Reading Observer 07-1919

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BY RT. HOri. H. >\', L ~SHER. M.P.
(PRESlDENT OF THE BOARD OF

EDU~ON I
great ach,evement, for wh.ch too
much .",.Jlt .annot be /glven to Lord
Robert Cecil. th.t the con~lhon. of Pence
It '"

launched upon a world I.tlll dIVIded by
brtk.er rnemorle5 and acut.e distrust, b'nt

tihe mere fRct that the ¥agu e 1~ IS bef':n
formed 'tha.t an Intem&himal f)a.n ction h~s
been ~rovided for the II ,\1f.up,\lous respect
for Treaty obbgatJOns I f abp. the protectIon \

of "the :terntorlal tntegrlty and eXl.ttng
polit1G31 mdepend en c6 o1 ,./ all m embers ot
the League," }8 8 matte I of far reachlllg
stgnifieanoe, and marks n new stage In the
development of human society
It 16 an easy Jorm of ~ Epicurelllllsm to

TO'lI'a.rds

dISparage the League Some decr) Ihe pro
lect becau5C, havln g 5ufikre d h ltle th em
sel.~". by tI,e war. the) 10 not appl'l!hend
tIw trne nature or future posslbllities of
the modern a.rts of de5truchon Oth ers \re

opposed to the JJO'gue lor

mg &ntidQtes

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l1le o hse r

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Oth Cl .... IS ('

acute , or dlmtnl~h es the uneaslTles~ of f1H~
smaller .md weake r Powers, It Will h 1"-

been

worth

ha.vlng

'l'he

10g1CJ.\D

"hv

proves to h1s satJ sf Ichon that the Le 19 UC
will not br~ng ]1ar Idlse and then proce'Xh
1.<> argue that th.e I.e Lgue 15 foollshn es ,.
might lU!'l t as \l;eLl
that th CH!
noth1ng betwee n a rough,t <lnd ,,," Hood

tnnt.cnd

After all, ChTl5tlalllt
has not ( On<'lll ('rc 1
Ute world. but It h,' helped the ".~ d'i ".
too, lIflU the J..e,I,gUC , whIch belon .;~ C"<': \Cll
tUIOy to fine Clll1 s 11111 ol'Qer oJ IU OI.., help
t.he cause of

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'l un

('1\li1S

t

th e I1l ltt C'l I a.gencleS which wlll
u\lJuuLted l,) lSSI!ott rl 'le dev.elopment oJ the
IA.ague we may Ill1mber the dIsarmament
I I n!;

Ger.n in.)
th e fi n Ln ct.a.l ex hausbon of
the c hI ef bellJ~erent n...'\1.Jons, and the contI ,I1n o burden of v lr La.xahon
Howeve;

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EDUCATION OF THEl CHILDREN

)c l', co<e lllay Oe th e mood of Europe, the

c;;:wr.:h:~

~I~r~ W:l~~~f:I;a~~~1~1;ll~::;s n~w

... xtr;n l'::: llIce fa r be,)ond thell' (ilnllnl!\1100
("lUICC!'; to finance
rile m.ere 111J"' ~nc'" (If
\"r 15 sontethtng r t)ld :lnl.mOSltJO d J6
flo n, I ca lmer tempel !o:prc 1c.1s through
the

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vhlch

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lur the I.A':1.
JIl4K>1t.'\nt)

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Ind ci1lcf

PEACE

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etill all)

Jer. hnge
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111188 ELLlOO"B R.F.!3IDNATION:
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The ChaJrma~ n:id \l. letter had been rreoeived
from JdjJ G "Elliot m wlllch ~e tendered

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Guaran:feecf gJeoce.
SOMEWHERE

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HOME is the

ther

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YaoaDCY

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mt.AINING FOR OFFIC&RS
:In t.he roport of Iho Officon Tralwng Sub GOm
'Wh ich 'WM ad pted, It woo sta.ted tha~
over 6cventy appl1caltolls of officers had hoen ,re..
eClved Of diba,t. number t hirty i hree ha.d been 3.o,tcr
Viewed, five bad heen refused, five transferred ot
wlt.hdrawn, r ourtA,n haQ, beeD placoo, bub..one
out of tho Ia.tler number had glVfro up tho 'Work
The r e atJH a:ernatned tblr~eJI to DC tlcaJ.b WIth
There had boo n lroe.tVt<i tlte names oi Lwenty.lx
farmers who 'Were 'Wlilin; t o take officcrs on lihelr
fartD.'3 for t.rt1.lnmg Tho hopo "'N3.$ erpl es6ed. that.
11100"e names of raTmers wIlhn; to assist 10
dll'OOlJon 'WOUld be recc l\OO
ilQ I~bee.

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ORG"NISEltS QUARTI'lRLY REPORT
}IIS reporl f OI the qu lrler ended JUDO 3OUI,

Mr G S Bedford sUld t ba l! a Dumber of quonC8
I c latmg to r... I)U1 Q Qf -crops, mllnUTlug .!>pr"8.ylng.
~'P"ela.l erope cider-making ctc
had treen dealt
'" Ith and LlmL &. fi cld lnal wt.trh eledrlfi.Qi seed
oa.ts bad boon sci out, at.; Shltlfiel{] Wi t h regard to
cheesc.lnakmg, be s La.te4 tha.l forLll lgh~ly classes.
had been giv en by t.he IIlst.ruchC6'S, :MI~ l'v; ose
at Cholsey, S tanford Ill-th e Val e
Aldenua.st.ou,
Bocnham anu Sta.lldcn Thc a.moun t, of nnlk uscd.
had been 643 g l\llons wJtlch had boon oonverted
lllto 727 100 of .;retln e hecEc One application for
" buLt.cr ma kmg Chl9.3 had bcen r eeCi Ycd. from
t)Lallford 111 tho.. VIlc,
"}\1 1.,;
Ippliclltons
from
'de vera.1 other etmtr c.s '\'.lr cxp !.:t..c<I.

pl~ce

which
foundations are laid for
peace In every sense of the
word, and in keeping the home
clean and clothes sweet and
pure, Sunlight Soap t",kes pride
of place. BJuer and finer homes
are going ~o be built for the
workers. Sunlight workers have
fine homes; that is one of the
reasons why Sunlight users can
never have' a finer or a better
soap than Sunlight.

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member o f tbd COlWmttee because,
ou a.aooun\. of I1f health It 'Wa.':I
for her
La !Seck 80me Iwa.nner cllmc , Jt,
propoct.ted and
6eConded that Mus& 'Elhote rcgl~nu n be ucocpt.ed
WJth Jregret., God: t~
dcclded 1..0 InfOl' m the
SC1OOtlO11 Com'WJtteo
County Couned pf
e
I'6Illgnation b

rHE

9'Ke Sunlight of
In

Arran" XReu.ij; fQf the ¢!'lebra.Llon l of I
day - (Satu..."d ..y) .have

The name LEVER

011

.oap is a Guarantee of

Purity and Excellence.

of tho Clerk of the We&l ber should
Th' !JJayor of R<!ad ll!: IMr S
ha.a throughoUt t.a.k.en a. lively mtet"t""'/

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t.er 18.00 a. grea.t. dea.l of llD" bLl'lllil e
I&3ry and va.1uablo 'V.ork h UI be.en d on e

th c ... e \\I tl he

0 S J ohn'.:lOn) anI! hlR
h li ve afC2dy I bee~
6Ora.~ed. the work being CA.rnen eu t
S:eelaa, Ltd atsd It lS to be bOPfll
1t'e&ldent!S of tb~ town '?i ll 1 follcw sylt
th-ell' bllDtlllg aDd ae.eora.t.lCll c
Tbe programmts of

Md-d",:v -Llmch~on to Troop'S T()'J, n
Corn E:LNba.r:ge
2 YJ pm -Aqua:tJc Ca.rruva.1 on tho
com m n CCJ!I
230 u.nJ 7 pm -BO\n..J 01 !h,. b:l6t
R g rneut ill the F orbufJ G :Ud!'D S
:; 30 p 1l'J - Chlld.ren <! l'o t<>rlJlameu,t.s.
park:; b03g ln
.!.ft,er
S:)~lth

On October 18l J 1914 ra. Sub GOUWl ll :j,ee WM
formed to consider the qucsllon of t.he e mploJ
Dlent of Belgians Alt.hougTI t.he £l-oat m IJOI1iy
d our refugee... ~cro of tho wwkmg claas oon
slderable difficulty 'Was e.xpenenced m provldms
them wItb sutt.a.blo occupat Ion licsid('S the que£.
t lon of Ia.nguage, th er o preva.lled a u the tlme all
Idea. tbl\tJ ]1. .. as unuel> lrable tha.t Belgillru; 5ho1l1d
work and comp "' ie "Itb local labour COtt~nd
enco on the sui Jt.ct. was exeha.nged "Ith tihe Local
Government lioalu and 10 Marob 1915 :Sl'l"
Erne6t. Ha kb .P~8k.1en ... .of t.he CommN>'loll fot'
Pr(,,\ IU1ng Ell ployment for Belc:Ian ref\lg~ came
to R ead me to adVIse the Committee ~-etmg
uDdcr HilS ad\ Ice and aft~r a. oe..reful ,;tudl of l.rhe
que..>tlon) It \U3 decided to ~ op t. a. f<:beme I:mUliar
t.o tho oue already then In force Itt. Bradford

covcrlD'g tbe aJloe&holl of wagos and t.he pro
n ... lon (If lit, workebep to matruct. 1U woodwork such
rofU@:ee& a s, on uecount. Qf t he ir profe8SJ.on or
O<lCupa.llon, ", ere unable to dod ~ployment
In
conjunction Wlt.h the
Comlle Officiel .Bclge pour
I Ang1ct"Hile III London, a. worlcehop '9.,&& organ
ited. In a. buildlDg kindly Jent for the purpose
The WOI'k..ing expel1\:llC8 wO're defrayed by tHe Com
mlttee a.nd. t.C.tJ t..t.m.ber paid for -by t.he Belglan
Government, for whom too finished. art.icl('s were
destined
The serVICes of I/, fur niture manufac
turer from M'811ne5 were eecured 88 forerua.n, and
18 men, ot.berwls~ unemployable. were Bet, to
'WOrk These very soon showed. the lI'esu lte of the
lDlltl'UCtlon afforded theot, and little by !ttl-le they
were able to find aWlable employnumt. At tho
end of 1916, th6 lut. two, reepecttvel,. a. but.cher

and a. plasterer by t.rade, found remunerauve
work. 1n .. loca.J 10lDery works 345 arllcles were
made, and 10 to"WI of f urmture delipaf..ohed for the
'UB6 of ~e Belgl&U Govf?D1-ent there ,,\nd
&t
A porhon ot the furniture Wali left lU

!&ea.dmg and haa been dwposed or by aueLton for
the benefit. of the Belgl&n GovernmenL

A FLAG DAY
Readilli in
6<pl«Ilber. 1914 prod""ed" OUlll 01 £551 Si 9d.
and a street collechon 10 Ca.venba.m brough 1. 1D
£&6. lia; lOd, boUl or 'Whiob. we.rc paid mto thc
In

lunda of tho CommIttee W,th this money In band,
aDd. the "'u, ~ ..... t.a.noe glVfm by the in
h.bitantl or the town and lMrlebbouriJ.oodJ !by subocnpt.i_ o.Dd &'Ilta of food and 'cI,~ng. tbo Com

promcnado

EGG D1SrRIIJUTION SCHEM E

t&lnab

e&r:r'7 OD tiulJr work until June,

1915, ..._
&D ........V -....... iliad<> ....th tho
W ... BoI_ COmDUtteo. Londo• • bl' ",hioh a IIIlD1
of 100 pet.....t. per Mod ...... to be pl'OV.ded fOt"
• certa.in olIoumber of refugeetJl. Thie .1Il0U'1lt was
IUpp&emented by voJuntaTy contribut.iolla obt&1nod
JOca.lIy 'l'blll &IT&b~ODt enol>led 'be Oommittee
to lul&l the work. 'Wlthoub anT fu.rther p\lbbc &p-

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ll.BPATIUA!mON

Wi th rega.rd t.o the Egg DH;.\ nbuti(lu Sche m c
IH e ll l emHI Ilctl 0 11 May 15l h Mr lll,,\lrOlll
,.ta tcd III IllS reporL Lbat, the sche me lills l ea.f' had '"
no t. bec.1I t lk e n aav RIlLage of 10 th o S:llCIl..L lint!
c lpa t €U Trhe c}l\cf f~tors uccounl1ng for the
s lil all d}ro;t.n b ullou frolll Lwo of t.ho sta t.lolls WC I e
(1) ,, 1<lU t. scarci ly ()f hrooJy li en" cSVCClally 111 tb c
early PaI t. Qf tim .HoOa£On '\\h cit affcctoo the Side
o f bl t Lmgs f rot.1 Lhe ihco"vlc i bleed a nd (2) lhe
pl lce of .eggs, '\\llH'h was muc h 10 el:CCtiS of the
prlco rcaJisod tlll onghouL the COUll t ry dunng tho
laLte, 1)i$.1 L of t.he season Fertlli t.) 11\ ev ery case
wa..." G'ood, but. <e , c rlty of weat.h~ t allU, III some
CR80eS 1 eglccL 01 t ho p !l Tt of 1he purch ruoer te ndcd
t o lowe I ~ ho IlUllIb" t of cluc k., produced
'111e
Readilt; Ulllv CfSlly Collego " EI'S l ccommelldcd to
t he Do Ird o f A~Tlcu llu re fOl lb c c x.tr ~ PIC IUlUIll n

..... .::toD Be ~ Armiatioe 'W'I& ~ &lIned, the
refu~ irbowad. a. 1leoeral ldaire to return ... t.

eountzy, bub i t.bey <jUlie undaIk>od u.. .......~ f~or
f",dH.. pat.ielice. unUl
1Jl"OPOr ~t.
be m..I6 foo ihelr ....
pakiajIon. TIlio --I<
u....tabn b1 ihe
~f;""._ IJt ""1 to'•••• ' "

f

fUll

falI

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The Ch Ildren
a.£t.er all to h old
bratiow; fo-day oal('b(lugh l h o I'iPO~
to hal e been held Il.n th s C">nne (.101)
h e p s t p 1ned The M ... yO; 1[r ~
iMr L G Su ton (cbatrmab of l h ....
tlOn Comnllltee) '?;nte - .Ev"'ryone
6ed to know that nOLwll oi. a.ndi o.g
d)fftcult.l~ }.n Ol"S'.a.DLI;I.Il-g a tea. a.~
te.uuuent for 15,000 (h'fld ea }In
(lUI' ~l":mentary oohoola will a.fte. ... all
In P a}m"'r s.nd Pro5pecb P arklll
on
w:l::ucb, though I1<lb prOViding eucb
eopom as had been coDt~mplat.ed fe r
rl il t~ "IVI] we.are Ei.t.l!fied.J he fully
{he ~1UI:.(l n and m a.ke th-e day a
in the ch.ildren'6 nuOod! tcr t he rest

of trap Ilcsll 11;

HEALTH

A.~

,\ G-RICULTURE

;\ ld.l.er "as read frOIJl the Berks and Uucks
J ('lnt. Sana to r ium Comuullc:e Jnvlhng t hclll to
Pl l t lCIP:J.tc In a. Ecb C\110 \\hereby lD\'allds III tho
Sal u.lorluJn at P cpp"d could 'Work.at. frUIt hum
1I1g' (IC
Lho v.: Oi k ..... ould bo sUlta.blc to W]Ctr
co ndlt,lons of h oo.Lil) ILlld w ould also he a. benefi t.
to t.1~c :A e ll<'"1.lllutal C lJmnlll~oo
If Lhe lal1d III
tlla t dlo,;;t llCtJ .... as fouud SUitable t.he y \\ould bo
tl.pl f.: to f'o nllll cnoo a d ClIlonst rat lC n o rch aJ{l
l\I t Cor(m e ll ~pc a klll ., 1n IHou r ot th o KC hcll1c
[IS I Icp H ' 5C n III..I \'(' of the 811n atorltl n Comlll It-eo.;
HI th a t horllcullurc and
fllllL f a rmIng
.... o uld
b u Ilifllt occllpaiJona fQr Ihe 1Il1ll1lCt; who ",o uld
Ih e fl lL SlIre, bQ willing t o r- 0 lJIto a lr \.llllll"
C()lolIY 'lh CY r c q lured tho Issr.;lall!.:e o f th It. C01l1
Initio

In I<... p l) 10 lh ... Ch n lrJIl311
lIt Bed follt ... :lJ/I
Lhal Uolh 1 lind l\l r J allc~ ( I t~ tUll1r III hOI t lcld
t.Uie Unl\ r> r 1l ~ Coflc,..<') h HI hcc n 10 lhQ pro posfd
1'> 110 aml h u found ill la llQ \t ry f :n oLi I Ibl« fm

fanllln g- it v. a.... on I h\ l' l OJ cha lk
11 v. a.,; ulllln \I ('I,), \1«':1<1 ('...1 th \l I h ~ e ll 111111 11
Mr B.-(I (Oltl a nJ 11.11 I a.n es ~o t o Pc pplld III
'nJol l() meet tbe S I IJ.at.Ql IUIII Co uJlil lll c(': [lild d .....
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LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED

PORT SUNlIGHT

II Th6 beacbe-r~ had been annollS
m&nhon (If .Pe;t(:o ct:} p bra.' :Ions tha.t.
ullder tbelr ea.ro who ore 60 mu ch to
our fiOldiers ,ha.T'(') woo thould ha~t\ a.

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CRICKET.
NOTICE TO CRICKET CLUB
SECRETARIES.
Forms for lupplylng reports of matches can be
obtamed on application at the .. Ob.ervell'
Office., 19 and 21, Blagra.ve Street, ReadIng

Itl!l.diug by

f)

by 19 rUlIs ScOles 'Vnu:.: s
BIShop c n Drake b l'rout ••
Skea.tes b Saul f ••••••
~ten b l>roubtt:
Bartholomew c Bennet.t b :Saul
Amps c Hellrn h Saul
CI a.wford c Sttul b TholUlJSOll

homo team's
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runs, blS scoro bOlng responslble fat Ule
Wltl

H f:iWVCllS e Thowp;lon b Pl a ut
S WhiCh clow c HarrJ5 b HlL7.ell
11 Howa.rd c :Saul bHa7.ell
L JI~1DCS not out
It i\hUor (ubsent Ill)·
Extt1L5

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Meadow on Saturday, at tho handll of Hcckficltl
Dn.ttmg first. the V181tolS made HI, A Cooper and 0
Chamberlaw d.i5pllLymg good batting for 25 runs a.·plece
The Factory batting entirely hroke down before tho
bowl,ng of C. Bartlett (fin for 6) ~nd C Miles (five lor
16)'fand could only raise 23 & ores

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A Cht?bdlm: c & b C Bartlett •

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U I'1!> ma.l l.crs

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C b:llt III LU S I U Lit{ \ hOl> " u t {) hc 1btc t o
lip somc I £'.,1I 111 alll.l defilli tc ~11 C'II I C ant.!

~Joyment. w-hlch 'Wou lrl prove "
&nd i.ney were det.enlllned to d o ihc..l..!"
5U!'-8 )t.:. brung so
Wl.!PII the r!~t('l ~.J.i,
was found Illlp~ 6" ble t.o c;) rry o(lllt eb ..
ganl8ed. arrangeme nt;., Whl~h ha,j

READING BISCUIT FACTORY "B • ,
HECKFIELD & MATTINGLEY
F Ictory , B ) 8UZlt.uned a. Bovcre defea.t a.t King ~

ACTOBY •

:r Mont.nglle4) Mlles

B

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plated and! lb has now he£on Q f!('ltlfld
tion tn the ~ne.ral t r ea.t o!) So
ilp:>rls pa r r" i)f rhe progra rnm(.\ ~hall
orlgInalJv mt""nd ed 10.P crnh C'T and
~hies 6ball b e ~ffert'd fo.r com pet il ion
acbooII5 which 'V. ill permau"'ntly com""'n'

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Thoma!'! b C Bartlctt.
••
W ¥cend e Cltamberla1D b Mt1e~
Holmes b C Bartlett. . ••
DIOWII C G Dllrtlctt. b i\fIles
Burden b C Bartlett
Cnpp& c Clayton b Mlies
0 (jordon not 'Out . •
Lambourne c Kyle h Miles
Bows111cr b C Ba.rtIett.
Extm!!

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OOCIlS] O'l).
f TheSfl trophu.·J5 ~b6Uld be loolred
looms In tho IOOh OG~ t.hat win the.m
the r1SUl g geo-eI'~U to m.ak;e the

h?et!l !.hat I a.ve b
thetr b:r')tbers

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t/1.

llANOS COVERED

WITH PIMPlES

Hard and Red. Constantly Itching
and Buraing. Many Sleepless
Nights. Cuticura Heals,

neea

land

T~LEIUln~~

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n 63,'00

by ,he
fa.tb.ens who heve

th'm
I
Cf 'Ve all wUh to t&b C l'et"V oppo,-i;u,.;.
p '!ltuaflOg' the ~ry of iha:;:e
,.veryone 'rill dQ \\ ba.t they can
a W:1y to <Y.Ultnbut.e to t be
Trophv Fund ' whIch h.al:i b~n
pl\ln£t' the troph li'5 which will be
tho ChI dTen's Peace SJ)Jrts In
take 1 hI S vppr; rtuwty of tb
tbo6e who ha:v6 alreadv d ?nG

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all the

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THE CHILDREN SATISF

BISCUIT FACTORY CRICKET
MATCHES.

·~;~~E~~;~,~~STATEM:ENT

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v.

JOURNALISTS' MEETING.

a1=:r

(An:s n

~QU.l.TIC

mUell to en&11l'6

G"lt::brat

Ollfj

t.h.fJ

6Ut:ce65

of the

,

10.000

l:xtras:::.

spECial preocnptl oll form to b e t.a.ken. to tho :Read
In&, DIspensD I'Y, wllhoub c118.rge
A \ilm 1l1" ar
rangcJncnt was Illude for t.no d ent.al aU.clld.anco of
t bo rdugeE'ls With the Readwg Public J.)e.nLal Ser
vice
Ulhougb tli{'so EChemes Wf,n e Inude at. 'IirsL
for El. period of ISII monlhs o nly t.hel ('ontJDued to
<,perata ~ Ilil g reat truoc"ss unhl th o l-epaLnahon
•
THE PRODLBM OF EMPLOYMhN1

un"et -I\I:um nntl')n Ot t1 ~
Ea.!!t.. and WOS I by \arJ cO OtU";}(

The Aqna.t e Caa-Dlval lD t h o!! able
:r M Wng It promlSe6 to be a huge
tho reco·d of i5CtQ& 150 e nt rl €<:! for
efftll tr.: sh 'W On t,h ", Promenatie
provldftd by t.b.e Read ing
Ba.nd and the plcrr ot In li !"lri If.
c.en:.re (I f 03.Ura.c IOn 1:
1;
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WE:;LEY v WOKINGHAM MAGPIES
TITEItUR!:i'l'
G
Tbceo oM rivals met m the return League Match 011
It Drake h \Vluch elO'\
{
H
l~
(\
rk
Ollllgq
out.
W
Drake
r
un
out
•
0
Sa.turday
IU.llt
at
Palmor
Pa.lk
After
the
Tdehurst
F
II
the sheer for ce of hum In jilt ) (, ll ~I\I1<IIINl
n Wlucltc Lowe Amps b Wh1Chelon
2
0
debacle, whcre they were aU out for 14. Weslcy ViCIO
hy th C' ",I es!o; of Centr II E t1 (lope lit ~... noL Heu.rn c Allcn b Stevon$
i
W
l
anx.\ous to retrIeve thCIr rcput.a.tlOU I~S I~ battIug Side
G Ha.wll c Bartholomew b James
18
lUld \\ ~ h \\ e not. J e l hnd 1111 \f to ail] J11C
1
Tho Magplcs who were rllumn/! nack and .uock With
H ncunott b Amps •
i
t l e trl e m c.I <::U 1C of Ill'" <'uffe nl1 'l'!'; \~ltl It
rIlehurst for cha.mpL0118blp honoUl'S wcre also keell ou
N Saul I bw b AlUp!S
U
lot II
\\Olll e n, m(1 chd !r e n IN.! .. 111111141111
wmmng thl~ match W05lcy batted hI'Ht aud ooltde a
H G ardner b Amps
llEOKFIELD & M..t,.TrINnLEY
good ~tn.rt \\ 1th 51 ruIlS fer the 1088 of tbree "'lcket."
o rhomp50u 1.1 AmI)!!
0
11-:; 111 II f' l;oe lh,gl relit tllllut l lC'S of Ih e (nil
W Cla.yton l b "IV b BUldcll
Jcss PLouten who made hIS debut for Wesley batted 10
U H arns Hot out
2'/.
~ llle llt
\\' hl~1I full klJ o \\let~( (Olll eS to 115
A J Goodyear b Burden
i\
hue style for 41 not out, hts lIcore mdudmg a. hIt over
W Prout h Whlchelon
r,
tile fell ce for 6
Hall (14) a nd Nowmlln (12) werc
C Bartlett 0 Gordon b CrlPDi
r x.tmA
~
1
he fl ood..., Ite!'; j o f
COlli l>US" 10 II \\OIIl bo
C Miles c Dro" n h Cnpps
othore to reach double ftgul'CS J Webb for tho Mag·
1~1lC<"1
\\ e h\\e a l wf'~!'i he tlll IIIO<j e rite
plCS \\ u.s t.ho mast suecCtis[ ul bowler wlth 6 for 34 '1 he
A Cooper c Holmes b CliVI'S
2
lotal
7i
l id clement In \'Ict.>r,)
~n I ..I" It W IS WI h
S Bart1ett c & b Montagu c
MU,':-PICI a.lso opened theu battwg In a. promlsmg ma.n
Urs Cochranc . 3 1, H c all wrn ROLet Tut.tollh un
ncr,
72
run!!
beUlg
up
for
4,
Rev
Hare
contrlbutinll
34
J
Kyle
b
Montag
Ie
WYl'oIAN'S
D".,
RE\UINlr
YMCA
us niter t.he Napoleouic 'V 11 so Wlil It be
G Chamberlam b Burdon
L ondou, N l7. M IY" Ft.Jl year,:; I had s u ffcrod
In good etyle, and G May 18
Eliht mekcte were
Phret! 00. the RCCloat.iOll G'rouud on ~LLtllrday A
.'
now
;
H ~alt not out
down for 101 a.nd after a.. most eXCiting fiDish W csley very mtercstmg ga.me emlm ' IU It \l'11i for the hOlllesters
wIlh IUdl~~!4 t l III
[1\ t '1l 5 I h 111 two t e rri hie A.ttack:l
F
Harding
b
BurtlOD
o
lau aut Wllluers by 4 runs Scores
by 11 ruus R Phillips (f~r W~OIatl'~) bo~led well
whu,;h co mpclled rue to koop to b ed for ", ceks each
MAhII-;G jlHE L1' WUE KKOWN
C
Denton
b
Montague
amI nearly repeated 1us huL trtck performance of tho
WKSLKY
wook proVIous Htl \\ u.S sw,;ct;ssful In taktug sevell of
To maKe t.he 1(le I WQ p~r.po!ie or tho tuue,n.mlllglLlUlU 1~16 and 191 7 I had tho sarno
o Page b Pocock
i
tho Y. M C.A wwkets for I rllll ~ and mndo l\1g:1u~8t
experien
ce
I
wa.s
m
p
:un
a
ll
over,
nnd
wmd
ac.
E
Ha.t1bWehb.
Jl
I JCdguc gcn(' r.dl} fundi iT Will 11)e pal t o f
score wlt.h the b tt-lG ruml Philll! S (6) and Rulsdl1lc
Total •
81
A Norman b Gotldll.I'(l
U
the t Jlsk o f t.ho(.> "c houl .. Hnd ChlliC h (!~ l:umuh.tcd m such (lUantltL08 that my.hco.rt. was
(3) bowled wcll for the Y 1\1 C A ~ppentlcd arc the
C A Newman b Webb.
12
pu ~h cd ont o f placo and usod to pa.lpitato VIOlently
SCOl'OS W G Lowe c Ha.re b Goddard
0
throughout the woll<\ Ai the thfl.nks'£I\' 1Ilg
READING DISCUIT FACTORY I' C H V
YMC~
N eurItis 1Il my bead was a.nother nHhchon, and I was
J Prouton not out ••• •••• • •
4.1
o..: eTVlce at St PlUI S tln Ju l,) 6 th t.h~ r e wa!'!
\VEST READI:.IG LIBERAL CLUB
W cuham t uu out
C
Greenfield
c
Tba.tcher
b
Webb
G
terrtbly nervous A fnond told me of Dr Ctt,8sclPij
PhilitpfI b R rhIlltpB
TIus match was rln.yod ut KenslDJtou- road, on Satul
a. pra.}£~ r !o[ tho I ( I ue of N~')iton5 tIld rll blcts I had bad doctor 8 mcdi cmo nnd other
A E P ouude c Betts b Webb
0
Rldsdale b H.eeVe8
•
tilLY nnd resulted In a. draw The, l SI tors ba.tted tint
E H Wllhalll8 c Thatch er b 'Vebb
0
such a prll)er sholl 1 I hnd I vince Ln .1\ 1 the thmO'~ Without getting any boneSt. but on tak mg
BlLdcock b R PbllllpS ••••
E E B enn(ltt e Hawkios b Webb
7
n.nd after t,.. o Wlckots hat! fallen 101 .W rUlIs, J Loft
lJtll'~Ies
Y pll n~ lI elrp le !)hould nol be t.hu fablcts I l'Ioon felt better
Lock
b
H
Phllhp-a
hou!lc a.nd E Smith mn.do n. llrotonged at.a.nd an J 5
•
0
1 L Goodson b Ha.re
I took Dr Casacll s
Newell
b
R
Phillips
separa.tion wn.s not effected until thc ptur ha.d adde I J
Edu&.8
S
allowed to gr() W lip "Ith u ul l kl1nwl€(l ~e o f [lIst.mt Rehor aliw for consb patlOn, and ~ow I have
Stacey 1.1 R I'luilips
runs when the formcr was caught for 1.3 (two 6 II n ~
thi S great faS~l lonHl ~ I lllbtJ lIJl1 e nt of ~lIm \Il (lulLe r ct;ovcrod my hoo.1tb I bolieve I owo my lifo
Wooldl'trl..te b R llbllhps
four I'.)
COlllll8 then aSlllst;cd Smith to raise the <(OJt'
Total....
107
Dlllens b 1t PlnUIp5
to o.er a hundrc{l beforo be was bawled Tbe 1U1J1l ~
pi og ress , and \4lthuut ~ d e-s lre lo f1l1th cr to tl lO lIl "
W OiUNOIU.M MA/ H IF. ~
Novcc
not
out
••
••
..... as declared closed at 160 for Dwlcketll E Smith 1aJ
J W' obb h Benuett
6
It" work
The lllten ' I Ul.,.e of !'; tuoe nt...'i ~111(1
Dl C L'\Sell s rablota a.re thll perfect modern home
Wooldru]ge h Lomon b Heevcs
the Ra.tJsfactlOll of ma.king over.,O but the result I ..
G MILY c GrccnfIcld b Proutcu
18
l}fol~ 5sn rs
amon g iT H:ndlj ('f)u ntneG, and rerne ly ror Ne rvous Broo..kdown. Ner\'o a.nd SplDJli
Eltl'll~
delayed
decla.ration undOUbtedly prcvented the vblt n ~
Ue\ HalO c Nowmllll h.Jgroutcn
I'
Par ~h :;1.. Malnutrttion , Wlt.6ting Amc mta, Sicoplos!!
froUl recordmg a WID Smith hit fiv() boundartcii II I I
mur e palOlioularly
hetv.'E'e1l Engllnd and ll C<;\! [11 II~cs tIOIl . K.iduey Trouble ant! Premllturc
Rev Osmond b Prauten.
!
I
J otal •
mruogs- of 57, whICh occuplCd mncty mt~utes 1 he
}o} Iha.tchcrbLowo
11.
Amf'n r a, tho Ispreoo r kllonlech:(' and ~I)
Dccuy !:'ipecuLUy lIu lta.hlo for NUI"Slllg Mothera abo
j WYKAN S B "
l' a.ctorf bad little dtfliculty 10 8avlOg the game
1
,g Pocock b Lowe
••
1
o
.A
tkillson
ru
il
ont
....
whcn time for dra.wmg !ltumps camo, bad mado (,() lor
pI<' 1,1hon or lit.,. d,c:.11l1f'Ie-sted ~IJe 01 life wowen or mlddlo age Sold by ChemiSts and stores IU
C PcrryJ-b wbDo1lllctt
l(
I,ll }I LI t.s of the world Pnc68 1s 3d ant! 3s , t.he 311
3
Bishop
b
Phtlltps
the
1058
of
7
wtckets
Batt
SUllmonds,
and
Browllil
~
G M lutlD I b· \\ b BellncLt
1
III uth e r land.s
the .om{'lojlllle.nt I()£ a. SlY.C b clU o the m ore ooonomlcni Free 1I1for watlO1l on
r,
:F otd c Dadcock b Ihdsdn.le
all ebowed good form Wlth thc bOot Scores• • _
.,
T Goddard b Prouteu
nllV
casc
flQut
on
request
1)r
ClL88Cll
i!Co
,
LIWltetl
4
5,) .. tt III of hlst () rtca l I.p.a('hlll g In our 6chools
Reevcs b Phillips
o JIIl.wklDs st Ne\\ man b ill nuclL
0
WEST READIN'O LIQBSAL CLUB
Cboot.er H o ul, Mancheatcr
o
Cox c Badcock b Rldsda.le
T Betts nat out
0
.mG colleges) JlI the <'Ollrt;e of whtch the con
H W Nll8b cBerry b Browlllllg.
6
Plumblldge b Pblllips
~:'I;tr88
•
7
t.rIbl1 tlO n~ of , the diffe rent Hr\tJons of the
COwen e E Levy b Berry
16
R Phllhpe not out
••
J LofthoullecBenybE LDVY
1
Lemoll b'Rldsdale •
world to the' pro o rl'6s o f C1Vlhp;atJon the
Total
~. • \03
E Smith not out ....
Young Q Lock b Phillips
growing economIC and pol lw.Cc11 mterdepen
B Collins b Sunmonds
o
Cu.nnmg e Stacey b Phllhp:I
E Ha.rperbSunmonds
5
r, Phillips c \V()nham b Pblllips
dence or. hl1nb.n SOCIO" and the fal reach
WOKINGHAM LONDON ROAD,
M Teebury (a.bsent)
2
Extras
ln S eVl16 o f :mode r n
war ;uoe <luIJ
•
ST SEBASTIANS
'1 he al llual lIlecLlng of I..h e Berks Oxon and
i§V! A A Nash e Croomc b Y eelld .
e'll1plt.l.sl!;e<i- all t.lle6e forms of ~ffort. '\\illl S- lit u nIl( k:. 1)Js1nct ~r t ile Ins litut.e 'Of J ournal
PIa.} cd at W~kiir.g:ham on Saturda.y Tbe horup tea.~
A GNash e Tlg,,"ell b Yeend
Total
E Sawycr e Stamp b Batt
hell) to st re~(h e n the mOl 11 c:.upport wdh
I ~ 03 \\.1.., hdJ. It. Sk:illalc::. H otet Ma idenhead on won the toss and batted first a. pro1lll&wg "tart was
ma.dll and 72 runs were 011 the board for 4. WlCket., the
F Webb not out
II
S d III Juy 11I I&:>t w etk
onl. whI("h the IA'.ague wil l faJ! to ac,com
t.&il h OWcVtlr W&$ged Tl'.Ily feebly a.nd the last 6 wlc~cls
E~b-~;' ..
I he hmulclal .. l;J.l<llUent \:ibowoo 1 balalloo lt1 fell for II.U !ldditiona.1 25 runs the lnlllUitll clOSing for 97"',
pll'h Ii, 111\1 purpose
~lor e parhcularly
H Bo)'d u.. W Deuton 22, F W Enm 15 a.nd H
I and n I t.bo Gellerrll <aocount and .£6 as 3d r~
Total (for (I \\ kta ) [00
II the success ot th e LE"rt..I';ue d epe n4 IIpon
Nicholson IG 0.11 batted nell for thslf runs J Ferguson
1.}ll lLCJ La thc OrplUin Fubd
Inpmgs dcclarcd closed
tho ellerg} Wi t h whIch th1s country con
bowled wcll for St Sohutin.ne, gotting 8 Wi ckets On
Ml H l' Bartlc i l \\ 1...<; rc--<l.kclod c ha.lrman Mr
,
F..t..CTonv • C
celHS and spre ad!'; the Idea We have Ime Frnnk NC'a t. \ICf'.l-lHurlllan Mr Alie n Carter hon gomg m to bat the vllutare wore una.ble to cope With
READING BISCUIT FACTORY .. A' V
11
th\l bowling of "Dmki Btddle and H Mltchcll a.nd
W Ba.tt b Lofthouse
• r.
tl It Sllre l Mr \ V Holl1ll9 lIo n .secret.a.ry, a nd were WsWJ.S8cd for 22 runa, Riddle getting 5 Wickets for
I'
WARGRAVE
out of th e war a great and powerfu l mJll
R Yeeud run out
•
MI J H Wa rnm bon auditor Mr Butler was 8 runa and Mitchell 5 for 12 Tbe Vl8ltore followed ou
E or the firllt time thi~ 8f)8.IIon Factory' A' played
I
I
J Slmmoods I b w b Lofthousl
tar"y nation \\ e ha.ve n e ver stood Ilighe'f In uppmlltoo e n lho COlllICll, and M1' Tull w.as
"
I
m the second tnDlD\,::S ml\de 60 LondoD Road n.way an SlIoturdlLY and mfhcted a J!evere defett.t on
H TigwclI e & b LoILholls~
the esteom 01
world
W. have n• • e! f\ l lLclcu a~ rlprO!:<lnLa t lve on tho Orpha.n Fund and
Wargrave Tho la.trer batted first, on a Wicket which)
wmnmg ewllly by aD Illllmgll and 15 rUI1& ScoresF Wicks b SDllth
•
J
he
C
Omlll
l
\.t.oo
was
rt?
clected
1(13
f(l
UowsbJi
ra.ln.
oITered
the
bow:Jere
eome
atlSlllta.nce
affected
been 50 deeply J1l\ohed 111 ihe .affaIrs 01
.A H BerrT c \Vobb b Sm ith ••
Lo~iDON ROli)
Ml:SE.1" \ r H BuLlel (HJgh Wjeomoo), W V
Mannmg: alld L Clldley It'or(l ontrrutell With the attack,
1
W BrO\tnmg c Collm!1 b Sml th
T W Evans c Rogbollln b C Herridge
15
the Contment If a ll tillS power" and R ivers ( R!jOj dmg), P LlDake r (Oxford) F H
a.nd 10 forLy-!i'\"f) minuteS Wa.rgr&n had lost 4. w,ckets
~
E Lery notont
••
•••
W Deqton c Gamblin b F Fer~"Uson
•• 22
a.uthorIty 16 thrown lIllo the .scale for Sl ltl llll'W (Newbury) J H Warner (Oxford), C H
for 16 Ma.rcham then qwck1y subscnbed 16 before
I
F W Croome not out •••• •
H Boyd C a.nd b F erg usoll •• •• • ••
24
811 u.;hl " l' It!t.eudJnl;) W Lightfootr (Wmtl.sor) H
haVing Lie mlddlc peg removed, an<t Lindermore gave
Pen.ce ;& tho w-elght wIll be decJ,slvo
a.nd
F Levy a.ud W Stamp dld Dot bat
V Fulcher b FergU!'IOll
•••• •• • ••••
'i
:\m.hc'WS (Mald e Tlh~ad)
A
Cart.er (h:ford) l W
Roberts
soma
material
a.l:!8.url:.ance belore aufIermg &
F.xtrns
B 003well run out
0
that we should UB the leaden; of such .II
Holhli:' (HIGh Wycombe), .E 1M!. TuIl (Readmg),
SimIlar fa.te
Lca.d.Jcy then HIIl8hed. off t ho Inlllngs by
S Riddle c Ho~urno b Forgtlson
,'j
& IIU D 0
H arll aman (Banbury) l1le Gr ieva.neea
taking three Wickets In four baUlI Bowling a. aba.do
f otal (for 7 wkts ) •••• (j0
H
Ntchol.eon
b
J!ergu8on
•
•
•
10
:~:~::: i~~r ~::ODlse wLili th~ best COIJ1Inl t.tee waa re-elect.cd VIZ MCSfl"d A H
fMter tba.n usuaJ. he captured 1n a.lllleven wtcket&--8lx
H Mitchell b FergW:lou.
......
0
bomg cleau bowled-for 33 runll Roberts. who waa
S .lIlUan E M Tull Allou Carte. J H Worner
J Sarg... t c Chaphu b F.rguson ,
3
lind W R oluDS
last mau ont With 21 to h18 credit, was tho only bat3mrt.n
A Ga.tor b FcrgUftOn
4- )
FACTORY EXfURE
Lat.Ql by tho generOSJ.t.y <of t ho Cba.lr.Dlall (M.r
who offered any rca.l RlIlItl\oDOO to the a.ttack
S
Perkini
not
out
0
llartTelt) the m embers were entertained at Lea.,
The Factory opened Wlth th(l11' usual P&lI'. and Owen
F Ixture for Saturda.y) July 19th
Extras.....
••
••••
••
9
(Coatillued (rom pnv/ou. f;o/umtJ )
n ilt9t daS3 r e plib-t heLD&, ~rved by tho manage.
was Boon taken ID the slip! Croome left at 29, out of
Factory lie" V Y MeA (at KenSlJlg:toll-rOllti'
ID ent of Sklndle'lS Hotel
which h p ela.uned. 17 Colga.te then Jomed Shears and
Y(>eal Governnlenl Board >lld gr.. t d.t\kulL,..
Total
97
qmokly setthng down, obtained a. complete lJl8..6tery
we~ expenenooo lD Obt&Olflg the uecessary
ac
over tqe att.o.ck, and Wargrave'8 Bcore was lIoon hblldcd.
commodaiton to eD6Ul'6 & regular ldervlCC for tbe
S r SltDASTIAN6
At 12Q Shears, haVlng a. II RO," «aa bowled Appleton
f&1Ied to acore, but South helped to add 32, as also did
repatn&ltOD of tlQJlle 150 (XX) retugeE$ who were
First InnIng!
There I. nothing
Mnnmn.; By thtll tim.e Colgate had cOInpletad hlS
Lh;en In tho UnH,ed. Ktugdom It was not un l I the
J Ua.mblen c MItchel! b Rtddle
century, and, Wlth Rice Ul, the bowhng was despatched
80 comfortlDg to
l' CoUrel e GOoLer b ~ht\lhcll
latLer pM't. of December that 1n6lrucUons were
to ail parts of the ground until 60 ru ns had been addod
J Ferguson b Mitchel
receive<! and fontl6 e.upphoo to tbe refugees
80ro, achIDg het
when Colga.te WlU! C&ught lacept for a eha.rp chance
R Ferguson b lbddle ••
Gc,.ernrnent officHlls and theIr famdletf were rc
as
a
Zam·Bn
k
at
mtd off from a hard drive when hiS Reore was 15. hl8
C
HerrIdge
b
RIddle
patnated 1n DeI..'e.Il1OOr Qlld Ja.nulLry and sma ll
admll'able l1Ulluge was Without blemIsh and oontained
··Foot Bath 11
'I Hogbollrne c and b Mitchell
parLleEj who! had specla.l ft8.S01l8 for speedy return
sixteon 4'8
Powerful oft'-dnvmg and SQUa.r6 cuts
'1 Clac.y b Mllo'ell ....
were also ~b l e t o leave In Fcbrua.ry and Marob
One po",der lD a
were ita ~Ul features Rice left at 23. for a rapidly
C Ch.plin b Riddle
.... ,
hub It. 'Was ~n ly at the 'begtuUlDg of Apnl UJa.t the
bowl of hot water 1e
compiled 31 which mclud'ed a. hit for 6 The mmnge
J Herrtd~ r: Boyd b MttcheH
bulk of '()urp-ctllj'OOs w ere npatnat.ed, 115 .leavmg
wonderfully.oolbmr
closed for 248 Score!
F Mtlu.m b Riddle
. . , ••
on Apt'II 2nd, 43 on tJte 7t.h a ll<l 12 on the 9th On
and cura.tive
W .U WIlA.VE
W
Searle
not
out
tb,'N mo du.te refugees m other places m Bt::rk
Th.
med,e,..
BOaD
D Ca.rpentor c Oalga.te b ?alaowng
-i
Elttra8
sblre ... cre .lso sent. back
At tb & time or re
mto the por.. and
F Popo b L.. dley ......
•
5
patrla.t.lon ttl'e m oney banked for r eIuge<.a durmg
tiaau ...l d.. p.l. pam
C Moore ruu out .......
..
.~ 5
Total
22
19l&' &nd 18l~ was paid to ihelll\ In VI.... of LA.
J L..glord b Le&dl.y. . .... ... •• • .• • Z
Md, IDlI&lIIIl\&tiOD ~
Second Innlllgs
high cost. 9f t w.ea.rI~ apparcl.obtalJllng In Belg1trm,
W L Rob<!rls ~ Croome b L..dley...... 21
requests tOI! c1otbli:Jg we.re fpeclaUy e0n81qored
J GlI.mbhug rUll aut
3
W Marcbam b Leadley . • • • • •• .. , ... 16
.and In osee. of
bedding a.ud blankels were
2
T CottTel eDenton b Fulcher
V Lmdermot'f) b Leadley
•
11
_100
to be baken away Bpecilli clolhmg
J Ferguson. b Fulcbsr •••••• •
6
J Sharp b M.nIUDR .......... . ..... , .. .
1
aUowanodJ which W Dre granted ~ t h e Beljpan
R Ferguson c uud b Deuton
9
G R . Monk b Lea.dley
,.
• .~ .. 0
B&pa.trlltti
'Fund to rekt.lVei of Belg1&n Sold1er_,
C HerridJ::e b Boyd
• •••••
2
J Boynold. b L..d1.y. .. . . .. ....... . ..
0
weN> aJ.o pdd ~ .the (Jomm.tt'"
T1>e 80\11&1 deT Hogbourn run out
0
E Eaatwood not out
.... .... ...
0
paTture or ~he HeJgI&n,e IW1l3 eft'tjoLed Without. any
'1' C1acey ot E.... b Boyd , •
6
E
x
tl'&8
•
••
•
•
•
••••
2
diJllcultYJ W,it,.h bhe eo-o~Uon o.f the railway
o Ohaplill b Denton .. •
••• ..... 18
authonUes
no «peC.al OrpcOllCS 'W~re mcurred
J Hurl ii G.. .,...I b Boyd •• ...
6
,
ToW.
67
under Uua ljlea.d .Betore loo.v illS' &a.dln.; Nlo Bel
F lilt .... .tot out
3
P'J.C7I'<IllY "A .t
I
,c::'18lM subSCrtbod to a. cottlDlemol"ati va t.ablet 1IihJ(~h
,V Beu.rle b DentoD
2
A
Owen
0
Carpenter
b
La.ogford.
••
••
•
••
2
blla been pub up In t he )[uD,lcrp;41 BUlld1ngr!l
E~..
•
.A. J W Croome"O ReynoJd8 bICa.rp611tel 17
B G' I!h..... b :t..:ngfoid. ....
... 22
Total ...... " 60
R T Colgate 0 Maioha.. b ShArp
. .. \U
.. follow , -Amount
H, 0 Appl.ton b LllIgtord ••.
0
Belgian refugee. in
A 80utli e &; b LaDrford •
7
d0'l'.t10I". £2 098 4. 6d
C )(aluu~s Q Eutwood, ~ Robtlrtfl
15
J
Rice
0
Marolj_
..
b
Sharp
.
SI
£14.:142
17.
'
9d
£8 000 .moimt
H. A N~lder b Burp
•
•
-D~I~~.i!~'lt!~~,
3d
Exp<\ndltu'"
for
D Go; LN.dle, Dot out
••
10
..,.
£2l 1!86
la. IOd BaI
A ;r~Laada.ba.ut •. q . r ....... .
.... I
E.s.tru ••••••
anl()l1 ~

1

:they ha.ve ~eleu
plef.6'1!.<MB JP'luoh :IT'en the

I

.\

t.o tLllenu

0,.,. io ~

of

have been broken !lmdoths ovel n dlffcl
eDce wluch would oUie rw15c hive ll C-CUIIIC'

Onc of the fl.fl3L cares of the COlDlwLtee '\\ 18 to
provide for Lhe education of t..l:Je Belglan Chl1d<rCIl,
.IIlld m October 1914 an arrangement. 'WlI.~ Jrllde
'WIth t.ll c Reading Educahon Comtwtt.ec, by ",h leb.
the clultlr ~ n wh06e parents 80 detilrcd. WEle scnt t o
the Cathohc ISChools In t he town where ms lrl1 c
tlon III llencu aml Ftellllsh, In aooordauct} 'l\llh
Hclc1lll r ... gu latl ullI!. waa fpvcn Ity tully C('rt,lfI U
B~lglnn t.N\cllCI"1I, ttt. Lhe eq>ctll)C of Lhc Eidu(;uhon
Committee m e a~ urC'.:>' bcUlg aJ..;o taken to teae 1
the Chli-.l,l'ell EllShsh The chddren whose })a.r e n l ~
(hd no lo wmh Lb em to receive Oa.t..hohc m .silllctlQJl
... ould b ~ taugbt. Elighsh ,,,n Lll a. VICW to tilCu e ll
t erJlIg the Connell ;SChools when tbeJr kno"",lcd.; e
oJ the JIILSU<lt:l e was !Sufficient. A le aflct III
F r ench Qnd FlclIlts.h a nnouncmg Lills <arrangcOlcut,
was CHcuI tled lilll Ollg the l"cfucees
Full 3(han
tag '" v.: ~ taken oj the opporlpmheg\offerro Anti
Ihe cl1l1dron SOon mauC' woncicrtul prograss III tbCII
kllo\\looge of LIl ::. hs h ",hlch they used ~ readI ly
II ... their 0 ....11 lan., uR" t)I
V{l Lh l'C'gIl.Td to t.he mlul b
a Berhtz. Sub COllltnlt1eo was orgamscd 10 g h O
l u~sor.; III 1:illglJsh to those v;ho desired 1I1l1tnl(.'1101l
TIllS WaJ> 1uade full usc <Jf by a. Cerl l JlI p Oi
lIOn of tho rdu., eos wtlb exooUent. r e6u lts
ll1 e
Itrrang-elll cnt. <.'OllIJlII 00 USlt.:; to host.el:9 by ,olu"
tary work-en;: as .... ell as a general c1Ko1S6 for lhose

peal lor fuDdo.

weight

fortnlght, succeed~ ltl 6ecurUlg
van<:8 of a contra.ct whi ch y,ould

mooahon, It. WaH declded to eloee the club Every
year a~ Chri5tln:las, a. mcctulg of the Belg ians was
arranged and entmtlUnment and tea. provIded,
toys oomg distnbut.ed to tbe children A 6UILa.ble
Jetter m French and Fle;rnlSb v."1l6 also ll;ellt to
each famll.:; a.t the tnne Sinoe September, 1914,
a.nd until repltt.natlon a. &lglan pnC6t "'1Wo 10
rt'6:idenoo lU. the town as <:haplam to the refugws,
a t t he requesb of the COllllUltLee The totlLl nliDl
her of Belglll.os rogMt.e.red QY the COIDilJl ttec 10
the cou r'tie of 1b!r exJlilence. W86 635

,

t.he

dtnllfllShcs

.armamenu, by an Qunce, dd I)S .a W I r 1 y

d ay.,;, g&ID.EI& bEllinG provided eancert,& and lacturea
J lven Full U66 'WU made of tb. unLil February,
1918, when, chiefly on .account. of lack of aooorn·

to

I

HOW THE LEA dUE MAY HELP
Tftose who hold ,uell v,ews forget that

If the League

•

A moet;pg Qf tbe ' Berbh!re .;lct>clwtu.r.1 In·
at.Tp<ltJ.on- ~onnn1t.t.eo ",as. hf)1d on..) 8iflird~ after.
noon ..b tiie As.";; ~. Roadjlll. wbun .jfr W
A MOUllbr 'M P" presided I ~..... w<.e .a.Joop~..
... t M...... WI. l! Obilda (Prl1lClJ>o\ lleadiPS
Uruv"...,ty (JoUege). J H :jle.yoo•• J Lodslq;o~1'
J K Crus, T Lat.h&m. C 'B :M&ld1Uent, ,,,~, GOdd~rd. S !jennmilon, J LouaIey. If A Smi t h. R
Grow, W. J HenDlan ol Rose, G 8 BedItml
(Agrlcult.~al Or.."lo· r) '09 J AI Wngbb (seore

the opro" l.

reason 'because, havlIlg suffe red !-;o mu ("h
they can ooncelv e no alchemy s uffi CIe nt to
convert present enem Ies mt.o future con
fed-erate s
Others, agalD, surrendet them
selves to h.'Clle and fashlonllulc rOlTI1S of
fatalism. argutng that wars h,l\C dw.ys
6ccurred In the past and l w1ll alwa,,) " con
tmue to occur m the future, and that If
sCience produces new poI son s It 1l11Y be
also trusted to prOVIde us WIth correspond

A CLUB FOUNDED
In September, 1916, Ill. club for the use of tho
rdUi"ee6 W&6 org&nit:ied by t.ho Oomnut.tee under
the ~nnlendenoo of the BelgIan CbapL&lD
Here they could meet. 1n the e.vemllg and on Sun

tee wore able

Th. ICovenant of the

jieace and """nilly

In M'4I.Y. 1918. a.rrangements were ;r:uade pro,ldjng

ori'a.tua.ed

prefaeej:l by an lnstru

J~ue ()f Nations ]s not perf~t, and It l S

that. ~a.ges earned ily Belgums 'Would. be allocated
8' lou."." -(1)
j,he m'lDt.enanoo of t.Ije
refugee and hi6 famlly, oovennJ t¥Clr expeneea,
together 1nLh tbe Talue o( clot.ht>5 ..6Uppli«l. 6.D
amount not. uoecding 50 per oenL o( tOO saJa.ry
e.rned, (2) 16 per cent to- be ret.eined by the
refugee Bit pookeb money, and (3) tho ba.rd.lloo to
bo kept. to the aocount of the refugee for hlB return to hi8 own country To oarry out thM arnllliement. weekly meetrtnga "o\o"'et'O o.rga.nlscd, 61.
whieb the mugeee appeared Wore the aecretu.nea
for ~ alloaa.tJ(lD of then wa.gEl!ii In N(lvember,
1916 )1. 'Was decided 00 cod tIbe oper&t.lOD8 of th18
'ioCheme, and t<hat the lull earnmgs of the refugCfa
I>bould be ueed by them towards their m&lDU!n
ance lu conaequenoo (If tbllS It "0\0 as found un.!
d051rable to oonlinue ilie hostel system, and
~e.mcnld 'Were oUla.d-e t.o provtde, 60 fiLl' .us pos-II5lble, each family WltJl aeparate loUgtngs lDclU(ilng
cooking apphanoe Tho wag€$ earnod had of
oourl>e to he take n rnlo oollSlderatlOn for the
gr&oting of hOUSIng taeihtlCB) a.nd lp C8I::>e8 oI need
earmlJ€8 were supplemenled. by tbo CommIttee up
to '8. certain mJmmUID' per head, per week, doth
IIlg bcing fu.rtJJer supplied m reason when nec<eurs The payment.. of the allov."8.UCO 'Was made lot
tbe weekly meelings, where reqU£8t.s- for clothing
aMo Noelvcd oon8.1dera.l1on The ~l6.ri(l5 kept
thCDl <lives In t.oueh With the empJofors, In order
l«) venfy t.he amounts of wa.ge&
Tb\8 arrangemeuL "WU Ul foTOO un~il the Tepa.t..riahon

A Bel(llaJl F1~ Dlty

6T~

ment framed It to promote ... Internatlonal
c,o.ope1'6tion and to achleve Intern.ab onal

ma.,..

Havre

&

With Germany

Bne-liIh .,.,....

,

TO) iKV£$JIG~l~

; I

A GREAT EXPE1UMENT.

The Mayor of &a.dmg'. Commlttee for Reher of
.BelglaD Refugee. ID Beadinr and district. 'ha.Te
formulated .. .report of (the 'Working of the Com
mltbee dunng Jts enabonoe. m which. the,. 8&' ~m the begilUWlr It ...... found d..."..bl. tbot
boate18 &bould be provided, wbere B6veral fBmlh_
could be -...I. ~he work being dOne by the in,.
mates. UDder tile Commltt.e.e twelve ba.teIa were
I.D eXl'8teuce. m&neged by Bub Corrim1tt.eel, ~ t.nd
...... of them aupenntended by
taker&. The1!'8 hoetels ~ eet&btiehed In hou. .
lent. rent free or provided 'tor thia purpose, .and
supphed WIth funnture aBo lent
The cost of
these !boeteb was defnyed by the Commlttoo.
clotbmg benlg 6Upplied to ~ho mmates when
lleoeas&r:)
Two hOEltels weN) pro\ id<ld and
•financed tbrouglrouL the war by rehglQw bodies of
the town, and ono by ... pnvate penon A num
ber of smaller hoU&(1J. ~for ateparat..e foa.mlilElEl', were
also put ..t the dlspo1;'8l of lobe. Commlttee, rent.
free The distrIbutIon of the people lU different
hctrt.ela gave causo for some dif5culty, bub "We
My t.ha.b 1Jbe .ystem 'Wwkeci very satis.factorlly for
the tune
WAGES ARRANGEMENTS

In

,~

AGRICUl.1'Um lNi~i~:~~~~:~~

,,

,

REPORT OF MAljOR'S
COMM1TT~E.
, ,

~hoo

.

LEAGUE OF

OVER. £8.qoO GIVEN.

who v.

~.,!...... ~•• THE~ SU.~ESTED

. PEAC~ 'i

RELIEF OF " REFUGEES.

As p1"o!'VIOU5lv a.rra.nged 5 COO
win h& e nt.e.rta.ll1eO. U1 Pra;.pf'lCt P"·k~•• "d
P a.lrn r PrtJ'k T be fotlOWl!l.g
~ " c-n-c ol':f -~pec tl P [l rk

roan, S t

M'3...ry'6

Col'j

Gl"ov.ela.n1is,

W iI5(1n (a II
Orfo rd road Tn p,JI Y T1Ie.bumt
;Par k La.ne P a lmer P ark
St
Ja.mC6' :!'olfJW 'rown a.nd RRdl.aootl;
J oht!'l; St St.ephau's Redla.nru. (gl1l )
b am ~oad
S { GdC!&
ehr 5b Chu~('.h
Cavi".rsba.m Ccuno,J, Cavt'TSham
unm R "' :rna.n Cat.bohe

CaT roblltn FlnJroer Green
The scholars at.t.endlDi' the
t.....ud

... II be proV\ded

,.,tn

U1Clr TeSpt~tlve tthoolA on Thursday 111
Young ch..ild~n from cert ain w:boo1.s
Ilet WI thln walUng dlsta!Jce Ot tlbe
C~llveyw free o.f e.ha...·"g'e Jby ta'a
ehl ki:ren WIU reoa]ve a. cake ou lI.;l'I .. a!
~ 11 ~a.eh the parb ntll{'oh e-a.rher

Sohota rs

'!tooolan !Wbo w.dk

''';:'~I';

fIInthul waJk.ing ,m,iJan.oe will be

1tOh«ds a.nd prOOeDd III the C&l b or
hel Jlj61'!1 to the park In which they wUl
J.a.ln€d by the I'Ihorte.s~ rou le They \\1ll
'..be park not lat.er tha.l1 .3.30 10 the
'-;U llluch clll"eet to t:rh ... ~ t le for tlfd.

!

l ,a.rhnont. w II conduct Its own g3.rt!~
~et.j ;to ns
!\ fp fl('e in trhe park WI\( hc
~ach d'<' pn Dlf>llt for thJ,S P\ll"}:>OSC' :t ltd

ml tioe:> l have " utbonsed an "", xpsnd
I..ho cost;. of pnz;ee fOl" llb.e&ft &cbo 1

I""

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l'iFENTS ,,-'{D PUBLIr

Pa~llto.; Ilnd tb e. publlc ~ III DOL h~

lh6 p a.l:t..n unnI 630
Th o a.dllil ~10'"
a.Dd otbc.rli before tbl~ }U)llr
....hole f the a.n:angeruent6 and III t'l
Ilutte e feel 'bure the pareot~ 't\ 1)1111
c!uklren should ellJOY lO -tht' lull I h
"-bieh a~ b91r.g beld. fOI lU£'!Ul
It b
t.ha.t the parkr. Will h:e ru\lrl{),l 011 1 so
tchcol WIll b.a' a ./I, r.uffi.clcnt por t Ou In
oa.rry out lh; games s.ud compo lhO!'l~
t:lltBRU)fl of ad Ih~ would ca.m;"

""oj,,,,,,"

~~ &.l.lcbt.ed. to 6cilools \l III nol bn
b. P"ogramllle h a... b~\ el hoon
th ....t frvm 630 on" ..rds t hfl l t t' 1U~w d !

~Gtlgb

In au fllldo UN!. and (0 th~ S(',
b~ arllU tt~ P3.re nts Hn(l N h r~
6
be :lble to 'l\lt ness til l 1'0' fNm
.3Oto8pm '1~Pl1bJloe-l't n ... t

fo?e

tnal;inr t.ho fHtJ \ a.l a lill r.c""'~ b\
,f)arh aft"'r 6 30 ~ud as fa.r liS [lo'''''lb l"
b eh1:l1d the ohLidren round Lbo ton !

Ul~

thThe dlat.ribut.Ion ot I' 1'6&..'I: ' 1' 11 ' l e.
b 1) 5l 1l tl"i of the NIlIl(}n Ii \1111 1 III

:1

IIg1e 00.11$ will

:e.mbla

Oil

bJfillll ~&eQ

OU I

d

:H

d

I b~

I r

0

11

tbe gr..1und nlbl l'fll'\ f"r rh{"
IChlldrl\1l nOL me b, I ht'l

e aent to the 0.18 t ,ct 6 In \ hi 1 he,
th e eaJ"(I of beJpQl1:! or fIder dl h i ~
...... MUSIcal .. lI!m s .... 111 DO rend r r;" \!
we . ~ BattaJjon of the Ro\l\1

r()1~t. fb:r klud p~rlDl!i6I,J ~ of th e
Pa.l k a nc1 h) IhI;)
.otlnd &'t Pahn r 'Pili k
1'ht!l'c

::,) a.b PrO'!'P ct

iPlln& lod Jud) Sh, " .t ,."11 P' f<
::~.Dt& "'Ill Illaludt} clown donal
c.lcot ma.ttlhes deII
AN 1lI'l"I0IEN1 COlnll1l'EE
hTb~ oIo~'d IiVAJs Oorom lltC'(j I II ul.ldt"r
~ 1I 1flma;MlUp af ldr L G Sutt(n &1 d
th lfh 1& I&(3ttn8 as; h(Jnor3.q " CCI"'\! { L l'
~ teebon.!i 0' th e Gr lUlIl' ton

~"ble tOl . \.ho detail (1

1I1

J

IIr " U"' '' llI

:~loD Ohalrman Mr C line II r \ \\
~eo M~ \L !lllis E ~ I lt1m

t!h'D

J.1rrq~, l{rtl~tdull1;'\1 ~I I~

I

i

.Pr'CCN..iolJ. and Tr 11 »r
Albe,o~ S"",h bOll
Tbe "'1 I,0 lot. P IO r t; l'~ l lc
-lWb~rtoJi ~ud .. t.. P dll..l f Pa);.
t:!>t 1ll,q>1I.... of t he '''01> n •
::-~"
bud to

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