Reading Observer 03-1918

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.Olerk lforwarded me a. copy of 0. 1
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George A.kwith, dated JNl"ery ptb, 1918, re.
qu iTing to know whet.her the Reading' Corporation Though ~l?ening aUf ccl~n. f or free du~cU:6sion ot
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'woiila become p&rties to 8 confere'nce wblcq he
a.1I !ublects or publ ~ intereAt, it sbould. b&
understood 'thlLt we dQ'- pot ne<:essaJ'1ly end or~ or
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hold oUJ!!ehes respoMlble for the ,Views ex,U n
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• Central Hall, Westminster, on January 29th. I I p res-sed by our corresppndents, The nam es and
addresses of correspoIidents must accompany ..U
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found o"h requiring that a. very large number of
.:!QmmunlcatIOnl5, not necea&8.n1t fo r pubhcatlon.
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Municipal Tramways had decided to be represented
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as an eVidence of ,;ood faith ,
THE ROYAL VIS ..
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attend on behalf of the
R ending Cdrporatron. . In 'addition to the repre·
TRAM FARES TO BE INCRE~SED . ..nlatives of Tramway. CorporatIOn" !Uld Com·
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pani.es there were alao p~nt dc1egates of the
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N atH!mal Transport Work'Jra' F edera:tlon. After
TO TIU EDrTDR OJ' nu: " R'!:!DINO OBSXRVZlt."
.. 'meeting 'Of the C01aneil wi... he!d on' nnrattay bearing SIr George Askwith's etatemen\:. and !!~ate·
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(Mr. F . A. Sa.rjeant), the DeputYJ;Mayor (ltu-. L . NatiOJlal ~port WOrkers' Federation, a Joint : a n _~~ an ry 0 . e 'h eO
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tilt, Chivers, BlIll, :Roulton\. . a.y~'. 6o~; Dry~ Geot'g8 ABkw~ ~Q.nd>tlie Tra'de Umon represcnta- I or 1
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. u n tl Ve. .d--:- a.dJoy.rned from the meeting , wnen tho ' f d r total, bst
thO k 't r Ight to malign
(~1.iF.S E. M~ B.n£ler, )~~ll:. Isltia, l Que~ch, fo'l.Qw~g ~~~ition w~ a.dopted and afterwards I
~ion o~~e~~~d Anrm~. Such, ho\\;ever.
N.ewbery, JiJeldmg C1&1'kc4 ~ 'T~en, J Phllbnck, ! conveyed to Sir Geoqre ~k,!lth, With the Trnde IS a fact., ns roports havo b een clrcula.ted of .the
I Eighteen, Jackson, Collier CW. E.), Donnet:: \Vm- I UnIOn representatives ~ga.in 'prc~nt. :-' That. thiS I terrlb'e dr unkenn ess among. the Canadian eoldlcrs
ter, NorriS, Allwr~t,' MMon, WA.tu.~ m ootirtg h9.VVlg hea.rd f,1ne sta.tement of Mr.
in thiS country. cn.u~d, l.t l~ st~ted, th~ough th~
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RESIG.NA1!. ON, 9!~ A '!ltIBl!N~ . ME~1DE~ . lJ &\f18 A~d Mr. B~va.l\,. of the ~ att,01tal i'l'ansport of J ammty 29th last. a gentleman \\ rot.e an d drew
Adnllral Sir liranoli"Powell wrote r;!ignmg hlS'1 Workers Federntlon, mfOl'm 811' George Askwlth attention to ;t 5tatemcnt whi ch ,he said w<\ s ma.de
po~ltl(m n,~ a memJ:ttr :of the ' Bor:ol1gh Tnbunal .in th30~_ tb?y are of opini? n that. as the condl tIons : by flo clc~ym~n at t he C~hseum, AberY8wyt~. that
VI ew of his n..p}l r oa.chin~ "tfth...nrttite uom Bepj,di..g. I nppertalnlng to passenger carrYUlg underta kmgs ; a. ntlmbCl of Canadmns n ho hwl com e .over t j ~~ht
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I for liberty had become sod den" lih drank nne ' lOO,
and mtm~atcd that lie would not be. able to a.ttend iSTC . n
campara e '~' lth t e ~aJOOlltr 0 t e m- I and t hat '20,000 of them bad bel::!n sent hack home.
any meetmgll after Much 11th . .. . .
~rest~ ;cpresent.ed m the :r~ ntlon[l. Transport r In reply, howcHr. Lo ~ thi8 stn.tem en t, t.he D CIHlty I
The resignat ion Wn.B accepted WIth regret.
WorkeI'!!. Per~atlon, ,"e cann oL enter mto ne,;ro-- Judge Ad\'OCflW GenerAl of the C"ua.£ilnH O\-Clseas 1
RESIGN A.TIO~ OF MIt 1'.: P CQLLIER
tin-tion!'! on th, line.o; th~y suggest , but aro wllhuci I Ff)rces (Lie-ut Col R M Benntst ounl, rm~rl 1 th a t
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and anxJOus to· enter int.o ne otiations \\ ith the the general chnn!ct.cr of the t.ronpll' wns cxce le~lt ,
A letter wa" read from Mr. E. P. Collaer re!llgn - 'I ad
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cmd militarY statIstiCS show that convlct: pns 101;'
ing bls pos ltlOn on the Council on t.he ground of
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c em- dnml{cnnes,,~ were extraflTd i..n nrily low , ana Lhat
the rnuOlla conditions 1m l;ed during war ployoea .wlth a. new OIl settmg up Jomt Slandmg untruthful ~tatemellts of thiS kmd were keenlv ret'
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Inawtrlat CounCIls on the IlIle~ of the WhItley scnted b\' all Canndlans. I t " il l thu s . be seen,
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Report' I halve now r cccind a letter from MI
t.hat nmv this report h~ l)C{!n made p11bhc, everY'[h~
Mayor spoke w\th regret of the Te!lgn
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IK!rYICeS on the Councli a.nd &8 a public man gener- h ·
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Yours obediently,
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S t the appli cation for mcreased p8.~' be deferred u nt il
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Abingdon, February 26th, 1918.
..on concurre d ,a.n
a. reso utlon WM onna II v
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t' ttlmty of nLltlnd~ng the mecLmg In LaD on rea d op"""
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follows : _ ' At the laF.t meetmg of the Executive
AS FOOD.
VISIT OF THKK.ING ..AND QUEE:S.
CounCil of the Muni cipal Tram" a, s A~socIAtlOn ,
The Jv[n-yor mformed the CounCIl that the Kmg it 'WIIS reso!"cd that , ' as the ASSOCin.tJOD is n ot
and Queen hnd grl\CI0l1s1y decided to "ISlt R eadlOg under Its prcsent 'Arti ~ lcs of AMocmtlOn ' n. comTO rnr. EOrrOR O!' TIn: .. R'E.lDfNG onSER~ER. "
on Tuesda.y, tml'tieulars of which are given in petent body to de..'L1 /vith fh!! 'qur etlon of ,,,ages , and
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ir , -1 am glad that a protest IS be ing mAdc
&Do~her column.
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m '-leW of tbe preBslllg r. eed for a thorongh conTRAM FARES.
sid(' I'tI t lon of the wh ole quest ion of wages: an d a~ins t tho use of foods stuffs for alcoholtc drmks
Ald. Field mentioned it W&I!I pro):Ja.ble higher otlJ cr mat te rs that are now scnol1sly a.fi"pctmg the at thiS C ll S IS.
The people who ~tDt ~ t hat t he work ing m:w will
fares wou ld hMe to be charged for the tram s I po.s ition o f :!\~untcipa.1 Tram",:a.yr,; , the ClHlirn lan
owing t.o t he extra. con of running;,
Gcner~ Manager of the Glasgow and the Man- ha."e hiS beel at. all cost s are LhoRe Ill~rest.ed
Mr. Jl\ckson call ed attent.lOn to the over-crowd chester Tram"R), Undel'takmg :; , reqp~('tt .... ely, be direcl.1v .and ln d i l c ct~ y JIl the profita Ill.lde by t h e
ing of tHe CI.l·S.
requested tD ~ummon n. conference fI, 1 cpre."enta.- t illd e-='the nl<1n wh nse IDtell ect. h':\.~ been ~o dulled
bv alcohol tha t J,e docs not realise t.he ~nou sness
Ald. Bull a,:;ked whet.her it would Dot be ad- ti-.-es of aB MUnlCll1a.l jTmmwny und o t nk :ngs In of the pJ'esent struggle-tbe nuddle and upper
~ S&ble to put more can on the road.
tHe country las tI.l(~y have done on pi e,riOUS oc- cla.'!S men "ho ilke the ir glass and are as.hamcd
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oa.sion,,) t.o consider the quest.ions .of • \V:lges and aJt.el the example set by the King to own up to
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bonlls~s t.O..J.t
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U "portis were adoptaf-.:0 0 h N' With the va.t:ons Sta.tutor...- OrdC:l'<l it, and trr instead ~o put the bla me upon tbe
TREATMENT 4!lP VENEREAIJ DISEASE - thereon' and 'The Std\utory Ltmit.tlOn of Tram ma!".«. :es. I am one of the" masses," as Mr HarriS
ca ll!; liS. but I know/ that with a. verv fcw nOiSY
At a. moetjrag ot th~ Samta.ry Comn;l.Ittce on F :l.1 cS in Vfll'LOlU; AC'ts: of Par'iamf'..nt' I han. exceptions
the resPMslblc working ma-n is WI} ; Inf:
Fehruar,.. llthr a. letw-r was rend from the Loca.l therefore. cornnhtnlC3ted with tilo Glasgow nnd to do wltlJOlIl t.h& cl rmk so ibnt hiS Wife and
Govel11ment Board •• trllllSITl ltting a. co n-- of :l. tho ~bn c}i(' ;:, ter representati\'€'3 who d(:I'o ITC me on children shall baNe good food H e wou ld be n. fool
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letter 'Yh1Ch they hlld addressed to the Secretl\Jy their OOhn lI to notify ~o~ that, a mecL llIg pf t,he I f till S were not the case.
Th{l l)J c ~\'Crs nnLi tbclT paid.ln.~cnt~ Ct-'ln wrioo.what
of the Royal B elkshirc Hospital signifying t,helr rep~nt.a.tives of ali i <Muni ci pal T ram\',"ay~ .m
app.nwnl of thaL In'!!tltutlOn und er t he l ' U__ llC , Great Drltam and Ireland shou ln be held on lI()'1 ther like about. th e s ~ uff but. the tboughtful ,vorltmg' mRll is under no delmnon a.s to IL s harmful
Bealt h J(Vencren.] D~ses) Regulat.lons, 1916, and da.y, F ebruary 15th " at the Slln'cyors' I mtltu lc , cffects.
of the appoint.ment of Dr L . M Gmlding ;l'i 12, Gt. Gec.rge -dr£ct, London. S.,"" .. at 11 a. m ,
Faithfuilv VOliN. ,
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rn('dlc~l officer m charge or -th~ Treatmen~ l.i ~n llc . ~ ta1::e mto con sid cratJ ion the que8tlon~ abov~ re98, Blcnheml-rolld , Caversham,
(If Dr. A. Bruce Gordon SA medica.! officer In charge fer red to. Will you kind y let me know as early
March 4th, 1918
tind er Dr. GUild ing, and of Dr. Robert DonaJoS(ln 8S p o')slble the names of Lh e I'epresentatlves olected
a.~ pathologist at the Hospital for the purposes of by your CorporatIOn or l'r<1mwa:n,. Committee to
the RegulatlOl'ls '1 he Town C lerk ai:ro 5ubnllt ted Teprese nt t~J1\., a.t thiS I Confcl'2ncc? "
TO TlIE tmtTOR 0!1' 'l'ltE: .. READING OBS'kR'r1!!R."
" clrcular [rom the Town Clerk of ' Varrlngton,
It was reMh-ed that the Chairman of the Comtransm iUmg ft, copy Of the followlD~ reso'utinn Imttee and the GeneraJ l\fn.nager lUld Engineer be
S ir •..lI thiDk Mr .' Harri.s ha.s . been sp lendidly
'1\-hi ch the Cou ncil of ,th",t Borou~h had adopted, dcputed to reprcsent L~e Corporation at the forth. amweled in the extrQcts-sent to you by Mr. F . H .
naomel y ': "':"" Tha.t thi~, CounCil ball! with Mt lsiuc- com mg oonlerences with I'e ference t{) (i.) Lhe con - W"gJ.t
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tion t he imporUu'tt progN!"'s whtch bag been made stltu tlon of the expert Committee !Set up by the
It seems a bsurd to advocate the destruction of
by tbe provl!'!ion of Free Treatment Centf'6.!l. for Board of Trade to fac ihtBte the cont.inuRnoo of the 70 pel' cent.. of food sLuffs Lo get 30 IX'r cent. of
Vene rea.l DISe<l.'99A througHout the country, hut In opcrn.tlon of trat"...lwny I undertakings rega..rdcd a..... cattle food. If the ~am~ gram had been handed
" lew of the d lS8.!trous refi-ults of the~ diseases not esse~tial to the prosecution of the wa,r, and (il.l over to the mllJer Vi'e ShOlII d have got more ca.t t le
only ' to the mdivldua.l , b ut &150 to the future the a.ppl ication m.a.de by t h e National Tr~nS'J)o rt food and of a better quaiity, and a vast stoCK of
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gcn cr",tlon , and ha't'ing rega ~d to . the. In crea-sed \Vorke~' FcderntlOn fyr increased war a,llo'\o\anccs bl-c:ao stufi'!l a ls;o
Thle recent rc port of the Ad\rYsor v l.Jommittee
numbf'r of ca.ees of Hnereal dlscase In thiS country for tramway and omnlfus employees.
appointed by tbe ROI'LTd of Control, all SCient ific exowmg .t.o th~ ' war, th iS COWl.cil is of opmlon t.h?_t
PROSPECT I PARK
pel ts, stat.eB " That alcoh ol is narcotic rather t ha._n
immedll'Lte skps sbould ho taken bv tbe rupon- '
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hn.bltual use MI a n aId
&lble a.utbonty to make It pOSSible fOI any pcrron
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prO~In(! elares that hJ;'cad oontams alcohol Alcohol formed
wm e competen t a.nd a.uthonsed person, and tb nt
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aga.mst '"'-De proposa to reHoti. up a par" 01 ros· In dough goN;; off In va-pour as the bl"eM heats LU
CllplC!J (If tIllS re~olutlOn 00 fonv:-or dcd to t h c PIC:'lf
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dent of t.he L ocn) Goyernment Board , an d th e pec~ Park or ~ e gr;f'm g (5 C,CrcIL s urm~ ,e POln t of Alcohol as compflred wlth water . t ~ir.
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Hams t'l'lves a long' list of fa.mou s m en who were
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ules an d C OWl t y B oroug h S In perIod oI the" ar ; a so
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n a. Ies. "Th e mB tie r wu rc ferred to Cha.mix-rs, the hon. si crotary
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h not teetotallcT$, but I venture to r;a.y that WMn,
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Sub-Committee for t he Borough had deCIded to stnincrl from nlCflhol Neither ' Vf' bb nor Bl1rt!ess
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recommend the Execuqve Commlt.tee to order the w:ero given alcohol from t.ho boat when swimmm g
The Medical Officer l of Health report~d that COnVCTS lGn of the nine Lacres forming part of the the Cha.nnel. No r d id explorers take alcohol t o
keep a l.. :tv t.he cold
dunng the six weeb ended February 9th he re- P ark which WaB used by Mr. Mr. O. H. Hold st ock
Mr. Ha:rrL~ cannot g£t awn.)' from the fact that
cely-cd the following not.lfica~iona of CMU of in - for tbo ag~stment of cattl!!! j and a letter from the at prt)e-ent, whl u;t tonnage i... the most. se rious
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f qu'c stion in th is tlmc o f pC'rll. thnt accordmg to
fectlOus dlseue! : -Scarlet fever 9, diphth eria 16,
Fuod Pr~lIctlon Dep artment of t e
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e r.rslpe1a$ 19. puerperal fever 1, ccr cbro-spmal Agl'icultura and Flsherioo. tran slll lttlDg a. cop;c.' of the Shlppmg Cnntroller t ho liquor tra ffi e is u s m '~
menin glt il'! 2. ophthaltJ'lIa. neonatorum 3, mea!lea a. lette r which Mr. Chamber!'! hil8 address-ed to twenty-nlOc ships of 5,000 tons ca.ch, domg four
jOlll1leys
208, german( measlel 4 , pultnona.ry tuberculosis 25, t hem on tho 8ubJect of the Corp'orati:on's contcnI h lln~ alrend" a.nswered Mr. Hams WIth rele.rand non·pulmonary tuberculosis 1; a.lso the 101- tlon that the_Park could not be dealt Wit h by the en..:e tn the food valuc of culm!' or husks All
10w1Og military c~t'-, srorlet fever 1, diphtheri a 1 AgriculturA.l Committeel under Article 3 of the Cui. ,graat (hurv farm ers would preferj ba.rley meal The
and cercbrq-!ltpjntLl menin gitiS L
tiva.tlOn of LltDds Order, 1917 (No 3), w it,llOut the COllnC11 of t h c C IHnw.Lll Farmers U nion InJ'lt w eek
Tlassed a Icsolutlon, 15 to 2. refuBm~ to supply
WAdES COMMITTEE.
B oard's consent and rJ.ques hng to be fnrn;shed brewers With gram, and nrglIlg t h e Governm~D t to
A t a. m eeting ' of the \ Vages (;ommltt.ee on WIth the Cotncll':5 cibst:o.t ions thereon and to fQe ~top the waste of food st.uffs in the manufacture
Fcbruary 26th
Town Clerk Sllbrt,itted a Clr- informed whether there was any demand fol' allot- of beCl' during the " ar.
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cular commun lca\IOIl from the PresiJ ent of the me~lts III that part of t j e_Park, and. If RO, ",het.her
, A. , G. BARKER.
R ead in g M~ter Duild~rs' Association, stating: the Coun CIl would 00 willing to lire It for that pur ,
"AL a meetin g of the ~rnpioyers nni::l represcnta- pOt!e. The Town Cler, reported t h at the Counct!
tlveA of t he Amalgomatcd Bmldmg and D ecorative h,\.d authorised the Committee to arran ge fol' a
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OBSERVER."
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Trades (OperatIYes), lt \\ &8 'agreed that wa.ges furt.her portlOn of Profpect P\rk to be used lor
Slf,-Mr Hrrrri s' statemcnt that the medIcal
shoul d be increaaed to the following r r\te!.· the agu:tment of cattl~ durmg tht'! ~nod of t he profe~sion d o not agree with SIl" V Horslev'!!
Carpenters, jome", plumbers and hricklnye.r!!, lB. war on such terms. and condItIOns as they might views on a.lcohol IS not correct All the grea.t docper bour i spind le &nd all round m achinists. 1s Id. deem to be proper
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tors, iAcludin g Str W. Broadbent. ph}Biclan In
per hour; plRatere", 10, Oi d . per hour; pamte",
MORE ALLOTMENTS.
ordinary t.o t he late King Edward VII , and ,-,.r
10,d per hour i ' labourers, lOd per hour and
The Small Holdmgs b d Allotmcnts Commjttee Thomas Barlow, a.o;;dstant pbv&icHm to H M. the
ICttfIoldera, 10Â¥! per hour. present bonu1I to ter- r eported ' that the Suti-Committce appointed to Km g~ agree {\.<; ~ it" harmf ul eff.:?1:t The French
Government, on the "recomm endatlOn of the
Mlnatc; cabinet makers, 18 per . hour j F.:ench
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cOlul ider and report up, 0n the que stIOn of taking Mr.dl cal Facult.y of pa.ns, h a d l pl ncard,~ ppsted . .I
polishers an d upholsterers, lId. per hour. The
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or hiring further land for the provision -of a ll ot- w ill OllOto t.wo extracts from same'
extra. rate to commence from Saturday, February ments for cultivators nder the Cultivation of useful to nobody, It i5 harmful to Bll. " " AIC'Ohol23rd, nnd to be pay.ble on tbe first p.y day fo I·
ism IS chronic l'oisonmg 1'(~sultmg from the haoitua.l
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It ~'IL!I furtlle.r agreed that I, these rates Lands Order, sub lllltte~ a report, in the course of u.c;,e of alcohol. even when thiS is not taken m
which they stated : " Sjnce our lruJt repolt we have a.mourrts sllfficlp.n t to prod uc-':! drunkenness" The
should remain in force until May 1st next, and had the advantrure of
conference wltb Mr LanAmerican doctors will not ha'fe alcohol m their
tb,t the cl,im of the oporatlves for 'further in.
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one of the Inspectors of t.he Boa.rd of Ag l'i- p hnl'macopmia Our l'I\'ound ro d soldlers . a.re. ~ot
crellr.ed rates of pay made on October 29th. 1917,
culture nnd Fisherles' l who vmted R eading Oil n.llowed it. The brewers h ave been mamtammg
! bould be submitted to arbitratIOn unless a mutila]
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anua.ry 29th in cOl'lnection with the quest ion of th n.t the I'!ugar they US3 for be~r cOllld not be matle
aettlement. could be 8fnveci a.t a.t a. further conferinto human food ' The «Evening' News " of
the
prOVI SIon of allot nts. He !!tnted thnt, m March 5th s.ws t h at 30 000 ton s of tab le cryst<1jls
ence."
v iew of the necessity fpr in C'reaSmg the food SlIp - thiS year wil l be recovered from Imp<ll'tcd brewers'
The Committee recommended M fnlJows :- That ply, the Boa.rd were of \the opinion that the Coun - <;Ilgllr. The brewers' statemen ~ aboul suga.r and
the wa.r a,l\owiLOcel!l granted to the undermentioned cil should Iendeavour tb increa.se( thiA yenr hy 50 doctorl: ...oemo: t.D LI! on {tTl eQn ?htv Your rondcrs
workmen employed U1 the hIghway" department, per ceot. t he area. of l~d let in 1l!lotment.s III the w l'l ratherl :lccep t the opmion of men like SI r
the drainage depar1trtient and the wnt..erwork! de- BorOllgh We therefo~e instnlcted Mr H owlett R('-ZlIl [lld C. H Flrt. t he l;'lle r.t")~d R-nbcrts. Adm iral
Jclh coe, etc. , th;l'l Mr H all'l s'l bw,ssed op imon .
partment be incre~ as follov.'1 from Februl\ry to again invite, by ady' ertisement In all t.he four
Yours f~n tltrlll1y.
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23rd , and that, tbeit overtime rates of pay be Iocal
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newspapers, app ~ca IOns rom rpersons
6E. TALBOT.
Ploportlonatdy in Fleu.ed: The ca.rpenters, wheel- SitoUll of Hiring land , and a.& B. l'C6ult a. large num"Stnnecroft," Pep~'af d-road , Ctl\'el;sha.m,
Marcb 7th, 1918,
\\Tight.!, brlckla.yera, I masons, upbalf..erl, black- ber ha.ve been reuivedl from re.c;idcnh in vati ous
Bmilbs -and painte~s a.t the Tate of Hd. a.n hout'; pa-rtf! of lobe borough. IWit~ a. view of sahsfying
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th e 3.l1le bodlCd Ia.bourers and BCB-Vengers employed the' dema.n,d we have inlipecte8 the followmg pi!!Ces'
in tho hlgh\\lays r nd drnmaga departments. and or mewow 'land !itua~l in, or in th e ne Ighbour&11 wot'lfmvn cn!ployed 10 the waterworks depart- bOOd of, the Borough, namely: -(I. ) A piece of
ment i who aore' not remunerated at a local trade land, containing ' an ~a. of four a.cres or there'TO Tar: EDITOR OF TEG ,. RE.LDl:s'G onSlI'R.v£It."
union rate, to £l! I\. week. Tbn.~ the war allow. a.bout.~J abutting upon Llobenrood-l'oad nnd 'l'lIe.
anc~cll I7r anted to ',the park keepers and the able
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Sir,-Mn
v I adti my voice to Ithat of the Dean of
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hUl'S t-road; (ll,) A P Ice of an I' containing a.n
bodled ' iabourers employed in the public parks a.nd area. of 18 ac res, or
Iormin~ part of Lin coln on tl lis Ru h icd? If Mr. ).[ a{'phOl"SO D is Cor .'lpeeeh on Mon~y
pleas\11;'e gro un 4 B be increased to 1 51!~, a 1veek aA the land lately used
Golf Club and reotly. reprlrtetl . he Tl:!peatoo , tn
eve"ty exph'lL1C\1 f,llhcy IlpOU ,hH:h the checredited
from February 23rd
Tllat the war allowance adjoinmg t.he
policy of t he C,D. l~cb wn.s fDpmled. He spoke ot
granted to the hghling inspecl.o r he tncreued by pl(~ces of land, co,nta,in ;,ilg
to the scctlnty whIch 1\ .r,,) ~sleIC~ woman..- gave," and
QS_ a week from Febru ary 23rd..
acre 20 poles, or th,,,.a}» u!,,,
was not sure " that it wtiC; R'Iel a hnd tHing to have
c.ertalll
houses in whu'h l\ OJr.f'll wel'o re~ l stered aud
HOUSING QUESTION.
iog h>me j llnowo a,
kept clean." I say lIo.thinj!' f ?t' t110 m01ll611lt of the de~
Tho H ousing IU'ld ,Town Plnnn ing Committee .'\vemle; ~ lV.) A ple~
gI;n.(Ih,~ sex Rlavery wll1chth l!l.lInpluls, tho~~h. of ooune,
( 1 ncre, 1
roods, 20
recommendfd that the scheme to be prepared for oting
upon 3the
I fee l this deeply, even PIlS.'Hollntely, llut Mr. Macphf'lSOn'S wn Nll! ~tll.tC thnt tI. securi ty ell.l~ be given
tbe Cmtncil's con!ideration be & COtnpreb.cn~lve and adj(,inmg
which the eVldenco goes to l'ihow cannot be gl ve~. The
8cheme for tpc PH)\;~ion of a.bo¥ut ,-,Vv h ouses, on land; (\" I A
c.oll!ltr!cs Whl Ch hB.ve h a.d. the svstom In operation for
tbe garden city principle, In the Eouthern pa.rt of three roods, t~~"~!~t;~;td~!j~:r"~~!~~,)~i:i:;:~';f. the lonlr('_'1t time Rre riddled through and throl1gh by
't'6uercllLI dIsease , and ita prevahrnce is J~rJ?el y caused
the Borough , and tbilt the, Commit.tee ....e author- a llotments on
hv p6hlUnding tempted .men that. It S671l9tv can be
,· ..d
a~rtaiD the terms upon which Mr, Cu'pin Cavershnm j ~
Jti'v6U which cannot be gIVen. Thl9 polloy, therefore,
.,.
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area of iOa
would undertake to B.dvll~e them in the matter and the slmthern
tends to Sprtla.d the ra..co poisonl which It is dMired to
prepare the neces4ary plana and estimates.
(viI.) A piece of
d~fl tl'or.
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The Roya.l Commu.lion on V8llereal DiItea.lIS, after
, TRAMWAYS EM.PLOYEES' "AGES
acres, or t~.reabout8, .p,l" lrllng
'ong
and
Ol\reftu
enquil'!
and.
takmg
e~idenC6 from
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m~nts behmd Earley
~:tpert,.J from our own, and oth ~r .eo~ntri~, r"'PO!ted
The Borough A qcountant suhmltted a. retlll'h re- those p ie£Es of land
flgn.inllt the C.D. Acts from the ~ygt emc pomt of J1ew,
latmg too'the t.rn.t'H1! on the ~a.mwa.yi , dlowmg un der the Order
Wid polnted ont that a. great, l'llPtpTement aa regllrds
t.h&t tbe rtcelpt! 'from t.he commencement. of the del'Jcribed , as
venereal dtse&8e! had tn.ken pla.oe in the N&-vy and
Army smoe their re~1. 'It i!ll well known thl\t. in
urrent 'finflncial ~I!ar to February 7th amounted breaKi~g up of -j,tor.$oc{
&ddit.iou
to their rocoB1mendJl,tiQn of the provision of
< £47629 17s. 4d,(' that the receipt! during the expcndltu~, on H
free
treatment, they also recommended that thA young
to,
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the CounCil II 'C(:CUP"" "'"
corresponding .period of the lut finan91a year I mehd n.) that t he
ebou)d"he taught that-to lelUl 0. chute iif. was tlae only
cel<tai1l. way to avoid infectioll.
amounted to ;938,409 Os. 6d.;'" that the receIpt! i'pol'scsslon of them -;
I hope that both men and women will demand tlllLt
from {l'anul1ry 4tJL .to ~bruary 7th amounted to I .,. ive notice thereof
Ire"""ctiiv.
these houSM should be p u.t out of bounds. The evil is
£5294 15s. 4d. ;1 ana-that t he l1!ceipt.! during the :!ltry hn! been
both mo'tal a.nd physical. and must be fought With
d
periOd of the lMt ban cia I year tloned plec,! of
,
mot'.l a.nd physical weapoul'!. 1
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oorre1lpon 109
930 2 Ud
operative Small ~')IQ.I.n'I'
,
y'oun, etc"
amounted to £3,
s,
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MILLICENT GARRETT' FAWCETT
(P1oalde"t, N.U,W,B.S,),
The (i()mmittee recommended that the war Mr. H owlett to ~~~~,t~t
alla.i~n
granted"to the porml1lent W&y I.bour, mend that Ive be
"".'_0,-: tj~'f'!'nll!
-t be tramwa..fs d~p&rtnIent be to be PDJd by

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Orders fror _ k
16th, 191,
Officer fOl' the w.eek: Sec.-Lleut, E. L . Ma.rnotL

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Ned for dntJ : Lleut. E. A, :Wrottcsley.
In the eOllI"Se of his despa.tch dealing with the
N.C,Q 1 1l. fo~ the week 8er~. Spriur; e.ndCpL
operatiqbs on the Cambral front durmg November
Next for du!'Y: Scrgt. nlgg;~ a.nd
Mqrga.n,
and De cember, Sir D ouglas Ha.ig refers to the galN_G.O.'8 <>ll duty at the Rafgo
ergt. Douglas
la.ntTj: of tho 1st Berks In tho followmg terms;Cpl. sha.n d.
"Early in the .afternoon (NO'lemoor.3Oth ) la.rge
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mMsea of tbs enemy a.gain attacked west of
Sundas.-P,.rAde at H~~t.crs 9.30 a..m.,
Bourlon WoO<!, C\nd. though beaten off with grea.t ordel'. band Will atteud, d15wttr!lot 1 p.m.
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1088 a.t most p.ointe, succeeded 10 oVf)lrwhelming
Monday.-:bnll for effiC1enm and rectlut~, at
threo out of a line of post, beld by a Company of p.m" at Headquarters,
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tho 1st Batt.a.hon' it?Ya. Berks... .l'l.oe"~tment, on 1, e Army GymnEl8tk Insmsctor, HeIldQ'1 artera .
right of the 2nd Dlvision. Though repeatedly at- Gun ~rl drill ior sigDw,Hcr6 7.30 P'Il}' Sboohug
tacked by vastly supenor numben, the remalnder tice l Alfred :Street Rao-ge, 7.30
9 p.m
h
t wo d ays practice. St. GL.:.
iles, l Hnll, 8 p .m.
,
o f t h ese · pOS•'l'S stoo d fi rm, a.n d wen,
Wednesdn.r. ' PQ.Tado a.t Headquarters.' Drill
later, the thre~ posts which ha d b een overpowered efficicnts and I recrmts 7.30 p.m, I B and
were regained, su c:h n. he!'l.p of German dead lay H el\dqua.rters at 7.30 p.m.
III and around them that th~ bodies of our own
Thund~y_---,lnrill for officientB. recruils &nd
men were hidden. All accounts go to show tha.t) atRefl.dquartere, 1.4.) p.m, N.C.O.fs.
the enemy's losses In the 'whoffl. of his constantly I b on a.t H eadqutllfel'S, ut TAS p_ m .. ft is im):,ol·''''''
.
Ill! N .C.O.s should uttenil Shootll
repeated a.ttacks on thi sl sector of t~e bn.ttle front street Range , 7.30 to 930 1'.00.
were enormous. One bittery of elght maCJllDelllstruction ' Second
guns fired 70,000 rounds of ammunition into ten
wmd Driq for efJiClt'llt'
successive wa.ves- of Gt/IfIJItns. Long hnes or at·
n.t 7.4;) p_m. IIotchl.:lM
tacking infantry wore caught by our ma.chme-gun
p.m.
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fire tn enfilade, and were sn ot down in lme as they
pra.c hce ,
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. a Iso was d'one by QIlr
a dvanced. Great executIOn
field artillery, a.nd ih the course of the battle guns
were b~llght up to l the crest line a nd ,fired direct
(Signed)
upon \ qe enemy a.t ' short ra,noge, At one point
weat of jBour!on the mome,ntum of his first advanoo
carried the enemy through p ur front pine and aNo. 3 P'.A·I'U'U I.,
short wa.y down the southern slope3 of the ridge.
(CALCOT, THEALE '"
There, however, the German masses came under
di Ject fire from our field a.rtillery at ~rt. r ange,
SUlldl\Y, - Thill at Calcot nt
and w ere broken up. p ur local, rescrr~s at 0fi0El leave Thcale a.t 9.45.
Thursd&y. - Drill at
counter -a.ttacked, a.nd Bucceeded in closing the gap
that had been made in bu r line. Eah~r m t.h e field, 6.45 p_m_
afternoon the enemy aga.m forced hi S way into
our foremost nositlons in this loJaHty; open ing a.
gap between the 1 · 6~h B&ttalion and tbe 1·15tb
Ba-tta.lion London Regip1ent, Counter-att.acks, led
by the two battlilion icommander .. with all aV&il.
Bobt_ Elldfll!, Of'~~~Y\oT;~~:;;;~
a ble men, i~clu~ing the pen!onnel ?f ~e!r- h~-I
box
an d
quarters, once mon l restored the sltuatlon. Aq
I had dO UG f?r
other a.ttacks ' wem beaten oJJ w ith the heaviest
"";.Ih,,as.,~e,ntirely "o ue."
loeoe. to
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The
,'credit i. duJ
to the
aid Mooovre$
for the
by them oJ
this
oourage a.n~
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