Reading Observer 02-1918

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Ill. report lor 1917, wh,cb con\(1m.
~ qu.rterly meel.mg 01 the Town Councd wa, \ the
b, ld on Thuraci&y <venmg Th. Mayor IMr F
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PROSECUTION:

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on the Home t~ablcs 15 232,t bemg a d tcl'ease
At t.he ]kadlOg' Borough Bench on Tue.lday \)e..
of 106 as ~mra.Tta Wlth the preVIOUS t~e l\' e fore It1r J. J Cooper (m the chalrl Mr W ! H
months Thel(O were aJ50 15 a.pprehemwns efl'ecte
Smith. Mr E W RIdley and Mr A Ro,ve,
whIch do noft appear on these tnble!}, 'hems cases
Jolm Lee Grove Farm • ClLvef'!!bam was sum
ot a civil na, ure (b~t.ardy anc~ breaches of mam maned for solhng on December 12th to the pre
t.enance orders nt.c). penous found" andcnng In JUdIce of the purchaser a certilWi artlclo of food
the streets alfd deemcd to he lunAtiCS flnd persons call .. d new milk which wo;' not of the su bs.t..a.nce
arrnsLed If)r a brca.ch of t.ho p~ ce (l nd arten\nlds
did
d d ~ .c
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Gn 1 qua. I~Y em<J,n e " Y; WJO purc A'''l'r 'f ~l'!On
u.", o'\' er
of t he a'DsiT!ldlon of milk fa t therefrom I
Of 247 pe r50 ns a.rrce~d 162 sLated t bey we re
Mr F \V CJp.rk (from the T o" n Clerk 6
em pl o'dcd nn d 85 un emp 0) ed 83 of them wcrlt !'p"n,",eut<,d , and Mr E T Hatt dercndc ..i
m&rTle a.nd 164 !ilngle, 166 ~ ere. resldente of the
Mr Cla.r1.. . 10 opomn,!! the! c,ule !aId th~t. on tb ~
Bnrough and 81 .tran~ R"'pcctlOg tbm edu
In
t.
228
Id
dO"-d
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f tI
date mentioned Mr James D odd the
spector
ca. Ion
oou
an wrIte on y Imper ec;)
under the Act att.endod at the pre l1l11;~ or a Mr
and 19 cou ld read and write wel l
Coff~ 2 Queen p. road Ca.venham where dfOfend
N o 2 COUM1':; N;,\L lilTCREN
~ The numbet' of crimea committed known to t hG
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nnt '" lI.I.. a.ccustomed to dell'\; er n. qn antlty of m ilk
\l rep'
to questIOns 1Ir Fa.rrer salU No 2 \ poh cc 'l\ere 148 43 less than 18.3t year 'For these oach drrv ":T he mspect.or cn.' led there a.t 7;5
Kluhen 'o\M 6m s.h cd and they' were only ~a ltJng offen ('6~ 103 ~ere
snd t,\'o nrocec ded
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a m an d took. sa'Vple of m,lk from Mr Coff.~
'r :l. arge cooking st ove that bad been on ordell I aga in st bJ Ru mmons (105 In all! a. decrease of 31 as !!upplted by defend ant H e mformed h m PI"
l:dor,:, ChTlstmll.S The ImOlce ha.d bceTY"recelved Ils compared WI t h the preVIOUIJ vear
rthe' sample, and dlvlded the
thu t (1hur.dfl~) afternoon and as soon as It
Tbe va.l ue of the properly 'tolen, fraudulent J re:\.S-on he took
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!!a.mple In t e mmaJ wn.,. Mr Clark then put m
\ \ rL.!; Insta led t~e Kitchen would be open 10 a v en
oht amoo or embezzlod. wa.s .£009 16s , of whIch the amuyst S ccrtlfica.te whIch eh[)wcd thnt the
m or t tIme
£237"38 lId was recovered the number of Cf)mes sa mple contamed 228 mIlk fat 907 milk aohd s
HEADMASTER OF "OJGNGHAM ROAD
comm,tted was 129, and Ihe d.t""tJo n. 90
other
m,lk fal and water 89 65 r~ .. WM
SCHOOL
The tct al flumbeT of persons Jll oceed ed agn1nst defiCiency 10 milk fa.t to the exkn t Of 24 ~r cent
~1r \Vmtcr mo~ed that the question of RoppOlot /arrested M d su mmoned ) WaJI 8.51 a decrease of \\herei\S t he ' rcgu l"tlons ref}ul red that I genume
I \ lOll S year
lk 8 houI d contain;) per ccnt of nlilk fat
mg <L L-d
JJeIl
muter to t hc. semor an d mtarme dIa. >~ 289 on thC' pre
ml
Wokmgb am road School be referred back
The number of person! proceed ed agam.t for
Thomes Coffee 2, Queen & road varershilm
Mr J~kson seconded the resoluLlOn ",blch on 110n mdl ctab~e offences tned summarllv by the l!ald hlPl Wlfo sold mIlk and he hAd an [8lTa ngc
bemg pllt. was lost 20 ,oting aga.mst and 14 for It m a{pstrntes ~urmg the year Vi80S 726 of ~hl ch ml)nt \\Ith defenda nt to supply mIlk to hIm d ailY"
-THE TO'~X HALL
Dumber 129 l"ere apprehended and 597 summon ed He prOOucOO a 1 k showmg the dalh ~11nt.l tles
\!r Farrer mentIOned that the _ nuhttLry had
OJ.. tho 72~ersons proceeded agamst 5~6 WE'rl' of pure Dew milk Thp book showed defendant
-"ceemLr
lh
1bandoned t.ho us.e of the Town Hall for the t,me cnm lct.od 75 chargc8 ",thdrawn or d "'ml ~cd B .upphed him \~' th m,lk on ...,
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placed on ProbatlOn Orders 49 dlsml53Cd 23
Mr Hatt Ma,} 1 take It ~ou have alw rs b een
bemg
bound o\er under Proba.tlon of Off pnders .... ct. . 44 perfectlv sat.usfied WIth mIlk eupp led
by de
The Town. Clerk "'ald he ha.d a.rranged for the delivered to Arm) and Navy AuthorltH:.~ 8, and 1 lend'nl '
fown HaJl to be used In connection WIth the
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committed to a.n mdu stna.l school
'V ]tnl'ss \Ve tholl~ht so
arrangements for mItIa.tmg t.he ntlOnlng system
Capt H enderson was pleMed to report a. do
Mr Clark DId Mr Dodd take a. samll e before
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PROSPECl PARK
crease or 20110 th e number of pn:emlo ottend ers D eocmber 12th'
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At a meeting of tbe Parks and Plea..sure Grounds under 16 yea,rs of age cha.rged WIth t.heftt.., etc
Wltnees Yes B e dId not know that he sam
Commltf..ee on Janua ry 18th the Town C lerk SUb- d
tb
th
her be
50
t 7
pie taken was not up to. the sta ndard
urmg
e num f \I mg
- agalns "
Mr James "Dodd tho. mspector ,.rTavi forma.l
tt.ed a ConlmUllIcatton Crom the Berkshl1'e War last
year e ~r
ffhe nllmber.
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eVI dence or takmg th&' !Sample About t 0 and a
\ Icultural E~ecutlve CommIttee, statmg that tawed at thf Remand H nnH' Southampton street, half gn.ll ons had Just been d ehHl"cd to l\ I' ..... offoo
Lhey had been called upon to obUun the convet"Slon dttrlcg th e Yfa.r wa.s 44 In addltlon to 11 detamed b:\ defendnnt
of 33,000 acres of p asture lnt.o arable and t h.l . . for tb ~ Bed ':s Count) Police
Mr CJa.lk H 3d you taken a. sample before thi S
t b ey propose d to 158ue a.n 0 rd er f or th e oonV('fSlOn
D unng t. h f) pa.!t t"c Iye m nn t h 5 two convlCtl'l on d ",t,e?
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'hh B att objected to thiS question
of a. ut ::>• acres 0 f Ian d fo nntng part 0 f l' r " licence and one SUpervisee ente red thIS police d IS
The B e.DCh sust.'l.tned tho obJection, bolrhng
peet Park The CommIttee were mformed tha J trlct, and n..{ter a short sta.y one convict a.nd one th at the mCldent to which the quest lon l referred
P&rt of the la-Dd ) cornpnl'.tng about 9 2 acre:s W Ii !upervlsee rymovcd to another dlctnct, a.nd one wa!l closed
us.ed tor the agIstm ent of cattle and the remamd er convict stlll. lresldes In the Borough
Mr H att Yqu ~a.ve eVIdence ID Ii ~lmll A.r case
whIch wno! used for Cricket and other organIscd
Ihc number o f pub liC houses to the Borough IS a fo rt.n ght ago-Mr Cusden s case"-Ye j
--eo!, was grazed b'<'" "heep
The Committee 115 and th ~ number of beer hotl!'oes. etc '. 147
Am I rurht 10 Sllylllg t.h",t vou ngree thllt
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IIta ndard FItS pnreh an a rbl tr,'1ry one f..et up
r ecommended that tb e propoMI be obJected t
Durmg the year 35 persons were apprehend"d Lhe Board ot f\. g rlcultnrc?_Yes;
but th at no objection be ral~d to t he maklDg of for drunkennef-S and 2 su mm oooo, a t<>t.a\ of 37
~ I n~ht 10 sa.vmg that thE' fredinp; of
an order for USIng t he part of the park which bemg a. decrease as compared With the prevIous ba! nJfected the qualltv of ml k more m regard
abuts upon Pegs Green Lane for the ralslDg of twche months of IS per50n~ Twent) se\en of to m{lk fat than milk 8Ohds?-Yes
cereals dUrtllg t.he p eriod of the Iwnr
thiS numbcr Iw ere rcsldents of t.he BorOllgu and 10
That II your vlew'i'-Yes
On tbe moti on of tho Mll.\ or, the CounCIl de strangers
cn~~n ~Jark &lf l ~ [th IS waa hIS case (or th
l e prose
clded that & further wart of Prospect Park be
The number of warrants and CODlmltment! of a.1l
Mr H att In R d drei~mg the Bench on beha.1f of
used for tbe agl.stment of ca.ttle durIng the perIod kinds, a.nd ~ummonses and orden~ granted by the hi S C lent aald he rehed ft'lr hiS defence on tbe
of the 'War
J UStICC3 and hand,ed to the pollee for serVice or l!\.tc.~t d ecIded CMe ViZ Hunt v HIChard son
A diSCUSSion took place Wlth regard to tho pro- executIOn " as 1244
Thc sum of £117 1s 4d tried 10 the Km.'r s Den ch Dlvl"lOn 19161 when It two
posa.l to plough
h&!J been coll ected b;) the pohce 10 their execution "a&
{rom he:ld
the that
cow mllk
Th<l.t
put
the C'l-Be
lU aasl nuIttshell
T up a p,ut of Prospect Park Strong
\\ a.!J
genUIne
If sold
came
OppOlS tlOn " as m ade bj Mr ~uelch and other
Tbe nuscelln.neous d Ihes or t.he po IqB a.re He should ca.1l eVidence to shnw that tht;re had
members on the ground th at tb, re "'al ot~er land numerou!, amollgst whIch rn a." be mentlo ned the been no tampenng With the milk 10 thiS case and
aV Ailable for that purpose, and Mr Quelch m
10110\\ mg - Du.rmg the :year the pohce, found tbat It \Vu supp lIed to Mr D odd preclse1 In the
stanced gol~ hnks cou ld be usedl
1 237 pred'll~ Insecure and unsafe and made same conditIOn a.a It came from t he cow
The,
were &wa.re
"erequestlOn
difficultiesWhen
at. thcEe
lhe Town Clerk showed th&t l the War Agncul
hem secure or othe n\I SC dll'Ccted the attention of oWing
to thethere
feedl)18
CO\\~ timer!
wcr~
tura! Committee had power to act u had been h~ occuplens tbcrct..o
They re8tored to thetr fed In t.he ordlDnry wny before the war nplk coul d
1'roposed Effortl, h o\\ e, er would be made to parents 43 lost children wbo were found wandel be produced up to the stan dal d laid d own bv the
do aU tJia.rwa.s pOSSible to M\"'e the park
109 1.0 the streets and conveyed to t he Pound 19 Boa.rd or Agnculturo He had polntcd out t o the
OL~PPERS FOOTPATH
sheep, 27 horses, H C?ws , found straymg on tlV~ Bench on a. prevIOus occalnon t ha t at ito meeting of
h'ghwa)s Dunng tbe year 120 stra .... and home the B erks and Oxnn Chamber of Agn clllture It
Mr Co5im and Mr MorIng talled attentIOn to
Lad been staLed that the standard o~ milk re ferred
the daogers of thiS {ootpa.th A aoldler had Jwt le&8 dogs were seIzed of" blCb number 53 were to " as an arbltra.ry one a.nd Lhat mMY cows
fallen In OWtng to t he exposed poslt~on and wanl claImed 19 1!Old 47 destroved and 1 left 1D the would not give more than 25 of butter fat
of protectIOn of the patb
Dogs H ome
Under the Defence o( the Realm ThiS stand&r d WaJI looked upon u an
The Mayor ~ald the question !hould have atten RegulatIOns In future dogl!1 "ill be. d eetro) ed after one before the dlffi~lty or gettm~ ooke
510D
three da.ys detentlon at the polIce otDce unless u,long That expenelice mad e It dIfficult for a
POLICE PAY,.
dairy farm.er to CII.n'y on hi, bUlmu!! I It Watl
clo.lmed by the owners ,ntbm that period One difficult In the cue of b .rge farmers who oould
With regard[to wa.r &Uowadl0e6topohce officers on hundred aDd thlrtv SIX porsons were found m the buy conSIderable QUfLlltJtle8 and tho5 have some
t.he perma nen strength of the forca &ad the. police /Streets Injured Jngenslb e or III and d e5tltuLe, on hand, but defendant WUl onl Y !1Jl8.11 man a.nd
't4 ()mon, the Wa.tch Comnut.tee ~ommeDded
h-. I d to
" •• ,- all
h d
d
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over
eb letriot
an
' Tha.t e.xoept 8S heremafter
proV) d ed
Wle war and were conveyod. to the H ospital 1rifirmA.rT',
- J or h &ud ne bee gell ,-,-e
f 1
't
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ffi
h
t a.ken to then homes and 10 all CIWieS where netes
a not
n .ucoe.l~ U
n.a a su Stl ute .orne
d
d
u._
cd thing eI~ bad to be J'e5orted to a.nd be, had pur
a,lIowa.nce gn.nted to the po Ice 0 cers on t e per
ma.nent sttengtb of t.he 'orce a.nd the police sary the pohee rondere fiI'flt &l to "-'I'D lUJUT
eh~ed what Wal called • d ft lry meal ." but b e
WQmen be ducontinucd u from the lit pronmo The polLOe act a. m_pectore of ha.cknet carnages, oould not get M much ot th.t aa he wanted
He
a.nd that a.n a.llowance at tho rate of £1 a week and a.l.1O under the Explo!lves Acta, 8.eTl'e allium ha d been told by the finn fr om whom he pm
be s.ubstltuted tberefor'lroVld.ed that. no such
cb d tb
d
th at t h ev eon I'dj '.L_
m on~, etc , and carry Qut the dUhes of Lioroner s
ase
II commo Ity
WIJ.CI DO
officer'! war allowa.nce
all be less than; that offi cer
The pohce 3- 50 ctLrry out the V3-nOllS
ordl\r1J With regard to tbe a.naJ.yals tb6y
\\ hlcb h o I! now Teauvmg 1 hILt the wa.r allow
Id b
th I th
lk I
k d
I 2~
,wou a serve
nota
L.O
an "", granted to the temporary constahi ea be di e Ord.-. .. 01 the Board of A~cult"re
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.. and VlseafoOS 'Wh
I h ida' b 3e ml
t wor e• ou to tb
1
h
d
d
.. nlmrus Acts etc DUrIng the pa.. year they !t.alldard
ereaa. I la.td
8 ou
cen milk
a.c(Jo r-uUl
g othere
contmued as rom t e lame &y an th & t & war 01 ~
down e.per
As :regards
solIds
aHowa.noe at. the rate of 15s a ~eek be SUbstl have paid 240 VISIts of lO.!pectlon tp va-nO\J8 pre t.b:\Jl mIlk ffLt the Itand~d wu 8 SO ,.,.hereM de
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rnll~es and Is~ucd 278 hoences for the movement of fendant. s s.a..rnp1c was 907. and t.herefore although
tut.ed therefor
'Mr Quelch moved &nd M:r RAbson &econdtd IJ'Wme
defiCIent 10 mIlk fat It W88 over 10 tbe milk 80hds
th.t the lS, war allowance for temporary oon
Dunng the year 1,123 artlcl •• bave be.!n found
tlr H.1t then procee ded to ",,11 h .. w'tne.....
ctables .should be lOcrea..,oo to 2Oe: fbut the dreaoS by the police tra.m cona uctors oonductre.!se!1o and
Defendant, 10 IflVIOPl' eVldence. slud t~at he hn.d
lutlon ,vas defuted seven votIng or It an .1 pnvaUl pel80ns etc . and qeposlted..at the police been 1.0 t~ dn.Iryt trade a.1I hlS tlfe and hnd 'been
&.grunst.
"office Of )th ls number 600 ha.ve boon reetorcd to In Rea.dlOg tlbe last five yean
rrhe mIlk from
Mr Dormer Dloved a reaolutlon cntlClslOg tn e their respective owners, 228 have been returned t o which the sample was ta.ken Wh from hiS own
present WBl' 8.l10Wa.nC06 to the pollee a.nd suggest- the fin&rs an d the remammg 301 are &tlll un cows He h&d about 17 COW!
Ja.m ~s Turner,
IDg that a. d lfi'erentlatlOD In web allowances Shou ld claimed
Su.ty fhe persons (50 males and 15 the cowman dId the mIlkIng Be had been em
be made, but the resolution on being put W&5 lost females) were con'\'e)cd durmg the )eat; to HUI ployed on the farm 29 ve&rl The mIlk W&8 taken
The rollowAlg repotW were pa"ssed
Ma.JestS s Pnson . Oxford~ \.he expenses lllcurred from the COW'S the afternoon before WItness was
bemg reconred from the Pruon CommI8!IOn~rs
about during mllkmg
Bucket. of about three
TREATMENT OF SEWAGE
"" Durmg t.he year 15117 lotters and commVDlca gall onP. wore used for mIlking ~be nlilk WaA tben
In a. . epnrt to the Special Manor Farm Commit- tlQnl! ha.... e been reool~ed bei ng Iln ~ncrl}8OO of 791 put mto churns altq bem,ll et med and It Wall
too, the Fsnn S~wa.rd 5ald Smce my last report on th{l prevIous year and 25 804 letters, Cir culars afterwards taken to 1the dal
whl Clt was In
from November 13th to November 29th, 1 060 and loform ilitlOns Vtcre seot out from tb~ office, obar ge of Witness'S WIfe A man name~ Dow W:\~
gallons of chloroe was n.pplted to the Mlvva.ge but botng an merE'Me Of 1,071 on t.he prevlOus year also employed In wa.r.hmg up and as a general
Stn co tha.t da.te: the cblol'M treatment ba.s been duo Of £bc 15,117 reocl\ cd 5,050 were (rom other farm hand He had nothlng to do Wlth the milk
contulued The penod durmg "'thlch the sewab"e p olloe. roroea and 10067 (rpm the milItary bav&l mg The chum (rom which t he M mple IWM taken
"liS treated wlt.h chioro! wa.s~rom Ma.y 22nd to
Ilnd private penons Of the 25 804 lette r8 etc
wu conveyed to the dall'V IUld re!plU ned t.h ere ttll
N'ovemb(!r 29th lDelU~IVe, a.
nod of 192 days soot out frpm thu; office thIS number mcJude& the mornmg Witness looked up tho d&lfY Turner r
th ou~h t.here were 37 d '\o"rl!l wbe , OWing to chm,tlc 8 666 notl~ for duty, circulars and letters to went I!l.bout 6 o'clock &nd Dell about 6 ~'clock A U'Lor"
cond itions or floods , no chlor 8 waa added , so spccl3.1 constables
churn WIL'I Jeft Olltslde the dalTV overmght for
th.L the treaLment took pl.o actually on 1-55
Nlnet) four ,nqu"L. have been held dunng Ihe
to take In the COw ,bed. He d,d n ot lea.e
days the usuaJ tIme of a.PPh~Ion bel.D~ from 8 yea.r being a docre..~e of 15 from the pl'evlo!.ls one on the Dljlht In questl4:m Turner ranp; the
II: m to 11 pm
8lId from 8
16 gal ODS per \ear IE nqulne8 haa also been made Into forty bell for one and WitOeu came downstaJT8 and WIthour \\ as used, though the tim 8lId qUa.ntity wa s deaths on wh ich mqu('..sts were ,not held
nellis emptied the churn from which the sample
vaned accordmg to Clrcumstan ea
Many addltlonaJ duties have been thrown 00 the WM ta-ken moo tbe deh ver:v churn Wltne8~ after
Mr G Mldglev Ta.ylor sen the ComDutt..e& a. polJ co In consequcnce of the war and p artlcul ans wards took the mllk on hi S round No water was
pamphlet. dca.1tng W'i.tb the ap lution of chlorm" of these aro given
added to the mtlk He fOllnd It a Job to feed the
g'M for t he purportel of deodo 17.atlOn M a~6U\et
The poliCe forco on December 31st 1911 was cows and dId hiS best He was placed In a.n awk
( hJ o rn! at present. In use.
Taylor e.:r:plamed 31 beloW' the a.uthonsed .slnnda.rd of 113 all ra.nks W&Td pol!ltlon on thIS fa..'r"ID. beca.use t.here WM no
that chloros cont..·una 811proXi atelv 10 to 12 per Smce the outbreak of 'vat' 49 members of .. .L'orce a.rable land, and he had. to bllY everythmj:! He
cen t of\ free ehlonne wberea..s 1 qll1d chlorme 18 of have Jomed the Co' ouns V17;
20 who were culled could not get chaff evM., &rId ' tned every farmer
c.'f) rse full strength and the addItion of pure up 3.S R esarvults and 29 who have JOined durmg v; It hm five mIl es of Emmer Green
He had bad
l
Cll mne ,ga.s to the seWa.J8 wo d prove &S Rood 8. the pa!i:t t hroe years
or thu; number four ha'\le to f&lI back npon wet grainS With other feed m$l'
(lc(ldorant as ~Ioros OWing
\tac mu ch cheaper re JOined the Force havmg been dlschargeil from mat.ena1s such a.a hay and mangel, In place of
P I \CC a large dose of cbloroe c uld be added when the .Army
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calCe He put lsome • d~ry meal In It
fo md nece6Sary a.nd stIll h ave
consldera.ble sav
.. On the outbreak of wa.r 411 specla.l constable!!
In reply to [the Bench, WItness !aId be used to
mg 10 annual cost
were sworn In for thiS Boroug h (sa) B Carpt Hen give {IIsrht lba 1of oake per dILY, and now he gave
derson)
Of this number 216 resig ned eIther to three lbs of
daln meal, 'but t.here was not
ECOVO?\[!SING
l Oin the Colours or Ina.billty to contmuo through much of It le.ft The agent 8&ld hiS finn could
Tb e CO;'J.l Supplles Commit
had receIved i:1 Iltnell5 or pU81n6l8 r ea.&ons
Thclr plaoe.s ho\ c not accept a.fIy more ord8l"! M the) could not ob,.. rruln r commUnicatlon from th~ Controller of Coal been partly filled. by others who ha,e come for tam the Ingredients With which to manufact.ure It
'f nos 'POmhn.:;: out that the nantity of coa~ Ul wa.rd voluDt.a.nly
The pre...cent stlen~h IS onlv
ConilnUlJlg- hi S eVldenoe. witner.!t 8ald hIS was
n k In t he Oounc il s dlstnct f r the week endIn,iZ 279, tam thererore 132 sbort or. the orlglI\at all PMture l&1\d , n.nd he turned out hIS cows at
'\ncmbcr 30th 1917 WAS 1333 tons He ur2'cd st.rength ~nd ,nth a. Vle\\ of enrol ling /jull:C len1 /j 10 the morrung and fetched them In at 230 In
th'lt COnF.tant effort~ should h G maIntained so that numbers I appetLl to ~Idellta who can comen
the afternoon There W{lI"e no ta.JTIII In h iS hou se
ill! I'f"Ike a , al la.ble In a dlstrl
IS uhltsed as a.n ent.ly a.rr&n~ to sen e m tha.t ca.pa.cI t.y at Bny tim I and w&ter had to he ta~en mdoors e?ch day
11 xli i ""
to tho cnrt l supplied, and Mked for the either bv da~ or nt~bt to enrol a s SOOn I1.S Pof
Crosa exAmIned '!y Mr Clark Wltnesil SAId the
Cf"I operaho n of the Council
sible, thiS would relieve th08e members n ow ser mIlk to which the sa.mpie referred Vift3 Irom the
TR 1~ M" !\.\"s COM fITTEE
vm~ conslderil.bly TL.e dutl M of the speclll.l can.., prevIous &fbernoons milking:" The only mIlk on
a.nd
own 1 cows and
ThE' Rorollt!'h Accountant ~u mltted a. return re sta.bles h&', e boon
d moeth s8,ttsfllctoTlly
ke f h
h bwIlImgly
,. ,. 1 hI" premIses was that0 from D18 Tb
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pcrrOl"Inea a.n the t. an
0 t e In Il. h ,...n_ 0
&Ct1Pe from Peppard ommon
e atter came
nLln,! to t he traffic on the r&m waVII, sJ,Wwmg the Borough are due to them for lookmg after from four small farms Al,..v..ethcr he had about
11, ~ t th e recelllt J\ from the co~mencement of tho
Th
h
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their mterests
ey a.ve tUrn
out In .!SvOO 34 ga.llons. and of thla 12 or 13 ,cra.llons wns hIS
,..1 1 nL finnnc la i , ea r to the rd Inn amounted numbers-awt.e 98 per cent of the Foree- ready 0}V1'l mI lk He hllrl no other mIlk t.ha.t Afternoon
t
£ 42335:':::9
th at tbe re,pts dunng the cor to .g'IVc a68Ist..:mee it needed whcn host lle a.lr nud When be went to IJUpply Me Coffee he h ad about.
r Jl'l nril ng perJod of the a.st finanClal year a.larms were recel,ed durmg t.helatter part of t.be lOor 11 galloJl8 H e had three chump. on hl 8cILrt...
mt"d tn £34 460 171'1 4d , thllt tile receIpt. year, and have a180 &MISted UI regullll' Force and he Ta.n the ~lk ou~ of a chum WIth a tap fOT
"'r; 11 the
to thE' 3[d lOst MlOllnted to and by dOing 80 ha.ve. filled the VacaJlPIOl. eaused Mr Coffee :,p.e ad ODf lot -of th e Peppard milk
(I ~ 100 t'~d , Rnd tha. the rt'.oelpt« Qmmg t.he by the memben of the. regular Force who are a.t That milk a.rnv~ "bou 6 o·clock In tbt:' eventng
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A . d-rmcn I>8ffjtt., Field, Mart...mJ Bnnn, C h,ver&,
II' I Uld P oult{)\'l Hull Cox and H&yward Coun
('I rs Spa rks Quelch, Fa.rrer, Mormg, WlOi:er,
J I\"o n E P Co her, Dormer '"
E Collier,
hh Sutton (Mi ss EM). Rambow PbIlbnck,
i 1~ld !1.!:! Clarke, :\Jlwnght Costm B owell But
JeT R<lbsoD NClrrl,. Tup1<.lr, Colebrook and Watts
THE EARL OF READING
.\ letter was road from the Earl of Re a.dmg
~ 0\\ ledglng the resolutIOn of the CouncIl con
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mlc:.lon er to Wasb mgton

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511',-1 shQuld
If ~I would ~ ..
misrepresentation
IH bclOg mre:alatad m.
reference to a
made at, a. mass:meetmg In
the Butta on
My s~temeDt
that
" Appllrently o",.~. ,''''" meat were bemg ileliTe:red.
For example, H.
on tL butcher B cart: drew up
ou t.slde my ho~e
a!ked where th~ Mliyor, Mr.
Sn.1"jORnt li.,.od "
Why," I &8ked at this meet ..
mg, I I ehonld
have to go a.nd stan d In the
queue, whlle
8uch as ~he Da.th 'l"O&d people,
but bad theIr orders de·

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on th18 oce8.in.on. and that the

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hlDl a great wrong

Mr SarJoADtl s dcma,l and
out thtl.t If the Looal Food

~~:~~::ll;~~tiR~~to~~p .11

orders
publio
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and the
would
not
calling I\t large houec8
Suoh a 8u8p1clon 18 not an

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READING S
for the IIorough
the proceedings
cha;racter
fhe mo:.t
tho statistiCS gwe n
'saloisl'pC'Oory POSltlOO of Readm g COUl
With r egard to drunken
wa s I n the chtur, and
present were ,The M ,nor
Mr E P Colher I.>..r J J
M, G Pb,lbnck, Mr
ut.ton, Mr G W 'Webb

an e:rlenslon for another
tho hconce of the
Jolly
ft was stated, sIte-ration s were

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rr r p' pon d tnlt netlod of the lut finanCIal yeN
&rr. 111 ~d t o £:) 393 1811 5d

prese
nt WIth
CnlO\lrIil ' / thG dopleted. strenE-"tb The
W8I IIeJlt on hlS IJavorthain
Tn.km~
IOtathe
conf'Uderf\.tlOn
roundP eppa.rd m
~n L\.LL HOLDIX GS ANO ALLOTMENTS
of the Fm:ce and tbe numeroll s ex trn ~Utloa to b~
n, t.he Cha.n·mtLn He put on hi e ca.rt on~ churn
COM1..UTTF.,~
-performeH the work h ilS been camea <out. eheer of the Peppa.rd m1lk
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Crof;! eJ.llmmntlnn continued
The mIlk tIe
\Ir CnunOllln! Newhav offerod th., Col"!m'ttee
hb. boon exce'lent, an d C.pt Renderson
to Mr Coffe. WAS frnm b" own ohum R . I.. n _ ....., . ;_
1'\ 1] n fJ~ of rent for the purl)ose 0 cu tlva.tlOn
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tha-nks them moet heartl y or
e oya support
make fa. ntIetAl~e
He did not 8611 cre8 m I
r: 1 mc the flf'nnd of thr war of II. piece 0 1 vaCAnt.
.'to
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,
bel
thev ha.ve glven him
wJ.d"lry
e of de~endant
spoke 10
to ~uestlon
oom~ 110 I
I rl {'l'lntll1l1ln~ approxlma.te y
po
ts
ong
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ttie
occasion
In t r hIm and IIl tuate at tha corner of Oak Trea
tI'~oi iIlnd C;'\rh~le roa.d , Tilehurit The ofl'er Wa.4
brougbt the milk to t ho d alrv
be BOld
the \ milk
aftern oon
It averaged
t",o ~llon.
d,d Lhe w3shmg of the
" ,opted w,th tbanke
moRKMEN'S W ~GEB
and b.
out of the d",rv She
The W.l.ges Committee recommended that the
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n.dd
'\' ~ r J lIr)\'f'::..nce~ granted to the cart.era be further
Flight Sub Ll eut. Norman Black It N
I r'" a~ed to £1 a week and tha.t their overtU'De death "BS officlal \} report:ed 1&At. montb was
\ '" of pa.v be proportionRotely lJlcreaad
That
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Ih \\ar" \n'Wancel J!Tllnted to the undermen youngcr Ion of Mr And Mrs WI ,am B 1IoCA, 0
, "rI {'nlnlovres be further mcrtued by 3's a 69, Hamilton ro!d R ea.dmg He wa. educated at,
k O!~ d that th~lr OVl"rtlme rates of .... pAy be ChrIst s H Ol pltar, enwmg by 80mpetitlon at the
1 (pC'lrtl rtntlt.elv In creased
The labouten &nell age of 12, he rose to tho hlglt posltIOn of SenIor
r ~\ {'nC' P r.ol emnlmed In the hHthwavs department., Oreclan a.nd capt.am of tbe achool In 1915 p and ID
1;0 l.. hr'lll r~rs employed tn the dralllage depart.- u ecember of tha.t. yea.t gS.l~ed an open e.xblblt on
r , t ~nd n. the nub and plelUlure groun.d. de- fot Cla.sslC8 at. St J ohn" College. Odol'lil .tu: was
' ''tnl(' nt :t.nd Illl workmen emploved 1..Q the alao captaIn of the cncket Xl and a. member 01
\ l"nlr rk'l' depart ment whp are not remunerated the football XV He obtained .. CamD1INlon JD the
a oeal k ade union rate
RNA B dlteot from t.he IOhool\ and a.fter th!!l
u.uel p1lnod of trammg w~ '1l'POlnted, 1\11 ..strue
tor -At hlf own ~\1elt he wu iransferred to
the fight'pg .quadrOn. In th. aulumn bf' 19~7, lI. ' t~"~io""
wu reported by the .A.dml1'l~J.ty u mUSIng on r
~IBERAL
Oetober 11th aDd alter an Inier ..aJ of t\1tO month.
- """+-bl .. parent.
tet!1:r from the SWliS' Red
\ ~h.t ~n 't'fl JIInri l\JIIlll'!I\ 'Wu held on Monda" 1n aid Crou Sa.Y1Dg
t he had (ated""of wound, behind
th e ItI'l , AI B~rbhlrl HOfIJ)lta.1 and w .... f{reahue· the Gennan
eli &t l Wyn&ldMJ.e ~bet!ween Y.pre'
"'u
TIlI'! ""'flen ....e.re - uuhee 1. Mn Wade, and' Bru~)
October 12th, a.QIJ,t " .. burled In
\ ,1 I) 'f1 .." W(toiIwarli. 1.9 3, Mlu DemU::lO 147
Wvneod&ele cemetery Ria head muter wrrt.el of
-I \r 9:1 H I(:'e1 jH7 (.out) ;S MrfI K,.nl 122 ('GlllnlA
1mn __ He WM a boy oft.utraordmanly winnmg
1 , rr i.\ n!O"Imfle\d 161 2 ~1. Rlehmond. 1-48 8 Vr
rN:ma1t~ and traol'patent.
honouped
lI\ore U ~ (c9i) •• Yr. Lorodc, , un
6,!h po
Y d Do I alike ..Nc>'lI~ ID hll
I I ~ Mrfl M \~ l. presented tho pnJ:ell, hick "'ere bv muter! a.n
y
.--.eemed .to 1
l"l'n hT' ¥r ~nd MT'I Stee.l If,ir Ilnd ~rode, &choal
be had many
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e8Jfen ~:~~~~~ I
\1, '" I\!" 0 ••", Mr ond
KnlSbt.X .... WlIoon the
modeA7 ...t:.':t~~ <..~oI.. ~ ~
• '.-I th,. Clnh
lub.tantial
will be haade4 Our
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It was show ed both from
report and tbe hcen1;mg
Ln,g""pa R cadlllg oc<:upled a very h!.gh
there
been n. rnce
Rea.d.ing
::wd fOF t h",
1917, thclr borough
3 per cent por 10 000 of
4 51 for Cardlf! In Ih.
ca.mo thIrd With 11 73
for the CounL) borO\lgb.

Consta~I,c·.

yea.rs

had

t~J~~II::~t:he~;,r;a~tlo was very credIt

for Engl~nd and
52 convlctIOms for 10 OQO
would all cougro.tulate Read
It b nd nttamcd for It. wss to
to th e vIgtlaoce on. the pa..rt
licensmg Justl~ but also
sbowmg that they
act loyally 10 k oopmg order
of thing' m'ght long ooD'
01' certain cases \VhlCh
adjo"lr~ed, a.11 the licences would be re{ollowlng which would be re.
adjourned SeSSIOns to be held
Southampton street I
Southampton street, l . The
SOl,tb.*,p'oy.,troel ,
The H op Leaf ••
&.uthlUllptor"S\''1"t
R oso and Crown,' Sitver-Lorne." Frtar street . 8JId
FrIa.r street
If'heso seVOD.
da.y but would come up
adjourned l,e"""Dn. on the ground of reduud
were two other houses to be
adjourned SesSions, and one '\\ iLl
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~!~',~~;~~~3~t~h~e~iBa.sU1g,tok

kept
br
there was
a. con
be renewed that day
Sp',,"I"""!" \ m Jlhe Shtnfield
up for consideration a.t
The ChaH'm~q;. th en nsk{1d
Efghteen, w ps prescnt, and on that

relll,\ll4ed h~ r there were
on De~mber 5th ID.
attendmg school conchildren bye law, and
deliver mtoxlcatmg
was fined 1011 ea.cl:l
her to be careful
t he offence to occur
renew the hcence, but l

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With a.
An A;?~]~iC=!i~~,t~.:,;~ Sydney ~ra.m for the
transfer
an
from premIses m Friarstroot to Nb
same street, two d<>Ol'8
from tOO old
was gra.nted

AL SERVICE.
brought to the notice of the
a"" " '''TOIuable 0Bl"ll1lO8 ~ezed m

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ma.mten&nee
are the following
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HoopiIaI.

The v'~::'~~r.il,Bambl.edeu, Manor Bouio,
Moreton
D evonshtre
Lady Edwma
Ascot Red Croo. Hoopltal
Mrs Agath&
flllcins, Healey V A...
Hoepltal

~lIte..·R,'berl<, ~t ROc\ c,- Boopil.l

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