Reading Observer 08-1918

' NOTICES.!
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~heatre,
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1l0ND.n, . ... uG, .th, for .S;,,'N~"'"

6.45

TWIC~NIGHT~Y.
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A ·Mill Girl' s W'ed(tiffi(11~' h~fj~~t1.~~

"'~lCl} /'!,ll;>qcli,~
w~ll.

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-J"HINDLE WAKES."

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BANK HOLIDAY, AUGUST 5th.

WARRBNBS
/

, DOW.. TO IaARTH."

be hetela'

Dou)1aIl'&!rbaob ~ftIh &ud .. full of ' o~srgy-

WOOD.

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(READING) BAND.

. "THE"FIGH11NG ~RAIL" .

- PIEBRQT~, PASTORAL PLAYS, SPORTS,
BOWLING FOR LADIES and GENTLEMEN
Prizel Pig, Goose, Kid. Rabbits, .tc.
SALE OF WORK. BASKET, CHINA, GIFT,
PROVISION STALLS

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rhe rabat lat.rYel!oUa and tnel~9!-matio aenaJ. ever

pro.oDted._ Xu 15 '1"1Od...
Port XI.-'''rHE PARCHED TRAILS"

J'ATHE'S ANIMATED QAZEITE.

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

DANCING.

been

&.a lolloWia.1

MOlld.y. Au,. 5th.

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Sd. Children und.. 12, HaIf·priC8.
2 ;0 to ~ 30 P 10
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Cyel.. Stored 2d ...Ii.

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.5 days.

Genn,oyls .eoret.
BerUp. A Gnat l1iatorieal FU",

HORSE RACES (FIve)
WHI~PET RACE, FOOT RACE .
Excellent Entnes.
Fllst Race 2 30 p.m.

,btt .littcond is l UNever aga.in ~ !!

COMME~TS

BERKSHIRE FARMERS & .. RECONSTRUCt
TION." -

Pautellli. (JteHryflld). 2{_,

Berkthire farme rs, 1Il cammon 'Wlth thetr breth·
rjUJ. 4ihrougUcut tbl! United KlllgdolU, are at. last
thmking of the future
T~ long sleep of the
buoohc mmd looks 8S If It. was 00"8l' and
nlTal
frI~nda are rubbmg tbi}lr eyes m tha e1pectJ&.~lqp
of great. tb1ngs h4l'Ppemng lD connectIon With what.
18 enphemlstlca.lly termed the OJ recon.struchon of
a.g:ri':.II.Jl bure." Much B.,Ii we hope the elaboI""..lte .re
~rt. tlat. has b~n pr,epared by the Gove(nmenb
for tbe ed lfi c:aIIOD of the farruer, and ""hloh WI:IS
eornn\en~d upon by M.T Dry1and Haslam, JUllr,
at the local Cbam~r of Commerce on Sa.t.uroI\Y,
ma.y bea.r frUit on Ute ground of 'NatIona l ~Un,tl,

AdIDlW .. 10" ChUa... 6d.

· SPIRITUAL MISSION.

EDWARD J.

S

HIGGINS

ARMY

Serneutat 11 3() a m. and 6 45 p.m.

Speaker' ' MR. ERNEST HUNT. of London.
-f.' 0 pm, Lyceum fOt Ghlldren
All Soar. F'io..
Collaction.

(Temtonal LeAder, oS61vation Army Forcea,
Urutad KluEdom),
Wl.LL 4co.!'DuC't' :lUt¥TL~06 IN THZ

SALVATION

our

TIU NBII' B.dLL. BL.dGRA. V'B S11IBIJT.
UNDAY " AUGUST ~TR, 1918.

AUGUST 4th,

SUNDAY NEXT,

CITADEL.

THE BUTTS, aa 1011ow8 -

11 • m. .. HOLINESS MEETING

the fumer

::!,45 p.m , TopiC

Cha.lMnau

"m

lY

A !lEARTY WELCOME TO ALL.

other way.

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5
GUARANTEEP WRIST WATCH
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WORK:

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ha.ve

to

learn

a.l

few stern leS3'C1ls

SdME HINTS TO FARMERS.-

THE MAYOR

(C()uncilhn F A SARJEA.1Ii"'T, J P )
E
BRING
THE
RIGHT
P~Ol';.s
Supported by Membel'l of t.he Horousb CounCIl and II. number
, TOGETl'HElt -When yOu wa.nt to buy ""any..
of ot.ba IDfl.ueD~..1 Ladle!! &nd Gentlemen
t
ling
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.eU
&Ilythlng(
or
nchaore
anything.
w~
630
SALVATION MEETING.
The Comm~cmu. "bo I' a natl\-" of Rea.dtnr. bu been all :rou w.ut. to :lihd a .Ituation or at} employee. or
ptl:lcer 01 tbe Salution Annr (or over 80 ,e:ara, liiLa tr.LvellfJ(! I.e, & HOD.,.. ad... hao ln the coJUllUJ6 of tbll
The three or ~ four hue. you Illtert wtU
\11 mer the world and oocnpled most important p<lSltU)QS ha Journal
:1I rLOUS Countrnos, aoo. at present l, the Hrntona.l Commit-- be lIC&nned bY ' j'ult the ~ople you want to N6Cl;
elonu o( The Army in the UDlW Klogdom
.people yo:.! wou d find dlfficult.y In reaehiul io. &D1

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WIn

b(('lfe tb& Im;>roved condItIon cf tbmg's can na\e
&way

"The Salvation Army in Peace and Wat."
HIS WOkSHIP

G..a.ranteed to keep time. and guaranteea to

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c.&rry on " througb the hard usage a soldier', watch

must get. Solid SlIver, fine lever IIlOl'tm.ent, and, of oour&e, lUIJUl),ou8,

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To r>tfJ't Wltb, the Bnllf.h farmer mus. not. rtln
a.wa.y w:1l.th the Idea that b£.C8UW every eff<lrt 19
bemg put forth to make hIm. produce to the ulmoat. C8.pa.e;ty of h1& ,acres (whlch ,,11e Go\ ernment &hould have sew to long a.1:0) he IS n~­
sa.rijy ~olng to stop t he Import1&tlOns o f Y·~e&t
from oveI'S6aS ~he \ consunuDi clu!e8 In 'thiS
country WIll net ef submit t<> their food }mces
beu)g dOnUna.Led by Brlt,li'b fa:r;rn€'rS on t he corn
ezc.ba.ngu &fLer the war
The Corn La:ws were
not repealed for nothing, t~e principles of Free
Trade and a.n. abundant. w,Pply: of the fnuts of the
ea.rt.h are stdl actl\ ~ fo~ces a.mon~ the arh~a.n
a,nd mldd le classes of OUr great utban populah6ps.
v'e confess we - ha.ve ltttle sympathy ...nth the
peeVIsh cne-s sent. up from tune to hme by the
farmer ~&use.be III prOdUCing more feod .,;tuffs
h e says he 1S p~triobc 1t..fJ; TIob, m's chOlo::e He
18 only Q trustee or stewa.rd of tite land fOl ,the
beneJ.it of the prople, a.nd If be d id no\; pred.uct
to the Ut.lll05t at. the Pre6ent. tnTl,e we pli y a..YJ.Y
Govern'm-ent wh o conld face the Bntlsh ,\orkic~
cla~s under slteh a eond.hon of thmgs

THE FARMER AS AN INVETERATE
GRUMBLER,,
Ta.lking a;bout; fa,rruer. the ethel;' da.y W1th" an

Ot'll¢lal who hfl..S be~n b-rought mto COO bact ~lth

SEE _THE TIME IN THE DARK.
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everyw~ere.

Price 50/- Post frt;'e

LUMINOUS IjAN!? ,S A~D FIGURES.
You cannot get better value, and. If the watch 18 not eOll):pJ,eteJJ' aaq.lfl.cf.ory we 1rill refund your money.
One hundrsd yean' trading record I. ~lnd OW; ll'UÂ¥antee and workmanllh1p.
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c ••• c •••• 4 C.O " .

BOTLY & LEWIS,

,vatchD!&k.r.~ ' and

Silversmiths,

E stablished a. CeDtury.

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.READING.
-rel.phone 172.

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A~

SIMONDS. LTD,

~JERaH4NTs.

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them by Tesld<enoe in dIft'erent 'P1lr~ of "'b~ eouh~ry
we a.&ked hLm If he :had ever me.t ! eont6nted farmer? He replied that be had: mel. one a.nd one
only. Wh~ conttnuous e;unsblr)oe was dryIng up
the- Ja.nd thIS f.rm.e.r W4S wont to.. tel! hl~ :d-eighboun. a.t ma.rket that It would mean a good. bay
crop for t.b.em , and when tbey Ia.metl.t~ ~rennu.l
rILlns he lDvana.bly concluded by t"eDllJ1ldl.ng them
tba.t they wQ'Uld ha.ve fin.e lOOt. crops! A btUe
m ore of tb18 SPlIit lS wa.nted among the fJtTm~Ta
to-day g'l\1I6 ~d iadre. But. so far, especl~ly
during tbe wa.r, we iha.V'8 found them more ot' Jese
censOTlous~ and. cr]Li~~ of eH'.ryooo, and e ... err~
thing exrept~g .LhemselW4 and their own
pecuhanhes.

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LOCAL

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BRttW'ERB. - WINe: AND SPIRIT

BREWERY.

READING

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PARAGRAPHS.
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Hn""]', of London.
at the

M:a. ElUaST
WIll ~ea.k
Readlng Sptrltual Mllrnon lierVlces on Sunda.y
• The Berkshire War AgnQultura.1 Exeoutlve Commlttee .announce II. number of women of t1he La.nd
Army are a.vn.lla.ble. for agrlculturaJ. work
Puhcul81's a.ppea.r el~here.
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NAVAL ANI;> MILITARY i CONTRAOTOBa.

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LAC

PRICE

LISTS

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SUT~ON &

MAYS &: MACKAY, Ltd.
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READING.
BLOOD

SALTS,

the. certam temedy tor Gout, Rheumattsm, Gouty
EczemA, Lumbago, Mld Kiduey Dtsell6e!l, C41iAM. b-"
t he prel .mCfl of une aCId lU the avetem. 'f bl4 salt
puri1tea the blood and r!.rlvee out ot die ayctem the uno
!leld 'BolUe 1/. Propa.red ollly by Budden & Co,
Ltd .• Ohenmts, LIverpool -For a U Skin Dlleuec UII
Budden"R Ointment. AKent fol' Readmg J E
a.nd Co., Drug Stores. 102, Southamptou Street.
for Wakingham L J Griffitb, ChemUlt

RiBber..LQc&l En.mlnatioo,
el8.liS h0)10U1"8 In G-r:oup, B

S ONa. ,

ELOCliTION

At tlie ~nt exam.U:W.tIOI18 held at t..he In~·
!'Olated London A<:ad~~ of lMUSIo,- lbe folloWmg
p UPI!a of M1SJ Mny Ha.y, A.L A M ElocutJ.o~,
"Wet'e sllCOeSSful Mus Annle Mayna.r<1, gald medal,
:lIbQ But(!!lun.sOu i ctleru Tra;inlng Co1l6ge of
MU8l9), b~z.e meaaJ.

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REdDING, SA1'URD.iY. AUG. 3, 1918.

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Kim.1)

POUR YEARS APTHR.
tl0n ~

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eonnoa"lOU,

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aay.=

"1 b Ii.

oornll, hard Uin. bnnlon~, chllbla.tu ••
No m Mtei ~wbat altn )'!.our feft or *ha.t you',.. tri ~
wJthout.R:ettlll~ r?liet, j'tlSt uta 'fIZ TIZ lat the 0011
remedy .that dra?i II out aU the polSOnoulI eX\lda~
whu::b pull' up the teet. TLZ oure. your toot ttouble 10
tllutt y'Ou'U uaver )oop' ~lD " .d b It, and
will uevor, uenr burt 0\ let lOre aud .wollen. Thinli:

hatd lkiu, or

~[.

eve, uecAuse

e~c~~~l~i~~~:lI!t~hV~~lQ'
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WAR

ITEMS.

SECOND BAR" TO 0 S.O.
Capt

(T /Lleut Col.) S V P

Weston D S 0

Me . R Berks it, h as been a" a.rde.d

a. seoond har

for consplCUOU!l gallantry and de
votlO'n t o duty <hmng the trYlOg p~rlod of a l"P.t,re8~
Decs.Pl t-e heav1 10<:5"' 5, he wlthdr-ev; lhl'!
ba.ttallOn In good ord.er m fh ctmg rev~re casualties
an the enem,}, and it was lat gely dl1e tQ h)S 0001ness anu p~r~nal cour~e tha.t the retire'ment ..... as
so 'Well carrl~d out He Imana.blJ dlS'phYed fine
pcowers of leade.rdllp , al1d hlS splendid example
was of the gJ"ea.t-e!5t. eno6itTilgemont -to a.1l ranks
(D S 0
gaz.etted A DTl I 17th 1917
First bar
gazetted F ebruary 18th, 1918)

to th& D S 0

BAR TO MILITARY CROSS.

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Lieut (A. }Capt) LEW 0 FllUbrook"Leggatt,
Me, O);ford and Bucks 1..1 ,Spec Res, i:las b~en
4:Lwa.rded a. Bar to t.be M C for consp euou& galIa.ntn a nd devctJon to d'uty' whlle attached to
Brigade Headqua.rters
Re8.dqua.rt~ rs sudd~n ly
ea.me Ilnder h eavy r ifl e- fire , and t hl:i officer at o nce
orga.DI!5ed an emergenev co-ID"[)any of personnel,
Sll agg!en. ILnd all !tvlu l3lble officers Itnd men on
the spot, a.nd formed a IlDe of r~lst8noe about
100 strong
He sent out pltt rots to locate. tJle
enem) and our ~I1 troop6, and nlmulf collect.ed
much valuable m fOrUlltt.l0n H1S promptitude (Ii
muC'h 00 clear a.n obscure sltualion and ~tre ngth';!n
the hne eM 0 guetted Februa.ry 18th).

MILITARY CROSS.
The, follOWIng offi:::-e1'8 of the R Berks R . ha.ve

been ."""Tdod the M.e _
T ISeo Lleut 1 It BalM -After a heavv enemy
a.t.tack, JlIS company were ordered to relftloroe a-

soJ.oler, v.:ho
eqUlp"men~,

p ockJ:!t
Prlsonel
P oS p",lme" a t Lhe
kd th e
made '111
h im , dlere h e

to

y; Itn-e!:'6
P risoner plea.ded gUIlty, ILnd .sald he v.--n;;. under
t.he Inftuenpq ot l.quorl ali the t une, othCl""W1SC he
w _'UI~ .not h aJe don e IL.
oin of"fker pi ese nt Sl11d he thonght the fltet the
'~jfn <'.Ss '" Ito bad gl'cn jc'Hl-e'UCC: had secn th-c Lhcft
COil ,~ lI:l.tt-ed and Dad nqt. taken .s-reps to prevent It
eholl ld be rotlSJ<iered by the J¥nch when a·",a.rdmg
pUnls lurnent He kne~ not.hlng of pl"ISOner, and
had b een oaslOOd to attend irp.m Bear Woed Lo
,),:atch tbe proeeedmgs j
PnS'Ooer " as fined ~ or 21 days.
!IlLK PRtjlSBCUTIONSS.
George Pnor, 97, DOllntngwll-ra-ad. was swmm aned f(lr ..d, l!log' milk WlllCh was not of the
na.t llre, S'UlJs tllllca a~ quali ty <leman<i-ed
hy
lca.son of tho abst.rac qlOo of milk fat. therefrom,
on J1.1I1e 25t.h ,
~
Mr A F I C ra~k (fr-om t. h-e To\p1 Clerk's o(fice.)
' .," TC',",," ted, and Ml F rl J Rnbclltre defended.
I De le-ndl:lnt plcaded n(ll gUllty
The case fm- t he -drosec utlOn rested. on tho
.a.llal.y ~ s certi:ficalA:-, ~~llCh stated the mIlk was
<ieficent in the neCi:!SS TJ fat t-o the exlent of 14
per ce nt
The :defendant. ..... hl> :ra-& s worn SAId h e had been
In the dairy trade hctw ee n 30 and 40 years, and
tbls was t he fhst lim~ he h a.d been summoned
Th a ml l k , .. bidi was told to the lnspedoL of
N'Il ~a.n ces v;a.<i bought f rom a farme:r a t Shmfield
and sold dtrect by hlS" as.slS tant It was n.ot iam·
pered y; It h on the ]~rney H e h ad entIre con
.ftdence 1D t he Shrnfiel farmer bu t fTOJD. hi S 0 .... D
experIence he could
y that D1ISturagc r endered
poor by lack 9'f r am JkoUld serJously affect the
quahty of rnJlk f rC'"an c v.::s foo on It.
Oalrley Ruf us :Keen, ! the farmer at Shtnfield
from '" hom the m~lk ras obtallleQ, sald t hat as
f.:oon as hiS cows were milked the llIllk ..... as pi'l..Ced
In ehurni. and sent dIrect. to Ius eustomeM! H ot!
hImself conveyed the Inu1k to defendant on the
same morntng It came frcm the. cow, and It "as
flot. tampered 'Wlt h ] a any v;.a, I In J u ne the p ~
tUfa we-m drled up O'Wmg to t he Jack of rain
IFurther, wltn~8 had bee n I1.n t he habit of (eedm:;
bls cows on 011 ca.ke. but could not COllbnuc t.o
so a s tbe Government~t opped the supply Ceasing
to lSupnly the CCffiS W h 011 c ake "Would undoubr...
edly affect; the qualit y of nlllk I
Further e'ldence '" s gl\en by milk carners l
coITOhOL at. ng the ~"\: Id ee of uhe defendant
A:ttCr hearing th~ e11dence t ije Bench eram€! ~o
tho. condu ~ 16n they were unabl-e to COUl'lct, and
therefore dlHmiss«! tb, summons
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&hth Rose Rumble ,] of Prospe<:t-strEoet, Ca.verE/haml. was summoned f r a slIU1\ar offence on June

D r Cassell's
flllOuld
or hackv;ard chlidren' l They
st;imm& fOI future years

Mrs

LlChfie~d, 12,1 ,UcJ",i.j" ·si;re,,t,

"Manchester, savs - " I'm

saved my child1s Me.

Spinal lW eakness
Infantile Paralysis
NeUl'asthenlB
S leeplessn-ess
S pecIally I v3lua.blc for
I
duri ng the Critical
Sold by ChemiSts a Dd Storcs In
cluding \.ul3trJ.lla, New ZealfLnd, " "',:!,"" ",,~,:: ~, _"'l':'"
PrtCcs 1/-. 13, and 3/· (the

e c090mll~al)

IMPORTANT.-Dr.
anteed. free from iron
can neither eons!tip''''
h,ablt. If

Dr.

tc.,

chenl; was short of milk on the OCooslon n
quest ion and pur<ihs.se4 n. quanhLy from anO'th el
h lS

EOU,-ce to make up her! supnlieti

D efe nda.n L 'Was fined Os, ·and warned to !be VeTY
car efu l 10 the itl\;LLre
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WED?>':"""ESD \.yl_Bero~ Mr E P Collier (10 the
cha.lr), Mr
Pouloon, J.,.fr E J Aoorev.s, Mr
D.· lOOse
E 0 Farrer
FROM A VAN.
of Runert-!'.treet. was
JUly 27th a. parcel OeJn1 Ib tID of toba.cco. and

~:~~,~~;f~~~n~
J

value together £1
Ma.nn.

Frlar-

front hne compa:Dy. and d\J.flng the advance tl:.e
a.nd the ~d In eonunand
&I; well as: 40 per <:en t
of ij:le ccmrp.a..ny, became
cllsuo.lhes. He l rtnraed.'lat.ely It.()O'k chR.rge, ra.lhed
t he surVIVOrs, and -rea.ch-ed t.fie obJective P'i:n·ih~
the hne dlS01'ga.msed , he Immediately 1!IJ'"6tematl"ed l ,t;~:~SE~
the de.fence, oIUld by bl S prQUIpt actIon fJU~f:d
ooon~any ~Tn~nd~r

~pe1Ung Q.'D.
T (Sec Lleut

attack

run

,~~~

(JU t.

b WJlu;llef

b \vh~ , 1 I
b l \vh~'<' CI
1.1 Whe<>J€ \

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W F. Blz1e, - When, tmft cover
of ml.ri., 8. strong enemy attack Wa.I It&uncbed t on
"POKl llO'Tll'I, neoeutt.atlug the wlth-drawal of forward
l,nes, thereby eDda.ngenn~ t.he flanks of troops on
e t1;lftr side, be rushed forward wltb a. hamj(ul of
men, a.nd ~letely :raJhed the retr~hng Ii~
HloS pl'oml')t actIon a&ved a. c"ltJeal slt uatton, Whilst
IllS m>lendld courage a.nd resoource-fulne9S set a. :fine
exa.mple to a 11 ranks
, Lleut. (A IC.u!lt.) F D Bazett. Spec Res -For
cOClplCUOUS galla.ntry And devotIon t-o dutJy during
r ecent opera-bons
Undfl.r hea.vy maohlne gun
baTrage he was constantly tn , the hne reorgann:lng
the troops, who, had hCCo!he eC"'l1&l dera.bly mixed 'l!P
WIth oOther unlh,
He set n mag'D1fioent example
to a U around 111m, and more than once W.aa instru.
mp-ntal in effecting en Orderly Wlt hdrawa.l
T /See Lleu t A, A Barrett -For ~lCruOUS
ga.llantry a.nd devotion toO duty du:rmg
I
hons as acting 8tl)IlLant of the bal:.tallon
out he d~bpla.J ed 11I qh CO"lll"81!"e, m l tlB.tiv~,
co'!lplete grA.Sp of t ha ~l tuatJCn$, llnd W08
greatest "\l alue to the COOn one

0

3
l
c H erlth b Vh~e .. r I
rnn out
]
not out
IJ

eMult-oobW" llre l.:r l1
'i

E][tlJ.3

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Total
2.:ld In ling s

bHu :boll

not nltt

llo w Il u I-au

7

Jlot om

b n Ud-OD

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appear
find any act.ual
, thad only one
w.as InsuffiCIently
the' SIgns of bIt-€£. of
were . mfectious sores•
wen nourishe(l, but. tihere
Another chIld, aged two
whIch "W88- dirty
ye'rritlD He was well
of acute bronchItIS The
had One gument only
cove~ed WIth mfectlous

de. ~r

LIeu! T P, M~)'1'lck. Spo'" Res -When

I nllDl~(ha.te

removal, as

m hi?la lth ·"a;uie under

d•

I

l''':~b~~;~lio~,epo$ed tor first

haVlng

February last ,
to her house, a.nd

r

In

went to "\Vmhester
the Society nO~lfied

~'Ie.

ease

agam

qtu te l

~~:r~~;~~~o~fJt~
the doctors
k~
obl\.dTen arid
week

f or

In the
recently
wasaffarI'a
sklpped
of
to

the
" Mls

" Bella

Georgina W) nl.er
Dudlpy Stuart as "
"Ron ~lgel Aruune ' b)
p lay IS 'lclt , staged , 11''0!'.t of
~mld Egf Ptlan settmgs, and

nightly.

VAUDEVILLE

w~d;i}I; ' tO

She

began to wasta a.way terribly.
sumphoh of the bO\"t"e1s Tbe
dreudful It hltldly e'er
s"em any fl.t"lSll on het poor
ti mes she was slck too, but
ttqubll'l, £J.nd it ,\ a~ thought
H91\ e\ el, It ocell , red me
.1.url I t WItS qUIte
I
I
dilll"I"hcea 120t less, nnd soou
put on fl esh, and now she 18 a.
Dr. Cas3ell's Tablets are the
Nerv.ou8 Breakdown
NerVe Paralysis

26t h
~
Mr F J ...RateliIfe 8p-peA.red for def.cmda.nt and
pleaded gUllty to a.
hlllcal offence sa.) Lng that

(:

..WbaJt.frilth~

mie6rl, 110 more aconYJfrom,l OOmlJ

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'IrIiE BISHOP TO VISrr AMERICA
Wn lmg In the DlO{"esan "MagAZine for August ,
tbe B !..'! bop (If Oxfon:J ~:vs _ It In r esponse to an
InVltallon v.:h]rh I could not Ign.are T ~m proposmg
t.o VISit t,he UllI ted Stat.f 6, and to be- absent flam
tobe dlOce<le from the beglOn mg of September to
ihl!'\ m ddl:) OF November I hoope to b e'" able to
My s ?m:>t hmg m.ore 3hout. thIS "mt next mon t.l]
)foRnwhiJe I Will sa , thl~ 011Jv for some yeals
pa.st my W OJ k 1tI th o diOCese Jlas been oolUe'what
hl\!Ilperoo by my ~n-fi' on an eXce&Sne Duomber of
(,flntTal C'hur.... h COUl !luttees whlCh have often saL
f91" S! num bu of da)s I,r.>,{!'ether- notably the Alch
hlshop!' Cc:un;nutte.es on the Teachlllg Offiee of the
Chl!rch end On Chrls.hamty and Industnal Prob.
lemS', the Commltt:eA on Chureh ,,-0<1 Sbtc am:l If"!
su(:ressor the Grand Committee. tt';l-Q C(lmml t f",h.'l
on Run on a.nd Edmahon and other 61Jb]ect.6 I I
h cpe th1!t hy the time of m" return almos~ ~Il
t;hef,6 c-::rm'n uttee9, (or wll1ch I ' could not r~use to
do :my ,~ , will have come to an find and I look
fonurcl to 8 t ime cd' greater freedom for the
drocere."

same. room,

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CHAMBER 01;' CmrM.ERCE
A spacl a.l meet.mg of t he Councli of tJh e Chambe:r
of Com merce .... as held on Tuesda.y, un-der the
pretdency of M1" Ha~ e8, \("h~n the SeclelalY , }Ir
Dr}la.n-d Haslam l Junr, reported: tJhat t.he Readmg
Tn bunal and the NatlOnllLl SeT"VlC6 Represen iatJ\e
i1 ea.rtilv ,velecn:ned tbe. orono~ rd that a Committee
of Traders should be formed to"'coniud-'!r and ad
VI~ on cases of men eondu~tlng or man3.gtn!!
bU51nE$I'ES or kc) m e n '\~ho nllgh t be callffi up and
an."r s()]ne d,Eeu&;lon the foll~"9.--lDg r csolutlon \\as
pa..qsed _ . , That thlS Co unCIl do fonn a. Com.'"l1ltle-o
for tho p urpose "propos ed conlSlstmg cl' Mr WE I
Colher, Mr E7 Hedg~ck, Mr \V Hunt, Mr E
Ja'!kFon, Mr R J Venn"' r, t~eth er "Wath two
representlMlv« of each Tra:d~ ASSOCIation lO the
tawn who a..re wl lhng to elect such rep-resen:t.athes,
WJth power to add to theIr number " :M:r F J
Baker and Mr Jelly were elected m-embers oIf th(l
OhambeT
,

it ' will

too. ""wort
onlyonce
l ilt. \ry
think
It! ..And
re......1jof
iUltet
reli.f.forJuot
TIZ.of Get
wboie

,

was held In KlDlJ'S MeadC1W Recreation Ground l
w.ben the total nwn,ber of the regula.r force on
pa."a.de 'WWI 85 follows - Three Inspectors , nine
sergea.nts, and forty one constables In e.ddltJOD
Lhere ,~..er.e preaent &eventY~llX spOCla.1 oonetft;bl~
Capt Tbomson, OD& of H lS .Ma)esty's 1115pCCtots
of on-st&.buluy, lllad~ bhe llltpectlOn and exp~
h l m.;elf £e.hsfied Wlth the app:uanoe of the men
He spe ~l&lly compbmented tho specIa.l constables
on the Ser\lOeS t.hey we re r~nder1ng theJr fell<1w
CIt.lZP.IUI lLnd country a.t the pr~t tlln~
Capt.
Thomson sub!-equentfy vJ!'· nted the police station,
w.here he .made t,he USUAl mt.pecbon of the bUlldmgE', becks, etc The "Mavol (Mr F A SUJea.nt)
l\R.S present.. b ut th o. C-lllef Constable (Ca.pt. H en
d er.s·o n ~ ,vas prevented from a.tt-ending througb
III dr s pO~;t t urn

T ,'Sec.
lantry
ilOM,
lest

" &pa

E.<:; I.

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.PQLI9l:! INSPECTION
On Monday mornmg the ~ nn'\Ial poli.c:e lnl!lpe<:bon

fat

bunlo~ ,

TI~

holdlllg theIr annual swnmer
etc, on Saturda.y, and -anticI-

been called up lor tb& Navy nune sweeplOg', etc,
and the boa.t& are now ma.nned by erewa "Whose
age 8."\""eragee "Well over 50 )ears Yet lD spite of
thIS fa.et th&!"e &nleDchd feUO'Yo-'5 le.st year ereated
& frOlih record an·d IE'&ved 1 ,348 l iVes frOID the sen.
SII:ce the foundmg of the IMtltuhDn In 1824 mMe
than 56,000 hves ha.le been rescued from the sea
More fua.n 150 VeE3els and boa.ts (doUb ly prectl;lllS
III these days) ha.ve been sa.1ved folDeD bhe wa.r

tHe

.. I purcha.i&d L,mall bOx of_TlZ tbree or fOur.,.,..-i
&Ito," wrlles Mr, Henry Rookclili., lUi :!.~
Wluil!'ul, NorthW:lch,
o.fter ..",. 1'0
'
Imrn~te rehef I ..,~or\; long bovra "nd am 'u~ "feot'!.. gr.at deal, .nd I ~·Iluly ...y TIZ W '4onf' •
greahleiLl tor me."
'"
1 _ . ...""•• .
IGet. • 1/3 box ...t any chemiliP. or .tor. aDd . .\

d;ffie~lly i.

!!"ichoIa.". are

enemy develOPed .a. 9tron~ atback llnd drove in the
IElf't of the hne, ,he 'held 8. forward po:ntion with
hll!l pla:toOn. In face of heavy fire from front and
fla.nk Be in1hcwJ tl!!!8 vy 1058 on the enemy, iLDd
held. up t!le atta.ck long enoul!'h 00 .allow a. strong
line to be 'formed m resr Later, he ~a.in repelled a. strong' a.ttack, and by bls f".horoe of J:>04ition a.nd OOnaOJt:v 'rcceeded In holdtng It up &nd
eventu:Jll.r b~1ring the enemY'1!I ad'VQ.noe a.t this
point:
•
I
Sec. L;!'"t Wi T LOTd
lng .. retirement: from
c a;rbrd & m1.n.nOO ';-' ~', ':"'~~';" ~":'
gun bl\.~rl!-Ce
su.:oeedtng days, orgoa.nizmg hIS COI"",..ny
very difficult ooDditlons .nd 'n~lflng
("arTy on when they were a.lmoet 'Wbrn.

,oUr',..,

<lftt- l1O more foot

Eggs sold readily a.t frq-ID 4s 7d

dozeD l du¢Jr.:s eggs 4s. per dozen.

'8.,

.t :il ,i,utpo.. ibl~t 011' Angust 4th. a.
conste"rate. Qur"bM to our task ana

mlt .(n~r ·.~aUI&I" to

~uple) There WB.6 a.
of nbblts whlch sold we ll , la.rge
up to 13s 6d each, srna.ller ones

for

pr. .

I I'" • • '

lhe table) oold' up to 17. per ","pie

:beJn:r 156 per

took
of OIblccllve,
R. cfj!impanyand
tn ~i~~:~~~~=
wluchcomm;\nd
reaohed. It-s
lme under hea\'Y fire, shoy; 109 a

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90th ye9.r WtitlDg m tileDloeesan M a.gazlne ,
t!h-e BlIhop
Oxford SlLy! -" TbK>&e who know
the 'Put hlaoory of the dlo.oese knaw how Imme'11~e
1. the de.bt we- owe to hon, &oDd It J6 Wltrh tever~p-ce
and .afFect.ton th&t. we areet hLlll and 'pray ' for

w.

Ah' who.t relief Since I ha.ve U8ed Tr.z 180m_ off
a mght1, duty feelltlg as freah a~ when I let gut froul
\11:U;P~ No more brad f&tlt no 1l1ore burning feet· n~
lDore 1\follell, pt!Il"spil'lugl teet No more lOren. ~.

jlJftnch, and lrd

TInl BIllHOP Of RiEADINq.
On AugllOt 4th the Bllhop of &adlng, compjetU

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POiJ!T,RY AUCTION.
I Me1srs.READING
N1eholas , of Re-a(hng, report a. good sal~
at; their weeklY ' l!Ialee by a.uction of hve pC'UIt.ry.
egge oe..nd general prod'uee on Saturd.y, some 491
fc'Wis, 163 rabqlu. 2 800 erea and wnd'rY nt1seellaneous st.ocK: l>f:mg <tisposed of &t excellent pnces_

in

ON. th. (Qu~h alinivera&r, 01 our declo..•
of war many people mal be ll;lclined1
tQ reft""t tll'Lthore ;. a' grelll> aeel of ~'nw:.
t,e.l wisd~m in c.tdinil Newman'. ..!Ilti.
80r" me""t, . U I do' not ••l! t<l .e. the dl!t&jR
scene ~' 6ne/ ~lip enou,gh !qr me t, It would
.be tijll1!,lh'g 1<\. aU but' the hero~eall,
eu.'1Ou, . to pieree the "eil' th~. hid,.
future, but' ~h'o will not f~l that it il
we did' n<\t Ita4W on Au,ust 4th,
'f06~ , ••'ri'''''hfllc.
$ould
d.atl.#pi ~wiiILl our enemy. ' aill.
Iteepe'r :!a 'p~opP...t !h"~' they are m the
climlliug; _njl.~;' hilll/lUlt haye ~ppeared
.. hop.l.... .,n, .to venture. We ha•• borM
.. Btrain iG:..~hWb pre.wJ. nerve. .nd, "ill
,J
were 110\ .eliua!:; WlIat.ve. may lie t )Jead
.,1 ' ai, .m: ui 'remot .. the word "ilnp.oa.
&ibi.).'. ~rom ~~ lex\con, ' uul••• 'Ie a~f
p.red with , TenuIlian tll _ ~Ive 1t 10. lIew

on Duty!

.. I never
get tired
wltb TIZ"

In

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LISTS OF SEI!JI)I!, FOR l'Hl! r AlUI
P RICE
~p .q4..B,P(!N _t t ree OJ! .ppll~tl.D ,

." TIZ "- after a
.. Suob a Relief! How my
puft'ed·up feet used to
aohe for TIZ I "

B!jllmES

H arrus, .J4- leX'&lld-ra--t'Oad, bill. pre
56lltect to the M UlSeU!n. &. collection of J.300 BrltiS-h
~tles, yaken .ohle8y In the Reading datnot.

T a E " B; I N G' SSE E D S II B N, .
}IEAD{NG.
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NO MORE RHEUMATISM.

Oha.r~

SCHOOL, B®AD.ING.

8Y 'APPODrnmNT TO IKING G'~IlGI

A.l'LV-

~ ight

.•

.Mr.

•

•

which stays white
'and is durable beyond compare.

B

ON .UPLIOATION. I

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY SPORTS
A sport.. meeting l8 e.dv~rtiaed to be hel<l at
C.versha.Ol on Augt18,·Bank Holiday, whiCh wUJ
Include hone, -..hlppet.W foot ra.ee&

1

,ENAMEL PAINT

RHEUMATIC

RBADING.

TI!lLEGRA~8 " ,SIMONDS. READING."
, TlliuJro,.. No," i~ .nd 78.

The WHITE

UPDEN'S

WAR BONDS

DuriDg the week ended July 271>h &.ding 5ub.
SCl"lbed £-3,915 In War Bonds, brmging the total
to £009.845
I

mONDBD 8'1'001:

8.11:' 1 RAILWAY STATION,

S~ Lov.eloclt, .a!1di~rs,
W. 'Doom f tr~uu.rer, MI'.
Bl;"ooks,
M. r::. King, 22, ' Gloucester-rood

tog..,.

re"aI~ID~,g:t~'h,ll'l\.ir r~'i'I:~'~~~~~=;;:~~~

,AdmissiOI1 ~s asaal. 3d., 6d. aad 1 s.

TRE SALVATION ARMY. READING.
,

Thei:', then. are

the vow. oppropriat.. to the fourlh ,nnl•• nny . The tiro. i. '. Co,"plet. VlctOI"j '!;

.

SPORTS at CAVERSHAM .~,..- 51- u Th.Priaonll'l.
AtrocIti.. ,Towardo
,.

Iiitheren;
coUlolJlHtee. MEars•
)olD:( A) ' S. t.,Q."\""of'€!'Ove.

tlle past .~ lit has become so perfect

gravity of the .itu.hon.

TH. 8ori&l Extraotdinar;y

Bl Jamea lW. ' Gt!Jru~ AmeriCAn Ambaaiador 11Il

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY.

In

that too little apprecIated "trlfth mIght
drhe weak men "mad.
It "ill sbr strong
mon to nn effort commellsurato with the

ilay FftlUI
ylI: llRS IN bERM"
NY
'PI
'" _. f-R
IIil

A~n

',...

m; "'....

that 'unle,' . ei~lhl_tlon end. it " cl\'lhsl:I.tion
of "took:
itoeU wiU go .,<lawn.
That IS the ·meBnlOg
LIFE
BOAT DAY
. of ' the (daily improvement' m ~ircraft and
Llfe-bo&t. da.y In Reading 16 to take place on
tlie infiqite po"lbll1t... Of its develof' Saturday, AU(lust lOth The RoyaJ 'Natlcna.l Lifement: This may not be th~ last great war boat Inshtutlon 1& domg very rl!:al war 'W'OM a.nd
already saved SIDce AUflst. 1914, elose on 5.()OO
that ivill take pI;;"., but ,,~ ' IS assuredly h~
hva Of fJh-ese mare th(1.n 600 bo.ve b$en rEI!CUt:d
the la!;t great war that cIvihsu,tion can fJ'l:)'!ll vessels mined, torpedoed or otheTW1$8 de hope to surVlve The Inmple horror of stroyed by our enetwes- The young men have all

BOUl, tho; tA_tu .. of • child of IQXIUY wlio
r-waMerw. tfAte» •
ana ia, aeareh of a real "'.~Io ' 81&_, httlolt&ry Xo Alfslor.

GREAT ATTRACTIONS.

R.A.F.

,ana fUb.

, (. ~~ P~.NTS."

By kind perDl.l88lon of Su Edmund :M:owbrn.y, But.

11

'i

.£.d'fODfj"~~.ftO 4-.,.., exeiualvo ~ tl" Tb.-.tre. '

[a. aiel of the Mortimer Red Crou HOIpital ....
WID

JIÂ¥tumlJ/l
t

\V.uac. .Read,

Tflu~d.y Nut. AU~u~t 8th.

'On

A GRAND FETE
the War Workin, Party.

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CJQR~ltt CH~PLIN in 'THE )lINK:'
, P'AJl1ij:S, ANIMA1ED OA~ETIe;

V'

ftfORTlfdER.

The peace -offensive of . . the .. enemy,
..b" becomes !'Wl'~ , frantio '';'th the
failure of ~l. ' military arm, ! auns' colltlnuouslY;,at b~rtenng ..hlOt
callii<Fa gelle·
raUB pUce in ' the West for _the Pax German~ IP' the E~t.
It ~would _bej tre!:leon
~.:~~;;:~:i~ to C\lll"'l!t. The '&C'!Pd vow
~
<>TIIl ihall be spored a
th~e J>o~,... . Th"~t IS the
with, III'hieh .tate~~n ha~e
proposed a Leogue of N .tions
,The pre'venti0l' of Waf •• no longer - . . . ~ntlmelltal
dream j It is a grlIll necessity . For: \war is
{lO longer the cltcum.crIbed thing.t h ••

(::
'~'tRi ~()STAG~."
•. ,A IuIOr'o J _ LIlt! prciduotion.

Mondar, Aug 12th, for 6 Nigbta, 6 46. Twice NtgbUy, 8.CIi

~re~~:Â¥..!!'~~~~!~~;
!PJr'~~:t
'i.i;;: C~

wliicili we

'in th';"We.t 01' Europe but

I ota I

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