Reading Observer 02-1920

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FEBRUARY or, 1920.

POLICEMEN'S NATIONAL CYCLIST~ ,
UNION.
FICIAL REUNION.

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BERKS, OXON & SOUTH BUCKS
CENTRE.

r..p,LI."nT SPEAKING BY THE

CHIEF CONS TABLE.

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Inspection is Inv
InspeCllb n IS mll ted to our entIrely
I aned Spnng ' Milline r), compnslI1g
ChOIcest and Damtles t In the I\IIlllflel y
- mcludIng copies oJ models flam t
exclustve Pm IS hOllscs-gr<lceful
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umque 111 detaIl-and a \tl1ough a
threate ns, we find many of the most

nnd \ 'Vednesda , et"cnlllCS of Hits
Th o ann ual mCl'ling of thL<; Cellt lc naO) hc'd 011
(itnlng hil I of t he Ca\crsh j,m " ed l otida) 111 lu o;t \\ ('f'k lit 11l Gle.; It \\ c.:; te rll
"IS the "C€ Ile.. of tn o , el, h np pv ro tel Read nl{
MI Alt..h
I HI " I, (Wok Ill ..
,n, ,,·,,,. ,, 1 ~Itbcl ng.;:
I t.. \ \tt,. t.he first t ime 18 m ) ~h~HlIlln o f t.hc « , l1tI C tlrcstdNI
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Ie el III..'! oroug
0 Ice
orce tha lln a ni " .. "lilt!! S \\ Fa I ll11d A "
It annual dmner 3.. popular tUlle {'carso (R(' arlll g \ () J An.drev; s anLl E \\
hono"".IJ t; lI ~t O Il1 ] 0 mam of thllso ptesent. thl E For d (~Iout.h -\ G I C L Arnold (lla <.lcnhead
fUllctl O ~ of thnt SOl t to "hl('h the, A C) ancl J D ltood {Slollgh ~\ C J B qn Scc
I led 10 J:O R'I tll,., Jomrd Ihe pohce
a II Tl cMurCI
\ pologlcs for non attcndnncc " er o
191-4 d lnnN
On the ot hen I;tand
rc('('o \cd flom Mc->sIS C ~J1 c u ( \~ coU1b(' PhOO" X
""1",",,1,,,.1,- thqro were t\\O or three , t c In!.. \ Ie) :\ G Matth e\\s ICookblUIl i\. C ) 1 Day
of R ertd lll g:i );l\llallt m f' 1t 111 bh le (STOt gh A C) a nd \ t: KaHn (13rulb tl1) Et It C C)
m odels are made m a lovely
the \\flr . 'lld ,)t bea dted u/"Ie III
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Ull 11 lI al
rr!)or t. !':tatc I
I 1H're h:ls brl'll
mo::.t. fItlali
t~lefor
t!... lt \r--, Ilttl o II\ClIlg LllI!; )f'H1 O\\I11~ I~ mam,: t""f'ks
Duchesse and G old TlIlsel Brocades
lIoli
a b'i1
th~ (;h f "belli"", cut. of rcpatr lWei \ anou'l t;J ubs not. h a vlJ1g
s nn {' C e\l"Il lll ge
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TI'f'<mOltnlck.1 )t't t..herc-fDre tllC) season has
J S R e lld e~o ll) III «1 0 referencc Ii " n rl(" ote I to pt opa..gallda.. work and a.5 5 1&tJng
mficen t colounng and deSIgns
!-;nCllficf'!'! m ade b\ th o... c fotlr lm en
cl uts I1t IrOr.,H ll sa..t lon
The clubs at. pre.!ctlt.
uOIq1l e ft'oture (If the fUll elion ,..tl5 t he
lffillat ed to thl!! CCll trc arc Banburv S hll C C
LydllJ.
tnmmed With BIrd of ParadIse, and
Merellf.
1he (!>flltm:a..n thut 1)1 h h\ f' nlll ll l+ps ClII-:5ha m ((('O<:t.lCham ) C and :\ (
Cookham A L
Ven
clHtrmlHg
sllapc
Qll1tc tl,e uc:u cs t bYim
11..110 \1 (' rl 1M each I'p<'flker 10 " n, }.n s "a ,
fi! ,d1llg "C Slo I.., h 0\ C Sloug h Llbel a l l C
C'l ttr"tUl~ lL:tle Ha ts mad~ U Itlt the
squa re flqwlIlg "ell needl erun 111 gold
se of a ]'r(,lch t lu!.! a hne- or £1 00 dl '1IX al,1 ¥. \ ambo Phoolll:( A C
l'um ts for open
of
Pcfers'~am WIth handsome crown
full pleatcd bnm of sil'l
Falf cv
Int l'r1 "onmellt (U I both) " rmld /.)e I..he \rnll : ~ dtLflllg t he !'iNIWII hl1..\{' bC"!"1l grnntM to
of tinsel hrocade
Pnce
WIth chOIce French Fl aIl el S
" e ll'lgret to s;:n t.hnt • II thi:' fll~t eUIl F ~ IIlg-ford ( omrarlf'S of tp" c;rl'at. WBl l1H'"bam
P , Ice
UO WIL and Plctty jca tllc t'
c: IIn nL {hum all hml ~,.1f \\n s toc (1111\
\o\<l-LSIOIl of lJ n S lind Sand Stokf' PogN> tioll
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n (ort c; mootmO's hl\\o hl'en prGm otcrl clurlllg
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II" 1l"" ne~31 th e "('a..~OIl by cool ham RCil.Ch ll<>" 810u h an I
Somr dehghtful dl.!plays can be seen In REAL
I Ion \l ould Hnt llrca:$4 th(' clll..lge agalll )t W \coll1bo PhCf'lIIx \ thlctlc Clubc; .. 'HIp. gCcntre
o rJlJ£IS In dtral gl\t brush .. arlcltcs,.wo of soft. Cros!!
Ihe (h lPf ~ 1 :1~ l str Ite alln,\erl Ill(> I thHjltgh It" tlolf!ga tcl'i h as kenl.. 1\CJl In tt'Juch "Ith
o prey -nnd rca.l B ird of PUrttd lSO Black Wht te
If"! "HI dr \\\
] f"! tho Pob ct'" t hid 1 headqlu I V-I!l> III I..o(..'ncion all rl th o hon seelct :\-l )
Some beautiful T A G \L HATS ar e rcady for e.. eryp
~ ld~\\ (,cllc\) I. . die crr!dlt. of nnang h 1.'I ntt(llrl cll fOlIl of 1110 fhr gCllt" l"a'l Cou ll cll mcet
I) d Colours
Som e Aro prethly muunted III tho qu lIn t.
I! >"l ld l nll Hlml r lhlc m ~nl lcr lO ti lilg- , hC' lrl 111 Londlll alHI tho 'll0 \ IIl("C"
E\er)
day weor These IIrO m Ihe newe.!t colours. Ie,
In U fucli ntmg des gn8 of
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"IH;b III Imp f"! 1l1g Lrra, of Cllt... 1 I lS~ ISI u ("..(\ hilS h"en gl\ cn t.ILlS Centro b\ th ~ II C "
Oyster, N IHy Grey, Sa:to, Cn!iser ole , H yn.cmth.
talel f nn hn'll C\ {'I, III '" ]II ,\ h lch ,\ (II k ~ <..t l:l lt l ~, (' cllT) nt. hC1Ld 'luart('rs 'h H N
ro, for 1020
P"ces
Ptl-tlD li, eto. ll&vlng tlllUty lnrumlllg'8 Wtth bands
10 \\,..,
Th ll Crn tln OffiClh !S Hnd L<uncll h I\C
l1hh "'f' \,;0 1 tI ~d 11\ ~ 1o' 1l";-11I (n llilo ilt(>(> \,;0 11
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I a "1St ~I a..~ offi"l[t..l lId<l'C:3 iLnd tmld:ct"Pc rs at th e
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"or ked edg ugs, etc.
oe lgt
lit
ill
v l1l<.tn J e!'. /He nll ( \ IIIOt\~ snoll" Inct" tlll~" held III thc (~l1 tle Altd
T he hUlllnm of
J afT\
~1t1l~'-- 1l1": (-'lg.\\ h~l f"l
'I hI) fi ll ancl:tl 1"IOs itlOn Ig sl1tlsfnctol)
Pn\;"s froTU
drn\lrl\ \ 1Ir1 hi S ahilltl~a: I ~:t l"\contelll a ll j th o COllll("ll1 riC"IIO to tha nk their Y"IhttO Il~ for
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th an hI!'! S()II~~" Ig the l:hlr f dl!ffl III th e tll<" I ktnrl SltllPOI I..
It. IS Rntlclllat.ec1 that Hex t.
Dea hful FRENCH FLO~ERS In great vQ.ncty,
menu Oil bnth C\ CIIIIlKS \\hle the other S(' .. SOll \t lll bo u. bu~n 0110 for sport. the Conneu
al 0 damty FruIt for MllhJ:erY-thClSe lire muoh too
\\('18 ' [('''')r''
II J Collter :\. T FO !;t~1
th<rc loT(l hllSI.. thl'~ may rcl) 011 t.he l'o ntm tl('{1
l' \\ I nl hRIHS H 'Y. lkE'1 J SUPJ-0I t of th ell su~cn b(>rs n1\rl th", ... Iuhs In the
n roerous to dehul Our Bpnng Flowera for table
LC IIl-rc to enablt' them to oontlllu('J the usct u\ t\ork
1 l aIH:"'toll \lhll€' '[('''''t!; "
derratlomJ are a180 ve'ry fa solD..lltmg - Daffodils,
A large selectIon of !tt.tle GIRLS' S E:at I·
:\ J- \\ lute "ere :hlompl nl )jt~
thc'W s tartr d 0\('1 2:S vca.rs nqo
Tit 10 IS I\.. bal a n{'c In ~l1nd or L'~ 1h 1d
TRIMMED HATS WIth contrastmg or self coloured
Tyhpa. Snowdrop.!, LtIR, Narc tllIUe, etc
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1ftl SH", (lXD rV I 'K TNI .
,]h ~ Icport. WA. S adOf,h,\fl 0 11 th e nroposltlon (It
trimmIngs tn tho prett.y new: .. tlcuttle' 8bape
m unted on long stem £0["
111€'sda, ('t (,lli ng Ihpl!' " ere amongst th " Chll..lrmnll \\ho sf I l b~ that tb{'~ had to t hank
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( llJt T H H ell det ~Il (C hl('r Mt li()od for 1..11 0 v;!t) III \l. 11lch he had worked t-o
VA es
P er spra.y, fro
Also straight brom,
t ht MU'Cll (D I G S \ hllml AlrI ('1 rllO Il ~t.t\ld thc (Pll l..ro aud for t h() fina nce... bel1l
Puc," from
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1)' 11 Itl !\h\Jor \( 1 Port ('1 ' M 13 1
I I <:.unh R.. good st.at('
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I I'Tllto11 11 \ "'s Ct ll..lllI) the R c \ R S
Tho (oIJO\\lIlg ctnce'n \\ere t hen rc--clf'drri I
(Hf'llOt of Ca , cI sham ) l' L,,"c!<n; H Fel
~It,.,.. ';nr t ho Rt Fl on t he Bal I of Effi nghHffi
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1 H ttl \ :':. t ~o 1pr I ' V 1 (m e
1('., I f'sluC'nts
til("l Rt. Han Lord DC'sborough
ue bought large quanflbes of excellent quality
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K ( V 0 Mt J All Ch cw'I'i :Mr E Dpnkr ls Mr
10" n l lerl) ~ H Hanr;hall "
R 0); .... aId Col~ NI F. T \ 1('0 1 :\11 W Hov;ald
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LIAN LEGHORNS, both La.t:iIes' &ha.pes and
Smart and pTactlcal SPORTS HATS are made of
J Col lier P nl1rhall(l J "
Palm C'l I Mr C '1 \\ ells and lol Lcsltc WllsOll
alslo ChIldren's Som\
lace edges ma.de of
l \ n f-.; f'{lm~l..ll H J P cn t.. D S 0 M r
relll Suede or Glossy L eather Gnn be had In Mnuv ,
:\ '" c'~rtc r I
\d la m P P
J\iI i\..nrl r('\
W JI!'i h (O:dold) U ll " 1'" f leet ed
Desdemons.
of
supply threatens
Very dbtm~
L emon, Buff a nd Gl eeD
Butici F ' ( ( ,orh\111 J \Vlrhlllton h OIl soh' llot (I c nrOI)OSCI st atlllg thni ths. ge l!
Th e Sff! artest lInt of tile scaso r,
Th e ct'o (.,m
Al t.:hel F J " ll ite ( Dall tllg tlf'ma..n hH.(l al\ 1\ bC('l1 thcll good t rl cll(j and h" cl
gUlshed 1n appcaro.ncc
Pli ce
made of til e flelO plossy S tlk the
H ol1o \\ a\ ~T r t lCC H Wrt~ht. g'I\CIl I..h(,1Il excellcnt. aduco on XC U mattcl s 1Il
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cI~rvf!d by"" IS oj d,stuJ.C tly ha ndso m e
1 B \ndersnn n. S ti TC h J
tht.: p::u;.t
Brocade til: many lo'tlely CO/OUt'S a,'ld the
Spn e n en nE"l..t ReHel
Th e ChaIrman pi oooscd the rl' E'\('CtlOll o( 1\11
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J D Good !IS hOIl secil a t.ar) ;tnd trCMl/1cr hl l
ha11glllg V erl (;o mplcies the clianmHg
"1 1l ~ on
i\ B Wh tle SC(';(l Hlod lIul It .... "5 ca.rrlcd
" Str"n"'om aud ~
{'fleet
Przce
, \ "Itcr" ] nsp :-)pen\,;cr P Scr~ l s
MI Gcod t l all kcd Ih('m for r(' elootmf'l' b n::t! and
T nrJant Lhomp&> n Pt:tt t fO I t.he oonn(iu!(;e 1hn\ }lad Ir-nnsod m~ him H <'"
Cn trtmmed TAG.A..L SH iPES In all the newest col _
"'T'" MILLINERY
Bprmg IS also Just
\ ld"'1 ccnc,
\\ (l ulcl CU I) 0 11 101 allQtll (l1 ~ cal aft C-'1 \\ Juch I bcy
THE NI~W SQUARE MILLINERY VEIL now In
OUTS (AS quoted for Sem i trnumed Hat.B). Al80 In
d.li ••"d-- in Spite of •• I'ra"f<\.ino"y advo.nce tn pTlC8
OLD COt\ II \fPT Inr f S '
1Il1'1lt. be n..bl fl 10 finrl a ~ottngel man lInd gl\C hIm
demand tn tho best French Houses can be suppJtcd
Black Ll~rJO :stmw. DOW SO
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SIlk- through
pnced large oiJers
\ ~ t.h(\ knr: .... bu \\ 1'\ mtl!ruo.teft...in othel
hf': 10\ Ii l oa:-;t5 had been duh honoured 1[\ I(,,,t
coloul"8 , eIther ueedleTun bOTders In gold, Silver or
,
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I )tnT (has <'I ~lI crt 1\oS \\12'11 as c~!'\lIlg a ltd"\he hnd
much 1n demand Pro" . from
to
supply our usual
( Oll sl lhle l ose t o propofle t ho l mperll to dllH lo IllS goa- I O t.llIln amon gst \ariOUS Oth llt
81lk t.hread These are to be In great vogue and
Altholl!!1
he csplnuwd he h nd left ,\ f;....U~CU\ t lO Il S Hu t. lHl wn..s an:ooliS to sec t.ho a cm'"
excellent
hat
trlmmtIlg,
apart
froUl
!-.ome "Huh t hree Vl: II Sil£:O he th{:} lI j!"ht. Sid pu t. un n fll m foundat.lon tlllS yca r I:t th~
OOlDg soft and becomlDg
Pnocs
t.o be Able to I>peak to tbe CCIl t.1e Md ho fc.lt. sute. With tI u h.lp of hf13 co
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1 ' CIT" one kn Oll of "hat. our offiClnls a llel nH:mbl..:r5 of tho CounCil togethe l Wit h
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We have a. CbOlce selectIon of HAND MADE HATS In
done durwJr thtt. featFul " a r anrl t.ll o coopera tIOn of c1nb s~ctan cs II.. oouJd be
newest shapes- some are made of Georgette and
UiI, •• I,..,,,e mall\ of the Old COllt empllbl cs' don e
tnmmed ribbo n or flowers-ethers from Silk or NmoDt
p\ emllghe nught to fla~ n nthm/!
ll~sS"rs H cclas ~ndt o \'oS and Good \.... CIC elccted
a.nd trimmed fancy plDlon blount-all colours ExcelH e 1\ Ished to mnke lI n 111\ Id Oll ~ the ;Emeq;:cll cy C,;,umltteo
fh o offiCial JUdccs
L
d b
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Oswad Colo
lent value
Price
cw :\ -nn (Osfo ld) Mcs!;r!; J P. Bc:a.<; le, alld A E 'Vltl te
" Ium ue ~ II t at tie
magillficellth
(\pplausc 1 n ul.. II.. n Ii! (R{acilng) !\ T H f'!" lru; l\\ okmgllam) J D Good
t h Lt h td ta ught. thcm ltm\ t.o fh:1tt
an I J AII("he .... " (Slough) lI.fl E W Ford v; ,3
Olcit ;\nm thnt h id gl\e n liS UI aRalt1 recomml..: lldt:d to IWlldq u<ll ters as the ofliCla l
STRAW PLAIT JU!t delivered In gre~t variety
fight f() 1 I hose ... otlllg' ofn S of th e hanchcapp or
-beautiful eolotU"8
Price from
htd been Ib! tulel\ ~ Io r l o \l '" unJ c
It \\ as <Ien derl to r(!\I\O t ho Ccnt.r(! chamP10n
clrclIm~t(lflCe:!- t h e \ IOllJbt \t ell sh ps UlI" 'i' !Jar and to tt..'Sk clubs to tcndcr fo r sarno
t. h lt.lt" gnunhlmg r.nlOlH!!-Jt thp,m as Mall i\...~ poss lhl e
,,'t h t he to:lA the lIame of \tflJor
The HOIl SIC'.rdill) sale] t hcJ ~crc glad f:Ol kn ow
""Ii'UIOKlt;~~ ~·B:AI;E'Si.~
01& the
..west
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t ha t hlaHlcnh cad C anrl t\. C had Icccntl v bcc n
0,
Children's
rcconsj lu ('lcd nnd t.h at. th f' sCM"ct nl Y Mt Arn old
wn;o, v;lIh thcm tli ~t. 1!\{'111l1 ..
A.S n lP1 HI IT, Faile I
It. \\ as fll101 tN1 tlmt thQ :Reachng Corporabon
t o the tols t M IJot POlter oh .. cn cd
Vl C- ' O not. aj:!'I (:(: altl! LO I C''1a..;.r the c) c:Irng t.ralk a t.
Op1lt101l t.be term hn pcTlal lorces
"Palm
CT P al k a lthough a d!'PUt.a.t.IOIl of the Read
to tbe P ollcn F orce HI "ell a s to t hp:
lUg :\ C mcludmg 11 1 A I HcclM hnd '" tuted
Tn fact lIIo.~t pol ll..:cmcn h~d on
th em and IIlllv cx plaln ed the slluatlon l t v; as
In on~ of the ol..lIer two sen:l(,:e"
thC1CfolIJ deCid ed to I~y the mattcr bcfore tho
pohce l ll nks Referring to Oh rr PIO COI1I1( 11
he f:[u d t h at recMnlmg u lId'el
Vol es of thaltks to t.110 officers and subscribers
ld he)!lO locnllv on F~bnt(lT) \\c["e accord{;d 1\150 to t.hu Chalnnan for pr,.d mg
hoped that all formel officcr"
"o'"';xf~"'i~" o l",d ofijcsr s an d men wou ld com~
b eard It s!lJd '1 h.Lt the ~reat e st
fC()ntlnued from prevlou. co/.rna )
'tl
tn the VI a:,; of the new 1 errllorlfl I Ferce
Portia.
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the obJcclJon s of cmpTovcnt o[ labour on had n,>" lv JOIll ed t.he FOIce the, were nil w>od a!
A
lovely
Hat
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n
t"e
latest
shap~
and so
of camp serv ice but thnt '" ould be an, Ohlef CC)llstable cHuld \\ 11:'1\ to t ake on
smart made of ~ I/k UH f" ha Hd$ot1~ brocaded
und er except-lOnat circumstances (:\..pplauEe) :lltev htd fl U faced t h. mU lOl C eithcr
f ront of J ade atld Gold damtzly
l'r,~~:;~~~:c;,~ould onlv be ea-lled out. In cnscl In the A.rmy or N nvy, 'An d he hoped they ",ould
trunmcd ycal ParadISe Osp rey PrIce
a'
lln d would not b .n c to go Into live long In the pohce ~rce ind do well
W Lr Tho old""'resene h e s:u d would
WHEN POJ.IOE fSHOULD RETIRE
be calle d the MIlttla. alld ~h e 'l erTl
Al\other Important J>OInt mentton ed by the
\\ould become the Terlltorlal Arm)
speaker was t he fa ct. tbat there were so many
retirements
fr om the FOlce at th at time I I t
E.ASY 10 GRUlI[ll! E
lieemed such n grea,t ptty, he Sil1d t h at sueh wa.
:o~;:.l3;:';~~~,~mdnen
proposed t.he
~ta,or
and
saId he ,",ould hnvc ltked there the case but 3. tIme came liI a pohcema.n s career
mOle members of the Wntch Com "he n It was right t hat he shou ld rettre " Then
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It "as a.lwa , s fllther easy to a man completed hL.'I t une he ought to go oUer
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Maror and Corpor atIon, bllt one '\l~e It wa s q\lIte Impos:nble for there t o be the
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SETTLEMENT
REAOHED.
IMPORTANT Df arSION.
t hnt the people "ho did th e propeT amount of prom otIOn In th e.. Force When
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those "ho '.t ere n ot '\Ilhng t o go L man 'Was entitled to hi S pen sIon It W 8.!J u"n/Illr to
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hi S comrad es to <ltav on nnd "0 p reYf.,nt them
RI!IADINGt BRANca l
right
The
of the Ber'kls ExecutIve of the
A conference gf the Repre sentahve~) of th& Belks
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from Tt&mg to n. higher mnk H e had a.tl-en ded EI:ecuttve of tlie NatIonal FarmerS-: Umon and N F U 'land the Connell of
B erk s a.nd AdJom
AN',U.OG:OtIS PROFESSIOXS
~e' era.l Important con ferences at whICh I th IS the Readmg D n.l ry~u en s A ssoclat lon met at the lng COltntles DaIry Fal1neu' ASSOcIation met on
aCCident ~;lltcll
sa Id that Wa..s the fir<:.t
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m atter h ad b een brought lip for discussion-be ha.d Count.v Office of the Nationa l Furmer-s' UOlon, Saturda.y at the County Office of the N F ..u In
The annual meeting I of Ule above!
Ca.vonbam tramway tonlllnu~ on
h ad the Oppoltumtr of
heard In tho ReadlU~ r OtIt1t,y
before t h at L1IdlCnce, although be h a d sp oken '\ cry str ongly on It-a nd It. had been gcn 150, Frmr stTeet, Rendmg, on Mond a.y afternoon, Readlllg to di SCUSS the d cclSlon arnved at by the hdd. at, Lbo Labeul Excbange Re admg
erall y agreed tha.t "hcn~ polIcc officer bad ;jCrved to conslder th~ queshon of t ho produ~rs' '(moo of Conference of Milk Prod.,:eplo and W"holesa1ers eVlIlmg whE"1l Bro Cheel presided
slDlllar t.oast" sc, eral hmc s l1l th at
Judgo RBdc\l~e~ K ~l ,
h
lg
twenty
SIl:
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can
he
should
go
(Applau
se)
III L ondon on 'luesdav, J3IJuary 27th, when a aUonda.ncc
Tho blanch WlllCh
hlS term of office COll tllllllllg he Of course, thcro \\ ere mOISt c;o;:cepl lonru cases OCcUr milk to be p a Id by the Tet.a.ders supph J.og ReadlDg JOlllt
week wben cMI-S
barlqt.lf
TccommendatlOn l ,vas adopted that the con
du
rmg
tbe
monthrs
o(
January
aild
F
ebruaTY
t\\ 0 pl'Ofe<:ston s~pohce fin d ling sometimes "hen It was d eslt'able that a n
car el..a.ker, of 10, El 06 plnec,
t rol pn ce of 35 3d per ga llon to t h e Rl'Oducer DCl1cmbcr 1918 with 8. mem bership
It
Will
be
remembel'ed
that
early
In
the
year
or 1e<ls analogous Just as
l i hmbbl
should be reduced by 4d a. gp.l1on to 2s lld for numbers n ca.t 1y 500
The annual
Messrs Wa.rwtck
offi cer should be retolllcd a,fter the compl et.lOn
has seen h re nmk es a good Qf hiS fixed servIce , I n such cases as those the t he Readmg Da.lrymen s AssOCl8.tlon adopted th e the month of F ebruary, on the underst andmg thnt bahUlOO sh ee t, \duch "'88 !}re~ent.cd to
R eadmg, for tho sum of £ 100
so does i\. doctor "ho h as bee n a names of the officers should be submi tted to the prlcc of 39 for Jn rtuary, when the eontrolIe(l prIce the retail pnce 'W ould be reduced by Id to lld shqvod that dcsplte being tho fllst
, ~:~;~;~~ &II tho r csult of bbc J:cldcnt
pr aclttlOner bccome n.. good speclaltst H omo Office where tbe m ttter should he deCided wa..s 3s 3d, Ilnd lD order to a.rrive at a settle per quart to the eoornmer
formatitlll, tho bt linch Inui been l"'C i y
,I
ba.rns iQrl &ppca..rcd fot th.
ment of the questI on a. conference between repreah\ ays h ad great rcspect for t h e poli ce
Saturdu,J
S
JOInt
meetmg
between
the
B
erksh
Ire
t.he
work
ncoomphshcd
was
h
igh
ly
iat,i!
la"lmy,
sent \t n es of the t \\ 0 bodies Wn-S convened,
'IHE SOLnURS 10Bil.OOO
E T Bat t for dcfelldt~!I
heen born ~ Coc.kne\ he used to t..111 nk
At the fir st medmg on JanUO,lY 16th , the E xecut lve of th e N F U alld the nerks otld Ft<\t~ l mtlcs haNo lbccn formed
tha.t on the aftc noon d
To P e Graco feB the honour of teplvIng to
Me t lopoh LR.n Pohce F Ol ce " M the 1 cst
CountIes" D:\I ry Farmers' ASsOclatIOn staft of several finns In the t.O\';,1
19th tbe plamtlft" and 1& larg.
men ho hnd e, er "ee ll but. twent~ fh e thiS toast, Wi d 111 a. blll.!;ht ltt.tl e s peech h e sfud d urymen gave a n under tlll\lng that any prlc6 less adJoullng
was pre fl'lded Ol"er b y Mr } \\i K SJndc And
d
t.he
control
prtce
fOt
D
eeembel
milk
should
t
ha
n
he
found
co
nSiderable
dlfficultv
III
expressmg
h
u!
peopln wcre wattln, for t he car
he c;t1no to thH~ town anrl cha.nged h13
the otbers present lIIc1uded the L ord L,e\lt~na.llt hoo , lind It IS hoped to ~Labhsh l
CLaught.('r ) H e was ~lad t o sny t hnt feehngs .at tImes espeClallv: after the able speech be Dlade good Immed iately, a:nd WIth regard to of the Coun ty (Mr J B erbelt Benvon), Me!:srs tll O ll elLr futUl O Ihc le GUll
Cav""" I".m B ndgo H owl s,de/ of Ux: l ond.
the
J
a.nuary
mIlk,
the
N
F
U
proDllsed
to
reoom·
of
the
Chief
Constable
T
hev,
the
returned
o
nes.
bet",:ecn the ' Vntch Comnllttee and
th e korb ou thaI.. SIde and LIlt
P Aldwlnckle R G Adamj ' Victor Arkell :W
to b l3 dOlle III the Olgal1l8&t.::oll of
In mend theIr members to conttnUe to supply Read1ng
h ad been of the most milCH-hIe type nnd '\\ cre glad to be amoDgli t. t.hem once more
wlda WiJlI!e I=he wu proBra zll, T H Bishop, ButleT', E J BTown, W J
t ho commlt tcc fcel SlUG tbat
retailers
a
nd
t
o
ac~pt
payment
on
account
nt
the
1914
the
country
was
plunged
mLo
the
b
'l"eatcst
hoped t h at. such ,,, ould cont.lnne to be
a. motot eAt procecd llli: In
becomcs bett:..ct know n th en m"mbo'''li\':;
Cumbr.r, H Crmker R Crow, T Chettle H R
Ihcy " ere \CrY PI Olld to t hin k that war In the hl 5tory of the wOlld and the) were rn.te of 35 per. ga.lloll, p endlog the declfllon ot Chandle r, A Fm rtlev, S J F arrant. W Farrant. grcat ly mcrcu.&oo Clerks t&-da.y alC
"a''''':'"1'"01 attempt.ed t.Q 1:0 In
J E G 11
f'J
st1 1lCCS receiVIng a. re muneratIon f8.r
kcr b a.q.d drO\ O luto
of the member s of tbe Force went oub. to faced With nn enemy, 'Strong after years of pre the London conference
U Iver, R '" Hobbs B C Heatb 10 J
IS ncccs,sary to Elll a..b le tJl(~.m to kC'q) up ~D ,,o .,,ano,,,
At the second meetmg, on J anu ary 23rd, t he
durmg the war ~ud shU more prnud to p LratlOn for war, J.n a. gr-eater atate of cffiClency
Hatch
,
l
ob
Lou
sle"
'
r
L
atham,
F
J
Lender,
acootdmg
to
t
hetr
profC8f5ton
Tho
that manr " on ba ll ours-there \\ ere n o and Teady for wa.r rhere were mnny difficult ies confeTe nce adJourned on the same cond1tlOns, as
H Mom-e C H Mo'ldment, T R ose E T
tS for t.hem to org~JIlS0 i~~~::'\~~tiv~:1
solclters III t.he .<\;nlV t h a n t boF.e of thc In the wa:t: , but thetr commdes at h ome too, were preV IOUsly, and It was agreed t ha t. when the pnce F
manner 88 othor wQ!k('ts f
Wi th greatly III London was settled th,e questlon of fix.m g the Shotnev, R D Tn) lor , A 81 ..Turner, and E E
forc c<l Tn conclUSIOn h e sa td t hat t h e Cor i.wed 'Wll..h enormous dlfficult.les
Morrhall (Organmng SecretarY, B erks N F U 1
, Tho ohlcf offima..ls of tI\e
,\ uuld continue to do Its best t o mRke depleted ranks, howe \ cr, the, had carried on t o JAnuary prIce should be tn-ken m to conslderatlOn
A
report
of
the'j
deC1s10n
of
the
London
COIl
yeal
aro Ch&nm an, Bro
ItS com fortable (l...!J they p ossIbh could
and t he best of their abllttlcs It was Hry plea.slJlg' On Monday, the representat IVes ruet for t b e thlTd ference--whlch was presldeH OT"eI' by C~ntllm tal v Bm ~ A Bacon ,
fOI
them
w..hIIst
on
the
Cont.lnent
to
know
that
tune
a
t
the
County
Office
of
t
i1..e
N
F
U,
and
they '" ou ld do aU they couJ;d to h elp th e
Peck. C B , of the ~ml stry of Food-was reCeived C N MOITU;.!
These
they w el'e remembered bv theIr comrades at bome this tlme an agreement was reACh ed
CommI ttee I II return
by the Geneml Secrctary of t he N F U anld M r and l:I. ltearty ... ota
In a. w ay whtch " gl \ddens the heart of ma\l
'Ihe dairymen wele lepresented by Messrs J
I
fo
"
thOIf
\\
ork
on
FORCE UNDER STRENGTH
t. el
h
lh e, sent tbem Cl~lI:rettes a.nd t obacco bou,l!bt },I B arns G J Brown E iI Britten, H GOJrte O H M aldment, who atteoded the conferel)ce In
PIl.s.t
ve .mont
s
m06t lmpor tant. toast of t he eventng w a· bv t b e fund to which t hey s ub~c[llbed He felt low A MIlton R Wheeler and H Wilhams, t he abseoce of },'1"1f r Alec 8teel. of the D.,-y
'
After'f the
bll8l1less
" Our Retur ned CoD?rades" In p rop otilng obhged to m entIOn Sor¢. Scot.cber espeCIally while for the N F U " ,,", Mess", W J e umber .
Fanners'
M
SoCl
atlQn
,
Sll(lPl~ent.ed
the
reP9rt
by
E
Quclcti
addressed
H enderson IÂ¥lked t 10 vi ew nf what and to thank hIm .for collectmg !he money nnd \ V G Ale:ltan der, F..d'''Brd Lousley and A C an m Leret>b n,l( out l, ne of t he proceedmr:!
I
and t he rcsponslbi.httcstho
of ;~r~~l~:~~~~:*;~~~~~
had
'prevlOu!:lly SRl d ",heLher tbe pn..cking and d lspN.tehln g t he tobacco and cIgarett e!! Thlmbleby,and t he OrgRntSmg Secretary (Mr E
After a. full dlScusslon of the question, It w as HIS tIl s~r u ~ttvo r('lUa.rks v; ere
'w"ould gt\"'e them more men , t o them On beh wI or the rel..urned m en he would E MorrhalI) Mr
J Cumber occupied the unammously resoiF that both orgnmsaiton s m terest and t ho m em ~
suffiCient to d o duh to t he tonn expl e"s hiS sllleerest thanks (App la.use )
shou ld strongly recommell
their memb~t8 to anot her vlSlt from hIm in
chaiT
the
Tho branch h as a ,.!c.",g~d,
nQt n Ish ..10 be t ermed a. peSSImist hecall"!:
On thIS occaSIon the whole matter WM agam adhere rl~dly to t¥6 agreement arrived a t
London Conference and t h at before dep,artmg HtI~h-es (Asststant
t.hL.'i but It "M rea.llv '\ ery hard for the
re ... lewed 1D t he hllht of the London deClslOn, and from It tbev should 'first cotrtmumcate wlt h !e lt be r Urnon of Clerks) who
t o carry out ;t5 duties efliclenl..h I ~a the~
On \Vednesday evemng t h e Chief Cona:table as a. rem]t of a fnendly mterch",nge of Vle,",s It
D Sl1Ty Fanners' ASSOCiatIOn or tire N F U
Hall London-road 011 Tuesday
tlllde l strcngtli Readlllq was not the only p resId ed ovcr an oth er ]arge gathermg mcludln g WA.,R unammously -resolvecl tha.t the ptl.Ce of milk t he
W th f
h d ~
10th 011 .. Clerks and the need
In fa.ct, there wa..'i only one the D e~uty Mayor (Aldennan S H ayward) , to tbe ReadlDP: r etall era for t he month of Jahuary
so placed
1 re erence to t e ec~ston of the oontcrence '" han It IS hoped that as many
that could claim to be propetlv mana'!ed CounClllor F A SaI)eant (Chrt.,lfman of the Watch should be 33 2d per ..Ilulluu (deh, ered moo Read- m Londo~ , It should be borne m mInd t..hht tbe clw.ks wllO 1\1 0 not at QTCS('nt
'\\ as t he MeLropohtan (J.. nitro F orce nlC Commlttee), AldermAn A H Bull, Councillor E m g) , a nd for the mout h of Februarv 2s ltd In producen:; representatives 'Yero md uced t~ mak e Will attend to hear hts addl css
for\,;e9 were absolute ly riarved
It was o }"'Rrrer Dr G F Murrell Dr Percy Howse Vlew of the fa..et. that the Dallj""men s ASSOOa.tlO'n the aUj:rgestul n agreed to on account of
com
Any furt het mfOI ma.tlon r a" .. ,d ind
a. Olee tbll11!" to S(\"V but It W tlJ;l qlllte (POlce D octor), Dr HaTtqet.t, Dr Powell Colonel hnd kept the reWI price of mllk In Reading to plete Mate
chaos whIch ~a oe d the '\\hole mdu ~ brono1l o ~ th e Union "'111 be
con tr ol of mJl ~ and Secretary, Vi hose addtess.
V',J ~'nb't~iill;,,;;
<1.,·"""""0. li nd h e ,~ o uld l eave 1t a.t that Contmu A F Poulton (Chief Consta-ble of ~rbhlre). i lld a. quan, the representatives of the producer" tTV throuR'h the lrudden
Chief COIU;tA..ble sa.l d lt wns a pleasurc Mr J I Carter (Chle[ ConsLable of \Vmdsor) a greed to reduce t h e control price for Januorv In milk producLl The pre war practIce, underl,,,hlch So\lth stloct, Rcadmg
to welcome b,Lck \ to t he Force thetr re CounCIllor A W A Webb. 11r A R Sherwood the hope that the anllcable ngreem ent amved nt prodllce1"9 ertered lOt.<> <lontracts for ~efill1te
cOim a..des
(Appla.use) They were aU (CleTk to the P eace), Messrs G P Ma1e, C B would be loyally a8.hered to by members of both perlodR of from 81X Jo t welve months
been
of hl ~ and whtle thev were a.wa.v serv l1Ig
suspended durmg the per, 04 of control and It was
RIchard.
E
E
L.ngstob.
W
R
Cook
A
J
orgaUlsat'ons
\
"nr h e uMcd to receive cqn.l'nunQ: leU..ers
1mperatIve tha.t some agre1d aTra.ngement sDould
DUTlOg the wa.r as many as 52 JOined CriPPS, F Poulton ,.,. Tims, D ownmg, Bhattock,
be e ntered m oo 4S a. temRorary measure ~or the
F
LeW13,
H
J
Hobbs,
A
C
Drew,
E
Allaway
force'l
that waa not. a bad per
month of February Furtber eonsldeTat lon h~d
SmIth. S H Newport, Btgnell, Laurie, J T
to be gJven Ito the fact th~t some benefitsl would
o;~~;~ul~l!'II;~~:;~ Killed
Of those who went Cook. Pigott., A D Aud, Beeson, A. G Swth,
LOCAL UNION'S
it
11\ actIon , one
a.ccrne to producers from the operahon of a free
traJIIln., and one had re::IIgned A J Foeter, A E Whit •• MaokeU. Blacl<well,
market for butter wh,le
had also t o be reoog
Bird
Ohandl
....
WaJker.
Puddlncomhe
and
J
now all returned Of
rused that the mIldness of It he wmter had tb ~me
I
J Mes5e'l', Imp Dunn
wounded and o ne h ad Plu~mer, P Insp
extent pro~~ d .. be~cial to production On the
Tile qucst.Jon
IR
8
P
0
0).
Dot
Sergt
0
J
Purdy
Det
-8ergt
other hand th& cost. of productiDn on d ,ffetent "' 0 understand, v.:lllch 19
a. prli'<Oncr of war
He could sympathi se
I fa:nns varl to sU'ch a; doqree th ( t the pro~u cer!i' t.be ]ONLI branch of tho
tb Lt. mnll as hUl ow n 'Il:on (Capt K S S C Henderson, Sergt Pa:lmer and Sergt Osborne.
h ad heen fnr fort" one mon lhs a
representatiYes reahsed tliat bot.h from t* pub I s m o.) .t afliliahon WIth the
Getmaltv, lI nd :had been u nder t ile
hshed fi$z:Ul'e8 of t~e COllt!!ill ~f production a.~ d alISO Its membmshlp to a rem.a.rk&ble
1
t,\ 0 or t he 6end~ mC8rnato who ' \Oro
from theiT ~n m~lmate inilio",ledg;e of tbe mdus t.ht)l c alE~ many mombers of t.ho _",,",,'j ' ..J.,____ •
A sequel to t.heft6 of b icycles m &Ildmg was trv, thAt the prIce of 2& f d recomm~n ed Ifor who ha
iO the ll "'t of n lnleS 01 those who h ad
ot
eel
h 6&rd at tho Rea.d.1Dg Borougb Po'u:e Court on adoptIOn, wpuld in R. 19,"ge ~um her of ca9~
1 leave
t1 fi "' 0 rn
Jom
becauso
co,,,,,,ltt,ed such fe.'lrful al..roclhes, on ODr prJso lle~
TtltEreda.y,
when
Albert
Edwa..ro
rayne,
of
124
but a. meagre , If fl.ny mf~.JO be ... ond the actual Vol I ms who I,"ca.hse th at not
when t be time come for the trial of
Willtley
Wood~lan e, iteadltliL wu ch¥lfed.;before e~en !!es enta.tled In produ '110n
It IS h o
tb,s,t nCCCMiary, but tha.t, m addItIon,
both hlS son lLnd P c Pnor" ould be
Mr J J Cooper. Mr W H Smith. Mr A.; Jf this Imports!nt concessIon tn pn ce Will res It m. should he 8Utti.(\1ently well pllld to
eVidence (\ppla..u~ )
Bull ""d :Mr, B, Russell with f.lon ....1y .teaJing/ more exten~ed sale of ml k IIn Its liqUid
pr~ent a decont. a.ppea.rance,
011 January 22nd, M Re:a.dmg, a. bi..c::rcle , 'V8luOd at
FINE W ill R ECOR D
plaOl 1\ .. ~>1t .. on the shelf
£$J, the property of Gec:nlIe Henry Etbendge. and
thts rnagn lficent wnr r ocord the
sa
, or,1 Readlng firms who
.furUler wdh hfl.'9"lDg stohm ,..... a..t. B.e.dmg OD the"' fol
t h a t one 11\an h ad 'been h lghlv
IOWlng da:" 8. Oicycle. T1llued at £7. the property
for !>tOllPlOg a. runaway h orse 10
of Tboo Holt.
lllllC h ad at.t.a..tned t be rAnk of ser
D 0. Purdy lave O"Vldenoe of atteSt, and Aid he
Consw\ble Cook
field for ga.Il&DlTJ
~OON CIJ~ED.
CI. ,b UnIOn ,. to b"ne th...
toot: tho pnsoner mt.o ow;.tociy 10 Bt .M:a.r;r'1i
twenty seven shrnpnel wounds dur
i
I
Ir
houses lQ a. line With the otheq, 1f
Churchyard a.t 1210 pm on tho pre"J,0Q8
In
on I!tt hospital "ben eleven men In
Veno's LIghtning Cough Cure Is
'tl 8 0 happens, as stated.
r eply to the Oba.r~o t.he pr~er l!I&ld "I auC oom
,\ere k Illed and 88 .. era..1 nu rses 101St their
pk-tel:y mnocent' Vili.n(!88 t.old ~ that he had
Remedy
WhoopIng Cough
pnee<l
acCdtool')OUI
orlts tbe
ta.ke
the
Unton
t here \\8.S P c Lan caster who w as
been 1dentlfied IU1d took hun to tll.e pahoa .tatlOll
However ~vere.
aro ,n Tight ~hay
The poJioe a.t. t.hu! pom-t a!'Plied lor & YeTQa.nd
four t lme Q and was bavonet.ted WhliE;t
unt..tl !tanda..:r next. to ena.ble tJiem to comp.letc"-the
Veno"s
ghtlllng COug' C ure rea.n
c,,:arell COlltel1ted Oulte 110
tbe ground '\\ ounded nnd III tha ha nds
CIL5&
....
whoopmg c6ugh even the wont CR8CS J;leld to unfortun'j't.e bret.hren ~
enemy bt-fore hH! conlTa.des W(!T'Q able to
"When
UKed
by
the
BenCh
if
he
had
any
nason
Its use The rough bec~e8· ~My almost ~~ once. ~:!.tb:: & helP:Iiji' ~~?
hInt \Vhllo sen'1ng h iS -"lin. P ~ Grcen
to give why he llhou]d nob oo "rernanded. the pr1.
Vi onndcd 1U t he nnns, P c 'furvev was
soner, a. young ma.n of respectable appearance, and the attacks leu frequent and less . 1~leDt an;} :urel;ti.:: n~ a
,\ounded 111 the chest., and P Co Dlake
llullv r ....'p! of good w..ges to
Bald tI I am &n mnoccnt. IMll, U In.q~nt U you till they ..... alt~ther, and health
3.. bull et wound III the hlp during an
(lJ"e sItting thCf'S m that chalr r can bt mg lleTeIl ",stored N....r behe•• th.t whoop"'g ~ugh Ho", can tJhilI he don.'
t.he German hnes It was slmpl v mal'
You
Witn esses to say whero I was on tho!e two day. .. must run Ita course, give Veno's and cure It rt That 15 t.he only
to )jee how ~el1 h e had TecoHrcd from
The Ch.(LU"Q'lan Then j au would be r atber glad once- Veno;s oontalM no OP lum, It iuit... chIld· providp{g:bba shekels
wound and he {Lbe speak er) " as 1 roud t o
reD and ther like It
1
\
to parttC1pa.t.e m.. the del,.t.s ,:!o
t.ha 1 otherWlS6 to be r emanded ~
ma.tter, lOOt. surely )00
tha.t. BlRke "a.g a~all1 ~e rvlOg m t.he pohce
P nSOtter Yeti, en bail
Ven"',, Lightning C<!ua:h Cure
b",tber peDmon properly ·~,,~;I~ .
P ayne wool:. 00 t<o 8ay t.hat h e waa a ma.rncd man
(Appl",,,;•. )
R efernng to Constable
IIVln
J
With
htS
mother
tn.Jaw
He
was
lD
TeoeIpt.
II
the
world's
supreme
rem~dy
for
Cough!
£::"ld
la.boun;
And don t. forgct.
III terrible cnplintv h e I E"Rld
of 5s 6d • \1l eek penSIOD H e had been employed Cold., Lungl Troubl es. Asthma , Bronchltls, lNasal YOt m ay b e h~~~~~.t;~:~li~
"as (Jne of those unfortunnte
01!c d
at Kidmore End.
He added
.. That's " h~re 1 Catarrh H, arseneS!I, 'DIfficult Breathing, Influ
wer e t:tken by t.he German s to the
was W'OTktng on tbose t~o days '7 !
dnd p laced 10 front. of tbe Germ an
eIlZfo. and f9l' ~l")()pmS{ Coulih a.nd ether Bron· m~ nl~ should such a
A
fr
lCnd
In Court ex presa~ blS wdlillgnta to
111 order t n recel\e the bul1ehl
Pri or l \ IS
and would be till!! help wluch would
BLand ball (or tbo prtaOOOl" a.nd hza" moth~m law chial Troubree In Children Pnces 1.
the foot bul \\ aE; able to 4Zet nhout. Wf'lI
3s., the 38
lbeptJ the more eeoDoml~ Of O1stt.er 18 wdrth pondenng e\ ~r
tlnl11 .he thought her husband. cwOuJd also ~d
' Vltb regard to ......thol)6 you ng rnen who
The magtatrat.es gr~t.f4: -WJ; ' +.be PfJatOWlE ~ Chelt1.lfY and ;MedICIne VNldora ev~.bere gn tCl It proper thought., T\'Q doubt.
1...,.\ 011 b&1"l1l V<'IIO L ",,<1 ref""" all .,.bIt.t~,. n:;ult wOil1il b..
~. . tlDut"d ill .,.l:t ,oJuaul.)
GIla luret.Y of £50 &Zld t.wa of fi.25 N~

I

I

I

39/11

(I

4/1H: to 5 gns.

6/11 to 19/11

tOld. to 1!1h

4' 11 to 112/11

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