Reading Observer 09-1919

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down their ,ires in .the war.
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pnrt!! of t.he world no\'V that ihe W&r Ii'" o~r .
They. w~re the gue~ta of the Earley' Peace C~le-.
hrations Committee &1. a. supper and , toncert in
the Ruding 'J'O\\-rI Hall.
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Here

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OF TOBACCO IN RKAD,

BUJ.J...oLlINO

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~D ~S BELIf-'DA HEATHER
!Ichola ffbi p tp R.C. ~L

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ORGANS and HARMONIUMS:

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SERVANT _PROBLJ;1.r .j,

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Chapel O rgan , 18 Sl Ops.

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SPECIAL' ARTICl'ES,

NEW REGISTRATION ORDER issued and."
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which 1I1~ aliens ~ro to be regisi.eN'd .
August 23f d .

49 Guineas.

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A ugnst 30th.

WARI<EN

of •• Re.ading

Observer " foll,~·ed.
l 'HE GU 'RDr' -"S •
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take a boy ~ apprentice.

., !lILLY " BOWLS (,.-al.ennan ~ tho 1\:"",
l1eWt ?Il9.~tb l, "\\'ho M\,ed a. bo,. (rom drowning, ~iLIJ

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i\ merican Orgoan , H . &: H .•
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15 Gillneas.
HI C Kl E AS I ) l.flCKIE
8 stop s, tbotou ghly reno:
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GRAMOPHONES:
7.0:\'O PHO~l!in oak , nc w
Ulutlc} Su . 1.

THE. DANGL"G ll1111M iu lludi-n ,i

. 8 Guineas.

September 6th.

HI S ~r.·\ STE R ' S VOICE
spri9" horn model in'
n.I:J~ "g.1.n 1 , second · hand.

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WF.EK·S FOOD PROBLEMS.
(I) Interview with Mr. Gostolow reo priC(\. of September 6th.

10 Guineas.

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BACTS _...ND FIGURES ABOUT READING.

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(2) Why brend has gono up
a loaf (inte,... \
'f"lew WIth muter hakers).
(3) :--n jam sbortaSe----:!'utpDt of new C. w'S' I'

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l'ATHE , l 'ERXP HO NE:

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ley H~ywMd) ",nd Ca.non Fowler, Vimr 'of Earley.
A:rotlJJd tbe tables sat. I.he men who were the
gnest!!l or the evening. There was no lormality.
there W&8 J:'enia.lity everywhere. If at times
80me nok stirred a.rI echo ttl the PMt . gtA.ve and
even sad , it wa& onij" a p;"S6ing shadow on the'
happy ga.thering"
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Alter J;UPpe.r the ' b3-loony wall thrown o~n to
the -relatives ;lond fri ends of the .cruestIJ. Some 300
of t.be-se a'Vailed t.hemMl I'f"(! r- ol tbi!'l opportunity or
witnessinl!: a rnemor.l.ble scene, .tid liFt.enipg to
the fl,peccbea in praise o f their' husb __ ndl!l, sweet.bea.rt.R and brothon~ .
The speeches w~ short. btlt they wtJrtJ suffi·
ci6nt. Tbey convcyed to· tb e me n wb~ ba.ve r&tnmcd the thanks of t h 6f.e who st.a.yed a.t b orne. '
They t.ollch"d bricfl y IUld poignantly on the debt
we o~ to those who can never retllrn. They e."tpressed. ~i mply and sincerely, the ' sympathy
which all must feel for the bereaved.
'No~ all tbe recollections which came crowding
up nt sam. chance incident were painful.
Wbf' Il. for instance, pRCkets of ci~retteJ were

pa ... d along-and tbe " RQ.M, S., " Mr. C_ J .
Howlett. saw to it that the i&.'!.uo wa.,., a gencrous
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OM to all-more than one man reco.cmised in th t
"0 ALLOTME~'" E VICTIONS this y.... in
HOUSE HUNT com:oX•. ("",nJ ;'bO bo~gbt bMLDd of .. ga.,-pers," 0.<1 the army calIed them . old
Ren ding.
three to live in one).
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HOW 'm E TOWN COUNCIL( - SPENDS
FOOD OFFICER explain. why r gli.b me.t 'l'he men had not forgott-en. either, the peeu.liar
).'OUR .:MO~EY-Corporn t.ion account!.
is sca.rce in R-ea.d ing.
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bumour which was the di"tinctive !l.tttilmte of
l-i GURF.S OF THE R OLIDAY RUSH irom
SHOULD ilH:AO-\'NG !L<l.vF. AI· SU:m.1.Y the .. BritiKh Army. and carried them · t.hroulZh
dangtrs and d iffi culties which,· without it would
lbe t~\nL
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ha.ve b~n ~ insurmou ntable. 'When the' wni"tl o
blew for ! i1enee before the to~ts there was an
DAmnlf,K'S WATER OUTING.
~most a.ud ihle murmur of "ta.k e cover"-foUowed
by a morc tha.n barely B,udible l;m gb. It was the
STRAH'lELD SAY\-: TO IJE R~·OCCUPIED
hllmou r tha t oould laugh A.t the most devil ish
August 30th.
1;>:: !, Marq ui~ or Douro.
German devi ce$, even while appreciating their
b
onar, tbat mnde · the "'mad" British Tommy
DOF.S TRY. COR pnR . . . TJON " n co 3.g~ spnn. ?

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D.B. O_. M.P _, the Mayor of Reading (Mr_ Stan-

~IR.UTES TO MESSRS. WINTi R and VER-

OF NF:W RATION CARDS.

met before in lea p:~nt circIJmstances.:-in the
mud and bloo'd o{. Fi"lnd6l'!, i~ the ~rehing ·deserts of Africa, in the hea.t and cold of Mesopo.
ta.mia. They were the faces of me n who · had
learnt to look' upon ' the horrors of war as a
commonpJ ace of everyday. a.nd . to find i~ t~
gcimei of battle, in the' toil of long marches and
hardships eheerfully endured. the spirit of t rue
coml"3ldeship.
. This was the spirit which OIonima.ted thein on
Thurs:day e"ening. It waa a. rcaJ roe·union . All
rank~ and cJ~:se1l wcre ' represen t.ed ----Ol"J rather,
t here was no rank and no class save tba.t of com·
rad es in ¥!Us.
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When, at length, all ba.d taken their sea.te; a
Royal Ho:n:~ .Art.iUuv Trumpeter Bounded the
mess e.aJI-s call t.o which no old soldier fa.iJs to

GENIALITY EVERYWHERE.

PROCLAMATION. -

Pl,,'I.~S OF NEW CJNF.MA ~CCEJ>TED.

f~ of m en ma.ny of . w~oni ha.d

Therfl were fonr tables.
At their heads ~at
C&pt. Miller. Lient.--Col .. Leslie Wil~n . C.M.G. ,

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PRICES, of

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and ~o MAYOR a.nd fun _details -of tloe KING'S

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'The scene in the Town Bn.1l waS 3. !tirring on~ . ~
'{he hall _was lpll and -,be tabl .. , were lined -with

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and other fea.tures pul;llished by us
the Last Four Weeks :- -.

you ride in a new, or !teemingly

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exclusive · news

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JIo,"" to use the new shopping card~?
Street Ma.r.kct pri ces compa.red wit.h the shops,

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MOTOR CAR STOLEN _~'ROH_ I\LAGRAvE
STREET in day ligbt.

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I!iTEIWIEW WITH MR. TtlM MORRIS
h IS "'11!>~ n<:i on oy Taft Vn.1e Railway Company.

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READING ACCOtP.;TS.

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\()(). RE.mING MEN H..... VE JOINED -tho
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ARTlCJ~E ON EVE.>nNG CLASSK8-_

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September 13th.

m Jl LDING STRIKE (LATEST POS1TlON).
DESCRIPI10N OF 'I'm;; >:IRST BALL OF
T HE SEAWN-;;'-tbe T~,.n Hall. ~
HOW
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THE - COUNTY
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ClLL"'GING

nOGUS MESSAGE FOUND ON THE RiVER
BA~K &t

Mapledurha.m,

LATEST DETAILS OF MILK SITUATION.
nUTI'ER RATION ~L~ Y BE 2 ~zs_

START OF THE !;lANCING SEASON.
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BlJRGL~Y SC;"-RE q mtEDY.
VIl. . LACE CLU B S- ~ W'by not follow Nettle.
bed?

Ij;uch an enigma. to his Teuton a.dn.l'8l1rv.
Roth hosla a nd ~ lI (,Sts were in excellent ftoMn,

Never bas t.pe Town H H.1l echoed to more rou sinf!
c~ th&n thoRe which were given for t,he hosts.
or whi ch greete d the Borou~h Memher when he
N"lAe to h is feet .
1', was a plea..~t evening. I\nd t he concert
"I"!~ch {ollowed t he 8~c h~.5 W'iL$ a 'oom pJete saocess.

It. i~ hopcd, sa id t.he ehB-irman (Ca.pt. Miller).
to . illRue nn illuminated ad d reM ~f 'Hanks
an J!;arley men who served in the Great \Vnr.
Mr. F. A. Sa.r.ieant prop08Cd the tOA."!t of ... th e
triple · ~r'Vl{le,s.. the nllvS. tbe a.nny, a.nd tJ-.e a' r
forro . "
THE MEN WHO SAVED US .
Our navy, he sai d , r emained supremo th roughout t h o war. The army in t.he beginning wa.
September 13th.
~alL but hc' never had a.ny doubt hut t.hat. the
yo uth of Britain would come forwa rd and do
TWO PEN PICT URES OF R-I::ADING (Storm their duty, They had dune I!O. Tbe men from.
Earloy had done '0. The g,thering ).b. t nigh t
~' a.nd Sun).
wa.s to t.ha.nk them for whllt tMy bad done.'
•. 'Ve who stayed at home," said Mr. Sarjeant .
NEEDLESS ANNOy_'\NCE to ~lOtORISTS.
.. than k yOll most hearti ly and ~ incere l.v ~or what
THE RIm TOWN- OF-BJ::R~S.
you ha.ve done , We reel that yoq gentlemen. Yt)U
1\ Lr..onlENTS '(Lll1ld ::.settlement {Facilities}. oom,.des, ha \'e done ,'our duty. ·a.nd 1£ 'we did
not enterta.in YOli here ·~o. nigh t ·and thank vou we
would not be doin~ otll'i."
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Reply ing. Col. 'Wilson sa id: The men compos·
ing the navy. army, a nd air fo r cesth~ve "passed
,through experieJlces ~bf''y bllei n C\--'er tb9t1ght they
September 20th.
would have u;.. p~s through.
TheY :'ha\'e been
tried in 8. bard field, .and the "f ha.\'o not bren
WEF:D MENACE in the. Thamo•.
found ''rnnting.
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READING MA."'·S TRIP Tel OSTEND.but the gr eatest mi s t..1~e she madtl 'vas in thi nk.
THE REV. PITr BON .uwi-:E oa
work "'- ing tha.t the men of BrltRi n were enervated. f!fictc ,
were
a. nat.ion of shoi)ke epcrs wbo \vould never
Castl• ..,trect Cbapel.
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AN HEROIC AGE.
The n.ge in which we are now living is Al! heroie
OFFIClu,S and t heir Offices:
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WHY J,u{ IS SCARCE (by -M.... Ii.utem·ille
When tllia country' was faced with a. cammOn
da.nger we prescnted a united h"Ol)t. There is no
Cope) .
fireside in th is country at which tales or bravery
a.nd · gal'l antry caDnot be told . But the fi nt!!I't
taJe9 lire th.o!§e that are vt.r1' lICldom or neVer told .
Everyone 'f mOll-' J wba.t ·the nary did 'al' H eli ,t:'rtlantl Bight, at the battle of Jtl ~l a n d , nnd at t hc.
landing 0'1 the :Mole at Zeeb"nl gge. There Wa.s
one from E u ley, a mnn in mv own regiment , Pte.
C'..atehouse. who was· a.mon g tb nse who p.-:l\'e tbeir
August 30th;
lives in that, perhaps tfle most splendid, episode
in the whole war.
!lEADING'S
FOO~AL~TE..rn.
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PlCTURES. \

PAsSENGER F.1GURES . _I ,bolid:Y traffic.

. allow ~he idea pf oOUrm,g.
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SOUNDED:

Tho, touchinl\
Dote.O\ tbo L ..t )'ost ron g . m"t
amid &J1 impreaai.fe &il~uce in the Town Hall on
Thursday evening.
A thous.nd people stood fo attention I<> honour

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thei)' f\1l/?Pdrt he desire!!. !_
-' and ill order to obtain the "
,!"Di6, tlie i '&,Bt, m~ns of
'.~- • bf,pg/ng ' .about <;he ,desired
;. i'- •- ~a'Will -te uppermost 'ig his _ \
i 'C ', mind.., Noeft'ort _ehould -b8 . I
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conie;'-in-. contact with the
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.natqre of - hie - wares. He
:___.~·_lDtist aPpr<).&Ch-; t!lem in,' a
- ;: ' ., manner whioh_ will tend at
f. once to "hit the mark:' and
havilUf thu:ii gl!ou:,,,d the pub·
Iic sUPJil0rt continue to ,keep hill na.me t well"-'before the
: . public- gaze -'so that it _1:18"
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comes a h oulI.ehold word. ,
. As to tqe':questioriof in~ia, '
-. there sh?~ld be no h~i~a.tion on tlljll part ot", the loila.\
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front ' of the altered TehicJes
detect two minor alt..era_"""ily
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al10ve tb ~
a neat. P1eoe cd
110 plaoed becau" tb,
I<> ropo.. , has been reon
observation , one ce.n
Pl'!!VI!)us type of d!llltinat.ion,OOx bns
more elabonte affair wbi eb
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I t IS the best Newspaper
County-and the cheapest.
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ONE · ~E
has ;'1'0 been taken inl<l
reaul~ thai ~b e old and
of bell ia being abolean_be !UDg at. a ny part
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to these
a. debt
The heart .of . BrItam was true durin~the war.
\Vhy sbould It 'not be ' as tr ue t.o-da.y in these per.

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There.;atil. three." resoJution! which we should
m;ure to-nigh t. '.r.qe first' is n e\'er to forget them.
do. hope ,we shall be a.ble to erect a I fit.ting
memorial which sh<Li1 be tbe te.tim.ny 1<>- fuw.-a
generations of . tbe esteem in which ~'e held ~em.
T~~ ~cond .IS that .we shall se~ their wives and
f~m lhe8 prOVided ' [or.
We ~ea.r co~pli:Lint8 a.t
times. but . you must remember that th ings can.
not settlc down all at once.. You mus t. ha.ve aground ~wel1 after a storm. But ' eventually ive
hope t]1I8 reproaCh wi ll be entirely t.-u.:en 'away
from us, aod that no wife or chi·ld of anv fallen
8O!~ier sha.J ~ Ix; in want durin ~ . t~eir li fe Lime.
1~~. th~r~ly •. we &Ie to do o~r best towards
lDa.k:mg England s betJ.er EngllUld. To ri ght ilia
wrong, to raiBe . ~he~fl\llen. a.nd to pass on theoam ~ of ow: natlOn as un~ullied as it is at pre-sent.
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.'rl;108e who have fa.llen ha.ve madc the great
SALTI6"ce. 'You have returned . In one sense a.1L
of you b'fwe mn.de the great. sacrifice aod we
t hank you for it.
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· ar~~ disabled. We hope that you. who do . not
wAfit .expressions of fl!ympat.hy, win WwQ tha.~ substantial !J'lIlP&thy whi eh mean s tba.'l""'"no wounded
or disab~ mAn shall P.\ ' g ~; ant. That is what
we OWe toO all thOl'l e men-" f ho havp. come back.
l'hait! .who' bavc not comt\ bn.ck are not 1('It-t. but
!;One befon". P~ rhnp 8 t,hey may he 8.!t near to us
now as· t.hey were m hie. Let us remember' in
lIileD~~. let us 'nAV'flr forget.
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• AN UNDYlNG MEMORY .
CorpL Harry Merry proposed the tOll.!lt!! of the
hosts. aridq n doing so 68Jd pe ag~d with -wha.t
Canon ).' ow-let" had said about a memorial. . Tho
memory 'of the ~ e~ d would l\ve with tI S for ever.
b ut for tlioso who came alter us a. memorial
would be a fiDe tbint:.

Tbe Cb,linn. n briefly r eplied.
Tbe toa.$ of tile v isitors w as proposed bv
Mr. f~ . .Beelaa. the Ma.yor a.cd Mr , J. t 'R ushbrook
m;ponding.
Those .who oontrihu t.ed t.o th'e concert _:were Mr.
C. E. Cyp';,iut!. Mr, Percy Woolliams. AtISS Uladvs
Coates. Mr. Will Hi'lli!f!. Miss Dori s Coates. :Mr.
Fre.rl. HiU ," Mi!lli Eva. Oi hhl:l. Mr. Rdwi n I..o,'e.
Mr. Harry _:Wl,llker. Mr. E ,' Langst.on, and Mr.
MAurice l/oTe.
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a lready ment.ioned. WE're Mrs. Wihmn. Mrs. JfAvward. Mr. A. H. !lu ll, Mr_ E. O. Farrer, Mr. F .
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A. Snnonds, etc.
Apologi es for ' ab~ence ,vere ~ nt b.v· Mr. M. 'J.
Railing. Mr. H.. Hi ...t. Mr__So 1\. Joel. Mr. G. I,.
BrighAm . Mr. J . Friedla.nder . Mr: Philip Rottnn .
Mr. H. 'dn C. Norris and Mr. Martin H . F . Sut,
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Mr. A. Clement Jordan w as. the hon. secretary
of the committee ' resnoneible for the arran ge.m'ent.6.
Th e Committ p",- desire to thank also 11r. S. B.
J !lC1f-'Mr. ·R . Hi~t a nd Mr. J . Ra ilin ~ for dowen,
and Messrs: A. R. _Bull, Ltd., lor nag. and d..
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We are all of "U9 anxiolls for the prosperity' cI
~lr t.~omes a.nd 'o ountry. I believe that t h e p.«!Ople
t.l-l"O' collntn" lp'e .~ much imbued by love of t his
coq.n:t"J' t ,?"di:y a.a they. ever were in t be la,.st fo~r
orfiveyeal'!. Wewerea.I I ,comradesinthet,en_
ebe•. ""d wo_ reoollDise, .vou and I. tbat we have
~~!~OW a. unrkd f~t1~. we ha.ve to work together,

men . Let tbat ..... oomrade,hip whi}'b
us t hroug-h t bo gr<4t war bring u, throligji
troub lous t.imes to Qe ..
PULLi!j~ ' T"oGETHER . ..
" Vo a ll n..ve our ' pJ~s in· the .ship of etate
Some a.re .a.~ .the h~lm Ilnd !Ome ~ a~ ,the oars'
but we · shall .nerer get throug h th"t: . rocks 81;)<1
-. hoal. ;ahend II the ota~bor.rd side- pull. and Ule
PO~ s.id~ ba.cks. Bnt If everyone of U!I puta his
weIght o ~ the oar a.n~ we pull &lI 'a1tbgetber then
the day IS not . fR.! d u.-tant when woe sh,a.1l. pass
t.hese rocks and these 5boa1~ and come out in 't he
>eaoeful waters th at mean prospe.rity not only
or us but COlI our ' children '
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The toa '>t of ' ''[(,hose wh'o have go~ before '
wa.s next h onou~(r.
, Canon Fowler, "rho propose d ' 'the toast, surf :
\\. ... hi\'f"e met together to weloome n.1I of you who
ha:~ ?Ome hack from the wa.r. It· is a 'time for
.reJ ~ I C1 ng. It seems almost that o ne ought not
to mt.roduce a. note of sadness. And ' yet if " ':'c
h~.... e an.y .fee~i,!gs at' a.lI, we .cannot bUt ~nJl t o
D,lII!'! thl, e~enJng those who ' ha.ve li{on~ before,
. 1 here a.re l1~ly 100 of
Their bodies
In all parts, ~m k-changel
S.£. AUica,' 'in
~1a.ndeI1l and In ~esopob.mia.. But their soubl
live (or ever an~ their memory will h:e ever gr~en .
:WO who 8lIrVJv.e .feel .AAdneas a nd prido when .we
thmk about .t~"m~ It IS: !ladned mingled with .the
deepest ~ympat.by . (or all tho:oe wive8 and child.
ren .,. parw't!l who haVe lost; thoee they m08t
loved ~d ' ~~nourea :
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. WJrAT 'THE WOMEN DI.D:
The won;en .of )ltit~jn did. thelr dut:t", -du,ri.'2 .1
.the . wAr. &Cd It waf!. ~( djflicult Il-S ~ha.t.
men. They were wBltrng watching 'a'nd
ling. Wn.khing . ~n9 ' waiting for . nff~8 of
over~eM, often wIt~;, veIT''\i.nxious: ·bea.rl.f! . .. I do
no~ suppose there ]s a, n"y wQmn.n here to-night
":. 0 dots .not _"'-now the ,a.nxiety of seein'g a. bele·
g~ap~ messe~"r in ~e.l." · own 'street. !fhey were
11lotklng .to takf! the ' pJa.t:&!I of tbe men . gone to

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At HOJDO Monday'- Friday

a: '~a~u~day, . 10

a.m. till 5 p.m .• _or later by appolatm.nt,

And at BI"&DCbes-BASINOSTOK,e '~~d NEWBURY •• For attendance see Local

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Printing ,Works,
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September -lIOth.

PIT.

Y .1LC.A. MEETING (Sir A. K. Yapp) .
W.E-.A. SYLLABUS reviewed.
PROF1T~G

READING'S

F.lR8T , FOO~ALL

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Tb~ mooting .t hought the lroggcstion
ad~irable
one,. and ..Mr. ~ Mayna.rd was imtru cted to oon vey
thsnka
to
Mr.
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a.nd
notify
him how
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THE . JACK ; SMITH
BENEFIT.

§\eptember 6th.
TEAM.

heartily they

!>et up .
SOLDIER'S WIDOW ANIi THREE CHILDREN CoUld not find lodging. in Readinlf &lid had
to 'be accommodaUd in the Workhouse.

S'lPtember 13~h.
ALI,EN ...d SDlMO.NDS~ Cf,UlI &lid SPORTS_

LUNATIC WRECKED PADDEP CELL ' .t
~b. In. titution.

54 Farnboro.'

AIiPIT10NS '~

the POOR L-...W
to r.ecu re ~hour day.

OFFI~ALS
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READING'S TEAM IN 1879_
THE NAUTICAL COLLEGE. Pangloonme.
FAMOUS BULLDOGS BRill &t GOiuNG.

.SMALL HOLDERS IN
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lb. G. NichoU.. chief u100"ulIl12" ' aad

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TIrio ye&r ... 11M. -modO tho ...

yet. mllde in ap-ieu:ltoural ~.
beOn ~Y due w ~"" - ' _ of
of 'ho ·OOIoimtmi". •. woiOod ' for Uoe do"''''''''''' of
ODd
boldillp.
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euhi.ntor ie I .bot he lriU I>a MQo.ed from Iho
Â¥We pIM b., hoA 1e&nJ.
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mUM -be candul ~ ...ute Aftit Ute tDal • • IOIIIe
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to a coaty mc lootball matcb
follow.ed ,· apd eVeI\tua.lly tJJo Jbceting decidtJd to
lot. tile matter stand ,over UIl~l the m ~ti nl" Dezt
~L'"day at. 8,30. '
~o ~e t& r:y p"!>,1llI instructed to forward '!- .Ie~ r
of t.hanb} to· the Brothers ::stanloy for tbetr kind
intimation t bll.t ·thoy ,.ould raisc 8. tca.m for & aU:
a-side match· wore onn decided upon.
A number

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ST.ERE9TY:PING.'FOR TH.~ T.RADE '
A 'SP,ECIALITY.- . "
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H r. A. 'J , Maker O<?CUpied t.ho chair, '.nd others
present worn li'e8irf. H . J . llat..t.b6wa, B. H.
T. Lc\heron, P. O. CoUier, Wichelow, R. ' E. ,
Mayna.rd, .J, LoftJlotiBe, A.. J: Croom, J . Cotton,'
G. &lebe r, C. W. Talhot, ~A . J . PotUl8s, G. H ellyer.
1). A. Abery- , E. Carpt,nwr ~d w. A. Weait. ·
It was st&ted tha,t Hr. Alf. Nutley would conduct a dante in the inter..~ of .. Jack" in
Town Hell on October ~,. ~d M ....... 1'. -Claoy,'
Abert, PoWldiJ, Price and JJelCher were &ppoi.oted
a au~mJZliUee. to make the neeea&afJ. arrange-

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Boldien' Federation were making the

i.Dd.opocIaIl1lo
ectuca· ,~~~~~§~s§~~~~~~~~~e~' IPrice,
:Mr. LeD. Grant an4 othen bay~· already
"-"-for . . ..hilt dri.e, -for

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Dece&.Mry than in UnCI&; ac)'tbiD8'

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Thero 1~ & largcly atten.deod me.cting At t be
hca.dquanen of tho Rea.di.ne- Footb3.11· Club on
Thunda.y 'eycning, wbon muc.b gpod work was done
in ca.nnectibn wit.h the" Jaok Smith boo(':tit, which
is fixed (or tllc day on' wbich Cryat..::..t Palace enter
Rcadi.nR' with. a view to ta.i.in, pain t.& Oqt of our
cha.mpj~ .

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for. U~~ ~. follow:ma- ~~~~I::
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:1. Cotton (_1&0 ... QI)oOP'ed on the _~_"r
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