Reading Observer 01-1918

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when Mr. W . A. Mount, M.P ., 'pro..iiled,
there were also pree~nt: Mesers.
F. J. K. Cross, c. A..
M. Sturg.. , T. S.
A. Frogley, T.
W. Brewer, W.
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of Gouoty Council ofti{:ioJ.l!I,
prob.bility that porl ;01 tJi..
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Cha.m~rs

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otliCla.la a.re '-Executh-e officer, Mr ' C. Da]gh esh

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Idistrict valuer);
omoor, Mr, G. S. Bcd·
IQrd (Coun\y agricultural organiser!l, labourloffi<:er,
:Mr_ W. E. c. W'I'~ (County land .t.;ward);

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the'- work before
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tha.t tlteir crops
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'al'Idas they
ahWldo.nt
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n i .. >hat
and rIghtly
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and not for their

tcactor .representative,' Mr. G. L. ~a.ker; ma.qliin-

ery Qffioer, Mr, J . •H ! Guy. Tbe~
flnanoe . ~ma.inS
in the hands of Mr. J. Stn>n, ~h6 ICounty
tl'6Mttrer. For p~ j of cultiv 'on, ' etc., the
County bas 'boort diVIded into fWo u~e., comprising one ~orr Ujnion districtS, ,and.. a. ,ub.a.rea.
cultivation ofiioer
been a1locaied to ~ area,
as fol~ : -Want.age, Mr. J. fi.-. J Durno; Brad-

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th e recent. cITcular thBt had been issued by the
Chamber there were no fewer tho.n 59 names of
candIdl\t..cs who offered themsol~s for electIon a.s
members.

following s~rb~n~.: ~crs by ' cqnsent ; Holq.mgs
or, parcels 552, apPfoXlmate ~ 8,603 ~ orders
by d c fa.~lt 33, 805; F.mpuI! ory orders, 101,12,562;
totals 736, 1l,9?O. I Approximate 8.c:;reage p,970;
prop()9CCf orders I ((1ur cases} 95, !a.w8.lting mter,,~ew8 (eight ca.setI.) 217, 12,282 i transferrod t o
category 3 3,485, ca/.cdcries 4 and 5 2,701, 18;.'168;
leavmg an. estimn.tf b~la.noe to ge Idealt WIth of
flJ7; toW of cat.egorie.<!] 1 and 2,1,19,075.
The
]2,282 acres obtain~ ttl categones 1\ and 2 falhng
"bart. of the 33~OOO acres which the Committee

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called ul\OIl by the Food Production

Dep&rtment to bonyert in Berkahire, t.he CommIt·
ha.ve lbeen compeUr. d to draw upon thtr la.nd-1n
category 3 and notices have been issued accord ·
ingly Tho Committee o.8k 1M t he hearty co,opera.·
t wn of (a.rmer.J In theft efforts, and fool sure thM
ihey '\\i11 understand and a.ppre<;:ui.be t hat tbe
demands are for tpel nation'$ sa.fctylj The Committe.&'s instrncti0d9 from the F ood ProdltCtion
Department a.re to ,the effect .. tha.t no reason, ex·
cept phy81ca.l impoesihihty, should JCU86 a Com·
mlttoo from ·obta.in~g their full quota! of com, ond
that by one meLte lor another the
set by tho
Department oug~t to' be, and can be~mphlSlled
in Sull " In acoordanco therewJt.h 1. e Com11l1ttce
are resolved th~t the instructiorus m 1. be ca.rt'led
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,ugh.) Order 011917, the COIrumttee
authOrISed
(wlth the consort ~f the Council o f e Boro~gh)
to OO[el'Clee "'thin the COLfI1ty Borougll QI fu>adm~
the powers con'lerlea under the Delence 01 the

&o.]m reguJa.ti~n+includlng the Sa. e of H orses
OrdCT. A SulrCommlttef" consistmg l of members
of the Executi+.e 'Comizilittee tLnd the Borough
C'ouncil, hq a~rdtng.t.y ~n appointed to 'Con.>Ider rna-tters a.r" c
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will be made.
grea.ter port-ion of the land In
the B011'ugh h8.1 already ' been surveye d and orders
r equiring specified l cultivation &lid convenIOn of
pastu['fl have been made In FO cases--others are
under consid~10n ., It is estllnated tliat. LJ..Iere
are ..bout 3116 ~ to be dealt with.
In order' t;o p~~t M. f~ as posslble the dain30g~
dotl~ to crops by iFigro.nt pigeons, the CommIt.
f.;!oe h ave inVit~ f~~ers il.nd others mtcrest.ed m
a griculture to a ga.?ise pigeon shoots m' Ber.lis1rire.
Wednesda.y In ell week is s uggested J.s the moet
conyement daY1 It is of the uttnost ~mportance
t.ha.t~ to 1Â¥. eff6ftive, .the shoots sHouldl be SImultaneous; an,d ~he \Po"mmittee sincuely hope that
, all landowner8 , iahners anq a.gncultuMste will
co-operate and l arrange. for ' combmed actIOn Jll
ev~ry di strict 0 tHe County.

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Mr .. Cumber p posed · " That ma.smu ch as '1"0.
duction is neo&!!!a. ly precedent to dlstnbution , ~bls
Chamber I S of 0pI Ion th,lt the Government shbuld
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introduce WlthOU~,dela.y 1\ Ministry for the
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of Food .vhICh should be invested With
l.au' I,orlty ~ fix rices paid to the producer, Rub.
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to which the MInIster for the DIstnbution of
I ORGANIC PHOS~HATE
Food should fi."(
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CONVERIJ'ED
surner." He rna d that sucwa. resohltlon should
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be p;u;sed ,a Jd se t to the Central Chamber and
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if possible :it~ho d be arranged that a deputa~lOn
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from tha.t 1 Y Rhould Wa.lt upon the Pnmo
The rl\pid increase illj the use
MII~st.er Itnd tty he whole c¥e of the productton
nerve 8~ista of tho l organic
of l00d before hi n. It might be a.rgued thllt 0,1.
elunly Msi'n uiated phosIfhatc
~he prCf>Cn t tIme hcro WA S a. department for ~ea.lall Bltro Phosphate, IS due o.lmost
re. Illg With food pI ductlon
There w~ In n<\me
maTkably favourable rtults obtninett by specia.lists but (IS It it. was
present it Wll8 only an ad)'unct
of world·wtde fame an replltatlOu I It 18 therefore to th e DChud of Agrlcult-ure, and he submitted
only lOg1oal that d oc r~ thl;'ough t ! the country tha.t both the ,BO!rd of f"AgncultUl'e and t.he Food
should be urged whproic-l pos.!uble to] prescribe Bltro Production D epal mcnt w ere bound hand and foot
Ph08~hate Iustead lof ,ilrcotlc or jfltlmnllmt habit and ~agged by th MUllstry of :Rood. 'lJ.iey could
fornnug drugs or alf oholic preparations U1 the treat. not dl stTlbute a. ~Jng unlesa It was there to be
ment of nerv(lusncAA , j lneurHsthenm, Bleepie&nese, dIstrIbuted, a nel i the Government did uot know
D.ervoDB d~bility, mok of oners-y, lnqnW depr'es- I then n.ny school
y knew, that you had first ' U;
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produce and the to d~stflbute, and unless the
Being a food whioh, accordmg to Robin and other Government dId ome~hUlg to
pToducFrenoh authorihes, liI a.ctually as~imIli.l.ted and con.
then produc ion would very
verted into 1i~Ulg n~t"o tissue, Bitro Phosplmte, At, the present t" e the distrIbutIOn of
whIch 1.8 renddy obtnr~~able of anv eheml!jt iu the been the one obf ct of the Government and
form o,fy 5.g11un to.blo,te. is 8ttOng(y recommended ha.d not cared '''- ero the· material had ' been profor the'qse, not onlyo~ t-hoafl who suffer Ill! indlcated duCed, While w had tho S~IPB ~hey could do It,
&.b()'ve, bbt alao to 'th6se who wlim to inerei'llse th eir bqt. now we ha.d
J,lJiP.QUOO m thIS· country. Unnerve strength, vitd, vigollr, VitalIty and 'power" of l~sa they (the pro u~rs), could get a fair remunera.cndur~llce, It is eSp'eclluly vu.lulljble' to aviators, tU).n for t.ho wor' they dfd no one
moton sts, gunDel'S and l rhen in the vl9.rlouQ bl\anches they w0p'Jd do t a.t work or the Same
of tho army Rnd navy, where strong, steady nen'es that work with 1. e v im and go as they
are of VitoJ ImportnuC8. Cut out drulg s and ltlcoholic as farme ils for , a faIr payment. They had
stimumnts. Tak e ono 5-grain tablot of Bilro Phos- accllscd of bemg rotiteers, but thev dtd not
phnte ,nth each meal unrt not ~ ho,iw quickly your hnge profits. T ev did not n~k for more
entire bcmg begllls ~o over~ow wltb that VIm, vigour, 758. pel· cwt for their bed. 1'hey cou ld produ ce
and Vltality whIch maklO ilia truly ,,:odh liviog.
It, nt that figure and pay the pnce whi ch the
Food Control De artmont h ad fixed for the feed m g ::Ituffs. 'W as It t,o be a questIOn t ha.t the
who ha d the COltrol of the distnbution
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the PI·I<.'C" H e (!\ r Cu mber} submItted

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being made to o~tain a 8~itabl. plough, .. 'the"" is
a quantity of land m thttt. dlStrlct which would be

diBtinctly benefited by mole dra.ining. '
One hundred ""d ~ixteen lioenoes to;"'jl 1O~ agri.
cultural horses hav, been luued smoo I the last
report. was made. \fhe total number of hcence8

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oommitted, ftndering the person
iTprisonment. ,
& Jumma.ry of the fork done

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10l)!ltd to the CODjmitt"" by: Cultivated jonce),
a. ~ ' r .
pl()ugb!e1l, 2.16' a. , 3 r. 13 ' p
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lately 'been done- {or ~ir George
:Qbt. included in the B~vel as no

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supply or genuin Scotcll or
am&l1 growe rs, i~ ' now m
Y,",iel,i"" obtam a.ble
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not do so, buo th re sbould be a pract ical Mih,istrv

of ProductIOn, !;;~ ccted, fro m men who
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Sfl;ry for the pro~ction of food.
Take the
SATURDA~-Befor MaJor Darby-Griffith (in bon. of -beef, ey ,body- would a.dmit tha.t the
the cha.ir), Col. Thor nton. Col: BroOldbent, C.B , Mmlstry of Foo h n.d made a. bloomer over tha;t
001. Nash, Mr. p. E. Keyser, Mr. Jel£-PettX They bad act-ed] gely on the adVIce of one ge tlea.od !.IT. Roscoe,
wb~ . had pUbllSb d pa.mphl et s telli!lg the Britl1P

J I\DleS Chapman, ~owmng-road, TiIehurst, W&8
!ummoncd for trespassing 10 search of eDDieS on
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Mr H B HI
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gw ty to trespa.saing.
Si.dnay HIl;rmn.n, gn.mckeeDh in the'- employ ot
Lord R ossly,n, spoke to seeing dc(~l.1da.nt on l and
t el at
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a' l a c ,over W I I I S L?rdshipl' ~a.s shooting
rights. H~ s houted to hIm tOI stop, but he dld no~
T~ 10lJOwing i. ~ 'summary 01 th<! 'Iwork done d~ so. Wltness ) ga.v~1 PUrsUit Dond oo,t.\ght him on
by the tractors up to J anuaTV' 11th: l.)loughed, t~e highway anCl ' saw \ somethmg buJ~mg out Of
2,150 acres; ' cross lcut or cultivated, 212 acres hIS coat. lIa d,d nqt \""" .ny !"rre~ but one
n ~t He did not know if he
y rJ.buts
The Committee laTe a.n.x.ious whenever bossible to
wpcn he eame up with hIm defendant UJd. "you
\ l1tlli~ t.bt'I la.bour.of men enga.g{ld
tractors
a.\~e got me and thn.t is all you WI 1 __ weU
l when, through lbad! wea.ther or brea.kdo,","lls the bge~"
Defendant fJ&ld he borrowed ferrets ! ;].nd
tractoTs cannot Iwork.
The charges ~ayabio for net~
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!had seen in the pa.pers Ulat
to get rnbblts. ThIS was the
dl striot, a.nd t,~Jner1 are ,invited to hel~ the Com- any man wa.t;
mIttee to make ,use of thet.r la.bour wherever pm . fint time he had becm a.t the game.
, Defendant wa.s: fined 16s.
sible. The trnctors I will also be a.v~ l able for
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thT88bing when th<!. lwe.ather prevents tHeir w;e on
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the land.
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for ndtng~'{a bIcycle m Mn imcr-strc-et
A Iljole draining plougb placed at tlie d~'osal 8utpmoned
on Janua.ry 16th wi~out hUl rea.r lig 1. being 10
of the I~ommtt~ bYj the Food Productl6n
artproper order
ment and desRatelied to AblDgd~n . bn _ r. A. I Defenda.nt did not appea.r, and
S. Taylor
_ Com ~!lh , (~ metnfe'r o!'f the ]00. ,,1
. dIstrict! SU,J-Cotn. hr'Vlng lroved . tho offefi oc , the B"llCh imposed Q,
mlttee) kindly \'Oll$lnt.ing to place b;. lexperience ~e of A. D efendant ,s ent a. letter ex ressing re·
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of moJe dra.i.nulg at'l the 8erv1C6 of the p()mmlt.tEe ~t a.t the oectrrrenoe.
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crin instru~ting and supennt&nding the ~ork of the
plough. WIUI , after . ~ tl1a.l. found qur~ UDlJUlta.blc
for the work required ; and further endea.vours are

iMued is now 377,
respect )of 564 hot.ae.a.
provWons of the Order do not 800m to be
understood by the ia.nners and e.uctioneera lD the
County j 8ll.d
~n neoessary in' 'f.me CMe$
to rwarn . the ,
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sUnces) If
are. sold to penons~t.ber than
the! qccupier
.agrioalturaJ holding Q, person

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EALTH WI'S, never
more necessary than it
is to.day_ i:etHaU's Wine
bml<\ up ~f'ur slfstem and
giV:~ it the power to resIst
atthcks of winter ailments.
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I\el lly Reliable Goods at Sale Prices.

CLOTHINCJ, HATS, ' HOSI,ERY,
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declare . dl,e!e,.ted t~.

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ca.c;e, to:.day. '\oVith
hm~.,·er, tho ba,llot pnpCl1l ,
re.exl\ml1led, and
next ChOlCes l'8.COI dep.
ha.ve ~o mar\\ed thel r
0.,,",iloh1. for trans fer to the
.Llle party W1U
reD,rk',,,,nILation to which it IS enrepresentabve the
preier. The tr;msprffcrves the secrecy
enables the electOr, WIthout
orga.llISeTS, to vote to
.dt~~t<,ge. · It is a. metb9d of
in thls country by
been a..dopted.. for

F~IDAY I

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Mr W IH. SmIth I
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CHARGE OF THEFT FROM ITHE RAIl. IV."
OlIve Lr vmi a Ber~litlce Cox, a. 1book brd~, of

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no : fued ""p.hodc, was·j cha.rged on
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I:>~lm~ ~ dresl:; ca.s~ a.nd. va~oll~ ot.he'r I <I rtldes

frru the p.W.R. St~tLOn, 1teddlh g , the prol"rtv
of :Mr. ~, ~f Maldenhead"
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On Fnday, January 11th,
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She rea ched
via!".
' no tran, to "'0"''',''1/.,_
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directed to the waIting
p~ISOn el" thero a.pparently
Re:ed ha.d1occast'ln t.o go Ito
foro dom~ so p11soncr a::)kcd
cup of tect. Mrs. Roed g,~ve
P?tpose, and on ret.urlllog

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as there
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tli,t tho t ravelhngo case she

h ~ d disa.ppea.recl, With the
return. L.atel on the bag ·w as

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'Was carne unn.mmous y.
PROPORTIONAL REPIlESENTATION.
The Chairman mentioned that at the request of
th~ Certl.rai Chamber It was proposed they should
m troduce the question of ProportIona.l Repr~ntat.lon in the mtel est!; o( th·~ country, and
hadJ been so fortunate us t~ ~cure the presence
th."lt aftcrnoon of Mr J. 1:1 HllmplJreys, the
of the PropOltlOna.i SOCIety. who wouJd
explain
them the mecha n!!im of the proposa.ls
\\hich were mtcnded to be crllTled into la.w. "'
Mt, Humphreys then proceeded to nddreel! the
meetlll~} /'ond cntered l upon a veIY lU Cid explanatlOn of hem PropOi t ional RepresentatIon '~oll ld
1\ h~I: ndopt ed.
lIo shoH ed h ow the I ';:;;'-;~~J~~;li
"ote wou ld work, and first of L
exha/'i'LO\l.
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ont ,\hat t he elc-ctc.r had to do. The, \ot &:; by placing the figure 1 agamst the
name q! the can d l(lutc ho hke& best ; he need do
no more.
H e has vot ed. ,the ballot paper Will
be vah d He lIlay hm\c\'er, md'cat.e. and IS ad·
Vl 8f d to m dlca t e /loS maTf'- fu rther preferences a.s ,he
like s by placlllg th e figuratl 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. , a.gamst
th e names (,f other Ca l!d l da ~~ , In the order of hIS
chOice. The 81llgle \ ote.ilUl ,L constituency retUin.
mp: several members a.s1: 1 l'Cf, l'cpl'eSrntat lOn to 1m.
portant minorities
'l'n'kc nn IllustratIOn .
The
Cl t y l of nrlsto l l\ ould ~ onc com!tituency
would lctlllTl fivo m CmCGf!; S\lP~_OEG SO,O... "
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tors ,"(l~e d . Ae. each elector ~vou Jij hrwe only one
....ot e tho nllmhcr ui "oks rccolded would I be
50,000 It foll ons t hnt a ny cn.ndlda.te who gets
10,000, V"ot.cs must be elected. For, out of 8; total
of 50,000 ",otc~ , on ly fhe c,mdld at.es can obtain as
ml\ny
10,000 \ Vlth the 81 one-~fth
the erectors Call Sflt;u\:e
representation. Tile prO\ if; lon for marKln" proM..n""", ..1
facilitates thQ task of the e' ector.
to uee hiB one vote WIth the
effective, The &ecr~cv of
most necessary to preserve ,
tho electat'. Wilen he cntets
will ,not know how the
deSire to vote for his f~,'ouri,:!~
Min ~ter; but, if he
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t t,me to .Iaullbter bi. ca\p~e

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:vas ~ when th~y 1 ere half-fat , and to_ slaugptfr
Immature cattle The sa.me gentleman had bee:n
enga.g.ad"'by the Board of A.'n'lculture to represel;lt
agrlcu1tuT1!ts on Ithe Live Stock aod Mea.t .-\.dvlsorY' Comtt·uttee. It t hey had one ma~ of theory
let,tliem i:ba.ve a pmctlca.Lman a~<; well SomcthlD"
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co OU 0eanes, ut as practical agriculto/ist!\ they did not intend to be governed by
them . If they put the two together thev had
fine combma.tion, but separate they were wea,~
ot no value to the nation or the producer
Mr I E. \V. K Slade seconded the

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Mr Woll e secohded, and the names of the 59
Dew members were then clulJr added to the roll
of the Cha.mber.

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If you have Toothache you call In a ' . '
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years to give hIS advi"" to the country.
AN INFLUX OF NEIW
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MEMBERS.
The Chairman anno~nced that as the result of

Th<! Comm\We br ve now ~n 'wi~h pr.lcii~ly
tbe who16 of .1Jte ~re land: tcheduled forl conv~i­
li10n in ca.tegWi~ t~4 ~. as will be seen ftom ~be I. ''''''''''

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I SIMMONS

On the motion pf t!J.e Chairman, seconded - by
Mr. G. Sta~e, 8- re~lution- wa.s una.nimou.,sly passed
congra t.ulattng lIfr W . Anker Simmons on the re.
cent. WRr honour conferred upon him, and hope
WM expressed tbatl 80 wise , a. c{Junsellor 10 the
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ca.uS9 of agnculture might · be spared for many

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THE LATE MR. JETHRO LOUSLEY. I
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the
a.genda paper the Chairman referred in 8~pathotic teryns .to the ross of one oj the memHers
of tho Chamber by t-};e
.,... death .of Mr. Jethro
r
Lousley, ono of the prinClpal and oldest agricul,
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~~l'lStS In t e 0tnttY'. an,d propo~~ that a res?hlhon recordmg Its r~ sense of 'hi'S loss be ent-ered
on the raltiutes. ~ \
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was using hLs horses for hauling il l""I,o'o,l .
WIshes of farm ers for MSIstance by trabtor~~ hors~ malntamed tha.t I'll such cases. ~be
()r aoldier labour •
Mr. F. St..Jvarrl hBfl been put to plough .nd that a
..ppoint.'}d hors~1 o~~, ~nd OO~B~ hJ duties uSi': d .
' The report was th{ln ~~.
Qn J1inuary 2lil ·
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Pell·Smith (from the 'Vage Boa.rd),

CONGRATuWIONS ' 1'0 11R

whole back mto
to J5erform in the
, Mr' · Cordell sn,d
the tra.ckw"s h.:-w1 .been
SIX five 'Were laid UP. Unless
a.nd t he Exeentive.... pomQHttoo; see tbat. orders of ]1. would be impos.<nble to bnng
the CommIttee I" ral complied with; notilY any cl!itlvation that they were_asked
:land ,not b8ing properly caltivated; asoert&n the Lioned a. ~se where n. ma.n had

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Ca.n~,

Cane, junr., a.ud ' A. Fro~Iey.

tnb>rtion of

hampstead, Maidenb.,ad and Wmdsor, Mr. Ren·
wick. Tho antles bf the cultivation offi~ will
(mter alia.) be to f6rm a oonoOOt.in~ link between
the fanners i:O hi.8 1a.rea, the Joc&l Snb~ommJttee

(

SIa,de, J. pabtt, G. W . Siode, Vernon, 1'.

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M.r. W e~l 8 st;'conded, a.nd the resolution fas
earned, mem~rs of the Chamber rusing from
Ithelr seats.
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b:fs

:Â¥.X8.

0hamher was held at the

were
asked to do
dlVldunl
weroflstlDctly
qUlNl Cor

·beavy levy; but.
carry out. It.
wlll do this If my
one was diSposed
of the Commlt.tee
t.h~
field and Wallingfor d,
F. Al&.ck; Newlmry that work to
ntiUee tha.t a
and Hungerfcm:l, :Mr."
c. Gr"",.. ; F4;ngden and
to hi l( own
and Abingdon,
Gddwin; Wo~ingbanl ..

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Bel,o fe proceeding with the business

tlOD

close co-opera.tion lWith

cil, 1Ind to 1"oke u.. ¥ I~ ..

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sent: Majol' " 'hcbfJ, ,MaJorl Da.rb:y-G!~rrlth.s, Capt.
Buhton, Mesms. A . D. ,WellS', A.. J. Wright, G.
Slade, Doble, E. Shornly, E. Palmer, T Chettle,
Biggs, Bllike, vi J. Heuman, W. J. Cumber,
W. Lailoy, E.-I~e:lander, \V Brazil, A. \V.
, T. F. Lee,li E. W. l\. Slade, R I\ushby,

EXEiCUTnd;:1
aponsibilitlos of
to such an extoo..t

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Great. "V~;Sterri
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on SatJrday afternoon. Mr.
H. ,R , Beeton pre~tied, anaJ'there were a'S() pre.

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' ON FOOD"
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The
he wa.lting fQom

fdund m

t'l-~ed w,th ste.hng the bag,

tody.

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Pn&oner, who looked ill
a ,,,cak c?nditlon , had
tq the chtrgc, and was ""na "a,,,,
a.rrangem1nts being made to
a ,sUltable home
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WEDNE~DA 'i'--Befor~ Mr

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chair), ~Ir -P :fey S'.IIl~erson, IM I D
E. O. ~arrer lNfd l\h ,E. J lo\.mhe\\ l; I

~HjE L~'FRTINq' REG h
or Elm'\ood
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DaVId ,GOlbCI'f

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Cn.versham, 'H). S t slim moped ioj
,
Oond shn.dJ certain' lrlslde1lights n.t hls
January 19t.h, a.nd was fined £0.

SCHOOL CAsh.

~'to:.ejl!~;;~;f1ii'~~;';;:in'" ,dron
pe.rsons wer~1 summoll i'A
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to attend school

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Aldor-couh,
days for her
years.: Ll"ly :E'ord,
or fivo (1, ys for her
years '; · F redk. ,"Ye il s,
or five d1~ s fo t' hiS
years; J.oseph John
5s 01 liv~ dr.:> s for
years -~fl' George
tendarice Pfficcl" of
proved thv CMe&.

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