Reading Observer 02-1918

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moderate price..

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Ifllo~lE;~ii '''''' •• _u as,
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Ml' G A \Vatson ILl till)

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~fylne.J Col F F Mackcmae and 1'1

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NO LIGHT
L l~h t s

(V-ehlcles)

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fined 5s.

was summoned by Lcan dc, r.
usmg abusive language tow:u,!" h"n

(jI·O.,ttlorne on Jantw.ry 22nd Cooper h;l,J.; t'lk ~ n
~:~~d~.',untm.ons agumst Lovendge on ll.!.c .... n,,:
e>t~ce of a number of wltn c~,v ~ \l

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Hie woman Cooper was !lupposcd I.h
hn., e been dfiUlk He spoke to he'
,Thereupon each us!!d bad lau;'''lngc
othor
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ST/>ALING COAL
Charles
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- GORING.

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In St. Tbomaa ot Canterbury. ohurch Y8.rd memorial
monument. bAn ~Dt1 y been plMed on the rrave.<i of
eonral esteOllled l'csideu.ta who have 'Posaed to their
teat during thE! IA.!lt year or two. To Mr. Thomas I. lpolrti,;~'i.q~ar.
Akers, Grove HOll§e. who died in July. 1915, o.ged Gi,
0. cllnowly wrongbtCl"Ola aDd kerbing m gray mOllumenta.l6tone h&e been eeecteil . The cross and "h.o.se of
two ateps are rough h
ewn: with panele fat lllscriptions,
.. novel idea And "ug~eativ.e' .of·early English work A

of the citizens ;' of Reading

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The Board of Agriculture
spccla.l J'epresenta.ttve to

an Tuesda.v lut
to mt.el"view the Town Clerk j OD the subJect, and
to urge the antborjtiem and the general public to
gn"'e aU assist.a.nce in thei:r power to increase the
food .supply by bringing into cultivation ground
whi ch a.t the p~t t.ime ia tnot. being put to Its
f ~11 U!!C. It w .. pointed ou that tb. Boa.rd d..
.ired increa.sed' product,on I<> thO extent of liO !ler
cent on last Ye&r's work,
means t.hat' alQDe
3 ,000 allotments should t hiS year be in'crea.sed to
4,500. and furtb6r tha.t every penon who could
pof:sibly take up and cult.1Va.l.e a. piece of ground
"ould not only be usmg bia.ar her efforts I<> • per.

grarut.a
A. l W.

and of

a.ules, and the

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tnke any of the cual.

P'S. Nicholls ,deposed to going to & shed ,,~
pnsoher's ~ott.a,ge, where he found five (m t of
c,'lal !fl1nila.t to Lord Downshire's coal.
Ho 5]"'\'1"
the tlCls-et pf the last deltvery of coa.l to pm.or. . . r,
whIch was :for five cwt of nut coa.l.
p .C. _-\I ~bury srud ilc hId nca.r the coal 161.-01'('
and Olle mornmg abo'!!t. 4 a m sp,w pnsoncfI (.oum

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-witlt n. sack

mg a.way

On St.bpplDg hIm mtnr::.s

foun~ It contamed 66 Ibs. of coal I He took IHm '

to Mr nr6wn, I who wlshed a pros~uhon , alt-rr
whICh he prought pns<mer to \Voktnghn.m Un
bemg cha.r~ed prlsoncr ~id: " It..·s all Lord Do.,.;-L'!
shlre·s. so ~wc 'h ad better ,sa.y n o more a.bout It
, He
gUlitl', and WlUI fine<\ £1-

q.ddcc1 to thtf
of the Oldc

pleadrl

KUI~bt8·

John

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supply of produce on

CHAUFF!E~R

John Anderson, recently of Henloy, Wo1.S chnrgeil
wlth stJ.,.a.hb.g a motor 'incyclo and aCC-::S"fllJes,
value $1 1138. 9d, th3 properly of hiS lll:\.$tc r.
M~. Fra:nkl COory Yeo-, at Henley, on J anuan
20th
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He p Jea1ed gUIlty and le lecwd to
dealt l\ Ith
at once,
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rnsoner,l it. transpi~d 'from the erdcncc , "W a.~
cha.uffeur t? 1\11' Yeo and used the "??otor blC\ Cl~
III Iquestlo'?l. tn the eonl"SC of his lempl9ym~nt . He
had boon
Mr Yeo's employment sir,ce Octobel
18tb 1917.
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~Vd ll<l.m Laurence, ;t cycle dc~lcr'.1 of Henle::
provcCl t h ~t prtsoner CruDe mto hi, :>h np Md
offc red t.ho l motor bicycle, etc , ~ or st-1c
H o s., d
he wa.nt.ed to se!l hIS motor bIcycle as petrol was
SO short. !Aske<I to produ ce t}io receIpt ' for l~
purchnse. he ne..~t da.y produced. wh~t pm port ed
La be a rcchlPt. flom tho firm wllo rsupphed lt, hlle
they 5a.ld the slgna.ture w a.c;. tha.t.! of no one In their
fiqn . He was to ba., e £20 11 s:1 ca8~1 and a. ~cdal

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in tbis dirootio~ will """LSt the country ••• whole.
The Comimttee of the T ov..-n Council who a.re reo
lPon.slble for thIS work had already made Ilr·
fori t.al..,ng over a.bout. e].cwen &e~s of
the powetB conferred upon them by re.but
.n ow of the serious Bltuation
t.he representative of the
ca.n be takCll and broken
i;I)~I'I!~~~ / .,pplic,~i,ono are reoelved About
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W (l.ltl.n~ for plots to be
a.re& of shout 30 acres is

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£1 a. rl l UU"l.fot

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!!:e~::lO:~~Y :~n!ff~!t:r~~~ ~~e:
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anyone.Rcml
t
fallen,
he pnsoner's
traced i0l1L
m,lJ"ks
s fromhavmg
tho coal
store to
(.'0 1
tage·. HIS employment would not have hrou.;ht
ThUll Inea.r tbo coal at a11
The coal ml sscd '" a.~
Suuth's co;ll and cost 355 a ton PrlSOncr had

memory

IIOn.1 odvant.ago but wou)d ~ tbe same time be
act.mg in the most patriotiC manner to his COt)ll . .
t ry Tbe
in meat
be greatly
mIred by the productIon ana u~ of good veget-

deti'ciency

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beauti1ul memoria.lm l
of the late Mr Thomll"
Rouae, of R ayxoeade, G'arlDg and Ch a.rlton ]{mj:(8,
Gloucedersblre. who died LR May, 1916, ~ud hIe
youngest 8On ,...lIetbert Charlton, Captain 20th PUI)Jobia
R egim , nt, rndta.. a "?ietirn of the war, killed in action
lD DecembeT'. 19If , conei.sb of a decorated rumo cr0S5.
and wheel hanng counter sunke and deeorrelief. On tho plinths are appropriate
The tomb 18 enclosed by kerbin~1 The
i. uniquQ and "haded ~ . jilI'ey (lna soft
n.nd hitherto not seen iu 8ur loc.n.l God' ~

wq1cb

'VCR 24s

wages

allowed for coa.l, /aJso n. luad of firewood a. qlHlt l er
and the ho sa was rent free. " "ltness Lad nU s"'<'Q
coal before, but had not been able to tra(!(': It tQ

MEMORIALS.

h.Y<> been ~
1l6Sm.a.nce to bOng to the
the great ur~D<y I of ~':r..>se\I

the employ of the

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was. charged w ith ~u:,;] ltn g
a quantlty 1of ooaJ, the property of IbiS m.l:s!('r aT.
Easthampstead.
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Ernest J. Brownf faI"9t steward to the ::\ lL:r. lW
of Downsruro, said prisopcr was a. cartel on \"e
and hooheld that posltlOn :for t,'che " ' lr,
iIi a cottage on the H OlDe Ffrm /I ~

FOOD
'!'O TO BJ)ITO.

cOortel'

OF 1]HE GREAT WAR.

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FORMED IN WOKINGHAM.

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evening m last week :J. meeLmg
Town HaJl 10 furthe~nce of t.he

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Comra.des of tho Great War,
for IW okmgham. The ahdlencc Tr~
one of d lscba.rged 8ervlC6 men, whIle

L ong an d H. M Walth were als~

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T erence Dunne preSld~"d , a.nd was
P C Weal sa.Id he saw !pri m ner 1 Dorsetslnre
Lleut ·Col. \V. J, Langford (a.ct.mg
r~ply to t.he chilr~e hJ, said ~ .. I 's qUIte tq:e L 1\
Berkshire DivISlOn),
A. Moss I "Faa badly\lushed for ~monev.'l
PTisoncr was bom{d over foq one vear In £20
and Mr. D. F. Dema De
udder a. Proba.tIOn 6fficer of ~oole Pohce COurt, I
ld hr
(AId H. C. Mylnel, wbo WM un- 0", condltl1n tbn.t Mr.1 La.u1'C.Jlc'1 be__~~dcmnlflr
pri soner f9r the lqss hc had sU7ta1 "1d .
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a. ~cheque
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I<> tbe local fund and hoped the - -I
grow mto '3. Br.mch. I

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WmST DRIVE
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:~1:t~~iC;;X:P~I;'~'i~n
ed the
terms
helpi
one objectS
anotHerand
aiter
dlS:
ITpe wlilst dnve tlnd da ce OI·gn1ll:::od b"
No soldlef, no sai l or , ;o.f.r~. Baynes at tho OcJdfell \\ s' /Hall
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till he wa.s dlscha~ed, blu t was 21.;s1l was a. grecl. s u ccess The
and no most ehJoya.ble
u,o;; sr el t
an bon . founda.tlOn membCl. fi
could become Ol? c.omrades

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BIRTH • MfARRIAG S, DEATHS,

COUNCIL.

*iF' All

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!ql:lm.i~'2 business

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There IB for
And bere
With Him

done: ..:.jl
the Gas 'Vorks CommIttee with re . .
proposed provlslonal j contract for
and el'OCtlon, of a. set of pur1iiers was
the
. seal 'aflixed to the
make k pplicatlon to
for aan,btlOn to a loan
providing th~ before men . .
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f1 ~t fOI'r hneIL .n~ 6d for each I ddillOIl3j Jlu. 01
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MARRIAGES. ,

DOUGLA.S-CHESTEllM I.N - On Sf Ptcmb, ;Z h,
considered,
and It
at the "Ell:.z1Hlh Ohurch, North J~fltn fl lLton . lfl.l ht:il l'
means
for weighing
Co.nada, by tlle RE.\i~'. F. H. Mct eer, ' ''!lUHl.m 1 o\l ~I, ~
fixed outside
to M:l.ry ChesteIrIJo.n, 10.-00 of Soutb:a.wp' oul .strcct,
office on the east SIde of

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gi"';lj~:~: w",enlfune:iS.
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find
F . AYLING
January 31et,

f o(' this

DIU-TIl! II.rc inst!rtt!d without ellll.rgl!' j>ut .[ ndlh' loTll
at" ,rnllde to the a rdl1\arv 110Uncall,bns !I,r) 3 1~/} ~ ' I
Clt:ug-cable a! nd, ertisenn:.cl!l IL' tJle ~Llme nne. 3'

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tlu.kU by the Dam!!. Ilild alldrCII I cf tho pU"!lel
eendmsc the Itlmc
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BmTnl'l u o charged at tho ra,u. of 111 M lor .\Ie nr ,
t\\(l Ime-'1 1:1IHI fxI.~ lor ellCU ~ddlllOll~1 l m ~ 01
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('. IIno .her
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MAnnU0101 a«l chll.t~P'd a.t l e rat" pI 2_ 6d ler till
f"t four ilines and bd. for ElI'ch IiO or f._n ' I . llna
after
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of tbe WOkiL ham Town
' held In tbe Town Hall on Tuesday
Mayor (AId H. C. Mylne) pre..

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Ducks District
paranee
Ladies rl

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BORGE
PRESENTATION TO 11 R
»rancb of less tban one hundred
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,STEYENS .
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SaId loyalty to Kmg, their Em·
Mr.
Stovens, ~he pppul t r Iaudl ?rd of
"\,~;;'~,tit~;;:f"'Th~a 'vns the
foundatIon of t.he the H otel Ta.p, Welli ngton l Col ~ege SCr tlOn,
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progRmmo of the. ASSOCIatIon
to memonals, fu~erals, clubs, isl leaving through ill-hOOlt!. jtlr Sti . en"
and the I trammg In who 18 a. good all-round a hl~, IS a. p lDWhen the wn.r minent. member of the " C owt~orne f thall
would lock after tlKl team, a.na has been aIling or n,k my mfn th~
of men who would bfll£turn'" He liS Tof n': COUrtooUS I a.nd en~dISPQ tlon
arid dnrmg the time Mr. t\nd II'S S O\(.'1IS
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,Moss .bted that '{115 .~ h j'i be~n ha,"e boen a.t the "Tap" j 1the have m~de
Ina.ny friends and Wall the o~ "'01 a Jld :-c
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II:.;M::u~~~~~:~;~e
Br1Ulehe. anel l'o.tI would
~ L\.il a.I}~ most
b
as far lUI possible, Ib ut wQ\,)d be SPect of all Thby were
ol{bgin g land m.lch sympat y I S felt I,, · MI
headquamrs if al!d,tional
Readmg BrEmch had started a Stm."ens in his illn ess. His any frle-l1d s \HshFri/1.r·st .... t, where ComTnd.b could fQl'e . . It\g to show their sympa.thy In some pUl C·
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'fing charged for the use of tib l \I a.y collected l\'mong then1!>0b;es
testimoniAl, and the res1onoo I '" a s l1c~ mil:}
thel!' 'expectatIOns.
The PI es<rntatlOl~ t.(}'Jk
were accoMed the s-peakers ~
<)om1'!lldes and old c~mrars were .8· place on l TUesda.Y evoning, ,hen l a. t'heqhe for
£).0 "."" pres"nl~d to lum, ""C0l" P3Jll.,q b) •
list of sttbSCl'lbel's.
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DEATHS.

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In.nno.ry 28th, a.t u ThoTn,,"norl.~ ' F·e,,· !
Road, RIchmond . ~unev, thel les' doncl' I'I f Iler ~ ' II · I
GUARJ IANS.
lD·la.,v TJ T Daweon, M:l.ly.rral.Jo 13n.rkns, wlIl Olr ,If ! I
\VilUn.ttl BntkllS , of Newcnstle-upou . Trllf'J III h~r t
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84th yOOl. No calds.
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of the WOklOgha.m B~ard of Gua.rd·
B.NE 11- 0nJanun.rv25th. Ilt the Rector>, ~' IT S Il~,
on Tuesday a.t the Board Room, 'DU
Derks . the Rev, J ohn Butler Dume, f OI 1 ~ ,\f'ln
Dali<:JIam·.ro<\d
VICa.r pf Alrlermnsto·l. nnd for tho last :m ye:1I5
IRectorlof Was IIg, lU Ius 90th yon.1

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LOVETI'- CA"MERON -On ,T11\ ~qtb a t J\LLoll ,..,t
tn.ge, ~ol'hlner, Sllduenlv , of }wnl c lfI!.L\Tll'·, Ch lrli1( ·~
l!:limbeth Dllll.l.SOl'd, wldon of PJlilTp II LOh!t ·

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C",loelon.
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'VAUGH -On .Tnmla.ry 25th.
HJ'i~lJlJr\ r:1i1La He,
li widow of Johll. Wa.ugh, lof lleo.dlD:;tI. n.::tcd ;~ }C~l'
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'fEST. T On January 23th, at Ill, DO\Vl\ shlre.s]\I~r~ , I
ncadin g , Alice Cora.ehn, wld'1'\" of
Re\' \r,hmm I
We.st, l1l bel' 83rd year.
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Wokit, j:tlmm, GeOige \Vlu=!flold, S:crge l uI· ... , I l(ll~

,IRoyal FirIng Corps, late 'of Shorehrun, eldest

IMr .• ~d Mrs . .T. Wmgfl~ld, ~f.ed 23 years,

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IN ME'I'IORIAM.
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SMITH.!-In proud I\od abldinrr memorY of onr (le:tr
brother, A. W. Sm"Ith, 2n d Lle~t OXfOl'd

Li~ht~fantry,who!WM klliud
C.n.I ~ Feb.

"Until the

Council [01·

reported that a broken rod had
of the engtdes ,at VVargrave
=~ 1 T..~"n.:.i 1"'"t~':"'orl" for
two hDllrS on
8up~ly was stopped
of '~~e d,strict. , Mr

ovet

emph..... that peqple
the watiet, because lust
to (.get 'repairs done _or
englDe!!I ~ etc, He men·
~~'E"'J,-~.,e _'''' {Qur ~eek8 the engme
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and 13~.L0l1rs per week,
the Aldll,.ishot Gas; Wa.ter
t~~~;"Aldersbot
Bill, WhlCP seeks fot'
10 as, etc., Com·
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in thet-> rural 1diet.rict afiecfted

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ATborfteld,
thousand.

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actIon, on the \ ~'r

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DISTRICT COUNCIL.
of the- ; : : Distrirl
the Guardian •.

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