Reading Observer 02-1918

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'::"T;'~:; :;::~, ::,,; offered prnye r, read thA Ic~~o L , \ I
Poo G CrlPf's 8Ull~
Iho H H ! r r

Mother's Blblc,

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WOMEN'S OWN
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gave & most
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Schoolroom on
the
members and fl'lend:at of ~e Weeley

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Eadfe~

32e • >nth St1U'D>oY·Arcl1,...
three-epeed· ~r 6d -Fprtescue
Btreet, ll.eadiug!

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Tueadfl.Y's Iflootmg took the form of A. 101 ~
gathCTlDg, Mrs King presldmg Mr!: H ookha 1l ~
.. In God's Good lime" an 1 • Threo fi shers .... £mt
109", M IS! Iatchell ' lhere 19 3. ~rec ll 111 11
.. Angels bright and fair"
M,s.<o, Nott
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cara:'I'BD h(1.6 rested" and
8otn~n~hcrc a YOlt,;e I
mg to MlSS 80010'8 r ecltl!.tlO1l6, ,,11 ell \ (!tc 1
npp recmted, I11duded 'Scene lU n. .post onl e

PrIce Hugbe!
the Wesleyan
WM' I t to the
GUlld

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SYRH AND P~LESTINE DISTRESS
I' At St p&ul'. ChU rch on January I!Sth (Conver

"The end of

slon of St Paul) a. collection WM made at the
children's ~rvlC6 In a.ld of the SYria and Palestm e

READING CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

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The oiJert<>ry on the lollowmg Sun·
day was devoted to the same object

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FORMED
On Tuesda.y cvcmng a meetmg Waft held tn the
Town' Ba.ll, nt w hich It WBS dectded to fonn
Horticultural' Society for Wokingham
.£100 to be awarded 10 En7.es for garden -,,-ro~~1("' _ 1

held on Tue8da.y, when there were present Mr
C E Bayee (in the chair), Messrs F }; Monng

A W Tndor, S H Hodgkm, E W Ridley, }o;
Hedgcock, W H Sbort, &Dd Dryl&nd Haala.m,
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the BaH was! wei) 611ed wIth chIldren who \\ ere
At 7 o'clock
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lU.a.yor presl e over
e procec lOgS, a.n a
was taken for the Y MeA 'wa.r work
1 bo lecture, 1 11ustr~ted bv oorne el~hty capttal
~hdes, supphed vler.s of Y MeA headqual'ter1,

admitted a.t a cha~' e of Id each

The &:heme was

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Tudoc, tbo Chambers
Bonds QornlDltt.ee, us to
veen
done by them, ll> bleb sho\~ ~d tha.t twenty one now
War Saiune;s' Assoc\&t1onl!l bad been formed dur
Ing the penod c f th e coonpalgn, and that the tota.l
W ar jBond purchased rePl'rted by the Reading
:s mks to the en d or the campa.Ign was over
£300,000 A vote of tbanks was pa.ssed to ~Ir
ludor , who, m repl:" drew attentIOn to ~ , ,,cheme
"hcreby the sh opli:oe.per could heft> the natlOll b}
an exceedingly slInple pl~ wbel eby he sol d \Var
S a, mgs CertIficates to his customers, and urged
that an~ traden wbo \\ cre wllhng to hel~ sh ould

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F E MorlDg was appomtcd to represent

the Chamber a.t 8011}O con~crences \\ hl Ch &re to be

h eld lin. London IIf \\ as lconslde red verv Import
act that these bU&ln eMes shou ld be l'e-estabh shed,
3D the m~onty of cases Ja.t any r ate, and the
g e n~al
Idea. of the schemE} wheTeby capItal wa.a to
be
Oed undJr certain Clrcumstances to atoSlat.
their re-ostabhshmcnt wa~ ~l)Pro\ ed
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t..enI were rJad on ~he questIOn of help (or
ol~a1:Hed soldlan, etc ana tho Secretary- was 10
structed to say what tho! C hamber wa.e domg In
trus directIOn , and lie wd also asked to commu01
eate Wlth the bo6t rep8.U'ers 10 the dH~tflCt to see
whether they coul(1 help f In the tt'&mmg of roen

the rep&1rmg o f lboots I/ond shoes "
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A I report. was I J,'6Celveq from the Committee late
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ending that) the tWO pffices recenth occu
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by .M r .Jamek Haatam shonld be converted
.in
a. councIl room for the use of the vnamber
and whtch mIght be lctf for m eetmgs of other
lOCletle5, for property 5~1e8 a.nd other purpo~s .
and illt tbev had con'tluently .rranged 'Inth
Mr Dryland Hn.&.la.m, Junr to contmue to a ct M
~ry for tho pre~ntl The rep~
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-WAR ilTEMS.

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the Miht.ary
September 14th 191.6 )

Meda,l

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gazetted
Pfo J T. Ball, LOndf R , ReadlDg. h.o been
awarded the Military M .1.
I RELEASED FRpM GERMANY.
Capt K S L Hende'1"'n, 1st Batt
ohm. Rq;iment • .hall beei; relO11oed

"'CO'. York

fur mtemm.ent

10

B o llan ~

of 'fa.r for three yean.MD,(i
",,~ured

H e has
SIX

mon\.hs.

on S.ptem~ 20th, 1914

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IlEJI.TH OF L·CPL
Lee -Co!:pI Leon&rd
Regiment., Crni Servl/::e

of lI.en.ry Hand EII. n
Readmg, reported
December 30th 1917,
Forooe m Pa.lestine,
29th 111I7
R.
Scljool and t.Iw ,- '-;:;-';-11n
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a clerk at the

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mlscel la.neolls portion and the cantata.,
St
CeClta~
1 ' Dav, "by ~ V :m B ree
The recent concc IJIHn bv the NntIOnal
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League realised £34 19s 11 d towaL1.I.S t e un:3
of St Dunstan's Hpme for Blinded Sall~rs and
&1dUtl'S
The ~!rl raised b.. the 'Wokrngham
}jrancb to" a.rds thl mo::t worthy object IS thus
£170

THE D VORCE LAWS
A well attended m eet mg was h eld In t h eTo n
H all on Monday
to conSider t he pro

appl)l
mstrncti08
the
lhe fol'
quc,ort.lon
of one manI busln essNl, to ! whIch I arid
the C!:ha.mber has devot~d! i!. conSiderable amount
of t~ne, was again referred to, more pa rtlcu1n.r1y
\Wlth il'eference to IcertBln !proposa.ls as to I t~e re
estab~hment of Ol1e man busm esses a.fter ~bo war,

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17th
.... 1,025
1 85
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BOO 12

bv the R ev Sir
whIch he
nosed
Redl or of All
n.nd opened and
The Rev B M
the Rev W J
In attel)dance
curse that would
a Bill ns that

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WOnlC
Lon g prote!5tmJl
J Lush seconded,

A n add ress was gIVen
'Mowbrav, Bart, ID
agnmst the proLaws
The
Rev B Lon!! ureslded
meetmg With nraYCI
of St Paul s) and
Pastor were al so
spoke of the
upon th l!( country If sllch
were pa-o;sed "'A strongly
b th R
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ev
Bill The Rev \V
It was earned unanimously
1I.1nrrHlgC':

THR .. BISH()P AT

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fh "'r~ II fnr the
n.. ~drnc Ot'l.I'~ .. r III nr. rl!n ..l' He
Mr w'\Lr~R G DF:N BY IT .-,.h ~ r~t and 're ~m
SMITII & SONS R:l. ht'IlY Sw.LJolI !ltJ1k. t"U

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ALLOTMEN1 S

A well attended meetltlg \\ 19 helll 011 'M ond \ In
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dJ,scuss a.llotmcuts for tIn IHrlsh of \\ uficld \ I.,r
to order the pct.;) meot of co .. ts / diSCUSSIOn It wnll fC901ved til It 18.11 l flltoultl be 01 1II l1eli
had be"n only a t cchmcal If pos:)lble Fifteen men ask<: I lor 1 loUIld IIolllO ull t lll o
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to 1~ Rcres I

Ca.rol I lea-gue Bran h for Wokmgham dflClded to
contmue under the yle of the Woktngham Umted
Choral Socletv A representative commIttee was

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A longthy report

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conductor,
secreta.rv Abollt ~~~~~~if;r~~fi~~:ti~~~1
Lake
ri Bordm
Slim
as a. elected
, a.nda.nd
MrMrY TuldMny
washon
\lna.mmouslv~lected
9d of
forCrowthorne
n. ha.lf pO)oll1d~of
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a.t'
f 6d
I Easter a. concert. 15 tocbe ~lven, oonslstmg of

are m the malO not antal,Qllistie

and

the 6xed rnte of

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NE\V C~ORAL SOClETY
Last week the -U~ted ChOi rs fotnung the recent

Idea of the Na.tlonal Alha~ ce
Employed
H mw.n obJet.i. IBnec<"";ry> .,nt~gon!i.m
that
there 19 a.n e ssentIal
bo~een tho mtel'CSts of
promote the Vle!W that
m the future can only be
DltlOn of the llrlnaple

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lof "hleh he <bou ld

and SOCial ~ork 10 Pra.nce Lena. Ashwe ll
concert pa.rty, hosGels for l-elatlves of wounded
soldIers hospItal Fnes
Y MeA dug o u t,
, strafed" huts, grtVCS of our" BOyti"

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London, London h~ts work m home c.mp' re

passed '}~P~;Vi~~~!:I~';.~~

Huggms, Col

On Suudo.\ the D!lIhop of Oxford \l!fl ted C 1\(' 1 I n
nnd prcl!ehed ~t thlf.e of Lho churchns 11e al
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MARG illINE AND JAM
ended nt 010 & o'clocK eclcbratlollll.t tl e Pumh (, 'rd
nnd 'V H Ptnnlger wero sum j jl-ml rernamed to the rJetll ce at nnd dfq tak, ~ lie
nrarga.nne at a. price exceedmgl PPllOltuutLy oq ndd resBu.g 11 few word:>; to con h l l!1~t (I
Order at Bmtield a.nd Urow I cnndldates :Fbert' \,.a.s a full con~lcga.ho, ill I It 't
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Jollu's m the cvomng the ch Irch wns cro\\t!t: 1 l l er
who plea.d~ d not SUllty w$'e before the commencemeut of the Sf'f" IIC(! Th e U I"I 0 "
J Ratchffe, while 1h IS preache r18IHl also lead the lessons l!~d condllctt! I I 'I\J
ea.llv celebratIOn of Eucbal'Jlit 0 11 JIondu\ mal 1111'
on behal£ of he F ood ConllUit 011 Sunday aft.erllooll he preachcd n.t ~t DUll ab\6
Emmer Gl een
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of Bm6eld, gale eVIdence', and
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for a qua;rter pound
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Mr Alec Browne l ga.ve h18 popular and enter I

pIal ned by M.[ Haala.m, and Its further con, iid,.r ....
t.lon was po~oed I
~a:pen and PalllPhtets wlth reference
Channel Tunnel "erc> r eferred to. from
appea.red tha.t hIgh officHLls In
doodly oPIJOUd to Its construct10n,
cli felt t.bey could not at the pl e8ent time
resolutKlll With refere n ce thereto
A report to the C It;) of Lond on Common
on the quest.ton of Ulland watenvays was
fore the CounCIl. and a resolution
porting the recommendatlODs cont<Jon.,d
was p .. sesI

A resotutloD

Y[;:~~::{:~ie '~'~: D':. E

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~nmg lecture"" Y! MeA adventures with our
"Doys' at home ~d 10 France," In th& Town
Hall on Wednesda.r m last week At 5- o'clock

est.abliohmem. 01 • spec1a.1 SchoolI ~ol~~~::::
addltlOQ. to the pl"el$6nL I5J'stem of 8'
Ull1'Y'er.&bes

J Moss and 1ir

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The CQt1DCll coMldered proposa.fR. of the New
and Qateshead Chambers for a. scheme of
comtDel"Cla,1 educatIOn wblch would

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C T B CADETS
The ,Pllrochlll.1 compauv hn.s, {OJ lho fo Il th F~" It.
success all, been n\\nldcd tho 4th C Ilr1~ t \ H d \
BattalIOn C L iD Kius Ii Coloms nlHl Chal!!': I '" ~jl
forgcneralefficcn cy 'lhcre are n rew ':tCilll ll.· r
Ind s o;er 13 \enl'S III the CO tnp ~n to CllL ol as II t
'lhe c€:lemou\:!of lII!>tdJabon ot the COIOlll d \\ I I I
I l,ill.ccatthe RUlllh ChUlch on l:5unrJny TI ~l rlto l
. -;BejOl" Mr G A Wa.tson (m the han been recclved from the Wllr Office (Cncld 1 ~ " 11"0
?l1a-ckcy, Mr H W Verey tlOll!l), llUti all lll.ll h hale adopted UIl!lOIlO"
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Mr E M: Sturges, 1.11 H
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Rehel Fund

'fhe mlUal monthly meetmg o( the Council

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II MUSIC1\L EVE:">: J!\'"GF
A m \\Sl c8.1.llIu~ \\as Ilnnnged III the 1 emper:l1l e
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1 Hall 0 11 Junil"fry 31st 11V Mr (.. hns! 'V hetman 111 a I
tee
for the Food ComnuL of the ] elllple J\l\emle Teru[llnrs 1I1c1 proved I ,_
_re t
I)ef'~~.nt;
succ~s
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C l:5arJeallt
occupIed
tho tho
chult
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lli H BmhBm
MIllS K FOIl
le ~ were
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much b ~ve caarg cJ P.'lUists 'lhe followlII~ In!ltell alia gentlemen took , rt
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llL Ih e Vroglnmm c
MesS]!; Noble / ihomsoll, DU\I'
thIS a. 8erlOUS offence and-! Giddens, KlIl f!ht , D " UJt!c til t ~Jtd Mrs Dr'..Int )Tr
£10 nnd costs
Glbbon8ll.lld Mr J l omlm l(Ileadll g) ga ve hvo ,"Jolt"
of Fl11cha.m llstflad I v.as sum solill ..Messn! Fry and Prlot 11Ul.IJfol te d Jet
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Mastel Fleddle Q uck a rec b.tlOll The nmo llut r eLl
Be m g
rIt a. pnc ;) exceel m g t It h8ed for the lemple fumls ViliS £1 3
n the MaXimum l)nces 01 der
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FUNERAL OF '[I'"
1'1"8
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I arge"" pro seeu~ 01
" The funelal of Mrs SUllms wlr of Mr J S llJl1n ~
J IRo.tch ffe for the
plea,de~l or the Hmd's Head Hotel who 4hed! on JaTIlI:t.l', ltl
a. t:echmcal offencc,
hI S cllent Il.fte'r a week's dhless took llln1!6 011 Mondn.,
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In the
\I re" :'.! s held ~t Holy. TtHil ty Ch4fCh, {;olldllt!rcrl hv
fined
Ca.non D rl.luctt lito rC[llUJU~ \\t!I -Yl aftCl \ jtrls COli
't"eyed to Blrlckncll Ccmeter}
'nle tollmVIl er l1 ere
D.wong the mourllf:l'J; 1ft slInmrl!S (llIl s ha~ l(l ) :'Ifr~
W}cth (IIt0 tbeI ), ilI1 J and Mr L S llim s (SOl J :\Irs
Mescal l Blld MI S ~\.tche r (da u~htel's), MrS! lIIil ~[ r
Meek «(l3.uglhel and sonom- lan), :MI ~ Ullt! ::'I Ii CI ~
(ilnugllfel a nd BOu lll-1a w ). Mrs i CIO I\ ,&err :'Ilr
/ W }eth (hrothel) and ).Ir!'! Wyeth J Mr Geh. \\ \elll
l'Ilr IIf'rry Wyeth, MI l1.ud Ml ~ F1ir!rl S 111111" '. Ir B
81lTI lHfi, n.nd :Mrs JnL\lB (siste r) !A lu ge !lumhe r of
beautll'ul \\ teath~ \\cl e selLt h) l ebholLs IlIrl H CUll
ThA funeral n.llangcmcllts were
out t) 'l{:!"b
Pa) ne aud Co , Bracknell

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