Reading Observer 02-1918

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On Wod1'eoday,

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the
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Daviea, c1i.irnian of

88o,ety,

Ohru\:h to the
jcct 01 tb,

of th.,W E A

Pr.~ .... to

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In mtroducmg hiS
questIon WM

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D\.ixed up with that of

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'l<4",'HLO AND WIIf FOWL,
of Food hna l15ued. the following

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a poorer worl~, or, at east, a poorer Europe
Before the ;wm. 1 tho Sta.te took In taxation &bout

£2()O,OOO,OOQ. If tho

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QUESTION. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

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After the war \ihOY were gOIDg t.o ha.e

finance

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rlch.l rr- en,u.-.ed
Xllllper,

D~tionaJli ..,ti(ln ,

the t.ra.v ~lhng
mUnlty, ,to the pr"'Dt
boon.

MlectlDJI:

Weddlnc Rln&, and

ono could travel
dUMng a. porlod lof
In lOB 6d ~ The r,h,,;"\-n;'"

opinIOn that nulway

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The Bub!
State Raili

w"y 1lY'tem"
. ' ~~~":"lr:~~I:~l~;=;:"i?' &Dd
introduemg
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WOddlDg GUt Freel

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order to Eay tbe mterest on

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A WA~NING _TO , le
i ENSEES.

and G. me Ad",o,y CommIttee
months, the State In
A Coutt \ of
was held lD the Library
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the M!Ulstry of Food 'Hllb to direct th ,
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when the bU5me!llS was
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':.~~~a~r.~:~~::,~~Ub"lic
to the 1P0S81bllity
t.LW
NatlOoal Debt., to P Vide pensloDI, aDd Dot of the
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h of supple.
b
counting the mllhona
wred for hou8mg and of quite a.
~lZ., to confirm aJ.tera·
The a.nnua.1 Licensmg Se~on for the Readlllg
meat "upp leg of t 0 couutry y
oLher reforms, would h~ve to spend at least t;pn9 and
th~ TUles, and to adopt
D;Lvi91on of the County we~ held at the
of tame n.bbtt8, ::m(l local Food Control
£750,000,000. 0, the aq,nua.l n&tlonal income of t~
the Bow of Managem@tonSaturday,beforeMa)orC'Vbemgrequestedto bring t.~18 sug1913 t~o State Itook Jl1e.eleveoth !Dnned"'~~r'l
&ppomt Ml" W
Rlvers a Life Govemo~
I I,,,,,b.,,Griffith (10 the cl:Aur) aDd othdr ma.gLStratcs
notH':'c of ItIl who ;l.Ie tn n posltion to
after the wa.r, an[l f.or mapy yea.ra the State
ir J. H
PreSident) was in the
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mly hc pomtod out th nt for feedmg
have to tako ont)othlrd o~ all that was produced If eh ,and thoee
melude~· Col. H Dunlop Supt. T.
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ANNUAL REPOR
~~u~tt~~~ t~.~o;~'id!~l
nOll-pOIRonou~
gl-eenstufi',
Randalf
preseht..ed
hiS a.n.nual report
gOt~, green shcks etc,
Jt. was to meet Iall Its ha. Iht.1(~! That1 meant. ~that D uc h an&n , Co, P Nash,
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I Col I W Thornton, MaJ'or
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for the Readmg DIVlslon. m I.'the ooune of
of veoget.\ulc
trlnl11l ln~~' I1
every worker would ha.ve to contnbuoo three hours Whehle'i!t Revs ca.Ion Trotter~ qanon fowler, he sta.ted t.hat t.ho 'n umber of heen¥1""h ;ohl wo,~ld orhor'wl" he wasted, aro thus conyert.ed.
tOll dllolly for defraymg the lllterest on the T W.
, Messrs :M Pole~utb, G. E . B 88, follo'f 8 :-AlO fhouoos 44, beer houses (on) 26,
No com
nC'c . . A~ly, t~ough
N a tional Debt. Belore l the ~a' certain persons Rogers, Cowslade, EI a.r, :'Ydhams, Lea, Tnte, b~
amount of bpl 11 1tl dl's,rl\ h1
in the coun;.r-u- held la.rmo. bumbers of foreign stocks Webber. Mrs. BradbUItY, Mrs Isham, Dr H. W
r !fusas (.QfI) 6, spmts, W"tne and heel";.. 3, Jwme
rabbits cnn he' 8Ucc~t's 'nll y c uled
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and beer 1, total BO:~ ,Thul oompared WItii' the
of uocommOi"l/lttoll, "'0 l ong
tho
&Ild shares. 'l'h&e produced dividends, and B8 a Ge1l lhon treaaurer), and Mr. H Burney (secre prevIOus
r year •shQwed. no~ alteration Thlt..J openlOg
83n;tilr,) I nnd h utch es may be rOI g hI y
r esult. so many thousan ds of tons of whea.t., hldeA tary). '
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aud c101!ing h~urs rema~ the nme aalast yenr
or 0llthonSC8 convertcJ., nlthollt dIm.
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and ma.nufacturea ~a.me into the country as dlVl
FIXI,NG DAT.lj:S OF MEE.TINGS
There had lbeen 10 transfers as compa"d With
PTreclsok hl:ed Off ru.~blt is al:Jo OJ hjttle
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tm l lDvestments.. The.... ¥ a.
0 n 'h
~ lon 0 I Mr Nogerlf,
ho1 ee"plIlg
0 ."tH.me r:lbb.t<: , W lit 1 lB;
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aecon d ed b y l>'.1,..1: 13 d urmg t he prevloua year
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tb t i m for th
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In
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e Morley" the Court adopted a. resolution con6.rmmBt
One co-nvlctlOn was r eoorded 'durmg the year,
of re,ll uso lD UlcrealllUg'
meat
capital oTTW"lrted
T hey ~a.d oow lar[J'~ly
all.'he al'era',on,• ed Who'h th e pre
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I.<U the rules mode
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Sh oWing a d cccase 0 I one romp
those secuntl9S back to the varlOU6 countrIes m b y tb e C
' 'h el~' meeti ng on 'J anuarv
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Ad
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... , ced tog tweIvo months.
Jj'lsor y Comm! ttfeI nlso
order to pay lor the goo~s they had unporled duro Lb. effect of whICh 1S U11..t m..tm~
are
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be
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Th
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be
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th
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poss,b,
'Y to
01 ccrblll
u"ng thdl.!ltrlc
,ltge
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e uses ave en eon uc
lD a. very ea.,,18·
fo?!l to bo found
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lD g tire war. They ha.d ibooo selhng thelI' caplt,a.1 00 the first and thirdJTuealay ill each month m factory ma.n.ner, and the Orders Of the Uovern·
mcreoemg the meat supply H I S
whlch
was
abroad. I They owed America. stead of wee-kly.
ment under the Defence of the Realm jl.lquonCon
the ArJrmrnlty have no obJenLion to
:£900,000,000, and It melft henceforth, IDstead of
A NEW L E GOVERNOR,
trol) RegulatIOns have been ea.rTled du't1in a. proper
814 It does not lllterfol'c w~th the

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pcrlod when they would have to work harder, be.
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ca:s they would ~the~ ha.ve fto ~: Wit out ~r
pr uee more m or er I payor aBe oomm I·
ties which ulled to come a.a dividends The foreign

securities had been bought by the BrItIsh Govern ..
ment, who had pald Iorl thcm by means of War
Loans The result ""M t a.t. the bolder of the loan
ad f I
had a. hen Qn the BriLl EmpIre msw 0 a ega!
chum, M h Itherto, on {o, rClgn labour After the
war, then, tbo nation wo,uld be ~r , an d no form
of w""te . hould be tolerated The warle 10 can
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n ectlon WIth our l a llway system Wall coloMla!
1'horo ,vero eert.m services wh,,_ were so nece.,
sa..ry to every sechon 0 f Ithe commuDlty t b o.t t h ey
must. be runt: t~e commumty for the benefit. of

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In the p~ductlon of commodlt.lCII and tbClt
trdonsport rfrom(whcro they " ~ro produced to where
they 'werekonsumed. a~d one functlOn wa.s not

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lees Impor nt than tho I ot..her There was not a.
filngle art.lcle they uscd lIn which the questtoq of
tra.nsport did not t o an enormOllS exte nt ddter
nuno the prlOC , and they wpuld find cases whcre
the cost of transport cx.peeded the cost of la.bour

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produce the a.rLlcle ..D car transport meant in·
creased oost of product.icln and mcreased cost I of
Ilvmg

The root of the r hole eVil at present WIl3
that t.he raIlways dId n~t exist to carry go<#s as
qUickly a nd chea.ply n.s pOSSible ThelI" obJect tl"as
b d d d
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to d
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to CaJU Ig lVI en s, a~ not
0 BO n years
hen ~. but a.t once Thr lecturer looked to the
time a.fter the war wh, n they would have a
nationnl tmnsport d op rttment. oontro lImg rail
ways, ca.nals, and otbu lJlcans of transp ort Such
a. dcpa.rtment, Instead ofl d, ~c'oura.gmg competitive

hTavy

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would oo ~una.ble to mao ~ 808 much profit out of tb e
goods they bad to carry. Ii they had one ~:pol e
transport sy.stem they could "" ork It lUI one Whole
umt. Owmg Ito tho wa;r they were leanung t.he
advanta.ges of um6cQ,ttoo, a.nd even hitter opponent.~ of na.t ionahSl\tlOn were admitting that It
VtM obVIOusly better and SImpler to pool the foll·
109 &tock as belo.nglDg to one UDlt. Another 1m·
portant reason why Ithe railway! 1ihould not go
ooek to compa.ny eontTol was because durmg the
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had
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war the co.t 0 f everyth mg
IDcr... e ,an ' e
ra).lwaya did not esca.pe that In the vnnous cooeess\ons 1l'hiGll the. radwaymen had been able to
.. nng from the m ._"--!>
.....!n ...ement, the comp"nlCs now
niid to pa.y £25,000,000 more than they d1d before
the war, when the !Um dl!bursed as dlvtdends was
£17,000,000. SupposlDg there WilS a. resumption
o f compru18 control, the oompames would have to
m crease the rat-es, or, obViously, they could not
pa.y dividends on any of the Ibares ~ill hon5 of
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a.ve,o
spen on
raJ waYA
after tbp wa.r on lmproved machlDery, labour sav·
i ng devioes a.nd eiectnficatlOn
Only the State
would be In .. POSltlOD to ra l!6 hundreds of mil.
l IOn! at anyth10g like -cheap rates There were
three questlOos which any penon was entitled to

put before being convmced that nationaHsatlOD
was desIrable, na.mel~ Were they rmre that lll.oour
"Would be better off! Was Government mnnagement
so goO<! genera.1ly that they could really be sure
that It. would mean more effiCiency! Would not.
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the coat of t b e nation 1IiL.Ii.:.Ing over t. e ral ways... be
too great noW" that the Government lJad to 'pa.y
over 6 pet'" cent to raise money! The answer to
the first wa., that Sta.te capitalism was better tha.n
• private oa.pltollstn.
There had been oeca.s:tons,
aiter tho occurrence of .a r a.llway disaster, when
nnxlety had been e.xpressdd lest the \iovernment
should tnSlst on improvements which would lDvolvo
expense. Every year one in <20 of the
ployees ~8S injured and on~ In
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Sta'The saieAt, not
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t:ouplmg would be the dcsldera.tum
men had asked to be placed on an
grade for grade, ~l"th the PO!t Office
gard. pa.y a.nd houl1!v That showed that

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The transport systtm should be mn for the
, of every e~tior o~ t.he comblmllty The
jncreased-" dl~dendil by the Uanholders P'I,i"m',~
t"be raUwo.y \SY8~ot arid would colnt;nu,,- 'to
:it after
the wa.r The remedy w..
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Jlationlolisation, (Appla.uee)
A large number; of qUestlODS were put
lecturer at the cOl).clu!Sion of hiS address.
and fully.

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" He lefit lus borne an for jher." II W}n 50 1 "
"Well! you see, hers wa. t~e better home "
Women don't seem to ca. e much wh ~ 1 the
fasllloni IS
long as It 15 oneeded to be tl,e
faslnon
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"What
cheek?"
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e \\aSillt p::.r
ticular'
which"
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game" .. Then why duin 'tl y~!"
Dec:! lSo!
ItlV' Qlthcr fello,", had an ace"
'111, troubl e with mos t of us 15 thnt we W"J'l t
~ n hMe hand ed to us the luxuries th at o.her
folks have \\orkcd years to ~~rn
Symp:lthellc Lady. Ie AIl~ so you hll.\ e lost
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a leg ?'
rhe Sol(hcl
The
I,Bdy "Poor deal' I Have an applel"
An Insh flchoolmQ.5ter to Ju s cb.ss "Ol' ve
Id ye t\\{ty times t\lr~ ?dy to rl~ YOu r
Olse, now
on't let me n£l.'c t.o
11 ye A
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"You hB
read my new story?" "lc~ "
"Vlhat do au think of (~ , .. "T9 be per
feet.ly candid With you, I t1 IDk the Clovers are
too Car 'p"r
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1'at " One and a half tb the pit, rle3!!!.' ''
Floss,e (nt pav bOl:) .. O~, r.h.lt. ge nt on st
• "Pay full t Begr " be',
pa) full I" Pftot
only got one eye'" 1
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"It takes B c1c\er mnn ,.
w
JOnes
Yes, and th e mlm who IS c1 e \ er rnou~h. UJ
Qe n crook nnd escape JaIl lB cle' r r enough
not .to htlve to be one"
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th~od~!k:cew~l~l y}~e\,ie~l~n~ "~~tOWP~:t~~l;~~~;' b;CI\lkc W~e ~:y:bl~e~;m~e:'r:

npply to the se mOl
distrICt, who .t \lll state "hcth(lr
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III It SIX r j' ... eekS n~ and {hasn ' t. 0lnele
order ed to .,p.o somet m~ g!OrlOUS"
" Do you ~hmk that w""C should hare a
f>lnshc cmrcncy'" asked the old fOfi ey
el o.sttc enough," replied Lhe grumbler
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don't the..,: make It more a.dh eslv e '" \

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occurreooof at

~~~~I;o!~a de~t t~~e~~e* ~~:blcELC~n~

~lree n~~b0abt'p~~~n lI~~le ~:~~;; ftf~d~e~r~:~

sure

pe"plexlty YOll' ll b e 1..0 youTself, l'
thlllklO'l
when you b eg in shpp;akm' I "
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"How 15 tt," saId the ounous
e to the
ser"ea nt "lhat so nlany men o eed ~l:\ s~r:s In •
:~TcO'I~yrn'n'Yee"dhOthedmld 4~otseeneetld'CI t:e.mr ,bhCrolou':h',::
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rephed the sergcant promptly
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Two raw recru1t5 ""ho had gOone to Eg\pt
wlth a draft "" ere takmg a wa.} mto th"l
descrt Wh e n two or threc mil es! rorr: tl l"l r
barracks one of the bo) II said to hlS male
0n 91
II Rill, the tide ha.sn't ha.rf 8
r r dut l "

The "ma.gu~t.ra.tes were a.warr that. the ['C.
!!'trlctions governmg
&'l.le of liquor aflect-p.d the
\~~~~.~~~:~,.ll"\::ti:'~~~'. ~ Im,n"lintolr
licensees, but thF 6 resLnet.lons werf neceasary for i ~~un\in.!r ' +.'
the good of tho country, and If ltcen.sees were up II
a.ga.mst dlffi(."Ult.i~ they must fo.ce them Wlth a
it .olidm,,,,
N°od hea.rt. And With a. c~m det PIIlIIlAtiOn to

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Tho Bench t.ben formally granted the renewal of
cxlstmg licences w tho term.s of the Supermtendent.·s repoit
1I,10udqM"g l'ro,I '"""'"
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e sUi>6r-wo..r l"'II'Y" Th0 man W h 0 stayed o.t \I oo~mi'!te;;;
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ho l " 18 to be subn:;.it.ted 'by Mr. I T ayor
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at the,Royal County Thcatre
onoe mghtly
and ~atlDee on Wednesda.y.
spy
play 18 10 Its fo.prtb cODsecu~lve ye,arlor ,tour, I'The
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Whl:l.t slUy verses thll.t woman

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"I .wrote them, Slf I"
"Ah- oh, es-to bo
sure~lever lines, but horribly dclncrr:d,
don't ,'ou know-womnn mu st bc [I, fool to
bun rrle"em so-who IS she?" ."Mv Volfe. C:lr'"
l l lrst Urclun (to secona Ur~hln, 90lllmg oa1l
of ,h. pic,u,ea) "D 'ye ken that spng thai !
'Il.te worst, Bdl? II Bill "No, Tnm" 'I'am
H God
so.ve the Kmg"
B1I~ "Fnt ",d "
Tnm " 'Ca.use It's the lnat, of, yer tuppen ce ' "
nll staat.uhorn
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myAuthor'
calling;.. Man
I'm" ,noI t have
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Author's Wtfe " W h at. uI:lkes ~ C' :
tblDk that, Horace'"
A..uthor " Well, ep' rv
book I w~lte b ecomes n drug, m the mil'rk et I"
I, Are the r e Bny marks b\ which he le-oll be
ldentlfied' " nsked th'" police supe nn,f'l1Ilen t, ("
prepo.ratory to t elegmplu ng
'~o." Sll.Id t l' ~
fathcr of th"" boy who had run a,, ~~ flOUl \
homo to fight Iochans, .. bu~ there I\vlll be 1
when I get hold of him &gam "
Hostess
.. Tommie, y.o'U cnn tell ) our
mother for me that you nre the bes t r.ehrl\('d
boy at table I ever me-t
Tommy
T11~nk
YOIl. Mrs
Jones, but I'd rathcr 'lO t"
HO~letls :~ .. Rather ootT And \\ h}. ]prn\ "
Tommy' .. Sho 'd thtnk II
III aod send lor

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f< SUPP1
0SlOg I d eCId e to let you haH~ the
money, IloW do I know that I shall ge q lt bark
at the t.ime you r;rntlOn? !" o,slted S'tddl goe
.II I ..promise
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boy, l on' th e word 0I !l
gentleman," replted BJuitum <I A.h!
that
cnse I may tlllnk better bf It
Com~ round
tins evening o.nd brmg him With you
Nelhe' (sympathetically) "You poo~ dcnr I
"What 80 narrow escape rAnd ,\ hat; starllul
the horse T"
Gussle (mdIghA ntl) )
Well ,
you know, John was Just hdpmg me ouL ()r
the dog cllrJ, nnd the stupId horse COilltd not
tell the dlfference between a good n ight kl<;~
and a slgnal to s tart. And he stnrted ) Some
horses have so httle sense"
There were vtsltors at the grummar ",chool
and a. class was being exammed ,. 1\0'1" ' S:ll d
the teacher, .. cnn you t-ell me nn)Lhtng nbout
heat!" A ~mn ll bj held up In1 hn ml
Of Weld
I, Fred y!" stu 11 th ?, vteach~r I . ~,;~t
expau 5, cold contr ilcts
en goO{ .
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gIve me an .....,example" "In th e sllmn~(' ~ li e
days arC long; III wmt# tbe ~aY5 .rc , l or! .
The' lumor partner of th firm of ) o,..erS
was m~lsposed anti the sClllor I partl1 f'r II I!>
calhng him up every two or tln ce +nu H's
"Why 40 you telephon e, Boh, 60 oft€""~
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qwred a fri end .. Is he serlOllsl) Ill'
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no," was the reply, "but lll S lemner alu Te
fluctuates consldcra.bly nnel so me of o ~ r d:!l'·
tbmers ere speculatIng on the fluctll at lon<:
Mrs HrlYftri-k..: If An) t h ing fo r me "" Bu r:!l
Postma.ster. "I don't see notlun ' .. Mrn lin
fC&rk
I I was e~cctm ' .11. letter or Jlo~l. . Inl
from Aunt Sally Sprlgga, tC!lhn' whnt d:l\ he
WQS
conun'...
Rllrnl Postma.ster ~c<l ll.l1 . , ! O
hiS wife)' II Old you see a postcard from \Ir ,

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•• uChriltopher
stn\iagams and apoile, but his
a nrea.s.on ADd a strata.l:fom. H
m~p. al; the County Theatre
.wlib st.a.yed. at home wlllice to
phra--..l\.
Seat. may be boOked
sou
office, 42, FJ:ie.r-ltreet, between 11 and 3 p.m.,

Saturdaya 11 to 2.30, matinee day! 11 to 1 p.m.
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a• •n employer ,,\as
tter tan
P rise. .At!! to the !~cond que.tlon,
took an undertakin~ m ho.nd eve","';Ci.
right to crltieuJe. and the people
P a.diamerft could lutk quest.lone
would iead to lIDprovement Aa
question, the Natlona.hsa.t.lOn ~o' c ,e~, "bl,d
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p~ .o t e rat ways on the lt""i.
01 tho avera.ge,market pnce of tbe ·8b~ fOf
yean pnor to t~e da.te of such {Io bi..W"E>eing
Could the State ra.1.86 the
Ml"Y'iI The credit of the State was
to that of an mdjtry, Ilnd State ~u,roJb"!e
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dent of the HospItal, to move that Mr. Riven be vmg of wounded soldlers app6a.r to have borne In
SCHEME
made a hee governor, I As
.were &-wa.re, that mmd by' licence holders generally. I At the same
Aged AdmIrer "Thmk of !tIt the UlUrJrS
gentlema.n started 1110
10 .d.ugust lMt time he respoctfl1lly suggested
a. wa.rnmg be
I a. rich hu sbnnd like me co uld gr! \e , ou "
o~t.enslbly With the
ramng £1,000 for agam gtv,en, as while there was no endence to
Iden. of the magmtnde of the G\l ISS De Young "Oh, n ri ch r:I.thcr "ould do
the H 6spltal, but so
was hb in obtaining show that drmk has been sold to wounded soldlers
to 1\ scheme of ratlOnlog 18 Pl"O. jjust 3.S ,Hll' Marry my mo t h er r "
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d
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of the ReglStrll.t1on CJcormr.;How much g lOI nd eo~ld a. crround I o~
1S first t ousan
not be .satl¢ied by hcensed holders, yet In a few ~ .. ' complaInts
• grouml '
0 1 F 0 od ,W h10h was eels b gr md, 1£ a ground hog could grmd
wI~b lese than
, he (~he ChaJ.I'· ha.ve been receIVed from hospitals that soldIers I ljJl~·,~'~2·ry"!:';tr,~~"p: :£n;,titutc, South KenSmgjon, on Just as mnch ground as a ~roullrl Ilog CO\'\(I,
man) was
not gomg to get have roturned to those '.nstd',utlOns. wider the m· 1Engaged pnmarily 0 delll If n ground ho'o' could g rind gloun r1
that
ha.d been success· Buence of dnnk B e P'
I.' publ'lcans, a6
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1&c refqre BS..I>..&
ra t Ion
an d cpupons
He
"1£ people ':5[\1(1 just ,,,hat
they
luI
10
payoff
th<!
far
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they
may
be
con"l'rnoo,1
to
)1S&levery
pooSlble
S
b
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defiCIt 00
had great
to
d
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P
erne , thought It would do a lot of harm ~I ,\ou
care
avO! g lVlJlg ealJEiC or any sue romp am"s
who "lll presently It."" Shc " ·W cll, It. '\OUld, an my OpinIOn,
plea.sure 10
be ap· jfu the Iuture, and he felt sure they win do their
ilS the need, ar.lSes redu ce c.onversa t \Ou abou t nme tenths "
p omted
~st to help th& p olice l'n ,t hI S matter
He had no
01
objectIon to mok. to th<> renew.l oC any oC t4.
""hon,]"g
and
tho.n
hThC:SCb~~~f~~~!.a<!f~lS
l'e1J"T'P1t. a.t the death
crouPOt ns UII er ,0 ,utg,lr temp~!"nture" .. We don't,. tlllnk lUu ch or !t
~ ..t""
t'tA - 1
0 ra lOn papers r a nrnN 0
h er e, f!l ther ," a.nsw c ra:!cl hIS London COUSIn
d,o;':~i:::::1 of a. MortImer hoon6oo, Sclgt .Majpr Pert, and
fi~t month of tho workl1lg of
able
was glad to see that the hcenoo b~ been trans
I to meon ect Itddte&ics, mdlcatmg
?tirs Go Lrox "31abcl , cl eal, ar \ OTI S'Jre
that 'such excel;ti"n1.1
ferred to hIS wldow He. constdered the report
concomed had gIven wrong p!\l'- ?tIr \Voodh} 10'\ C9 you for yourse lf il!on"~ ,
to the
:~:~~,~~~:r~~:.~~~::
presented by Supt Randall I as E"'lsfnctory,
and
ch,no",d 'h el" pl",e 01 abode, , n" I Mabel
'I' YCG, !'m sure he doe s, manum' t iJ
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tlOna.l
while thanking tho hcensees for conducting
their
E",hn.'tcBplnce
tho number ofl npph- IS a j Wn)B 80 res ,I ess w h en you nrc In II 1«1
agement.
houses &0 well durmg the year, expre.ssed t.he hope
from pe}"i;om who
from room"
I
Court
they would do everythmg m~ thelr IW'itel' to Il)a.m
to llDothor Int 50,000
Bill
I was out motormg yes tcrl rl) end (
should
tain that high pO&.ltlon In tlie futurr He de8lred
to be ¥9ued for 6,OdO to 8,
came to 0. stlenm' lbut could find
no
"~:J.\ to ~I't
H
The
to cmph~lso the warnmg referred td in the Super.
Into t~e world e'a ch week.
Dl) \. ndlnch,mc
'Incr~eIs" tJUT\ d And ""'h:"lt (11,<1
9
mously
mtendent'8 report, VlZ, tho tmp0t'nce of not
caDcel1atiQD of 1\ large
lOU
0 ' BI
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JUS sat
own nn{ t oug It
Th
1 ded
oC 'ho' Court'rd •
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'~.,pe~~,.l;ra,..II,e" and lmmlgrD te
It 0\ er ..
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LS cone If
it
servmg woun.....e.d soldiers 11'0 0 so ! as ab~lutely .t'
vote of thanks to
ch.i[ln'''' .terminate the prohibited To serve tHem Wlt~ mtoxlcatIng
HTegulnrlhee muet be
He "Didn't I Write to you even' dn" nnd
prooeedmgs.
dnnk WM not. only a ve ry bOO tbl~ fOT the men
dealt With.
now v. hen I pome back I find U\o.t ,,~u 'vc been
themseJv~, but It was very mortlfyi!ilg to t.he hosfhrLIng all oyer thc place 1" She ' 1 D earc~t,
pltaJ. st.a.ffs, who labotIl""ed 80 u~lOgly to re·
they ",ere sue)!. passlona.te letters ~ couldn t
store theU' pat.tents to liea.lth, whell the men re·
help It ' "
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turned the worse for hquor
There waa a dIS.
Customer If T1tnt wat<:h you sol~ ml the
graoeful a.nd regrettable
a villago
other dav docs not keep good tIme
Dealcr
some time ago when two IOt"ln, ' thout leave,
"It Isn't" the fault of th e watcb
Hrl\cn't
-reached the hospital a.t. 9.3~ m , drunk One
you , heard peO'J;'le say thn.t times",! are \ery
was 80 drunk tha.t. he was abuslve o.nd Violent aod
had Jus t now '"
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the pollee had to be sent for to Jijtore order
X urse
"Bridget, corne here Bljld sec B

mcam. of transport, word weh:ome, them
The
ralJways had 4ijtlfled th1 cank1s because, w~ cre
lIpeed was not the prlmq cons ideratIOn, for
goods the -cana.ls \\ ere t'be Ideal means of tran s
port, and the raIlwa.y maglla.tes had .saId that tf
they Bll'{wed the canals to contmuo the railways

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:t~,":de::~~~b;!dtb:o::'~~~:~ Do~d
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enterpnse for maklllg diV idends

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The Chairman Bald t.he
bUSln¥S was to cant maoner
!I1der, e.nd if a.pprond, adopt a recommenda.tlon THE SERVING OF WOUNDED 1SOLDIERS
from the Board of )'hnnge~ eut. tha.t Mr 'Va.lter
Supt Randall concluded h1.S report by sta.ti!Ig
Vernon Rl"vers be appOinted a life goveljDor. It that be is pleased to alloY the mstl11et.i.ona glven by
was, ~e 6hRIrman said, hIS Pl'lvllcge ~ Prest~ 'he L,cens,ng Beuch I.., ye' ar -g-L~'ng 'h. . . r'

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The new mU!lical oomedy "The IHa.ppy D&y'l
a.tt.ra.ctmg, ctowded. housel nightly t bUi week a.t tbe
Royal COTlltj" Tbea.tre. The apprecI&tion thU5 shewu
1.8 thoroughly deserved, the whole ~medy bemg 8. delightful combination of

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Hayfork's Aunt Sallv, tellm' what dr.\ ~h ~
was comm'?" H1S 'Vlfe. II Yes , she's C:C'ltllll

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H Geo;gie," stud the careful mothcl , ., d \Il't
ea.t those ornaments on the top of t.h e (' Ihl ,
the)' - arc pOIsonous." Tfl6 ornall1en ts l ClU rlllI' II
for tw.o dllYs on tbe Sideboard, when Oil .., II"
appeared .l i f Ge.orgle, I am afrRld ,),OU hnl O
eaten one of tg.ose ornaments?
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mother I ha.ven't· but I I have Siven OIl<' 10
Tommy, and If b~ IS alIve to morrow I sl,nll ..
eat the other one Dlyself I OJ
The youthful DoctO"r S'lullls had eo.l hd 10
an emUlent pli)SlClan for cop~ultotl on III 1!1~
first case
The great man ·1 exn.mlllcd tile
patient, and then asked to read (hc ,,,,In,.:
mediCO'S prelJmiptlon. After perusing It 11)
exc1a.lmed: U If you wrote this, you ou ~h t t.,
glVa uf medicine and go o~ ml1nll l() l\~
.. What
wrong with lt, slr1'
"~ln;,~
wrong! Why, the tbmg IS poslb\ ely leg 1b •c

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Poor Mrs. Brown!

I hell.r ~he hns I! d

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about h er h \lSbll.nd" " "\ I'~l
poor de·ar." II l understnud there IS n SCfl l,{,!l
lnueli up in It" If But June you ll eal<! (!'e
worst!"
H N-no-I ~ h!lt,vcn't
heard \\ haG
Mrs. Gadabout ha.s to say nbrut II jet"
had there beon such Il
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home and the most
' I C):(, ltLtI
th'e 8lster of the
I mOl t , ..
lot of trouble

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