Reading Observer 01-1918

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W[U, GIVE TOU

A G~NEROUS RETURN

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ann1;14l general mee,mg. 1 f the reccnt,ly

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what they do

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worth ('Soh lee) a.nd others

A TEMPTING INVITATION.
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Cbollm.ri refil rred to tho •• tidoq,o'Y bal.nr' of
£50 st.an1m~ to tg6 credlt of f:be ]~ading BrF ch,
but be ,!,ld I of course that woul be nenr
all
swa llowed up
lose tbat most popul~r

a8 tea, a meal of

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und that It mly not
by th e vlllltors R. genprOVIding It a.t his own
may Dot be of unpatwlthid the rations lald

by the 1
make upon the
purpose, of cMry"
E"ett tlien they w
Bt\. thOUght It

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vy the C unty
, VlZ, 6s per
g on 1 the ork
uld have a~fa",
as sa.tlsfa toryl

.bort time tho
I~g Branch hadl
~XiFe;Doe ther had' 131 m,mb....
hey!
10 August.
A good, md.py
ca.re ~ to fom dU.t:irg the first f"~\\
the attendance "WIll
be thoug~t they 'l'ould have t~e,
tbat allIf. only
ub'qIl,.,,
will
to enCOllf- m.,mbe,ra Irollulg m nc-.J alld it {was up to evety

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get as ma.ny new /members as pqa·
n ames had been glvpn ID that after
who", lshf!;d to ]din the Union \

wbo have l aboured so
that non-lI11becribcra
wounded will take
work that 1.11 being

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opportumty
WI~:".v ..cond.d the r r lutlOD, whIch
dono lU thIS town.
'l hose who would
t(J belp the cawse r;till
I further whilst they
I the oelghbourhoQd. cannot
OF C HAlR~ AND VlC,E ,
do better tban lpay &
on the 8QlD9 (or foliowlDg )
CHAIRMAN
tt'eDlllg to the Palace Theatre, where & very Spec1al
In moving the rer Jection of Mr
programme hal been arrAnged for helpmg ten war
.poke of tb~ u ..lul work Ih ~t
charlLles" (ha.teful word), the proceeds belllg
done In (urthenng the work of the
dlnded In proportion to the h eketr. sold ~Y the \'gentlem,,,,
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respective orga.nisa.tioos r epresenting the' ehariuce,
called at.tentlo?' to t he "aluyoC
pr~aloi
s,a\i,oo
to' fa.rme'MI "1
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se<:Ondel the resolultlOn ,
which
unammoulily.
T~e
10 a.cknowl1:!~
h is re-election.
on the "d l.at.lD)'t understandmg that
DANGEROUS STOMACH. ACIDS. &&1d
soD:W!body else occupied ' tho po81~1Qn neJ:t year, as
he dfd P?t beheve 'in una ma.n !t.tCklDg m the office
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A REMEDY THA IS GUARANTEED.
M Gard ha:nng lnbm&te~ h ,s in&blhty to con
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eleete,' d ~~ F Bullingham ~ Ii that pOOlI'on,
Mi B II h
"CO 01 keel»Dg the food .!ontents of the .to....oh free
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,U Ing am .xpreaoe<\ . ~. wIllIngne.. to
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a.nd a.ssurcd the meet1n he wou.!d do h l!i
from acid fermllll.iatiOILC"'"ellltby; \
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be5t to further the mt.ere!:t.s of he Union
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plaoo whtle \the
M.f G s.rd m form
e d 'tuo
" meeti
u&llnot
omachta.ke
IS being mflamed and
t h e only reason
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wmd-tbe r esults of fenn~nting
he felt l t de~lrablo to mako
for anotber memher to ~ wa" the Increa.smg
a(nur; Crom which
To !ecnre perfect digeauqn , thIS
be stopped and the ac.z.d ~eutralieed.
pnrpoae He lila,; wffenng, but. , t.he Rea mg Br&nch could
phYSICianS now rarely p,rescrlbe drugs or artifiCIal be a~!UrJd tba.t be would contlOhe to tak
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dl.;estltnts ~ tb C'y rely lOsikod upon a ba.nnless antACId
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e as muc
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mterest
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then
work
a.s
hejreore
and
to
do
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aud foo:l corrective kn0l n a~ buu,.tlled mngnesll'l., h ouId
lind ob taIn able of Brrbl<7h . c1a.sscbemlsta 1n the form of
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to 8S! l.St t h em.
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E ECTION OF PARLI MENTARY
lake n after a m eal a.re sufficient to lostanUy nen·
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COM~nTTE .
I~ Ill!Oe aU harmfu l aCld ~ a.nd In consequence they
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pr~v ent fermentation Alld wind, hemburu and
ThiB Cozp.mlttee was
e1 ed. aa follow s
t\ Itillenoe &00 all of tbe~aOY diaa.greeableavmptoma MCS&nt. ~ Gard , Steel, .BO'Wden. WIlson, Woodley,
• hl "h Ind'··to
mdi-ti
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H '''"y, Ch
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pure utnll
a ~ magnema. OsDOnle Fullbrook, C. ro~~ ;' · ,Danee, Colebrook,
,\I ll accomplish t hese hfLPPY r~su lU!r IlDd ' thesefore
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shouhl you ,vi!l.b to tryth18 g narantood remedyl you Row;e a d~ Cotterel (of RU!lcombe)
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or 'QU",.4kd named iL8 th e on Iy ne.w n&me add ed.
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E-ELECTION OF HON. SEC.
flasks "t\ hl eh y ou can e:l.t!oily Clu:ry m your pocket, and
tllcy are sold at a prlcJ WblCh place. tbem wtUlln
Mr ~ Chtlhngwo1't.h was dJ1ly re'electe d , hon
the easy rt3ch of everT. suffer er, I 'Viz , Is. 3d. for a see.
eulogloed for hi !! servlOfla.

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FUMERS AND ' THE
SHO'RTAGE
H..k containing 150 taf,leto, avero tl..k bemg' I e·
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cO'llpn m edl by • coupon which enables the p\l.rCbaSM
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to reelntm the full -amount p&ld for the blSttrated t e prcaont cn515 In the mea.t trade. at the outset.
:1tagnesl& tablet... shouldl they fail to do all the good of hLS r4mark-s, 6ald that a LdnQon evenmg p a-per
It I!. cl81med they will db.
sta.ted In Thursday tha.t the frea.son the co untry
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was ! hor t of beef "'(as beca.U&f) the fanners '" ere
til sk oont.ammg 60 tablets, or 28 6d. for

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10 any n6W!p&per
lt. "'a3 ~ppo¥<l the farmen
we,/, C&USDg the que ... otabd,ng oUlalde the
butChers' sbops m ~lng .He would say It h ere

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a I at meeting, an If It WOfJ put In th e papers
he 1i1d ~ caco, Lord Rhondd& was the man w,ho
-Belore the Mayor (Mr F A. , Sox: h~ made those qu.e.UP#l, and fLo rd Rhondda '-u
tho chatr , M:r J J Cooper , Mr, E t!e r ma.h who had m-aae. E1'l~&Dd abort of beef
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Ilowe 1ft ,J uly Lord RbOlldd. told • farmer. he was
gOl~g
tako tb eH' hulJo~ks at- 60s ..ct.er Ja1tYBI1
L II I QUELCH SWORN IN.
1 he only bU SlDe ss
note 4t. t he Court waa the It dropped to 74. In ~pt.mrr, Someone wa, n
sy; ean ng In of ~ lr L orenzp Edward Quelch as a. fool, Of"J else he thought the frers 1were Some·
n!?gllotl ate fOl t.he B qrough
on~ must hav.' thougbt- ti>« f~nn.n W".. proper
fhe :Mayor Bal<:l, 10 speakmg lor hiS brother fools to keep bullock., fOr tb#. months to sell
)lIst..lces, he welcomed I~1r Quelc..l. a.a a. ma.gl~ra.te less money
He ~ould-Do t biame Lo~ d Rhondd a.
fI ~ \\115 very sorry n ot to be able to do so at 'the If he only acted from Ignor&nck. - He 'Wi t! told by
Hille :\lr RO'H and Mr Andrews t ook the oath th f
e &queri!l 0 f th IS d I!!t ~lci an'd otb er d IEtI'lc:ts If
fi le Bench \\el'e \i ery /sorry for the cause that kept
h III a\~(l."\ on that bccaslOn bllneS!!o)
H e (tlie b, ~sted In wha-t. .be wa« gqmg to do h e would
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\h\ or) b'oped Mr Queloh would for ma ny yMrS
IIP\ h~ seat on t he BeDch to render h lS ret'
\1('0. t n h i S fellow Citizens. In t.he exalted r:slt.lon
t.r, ,, 11l,:,h h e ha.d bc4n rai sed
On beha l of hus
I,I (jtl' ~ r mngu;ttat.es hiS 'Vorl!hlp again welcomed
\Ir Q l1 e l~h as a. JUllt lCC of the Peace for I the
B"mugh
\ Ir Quelch t.bankfd the Mllyor for t.he kind
\\flt rh; he h Ad exprc.sScd, and lund he would stnve
to/) U(J rl),(ht to hiS felklw CitIzens
'If! Quelch t hen tP.ok hIS pl ace on'"" the
.. nd 1be on1:\ public l~us me!S wa.s t he h earmg
01. rh rgc aa~mst a.n absentee, who was rema.nded
lnr I h'! 1I!<l1a.1 escor~ , ~nd a.n app h catlOn for a. sum

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locks three-partl! f~tted
Now Lb rd Rhondd& was
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for ithe" bulloe""

th&t they

h.-we had them ,
gre..t .horiage
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CHAMBER OF
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The m ::mthly meetmg Ole the CounCil took place
on Tuesdn.y, when there were present. . Ml C E
H &ye!3 (m the cha.lr), Messrs F A Cox , }' J
Churchill , D~ l and H aslam, lunr , D _ H H e hs,
IS H H odgkm , W R Howell. F W Monng, E

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thBt tbe present lDeOiclCnt syrlem of o ~ er 600

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d ls turba ncesl and
exprrllllelli. IThere

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the propbsal
It waC-resolved to w flte t o the Secretar y of the

mell]A, late h{)ura
I'"ml'g"nen find fltl mulntc the
~lth :Doan's Backache

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G ~avel,
Stone and Lumbago,
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Assocl;\ted C bnmbers pf9testln,l{ a.ga ln st t he pro
posa.ls so far as they ljf! fened to the sma lie r
Ch ambers
A len gthy diSCUSS ion ensued as t o whethe r It
" ould· be preferable to -ralsc the scbool rlge to 16
In!!tead o( placmg it at 14 ,~th four jean of
pr&(:t lca.lly half tlmt cmp loV"m,ent as was proposed ,
but a s t.here ""as al "Ide dI fference of 9plnlon n o
deCISion was arrlv~ d at, a nd It \la s re~ ohcd t o
!'erer the mi1.ttc r to t.he n c~t
I terly meet ing oi
membeNl, a nd to ~Y and gc .. sp eakers to rcp r ~
!!lent botb pomts of vi e"
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The qucst.ton of Government trading " as dl8
cussed pa.rtlcul~rly \\ Ith reference. t o W~ cont mua
tlOll aft.cr t ho wa r, an" a )l'"esolut.lOn \l'RS passed
agreeing Wi t h Sir A Stanloy's eXphtlllL~lOn a s reported In the tra.nAAcilons "Ith referenco t o the
Imporls
ExpO! ts (Temporary Con trol) Bllh,
but pro testing aga)nst the 0 0\ crnmcn t ~ra dln g as
merchants "nhere It WAS poss ~jlbJ e to a VOId It a.nd
!!uppor,tmp; the r esolut IOn of ~he *\ ssoC H\~ d Cham
ber~, urgmg hll; 11a.Jcm.y's Gov~rnmellt to tr ke
steps to nununtse the waste of the productlve
power of the m,llll.,fa cturers of t he country. whlcb
IS nt prerent O\ggrn-yftted by com]""X!tltloh III th e
, arlOus deparlments of State 10 bUY ing supplies.

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is t 1l1u-proved

R~ading

Experience.

On April 18th. 1912, Nurse C A Aust, of
34, 'Vilton R oad, Re,UitDg, said - " I used t o
get awful pa.tnS In t he back lit one tUDC so
badly that I COll ld scarcely 8trUlght~n nfte!
stoopmg. I was afraid t o move sometimes for
fear of bli.lIgtng on the paUlS Thet e wet e
rheuma.tio pa ms m Ill ~ lImbs as well, which
falIly crippled me I1.t times The mUlicles und
lomb "Wele stiff o.nd SOl e, I dleaded havlug
t o- walk about
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HBnt nil thIS hD.~ been changed b " Donn's
backache k idney pIlls I hadlL' t completed tho l
fint box betOIc I begall to mend and as I }n ogressed wlth the medlcln O t he backache and
I beumatlam entIrely dIsappea red
I ha\'e en]oyed eplendld health eve 1 SUlce, \vhtch shows
how thoroughly my c ure W!UI I ~lln ll be
pleased to coufinn tins stiLtement at Illly tunc
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NOTE.- To obtain the same re.ults as
Nurse lust, inalst on the sarna Medicine. '

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condltlOns are favourabl e, a s doubtleSf Will
to a ccumulat.e durmg the next
few months on a. Ctlrther VISit
Matket rep orts are tr> th o cffect tha t eg,Q's ha ve
ad~ a.nccd In values from 80 t.o 120 p el cent , ne
compared Wi t h 1913, and poult ry from '40 to 60
pel' cent The chlcf d a.nger to bo feared 'lS due to
l eductlOn of consnmptIOn by problbltl\ e imccs
Eggs at 4d "" a nd- 5d each may be unavOld able , bltt
do the. p ou ltlY milustry no good '!'b e sooner co~ts
of productIOn can be brought do '~ ni llO that these
may be sold a t rat e:> "Inch hOlI SCholrlCl S en 11
afford, the better It "Ill be for alf con cerned l'ha.t
the poultty mdustl1' IS of grea.tel Importance than
IS generally acknowledged Will be e\ Ident by wha t.
IS stated below
In ma.klllg an estimate of the capital ... alue of
thIS purSUit the data IS by no means complete A
p oultry census was taken m 1908 nnd Ilnoth~ In
1913 The fibru res for tho las t named nave n ot:} et
been publi shed
Such recOl ds, h owever, at e Ill eomple~ from l the fad thllt. In Great Brita In ollly
h oldmgs of one acre and upw ards are rnc1uded
T herefore, all the smaller poult ry-ke.epe rs ale ad.
dltlOna.1 As to I rchmd, "e know m ore, because
we h n.ve l at.er rcturns, :md t ha.t. these m ~lud e occupatIOns down to 11 qua.rter a cte
The Iquest.lOn I S fu rtber compll ca.ted m that t.he
lat:.est British figdres are for 1908 DUlU1g t he
years fol1owll~g there vias [L co nstderable mCHMse
10 t he numb~ l kept bot...h l on ia rm~ and among
smaUer OCCUPICrs, due to t~(} steady, If not rapid, '
growth ~the mdustry, la nd to ~he in creasmg ~um ­
ber of small holdmgs Th iS w as m some measu re
checked . by t.he outbrea"k ?f \~nr, tbough not. \ to
aoy serIOus t!xtent at fi rst It. IS certa m , howe~er; tha.t there has been a con SIderable decre a se
I the last t\l'eh e l m~nt.bs, lLud I thll1.k "e
ma.y
accept th e 190~ figur8.s as l epIcrentmg
the pl'esent stocks EO fi r as Bntatn 15 concerned
Irish returns are. fOl' t~e curren~ year, and these
~l B o show a decrcnse
'thei totlls are as folio" _
t~ a.t whICh I hope

BROWN, F.L.S.

Robt. Eade! , of Wcvbrulge, W l't,..\S - "11 bought a.
hOJ: yesterday, nn(jl nft OI I hnd to.ken the sccond two
I felt betttlf than I bnd done fOl 0\ or ~ou r vcan
'.the p:l11\ HI mv bac"k hM entirely ,r!OIlI " IMra 'Km ~,
gl,.!figUIeS
" ImpOSSI ble
Rnnw;eU RorLd, \~lc L: foTlI, ,tatea - " Dnty. co Dp~ls
'11lu es of eggs ond poultr y
me Ito teU a.1I who suffer that)' our PillA cut e.} me as t o qu antItIes
an estlma.te of t cTha.l corl
aft4ir nrne years PI\IH ." Mt. A. New"ton, pf Feltha.m. tmp Ol ted, Ot to
",niu -" Your piUS haTe completel,- ClItCr! ln o after IsumptlOll , III the
revie ws of t he ~oultry
fonrmonthsonmybnek" HOLDROYD'SGRAVEL utd ustry, of WhICh
IS t he t:y. cnt~ -th lr~ ·that I
PILLS, & pml1 bv e cure for Gra.vel, P aiN fn the BltCk,
The Board lof Tr,~e ha ll
Dropsy. Bri~h t 'l DiflOo.S6 of the Kld~ers, Gout, hal e IJ!sued S lfll..'e
SciAhC'a 11 3d , all chemISt! PO!!t fre1 li stamp!
suspended
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usuaHy pUf h sbed 10 th e
HOLDROYD'S MEDICaL HaLL. CI' j kheoton.
Tra.ue and 11
Fql thlsj actIOn
l ea son It. l S I hOlTever ,
I t here I S
regrett ablQ
mfOl mat(on ,S n~ longer
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a:va ll a ble A s a.
I am able t l) send out tb ls
annua l stateme nt
carher date tha~ usual ,
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expects wben t~I S sum
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ma.ry appears t. rl be on tbe OL.'eu.n en routtJor a
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furt her VIi:!lt to ~me rl oa An opportunIty IS
afforded, by t he 0 caslo n le£crred to, for Imclud
A and B I.cO MP ANIESl, I
I lng an estimate. of be ClLPlt1l1 ,u.lue of the r.~ml try
Or ders for week endmg January 20tD, 1918.
Offi cer for the week Lieut. S Oadell
I mdustry tn t he un~e d Klpgdom
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"Next for dut.y Lleut.,H.:s Bray
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~an.l as w~re e l dl1Jf.cultl es agalOst "\,;hlch
N C O'e. for t he week Sergt Jones a nd Cp!.
poultry.keepers had to eo ond 10 1916, m <tm 1y In
D
ysou
respect to cost of fred m g stuffs i these jW erp small
Next
for duty Sergt Parfitt and Cpl Tunbridge
faced
N\C.O !! on'dutr a.t the Range L ~ Cpl Longhurst. In compari son "Itli \~ h a b ave had to
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durmg the) ear not. cnch g That I'H1.5 especuilly
S undaT - Pa.ra.de at 930 am. drill order, Band wlll the Ctl~ WIth SpeCl.t ilsts ha t IS, thosJ w~o hfve
t o pl oV lde , for t heIr b ird all thel (oo~ th~Y conattend. dlsmus Bt 1 P LQ.
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m, o.t Hendqunr le l"1l
Clasa of IbatrI uctioll for the ddfcult.y In obtlalllmg supplier, I owmg tp subfti eers and N. V.O'II at j H p.m.
ml:l.rme a'.!tlvlt les n ~lch In F ebrua ry lut and on
~ Tue!!da.y. - P11115lcal alll.1 b."lJonet tUlnlOg uuder
Almy Gymnnsbc Instructor, HendqullrtersJ H otch kulS wards became a. sen ous 'fenace~ :-Jt 15- trbe that
Gun and du ll for SI!m
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sbdo"
hu p ~'"'. prices for p oultry plOducts, hav advllnced correu a l1el"lI 7 30 !
bee , Alfred Street Rauge, 730 to 9 P tD
'l1Id spondmgly , moro espec tn.lly of ggs T~he l j)tstlfipractice, s;:. t. Glle~' 110.11,8 P m
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a.ble prolnbltlOn as to the usc q( gram ttnd mea.l
We d ll~da.v -Parade n.t Head~uarlef5 o.t 630 pm.
The work will he earn ed ou t a CCOl t 'Dgto theprogrn.mtme.! su itable tor human food h as ~ro\\,e d pOSSIbl e
drawn up by Platoon CO lllmnllc1er~. DI um and .lIfe . upplIes Mo,1 s."ous of all 1$ tbe facl l bf l In
&ndpractlce at H elldquartel s 730 p m
fer lOr classes of feed h a\ e Mh ~ced m val~e so as
Thursrhy. -Drdl for recrUits, efh cululs nud st"lIll.llers
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tol be alm ost pl oblbll!ve. lhc e~ect has b'F tbat
plIl Shootiul:t practice. Alfredto 9 l' m
afap reading for speCIa list ' an d commer Cial p~ultry lieep10g h as
aud Scouts, 7 {.j P III
been h eavily affected ~Jany engaged In th1:! bUSII f O I r ecru its lind efhclents nt H&I1d- netls have h~d t o su«pend opJratlOn~ , anld more
4 ') p m
fh e wor k Will be C>1I l",iell ou t
'l'~nt l S a.
to thc IHO~ Ii\lllmeS (lraw n up hy P latoon h ave redt: ced their flock~ of Pf ultr J)
Hotchk !1I6UUn ~ HcndflWLrl:erll, 7 40 pm SI'el\t hu.rd sh,p to those \\ho \\ f re Induced Ito t a ke
Coul ~e ofLnstluct.lo ll-A'oour5e has been up or ext end
b r a.Dch In order t o meet war
L~l:~.".'! f01 Volunre., N C.O • •t the N.t; 0 , ' conditIon s
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On the other
farmers halfe made hand
tor the lpeclfic parpose of tnunibg thew to !lct as
Instrueton
'l 'he CQune Will commence 011 Un 4th
, 0l" lllg to t he fact
February a OlI termmate 011 the Hth EebrUBr) Auy
be fed for half
most.
N C.O 15 wishmg to attend must notify the Adjutant III
cOsl, A . Ol}sl,' ,eva"ive
~~~ht ,eu,tiqunrt..era, St Mary'a Dutu, by Jaufarm pov ltry } of
A. G. HUBBARD, Veul. and .~ ""I Ad]!"
["r'.,n" find ratural
ht B:ltt. Berl.:JI Vol Hezt
C'tIl pl ckl up,
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No 3 PLATOON.
mlllu)U po~ nds
(CALCOT, THEALl!: & E:i'GLEJI' r~;Ln)
lmportnnt fact which
Sunday -Dnll nt Cnlcot Pa rk, at 10 30 a ru ~ Drake!!
of a. g r eat.
beIng
Jelfove Th el\le at 9 45 p.m
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pouttry, leavmg other
MondaY' l Dnll at Englefiel d, 7 p m
J{
\\ hen t.he \\ ar IS oyer, an
WednesdOoy
••7Machme
way'
8 OOon-age,
15 p,tU. gun practice,, Mr Gro.nn ~c1'.. Slti'id togethcr 'I hat IS an omISSlon
Thursda.s-.LDrtll R.t Englefield, 6 4S p.tU
the extreme , one wei are all
Thur&d&yJ-Drlll a.t Caleot, i P !D .
h ltve to ~' EO to a. grea.ter ex~ Such \\a.nt. of dlscrlrinatlOn
h ~d the effect of seIlopsly de
of p oultry, and I fear t:ne num
I:!peC IC S t h nt. Will be ha;khed
!>o:::!aso n must me.lII a. greater"
_\nothet mdlc!\tlO]ll of
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Total ca.

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value , of poultry nnd
, •• . ..; . , . . " .... £lO,i58,550

~Ulpmen t .....

WALES.
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'£1,0.53,600
T oto'll value of poultry ••
;E11Ulpment at 2s per head ofladult poultry
£243.800

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Total capItal ... value I of I poultry and
eqUIpment . . ..... . ......... . .. . . I£J .297,4oo

SCOTLAl\..v.
Total ....due of poultry . •• •. .. _ •• . • . .• .. •
Eqwpment at 2e per head of p.dult pouLtry

£1.162,950

£371,000

Total capital value of poullly a.nd
equl1,lment ....... . . ~ ••• • . •• ' •••• • • £ 1,533,950

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Total value of poultry .• L. ,. , ••••• •••••• 063,388,667
,Equipment at 1/6 per h ead of adult pou ltIy £1;156, 253

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Total capital ve.lue of poultry
eqwpmeut •. • .•. , ' u '" .• , •• • •••••
GRAND T orA.L3.
En~land . : • • • • ,., .• • y•• ,.... ] 0,768,650
Wale!!l . . ....... ... ~. .......
1,2971400
ScoUand .. . _. ~ ••• • , •• •• • • • • ' ,,;)83,950
Ireland . . .... ,.... .. .......
6,0,1: 4 1920

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Poultry in Un.ited Kingdom " 14,;J!)O,461
EquIpment ID Umted Kingdom 4,054,363

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Samples lI'ce by Post I
!rile people a.ro
htulders Alu;r
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t'mc a.nd the body

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co.rd for a m ost useful He&lth
Guule to Book LlI'p t., ,'IO, Holboro Vla.dUCt, London,

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TRAMWAYS.

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figures ,," ould a ppear t o be tor> low ,
and oth~rs may be cl'Jtlclsed as h lgll. It hag
18 at a lov,;er stage always ~n my endeavour, h owever, t o err on th{)
CdS(! ,uthlll the m erpory of a.ny- sIda of underst.atmg ra.thel t han ~ho reverse. in
Venc101 S o[ 8tm:k poultry and add1tIon "IS the trado dOM III ca.terIng for poultry'l hi extent of depand fI d keepers. and a lso tho profits and capIta l reqUit ed
been ph c nl)lllenaL~ne to 10 the busmes.<s o f dl strabutlon of eggs and poultry,
nh~wc tpl e w ,n' V[l.f,je.~
both of whIch are couSlderable.
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2,
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above,
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Itu he reeorded The
December ;lIst, 1917.
conamp.d, especlla.lly, With

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EqUipment
per head of ndult poultI'i" £2,283 1300

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wouJd t JOln fprces the.
wou ld be mote effectlve l'er
be ntta1Oed,

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tlouble lU my ense slnceDoau' s Pdls cured me j,

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"a~,;.~ f.d bVrnc~l.et or by oorelefi/!! habIb,

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tncts should be superse.:f'ed by a comprehens ive
!ystcm m Great B rltam";"" dIVlded mto l:ome II LX·
teen dIstriCts, In each of "blcb there sh ould be
on e authonty . deahng With a.1 ~ the generat IOn ~and
malO dlstnbuhon, Rnd also that a B u<ttd of E ec
tn ca l ComIll\sslOlIcrs sh~uld be app0l6ted' WIth
full p owe rs t o dca\ WIth Lhe electrlc su pply <:: It ua
tlOrl thrQughout the countrr ... The ma.ttel was
fully dJ scussed , and the .<\ctmg &!cretary. "as 111 ·
structod to write to t ho Mlnl!!t.ry of R ecODstruc
tlon and .say tha t thiS Ch a.mber bca rt ll ~ supported

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Mr · DrylRnd Haslam r e!lgncd the pOl'latlon of
SEqRETARY AND TREj SURER'S
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STATEMENT.
act mg B3Ctetal)', \\h lCh b e had been holdm g dur
The Secretary and Treuurer' s port stated thnt mg hiS brot.her'; absence In }i'rance, and It was
the Jtleadmg Dranch not havlllg -beeD ~ formed t.lll deCided to o,<hre\1.lI;e for a. Becre ~arr
Mr Dry Ja.nd J Haslam 'ubmltted e.n m tenm re
oboU~AUgu!!t. It was decJded to ool!.&. onlv
sub! ptlfD 5, and OWlDg to some han'd&ome' dont\.- part on Ute elcctrl c p,:mor supply 11I Grea.t Dntam,
tlOns t hey were able t o IIta-rt wltth a. ba.lance of and explained brlefly the contents of the report,
£25
Sme. th en they had enrolled more
nnd polDted out. tha.t. the Committee recommended

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!lOt mto
R oue :;) of
In ~ thiS

W R,dley , W H Sho,t, and A

the wOU1lded, aod1not
Bnd ueeleas red tape."
th o voluntary worker.
m oner but wbo do,
MY Idea... o( t'he work 100 membcn ""ThClr -pre.Bent llu~r WM 131
money Into a~rgll~al Cosh reoolved h a d amoun~d to_ 1?62 15a. leavlllg
Siver d am Mtia6:ed a standing bOloneo of £50 rIO:
Tl'I! Chiu'l"an rood a letWr
the tr...urer,
and to itimulate the
of the &.dmg Bl'i!',eb of Lloyd'.
I"Ing ~ at beJnl!j unab'. tp b.
" DAy hf8 been Ba,'nk,
Ho IWI,,~d the tpeot~ol utltol" workers, the pahsent 0 lD~ to III heAlth
16, Duke- ing every suress and would be gla1i to 'mlder fhat
workerrJ have ~!I19f4n h ~ could o.od in dOI1{g ~IS beat tO~ke
the sOCIety Known 10 the nelghbo~rhood . A
le
.:~'~~~;~~to:':
l1leettbe
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gram
WMlaJ
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read
from
Mr.
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Hump
s,
10 ~ the
e
of of Lon1D?' ho had arran,~ ~ addresB
meetmg on ProportlonAl Repreleptatlon, statlhg
he W4.6 p~v~nted from d.o lng eo'O~lPg to pre!J8~re
of PIlJIta.rile ntary work, bu;t bp lto eel to do
on
a. fu t ure tOCCMlon
In movmg he adoption of
the Secretary and Treaaurers statement., ; the

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Roorv. theThe
usual vot.e,8

Unton was he1d m the Gu C~mpttny"
Fna.r-l!tt"Oet, · on Saturd~y. &!~oon Mr. \V J
Cumber (chauman,f p~sld~dt an~ t.h&ra were pre"
sent Meset.. H ' G&ra '(\ticc.ch~ nn!m), F Bul.
hnghom , G Bowden, J S~I, jI.. D. Woodl ey,
Tucln<ell, Rowell, B .. to"" W J. \!JI...Y, F Full·
brook, E Shonley, E. ~ \Vllsoft, P . Osmond, J
Gulln"cr, S FarTant, E. PaJmCPf.. . R Keeble , C
'B ow, T We3t, _0\ West, A 0 B lfn, W E K
Sla.de,W J Henman, J . P~tTot, . Stafford , T F
Lee, Doble, A G Ford,
C. Kenl, lIamel., R
C CoLterel, J ChoJker, ,Cbottle,
AI..~ nder, ~.
Rlgh\OD, G W (ayley. H D:a40n, H. Ruebby,
J H 'W atts! J How, W T 81~ger, H Stokes,
H P ocock, E E Danctt, .BD:~ten, 'V Chtlhng-

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