Reading Observer 01-1918

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i t.hc· pro r es.. i ona~
which
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The Headquarters of. 'he Association
~e at ' 20. THE FdRBURY
, RJ::ADING•.and Branche» h~ve bee~
started in various ' parts ot the
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The
It is ""';""ntlv

I l,,!'ea.t.h,

fu rl-he r ho

AlI discharged Sailors and Soldiers

t~e Lo~eSome Pinel'"
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NliGH'l'[,Y

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i"LISTING',~ F~R . A I SOLDiER."

V A;LUER.

ESTA·.T I! ,AGEN
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In Song a.nd Story.

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Do::r. Oftice open Il ,to 1.30 daft,.. No TolepbODC!!
on So.turda)'lI.

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TIIURSDAY, JA.N. 10. 1918.
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INCOMPARABLE.

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No Fees or S,e curities' are rflquir~d. and
. the amount is advanced in full.

DAILY in addition. to

~.tietyl Programme.

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:7 .30 p.m.'
D.t"rH,,,c! 1

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QAZ'ETTE. '

FOOTBAL~ CLUB. LTD.••
Will he given bf .. THE SNAPSHOTS'

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lncludlna- TI\I:.

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Prices of 4\.dmiSiioll (~n~\ldiIlf( taX) : .J&sorved Sea.t.i,

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OHAPPELL GRAND PIANO
B.t.n:S-KS

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. Butler, Snh
Drokers, 6, 'MaTket

TUESDAY,
nJl:,\VAR VALUE.
P
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point bln.des, Itag' "'11ft

Reception 7.0

K'S'I VE~,

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Tool and Cutlery
Reading. ' .

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Re-covftred alid Re-liu e'l from

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MENTS , o f lhis t!1. . is
:Word. ONE SHILLING;
Words SIXEENCE.
Olyi ng to t.he Poit Office
pen ny Itamps in
...... ,"ceenlcd. put.

:ett-ers ma.y

OFJITCES.

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S

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of these guaranteed

until

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Book and
BrOil., TJtd., 1. West Street.

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APHOTOGllA
in
or-TIi!\ttict. "i\'est F.nd
nlll'lIl to
lir.-lit.. Good reEereneM nnd 11atient
PHTC

experience.

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GRAND
Good tr~lG-HT PI.\"O by
B
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h igh·,elu! maker
IIflnd pltt-

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r C<J'Jir l'fl. - PIMBB

t iruln.TS n.nd pricl! to Mrs. D a.wes! 16, The Mall,
::Swilld oJ;l.
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n--Oy Wl\~TEn. -T04ntptonll.l

The PHtftt~J'1I:, Te ·
_ ) quire ltm:l I't'nOy n r 'erl'i\n&. (C,Vtl lllt) : r:hn ure to
INn'lI tl'fl,d(l fo !" rig~it bOY,ll-;-APP1Y I Mr: :E. E. Lnllgst Oll~
C0r-k Stretlt, lle&(\mg. •
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Tickets

Colleotion.

All Bea.~8

BY APPOINTMEN:r 1'0 KI ~G r ~ORGE

SUT'l'ON

w ith .an !lCOtuorio~, f lllh' Il:u:lmnteei!, £ 10: hil(hCl!lt
qnnlity, lowest price.-Fortiacue'a. 1. W elt Street,
Raading .
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AnM-A~ "(l.nted to ooUect ,Jd dolivor h~per8 'nf
) hl.llnflry worE:" Wllges 35!1. ptU week.- ply " ' ith
references, Suowfl'ake Laundry, Caversham.!
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SteplI :Ja:, Nut.. , aU ei:7.el!l and threads , Id . ruth: ' J/:ood

}JII{l l{UlI.rd 11ltuhen 2d. ea.eh.-.Fortescue B l"08., ·:Ltd. ,
1, West St.teet, ~N.ditig.
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F,OIl\VeU
Street. Proprietor: Frank 8arjeat

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S heffield ma.k6l. 'l'f.SATt.T1F.NT'S Tool ~
Cu tlerv
81;.0101, 43 and,
Str:eet. '. Proprieto : Frank:
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CRAXTb~.

IBBS.

All mCI,uUI'lg

2/4 (U:~reserved), ' - All

where a Plan

Me."srs. BARNES

of the Hall
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Apply. PersonaJly '(or by Letter)

MAN , I. ' l mon , n!I'

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en or Gir1r

ubser'f~r"

J'flfel'eneea.-

Reading . .

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Office, ReQ.dipg.

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kno.w: . how expensjye
._,....... HATS are getting.
don't
fact have got?
her~'s Good News

you. in

and sinc \....
to •. t!ar~J
oLjocL is a

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or ,at least. without mak ing those intere~t!
Ith~ deeisi~ test., Thare l'are still difficult
probw,IM l'em.o.ining. IIf the State may re-

OELEBR!.Tl!:D \A:LFi! AND STOU-rs' "'.
B~ewecf .f~o~ ;<o Malt

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&:mk who

Hopi

been eertilied. bv Th • • B!\tisb
t<l be ABSOLUTELY . PUR~

0{It8uistry tol give ,I us I .a. universal ru le.
But we cannot 'merely reg'ard t.h is qlle~'
tion {rom the p~iDt of vi~ Iof t~ rir,ht oi
the Sta~ ~ slJPp~ess opinfor . Wh ll t (If t~16
respo~l}:JSlitJ which restS llpon ti Je ', n..lt vidujil in 'expressing it ? !Another \rr ito:f in

wha t .

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matured 1.N

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pI1l.J:wrigbt~

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IN oft,K AND IBOTrLK.

morality ,

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di..::rr..;: ard

co~\'€'rd i,'n~!

.remmils

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so,<rie ty. res ~ s , upo"n

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depat't~8Iltl

v.erY iQhea.ply.

~f eonductl "

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that we snould aVOId crltical think l!l:' . lJUt
that we should \hsve a p~pe~ sen ~e oj r~J

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real
Olblhes mel

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That t~e ' u oatl freedo'm cf J;(' d ,;" ~ J " nJ
a'hout oondnet hoold be 'b ncoura rre!i ;li\hl \1g
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COOPER.
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not equa1p.y 0 vious," he a~ks, I I t.h at st:c,
... igmas -ahon.l be pr....lW to tho rubbO,
. only at .& st Ii when ~me fairly s eltl~1
lOiq;tian
company LthfUll, not .!it a
stage 'l\'h~n . ,could be' obtruded only to

fan

COOPBB,
PLACE, READING.

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the pror..,.ot~

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proved their nec"fSsiti,
ll:cept th('1lI ;.j
we a.ocept the rotundity of [t he fl ilrt-h. \\' b~n
'ao writer or ' a. chama.Hst challengps tlw se
laws by the ingenious R81eetion of ~ .' h;o[1:I
case;" the l effect is, as Professor 1::: 1,o,f;Jrt
points · oat, that he is CI brea kin Q: (j" ... n
that .authority which i3 tbe ma in ;:-l1 [;I,ort I
lor the great ma6S of mankind in q ll r!:' tionl l

ENDS

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t imes th eiJ'
. profanity . ,
OJ' w iw,t vcr '

beliefs ~ch ~ ~epted 'WIthou t ~ ue~­
tion because the experience of the ra (;~ l1a!

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tha,t the ' ~tructu~e

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d esc rying
refrai n

tre lf journaJ iI-oBi whl~h we hav e qll~..te<l
, Applies himself ' to Ithe S\lPP0se(i r i~h t QI

novelists

to

,,~\ud ~pread phy~i,al

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JlL ALBERT BREWERY.
B,EJlbING .
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O~rLlr•.I"ndl"h.ve·

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in Blaok' aud all colours, regulAr

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that the _1 . is reany
The average, man, lie points
believe it, much Ie!" the o",inaryj
I t And
I fear the I tyIWllt 1
wrong. Why are
DO
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SpaiD 1 Not beca~ of the persttasin'f:€sS
of Spalri.h theology, b~t becaJs. the
IS'pani,.r, Inquisition did j~ work. ' }Vhr ,'H6
no descendants of the ~O\lbig€ n St's in
Fraooe 1 Beeau-se ItIW,y ke ru.aSs..~C l'ed.'!
If th~ :new is ' accepted , bd d e arly tiJcre
is .& lot to be said ' for
the wh() l c~ ques·
tiOD of fl liberty of pr~phds,ing h;J S t .... r-<l
taken on '00 the. groomd 011rigbt and wrong
regardles~" of ' its effect o~ I SOCilS t interests,

280 Christy.' Samplo. Salt Fait.,

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Areopaw.t-fca "
stately d C'curlq"lion,:
The jllstioe of a oenaonlripl is not
debat& than 'the effectiveness of
c:u.t ion, we are often wId, is ne"",,;!.rilj
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disease, !bay it not restrain ODe who WQuId .
disselQin~te dange~us j opli ni6ns 1 1'h~ plain
man will d6clde that t.hJ diffi,cu lty js ~;)
f~mili&l' one of deciding 'I, hb-e to d )',1';l t.\i 6
,~e. We can
the ern si? eratiolls 1~lat
poInt both way!" bo t there IS no p crJec t

BROWN & SON.

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and 3/6 (Unreserved),

12/-.

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llear more a.bout ~atiOl!. 2?c,
the \ Government has set itself ~ to
inconvenient actiVities of the
Already discussion. hao rakged
wool. ground 'QI th<> right l 01 th~
IUppt"e!lS opinion, with ft. ,rypearsal

failure, But that beti.ef i!l
~~ Can "we really without
asks Sir ( Gilbert M~r&y in
nnmber 01 the
the common, oon::Ifortable
persecntion ah'&111 fails, that ' the
martyrs 1S al w.4ys the s.eed of the

.old at

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value 41. 6d.. to 10,. 6d.,

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' Between the' ages of 18 and 2S: l for Inlstr'ucl:ion 'in ~edging
:: and Ditching.
. Maintenance
Outfit provided. :: •

1tlJ.F.D SOLDIER ... to I:'OST .. Com- W
HANDT
DI8CJI~
mercifl,rMotor DriVer . RU f! nm grepairl!l.-Wtite
any position of trust.
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may

WAR

·~ N:1'ED b.' ,

Box

LISTS

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1918,

Six or Eight St~ong"

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PUNCT[j IlE p MOF nANDS .'·'l •. II ..
CYCLE
...Trou!er Clipli leI. pn.;r, hcst F:olutiou Un. tube:

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OF SEEDS IFOR
P RlOE
AND G.4..RDEN
free on

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o~mrnnC'AT" PRINTrNU, - i. n kitl o(Com merclal .and (Jeneral Printing decu
at t he
Office of this r aper. No Joh too, la.rge. WI? Job top
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THE KING'S SEEDSJlIE
RI?"!])ING. '

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AF

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U1CY CLES :~We t\r.f!I ma1llltaeturers, and eao
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g iveB.S.~
:VOU. but
Ivalue (or money.
Gen l'l 1 ~~.1~~~~~~~~~..:'~~!j_=~
Bicycle,
fittil'lJts . Palmer tyre~. complete

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At the Organ:

~RI~EsLAfte;~oon , £1 Is.,

eleetri c

w ill1 childron. Over milit.ary tlge. ModerAte Il!tlllry.W. W., ,iii, St. Mo.ry'. Road, Har'eliden, N. W. 10 . .

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" Light, more Light."

~is, . ~DE'LA

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nd ~ o't'e!"t'iI::'n Cue" 3, . M ~o 15". ,', Seb or Gold
Studs tLnj Link~ . 125, Sd, 10 2S,.,-.GARDINER. 13,
n mo d . ptr~ft; Rc~djllg,
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Lyceum for· Children .

Mr. I BE~ DAVIE

' hof'! !lhehin e "; ~.-,W6 e nn

t:"'er CigarCases. 155, to 2ls ., Sih'cr Match BoxClii

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'.f Illusion."

M1
a dame

up~~rd!'-..E.~u~~,-l\ ~~~~~~~~~:......
G
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Spe ciali~y _
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Madame CLAI\A BUTT has kindly'
to sing both
Afternoon and E'venrr,g. in aid of the " K'~a(l.in,g Stand;l.rd" Fund
on behalf of the RQyal
Hospita,l.'

12 ' o'c1ock on F"ld a v"

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Adv~rtis,eme';h l fo'r

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TELEGRAMS

F .;- SMITH, of iondon .

ARTISTES.

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Under.
and
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hennswers
IN 'W'KITING
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.!iUMBER ind icated in 4ho

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WE·DN ,E SQAV

I!ot huy pctt !!t',
Gt' t onr T. ill t,
F ortescuo 'BrOI., Ltd., I, 'Vest

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Lfotlf'r:!.fn anewer
N01', t.o
IIddrensd t-O POST

BONDED
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RAILWAY

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NAVAL A.ND .MILITARY

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8th. 1918.

7'30 p.m .

Rofreshments P.t u.

M: WHIRF.T,S · from 111.
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p n ....from
49 . each
in n.n 11

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EhlBERS WId their Friends ate very cordl.a.\ly
invited to A I SOOlAL lOA'l'HEfUNG to be
held iu tho UNIVERSITY COLLEGlf, H .~LL (by
kind pennissioti. of
Childs, M..A.). all

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Reading, Worlier~' f;duca\ional: Association.

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BREWERY.

CHI1RCH.

JANU· ATiy

by MeMrs.

Bnd AVIS, 'LTD.

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Who... .woold

LONDON " ROAD.

Baek Iqui S}des lo~ '.J:Lall, l lid. ~
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PllUl of HaJ..l mD.y be aeen a.ud ~ts Resorved at Measn.
.7
B arnes and A v is~ L~.
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B1,3oo. £000, £7M.

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intereJIt.

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AreA, 2/6; Centre Ba.lcony, ne~ouod, 2/6; .Area and
Side Ba.lcouiea. Unreserved, 1/6 ~ Body of Hall, 1/· j

·l\:J......ORTGAGES
"';';';;';;11,; .';'
Leasehold r

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In aid of the

~OLU , V. LlSWISllON, n. RlWILE,
A. OUQ.UB, p, 'Vn:n.KE.

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Where ',,;ny roepooh.blo p arl'lo ll may obtain <\
Lo~u from £10 to allY nmotlnt witho ut il l ~\
or L oan ~m c e fOl'malitltla. /

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DJU!.illtcd by the
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, 8()m MIDDLESEX OncnmSTRA.,
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I Under Ule dil'~tiOll of Private <p. Meyder
(By kind petjlul!lion o~ ColonelI:(. F. Co~eridge, 1>.5.0.,.
The Artlstea will include :,
MH. nBAOUP, Miss AI, DELCHEB, LrhL!: Do~D', L.

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0f1 h is · door,
, PQSW!' in h is
or , docto r's I
;.nd cu.<;tomcl"!I,

" i ing,
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(30th ~iddlel!leX/ Regiment Concert P&rty).

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fJRAND ~VE~ING ~ERF ntANcE
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REAlJING

.i(\H~· I· (r' l'
alld Surg(!UlI. ·
p la t.c. 0 1' ,-;» 11\0

PRIVATE CASH ADVANCE

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LEWIS DOUGLAi, E coontrio Comedian
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PRIAR SJ'RR.ltT,
B US I NESS , FARM. LAND A
~'WEN'fY' YEARS'
U "lN1!SSES
tlon. · 'persons
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conC'erM t hat wil l Lear
do hefter tllan aon.-ult A.
. l\ llneoia1ity of l rlLn. fen of
6 .600 Bllsinesle& and Farml t';!'t'jl~~[:<\eI!r;
VRhtations ot all 'kind. ot
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FREE ON APPLICATION.
Call -or write.
Bankers:

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BERTRAM L,
. MITFORD,

NORA ' MOOR~, the Skating Girl.

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Thil I1l1u..ti)tb. Girl

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Pathc' oS Oazette,

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J.' J. WilLD presents the great Lancashire Sketch,

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The ~ubscription is limited to' 1 '.
a yea~
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F. VAUGI\AN-WILlJIArriS, Major,
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to tbis1 Oth.
Tuel\tre,

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NELSON HARDY ~(.x-s.,gt' H .....rs, 19U-191e),
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Secretary.

'0; .tke 'War, No, 18.

Anloi.\tedIHI,stor'·l

Jug~lers, ~bat8. Contortionists. intrQdueiDg Sw;.ng·
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.U1g by tb. p.g-;nill iu Mid-Air. J

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