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OBSERVER, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, · 1920.

CAPITALIST
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MEETINGS IN BRADFIELDI
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RURAL DEANERY

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ASS O CIATiON.

DR:' C. M P OWELL'S GIFT.

HONES'1',£.

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Supply and Demand.
HE makers of Sunlight $oap
have laboured unceasingly
procure an ever IncreaSing
of the purest material.,.
to meet the demands
efficient friend of
housewife.
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Lever on
Soap IS a
Guarantee

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'Purity
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WEEI~L Y .CAUSERIE.

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THE DElARElR LOAF.

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tracts of land on the West
of Africa and in the far away
of the Pacific have been
cultivated and developed.
has been installed, ' and
have been procured to bring "the
overseas, sa that Sunlight
shall ' ever be the best anci

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[By JOHN SEAGO, B.A.]
BROTHERS LTD., PORT SUNUGHT. '

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On fl ild a.rlel .Apul 12th,
prlce of the four.
pound loa.f ' " III ,"arr, necordm g to d19I:,rH~t~, be.
tlves" lld n.nd I s l d , Lho ~,er a,ge, pnr.c throughout (he count.l V belll g , Q y, o~ e ~hdhn g As every
bou~e bold In t he co unky wl\l be directly affected
h) t he. cuangc, It IS Import.~t that every WOT'klng
m,m a.nd hl ~ wife shrmld understand exaotly what
l.d..'i happened a.nd wh } 1t h.a3 h a ppened!
J'he pre'.$e ut. p o."ltion 18 that b v l,~w every ono
of us h u..~ the ri ght to go mto a 8hop a.nd pu~base
,b four -pound In If ,I t. a prtcG not exceeding 9!d
N ow when wo go Into It ~hop to make a puwhuse.

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unreaSt)naplB , to demilnd that the shopkeeper
lese by (lUI custhm
He I S thete I tb fe-nder
lIlS ,t I:ien".ce- l1ameJy. Lhe servlce of 811pplyutg us

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ul t h ' ll. g l\ ell qU<ln t lty of an a.rtlcle of a gJven

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quall
precl!.ely
at the
timeh'mse'f
when we
it, and
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xpect
him Lo
recoup
forwant
hIS trouble,
bv ch::1.1 jJln g' 118 more for t he arhclo than he gave
fOl It, t.he dlff cl'ehce 'beb.. oon the two prlOes 'OOmg
h it; profit If t he baker to qa.y were to canoy out
Wns plall In sellmg loaves, he would havo to charge
.11i least I s 2,d for the four polllld lo.,f
In ot her
, .. ords. the law as It I g to elRoV, enables n s to purch ase a four pound l oa.f fOJ 5d Je"'li t ha n It costs to
prodnce ObVIOusly somebody has to find the 5d
and In t h us caso It LS proVIded hy the natIonal
purse whI ch IS l~ept by our na.t lOna.1 housekeeper
Mr AUNten Cba.mber1am All W&''''6 fivepenca
together mount up to the a.st..om shing sum of ---

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£ 90,000,000, WblCh is .bout,9d per week for .vcry
m a n , woman, e.nd chIld m the conntry In fuUlre
tJl1S dol~let us be hon est and call things by thelr
rJ.!!ht n ~is 1;.() be cut do"':)t1 bv one half. 'l'l'f'!
alfference. bet.ween the cost of t he loa.f il.nd the

J!ru~o of the Jo.'\f cannot, be ,\ hlStle. d out of the
skies I t ha~ got to come hom somowhere At
t h e present moment It comes out of the National
pu\'se. On Aprtl 12th, half of 1~ will come out
of the pnva te purse of every one who pw:cha5es
A loof. Please note very carefullv that, from ttJ-e
nat1on's pomt of new, there Wlll be no change
10 the prlca of the loaf, but onlj a change m
the met hod of pa.ying t ha.t price I believe 1t to
be (I, profound miirttakc to leave I:.he people in tl:t('
dRd as to the J"elIJ sf,,<lte of things No good ~ver
comes of It 111 the lon g run, and I for one expect to gam a goOd dea.I mOle by the cha.nga, even
In m011 0 ~p, t ban I shnll lose by the numerous twopence halfpenmes gobbled up by . thOoSe delightful
but ravenous creatul'n';, the younger generat.lOn of

Sea.gos.

WAGES .AND rRTCES.
I am a rr... icl that my readcrs WIll thmk that just
aa:Me D 'ck could not keep King .Charloo's Bead
out o f hls numerou;> wrltmg:.g, 50 I cannot keep
eoonomltout of tJiese weekly talks of mine I
thmk, h ever, tha.t I ha.ve a better rea.ron than
dear old Ir DIck, for w;e are livtng m da.ys when
econoDllO questions a~ not only more Important
thHn tpnny otheTS-fO'l' they a.re n.lwaYR THAT-but
much more ta.lked about. by the peopJe In I whom
I am mo...<t. mtere sted , my fellow workmg men
So I call attention Wlt.h much plea6UI'e to some
w ords 1.1500 bY' ],.[1' J H Thomas in an addresg
to ratlwa.ymen ~L Southend recently
He !;aId_
"In hlS ludgment It would prove in the end
d isastrou s both to the workmg classes and to

Rl?tl r cd R.ulwny
La vorsit;JJlI
~Loney , Ne Hl Ma rk S Immon ds
"ro.• d

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VAUDEViLLE ELECTRIC

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the country as a. whole to contm,ne the VICIOUS
CIrcl e or gnttmg more a dvance In wages for ODe

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section . am1 a.rtlfi cially throwmg up tho cost of

"WH1TE HEATHER:·

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I need hardly my t h at

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~ppe a.r

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thIS I S p erfectly strond
economIcs I quota I t, however, III order to raJse
'thb (ruther qu est,lOn .. .Are we to obey the laws

Each afternoon And evenIng next u"eek 11. spl e nd Id sCl'Cened vcr ~LO n of tho fa mou, Drury Dune
dram .•, " ' V.h Ite H eat.her, " b} CeCIl Ra.1Cl,'th pnd
Hen ry Ha.ml lton IS to be screened nt thA Vand e' Ille ,EJectl1,c Thea.tre It IS a. Ma urlce 'l'o unleut
productIon a.n d Will rloubt 1es!:J pl O\'6 a big att p'l.c
tlnn A.nothe r cJt:cluSJv(} fcnLure engaged for n ext
:Monda.y, Tuesday and Wedneeday IS .. Sons of
Sa.t.ul," a. fR.InOUS London film. In whICh }Vlll

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()( WIlnd econOllllcs at' not?" , 'Th l.!:' brmg5 us up

aga mst t..bQ age old ddficulty of sq,uaullg doctn l'l'
a.nd prR.C h ce For example, wlthll1 a. d a.v Ol tW()
of thl~ utterance of B Rallwaymeo's lea.d~r to rat!
wn.~ men , the tra.llgport ~'orkeTs made a demand
for an mcrea.se In their' wages of lOs a. week
What h as 1Ifr J H Thomas to ~y to thIS de
ma.nd' Hn.s t he dlE-nstrolls &nd he 80 clear1v seeB
come already' H e mIght pOSSibly get the r3Jlway
men to behevc that, but It may be taken for
gra nted tha t t he tran.spqrt workers will pc;mh
pooh th-a Idea. It must alwn.~ \ be somet other

Oera.ld Ames and t he late Charl es Rfch

TheI S IS also to bo show' n a. mag nificent l'bomo.'i
luce production , ' .. The H ouEebreak er " whI1 ~ III
addItion t.he plogramme WIll compll!:A a. nu~ber
of ot her first ciaas Items On Thursda.y nnd t,.. o
day. followmg, " Eyes of th o Soul," the wond~ful
chnracier st udv ot an actross, stamng E lSIe

guson as

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tHl.de tha.t IS to ha\ie the honour a.nd privilege of
brea.klOg the

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"Modern HlIsba.nds," and epIsode two,
condit.tons which p t cva.tLcd OD ..' T he Glomng...EyeH" of the thrilling 5eDl5ahonai
paul a. " lilt"1Q the Cry-st.u SI!'r1aJ, fl The l'Iger1J TTrail."
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HUNT.

VlSl:t.ors

must be ~ credIted WIt h
themselves , and to bMP! X?Jll
to wlthm a. goa l "as an (lVCU
pr"';,ewo",1,y fI~ l.foMnallce thaD some of the

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wh.irA t hel Be rksture

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tween the supposed, antimpated, or' wished I for
rosu.lts of the by-elections that have· talcen. place
and what I ma.v l call the Westmmster results
The reason I take to be that the Qovern~ent
steadiJy geta on with ita j ob, whICh is to pl"OpMe
and ca rry u ~ful leglslatlon and to admlnlsterl the
departments WIt h skill and efliclencv
I wfluld
recommend t.hose who beheve the Governent is
doing bad ly to order U H a.nsard" every dayl for
a mont h a.nd read. It from OQver to cover

Readtng's

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Much has been
In some
to tho a.lleged wj:!8.kcned Jeff;
tho Paia.ce placed. III the fi eld, but Uus

have

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not nearly as hkely to
of the homcl 1club as y, ora
Readtng ranka, changes
Sccrot.&i:y·Managcl of
through ~arclt) of
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The by·eJebhons hnvo n. ttad mteres.: 1 inr me, for
two of them are ca.u.sed by tho deatlis of two of
my olde:st. frIends. Spencer ! L61gh Hu&he.'1 and
J,a.mes Rowlands I am getting old enongh to
begm to s uffer the ivorst peria.lty o~ acivancmg
years, the gaps that death. makes m the Clt;"Cle of

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NITUR1I E

Wha.t has stMl~ me dulin g the last two or
three months h as been the gre..l,t difference be-

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It will be remembered tha.t l when tb&
wore I on show a.t Elm .rP ark they
e~lt.ion of
genera.lly
WOI>k: 111 partloo ia.r, POlUts wVllch It

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Vias wCllkencd by t.no " r e-

OF ' ANY KIND

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s~lection.

Smi th , who dccisU'(',s tba.t the
III a ll evcn \\ orso condltlon bhall
t..hs occasion of t ho cup tl e,
of IllS form aga.In, and keerllng bl!
&ea of mud and slush, he oIC'!L.rcd
to,·,·. , (n.38 " )lIch "as adnnrable
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hUn,,!th being th c sta.r pCl
R ead ing:. rearguard. and an,otber
h.im as belO~ t b'e Jo~nt !
y, ha.tc\·el' may be tne
the fact docs rem um
j: dl fCI H'.e
WA.<; rca ll)' ex ce llent. each
the- IC!a.rguard pla.ymg !llllcltlly and
an .:-xcccdmgly II y lng PC l lod
odd goa.l In lhret" pays tlllbute
eppeslt lon put. up a.glUll3t th e Palace
p. 11'1 Unit. t110 rnal glll a~a ln s t R eadno \\ldc ,a.s ~ t cstJ mony 10 It..,clf to t llO
gUO \ n by ~he VIs.ltlug de-tenders
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OUf' Portrrr.ft is of _Mr&, IVhelnn, of 10.5!
Church .... lJref:t , No rth ~ /dr.ld8 . who writes

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I think It's my duty to let all poor rnfierers
know how ' Clarke'lJ Blood McrtUNI' has curro. lm •.
I ha,e 8uffe r~ for over five years WIth absc!lSSCf In
the face and neck, and hue boon through ~ wo
operntiolJ s but th&y dId me little good, &ud I :W a.
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state Rud I of~n prayed to die. Then my hu.s1fnd
wrote from his camp 6aymg thot one of hIS cbp.ma
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hod boon speaking to 1m about Cla.r e s Blood
lflxtur&" and told mo to try It_ Well, I bought a
botUe &nd a.ft&J-:wmg It tbe effect W!\8 wonderIu.IL I
I' ;t.::;(' m ust not bo accordoo the could sec It w~ clea.rma- lIlY fane, and m08t of Ithe
TIlf'lr fur \\ arcb fr equeutly 8~r~ero-:qal.Q) e!f. ~C , 80 I ;ept pn u~ mg the mixture,
In becoming attackers, a nd Jf 1 LUl, rl afur seve-h weeks I 8ft oured.."
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s tl l Ii ' due \\ 'C I C th e. mUle aggressIve
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WANTED , for
the FARMS and
WOMEN '
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CLARkE'S BLOOD .. IXTUR., by reason of IU. Q~:~~i~:~l~Ii.~~:~,:
of lucrI;; foyollred a. Jate l"'@lIlAJ'kable blood pli'n rtl~ piopd'ties. cnu be rrhea. uP<fn to ! r1
\\ou ld ha\ c bc(:ll .. t 0 ~rms~Jnli@(aDtl1IU1 tJn! benelt tn aJl e&seso( EcUma.,
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posltlon - 'Y> hI) rl l~ Glandular 8\1rellm,.. Rhewnatimn. Gout, etc I'leuant W~!'i. c
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GI~!~~:~Oy!I!~!! P!~~!R~re I ~::t llO\l"\!f'~"bl~~~L;i
Of all Chtlllll1ts &ud StorM, 2/Q per bottle.

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