Reading Observer 02-1920

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NATIONAL FARMERS'
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READING FARMERS DISCUSS
B~SINESS METHODS.
A monthly meeting (of the

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[By Th. Right Hou. C,
branch of

F' IG. M.,.STE:RMAN.]
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the National Farmers' Union waa held at the
In ma.oy public pilots
f cks CM be found on
Cham ber of Commelce Rooms, Friru:-i\Lrel3t. on
something ·08.1100 capital is • " Ca.pitalism is deSlltul'da.y, wben M.r. P. J. F arrant pre~i c!ed. nC' ullccd a.5 t.he ene-aiy of tho workil;Jg classes. It lS
There were a.~so Pre8eut M~ssf8 . .E. Lousier; G. lIa.d Ulat thel'E) is no bope f r the workinO' classes

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Ba.rl.ill, W . J, Cumber , E. L. D a.niels. ' U , G.
,1::' T~ ~h o~nev . "V. G. L ~Iey. ~V .
F room, E~ 1. l~eeJ E. E. Dance, A. D. tVO'XIle,',

unless capitalism is dcstl:01l
Various Dpollt.iclll
p a.rties or tH>ci&l or rc.ljgious organ isationo 81'e. • a. id
to bo useless bwause they arc bound up Wlttl

l<;'f, ~ . P. , Steel, G. S. Bedford (a.gricult ural

8'1.: \. for the continu&llce' of lite
b:r~!!t.be or tho wiLtt!!l we rlrl1tk,

Robinson~

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R Doble, K Butler. 'H . Farrant, M. Loa.der, :k .. capLt'lllism. "
is this" ca,italism " , which is inDlctiDg
.e. Mu.I sball, K BIIl-still , Il.· Ford, T . RQ~, U. soWhat.
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H a.t ch , J. O~m ol1d, T. W esL, 1'. CUIIe, C. J . Hicks,
It IS eVidently noL ca.pit&i. Ca..p1tal is &8 Decea\V. llracey, lo'. Godfre):, J . M,," Di1ll.0nd. J . f'Iay_

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.AS5Uci"tlon {on~a.l'ded bv the Lxe cuti"e Com'mittee ~f the N.F.U, on the questioll ol improvi,lg
village life npd suggesting the passing of a rel,)lution to the efIed tbat ill " iew of the Prima
Minister's rece;ot blleech oll ' the ~ubjccl of maki;)g
rw-a.l life ~rig ht er tha t the first and most impo·n..
ant step was to e8iablisil village clubs where the
v::o.r i0113 associa'tions 'a nd committees could mee t
from time to timo. for tb e socia.l and intellectunl
betterment. oC villa.ge life, a.nd t ha.t it should be
as democra.tic as po!!sible.
T he Chairman thought that as this Bra.nch
co,,'ered 80 many parishes the ma.tter could best be
le ft to individua.l m embers to take action in t heir
ow n parishes.
Mr. Cumber said there wa s a. ,lot in the idea
oC making village li fe morc p opular.
Many
people ma.de a. ,f etish of ce,:tain form s oC amusement ju9f, as 'some of t hem h ad to make a. fct i"A
of hard wol'li. , and if they were t.o l'I~ tn.i n mf'.n
,vith brains on tbe land thev mUF.t find amuSement
for them during the ir bou rs' of rest. allQ..recrea tion.
I t ~' a5 necessary that they AAould do somet,h ing

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Are now begioning to ,Aho",
housewi fe no aIlxiety, for
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be ret'l1 rn e~ aftpr it! visit to our Carpet
. frt:~ hn .:~!! lI ud hltrdl~ di!tinguishable. from new.

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To denounce oc dcstroy cn, itoJ is to denounce
all:i dest.roy a.ll the n coess~!iies of Iifc; to burn

h t.USCll, to sma.sh up factoritB, t,;;, t.hrow food into
t.h., sea, MIen who do t he5e !tlungs 0,1'0 rlght.ly mmat es of lunatiC asylulllli.
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THOSE WHO awN.
Nor can , it be caplt.aJlSt..s. Caplt{lhst is merely
a name ~for' ]men who poss~ ca.~ ltB.l-a mall wllo
o wn ~ ·h ouses o.r ma.chllll'6 o~ lfa.clones or ston~ of
fOOo!. I t wOUIld be a'bKu:rd to" et. out upon a 'crUsade
ag IlJ.11~t aU, men who o,,>,u a.ny of t he world's
.. ca.-PIta.1 U and dc-nounce ' t.~em all 3£ ' , . capital.
isla.'.' YOJl would ha.vo t.o attack 8. very larce proportion of - thn tUni an rli.Ce. '
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, A,l mc~ho <. wo thlJoi r oo,yn houses ar~ capital1Sts i ' 50 all!l all the pe.a.sllJlt6 ail OYU Europe who

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, Th~e ~fewc ~ peasant6 ,owuing their own. l~d
In B r;.tain -:j,blLIl I,n any ot.her ooulltry ' in EUl'ope.
But In nance. In , South <)if'-1'm a. ny. III .-\usLd3,
most of t,bo land 15 held DV nea.sants who own
t heir l~rt "",&n<l holdings. Inl-Irolnnd t.b C) peasants
Rre bUY111t back their la.nd . IUld SCOn will be absolu)a own ers of it. In Russia, t,he .oom r~tmi9t leaders
o t r the towns ha.\'-o had to "'1 \'(1 un thcLf communist
the
landma.tter
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badtheir
dOlleh ert
a. coosil:lerill tho
order Btooard
keep
men on idea~ in /tho oountry. beca."'usG' ttia r>easanl4> l'cluse
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able &mount in t ha.t d irection by fixing biihe r to sell or s ha.re U cit land,
, Every workman wl~o OW ll~~is tools is a capit.a.l.
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A Me-mber: ,What will they do if they go into 1st; or who owns hlS house III t.own or country;
who has money put &Slue in tho Savings Bank;
R flading , Theta a.re any amount oC men out of or
or invested :iu war ccrtifica.
; or in life lnSl1T&rice
work in R ea ding,
fo~' which ,ho pays weekly prrl miuIns aud on whichMr. Cumber : \\'e can gi\"e the s cheme moral ho (".all l'B.lSe .mon ey,
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trupporl a.nd act ual support. later when 'l"C hav-6Tun objec.t _
of reform s hould be not to &botish
t.he detail s.
ClJ.l : it,a.lis~, but to ma.ke all imcn capitalists. The
Aoothe~ membe~ expressed the, opinion that in m 1.1' who h ~ no PI 'OPC,-ty , but hjs la.hol1 r to sell
th o wc-lfa.rc of bls
mnny parIshes IHl.hsCac~ry arrangemen ts h ad t,cc n 'VI.-ek by week is a 'danior
neighbours. '
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,But it ma.y be objoctoo- of coursa we do , not
~he meeting decided t<l give their sup por t ' to
n~c.an by ca.pitalis m ,stich thinge as clothes; tools,
t.h e proposal 'a.nd to 8Jlk for furtber partictlla r!l !JH~ oWllcfi hi, of a hcuse Orj a stock of potatoes.
in otd6r t bat they could cons ider It m ore {uny.
\~ '~ ~f>..a.n lal!d. n.nd bi!!! fa.atol'i cs. a.nd coal and
S~ 1 1 Pi and l"allways .
'lh 030 laro own ed by a. few
A LESSON FROM THE MILK CON FEREI'CE. nc',
men whom we ca.ll "l'8.!lita.l ists ," and it. is
Mr. Morrball informed th e nieeting of the va ri· . t hu ownc.,rship we cal! capl;talism and Iilcan to
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ous co nreren~ bet.wepn tL e N.F.U, lIud the R ead· d('~.. l,roy.
ing Da.irymen's Associa tion on the question of
But thcse .tlhings ,are not 01;1;1100 by a. Cew riC'h
m ilk J'rice.s a nd the decis ions a l rh'e d aL, as reo nW II , Thoy l\re o".'lloo -by 1uga llltUlbe.rS of fAirl y
porte in pre\'ious is!!.lJ e::;, and 6!l.id that 't h o~e IX' .I" mNl\ ~ aJ.\d qu ,t.e a. number o f mcn belonO'ing
neg~t.intiol1s gave them a. pra cl icR,l illu stut ion of t o t he ; working classes It- t ho a.rtiz a,nll "and
the use of o,rga n iAAt ion umQ,llg farmers. He sug,- laboul"(!;r!. iJ'hC!!c ou-n cn !, a:~ the feW~ich men to
manage '11'd or!ta.nise t.h ~-o) bnsinos s i and in
~e sted ~hat If they wanted to make progress and
rclurn · the:y r eOCIWJ interest upon
eir money,
deal with matters in a. busille!lsl ike WIW they All Cl mor? and IT.!0IC, beforo t he wa.r at ICMt , poor
should not try to do it off t heir own bat but.' ~on wcri§ clubbmg togcthor , t.o put their moone,.
to ' consult t he organisations which they b ~d a.~ mto ~~~ ~ nd fa('loriC'S : an d buildings, and thus
their command ,
bc.-comlug oollecti\'e, capit.a.Lists.
The Chairmt~n expressed t heir indebtedne3fS to
THE SAVII'GS OFI THE POOR.
:!\'lI-. ~'{orrh;LI1 an d lI[r. Cumber for calling th e
LanCMhiro, for example, a.nd in auch R. . town
co nfe1'enl:el'i and the n,Ule w a.y in which t hey h ad asInOldham
, very many of the Ql)erativ~ iu the
bee n cqnducted.
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m ills WOl"e buyi.ng or had bought IIhar~ in those
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uestro:yed t hOso mills or sa.id that.
THE. Nn;O FOR rXSTRUCTION . I
nil tho . pl'operty ' in those rfiiUs should bolong to
Mr. G. S, B edford then a ddressed t.he meet- t,h ) na.t1on, you wou ld be ruining t.he fortunes 8Jld
ing on ~,be subject o f the fo rm at ion flf hedgin g an d d(,·,h .())<i ng tbo u"'ings of }&!rgo nuwbers ~f quite
d itching classes and outlined a. scheme where h.; P OO l ' p~p~ , 1 ,
1,1 NOtt.illgh~ and Derbyshire aga.iD, in the
farmers could ~elld their m fO n to a. common cenLr~e
to be taught by a.t+ instll.lctor who would be paid COl.I dist.cicts, la.rgo numbers of the houses ha.ve
Lt:en
bollght by the oollim who live io tJlem .
pa.rtly by' the county aod }mrtly by the Board of
I r cmember who.n, after Mr. Lloyd George's
AgricuIt ure.
ous Budget., W B e.t.a.rted ,·a.luing all the lllnd
The Cha irman sai d t here w a.s a. grea.t need fo r fum
anI houses in the count.ry, a.Ild we sent our va.luelll
men being taught how to make h edges nnd d itches down to these districts, 8. gl'ea.t oommotion a.rose.
properly , nnd the suggl!5l ion for instructio.u was 'Iht-se peoplo though t tha.t th e Budget mcant IW
'a good one.
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nHaalc on t.h o. large landlords livin;t in the great
But wll(m t~o Government insisted on
Mr. Cumber expressed t he opi nion t hat it would homes,
be difficu lt to find the r equired numbe r of fru;mers tho vlLtua.tion '~ of t,ileir lit.Uo houses they thought
in a.ny one pa rticular district bec.1.use some of thc G-ovC l"nnl Cl!t W1Ul up too nlischi-ef. T.hcy had n~
.... if;h for the dC3h'uction of .. capitalism" if It
them might have ra il lind post fen ces 311d t he ll'ol!a.n
L tak ing aw,,"Y lrom t.hem l.h Cl oa9itru they
m.e n m ight not. noed instru ction, It WiIoS an hId put
in t.o~ , their
holtScs, I;ubscr,ihcd for by
a.:,,·kwa.rd time of the year, too, to start !it£ch weekly pa.-rments t,) Ro building society.
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b t,ho l;~ lIle wa.y e\'ery member of a CO-O~l'1Leh'e
. A r esolut ion a ppro,.. ingi of rhe scheme was ear- IKlciety is.)t C&pitali!lt ; and all O()-Qpera. ti ~o. socielles
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of production. distribution ~ld GXchange. If ,)ou
THIl COSTINGS SC HEME.
" n&t.iona.lisn" . all the , means of production, dlsThe co.51ings sch eme for fams as nd'm cated by tri h lt.ion aud ClXC'bn ngD, you grab · tho oo-ope:rapve
the ,AgrIcult ural Cost i n gs Committ ee ,~~ then store as mu eh as t.he lntena.tiOl1BJ StoTt!.
CoconSidered and Mr, Cumber strnngly ull!:ed tbe of.C'l' lI.ti"e5 c.a.Im ot att.a.ck ea.plta.lism. ,'rhey are
m ember! to a dopt it in connection w-ith their capit.&lism. .. Did" , is the ihtere.,t on capital.
The tradas Ul't tO:lS OW11 grdat m assQS of capit al .
fal'r."!f . Some farmers , be th ought, wcre &\'et1i& to
tryu)g the §cheme because t.h,ey w ere afraid to Without such stored-up ca.pi,.t.a.l they could never
fight·.
a. 6uC()('S~ul ,strike,
ITbe r a.ilwa.y unions
~ho~ fL. large profit, ~ut he conte nded that the aetua.lIy
used to tin,'est D'luC'p. 10£' ,their capita.l m
llltitJtutlOn of the castings scheme ,wquld show r a ilway 6ha.\~. !j·ltat. is to say. they owncd part
them what a. really sm a.ll profit they made on of tho n.ilw·. YA. Capital is chell im'ested by poor
their tot.al ca.pita.l innrled. They would then m e ~ in 1abowr n ews!KLners . I U Ca.l?itaJism ," ot'
be in. a p Ol:li t ion to g ive a Near answer to the J>O""i tnCn pays fo" R.t~ on .. CapItalism " !
Neatly fo rty milJj0'ls of ca.pita.l is owned by poor
ch~ge u f p~ofIteel'ing . Farmers were 100 ' yean
~]llnd ~ e times, a nd 110 business man ' cou ld run men ,jn the .!;MIlO Of war sa.vin£1l certificates.
Thf y a n-VB lent. th is motlC'y to the Government..
h iS ~u s m eS8 o n the lines which they did and
The.f ' oan dra.w it ' out a.ny da.y they p1eaa&- They
remaln solvent.
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rou1,1 use it to l?uy ~hips and, railwa.ys, an4 coa.l
mines a.nd faotorll~3. ' They beuld sL.a.rt new ones
if thcy plc&Sod. paying m&n~a.gers .to work them.
Or -t hey cou ld buy' up the old! onl'!! If t hey pleased, '
fo- sha.rc5-wh i ~h m eans !l&rtJ own onhip 0{ themwhfch a.re a.lwa.ys in th e l113.Tket and wh:ch can be
bought. &3 e&!li1y as bl'28.d. o~ 'beer.

Weig4ti d' O~ly 211bs.
When 2 -cYears Old.

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FURNIT

Could Not Walk. Made Strong
and Well by Dr. Cassell's Tablets ,
says :-" After aD operation nly li~t1 e. Edith was
ahn.ys weak and pu ny, and seemed to get thin ner
ev~ry d.y. She did lIot ent welJ, but jU8t IllY
&b(IU~, 1t&il little t hi ng. :.t t t.wo years olu !ih~
hadn t be~ It o w a.lk. She Ju!o:t wa!'ted awav to a
8,ke leto~, . a.nd " 'hat fle sn there Wile on h e~ poor
httLIl bones WAs quito Eoft. I I had tried eYery.
thing l could think of for Edie, '(\'ithout benefit,
when a friend advitied 'me to gi" e her -Dr, Ca~n ' s
TabJets. , I did, and i~ was really aston ishing how
t.hc,y helped lieI': She p icked up wonderfully, and :
quite 60~n
c;~ting better thun e\'er she b a d
d one. Then she l>egan t.o put o n flesh , · a nd no".
aho is running aLout c,'er $~ weil an d shang,"
Dr. CasseIrs Tl\blets nro the perfect moderu home
remedy for Nf.ltvouI · Brea.kdmu. Nerve Failure.
Now'His, Mnlllutl'itioll, " "utillg Anromia, SlecpleflS neilS, Indigestion, Kidney Trouble , a ud Prew3.ture
Deca,.. Specially lIuita.ble for nursing mothers and
women of middle o.lI:e. Sold by cbemists and .tores in
0.1l parts o( the wortd. Prices Is . 3d. and 311., the 3•.
size beiug the more ecouolu icnl. Free information ou
"I~ eaee !lent on t'equest,
Dr. CD.l!::Iell ', Co •• L td.,
CUC$ter n otlcl , Manc;beater, Eng.

The Berkshire Furni ing Co.
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Is the very place to' make your IsellBctiion.

A CORDIAL IN!?fECTIQN OF THEIR .
STOCK IS EXTENDED TO

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EMPLOYMENT.

SUGGESTED TRAINING CLASSES.
m~eling Qf

tl:c H cading and D istrict.
Employment Committee, Oll Jitnua.l')" 2'1 st, n. t ornAt.

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munication n'as read f l'Olll t.he !teading' E duro t ion l:ommiltce, !ita lln ~ thilt lL hrts had befote
it an IlIu!:lysis ' li;' t oe Ij\'C J'CglstCI' ofl t he Junnile
};mployment. Bureau, I a nd hlid co llsider ed ,,:ha t.
IStep!S s hou.d he take n for pcrmanent oCCUp<~t.l OllS
tbe young per!)Ollii who, owmg to t,he lessation of
war '\'otk , are I I ow 1ll1em ploye d. The Education
Committ eo i~ of olJin !oll t ha.t t ra,inin g clasec s
:!S bould be esta.hlished. bu t there appea.rs other
di fficulLic3 to .. be o'\'ercome before this' ciln tie
accompli shed : :stich 'a s the fin di bg of suita ble
aC'Commod'nt!oll, finan cial a ssiri;mce, and the pro·
curing of ~O Il1C e~edh e weans of obta.ining reg ula r
The Educ!i.tion Com mitt e! had
'atte ndance.
alrea dy a!'o.." ed the B oard o,,!l£ducatio(l f.!Jom mittee
for its &..csistllJlce and ndyico. As this is a ques-.
t iol! whether the 8l!sistan ct both of the Board
of .Education And the Mi nistry ot' Labour will be
r equired , the Education Commi t_tee ~ue8ted
t hat thiS Commltte& will. giyo oonsiderah on to
the maUer , Rnd if it agreed wit h the opinion of
' tbe Eduea.tion ' Commi t~ ee, lake st.eps to secure
the assistance of the Minirl.rv of Labour.
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Mr. D&vis stated thaL he' considered that t his
Comm itt ee o ught to take action ;UI it was a mos t.
desirable 1t.~.P' and suggested thot i t sbou'd endor,'e
the rcsolutIon or t he R eud ing t.:d ucation Committee . This wae seconde d by Ml'. \Vebb.
Mr. Chllter proposed, a s a n amendtntn t., th at a
sub-committee be appointed tit go iuto the ma.tter.
This was l!Ieconded by Mr. Catley. J
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Mr. Davis info~ed tbe Comm ittee tha t ' th"re
'ig a la.rge number of jU\'en ile wQrk,ers uncmploye d
in , comequence o( the war, Alii the ,time t.he
~8olution wlit p&ssed by the Educ4tion Committee
onr 300 children were unemploye4, and a further
500 were about to lea.ve school. It is t.he· view
of the . Education Combmittee that 'rather ' tha n
swell the ranb of juvenile . uncmployed , . Jhei'fe
500 should remain Ilt school for another two 'yrars
i( ne(''fl!San'- until the 300 1m employed could be,
absorbe d . 'The Education Oornmittee thought it
adriyble to (onn te<$nica.l schools ,in. order that
'~ese ehildreo migbt not. be ' deD ieit-~~ --right "0
fo become skilled workers.... ....
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h v 5C\':en votu to three. and was, therelore, lub·
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Il'ther the Pilot or the Mechamc .suffers 90nslderably from nervouS
breakdown, but Phosferine made me .feel , m.)re confident in my
vitall'0wers, and .I realised I could be eqJ al t~ whatever effort was
needed. It is imme~surably important tha~ the nerves should be
in condi~ion, otherwise ~he cQ.n seque4c~s In;ay be disastrous
to others, I fouI\.d .PI'0sferme an mvalua;ble creatlvi of the n~!W~
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Hecip.ient.s of ga.1lar;t.r-y meda.ls , (V.C., - " D .c.~I ~. l M.M.. M.S.M.,
D ,F. C. and A,F.C.) an'd l'oo;pienls of Orders
where t.ho d'egl'co of th(l 'Ord ~r tb be co n f~rred IS
higher than thn.t. 'ot" the. Comp8.n~dn G1" Comm3;nder
will , not bu eligible. Free rR.ilwn.y, l''8tum wa.t'ranU
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shc.llid furnhh ' tho G,O.C., !.A rmy Hcadquutel'S
Southem Co.mlllard, SR.1isbur? , j lU?t ,later than Felr
r uar1 l3t11, with tohe fol1ow m; In!0nna.tl~n: Full
113nlC3 post.&! address, rRnk (aitd III the case of :'\
WtH.ra:~t cftl(,(!T for U10 M, e., fl"!g im cnLal ~nmb(lr),
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tho dcc::>r<it:on. W,IIl5
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frem "",hiM !the a.!l~h ca.nt wtl\ tra.vel. _A.ll' pcr!iofln c l shc:li d simi la.rI ~ apply to tl].e Air Ufti.5~
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In vC:£tit lLfe eJ:C'ftpt; by those In tho . Army 001' ~n
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from severe Neuralgia, · I ~ dtic e d that ~lying . men h~d testified
to the marvellous benefiClal results t,\"y hkid obtaIned from
Phosferine, which I tried, and after tre first rew doses my
Neuralgia disappeared and has n ever retuided. I ' was able to
take up flying again, which in itself ~~ows how relllarka~ly
effective Phoaferine is."
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bqth ri('l'vi ng alld cx·s~n i cc, wjU h e h el d at Oxford,
on F ehrua.ry 27th, by H.R.H. Princo Ar tbur .of
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Phoofe.r ine is mtwle in liquid ~nd

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