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Capt Evant WIll lecture In the TowD He.ll..,u Wed·
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HIGHER DUCATION
The total mcome on Rccount of HigheT Educa
tlnn "as a.bout £511 n exce6S o f the estlrnate
The expenditure eueeHcd the eetlmale

wa.:s

TbO"prese.nt estimate of esp ~ndlt1lTe exeeed~ the
expen diture of last I year by the fol1owmg
arnounlll }"lmentary tducataon £64 959 huz:her
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uCAtlon £7048, m~lDly In respect of teRchers

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tion ;It. L1IQ Chamber of Commcrco Rooms 156,
FI 1A.r st~t, t.!>iIar (Saturda.y) a vcry lrnportltDt.
6ch:(,lIolt of Rca.dmg bll!'iID (,S~ prcm13e3, lncludlJ~
tho ("Q!l\rt'\OOIOUS pi c mlses ~Il Fl lal S tl ee L OCCUpl
for so IlnU\ :-;c-n.rs uy Me3Sl'S Gr cgon, Lo\o und
Co These prem lscs are now \a cant
Th e sale
romm c IH':.s a t t,h ICC T> In puncluall) , and lli\CSt..ol'S
nll cl hU SITI CS5 l1'Cll III "he lo.... n would do "'o ll !.o
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OF PROPBRTY
Messl£, Errli!: lnt.on alld Sou, the "eli known firm
~r a.uct.lolleerF; Ilte ofIer1l1g for salo by pubho oue-

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Au a.dd lt lonal demand on Lhe Borough
£500 WItS sanet.lolkd by resolution of
ci l In Oct.aber JMt The balance In

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Und cr ~ho ILUSplCes of tho lEnt-crtatnmcnts Com
uu ttcc, arl &ngemcHl t!t havo been made to! C-apt.
EUl1s C B D SD , R N to gl'e h1.8 Unlquc and
Ul tere3tUl'g lectUI C cnt.lt led " How wo opt tho
SeM" to the members of tho Bl8ClIlt PftCtOlY
ir:ccrratJon Club Thl) lecture WIll be I\Cll III
th a 1..11 do Town Rail on WL-cinosday, Aiml 281.h,
£:ommClll"lng at 8 p m
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It had been ' agreed to l.t tbe
of one of the epl~es, but

be mihtAf'y occupntlon of
school prsoll&eS '1 he ' e.."{pendlture exceeded fte
estllnate by .£12,715 The difference wnl'l due to
mcre;:lBeA under the folIowtng heads Sala.nes of
tea.c~el'f), £11,572 . statIonery, fuel
ltght, And
dSflnlng ma.terlal~, £1,485, expendIt.ure on be]
haH or t.he mlht.ary I authorlhN, £l ,tl26
All
nddlhonAl prOVI810n of £12,000 from t.he rntetl ta
meet th" I"ere ... ,.! exr.endlture w". . . nct'on<d
hy f' reosoinhon of the> fown Councli of October
2nd , 1919 The total expenditure .t tho end
of t he flnanCI:l.l yeal' l exceeded the Income by
£2,049, a.n ad, er1\e b.11ance du e to the T1f~asurer
pended

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'I(!6S ~ NIC"bola.s r cnort. good prtces last SaLu,,"
dll' , s ne 198 fo\\ 15, 37 aMnts, '1 ,104 eggs, -cart,

AA larlOs (elementary educatIOn account, £25,077
hlJ;!:hcr educalion account, £4034)
The grl\.J1ts from th~ NatIona.l Jo:xchequ('T Wlll.
11, 18 astlmnied, proVjlde the sum of £77780
bemg £8774 10 ex(!e~~ of the R.Dlounts recel't'ed.
flam tha.t source In Ule past- yedr It 15 nntlCI
pated that a." defiC:: lendy" gra.nt of appro::nmateJy
£4,000" III be made bv the BO<\Td of Educahon
dll[,l11~ the ve-nr, thIS 111 be 10 additIOn to t.he
~um ment ioned above.
Commlerntl.oll hId been "'Iven to tllO! cducatlonal
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e\e opme nt.s, for "hlch enme l>rO\I !!-lon should
be made th iS ~ear anq the Section recommended
th e IIlclll S lOn~1D tho ll estlmnte ~ of th€o Hmmmts
e-?t mit heleu d,er 1foluntnrv duy COtltlllllatlOli
6chool , £4,6_ j nune-rv school s, cvel1lDf! pln\
ocntrss and I!Ummer cn mps £1,000. Ilddlft onaJ
e'enUlg school, £650; dramllJre works, Jf1Jchurst
sehoolll, £500. nccommodatlon for open air school

now houl:ed ot Whllle1' £500, elementa ry school

ll arllC3 c;ycles, potatoes, etc, hemg diSPosed of
pI rvlU~ fields, £ 4]0 I ~nt erest on mortgage, new
F OI to 15 ~ror the ta.W a) thcle was a bnsk trade, loa.n f01 proposed Kend hck ·~hool hUlldl1lg~ £250;
sclhll~ 110 to 2& pOI" oouplo fowls ([0 stock) t,p
nMlnte nan qe allowanc6li, Central schools scholars,
to 27s 6d per co ••olc F~b ruar\' (UP-O) hatchod
£160, grants .under Section 17 Educntui'n Act,
X1cker9ls 2s 8d Ca.c11 , or) young ducklings! 2s 6"
).lId 25 1 IOd each ral.;blts
to 4.!i 9d cae I I'ho 1~18 , £100 S~lHfielld lroad hOl1 smg scheme -pro
C/!.i! t.rade Y.il l; .!! t.oMiy
ave.. a.gt.n g 2s 9d VI£lon of school prenll&eS, £100, open air claMc~
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pCI dozen a.nd duck
d ozcl1 B utter £100-totnl, £8 •.535 I
IOcfld nt 3s 6d per
60s ) 30s and
275 6d
A sma.ll
seed potatoes IIUMMARY O~ A{JOOUNTS TO DE RAISED
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£] per cent I!'uppl"mento.ry Dep:trtment
'ARA!'\CRES - 577 udolfl TIonrt 16 ,\ o\;:!tl"hlUr
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The Jury returned a verdIct that death was
due to shock fol101'1'lIlg the oolhslon, and exonerated the dr"et- of the motor 'bus from a.Jl blame

everywhere

COURT CLUB,

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and Regl8ter

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REGULAR FRE!GlIT SE"QVICES

'Mr E Jacluson (Cb~rma.n of the Ftnance Com
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b. "" blgh .. £1 Is , "b.~eiIB the hlgbest price Artbur J Spencer, of KeDdnek'road, and "".nol'. ·1

There would be a. lal ge
number of se.1.ts nt 2s 6d, whIle. III addition,
there would most be hkely be some e.dn.
for ~op'e at a lera pfl(~
2s
wa.nted the Pagennt. . to be
a.nd one t.() gr\e
so he did not

R~ADlNGErr• SAVIN1s
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It bad been stated that the Pagcant> Oom
\nll be ono of the most hand;,;ome and u'Oelul spt
mlttee had a.clfll undemoora.t.teally • As a. mat.ter of bUildings of Its kmd l!l the eountr)'l.
of fact It had been deCIded upon by R. large
j
nnmber of rosldellb· and he Cll\.lmf'd that tho
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Commi ttee had acted broad rnmded1y
mt>c~' ly, .nd tho propooed Pageant
b.
THE BATH ROAD "'ATALITY.
~t1tlalJv nn educatIOnal one from the pomt ot
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view of loca.l hIstory In o1'der to enable e\'erv.bod) ns far as poSSlble to see It, on~ of the very
THE JURY'S VE,RDlCT.
fir st things decIded "fI~ that threo foUl' , or five
full dt e6R rehearsals , exaclh a~ the Pa.geant would.
Tb& adjourned mquest on tHe late Mr Ronald
be on the real days, should be held, so that nIl
elc.men tJlry ~hool children could be t:tken to see Miller, of 7, Erlelgh road, Readmg, who met
It
,Vlt.h regard to the time those teaOher~ hut deat h 10 & 0011l510n near The.ale on Mnrch 30th
tA.kmg, paJi III t.he Pageant would want. off he VON! resumed at Thea]c on Thursday e,enng
would pomt out that rebearuls and practlCeti
~vldence "AS glHn by Wilha.m Goorge Grant,
would onh he held afterj ~ch(){ll hours
Mr
t.he posssnge:r m the mde car, who WaB
Rabson had saId that the pnce of admlf.S 10n would

,,·ould n.ctuR.lIv be £1

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ITHE N.EW POST OFFICE.

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were 1,\formed that only te&chers were asked to take
part. The C9mmfUee oould not pOSSIbly consent
l'Itirb"iclgG hns t endered hls'reslgna·
SaNOTION OBTAINEJD
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AIr Wtnter proposed, a.nd Mr Short eeoonded,
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that the mInutes be nmended to the effect thpt It
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ehouJd be prohibIted unlelOs the €oro mltt~ "aa
1It 1.9 a. long lane thnt h<lS no t.urnlllg nnd 1[
sMlsfied, upon the repol1. of t:he jhead -te~heI"8, Will be welcome news to the poopie of R-eadtng to
that nrrangemen illi could be made so that the work Ilea.rn 'that the verv long la.ne which h as been
of the schools oould be earned on 'by. the remUJn
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Wa.tl held 1ft th&
10 member! of the stafb
leadIng up to the erecllon of a now genoml po:!t
~I\ Ra.~n opposed the re.,,"olulion be-cause h& , offio& compatible wlth the 611£ a nd ImportAnce of
did not tbmk It f8J.r that some teachen> should the town, With & populahon of 0\ er 100,000,
t nkc !.&1't. and others. not He had been gtven ha.s at lru:;t reachea a stage vo hl'l re mero
to lIn eMrt.and that as many as eLght~ t~acbers had talk and promises mil gl\'e place to som etblng
been asked t.o take part. HI tho Pageapt In that
I hI
CIUIe It "'ould bo as .... ell t.a clot:e the schools
more tangible It I S nnderstood on most re I:l e
down As far a.s the pageallt "ali concerned he I a.uthorlt;,: thn.t OffiClllo} san('tlon ha l! "\\ lthm the
wou'd "alue funcMons of tbat sort as they were I past. day or so been receIved for the. "mk of
of bJoefit to the. chIldren educahonallv, and he ,J Lhe erectIon of t be new bUlldmgs on the sI te no .....
lIould wnno a.1I hls'ObJectlOns to It If he thought ocoupled by the Queen'6 Hotel, U\ Fllflr-5treet,
Hat full oPPortun~tles were to be gwen to ~cboold Th
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chIldren to Iie6 It He unuld eHII be \VllJlIlg
to procee
e mat er 0
() p ~IS an
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have the schools l~d m thR.t ca.se .As fat"
blllldmgl'S to be erected on thiS emlJ1entlv SUilahle
he kn~w such was not to be the case..
Site re."t!! ,nth H M Office of 'VOlks but IL 16
'Ihe Mav.or M Chtllnna.n of tho P~elUlt
to be h<?ped tha.t the work
be put 1Il hand
mltt-ee, l!Ia.ld be mnst replY to !ome of the state- forthwlt.h a.nd tenders Invlf.ed for t he work It
menU; ma.dc by l\1r Rabson In the fim. placc,
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the teachers were a.."i.ked to take a. ~ertalO epllmde1 18 un eT!\. 00 on v~ry goo 8 ! orl V

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The mcome on
of e'ementary educa.hon
lar th e year ended March 31ot. 1920 le' l shorl
oP the estimate by £ltl3.Y\, due to the fa.llure of
the 'Yar Department to repa.y the amount l ex-

and

tbe wan .. of

the ~lmatE!! of .a.x~ndlture I

of twelve months aS~J and II became nec~I\""'

<ktober la.<!t f to ob1taJll the CoullC1l'.p, :a;lcL'on
to a. furthet provlSloq \ from the Tates of £12500
Be hoped t.hat ,the a~e adopted bv the 00un011
at theIr meetmk thiS oI'ltb would be a. solution
Qf the saJaneBJ qneilitl
for 80me time t.<l COme
and that It would nol be n~SS8ry for 'the Com
ID1Ltee to appea l to he Coullcil for a dditional
money 10 the ~cond half of the current. fin neHl.l

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Y,guar.aued
llnd ba. ..e heen
'tt.rtifte,i
bt The
t Control to be AJlSOLUTELy

:\ND GENlJINE
They are hlah1y

r~dmb:JeDd~ by the lhdltal
'acuIty and. ha"e been IUppUod tQ the ROJaJ
~r]Uhire BOllnt"t for O'fcr 60 yean..
j The Bottled Ales and tstout. aro m.~ured
aO'1TLE baturaJly.
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The hst gave soma

be put In banCi dU]g th.i.s year, and m many
ca.ses the ~ W3.6 erely a. provISion for prellmtnary ei~
he expenditure Involved 10
the provISion o [ the voluntary day eoptmuatlon
&C~ool ahd an '~di1I9nn.1 evenmg school. together
\\ Iljh the ul,creaSed ~rant to Umversity College,
Raadmg, ohlefly a..cco.vnted for the mcr~ tn the
&Stlmated ~ expendlture on higher educa.tJon
The
expenditure on behalf ot th& military authontle8

Th.
given
the Board of
1918. nnd
sIrould be
regulations
tenanoe- aUowances
01 suoh to ~ol....
Sectlon 24 of .tho

BUP~LI1ID

IN OASK ~ND ,BClTl'iB.
DoUrindll'_

dunng the pa&t twp yea.ra had 8.monn~d to ow as prepared 'W88 "" .• ~,,,, ..
£7,M{) 8mae the rpeetmg 9f the Fmahre SubScboJeLM from
Committee th&
rer had notified th'e receipt
Scbolanr; from
from Ule Wa.r Depa tment. of a 111m of £3 781
~ohol:l.l'6 over
due Ul "l'e6peot of the Ilitary occupatIon lof !choolAll the reporl.$--were
premIses for the yea. ended Ma.roh 31Bt 1919

Turnmg to th& eSi lmnted In,come for fEJemen
ttary OOUcatlOU, Mr Jackson 861d It would be
obsen:ecf tha.t the Bubstantive grant should produce £72,000 RIJ ag~mst £55,071 last year, an
mcreoae of £16,900.1 from whIch should be de

duoted & rum of~ £602 paid Jut year &S grants 10
respect of proVlSlOn l of mea.la and m&dl~aI tnspect.lOn B.ft4 treatment The.:!& specuu grantl!l
were now merged m ltbe 8ubstantave grant lbe
Boa.rd of Educa~lon lcalCluaW t hat the amount
of . ub.tanUve gr .. t p.y.ble m tbe pr ... nt finan.
01&1. yea.r IS £53,568,1a.nd ...he would hk~ to offer
an eXpl&fta.tIon of t~e difference behveen that
fij{llre and the ..Um,\te of £711,OOO ThO Board'.
ca1culahon w~4 based pp<m the figures of 191Q..1919
a.p~a;red to 1?e the only rellable ret.urns
on wglch one could Ihase the monthly paYments
for tntf finIt three lUQnths of this yea.r 1 The caJ
culatlOn for the finaJ payme.nh would be made
when the figures for }919-1920 haa heeD 8urveved
by the Board, and - I~ W&B anttclpa.ted that a. Substallba.l mcreqse"tn t~e monthly Instalment would
I)e recEHved from July o1'\wards
..The deJlland upon tho ra~1t (or purpo~ of edo
cat.pn whIch m ~ 1914 'W'a~ '£11.7,000, belli,q' e.ql1lva..
len~ to • rate III 2s 1*~ 10 the £, hod now
adva.nced to £104,500•• rate of 40 ~d 10 tb.
£, c,,,,eluded ~ J:>ekson Mr A F ClarJi moved that the estimates be
reduce(J by £4,340
order Ito do thI S he recommended tJint VanOU! ~tern.8 01 eJpendlhllLlle, exclttdmg saJane&-tn_ all, 1~I:deen \ Itemll-be amended
Mr W H 'Short ..""nded. and ~",d that

MRS.

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Is fully prepared

to bound
hastily to I say. that.
the
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w&.y
which the ro.tea;

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mdi~lQtl of t~, wq~ks It. was anhC1p~ would

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ROYAL ALBBRT BRRNERY

It "auld be ,seen, e saId, that the mcrea6e tZA..
tbe est.lmate of expqn~lture was £42,000 m ex·
ce.s.~ of las t year's ~ual expclJdlture'lIDs InOl'fl~ ""'I -~!:!!~ i almoot entlrelY~' two
!aQt,oh, firstly\ tlJe de-valua.tlon of currene • a.nd
seconaly" t.,he need fpr PIO,\I..SIOT\ for edll bonaJ
de, elopme~t~ n81d.sra.hon8 which apph
to all
local ooucahori a.ut~ontle8 lhe report f tbe
Estimates Section Cdniained a. summary for the
provu!Ilon It wfW suggested should be made for
educa~lono.l

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