Reading Observer 03-1919

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Wh~':'& &PR te cllows thiS 1.IJ a branch of tills
poultry tndu..try "hlclt 'W"()uld pa.y well to ta.k. 1 up .
Ducks never do '\\'ell where poultry all bllvT, lhe
frt~ run of t he fi eld , beclUlse ducks 900n ma~ t.he
& ~otlnd Jake a. du ck pond and then It ooon b ec::rmes
unh ~ ;!. l th y for bot h ducks and fowls. Wet v.""(!~t.hel"
l ~ 5UPPO ed' t::> bo gQOd for young ducla; and ~et. •.Jt
)~ .ho ",ant . . . Nlther they can have, because to
J~"':'s to cramp and paddhng In ,the mud 600n
f prcad! dlSSpe
On the .......hole ducks are very
h :l~dY and WllJ shnd a lmcut a.ny conditions, but
t :) gl!t them a.t lh~lr best they musb hit';! a dry
Tnn and a. drJ house
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then It to; clean and as rOOD 118 bbey feel tired they.
can g~t out a.nd rest, and It 18 tlien thev 'W&llt to'
h(l'lle it dry and S'i\·c6t. Ducks are dirty feedere,.
1I'nd on a bad sOl i t bey mus t pick up a. lot
fou l
.; Ir, and thJS l~l~ to dl sea~
TnI'" .arrangement of the breeding pen mtBt bo
rather dUferent. w t.h3.t '(':If the fowls, because t.heT6
musl bo leg; tnget her and then to e1jlsuro spooess
thet l1£'ed & pond faT 'o;wlm mlng Tben they should
not. b'" id out. so !lOOn 88 the fowls. olherwl5e lay·
ing a!. they do m the e~ r1y morning thq~gs "...rould
be cr<>ppEd ,n t he watel'. For all the hfav)' b~$ed.
It.. ~ bl'.sl to~ keep one dTake wlt h three ducks,
t h~uO'h .,fll h ISmaHer kmds five duck'8 may
be
1I1Io1!""ed wlta sa.fet;r ' The crak63 do not :as a. ruleS~em as troubl esome a!J «-:kerels, hence .lt is a.
gwl plan to k~ two droakes w l bh ~x or -elgh~t
(111.'1:', and th~n f)\'ery egg wIll be fe.rtIle.
\ Th"r<" I~ usually 8. dlffil;:ully In keepmg ducks m
~p1nLte pens OWing to the n~ of water, thus lf
g r en 3. froe ran ge It ,10 bo;;t to k.~p only 'One kmd,
S() th at. tho \'anetJes ca.nnot get. mIxed
ThIS would
~po Jl a. season a.rKj only gwc 6tock SUlt<&:ble for kill·
lng For general use a whI le duck fir.ds mOlit
fal'Our , and tblS U!I t he AylC!bury or one croseed
~ It.h a. Pe ki'n
Bemg a. whIte plum.a.ge It looks best
rhen plucked for table, &nd thougb aU the down
ls not- taken off' there 18 [lothLng t9 ta ke away t.he
'lppearan<.'e. When & lay mg duck ls reqUIred t.hen
the Indian RunDer must be 6elected , and some of
I hcse 'Wlll lay as ma.ny. cg'gs as a. fo-wl No matter
"bat the breed they should be kept ID t,he bouse
eM:h mornmg tIll aft-er their feed, for as a rule they
lay bet-v.roon 8 a.nd 10 each morDlng. The ~ind o.f
house does not ma.Un eo much 1f lt 1S dry a.nd
p!enty of dean rua.w or chaff' on the Door
On t he farm there 11!' usunlly pl-onty of short
11t.t..er about , ...nd tJi., when taken from the du ck
house makes ::rood m anure YO\lllG' du-cks should
be ready fOT kilhng when about 10 ..... e cks old , then
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Act T wl1t lfe gLven b, Bdhe KwaeH.
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CouDdl on \ Vednway, t.be King
I\e,. Sheriffs by ""pncklDg." Mr. R . H

Cottage, Old Windsor. 14 the new Sbenn
Mr. G. M. Fowler, C.M.G., Honpath
for Orlord.!ahire ; the .HOD G •. H.
H oose, AyleabulJ, foe Bucking·
• .1 Whita"kel, Gr:a.vabott Hall, Hiud·
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FOOTBALL.
5 MATCH AT SWINDON.

t.','he,,",. t he p.,pula r sl!Cr~t.ary of t.he Cl.ub,
announoe. a da nce ",hleh IS th be
'Tc .... n H all on },roncay, Much
Vo""4:'l undt'rstand , F.eVe£.&1 n t:\#
t.he elen ang, o f which full
our adveCll&lng col~mns .

'Was In A
Decline.
AwaY ' with Sicknel. and
but' soon cured' by Pt.
Cas5e~l~s

The Rev. Dr. Upcot.t. beadma.&ter . of Chrl ~t's
H~lta.l, c:lnclLld es h1S 17th a.nd last ann~1 report by eayJIlg tha t his n atura.l feehng of eadn03S
rs t~mpered by two bbought~fi.rst, tbat the tllne
I,ad come for hIm to ma.ke plaoo tor a. :)"'ounger
man, aDd seoo ndly, lh8lt an lDt tttu lion With great
nd ~ener3ble j;radn.lons IS not dependent on those
... ho admlnHter It £rom tllne '1.0 t.11no .. The good
:l:llue of bhe relig iOUS, royal. a.nd raucltmb founda lion wlll surely 11"e for ever Ma.y those prosper
,~ bo love tt, a nd m:8.y God IDCroo.se thoir number."
The repprt states tha.t {,h ere s.re 816 boya in the
f{' hoo l
Dunng the yea.r lour had died .a.t, hOIDe
,I Oj 142 hsd left on their reachmg the age for
" om'" A la.rge number of honours at. tho umver·
~i 1~ ' 1l.nd e lsC"wnere had bee n 'ga.med by .. Old
n lu!!s." AB far \9.S was known not. fewer thnn 315
Old Blu~ a nd fO\lr masters had been lnUoo ID
action or d1ed on acti ve servlce dUT1n~ b'l\e war.
T n<-se lncl uded Br.gad lcr·Gene ral L W. P. Enst,
C M G , D SO. a.nd BngadLc r·GcneTlll E. W Cox,
D 8.0., of wh,om tibe laHer was &OC1denta.lly
There Il.ro
dT.cwned whll,.t ba.thlng 10 Frtanoc.
abo ut 300 old bo)"'S In the Officers Trammg Corps

THE WARBLE FLY PEST!

COMES TO STAy." 1
the h1lZ;h1S lIue¢ef;Bful comed". I I Eli7.!1
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to the RO)8.l COUllly Theatre thl5
well ~ei'C'ed MIP JUQ:Ot~ fbndlou
a delightful lDterpretatloD I of lhe
"Ellu," and the tratiJ1o'nucd.
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I For years fanners, butchers, hld~ d'ealen ~ and
llanners ha.vp. beeu familiar Wlth tbe ~ damage
'CA USed to catt..le. meat and !hides by the II'&vages of
the Watble Fly, but few have realised fully how
~::d eIh"Ve t hIS damage is. A moderate e.sltmAt.c
puts 'Lhe annu-al loss 10 dam~ed b ides alone .t

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Add to th ' , tbe d"",.g.

ilone to ., Je llied beef" a.nd tho loss of condition
of Lbe a:nima.la atLacked, and one realises to a oer. tain extent. how much t he count;ry lS payldk to
keep thlS undeslra.bl e pest 1TI exlstenoe. Last July
lhe War Office. JDlpre88ed .by Lbe damagel CAUsed
La bides by th1S By, ca.lled a. oonference of all Government Dep&rtme~lt~, men of 6Clenoe, traden
~nd otber3 fanlllia.r 'W Ith t.be pest., and pOgSlble
l)re lentLve m&a.lUres. to dlscuS!!l t.he measurCii nece:tt~3 n' [0 rId the ' couptry of the 'Varb le FlT. Thul
~ (:(jnferenoe formed & OODlIllitt.eo to conMer and
rrromme-nd possible 'W&Ys And mell.M of exter"'''Iatmg t.he Warble Fly pe$L. A ScieJlt;ifi~ ' Sub·
l ~m mltt.e.& presided over by Sir S tew&rt S tock·
'a n, C.V 0 to the Board of Agncultu:re, hu: been
"PP->1 !lted to supervise aiM oontrol ex-penmen tlt
"lICb are to be camed out. In dlfl"eren v parta of
Ihi t"'Oun t>ry' iD order . 10 dl15COveT, if posiSlb le, a.
nv tbod of abohshLng t.he pe6t. A Gover nment
pa nt hM ~n sanctioned for tbl5 PUTJ>0S6. and
1 Ihe e:o:penment1l are deslgnedl to furnish informa·
l .on on '1l1et.b1()()Q of preventtng tlJe fly from b.ylOg
1t~ &,,;gs on t;be cattle, and on tbe deetA of drop
I n d~tro Ylng the larvll!! m the body of the iba&t bef "Ire t hey ca n produce de leterIOUS effecl:e on bhe
hide At the s¥De tl1De it 18 reahsed .th&t lv.:i thout
1l<'b"e co-operatton 01) the part of the farmer .a.by
TIl ""'hoos wh ich 111&1' be reconrmended by t he
Sr lcnhfic Conumttoo for 1lbolishjng the pest canno t>
:l ChleVp theIr o6Jttt. Underr !the airectloD of the
Jomb Commntee Boa.l"d of A,,-1CUlture an~ MtnlsIr) or Food, steps are aecordtngl,. being ijlken by
means of Ica1lete, ebart.B. diagrams ILOO ilh1strated
\"('tures etc, to bnn-g ha.rue to £al'me:rs ~rough .
out t be'kl'ngdom th-e da.ma.ge done by th~_~a.rbJe
Fly a.nd famlharl8e them WIth the appua.raooe.
I fe.hlf.l-ory and b-ablts of the lnsect.

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CONTESTS.

As W !l.8 II..nnounced' ;n
columns last 'Week,
the n 0I111natiOns received
t he Rerke:htre Co~nty
CouncLl only necessitated
holding of two oeln"
test£--one at Dldcot and ~e other In W-.oktngbam
Rural. .A.1: the r;,eeult of l~e polling, 'Yhich took
place On Ftlda.y in last ~cek' One of ~he sittlDg
memben, Major Dents de Vl t re, Willi defea.ted by
M To Georoge Ford, the
pular fermer and corn
merob8.'ll t, of Hunt. In t~e otht;r' dl.!trlot. DIBcot.
Mr. F. J K . CrGSe "1!V"Il15 r~tu:rned by ... anbr!lta.nhlll
ma.JontlY, which demonstr~ed t he hIgh ·estlma.tro n
In wh ich Mr. Dross' 'WOrk or agriculture and kill'
dred atJl'Lln; IS held by bhe electorate of the
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WOKINGHAM, RURAL.
Mr Goorge Ford* I
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Mr. Rraoc is J -K

MT Wilhalll G Tax lor*
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The a:steTI~ks d enote t~e fact tha.tl both tJJ06C
gentlemen l't ere new not1inOO8.

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dainty "eUcste Muslins, !
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• The R eadin g Atltletic Club
liou) h~ld ,belr liec~nd race of
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~be..., Boy !Sooutrs,
tered:o WOlcing&a.m Junior
10J:on eha.m!liOn3) did not m.'t~l·'a.ll" ·
wee; 3!- inil UJ m tohe Woodley
An18hlDg :in Foalmer Park.
Thirty com~tl tol\~ at artcd.
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GJjOVES and HOSIERY.
Kayser PureS!lkHose,in
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grey, brown" 12/6
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: Silk and Wool fully
1 fashioned Hose. in grey,
! silver. nigger, and cham i
pagne, 7/3
; Mixed ' Knit Cashmere
! Hose. sand, heliotrope.
! heather. and Lovat. 3/ 6
Chamoisette Gloves...
French cut. grey, mole ~
beaver, white. black, 4/6
Gauntlet Reindeer Fabric
Gloves, stitched black,

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llIleofh. '. .Ii of 8AOwy whit.
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Lord Ernie, the P~ldent
culture $bat.ed a.t GUtldfmd that one ~ld "oha.rdly
imagine a. worse moment fOT e.tt,mptl Dg' to put
men on the Ja.nd If wo were to.put II nl'&n on u
51lla11 holdiDg to.da.y, adapted and eqwpped as ' It
mUlt be, aDd charge <& rent baeed 9D capItal out·
1• .,. Jt would be &0 6'DOrmoua that n.o one could
liv~ on it, however
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Wlbb. McKay. GJbblllS :an~
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raiding at· Oxford, egw.n proved
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trimll1cd wide Swiss in sertid,.n, edged lace and
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

On t'b e subject _of rrulk control, II ()()l"l'6SpOndent
of H The Agrlcultu.raL Gazette" ppints out thlLt
the consumer, paradoxicaUy (!-IKluWb,.-eem& to be
the party least oonoorned 1'ltb ' m;e purfty of the
nnlk. •• Itl lB no e][aggara.tion," be wnlee, "to
say that 99 out. of every 100 o D1,' ~ thB.t nulk. ,8
cheAp and is easily procura.b1e ; oa.nd provided it is
put where the cat cannot drmk it or.alJDOuse drown
It.elf lD lt, t hey pa.y little or no heed to sanitary
lJUJ"Oupdinga How many motoon ever' iro\1ble to
.a.f~ their children from woorculou& uulk, '>r
even aacerlalD whet:!her It. 1$ produced under aa.m.
t.aIy COnditIonS? Indeed . how cnn tb'ey? Aa long
as tho;re 1& no law oaqam.st the 8a.1~ oi tuberculous
Or contaminated l11.Llk, It 'IS a knotty and anXIOll'l
problem, 118 m'lltt.enJ &t:.and, for tbe mother of deli,
cate obildren. •
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3-in .• fastcolours,
14/9 each.

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WOOLS.
:. Jumper Wools, 1n old :.'
1. ro .. e,~erry,
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Marabo,t
Capes,
lined !i
satin, In brown, nigger. ;
and black, 29j6 each. 1
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CARPETS.
62 yards of Body
and 40 yards of
Border in Axminster Carpet.
of rich oriental
colours.
Worth
to -day, 16/6 yard.
-_Now, Body 8/1 1.
Border 8/ 6 yard. ,
35yds. A.'Cminster
Stair Carpet. in
rich oriental colourings. Per yd.
22t -in. wide. S/ 6
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Armenian AntimacaBsars"
all
sliihtly m~ked
but worth 5i- ea.
For 1,j11! each.

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MIULINERY.
8 doz.Tri+ medHats ,various shap~s and colours,

1ar11 each.

~ILK DEPT. '
300 yards of Honan 1
: Colon red ' Tussore Silk, :
\ha sky. am6thyst, pink.
: Davy, reseda. ivory, grey, :
: lIaht ()r dark saxe, aud :
!
vieux rose.
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Wo"t~ 6£6 , For 4L11 yd. !

FURNISHING
DEPT.
yda . Cretonne,
small peony
Idl~sil~n"black traeery on a dark

Lightwe
_. oc eMackhatoshes.
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with a case
for carrying
when folded, fawn only.
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Wort~21r.9 For 26/6 ea.
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h'a:vo pawer to lDvestlg.le 1h. 'Whole m~ tor ~for

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" Jay.1' "Sagw~ntU 8_nd
.'. Conwell" Hats, aAd the
tatest Go~ns,
Tailored
Suits, Walking Skirts and
Coats, etc., will be shewn
in the

.1 'Rotail

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I
COLLECTION 011

AN~ OF tHE FOLLOWING
~~~~B~A~R~G~KQI~N~~!!~ I

INVITED

th eJllS(!Jves.
.\
Mr. H J . Slad e brought forward the
genion
that tbo hours of work per week on tJhe lI.l'ms, n
BerkA sboo Jd be 4l. l't\,"UI&r number fOor the 'Whole
WOMA~LY
year, lInd #Ie diffe rence between the summer and
wiota worktng he-uT'S dlEOOnta,ued
He favourecf
I
the 8,}'Bt.em 10 vogue In Orloroahlre, where the
Charming and OvfJ40wing With Health.
h'QUr8 of "Work were 52 houte pet" week wmter &lld
SUmrmer.
~
Thus view waf endorsed by the Committee, '8.nd
II Aren't you a.frRid
will catch cold lQ that
thin blouse P OJ aaid one ' worker to a huey gIrl pas!ed on a9 ....n cxpres8lon of Oplmon to the employers' representatives on the Berks DlstlJ"lcb
"Aren't you ner"l'OUIi about catch in g influenza. ;/"
wal! the question put to ~nothcr. Moet of us clln W ag es' Cummltt..ee.
'MT Chandler, IU!I chat.rm&n of bbe FanngdoD
call to mind girl! whom n~hlDg.d&Unts. They ha.ve Bl";me.h , opropoE"ed th e adoption of ... r.fl5Olutlon exall the energy of 8. man, a d yet retain their woman .. ~ng the V)eW tha.I:; before any steps were ta.ken
lin.... They go ,terulily through the day'. duli.. ~ grant a further lDcrease of W94!Cs or reduotion
quite unaffec~ by ailme ta: nnd nervou! foars.
of houT"8 , It "Was e!8eDh1l1 that illllDlmum prt~ for
It lEt, in fact, the mort womanly who
the 311 agricultural produ ce should be filted .and gllD.l'bravest. Their nenes a In good. order ; they are ftnt.eed by tdte Oov prnment. at sucb a. levol as 'WOu ld
well , full·blooded, TOBy, ovcr1loWlng with health.
and permIt of IruOO Incre a.sc. They felt,
To have your vei ns fu of rioh red blood is an
tha.t the ma.t ~r 'v.: AR becoming very serIOUS,
i.n~u.ranoo against neno1,1.8nw and deprea!1on of ~1=.;aJ111 on the a.roble farms, !Where the prlee&
WNe droppmg and the oost of
SPll'lts.
t
WA~ increll"1Og, &nd had lDcreaaed
To gain hearty, womanly hea.lth thoro is & limplc
moans WIthin the roaoh -of "ll-Dr.~ \-VilLiama' pink <:<l,~t~e. :;~~;l~ ~~'~ t.hre alOlll stlce .
'I1he
ado ptad, >and. the Seere.tan
pills, wl.uch 1W'e Il blodd·bUllder and a true tomc.
Hea.daohes, baokaches, anp:!mut., nenoUinou, 10M of was m~truetA>d to send It tow the Urlcultural
Woa~ s Board, the Berks ~strlet Waees Co-pllluttee
weight, breathleasn681, IIp,d other sig'lll of tailing 8.Ild 'tthe NAtIonal ExeeulJTO of t he N ,FU. I
health means that you need Dr. Willinma' pink pille
Th '\ Chairma.n was appomted to Tep1"()6ent BeTb
10 dispel from your .ystm the many ailmentll that on the newly· f ormed Ccunel l ..,f the N F .U., and
becomo apparent dter the long wInter month!. To the VlCe-Ch3.1rman 'W1II$ e lecteri toO ~ot .on the
those who are in ill·boo! a useful hiDt is ~Iven by Ge-neral Comm ittee o f dto N F.U. in his 6tead.
It 'Was Ilgreed to suppnrt " r e£Olub,o n of tbe
Mrs. Ro.. V.
<lilver Stroot. :(Uooall.
YorkshiIe.
Tnng and,i DL6trlct F:ann ers' Unicn urgmg the
OO\ernment to announoo \J,nthOUi dela,y wbebher
II I WAS sttack ed by an mit. about ten years ago."
she Mid , ., and became pale. lVeA.k and nervous. it a ~ their ~'lTiell'tJon to guararriee a. hvmg profit
f)\
er "he OO$t o f productIon of a.ll 8CfTlcuitural pTOI had such terrime heada9hes tha.t at times I oould
hardly see. Biliousness "ltroUbled mel and I i W&!I duoe for t h e future., 10 order to ~"lVe farmers con.
fidenee in the Government and 6ecunty for their
diMnolinod to take food. ,
~
outlny, and also to enfl,ble f-armers to 'Pa.y a flllir
"I a lways felt weary; even firat thing in t he oy; M" a nd rM>ore tho fM'IIlitV' of tneir Itfaohle tA nQ ,
morning I felt I done up and unfit for anything wh!ch hlRd become foul and ampover lshed under
W ork WaB a burden, and, became 80 ill that I could ......l8.r cOnditions.
hardly orawl about ...
I t I dragged on like t~i.s for years, and did ' not
know what to do w'th_.lmyseU. I took doctor's
UNEARNED INCREMENT.
medicine and t ried vaMpu8 eo· called. tonJes , but
nothing seemed to do me tny good .
14 About two years "lifO I 'W1\tI atrongly recomThe Go\'ermnent'., promise toO con Sider sym .
mended lo try Dr. Willia~s' pmk pil1s, I did ijO, and
I must &8.7 they have ma.da a different woman of 'Palh. c tl(~ all y the appo1l1tme nt of A. Select ComlIUt.
me."
,I i
tee to l Dvei:tlgate t.he qUOl:f lon of State parLiclpa.• 1 Soon dter commencipg tho pilla, there waa an
t.lcn for profit 10 Empire Idevelopment, long ad .
improvoment, which enpouraged
to oontinue. voca.~ by the Emplr-e ~ul'OeS Development
Gradually I grew IItronger, I developed & healthy CommIttee, hee brought forward several BUggOll.
appetite., "t,d biliouanese po longer tro ubled 'm e
tton. oU to likeJy fi elds for !Such ell'lerpn.s-e. AIr
I I Tho oolour returned to my cheeka, the headAlfred Blgland , M'.If.. a. member of the Committee,
achea wen!! banished. and I now feel atrong. and ibae;
named BntiHh GUls.na 1n this connecttO.l1.
well a.ble to work.
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.. Our pr&ent PriI.'OO MiD16ter." he sa.ys, "telked
.. I have to thank Dr. Williams' pink pill. for lo us "3z greM deal many years ~o about un.
restoring me to health , and frionda -tp ",bom I have e a.rned mcremeat lD land" Mr. BLgland himself
recommended the pi.llt no" praJ.e them aa muc.h as belicv(>8 tbat In s uch merement the State ha's a
I d o. I would Dot be without Dr"- William.' pink r 'ght to parhCllMl t..e. .. au thIS great State of
pin, . for anything. If II feel & little f off oolo ur ' Bnt.lsh GU iana. tbe larJd is under the lurischctloTl
oJ the local ~ve.rnment 1D regard to Its ownerahlp.
these pi1l.e &lw&18 braoo ~8 up."
The ~gwd girl lUla the ailing woman should Let U:ti on rea.eona.ble terms make &on a.gre2J11ent
start Dr. WillIama' pin~ pilla without delay, for they wlt.h them tha~ Lf we spend nulhoD5 of pounds LD
a.re a HeaJth Help. Get & s upply of 1Ul1 local irr tga.ltoD and transpo r t a.nd the work of opemng
dealer, &od'don't be satisfied WIth substitutes i aak up t.hei r placc, that we Wlll gwe {hem a trha:ro an
the profits, ln ron61der.atlon of them giVing us t.hat
for Dr, Williams'.
la.nd Then let us let It out to those who Will till
FREE.-ManyuaefYl health note. are oontained It, on reasona.:ble te r ms, .and at the end of e lt/ht
in the little bOok, I I Pl41n.Talke for Women." You years let' lt be sold, .s we sell IIIb-d 10 Ireland, for
c.&n obtain & free copy
sending a ~tca.rd request a long te-Tm of forty years. Let 'll8 own the fo""n to Hints D ept,!' J 46, I Holboro Viaduot. Londou, sites of Lhe t.oWIl!I wbloh ....,111 come tbere. apd t hiS
E.O. I.
.
great d ebt of ,PUl'S' "'WIn va.nlm, and we may out of
Lh!!l Bl"1tIsh Emplr-e. not. ba.'\e to find t.axft.tlon but.
be l'ECCI Vtng m oney on the balanoa from :income
1
over our expenditure."

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"Jenne,r~"

Avadis," ' J Berthe
HernSIB(:fl," II Agnes,"
" ' .M:artla:l et ArmaAd,"

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DID AoT.

, The otope of Jambfl

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, RESULT OF THE

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deslg,e,rs ~s

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, New Models by

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The feeding of .. Jow-grad,e animal is a. "Waste of
food. The lI&.me ro.lt()J]IJ: pen to a. well· bred
&IItmal 1W"111 rive a. fa.r hetter return lD 'WtHg-ht D.&
in quality of fteob.

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CHRIST'S HOSPitAL.

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T. S. Ta.yler, Ma.JOr MOlTU andt E . E Monball,
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(organi81og secret.&ry).
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Tb& Ob>&lrmani r.eJcrring
t he l'ra.veUmg cotn.~
mission on bbe lc ;oit of 1.M511 . P~U(ltlon,' whJ.cli . \ --" .'
aa.t dllt. .B~l)g ~ntJy • .m loned that Berbru~ ". .
IIIIII-.:!.--=,..,
..did, -r.ama.r4by,. lweij before he 06mmuse:.on. t.he.
.
Berka. fw-eh be'ing h'ih1t · oomplimenbtd upo ' '.
the way lD: whiCh they preE:ented tihcir figtit}es.
'
(R,ar. boar.)
'l:.he .result. of I t h4 Coun t.y Council election WaA
rev1 9Wtd by Mio, Cba.irma.n, who IJpOke WIth eviden ~
tl8.tis.fa.:tlon OJ) "he .return ofl an IllCNIa.>ed number
m~mbers who wrueo e10sclf Ldenti1ied with agrl.j
At. hiS lrUg<l'~t<:ion;i Iwas agreed to send
of congr&tLliation
Mr. George Ford, &I' '!.
m~ber of t he Readlr.g B nc h. upon, illS ViCtory '
1n the Wo kmg'barn I ~u.ral DJ~L9ton.
• ;
Mr. Bulltngham propo:3ed. j a r e60lutlon 1nvlting
five members of t he AgrlCUituJ"al WorkeI'&' Unl'tm
to confer Wltb an equ.al nu'mber of rapreaenie't'i'f'9S
of the Berka N.F.U. on tJhe ~Ue&t}()n,..ol fOr~ng a.,1
.stan<hng ] Qlnfl ccmmii'te.e for t.he- whole of
r-b
'WIth a Vlew w promoting a. mutuaJ unders
dmg
on agncul t.ura.l matters. The mover tntl a.-ted
tihat h e had been lDund-ated during t..'J.e 1';eek1'Wlth
UlqUIMes for mformahon resoectmg tbe Sbort-da.y
Order whI ch the Agn.culturil Waves Board had'
recently put into OperatIon, and be thought. thab
rome botly repre6entmg farmers a.nd farm. "WoIkers
"Would help very mate~laJl.v ~n elucldati'D@ Ule
d lfficultLes under WhlCh tmelf ' mdustry was beinV'
carried on .
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Mr. ra.TT&nt~ who Beoonded, quoted the case Ilf
De\--onshn"a, "'he re a. National AgrlCultu:na.l Aao'"
Clatlon ihad been formEd, end remarked th&t ,n .~ ~
many thlngs tbe mtere'rl.e of fa:rmbI"a and of , tbe 1
farm workers w.el"~ IJen tical.
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Ml'. T. S Tayl er, &i an honorary member of ..
bhe WiltS County Executive OomJlll ttee, ruentioD~ \
that Wilts ha.d tral::Gn !SclLon: on >tibe SELme hnes.
In the 6ub2'6quent dfscu!sion the prlllciple of tiae, ' '
motion '\4"U una.-nHnou...ly- approved, and on being
put. adop ted. '
The Organif>1Dg Secretary WM directed to oonvene the 6uggest ed. conference, if approved! by the
Workers' Umon, fol' SaturoI.Y. 14arch 15t h. , the
Chalnna.-n, Vlce-Chalrma.n, MeSlT"S. Chllhngworth,
Chandl er &nd
C. Run . being &ppoln~ to ..eet
the >workers' rcpreaentatlve6.
The W a lh ngford Branch 61lbmltted 6 1 resolutlOn
vwwl ng Wit h dismay the re4!ld(!£s edr avagan4!e
wi.Jc h COn l.1111:ed at the GoFcrnment I Stozo,es ab
D 'dco t, nQ tw l th.~tandlng the I cusahort • of nosttht.ic8, and Iillggesttng that 1£ bUlldmg opera.tiona
\\ero nt!cesssty they IShould be 'Ploa.ced m the hands
of tthe I'R oyal Eng1'Q,~l1I. The :'e90lution also
I
Mbed for a.n Inqu-rY' tnto the 10!8 of Gove.r:nme n t.
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stores. whIch, It was :alleged, llad been a l1owoo to
rot in the ~n in g¥.l.t quantIties.
Malor ,Morru; expla.tned that the resolutIon had
also been :".:cnt to ~rl gadi eT"·Gencral "lgan, M P,
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a.nd Capt.. R. Terrell, M.P 'Further in!ol'Ina.hcn
was Bliked for, and he "'produced ~ corregpondene-e h e hail had 'WIth yenare.l Wtgtln and othe.ra
upon the mltHer.
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DemobUil ation Ba ..... ains
The Readmg Branch also iO't"W3l'ded & rtlU lion
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of pmtert , whlch had be-en sent also to
r. E.
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in GENT.'S WEAR.
Gardner, ~ P. ! and M. W. A. MouDt, M . .
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Mr Chd hngworth IDtlmitt d that lfr
ardner
1:
36
pairs
df
Ta~
Buckskin
had repJted 'agr eemg With the terms of th resolu·
tlon.
Gloves, ~kes 71 to 9, one
The Committee decIded to- communi e ' wlth
dome fas·ener, fine qual.
Gener.a.l WIgan, calhng his atten tion to ' the
~
DumcroUtJ cvmplsmi& reopcct1Og the matte tn hiS
Worth 12/9 For 10£6 pro
const lLue ney, and asklDg Il nm to seeure aaLitLes
for A.n lDspectlon of 1Jte works by h imself rid tWOo
represe.ntll.hv('s of the N.F.U., who Bh o
&iso
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if HE POULTRY YARD.
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an' JI• F....R'r ••.r'. BR1~ dO.

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lmpossitil , I 0IUl but retire. from tile

T. H.

H. H. IBar!i!, W. ~ .. ' Cuniber, H.

~handt I·er:

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the boP. that Mr
that he win b:1\'" tblll
80 YI"Ond~u~ I\~

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by ".11

Now being lold
Poultry Food -Dealers.

from the conteet, or ..
belOa: "ho~hea.fte<u,. in symPath"
the Labour Rorty and its pro.
to fight agaiostit(aft1J 10 'try to
that
repro...1Ii "'1 pollti".1

u the 'I'r1de Unl Olls
to 5UPpcft tile u thtir candida.te
.1 ma, bO put 0lI, ....n! that "'hen
an Indepef?ell~ Libenll,t the IlL!t
pecnliarlf FP1e LD political '''In.
mny &l"a.~s be the ellie-there
, Party Candida.te: in tbe
not hU'e stood.

Bishop,

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winekl. (vi",,-cl!.irma,n). JI'. 0 t Bullinqhlcm.

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'\iUJlPerXall, w . 6.,
I H U 1mb &l'Ch,19b.
Of the
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Mr.'M,,,"",, .. thoU
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Tho
the Berta
Executive Cotnmilioee' ~t . t~ Nl8.tio~ lI'e.rmers~ , ,
U mOD wac held; ..t. tile fJo.m,mltf,ee'a ooice. 150, 1
hu~r ••lre&~Jj .ne~ing .. 00 Sa.turday, th0&6 ·preie:J.~
being: M~J. E : w . K. \ Sl!'d~ (~bainnlln). r. Ald- '"'- ~ 'I; ...

!FISH MEAL.

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