Reading Observer 11-1918

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tba. aclrnowledgm9llt of der...t, w'" de1imtely mad,
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\mown on Monda,., t
Oil. M~nd&y moming everyone went to b\1l:U1eP
U ' UIU~-the town was &8 qui~t . &It' ever,
one
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011 rTtfU12dq, Next. Noy. 21V,'"

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..FOR THE 'MOON~

Merlin UOrpn.

arc to turn off the

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FROM DALY'S THEATRE,

PATHS'S l<NIMATEIT GAZEITE.

The ,Coal you save
to day will start

"THE S·EVEN ·PEARLS"

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~ti:~~~:~b;:~~E~~~~~~~:;r.tili';'il'~t.;~ .~ ~ Hrii.lln 16 episodes
of
adnnture . ud peril.
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LANDING A Spy (Oartoon).
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Admission, 5,d'.. 9d. & 1/31 Including

From tbe Lyceum The.ane, London.

Filuteull.

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WILL 15K

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REA'DING SPIR~TUArL MISSION.

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Unil"ersity College, Reading, on '

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Sahlrd,y Mtemoon, NovemLer 30th, at 3 p.m.,

NOVEMBEk 17.". 191 8 .
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SerVlce!l at 11.30 a.m. a.nd 6.4 5 p.m.
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Speaker :-Mr. WILLIAM FORD.
. 3. 0 P m., Lyceum~ fpr Qhildz:.en. 1
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(By perminiOlJ rtf Col. H. F . Oolendge, D.S.O.).

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AssistM by Miss MURIEL BOWMAN-SMITH,
A.R.A.M., at the Plano. ~
Tho Programma. will inalude: " ~ono.ta in A" (C8a.r
Fdnok). ":rrill~ du Diablo" ('Ia.rtini), .. CO D~ in
E II (~elldel..oJ.ln), etc.
The total proceed'.! of this Reeita.I, without a.nycleductiona
for eXpClD5ell, mil be ha.nded over to the above Fwu1.

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THE KING'S SEEDSMBN .
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Lecture
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'fhe Rt. Hon. J. H .. WHITLEY, M.P.
(Deputy Speaker of the House of COmll!lOnl),

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.. Th~ HumIn and ~o.omi. Probleml of IndUllry
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apMChe.. H:ye we Dot, indeed, jWlt seen
COIOl •.a!, tailur of attempt.e to wage war on
bUhutn race? 1 lt would be idle t;o "' maak
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LOC:A;U .::"PARAG~PH S.
Tlje Barl 0
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ill ,.. ,u.!Jlijll .. .IoMn, mqoh better and 'Mpeoo to
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:r'b. Bi,hOi'- <of OXfora .~b to ""tum to. En,,·
la dd t rSFJl t~ Vmtea.j, 8 t'ijUs in 'tA'Ili'e ltor, the
Re'jn'e!ent.liv~lobiU"~ coun &fI on .Novemb6 26th.
Mr . John Bu6kn~p -of.C:9ler Park Farm • .nd

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fun of the!. town..
. I n th" even;ng one -could £ee ~a.utlful rocke"
soaring into B.lr and , on breakl!lg , s hed fOl'\-h
brilliant llg.h ta of .9.11 eolouru. while in the' town
t.he contuiu&l whl~Z'lng. cra~kmg a.nd ba.ngtng or
cra.e'k ers. ~ulh6 a.nd the othc.r Bpeeiea of firEmOrks
wa.e heard. In: sf,ite of t he' bad weather thfll
merriIDml \ a nd fro hc kept " on until a very law
hd,ur and the streets were aJ.wa.ys crowded and
noisy.
THANKSGI1iJNGS.
On Tueed '8.y m Or.nmg, fl,r,. ~.30, High Mimi: was
celebrated at. Holy . 'l'rlDIty ChuT(ili, Oxfurd~road,
the oelC'brant helDg the VIcar, the Rev. B. Elton
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' The).. Mayor

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Oe8!a.t.lon
M'8.TY'S
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Vicar

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Willwn :~ .Q~n. ;;t War'gr&V'e ~tnor, lia.v(~· h ~D
elect<ll members of t.h'i'lJalry S~hOrn . A,ii>oc.a.tion .
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bymn , .. 0 Gci of J'aooh' l·
a. hr lef. addre:;s, ln w hich be
God wl t.h all t heir hean. a.nli
strain . a.muety &nd troll'
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that had threatened to olinohl€$'t. ideal8 of bU'ma.nity,
tlme of tiha.nb«Jving anf!
much lwe ana reveren.o\&
them t-o take part in

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~Feeling !I1'''Iltll' indebted for -bene~ta derived iromyour PhOsleriDe, I .....Dot

'r efrain [rom !{Iviog my hea.rt·felt tl1anks, tbat well. a valuable medicine is
within the reach 91 aD Service mon. HaVina done 27 Ye:MS' continuouS service
4t..alJ clim.es and ~cted differebt~ fev~-etc., beeD on Acti vo Service aOoat

.inee outbreak 'If hostilities lin small "!?it which is moot nerve-.-ackipJ, and
having been torPe<loed and enduQulr the hardsloips 01 the North Sea, I decided
, to try a course 01 rho!;l<f.ine tablets, I\!ld .now !eel e:rtremdy -U for a man 01
m y age and experiences..
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II!hpp&u' 11..4 DIamonds, {rom ;£20.

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...-a:s very ple:ased t.o be able to state tha.t t he news

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t bo M,ooilted Po" ... os 'the Pr..ident 01 the
Uuited Statesl aud tbePnme Minieter of France
bav••~oko"iu t.l!.. way llley hav ••
They ~bo 1the feeling.. ."e believe. of. aU
"ho h&i. ,orioully oonoidored the .itu~ticin.
Ther., trpay_\ l'ellJaJ,u , Iubject. .on ,.which the
di1ferent "Alli~e will baTe to-ir.djnlt tbeir ppinioDe
to !Deet-<i ilf) 4po1ber, but there.is ,aQ. unde~~1ing
umtl wl1lch sur., the war;. and we are no.~
li~lf,tci for,lt ,-nre trutb. 10, ra.bly oad dil'
•• trou~111 ohalleul.d by' Germauy, thu.t
of <>0' oolllltiy,.ialtho good of ~11. '
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'WE ~1l~ -CO;~PLE'T.E
FUnERAL F~R"ISI;IERS.
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the Read:m g B t::a neh of ' the W.E.A . • waa' ttiv.en by
Mr .E. Sh.a.nrood Smltb. M .A ., headrna.stu of
N~bury Grammar &hOoI, In t1he Lom:lon.street

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tions of the tracks upon ... hlch had ~n pla<ed

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We are tbe acP.lal makers of Me~orlal
Stones, and consequently can quote
lowest possl,ble. prlces. ' We are alway~ .
pte!lsed to' 's ubmit ' designs and suggest-rons, or can
PJlt YPUf own Idells, or
. work to your deslarui. eitlIe", in ~tone or
woo. Our works .lit Earley Place are
well ,stocked' with a11 kinds .of matetial
f(,r the purpose and skilled craftsmen
aad artists! are at your command.

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63/- 75/- '90/ .

d et.onat.cra avd sLlchlike--nOlsy, n o doubt.., but
harm less. 'Most of t he shops 10 the tow.o had been
w.£~ly c1o':ioed by mld-day and, 8& (!Bob one clo&ed.
60 ·was the cl'09.,d lncrea.sed and the ba.bble and
hlla.rlt y 1nte nslft~d Soon after one o'cloc k, when
t he male and female employees It mesh of thf:
large factories and w<1rkshops of th~ town had
reached the h eart of t he town .
A.nd ):0 tbin~s oontinued lInhl about .3 p.m., when
HiI; Worg,hip the Ma.yor, together with the Depub
Mayor (Yr F. A SarJea.nt.) and. the T09m Clert.
lett the Town H&1l raJ)d stood at the foo t of Qu~ .
VJct.oria.'s Statue Jo, oider to address the peopl.
ga.thered round there. This was the aign&.l for ou,t

had been offiCially confirmed-(cheen}-tbe Pnpl.1ttvo Method l!t Chapel O'D Wedneaday ev.e,n·
a.nd t ha.t ho6tilillEIi were bv t h a..t time 6\l~nded­
the ing. :A · ~ull re~t of ,t'h~ prooee<illns will ~ for go<d h,~ hoped, (Loud ch..,,,.) H.
not
faot wbich the American Pretident
in our next weeko...J....u~, In didor to sU!I al&ne, he "'SS certain, 10 expreMing the hope that
admits. that the ptospeot in Germany
col~w,nience ~ of
a~&~~on~:ektebt&~ the Jut gqn <had been already fired a.nd that 8.
it disquieting
the reat of the world.
instea.d' of Wedne!day.
'thf.! \'ictonous <Peace had been a.ttained by our a.rmB .
(Che!!'T'J".) The Ji!&yor p &ld e-loquent. tribute to tho!
is pt::oportionate to ambitiou. and they who
t,he RIght BOD. J. H. Whi tls,y . !'oldlel'$
a.n4 ~ Nilan; of B n t 1loln a nd the Alhes wbo,
out to be more than men may I.n to be l eu.
" The bu'ma.n and econOllllc by their ~Io ur &nd mlght, had made such things
~ lbl e . , (Chee:re.) He ecmcluded by ukmg 11.11 !o
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Whitley
why!
t he. o Yl,rthrow of 'V'
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and of
hillthe
addNSIJ
WIll Roebe
Ib.r o.t.'ll to'
b, the
p rel da to
aud
the
p~blemo aJI'""t ' ]Oln Wlth h im In s lOgmg tlhe NatJonal Anthem.
The 'Dep~tY1.y(l r &l.so 5p9ke gJ th~ men who
ia lurely no .... &I cle&r
that
and \ employees, a. cordJal
had fc.ugh~ a.nG!.fron &nd ~ Ied-f or t hree he&rly
aparahy caundt be loc:aHlfld,
the D~puty Spea.ker crf the House
oheers ror th~D1 . :. More deaIeDing ehecm 11ave
to the Ditter end . Sbe parried
ext.endttl to all p erson s interested.
be.!1! h t :ard a.nd rai~ in Rendmg' b efore.
anelUiea ",hen I tbe ground \YM
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wHo '7>-ere. still 1D Franee werc e\"'en more
b ar r..~ &ud
n~.d Id'peol no insincerity iu
voeif."ous. 'Iltree more cheers of gre.at , lnteDsj~y
tb. p'llio rue••• go of D r. SOLl' to W uhington,
were glV~n ~ ·at t he request cf a. 6ohher, to the
P.reaid81ltl.WILSOÂ¥. 101 usual. h... found tbe
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Mayor and ! the Depu ty-!.fayor, who both then reperfect p ru.. . .. W. mUll hold lb. light
liNSTALLATION MEETING.
turned to- the Town Ha ll. They were 'I1oli, howIte&dy Ulltil
find
" All hiatory
ever. aUow~d toO Ntit. In qUletness. for :at the rel upport. It.is
.. Hunger does Dot
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PeI&ted r&quests of the e:rom:l out!tlde t hey had. to
out i.gam and take part In the prOOU&lon
breeds ml.dne8I." A.long U
. Considerably over one hlll\dred" me~ber8 of the i lom~
rcu nd t.MJ m&U1 thorou.~ h ta.rm of the town Bj
-it will be lIupported by the
llI38e'mbled. a.t t~ 14uonic HIU, Rea.d1.nll', 0'" Lh1s time ~e Band of t.he &ya1 BerkBhlre Regl.
';'ctima, ... 'Was the i~c~~~f~;~~,.-:'~;: to. WItness t,he inst a.ll atlon of Mr. W
ment had arrived from t he Ba.n-aeb (under Ja.1r. C.
ihghne in France. But when it falll? We mAy
a! W.!M, 'for the enSjUIl£ year. Mr
WhltO) Q.nd headed lohe column . Then followed
thau ~ redu.,or to "red ruin and the brolking
i most ..""",Iy .,.".grftuloted on a ll h,and, t ha Mayor! .nd 'the 'olb en, ~ polip& OftlceN and
up of law •. "
To atreugtheu the moderate
office At .~ an a.u.pioIO~ .penod !la .n eniO'rnlOUS thrO:ne of civil ians and trOOJ>!!: brought
up the 1'00.'1- ofi t hat triUll'lp.he1 much. The 1"8.10,
mementa ' in Germauy i . now the imperu,tive
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termmatmn o,f- the' "'!a.t', which W31S a.lthough COmmg down falriv ba.rd, did not da.mp
duty of tbe wo'rld. We have" no time, aud
fOT a suocessi'ul. year lD the
t he joyfuJ. ldemonstrat..ors' spints.
thouglltlul rueD .,ba.•• no mood, for hy.terical
A, A. Atkin, presided at
So crcwded ",ere Lbe st.reets In the alternoon
jubilation •• · Resto~ the waate places is &
and m.ta:11ed his IINC- tb at It WM dec:doo to &U5pend for the r est of the
<1ay
the tram oar &en-ICes, but, DOUlIng daVilted,
ta,k witlr w~gio 'urgonoy ~boot it, and ..e &re
handoome
the inh ..bit'~ts {roon tho extreme enda .of the town,
glad that l uch authoritative representatives of
hy book. o-r by er~ mostly managed to be in t he

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1Mrt. 1lli.. Si.roh R,OO Collier. of L>nsdowme.
Crav8t-J.-rOad , Reading, Widow, for merly of The
EltruJ COley Ave.nue; Readmg, whose death .00eurored
June 19th, has left este,ie YI.lued a.t
£9,594 14s. 4d. . 'WIth mt p ersonalty at £9 .417 &9.
Mr WiUillm E:JWla.m Col har , of Darracott, Albert .
road, Ca.voersh-a.m, I1.Qr son, ]!I the GUuivlng execu-

REdDING, BdTURD.{Y. NOr. 16. 191B.

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GERlLANY. defeated in the field. haa not
...... d to pre,ont & problem to the relt 01 tha tor Mr. S.muel George Oo\h.,., 198. Gllcbnst.worM. NeTe, . indeed, did ,ue present ODe that road, R.eoading, brlck and t il e ma.nuiacture:r, for
called more hUi.teutly fot' clellor-thinlriDI' ,and mer ly of 'Hillsborough, Gr.ovelaool Toad W est,
dilCreet aotiod, The d ecision of the usooiated whose deat h Oc.curred t>h August 18tb, bas ~ft
estate valued at! £2 ,636 19 .. .~.. WIth net ~r·
PO""l'8 that Oermauy must be . saved from tbe IOnalty £2,081 4;1. 16cl Mr.' llham. E!fward <?aIf.min. ~ with wb~ob abe i. threatened i .... de- li'8T' 1'116 brother anell M'ni. I :rna. ,Pnsclll& Colher,
f.qllblo qll sroundl of exp.dienoy .. it io
'. of i9a; Tllehu.lt:rolj<!
, ' hIS. Wi. <1W' ,or," tbe ex«uto:".
bUTSUI of I enthusla\sLic and vociferoWli cheering
ground. of hnmanlty. "Wo) lght,"
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w1tich WI\E! with the greatest difficulty IlUppref;!t:d
OUIn.u, ." not IIglil\lt ~ um.nity, but for
WOJUIfElItS' 'ED1JCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
order to Jive the; Moayo r B. hea.ring . Order was
hUlDanily." a~d President WILSON has enuuci'1ihe seventh lecture of the aeries, to be give.~ in
a.t. 18.I:>t ob~ed by 11. ser geant and qua.rlermH.Sterated ' the aame truth in tbe noble diction to d un.ng the W1n t.er Im onths, under the a.U8plces cf eeroleant., \4'hd"both bl~ whistles &nd a.ppea.led for

Eeo..mJeaI CAXES, PUDDINGS aDd PIES;

the lett BAKING POWDEN In the WOfld II
Made iD '40 coIoou:o.

SEEDS FOR

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As a crowning satisfaction I also,
there is The King Tailors' value.
And that ;s value.

WO.

AN ' IMMEDIATE TASK. '

For HOM,· MADE BREAD.

Sign..! w"',«>J19,'OYed to the

LlG~TING-;ESTRIC~lONS.

Tlckot.. 10/6. 5 /·. 2 /6 anil I J. each.
Mil.,. be obtained of AIe.ara. B.llIlfES & A VIS, Ltd.. 6
arut 7, Duke Street, Bea.dinC. 'Phone 9il.

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ALL..8.Ell'! Fa:n:.
Cha.t'l.Ct6[.

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Berkshire Regiment PrisOIIers of War FlIDd.

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CoLLZon~.

THE 'ROYAL

19'18 ,

G.· SIMONDS.

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'SEVEN .DAYS' LEAVE,"

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,BEAUlY AND THE ROGUE.

Honday, November 25th (Onoo Nightly) a.t 7.30.
MAtinee Wednesda.y aJ: 2. 30
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WALTER HOWARDS Gredeat Success

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next.:At
meeting
Of the ;J'.Iiu"
that
da.y it a.will
be decided
when

could lOot avoid: Dot1cing th&b everyone wore
an 6xpresrio.n u thoqgh e:r;pectiqg good. ;n$W8. A t
11 o'clock the bombshell btu'8t. when &.e ,news tha.t

R.eadm~ _pie by t he bel10,lring f~rtb of ..veral
eyrene. In &1yery h ttJe tl'dlfl a-eticaUy tho .!Whole
of t he Roea.dl~ puhoo seemed.' concentrated. In tbe
Rm'RESENTATION' OF SOUTH OXON.
lofir. A:nker S~m'lllODI!I w.a.s a.t. a. meehng of the ma.tD: 9treet.e ~ t he town-t b& Ma.Tket...pia.ce. Broadstreet,
Fr."ll.rf.:treet. Oxford·road, Duke-street and
Oxfordshlte Farmen.· Uniop 'held at Orford,
iMary's..:but!.ci were seething tu'll&5efi; of buma.m.tv.
WJlWl:im0u6Iy invited to oont.eeb t he .sea.t 83 lUI at
Fhtga were hois-ted a.t Sutton's, t he TOIWD Hal},
ag riou ltu~l .coalition eand'id-ate.
Iud in nea.rl! every WIndow :'Were 8age of v a..nOU8
ihs.pes iiUe8 and n&tiOJlla,ht.ies - thOle of Our
VIOLIN RECITAL.
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tuma.y afternoon, November 30th, Pte, Louis I In the )IÂ¥-lret.-pl..,. there pa<eed Q sojdler
Peoe i lWi!l give & . violin reeitul in the 'Ool1.e Hall WIth ~1 ~ltnet, equipment and r ifte-th&t ~aII I
a
1I1lce&'"by M.iss MurieL.Bowman·8mith. \ Proceeds wlll Dever f~rget the great. r~ tlO'tl ¥d Ova.tlOD
in aid of the Royal Berki lB.egiment Priaon6J1l of W &r b&o reoelvea 'rom t.he .crowd bhe!!e a.t about ten
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Intnutes aft~ the news bad been a.Jl'Ilouooed.
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Then .t raoout 11.30 a.m. the Mayor (Mr. Stanley
Haywa.rd.) mMe hIS a.ppeannce at one of the 1'9'1D~,
EDUGATWN COMMITTEE. ,
At Illr
eettng 'Of t hiS Comllllt.t..ee OQ 14P.nday, r:oW8 .of t h-e r.tayor'e Padour a.t. the TO"oTIl Hwl a.nd.
c8JLed for three cheer&-true Bnh. h cheers they
~r. L. G. Suttun was una nimously l'Hl~ted
('lia.irman ~ A nsolution of 6ynr~&thy ~th Mn;. E, were, tOo-lltnd tstruck up the N8.tI01la.l Anthem,
L. Daviee a.nd (lthen wbo have suffered loss which wN sung by bhe grea.'b eoncouree of people
m the ~ua~e. After a qUra:rU!r of IW1 hoUr had
through the wa'I' 'was pasrsec1
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elapsed, the l Mayor , tl:Ie Town Clerk and others
emer
ged f ~ the Town Ba.ll a.nd stood a.t t he base
iMILITARY MEDAL.
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Ritlema :S. V . BuJ.o.\", of. the 1116 l.ondon, of Queen. Vlclor1.'s · Statue. around "",hich 'WIU'I a
large crowd~ H Ili Worr.i:up" in addrft.\Stng the
Queen'. W utnll l:l.6tez: .Rlfi eB , sclJ of Ill'. and Mrs
Ba.rbw (Mus Ad& Deane). 7, ZinZll-lN,treet.. Read- gat.hormg, sa.ld that as soan 8.11" tbe new6 ,of the
slgnu,g
of. ~e &rmistlce '90'8.8 rece::lvoo h e phDned
mg , tha., been &wJl.rded roo Milit&ry Medal for du;tingultlhed, servIce m France. He 'fIas 1;1nce been through and] ascertained thai the a.ctu&l algning .l.of
th e annl!tlOe had ta.ke n p laoo a.t live o'doo1c: tlmt.
'WOunded]Lbut 18 progressmg fa.vourably.
mormng. whIle h03taht.iea 'Were to ceue at 11
o'clock. (Ch~ers) He pointed out t.ha.t h l.S Iftate.
PA.RTNRR wmST ThR,IVE.
ment was n bt 'official, but. 31; soon 88 It. 'h M been
On W neSdlCy everu~, at th e Waterloo Ga-Hery, 1 OftiCla..Uy cc.Dfirmed h e wou ld n ot.lfy them. (Cheers.)
Mr. GeO-rge Tomba h eld anot.her
his &erlCS I)f
Just a.t t~a..t:. moment & newspaper boy I'-came Oll
'Wh»b d r f,-.e9 1n order to Cbta.ln fund. for a'YIy
the 8C8ne~
d was hberally begelged by '& delllSe
c.harity wnich he may be 'Pleased! to &58ISt . . By. the crowd.
BIld 08& who were au cce88ful i;o. making 8. 1
mM.na ofl his driVe!! he h as been a.ble to 1pstel'l8l1y 1>ur.chMe
bem~ Te~ of 'What cOm they
enhance iili~ mteresl:e
"am)U8 charttleo. and halj;
a lso enter ta:med wounded s oldIers in a. Tigh t !'oyaJ liignf'd."
otfcrocl-re8
follC'IWmg two wo:,rd~'~I~~~~:~:~
ThattJhe
WIl..S a ll-an,d ilia t. was
fuhl on. l'libe drive on Wednesday was practically t hem. o~aeeing prooe..mons of
th., mst ~tt.epded 9'f &11, there being presc.nt abcut. t lonet.tee,
lIege rO'll'i'5,l school boy,
1~ playez,J. • The pn~es w~e. and a L'9>ays are, of
a.nd descrlp I<1OU .0 peopl e paradmg
moSt. u.soeful na.tUl'e'. Hia next drive is & fortnight the erudest. Laf inst.ruments o~ would h ave eon,
hence. j
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eJude:]. tha.t ;Read Ing had O'ODe mad-mad Wltb joy.
One proces!lon was headed by a :piper of &. famous
lot. <:ADm' BATTALION 4~h ' ROYAL BER~
Scotch regi~e nt , who pla..yed his hag'plpe~y 91d
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REGIMENT
tun-e-u only .. "Hiela.nder" knows h ow-; for
A Battahon Chu rcb , PAr ade Will be 'held on Sun- a.notber prdoesslOOl a pan of 68uoepan lids ' pro'nded
day Dex~ a.t S t. Gilcs' Ohurch a.t 3.30 p.m The tho " k eep in step, ' whlle the ma.J.onty of t.he
sermon "'"Ill be preacnw. by l'h e Rev. F. J. C: GIll· t<J.uads d epe ded upon th eir vocal powerS'. A.ll the
mar, s.d F .• BerkE'hll'l'e , tb o serVlce Wlll be , pu b es "" eTf gally ornat.ed WIth fla..,"5-1arge apd
t h-ank,;gl vmg Ser'l'ICe, ami fh e paronk and iTlends smaU-T'066tites a nd streamers c f red , white aim
of' tbe Cadet!', are in vIl fd ~ atteDl\. The collec- blUe. The filolt mU 3ical proce&310n of &11 was t hat
tion 8.1. bhe service '''111 b~ q'lnn to the Prisoners form oo by lema,le college students, wh.o. marc~t1
of War Fu·nd. Rova l Berbn ire , R eg4Dent. The to the tllnc 01 t he , ,I Marseillaise "-thew stngmg
Bat.ta.lI on WIll be Inspected before the f:;ervlce by Wa.Ii verJ 'ha.rmomou~ . At noon a.n aeropla.ne PeTBri~d let ' ¥~Jleral W. A Collings. late Royal Ber k~ fo.rmed numerow;. spectacu lar gyrahons over t~e
Regnne nt, at.. the F.c.rbu r y at 2 45 ll.nh
towu , and one of the oooup&nf.3 was p lamly d l $cerned 'WIllvmg hut bands to tbe specta.tor& below.
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fa low was It 8YIDe:.
Wo Ql.re ,a.sl.red by t.h e ChIef Constable (Capt
All the phop8 anq stall. in t.he tow n where fiaga
8 . Hende~on) to notify t.he public t.ll at t he
were m 6to ~ were heRYlly s tDnnod by young and
Iltnotions In r egard to . the Eb'&.dlDg of .lighte
alike, whtle ono fta.g aeller. who made hi,
llcu:!:8a. a,ua s hops are WI thdrawn , but oWln g to the
at the. Broad -st reet entrance to tbe Arcade,
necet:aity (If eco no my m nhs use of coals, the rebrte of his life a.nd was soon shut up, be
'ItrieiioIlS! "".ith refEre~ t~ t.he li!.!.hting of 1:h~p
,
diSJ>C"S"S;:od of all hIS good......t hl.
\Vip"""W8 ! a.nd aU outllde light:; shU remam 10
his happy
Broad-etreet wa.s pnlct.icaJly mono-force. The Ligh ts (VehlCle1l) Orden ' l£:a.ve n ot poJjsed D1 the prcceSSiOoM of wounded sol~he.,.,
'been t;ev ~ked. but th~ m!Mde h ght..tni of tn.m C'ilT!! cfficers and-well, the Al"my , the Navy, the All'
and 'buaes 15 a llowed ~ The suspe.runo n of tbe hght· F.o.roe and t he clVl11an force alI were numerously
'""'ittJiictiona a pphcable to 'hotels, rest,.9.ura.nt.I, repre6ent~d . The street l'CSemblcd a. &oeDe at. a
clu~' nd <plaOO8 01 entm-tamment granted b y t.he
fancy d re:..fI1 ball and. m-asquerade. The t ram ca.rs
: 0 '
Trade, termma.te on Sunday.
mllds tardy and uU!~asy 1>rogr~s, a.s dld also
a ll other vehtcle.s: t'here. Big btLDgs were oon·
tInually ca!.p!oo by the. t1'8m ears pa&:'1.ng over porI
WILLS.
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When. you go to bed, or
• 'when you no longer need
to use the room rake out
the fire. Be just <j.S careful
to 'turn out the fire, as yo,u

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We make every garment as thougli
we were making . only one - as
though the one ~n who is to wear
it ,MUST be satisfied-and satiSied
for a long time. ,
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STILL CLOSED.

'HE King Tailors' pl'iees l carry
OJ;aly a portion of the inc~eased
costs you have read about.
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the >·~oal

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Rolo .nd Poul A. Rubo".. Addition&! Numben by

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In 1'fuee Acts by Frsderiok Lonada.le And
Unger. lIuslO by P&ul A. Ruben.. L yrics bv

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Ia.rt. tbe ttme r o&m& :when GenDa.ny had to edant

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oblldren 10 ' Oerm&D1' 'We're
&Ad otber'-such events
in the Gennan ~. but ' not · &0
Thr<>"Irhout: ~ _
.Iong y..m of wv many
aDd 1'10rioueflJ9Ce-. have been obtaJ.oeci by~
BritUh...A:rm. &nd Na.;vy, i:{ut the pe6p'le"at h<lfme
h&v.e maln~ired: ."4,,)&lm<i8t stoical .~lence-~re
Ar'~~!l" 'l liM a.hvay.,. 'been; of eoUTM, the e~orN~d
vigour a t howe :801ld tho 'ioQl'eased d'eter:Dnn&~lO Il tQ
.6.glIt to & victorioua oonotU&iol1, b;ut notblllf 01
gT~t ihilarlty -.nd fdt1vit:t' h f& f~;ed any 81gDa
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ONCE ,NIGHTLY

MATlN~E:

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N~W 'AYdR:S , REP.LE~1t

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ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL.
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THE ENDOWMENT OF, MEMORIAL BEDS.
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READING OBSBRVER."
Slr,-At the last tbee~ m g of the Boa.rd

of
Man.a.gement cf th'8 Royal Berkshire Hospi tal ,t
~6 -my prinlege to announce tha t Mr . and Mrs.
H. D'O:-W . .Mtley, of H ungerford, had Endowed J
bed In t¥ H<lSPlbu in mtrrnory of their lion, who
h1ld: faUetn. in. the 'War, a~ had ~ lected 11. l\"ard ,n
'Which t he memorial t.,bletl should b e placed ~
This iii the four l1h !bed ,
has been eD\j'Owoo
U 1L ..inular memorilJ.l
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.of .the
Such
of
th,t
to thmk
reade'ffi who
of asscclat
ba.-.· e made the great
record of help fer tho
by our County H o:s
would f~l in·
thankfulness
t.hrough

that has

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