Reading Observer 03-1918

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rH~ FIN~~CIAf. ;~O$I~J~N. ·
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.~~ty-~inth· ~nual

Court at

AN~UAL

The Soorettrt read

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The resolution ,wn. then ~?t .nd t dopted.
VOTES OF .

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Mr. R. E. Elger succeeded t.he Rev,: W. Arm- AM
defi~it. on the
.troDg, Mr. W. Pol~ Routh. the ~v. E. 1' 1th~ bll~dln~
.. Gil1a.m, Sir F. D . Cu~ningham and A..r. C. inimediate effort was
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~ was appointed to

Troaourer.-'{)ol. J. E. Broadbent who had for b. taken t.o ",Iieve the sitllatio.n,
te~ of twelve yea.rtl ca.rried .on th,e responsible increased fin~cia1
duties of hODmry ' treMurer of t~& Hospital, re!It . was ~eOlded that· So
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pubho be 15l5ued , and to
IlgnM tba.t office on October ~rd, 1917, when be the &rauous . work that it
had tbe &&tisi'&Ctlort 'O'f khowing that provision
Ma.nagement appointM . Capt.
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been ma.de to · '~ ~t tho deficit which. ha.d &c . eJforll! hnve boon m ds~ helpfu.1.
cumula.ted during, th,el two previous y~. The
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Board 8.(lcepted his ~ignation with great regret,
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and at • Specia!' Couott ,of ~oveni~r8 ~r. -ll. WiI·
lingham G611 wu. appolDted ~. 'UcceMOr. .In
,.iew of the l&r~ increa.ae of work in oonnection
'With tho lpepilLi, .eft'oft to improve ~~ .:iinancial
p osition, Ct"pt.•;.. 1!.. Ashmore was appointed
assist.ant to the trensurer.
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Ch""gea in ~h. M"lica.l SWI.-C01. Maune';
bring reached .We >go limit preseribed by the
rule~ WM, at. his. own request, relieved' 01 his
duties aa Su~geol!- jmd _ap~ointe'!i .<;ODsulting Surg64?D teo the H?SP 1~. ~Jor J. L. J,oyce W(LS appomted an a~18tb.nt (UIltOOD, a.nd ·. Dew ~, that
of smior rt:!Jideht medica1 officer; waa crea.ted iQ
view

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additi~n~WOl'k eilt.ailed by

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~lr~id~ ~~~h ~er\e~ou~ ltili,po:n' •.

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The Chairma.n then presented Mr. Riven with
the ill uminated add,..,.. h""ded to him by Dr.

Gell, and S&id · .b~ ba.d the grea.te~ pleasure in m&k,
ing ~h.~ ~re&en.t.atio.n, · and. 'p~e·ede.P to read the .
resolut;lOna :refe rred , to, ,..,hlch are

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set. forth

the address &lid ligned by tf.e PresIdent of tbe
o('Oovernon,and other o:mciaJe. "
Mr. , Riven, ' in.' ~cciviqg.~ addresi, j,ai'd he
lel~' a~ a. loss in'. eXpresSing a?~ualt-e th~nks for

£103 h . IUd., 'a 'decreue of 10.. 4d., and after

thiS ,kmd eXpreA10n of ' the feelings l of Ithe pourt
towards him. He should pm the addre8& " one
of ' his most cherished' poesessions.and a& 6vidsnce
of' the .interest he. took in the Hospita.1. If be
wa.nted ideaa in the fu6ul"& to ·render Curlher b d p
to the institution he should only 'have to look &.t
ths.t addres. for inspiration. He h•.d
taking
days
a greai iQterest in Ro,pit.l,t v0rk.
be made a visit to the London
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was his privilege to
KJ;lutsforc! i who gave him' a

pared with 28.7 da.ys. The average numJ:W,r
patients pagoed thro)lith each bed }"'.. 1~1 6

compared with ,J2.7. The average number. df perfionll victutl.lled daily wa. 336, &D increase pf 2:2.
The COflt per out and ",,"ua.! p&tie", wu 3. .. llfdt ,
an increase. of 2d. !The B~td have entered into
an agreement with tho Reading Town: Council and
the Councils of the Counties of Berk!!, R&nta a..nd

a.b}e information which he was

Wilta, a.t. the request of tho,e bod ies nnd of the

immense ' servi~, a.nd, a.A he ha.d
Benyon, h. (Mr. Rive",) would he

of

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whioh

i~formation

Berks Hospital.
his , sa.tisfaction

borne

motter:~~r~;&~i:.g~,:.:~:,~

,mounr'

~ou,,~.rehelping

Yp~J~elf.

when'

~,ountry

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W'tr Bonds or
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War Savings
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ADY l adva.n tageis : to the large
a d to the. ~~allJ· nvesfor, and the
,sfcurity is absol Ite. ~_ i
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Bpy al~ . th~ . 'J~. .l rPllal

o\r:' ~'Yfar: SaVlOg~

PQsslblJf . can,
Men's' Week.
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~$k your fri~nd~: 'lto
spare : '~pound and,
s:billing:' to bring
V)<:lQI[Y '· near.
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the diopooal
ltivers
. the o. ,a_a",

rela.ting
to anns,o~:I~~:ci~":~1 :I~
tioD h e was

in the
principal being: th6 mW)i.ficent gift of

a.ppeal in his
letters and

Mr. G. W. Ty., "liioll he ..nt

A• • th,llIkf.<>lfer.,
JeTeM illneu.

ing' on his recovery from: a
not ab1e a.niounts w~re £65 from the" (}ift
CommiL~ , 50 · guillea. . from Mr. Jo.epb
brooke, ~O from an anonymous lady lub!Jeriber,
£50 from Dr. W&tney.
£26 13•. &I: proceeds
of & sale at Sbin6eld . .
The Hospital iJla.e also received a motor am~ Under miscellaneous
hulan", pre.• ent.ed by • member of' t.Iie Board. ~ag,je of Mer~y of

be~t tQ give
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hlO received over £ 40
entef'tainmentl!l to make
plished fa.ct. Itt was an
h e ha.d received a letter

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and

Thi, unhappily pro... t.o he \o~ large and !>eavy I ~pt. are payment..

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for the ' requtremcmta of t'\le H OSPlltl.I, but, pennia.- small sum recelved
bas been ,$iV'el:1 for it.e disposal in any way sioners. There' I, a.

~rlei g h , Statilh~ tha~ he
ambulanre 'in his 'oWu na.me

would bol suitable, the want of wh ieh ia · badly.
fel~. The Bo.rd wjll Qe glAd to. ronfer wiloll ""y.

on. who will he willing t.o come t,o .th.ir' wist·

&nee in thi.s connection.
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'l'h'e Ladie!! .Linen League &ent 1,100 a~iC'les
Jinen; etc . • .'a nd · the sum of e17p, a*,ain p~ov~g
• ~nrat ati51stance, while the Sa.ma.ntan S6wmg

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Guild of the Reading Workpeople', Alllciotion
mnde and sent over 1,000 mOllo6 .c:Jr.eqings. & 1
useful work end productive of OOIISiderable
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, ~ ~h. Hospital.
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IIhe Lcngnc of Mercy increaoed it,. grant f;om
~125 to ·£16&.
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Th6 Care and Com.fon.. Committee haa oontil\uecJ its excellent work. in connection with tlie
military section. while t.he War Bospita.lll· Supply
DePQt bas kindly suPPlied aplibte, bandDges,.1 etc,
Mn, W.""rhou.. lound it neoo. ••ry to clo•• her
ConViJescent Home at· Yattendon, and the Board
tak~ this oppo~ity ,!f agBin rcoordiQr!f ita tp8;Dks
to her for ·ha.vlng ~lV)!ld many of their conval es.
cent \patient& and ' he1ped to re&t.ore them ~ lull

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odded . that perbaJl.! ~e

G.,..,ni" ·1to

that m;'y laaihtate.. the a.cqui8lticin . of one that from t ho Will" Offine.

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:deduqt.ing tbe .cost of' out &Ild cn.sual p~tiente
£94 7•. , a d. c...... of 1.0, 6d, The .ve...gf etay
in . Hospital of eacb patients WM 28,8 da.vs as

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and said the Chainnan' wou[d romombel' recently
at 'the ~Town.:..Hal1 Mr. Rivet'S handed him (the
cha.irman) .. Jlcque for £2.000, M a conaumDl8.tJon :
of the 1Urn: of £5,000 · which that gentleman had !
been instrumenta.l in raising on beha1f of the H olS· !
pital . The Boa.rd o! Management had :don,e &11 in ~
Its power' to recognuse the !emces pf Mr . Rivers \
by ' nominating him' a. Life GoveIllOl', ' to which he j
hAd since been appointed. It aeemQd appropr ia.te,
therefor e, there should be some pet11lanent record
of those services handed to Mr. Rivera, and h,.
(Dr. GeU) had now to o.ek the Chairman to pr<.
aen'f, to Mr. RLvera an illuminated :addre~8. con. !'
ta.inin g t he two resolutio n!, pMSed respectively by.;
the Board of ¥anagement 'and the Court of :
GOvernors, setting forth t.hdr high appreciation
qi the services he had rendered to t¥ RQyal Berks
H ospital by rais ing £5,000 fori the institut.lOn by
mealls of Qil? Shilling Fund,

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Local , Government --Board ·Ior · tho
"'enere&1 diseases, A:
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; 'At' this .tage of the mooting D·r. Geli intervened

mation of the lpeClal department for the trea.t.ment of venereal disoa .
Statistics.-The following st.a.!-istica ah01" the
w ork done, with the COlt, M comp&l'ed with that
of t he previous . year : -Number of beds in con·
tltant occupation ~ . 87 t LDCre8.le 24.44. The inpat,.ientl numbered 2,838,
r 300, of these
S96 wen'.! mi litary pa.tiente. The out.patienUs num1
b ered 6,507,. decreaae 52, and the aUendanoe,
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18.109, B.ll mcrease of 221. In addition t ...ere were
4.308 ilt.tendanoes for. el~fo-t.berapeutic trea.tment
and musage. The' easu.l patient. numbered 13,~,
increase 200, and" t,t!e at.tendaCOM were 17,7,06, &
d ectelUe of q07. Tbe COlt. per occupi ed bea WRI

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Yourh~lpi needed!

Dudni the ,next week the : business men
of· the country, aided
thdWar Savi ~gs
« ~9mmi~ees, wiIl endeavou toniake record ~4les
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ofl NatIonal . War 'Bonds and I War Sav11ilgs
qrtificates. To-day, they
your help ~nd
s ~pport,
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III order to achieve the bjects of Busin!ess
.Mien's Week, each city
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iom\ :vVar Bo?ds
a~d ,War Savings Cer~i
to provide the
Atch~eacon 01 Berkshire (Dr. Ducat), the Rev. ~. !
H. Hart Davis, Sir F . Cunningham, th~ Rev. W, j
'cost
of
sdme
i,mplemen,t
The task
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Armstrong, bbjor La.ogforq. Major Wheble, a.nd
, , allotted to each district is
MeSllrs. H, Ha.wkin~. F. W . ~tcDona!d. C. M.
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Powell, H. Ta.ylor, R. W ebb~r and A. il .. Cooper.
lOS . per head of its
PRESENTATION TO THE NEW LIFE

~,OOO on the year'. I"orlr.ing, tho Board bave to
..cord that s.t tho cl,,"' 1of the year the accumu·
Iated deficit had been. extingUiobed and there rema.ined in hand · .. suln ~tfarly sufficient to mue

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On the motion of the Cb'a.irma.n"'I ·'seoond~d by
Ma.jor tTurner, thahb WeJ.'6 ~rded to. too .Bo;t.rd.1
of ·Ma.n'a.gemont, the Standtpg CommIttees, the i
Treasurnr, and ~ .hOn, medica.! . taft .f6r the ir .
~erviOO8 during ' the year, and &180 td tb.OM medical'
gent1emen who ba.ve come forward a.'nd gi~n tbe~r '
serviceS' durin~ the employment of t he hon. medlcal. .taIl on mIlitary service.
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THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
On t.he ProIxisition of the Re"... W. Armstrc;mg J ~
second ed Iby 11r. Ta.t..e, the following lwere ap- f
pointed to fill va.caocies on t.he Board oC Ma.nagc- .
ment :-Mr. R. J . Tyrell and Major H . E. ·du G.
lionis to take the p1n.ces respectively of Sir Per cy ,
Sanderson, K .C.M,G., and Mr. H . C. ¥ylne, who ,
retire by rota.tion j the Rev. Sir Edmund Mow·
bra.y, Barl., to takG the place of Dr. H . Willing· :
ha.m GeB, appointed Treasurer, and the Rev. !
Canon Fo,vler, who ~tires by rotation, but who !
i9 eligible for re-e1ection.
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THE ELECTIVE COMMITTEE. '
On t~e proposition of Col. Thorntdn, a.n Elective 1
Committee wa.s appointe.d 83 follows :+'1'he Ven. "

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Mr. Morlev .seconded the re$Olut,on, ,",Ich

up. nnd· it )Va., hoped to get £1 ,000 th" J y~r,
had a ch6qlle ;n Ihis po!!l8eSSio~ for £lOv, ~l!leh hRd·
bOOn sent to him as a ~tArl. 'j
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11><1 fir. t point;' 'oonoeyned tho year dill.red only
,from preceding yean in tho fact. ihat the in.......
Wall gJ'MW tbaD.-.uaJ; bat .... rflgarda the .eoon:d
point they. a.re glad
able to report a oonsider·
able impl'O'rement. Whereu·'a.t the commencement

Ch&ngea on tho Board.-1Ihe Rev. T. W. Beck,
Yr Rich&ril Lor., ColooOl Ne.sh, CaaoD F<>wler

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..~d · to. : He Aaid the Workera' A,8$)c1stion, in
which, he. W88 intere!tted, ha.d 'm~d~ Q. $~ zta.rt
thilJl yee.r.-.. They had set out. 'W'lth Nthe .1dea of
ra.iainJ.! £1.000, which be tbought l~ !'h+"YI wonld,
rmcoeed in doing. The InSll~ce Act haa slum~
them i'l1 the past, lmt the ~oci&ti dn :W~!!I' picking

i6. 7Bth annual report of

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. 10,000 on the general. &OOOunt, accumulated during t.h ~ two preceding years added to the practicaJ oertainty of a ' further debt of ~5 ,OOO to

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creasing Cost
p~lve ~ de.
martds which the 'q~o1>m~nt .of j 'm~lcaJ and
~lrgical science' 8nd " ~I! make. 'in ~e interests of
the pa.~ieDta. these &rei Qle unde~lym~ ca.~8M tb,at i
k6. ever present to give us 6n&hClal dllquiet, ~hJl - .
the prMent they b~v.e ~~ .greatly ~c~t!la~rd .
t.he wa.r. Meanwhile Jt 18 h",rdly ol'e~hta~l '
tbi" va.luable and ' .importapt , imtitutlO ....
shotlld h(\v,e i~!5 useIn'n eMi impoir~ d .. ~B.ntJ. . 'ita, .8f'
ministratiOn -bampered bv thfl tontlnuA-J, .aaxl,t·
for lack of mee.ns; and jf I v.k ior. Bomo '~,O.OO aci
ditional r iil~ R.6 urgently. necesllb.1j", it IS n,o t ,
more than -Mould 00: reMlily forthcom ing from th e
wide a.r6a. to ·which tho Hoapital mini~terrB, if evuy
one, to use the fa.miliar expl'El3Sionl of the da.y1
would" do hill bit." .

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of tho yoar 'tho,. ...d faced ' witb .. debt

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the Board of ~~ag~~t ~tbe Royal B eds
pita.! for Il>e ~ en:~eeember 31ot, 1917, ..
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In 8uCOet!SiYe reports t Board ha.ve laid rtre!ls
on two po~t.t, th6 in
• am~t4h( work done,
positi~·

very
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REPORT.

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... held 011 , T-aoad~7 ,in the ,L ilnvy of the .Boapita.!. Too PiMide9t (Mr. J. B . lle!,yon) "".. in
'he chair, ."d t.boI!. m-n' included: Sir Percy
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Ilondenun, do, I. W. P. Nub, Col. J . E. Broad·
bent, Col. Baeh&nan , Dnnlop, Col. W. ..I;. Free·
""", Major \Vboble, M~lor Tumor, Oapt. 'Whoble,
the ·Rev. Canon Trotar tbe Re.. W. krmairong,
11><1 Re •. M. : T. Pri,~d~ Dr. H. ' W. Gell (hon.
tOoa.m_); Me,",". ~. Morley. W. V. Riven, F..
Cowslado, B. ,TuII, W. Pole .Routlj·, AHrtd P~m..,
B. L~, K:Ii. Elger, G:. B. Tate"E. J. Do..., G,
O. Lambert,. and R lhunoy (~,.,.),
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c~l' '''!<>:,i~1> t~" ,.•'~.n,Bitu:.

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e.lloca.te ~he money he
object. to other purppSet5

Mr. Jtivers conduded 'by .

to let his fund proceed

'his _best to make it a.
heed. that' mi~ht be 'ul'8"nt
A vote of tb." kB to the

transactions of . the Court

MOTHERS ,

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Vico,Presldent& .~Th. Bo¥<l recommend othat,
in visw of the va.lu,a.ble sel"VlC'es which they have

rendered to . the Hp.pi.t&I, Col. J. E, ·Br~bent,
C.B., q,nd Sir .Pe",), BO.nde,.,n, ·K.C.14- G., '!P ,ap:
-pointed vice.prel!lidents~ ,
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Eodo'oll'1rient.'"""l'Tlie Board desire

to

m.~tion,

the course of one short

AlLh ough it 'has t~ plaoo sirloe the Cllose qf tho
year un der review, .the generous endowment; of a
cot by Mr. itnd ~n. Herbert Kingham ,
memory
of, the,i,f elder SOD, who was killed in
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. The Board d e&ir~ to. txpJ.'e4' their

mcmben of the .Medic.al ' St.aff. boJ:.h bono!..",,'
""ideilt, who, .,,"d. t all the
the 'put .year
shown .
care o'f the
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tho .. pr?·£...i?na.1 gen11....n·
freely given
wh r:se generolis

on the work of tb,, ' liOl,pi101\1.
, ,The · APl",,,,.._·Th':;',::~~::~~~::ni~'J
refen'~ d

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,enefous

Jllly .
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the fun d,
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ReaPi~ e

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both 111 the
gres8 of t.btI
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of tho .. ~:a~I':JC~,:~:lIo~"a.~v;~'~~

of West Hartlepool

War Bonds' and War ~a r,mlgs l Certifi,'c~tes to the value of

85. Sd. I'or ' cac'h mao,

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~eek , yo~ are asked to

N~.tional

War ;Bonds and

Savi.ngs ,Certificates to -pay

to

£2 lOS .. per hea~

ydufail ill th~t t~k ?

of·
Shall

. shirked your Iduty

dlbers are doing m~re thllii
cer~ain...

of your Monitor
or IWar Savings Certificates you can.
honour of your name and the ,sa.fety of you~

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YOU WILLi

.YOU LEIfI',? '

MONEY .,t o I

COUNT~ry.

lend, your cou ntry
10,I· e ad year as interes t.
you len ~; yCwr _,

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£S each

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the Natio.al War
cannot d d less l" hen
are at st je.

expires at th e end
J927. your country
money wi ~ h . a

lm,miiim
War
sell