' month , the I1.lr h ..
b oon rla!o.p Md then occ~ion al showers S?On find
the morn·
the 1t:!~kI in the roqr~ a.ndl the whol~ covermg soon
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hecornojs a sol id mass, A., most of the fo ods are
COa.t,&6 m.nd rougb sea. th~t. the birds lUlve plenty' of
tbe
flint. ~rit so~ tha.t this may bo ground IIp and.
were for
digest.ed ' 1.0 the best advantngc. . \Vithout it
l over £12.
the food cannot. be mado into a state. to nouri8h
vongrega..t.bo body. &Ild money spent on '¥lit-able grit ·is wdl
laid' out. Keep up the smnJl arqount of green food
each : dOoy because this . regulates tho body a.nd
keepJ th~ body «QOl. Thi' . is bette, tb.n open·
in.t: j 1ediCme, a.fter. 'WhlCh b irds are hable to take
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Casser .:ole cookery, ?r co okinc; in I!! loncwnre,
is more especially adap te d for so·call ed long
or s\ow cooking pr j esses, 8 (\y5 6 writer in
tho Daily Graplt..ic.
The nbsolu te cle a nliness ~f casserol e! cooker.y is self·evidellt. 'l~\le earthenware or ', stone·
wa.re imparts p o diso/Jreeable flavour to .the
1fl.ost deHcnt~ -pf ViaJl~8. It does not tnrm sli 1
rust or stain, and I thereftyre cannot affect
the 'contents cooked in it. The pots nrc in·
expensive to buy, and if prope r care is
bestowed will last o.s long as m etal pa na.
Cookmg . in sto¥ewnre is both sal'Ou ry and
economical.
F ie rce hent must alw nys be
8.voide·d when cO'oking in 1111 carthcnwn.re
pa.n, Bnd so the aalual cookery is efIect.ed
slowly and even ly, less ruel is nt!eded, a.nd tHo
whQle or the inher ent. good ness is extracted
from the m ont, fish, .or . vegeta bles.
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For mn.klng stocks ItJr so ups an earthenware
.e~scl is inv~lua.ble . . The long, slow cooking
80 necessa ry in etock-m aking in order to draw
out th o essen tillti .11llces of th e I meat and
bones enn bc carried oct to perfection ~' n
these special Fats, and the contents deJ nQt
turn Sour even in Slimmer time. Butchcr's
meat mrw ·be tran te d in ma.ny different ways
- e . cookery. H ot-pot, se n'pie , stews,
in co.sscrol
and braises of O\'ery descripti oJl , fri cassees
and rech nu lMs ar e only &OIDe of the dishe B
which li.rt best conked in ;casse role .
Fruit of all kinds not dilly keeps its sha.ne
better when stewed illl earthenware , becau\e
of the ge ntle he at, but retains much more of
its orip:inal flavonr~ The snmE! applies to
t'~get.l\ble~, eapecial1. the more d eJ~co.t.e varie.
ties, yo ~ ng peM, :ion !l.i(y. Mp ~tn.g U 8, tomatoes ,
Bnd mushrooms. C trcc. tOOj only yi eld s the
full extent of its iriimitnblo aroma ,."hen mnde
in nn , earthenware vesscl 1 or eyen iD an
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HOW TO STOP COUGHE\'G.
~i'0<6 persons ou t of lien cough unneeessari1y,
cough bec~use they aro n er vous, because ) they
think 'a. cough the logical sequence of: any
sort of I!t cold, because it is 8. simple method
of gaining . sympathy, a.nd because t~ey have
Rcquired the coughing habit.
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There are, to be sure, a few diseases where
'the throat is irntated and cough iog (eema
almost Ine1ita.hle. bu t even with sueh difficulties us bronc~itis &nd tuberculosis", ,~:~'~~~::f
c.a.n b e con,bolted. In ,(act, it is an ' c
theory th~t E!ooh eoug.b is not.hing more nor
lcs!} than Ian invitation to ~nQthcr. qonstant
cOllghing is like ru'bbing A. !:",ound .; 80 long as
it is done; h~~ l.ing is impossible.
A medic&l man who is connec'ted with o.n
institution lor children gives the following
simple remedy for coughing! "Let. a. p er sec
when tem:pted to cough draw a long breath
and hold .It un til it warms. 'a nd soothes every
air cell. The ni ~rogen which is .thu s confined
, .c.t s as an aDod~r n e to th~ mucous me mbrane,
allaying the deslre to cough anti giving the
throat and l ungs a. chan ce to he n}. " All ehildrtm 3hould b'e t aught. th is ! ts impl~ little treatment, and -at the L''inme tim e it should be explni ned , to them tha.t
coughing

SAVOURY ' POTATO

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pouna o f potatoes (cooke d ~ lld S! C\ {'(I\ ,
one tnbl espoonful of hot milk or crealll , one
tab lesp'oonful of grBted chcese" 0. lit-t ic ti ll" J)"
mincep. .: parsley nnd chives or omon , t\\ O
'o unces, ~C beef dripp ing, one egg, pepper :Il:d
salt1 'a' little ham or fj acon {cookcq and flU,,;:
mince.d) J Mix an th ese l5. ngred ients th oroughly,
beat well, and then divide inlo n e a t. I OIlI IU
cakes. Fry these till we ll brown ed 011 ca, h
Aide, and serve .ery h ot.

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bad for themselves 'Qd
to othere, our munihon factori es put ll. Bh'nin upon ~h !) n er\,{lu~
syst.cll'} thnt few ron Atand , simply boo<t¥tlo -th,·, ill creased atruin us~ up the nerve building ph o.:. pIIOl II'
fast.t'r t.hnn it c l.. n be supplicu from the ordill:ur foo I.
To mako up this defi ciency and to keep tho m' r n ,ll ;
system strong and ;vigorous, lending ph Yfliciall" 1 hit
world over strongly recOlnmC'nd the uec of tha t I III .
organic phospho1'lls now 01 t lillllble from chcn.::o,t. ·
_eTerywbere in forma of {)· g .r ain tttblet8. of .1l:1; ' pbosphate, the almost univenml use of whleh l ~ c o;
,enl~\!" '~~~~d~~~~~~l~~ne ¥\:~'
to Ithe ' ftlct: that i~ sUpplicf.l. to tho ntr~o\l:; ~r·~ I "l n
'~:~'~:;~c.~~:~~;:: 1 ~ha.t organic ' phosphato wlu oh nu.i.kes lifo ' I)O~:'I \ ,II"
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th6s making tho nerves strong aud llWady', rcS ' ur lll ~
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vis::our, vitality, endurn,ncc , and str tl n gth t o t h c w , :\1.
aoa Ilged and ml~king 10llg h ouh~ Rnd hnrd '1 (.\ k
8c't-m eRsy. Meany worlccrs, howevcr, particuh l'ly
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phosphQrUs, and th~e will be g lad tol learn th:l,L by
tatting with each meal a. .5-graill h~blet of red blII O'
ph08pbato (containing digcet ible iron). they (, 1\1\
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f orward m4kc.s £2,211.254 for n ppro-

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ceremony was a Jarge crowd ,
the D .C.Y.
who joip~ in the a.p~reclatio n or t.~o gal.lant sol - awarded
Sergt, W. H.
d to~s h i1'?l~ by "'oclferously ch<:enng him.
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ing, No. 201448 rSa.pper \V. C. _ WJ;teele.r, .t\oyal
Engineefs, was pt:bli~y preeented with the Military. ¥~n l whic~ he gai ned for coDl ness and gnllar :r)j lost yea.r on the Ypres front. In the un·
n.voida.bl~ a.bsence of Col. H . F : Coleridge, D S.O.}
Offi~ ' ~omma.nding Troo.p s ill Reading, the prese n~ation W!lS made b y J.. icut..·Coionel J . F.
Humby, ! C.M.G.,. D.B.O., Commnnding Pioneer
School bf Ir.struction. There were also present
tbe lraf~r '(Mr, F, A. Sarjeant), tbe Town Clerk
(Mr ,
Clut.terbuck), Cap~, J . S. H end erson ,
(the Chief Constable), Lieut,·Col.
G, R. Walsh,
O.C. D~pot Royal Berks Re~mco t, Major W.
J... ArfOrlrong. M.e., Pion eer School of I nstruction, Gapt. J. Cotton, Royal Berks, GarrisotJ
Ad jt" I ~ing, Copt. W, SimplKln, Adjlo, l.'ionoor
School o( Instruction, Ca.pt." D. J. MacGlasham.
London Regiment, Ca.pt. E . O. Clarke, \ Devon
Regimkt, Lieut. G. P . . Cbace , Adjt" Depot
Berks iRegiment, Lieut. M. K. Sbaw, .<,W. Fusi
liers, qec. Lieut. J . ,"T_ Hoope~, Gloucester ~egi.
mento, fee. Lieut.. F . Cole, A.,S .C. , Major F. J . L.
GiUmor. Seniol". ChnpJa in , ,he Rev . H. Eton Lury,
C,F ., hnd Itbe Rev, p, Go' J~vy, C,F, Tb c
unite ~n pa.rade \Vere tho 30th (L\V,l Battalion
~fiddlc8ex R<giment, A,S,C" IDopot Royal Berks
Regim.jnt , ..-itb b.nd un der tb~ baton of Mr U.
White.1and Re ading W ar Hospttals.
Wheeler be10ngs to Cold Ash, ncar N ewImry, a~d in reply t.o th~ May o~ said he W!l3 goin g
back ~ France on Wcd n esaa.~' .
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l'he m ilitary allthorities n otificd the Pre~5 that
flpeecp~ at. the ceremony ~ere n nt to be rep::r tcri .
'l 'hero ~\' ere no sp.."'Cchcs , th ~ onl:y rcmD.rks being
the co~tulations tendered by Colon el Humby
to ths Mayor.
l.,ieut. -Colonel H umby in making t he prcsc.ritatidn cohgraulated Sa.pper \VboelerJn . his di stincti on a.o'd shQOk be.nds with him,
dld also t.h~
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d01'otion to duty iu an
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rallied hiA men ,
and held on until
be •• t 0 'splendid

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