Reading Observer 02-1920

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VER, SATURDAY, FEBRU

OLD GRENADIERS'
ASSOCIA'RON.

.... "'.... TION

.DINNER AND MEETING IN
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READING.
Much has been said and WTitten o( .~be w~nd~r.
In eVlden.ce
durinl1; the war. All cla sses ,and ~Iks 9i" ~lfe
ioin'ed shoulder Lo shoulder In the gmt U:M.
OJle often heaI":il it said now that the war belllg
over, class differences and di stinctions are re o
a.lse~ing the~5elve!. Thut was not the .a:,e on
Satllrday eveOln~ In last week ,,,hen. at the ...~bbey
Hall , Readipg. the loca.l branch, of the Old GrC!,a<Her! Guards ' ..-\ vsociation held . 1tF> annua.l rn~etmg
.aodldinner. One bAS onl~" to refer to the picture
of 'the dinner on -anotbtr r.nge let aee how freely
the i1fficcrs and men ming ed. regardless of rank.
title or calling. Peer and p'oticem~ , general , and
private-they were all l,renndl rs, past ~nd
-present. .Among those presen . were ~1a.10r­
OSeral Jeffreys {G D.C: Lo,ndon Dl s~r l ct} , Bnga.
dier-General Sir Da.vid Kmlock , ~leut.·~olonel
Hamilton, C.)l.G . (0.0. LTrenadler Guards),
'Major the 'Viscount GOTt, V.C.. D.S.D. (and, two
han). ~hj or the R o n. E Colston. D . S~O. , Ca.llt.
Rooch. Colonel G~rton. ~laJor C. W. Darby·
Grilli th . and Lieu1 Dunlop.
Tn ext.endmg a. heRrty wel come to the .c.ompany,
Major Da.rb,'·Griflith ob~r\"Cd tha.t, their motto
tv . . . . Once' a. Grenadier, alwan a Grenadier'-'
H e ~ppea.led ' to all present to' get .as mlUly as
~iDle of their old comrade!!! to JOin the Asso·
ciation, which had been f&.1iTled to watoh over
the int~t6 of ex·Grenadi~rs, If any Qf 1t heir
members ever bad the misfortune to he ill trouhle
and distress it WSiS the funct.ion of the ASEocia·
tion tn render a ll possi ble a8s istance. Many might
find in the tatler part of their li'"ies difficult Imd
' bard bireumstances oon frontlllg~them. By joining
the A ~social!on thei wouW be guarding againsL
5U ch possihilit ies ,
Colpnel G~r1.on, who,.is".the general Secretary
nf the As~oClaLlbn , added bus appul for memben.
Therei ~ere, he Mid , well over two thou~and
members, and or those 99 per cent were in really
good position!ll. They were t~·jng to ' f~Trn
brru1 C~e.s all o\'~r England , Rnd ",heTE'YI!r suffident
men could be got together tbey would rlArt a. nen'
branch. They did uot. want men to $!f) to kindred
Associ~ti on5,. all of them good orgaJlisatinns. but
they wanted to ~E't. the G,reOfldien ns a hndl·.
After Cqlonel , .Hanlllton and General JefJre ... ~
had spo~en. t~e local Secretary 1M .... Mercer) n.id
tha.t they had been able to. get. ,47 members this
rear. wherea.s last .. ear t.hev onlv h ad 15. During
the ~ming year: he hoped thev would be able
't<'l m~t m ore of~n FIt Eociah" etc. Golonp.1
Hil mil to n h:ld promiSe d him the Grenadier GU;'Irdll
rtring prch es(ra (or any ~ia.1 el'ening~ th ey shou ld
a:rrange
,
Thfl companv then sat d own tn nn e.IceHent
dinuer aud ooncluded a j oyous e\-ening.
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A ' ~SE STEP.

INFLUENZA
AND CATARRH.

V.~o'J

Cough Cute Check. Jnfluenu
at the butset, and Soon Cures Nasal Catarrh.
Ligbtning

the Rc&cling Educat.ion Com·
\r'!<I."' ~'la,. We QuestlOU nl'06e rC'gal

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mr.nt of
bours
;:: ca~ ,
D.!ite

ding

dealing with thc omploy·
lS!"Jbool ago !ltlor to school
f~· ':·'i;~I'~.itt:O~n tho clipreslOn of dh'cr'
•
that no child of scoool
any work !>rJOI' to schOOl

Cc",n,cillorl
F.
Dormer l
Sutton,
)IussoD,

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BY"!'LAWa FO~ EMPLOYlJEI'T OF CH\LVllli.'.
J. If'abson

Tlie Mtendancoo SU~C(mimJtke bad C01l5Jdered
a comrn unu:a.t.ion from tho Home Ollico forw!lfdmg

the obsC1"va p.ons of Lbo Secretary of St-ate on the

drait of th~ propoeed ne ..... hye. laws' rcgulatmk. thc ,
bmplo:vrnentl of chIldren and 8.11 to l street' t.l adtng
J youlIg ~ns, and reoommend cd 1'hot. the sun-.
2'cs t-cd a.moodmenls bo generally nJmtQved and "a
revUl~ draf su b mitted to tho HorJ).c· Ofticc- fOr- the
ProvlSlonal

b,efor~ su

'n~ey re=Jul'S

approt'aL of

the Se<!retary of lSlate

to th e CounCil for adopti on .
-t.p.e deolSion of tho Educa.tion Com.

ISS10ll

a.ittee lD the ma.tter of the Nllploynlent. of clll ldrcn
o~oro. sc~ b.o~, as It, had been 'I eprcse n kd ( .I.)
that tho Co1f-llc!l III 1918 adopted a. recommenda.tlon
tha:t. tho c~ploYm cnt. of childrC'1I of 12 yean ol
a.,qe and UiHrarchi .!ihould be permit.ted bet'AeCll the
h oun of 7 a.m. and 8 a.m . on lichool da..-s In d e.
hvering n ~spapcT'8 and milk, and I (2) U~Il~ t.h cre
!,,'as at tho~rcscnt Wmo a. Jarge numb er of persons
10 .th, boro gh "ho wero un cm~loycd, ..... pich oon'
dlttOn did 11 t c~ist at the timo t,ho qautlcil adopted

the abo\'e- . ntlonoo reoommen da.tlon. Tohe present
s ltUR;b-lon v;~ oxphunod in the f ollOWIng (!oIll'aets:
St'ctJon 13 (1) (I,) of the Educa,tioll Act, 191H,
stalCd : "
le Employment of Children Act; 19{Jj,
so 'far as It relat,e.s to En~land a.ntl Wales, shall
bo amooded as foIlO>;:\'1 :-(1) Fo ... sub·sect.lon (1) of
.ticctJ.o.n thr~}hO folowing 8ub--6-Cct lon . 511all be
SUbstitUted:
A cblld und'OJ' the Ilge of 12 shall
not be cmpl yoo; and a. r:hild of the agl) of t.... e l\'c
or upwards hall not 00 employcd on, any Sunday
fo ....,more lh~n t.wo hout'S, ct' on anYI day on whIch
hA..IS reqUIl' I to attend tichool befoto the close o.f
50hoc: l hOUTS on t.hat. day; nOI' (lon ..by day bcfore
Stx o cloc~ III th a m O:'ning or after elght. o'c1ock ' ~ n
thn evcmng : providc-d that. a local authority may
make a . byo-1a.w pormHt.mf, wl t.h r ~.!i p~ect ' to !Such
OCl?"patlon.s fS may bo itpocificd. and su bj ect to
slI('h C'.ondltlops as ma.y be l1 ecc~ a.ry to ga.rcgunrd
tho intr}rc5t..<;.I,of t,ho chiJdr('n the cmplo,J mcnt or
chtldren of tihe ago of twch:c or up'w ards before
~lOh ool hours a nd the employment. of ehlldrcn by
th~L r pareni<6, ,but so th",t ahy employment. per·
mltted by . b:rp·lu,\\, on a school day bcfo-re nino in
t.ho mOlnlllg l shall bo limited to one hour-. and
that if a. child IS so cmployed before nine in t he
mornmg he ~
' hall not be l'mployffi, for moTC~ than
one hOur in h lJ aft('iriotH'!,..'" Sccuon IV. (B) ot
Lila rir<t.ft, o f loc-al 1H'('· la'As already i llbmltkd to
th c Ji o'no 0 co st ... i~ : - " .1\ cillid bct.wecn t.ho
Il.)!CS of 12 al d 14 may be empJo) cd . beforo schoo'
for not morn than ono hOHr, HI., frpm 1 a,m. to
8 11..111 •• lit t~ sale or dellvcry . pf milk Or nc'll>s.
pa.pors , sUbJC'ft /.0 tho p~' isio u of lccr llticatc 01
ph} sica I fiht css to bc . obtam ctl from tllO School
M Nit<:a l Officol'. and Lhat. . I>tH'h chi ld !lihall on lv be
ernployoo a.fter school hours In allY occupatio n
r . . om 5.30 to 6.30 p .IIl." &~ion (C) statcs: .. A
dl~ld shnll not. be, e mployed lxofore schoo l except
from 7 a.m. to R m. and subJcct; to oorLam oon.

1920.

GRUESO_M-..E>--D_ ISCOVERV.

SUCCESSFUL CONCERT IN AID
OF 'POLICE FUNDS.

SKELETC;>NS FOUND AT THt
VAUDEVILLE.
I

A Sf09d -concert is ...
&n &ttra.ctton to
Readmg fo lk, but It becomes tore :K) when It. is
held in a.:d of a dcser \'ln~ InS ItUt.IOO, II lS cor.
lam, thereforo, th8lt. thc Head ng Borough Polloc
Wldo\\s' aud Olphans' FUnd should ben efit.
malcflally f~om the large a.ttendance a.L tho LaJgc
'J'?. . . n H a.ll } on 'l uCi)day \!v('nJll~ ou t.he occa.slon
et t.he concert S'IVCU by t.he pndl -dlolr of t..be
Reading Temperance Cbor Li So~c:ty in a'ld of thiS
obJed, land u as Jargo au a.udlon ce 1$ 'lrcgent a.t
Lho st:coud periormilnce ou' Monday il ~' xt, tbe
01'g8111:>ers shol'11d be " ell pleased "ltb the rctiUlt
of thClr effol't,
I
'l'hc \\'01 k cltO&on "',as that beautJful cantata ot
S. Colondgo "rR-ylOl, -' ''--A l'a ld of Old Jap-<lD ,"
based on the poem by Alfred ~oYe&. and the ('holl'
" e ~o fortunat.c In bccuring as I t.he solOISts l"ouc h
emment 10<'il.1 art.lStes as .Ml.o;:s M!\.fgar<.t liaM'Json
(mcz z0...6oprano), Miss Kate \\'clO4Uev (soprano), Mr.
AllBJ.l FraIllG (Wllor) lIud )Jr . .A ' Hamllton ."'IOS!
(hantone),) 80 woll did th ese acCom!>ll3hed a.rtlS~
render tho Rolo parts tbat 1t IS Ulmel.&Jt to uPpol'lio'n
th'3 pt:aI86, . b,lt It. .1.& perhaps pernussible 10 pa.y
a SpOCIal ~l'1hutc t-o t.ho fine "'ork of Ml.ss H3.r n son
a.nct'Mr. AHan F'rame. The former wu hc-a.l'd at
h01'1 best. 10 the fOlOrth s t..anz.a. nartlcu larl v in tJle
lltles .. 81h'el' bolls 011 a milk ~bIt,o mu le, ROse rod
sads on an emerald sc!," and ill' the lIDOS ., Small
..... hiie ha!~ds in t.he temple riUSoo, ploadcd wll,h the
:ll:rSt..OIY.
MI. Allan ¥ rR-'11e $~\ e of bis best 10
~IO .thll·d npd su:th stanzM, w which fin e lcope
.... as ;.lpvcn fot' some ctrect.I'e rendering.
Mr.
H'a~il tou . MosR ..... as Iv.ory SU<:Ce8sful In t.he opeDtng
of.tS-a sen.'llth st..anza., a.nd M.1.S8 Ka.to Woodley , In
spJtd of tho faot. t hat she ..... 1tS luffe.ring flom the
eff~ of a cold, gave SOlUe partlcula.rly fine .len.
da.nll,itS m t.he tina.le.
The orphostra. had thell'
Or>portt1l11tJ(~ In the illtJ-oductorr wark
to the
I'artous stan zu and In ~he finale, and 1tbey ma.d&
t.ho most of t hem undor Lhc able ! leadershlv of Mr
F. C. V::"'Davl6\ L.R.A.M. (lca.derJ. Tqe work..of
tho ?lIolr .lS too well-known tq require apeCial
mention: It I.e. 5uffi(,lent toO Ray they ga.v'C of the.tr
best, and t.hR.t there .... era no f..a.u lts iu thclr rendcrlng- 1S a. tnbute to t.helr abtllty and to t.hat
ot' t h c-lr a.blo liud populal' conductor, M{ A, w ,
)foss, L,R .A ,M., } '.It.C.O. 'rho pnnClpal mu siCLalls
were Mr. F . . C. V. DavIS {lcadel'J and Mr. W. H.
Flint. (finit ",ohn !5), Mr H. HollO ..... a~.. a.nd MI"5 W.
Aldrldgo (sE.'OOnd ,ioh ns), Mr W. Harris and Mr.
E. Watson : , F.RC,a., ..\.R. C. M. ("lol~), .Mu.s L.
RUmrntllg (c~~ lo) , Mr, H. P. Lindars (double bus),

'Whilst. working u~n tho excnations at the
Va.uderille Electric Theatre on Friday in (last
week lome workmen made & "ery gI'll:esome 'dis.
cot'ery. They came a cro&s three human skeletoll.,s
lying !!ide by ~ide, hut . on account. of tbe COIll."rete
therE! . only the skulls and cla.licle (dollar) oonel!
could he rcmo..-ed then. The police '"('ere lOfQrmetl
Olnd nrders were l.!iS lled l bv the Goroner t hat. untIl
mqutries had been made' the e);.caYailon in thal
partlcul&r ipOt should cease.
. Grim though ,the dlscovel'Y w~) it was nlso a
dlI!CO\'ery whu::li has ollened up a conl5iderab:e
'a.mount of speculation. , On one ~Ide it. has been
thought that aome great crime bad been brought. to
light. Some people have ~uggested, and qmte
rea'lona-hly lon, that the remain s are th08'e of
wldlt.:ra killed durin~ the Ci\"il "~ars \l'hi ch
touched Reading. Others
that a. p~rtion ,)f
the ()ld l\Ionast-ic burial ground hajj been dis .
covered, and that is quite; feasible. Specu lation ill
rl(e . One t.hing seems generallv &Ccepted and
tha.t is, t.hat:. the bollOo'S are alPut three h~dred
yeaI"'! old. If Buch is the ('Me, the skulls aTe in
a. r:emarkahly good state of preeervation . and the
teet.h are In excellent condition, In one of the
SkUl13 there are two Qr three of the front teeth
miss ing. It:. is believed tha.t t.here are o t.her banet'
thet'e; in fact, ISOme 'cnn be seen projecting from
under the ooncret~, ""hidi w-ill have to be reo
mO\'ed before they can he unearthed.
W4at. aro your \-~e~s on tho matter?

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CHILDREN: I

fu1 'spirit of cameraderl8 that W3!'J

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PR,E-E~qIIOC)L . EMPLOYMENT OF
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JAPAN~ 1/ A

A TALE OF :OLr

I COMMITtE~.

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lwaY~1

Mr, ~. L. El$hcr , L .T.C.L. (organ) and Miss A.

Sale

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on a Kinga special
the 28th.

Bay

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hOw good

has been in

are special.
usual•·~~ superb •
ring for you!

A PARENT & READING
SCHOOL

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II

,
no :l:DtToa OJ' 'I'Ka " lt1!I.\DING 0:&..........
Sir,-Will you allow me; through yOUr pa.per to
answer the numerous enqUlr1eS I have &I to 'the
progre6S inad~ sin{!6 withdra.wIng my two IIQm;
_under ~rot.e!>t (December 8HJ, 1919) from Reading

SchooL

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A. F. ANGELL.
F or Iu.8uenza V en o'!! Li ghtning Cough Cure il'i
15, Ea.eti!'rn A"tMlue. RMding. .
i nCOnl"J;uLrable. It. checks the atl:lI.:'k at the nr..outlSl:t i if tahn pl'OnlVt.ly. and ob\·iat.es all dangp'r
[Copy of letter received from Mr. J. Wells.]
. (Coat/au.d from P,.fY/ou. columll,)
of con;tplications.
In nasal cata rrh al so Veno'!;
Wadham Conege., Oxford.
teachers ill the pUblio olementary £c11ools of the
II C ~3 l,ike R ehi rm. soot.b ing tb~ inHamed surtaces
boro~h, aud recom.mcnded tl,fI,t, copies bo tor '
Febniary 16!.h. 1920.
of t.h~ lIo!!e ami throat, and quickh- rest.orin~
Dear Sir,-At the meeting, on }'rida.y, after the:
wardod to tho 'R.ea.d.mg Teachors' ASSOClla.tion In
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free hreathing. l\(er1t ba s made Venrl's. t.he most. dltlons ."
Tho Homo I Offic, commcnting on Bye' law IV. order that, a.lly onUClSm.!J which the Cornmlb~e's Governor", had hcard about th~ from Mr.
popuqr rcnltli-fy _111 th~' wo'rld for.... all broncbil l
(R) mcmionrd a.bo,e, said that berore a.lIowlng thIS tonCb Ulg ,'it.a.tr mtght dcslre to ma.ke may be con. K~ton, t.he Town Clerk. and t.he Ma.yor, I enbroubles. Trust al .... a"'s to
by the Sub·Comllllttee bel Ole 1 tho scalo is qUired If you w ere there, but we were informed
byo--lA.w the SccrM.a..n' of St,aoo wotlldq-oqulrc evl' sldC'r~
presented fot· adoption.
you were not.
dellC() 8ho'A ing that 'I t ",' I\.. dcslrable to makc an
Veno"s Lij!'htninj!' Cough .C ure
Tho
SUib·Commlttee
recommended that. the daLe
The Governors then unanimously decided that.
except.lon to the gl"l)M"al tlt3.t.ut.oI'Y , prohibitIon
for Tnfluen?-;\ ~nd Na sa.l Catarrh , for Coughll and whu~h lVould ,ho Jnt!}OSC'd when Sect:.lon 13 (91) of fo~ t.ho t.crminatton of all temporn.ry " ""Ill' " a.p' It w-a.s not. a. matter ~in which t.hev wlshed 10 inter.
Colds, Lung Troublf8, Asthma., Ihonchiti s, Diffi· tho F..duc&lton AClt. IS broug.hL Into opcratloll. Tho pomtluenu be tho 31st. MarL'h , 1920.
fere wit,h the discretion of the Headmaster.
The report was adopted.
!
,c ult ~ reQthin.g. R o :u~ness , and for 'Vhnoping Se-crct.arr of Istate would .be glad to be mformed
I should add (a.s :tou will see from tne TaWIl
COllgh and nther n M~ch ia l Trouble s in C hild-re'l. of t.h e l'eas6ns fo ... whil::h t ho local educatton
RE.NAMING OF SOHOOLS.
• Clerk's letter) they fully concurred i.n his action
Prices: Is. 3d. arid '3s .. the 3s, !e'i7,e being the authorIty ' th 4u~ht IL rlg- h L to allow employment
'l'he Sohool .M anagcmcnt Sub.Comm ~ t.tee rorom. and that I do not. . t hink they would have wUhed
more ecotlomi,ci\1. Of ChemI sts and M dicwe In the s:lio ~r de- livC'ry 01 nllik or nc wspapers mended l,hat, 111 now of the shorta"!) of In{an~' to see you even -had you been th6l'e at the
V('n d(l~'1'0 c,·er.\'"here
ln ~ i!5t on having Veno's, florn 7 a m. to 8 a. m. 011 school dll.nl, and to be Wchors, the rclA:!nLlou of fou r
tbo ma.rnod
iurm:<:. hoo. ... i h infoJ'mation a ~ to t'he condl11ons womon tell.chel'S, who \\,oro peTUIlt.tcd to rcLalD beginning. Lat.er Qn l oowards the end of the
a nd
all substitutes.
meeti ng, when ae\·era.l of the Go..ernotIJ had gone.
IInrI~r which t,ho children 'Aould lI.ork.
!-hclr appomtmcnts durmg tho .perlod of tJte v. ar
The SC'C'rNBr y explained that tho part. of tbe Ul a.crJOI-dancc ' wlth the regutaubn adopt..E>d bv the I heard you were in attendance, and then asked
A('It "ith \\ Itch t.hcy ' woro concorned c&me Into C()~mltt.co 011 Nove-moor 19th, 1~914, for a furLber if the Governors wi,shed t-o see you/ but no ODe
proposed It ,
f01CO on Apr I 1st.. SO thA-t they mUst make their period of 0110 )oal' tro m Apnl tlst. next..
Beli.e\'e me,
h)c--laws be i "'13 t,hat d!Sotc, otherwl5~& t.h ey wou ld
The Sub·Commit.toc rcoom.mehcled Lha.t a.ppliea.
lose cC':t ain
wot' 'llflt.h , regud to recsolutlons, . tlOn bo made to t.ho BoaI'd of Educat.1on for the
Your.!! faithfully.
On thlS
nt there I "Was & draft. bye-I&w rcooKmtion of tho SeD lor depa.rtillents of George
(Signedl J. WELLS.
.·..
un de... winch chIldre n nllght be ' employed fo ... Pa.lmer, W11s011 a.lld WokinghlUll·road 6chOois BB
A. F. Angell. &q.
0110 hour In
0 morning ' hcJon school ' hours, Vl%.,
ccDt.ral schools under Art.icle Z7 (1) (a) (Ii) of tbe
R
bct>,1;oon 7 a., . a.nd 8 .a..in., In two -trades, tho Coda; and that from April 1st; 110.1.t tbe n&.Dlcs of
K;EYSER'S LECTURE.
,.
dC!Jvory of
'll;: and tho ule of dmvspapers, and the undermcntlonoo sohools and depa.rtment..s be
tno Home 0 re wouJd requi re to boo lnformed as - 1t.arOO as follows: - Wokmg1l&m·road School,
why t hO), as~cd Llia.t. rowors ellould be given SeIHor Depa.rtment, t.o Alfrod Sut~n Centra.l
C. E. Keyse r • . M A.• F.S.A .• · of A'der· to
fer suell e m OTmcnt . of - scllOoI, children. 'l 'be Sohool;
Wokingham-.roa.d Schoo l JU[lIor Mued and
ml a f:t9~, i:5 o ne of the JorOmo:!t. if not. the fore: l'OBson t.hcy Had f.or . d~lini .iUt: the matter was !urania'
--,--Departm cnts, to AIf;ed Sut~n School,
most, authority. in the 't!ount.y ·on the a.rchitecture thilit. lnt.crCSl[ PCl'N)DS, ,t.~':Uy the newspa.per Juuior . Mixed
and Infanta' Dc!)a.rtments; Wilson
, !'O '1"0 SDttoa o. TO .. ~MlJS o ....n'L·
of the va'dous cl:urcnes '1n :Berk5hire: ' attd it. is trade, app-oal
to tho ' Cc.mmitt..c0-4n Ole first School, Scmor Depa.rtmellt., to Wilson Central
not eurplising, thel·e.fore. that there ' should h ave. II\st.a.n cc to le To~' h -CounCiI-tha.t. those young School; Wtlson School, Intennediat.c Depa.rtment
S.r;-Win )'ou permit me to suggest tha.t another
A to Wilson Scbool, Senior Department ; Goorg~ route bo OPelled : fqr the buses, VIZ" from the
b f'f ll liuch a crowded audi£nce 111 ~be Arl GaJlelY pooplo mlXht be allowed ' to . do lba.t work.
of t he MUllici{ml Uuildillgs on \Veduesda.y evcn· r cwlut:.i<lI1 wa 'passed by tho Commit.tee and con· Palmer School, ,Sen ior Dcpartmc.nt to George II Sta.r," vi. Gosbl'OOk-road and the l'IJ1way
in'g t(l hear h i~ lecture all .. The Decornt..ed or firrneu hy ,th CounCil tha.t the bye-la..s shOU ld P&lmcr Ccntral School ; and CenLr&l 'Boys' Schoo! ata.tiolll, to the Gonera.l Ppst o.mco P Are the res1·
oonta:1O &. clll1 50 \\)lIch should . allow t.hG employ. t.o Katosgrov.e S<.'hool, Boys' Depa.rtmcnt, The la~ den.ta of Lower Cavflt'Sham not emttled to WI much
Seoontt Pointed PCrlod of An:hitecture in the m
sdhodl childr('..J1 for one bour in the mot'll· Mr. Al fl'od Sutton, after whom ... it w:a.s proposed oonsideration In this ~pect as those of Caversham
Churche!' of Berkshire."
Thi s lect ure 'really can· m~onL011Cof~hool
da.ys. 'J'tle qUCltion had &rlAen t.ha.t tb.at Wokingham. road School should be re-n&med
HeiR'hte? I vent.ure to think that. the journey to
c1udd the willtel' R'ries. but Mr. Ke,Hcr ha-s i.h o ro W NO a. Jlarge
num ber of young ltoo!)le m the was a. m e mbcJ of the Rcadin.<:r Schoo1 1Bo&rd fr-o~ the .. St.a.r" W'OUld be a!!! remunerative as tha.toffclen. to awe Allother lecture next. toWIl out of e.mplovment who 1lllght do the work. 18n
to 1M3.
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to St. Andrew>• •
the Perpendicular Period 111 order to Ha\'ing UlaL III vic;,',
the' Corrimit~ ~u ll con'
Yours truly,
Miss .sutton stated t hat her ~ather had bought
tb& subject.
.
sidm' It dosl.J'lLbic t.hat. powct 6hould be gio,'cn to two oottll.;!r'!S m a. builder's l &.t-d m l863, and at
JOHN D. RAIN.
ehaJr \\ 11.S occupied by Councillor W , employ !ehoo cluldron?
.
F~b"!"-"Y 14th. 1900.
blS own eXp£'lIse turned them mto .. Rcbool WhlC'.h
Coun, Qucl h said Ihe d csi,ea to, move 8. resolu· becamo t.o be known as tho Newtown Intanlll'
R nwell, F.R.H:S., u1ho said tha.t there
pu.; t!c~lll.t, claUse of the bye-laws School. AfLeE. hIS death sh-e had foun1 amonr 'hi.
~,",""'!("'I 5t1\1::(,8 in all period s of Enl!lis.h tion tha.t t
that no , child .of ' s~ool a ge ,houJd papa", a Chiistmas lntile l' t.o the p&renu. written
it wits \'en' diffi cult to differ· bo deleted a
.bo
~llowc.d
cmgago
' ill any work previous toO 1Il 1868, whIch showed that ho was imbued wtth
I 'It. ' tilllf"it. ' The period Wi~
'hICh Mr, school holtt'8. It was tJrte
t.hey prevent.ed , a.s tar those ideas upon >;:\·b..ieh they werd oond).1ct.ing the
would deal that. eveniog co..' rOl1,Q;hly
I thoy could an v child of acboor ace working at schools to--da.y
He was partleula.r1y keen on 00of )00 nars dm;ng lhe reij!lIs of t e'tl),roe as
all, 'the sch I 'chlld', tim'o should he 6pent l In opora.tion between tho pa..renf6. t he tea.ob.cr& · ILnd
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' .O'''''1'd, l'Ollgbh" r!'um 1272 fIJI 1373. That 6ehool and at; play' and 110tl In 'work. H e under· tho ma.nagon.
one o f the rich.est. ifj,. English ~a.rchitec . stood they had no pow't'r to m-event thC!'m being
COlIn. Norris 6a..id they had to tbank the
some nJ the finest ~ pecimen!l; whjeh they emp loyed a.t j a.Il, bu~ they Could prevent t bem pioneers, of whom Mr, Alfred SuttOn and Mr.
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were built during t.ime!! of UT~t stress being emPIO~
' &foro. !Jcilool, and th':t ought to Sa.mu<o~ Preston were two, for very mucb of tbe
nUl'IIl't 8. ~reat dMI of the lime We appea.l to p plo more now th~n at any otther odUca.t.l0nal advancc.mcnt of Lo-day.
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'Yilr .w,i th ScOtland and Trance, and the time.
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LESS R£ADING. MORE WORK.
l!lr. Cook, i seconding th-e motion, . ..."'r~ tha.t
wa:! de','astat.ed by the Black D eath. Tn
it
was
lUR'h
me
they
Pjr,
o
hlblt.ed
the
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.employment
A
report
on
tho
school
libra.rlcs
for
ttie
: ye.a.r
thev hAd an excellent example of t.he
..,'hile",tu,·. ~f tha.( period in t.he beautiful .... indow of school chil en. It. was. niU .. bl.e to see the COD- ended J.}ecember 31st s howed tha.t t.herc were 36
d Ltion of so
of' tho cluldren ' wheri' they i'Ot to hbrari08 in &11, conslStlng of 5,150 boqks. • 'l'he
Church , -The <?rder of Gte: school in bhe mornmg .ft.t\r the.ir work. By the lS&Ues
of book.!i for tho yea.r toWled 39,153, heIDi'
at that time and started timc. Uioy rcached !School they were qllite unable a decreased 15SUe, compared '!'nth the prevlOUA
Reading. the outcome of to proflt by -teu- -kaching.
yea-r, of 5,355. The Sub-OomInLttcc r&commeDded
.
knowJ;l. ;ll! Grevh'iars'
M!l'. Based
said he had seen ma.n,- children at 'lohe pa.yment of £142 du e t.o ' the Publio Libraru!C
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exa.mple of that period W8J! school quito nable t-o do their dulles owing ,to Oommittce. ,
th o saurry in which they bad had to' have thelr
The Sltb-Commit.Le:a ha.c1 rCX)uest.ed the Examining
Sholt,j,brooJ<e _gl"'rc~ ..
Board to make arnwgcment.s for the u.dm.l.8slon to
the course of his leet-ure brcaldast and do thair ~nlk r'bund ,
Cotin. Win r said ho 'Wtl8 not in favour of t.he the CentJ-a.l Schools dUrlni t.ha. Ol16Ulng oduca,Wonat
C11T1011S fact t hat some of their
,
b
use
he
was
of
thi)
opinion
that
wlt,h
resolution
yea.r
of seholars attendmg the pulJlic elementary
were erected in troublous tim~l!.
tho safegtt&r
tha/t. wel'e now a.do!Jtcd by t.hQ 8C}100 1s who were over 12, years of ae-a bu.t no t
tines.t Norman work .WAS erected Committco
in
drnft
illir
byc--l.:!t·
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·s
which
bad
been
nlOro
t.h.a.n I.>&- on Ma ... cb 31st next, and had rea.c.hed
period of Stephen's r&.ign. 1'be 6ubmitt.ed pr vi.!Jiona.lIy' to the Homo Office the ~h{\ S eventh
St.a.nd~, on ooudlt.l.on wa.t. tbey were
had a great effect. upon tho dlffiwltics to hloh rcre~ce had heen mwe were lound , after cxa.rmnatloa, to be qualified to enter
ec':le~if.'tic.11 flrchltectnre because so mlmy places m ct . They ' b
to consider whet-her t.he children a. second year course and tne.tr pa.rent! undertook l I
Rway. a. change becRme nece<:sa ry Rnd roolly wore ...ejudiClalJy de-ated. That was the to keep them &t IScbool until they at\;&11ed the' age
a more,. eoonomic character were real qlH!StH>n. 1 H they we.re not, and in his opimon of 16 years.
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Tho r!,port. was a.dopted.
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had four featuTes in Engli sh Lhoy w'cre not., thero was .no reason why, 1f a.
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first WR-S the Norman period p~ ...ent so d~'rcd and a. diild ~o cbOle, he should
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JJ)VE"'ILE ID!PLOYMENT,
pation ' of . the , kind m'enuO'Oed tor
hefore ·· the N ofro'ln conquest. rioLI ha.ve
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The Juvemlo Employment Sll~mltt.ee r~.1
di6tingui~:!:ted ' bf semi·circular an h-our In tb morninr., The 9a.rticul.a.r; child for ported
thut., bOYCUid an increased ~emaJld for
\\ hom th09o~.a-law.!i wore drafted worked f o.r ono
illld a lRr{te vartet.v of mou1ding!'.
U1 the orning ' a,nd. one hour aftCr school ' in factory workers of 14 yca.rs of a.ge , there WB.$ httle
111ltil the 12th cellturv. altbou~h hour
tho ovcninlC, ut ,w many cases ~o ohild did not. chang!) in tho situation as l'e,a.l'ds Juvenlle. li&.bour
a JZ'reat deal of I overlapping.
For "ork at. 1111 .. tel' eehool. It t.ha.t W8..!J rescinded a. dU:rln,lt the fivo we.cks ending Januar-y 9t-h , Of tbo
in f170 tbe Early En~lish or pointed child coll1d w k for two hout'!!, it.- the eVeDing after 48 pJaclDgs for boy., 29 were for boy.! between
lntroduced. the dilitinct.ive feature (')f school! 80 be rd not see where the ,gain would be ,he ag.. of 14 and 15 ; Md of the 84 giJ;J,' plaClDgs
p ointed arches and laY-,ze sinR'le in t.he long
• Ho be1ieved,
tna.t hy pusing ·52 ""ero for girlR of tho same ate. I There ... ~
. period la,led until 1270. The Mr. Quelch's csolutlon 'they would bo CTcatln, a pra.at.ica.l~y no d!!'m ..nd fCfr Rkille~ ",,-otik. On the
second nointed ~tvle came illt.O use oonsidC!'able a: ount o! hl;nd.a lley oecipatlons for oontra.ry, a. large uumber of boy .pDlic.a.o~ a.re
of lj:dward I. and la.st.ed rqughl:r about youlohs. beca~8 if e~ ohiLdrcn could not- be ea.gerly seekin g t'llctoty work, ana there' w&.:!! a huge
\t
,There again (hey found overlapping , omployed in thClile two particular '. Lrades, youthS reg:ister. '? f apphcant6 for engizlecnne·
The mm utes were I.pproved.
Mnl1ks . v;;bo were able a.rchitects. would be emp onid for a. yea.r or eo ' without le&J'n~
trving to improve on 'What had ~ne ing any pu-t U1&r tr&de, and th.e.n left to drl'tt.
into blmd·all
oocup&tions.
chief difference between the decor.
Coun. F&rr
aft'eed wIt.h Goun. Winter, and
and the earlier st:yle WM in the said bo found boys ... 00 wQre emplqyed on a paper
in the decorated stt'le. were round were'
ch bngbtar ' in oonsequenoc of their
illed ~lA SS CAme more into .. ague work. aAd
dmastcrs had told . him some of
Ilnd tha.t nece !tSitated Ia.r,szer win· their brigh
boys w{!re amon(8t th&t. cl&.M.
became hghter. In The hann was don~ by t hOtie boys who bad' to rush
aoout.
selli
ng
pv('nJ
ng pa.pe'l's: , · , •
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found t.he cun·i.
Coun. Web~ .ftUpport.oo the re8olutlon ~d sud
Jo~nery
followed
the
most certain
bea.uti. thero were m y unemployed about. who could weJl
do tho work.
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Coun. Shor RM he "III:8.S pt:ep&red to support
tI
ehantrvwere
in the
.rOl501ution 'f It included every da.y of the weck.
near Didcot. Grev· H it d~d not, be would like t-o move • r~lution
w¥ .alw a. very Bne that it be m e to OOVOl" eve...,. da.y of the week.
Mr. Pugh
pl&incd t.ba.t 't'hey ha.d ftO power to
ll'hich Wtl $ keenlv ' followed bv make a bye-l ." for other tban' .chool days , and
. IllustrSitecl1 by numerous excel- theft were w
by the Bomtl Office that: on
~~;;-~i'B~;k,ili~;;; churche!.
aTlPe-al to the Courtl.-be btip~ed th,a.t. was what.
they meant.--- ny such at}empt. would ' not be
uphold.
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Aid, Fiold
ought they were fl02ging a dead
lU:)l"5e. &t1d h d muoh ,1'80 ther ' no.t 'ha:vo the boys
employed &t 11 than have thOll), t..-o bours, ono
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in the mornin a.nd .one in t.};e. eveJ]mg. - Tbo: whole
thing was. I!i mew-hat childish, - bcc&me ' young
In
children being Iibout untIl ' U , o'cloak: &t nilht was
a far, mOTe
da.\ous ,fota.t-e 0( , things.
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Ou, Pt>rlra,t i. Of M... M. Mace. Of 97.
Coun. Quelcli, in reply to his onttcs, &aId tbe
writ~:employment in the morning ·and the evll!ntng wu. Brettdl La,lle, Sfourbridgf;
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the di1ference bet.ween 1011a of nccessary sleep II\IJ.
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For
8 yean I !liuff'ered witIl a te.rrible "Wound
the morninR'.
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stretching
fl'Om
the
abdomen
{io
the
right
hip;
On being pu to- tb~ meeting the !"f!SOlution WIW5
carried.
during tbat time I tried docton/l and patent medj.
The remain r of the' minutes were a.pproved ,
cines innumerable, but without rmetes..
At
1-5' Kri.'>RICK sCl{OOL.
lengt.h I
persuaded to try 'Clarke', Blood
Siter;, Buikliap and General PurMixt.ure," and after taking the fir:st ~ttle besan
poecs Sub--C-om ittee TCCOnlmrmded. Jor . approv~
And adopt-ion ho rC!'JOrt or the ~.endrl(* GIrls to see an improvement, which has continued. with
sJJhool Buildin
Section. This report st.tod that the result that my wound iR bea.led and I now haTe
t.be SetC1t.ion h d C'lOlwdC'l'oo rcvisod . Plans of the no pain. ,I a.m "-'Titing this' teEtimorly M that
p~ n cw bui1din~s fOl:: the ~endrioJr. Girls'
SChOOl showl
a. classr-oom 1 alixnnmodat'on for other sufferen like myself may ba.ve the ~De8t
In a further recent
~ scholJl.J'S,
d rooomD?onded tl'!at. tl1e plus pre- your man-el1ou5 medicine_It
sented 'be .pp voo f.or ~i5Si9'1 tQ ,the. ~oard Hitter, nearly two years laLer. Mrl). Ma~e write5:
of Eduoa.tion
r theU" consIderation ~ and stJggestions
The ODS of the. . Provision, .01. the bl,Uld1nga .1 I am happy to sa,y that there. has been no reA~in~ to
plaos p~errted waa estim&t.-ed to currence of my complaint. and conside~ my C&!e
be l £5h 300 to ' hleb wOUld be added a sUm or a. very satisra.ct.<Jry cure."
app~iely
if ijle blUiement ~u ine1udad.
CLARKE'. BLOOD MIXTUAa, by ~ 01 it.
N TIONA.!. K1TI':lfENB.
rimad:able blood purifYlog- propeC'tJe:t, ean be relied upoe. to
The ~
. ttee b.a.d c;onsido/ed • report of ~~ ~r n1jef &ad luting bene8t ip aU eue.101 l!~
A~ Ul~", Boll .. Pimples, J:o:rupUoaa. PIIN
the Provision
' YeaJa .S~1j-Qoinmt Uee reg&rdlDI JJad
ar S~IliDp,. Rheuma.1iIllD , Gout, ae. I Pleu&D~ sc:
the mteDttion r othenna~ 01 the t'bree D.t~al Olandu
take aDd rree from &nythinlr mjuriO'lU.
kitOOcna, and eocf'mmC1?-4ed th!t-t the/ tenancy at
the premises i Tuc1or.~ wb,c;h h.(I been uaed
A.k for and see you . .t
for tho put'POIi of '!' nai.i.09aJ kitdlen bo tcrm1D- '
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Although I hA"'e inade e-rery conceivable eBort
t~ obta.ln an inten'iew with_ th6 Governors of the
SchO?I, I a.m informed offieia.lly that, at their
m eeting on. February 13th 18..'!t, they (the
Governors) dId not conSIder it necessa.ry to see
me on the subject of the protest. •
I have sinoo receind a. letter' from the Chair.
man of the GCJt'ernoTS, which includ es the st.atemell t " tha.t it was not a matt.er in which thev
wJ8hed to interfere wltb t he dIscretion of tb'e

Pantin.!:", A.T.C.L. (planororte).
The ~rogrammo opened WIth .• A Thankllglv~"
(AJan lira.y), dU"'lJIg t h o J!.lUxing of which tho aUdl'
cnco remall1w standing. In th o second h a lf of
~.ho (?rogrammc M-r. A , Ha.ou!tou Moss 1I0ng
ShCJIa. ' (Hndyn Wood) lind MISS Ma.rS'ar~t
IHa~l'lSOIl ga vc .. '!'he K c n)' Danoo" (MolloyJ , for
'fluc1l she was J cca.llcd.
Sllc ga.ve aa an CJ:Icol'e He~mMter."
·C ~ng of May,"
Mr. · Allan .Frame ~' as 1.1..;0
.tIr, . Keeton was heard by the Governors at.
cn corc~ fo ... his .rolltributlvll, ., Evenlnt Song." A tlPf'l' . meeting, bu t I Wa.9 not aUowed to appear
d~ct, . . W'hat 15 .done you nevor can undo" (C , befo,l'e them to state my case. I am, therefore,
Curvl lhcr), wa!o gl\'CII by Ml.ss Margaret. H lLr"'l!!On plaCIng tbe matter t.hrough another channel where
a nd Mr , Hamilton Moss. Th o chOI ... <78.\'!:: t.he part. l.he facts will he made · kno...... n publicly.
SOllg" " Lulla.by of ufo" (Henry L~he) a.nd the
{ thank: ;rou in anticirahon of giv~ng' this
IlladrlA'al, "Come, Ict.. us Jam the roundclay '
letter publiCity, And I sbal be pleased to show AU
(W. Bealo).
Tho EluJoymcnt of t.he conc,.rl. wu enha~:"~d ty correspondence that. 'has pllSsed on this matter.
the fa.et that Do book of words ..... as handed to ~U J ftppe lld t he COpj' of lelt-er receIved frQm tho
presont. Olor 1,200 ticketB were dISposed of for Chai~man of the Governors of Reading School,' Mr.
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Lho ool1ocrt., nnd it ,tS, hoped nut Monday 's concerL J. \\ e1l5. M.A.
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