Reading Observer 02-1918

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ncoats for
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~t the Readmg Coun~y Bt'DCb on Slltllrd~y . be
fore )IaJor I Darby Gnffitll (m th3 chau) and
othel magntra.t.e3,t.
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(,corgo Lucas, I Ij\ Lane End Vlilp,s, Sllmficld .

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~ ummoned

J,!P :lllt ,

on mformatlon l&ld by John Sar

did th~ same thtng, Ind n:tmes of

F :s:ecutlve Officer of tho \ Voktng hrurl Rura.l

" cro wrlt.ten on pieces of .J,l:l>per,

and Artillery.

m ght supphes of food 10 the b ouse 'Qi.1A, Order
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F lod CommIttee, on ' D ecember 29th, thntlhe d,d Mr Luca.s' nlme cn.tQe out first

pos,,,blo th'ilt fOod should be f, rly and eqUItably
d $t.rlbu'cd o.nd th:l.t no one ,pcl"lIcn should ~ pcr
IS ~o mlttcd to board at. tho eXl~en(,O of h l3 neighbours
It, t.hcr~fore , b~ h ~)\'od every on e" to see t hat the
I think the lot . hould bav~ been Order 'l as canted out lU the splnt [1S well o.s In

r h,nm from He rbert B t.con, of tha Up u Date ~ubUIJtt.ed t.h ls 'Vila sr'osrly 'UDfo.lr
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:"tor('s grocer, Sbmfield wit.hout tho a.uthorIty df
The: MflSlltr<1tos' Glerk The aJternut.1\e
be F ood Contro' ler. 12 lb, of !!iugnr, l!IUCl l SUea~ summ on the lot

For
su rpass

rxco:ed mg the qUilDtlty requIred for onhn ,,"ry usc

shall be

-,n d consumptton

hu hcusehold

Mr K ent

NortIl

fifteen IllilFs, the Tw:ks.,.had
.rood to Shena
ThIS was
16th the London, Insh, and

capfl"""d Shena, the fall of which'l.wae ,

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hEllllmermg whtch the J53rd
ImperIal ICorps and part of
had been dehvermg al1 along

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t.he letter, and bv dom~ thll! e\ e70ne cou ld hd p
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, ._to 6th
November These
t o relieve 4" t he 81,1nm Wbl ch th~ nahon w as now
to abandon Gaz:1l We
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The MoglStrote" Clerk
H. would ha," been gomg t hrough 0 " lllg ~o ~be .horlage of food 'Hel
reo.rguard . but at.
BY ,
A. C.
In the prenOU3 summons a;ueh !Jugal" 'When he ha.d he"\) lQ any evont
would pomt out f,n- lber th",t the Order dId not.
W 8.l'Wlck Yeomanry caprC.:l.~onable ground s for bchenns (whether on ac
The Cb41rma.n We &ore not zqwuog a.. . &cOloj'egollot "'PI>I,) t~ borne prQd!..lccd foed, and 0. penon, th~re
dU'Dsland broke t he r6Slstance of t.he,
em nt of t.he article s.oId or any other CiIcum of the defcn d r..ot It is'1Ilmply one cue J.a..k;en
t forc, wn.s at lthcrty to k c"'p for hili own use such
now glvcn ~ press. the
, t,nc,,) tho! ' tho quontitv of .uch .rtlcl. m' ght
Mr Kent t hen called h "" ahent '1.0 glVO eVldeDee artlcles n.s pIgS, cggs, butter" mIlk . etc , produced
of th~ troops adv:m~
Ill"," full y be Acqwred by h~m (Geor ge Luc1ll) would
on hts own premu;cs
].1r Goor~ ( Lucas s&ld h. did not know
Tho
of
along the Ime of tho
by reason of such sale be. exceeded
th,ng ,beut buymg t be ' .u8"1'. but 'aeccpted the
the WE A nil Umv.nlty Collfge on Wednesday
others further east m the
Mr John S:lrgcan t prosecuted c. n behaJf oC tbl:! respo!'lIubihtj It was not. hts mtcntl()ri to dd any
to hca.r Mr A ~'I Bartbolome,-, M _I>". , lecture on
The water dl1ticulty waa the
'Vokmgbam Ruml Food. Cont.rol Oommlttee. l\fr ho:trdmg at &11 He dLd not think 12 lb. 'W~ too
h,. .. T o'ur Ih 0Vgh Pale~tl,e " I Mr R C
Progr ... was mnde ill the attack
T R Kent appeared for
Lueis, and Mr E much for h15 household.
H a.wklns preSide
up to J erusalem, bnt it. waa
D Berry for Mr Da.con
By Mr 8nrgc.mt Five penons In hlA houS6liold
Speaking of P a.le~tmc and SyrIa., the lecturer
be too costly to sem tb.
It W-£\S a.gl'e(:d to hear tbe cues t.ogether
had reglst.cr.:ld a.nd tb~y, would h:l.ve h nlf a llOund
MId that at tho prescnt moment fan cy runs riot Jorw..lem'-:Nla~llu,,!"oo.d and the strong ,pOSItions
\{r Sargeant, In statll:j.g t be c:J..'*l ' for the prose of sugar c3.~ He k new t he, Government M!Umed
10 thlnkmg what t be futuro may have In stor e for
Without the IlSSi.st.ance of t.he
H
ea.rtburn
a.nd
Wmdy
Spasms.
C'\ tum, said that tho proctcdmgs were t:l.ken under
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hiS househ old wtuJ io have. two and &. half lis pel"
these regIons should t1i1y be plactd under an
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had to be made tIll December
tOO reguJatloh of _\pTll, 1917. and rt ",as one of 'vee-k HIS allowancc for tbe first wt:.k. 10 J~uary
iluthortt~ a.ble to ecuro JustIce" f ~oUl a nd peace
t he troops further north
Tho effic... cy of
Cl\..,~,dl''' Instnllt RA>:llef In t11~e to 3011 PrcceedlDÂ¥, tLc. lectuNr decla.red that. t.he
t h'>re rcguiMlons that had never been a'tered or WR.S two and a hn,l f pounda, and that wllh the 12
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hemg VIOlently attacked.
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revflu
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hn\'o
aIr ended, and " ~ $ pretty woll known T ber;c 'Wcr e 1M he had In ",ou d"SIYe him far In exCe!5S 0 [1 the
hitherto t r1L1'I tefl lo blll1nnLh or IIodll In)xturel!, or to Bl.ble w:u mcomBar al-ly the best gUide book to b:::ol~::'r~;~s~t:it:: :l.gam by theIr d ash utterly
tho first proceedmgs t.be \Voktngbam Rura.l F ood quantity &110\\ ed
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old f l~blon l,<l In cr pIlls An 1 l'Iillts 111 he I rou!Jl n u Syrw., you s~me~ to Journey thOr gh Its pages as d
On tho 7~ the wea.ther
Control Comnutt.ea had takcn under any f"el!l.l1wMr Bcrry cont.end~d there wu no .u gg~stlpn In d ue to ~lUJ l1l lhe I!lolU 'l<:h 01 bowele Ill"ll!JlO g from you mo\ cd from Ilpl~c8 to pl abe Here was the
but t.he beart of
t lOns That wa~ partly Il.tt.r1blltab1 e to jt.bo lall'
Iludlflf.'stod
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Order wh!l..t quantity & houllehold~r should
fig trce }lhm tcd I~ the \ IIwyarQ.. th ere the to\ver
and he wlthdlew to
the orgA u8 to benl t.hy Mt1t)n Dr c .. ~n K IlI~t lilt
alu dmg cba.ra.cter of the l u~ ablt:mt& of the d ll!. La\'o in Qa.n d on Deccmber 3bt to .tart
bemg now cut off sur·
Relief doea th"t qUlcklv, snrel v, 11 , ,1 eff('ai:.A relll clIle gUllordmg the wlOf"pr css, umh uzzled oxen werc
tnct. and to thoe fact t4t at the commencemcnt j!.ntlonmrt Order
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wlu!TO the ol~l purgLIt \ e rr"l'"rntlon!l only "e,1.: n treadrng out the 'PrJl on the tbreshmg floor, from
entered on foot on
the Commltt.ee Inl!.tructed their ltUpectqTS to go
By Mr K ent; The RatIOning 6} rder wu n ot
the &wm:l.oll I
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which t.ho \nnd yrovc the Chlff In a. glist.cnng
thousand p risoners were
round to the shops and make known tHe regula for .. wben his (Me J,qc..' WIfe) pun:h ...ij £he 12
Take D r c..'lASe'I 'Alostant n ehef fur a~n~bp;'ltlon. c'oud 'Vqmen "ere still cammg from the city to
100 guns, many more
ttons and gl\ e them full know'edge of the, regu Ib, He knew th. R4tlODlllg Order wou'd Dot blhousnel!os, torpil 11\
!lIck hea.dltcll', dlljZlnt'8!f, dra.w water a.nd t1;Tlndm~m couples at the mill
rounds of rifle ammunl ..
la:lons as tnr as t.bC'\ wcre a ble to do F }om Aprl' come mto force t ill Decen!ber 3h:t \
specks before tile cyes, 8.atulencc and wllldy 8p;'~m~, You A!lW the prodigal son drlOtl~g and smgmg at
round s of gun ammuflillon (Ap"
01 Inst. Yc..'lr t.h e Committee had qUIte 3. clean ",l:tt>t
Mra Ruth LucoI , WIfe of tho ast wltnes:o;, !lcldJiy , h el\rth~rll, lmpnre blood A __k your ChCI01l1t B cyrout, and you lnotcd , a.t the o,wner of wagon
for
Dr
CalAAell'l!
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and It ' '' as not 1.111 the begmnlng oE thls rear thnt =LI'~ te:l she had a lot ()f oeeallanal vlr.ij.ors besldc ~
!oudl!i of com tn HamaI1 had kept them from t.he
nroul!.ed much mterest, \\ al
P m:efl h llUd 38, , from Ill! Cbemltild An 1 Stor es; D
It became k::npvn to tho CommIttee that saIl'S of Mr Arthur Lucas
She gAve (ood to the children Cill1.~ll' ~ I'I:it.:lnf lVhef l$, the oomp mlon pr.JllUrnt,olL 1a:!:t ycar on tho 1 ~ance
a drought, ho w as tbe
vmwl!., many of whIch had
s . ga.r bnd OCfn kl O'":"D In Sbmfield WblCh ai"pe: reu of the WI\ es of wor}uns ~q ,Vh cn MT Dacon to Dr Cu.:!tlsll'. l abletll,
",ch man grmd,
the fnee of t he poor Undel
photo .... raph, t.ken by tho
to h;;l.\e exceeded thc quantltle.l!. which househo dc rl! ca.me l()r the ord.r 1D 1qu8ltion In a. gencra,l Wo'l)
~h~ walls of Jer~ 0 yon enCo~ritc1cd people WIth
l:i
had a n ght to n~~ for
sho I'L!!ked for AIX Ibe of De-mera.r. IIJ.1d SIX IbK 01
pomted dyes a nd 1\CC5 remllldlng you ()£ Jezebel
aeco!(fod the bealty tbapks of
'11 Be"n p ... ntce Ollt that the ()fil"'noo corn c&tIlor sugar She liad \ ery little In her house at
A shepherd near Hebron when l ,r~ked wby the
dehghtful lecture
pl:llnCfI of" f be for.! thc r :tt.lcnng c;Une m There lL~ time, ~re t\'OJ, not. ODe Ib avnllable At
sheep fo lds th <! ro jhad no door ~nr'\ere d qUite
that t!h~ lecture on
'\'as am amoun t. of !meur n\ all"hlc a U the tIme
OrdlOiU') t.lmes she llad U1 a.s much lU 2~ Ibs nt 0.
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simply, ' I a.m
dCOl, tbat
' he lay down In
6th, \\ 111 be gIven by Canon
!\Ir Sar3~4nt., c~mtl 11 Ilf:, !!rud SllgU c3.rds b-d t ime, ond It u-j!J not an uJI,usup.l thmg She h tMj
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the opening !Oo tha.t r.o pcka l
or eheep
ut the 'London st, wt Prul11l \ e
been d l,.,trlbu'ted l o tbe pillltU:S of t.he nmeunt th ey bought sometImes SIX Ibs , eight Ibs , and 10 lbs
out
wlthoul
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aw<,ken
mg
An
Amcrlcan
subject oC t.he lecture LI
\I ould h:l\ 0 b~en aIlo"" d ned thL ~ rcgulr.tlOn carnc
Sba 'tlild Ino mtentlon of bu~m g thiS sugar for
\li as trung to pk~uade a,
I SyTlan 11M, to
place III v,or d htstol',} ,"
mt.o for ce od J anuar, st., and there ~M a broad hoarding p urpO!e!
try h iS futuro , lll l
la d pOl ntmg
mtlD~'ab o n giHn of t
qUMtlty 0[1 l!.ugar peljllc
Cross cx;,umned bv Mr Se..rgcant
Sometimes
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t..o hiS middle ns4cl fa'tll~r
hIm replt ed.
\\ ere supnosed t o ac'1ul
At tho e!ld of the ~ar the Iud hnd t.Wa or three lbe _ p6%" week, a.nd some
Mr E J ",rdn er, 111 P , mnde a j fo"rclble spcech • Suflci n' c fir!t ~'J Qtlr) my
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B et bert Bacon, t.he grocer referred to, wu aJoo
S lmrn onod. for ,oIling to th~ defendant mentwn't d

summoned and not one UUUl m ade a seapcgont
Tho Ch nlTDH1-n I object t'rr the word se<\pcgoRt

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fint eotty mto
John ' S _
Oyett;

,c,,,·s-'- "oc~.oning

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far fr om
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MR ERNES'J1· GARDNER. M.P.

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COUNTY REPRESENTATION.

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Bacon f?Und h,ms If In PO""S'''D of • qur.n t,m", nono at nil She hod never had so much at at tlio :Jnnual mectlllg of the :Ahldenhfa d CC:l ~!!r
The lcctl:rcr ~n(i h s
oE Imgar a cwt ~crbnp!, and In n. fer dn~ fI ()rI¢ t.llne a.s 12 Ibs SlIlce th:e rcstnct l on~
Sbe \'atl\e Club on Saturday
llaut. nnd ths fl;~t port. on
ho ","euld alJ be recel\·,ng supphc s from t be who e was l"crl p ca.sc d ilnd r ..t.~er lurprlsed to get. 12
Rc(eITlllg to t.he '" ar~ he saul be could not tell w hlC!1 th~y called hl1l. s rn"·,,,u.•
fa le merehants sufli cle~t to ..supply en.ch customer Ibs. ana of cout'!:o that would nOr 't'eprC'SCnt her "hat ll'el"o ltho p l O«PCctS oE pcac~
Thc Prime part" landed Inl ord er
D,I*''',","',
~ Ith bal£ a jpound
IOn D ecembar ~tn be it!' ordm3l'Y week s rupply .
~p
M'Jllster apd P re6..\dcllt \Vl lwn badl full) st,lted ,Wileh City fro ycst.
peared t.o hl'.j'Vc had Christma s ldtll$ ID hiS mmd
By Mr BerlY
She nevc) ga.~e it a. tbOll.s;ht th :! object of the A llies, but t.he Ceutral PO'VClS cal le::!
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like Sa-nta C,aul!. H e Imade It kn oU1l tha.t. It ~ u It "" ns onl) dunng the; sugar 'IDorta.ge ahe b ad had dId uot re~::: nd, b9t seemed fit i I ~nt upon uonll
the antoseptic and
to be obtJ.~nl and sellt It. round lD handsome caes ~o htt.ie M t" a lbs is. .... l'>3k, :lnd abo week she
physicians so
HRt Lng t hor\\bole ' rorld, not o~ ly from the fa\a!
\\ IlhC>llt. hem dlr<actlY l ord ered, or p D thll!. cale It none at all
for serious skin
Tal.:lUg It. on an a\ t;rage ! he cnn a.nd mth tarJ powt 1of \ Ie'" but also froal t he ~rad e
Imn'\'" bl.\ 0 b n ordered or net
'Iho summons WftS !lJ1dercd th:lt thl5-'-12 lhs ~'nth the smaller quan ;l,nd m dust.r .a l pOint of 'lCW
So lc.n6 as t,.a~l
not for a.
but fOT a.cqum ng l ug~r either b) titles she had been reee].vlng ~ou l d m ake h e kept up tbat attitude It "'" as ImpO!51blo fot: th~
pnrchas mg
a. gift or by unl&wfulll taking pos-. ,tookly :\.'101\ an~ much ICIia than In normal t.lme
A,.' hes to con~mplatc maklOg l>Ca.Ce "'Ith them
sc.<,slon of it \Vhon It camB to t.n.k' ng proceed
Tt:: ~ Chrurtnan as\:ed' 'Mrs Lucas If she caul
Great <1& WCIe the purdi!:J.s we sho \ ld na.ve to bpr,
mgs tbo Foe Control Comm ittee. h a d to conlldcr uy exactly the q R.ntltr of SlJga Zi sbe bad gl\en .t " as 1U0re burna-no and better for t he ","elrare of
whether theYI fihould ~!'k Eor p roS(C\1tLons 10 ot.her I\.t'{"a.y by In acie mng the cblldron's. food?
practically nIl meth ods of
t.he g r owmg pOpulo.tJon that tho -n-ar Ehould b.:;
cases, or W"h hcr they !hould relect. c.ne gentlemn-n
Wltne9S I cannot say
,
upon ahtlDkmg the swollen
settl ed defimtely
t.he dll'ection the A lhes de I
ag:l.1o.st. whol procce~mgll should be taken
In
Mr, 'K~nt said tf ..t wu hiS ea.se r
and as piles nre
sued ({Cheers)
ordlnrlJ'Y t m S It would ha.ve been con.Mdered a
Mr llerrv, fo r Mr B&OOn; .ub."~ted tbt Mr~
congestion, such tomporory
Dea' lllg' l,p t h th' l proposed re arra.ngemcnt of the
hardo:h lp to ...\,e t o lieILl' othcr pe,ople's burdens, LUCit3' c\ Id-::nce had pro\i ed no cue ..gamst b UI 'Berl..el!Jl il le'ectoJ'.ati dIVISI O~, the hon mf m>.<et
"rong tn prinCIple Th ey may
but In these he (Mr Sngeant) conslde.red It &on clIent He llad nilt a.oqufted tilQre. Bugar ...than" u.s ' Old It lV~u ld b. Idlo for blm t o ",y h. d, d not
for a few hour!!, but m e,aly
honour fOT a. man to take nOL only .Ius own r~!kn. requued for hIS houoehold
co'pg'''f,on worse tho.n ever, thus sto~lTIg
regret t!J.e dl a.stlC Represento.t:on,. Dlll t,ha,t. WM"
delnYlnB' proper trcnt ..
Slblht.) but , hat o( hiS neighbour.!, and if t r6
The Mag13t.ratC's' C'erk DId you deal entIrely practlcailJ pa s~ed. and be wOdld rc~ret ha.\In~ to
ir,cit" ti"n, 8Ioopleijsll("l:!~, loss of
was a man,1 p Sbinfield who w~ lquahfied to see wlt.h llr Bacon for IUJar1
part comp anji wlt~ hIS p ohlical Crtends In '1 ck 1
oven gcneral nenaus deblh ty
th IS ca~ t~ugh ()n behalf of h Ellelf and hll
M n ' Lu c~ Yes "
m g hn-m
II.n :ihch a.ng8 th e~ \'I"ould , t:l ke
After I hnd suffered all tIlO
n"gbbeu .. It wa.o 1Ir Lucas (I\.u~hte{) Th"
.fI ~J~j~~~:~~;h:" almost
The Clerk \Vhat wna your o.verage quant.1ty~ Wmdw r, jWhlch ' Ills perhaps InCV t!lble At. tbe rrom
was 10 no Ja.y~ a caM In which (the. aut,hc,ntle!J
Mr•• LUCRI Eight Ibs: , 8U lbs • aT 12 Jbs.
next Eleet. ~on t here mIght. not be. any streng pa.r~y vcrse
a!O ked for a ,ea.vy l penalty, and they did not ask
Tho C l ~rk \Vhat would the &overage be?
contests, and ht')w \ electIOns w-ere to be setded he .. across the
fo r Mr Lu~ to be thrown overf.ow, but for
Wltnen About eIght lbs per week
fa iled to und ~ l"Stand HIS o'Wn d uty .hlld been t.o north past
lOme mtlm~~n to tnaelpcople 1Ul~ othen 150 that
Me B.rry then .ddre ... d tbo Bench on behalf support tho
Gote l, ment that happened to be T hou'lln-nd ,
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they mlgbt ave fome practIcal loea a.a to wha.t. of Mr. Dacon He"I&la the evIdeooe of Mrs Lucas cha rged 'FltI: cno mollS rosponslbJlltlcs CllIry mg the Plain of
n *e80,ret
\\ a.", reqwrcd
f them and thus a1I'ord a. great h elp ",howed that ID any oa.&e she h ad only recclHd four on tbe wrur, :'!nd t le snme could
the only P:Jltcy Lake IS Ju.st
to the pubhcl at la.rge Ul" thl$ mati r
Sugar waa Ibs more than she haa be$n aceustomcd t o bn.ve of cO)nd dates n ~ ~e next clectl on, 50 tbat it bele the return
deh\ ered 6l:ery week., and It wa.s te&.Sonab. to on an &l"erage before the ~rt.rlcLlonJ!l came ID should be no ,,-nll.f.. of uDity 00 achievo "\ Ictors-l!iUppose people got their wee.kly 5Upp'le.s IPeople The Booch mu ~t b:t.ntsh from theIr mmds the which "e mUSt nC~lcve, or Lhe Brlt.l<!; h Empire go
n ever rewere pra.ctJcal\y c:erta.1D to get thiS IUgM whether RatlODlDS Order wJnch came mto force on D ecem under
non-nstrmj:tent,
coohug.
it was a queslion of one week, two 'weeks, or th~ bOr 31st. The Govf mment by allowmg baH Ib
Speakmg of thc I need tor fO:Jd econom'\'" Mr
cOlIgt!8l IOIJ ,
Vi eeks
The oplDlon of the DIVISional Com~s . of sugalj pel" week per penon d Id 'not state or lOfer Gardner &ud 1t. "" la s hard t.o undcrgo hard!hlps
, th18 b61ug th e
&l nper might h'b.ve some weight (H e though a t.h&t W"D.!I &. re'\oSonablo quanttty Tha.t was the a Eter haVing been 1 so used to gct.t.mg all one
even when C\ ery lhlUJ' e168
forr:!lIgbt s supply lD Shinfield ()r Reading WOL! amount allol'led so that. everybody could haH a n ,nnted , but \\ 0 m ~ Mt. remembel th e greater hn.rd
supply N O-mullO II.t li ttlo
su ffiCient., and If tbe publtc could I have lOme In equa.l dl!.tnbutlOu But. they were ..dealing With ShIpS of t~c fightmg men
Jt H necessary, and every
or hremonho,ld/j t!hould try It
\lmatlon on the~ mattcn It would sa.ve any need facts that took place before t.hn.t Order came illtO
proportl r nal reptscntatwn .... as to be con!l' d el cd
to ltn 0JleHltlOll OperatIons fo r
fDr troub' mg ah<>ut. a pr~e<:utlon If the autbor! force Mr Bacon, as ,""ell as the other grocers 10 ne..d \reek It ml h t eRsdj be t:arrlcd 0 It rn con
like pnuuug u tr oc They stop
tles Had to prove by March wa.rrant I t WOUh.. be a ReadIng, bad sugar on hana , and they eltber had stlt.uencles of I!JIl1n I Area..
Tbe obj ect " as t.hat
spot, but m erely 10 cu.use*more
ICrlOUS tblng to ha" 6 to search h ouSf'A for three or to eel, thR,t drty or lt would. come under t he new mmorltle5 eh ouJd
rcprc!Cn t.cd
That was a
1n my oplOlon CouUmS' 18
le ur Ibs of sugar, and a.ltbough the lJlvll lonn.l dil!.trlbutloo orde.r which came tnto force c n
the clsorder IS neglected
GommlMloner h a~ power to ISSUe. farch ",.. rrant.s December ;)ht. No ()ne wa,! LnJured by t hiS !ale,
f¥lvanccd stage Qr
be did n,* \'VIsh to go to the extfeme If It could and at that t ime there W C\8 no r egula.tlon M to Berk~hll~ 1 He
IL w ould mean thaL
be a.volded
Tho question was !what was «On what IqUiUlt, ty a. penon might bUl In one cue thel o "'" ere! to be
for t.he "hole of
(my difficulty "iH p rOCI'rlJl[J"
ISld ered to be hO:l.rdmg'
o f h oordlDg reported In th e p""P9ra the quant Ity 13e~k!, so t hnt
'i""<{<'1'''9,''' / yorJ tel Itc to a Ch elll1tft at 67,
Mr Sargeant the%) pryoeed ed to ca.ll eVlden ce
)'U 105 Ibs • :lnd (ln e could q:mcene t.hat was Dot
11', I , wno I ,"now alltllY.
Robert Cooper, In spector Qf tbe W o1..,ngham il n:!.SOnable n.mount uniellS 1t wita for & very la rge
FocxJ. Control Commlt.tee, &aId Ihe VI!lt.ed Mr estabh~ hm ent But. \" t hi S CMe th~ cl rcum!t,nnces
Bacon's dtop on Jan lISt and examIned t he books were qUite d fferent, f..! the eVIdeoc9 showed T hey
a.nd he made oort.aUl at...1.tementa In CO D sequence ()f
not sav 11. 'WitS a case of htaard tn~ He con
the mfonn!l.tlOu obloaJned he made a. rc.pori; to th~
the procl)~dmg5 were mllConcel'\'cd, as the
Comf.e.lttoo ond supp'led them W lt ~ the naptea of Ordct was never lDt.euded to- ~e&l wl~h Iuch c~ses
the of & per"';)n mlllo:pg a. legltrnpate purchase o[ sugar
Ptrron s at Shmfield 'VI> ho hAd had J!ugar and
1 , ap
G.ua nt Ltle! Among tbose name& M r L uca.&
wbl~b WM for we from the sourb: t.he) regular!)
, APPEAL.
I)earcd as ha'OIng had 12 10& o[ !tt(!jilr Tkat. was dealt . 1 It WI\5 qU1tA) reason,8;ble that a person
t :!s, auull,n" rcp,re.e n'l.et\
I....
~upnhcd on December 29th
I
w gh' have some !luga.r In it.ock In &, household operatIOns' 9lor
13\ )oft Bern" Mr Bacon wu qu t:.e open an4 before the commencemen.t ()f the RaLlonlDg Order, He hoped
duclo~"'<i \4'b&t he had sold There 'f.!lS no regul<t and ~I! submlt.ted th*t It was not a. calle of hoard t\ ()uld be n.s
I ~~:7t~;I!~r.~~l letterJ Jus t receIved by the Wnr
bearers of thc
1
Depot. of t h13 tow n from Sir
1.1(':"1 on Decef)lber 29tb a s to 'Wh.:tt qpa.nttty sh ould
C9ntTary to tho prO"OllIWDS 01 YJe Order
Slbl hty In so
Dlrect-4lr General of Voluntary
be !<.upphed December 3151. w,u ~e d:t.t.e when
Mr l Berry t.h en called hiS hent to gl " " eHdencc sblre
al l t.hose kmd
B ethert Blcon MId dUMng D ccc=nber he h<1c{
th e Ord~r came mto foree
Mr
tho nClghbourho~d ZO
B\ Mr K ent for Mr lJUCDs P e?p1e wcre put great! diffi culty With hi. wsugar supphes
On Club
It IS
on behalf 'of tho
on t heIr honour He did n ot knCfW why Mr De-cernber 8th he b3d (our, C'Wt of lugar lDvOlced
that. ~ e~ r \ 4Je IS the most.
h:t.dly needed at. -t.he
I • lb, ,,<.5 se'-ud
as t be culpnt ndI thl! matter
Tha.t arnvcd.. on D ecember 28th
On
Y.
J ncoh'sl weil w,,"s V)IUted
and money fQr the pur.
'Ir Berrv, for bl! chent, 5Ubmlttt d th.tJ t uere
he knew he would be &ble to supply the
.,
ot
appeals
I"orl stroqgly to •
reqUIred
, iU no ca~ a.ga.In! t. blm
There "'fA n o r egula.
who had regIstered WIth hIm DUring
the. velY spo and possloly
\Inn .~ ~he tIme AI to tbe qu.ntl~Y t.d, bo obtamed
n.,,,,l\lbor, .. for .. Mrs _~u~ w~ concerned, he
Sco~lo.nd
H ouse,
Jest'S bam weaned IWlth
'tr Kent. BCClUlesccd In th't f.iU bm" ~l!.lIlcn
bePit Mn Lucas WM very good , becnuse
January
18th, 1918
thc
talked WIth
'11 Sargeant. S!l.1d t.bo burden 10 th~! Moher was
abe wa.s l!bort she would 8lWo.yl!J manage v.: 1tb
ytiur CommIttee ru1d the
c·"[ upon
Luca!, IUld quot.ed: tho regulahoD5
I Il UtLJ:ltJtle.! Dut on th~ date In quee:t10D
I
y our ~SsoCint lon wlil be
WIlS tho D~m~ ' lupply, :lno he
bow nlueb t.he work \Ii bleb has
un the subJ~t
~fr K ent, In . rLddr;;!..!!'mg the Bep , !a.. d
WN right 10 lettl1~g hll customers 11a... c
In your ql strlct IS a.pprecIated
"
L\ll~as lelt i..he purchase of augar l to hi! \vlfe ,t
01 the grocen In'ROI1ding were dO llig ,t
th e h'ontg and by the Sick and
\\ '\~n \It Ba c:m called upon h er fOf ~rden !he on a llargcr scale
'.
Anny H osp, tals .~ homo and
,
~_Id .. " ha.t about. sugar' ' Th€!fO ~a.d been
M'g"trn"" Olerk SOld he WIshed be had
I
''''r''~tnn s when M rs Lucas could
btf supplIed k nown It before (L&ught.er ) . •
tonch WIth umls 10 the ficld
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!;'Iga--.o.t all Mr n&C-:l n!- ,d
I can let
Wlt neu consldered pe ~oa only maktng up to
officcn of bot.h o\'ersea5 .\TId
H I h1' 0 12 Ibe: of sugar
Some wceks you have
E~ch day brmgs lD ereased de·
Mrs lLuCa.l for t.}1e tIme she tio.d been short H e
nr!, h:\d itny l
"In Lucas s... u d
'I ~ha.u be
expressions of gratitude for
woul4 never encourap. p69pl~ hQo.rdln~
" r p''':! sed to have 12- lb!; /' ;)JJd tha.t quantIty
EUld serv-lOCS whlch , ::n"C bemg
CrJ,.
enmmed
bf
Mr
"
S~ge'llt·
biro
Lucas,
v. :U! del "ered m due coursc, In quantities of SIX
Connty and Borough Asso(..'1a. I
lb~ 6~!:t The h ousehold consaUd ()f
Luc&8, b, ~h.,..d, hod t.be- " OM" ~uP~7 of t wo Dnd a
local bran~ ~Dd groups
half
1bs
In a.ddltl()n to ~.J~ Ib'r
She had ne>C r
hr r hu sband, t\\ 0 children, & !Dnld abd a. chat
o.ffihatoo under the Army
orden,d 12 lbs be1oJ"O, ~ee-,he ne"ger h:ld thnt.
\ o:n!l.n and Mr Arthur LUCM, J:m>f.her too defend
the co-ordmatlon of volun~
qna.n ! 1~y' to 8uPRly It ·~ toe JmpresslOn m
allt Vi u there vepY frequently Jto ' m ea.'8
Tbuto
tbe -troop"
the
e
that
sugar
wal
free
.,
\'
ther~ 'Wer e fiv e permanent occuplen o~ the houlQ
CODlIUlttee, execut1ve officers
By A-lr. K ent
'fbat wat. the optnlon In t.hc
In addItion tcr !lir Arthur Lucas and t.he char.
of your ~oClatlOn for
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'.~ 1.. ,
" Oman Moreover, Mr. Luca.1I gave mIlk ..way "",hoI sale trade
co . o~~r.1Li"n, whlcb I S of &?11mmense
Tbis
compleW
the
C'
V
ldeD
c.F.
a~d
~c.
·
~eneh
re
I ~ t he poor chlldren of tbe pantlh, nnd the mothers
In hea.lt1:f or 8lckto consl ~T tQ~lr - decll ton. .... bn the1r rdnrn
knowmg what a kind heo.rt. t.hl\f. lady bad, had
parti''*'larly a.n.DOOII at thIS sMge of the
thttllCba.irman ~-~ that a. there was 11
beEn In the hkblt of lending their' children to her
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fore!"lght
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