Reading Observer 03-1918

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·BEItKS:COU.NTY

E~~t:TI~N ~~

IAL . OFFER OF • • • " .

CHAIRMAN
'AND lVICE·CHAIRMAN.'
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ladies', ,Gents' &·nhildrJn.!s ·.Ramctiats
THIS -W:E~K.

THE NEW.

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morning , when those 'pwsent meluded !.:Ir

Gents'
from 25/9
Ladies'I from 21 /•
Girls' and Boys' fr~m I 12/ 11
Why not call and see these Coats? For
Style, Quality and Value they surpass
any.thing we have offered. We shall be
• glad to show you •
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E'. dACKSON &, SONS..,
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in ' RAINCOATS,

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Jackson's Corners and Brmches. Reading.

· ~U:;~:~d:":'~~'H~;and T~

Telegrams: .. Excelsior,

g T""-Uy int..T'
vj s.itmg this
The entllU·
a.nd
happy condI t he gem ral life of the
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am.\ngst

Re~4hrg."

Latbam. E. D Mansfield, 0 H P aten, Llcut. Col G. C. Rlcardo, G. 1;. Sl:l.de, Col. G. S. Willes,
H. G. Wlllmk, C. E . K ey. ,r, Coundlloro R. G.
Adams, G L. Bakcr, Col. }1·' . G. Barker, F. Bate,
W. Brewer; P. de Ii:!. C/lvell, H. Chandler, F . J.
K . Cmss, P. E. yrutchlcy, D . F Denis de Vltre,
J . A. Fairhurst, R. H 6pQ, C. " ' . Cox, E. Norkctt,
J. P. Lock\\ ood, J. LQm;!oy":E. Parfitt, E. W. K .
Slade, W. J . Toye, J. W. S~one, F . J. Patton,
F. Portcr, G. O. Smith, T. Sk~rray, J. C. Carter,
J . RilJl.kin, G. Mltchcll, Major C. ~urner, E R9h·
son, S. L. Vena bl~s and P . Sale.
ELECTION OF CILURMAN AND VICE·
CHAIRUAN.
Th. fint bkinc.. before tho Council woo tbe
election of a chrurma.n for the ensuing twelve
montha, and on ilia motIOn o f Ald. F erard ,
seconded by Mr Keyst!r, . Mr Bcnyon was duly
re·elected to fia that offic o.
The Chairman ha"mg n.cknowledged the compli.
ment, sru d the Vice·Chalrman (~Ir. Mount, M.l'.).
was unable to be pre8ent,ov.: mg t o a bad cold. Ho
proposed that Mr. Mount ~ re.elcr ted ,·tce·chatr·
man.
The motion hav ing beeo lI'econded, wa.s duly put
and carned.
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THE,

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EADY AMI.ULAICE
with a
fiery patch :
first of all +;,.~ "'.., ",;,
ease, and
,T hat is

.only satisfa40ry
Zam-Buk,
1/3 a b,ox

THE FURTHER P.OSTPONEMENT OF LOCAL
EL ECTIONS,
The Chairman read a memorandum from the
Loca.l Government Doard c.'\.lling attention to the
further postponement of IOCA.l elections under thG
ParlIament a.nd Loca.l Elec ~lOns (No.2) Act, 1917.

READING TRIBUNAL.

A MISSING GLOVE AND
POLLING DISTRI CTS.
In .reference to the R epresentatIOn of the People
FOR
FRANCE.
THE
WATCH
-WHAT
IT LED TO.
dU
Act, 1918, whi ch received the Royal ~'l.S¥nt· on
,,
the 6th ultimo, makc!'i Bpcclal prOVI sion , tn sub·
At a. sitting of the J~ocal Trlbunal on ),Ionday,
BUILT FOR REAL HARD ~SAGE.
stltution for enactments prcYlously 10 force, 10
Mr. L. G Sutton prcsld i!1g,..J the foll::m mg do-Solid Sliver with a fine lever movement anp luminous' d ial-made to-keep true
At tbo Rending Borough Bcnch on Monda.y, b ~·
regard to the di"i slOn of P arliamentary constitu·
CLSlons were made : ./
time and keep gomg u(lder rough conditions-and guaranteed.
enCIes into }1blling d Istricts ~"'d the a.ppointment foro "Mr. U, G. Fjeld (10 the chan), ~1l-. E , Jack
ADJ OURNED CASE
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son,
Mr
A
G.
}Vcst
a.nd
Ml'
S.
R.
'Vhitley,
of pollIng pla.ces, the Fman ce't Commlt~ m their
\Vllbam Sulli"an, mat mcndcr, of Sllver-str~t,
G J Madm , 41, m , Bl , t ra m dnver. -Co n~
r eport stated . .. The ParhBmentl1ry County 15
WiUI charged" It.h steahng on M,lrch 9th il pu nc dlllOUa.1 ex'~mpti o n
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now m;de contcrmm011S with the adm1ll8trative
co ntalll ing lOs '1 reasury notc, and 105. In cas h,
EMPJ,OYERS' CASES
County and IS dIVided mto three dlvi .Slons, yir. : th 6 mOnICS of Florence \Ymk,\olth, of MC.:l.do,, ·
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J. G. Drooi;s, 20, 6 ., 02, mot or ongmcor.-Ad·
(l~ The ' Abingdon dh' isioll- compnsmg the rural slde.rond, Pan gbourne H e 'H)S {\lither charged
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distTlct.3 of Abmgd on, lYa1hng ford and \Vant:lge, wlth acting as a. pcd lar in Crbyclands· road on th o! Jourm;d
\V H. Pnl' !!~ r 33, m , Dl , hr ead bakcl".- Slz
the clyil panshes of Ashampstead , Basl1don, Frll- sa.rno day WIthout. haVing the u.'mal cCltlficatc.
eVidence sho,yed that pl'lsoner in thc course months" Ith lea,·e.
s ram', ' Streatley and Ya.t tend on in th e Dradfield of '1'~o
hl s trado, called nt· houses In Grovela.ndli·road ,
t
mra.l dlstnct, that part or the Faringd on rural diS· lleal" Mrs. Rain's, "ftcle the prosecutnx had just
rERSON .t\L CASES
trict which 11 Within the County, the mnni clpal called. She left hel' bicycle outr Ide and on the
H. E Gibson, 37, m ,;' 02, agent -81:t months
boroughs o~ Abingdon EI~ ' ~ Wallingford, and the ma.chlne wo..s A bag con tnllllng the money rcfen ed With leave
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urban dIstri ct of Wanta.ge j (2) The New bllry to Sho was in tbe hOl13C for about 20 m;n\l~s. · F W S Ad ams 31 s B2 clclk -\djomned
SEE THE TIME IN THE DARK.
LUMINOUS HANDS AND FIGURES,
and tboth shu and Mrs. Ram depos ed th;~t it would
. . , . , ' t~, C1' b I . t
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divisioo--com}lr is mg Ule ruml dlstnct s of Hunger. ha.ve been impos!!i ble for anybody else to hal'o
J P ~ oddn rd , 29, m.,
, utclle r, e C. - IX
Price 50/- . Post free everywhere.
ford tlnd Newbury, the rural d l,trlct of Bradficld called .at the hou!e dlU:m~ that time "\\ Ithout being months Wltl). l~ ave.
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.
(wlt.h th e exception or the par1sh08 i.ncluded in t he &cen by them: Pm.;oneli callcd at a neighbour'f,
J. Dcdm{l n, 40, m, Cl , leathcr dre~.:; el -Ad·
100 ,,~, tradIng reeoM il behind our gurantee-of thia watch·, value and of our prompt return
,
Abingdon dwislOJI). th e rUILlI di i'ltri ct of 'Voklng. houaQ WIth a view to l'Cpalrtilg tL mat, b ut W;l S not jOllrned.
of your money if it does not pron entirell eatiafactory.
E . C. A!Ist 33 s. C2, machmc aLlendunt,bam (with the e:tecptlOn of t.hc parishes included glven t.b~ job A glove wa s found by the SO il of
!Sfrs.·-Rallt and h,mded to 1\1r. Rain, "ho ~ub se ·
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in the Windsor dlyision), and the municipal bor · q'imtl
y placcd it In charge of P C. Hop~on. Tit'! SIX month s wlth leoxc.
VVatclunakers 'aDd
oughs of Newbury and Wok ingham; (3)- The com.t.Dblo sn,w pl'lsoner lat er JD the day , and
J. W. Hendcr.::o n, 31, m, C1, grocer, l'ic.-\Viodsor dl\"1510n-compfl l5tng the rura l dI stricts noll clllg he was wcarlng n. glovc like tho one thDt Adjourn ed ior methcnl le·~p;nmlna j. lOn; appellant
Silversmiths.
of Cookham, Eastbnmp st eo.d a nd ' Vmd.!! or , the- h.ld beE:u , foun"d Mkcd hIm If it "'tlS hill , and ho had an eplleLltlc lit dUllllg t he hcal'lng oi h.is np' 9
By thiS tim e prosceu· r
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c~vil par ishes of Remen1.t.am, Rusco mbe , Twyford replied in the affhma.ti . e
trlx had rcport ed ,th~ 1038 of her money. an~
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a.hd 'Vargrav6 In the ' , okmgham rural district, -pr
isoner was then ta:tcd wlth ..Ito theft, which he \
F. anter, 30, m , "
lit the employ of
and the mun icl pnl boroughs of Mnl denhea.d and denied.
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H. and G S llll onds - J.djoumed.
Pl'lSOner 'pleaded not guilty, and questi oned
C Stevcns, 39, m. , bnek and tile manufno.::t:.Ul cr.
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NeW' ' Vmdsor. The effeet of t.he a.~ ter atlOn in the
1'1,
boundary of the ~ParhA m ent nry County is to u· the prol'iecutrcc and her WItnesses a~ t r> the pOSS I· - Adjourned.
clude the. parlshe:!l or Oraudpont, St. Aldato and bi1ity of other persons t han himself bcmg ablc U.
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Shalbournc. and ce rta in areas m the County call at Mrs Ram's hfJ u&O hesldes hlmsclt whIle tho
biCycle WI\S 6tanding out.stde. They eaeh dr:mcd
\
Borough of Roaqmg, t.he whole of whIch is now a tho pO!J;lbihty of a.nybody bemg able to ca.ll wlth·
DO"l'T Loox. OLn-k~p the r& \'l\;e. or Tim, ,,-t Ray bv
separa.te Pa:rliamcntary co nstitu ency On the other out tbelr knowledse.
!liqurb opening our oolumn. fOT fr.. ~on or
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narkenlll!: the Orey Stroa."h:. With LOCKYER'S SULPHUR
all .-ubject. of public intere.t, it .llOuld be
hand Coombe ¥d Charnham Street, uunger(ord ,
Pl'lsoner went mto the box a.nd dentcd the HAlBR.~SrOR ER,wII1Chlle.epen!lto a Q "tl,ln~l ~ ... ur In a.
underatood th&t W6 do not necessarily endor.. or
few day". Lockyer's ron 'l'iam!! "' yont-hful "-ppe:n,.,nc~
come m, a lso the old P a.r1iamcntary BDt"ough of tlkft, and afterwa.rds made a. stnt ement n.rgumg Large
hold ouneln' relpon&ible for the ne,,1 ,u ,
botl.. evefvwhere. l'ost-{rco h ~ Bcdforl La oorutOI'T.
tha.t it was possible other persoo! .could hrlye Loudon.
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pre8IfId. by our eor~apoodent&. Tbe DamOi. aDd THE LATE MR. JAMES HASLAM. Windsor which will cease to be a. separate concalled
at
the
house
a.t
the
time
without
it
1>eing
add~ of corre,pendent. mutt &CC()liD.Pa.n7 .u
stituency. The effect of the a,lteration m the known . B o might hare call ed Dot that parttcllhr
t.ommuriie.tioIJS, not Jlecef.n.ril~ for publicatloD,
boundaries of the constituencies ig as follows: - house, os he called at so many houses in the courso
...... on .,id.nco 01 IQOd f&lth.
A meeting-" of tbe Chamber ..... beld in the The ~d e~ crt lOn ed : p.a,"i8~e8 are .trnnderred from of h iS occl1patlOn.
,The Bench convicted, and remanded prisonerdor
When R~th Smith wa.s fined £~ a.t Re adm~
Conneil Room in Fria.r·atreet on Tuesday eyerung. the ~~~ Newbury dl\'I!10n I to the new Abingdon
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for telling fortunes b:o. pnlm ist ry it was stnted
Mr. L. G, Bmwn pl'6!ided, a.nd those .preae.nt. m· dlvl8~on : Aldworth, Amll.D1pstcad , Basildon, Ii- week for inquiries.
'BEER AS -FOOD.
that
she told th(l Kai ser' s for tune twentyeluded Measrs. H. 8 . Cooke (Lecturer in Educa.tion Beedpn, Brightwalton, Catmore, Chilton. Compl!ie'l"en years ago
,
Univentty College, Readmg), C, E. Ho..yes (ch a.~r· ton , Ftlrnborough, Fn Jabam , Hampstead Norri.!!.
Eliza. Hnmmond, aged 1'02 1 ba.! dIed at Not!'O or.h' mm'O& 07 '!D U :uamo O"ISDftL"
East,
11,lcy,
W.,L,
l'eM.more
,
Str~atI
Qy,
Iisley,
man o( the Council), E. W . Ridley (hon. tre as·
tinghnm workhou se. Her husbl\nd died forty·
SIl',-Mr. LewiDgt~ &5lM!Irtl "the peeple who urer) , Dryland Haslam, junr. (l!Iecreta.ry). S Ynttend on
TM und ermen tloned pal'lshes are
three YC llrs ago, and the gunrdlnns nrc unable
at.te tha.t> th. working man ",ill b&v. his beer at Hodgkin, 1'. U orley. E. P . Collier, J. C. Th orp, tra.n.!!ferred trom ttbe old 'Voki ngham divi sion t o
to trac e any relatlves hnllg
.11 oostB IU'CI those interested directly and m- H. W . Tud or, W. EJ. Pountney, A. T . Rowe, W -j.ho ne'v N cwb u ~~ dlVIsion : Arborucld , Barkhnm ,
Op the Co. . . alrv PAnde ~ rouncl ' at AIdershot,
diloectly in tbe profi... mad. by tbe trade." It i. A. eimkine, E Hllcbcock, M.ilS E.. M Sutton Earley, F lnchn.mprtead, Ne,\land. 81. Nicholas,
.on Sl\turdny, Prmcess Napoloon chlstened.
in
the prescnce or n full parade ()f th e 3rd
news to me that Mr. Lloyd ~rge, Dr. .dddiroD. and other&.
H urst, Sonn lflg Town, Swallowfield, Wln nersh in
,
Reserve Reglment of Cnv nlr) , an ~ nerop lnne.
HlI l'~t. " ;';okm::rham ' Vltlim. 'V okin ~h am WIthout
:),fr. Ben Tillett, M.P., Mr. J. O'Gra<il, M.P.,
Pbyaicinns who have specialiecd in the treatment whIch had bee n purch asc d by m ves tmenta
THE LATE LtEUT. JAMES HASLAU.
'W oodley and S"ndrord. The polling dISh lets as'
!1r. J. P. ClynM, M.P., and others who have
of stomneh tt'oublek are naturally in a position to mnde by all ronks o( the \ re giment durmg the
spoken on the questlon are 80 •• int.crested." As
Before proceeding with the ordinary busmess of at Pl'eScnt exislln g mu .. t thercfore be ad justed to
judge intelligently as to th~ be.at tIung to usc. It is we~k.
l'£oentlya.e F ebruary 12th, Mr. Clynea, P8l'lia.J!len" the meetmg the Secretary said that his brothcr, meet the alterat ions in t he boundarIes of Chvlslons
A monum ent, in mcm ory of tbir t\· . victi ms of
In
,iew
of
the
Jargo
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inerea!Je
In the number of therefore a matter of VItal iftercst to those who suffer
ta.ry Secretary to the Mini4trv of Food, and one the Ia.te Lleut J ames HalSlwn, had held the offico
vot-cr-5- (" liich ma.y be anything from 50 per ce nt Jrorn indigestion, gllstritis dyspepSl&, p.'\in after ft Zeppehn l'aid who" ere bl~ricr1 In a Nor thof t he most able of the Labour leaders, Mid: of &ecreta.ry to the Chamber for 13 year."" and aa to 80 per ccnt. ) i~ will
d oubt be neceSSAry to eRung. heartburn, etc., to l' nrn tbat phYitlOiuns who Ea~t Coast cemetery, WIl5 UP \cl lerl on Saturan increaAing ea.UAe oi they were a.ware he had recently been kllled In, make other AlteratIOns also, espcclallv in th e larger ho.ve devoted their lives to the a.UevintlOn of human day by Genera.l . W cstmacott. The monumc'nt
" The sbdrta.ge of beer
industrial UDrest " He went on to uy t~t. Labour action to Fr8n~. He was ' desirous of presen tmg or mOl e populous districts. It should however Imffcring are more nnd !more imttructibg the80 bas been. raised by public subscri phon.
P iomo.ine 'pois onmg is beheved to hl\vl3
constitu ~ lIuff'erers tD got a packngo of Bisurntod Magn('si!~
would ftJ nt prohibitioD ; that it would ~'bound to the Chamber ....a pattrait of his brother . to he be borM in mind thnt e'ections In
('nut,d the denth of J nmas H icklewrh:h t,
to causa :Labour trouble." Even :Mr. Lloyd George hung mJtho Co~ncil Chamber and would ask the encies WIll, in fuhlrc. taka place on t he same day from the chemist lind t.~ke In. ht~lf-tellspoonful in a flxt,lel ght, pnln~r , who came to Lond on
and in fb:mll" tho numbet of polhng dl stTicts and little hot water Immediatclr after eating OJ' !whenhas said that proh.ibition is impossible.
Cha.u-man, on behalf
the mombe&, to accept It places l'e~a.ld should be had to t he avalla.ble supply evcr pain IS ' felt. Doctors l",'ho prcscrlbe Dleul1l tcd from Crewo, hringllH~ en ou g;h tlll ll cd meat lo
Mr. Ba.rker is an incurable inexactltudinuian. fo'r that purposJ
.MHgncsin do 80 becaus6 lher know it gives immediate lnst him 0 week. H e dIed at St. Bartholo·
_of offici als ~ardl voting implements."
mew's Hospitlll. '
~li~f In neru:l:r every insLafloo-"beclluse it is not a
He sa.ys it. " seems" absurd to advoca.te tho deThe Ch&irma.u, in accepting t.he portrait on be·
REPRE SENTaTIO:'f OF THE PEOPLE AUI', Secret remedy, and becau3e it IS obtaJnn.ble of an
The body of one of l the Junior omcer~ of thll
structlOn of 701por eent o( foo,\- stuff. to g;~ 30 half of the Chamb,r, said he w .. sure they owcd
1918.
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bhemi8ts and evC"ry packrgo oontains a binding torpe~ ocd hospiLal ship, G'lcr.art Castle, h ns
The brew6n' grams a. debt of gra.titude to the late Mr Ja.mes Ha"l am
pcr cent. of cattle food
Mr. Sku rray move d the report of the FlUrtOce gu:u an teo of aati sfllctlOn ?r money back. III Ylew been recon red.
It benrs .gunshot wounds til
alonq repre!len~ from 30 to 35 per cent. of the for :tho sernces. he- had rendered to the cause of a.nd Genera l PIlI' poses ComllllLtec as La the altera. or tho quick and lasting relief oLbnned in nellrl5'l the neck aud tJu gh
.
ongihal ~aiD . I
omits the great. food value of commerco 10 R.eildtng It Wa.8 due to hIm they tlon of polling dlst:' ictfl:. etc
eve-ry instauce, and the b"ll>it",mtee th ... t in c,"lse 'I t
Mr. J \V. Dawson, a '.'etenn postmnn, of
Mr I'Va1ker Ilccnndcd, a.nd th e report n as fails it oost.!:! you notbing, lI ufl'eters from dy5pePY~' Rothorham , dur~ng hi s thIrty·five years.' se r·
culms, screewngs, dried yeast and .so on,. alro the owed the present &tate of t he institution In work·
.
iq.d~stlOn und slomuch I troubles
gcncl'.~Uy n.re
Tice hns covcred In the cours e of hiS
!~od value of tbe fini!hed product. He pre.V1ously ing it up in the town The late Mr. Haslfl.m a~optc d .
.-troligly adviaed to gct ~ package of BI!lutated deliveries a dista.nce of 210.000 mIl es. ,
as~ erted t~a.t brewers' 8ra.in8 1'~re merely ;'hus'ki!." worked hard for them before the war, and when
APPOINT MENT OF COMMITTEES.
;U:agne8ia. from their DenrC! t chemist and begin Its
An unknown soldier's bod y was found on
J proVe lrlm La have been gtll1\.y of grO!!S mllrepre. wa.r broke out he took up the service of hia coun·
The report of the Select.lOn Comm Ittee was ncxt iliac WIthout dc1c.y.
Sa.turday In a duck pond nt East Pa.rk, Hull.
~
ubm
lttcd
tQ
t.ho
Councif
fi
nd
du
ly
,ado}lted.
Thl
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sentatlOrl.; Jre now .seems to adroit that 1 was right, try by en t ering the Army. and finally pa.id the
The man ! had evident ly dl\ ed hel\d first
but not a.; word of regret does' he expreE.'I for hiS grcat sacrlfice on It! behalf. H e had set them all denlt '~·It.ij tt-...e nppomtmc-nt of the St~ lldlJ1 g J oi nt
thro'ugh a sheet (If l(! e winch covered tho
attempt to mislead. He sa.) s more food value a. fine example, and hi s portrOJt in that room Oom nnttcc. n e rb:lllr~ As, lum VI SltOiS Asse s8 pond. H is head was emb~ddcd in mud.
ment and County Beundaries Comm lttN:!o D lsea.ses
1
would have been obtained had the barley ....een would be an inspiration to membe-n of lh e Cl1f~m· of Anllunl!:1' Act i\ Exec'lLlve aommlt~~: FInance
It wa.s announ ced at a meetlD£ of farmer,
in B erwick. w-hen a b~nncll of the :Kationa&!
b:onded over tOi the mliler. He know!!., but artfully ber. The portrait was then suapended 10 a. con· and ~nern l Pu rpo::es Cf)mmlttec. and also Com·
Farmers' Union wa.s formed , that the umo.::
conceals the fa ct, tb,o..t the Government com. SPICUOUI posit10n In the Council Room.
In1t-tees relatmg t o the J omt Saon.torllllU, ~Il'nta l
would run a. non·party bona·fide fal'mer C<!.ll~
DefiCI ency Ar:t.. HIghways nnd Blldrres Public
WASTED.
nlandee red all barley III the banda of t He 'brewers,
PART·TIME EDUCATION
'lALUABLE
didate
, a.t the next General Election.
Hea.1th and Ho~u;ng. RIver Th n.m('s UTl ~~ ployed
onl v 1.0 find Inlllr . did not. want it. It had to b~
The R ev D r. Carlyle, ' of O.:dord, had boon an· A c ~,Old Ag:c p.,enslons, and Sm.1I1 Ho!dm;;s aml
I
H~rhert Ramsbottom,
fif t:een, an assistnnt
1'(' :!:old to the original owners.
.
nounced to open Dt diHcu~slon on " The compulsory Allotmcnts
uleach~r , of Bolron, ''''hile at work at tho
Ainsworth Mercerfsing Co.'s mll1, got en·
The Royal SoCICt.y, ll rofe8Sor W aller and the part· Lime education of young pedple between the
D ATES OF COl,) NCIL MEETING S.
) l ull ster of Agri culture ha.ve shown that it would
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t&ngled in the 'belting and was carried round
be uneconomica l to fee d t he gmm to pigs. Mr. ages 0 fo rLeen and eighteen/ ' but M he was un·
. Th o datea of th9 qUBrlerly meeti nr:s of t he Coun.
the shafting sO\'eral time!!. He d ied shortly after.
Barker suppressed thl5; I have Informed him of Jt a.ble to bo prc:!Icnt..£he Chnmnan called upon Mr , Cl i for the cn slll l1g YMr were fixed as follows.Described by ~ police'lllspector as a. trn.vel·
H S. Cooke to take hIS place.
m correspondence in other Jou rnals.
ling thIef, Henry Hartl ey Balrstow, ]1flS been
Mnv
18t
h
(Imecin
l
mectlDJ:!).
July
27th,
No
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embel'
,!~~~:~~:!:!!;i~~~~:~~:f;
)lr Darker f ive.>; a pn~l al quota.tion fro~ the
M.l' C cok~ , who had Dreriou81y arranged to take 2nd. and Febl'uary 8th, 1919
flent to prlson for three month s ~ at. lle}wood
l'f'POl t of the Control Board . If space pernlltt..ed , part in t.he discll,u ion, ml roduced the subj t b"
for steahng cotton' waste fr om t.he D erby
'GOUN'fY COUNCILS' ASSOCIATIONS
un Iml'ortnot
J should ha, c much to S3.y, but Will }'1r. Barker
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d lst.il1I1.t.ion of
Mills, Batrstow. H e hod been CO~victed in
('xrl~ tn 1\ hy he concealed -ihe followmg from yonT 1 g ~m g a c eR.r and SUCCinct 1'e.6uIl).e o. the new
[t IS eatllllat.:d tha.t
T e ounctl app-:mted fOllr member:1 t o I'eprc~e nt
~nrious parts of the I:ountry.
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nadel's : " The tenIperat.e consumptlOn of alcohollc EducatIOn Act as It aif~cts th e extended age of them on the Countv Counc ils' ASJiociatlO n, and to
Thieves broke into the house 'of n Ormsnomlnnte one of such rcprc.!:cnta tl' (!S to Eel ve on ,colll~}roduced in
II rlll(11'5
. • may be cOD:n dered to be phYfJto. children to rece ive educ&lion H e alluded to !'lome
kirk bot\tmnn named Pan n.nd stole £300 in
jnJ;! cally harmless lD the case of the large ma}OnLy of the difficulties Wlllcn were antI cipated from the E xec\l tlYo Councl i I~nd one to ~ n c on the ~O ,O ,000
gold and Dotes, his hfe _sav inge a.nd those of
itt oe of the AsroClnt.C,l The tIC P llr\)O!!e~,
of nOT m~1 adult..s; a.nd thi~ conclusion, It ma.y be ma.nufacturlng qu~rte.rs an d cited the c.rprel!-ElOna Education Comm
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va s t~fu is th;,o;
bls four son~ .
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representatIves alren.dy SPr\1tng WOlf' Ahlcrmen C.
e.dded , IS f\llly horoe out. by the e ~ncnce of OplntOn t hn.t bad ail'ead' been hA rd
. A.
".A:t least 1,000 'babies per week could be
F era rd , IE. Gatdner,11.1' .J H BenyOl, (on
rm stl'ong il nd
t _ 'th
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e
In con
of ma nkInd m wme·drmkmg and beer·dnnkmg
saved from deatht if a Ministry or ,Hea.lth wero
c')untnes " ? It l!ieemA neceswry to once again re- nec Ion WI
Lancashlre cotton spinr'lcrs.
But Executlve Council) and H . O. \Vllh l~k (0.1' Edll ca,. l.l,Oai bY·}iroduG.ts 'u(lvo~al'd
estabhshed," said Dr. C. ' W. Saleeby at
I'l llld hIDI of Tenny.son's dlct\lN thAt (I, haH.truth
whtle. recogmsmg tho diffi cultIes which \\ ou· d be tion Commltt.ee), a.nd those genLlcmcn "\' ~l'e 1'0, eon: consumers.
elected.
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by-products
{worLh
'Vhitefield's Tabernacle, L ondo~ .
I.', • en:r the blackct.t of hcs ,.
cxperlcnced by employers in adjusting theil' bU!:Ii"
lut.c y 10l'lL, !iO far ns
'Vholes n.}e crothlcrs wi5hing; to obtain '-r
He thcn a-E~rts th at the alcohol fOO1~ed in dough- nesses t O' the new condltlOm, he Ulged tha.t it was
RAT E BASIS
cem cd, but a1so , by de,eeud in"
share of' the new standard ~oth are inVited to
~r ('s off III v~.pot1r as the brend beats to the o,'en
<lbsolutely neOOssllry for them to make tiomc
.
A Jlrop r:~t d new ba.l!is or st alHbrd for the fl IDoke,
nud soot,
apply for pa.rticulars to the Dlrbctor of \v 001
.
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lin .Ta:r'}es Ciichton Browne, ){ D , L L D t m hts
monograph, .• \Vbat we Owe to Alcohol ,'" sn.Y6 1& cessions III thiS dl1eobon If the. advan~es ~f cdu· County I'ilte, fin !l.lly co rrect ed nnd ~ p proye~ by 8ud add
Textile Production, W.. Office, Bradford.
the Asse!nmcn t and COllllty Bou ndaries CommIt" I The Empire
bl:t ll!!I In ea~ loaf reDlain, ,. s.o that it has been cation as foreshadowed by Mr. Fisher In hI S ftCW
As a tribute to Dr. El izabeth , Garrett An~
tee. na s la;d bcforc the Counci l
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clo.ims that If t~18
('l'm puted that forty 2lb l oa ve~ a.t" eqUlva.lent to meaaUl"e were to benl'.fit · the nation He e;nderson , the pIoneer l"dy -doctor, students of
On the mntH)n of the Ch4irman , fcco ndcd by w:e rhoulct sccu rz ~t o
Queen's Col1 ege , have subscribed £1,000 to en~
.\ i.oI)t t.le C?f pO~ ! '.'"Ule" Y~t Mr. Barker, ,fiDdmg pbaelsed the importance ..()f ,contmnatillll schools} Mr G F . Slade. the CounCil ordel ed publiC notice 120,000,009 gallop's or
I"~ m!'.@lf In a. difficulty, lIlV1leS people to. be whooe functions he pointed out would be n t to bo t;i,en. III as:cordance with the County Rates allDlial consurnl>tum
.• >~~~x:~:~~~i~l~ dow &. hed &t the new HOSPlta,1 for Wom~ .
Eighty empty morphia tubes were found in
merely to inetruct but to ed a.t.c
d t
.0
. .1lnu~d" (l.b my statenlent I
ACL, Sec. 15, th at such baeis or sta ndnrd be taken 100,000,000 galll ~on~"::;" i~:~~1Jt~~d~.
Beaten' t o his k nee!; as rega.rds athletes, b e t aya
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lie , ' a. 15 lIl ct l on• mto eon~ i de ra ti on at the lle:xt meeting of t he COUD· mentions the e
ber room after . the dea.th of Amelio. Bloor,
U:!P\' did nol dr mk alcohol wben en~O\ged on their
whi ch· the sp~llker dwelt uPQn In a very forCI ble cII , ",nth a. vi ew t o Its bcmg allowed and con- into e:s:iJtence
aged seventy.one, widow of · a sculptOr;' who
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\Vell . hero is an extract (rom, t qe log oC mann er. He al so spo~e of the. need in th& future
ta!': .. ~
ba<l kept.an old' curiosity shop. at StJ Pa.nc'ras.
t.he lugger ~l!at. acco mpanlcd !Webb durmg hIs I of ha'n ng a. new type of teacher for this v. ork, l\n d
The ,Rev. PIjebendar!" Charles !\elson Bol·
OF WALLINGFonn
comp.~'.in hilow
,t~ry
firmed nOROUG'!I
menLing
grt'a t {cat· . 246 pm, 'Vebb bad the bottom of 1 not a mere p~dngogue
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n'LI
·but.
after 0. "cnes of
tou, for twen.ty·three yeQ:r s j. Vicar of St.
An
nphcAtl
on
was
recci\ed
from
tl!8
Wallinj,!·
ried
out
In
Ute
fe.ce
of
a fi a!;k twu::e (ull of ale ; 3.40 p.m., 'Veb . . t ook a.
_~n lOte re:!ltmg ~nd suggestive dis
.
f 1.
Mary'!!, Lichfield, died suddenly in hIS Sun~
tin tot of a.le; 5 p.m , Webb now took hts third
.
CUlla n 0
ford 1'o"\\"'n CounCIl for an Order und?l' S~ction 57 yolving nn e~enditure
day·school on Sunday.
ailo\'\a.nce of l$ccr; 6.45, W ebb took a. little lowed. mcl,udmg spetdters fro~ the bl!siness man's of ~ho Loc~l Govern ment Act, 1888, UU:tlll,ll t.h e 1 ,ing inform~lon of an I~"~~~~~;~~'i:~
A ewe belonging to Mr. W.'"' H . Norron.n, of
h~ er and beef tea.; 7 p.m Webb took some beer; pomt of Vlew and those who .toad by what thcy pllTl:;hes of IAll Hnll or 's, St. J...oonllrd, 81. l\IuIY leop;th been gllined, and I~
Stockingwood Farm, Hillesden, neal' Buck·
925 p.m., brandy was taken i 1250 a.m., • Wlll called theit idenla 10 ~ducatiCJl) .
t~e Moro a nd; ~t Peter; W n Il ' ng~ord , tnto twe Bolutefy! s t.an~ard!~ed
ingham, h&s given birth to six lamhs, four or
'ou have anyth.!ns1' 'A htUe · beef tea and (I,
At tbe close votes of tha.nks were accorded Mr. clvtl pUTI,sh, toloo kno.m ns t~c. l")atl sh of 'V alhng~ provenlent. -w:hich Icience
wh\c)t 8urvile. I "
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, d l~Op of brandy: ; 3 .a..m., took 50me brandy; Cooke and the chairman
ford.
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be U1 operation.
Corduroy trou!iilre I are to be eupphed to sol·
i:i 30 a m., Webb' took some brandy." :Mr. Ba.rker
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Ald. G. F. S,aclc expJamcd that there nn~st be
who are assisting farm£rs. As aoon as
IS t.hU5 a.gaJn~owlcd olit
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an influil'V ~rst. and he mm'ed that the Coullt' i1
Th~ follo...~~~ iUuoI,al,",lhe lInportance of the dier~
stocks odmit, a third suit is- also .to be issued .
a.pp~mt t.wo ~l memb3n fa! .... that 11nrpose
H e ~xperlme:t8 ,
Whllt he says M rcga.rds t.onnage h merely an
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A c"que faT £107 bas .b·een presented , to
The ~roryJ..
I nomllla.ted Mr F erard and Mr. Skurrn"
C\~ I ()n of my previous reply. If he will fa,"our
the Rev. G. W . Ackroyd, who has res~ned
I Town Counc il bad given its unani.
Prodd.cts·i rom .,.rbc,ni:,in.gl
me ,\ Itb a. call, I ilhall be happy to ahow him wbat
Have y~u the
the pastorate of Finchley Church End Con~
farme rs think &bout grains.
to the sCheme, and there WAS only .0 tOM of Blaek or
~);I~O"" ,
greg.a.tional Church, to take up ,an Arm1,
di ,,.',;ti;'nt on the Boar4 rof tjuardians.
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:Mr Talbot ap~ nr a to rely not upon knqwJedge ,
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,hut newspaper chPl?Jngs. The ;so,OOO tons of lugar
seconded, and the motion waa car·
F uel .... . ..
124 !oD•• · chaplaincy.
e:ttracted are paed for domeltlc plirposci i it is
. V{hil~ a visitor wa~ looking ' oV,e r, & bou~ &t ,
16 J.'
the reSIdue that goes to the 'brew en • The. there.
3t It Haywards ' Heo..tb he' rfound on !Fe "terrace{ th-e
I
'\VOOLSTONE. ,
fore. perrorm moat useful llervltt in importing t.hi8
662 1gaUs. de~ body 'of ~ "ell~ dre.!!sed . :w~man, with ..
application
from
the.
ChaIrman
of
the
Wo~f.
;An
Il1w ~rade IlIg'l'T'- WhICh Jlefinen would "a.rdly do.
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'bot~ oontaining pOieon bX h-er .. s.ide.
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In too many C&MI cqDstipation is leJlr.oaosed, ' The stone ,Pariah Mec~ing 8.8~ing that th e ~'Wet'll .
{l
n~. theIr action tbe sugar supply lB I.I1creuea. · It
. According to! . tpe r..eport of toe London
sYstem
g
e~
out
of
o~
and
.purgatln
pilla
or
Mltll
&
Pa.rlsh
CouneJl
In
relation
to
!the
~pT'OvlJion.of
"
IS caay to pIck out tbe OplnlOna of a few medical
Trages Council ,the divisioiis in Labour. Are
men to suport any fad-anti ·vaecinn.tion. absten .... are taken. These eo W~keD tne bowe}a that oolUl~.nt:~ fire engine, jfire 'escape or mlt.tte~ re lating thereto,
63 If
e.isap~a:riDg. (lAd the 'Council has now II ~em·
@ling
-foUo,""
a.nd
10
the
habit
la
form
ed.
f
h,onld
he
coDferred
on
the
Par18h
Meeting,
waa
lIon (rom tea or meat. If space permitted I would
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benhlp o! 1().~J~9.
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CI te many in the forefront> of the p/ofe8slOn tbat Ca.88ell'.lJ11taot RelJ9.f I:lllretl .becau., it strengthen. tr'nted. ,
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llrofoundh' disai"" with Horsley. '" to Ith.
.sq7 "
}~ren eh placard. by " alcohol" is meant a.rdent ia
theluting.
bo".l. and
_ .... Dat.t1Il'
~
, .adUon. Then our. I
400
~P' rLts-!! urcl y Mr. Talbot knows that. The {"d
Take Dr. Cassell' , Ino!tL~t, Relief for oJUlt.(pation,
1&0 tt
,
th i'l t lobo Frt'ftcb Armv II aupplicd wltb a dally bi1ioutb0t;8, torpid ll.,.er;~ $10k )l~a.che, diizinees,
'HJ,O . ,
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ral!~n of winelll a 11I~ie nt a.nswer, The avenge ~~a before the e;e.l ~atu1~oe 'and wJndy 4ptUJm ~ ,
9. tons.
1
,medlcnl mtt.n. 1 uit ,mile at the ah!urditfF3 of toe· AOldlty and he&rtbu~, Impure bl~. ao4:tbo.t dull,
to t~ l cra.nks..
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healY f ..ling whiOO II a lure 1Iid~t[OD' of liver
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Yoo1'/! faithfully ,
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A. J . HARRIS.
Relief nnd titke no .~\U~ l ~ Ie. aod 3•. ,
Bd,tol , b1nreb 9th, 1918.
from oU Ohem;'!e- and J31'l""; Ilr:.o..a..n'. ¥>4toDt
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rThil' correspondence m¥'t noW' do... -Ed. lWloI
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are offering a .S?ecial Lot of I Raincoats for
I..adles, Gents, or Children. Every Cqat
guaranteed proofed and ( eliable.

Telephone No. 249.

DISTRICTS.

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