Reading Observer 04-1920

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'SATURDAY, APRIL- 3, -"1 9 2 0 . 7
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than either a

Jk.adl'ng.

21/9' .
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CorrON

SHIRTS, in yurious styles.
ropcnted

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2.6t to 7/11

flmnrt- COAT
F~OCKB a~er on I!~owi' in .
Putty. N Igger. Nn..,y, ',

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Dil.i~· in Poplin

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A VClry attrcctive 'Gown
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' Tilehurd v. Allen a.nd

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S.E. ond S .W. Ithlotie T . B. .1.
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SATOODAY, Al"ElL
.1 DIVreION 1.
JIenley Gomno.d.. v. Faotory.
Libera.l Club v. Rea.d.ing United.
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• . ,DIVISIO N n.
Iolo.trl.h. v. DeItO..
S.B. a.cd S.'V.' A..t.hletJ.o v. Gn.s
West Readine ~it.ed v. Allen
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bIVISION ill.

Palmer Athletic v. ExoerWor.
Woodley.

·TilOhunot Oiby

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BERKS.

WHY NOT I.JKE THE ATBEltmnn

· Mr. t. E . Quelch (Pr esidcnt) occupied. the oli~ir,
Mr. Ru8gell 5&id he\wiahed to try t.q arouse .
and: WItS supported bY' Mr. ,v. CudhPll. (VIce· sympa.t.hy and enthuaiMDl of the .members .
· President), Mr. L. Herhert (Treasurer). Mr. F . tow~ wh~t he kne~ to be for.tho 'Qe6t. in Lere8ts'
SIt e-man {Secretar.yL and M.r. F. J . Wyndha.m I of t~e ·worklng-ol.a.sa as II. whole . . He bad d~e h~
. t.ant eel" t1l.l1")
The delclHI.h,'IJ · present b estj t?e~~bt158 the members of ohlS own particular ! . ::::;~~~~tlt:~~~
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orga.msat,lon over Lbe cluh.
should they not I'
were: Messrs. Cbl'd9, Juck so n a.nd QUtgl~ htwe a. reAlly graz:td place to which . the.'v eouJd
~X"ationa.1 Union of Clerks) ; Deacon, W. Drew go1.1 ' Vhy !hO'ldd they not ba.ve a. pla Cfl like
and W. Cotton (A.S.L.I::. Jnd F. No.2); Grea.Ye8,. Athemeum and elH"h other clubs In the town
Stone an d -Keen (N .U .R KQ. 1) ; Andre'\t-s, jlln., H~ \V~ gla.d the Committee bad ta,.ken t he maiter
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' R 13 d) Tn! t ' :'\ lip, as It showed t hey wero fully ahve to the great
P ocock And D andndge (N. . . an.;
s n~m. futtti.-e before t.hem . In the pAAt. tbe working-clR.~
Tfcstwicl.:. and Notri~ (Nationol.Umon of Vehicle had \been Hpenny. \vi.se and pound fool ~b.>I They
Wor kers) ; Ren w-ood. Howl~d ~d Ral1.Mancey wa~d a. reall.v first .cl~ plaoe to which .t.hey
(The 'Vorke.rs· Urian); Si.ck. Wtn~.r and All.en cou~ go when they M) deNted. He ~~ sa.t.is£ied
(Ama.lga.mat.ed Society of l 'W ooo-cutlmg Macbm- th .soIQe such place mll~t lSe pt:O~de~ f~r the
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WOl' mg.cl8.fJ to.da.y. and who aoullf provide it
ist.!!l. i Seeey ILndlones .( unn .lIlg ra ell '. sso-- betlfer Lha.n t,bey themselves? (.-i:ppla.1L~e.l--- B e
c tawen) j Hussey, Eynott nd NI~lett (~iOOHlted 'w·asl" glnd they 11ad not gOM to the ropiiaJist
~lacJcsmith!!. and rODwor~en; SOclety); Nott and .
to borrow the money, M the ",or1cing.clL.~
lZrubQ (N.U.R.. ~. 2) 1; GllI.rke, 'T...ove a.1l~ ba.d , ~t money too. I t WM pO '~d to 68y that
~ymond& (BooL Rnd Shoe Opera.tives); \Va.ters.
ad- not got the money. ·They had got i~, To be
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(Arnall a.ma.t.ed Union of Life an, he WM yerr eorY)' to l&y ' fIO , Mme spent it.
son an
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in a. wa.y h s deplored , He would Inoi mind if the Mr. H .
C. A.
A~ee '~or~6~s); Evo/1s,. Lcdg~r a~d ~~cGee C~mrnii~ spen~ lU'I mu? tiS l;lSP"in havin$t .the Euler
~Ulllted BUlJde'"'r l...abolIrel'l' UDlon)" 'VII.!tOn; thmg properly advortilloii amongs,t the worlunB'- (Wyoombo).
Drew
(~el'ath'e
Bncklayen elus. Although £10.000 appea.rea t-o be a. big a.rrangemont.a.
fitibbl! and
So::-ieLy) ; Ba.mmond, SUf~ le an d Dryant (Poot pror1em ., a. few y~ar;> :t.~o it; 'WpuTd have
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Olliee Engineerin. CI"kl;) ' Hocknev. Mo.,k.ll more
, "'nou, on. IF I t had been 10,000 ohilll~g,. , . The following Referee
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He appealed to t hem to pIcture In therr rnlDd~
and La.wrance (HortlC'U\tura\ "orken;
~tC" er a .building which would bo fit a8 a home for the SUBpeneiona dating \from
Shenley a.nd LOughton
~n~ \V~bb (A..8.E.,.. No.
.1f~~e, RC. :"~S and trn.de unionistR of Rea.di~ {-:>\.ppl&lise.)
P...... , &son-.. (11'. Buck. I

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Prl0C'3 ranging from 49111

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DELEGATES I PRESENT.

BI~ok. etc. 'l'nl"se are made
of Gabo.rdine 8 erg( 1)[' Cloth,
b('8.utifully cnt and ttlilontl.

fr m 29/11 up ....mls.

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So1!te d.inty BLOUSES
. caf be had in, Voil,e, with
l~g roll colll\nI, trimm~ !
Lace or ' Embroidery. Ex. 1

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Q. proposal, howev6T, A.
.urn of moneY ill required. before the fOt:lndat.ion3 get about £;,750 JDCOme per RJll}um. (Applau se.)
fi I ~id-thia new building it. is to be 1 . ~rr.. Geal"lng !luggest~d offenng 2! per cent.
are rm!
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mter-e«t on t he Joan8, but the Secrt.ta.ry. toJd him
hoped, 'will prove to ~ more than a. ~t.le 10 , that was a.lready being 'offered.
fip.11c. " In order to n.~ the money reqUired, 0. 1 Mr . .Wiseman then s:ugge5ted that insteAd or
sOheme WI\! recently devolved whereby ·£1 loa.n . bonowmg the money at any percentage 'of inoert.ifica.t8'i bearing interest at the rate.of 2i .per 1ter~ .at all. the.y 8hould appeal to al~ union8 ' Rond
L per annum could be purchBMd by members. . ~eti$J for ~eir membera to suh£eribe, all !lub· ~~e certifioate.s are transferable and rep&ya.ble . ;:~e boooB.mth
·tn g !!b&htl:hhPJden toldthetmlt"ount BUb'! ... . .
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money
O')ndlt lonally. Wlth mt.er~t, ~o demlUl • an pro- : <J.\Uc~l .• in that. wa.y, Im d they ,wO\Ild ba.vI no cm~
'Yi!i0!l WAS m&de so tha.t a.pplJront6. cou.ld pu.rchue . tnde rnterelJt to pl'l.y. The building would belong.
.them by insta.lm~nt..!: frqm a shl1hng _upwa.rd.s. to the aha;rehotde'NI.
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So b.r,- howC'I'er. this scheme has n ot been the.
!t!r. Bleema.n rem arked t.ha~.t the present ti me, .
ucce.ss t.ha.t Wall ant.icipn.ted . Therefore, pther nhnfortuna.tely~ they could~ not i~e sha.rf'. s,. 8.6
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tneoDS of m:!ling t.he. money hR~ to be oonsufel'ed . Act.
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gone at a.lJ ....n. In reply 'to the
he did not think, t.a.k.ing ~1nt.o
deratton
gren.~ unrest in the blii.1ding
traru.
the present lItTjp, they would bo ,bl.
to fipd, a. contractor who would make an absolute
oontract. for 80 large a oonoern ae. the
clu~ premi.lsea., Supposiqg tM amottn to be
borrpw&d . WM to be £10,000, in addition to wha.t
th".ll oou,td got &mong,t the memhel'l!, and they
gavel 5 per cent. interest on that mon~1 it would
. - .• bout £500 per yeor to pay the Inte""t.
Ad¥. . to tha~ the minagmnent would OOme to
I!IOmething neal' £1,000 per annum. Agai06t tbat
th~ had a.t. preaent 1,000 memb~ e»d he ,es. ti·

m~t. tbey would have at lera.ost 2 ,000 i;'l ~he new
p l..... O tb&t. If u", 8JInuaJ 61lb,cnptlon
put at Sa. per m ember ~a.rly they would get
I a.bottt £500 from that SOurCle. Again, the profil8
~roll',l t.he soci&.l club ooght. to be at lea.at £1 ,000
large m t-he ye~r'B w<!:rking. AlLoget.her they .would

" J'D o.vry O\1t such

~ml\;rt atriped

tili~ hOld
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· fA ortI... Ix> .,,,";d.,, .. d discueo m:!!::1" of
nbl the R~ money for the pro~' new
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t;rUst.ees and commit.tee of the Read .
~~.thU·n1_" Clnb arid Institute inviW. the
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~on and usi&taaoe (If aJJ trn.de uruon~
a ~ens inte1'Mted in t.be LatMJur movemem,
:: ~ lOoazennoe 00. 'J.'ucI,da.y evening in t.~ , Ox·
f reI.rood ~~,- Since the opontng of the
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b......,.In ~ 1914 the ·.........-f·h of the ' trade
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o·~· anions hu been so great that th088 pre~lJes ~ve
Deen a.ltoget.her inadequat.e to meet their roqmre·
'r mtalts. A v.&lu&b!e ' free.h.Qtd building site in..
oentl"lll position hM been ~uired upon whick
'Id
I b that will cal« for the busin....
to bUl . a· 0 u .
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I of trade umomat.e 10

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daintiJy trimmed in

'1.u tiful colour.. 75/11

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.Malor .Darby

Gr~th

Waddingt~n.

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Mr. C.

W. ·Jclf Pettit. .

A 5/. TOUGH/'
of.,

Bero Ley!! , . Tidntanb,

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a. do& to be on the hl :; h.
.. 1Dt:.:r.zle b~ :March 12th.

evidence uid that wl1~n .
addrcsa the dcl'cnQRtlL 1;1Ir
i. onl,. a. §5. t.oUch .';
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im1>,)!;ed. . ..nd Mn. ' 'M.a.rjone
summoned for com~arth! 20th ~ &ad 13~

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Lokeo (M,id.nIr

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Major Nelaon. representn.t{ ...o Qf the National
Counoil for th~ dietrict., · brieAy 0l1t1iu«t eome ~
the pra.ot..ioaJ. a.dvllDt..a«fIIJ t.o be 1~lled b, f~g
a local -bmooh. He ea.ld it was of tbs utmost importance to .h&V& a. unifonn
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for axaba.t1£l.g
form at.ion of & bra.nch
COU.l1t:.rv

besid06 Eerving tbje pu:l"POI!Ie,
being madel no, only from the .

the' mora.l s1de u welL In the
minds ill the OOUDtry, thi6
only bo partially .
aide; it. oquld . ne...er be .
e:t:.and3.rds and pra.otJ.c&
whQ1e were ~:;JcThe
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OhIJdxoy(Childrey)
v. Ardington
IN . .Be:~j. ~~~~;~;
IWwI."d
'""ponded
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The

durin,!, the w&r',
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shalt not," iii had .1>",.;';100 .,~,..,j
such M canteens. i

lin (Sbonloy) """p",ded for

Health
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tell,

g~e3.(defll

the sR.me"bRd !lId

the extreme JJaoollr
o n~",JlllV ~lk. as it the:-- tiad th • •~
!Somet.hing for nqt-bing, ~
nf . ~hc material beo~ of l if.
t on OUT part: i t i.~ the .
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a~Flin.

tbough, .to tit It . M
,,~o ! will en]1 ill ; ~. loan~ ftTld
that you b.qe. got '\n.ll ~G
Yi>~t use it. properly. ~ut l.t

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rise ion .pri cM makE'S ~he
tile Durning' que~dJon

,iWlteturn

i.J, it in tlie'next p.p...

dMl wit,h the

unleea t.he moral
OCUlmunit.y .. ..
())UJJciJ. rested on
a. double fo
. -a.'bove wu \be .Upentr:uoture, which oonei8ted of facilitim lor the cliagnane
and treatme.n~ of~ venereal diaMIIIM i but below t.h,is
Wall the &DUd bedrock of monJ. pri.aoi~lea, wtilOb
WM vi~ a.l to suoce8a .in dealing with the VIBlld'ea.1
problem in the la.Dd.
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Owi.J to the foresight of the firni,' thf price
quality ~£!La.ngstons' Dressed Collars remain steady

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consistent at the' above price. We' feei that firms',
many I1len,t are judged by the smallthi~s; Jnd the

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excellence ' and consistency are found th:rqllgllollt
merch'andise. You will find this · in the
. Sports .Jackets, Fl ..nnel . Trousers, Tenti!s,
.and
Hats 'we a,re;<offering ..at the mc,m,mt.

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of th o SUBpeDI!ion on O. Rand.u
hI' Loudwate.

t.ainoo.
An appH_ion

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THE B.W.I.
Dr. 8. 9ilford moved U
all amendmdt V:I&
omission ·01 duo. wO!l'ds •• Such Co:rnmitt.ee to form.
a br.nob. of the Na.tional Ooun cU far Oombatlng

Venereal Diseues."; "Be .~O'UgPt tIh&£ it wo'4ld ' be
to form. a Ioca.l Commit.tee, but not. to a.ftihate
such .. CommL\.tee to the N a.Uqoal Oouneil until
mo~ informa.t.ion lia.d been Ja.id ·before ' ~e Committee reJpecting the aims and methods of the
CoanaiJ.
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This w .. oeoonded by Jd!os MIIOOD ""d ~
by Dr. May anti Dr. MoFar.La.ne, who I~t l.he.t IAJ
there ' 'Wen, two AMocia.tiona i:n 'the field the Oom,.
mittee should be left tree to aJB.U&te to eitiher.
The 'Rev. W. M. Rs.wLinIlOD MIked tha.b ~e meetr
inc m{j:ht. bo ...~ligbt-ened on th~ ~ &D t.ue,
a nq. .certa.in ii:if~OIIl re.spocti..ug tKe m~

ot Venereal
la.id beIot& the meMin,.
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Tho' ......dmeat ," .U ..1heo pIlt . t.o IIbo _inr
aDd loot. The originU . moJ.ioot. ,... .thea put ..a
·caniedr nam. -00Il.
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of the Societ;y for tJie Pl"ftT'eD.tion

Disease

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It was '" deoLded

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to -farm the
add to t.li.eir
tho HoaIt.h ~~ltt;..;

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'Lowest PriJes
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DENTAl: WORK OF
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At Homo MODI";;'. prt.i8y ~ Saturday, 10 LID. till 6 P.ID •• ~r 4*' by appoln_t.
. &ad tJ;·Bruclu.-B,UINoj'rOKB .... NBW8URY. Pot 1tt-4·b._ I..otal PaJIIII.. ·
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.lal .nce.... (AppJa-.) . TI!e _ _ t ~
"ete not large e~pu~ to . a.ooo~ ~":DU1I1~
bar of mem'hEn ~y on the boon, ~ 1;.000,
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.necea.aary t'h.t R\Ora .cxmnnodioaa

iftl... ,hou)d

!>e obt.ained,

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SOund Health and. StN'-IJth.
F. :Q; Ba(plO,., 106, oid&ld ibd, 11'111' A

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t.o ~ ""~ .... ohtlo;;ro in Jia!a
with indiJMtion. I".. very. ~ too, .omet.imOo rJl of • ahaIt.. .d if is!o!<On. to IRMIdetil:r
would 'f mlT
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to ...

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. llo-. R..v.. oo.Id ~ ~ _
an . ~plt_
..... tloop~:.
I..d. amn • .tim~ !SO br the Hill,,", Unl'!Il' lar to· Ii•• up work..
":"'i> of eouno,
Ihe birO' of ~hat rci:Im for. a . meetini( 1il!t ~~ 'Wall N~h~ . ol.... DiJht I
l!futod. the .oon00lj1)<lri"" hejbg t.b8I: the 1lDi!>t! hod ..... ;"o .good in tho ~~11&I() h{}Jd ita meetinr i n a.' "Q:ublie-hoiJ&e &!I~ ' i>ttt
IItb one; into tho poeket.o of-:tho'p1tblican~not that
• h~ .ny1hlng .op.oot .llI. p~hJj~~h.
\O')-u" ....d pI puttlnA" t1le.pt.o".,. (nto i.It. bl.ih·,
P<>oket... ' .Woala t]iOr 1><1 .refused tJo." h!re pf •
m &t the new pt8miaes!'.
Mr. BI_B,ll, DId· t.bat. .t)ta room Wl18 ~
'P lor e~ery .~i:.!:,6 '1..t, ..
had t.o

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£200;

D.W.S. Th. oommW- ,,",4 DO cl..,b!, ~
· tb,t the ·propooed.olub, i1 .p_~ """dudAi1l, ......
ho-Jnd. to pa.y its wa.y, lUId be, moreover, a fIMn·

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Ot,;tP.rlrGit ..., .11£.,.'-' M'.tcA.U

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woRkE:Rs· for.

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ing and curative, Doan's B~kache
KIdney Pills are solely for the kid·
ney. and the bladdor; lluy do ".1

ded unt.il

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taokof
mo-red I
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Prudent Kabits .and a special kid,
ney medtc:ine wBJ help to restore
sound health. Antiseptio, ·strengthen.

FORMATION OF' LOCAL OOM:M.I'r1'J'll!).

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~leepIEt.s.,e.&
· illu '50. there ' had . heeD .. ooitooin amoJlftt .of.
· deprl!cin.ti.cm. to the club's d.ect6. _ ~ .u.a
. and Indigestion
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·"t<ol about £600 in !.h. ,O.lW.s, bIt!lk; .a6d, up .
. . ~IU . recent:ly , had'r a ca.th ~ •.:of:-.J!lOO. ~· A.
tllnhar sum had .t.o b~- tti.Di!f~' t;o th., 01<. c_..,,'.· .Tab.I.&. R~o_
}Ire .

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weakens ' the k'hineys. This coridi·
tion is the cause of backache, rheumatic twingts, urinary ' troubles,
kidney and bladder inflammation,
uric-acid stone and renal dropsy.

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No action WIll tilt.n IQ & "",."I,I.!., •.,
f<>rd (Borko) a.gcinoli II. Wy<lth
()Wing to laok of ocmobo!'at.1vo avid ..*,"-

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liabi! il ie •. nnd in 1918 over £9OO---naarly £1.000.
At the end of )ut ~ !.hey w ..... tho. proud
P,o!Ses8~ .of '£1, 969 in ~ ovt/r Ua.biI~.• , _a
trulY. remn.rka.'ble a.ch.ievetnj nt •. (A.p~.) Of

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Un.. lse habits load the blolxi with
poisonous waste which clogs and

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that a.

G S'ory . '~

The CODUllonest causes of kli·
ney disease are heavY meals.
alcohol, lack of exercise. late
hours and overwork. • Surely
there i. no excuse 'for invitinll
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and Shenle.y n.nd Doarhton
Slough Y .M-C.A! v. Da.tchet
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·r......gn.).-J. Lowip (D&tcl!et) ~P\om.ded until
Sep>ember 30th; 1920.

30th, 192Q.
MAidenhead

for Oombat.i.Dc' VeneI"ea.l Diseue-.

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NO CAPITALIST MONEY.

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I'L'Called that tho Preeideno of the Bo1&1 ();n:mjUs-

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•l{r. D unstone sat' d 'b
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meel.~ng O?nvin ced him that the trade union mofttDent
10 UllS town had the problem at he~rt l and wished
~or :8. plR.Ce in which ~ey. oould .:tmId t.h~~ meetlOgS properly .. Tho whore quest,'1on ~f ralfrulg-' the
ey _~ buldll~ _tlt.':l~roposedb:Premll'~
mho!'ch
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men. Flreml!!n, ~ [otor-mfa.ntCfJ ant! E ectnc orgamsatlOns. E very delegate present ought to
~yorJ.:en); Davis. Dun!'ot-ol e and H eckman (P OfJt go back toO h is branch and try to Ta~ mone,.
Office Enginf'ering Clerk j J. ~b:"On, Wood· by organ isin( a v,'eQk1,. oontributioc fJCheme.
· .ifoo, 811d XoveU (Readin, Labour Parly); J Tit. fA~Ia.U6e.) ~t wou1d~ De-' muc.h bet.ter for them
JilIg Wiseman Dnd Kentinl1 (C Arpenters, Ca.hinet- t-o. l!-ble u, say tha.t they dld !lot have to ~a.p
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ca.plta.hst sources for t-qe .m oney, Instead of being
~ru:s all~ Jomen \ No:
Halfacre ~d W~- abl~ a.nd proud to !lIoy ij}a.t t he new club was
JRy (dl.tto No. 2); VlDe~t !Jon~ (Readmg T~~~I!I eotlrely ·erocted and ~ppotted by t,he trade union
(-;oun~l) j Re~~, Fullbrook and Broc~ (~ohon. m'o~ment.
(Appia'Q.S8.) . In :his .opinion, the
" Umon of ~.'lillen;); B. iRussel1, B owshl6f. and ,,'bole of t he, mqney oould eWly. be raised.
· Ambrose (G,neml Work.I'II); . Day (Nahona l
T"",lrum diMgreed with Mr. Runell; ' and
.Paper Workl;r,s) ;: .J. ShaJ Robmson an d. John: , .~~~ ~ha.t tbe wO'['kera had not .got plen~,.. or
itone (Bookbilldens a.nd R ull!!rs); DaVl!!l. ' v . m oiiey, H Ithey had nOt he strongly m eed the
aOlloo nnd Campbel,l (Rea.di I! ~nd Dish;et Tra.de~ VllriOut: bra.nch6!l to ~Qt. the.ir EX'eCuUve CounciJlI
and L:..bour CouncIl);
Pa.tn~n a,nd CoJIing" to invest. some of their· fund. in the building fund
~ K:S .E. No.1) ; and the fol,1owmg .~embera at at! 2!.tkr cent. ihterest. (!ppt,.uM.,) .
l~ e Club Q?mriiittee : Messrs. E . 1dartm, F . P ~nt:Ml'. Ayres sa.ld women 'Were praeticallJ' defldge, W. Wheeler, D. P . lIerbert, J . Gnmbhng, ba.rrOO. from ent.ry into ' the lIocia.1 side of t.he
Howmnn. W, Bakewe\ l, F. Walker, A .. E.. prer.ent o1ub; a.nd RSked wb&ther. now that
RUe,r, J. MOrrison J. Messia.e, W J Cannon, a.n~ ' wnmen were 011 an equal basil! with men, they
G. A. LAwrence (Trustee).
wou,l.d be ~~woo. ~ ente-r tlib new clu~.
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A FIT'flNG iJ:rO~fE
The Ch8.Jrma.n e.a.ld tha.t ''W8.8 ' 0. queBtl0n which
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oould not bo d""lt with at t.h&t m.eJ.ing but
Tho Cha.lrman explame<i that the mee:t.mg ~ should be delegated f..o 8. generaJ. m eet.inll;.
been called For t he purpose of prosecut'ng t..b"!,,
Mr. WYlldham otrongly omPJuoaised tho ~eed
'ndeat-olD" to 1n3pl~ the membe!:, of ~e club, rGn' & library a.nd debath:tg room in the propoted
lIld of tbe trad.8 unIOn t,nOv«!,ment m Readmg ~ it new premises. When they Came to the que«tion
,,'hole. to proVide & fitt.mg ~ome !or t h.e.. work.i~g. of or~anising the workers t.hey discovered the
ellL'08 people Df tbe town . I~ lVil.8 10 the R-ea.dmg necessity fOJ: eduOI.tion on the pointa a.ffecting
Worker," of July. 1918, an.id Mr. Quelch. Lha.t t.h em.
tt 'lill.! claimed tbat the club hn.d pla.yed a great
NO PARSilIONIOlJ~ sPntrr . .
'pan. in the bu ilding up of the trade union mov&me.nt ill Roading. They h~d made greater p~
·Mr. B~n8"r oW«! that. b. would like tbo
tr~ lin the eoltr5e of thel last;· five years than 8l:ecutive,!!o to be' Mked to in ...est mone,., &Dd a l.o
1!,ll[ing allj' pre\'ious twenty year3. The idea. of tha.t. it wou ld be tind-esi,'rabJe ·if t he committee
f!tab!ikhing the present. clu~ had. originded with · s ta.~ed t~e wQr~ ?f buildici' ~¥ nfl'W' olub in My
the ·N U.R., a.nd their 86t&eDled com.rade· Cook. pa..l'SlmOnIOUS IPlrtt. It "... oula. be best:. for them
had been one of tbe primtt moyers in tbe matter. to try to OIdopt the Continent.l · rnethod-«p"
Afte.!' l!le question bad \kin diacmsed fairly plause)-a.nd make it a. raUy fine place. If tbe
fr~ I" a. ~ maU committee'wM rorm~d and ·s. m~et· new hAll waa going to be built sOlely as a tzad,e
tng caJ.!cd at Mr. Cook's hou!e in 1914. .-\ con· union meeting house ,it 'wauJd' be a great misf~!ll'e W l j held 1\ little latf!:r when it was retake. Tho socia.l side mnst be ¢ naidered M
~c.!h.d th .. t tl, e
'Btcp towa.rd, the desired *'elL Failing their own l"e9Ouroe.s, he thought t'b.e
unity in the trade union mov~m ent mu!lt be the Co.oper.liv. movement would be onl1 too pleued
...tLblishing of a t.ro.d» upi~n ~&ll . • nd olub, to hel p them in the question of money. (;\1"
"herem me&t.m~s · Rnd oth er bU!1ne."9 oonld. be plause.).
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Mr. Chuter Mked what the j>o.ribH, accommoOf lt.r t ook I~ Yen- g1;'ea.t interest in the mottel', dation of f.he new pl'emi888 would be, &p'proxit.lld W ,1$1 from t.b9 finuncia.l side the moving matoly; and whether it ty'ould be PoslJlble to
lpirit. 1 It . \\' <'_'1 tbe fimHlcinl agpect whi ch WM ncoommodl.te the whole of the tr&de union. in
\ r:;orrr in;; tbem at. that ttme. and it WR.S t.he chief Reading, &nd, how ml.Dy brap.cbes had inveeted
• • bluine~· of the evening to ta Fkle it. Before t hey &ny money up to dale. '\
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t'&~ nh!e to st art the pre.sent club t hey had to
. "Mr. Sleeman ",plied llI.t
thr •• JmJtch ..
fll'erC'J"lC the difficulty .of finding premisC8, 80 ha.4 invested a.nv: ,money in the nam~ of their
t~et d ~ci ded !.h·d ' eacb. trade union branch in SocietIes. · Acoordmg to the pl&Illl", t here wo\JJd be
lbe·;(l]'('"n s~o1tld pa.y its quotll~ Tbus it WRII that , l..,ge hall on t b e ground · ft~ .w hich· oould be
LIle club was fin~m t.he beginning by Lhe divided into two part., ind at),:)ve that would be
10 tal1ners" of the pooJ;l:le ."yho had enthusinmn .
11. main haJl on the fint floor, ip. wAiQb it was
determinat ion, an~ & View- to the future. From boped' .bout , thonr&nd people could he aooom.
."lha~ beginning .. in . 1914, t.h~ club had made re- modated. There would ~ .I50 9fI n.irf~ other good.!
· !P~T~'abl(' progrc.sS, and' had ! obtain~d a. mfBaient Bized . rooms, making ¥t-ogether nine 'committee
Da i\nce to purchase la.bd upon w htch ther now roO.me &!,d two big halk .., The,. h;ope«fOtoQ be able
· Y~n~d that otening to ~t l'fhfJ enth~~tlc Imp- to PI'9V1d-e lor every trade .union Md'iany other
J>rnpoo;ed to build the n..... J"'"'?'"':"- . They workin~-class orga.nis-a.tiod1 as welk (Applause.)
'"'nled tba.t eiening to ~ the ecthu.siuhe sup.Mr. Noyoa Aid he tllbught tha.~ ~ if th",. were
port Df the t.rado union &nd LRbour movemen1i. to organ I., • fete and ql .. a.rtA "vd crafts" mbibi·
'" order to And t he 'lfb.,..~thrJ to build • fit- tion t heyl would be ~ping
very pm¢slng
ting home fl1l' tho whole of the 1....1 tftd. union souroea of revenUe. {Applatw6.)"- Wlio, bstte"r
movement. H& wonld uk t1M de1,..tei ·preee.nt. than trade unionists, ooula
&II arts atld crafts
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1fl do all they . oould to ~ r elatively l.a.r«e oxhlbition T (Appl ..... 1 > '
alms 01 money from their blra.neb8 and 110 mw
Mr. Sleem.." .. An on.. and or&fI. oxhibition
thl, new bUilding poAi~e. ThIry ~~ pMp&red is already under consideration. If
I/o
ony ouggMtiono &ppenammg t.o U.e
Mr. Dunot.one then - - - ' .. That
&!.eo '(rom the" ~nid. ~alteo in
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lI!w h()lne an.d .uggest.ions sa to how the, money
~areby pledge th.m"""' · to _ """rr e!fon
· ~i:::ht be n;aed.
obtaiD the neoeasary fI::tDda "9uir6d to oomm-enoe'
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btnl~ng .the nMr ··t.raide .1lIl1ob pl"8lI1ilee ; and
· . ltr. Sioema.n (the club Beoretoz.,.l thou brie!!:r that Ioacl1 doJevot,e h"", I1M01Dbloli pl ....., ....
ot.l«I tho clnh', fiD&1lolrJ pio_ oinca ilos In· l[WU'O"tee 01 lira I<>od !;.;tJ., too '0,,1.... . - to
"~tion . . rn ordOl' to otut tIoe club they had • obl.a.ln ·at 1_ !.en aubocribe,.; .... c!,. _ • furt.W
...Icnion which reallised, in .~_ £66-. l'1de&voUr, ",,11 nrie their ~I... Councila 10
· tftev did llC'rt have to borrow .. ati.cle halfpenny. JQvegf,. in ~he bulld.1ng tund. '
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. fX~pl._) By the end of ·1915 th~.-toOl til.
Mr. 'l'ntItnlm """""ded &lld !.he reooIutloi> .....
<tub hOld .mounW to
DVm: t!t.•. liabiUtl ..,
ca.rrled with only two tiieeMlUente.
'While in 191b they. were crmt £300. By the enCl
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sion had la.id. ~ tho mom bon; of the Com.mieio:n
t.he duty of entirht.ening the publlo on thO' iNbjeot,
a.,nd of ma.kin~ It und8l"Btood tb.a.t the re&l ~
t,on w~ .. r Q.l.lmg l of tJ,htt st.&nda.rd 01 tbe people.
bl?th spu-ituaU,. and mora.Uj . A(tm O'lltJtninC th~
tnitory of the methods 01. treMm'8ll'b. Dr. 8ah&.rJieb
elllphlL8ised' tilifl .i.mporte.n.oe of nUllEd, midwiveI:,
parenl.!.. tea.chet"l a.nd employers posseesing a. knO'lVledge o f the fa.ote · a.nd of how to
ihe
lem.. SA. re<lClfilW'I'I the
of t.he 8.Olusementa of
the va.lue of tha Oentn.l

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H;un .. (Sh?p . A>si,,,,,,t~; ~"by. W ,eks, G.

Good ' Habits

Ma.yor (IYr. . G. S. Abra.m) p r l'f>.id~"a.nd there were
prea.eDit.: Tb.e Town ' Clerk, 1th-. 1', W. Ackri11, tJDe
! . Rev. E. J . Bagnell, Mr. W . . G·:·'~; Mia L. F .
O&mpbcll, Dr. Ca.ne, Mr. A. F. C1.a;rk.-· the Roe\' . ,f.
Crowhurst, ~ K. Davia., ·Mr. C. J. ~ Eva.ns, Mr.
J . G. Gamblwg, Dr. S. (iilforo , ·tha -Rev, E. J. O.
Gillmor, :Mr. W . T. Goddaoo, Mr. :G, W. GOodwin,
Mra. E. (kea.Ve8, the Rev. A. N. ·H.a.lpitt, Oa.pt.. J .
HI!'.nde-raon . Mrs. E . E. ~okmot.t• .¥n. Jonkins.
the ,:aev .. C. W., O. Jenkyn, Xh·s. ~: Kedge, Mms
R Komboih. Mn. F. M.. Kimberley. "1';" G. L.
. Kina. MIS! E. Lear. Dr. M<:Fu.rianel r lr1i&s M •
, MaDrPleGde.n,. MT. F. W . .M..tsb., KiN · F • .M.. »uoD,
· Nor;mQ.l\ Ma..Y, Mr. Philbrick, MR. K. POl&ltoo.
Mrs. B. Pound, Miss D. Pre.bb~, Mr . . L. E. QueLch.
the Ro.. W. M.. Rawlinsou Mr. H. O. Rob<lrto •
Mr. G. Fl. ' RwaeIl. Mrs. L. \4. Staaaf\eld. Mr. W.
E .. Simkins, Mias 1ldlth Su~. M'T. L. G. ~n,
Miss Turnar, Mr. F. W . Vuey. tile Ray. H. W&l"dloy .King, Lha .Rev. !R. Wiakh&.ql Legg, lh. : .K.
~iWfLD18, Mr. E. H .. Woolley. a.nd oLhe:rs. ApoloWeB 1~ a;bsonoo were reoeiveiffrom Mr . F . \A. OM,
Dr. Stansfield. and Mr. st.ebbingg.
I}~ Me.yor eJ:plained a.ha.t the PUl'pO"'...e of t be
m~ ~aa W 8et beforo 'respor::uubla pe.1"&01l6 the
naitkmal lW.porta.nce of oomba.t.in&" vener~ dlSease. U a hr&nch ot l taha Nationa.l Couno1l ;We re
formed and, tib.o municip&.i a.uthorities weq,uat.ely
repre&ell.t ed thereon, the branch oould de:rt ~e 'IS
por oont. of the coat of ita Propa.gUlda work from
We Troasury .
He t.hon dea.l't 'Witb tile pl'ob1em
from the roodical a.nd pUblic he&.l.tb. poine; of view.
Spea.king of h.ia ez.pene.noe as. medioaJ officer ill
'c harge of t he olinlo at the Royal Berks Hospital .
he Quoted figures iodioa.tlng U;le ·inoren.5e in the
a.tt.enda.noea from the !rat Y&M.;r of opera.t.icm , a.nd.
con.tended tha.t the provieLOn of tJle JD~a of
t.relloilmcnt had evok:ed .. TMpOft5e fro m the Bulfer-:
en . After pointing out some of the medical 't't:.
I5U ~ of t.heI5e d.isc-uM, ' he ' ..ked wh .. t waa to 00
\he attitude of the oommunitrv ·t.owanla them? '!'he
widespread n ...turo of the t rouble made it iilcum"bent upon tfue publIo to pay a.ttention to the bea"
. methods of dealing with i~ t~ & publio hoaJ,th
pofnt of view. It was no~ ~ed1ent to ny' th&t.
t he mnsttcr was not·the CJOn<"C1"!1 of all, nor was BuolL
a. polier eooncanica.lly eaund-t,he ' eoonomia _
or
woNcinll t.ime. and t.he 006t of" upk~ ·of· uy1ums
and hospitals were matoria.l1y increased bY the p.r&o:
va lence of the diseases.
He uri'«! thai rrea.t.e7
knqwlodge wu de&ira.b1e, wiill & review ' 01. t:.b.e
rala.ti \'0 posi.Lion of men and womeD, IIoAd an .m.zstr
e nue on prompt IIolld &arly tn.tment..
TO ENLl'G.EI'mi TliE 17i:rJruro.'
Dr. SchlU'lieb then addressed th~ meeting. She

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Gemng and. M ltcllcll (t;m Ied Garment
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~b1i.ter . Wi cks' and ~{oll~d (lypograp ten . s..~ .
~1at. I (ln); Crouch, Smart. Mid La:wrenoe (A.S .L.E.
and F .• No.1) j Cha.mpidn. Rn.~);ins and Owen
·tOper~th'e Plu.mbers and Domestic Engineers};
Nash, Cox and lJunt (Na.t.ionaJ U~ ioD of F.ngin&

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VENEREAL

A meetinJl' 'Wa.6 held in the ' .sma.u Town HaJJ,
11ea.ding, ~nda.y, llbrch ·,2Znd;'..to · cO~i.der the
quest.ioa of to«'Dling a locllo1 branch of 'the N&~na1

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· u 'Some ,..an.•80: whllato tOttriDB. Ireland ~tIt.
' "BaDgers·.' Royal Circu..' l oODt~d.. eome tint!

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}rri~16 Gkiit . COMpwut. w~e& MelDed- to
baiBe . tiiftl'Jl'lC ~t' , treatments in the" 'way .of ointul~.nd l<iti~, .u or ....~iCh '!.ft!!rly fail.d to
giTo· me the .light.oet relW• . Ro<ioot!y, at ·LoDg

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