Reading Observer 02-1919

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$RE t READING , OBSERVER,

KIDMQRE I MRMER
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A £50 PENAl.TY.
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Ab f:1:'l Ca..enho,m. P etti Semio"," 011 Saturdaf.
before Sir R T H<>l't!l(>llroHcdge, Bart (o~&U'n!an)r \
.Mr R l' DWf, ~ Rev R. H H .....lAvt. ¥r

Cha:'1ee B Palmer, I 11;r Waltbr J Renma.n: Su'
Si1nd~. lJ= C M G I Mr T NetghMur an t

Percy

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Mr C F Corbould Elh.s
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M.r Henry Bngb.am DoUi'lu Va.nderstegem. (}l
Cane End House Kt~ore."..&5 summoned. for un
lawfully pernutb ng ce:rtain blrley to b. damageJ
eo !l.S to render It-le39 fit. foT' the purpose for whIch
it "'.ae r-eservOO. under the Barley Reetrichon
oroer, 1917 bet,..,.n July 7th 1918, &nd Decem
bor 3lilt 1918
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He wu &lro summoned for wuhng the. ba.rley
eauslDg lb th be wuted a.nd pe:nnittiDO' It to b~
Wh t~.

''''''''''''''00£

preserve the ha1r 10
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nothmg 1S better
but, above all, aVOid cheap.
made of soda and other chem1cals

Var.d'8I"8tegen W8.8 them !&ronng.. was taken C),,;et' by
the Agrroult urAl Omllll1tt.ee
Later It. was traken
over by other tmumt8 e.nd some of ius rIcks we.re
sold Proba.bly lt waa also 'W'lthm tbe 'l"'Dowledge
of the Ben1Jib tha.t Mr V&nderstegen re pnrohn&ed
BOOne of the Tlclts I n one of the fields t.-"I1ren over
by Mr J::Mnton 11.00 c&Utd Brown 6 Hlll Maple
durhoam ILrt.ood ~ :rlcla; the produce of the .1croo
01 ba.rley WhlCh had been g:r"CIwn 1n 1917 1n tha.t
field a.nd the tmJduoo of abou t 25 acres The proport.UXIl ~ 8.bout ha.lf 111 each rIck
The crop
was not e,. good one but the nck tn ouestion ought
to have oontamed between 20 and Z5 qua.r~ ?f
ba;rley )b- Denton l beIng tena.nt of tbe field
waa entritled to the str8l'lr Ul tlle n ck On severa l
OCCUlOns he made requeds to M1' Vandenri..egen
to t.~h out the rick and oc:ml'phL\nOO that rats
were geUmg mto it a.nd d'lLma..... mg his own oa.t
crop Ul the fi eld Ul the Immediat; ,Del;-..h bourhood
1'\0 notl06 wa.s ta.ken of tbeee compla-fnu, b y "Mt'
Va.nderoSt,.e.gen The ncit wu s.ll()w.oo to- sts.nd not
only thT"OUS'h tho whole or the Wlnter of 1917 but
the sp'!1.ng ~d WInter of 1918 In the .,.mOOr 01
1918 the ncka got mto a deplo:t1lble oo-ndltlon
They 'W&re o1"Ct'run with rats wHile the thatcb
rn1cb as ]0 w a.s W9..8 blown aoou t bv the wrnd a.nd
the contents .of the rlcks ra.p1dly deteriorated I t
'Wl&S not untIl January 10th of th.!15 year Vhat t he
l"1("Jc 10 quest,10n was bhl'E6hed UDder the presstlT'6
of th""" pl'<Xle<'dlng. Ae the r«mlt of tho bhre.h
lng 1lU1tead of get hng at a. very reasonable E'BtI
mate 2Q to 25 qua.rlers the t'lck only yielded 13
qua.rters The stra.w was 90 f'8J' det6rior&t.ed thAt
It WfUJ prachca1ly ~ foOr a.ny 'P~
Mr
Vande'l'St.-egen had £eeQl fit to dellber&tely and
wIt b studted ~egl~t al1O"W foodstuff of Uns charM"ter to be '" d amaged and hOO tlwreby I......ed
pro ta.nto the food production .of the country lir
Vandcrstegen had. bad warrungs but had prefel":red
to ta!ce no '1lOhce and 'had gone on lD hlA O'WD way
It 'W'Ould be for tho Bench to see that that sort of
conduct m\1t5't b e stopped
Mr George Dent on woke to talcing tlle t.enltllDoy
.of Brown s H ill undcr tne AArioultura,1 We.i Com
m lliM at Mlchae1mM 1911 He oom'PLadned .0
Mr V8.noderst~6n that tbe 'Wet W'8B get:tmg' Jnto
th~ rick and t1ia.t tne ra.ts fr-om It were damagmg
Wltn e:$ F= rom Mr Vanderstegen kept pT'OllUSUl,:>
to thresh It out but fiWlJd!he bad not got the
l abour EventuaU) It WIllS tilireahed In Ja.nua:ry "')f
thIS yenT by whIch t llne It hsd got lnto 8. very
b f"t condltlon
C~!IJ-E!:'I: :l mmed
The &tnw was all 1JpOllt.
The
hllt'lev might not ha'r"o hec:n fit for huma.n foed be
fore It w alt cut He dId not know the eonditu).U 6f
It when nut lnlo the Mek
If ba.rlev 'W&8 cut In 8. VfTY wet nate a.nd put
Into the Tlelc In tbllt; condIt.IOn. It would be n.ece8sa.ry to bave t.he March wmM a.1'1d summer SU11 I)n
It. ~-It 'Would want sev~Tal months' drymg
Would you b. surprioed to learn that when ,t
'W'88 put m.oo tbe TIck It 'Wa.e: only fit fOO' a.D.lmal
food ;1,1 should be I complained tliat ,tbe thre6h
ln 2' 'HI.S ne t {lone lon time
Re examIned
'Vue a ny proper preea.ubons
tnk nn to prevont th~ riek from d~t e!1or&tlng'­
Not 80 much fI.!I ougrhb to ha.ve been
MT \Valtoer Hew ot t, Nmtny Green
Kid:mo~
End 511.id he went through the baTley field a. fcw
da.Y;l beiOl'B the saJc In August 1917 There ough"
to haq~ :been four Ncb to the acre
Cro~xa.mmed
The crop lookEd all ngbt m
plaoes I n other p'l:lo.')eS It waa not so good
Mr WaJ ter RaHton Dr m6tnber of the OzEord
f'bll'~ A-g;rlculturlll Commrtt.ce
said he Vl91ted
Brown Hl l! on Norromher 11th, 1918 and book
sampl E'l~ from two OOeE: of the rick
In the lower
partl of the nck hoe found graJ-'n whlch Wft.6 fit f()r
Eurnan. consumption
The condltwn of th~ Mck
woo very bad The roof "" u bad and wat<er bad
got lD ~ well M rt.tr; If prooorlr looked <l\,fter
tho nck ought to b,ve oont&ioltd 00 to ZS qu&.il1<lrB

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The greatest d,scovery for the haIr IS
powder, WhICh, lD addItion 1:0 belOg a
refinement and captlvatlOg fragrance, IS
free from soda

of great
entIrely

It also has the addltIonal auvan"L",e of bemg

an anhsephc cleanser I

reg~larly WIth

Tbls ' means that the haIr whIch IS
Ven-Yusa SlYampoo Powder IS free from

nOXLOUS germs

that are the real cause of haIr fallIng out
the haIr and scalp
Ven usa Shampoo
prevent thIS sort of trouble, but after a

of dIseases ,of
not only
shampoo WIth

.y

Ven Yusa Powder the haIr reta'i~ s the anti"'mt'ir propertIes,
and thus remams free from IlfRe rIsk
for ' a
consIderable hme
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Yen Yusa Shampoo Powder Is more
Cleanser, It Is the AnU.iepUc and Pr,ot,,,,.llve
Try ope to-night.

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Vm.Â¥U$(1: ShamPobPowdu.! aye ,old by aU Chtm1$ls H'l ir,""~.,m ,,Slo,.. _
0"- ca.- be ob'auJed d,;'ect /r·om The P,oi'>'lcion, C

P ... Cl: 3d "" powder or 116 for packet 011 powd,,~

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o~ra.mmoo.

ANNUAL DINNER.

3Sdemblcd for the fint time Ili!nce the out-break of
the wu for tbe.ll' a.nnual dmner and pnze presen
t..a.t1on Tho P re61dcDt of the Club :bIT J II
Bayh". WlU unable to be present as be had co n
"'~I.ed on mLen1al dull so Wle clllnr "as ta..;, cn
!, Mr , v
Galt M'illLr 'fhe oWlen pre:&ent, ,",ere
.l1:€'5srs E W Ba.ylili R H BayllS J E Be)hs
A II Sh.rwood, S 0 B illie J F ulle r J Locke
J D
RaJu, E W a.rhUTt.on R Hbnwood U
Gilford Bowman J \\ebbcr \ 1 Gardner J
W:trburton :J;; F Bryant R A Jones 1 Mock
rill W Butler A F Jones J J: erTIs J F Dobble
E Coleman, J ,$lgge H Pov;cll, 'V "nen P
H udwn E CIa<t>l, A Blaclrnell W~bber F
Tame, H P 0 ~h~'6\e, Barnes, W Makepeace C
B Mu\\ ell W )Vlnccnt H E Walke r H VIIl
cent , Marnotot, -E1. Simms, Teague, J FOI5ter, \
8 Stedmo..n W
.Al"Cbu
GWI T.bolUas
liarry
W alker II J Jat!Kson, )unr J 11 Pov. ell G L
Westen i\. M P otter E L Collte8 R Webb H
A.ngel J Ba..lle y \ HOll60, F Pont1n F J He:l<i m g
If \V CJa,l.e A la".3.) W atts J Pa:Ylllc Km fl"ht. ,
W Sl'lle.5 .And Ha rry Ohllds (hon sec)
The Chal1111a1l 1 lU p mpOlnn:; the
Kmg
&aId
that !iii,. Mra.) estv b.ad Ufwer peen &0 dear t.o Ulelr
hearta as dur10g t.hose 'Put fe.rw Jea.r6 (Appl&u.se }
All t.btrn stood a.nd sa.ng tthe Na.tlonal :'\n1ili.etn
Mr Ba)lis ]unr sa.1d lt ..... HG greatly regret.te..l
b) him that. h18 f8.t.her -was unabl.e to be present
~rough mdlSpOI'ltloD but b e C01J ld l\SSuro litem
tbat his tboughts 'Wouki 'be "lth them that evcn

Cars
Liken m
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GE -l1'ACT ABOUT
INDIGESTION,
A 8tra.ng~ fact about lOdlgesbon WIth WhlOh compA.rabvely f~w people are A.oquamt.cd, IS that nme
bmc~ out. 0 ten paID In the stomFl.ch aft er DatIng 15
duo to food fermentation a.nd aCldIty, WhICh~ &S any

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Mr

hhllar a.sklld the IIJ386mbly to a.u thorl5e hun
ro 'bhe..1r President 'WlShiIlg hI111
0. speedy r :?C) ver V
The:v bad \\ 1 u them tb &t c,en
lrtg Mr Bayhs three sons t;w6 of whom bad served
the Forces-«?ne 10 the Navy a.nd one 10 the +rm y
H e a.sked the $ODS to ta.ke tho me-sss.go to their
fa her 1\{milcal bonouro were t:hell: accorooo. t.he
1tb!o" nt P res Ident
Mr A H Sher-wood 10 p1"O:P.<'61ng a. toast to the
th ad T1IJ Bowling Cluh
5::ud t.hat a.s Enghs h
n"t'n they encouraged ga:me.s as they w~ meen'"
II V('"S tp the young men to pl8.Y the g&!lle fa.lrly
HQ'I'i'"' f3.1 r ly they had played t he great game durmg:
the past awful four and 18, halI )'"ea.:IS ..... :a.s -.commO l1
\ !'!owledge &on<! . ] t wu equally well known 'iihat
t...h~ r enemles did not act 5tr.alght-tb,ey never
" "ld b6 a."'le to pla.y a. clean str81ght g.alllle (~
phu"e \ As faT as the Club & record v. ~ conoet'".ll
had ~ n lP enst.ence for over fL hundred ~-N.rs.­
a i '-llly ~ma.rkahle reoord In It6elf They had ~
jI ~j.dent. who was &ceooo to none., a.nd he ha.d
• Ipp-:rrted them througb thIck a.nd t~lln (Ap
pln:.tse) It ..~.as 8. great. pleaaure for hun, a.s a
'\ !-llc.r tha.t e \ enJng to;> be gl\'en the hono ur to
toast tho Club, and he would couple With tha t
I" ast. tho names of l the Ob8.lrn:J,a.n and the Bon
SF'e hIr Harry Ohlldl'i {Applause)
Th ... ChalrmaD 1n prop051n !:l' <& vote of tba.nks to
'fr $h ErwOO-l sa1d that )udgmg from t'he1r bal
rl~C" !.heet i\n.d from :wb ~t' he hEld seen of th... nlay
last. !':ee...'Son tibey were jn, & 'Very good poSltl0n
\ :\"ppla.U6<' )
Mr ChIld'S who eeecmd.ed £aid he had r eoelVed
l .. tt0'" T"i:reth~ t he1r mahliltv to be pre!etlt {r om
\fr C E Ke~T ]lfr L G Sutton Mr EurlaC6
P' l m t l"'~ and from Col Wilsou the l atter belr.g
tllal eHnJng eng8.gM uoon hIS Comm ittee on most
ImpJr lan '" ark
OUrmg (he 'Pllst fA)UOn tbere
harf onh b een one Imoorta.nt. mat"h and tha.t was
ag;lIT1st tne l or-don Oa.ledom.... ns-tflf'l r fll\1lt of that
mal~'h ov.a" faT bcHe.r tba..n all ant.ic1pated
Mr
I n-lar \\h o wu una.ble to be n~n t 'h aoi dra.wn
up the bt'llance sheet wh!.Ch shO'Wed & ba.lance 10
hv,,(t d £114- :m merebe of about.£50 on tit",
p ~ \ Ol~ \e" '" F or ll Pxt. l ~80n t he t.hotlg'bt. the
m m hN ~ wO ll ld leek for'ward Ito play1ng' on one of
,\ .. M l'.'t .. een3 10 tbe Sout.b of EnglA..nd---tbtLD.ks
f
lhp. "'ffcr s of !>JT H enman and Mr Gifford
I"" h:Jd put the ".reen Into such an excellent COli

to &end a. mesgge

FATIGUE.
Que~tIon
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!laId th,..". _ere a11 ' ''fiN aOrTT lhat
..... 11 fr " nd li nd
SJ.o.:p1')eT Mr Joae:1c. Eighteen
1 ~ t b,. WIth t htTl'i" th~t eveDing throuV'ft 111
,
n ... 11 had b"en ... r 101"01 dUTl\bon In 8. lette.r
~ " ., <>-en had n1l1 h e would dnnk to thA
n I..,
1 e met.,.heTII at 9 pm Sba.TP th.t even
r
\ ",,">j."m; . ) It 'Wol.ld b~ Mld Nr MlllAT a.
h . . v f .. - the", to tout Mr 'Elgbteen d the
~l"!" ne. \-t .. was touLln, thf" club (Aptllauae \
T h I
on nine oeleclr all fitcmd a.Dd dr-a.n!r
• t""_'1 r F'" h f' i n'- ncovery frow 11 If Il1ne.l"
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"' q tb--rl nrtaf"nt-{n +~e hcwhnJr 1>"12:1"5
T n I r l I '"\ <ra,~ ,....uon I"~ ft.'l Jlo.....'S -Cluh Ch,.l
.. r n ~ .,d 1, t f)m:- )J" E 1-- Coa.te« 2nd
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\ Ir l( C\1cp i p ~ r 'q':t,.-"I('an M~f.5r" H
'It -l ) I r 'B V .. ~w ... l1 2r~)'I"'''· lf~rur. E l ,
r
., ..1 l-{
E W ,. lk..... f=; \"Inl . . Ftt.ndlCa'1 Mr
l=T 'J1' ('"\ C l p~"."
an~ )f T , ,,,"Y J (jrfllnt
Rink
m],,) t t "'I 'fe ~ !t! F. P lItU' J '"1JI hlt)'l1 W But
1 :\n~ \\ J GTs;;nt ldun' ~"..:t . 1 M fU':'lTi A F
""r == ~ Il'l "n ATnold ar.d C'tll'd.. (elup\ 'F0t'
1 ""' \""
}o n hlti'l J\f!v':T -om ,. on"e ~ tne11'" "'r--n.
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w""" "tL""" h-v ,\f... \V (: Mn-r and !Ir
r. \1
"'"1 ~"'''"'''?Ill'" 11l-. ~l"!'J r ,.. . . n-b f un 1 Mr 'P:
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:\" l ? Mr C D W 1\ :lm-l)n l3hnrl A l
r
t Handl ~"p , ,\fT F. L Coa.tes 2 'Mr W
\r 11 ... 3 !if . . ll .. M I'nh )!
T). ... ~1 nl"-"" ,.r th~ r'" 7."" rr e 'M'''''"''1'1I. 'R Ohtld,
T 1; n " yl .. J r. If.1 i ......., T-J lI' lInda ...• W G
'll~.. t J W ~ ·l u~~"'n If T J .. ~l ...... n B--t lv Imd
T,..
II F l'an t n (' n ~f -" I' ll R
't .. " '{1 t"a~
~ 11' T" r ru J 'N. b M' t' W Co I" r. !O:\flde R
~ 11 al1~ Hll ..... 1, F W",}f('I",,-1 al"--1 p. .. ).. t ('1 Mr
'R" N'
1.. 1,.1 .. "lI'"r W H Sillonds An d the lab
1 ... C~I R me"""
n 1._ .... .. I. P'1I ., ..TUrl "!!' ttY" eyerl'.... "'V~r'" fn
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PrlZ~ Donor. I and "ldr Galt.

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doctor or chernt8t can toll you, " almcat m.tantly
reho'\"ed

b~

tnkIng half R. teMpoonful of pure
Blsurated MagnC S1fl (powder form ) lU a httle water
1mmOOJate1y after eating or wheneyer prun 1. felt
Pure Bu,urated Ma.gnesia 14 obtlilllR.ble of chemists
every'" h ete nt 38 per boUle, eonta.lntng luffiooent for
a.bout SJX iw eeks tre&tment, and If everyone would
adopt. thl, slmplc plnn tndlgeshon, dyspep."la , sonr
stomach, ~aB, and fla.tulence woUld soon be UUK-nOV; n

TUBItRC'BLOSIS DrSPENSARY
Cl:ARE ASSOCIATION. '
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ANNUAL MEETING,

On Wedn e5day aff.erpoon tho fourth &nDuaJ
moot.inglof tho Tubuculb&is DI!Fensary Oft.i'e AS!!IOelation 1ra& held In t.h~M~:YO?S Pado'4'r unde.:r the
pre61d~noy of tho MaJ ~ ,CMr S Hayward) Oth.r,
p~nb were
The
,,;8 R 'Vlck.ham Legs H
Wardley Kmg R P Nev.:lto'Ulie W A Annatrong
J A SutnerlMd ~ M Johnson and T, Nov,..".
Plrilhp qn }doom; If! T Morley E 0 Farrer W
St.eb'blngs E J acksou R. B CUM, R P ensoo:: · T
E H a\\-ett H lVJ1ght: t
W G Blul'" Dr G S
AbrDrm ['J" n.nd Mrs n
Ie, Dr and Mre Chid-ell
Dr and hlors Mmk y,
II'iG E!:ftth Sutton
M]~
AlIc. Sutton, Mm, Elfeu u ttoo Mr1> S Hayw.rd
M14'I Moxhs.y, :hillS J ~~on Smith MlS8 Woard
M:iaIs F.
MOn Ml"S E
n lim 0 M Jenkyn
MISS
M 1SS R Matth6'Yi'8, 1:b154 A BeaT'
o.nd M.r1< J SUnGud. I
Dr qludeJ.l read t.he~s.nCla1 atatement, -which
a.hQwed 1& balanCe 1U b
&t t he bank Of £46 6s
9d t-~t I5UIIll being ~ less than t.ha.t of the pre
Vl(lUS~
,
The 6 s.lement WB.8 adopt.ed
MlI;s dlt b:. Sut ton. p""",nled the report of the
year-s 'Work TJte tcport statoo tha.t. Jt bad been
d ecided,! to find empklyment. lor t uberculOSIS
pa.tien~, although illlhe.rto el:pen~ had ahO\\ n
t.ha.t th~ patIent£: had been rather reluctLnt. to take
up wOrJr:~one of the dJtficu ltu~s -WAS t,ha.t 5lCk:
pa.y stop
~hen t bey cornme1lCOO wOTk a.nd t hat
:t.be ~y t hey obhnned for 'Work was lnsut6cient
toO malp~n tbemscheos
GrEIIlt p&lus had 'been
tak~m "tnth rega.rd to the cf4'$ of ~e ehl1d &nr.
a.nd
~wle.by had f oun,de8 a home at Sonn~
Com
n Wlth great re~t t.he Comm ittee baa
rece1Ve tIle reslgnahon or the tz.&asur~ Dr
Chidell on or.count of h18 pending depa..rture from
~nli
There bad been l24 ca&e8 de.a.lt Wlth
dunng~he yeat' ooonpa.red WIth 96 ln the preV]ous

Mf:l~en

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'Th.
Tho

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10 cen!J were ~lecW
'W'eTe tbe Com
IUltt.ee With tlle exception of Dr uti- MN Chtde 1

f.Ild M.

F.

lil~Y

who had re!1(f9ed

Dr
C Obldell then gave \&I] addt"eM
.. Indi1&1 COionl6a f01' t.ubercul0et8 p.eTsons

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(: ,)lll1ll1ced 1\

dodor,

m Of..h cll t: but fr.>m m t>dlc rne I f~lt I 0
TL roll,-"h th ~ pJ;, .. tc of 'Wtltht.ss 1 had W
Tnt

~ ork and
I. fe w Wl'ek :ol

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e\ entually wect mto Ih o
But m} hesd th l'IllO lTed no
for tbe lirlkT At lerlgth I \\ a.!5
ll~ Dr " "lll l/im, plDk pills fnr
I d d ao w. th out. <'l emur, for I waL'l
lID ,thmf{ that would help o.e Aft l r
tl;ok the Pl llb Sl;OO m 1£:MI than ~ ,,"eel.:,
litho", OC' d markeJ rug Wi of unprovsm t-nt.
Il urrl the PIU" JIIy b roW c.a.."ed to ~chl..J
to d1Mppca r gra~uall1 DIy appc
my <\rowalneM pYe l1 ,...a1 t o
litt le while 1 wu able to retouru
Il!I bv~r I WIl8, and 8.b fit at! I iUP.

JobniOn , her mother. II when
colu l.c - we all feel a bIt oil thB
~'!~~~:./:,~::o::~
alwa.y, WKlAt Ithl\t ,bflo
plnk pillti lor pol. peeple_ '
from HiM J Ohtl$JD ooqftrmm,
adds a. word of j'Ta.jw'! In tl.!,v\Ju r
laxa.tivea) w}rich .he baa found
Abe elnph ... Zoe" the f.t.ot tb-.t to tbe
-..otol",ionWIEamtll pmlt 1"11& Wlt owes br1'
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of_tth

pwk
C01U'88

on> • 1m. tolllO for bqtb
.day and do Dot aceopt mb ..

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"c......11,. ,,-" ""ItY'O('ln~l.e rl')r the ""u;w ,....l

th~

-- nts a.n4 the follOwma names of
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at tho
orgal1J.8.t (Mr
In 11 Saul'

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Stewart OvercC:ats just now
are b~jng dispersed quickly.

W

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VICkers
!.be d.&~h

They carry 'the haltt-mark of
King .Tailo~ing, and, on a
special ticket. the Sale Price.
-Ovel'coats : Raincoats-

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rencont.t'6
bead from a
which
cut <)D
a,.nn,
d.IVlded the sleeve of the
ann for sume tlme
h" coat and be "~;'; • ..i o
hmed: mm f~ some ";;::'::'~'~:~ti
H e was a,ltog'(ltber "
dU;T'I.n~ tbe MutinY C8lmpaJg"D ILlld lD
the V C ..d ~h. '!nedal ",th three clall>.
U a T£'Waro ~or hU'1' Set'V1QefJ tho C B &nd
pr"Omob-:m h1 1358 L leut W&teon together WIth
L'leut H C Cnttley ra. led tue i4th Regunent "t
Sikh Ir,r<eg'Uiar Horse a.t Lahore, -which 'beoo.me
bhree yea..rs later the 13th Bengal Cs.va.lry
On
F ebruary 18th 1861, ~e w\,us 'Pf'Omoted toO 08.ptwn
IllS brevet m'&lonty 8.IW.alf'doed: far hls ga..lbntry
du n ng the ?t.~utiOoYI beln'g" dated Itrom the follow
lnt' da.v At the e nd of 1863 be ..rved d'Un1l4Z' ti:l~
ex-pedlt!OJt &g&lMt (l ull t;lOes on the North West
Frontier undlt!:r Genwal Cha.tnbEc-ID.lD f..nd BIter
wards under ~raJ. G&l'vook In 1870 be beoam.,
"- bl"evet oolone.l and ..n Alde.-<le-Ca.mp to Queen
VlCtQTla. 'W'bi~ a:p'x)1nt1D'tInt !he held for 11 yeft..l'l!
From Sept"" b... 1871 to Apnl 1877 h. m.s 10
('(mlmand of tbe two ~eg1ment6 of Central I ruha.
Horse .and dUTm:g tha.t perlod WM 8,lso Polihcll.l
k e n t for Westelt'll. Mal'W4 H~ was tben I8npomt
ed Rendeont. tLnd Age.nt to the Governor General
:tot GwaiiOT and ~ dso acted ~ Agent for Central
I ndus, In Apnl 1878 he 'W'IM gI ven the oommoa.nd
of tbo cavalry 'bripde of the M&ll.3. Expechtionary
F o-roe
The ~ retu.rned to India. In the
.a.Ut U!T\D '8.nd: he then oommlim.ded the. Ptlnlab
Chtefs~ ContlD~t )on t he :ftrst tJ.3.rt of the Afqhn.n
W ar 1678 79 During the. &ecolId phase of this
CJ'lllpalgll he had,. pohtllcal cha~ of the d1..ctTh."i:. l)r
Kuram and oc:hMna.nded the Kuro.m Fie~ Force
Oemg merntionM m dlS})atcbes flol')(l: s.wa.nled t he
medal and With hlS brother oftieera who took T'lart
In t ho clllmpa1gn bha.nked by bot:h Bou.ee of Par
ha.menn 1m July 1881 be wse oroD;loted to :major
~e:ral &00 10 the fo~ Ja.nuuy be beoa.m'"
R9side nt a.nd Agent. to the Govem.or-Gene.ra.l
Barod:a
In M&rob 11186 General W.tso:> left the FOO"elgn
Department of the Government of IndIa IUId tW'"'l
mon ths la.tel" on tho oeJcbl'ahon of ~een V](~­
t .... n&s blrtbd:ty lie w~ade a K C B
In the
follOW"ln8' Ju,ly he OWIL8 pl!tced on the U'PI&nlployed
Su~mer..rv LlSb, becoml_g 8. lieubena.n t--gen~TA I
m ~B;nuaTv 18S7 a.nd 181 Q'cneral m 'March 1891
At King Ed.w.a.ms Corona.hon lfJ...,..1002 Sir John W&!I
pro:moted G C B a.nd two yaM later he ....-a..e: ap
J)01Otoo. to the colonelcy (If hM old !"e:!'!lment> wlhcb
ha.d Deen r-e--namoo. the 13th Duke of CoDll&ue"bt..!

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SIr -~the account published m 'V(lUT last lS6U
cf the
lcatton of this lUl'" memon&l you have
r aferrod to tho wge sum su~rJbed by t.blB poor
d istrict Tbe1",a nre two pomt5 w~l1ch I ~uld hke
to brJ.n2' to public nollo&
1'1
In t.h tmt place the i5Ub8CI1ptl01l3 oaml~ Dot
from
~ple only but. from all denOtDI11l't.Ions
11 unded to honour the m.eznWY' of our
... a.llallt ead.. t.h~reby I'lvmg -a V~ definite ex
a.mple 0 t.he real lumty of Cbriltuwrlty In the
__ 0<1 111 .... 1 think a. ...ord of ~ti6n Is dne
to tho e:olleet.on Without W'hoee ~t untll'lGg
lIark. OUT memOCll.I fund could not ha.-,e been
]\&Ised
lfbe whole of St Sav;oor& cliatflot was
In loppe4
out Jnto &eetlolJ,l..
Each ~1Dn Wlaa
l.Uottoo. to a ooUeet01" who 'Week by week ~Dt
) und to oOlleot tbe ~ of moaey tqa.t our
p90pl. oould 040rd to (I.e Ul memory of ~)1,eiz lIead
The e:oUect;.or. were Mrs Wa.rd, Uri Brown.
~f", YoW>g MI" Bockett-1h, )file N ..tnsa.
MUJS MOrlO, Mta Durbridge, 1A Tunbridge, .lUra
WoQbbl Mrs Wl'Dbecrbourne
no Burgett, Muter
H Webb, ~ B NOI'l'UI, !ilr Stanley Mulford
\!:r (}eaTge Step!l_ ¥r T Clozk Mri &ev•• ,
\ \.rI K'I1\I, ¥r J 11 Cook, ¥ro Lme md Mr l!'
waTd, and'Dl:r Comwt.te dfllU"e (,() t..a.ke tbt opportmlty of publIol,. thlrlljcing
one and t_lI Jor
t luo jfr6&b .....,... In /.he worlr-tbat
Bnilly
o mpleted on Bunid&y,
nua.rJ' 1~h
"tpUrJ f'lt\ilull,y
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THE lUNG TAILORS

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NOTICE TO READERS.
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re.chioC IUS t:hat reaP" have heeD Dable
tq .btabi the .. Reading Oboervor:- Tbey
a\ouIcl place th.Ir orden Wltb thetr New..
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LONDON JOINT CIT);" AND
MIDLAND BANK. LTD.

WORKPEOPLE'S HOSPITAL
ASSOC!4 T10N .

SIR EDWARD HOLDEN ON WAR FINANCE

I

ANNUAL
MEETING_
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AND CURRENCY
The genera.! meetIng of tfue shareholders of tbe
Lcmdon JOInt CIty and Mldla.nd Bo.nk Limited ;wa.s
beld a.t the CannQll street Hot.el, Lo-ndon E C • on
Wedne5lday

and adnuttIng that tile rehe! the) g"'.

w..

ill the mc:reaoo of PllceB, SfLld that
8Iged. lSSUe ...... as a.beofutel) n(\C (;~ary

tor

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He

The a:nnual mc etKlg' of tJe R eadm. a nd Dlru, cb
'Vorkp copli::! s H ospl lal Funp. As cCl~tIon was held'
In Lbe L brat'y of t ho Ro) al ~clltS
HO"P1tr. l on
Tu&da.y 1\\ h en the M.a..yur (Mr Stanley Ba.,Y'W'a.t"dj
pTeslded ot.her.:, prese..nt. beL-pg Dr 1I W Gel!
H E'rmall Bu ney I Ca'P~ AEbmcre Mr W V
Rivero} Mr E WealaJr.c Air II 1 Ma l le · (P
•
dt.!llt Of the A£s.oclBtlOn) Mr E J Dore (~~­
see
r re wq"y) lh A.. G Smillh. (lreasurer)
M..r W
l <lbr (audItor) etc
I
'llte 17>-h ,/l,llnua l rcport 9Qn ta..lnecl. tb;:!l follow
tng -Your Gcmnutt.ee Me Ipleased to report th'ab
tile appc-al made b,} the ka.yor \MT F !\. S3.r
Jeant) a" lh~ last annual lnea]'mg lhat the \ <:00C'latlOn !:>hOllld aJ.illl llt rna-lhng lhe year a. Tecot'd
OTIC .a;nd t ;J.,,;o~?1 £1 poo was ren.1l~ed
TJll~ 18 an In
c~u..-::e d £347 lOs on ,the pre\ ou" year and s
tho lug ) es unOU ll t raa-cd amcc 19C6 'WI en £92tl
'Was. pl:ld to t ile.. Ho"pl al
M't's Br~buT) ha.e
~m oadded t{) iler 1 Lu....els by nw"mg the l1ll.a.gru
n t sum of £ 2e5 4$ ll~~ durmg th-: past lear
at) lllor-ea.se O-n t he prevIOUs :>ear\-pi' £89 ~ 8i d '
'~EI cannot but. apprccln.tr. iller enN<l') a.nd \ci.:ldneu
w I€In It; m n nll ol1<!d: [ihat s~e has ~lloctW: dur.u:lg
th30 PIlSL Lwe lv eo }"ea.rn £912 ~ &1
The best lli3nks of the. NSOCLa.t lOn a.re tendered
to 1be Sonnlllg Hospltnl fR.ruae fel £30 7'0
a;n
~\~e8.Se of £5 7s tho Heckfiold Pa.r.l6h Club {Of
15s to M..r E H lVlll wms for £16 9& 6d
~h e ~~eeds of ",h1.sti aTlves to Mr J T Brtdn'~
r Bs 3d collc.ctcd 1I.t IlJl athl~tic meel.,m'" "'to
ISS V enn61' who kmod ly arranged a co~t. to
augment the funds to tihe foll o"doi?' firme whose
cmplr.y.ccs ha.'\() JOlned \he' AESOCln.b~n d'UT'"mg tho
V<l:tt" -Tho 1'rl m '~n.J 8 ~t ,\VE\.i,.et"works St:.l!ff
P ('s t. Office Staff at Broac1-Street Blngrnve-tSt.l"eeb
all I UInster-st r ee t the BoIOUgh Police Fmoe tJta
o mf) O\ee:'J :at Manor Fal"l'll M e$T'S G W TaJb:lfl i
n:nd 80tHI M.essl'S Holmes A.nd Sons S t Man::i
B u tt ~ l\lc~UI Bro .... nc :;!Ind
LIlly t he Rcndm
H e Lith Insllran.c.e Commi t tee the Readmg' Lc~
Facton and to all those fil m", "'ho ha.ve 60 "'enorou ly m creo"'e'li the T mbscnptlOn5 durmg fib-eO Ye1lr
'\: our Com lllttee r ecord wlth d~6D regret tb(f
d '-:(l tb of the VICe Chairm3tll Mr G B Pn.rn-ell
who tlways took s uell a.. warm mtcrest.. 'In t he J
A f;cclil.l J.o n a.hd .Rho Mr A J Annetn. who
k- nd l) act rd f1~ cqll ctor for t he Scut.h P ac:klwz \
D(''P3.rlm''rn t at !t! 55T'3 Hun t lcj a.n;u, PaJ.mers
a
~ The Samrull tan s.c'!'!lnr GUIld leport thllt Lh61'
ave h:lc a l00)t s llc"C'!';:ful , car
SUbscr'lP"
h em tC'Wla.ms th~ '\.\ork of {ht G1ll 1d are klTIdly
vded flnd may be sent to th e Pres <1<mt Mrs Pa.r
n<"11 C:l.yfl gA n L Cl.:l ge Easlcrn Av('lflue or to the
han ro.c"'ct:uy M1""~ PIerce 130 Queem.'s JI08.d
The best t ha.nks ~f t ho !\ ~oc .atlon are tendered
to Mrf' s-rs Sut.ton and S<:ns fOl ldud ly provid1n~
fIef': of charge tilte ('ommlt.too r oom to the Bo.3.rd
of 'fI31 p,gemellt of fhe HO"1J1t:i1 for the t)<"O of the
J bra ry tlo lIt" W V R IVers fO! I n<I l,) Intra
d l1cmt. nev. su bsc" lben and to t h" T"dloors of the
10 II tT~~<; for t11 f1 r nn tlOO of m eell ll!!S
Th e Tr~urer 5tl.t~ that t.hey Biarl.ed the yea.r
\\ Ith a balanoe III harid of £422s 10rl ",hllo ths
coHccl lo lS during Ule. Y" 3.r amountrci to £1 0':)3
lOs 3d They had paid .0 1000 10 th ~ RosPJtal and
!lil; I a balnnce 10 hand of £77 as lOd The ex
J)"TlSI!S on ly arpountrd to -£23 4.s 3d Mr IS1Ult.b
ha.-nded Dr GoII a. cheque for ~100 as So tint CC&

M,,_

Th. Ob.ml11m (Sir Ed",a.n\ H Holden Bm I
made a. lengthy speech, 10 the couree of which hI:!.
dealt W'lt-h the estrima:ted net debts of Engla:Dd
Genna.nr a.nd Amenea. as aHet::t..ed by W8.l" expend I
ture. 'WIth tho reports of the Commltf4;.e on OUrre~ and the forelg.D exchanges
and With the
~ sheet of tbe b&nk for t he IIJ.St. year
Slr Edwa..rd after T'evlOWlIIg the CIl'C'UID9t..a.noes m
whloh the ~ue of Treasury ~otes ow a.s decw3 on
l.:Ilr

re
newed hiS cntlc16m of the Bank Ch.a.rtex Ad:. and
repated :Ips B.l'gUme nt of a. year R.go tila.t It should
be repealed t bat the Bank shoAl be authonsed
to lS'jue DOtes on t.he sec,p:nty of gold and bIlls of
excha.nge, that t he trwo d epart.m..ents sJl;ould bc
amaJga:mated and the \VIlOle of the liaJrilitIeG and
W~& shown 10 one balk:noe lS'bcet
lla.nke.m bad
he OOld 0. great 'Work. bcfore tdlem to pro,1ide mea.n.s
for the rcconsttrucwon of trade a.nd they should
tl'Ot be left In. doubt-they ough t. to kno-,or defimt.civ
tha.t m C&86 of neo6$lty t he bank notes or current':v
-J
notee should be proVIded
The Cha.lrm:an strongly advocated the 16S1l6 flf
noke against hills of exchall~ aft.er the method
.of the Armenca.n FedeTlal Jt.ooe.rve Ba.nk On the
otber hand t..he Ou.nencv Corb:m:itteo reeoonmfzooM
that t he funk of EJngla1lld should contUlue to
'WOrk under 1m chartor whloh meant the same
ex:perleDOelJ 'In tib. e future 88 we had undel"8'one lU
tbe pa ",t 81ftlCe bhe Act ca:me mto opern.tIop J m
1844 there obad been 473 changes m the ilan k;
rate lD ~a.rge measure due to tbe dlVlSlon of tb <!
bank In l o ko depart ment.s result.m'" In .4 sm a ller
twJerVe t b&n If Ih ey had been ('oD.so lidatedi. A sroa.il
re6er:ve. W.83 neoessa.rily vary sen:<::1,,1ve TluB reservo
1n the ba.Dki!llg department was the pnot on "'}'1lr.h
the P !'IOO far moOney depe-nd~ I t was cleaT that
our m,lnufa.ctrurers a..nd mercha:n!s would be a.ble t o
conduct their Ibusmess more effiCiently and more
ulva.nt.a.gequsly If t.hey could be certnm t hat tober-e
would be a. more stable hs.nk r ate t ha.n l.n t he
past. Thu, CO'llld only be accomplished by ha.lllW'
& la.rger a nd less senslt.lVe reserre and 3. lughC!~
ratio o{ !'csero;e to h nbJl l h~
Our tradem &all
Srt- Eldwa.rd, I are lin oompetltrion Wlth the tl'nder!l
other countries a.nd 1f the banks of oth"i coun
'enes work: \\Ith fcwer fluctua.tIons m the bank
:mt.e t han 18 the ('aso lD thlS oountry our t!13.der.'l
'!JT'e placed <at a. d SAd vlLllobaqe In cornpal'"lS()n
'V",
sa.y, theref.ore t ba.t tho constitutIon of the 'OO.n k
whIch '15 rresttrH~ ed m l f~ workmg by tlJ.o Bank
Act of 1844 requ res to be a lteroo and a.ltercdJ In
smcb. a 'Way that t.he Il'C$e.TVO WIll be larger the
I\8.tlO 'Wllr be hlgber aJ1d the flu ctuations 10 t.hc
r.a.te WIll be ri-eY.,"er'
ThIS could be ~ ffec.ted by
amalgamating tho t.wo departmeIlJ-s ot' th~ bank
Tha O'b Jec ..Ions of the Currency <...iommtt too to such
am am:l.lganna.tlon weTe next .a:nswered fLnd othe1
of thetr n'connnondat.ions ent.lcised In pa:rltculfl.r
the Commlttce'l!I: st.atement tha.t II the &hortafZo ot'
rea.l caP1Lal ca~l'lloh be met:. bv the ot'eabon of fTesh.
pllJ'I""....hasmg power Ln tbe form of bos.nlC advanecs to
manufe..cturers under Governmenb guarantee or
otheTWUte ~as !eve-rely hanclled
We a ll -ad
mit" 58 ld Str F<i"'AIllTe:, I t that oRDltal 'WIll be re
qUlred tt> T&-ec>nve-rt hltose conoerns whloh ha\e
been u;\ed far t-be manufacture of mumtlons of
wax land tha.t l ug'C resources will be reqmred to
renew and to bring lnto a 5tato of effirnency
ll1a.ehmery a.nd opla..n-b WhlCh have been a..llof.6d to
detenora.te
Large sums of money W'lll also be
reqUired for the purchase of 1"t!.w ma.terlals e:nd tlt . .
~1lIliI of tn.»5!:nees
We all 8~re6 that It I S
n l'eess&ry tor tn~ our e%lpOrts put. before we
can do tohlilt (the reoonstrllctlon of our mdustne6
anuet t.a.ke J>laoe If the mdust r l.e8 are ;not to 1000(
for a.ooomtpooation to the be.nkers who have
gathered up all the re8Qurees of the cou ntry then
the reoonstruOt.l.OD and reconve;rslOn whIch we ad
m1t to be n~ry cannot take plllce
Did t.he
CommIttee's dJctum !fl'1et1Jn t ll'l t OUri /lDdust.nC6 w~e
not to ~k a.oeornmodatJo.n f~ tlle banks fOT the
1I1'<hoated P If they ~ to _It for tho
slowly
a.ocumwated profH.&
of mdu.st.ry 1t
a}:)~ to bnn tllat our mlUlu£acturer5 would be
left to la.ng1Dsh. In the conc lu~Ilog pm of hl ~
speech Sir '"Edweit'd Holden dealt Joore partlMlla:rlv
Wltdl the figure, of hIS own banli:
He exp'l'"e&Soo
cam:Dlete ....tM:f'acti()n With Ute l'e6Ults ot:, amaJgJ-m3hon "Wlth the London J010t Stoclc: Bank and
sald th&t when the pl"eSAnt 16SU8 of .new sha.res
wae oomtJ.~ the OOIpItat l a.ocount 'W'()ula be 10
creased by £l,l'i>O 000 and the """"e fund by •
(O;'l'mtl.a.r fLmoumt
D-eporifs ha.d " lnct"fl:a.'t6d from

()r

_ee

£73415 IlOO ln 1910 to £334 BOO 000

In

cludil"P. tbe }otn-b M:.oclc to £271 000 000

1918 or ex

The Cbalr

mLn &180 oommenbed on tJhe b~h ehaT'aCter of theIr

Tbey bad £63 756 000

aatets

eash

In

of whIch

eIght ~IUlons wM gold, thelr money at. call and
noboe i8!mounted to £65 &JO CO) and of tlheu tot'3.1
lov-t",enw, amountmg to £61 6(X) 000 no leas than

£57 50Q 000 ""'. HI dl/1'""",t Governnll",t I!eOllntl..
'I.'Ih& lIlvecstmente bad been '\V1"ltten down to market
va lue, and 'W'el"O mm"e hkely to j rise tqUi to tic
~reela.le
The adva.noes to cusl,omers ox.eludm~
adV1L11oeo!1 OJ) 'W8.l" loan. aanC7l.fn.teci to
~ 214 000

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a

9fightty under 30

report wh10h

B

!O!'rOll O. TIll<

Stewarts

Clothiers LilIllt.ed

Over lao &&ncbee

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63/~

42/6 55/-

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sf. SAVIOUR'S WAR MEMORIAL

HEALS ~.

Another pleasant & profitablft
dispersal centre is Stewam.

whole p&rioh
hll5 fan1l1y

He had been !anmng all his
The com he dreW from the nek W8IS fit for
human (cOd. If It ~.ad been threshed e&rlv
The
top ~tt"t of l<ho rick 'WM In sueh .,. oonchtlon t,hst
he dld not teet It
Barltry det6ncma..ted if It stood
lUX m o nt.h.5
All corn det.orlora.bed if left at8.o<hng
8. yea.r
B,e.exa.mlOed Bad prop6!" preoa.utlom-'Wh lch
ought reucma-bly to have boon taken-been takbD
to iMO the n ck :I-FaT from it
Mr Wa.1t« A 'Dmle A. brmer sald he Inspectt': d
the nck on J&nua.ry 2nd 1919 It .. 88 10 a very
'
bad oondulOo
There were rats I? cOD.!Ilderable LB.I1CMl (Watson .. Horsel
General Wa.tson ma:r.l"led. 1n 1860 Eliz.a J~
numQeni the "\'\"ttnd bad blown off the thatch m Jo ts
d&ughler of the lat!) Mr John IAvles of Cran
of places and rats bad made tracks In the Mck
Th e. ra.rn had nli o e ntA.>:red Tha.t 0&4, been gomg brook P.ar.k FF.ttex "he dlfd m 1892
o n for month, nffl month.
THE FUNERAL
Had roalJOnable prec&ut lon8 been taken to pre
Fincham.poteBd Ghurchye.rd on Mond..y t.,.ooem
8 0 n e the conlon!s ?-Certa.lnly not
v. sa eO,,'6T'ed 'WIth a. soft and untrodden covumg of
Wlt.neY added th80t on J'1tJl\JfLry lOth "bet( the. fl1'K7\V whl(";h afforrl(d. & moat. IttlpI'e8l1ve scene at
~ck '9!; as being t.rbre6noo ihe took sa.mplea ft'o'1l
the InW.mell'b of the.~decea&ed 'W1LlTlOO"6 morlts.l re
t be &aCkrs
Some of t'he oocm. wa.s "fit 101" human W8.J.tl3 At tbe em.t.ra.noe to the b.u.rial ground were
oOnlruTn'Phon The I'lck should have contained lib ra,,,ka of the 1st Ftocbampstead Boy Scouts eilld
G l'l Guides (F'Ql"get-me no~) Among thc~ prelea~ 00 quart.ere
Mr BeJ'lry BUmll1tted that when the barley WM &cnt oat tme cburch were Sir Dlghto~ Probvn
f>tA.cl:ed It 'WU not. fit f or human food
Th e fleld TACut Gql Slr Hubert Cox (r&presenting the
Wa! planlcd In t.be early spnng of 1917 Some fe";\
SEY.T-elary of Soote for 10th a-) M8.Jor (;en and Lad y
da)8 :"I..(ter it ~fl." pl<l.nted tiheTe'WaS 8. d1'OU~ht la.st
EdWIna. Le.wm Col 811 NeV Ille Chamberh.1D eot
10Â¥ 27 <:Tr GBda.ye After tbat there wa.e: nun but Sir J Hay~e:r Lady BrRdioro, Brig-a<ilel"-:
oot suffir l'Cnt to germmate tlhe geed
After the Gtn Wallace a.nd SulrLleut Wa-l1aC('!) R N ... Slr
5O('d han germmateod and the crop g~n to a C6r
Cb.arie. B.wley Col .ton,6!- V C Col J H Reid
tam pOIn t t.h.e) had !O mueh Tam t.hat the COl'n Col a nd Mn MdJona.gbey Mr a.nd Mn G A
was
he.cb c li!:TC'Wn
The~ !oUO'Y.ed "0 much Wlni
Wd.9CTl llalor WdfffQ H.&n'l$ St John D S 0
arn.:i r am tihat It. ~ 1-mnc&Slble to hILVc t.hA eoTtl and Mrs S l John, Ml" C S Hilton, Mr Artb~r
cut bv the ontin&ry r~ a.nd bmder
bad (0 L'o\d Mrs A 81..,.or ?IIr F W l"r<>ncb and
be out bv an OTd.iUa.rv if1!68 machIne The b8.J hff M,ss Frer.ch M1S8 Hill Col D.v15, ~fu8 Cot..s
eri.lm&ted that the rlck In nuershon would no~ vll"'Jd worth 1\,.. Corfield MlOS Fa,.,..,., Col Boocock
mere than 10 qu.r~ Th. barley "DB .t.u:k",l Mr !&nd Mrs G=ld Booond. Dr E Ward, Ml';
:rn a. very wot concb t f"'n and Ihe mer. ..... ho I"taclteoi
Powt ... lt Mrs Wru St.rong, C&non CoieT'ldge Mr
lb &II t::ot '9!; et. through Mr VandeT"5tegen tbm-e
H V{lgg-.ei t Mrs CorbVlD Mire Cqrbe~lD.gleton
f (} l'f' deC1d ed he would kroa.vo tate rIck
unhl the Mrs C~ t Mr E D MatisBeld , Mr Art'hur I.or
fol1O'Wmg su:rru:Mr 80 that the MardI WlM& and IC~ yr: . Jatn$!J Davu: MT George D S.VlS Mr
Mnnmer sun m Ight d T'V It Of nece'iSltT h e had to Sh1rT'elf H lhon 1Uld Mrs Wolferst a.n
that, L&ter h& found he oauld. not. thri!IFh it for
The mourn "n 11'e:h dod M06.10l"-Geneul W Arthur
h\(:k N l abour on: A. c o zen OOCl\SlOns men patched W&t.orn, G B C 1\ G C I E (S01» Major H D
tf!" r Ide a.nd d td all t'hev CO'I.lld to k eep It watcr
" a tson Mua Mabel Wrateon Mrs Murra.y Hllton
t1gh t.
Had the nck been threshed earlIer more 'Mrs Leg'g'E:tt Mn;. Art.hur WntllJOn Mn J W...t
tnl'ocrill nt wOII'k would- ha.ve been ne~\«:ted
SOn MIss. W8.teon the JdIe&e.8 MUITa.y H1lton MIS:;
lir VlflndeTStwe:n bore out hls f!JOlic1tor s nate
Dons Watr-on and!Ir &nd MT'S Goorge WlI.taon
me:nt
On Ole day Ute 'bBl'1~ WM put 1000 tho
Thb openlng aent.enc('8 of the funeral serVIce were
slack 52: of 'NI~'I1 fell
He gAve spec1al O'rdeNJ l"6a.i1: bv the Rev It C 'M Nn:on (Wokmg.ham
fot" the J"lck to be ~ on clevotn or tmeh c DC
wll1le tM Rev W V Vlckers read the Jes!OI1
Fo'1c'W"mji!' the n~In£' of thl" h'1fD~ • Holy Holy
O!l61o')M
MT Sna§'fle
Did you thin.&: It oup--ht toO hu"e Holy I the Rev J F M"ar,NlIhb read the pra.yer~
th~hed ea.rfie.r ?-nob unle-'M I wa.ntod It ..to W;G~
arnd the oonq1udil'!8 aJ.ymn 1D the eburoh 'W8.11 For
all the SA1n~ n J At the go1'avetode the Rev E Cor
I knew It """'-8 only PIg b81l'1ey
Did not -the rick oUlfht to n s.ve ~ Tl tb,reshe\i ' fi.!d (Reetor of l'inch""l>'te..L1 read tbe eommlttel
lD A u~t of lasb ,.~ '-No unless there were 'D'I""&Yel";S and, ' after the slnglng of (Shepherd
DiVlDe, our w8ht ~lie\e I pronounoed tbe BIen,.
spt'Cw ,..,...,...
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Then bb.e question of labour dOElt'l not ~y-I'-~ m g
AmOll.g th~ wbo tI~..nt wreathr'li were M&]<lr-Ge..n
hne been IItboTt of labour dunng t he whole or the
8 r W Arthu; Wahon MII.]CN" Watson Eliltllbetb
la... t frY''' ~T1f
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You Jcn,c:,w aow tb'a.t. 50me at t~o b&rloe,! 'Was 5t I~ gg it Lady Bradford MN J' Wenbworth Mar
hn mdoor and otlt:joor seTvad't• .a t North Court
fOT h"""" f ood P-No
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If yon thO\l~ht It ..... 110t fit for bumtn food children at Fleet End , 011ve and Th~" out
whv dl<l :vou take liuch e1a.boratb stf>05 to prese'J'"'Wl door A.nd 1n<1oor ~rva!l'lh ,.,t FA\8t Court l lin and
It lUI I understa.nd J"OU g..ve speclal ord eTS WI th MI&'J Ha..rt's St Jo.... n Sir Chll.Ttes 80nd La.dy Bayley,
Hn 11
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and Mn
Teg:a.Td to the r6ptU.r of the r1ck :l-Becauoo p g M'"'I ... Bea~nce
food waa very vuua;bte a..nd wo't't.h nlore tb~r McO:Io-!lghey Ma.l.1d 'l'aylO'1" Ed,,,,a.td ana Murtel
Mansfield f!Tl\nddBullhter Marv Col and Mn Her
humilln food Ib 0C\I5t more per- wn STtyhow
PhlhlJpa and G e- t'gA I
Arllbu'l", Norah
O t h ~r w1hlesies for the aeIen~ hal mg h('C\"I hel t,
Dorotiioo. JoaD
MT~ Ar t<bur Lorl'Wl and tbe
rAlled t he magl stta.t.e& Jter eonl)1dOT~ho n h,.lrl
M1ssesC
Lormg
NO'l'a.
Rob9rt!i,
L!eut
·Col Sir J
I:hA Clhnrge pro,ed, &ald lDlpaied a fino of £ 30 wlt11
H ay.. Ch Rp"'~n and fa.1ll11y C V... 111<1 Mrs
£?O coet!
v~ a.nd N.... lle Mr and MISS MoGowa.n a.nd
The IWtnmOD5M In !"eCbeot of v!"utinl7 t 'h,P, bn.rIey
~1lirev
MlSe P owlet-t, Mra. Strong a.nd
l"aU!J1J't11f It 'in be wa.sted and ~mlttlDg tt, to l"o ma.lds
Mrs Wllfnth Gnece Mro M&ru:<1 Jones, Wo\rinjrwuted ~ not proeeeded- Wlth
ham Boyfo Ilrige~e • Clp:re, Emy .pd ~t,' MrlJ
Tomlitr.'on I;1.nd Molly Mr Ilnd .drs JMMe Row
croft Da.vls J UnIor Cartt..on Club Berthe. Da.m
nueu. snd & l:l1g "",hlte Ily crose fropl Ule fatnlly
NO MORE RHEUMATISM
There W88 aho ft. l'tLurel W".!'Ca.tb whiah bore the
UDDEN'S RHEU:MATIO BLOOD SALTS, loJknring 1DICrlptlon I f From ~ old ~ of
the certain remedy lor Gout, Rbeumatl! m, Gouty tWe1J,tyrtSlX years eonst&l\t and. affectlona.te fellow
Eczem&, Lumb&go, and KidDey DUlelE&S , clUlJed by al!1p ,
the presence of uno ac1d m the Ivaiem ThlS salt
The eoftin W&8 drape(i with t he UDlon Jaek wIule
punflel'l the blood and df'lYeI out of the .ystem the uno the gnve 'W'IO.8 hnro 'Wlth 'lUOS8 At the bop Ul5lde
R('ld Bottle 1/· , PreP&red Qoljl.ly by B"dden ~ Co , edge of the grave was a belt of l80urels
The
Ltd , Chewlets, Ll'verpool -For all Skin D1lea.ses WlO funoral\ ~ements were 03T'ned out by Messn
Budilen 's Ointment Agent for Readmit J E croft X ..ta" o\md Bono Ltxl of Wokingtwn und", th.
e.nd Co Drug Stores 102, Southampton f:itreet Agent N"on:al wpet'vISlon of Mr Cooper Brant, wh~e
for Wok ugha.m L J Gnffith, Chern tat
Wb be8ol"eft; were four of tibe male .erv.a.nte at North
Cp~t, Ye;sr& RoI:ers Nuh Va85 a.nd JuatiOe
Mrs I,.eggett ~bo 'WB.C amongst the mourneN.
nurse to the. family about fifty years oa.go an'.l
of recent years abe.bUl bet'Ql hOU&ekoeper to the
lalo Slr John Wat50u

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On Wednesday e,e.n'ng At the CaHr!.h:nn Bridge
H oW the memben of the lkadlllG' Bo'\\ lmg l llub

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t,1l qu,te
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Mr SD'3.gg~ £a;td that up to AugJUt O'l" S optem.ber
1917 M:r Vand~n fumed a. cOZlSlderab Q
num her oj acres .crrcumsta.nces i;.hen MOSIe 8.1 tI.
!"8SUlt of Whlch a good dea.l of laind WhICh Mr

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behalf..,f tile Food Coml1ll&>lonor,' e.nd M:i E "
Berry, 8)hc tor d efern:f.ed.
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F~hting men I are glad to
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tlibutIon for 1919 (AnoIa",,')
The '1Â¥) or In movmg the adoption or he report referred to t he splen d d work of ],Irs I Bt ad .

bury rund sal(l l t w.ns gT"LtIf)lOg" to n :lhce so !llally
n ew firms "ere comIng m to th :) A"'sc(!latlO'n
Dr G"' II seconded the adopt ion of HlC repot"t,
a.nd 3'9 TN'a~rer of t he Hospita l ar.d 3. membcr nr
!he Boa.rd of Mn.na:rcm ent e"-"pr(S'O oo hlS heartf It
~r a tl ude for th~ magmficc.nl rc"'ults ()f
t he r"
efforls
Ne,er were the needs of the HCSpl tn.1
more OO-rlOUS than t hey were tc...a.ay Th<'o fUt.l n
\1J'3.S full of very scr wus forobodmgs
No body ot
m ~n a.n(~ ~"Omen .... ere working lon ger hours t h An
the sktff :at tbe Ho, plta1 In . . e nursmg wot!.
J here was n. slron I fc.e ltn~ tbat their hours were t.oo
long a nd the v;01k too hard t\lI'Cduotton of h OUTS
would '1llC::l.n a.n mcre~d st.aff a.nd mcreas ed .a.c-oCc<ru flloda.uon Dr Gell polnt..ed. out. hO'W Q ISp!'Oport-Ionate " Ne the oon'Vrlbutt()Il8 .of soma Of ~
t.
arena to 'WhlCh t he HOIlJ>1ta l InHl:I st-ercd as cOIf!
pa.red WIth the beneft ts recelved The uluo ..,.,..11 r
R !'"I8dmg got out of the Hoospltal 't\ as well 0,,;
£10000 a. year but thc town onJy oontiI'lbu
3!bout one--th:rd Qf tha.t ~um It "'8.8 wJth 0011
concern. he n ot1ced that. wher&R3 In response to
the appeal he made In 1917 tho TO'W'D. Counc~
,Â¥>ubled tbelr contTIbutlon tb1.S year th<eT had reo;
v "'r teC. to th-eJr fot'!ger suha:C['Int.lon of £20
Ha
hoped thll.t was uo f hing bu t an UUla ,.erlcnce
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The M18.yor pTomtsed to do hts utm06b to mduoo
tl\e Town Cou:1l'Cll to aga in r3;lSO t he .a.IDOunt to
£W
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The T€port was passed
Mr WedlRke proposed the l"e-clec'bion of M'r If
T Morley us Presldent Mr A G S'ffilm treaS1.lrer
and Mr E J Dore seoret~ry
Mr W V RIVers seconded the resolutwn whioh
waj passed
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Ml" Burney 'Pro~ and Capt;. A$hmore geo-onOffi tho re elC<! hon ef tho nu.<Jit.ors MessrS'
Tucker aJ} 1 Co]: a-tW, iHu s was agreed to
A vote of th..llks to the M.yor and Dr Gell conclu<kd the bU8lJleS6

percentage to tbe dej>oolto ~
He mpV'E!d the adoptic:m. of 'th&

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READ,NG RECR~ATION CLUB_

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---0--"Xl '!'R'! RDITOR OF THR • UA»ING OBS1I1t.VER

Slr,-Will you kmdly allow me to make U6CI of
your columna to. call the attentIon of the Readm ~
--pubhc to the splendid work uha.b has beem. don:
};Iy the Readtng Reare.8otJon Club for Men and
Women dunng the four years of war It provlde,;!
& Club wb'E:'t'e men and 'Women together can oom6
f-nd _1t obtam refreshment:e~ dlUlco play ga.m~
"eto and 1t has been e.rlreme..ty popular 'WIth bhQ6e
It WM mte.nded to benefit
The SUbsarLptiOD8 pay
!O't" ""orkiJlg exptmee5, 180 1 am not e.sltl1lg .for
mo~ey
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What I d.o wlSh, boweve-r, 18 to oall the a.t'OOnt l0ti
of tm.0tIe many wortON, men l nd women , wHo have
heen helplQl' Wltb wa.l" \\ ork 'and W1U 800D find
Ihem.selveo 1Xl<>T6 at lIberty, to the noed of tho
Olub a;nd &&k If they oould not. ~b ly 3p8ll'EI one
or towo evemnge • week to e.ssist l~ the- lUpel1n
tendeuCEI of tihe work
They Will 1 thtnk firlj1
how benefielal It lS, and aIm> tha.t It \8'" SID..Ytbmg
but a. . . ha..rd e.n.d unpreasant occupa~lon
One ryr
two ladies 01' gentleme n a.ctl as ate'wa.l'ds m the
T&1'lOUli rooms and &') belp to k.~ up the t one
tAw Club .. ill .0 ..... ntia.t to 1~ _11 hem:
Arry )Yho c&n belp 1'\1 l.IilB .,..)'''....~ requ<sted to
OOIwmUn'lo&~ I W'lth Hue lIorley, the hcmor.r\
oeoretuy ,96 Kendrlclt-road, Reading, wbo

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Wasting Away With Sickness and
q1arrhrea. but soon cured by Dr.
Cassell's Tablets.
Dr Cassell 1'1 Tablets should bo ~,:'lVen to all weakly or
baekward ehtldren
They lLuild up 9trength and
for. future yen.re Mr) Llchfield, 12, Alder·
SIde sheet Harpurbey Mrl..llchMte'r sn.yB - I I'm sure
Dr CapeU s Tablets saved my ohtld's1ue She fell
mto a declme and began to waste aWf\Y terrlblv I
was told It WBS oonsumptlon of the bowe18 The alAn'·
hOlIL '"' B.S_somethmg dreadful There realls did DOt
Ream to be nny flesq on her poor ~l4't1e bones nt "U)
SOnlotimo.... ahe W(Ul 3lok too, hut the (liarrhceEL .... as the
Jen.l tIouble, a nd It 'Was thought that nothmg could be
done However, I h,ed D1 ClI.lSBSll 'S labletsl and It
was qUlte aatoDl8hing how they helped bel!. They
cured the dlarrbcea Then she put on lI ef1n and 1I0W
she 19 A fine bttle g ill " The more difficult the dlges ..
t lon the more nllU'"ked nrc the results ot Dl Caasell.
Tfl.blets By their actlou on evelY organ and functioli
of dIgestion tbe elements they libeIb.te become leB.!
sta.mllu~

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Cas.!ell'a Ta.bl~b 8.1.'8 the ped"ct WOdSID hame l
remedy for N81vOUS Bren.kdowu, Nel \'e Iliid Spmnl J
Paral}8111 Malnutntion, ' Vn.stmg, AureIDm, Sleepless. t'
elthT mtrcduoe them at Ot1C& to the OIu b, or, t ness l IudlgestlOll1 Kidney DI:>o3.'i Q antI J P1Cmo.tule
they pref«, firat MIld tlh-em a.n tnnta.t.ion to a ~e9&1 SpeCl"ny sUltahte fOl nUt'8l1lg motllel':) a.nd
meeting or lto .. orker. "l!hlCh ",11 he l1eld m tll. women of anddle fl gC Sold b y ohemlsts and storea 111
all pnrb of the world Pncf¥t ls 3d Rml 38 tbe 35
n6a.t' futU1"8 roOT £he dlSC'U:MIon 0' Jt.s M~ltiM
SlZ0 helllg the mOI"e (lconomlCnll Free mformlltlon Ot
I am, Bir V(lure fa.rt hfullv
nny C8,80 sent on roquest Dl Ca.ssell's Tu..bl~t9 Co
LEONARQ SU'lU'ON
OI)a.nma n -of Cow1ciJ
Ltd, Cheater-road, Manohester
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JI1!h,d., kng, J_ary 94th, 1919

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DON'T ]3.UN RIBKS I H NO!rl'BOLXlOl IJ NMAl
spOCille will proteot\ ~1l ftgal",t 1Muen.., Nual
Catarrh, Head C<>ld., s.ud othwr infeotiow d.i.lordertl
It deetroia the germs and .... ootho. no1$flo and. throat
Delays &rQ, d~Re1iOUI
Get It nolO
01 IMdmg
~m ..1s evwwbere, I,S (~y po,t 1(6). Sold by B 11:
BujJ~ 195, bondcm Roa.d, J 'Cooper, 107 1 Londou.
$tr"I, anll<!VbltI.y Str••t, J Cro.. and Son, 83, Oxoi'd Road ,......H Dy50ftl 46 1 Market Place, R A Nom!),
DOll"TLooIC: Ot.n-t9fP the ra~ ,.,f Ti'Pl'l a~Â¥..
l{tng" RoadJ. G B 0000"", Broad Stn.~ an! Wok...... III"'~' wit» LOOPER'S 8
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In~llm Road , H JP.4ie.... . ErloJ.h Road W L PuIhu D._ln.tho
B'A.UlR'M'l'OR'RB.'lJhjehdt~Mto .....tt}ml c!pl
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S, Duke Street, Re&dihll, H G nb, 30, qIlurch ~troet.
LoUlor',' mali1lib>1 . , J'!IIUbII~ . _..
P ,. Wooton, 10, Brtdge atre.t, C...nbom 1I S, r..rr.ebot.t..~. :fo'-,bM II .o(!:BedtoJdI...i.MaW1'7.
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