Reading Observer 02-1918

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ing JUYfmile Oddfellm; i P.. G. Ft;ed Clark,
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m""1 y...... ,t.roatee of the W,idow" &nd Ottlhuli':l
Fund; and P.G: Oeo-ri:o Weller, kiUed
state Insuran~ Seeretary to
Lodge and a; ~didate for District
also ,place on record the.-death of Bro- TC?m
who died at thr age of 96. and hOO been' • "lOII>
of the " Wellington" Lodge for 71 y~t"S. -At
his death ho waa .probably the oldest. member of
tho 'Manchester tInity. '.'
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Whit....>id in
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clau.. h. voiped th,,· OoIingl 01 nogret whicJt mupt.
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Raincoa
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In spite of, the &dTeNa elrcumatanoes exi&ting a.t i.s' coellent,
still
onoligb. It' i••b. olnt.i!ly be in 't.heit D!indl .at ..th,~ P~llt~ m~meDt ~ectthe present tlme t.here wu a -well attendcd g~th~r­ ellSMtial
th~hg away of Bro. Bagga10v. HIS
i~~:t::~O~:f~OUl' District, · that.~ "
Ladies, Gents' l flr Children" Every Coat
ing of Oddfellows iu the Priendly SocietiM' steady inll.,x)o! rw
s hoUld be continued
hM olten been beard a.t .,..,tings 01 that
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. guaranteea proofed and
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in
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the wa.r, our adult chnrabt.er, .and some of them ha.d crossed swof<ls
Room", Brldg&-atreet, on Monday, when some
fifty·six ~elegat.e8 :representing the various Lodges Lodges
thl'ough ~ranllfcra with hlm, but such differonOO5 of opinion had
of the Distt, ct at.ten ded on the oCC&5ion of the from the JUI,vF'lile
~ a.p~l to every never altered Bro. B.&gg~aley'l friendlhip ""Ith
Gents· from .
21 /to do ' his utmost durmg them. He wu a man who ~ad the
ann ual meeting of t he Rea.dlng District of the
of hi!'.
Boys' from 12/11
in new .llIerobero lor this convictions, and hi. keen Interoot in Ogdlol1olV.
Manchester Unity 01 Oddlellowi. P rovo G.M. A.
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W oldt pro:rided. and' w.. ably supported by Provo
ship w.a.s mal1lfeeted to the last in spite ' of his
Why not call and see these Coats? For
D. G. M. W. D. White. I .P.P.G.M. A. V. Lane.
afi!Jction,. BTO. White aJao referred to the death
p P CJ M. G. Tubb, P .P.G.M. H . M. Wbitehorn ,
t.o record a dccraa.se in member- ' of P .G. , Weller, rema.rking! he Wa.l!!l 0Il6"
those
Style, Quality and Value th ey; surpass
P.P G.M. H. White (BMmg.toke)·. P .P.G.M. H.
of course, inevitable. I firmly who had made th~ groat Sacrifice in order that
anything we hfive offered, "We Ispall be
\V rl ght aJ1d Provo C.S. Bristow. The purple detha.i wnen ·this terrible time lS , ~ey might live, and wo.s 8Ure they would always
gree hav mg been confeITed on Sll~;ter Rouse, of the
. glad to show you. ~
m"1nlilCf~"ip will show a.n a.nnual increase. ' greatly chefish his name, and' hold the same In
liO\'al County F emaJe Lodge, and P .G. 's A. Judd
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a.n d the cost of liv ing wiII be revecence. q>f the other brethren whose names a.p.
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atfd C. Smallbonel!, of 'the Loyal Berksh lre Lodge ,
benefit prov ided b y the State in pe.'U'Cd in J he opltuary notice they could say of
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tho G M mo~t impressively gave the Odd ·
be li nsufncient ~r our wor~ers. They them all: .. ,"Veil d?Jle, good a.nd fa.lthful !Eervants
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fell ows' war ritua.l. ," God BleBS our Native Land"
nntu,"uy
some reput&ble Society so to OddfcllowlSrup." ;
was S\iIlS and al&o a verse of the hymn,
p.y supplemented'. It will.
CIlELTENHAM A.M.C.
.. Eter nal FatbCr !'t.rong to !a\' e, " a.fter wblch
for us to secure the
It was resolved thla.t represent.a.tivel!l be ~nt
The Gt·a.nd Master ga.ve the foll ow ing addres! :
!membe rs when they o.rrive a.t the from thi s District to! the annual mova.ble coufer.
In my opinion our meeting to·da.y is of excep·
SPECIALiSTS in RAINqOA.TS,
doubt a. la rge proportion will enoe which iA to be hbld tpis yea.r at Chelte~ham.
tional importailC&, Dot lonly In view of t.he fact tha.t
joimq.g the vol.untary aide of the The delega.tes
to at;tend Bre P ..P.U:!\1.
it was thought IJdvlsabl~ to abandon our half
Tnbb, P P.G M
,,,,den , _Secretary Pleaas, of tb~
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yearly Di strict meeting in June, and this gatber.
FUTlJR.E.
PrinceM Alexa.n4r\
dge, a.nd the--Prov. C.-B. (H,
'4 Excelsior, R~~dtDg."
Telepb.one No. 249.
i ng t herefore,. constitute! an annual meeting , w~e re'
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down t o us by the early workers Bnstow).
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you WI)) be called upon to conSider a whole year'!
a. magnillc6nt and responlllble
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
working of the District in6tea.d of a. haH year, in
but rather becausa of the complex prob!ems and trust, and wo mu~t ~1lI.d thi s trust with all our it Provo D.G.M. W. D. WhIte w~ d.uly
dlffi cultles which h3vfl arisen, ! and are likely to power . Y q.u W1U pro6e1ltly be 'a skM t-o elect your Pro'C'meia1 Grnnd M3E.w.r for th~ en~lling
offioen forl\ho ~e80r, and I ask all our members . t c months For the office ' of Pro•. Deput.y Gra.J.ld
arlSC, owing, t.o the terrible corwtltions und ~r which
we are now hvmg
The f6Al'ful tragedv QJ the h'Olp those 001; Irs In every pO!:5l blc way so that M.a.'5ter there were tw.o nommat.lons, P .G. H
v.-urld war hM .now boon ra.glng for three and a. they wi)1 fee! tuat they are st.oermg our good stiip WOOldridge, Prjnc~:5 Al~dra. ~ Lodge, .Jd
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h aH years. Large numben of our best hves h a\-'e Lhro\lg~ these trbublous times, t h.t they 'rfl carry. P .G, F. G. Bernard, Crown of England Lodge.
bee n lost, large hwnbers of our memben have been Ing ·out their responsIble duties, supported by the T~I) I fanner ha.v:in~ n.nnounoed tbl\t be foond It.
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one of our members . . T~ey n ecessary to withdraw hIE candidature, P.G. Bcr.
broken in h enlth ; nnd th.D consequent lia.bliity good will of
1M ajor D a.rby·Griffith (In VICTORY ASSURED._
p laced upon us wlll h ave to be manfully Ja.eed by represent every mdlvidu<l l m~ber of the D u-:tn ct. nard was elected . The 9lectIOn of a member to
Col. Broadbent, C. B ." Col
At last 'Women's Suffrage is 88.fe. There 1.8 tq
the R eading District In common With t.~Ordcr :Lnd It I S t ho d\lty of U s a.1l to hea.rtily support. serve on the Managoment Committee resulted ~n
Mr. C. E. Keyser a.nd other magts· be no Referendum. Clause IV. is td stand pari
thr01lghout the Empil'e. The futtlre looks 'd ark them by regularly attending our L odges, and by P RG.M. B ernard, of Sf.. P ew's Lodge, and
of the R cprcse nt.ation of t he People Bill.
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Illd tho dIfJi eu:tles ' may ~ gre&t. but WI th 1\ makmg ourselvu effic!e;nt in the numerous d1lties P .,P.G.M. Youldcn, o f crowthorne. ~oing to· the
It
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dlfilcult
to
rea.J
ise
that
It
IS
allover;
thai
whi
ch
ha.ve
to
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pcrfonned
in
the
good
work
of
poll,
and
Bro.
B
erna.rd
was
succusful
in
secUfmg
A
CYCLIST
FINED.
wnted. DistrIct, a. UDlted Society, our great and
Nev.'man,
Swa:llowfie!d House, thS. wOl'k of tiity.one years-reckoning as the be'
bel oved Order wll1, I feel oor t&iD, wea.tner the Od'd fel lowship lIn conchlsion, sister, a.nd breth· the majol'lty of V()t.c!.~ ~ P G. Allen, of the Excel.
WM summoned for ridmg a bh;ycle gmmng of 'W omen's SufiI.:n.ge its fir&. entry
!t.onn . Our dlffi.cultlB1'l in the pa.st. ha.\'~ been ren, I ",-ish .to ten de r my gra.titude to t be Deput.y sial' Lodge (re-eJected), and P .G_ Withers, of ' the
Pa.rlia.ment 10 1abl, auspice et duce J obn St.uar!
on Ja.nuary '18th_
largely 01 :In internal na.ture. ,\Te are D OW, hov.· Gran d M.aster a d to my colleagues on the D IB- Crown of Engla.nd Lodge, were ch066n audloors
Mtll-has come to a trium.phant conclusion no~
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ict.
Gommit~
of
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\1anageme
nt
for
the
great
for
thiS
yeat
For
the
appointment
of
'LodJte
Book
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who
did
D?t
a.ppear,
was
fined
5s.
e,-er. face to face with wha.t is probably a cri si ~ in
ll' hen lo\ e had least expected it.
And it. Ia perh(tIf
THE G.A ME LAWS.
the hiStory of Frlend h- Societle8, and however ~. W!ustauoo and cncoungemenL they havo gin n me Exammer P ·. P O.M. Whitehorn l(re.i ~l eL"t.ed) and
ltke to pa.y a 5pecinl tl'lbuOte P .G. F. GIbson, Qf the Berkshire Lodge, met With
Saarle Kennet Cottages, Bur.ghfield. was even more difficult to real ise that thi~, far fr ol11
sarvative we may be, however lo&th to break a.wa.y at all times I
being tho end of the woman'3 movement u; mercl~'
aJ Correspondmg Secret.ary.
n ~be 'pprov'l of tbe meetUl
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from old traditHms,.it ma.y be necessary, I thmk to our Provine
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'WJlIr/r,m"d for trespassing In searc 0 game 00 the begmn in g, t~at. womcn's drum to' the \lOU,)
it. "jlI be hee('.ssa.ry to make our V Oice heard December 26th , I S07, ~n years t~g ... , you olectcd
on land in t be occupation of Alex· must. now be justified by a profit.<J.ble use 01 it.
h im to his, p re nt. office , and 1 30m lure no Olle THE GENERO~ITY OF THE CONFERENCE. I
thtol1,ghoutll the laud in connect lOn ""Ith the
rct'l"N'u; tho chOi ce ma.dc on tb:\t da'.·, Sil.we h u;
Dna of the no lest characteristics of Oddfellow. :
BMoore'd f ' d
What. result d q we look for? ' It il5 eo&er j mL
ec1,n.pmlc life 01 OUr country. We aTe told 'n tbe
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r;hip IS 1.0 help al brother 1n dlstressJ a.nd on Mon. ,
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fOI' the prosecution said that. it was now to AAT what result we do not took: for. Tbe!'il
V I/ity Directory that. the grOSl! membcrshlp of our a.ppointmcnt t~ vr OTk a t. the DllitriOt office il.S
In Cl.·C':l...,€d el1or nlo u~I\" , bll t With t he \'1\1\lable hel p day thiS p artIcula.r n.e~ wns well manifegted. Ap. a.
shot .
ca.n be httle Yls.i'Qle 'resu lt of women's suffrage or
Odier on J a.nna ry 1st la st. year WM over one. and n
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plicatlons ,,.ero
h6<'lrd on behal f of two broth~nt
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wen t In t () thC -los.
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, ... ' d said a.nythlng else a,j> long as the country's en e~
hatt million. nnd, the Ren.dmg DH,tric:t'S oontt"lhu· pf bl ~ a.5s,stilnti the oncrou!! (lut;(!s aro .carrie ont
the di st l'e.ssillg circums t.ances from whIch they '
!to pa,bbit.
He shot it In the rn-ad. and
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upon the land for a few v. ards t.n. pIck It must rema.m focussed upon the war, ' But t~
1.1011 tn thi s number 1& Slmelhing liko 13,000 mem o with tact and good Judgment, a..'ld hIS
with the various secreta.ries &ro a.ll th a.t
Slluenng, an In con~~ q\lenoe t e m!:( Illg
. . t hlngs that will not happen aTe those which ant4.
be l~ . I s thIS h ct and the vast influcnce it shou ld
h k h'
f
th
grontcd m each ca~ a sum of £ 5 71o.ll a.ppeal
Berry conten ded that a. ra.bbit wa..s no suffrage a larmist.! are so prone to predict. Ihek
r CPJ'\!6ent, ~in g ll ~ed to the. ~t. advlUlt.a.ge In f~lrcd. I perr mally t an
1m or
eo
was :ll~o mado on beha.lf of .the Roya,l l B erksh tre I ..
givu) to me d 109 the p ast yca.r,
I tru st
II as deocribed in th6 summons. I
~\'ll! not be a. socia.} uphea.va.l .HI the rcsu l~ of
p !'(' % i n~ ho~e UJ t~e Gov~mm e nt our l''!eW! on
hope that our midsummer meeting will be hc ld H o..~ Plta.1. In view or thE' !pecla.l call that is t
result the Cha.irman sa.id t.he Bench de· enfranchl.6ement of women; there will not be
th(' m:-.ny Import. lit .que!::tlons afieetlOg FrIcndly
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being made for hlTHh
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ta conVlt::t on a. ma.jority, and de.fendant \ whoics<!-ie loss of femmlm ty j there will not be II
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'" t h ts institution, a.nd ..fter I
Societ ies which Me «1nsi dered in Parliament from und er h nppicr cltcumsta.nces i tha.t t he da~' Will
!loon d awn wh ~ n PCflC'O will be given to th e world, several member!1had
kmdly refer~nce re- i
be
lOs.
Increase of SLX mIllion Toters to &Dy one pan.
t!.me to t.im e, .:lnd upon which we should ha.v.e no
when na tioDs will Hive m perfect hal'mony a.nd wal' g;l"rd ' ng- t he li j,l:;pltal, rt was unanim"uf;lr resolvcd
and
Il. destruct.ion of,.. pa.rty ba.la.n.o&; then Wi ll n~f
un eert'!l ll " oi ce? In supporting me..'\.!ute$ for 1m·
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t o incrtare the annual
BUbscription frorn
£10 lOs.
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be a, women's party.
pronxl hvm g cond iti on s. for tbe ' 'forking CiC16S, of sha.'l be np m~r ('.
.k
hea.rt'y v te.s of th ~ nk ! wnlf accorded Prov o to £15 15s., /11.d th~" nBtUl.] £lID ' 10 ~. to the
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whu.:h we fo rm a. part, we are followjng, in my
Wha.t re,a son have we lor supposing that wome~
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add
Friendly Societies' ? onva.· escence Fornes was I
Opin IOn, o;ne of. the prinCiple!! of our Order, MId It G.M. Welch fi r hi, exoe ent
reS8.
voted The Grapu i\1~ster read a letterl a.sking the
all think ~liko? Little to suPJlOrt tit<> lhe<Jry,
mt1~t be obviollil to us a ll that fQ.1r and. Just li ving
much to disprove it.. Women's OpIDlOOS ha.ve all
DISTRI
C9,MMITTEE'S REPORT.
Conference to con" der the Tuberculosi~ Hosp!tal ;
C0 1Hil t lOns after the war, and d unng t.he wa.r,
much diversity as men's, and women', votes will
The Brat cl 11se of th& District Comm lttee's reo A fter Care CDD'lmit1-ce, and the ponfe.renoe I
"i I Dot ooh' secule for our membeT:5 hea ltbl er 'port WfLS su bnuU1 by the Provo G~d M aster, showed it s appr~Ia.t.iort of the good wo~k done by 1
Y (Janu.,.. 25thl.-Be!oro Mr, G" W. scatter to. all part,... Undoubtedly there an
and happ ier 'ltves, but. " ill safeguard our funds t.o and dealt with the levies made durmg the year t.his Inst itution by granting a. sum of ~b Os.
(in the ch~ir), Mr G _ R. Jackson; Mr. C. oorlain questions on which women WIU
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no liLLie ,extent. Great social measures a re being 1917. The rlbmmlttoe pointed out that ~h.e.• DisSmiOh and Mt" J. Gatley.
Jargely together, questrns wwel! tooch the care
~3 ,~O.1 6 8.,
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I CONCLUSION.
nO\~' a nd Will be to a grea.ter extent in the ncar trict FinanceJ Fund levy an'J ol1nte d to ~
FROM
THE
WARS
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of childr:en and the care of. mothers. Dut on tbe4
0"'182 b as
The insta:Iation of officer! then took. plDj:e.
fut'; I ", ccneldered by t he country. H ow cnn we and durm g tho past yea.r the '!lim 0 f z..:l ,
.c _
b d
questions the 90untry wiU ,benefit by wOlll en'~
Henry Storey , no ~e a 0 e, was intlmat.e knowledge of ithem , nnd it IS only 'VlSl
been oxp'end
In funeral benefits on account of P.P.G.M. We lch tendered his tha.nks to P r.u M. :
1Il t ~n n r a d ing District make our voice hoard on
With ~,in g obscene langroge and a.l sQ wltb
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211 membeMJ and 45 I1lembers' wives, thIS bemg by 'Vhite, Bro. H . Bristow, and the officers and
t he'.: ., t:c~tlons?
wilful d d.mage to It. pane of g lass In tho door tha.t the 'woman's v.ote should ca,rry Its lull
fa.r the hcav ii !lit amoun t. in one ycal' in t.he hlstOry brBthren for the !kindly support accorded him dur. ,
London ·street, va.lue 10s_
weight there whero it IS the experienced Tote.
FRIEND!.!" SQCI ETEb COUNCIL .
yt1S0MI
a discharged soldier and has lost a . n .
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of tho;} Distri It. This mcludes payment of £1,495 ing, the yea.r. lTh!c n~w P G.M. o.t,Q warmly
We have in our mId st our Friendly S~ieties'
fin
ed
5s.
for
uSlllg
obstene
langlJa
ge
on
acc ount. 0 t.he dc:tth:5 of 110 members on active thanked t he m~ting' f6r the oo~fid~ nce shown in I
CouncIl. 'l'lll S Council could, In my opini on, backed
da ma ge, hut p n.)tnent wa.... ,I\ot. A CHORUS OF A¥PROVAL.se:-vioo: brin ling ,the tolal of such ~inoe th e com· him by hiS olect.lon to tha.t p0l5ltlon, and s.'L ld that
fl B It IS by the m an~' thousands of Friendly. Society
enioTC"d · on the conditlUn that h. left the
The reception oi too women'. suffr&ge VtctorJ
menccment f the war to 231 members and a. cost it wou 'd bl) his lendeavour to faithfully nod conmember'! .in the Distt1ct, do 3. vast amount of use·
by tho papers of the country lS mo:st gratifylDS t-J
sCientIou.sly
out
his
dut.its.
Bro.
Bernard
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""80n,OT.
who
said
he
was
a.
miner
and
making
ful work. I a ppen l t.o our Lodges to !lend t h eir
ot .£3,190.
responded In. a lre m&nner, and tbe meeting then b ls
South \Valeft, promised bo comply!'.wl~lt tbO!;l6 who worked in support of I,..u.e mowtnent ll~
best bl'lLln! to thl8 Councl l, and I trust tha.t ou r
DIST l e T INVrSTMENT FUND .
teTml",~d , haVi[g lasted from 10.30 till .c100e , the
..nd thanked t he BeDeII' IJ<)i',lthClf its ea.rher da.ys of ridicule and mi6representatlOn ~
representlltives in conjuction with t h e kindred
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P P .G. M. Tubb gave clause 2 dealmg with the upon 5 oe!ock.
From London and the provinces comes a perfect
IOcieties, will t e.c·t le some of th& big problems we District 1m stment, which, h. ,.i d, had grown
TO GO TO A ROME · "r .;.'
chorus of congratula.t:ion dro1VIlIng the YOlCC& of
noW I""ing to the mutual benefit of ,th. very ra.pirlly since its format~on in l 1914, when It
L. B. Cox, no fix ed Ilbode, boof binder, the fow rama-mig 8Jlu·suffra.gist organs. r On all
F riendly Socie.ty movement generally.
rcpl"Cl!ent.e.d ,o nly a. ma.tter of aJ fe'T hundred
up on rema.nd eharged witli stealing aides there is shown a. HispOSltlOQ to recogmsc t hal
el\$O 'containing vlgious articles of .ap· the new voters will ha.ve & va.lua.ble contnbut.ioi.
Pou~ds to the Saures he hadl the pleasure of put.
MINISTRY OF' IlEALTH\
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tho
G. W.~.
Sta.tion on Jan,ua.ry 12tb,
thom"
wh;ch showed 1~w~nty- five
have
beef( repe,rt.ed.
We ha.ve been ~heinng recently a great. ,deal t mg bef
of ?q>ecirl knowledge and e~eri.eDce to ov.ld to-,thi
..bout the prop0gfd croation of a. Ministry of Lodges n.nd Funds now ~~vo iccoun~ 1 With the
was remandep for anothtr
for ~ ,..mmcm: stock of the na.taon'a politiea.l wmdom t
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ho found JOT hor.
and we shall need it all when the t.ime comes for
H ~:l.lth. Thil meuura., which bow-ever appellJ'5 D"trict, the total OJllount m ...ted ,hellW £11.885,
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fa.cing the probl~ of w bat we speak of &II .. reiI
to have been shelved indefinitely, will, i' made law, of which ~'015 was d~oeited during I1817. The
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No Rest. Ni~ht or Day Ii
0 f/OI
ono'.
vitally a ffect the Friendly Society movement. It old War cAn was converted, an thls toget e.r
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LigbtJ::ing eough Cure-then IIOOD woll
.-n6loro Mr. F. B. Pa.r6tt (in the \,n.tnlct19 n...
Wil l be the duty of the Mims!.er when a.ppomted wi th new oney provid~d £9,200 1 ,17 War St.ock.
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' Mr. E. O. Farrer, Mr. G. R. J acklKlD
no rKI , Balb am, LonMr. H. M.I W..IiI,
to take over a.nd develop the pTe!!!lent health I!e.r- It had bee r.ft advisable to avol'd confining to
Mrs. J enkins, ~ O. CftrminiR
TAKING THE VCYrE SERIOUSLY., I
one cl~ s of investment, and durmg the 'latter part
vices of the nation, to make better national proDJS~rrSSED
don, S. W., &\.y6 :1 " Some tlmo nllo" ~itt1e granileon
The more thoughtful type of w'!"'.n
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for mawrJlIly and child weIfa.re. _~ nd of the yealfi1'St claM Government 8,tocks Were pur- Atnying "ith me CI\U,R'ht cold, whioh 800n developed
I g~ve t h e pol>r cbi Id
Holder. 63, Mount·street, was IUlD· t ended to take her responsibilities very JeriousJy;
, better housing 'and treatment for thOl5El suffermg ,chMed a.t n ces which will ca.rn fJ' ~rmanen t 5 into a h ard broncpilll cougo h ll~t
for ill~treating a hOr8e by workin~ tu.e same
the heterogeneous cone.ctlOn ot
unfit r.ta.te on J nnuo.ry 22nd, and ¥ark in\ fact,
from tuberculosis. H ow ~ necusary III some 1m· per cent. ~ The interest distributed in' PeceJn~r no rest night or dllY· H& oould not sleep for roughing.
' £43? 2s. I 1d , beIng 5 M,l' 'oent. on BtIt 'Wben I gn"~ h1m Veno's it WAR wonderful bow
19, H osier-street, 88 e.Ulllmo~ for caus- rea.son.s which ha.vo been gT9I6ZI. for denymg: bc~
prO\'enlent 1.0 the treatment of those suffering from .amount.ed,t
quickly r elief rOllf .... ed. In quite a. shoTt time he was
a
vote, is the earious one that she is too ronl
d an amount of £17 was I e&rried to
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f smentious and too pure minded for Ute roogh anq
O r: t.:lbcr 31st the London figures r.how that only re!erre.
Vcno'll LightJintr CouO'h CUte is ' the world's
hea.l'1ng the eVIdence, mc u ~g . ..t. 10
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t.he ,ma.glstrates dld not t ¥mble of po!it.ics. &tY""0 wl>o~ had mndi to d9
316 in!Su red persons suffering from tbis dread com·
S PE!<SION OF ,!!-E ETING, S,
. upremo remedy for Cough. I .nd Cold.. Lung
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'j'ith oIections fought on pro-war p..-ty lines
Troublell. .A.lttb 0, ~ronchiw, NasAl Catarrh,
yO warran a conVl 10'9,
p Jall1t ,ve!.'e' recei,;ng sanatorIUm treatment, 7g'/
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C1au~ . 3 a.nd 4,
brought forward
re o
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summonses.
,ell be inclined to doubt whether their .tmosph,,\
p
HOllreeneas, DJ ~ult 'Breathing, InfiueJlza., a.n 10r
'Wcro in rece ipt of .. dis~DSa.ry " treatment, and
specti~ely y P .G.' Wooldr,dgo o.nd P T,' G.M. Il. Whooping Coull'~ and oth.r BronoDial Troubles in
A MOTORIST FINED.
is OIl ..,.,.irely wbol""""1" ooe. Very well. then. all
4,271 with only ',4 domieiliary" t reatment. ThiS Wright, to Iched on the ma.tter of the suspension Children. Prioea ll}.d., l A. 3d., a.nd Sa., from
F,ed"fi'"k Fitzpatrick P ODn.lddock, of ~e, Vj~r. the .more roa.'KIn for letting in fresh a..H-.
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pro}l~ e d n ea.surl wa.s re~ntly dil!lCUNed a.t the of the J\l~~ Distl'lct. meet.ing last yea-r.
The Chf'ml~tll ftnd Stbrel everywhere.
\VoodIey, wa.e summoned for fa.lhn g to ob. ) At the ' same time s.cnousooss of intention ~lon~
Frlendly Soclet.e • Council, and a. reeoIution unani. Di rectors lae!!ired the District to ~reS6 an
Veno's Lightn~itg Oollgh Cllre is guaranteed free
the hghts of a. motor car in the ~ng·.s.road ~oes not make a good voter, and it behovJ aI
monsly Pil!e6d in fa'Vour of such & scheme. You opinion 0 the desira.billty of aban40ning the from opium and every nu:rcotj c. ,It is
21st.
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I ') I :-rmen who expect to find themselves on the ne~1
h ave no doubt read in the October Magazine th,t A.M.e an to t h 18
· course t h e D "ISliriC
. t jagree,
d th e
The 'Remedy for Old ~-,
lUI VOl1Dg,
rljeleilld."!t. who did not appe
, ar. w""red 40 •. register to take atoek of tholr. knowledgo of IDa:)
our Dinict.orl, in th eir wisdom, took a. somewhat outcome ~ing tha.t tt wa-s thought well to S1'.IS·
BOUND OVER.
tTrs political. There are plenty of sabjecis WhIC~
different vte,v, a.nd are of opinion t hat the present 'Pend tho b:D.lf yearly meeting of t9" Readmg Dil_
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Ja.rnes Cl'O'Wley, of 13, eha
. 'l"(IOO, we diScuss and read about in a. de&lit.ory WilY, an.
is not an opportune tiJne for the mtroollet lon of trict ill consequence of the dlfficlllt:r 0 f ra.ilway
] 1IR
was cba:rged witq . falsely IePresentli ng about which we think we know aa much as oU
. Jch a Dill, but. should await the concillllOn 01 tra.velling J nd ot:ber exccutional circu stimcd.
be a deserter frq;m H.M. Forces I on Del.ghbour; but if it were necessary to produal aJ
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and was bo·und over in the sum of
t~e war We mll.'!t se~ to it that o'Ur mdependent
The J a.nf ary (1917) Dist~ict mootin made t he
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of good ~haviqur '{or six months.
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short notiee a. reasoned sta.temoot of our op1nion~
movement is not in a.ny wa.y adverse}.... a.ffected, visit of diltrict offi cers permissive. touring the
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th.roon ' we might find ouJs.lves une<pcclcd hj
but rather that 1 our experienced brethren be yea.r the Di&tnct officers
tWdlCO .mbado
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NESDAY. ":"Before Mr: E. P. Collier (in 't he vague. Certainly many a man who h ~~ exe rel ~~
a ' lowoo, If the nUl t8 PaAAed , to U\~e ' their special to t he senif r Reading Lodg1f8' a.n Wit a .,.Iew to
At a. sittiftg of the R ea ding TribJn~1 (Mr.
Mr. D. Rose, Mr. W. Poulton and l\fr. the POWEIir to 'Vote for' :rears would find hlffisclf I
kn owledge far the benefit of the com mumty In cr:e~t'in~ l er inter;st in ~ the work, ~lIbjectl .for Sutt.on in the aliair), the fo llow ing deciznons were
And~ews.
tho same c.a.s¢, but that ] is be.o>ide the pomt.
genet·a!. Another important. measu re, and one dlBCU&l!llOn :were ' lOtroduced~ the meetmgs t:.akmg arrived n.t.:I NDEC~NT ASSAULT.
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Now is th$ time to prepare ourselves, so tll~
wbl ch d oe~' not a.ppee.r to be. finding the oppos:ttion the fonn 0 I d~ba.~ . . ThiS ~as prond a. great 'suc_\DJOU RNED. CASES.
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E . when we a.re plunged into the f,lumotl of a genrr~
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Et" tl"ri"k Cnarles llHowa, aged 39, f 24, 1m
whi ch W8!; ~ended to the proposed Ministry of
Ces!, membel':'! and vl siton a.tter mg in arge num·
J . B. Simmons, 35, :!., solicltar.-Not
was charged with indecentl", ~uitl. e1~ion, DO longer as I outsiders and snPJlh,tn t ~
H . altb . 's the .
ban, and lnost interesting \discu5tion s took place called until Marrh 1st.
Plerle!, a.gep i eight yean, aD Jaiula.ry but as voters iOI" "",hose Irnpport every part'\" wII
NATIONAL INSURANCE AMENDMENT
on the
brought forrard fo r con!Jidcration.
A . E. Jones, 38, m , Grade 3, muua.ger and
. be bidd·ing, ~e may l"etain our judgment <lmld th
BILL.
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at this point regudillg the idea cutt..r. MI'. -E. , D. Bcrrv oppeared.-Six months
Flri""'".r pleaded gUllty.
confusKm of voices urging on us thiS or tLa.
to gain mbre publici •. y lor the
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wall & pamful one, ina:smuQh a! the
The a.mending Bill , which is of tL comprehensive
pohtic-al program.me as the on).y way of saivatlO
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nelghbours.
The,
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with
Dat.ura, compri si ni numerous clause!! and schedul el,
ma.tt.er W8l!I Ie t Hl t e an 8 0
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hel'lrrlotl,er, Rosa Maria Plestcd, at 32, Elm Park- for our oountl-y. ,
i l!. genernlly t.he outcome of the fiye vea.r&' expert.
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plan of
was Jj6nt to prisODl)r'S 'hou~& It o see Ihis
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bring the ~me ' bet0 l'6 8. " future
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)Vhen the offence W;a.s commit.ted~ I
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and , in my opinjon, m.mpli,fy the work of accre·
Distrrct.
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I1risnner sa.id
w.;. bad in tho he* t tho A 1'Il;ORNY SUBJECT.I .
ta~ e8 to some extTot. I do Dot pro~ to go
~as a fter "being
ded .
WeI. are aU getting rat.ber wea.ry of the. ~bJJ
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8Qldier, a.nd haa... been
further IOto t.his qoo.tion, DIJl quite recently, at
inqUtrlca , show he haa 8. of food, and ~ct it loom. larger in the P ress, ,\
one of our D istrict vi.ita, the Provincial.,. CONes.
sinoo his disoha-rg hu i>ec:q. even in conversation it is odd bow const3nt~y I
ponding S&eretary ably explained the va-nous
.R., whe~ h}Ji fe~li workere erops up.
cla.uses M th"ay affect Us, and a re!Olutiou was sent
The detail!! of schemes, .lOca.l and Dwona.! ,
to the , P r ime Minister and the Membel'l of P ar·
a.t Oxfor~ !I.aid the;-e were no the cOolumn.s of the 4a.i.lYl p;lperS, and me..1.'l\\ hll
or mental dfificlen cy . .1.
li;l,ll1en6 for Berkshire and South Oxon, ' asking
we st.a.nd in queues for tk, ma~ga.rine and lJleal
ChaIrman IoIlold they could not dQ le.ae than
t hem to support the Bill. .A. great feature of , my
or go without them. Suhdry local food CIl r lm ll
Pri80~er to throe montb.· bard l' rur.
·ye.u of office- h8.1 been our Vlsltl, both in t.he
~es had an outburst. ,of m10cgy one W
Cty, en !
sl' l"mg and a.utumn, to th6 va.fioU!l Lodges' iu
which illll"Clled them to great f",*, of commaf d"'l
~dillg. La.rg. numbenr I.ttend&d. and deb.tes
iug and pistribution, bpt sO!l1etbing seems t1,ba'
t'Wete held on each' occaei.od. This new departure
deterred them from. a.ny repetition of the pe~ lt)lI
in our wqrk iu the 'District haa, 1 believe, b een
fllC6, and ha.ving prov'e d tha.t I interferen(u, ",Vi:
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greatly appre~iftted by the- mc mben g~nerally... I
poth practicable a.nd effective, Ithey ha ve
tjincerely hope the country Lodge8 win not. think
on their la.urels.
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for on ~ mom('!n~ that we have neglected them, but
1 The use of &Ubstituta foods has ma.de m or~ pr'
owing to in~d expenles in tra.ve!ling, and also
'gress in the kitchcos of the mtddle·cla..<;.o:, tti an I ~
. to tho fact tila t tb... Lodges ar. nbw .0 sp>nely
the homes of the workman, and it is a q lle.~II(l ?
attended, it ~ thought, aLter due consideration,
h6w long t.he temper of the l~ter will stallJ Wi
advisable to aBandon country visits for the time'
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being.' In many I"odgc~ in the district the at- trJ~
iendance of mefl1bers h!U'1 owing to the war, which ~ ,."·u.'"
around
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greatly decrea..d, an1-1 wish now to paY,a tribute \ of th,.
~ "",rob~nt. Mr.
• We a.*e promised a groat inct'C;ase in t~ n:llli ~r
to those old 1Â¥emben who l had retired from activo . m~hng
~nthl Iwith leave.
of communal ' kitchens shortl y, which ought til ~
J~odgel work years a.go to a. weIr earned rut, ~and WIthout
3. , ~lI iff. Mr. E.
liev6 the food dlfiicult.e8 IOmewhM. If onh pfOp\e 1
who had been in many I cAses, merely holdJI .& the
can b8 persuaded t o bl1i from t.hem the <:.nbstLtll tO
H watching brfef," for t~~ loyal manner in"ich
the
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disheS for the cookin of 't" hleh . they Me I hell Ill'
they ba.ve r10W come f()rward and taken over the
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equipped tha.n the ordlOar.y ltcbcn. II t f I ~I
...ork of the various otlic~. BO that ...e a ... st ill I ·PI)Oil"te~.
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