Reading Observer 01-1918

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TUESDA't -Before

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chaIr) and otheL magustrates

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CRUEI,l'Y 'TO A

John Kmg, of Fli~Ghampstea.d,

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WaR 10 poor cond,tIOn, a.nd 1t
difficulty. The nght hmd leg ~ as

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food Inear , 110 "ere there

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arouscd l th>s
war film de hpg
11 bemg d IIhow-d a.t
Theatre
The finol

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The recent hcavy mtn.p.nd mcltiag Bnow ~....e Cl\q~
a great rl86 m tho nvcr m tltl" tliAtrtct and many of tl\e
ID'!ILdowsJUld fields neu-...t.he rtvet' are Bn'bmer~ The
'Vlll ow~ Bane 18 Ilu~b\e to pedestriruu. the wtt-ter
nearly ren.chmg the mnl'h~d
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p11zes, which ~~ere
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JoncB, pl~t.ed

pl~Led pickle ''"

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mystery, M'63 l' ~r~,oirlp~or .
take place to day 1. Ptc Weok., I hall
P Hambhn, biSCUit
c~~r~inrn,g
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':MOT~S: UNION. .
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The memhel'8Qf tho' othe,rs' Umon \\ere Ilddrelllttd
em Tbl1ndav last by-Mr1!rBrn.bn.nt. of Oxford. th~ 1mb·

Conn pr~n~ .~~f;~~~~i~~~ ·~~
CommIttee
MISses
Thomas twere askEd to
picture ' frame, WM
proceeds,
flc rlpt.lODswhIch
of £1a~~~~lOi~"t~!iY
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10. 6dhire.
Mr1Jr
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defend a.nt.,. ,t.he

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lect.belug the proPo&ed,;Di(orce )3111 WhICh ,.,u treated
more frp1Jl. tJle womJl.n1s"powt ot ~ew. There \.&1 110t
luch aluP1a~danctrl'swaahoped:for. OWIOg to th"
IhookiDg weailier experi~llced ~t the week end

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At the monthly meotmg nf the members ot
O.E M S ou }Ior.an.y. ltr, H Colellv continued
subject of the Geo~phy of the HoJ" 'Lewd \V'hlCh
Chener,. started lU December, by taking the country

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from the economIC ludA of the question ShnWlUg: ho ....
by Its bUIld and geoiogu:al formation It might be .. n cb

'Prosperous co'mtr} , but a"" mg to the m18lDB.un.gement
by tbe TUlles and tIle harsh treatmGl)t or the people
the agrJculturnl nnd ktodred'i productions greatly
~uffered. A number of stereosCOpIc news, lllustratIug
vanO\l8 pomte, were greq.tly eUJ oyed The thankB of
the members to Me Cole'by were propOl~ed by the

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FINCHAMPSTEAD.

McCravart ga\'G eVidence for the dcfeme
ha.y and \\ iter were taken to the co ~

The cow

I,)AIRY FARMER'S

C~UEtTY

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wa,lIct., my'kt.e.r:x,

\Vltncss

cow Defenda'lt told WltUesS that the cO\~ s 1, ,) 1
" n.s put:. ouL, and had been 80 for I6ur OJ tll e
mon !l'i He !!':l.Id he h ....d gl.en her a. "fl CI [Ill <If
hay It-hat. lnornJllg and that h e '" as gamg t o ~IJ
her Ho <::l1(\ ho \\ oyld take the CO\\ h d me. md Pllt
It. m the shed
Un the 4t.h and a g
til<' 6tu
pC Januu1 Y '"ttneas"':'1 tlw the cow III t he field In lne
sa.'ne poSItIon nnd saw no food there H e did n'I'"
6C9 rho cow mme
Hav 'Was t aken dO\\ \l ;tlter~
'IdtlTe~s had seen the anlmnl
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\Vllltam Allen, M ReV S , !SaId he IOkl"
cowan JanuRDY 8th lIt was aged and v e l \ bmc,l
wIth! a. fra.eture of the hip JOint hnd dl!,pl:lc('mcn~
There was a. box there \1 Ill c~
1' ~~~II~:;nt·~~.:i~ food st~' but no sign of rrgul UI
."h:if~b~;li;i:~ H
support r the leg was gone
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fillEt. h!lv~ las
five or ~IX month~
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he,sl,'C"CO
act of cruelty f r the r.ow to be thel l! III
ba.\ c lJecn destroyed when tlle aCt.:ldcn~
happen<,d.
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R S peA corroborated
rhe
a dt op of nulk 1 A bo:t l \\ "~ t:' 1 \ ~ n
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hal '" Il.S ,ttJ\.rTI lt ~ the CO ~ :l.1t"r
p:::en
'Vltnessj saw dcft"nchll1t,
Jomt had bc~n out thl ee 01 fou r
he!; Ollt nIl the tIme I 1l1ve
I lost my,horse anel no\\ I ca D.
" H c eald
took hel 1 )) 1 Ir
o( b"&y
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m gh t
H e n ~l~ed hp.1 once t
and got
a gallon of mIlk
~jJe bad n cal!
months'
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MtStre9

at th e , ,,_. _-,,
Fifty tables
playen 'Yo era

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mght; The16 "'llS no
sIgns of any ba . mg: been put there~
he \\ Cl lh.e.. 1
wa.." b,t.teliy cold, and tb~re "as no shel ter It I thl>
anllnai

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of t."o
pla.re.') ,,,here
th e .cow had
n.';1 t the
W.IS
\\lth
\\lthl al~ dun
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lf: n

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field j covered snow,

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betw~eq

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8th Gr~gg
rfll5t saId on January BLb
cruelty
to
a. cow onBlldge,
dates where
field
near
Evel'Sley
a.nd white cow sta.pdmg In a ditch

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'rP A PONY.

EST.trn,Y!U'rnn 1817

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t ill 4- exccpt 'Yodn~So '
till 12j30 li'rldny aDd l
eveninG's 6 t \l1 8 I
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ALLOWED ON DEI?OSITS per ccnt r.eneral Dep,ar'tment
cent. ~upplemcnta.r.f Dep¥tment
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f<',N'vH:"'" -377, Oxford Road 116" Woklngham l
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and 23, Market. Pl~ce, Woklll~bo.m
post. f~ on apphea..tlon
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A. TRIGGS. rActuary

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Agents for the" Rendmg ObserTer" at TWJford
ATe J W CHURCH, N,.,wla.gent etc. St.atlon
road : Means WYMAN and SONS Ralh\n1 St&-':
tiOD. Bookstall, Bnd Mesars. W. H SMl'rB and
SONS 1. ' StatlOn road

}4:ead Farm, Dunsden,
10 charge oC a pony
on January 19th He
cruelly tll-t.reat-lDg a

Pr-o!llec·tlst,te.,t,
"r; .o.".r;n

on Saturday
Caversham,

a. dark br.own

pony.·al.t",m.,q.

He sa,\l blm

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rRI~SE\NT"TION

TO MR. A. YOULD.

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COOPfR.

SUCCESSOR TO LEWIS COOPEj"I.

MER C If A

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26 .ad 29, MARKET I?LACE,' .HE i DlNG.

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Gver held ,n
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WO.in!lh.', a,. ~,.;. gl\ en on W ejdneAay evenmg 10
RHEUMAl'IS~ and L?MBAGO.
a.td of the S~ ' Dunst.an-s H06tcl
and Sa.Ilors, under the ausRub in
Night and
Branch of jthe Na.tl{)n~l Carol
MO:'Dlng.
A Youd, FReD , 15 the
It acts like mIJglc.
TRY IT I
secretary I Durmg Christmas
I 8d & 25 6d Bo Ul~ of ChemIlS'" & Stor~, or direct from
by membf:r1l of tho Umted
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the d1stnct, of all denomma
,I THE "SANITAB' CO, LTD,
of £135 ha.d ~n Tall:icd. and thi S
"qc",,.':!Â¥1 cori'cert Will consIderably a.ugm~nt
IF
I,,-g. Dnll H&ll was bngh~ 1'nth
and facmg the audience frotJl t}le
'was the baimarei of the
Presldont the Rev B
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Rev H M Walter.
T~LEHURsr.
E Saulez, the Rev
J Lush, tlie
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The Agent fqr tlle ~. Reading" Observer" .t Tilehun*
C Hare,
P
/' .. Mr B. H toLLYER. Scliool-l'oad
Ke~dlm~,
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LA.NTERN LEOTURE
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Where
any
respeet!\ble
penon
A very intere&tin.K-U.ntem lectl..lnl 00. ~I The Citi81

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Ii B.-Competent Cellarmen kept, yrho can 'hI! engn(lcd
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for bptthng, pncklOg, or :removlDC

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_ _S_UTESS •

s~ecessful c~neerL'

tloat on hiS
of P ep

a. kneel
thrashmg
th e pony WIth'
(produced)
They "' ere
fuit- hard blows
followed by gettmg Into
8. trap, a.nd bad a. tVleW of I?n:!K>ner the . " hole wa.y
for abo\tt. a nule LBe contu;lUcd hl Ltlng the pony
all \hc "ay untd witness stopped CLDl on the ~
Qf the second htll m Peppa rd -toad I He was then
III a 61ttlllg pO~ltlon, and wi tness sa id ' SIlver,
'~ hy do you contmua to th~ this ponv?" H e
replieq .. It ke:r,t stoppmg· :i . I wanted to got
h OlUe to my Wife 'j Witness mud You have been
dink1l\8.
He 61lold "No~ I have tl ot ' Wl~­
n I Itela him he cbnsldered hel wa.!! not capa.ble of
i.a tni charge of the pony, and added
.. You
WIll a'cCompa.ny ~ m,e to the pohee station" ,When
they ,..""hed the hettom of P ~ospeclr'treet on the r ••ee'....
."o.y to the atatloul pr160ner fell out of ~he carl
lBODer. Now, now '
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l~n eS5, con~ tna-, NlJd lie c.h~e d htm i at
tb polIce eta-tlon flth being. d~nk whlie ,tn ch arge
of the p'ony~ and l~rt He ll1f1de no reply Be
l'rerel-red & charge of cru!;Jty ~a.mst pr18Ooer, but
It. ~M:not. ta.ken then DY ~ tqe officer 10 cha.rge
W,ln ... OJa.al1ned the pony ~on he stopped pn·
aoner There 'werel"'fnumerou ~heal8 from the
.tlck, extenrung from. the rum to the ba.ck The
pony' had been clipped rocen Iy At 10 15 that
(Monda.y) morntng wlin661
rged prl.8Oner W1th
cruelly bea,tmgl tlie pony. aa he m ade no reply
P:nsoner was drunk, but not "dead drunk, '
although he ws.s so drunk tha.t he was not capable
of takiqg care of himself Or .the pony
In reply to prisoner, wLtness saId he was sta.tionary when he overtook hun He ftescTlbcd him
as H drunk" because b e was lncapable of t.aklllg
care of hlOlss:1f WltneM P'T him hIt thc pony
Be got out of tbb cart, but 1faJked .rnther Irrcgu
larly He fe ll out of the cart 10 Prospect-street
Be fell out from iho back of the earl
WM
trymg to get out. whIle. the I
wa..e. stattonRry
In trying to gel l ou~ he
down on to hi.
feeL
The MagIStrate,' Clerk
f~lhng out •

I ART~UR S'

RED CROSS ' WORKROOM '
The tota.l number of dresatuge a.nd gannente made
bv the abo.. workroom dunng the yen.r 1917 was
49,'21l3. o.nri. they were despatched to hospItals 111
Re:1.Qjng, Wa.rgrave. Gr.lllsb,. tbe Bntish Red Cros"
London the Dlrectol-Geuera\ of Volnutary Orga.UIMtions, and Lady Stlllth-Dot"ne~
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both. charges

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42, Queen's Rd.,

Italy" wu gwen

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the VDlap JÂ¥.ll on Wedneaday.

bv the Bev. D. 1": G. Hudgel\ <pISmct Secretarv).
when the Rev. Dr. H R Coopel' .. Sm~tb prelJ1dd. The
meetlng was well attended The Rev. E. J. Perry,
th, LOCal Sectetarv, a.nnounced tbo.t the children'B lantern evemng W(U!I fixed for March 2bt, and th~ meetini
,.,.ould take JlI~ , 1D the \Vesleyau Schoolroom. He
oordtally: th.u.nked the B?,C1tor for the mtereet he bad
taken In the SoCtet,' and for preBtdmg. Mr Croclrer
klDdl1le~nt

:Pte 1M1tern. WhICh WM worked by Meamt.

E. J. BlIlmJeJ,and S. Taylor. ,

EN,f,iLEFIELD.
~ATH OF MIt GEORGE BUCKLAND.
A weIl-knct'Wn figure has pBA8ed &WII..f in th& peftlOU
of Mr EphraiJq..-George Bucklaqd, for 47 yean gamekeeper at ~EnglellelU.-20 years as under-keeper to his
father, tAe la.te ~e Bucldand, and 27 yCfU'llIl.S head
koo{)8r &nd hla taffim;'. ~SUCCeMOr. D~ed, who WlU!
tn hie 66th year, succumbed to a lIudden a.nd Violent
heArt se~re In the early houn of Satul"Jiay 'moromg
Knptru and respected by a wide circle of frlendll, Mr. I·,:!;._c:."
BuCkland's death W111 come as a IJUlPrue to many. 51!!
be 1\'118 engaged In hUI duties up to within
hours of htS death.
bo Bald to
U died m barness "

LolUl frOIp. .£10 to A.ny a.m.ol,lnt

or Loan Oflloo fo,ro",litio,
'No Fee. or SeCuflties aTe r,.u.;r"d.
the rmount IS advanced

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PARCEL ' DEL

THE ,\ ENCLISH

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ACTUAL I11ANUFACTURER

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