Reading Observer 04-1918

VESTRIE~.

EASTER

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Veel.ri.. have boon held thi, I
~, aDd u will be IIeeJl from the reports wbiob
, Iollow they were mostly 01 not much mOre than, a
farma) cha.racler.
,"b~d
be' crowneo by the !hc,u~;btth'!'i..\b(symbol'of Y~I" S~~~!l~~~.~~;
L atest fa5bionable
the most perfect tha t money
ST. LAURENCE·S• .
Court styles In Hall~
Rings
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perfect-perfect In th,.;,.!:oI,I,n purit)
marked Solid Gold.
8 ..: La.urenee's meeting ",u held in the Vetrtry ii,le.nieii.
perfect lor a llfeume's wear.
Sold by weight.
at nlid.day on T~a,y Ihe Vicar (Canon New·
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~ouorjJ, presiding. ~r• . were .Iao present:
from
Mean. E. O. Fa.rrer (Parish Churchwarden), E.
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9&hIwelJ, E LÂ¥lgston, C. W. Moffatt, Steed
(com 15/A SPEOIAL WEDDING GIFT
"'1d G. Foxell.
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The' VIC&r reported that. 0.11 the p&l'isL accounts
'to," loney.sa·f in!
for the past year ha.d been exam i,ned and found
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correct &lld it waa decided to pubhsh them in the office.,
agam nom mated Mr. Brow:l
50• BROAD' STREET,
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In conclusion the Vicar ex·
The Vicar !&ld there was very htUe to say in a ~re'led hls warmeet th~kl!l to the ch~rchwarden~.
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genSMl w~y They had simply been eanying on ~Idesm~.n , or~n1.t. c~Olr and other church worker
under increalJinj:t difficulties, but they bad done the
or th6U' aen-I~IJ dunn,", the year.
best they oould. a.nd he hoped it WM not ft. bad MOo the motIon of Mr. ~WTenceJ seconded b.t
record The pal'lsb had suffe red a very consid er.
r. Stoulies, ¥!. ~aJter Wha.t1ey was Un a Olj
a.bI:e 10M by the a.ppolntment of the cura.te, the m?uBly r&-el~ctqd People's Wa.rden.
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!!AIv. B. H Patch, a' a CbaplalD to tbe Forc...
lp &coep,tml!' tbe office, Mr. Whatley. SAId h~
Hitherto tbere ha.d been no opportunity of reo wot!l~, as m· tb" . pa.at~ carry out tho d11tles of the
placing him s.nd he (the Vicar) did ' not sec any , p081tlon to the beat of his abihty. B e he&rtil
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pro6J!!:d of 'it at preeent.
It was p~ib]e that I t~n.nbd the IUdesJu~n £01' the assistance they bo
Mr Pa.t.c.b wou ld ret.urn to t.,ke up Hie dutlCS ' h f.herlo rendered ~lm.
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apin on his release from his military c;1utles; thf\t
The · slde8m~ were re·elected B.! foHows:would be the d ..ire o[ the whole P.h,b 1'be M",,~. G.
T. Ca.rter, E. Clayton.Jon .. , F .!
Vica;r thAnked the Churchwardens pnd' other Fullhrook, H· JLawrence, G Lowe, C. F. R' I
charch officct"!!!l and the somewhat depJeted banti. ~~rt~r, A
. 'SaJmon .'r R. Stovep., 9-. C.
o[ dlurch workers for theIr sel'vioos .dunng the
urgM. J ':C8t l R. W1rg and Mastqrs.
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past year. H~ also made a sympathetIC referen~
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to the 1069 lIustnmed by hlr Qhver. one of the
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flideemen. and thanked the con~g;ation for their
The R6v'. F. J. Boward, presiding at the Easter
Euter offering. which o) h~ !TD.ihnglv remark~d. he Vestry of St. Luke'B, said t.he fina.nciQ,l positIon
looked u~n &II a. ~ar bonus. He then n01?l.Dn.ted of the. church was distmctly healthy and thn.t the I
Col. ~launce a.s hi S wa.rde.n, th oul:!;h, he .sa.t~ . t.bev I' coUecbiopa during the past ye&r ",'ere £495, the
had . ht~le prospect of seem~ more of hIm 1Il the- second high.est t:ver :reached in the hi st oty of t h"
comlng year thlm they ~ad m the pa.~ .
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church, while th~ subscrIptions had amopnted ta !
Mr Farrer. ~aa agam nnmlOatpd M P an&? i tapa. It W'D8 quite pro'bab 1e. be said. th~t a call .
~e.n, promls~ ~ Wldertake to the ~ of hIS I would bi!! made on tho generosih of the conc:rega.. 1
ability Col. Ma.url()I!I & dntl~s n:" well as hiS own. ) tlon dUlln g too! present year. During the Easter
He al!lO re-nomlDate<i the SIl: Sldcsmen, who ~~re sen:ices there had been 766 communicants, thus
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I tcs;tlfvlllg to the sprritual progress of .the parish ,
~ VI~r a.nnnunoed tha.t. t.he annual Tla.n1ih I Tht!! War Sa..-i'ngs' Associa.tion had done good work '
~t¥,g ...,,11 be held on Monda.y next at th~ A.?d b[\d ra.is~ about £151 in tho lai\t. six mont.h s. \
Cht11"Ch 'Bouse a.t 7.30 p.m.
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lh!e VIcar co' ~cludftd by e~t)ress ing his th:\nks fo!' .
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A vote of thank!! to the Vle&r for preSiding th ' fine Eastel' oJiermgs, which amounted to £32
eJosed the proceedrngs.
All the church officen were re·electcd wlt.b the I
~ x?e ptl0I! of Mr .. Seym0'4f. the V-est1'j.- clerk, who I
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ST. MARY·S.
I 18 9n nct.lve servi ce with IH M. Forces, and in bi!t
:At St Mary's Vestry on Tnc...-.da.y evening there I p1<j.Co Mr. F . W. Collinl ~\"as elected, but the bono
were I~nt: The Vicar (the Rev. R. "''''Ickha.m ~~ efpre8!iOd that on hu; return f~nm sen'loo Mr
Le ) the Rev E de B Thurston A l\{ John- I eymo.n.r would be ~·elected to hIS former office,
1M 'd E • ·St.eD· . . "1. {
C' G' F Id S In I which he had displayed such marked ab ili ty
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Goodall W S Clutte b k F Tunbndge W
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e:n,ry'" e pa.roc lal
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meetmg w.. held, t here being & good ....mhly
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man, . . at each meetulg
P!>MI', J . S,.ain. G. Ri ..... , C. Robert., W. H.
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WOlX!wa?d, J. C. narks. A .•~pplebee, E. Car·
!'OntoT, W. W. ~. A J Build. W. WOrr&!,
ST. MARY'S. CASTLE STREET.
H . . H. Wilder, MISS Waldron, Miss Vigo, Mrs
IT'he I ncumbent fthe Rev. C. C F Walters) pre.
Cooke a.D~ lm any other ladi es.
. Sided a.t the Vestry on 'Wednesday evenm1! Mr
The Vicar nommated . Mr. S. Good&U R!I ?l~ T.j E H ewett was re·appq:inted Incumbent~~ WRr.
Warden , nnd Mr. 'C. G. Field 1\&5 re-elected P ar LSh den, and Mr. W. Ncwberr\' Pa.rish Warden Th,
Wrien. on the proposltlon of the Town. Clerk
lIi j e..men rc-.e!ected were Messr~. H BpJlamv. E.
Mr. F,oId acknowledged tbe l/1'8,t .....tanoe he . T. Bort&', J . B. RarboT, W. Holmes. W Long
b&d reoezved from Mr. H . H. Wllder, who ha.d C. Pope, E. Reeves a.nd J. T 'Veat.b!'Ook. Th~
a.c::.:ept.ed t he post o~ pa.rochlal treasurer. He, a,lso I total i~oome for the year was £268 178 , flbowing
~erred to the ~loeS .of the sidesmen.
a. IdefiClt of £17 only. The Easter offertories
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Tbo nOm1n.~t ... ~ of sld~rnen then took 'Place. ~ollQt.ed to £49 16s. as against £11 lost vear
The VtC&r S&lO that Gcn Borrett. d1d not wH~h t,o Tijere have been two rengnatlOn!IL dWID!! t he ~ear
be ~lected for AIl Samts' on accottJilt of hiJ , vi~., Mr Long as clerk, and MII~s Hollowav ~
health. ,nd Mr. Cott,roll and .Mr. Htlll'lphre):! had BIble womlWl. The ' Incumbent was gl ad to know
reSJgn~d at 81, MA.rk s', The llideemen w~ elected that each had l'OCtlvtd a. present 011 resi~101l and
.. ./ollow., _St. ~ s: Mr T. J Pbllp, llT t~at they would continue to worship at St.
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~oe. M~8. F Iunlmdge., M. Wheeler, 0
Marv's.
He welcomed ~{r E C Beale as th
Rivt'rI. J. 8. James, J Swam, J H, Kilford, H . ne" ·la.y helper. .
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H W Ilder, H. S Cooke All S&lnt, , Mes.rs. J .
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W.; Marlin, Hu gh Hawkins, H J . 1.a.wrence, W.
ST. PETER·S. EARLEY.
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S. Clatterbuck. J. H Goodma.n, H . C. BrowTf,
1)r. G. H. R. Holden. Me",,,. W. N . Nance. J H.
The V,.try for St. P eler'. wa. held on Tuesd.1.
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Noble. Q. Pullen, W. F. Butler St. Sa.vionr'~: when tbe Vicar. Canon W \V. Fowler. presided,
:M:ean-: J Marks. W . H Woodward, ~. Wells. supported by Mr. E. Heela.:t and Mr. F A SarA
k. Applebee, D. Young, H Holloway. A. Budd. jeant"ch.rchw....den., and Mr. A C Jordn~ , tbe
·E . H'068 St "lark's ' :Messrs W Cord ery, E. Rev. ·H Wardley KIDg, Mr C J. Howl ett and
CAr;;.n\er, H Hancnek, W. Welch, W. Cooper. otb..,..
W FljE'r, Jeffrys, Rlcba;rdsoD
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Mr F . A Sarjeant, in pre~t.mg the o.ccountl ,
Mr. Good.1I mentioned that • . Wheeler and ....d th.t alto~ctb.,. £427 16s. lld. bad bee'ii oo!"
Mr James. of St. Mary's sidesmen. wc~ on active 1&ct~ ,t40 of which wa.e made up of pew rent!,
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a.nd' £192 or church collections. There was an ad.
fIeld hBllded the Vicar the Ea.t.r offering ve,... balance 01 £H !la. 4d. O"cr £80 how ••• r
from three of the churches, a.nd the ViCar ex· had been l;ealitled oy a specia l appeal, ~nd it hll~
prm~ his gMLtitude [or their ~enoroSity.
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been sugg ..l.ed th.t thi, ,bould he dlVlded into
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TBd 'Vicar 88.1d 00 the whole the aceounts were three, 01)0 ahara o! which would be allocated to
on tht up line rntber than on the down line, a.nd Wl'P1Ug out. the bala.nce.
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tbet ~rt1 very gra:te.fnl to the ~urers for the
Mr. E. H&ela~ Wil l> nomina.ted. as Vicar'. Church.
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t~doull amount of work they did. The Vicar worden . ""d th , Moyor .. People'. W.rden.
occasion 01 tho pohee visit tho dining rooDl"'"
The Vlear thpn l'e£elred to t.he impendmcp de.
full of people. She had no reason to su ppo~
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• ckiio'wledged the ~t generosity wbich Mu.
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that the woman who came" itb the offiC'e!' was of
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B~omew had dlsplaved 10 connection with pa!!,.ure 0
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Vl a.rdlev Kmg for
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an Immoral char.a.ctcr 8ho came beforehand and
'Ve under!itand that in respon!::e to the anneal
st.. Siviour's MIMlOn Workers' Fund Imd ex· Saints' and \"Olce.d the regret felt bv the clulY"Ch
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STORY OF OFFICERS' VISITS.
took tho room, 'M she slUd her husband W , I5 made thlOl!gh the Press
lost week n. good number
p~ their regret at her resignatIOn They were aDd tho loss ll'hlCh the. were "bout to sustain.
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comm f! from Aldershot. As ' to ' t he other cO 'lpl~ I of rccr lllts have alrd ld v come forwnrd, but i~ 1:S
TO Ol:JU RE\DEns.
a1"" ,jor.y t.o 10<6 MT. Holm .. as treasuTer 01 St.
e a:qc la moo t.ing nhich followed , tha
~he beltewd they in t end ed st aYlnl'? for tho Iw,ht, I Lclic\'ed t.l~:lt nlJI.D" ar'c' hold:ng b:t.ck until the re.
Wc mneh regrct th·n.t . in fu tlllP.. om Chess Del)~rt ..
savi""r's; MT. J.P. Bucl&.U had kindly taken tallowing li idesmen were re.e1ected ·-'Ie.s" C
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J Howlett. H. 'W 'Vll.1te. S 0 R~t.~~. · J.' W ' , .'1.1. e ,rn'a lJIg oroug Bench on '!'uesday, be· I but of course they (lid not do 80 a.fter the pohce cruLhn,;" eek. \ iz . AJ)nl 8th to 15th The adver...
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VISlt The OthCl 'persall!) referred to by tho pollee til:O mg, r~cruit u i g and entcrtkllnment.. ("com mi ttee to thc lPupel ahol'tuge. \\ e t[U!lt thl~ I ItDltntlll n lll l \ l:e
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It. temporary natille, and I~ i~ hone(l OOl ' 11111V
· Afl~din~ t.o tbe lorthcoming departure bf the S~ k ea, R Hea.rn, E Love. W M. Ta.\:Cg. A. J.
E J L1keman, 'V. J Bastmv E Bennett , ~1t.. E ' V. Ridley, Mt " . H ~mlth and l\!r A. as, enter1 ng and I~L"Lng t htl hOllse ou1y came for 1 arc lea.vi nl;: no dono unt.nrncd to m,.ke It. a. com· Icade S Will cOlltlllue a l OIl k inl d lllt~ H'5t lit our cf:' ln""
Bev. '!N. J. BoUow"y. the Vicar paid n. high tri . Wl180n,
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held
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In fu me Olle plobie
WlIl : aDPc.lr III d lll"laUl f"' :~I ,
bate ~ his wurk at. All Sainte" a.nd wl1U!ed him
into the dimng room and ha.d ~erTeshments. She the To't\n H all on 'l;'uesda.r cvcnmg, when C 01 all<i lL!othcr miettcr·ll css. ..
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ftI'Id ~In. B ollow&v 6verv pos.'llblo happiness and
Florence Lorusa Pearce, lOa, Caveniha.m·r,n.i,
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WlL'I cha.rged tha.t on }1arch 28t.h and on dIV~'S
had never allowc
Cor house to
use ror any
esile \"',1 son , 1\ P .,' nil t,l.'::CI t 0 c .au·.
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OAVERSH lit.
th d ~f,es
to th d
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improper p\lrpOS~ to her knowledge
. meeti ng \' ti l take the form of ru smoking conCe! t.
Th" Reading: Obscrver." conta.lnlng the (J1C~
he t'Ved hIS new parish of St Mary's, New.
Ca.venham y eat.ry waa held a.t Weston Mea d on : ~rd:~]v tou!I:~the udd~e3S a.::e~tl~ned~pt a C:J~
By the M a.g tstrates' Cl~k' In the case of the in th e CO dI'SP of ,,,hich spe.~hes will be del nJcl'ed Column, will b s sent post. free for ls 9d p' r q:.nr'
bury, would SU1t h1m to the ground. They wouta
Stons)
Mr:Sydhet.- Bl aUl defended
people who c.'lme to st.a.y for the m gbt the womell on the Importance of rccrllltmg for th~ VOi 11l1 teer ter
orpers and rcml tt.anc~s t.o bo adJ n".-d
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Rev. H. Wardlov King t\ splend id worker Tu esday eventn,f,t, tbl!l Rector (Rev.
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. had a. small ba.~t but the men .had none.
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movomcnt. In tlw cour!>O of the campaIgn sp~cheg to T e MtUltiger, .. Obsener" Office. Rl'iIu 1rl /:
&Dd he conpt.nla.t.ed them on having sllch R.Il 10 th~ chaJr Among ot'ber s present were: ~1r I PC n_boJ
A. W. Gamr (Reetor'l5 \\L"ardcn) Mr L 'C tl
. . 'lJl! rn~ said tha.t a.t. 1030 pm. on a. Fri'
By :Mr Hr1Iln. Soldiers did not lIsun.lly bnng W I ll be m,t.de a.t or nea r the !oll oWJn !! recrllltlllg
eathaaiaetio parish priest coming lLDlonq:st them
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stat lons. - The He:ldquartern. !he But~s, UUlOn
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Tbe'[cXjllectiona at All Saints' on Sunday, AtH'll (peopte'e. wa.rden). tbe Rev. A. C' Sout.h 'ate(St da.y rught In December he sa.w a. "oman whom fe luggage w itb them
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CaJdecott
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Mr Brru n then addl m; sed tbe Bench on bch.,Jf ~ant Branch, 7. Broad-shcet. ,)89 , OXlord'I'OilD By REV. T. HAllILTO~, M A. (Spocill.llr COlllll l l'l e-J)
14tb, would be given M a. farewell offenng to Mr
pricit
in
charge
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Andrew's)
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a.n
officer
in Broad·stl'e et.
He
followed
them.
of
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client,
urgmg,
th
p.t
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police
endence
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Rcadmg
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RoUJw.y and to show their ailectlon and respect
i\1iS3 E K . Rodchffe MISS Pig t!olt J: 1Ii: l\nd c~ e, T hey went fol' a qUick wa.lk, iIond entered
G:), aeemed to 1:1'f much streSs on the bedlOom doors Ca"er~ ham Brid~::
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for. \/, §j>lmdld worli.
W 'Al1~ti ht
Ca.vershameo~. a ooJI~ and J'eheshmellt hO'I ~", belllg locked but t hiS, 11c cont.ended, was qUIte a i As ru rcafiy staten. recrllt~s at':.. ur,f'l'ntly n<!cded
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)fr~ Field R.Sked a.ny who ~cre unable to be at L. KMUf. and M~srs F
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:All Saints' Church 00" tha.t da-y to &end their con- You"ns. [J H B 1rrel , A C Harper F SgR.fdl!e· 10 the occupation of prisoner ' They \',rere met n ren...""Onn,.blc th1n~ for people t9 (10 " .. hen retl1lng In to bri ng th e Roya! ~erks v olunt eer Regl ment IIp
It WfLo;; admitted nccom· to full s~fl nrl 1rfl
It 1:-. lmportfln t. to Tlote that tho
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t.nbu£ions to bun, so tba.t they might be added to G. ,J W ell ton, T A Knight. A W 'Vmkworth' th~ shop by pnsone.r, and2"ent lLp::;t-:IIHI A lIght. an hotel or clse" bcI"P.
C. H . Kn ighh, A. H . Cooke. J T. Woodle
appea.rcd in the top bn.c_ bod"ronm. He re3.~ .i modat.ion was , e'rv difficult to End by wiycs fJ [ tr,llllmg '" III no~ lOte,fcu! With ordinal'\' or:cupa·
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Tbe Vica.r t.hanked all the cburch workera; it E. W. F ountam . F A Barton E C. Cooke (~ierk obscn-atlon a.t 10 50 pm . Md he d id not see tbf!IU officer:. when \'I~ lt'n g t,helr husbands for the week· t.lon or trade of rl'er,tII ts· ln. nd th at tl'o "Volunteer)
1 come out. On Sntul'day, D ecember 29th , he kept end, and pinee!'l like pTlsoner 's, where they harl r,0rc2 \l 11! be .ca lled <111t fOI' act l1'tl nulltar" ~enl c.e
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would be difficult to find a keener and more en· to the Vestry) a,nrl others
~1r GlIStle read the statement of accounts obs8o{vatIOn on the hQuse from 925 to 10.50 n ;n.] t~o or throc b~d lf)f)IO!S .n',ulahle. w ere 10 much Joe·
onl y whe') It b~cflmr.~ nCN'S<:fHY ;or the llmpnse
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· A meeting of tbe Parocbial Council followed th~ which Bhowed thRt ,th~ tot.'lJ reeel t.s for the ve-a; _'\t 10,15 pm 1.'\0 women a.nd tw~ solchers 1':inH~ quest ~~ <l to t.he tW() Instan ces referred to 10 th e of I'e}l f'lhn;! t he enenw1 in the' c\·cnt. ()f an lm'asion
a ml"Jlmted t.n £599]:l! 7d while ~b
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along. One of t.hem npde a certa.ln remark iT d . police evidence of offie ers bem g found m rooms being 1m' !! II wn t.." Our , CM{r' 1s :;;:.eeLmg- fuller clc .
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~a.d berm £571 9s 4d ' IOO:-rino- 1\ b e~n 1J~ the pa.rties went lIlt.o 10;;. Oaver8ha.m·ro~ Thev , wit.h. womt'n ,'. ho~" charact er w:t.S ~,t1d to ho 1I~. tads should apply to the Hea dqU<llt.ers ,It the
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01 £28 ~ ed. This ;;' .. co",id.r.~ :n~~ Iyn ,:t~. lelt.t 10
p.m. On T~1lT,d"y, .Ja nua.ry 17th, ·it sutlSfactory . ~[r. Bram ",minded lho Bench tb .. t I Ell,t,.
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GREYFRIARS.
f"ctory ruult, and the accounts we d
d 9 p.m., I.n company With p.e Thompson, he l.f'P It was lmPOs~lble for a pCl'f;on 111 the POSit ion :::It
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re u . pasge I obsCTvatlon from 9 15 ttll 10. 30 p.m
At q 110 prisoner to 'Vnu ch for the chitrud Rt· of cHrvbnd:v
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The Vi ... (the Rev. W . A Doherty) presided With lJnn.n iDJ,itv.
at. the Vestry on Tuesday el'en mg
Mr. J. C.
Mr Carter w•., apnoinled Vlc&r'. Ward
d p.m. a man and woman entered and went upst""s, "ho entered her promi",,' If they eondllcLcd
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the year , which bega.n With Cl. deficit of £4 51. 2d . . I The ~tol' infnnned the Vestry' th., th tot 1 stOlrs and left. A~ 10 p.rn anothe r man ....nd :tlternatn·e holt tn il ccopt th f'il' state ment , ,13 she
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aJld _ ~nded with a defiCit of £ 9 78 7d.
The ac· am.-.unt hf th .. EnlJ t.P.l"
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womnn entered an'! w'bnt. upstans. IHe . cljd I fit
into
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count. were &dqpted. Mr. F Wheeler ~ as ap·
F onna;l re~(\lulio!ls reqnf'.stmg the IVl ca.r to a.n
see them leave again
On Fnday, MaLch 15th. Court the ~.[avol' sa id thn.t <1 lthou!!'h the Bench Splendid
CU1'e of
N ~'.1ra8thcnia, Wasting
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I pointed' ¥lcaT'S i\Vardcn. and :h!r. Gilkes people's
ply for faculties for the erecti
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ha.d accented the stnternent !"h ~ lhld ll1:lde aho11t
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M~s . Arnold, Aveling, Colello Dovland, Fowler, Carter
memory of his ~n ;nl.ft;;ld Y
r. I whom be Kne".· to be n. prostItute and an offic~r her preVIOUll. good cha.r~~tel', t hev hnCl no dodlt
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ssse ' 0
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",tnifled .~1~ witidow. ~entP.d b~nMr'.' aBn. pa of th.e R F C" enter the premlse5 and go upstaH~ sho was Sillil y of t he offence ,... 11,11 which she " fI~
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The) left agam at 920 P m. At 9.5 p.m. a.nQtheT r:bnTgerl. Rh('. "ould be fined £10, or in dcfaul t
Dr. Cassell' s Tablet:l n(}urlsh ovmy nerve in the
White to pl!iY and mate In two DlOU'"
¥iJ1&r •.'Moore, RoltTback. S parks. Sparrow, Wat. Alln!ltt In memory of hifi! l5On R N All ... t
' . . n __ ,'W.f're prostitute and a n officeI' went lIPsta.n s. They) left. one month's 1mrl l'onment. If It }larl n ot b ren bod'y' t'f'new fun c tiOlml nctl \'lty, and t:>trcng~heu the
Ion; 'J .... Wblte and Wise. The follOWing were nfl· p39.e~. I
ptfil1tAid as canonical 151desmeo ' Mcss:rs Arnold
ThIS Glo!td tbe bU!lilless of the V ~_
at. 10.10 p.IJlI.· On S.ttUlday, March 16th. he kep ~ t hat. tho\, hnliend her st:d:,pmcllt as to he\' good entire systC!m.
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observatIOn :with P.C . Thompson from 940 till cb~:mcl.er she 'W ould. probably have been sent to
)1r- Georga C!.ll'ke. 1, Rose Tcrrace, D ou ....las By REv. T. l-Lnn LToC\', M.A. (' I'e cl:tll\' po')tnh\lt !~
Millv,''ldoore, Lindars. Spalrow and Sparks. '
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Road, H lmdswortll, Birminghurn, flay~ :-" I ~\fZlfl
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downs tairs and left. Two other women nnd two
The fine was paid.
so tcrrlbly wenk t11::1.1; I could hardly drag .lbout,
I Bll\ck (3 ple c,,").
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w.s e.. dence of a vea.y', whole.h..,rted READING BOROUGH 1 BENCH. ",ldlCrs entered >nd went up' !..'''" at the ...mo
and once or',
actually faUlted 10 tho .,....
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h&rDlonious work at Holv Tnolty Vestry. held on
ttme. At 9.55 p.m. a. prostlt.ute and an officer
ha~lIY elosca my eyes for nig hts at fI. hm e,
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came dowostAirs and left the premiscs.
At 10
Y AL CO,UNT
THE AT.
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ate 50 little that I went down to umlor
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JJury) presided, and others present included tho WEDNESDAY -Before MT. E . P . Co'II·.' ('In p.m anot.her prostlt.ute a.nd an offieer came down
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A . V Deane, G F. Naylor a.nd R. A. E.
the chBlr). 'Ir..... n ... , Mr. E. 0 F:''::r .nd and left the prenllses At 1025 pm . L\\O women
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m,or1 1leurHsT.' enle, wiea t'l waste nndI~Just a. bundle
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W. E Butler, junr. (pansh warden) , J.
"Poulton.
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a.nd tho .n"flll depreSSion I felt I
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T E. AL.LEGED JEWELLERY ROBBERY.
' with prisoner thre6 minutes a.nd left. On FJlda.v ,
cannot uCf!crlbo. Ordmnrv med icillo did
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lI.I.II,er, G W.
Lew P
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Wtlktnl. W HarriS, J Carter and A . OhapmlLIl
lal osnor, -.1 or, 1a.keley-sereet, London, Jl"Larch n, hQ kept observat.lOn from 8 pm. tl1\
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Mr. Butler submttted th(' accounts showmg E.~ andl Ma.u.rIOO Frank, Upper Glouoester.roo.d
1040 p .m. At19.20 pm. a. soldier and 8. prostl'
Nf'xt week ''The Bett." r 'Ole,," or the Romance wone" a mine c.
cry SOCln began to feel bet.tor.
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cha.rged on rema.hd with being Lute entered anti ta.lked to pnsoncr and left. At of Old Hm, is to be g iven nt the Royal County
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The Vicar a.ga.in J1omlO ated Mr. G. R. J ackson eOlloern~d In stca.hng a quantltv of jl'wel1ery 9.30 an Australian soldi er and a woman enterea Thea-tre once nIghtly lind U1 ,ILlllecs \Ved nesda.y lind }lfLVe increllsbrd my weight to Sst. 61b8."
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as his wru:den, and Mr. Butler Wallo a.gam nomina. value 1l330, the propert;,<' o[ Samuel Calosky' and went upstal1s At 9 ,35 t.wo women and thtee
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but.cherl of Climberland·road
' men entered and went upsLaLrs. At 10.5 a. woman
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for;N' r.·_.o'u:seB're' " '-d"o.•
Ilre t e Pro\'ed R emedy
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Tho Sldesmen ,vere al1-Â¥.e.nommated With t.he
Mr E D Berry i&Ppcared for Frank a.rod Me and Q. soldier enterecd. Imrned1Q.wly nrteJ: 1:' C.
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Radford entered,. At 1020 P m tw o wonten .2.no can sarely be descnb~d n.'i ono of tllose ulLh tary ..
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Tho poliC8 1t&te4 mqnirle8 were not yet oom- two men left. At 10 30 an officer a.nd a wom.:ui, thm gs It is in '1'''0 Exp lOSIOns, Seven Splm te13,
.Kidney Trouhl«!
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plete~, sud t~ey there!oro a.pplied for a. rurther len. WitnefiB and Thomp!on left a.t 1040, an I and finishes up wlht a Gag Att ack at "the Bet·
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PROPUCED 1 t, tOO tons of Potatoes~
CQ'NSUMED 26,100 tons of Potatoes.

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Lord RHONDDA and Mr. PROTHERO appeal to every
man who has a f~rm, a garden, or an an~tment, to
plant more potatoes and make ' the .COlinty

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th ere W<UI A. a;ge a tten ance 0 pans 100el1l. MI'.
B.' .RegJna.ld
appomted
Vicar', Warden
and Mr Su
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P --,-b W-~en.
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10 sym pOil.t hetlc terms. ~ t.he hea.vy 108s
M;r'. .LtJOnard
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o [ .I,lll OUT J llon on act.IVe 8ern ee This expresFolan of Tel!rtl v:a." shared b" tho Vicar, who, on
.......half of th Velrt.n.', lntlmnted tha.t a me",lM
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Sutton on behalf 01 St. Jobn·,.
The sidesmen for St John's were re.electcd en
blOc .. ' follow s:-Mesm. H J Deane, F . J.
Pl~rner, A. H. Leaver, Dryland Ha,:lam, junT.,·
H. A. Kmgham. R. Pon,on. J Slade A W
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Earley, H A: Chu.l"chdl and 'w. H. Pountney.
'file follo~ng sldesDl,e o wel e rc.appOlnt.ed (or
St. Stephen 8' Mcss~. G Wmter, C. Pearce, F.
B .FflDrione, H. G, Grey. J Alhlnl. E. C. P-'ce,
W . G \Vmg and Dr G F Murrell
Th." Vestry tbi'n ~(\.h.ed itself mto a Parochi a.l
meet
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d ..... aoed, the prinCIpal butane" ,howl· n.
o tb.'
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tOtal income for the PMt .\"{~a.r w "'''
..... £2 ,546 ) tber.
be ing , bo
o I.n.co in hand on every fund conn--~-..J
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wltb the parllh. It was hoped t.o complete the
~hurch Re~r8tion Fund dlltmg the ye~, which
lDvol.ed I'8Jl5lng a sum of £ 200

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. St Bartholomew's Euler Vestrv was held on
Tlle~~y.eveniDg-, ~e Vlca.r (the Re~'. E. J . Norris)
prellldu;-g over a fau' attenda.nce, al\}onp; tb08e pre.
..nt being the R:eYI. H B . Mead .lId A. T . Gray,
Mr. WaiteT W1i.tley (People', Worden) ond the
majority of the sidef!Jnen. .
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The Vicar, in the coune of a brief account of
the "pMt Ye6l"'S wo.rk~ Te:Illa.rked on . the pleasure it
all?rdtd tbem
.ee Mr. Gray hack amongst tbmn
for. .. thort !'hlle. He was a. great help to them
on ~ood F.nday and E&at.r Doy. Tbe lIift 01 ~
pattibn t>f tb. black ook paneUing to be. placed
O!l .eitb~r side of th~ altar had already been l"f).
",,~d In the m&gsmDe, and they looked forward
to ~ time when the panelling would be -w'it.
D~ along the north Tride o[ the chancel.
He
~tted t;() say that the ,donation of .£70 to -their
~t c1e:rgy lund W'fLS not. fort.hcomin,:l tba.t
Y'!"r. . Of 001Jl'1l6 tbey ",uld not expect it alwaY'!
oila ft>r tbe time being it bad I.pood. AI 1'Ol!a.r~
. ~.. 8"neralls. ,theY had adminiatezod church.
-r ·~oonomically .nd yet had bfIii ~. to

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to: get ma.n:i.Od."·' (Langhter.) . Tho
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IUTA . RWEF OR MDH6Y BACK.
Sol b,. CÂ¥mist,'~'ovol'J'where.
Prlcet!a. Of bJ'~PM\lIJ
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VItal Exhaustion
Speci.ally val uable for Nursing Mothers and
during the Critical Periods of Life.
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b C hem!sts ~ua Store~ in all IHt:rt.'l of th" worM, m·
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IMPORTANT.-, Dr. Cas••II· , T-ble!s are guar.
r·- .free from i.ron an,d fr.om It,eo'l·cs.
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hal).t. If you dealH) further informat ion write to
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_At the R e'a ding Borou::!h B ench on Tucsday. he.
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.a d, Fl'eciel'lck Arlnul''
Drooks, "
to whom she \\ <1-"
pre,lvlOusly marned on :March 13th 1913 then~
be:fj,g a.live.
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CORRESPOXDE.'
tlOgboumo, Kent, sa.id pl isoner was h ils wir~ a.nd
F. ,T R lJP LIXG - \'{e iUL\e.lII J(icll
be was m'l rned at Caversham on lrlarch 13t.h a threb-moYl:! r :l. UlOllth ()1 twn 11 <::"0,
191r ' 'He lived 'Hth her five nlollthO' .i ['''r "h lell' shaH he .. lad to lcCt'l\' O l dllpltca tv ot
h " - ' > ' '"l ~
the OIi.!17ml ha.!l hc"n nllSla1d
Ii I) went to lIve with hel parents
In August .. f I II J{. ... ~,d:BoTToli (CAI'{'.~
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the same yeaI' she summoned hlM for) desertion lOtertJ;t m""l lettcl' nnn cudo!';ures.
but tp~ case was disDllSSed.
' end. rr~ lI1e"ILl\(t 1'6rKH~ herem bter
. 'llhoma:s Henry Keiltlng , of the M F.P .. nfl.·
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privat.c
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Berks at
Reg.Iment
when
he. a.met
prl30ne.r
while idefeucle
of Blaek,
stationed .m Reading, a.nd m'lon-ied her on the
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date ID<IntlOned .t Beenham She had been draw.
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to undemta.nc4 she W8& a singJe woma.n. Thcre
w .. on. eliild, who WIlS in prisoner', .i.t'lllS in tho

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the marrmgs,certlfiCfLw of urlsoner with Frederick
AU~d"B)'ooKs. On a.rrest.i'it g her she ri.plied· " I
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,......nded pri'oners [or
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week . '.fh~y granted an a.pp lJ ca.t ion [or of hi s observation on March 23r-d, '\\ hi eh wcre .of a France to Som(' \'-llero 111 Bli1;'llt~· Capt Blum.
bJlI I on ,behalf of Posner' in £100 tlnd two suret.les like manuel' to those alren.dy dctUiled.
On thee fatlHll shows th e " Ole Rill ," "'AlL" <lnd " BeTt"
of :B2&. eAch. but rf:fu!!Ied ba.1l In the case f'D-nJ.:
da.v referred to in the charge wit.ness and PC. as be actuall y found thc men of 1914, "ho
.vnl
Th''ompson entered
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THE q l!AR,GE ,OF \ ABANnONING A0 CIDLD.
the premu;cs a.nd went llpstalrs gat.hered to the colours when the hu ~1 e soundcd
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Witness d09cribed lJl deta.il what he 1Sa'\
fall·ln. In pmduc1nl'? 'Tho R ette r 'Ole l' Ml'
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a
v.
oUIlg
woman,.
wa,.,
cha.rged
on
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would L..
reported 101' "._p.
Ch ill')e~ n Cochr,Lll had
.... the a.sslsl:mcoof Captain
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h 'an
JUt an ~l.al ch &l'";;lDhg 'd one.d a. male child be· ing a. disorderly house prisoner s:Ltd: "Not Balrnslathcl', '\\ ho took lllhmte .[lamS to make the
ween h'm
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r unne
. LIllI. an 14th
like lv U) UQ......
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"m .w"re 0'1."
On "-nd"
~d uct LOll no 11\:Lng repl iCa. of hiS dra.wlngs. .....
ea.u~
II 1-';1 a. manner
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cesea.ry au ermg a.n injury to rca.ci the W.Il.lTaDt to her, pnor ~o <lrrestmq her,
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Det.a.lls were :publishe:d in last
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s sa e on't t ake
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• me. What a.re you to do when these women come
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evidcnoe to oWer. .....
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lce I:l.U no urt ler 1 ma.de no reply.
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The Bench th ....upcn diacharged prisoner
Cr~.~xamU1ed fY Mr. Brain:, PTisoner had
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ond p.rt 01 th.t tim. had 8Oldicrs' bllletted ~pcn
h er fr aqucntly.
The polie.
Id no t send so·
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diers to a disorderly bo~. Up to 1916 sol diers I
lia.d been bJllcttcd th e.re ~uent.ly. He could not
there was a ! dining room oyer i thl~
,say
bop wbet.her
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He did not. kno",v t.ha.t a. boaniel' had been hvmg
th.-re fo ur months He knew theTe had been d:lli.ul' " pTov d d t'
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Bve gone upstairs 0 ave re res. h11lcnt.s
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room over t 0 sop.
the mg t o t e pre·
ml ses to
bamg
wns
about
taker aIded
coffee p.rjsonel'
upstairs. did
Henot
did say
not she
gQInto
the dmin g rQ9mje.nd seer peoplo t.here. . . The women
he had-referroo. to had n ot been conyicted · as
OLD BILL AND HIS MISo,US MAGGIE.
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prostitlJtes, but were associates of prostitutes.
Some of the couples who went out Blld in ' migh~ (Martin AdiIOD)
(Ethel Lodge) ,
have been rospectable married people who ha.ci
gO(l-e thm-e to stop the hight.
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A leg&! argument took place be.tweE!ll1 Mr. Brain
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