Reading Observer 09-1919

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giye til. people of Re.di!,~ full. cfetoil.. and an ~,.o with tho dri-. ~ On r.. reoentl -t"i'l
The \' photograph,
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thla -motor
'week omni.
to ol
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exclu.ive
ol~i.ne"
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double-de'Ckei-s itood 'the t.eit
bu ... whiob a~ abottly to-';' plaoed on the atl'l"iI iIia,ed --r1tb a rn.ilih,t :Of. 46 'pa,...igera_
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by' the Corpo.ratJon,
'- The eingll>-<jeCkeri liave _ a 101- ,2l! ina4le-'and'
~ There are to be froe new omrubUlle1O-two double two on i.!>e ..at ne:rl i;, the ' i\five,~,." The-- .eatS
iJe.ckers and three single deaen. Botla patterns will be. 10 Arranged ac to leave a. 'gangway - auiB.,ar&-.6tl.ed . with the m~ up-to-date '- convenie.n~. cieotly wide down ' th :oentre fQl" .paaaengera . to
And equipment which will
comfort to those pan ea.c):L other ul1o ;. ~ . : : .. ~ __ . .,; .
wko will UI6 them ... a _meano of .peedy tranort,
The exWior of tile
neJlihg of: the IW1lv_,... i1I
We are, as yet; unable t,o state -what routes will be paiD'ted F.rencb' g~y ~~ . a border of
be' ruq, as.thism,,:tter haa not ~n officially de-' lined wit.h: roYaYb:u&, The ribe 'lWilI Jbe pemted
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The engiDe8
, erilp'loye9. .in the l'bUses .will be Ol , ' I . to~ther-, about .ten .c oatings ..of-p~t and vAl'nish
.imil~ po:ttorn _to thOBe _whiCh did Illch excellent _will he applied in order to '!lake tbe ,budy waih,
wori,: in the t.anbduring ,t hewar. Tbeya.. Tyler 1-_a}>le,
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~mfrovementB in ~he lightinK of the' can al'e

made.
The controlling
twitches
are_a.nov._ 1& : to ,further., "helDg
fixed on.
the oondueto.·.
pl~~form
in&te.\d
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reconattucted. can before, just inside the car.
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The conductor~8 bell hu also bEten taken into
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roda. conlideration. with ·the · reault. tha.t the old and
. greater ?peD~to-criticj~_ rPattern 'of bell . i~ being abol ished. The> new I;lattern can be rung a.t anv part
p! ihe. interior of .the car and gives. one reSonant
rlOg a.s the conductor givelil the Cord one. defin i ~
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. By ~nmini~g the front ' of the altered veh icles

(lne Ihould, be able

detect. two minor alt.I"-

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It 15 the best
County--and the
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tlon9-not neDellsa.rily improvementa. First or 0111
)ao:k ·at th~ little Ie rou~ ligh~ 01 box just above th~
motonnan 8 head. It Ii ';lUlte a neat piece of
cabinet-J;rlaker's work. It ·Iii 10 placed beca.use> th'.,
alt.erat~Ol.- of t'he· sta.irs has vet another stlil.irco.se, in which. it used to repose, has been rc:
now means that t.wo more pa&- versed. Secon~ly, on closer observation, one 1.111l
QQ.n
accoiomodated with seats on the see thlLt the previous type of destina.tion-box h:1 S
·Furt.he.r~

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the re':arrangeroent of ' ~n sl}batituted by a more elabo.rate·· affair whi eh
IS easter ma~ipulated by the oond,!-ctor.
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the 1?ody . of the car is considera.blY

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ca.n w4ich'. 8.re being
in, the, i;a(8hedo_go_on !
··!Jeen lo the ~te:ra'-

Pod'e. 01 -the -small

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and, in some... cageS, totally
havinfl three windows and:
each.' ·side of the- small ca.r,

there ~~ . DOW to be lour winiiows" and · five ~ pilla.H :
-Eaob-'}iilJa." i. made ' ~f teak, The probabiii1:v i8
tha.t" · ~I;tet reasoI\ -·why more and smaller windows
are being made ' is because plli'te glass is so CxpeD.
siv:e:' . A smalL crack ill a window D;ecessito.tea Ii.
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parently no Improvements. or· alteratlolU! in th e
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~tem o! ve~tila.tor ~ tha.t on the .overhea.? gelLr have been devised, a8 the trollc\·
new motor oD1Il1buses IS bemg pqt mto the tra.m ~ I poles still seem the same. It- ma.y hne been OYer .
cars: Th~se ~ be~ng so arrn':lge.d that, n~ 'mat- I looked.
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The next time. you riq.e in a new, or eeemingir
contInual current of f.,.,h .If .,. maIntained wlth- new,' tramcar in , Reading, ius~ have a good look
out 8:1~owing of ~y h8nn~ul dra.ughta.
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ABOLISHING':' THE -tbaCH.

PLAYER-PIANO.- latest

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LATEst ', IMPROVEMENTS ~'ON - THE ,
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39 Guineas.

GRANDS I
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supPl i!!(l .Carriage Free. '

HIS M0-STER'S VOI C E .
tri ple s pring 110m model in
lI1aho~any, second -ha nd .

Spec'ial facilitic's f,!r Deterred Payments.

COLUMBIA, hornless, in
oak, second-hand.

. All Ilt strlf lll cHts GlIar:anteed (111(1

36 Guineas.
HROADWOOU in ~se ­
woocl, eheck action. .

wood, n·c ..... condition.

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10 Guineas.

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79 'Guineas. '
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D.-\lRBlEN'S WATER

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46 GuIneas.

TOWN

Sl'RATFII':I.D SAYE TO Ur-:
hy . Marquis of Douro.

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, 8 Guineas.

CONS & CONS, all over
iron frame. full compass .

RECHSTE[N

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PIANOS:

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8 stops, tborough ly· rellU'

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15 Guineas.

STE IN WA Y Uou9~i'f
· Grand, o\'erst[ung. A mag~ . . .
"nificcot Instrument,
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which all aliens are to be ~."l....,

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88 Guineas.

iurt.y lives. '

~ost 30t h,

American -Organ, 11.· &; I-f.,

COLLA-R D

- Houdoif Model, gilt metal
frame. oft. in length.

ALLISON
right.

san~d

CLAUD ..: ASu SON two ·
manual, 17 stops :

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49 Guineas.

' 130 GuIneas.

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Chapel Orga n, HI stops·.

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BARGAIN PRICES, of

tracking in perfect order.

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R ecord Catalogues on· nPPlicatio11.

98 Guln~s.

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APOLLO,' DECC,\ ,
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antI other well-known makt's
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September 13th,
BUILDING S'IRlKI: \LA
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